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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-21
Reds 10 Return
Dead
Injured U. S. Officer
To Be Freed Tuesday

PANMUNJoM. Sunday, Aug.
81 tR.-The Communists today
told the United Nations COM
mand that Army Capt. Charles
w. Brown. West Louisville, KY,
was killed in the crash Of a
small, unarmed training plane
shot down Wednesday by Red
antiaircraft fire.
The Communists had said
earlier that Air Force End 1t.
Guy Bumpas, jackson, Miss.
suffered head injuries but is
alive.
The Communists said they
would return 1t. Bumpas and
the body Of Capt. Brown at $3.50
pm. Tuesday.
Communist confirmation that
1t. Bumpas was alive came at a
Joint Military Armistice Com
mission meeting at which the
U. N. Command demanded the
immediate return Of the two men.
North Korean Mai. Gen. Jung
Kook Rok, senior Red delegate.
claimed in a statement that the
pilot had denied he was on a
routine training mission when
shot down.
Gen. Jung accused Mai. Gen.
Harlan c. Parks, the senior al
lied delegate, of attempting ia
deceive the world" by calling
this provocative and hostile act
a routine training flight.
Besides, I'd 1t. Bumpas of
your side. who was captured by
our side. denies that the aircraft
was on a routine training
flight" Gen. Jung said.
Gen. Jung also apparently
tried to claim that the pilot adj
mitted he was north of the de-
line when first fired
upon.
The U. N. command has said
that the plane inadvertently
intruded" across the southern
border Of the demilitarized zone
but was fret upon before it
crossed the demarcation line sep
arating North and South Korea.
After it was hit by intense
ground fire, the plane went out
Of control, the U. N. Command
said. veered north and then
crashed in Communist territory
north of the line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-21
Boston Polio Cases
Show Sharp Drop

BOSTON, Aug. 20 R.-Only
four new polio cases we're report
ed today in Boston--the sharpest
drop Of the season.
Throug h out Massachusetts
there was a general decrease
with 81 new cases. The State
total for the year is 1910. X
DR.. Roy F. Feemster, state d.
rector Of the Division of Commu-
nicable Diseases, expressed the
hope that over-exertion. wet
clothing and excavations caused
by the floods would not increase
the polio incidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-21
UTTERY
AS MOSCOW ALLY

PAIL OF UNCERTAINTY - A.
though the flow Of news from behind
the Iron Curtoin hos been increos-
ing, the satellite notions have been
overlooked. Mortin S. Hayden, Of
the North American Newspaper ALI
once. in the first Of seven reports on
Polond. finds Worsow under poll
Of uncertainty. Pose BIB.
TODAY IN MEDlclNE-Dr. Jones
A. Shonnon. new director Of the No
tionol Institutes Of Heolth, solvosed
wrecked voeeine prosrom and set
it on o true. sole course, according
to todcy's story by John MeKelwey,
stor staff writer. on Pose AIS.
Complete Index, Poee AZ
Rodio-Tv Programs. Pes. ELS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-21
Johnson Working Hard
To Make Full Recovery
Senator Has Bottle PIons Organized
For His Return to the Political Wars
BY MARY McGRORY

Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson is coming
back typical fashion from the heart attack that laid
him low on July g. That is to say he is working hard at
it, he's organized, and he's overlooking no BETS
The downstairs of his 30th place NV. home looks
like the headquarters of modest political campaign.
The dining room table is strewn with papers, and there
as in the living secretary is busy at typewriter
They're making up lists of the ftfree diet the Senator
has currently pledged himself to-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-21
Potomac Due To Drop
By JOHN C. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press stan writer

The United States is prepared
to let Russia make aerial photo
graphs Of its Worldwide net of
military bases If the Soyiets will
trade information of equal value
to this country.
The American position on this
point has been developed in
preparation for the reopening Of
disarmament negotiations be-
tween the Western powers and
the Soviet Union, at New York
on August 20.
The United States, Russia,
Britain. Canada and France
comprise a United Nations SUBJ
committee charged with working
out q global plan for controlling
and reducing ornaments and
eliminating atomic weapons
from the arsenals Of all nations.
The work Of the committee has
been given a new forward push
by last months Big Four talks
in Geneva and particularly by
the spectacular proposal which
President Eisenhower made to
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulga-
min.
Mr.. Eisenhower suggested that
the United States and Russia
trade blue-prints of military es-
adjustments and permit each to
make aerial photographs Of the
others territory from one END
Of our countries to the other"
This Eisenhower proposal
raised big question which offic-
ials at Geneva never answered
but which has now been answered
by high authorities here.
The question is whether the
Presidents limitation of the ex-
change proposal to the territories
of each country meant that he
was deliberately excluding for
eign bases.
The answer now supplied is
that he had to exclude overseas
bases from his Geneva talk be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-21

