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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Radio GWe-Awoys No Prize
To Any Official Who Is 1T

to housewives dazzled by the
mounting jackpot-clues like
Ibis middle initial stands for a
city in Illinois" Decatur, which
clearly pointed to Mr.. Howe.
Top marks in the contest are
1000 points. Success has mar
roWly eluded many who have
been awarded $50 points for sug-
costing something about Mr.
Howe-his bushy eyebrows, his
brief case, his secretary, his
shoes-but nobody has yet
guessed 1T"
Mr.. Howe. who is acting head
OF the government during the
six weeks world tour of Prime
Minister Louis St. Laurent, has
been called out of the House of
Commons by contestants tele-
phoning the government lobby.
The callers merely wanted to
know if he wore a wig, false
teeth. used a hearing aid, or per-
hapS liked Sauerkraut.
Mr.. Howe stopped that by in
structing Commons pages and
his office staff to ask the name
and business of callers. There
upon contestants turned to tele-
phoning him at home, often late
at night.
Annoyed by Telephone.
Women have called" Mrs
Howe said, land when I refused
to answer their questions, they
told me their husbands were out
of work, they had no food for
their children. the rent wasn't
paid, and that winning that
prize was life or death to them
1--WE can't sit down to a meal
Il can't start a letter-it's i'm
possible to read the paper with
out the phone ringing" she said
Within a fortnight the Cana
dian Broadcasting Corp, a gov
ernment-owned network which
controls what is broadcast in
Canada. is scheduled to meet
with the Canadian Association
of Broadcasters. to consider
action to eliminate long-drawn-
out and annoying give-away pro-
grams.
c. D. Howe and everyone as
Sociated with him can hardly
wait.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
If the Area Is to Have q Bridge,
Who's Going to Pay for 1t?
Hearings Stort Tomorrow on Proposals
For Street and Jones Point Spuns

tai Planning Commission as an
alternate to the E street bridge.
Treasures Witnesses.
Subcommittee officials said
hearings may be held on the
Reaches Run proposal later. but
that hearings tomorrow. Tues
day and Wednesday will deal
only with the pros and cons OF
the two Broyhill bills.
Subcommittee HARM n
Kearns. Republican. of Pennsyl-
vania, stressed that he was mot
trying to stifle any testimony
on the bridge issue. He said he
| had to leave town after Wednes-
day. but that any witnesses un-
able to testify during the first
three days will have a chance
later.
District highway officials will
be the first witnesses tomorrow
presenting their case for the E
street span. Other proponents OF
both the E street and Jones Point
proposal will testify Tuesday
/, Wednesday will be devoted to
opposition witnesses.
One of the major points of
opposition will come from groups
protesting the proposed E street
bridges crossing of Roosevelt
Island as an improper encroach-
ment on the island.
More than any bridge pro-
posals in years. meanwhile. IL,
two Broyhill bills are expected
to point up the bridge financing
Continued on Page Az. Col ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Worse Slump Likely
In IS, Congress Told,
II Policies Stay Same
Drop in Buyer Demand
Cited in Warning by
Joint Group Advisers
By jones 7. Newton

The Senate House Economic
Committee has received blunt
warning from it's staff experts
that business may be in for
rougher going next year than
during the present economic
slump.
An analysis of the economic
outlook was prepared by the
staff, under direction of Grover
w. EnSley, and attached to the
committee report made public
yesterday.
The Nation could produce in
total goods and services 1866
billion in this fiscal year and
1913 billion in fiscal 1855. the
Senate economists estimate. But
they add:
Demand for national produc-
ton on the basis of estimated
present trends, plans and expec-
tations, is estimated to total
1868 billion in fiscal 1854 and
$500 billion in fiscal 1855.
This summation of projec-
tons indicates the possibility of
inadequate total demand to sus-
tain maximum employment and
production amounting to 50 bill
lion in fiscal 1854 and $13 billion
in fiscal 1855
Possible Results Listed.
The analysis suggests that if
present consumer-savings pat
terms and estimated business in
vestment programs are not
changed they will lead to one
of the following results, or a
combination of them:
/. A further voluntary reduce
ton of the labor force, or a de-
cline IN hours of work per en-
ploye.
2. An increase in unemploy-
ment. If all or most of this adj
justment is expressed in unem-
ployment alone. there would be
an increase of about 2 million
from present levels. This would
raise unemployment in the win
ter of 1954-1955 to about S
million. on the basis of the
Census Bureaus new Sampling
process for gauging employment
trends.
3. A sharp decline in price
levels.
The Senate economists empha-
sized their estimates of demand
for goods and services do not
reflect the changes which may
(See ECONOMIC. Page A-50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28


Senate, yesterday declared him.
self in full accord with a pro-
posed study of proper rules of
procedure to guide committee in
veStigationS. The study was
ordered last week by the Senate
Republican Policy Committee.
Several Republican Senators
said they believed it would be a
wise course to have Republican
members of the Mccarthy in
vestigating committee on hand
when Chairman Mccarthy con-
ducts hearings-and to have
Democratic members of the COM
mittee present, too. One of the
serious criticisms of the Nc
Carthy hearings has been they
frequently have been one-man
affairs. This was true of his
browbeating of Brig. Gen. Ralph
Zwicker. which currently has
focused attention on the prob
lem.
No White House InstigatiOn.
A report that President Eisen-
hover and his White House ad-
visers had instigated the pro-
posal for new rules of procedure
was denied by Senator Know
land. The Republican leader in
sisted the idea came from Sena-
tors-not from the President or
his aides.
A further report that the
President had sent word to Re-
publican members of the Nc
earthly committee that they
should be on hand for the Nc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Senators Seek Way to Avert
FIore-Ups at Future Probes
KnowIond Supports Plan to Study Rules
Of Procedure for Committee Inquiries

Carthy hearings-and that this
word had been conveyed to
Senators Mundt of South Da-
kota, DirkSen of Illinois and
Potter of Michigan by a top
administration official. was fatty
denied by Senator Mundt.
Neither the President, nor
any of his aides at the White
House, nor any of the Republi-
can leaders or officers of the
Senate have ever mentioned to
me that l should attend more
of the Mccarthy hearings"
Senator Mundt said.
Several of my Republican col
leagues have said to me in causal
conversation they thought it
would be advisable if we Repub-
lican members of the investigat-
ing committee attended all the
hearings. But no intimidation
has ever come to me from the
White House about such a
thing.
Personally. I agree that it
would be wise to have as many
members of the subcommittee as
possible attend these hearings.
It is very difficult. however. fol
us to be there at all times. /
myself am a member of II COM
mittees. including five or six sub
committees Of the Appropriations
Committee. Sometimes three Of
these committees are holding
hearings at the same hour"
Approves Study of Rules.
The South Dakota lawmaker
like Senator Knowland. Endorsed
the idea of a study of rules of
procedure for Senate committees
He pointed out that already the
committee hearings are governed
by rules-although the public
does not seem to realize that
fact. If they can be improved,
he said, he is for it.
Sen. Mundt added, however
he was against any hard
and fast rules that would
Continued on Page A Col. l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Syrian Troops Fire
On Mob, Is Killed
Or Seriously Injured
Custer of Successor
To Deposed President !
Demanded By Crowds
ey .he Assoelotsu Press