TACOMA, WASH, Aug. 20 up.
Madison Army Hospital doc.
tors reported today that Pvt.
Philip Crosby. one of singer
Bing Crosby's two sons, suffered
only muscular injuries of the
back In an automobile accident
last Sunday. A hospital spokes-
man said he probably would be
released in about a week.
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cent cash fare, a Decent token
rate tfive for 95 cents). and .
9o-cent weekly permit, with
which passengers can travel at
10 cents a ride.
The old fares were 20 cents
cash, 16-cent token (five for 30
cents, and a 75-cent permit.
The emergency parking pro-
visions were Cancelled as Of Q
am. today.
Commissioner Samuel Spencer
announced the end Of the strike
after q l0-hour bargaining ses-
sion with Capital Transit Co.
officials at the District Building.
Nc Pact With City
Under the new fares, Capital
Transit viii drop any thought Of
signing q contract with the Dis
trict Commissioners. under which
the city would be obliged to make
Iup any losses resulting from an
increase in labor costs to settle
the strike.
The labor agreement. made
between the District Commits
sioners and heads Of the striking
|AFL transit workers union, was
approved by the membership Of
the union local Friday night at
la mass meeting in National
Guard Armory.
The new fares were approved
by the Commissioners on recon-
Imendation of the Public Utilities
Commission, under authority Of
the transit bill signed last Sum-
day by President Eisenhower.
Mr.. Spencer said the Commits
'sioners, under the authority Of
the new act. will sign an "au-
Ithorization" for Capital Transit
to provide mass transportation
during the coming year until the
company goes out of existence.
With it. he said, will go q
memorandum setting forth the
new fares and certain other
provisions.
Acting Independently
A company spokesman said,
1--WE are signing a wage contract
with the union and going ahead
independently" without a city.
company contract designed to
guarantee the firm against
losses.
The new fares were the second
set recommended yesterday by
the utilities commission. The
company turned down the first
set. on the grounds they wouldn't
cover the cost of the new labor
contract and pressed for an
upward revision.
Signs of a settlement began
to mount shortly before mid
night
E. Cleveland Giddings, Capital
Transit vice president, said the
strike was almost ended. and
told reporters the new streetcar
and bus fares would be 20 cents
cash, with a Decent token. The
only thing to be decided in the
three-way bargaining between
the company. the Commissioners
and the utilities commission, he
said, concerned the 75-cent week.
ly permit which enabled riders to
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comfortable torrents Of water,
Perhaps as many more were
missing and unaccounted for.
Swollen brooks. streams and
rivers generally receded yester-
day, and the staggering task OF
setting things right began. But
some areas still were threatened
by rising waters.
As the mud was cleared away,
more bodies came to light
bodies 'ouled by the silt the flood
lef. everywhere as its calling
card, bodies trapped in crumpled,
submerged homes in scores OF
villages and cities.
Fires Rage in Town
At nearby Putnam. Conn.,, an
explosive fire tonight ragged
through an incendiary device
manufacturing plant. lighting
the sky above o darkened.
flooded city with bright nlagnes-
iutn blasts.
Fire fighters fought the blaze
through flood waters several feet
deep in a repeat performance OF
Fridays fire that swept through
another magnesium plant. scat.
tering barrels Of explosives in the
streets.
Last nights fire was in the So
called new" plant Of the Metals
Selling Co. in q north end Sec
ton. Last nights fire detroyed
the company's "old" plant in
downtown Putnam.
While the fires roared. Putnam
remained without drinking water
electricity and most Of its tele-
phones. Martial law was i'm.
posed for the second night by
Mayor John N. Dempsey.
Virtually the only persons seer
in the flooded, debris-lader
streets were utility workers
striving to repair power anc
phone lines. The city Of 10000
was completely cut off from nor
NAL communication and access.
Seeks Bridge Connection
Mayor Dempsey, on his feet
directing emergency operation:
See FLOODS, Page Al
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51-Duy Transit Strike Is Settled;
Buses Stort Running Tomorrow
North African
Riot Deaths
Mount 10 43O
Violence Marks
I'd Anniversary
Of SuItun's Custer