DAMASCUS. Syria, Feb. 81
Troops loyal to Abid Shishekly
tonight fired on rioting' Damas-
Gus mobss which were not salts
fed by his resignation as
president and demanded the
unseating of his successor too.
Sixteen or more persons were
killed or seriously injured.
Continual firing could be heard
in the center of the city. site of
the government buildings Mobs
set fire to municipal buildings.
The sound Of street fighting
could be heard in several other
quarters of the city.
Many times soldiers used tear
gas to scatter thousands of dem
onstrators who roamed the city
for hours before the shooting
started.
Early in the disorders some of
the crowd broke into the Par
lament Building and beat up
deputies.
Clean Sweep Demanded.
The rebel Syrian army officers
who staged yesterdays revolu-
ton from Aleppo and other
northern cities now had set their
sights on Maximum FL Kuz-
bari, the President of the AS
sembly who was elected interim
President when Gen. Shishekly
! left for exile.
The rebels were declaring they
would not be satisfied with any,
thing less than a clean sweep
of the government and junk
ing of the Shishekly constitu-
ton.
Planes from Aleppo rained
pamphlets on Damascus calling
on the rest Of the army to join
the revolt. and demanding that
the Parliament be cleared of pro-
Shishekly elements.
A tight curfew was clamped
on Damascus tonight after the
first bloodshed of the revolt. Col.
Shawkat Shkeir, chief of army
staff. declared in a communique
that demonstrations were banned
and violators would be severely
punished.
Center of Town Barred.
A fire could be seen blazing
above government buildings in
the center of Damascus near
Merle Square.
For more than an hour con-
tinual gunfire was heard from
that quarter. A heavy guard
blocked off the center of the
town. Armored cars guarded
some streets approaching the
area. Streetcars were stopped
and turned back when they tried
to enter the zone.
Telegraph company employees
left their posts in the late after
noon. complicating Damascus
communication with the outside
world.
Demonstrators, supporting the
demands of the army insur-
gents at Aleppo, in Northern Sy-
ria. where Yesterdays revolution
started. tore down pictures OF
Gen. Shishekly from walls all
over the city. and screamed for
the blood of officials appointed
by him.
Unconfirmed reports said dele
gates from political party leaders
had arrived in Damascus to nego-
tiate solution OF the crisis at
the invitation of Col. Shkeir.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Pictures on Poee AS.


children'S Sandbox 1t came to
a stop beside the three adults.
One woman had to crawl out
from beneath portion of the
tail section of the plane.
Rescue workers identified the
dead as:
Maynard H. link, jr., %, of
1923 North Lexington street, Ar
lington. He was reported to have
been the pilot.
Robert Lee Blalock, 80, of 210
Stuart drive, Falls Church.
passenger He was an employee
of the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co.
Heard Plane Falling.
The plane crashed into the
backyard at the residence of
Joseph r. Ripani. 80. of 1402
Wayne drive.
h Mr.. Ripani. who is employed
as a civilian clerk by the Marine
Corps at the Naval Gun Factory,
said he was digging a garden
when the accident occurred
shortly before pm. His wife
and their next-door neighbor,
Mrs. Robert Barbagallo, were
with him. talking.
Suddenly. Mr.. Ripani heard
an ominous noise. He did not see
the aircraft clearly but he rea-
lized what was happening and
he shouted to the women:
Hit the ground!"
Il was in the Army infantry"
he said. land I knew we had
to get down. I gave my wife
push as I threw myself down.
Worried About Children.
las soon as the plane landed,
I realized it had missed us but
I was concerned about the chill
dren in the Sandbox.
so dashed for the kids.
When got around the plane.
l saw they were alive but they
were crying and running for
the house"
Three Of them were members
OF the Ripani family: Mary 10.
6; Carolyn, S, and Barbara Ann,
2. One was daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Barbagallo, Theresa
Ann, 2. Another was Kathy
10 Stringer. who makes her
home with the Barbagallos. The
sixth was Ann Elmore. 4, daugh-
ter of Capt. and Mrs. James w.
Gilmore, who live around the
corner at 2506 lakewood street.
Capt. Elmore is in the Air Force.
Witnesses reported a part Of
one wing of the plane fell of as
it executed a bank, and the air.
craft plummeted to earth. There
was no explosion or fire after
the crash.
Saw Craft Falling.
Edward Hart, who was paint
ing his house at 1400 Wayne
street. said he saw the plane
falling. its propeller spinning
slowly, its engine cut off.
II hollered at the Ripanis," he
said, but couldn't get their at
tention."
DR.. Claude Cooper, Fairfax
County coroner. pronounced Mr..
(See CRASH. Page A-5.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
ProwIer Kills
Woman, Slabs
Her Sister

A woman was stabbed tO
death and her sister SlaShed
and wounded early today, APP
parently by a hOusebreaker,
police reported. Dead was Miss
Alma H. Preinkert. So, of 1434
Chaplin street NV.
Her sister, Miss Alvina
Preinkert, so, told police she
heard her sister scream and
went to investigate. She found
a stocky cOlOred man, between
IS and 40 years old, standing
over her sisters bed. The
man stabbed the older sister,
wOunding her, and fed. A
third sister who lives at the
Chaplin street address called
police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Mrs. Moss Suspended
From Army Job Until
Red Case Is Settled
Lawyer Says Womon
Is Ready to Testify
Before MeCorthy