PARIS. Aug. 20 R.-Nation-
alist rioting blazed across North
Africa today and resulted in the
killing Of more than 430 Arabs
and Europeans. The violent
deaths were in battles. bomb
ings and various armed encoun-
tiers In Algeria and Morocco.
Infiamed Arabs demanding an
end to French rule took the Sec
ond anniversary Of the exile Of
Morroco's deposed Sultan Mo-
manned Ben Youssef to set Oh
the worst drive Of disorders since
independence became an issue
In North Africa.
White-cloaked Berber tribes
men fought q bitter engagement
with parachute troops in Mo-
rocco's Atlas Mountain, and
other nationalist clashed with
troops and tanks in the shanty
towns surrounding Casablanca.
Algeria Joins In
Later in the day. apparently
In sympathy with the Moroccans.
rebels went into ac-
ton some 500 miles away In
Constantine Providence Of East
ern Algeria.
Large groups Of Nationalist
police stations and bar
racks at Philippeville. and set
of q series Of bombs In Con-
stantine. q city Of 10000. In
quick succession reports came Of
attacks against police stations,
post offices and railroad depots
In towns all over the area.
The French News Agency de-
scribed the Algerian outbreak
a. IAN attempted insurrection''
but said the situation was in
hand as the result Of quick ac-
ton by police and security
forces. =
A report from the fighting In
the Atlas Mountains Of Morocco
described 1t as more like q
civil war than q police opera
ton"
Accurate Count Impossible
With reports Of new clashes
flooding into Paris almost hourly,
a precise accounting was i'm
possible. :
But French sources. which
often are inclined to underesti-
mate casualties in Nationalist
disturbances. gave this general
Of the dead in the
major clashes:
Algeria--200 Nationalist, 81
military personnel and civilians
In the Constantine region.
Morocco--200 Nationalist and
Europeans, about 80 of them at
Oued Fem and an equal number
at Kenifra, and about a score ID
the outskirts Of Casablanca.
Killed In Restaurant
Some victims in Constantine
were lunching in a restaurant
when a bomb was hurled into
their midst.
A nephew of Ferhat Abbas. a
Nationalist leader, was killed by
the exploding bomb.
Hadj Said. another Nationalist
leader. was wounded in the legs
by four Nationalist bullets,
French accounts said. It was not
clear whether this shooting was
accidental or intentional.
Algeria Is ruled as q part OF
France itself. Morocco as pro-
tectorate. But police and security
forces in Algeria had been poised
for days expecting trouble on
the anniversary Of the dethron-
ing OF Ben Youssef.
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U. S. Spy Executed

LONDON, Aug. 20 R.-
Warsaw Radio said today that
jerry Lewszecki, chief defend
ant among a group Of Amer
lean intelligent agents" tried last
March, has been executed.
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Floods Over 8 States
Kill 141> Isolate Cities
Ruging Fires
Add to PeriIs;;
Loss in Billions.
BY the Associated Press

The Northeast. still gripped by
the most savage floods in its his
tory, counted the damage in bill
lions of dollars yesterday. An
even more terrible toll in human
lives kept mounting.
AT least 141 persons were
known dead in the eight sea-
board States ravaged by the UNI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-21
Polish NucIeur Study
LONDON,

LONDON. Aug. 20 R).-Po-
land has set up a nuclear re-
search unit, Warshaw Radio re-
ported tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-21

Other Flood Stories and Pictures. Pages,
Az. Al, AS and A-l0.
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CTC and Union Sign Pact
After Fare Rise Approval
City Not Asked
To Make Up
AnyLosses
BY HECTOR MCLEAN and
JOHN w. STEPP

Washington's 51-day transit
strike ended at 1:12 am. today.
The first buses will begging rum
ming at 4:30 am. tomorrow.
Streetcar and bus fares will
be increased to provide for q 20
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NOTHING BUT RECORDS

Millions Of oficial papers are waiting
to be saved or doomed behind the thick
walls Of the building at Alexandria's
King and Union streets. Their storage
is big business for the q. s.
Page Ala
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Of Proposals to
End Transit Strike. Pose A.
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WEATHER FORECAST

Sunny and hot today and tomorrow, high
temperatures around 06. (Fuli report plus
resort forecast on Page A-2.)
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Crosby Injuries Minor

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The Nome nugget., 1955-01-26
CANADA PLANS TO START ATOMIC POWER PLANT

OTTAWA, R-Canada plans to start designing an experimental atomic power plant this spring.
 To be built jointly by the gov- ernment and private industry, the installation may be ready for op- eration early in 1858.
 Trade Minister c. D. Howe an nounced the project Monday in the annual report of Atomic En- ergy of Canada Ltd, a govern ment corporation.
 Officials said no final decision has been made yet on a site for the plant. The cost of the project has not been estimated.
 Britain and the United States are now building atomic power plants to produce electricity.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-26
Secty. Wilson Sees No Need For Changes In Military Short of War"

WASHINGTON, R-Secretary of Defense Wilson told con- cerned Congress today he sees no need for any important changes" in United States forces short of war"
 Wilson, appearing before the House Armed Services Committee to report on American military strength, made no mention in pre- pared remarks of the mounting tension over Red Chinese threats to Formosa. But the Formosa situ- ation loomed large in the back ground. Also scheduled to brief the lawmakers was Adm. Arthur w. Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
 The House yesterday approved 4093 a resolution endorsing acts of war, if President Eisenhower thinks them necessary, to defend the Chinese Nationalist island stronghold from the Reds.
 Chairman Vinson D-Ga) of the Armed Services Committee told newsmen the briefing by Wilson and Radford had been scheduled some time ago and was not spec ifically prompted by the Formosa problem.
 
 Wilson said he did not expect Russia ito take action during the next few years that would delib- erately precipitate another world conflict" But Communist aims are unchanged, he said, and a conflict might arise through mis- calculation on their part"
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-26
First Refugees Start Evacuating Tachen Islands

TAIPEH, Formosa, tR-An old, gray landing ship slid into the small, hill-girt harbor of Keelung in northern Formosa Tuesday with the first 193 refugees-many of them children-from the Com munist-menaced Tachen Islands 200 miles to the north.
 The dingy LSM carried widows and orphans of Nationalist guer- rillas who died last week in the defense of Yikiangshan Island. One woman, the widow of a guer- rilla chieftain, carried a 12-day- old baby.
 On board also were 18 sick and wounded Nationalist soldiers and 85 children under IA years of age from a Tachen orphanage, and IS women of the orphanage staff.
 The wounded soldiers were car ried ashore. Only two men were among the refugees. They were the elderly father of a guerrilla squad leader killed at Yikiang- shan and the orphanage cook.
 The evacuation was a National ist operation, possibly the fore runner of complete withdrawal from the two small Tachen Is- lands.
 But the evacuation ship on the final stage of its trip passed thru waters protected by the US. 7th Fleet built around four fast car riers of the Essex class.
 The fleet is in position to assist in the complete withdrawal of 10000 Nationalist troops from the Tachens if it gets orders to do the job.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-26
Approves Full War Powers For Ike To Defend FOrnOsa

WASHINGTON, LR--The Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Ser vices Committees today approved 26-2 a resolution giving President Eisenhower full war powers to defend Formosa and it's outposts.
 Sens. Langer CR-ND) and Morse Gndependent-O voted against the resolution which was recom- mended to the Senate in exactly the form it passed the House yes terday by a 409-3 vote
 Leaders noted it might be i'm possible to get the measure off, cially before the Senate if any senator objected to immediate consideration. Unless there is unanimous consent for immediate consideration, any measure must under Senate rules Hay over" for one day after it is reported by a committee.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-26
Nationalist Forces Will Abandon The Tachen Islands
By Spencer Moosa