Mrs. Annie Lee Moss, await
ing questioning in Senator Nc
Carthy's search for evidence of
Army "coddling" Of Commu-
nists. has been suspended from
her job by the Army Signal
Corps. her lawyer said yesterday.
The 49-year-old colored wom-
an. who appeared before the
Senate Investigations Subcom-
mittee last Wednesday but was
excused because she seemed i'll
was transferred recently from
the job OF code clerk to work N
stock room. Attorney George
E. c. Hayes said she was notified
Yesterday that she was suspended
as of last Thursday pending the
adjudication of her case"
Pentagon officials made no
comment.
Mr.. Hayes said he notified the
subcommittee yesterday that
Mrs. Moss was prepared to
testify. He was informed, he
said, that he would be told early
this week as to when the sub
committee wants to question her.
Hearing Set Tomorrow.
The subcommittee planned a
hearing at the Capitol tomorrow
dealing with alleged Communist
activity at Fort Monmouth
N. j. The session had been
scheduled for yesterday in New
York. 1t was postponed and
transferred here because a Dem
ocratic member, Senator Nc
Clellan of Arkansas. protested
that he had received no notice
until after pm. Friday and
could not have arranged to 60
to New York.
Mrs. Moss testified earlier last
week before the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activi-
ties in closed session. Mr.. Hayes
said she will repeat under oath
to the Senate subcommittee that
she is not a Communist and
never has been.
Mrs. Mary S. Markward, once
an undercover worker for the
FBI within the Communist
Party in the District of Column
bia, told the Mccarthy subcom-
mittee Tuesday that an Annie
Lee Moss was dues-paying Red
in the early 1940s. She was
unable to definitely identify the
woman who worked for the Sig
nal Corps as the same person
she knew as a Communist.
Identification Claimed.
Senator Mccarthy said Mrs.
Moss had been identified posi-
lively as Red by a witness who
has not yet appeared in open
hearings. The Senator said Mrs,
Moss was promoted from a wait
ress to a. DECIDING clerk han
ding "top-secret messages" and
he wants to know who was re-
sponsible for this. knowing her
to be a member of the Commu-
mist Party"
The Army says Mrs Moss
never handled secret codes or
had access to the code room.
At a Mccarthy subcommittee
hearing last Wednesday. the
Senator suggested she was too
i'll to testify and warned her of
possible perjury action. Her
lawyer then said, after consult
ing his weeping client, that he
did not think she was able to
! testify at that time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Transit 10 Fight
Restrainer on
bonds,Dividend
Judge Pine to Hold
Hearing on Utilities
Group Injunction Plea
By John w. Stepp

Federal Judge David A. Pine
issued a restraining order yes
terday blocking the Capital Tran
sit Co.'S plan to redeem the last
of its outstanding bonds and to
distribute it's latest dividends.
Spokesman for the firm said
it will move. probably tomorrow
to have the order set aside. 1t
was issued yesterday after two
hour hearing in U. S. District
Court for the District of Column
bia.
AS the decree now stands, 1t
ties Capital Transit's hands until
March 9. At 10 am. on that
date Judge Pine will hold a hear
ing on the request of the District
Public Utilities Commission for
the court to order a preliminary
Injunction which, If granted,
would forestall the company still
longer. The commission wants
these stays to enable it to con-
duct an investigation of the COM
pany's financial policies.
Taking appropriate Steps"
Transit officials at the close of
yesterdays proceedings promptly
issued this statement of inten-
tionS:
I'VE are taking appropriate
steps with a view to dissolving
the restraining order at the
earliest possible date"
Company Counsel Edmund l.
Jones explained that he will
proceed under a section of the
Federal court rules that per-
mits a defendant who has re-
ceived no formal service of ar
injunction suit to file a motion
to dissolve a temporary restrain
ing, order.
Indications were that thu
company will file such a motor
in District Court tomorrow. Tht
rule requirement OF two-day
notice means the motion viii
| probably be heard Thursday.
May Be Speedier Course.
The company apparently de-
! cided that this would be {
speedier course than taking
Judge Pines decision before tn,
U. s. Court OF Appeals for thu
District of Columbia.
Should the court hearing b,
set for Thursday. the date will
conflict with q public hearing
scheduled by the utilities com
mission for its investigation OF
Capital Transit. Validity of the
commission hearing date has
been questioned by the company
Officials believe that the COM
mission must allow a Today
lapse between announcement OF
the investigation and the time
that proceedings actually begin
In yesterdays hearing, Judge
Pine showed clear interest in
the commissions argument that
the welfare of the transit riding
public is the fundamental issue
The jurist was surprised when
he learned that the company
announced its SGT million bond
call decision without first in
forming the regulatory body.
why the Haste?'
How is it that you were fur
tive and Secretive about this?'
he asked Mr.. Jones. why didn't
you let the commission know
about it? Why the haste?"
The company lawyer denied
(See TRANSIT, Page A-9D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Kushmir Avalanche Kills 80