TAIPEI, Formosa, R-A1though Nationalist Chinese officials won't say so, there is no question but that Chiang Kai-Shek's forces will abandon the Tachen islands.
 Reliable sources said today the many problems involved have been worked out at conferences between Nationalist and Ameri- can officers. Planning has reached the stage where the operation can begin whenever the signal is given.
 Formal announcement appears to await only congressionl ap- proval of President Eisenhower's recommendations.
 The sources said the evacuation would be a joint operation, under the overall command of Vice Ad- miral Alfred M. Pride, command CT of the US. 7th Fleet. His flag ship, the cruiser Helena, is now at the north Formosa port of Kee- lung.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-26
Straub Appointed To City Council

Elmer Straub was appointed by the Nome City Council in it's reg ular meeting Monday night to fill the unexpired term of Council woman Rita Harper, which is un- til April of this year.
 Councilwoman Rose Silverman called attention to the similarity of the dog problems in Fairbanks where the council is trying to pass new ordinances. There, the coun- cil objected to a proposed change of $5 per year per dog, preferring their present S2 per male and $5 per female.
 Fairbanks now impounds any dog running as a public nuisance and imposes a $1O fine for repos- sessing an unlicensed dog, and a $5 fine for licensed. dog as well as $1 a day board bill for dogs held
 An estimated 1,500 dogs in Fair banks is a bigger headache than that which the Nome Council has.
 Representing group of moth CTS of teen-age students, Mrs. Pete Reader asked for modification or Ordinance BAT so that. students going home from dances or par ties will not be moleSted by auth critics as long as they are enroute home, at the proper time. '. She stated that the present in- depreciation of the law makes the young people feel like law break CTS, just to be walking home from a party.
 Chief Jenks explained that the city police would try to use dis cretion in the future.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-26
Churchill Turns Down Suggestion He, Meet With MalenkOv

LONDON, R-Prime Minister Winston Churchill Tuesday re- jected suggestions he should meet with Soviet Premier .Georgi Nal enkov to discuss the explosive Far Eastern situation.
 II do not conceive a meeting of this character on the Far East between me and MT. Malenkov would be likely to yield favorable results at this time,". Churchill told the House of Commons.
The Nome nugget., 1955-01-26
Statehood Advocates Seek To Limit Coming Congressional Hearings To
 Summary and Review of Testimony
By Harrison Humphries

WASHINGTON, R-Advocates of statehood for Hawaii and Alas ka today sought to limit forth coming congressional hearings to summary and review of prior testimony.
 Delegate Elizabeth Harrington (R-HawaiD offered members of the House Insular Affairs Com mittee 5,194 printed pages com prising the record of 16 previous congressional investigations of HaWaii'S fitness for statehood.
 Delegate E. l.. Bartlett D-Alas- k0 displayed seven volumes to- taling 2,633 pages as the record of previous congressional hearings on Alaska statehood.
 The House committee decided yesterday to conduct another hearing, primarily for the benefit of new members. The extent of the inquiry was not determined, but Chairman Engle (D-Calif) said he had no inclination to de- prive any committee member of the opportunity to be fully in formed.
 Full Information Demanded
 One demand for full informa- ton came from Rep. Rutherford O-Texas) who claimed only a passing knowledge" of the sub- ject.
 A new member of the commit tee and a first-termer in Congress, Rutherford told the committee: "As far as I am concerned, the issue just arrived this morning"
 If forced to vote without addi- tional information, Rutherford said he would vote against the admission of both territories as states.
 Another newcomer to the com mittee, Rep. Edmondson D-Okla) raised specific questions about the safeguards to be provided for na- tive populations, particularly the Indians, ESkimos and AleutS in Alaska.
 Assured by Delegate Bartlett that Alaska native groups are sat- isfied with the language in the statehood bill designed to protect native right, Edmondson said he would like additional information as to the competence of the na- tives to judge whether their rights are adequately protected.
 EdmondSon expressed himself in sympathy with the statehood ambitions of the residents of Ha- waii and Alaska and said he is inclined to implement the declar- ations of the Democratic National Platform in favor of immediate statehood for both territories.
 Engle said Edmondson had raised good questions and asked other members to inform him of specific points they wanted cov- cred in the hearing.
 Bill To Be Discussed Friday
 A point by point discussion of the contents of the combined Ha-
 Continued on Page Three)