SPRINAGAR. KaShmir, Fec.
81 R.-At least 80 people were
killed in an avalanche which
swept down on the Himalayan
mountain village of Manchil, IS
miles north of here. Many houses
were destroyed and cattle killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28

TodayS Big E0ents in Music
Are Star Features Tomo,r07v

Today, like every Sunday will concerts in
Washington than other day of the week. For coverase OF
these including the recital of cest Paul Olefsky and
the performance of The Great Service" of William Byrd by
the nston Chamber Chorus directed by Paul Galloway
rad the reviews Of Music Critic Day Thorpe The Evening
Star tomorrow.
More and indicating their appreciation
of The Stars of significant musical events
in the Capital The Stars music reviewers report far
concerts than any other Washington paper.
Read The and every day for reviews
Of the Washington Phone Sterling $4,000
for home delivery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Plane Misses
9 in Back Yard;
2F|yers Die
Croft Crashes Beside
Children at PIoy
Near Falls Church

Six children playing in a sand
box and three adults near them,
escaped death or serious injury
late yesterday when a small
plane crashed near Falls Church,
killing its two occupants.
The two-place aircraft was de-
molished within six feet of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28

ton to two bills, both introduced
by a subcommittee member,
Representative Broyhill. Repub-
lican. of Virginia.
One calls for bridge leading
from Jones Point. Alexandria.
to the Maryland shore and then
to tie into District streets. 1t is
intended mainly to permit auto
mobiles and trucks to bypass
congested downtown District
areas.
The other proposal. highly
controversial. is supported by the
District Highway Department for
the direct relief of downtown
congestion. 1t would lead from
E street NV. over the Potomac
and across Roosevelt Memorial
Island before tying into Virginia
roads.
A third bridge bill. calling for
a span from Reaches Run--just
downriver from the Fourteenth
street railroad bridge-was in
troduced last week. 1t is strongly
supported by the National Capt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
By Gould Lincoln

Ways and means to curb the
kind of congressional. question:
ing which led to the recent
f1are-up between Senator Nc
Carthy and Secretary of the
Army Stevens are under active
consideration on Capitol Hill.
Senator Knowland of Cali
fornia, republican leader of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28

Other Stories Related to MeCorthy and
Senote Probes. Poqe a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
By George Beveridee

Potomac River bridge hearings,
which open before a House Dis
trict subcommittee tomorrow,
are expected to bring into sharp
focus the complex question OF
who pays for Washington s
bridges and why.
The House groups announced
intention is to limit conSidera-
See Editorial. Who Should Poy for the
Bridees?" Poee Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28

tai Planning Commission as an
alternate to the E street bridge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28

Continued on Page A, Col. l..
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(See CRASH. Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28

Continued on Page A-6, Col. l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28

(See ECONOMIC. Page A-50
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-02
Examination
BY Mrs.
Frances Hatfield
Phone
Harrington 7s7

Pennington Fire Company re-
spOnded to a fire at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Meredith on
Route 13, Sunday morning. A bed
room and some clothes were par
TALLY destroyed by fire.
There was a town election held
in the school house Saturday eve
ming. A new town council was
elected. President, Wallace Smith.
Secretary and Treasurer, Emerson
LangfOrd, and the remaining coun-
Gil members are Lester Mitchell,
Lester Hatfield and Lewes Hurd.
MT. and Mrs. Willard Donovan
entertained guests from Dover on
Sunday.
Mrs. Raymond McCready and
Mrs. Harvey KentOn were Will
mingtOn shoppers, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dansel Smith
spent Tuesday at the Veterans
Hospital at Elsmere.