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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
Crash
Kills Two Men

Two automobile drivers were
killed instantly this morning
when their cars crashed head-on
at the crest Of a hill on Route
301. three miles north of Upper
Marlboro.
Pronounced dead on the scene
by DR.. James I. Boyd. Prince
Georges County coroner, were
Henry Friedrich Gauss. 40, OF
Baltimore, and John Francis
Hess. ~, OF Richmond, Va.
DR.. Boyd said both men died Of
hemorrhage and shock resulting
from crushed chests and alb
domenS.
County Police Pvt. William
Welsh said Mr.. Hess was driving
north and Mr.. Gauss driving
south when the cars collided In
the southbound lane.
There were no passengers In
either car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
Garrett Park Opposes Mail Delivery,
Wants Its 'Crocker-BorreI Post Office

says that only about 5 per cent
OF the community favor any
change.
AS things stand now. Mrs.
Penn, Garrett Parks postnlis-
tress for the last IS years. picks
UP the mail bags at the BIO
station four times q day and
has mail put in the boxes within
q matter of minutes.
One housewife said she thinks
the decision should be based on
efficiency alone. She added that
q $40. 900 addition to the present
post ONCE now under construc-
ton would handle that problem.
Well, the town council wasn't
born yesterday. It went on
record October 10 as unanimous
" opposed TO any change In
status.
James w. Howe, president Of
the Garrett Park Citizens Assoc
cation, Immediately circulated q
letter asking all residents to OPP
pose the change.
A petition opposing the change
was drawn up, sikned by $40 res
idents and sent to the Post Of
flee Department. Tonight's mass
meeting win be at $3.50 o'clock in
the Community Recreation Gen.
ter.
Postal Inspector Turner's COM
ments on the situation?
He's out Of town for q few
days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
Area B Decision
Put OFF Again

The District Redevelopment
Land Agency delayed a decision
again today on o developer for
the 76-acre Project Area B, this
time until q special meeting at
4 pm. Friday.
John A. Remon, RIA chair
man. said a final determination
on a builder for the pilot South
west Redevelopment project was
held of because one of the
boards five members, Andrew
Parker. president Of Woodward
& Lothrop, was tied up by a
business commitment.
The decision will be between
two investor groups which have
submitted proposals. a Washing
ton group headed by I. s. Tur-
over. lumber dealer here. and a
New York syndicate headed by
J. H. Scheuer and Roger l..
Stevens.
Mr.. Remon said he was hope
ful that the final decision will
be made Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
Private Utility
Probe Is Seen

Representative Chudoff, DEM
ocrat Of Pennsylvania, said to-
day a House committee will look
into" private utility practices ITO
see If the private power COM
panies have any relationship
with the Secretary of the In
terror"
Mr.. Chudoff said the Govern
ment Operations Subcommittee,
of which he is chairman, prob
ably will get into 1t next year"
His statement came as the
committee voted down, on
straight party lines. a Republic
can demand to give the private
utilities public hearing In the
committees current investigation
on administration public power
policy.
The action followed White
House refusal to name persons
and dates involved in q number
of conferences concerning pro-
posed distribution Of Federal
power from the Clark Hill hydro
electric project on the Savannah
River In Georgia.
The subcommittee has In
CURED into Interior Department
proposals. subsequently shelved,
to supply Georgia's share of
Clark Fill energy to the Georgia
Power Co. for resale to rural
electric co-operatives which have
prior rights to 1t under the law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
Lift Falls Nine Floors;
Cement Saves Mon

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 10 R1.
A construction elevator plunged
nine stories yesterday land al
though r. L. Reid came out Of
lit a mess. he wasn't hurt.
Mr.. Reid, 80. was taking a big
wheelbarrow Of fresh cement to
the top when the elevator cable
snapped. He immediately Topped
down on the soft. wet cement
and used 1t for a cushion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18

ONCE from a second class post
office To q substation Of Kensing-
ton.
The change, Mr.. Turner noted,
would afford Garrett Parks 1000
residents delivery service for the
first time.
Opposition was immediate.
The post office. which shares
q building near the BIO COM
muter station with the towns
general store, is more than q
means Of disseminating mail.
Garrett Park wives for years
have made IL q practice to get
together at the post ONCE while
waiting to pick UP their hus-
bands on the Sis from Wash
ington.
IT gives them a chance. so one
woman explained, to get caught
up on the news, mail that long
overdue letter to Aunt Matilda,
buy five pounds Of spuds. and
pick UP the Old Man.
Mayor Samuel r. Powell, jr,,
describes the community's fond
ness for the present set-up as
nostalgia .'for times better and
long gone" when an efficiency
expert would have been known
as q busybody and visiting the
post ONCE was . pleasant occa-
sion.
He admits that some Of the
may be irrational but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
Six Stotes Clear Debris
AS Flooding Rivers Ebb
AZ Deaths Listed as Connecticut
Suffers Heaviest Storm Wreckuqe

million worth Of repairs after
Diane. figured the new
floods left them with "a million
worth of work to do.
Some Of this task will be a
matter of repairing once again
the facilities they had repaired
before. Some of the repair work
viii be new. OF the 10 Con-
necticut towns hit by the latest
floods. % had suffered damage
from Diane.
The hard-hit New Haven
Railroad restored some service
yesterday and had even more
trains running today. However
II warned that o bus shuttle
around a track break near
Darien, Conn, probably would
not be eliminated before the end
of the week. The shuttle added
an hour to the normal time for
travelling to New York City.
The New Haven estimated III
most recent food damage
amounted 10 not more than 81
million. compared to o $40 mil.
lion loss in the August 10 floods
Highway washouts snarled
See FLOODS. PAGE A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
Hurricane Kutie
Moves to SEQ

MIAMI. Fla. Oct. 10 1.-THE
zip has gone out Of Hurricane
Katie. 18th and possibly the last
tropical storm of the season.
An II am. advisory said re-
ports available from the storm
area indicate that Katie has top
winds Of IS to so miles an hour
in squalls near the center. That
is about half the force she dis
played when first discovered
Sunday, and well below hurri-
cane force Of Is miles an hour.
The storm, now conferred
about $50 miles south-southwest
of Bermuda, was moving in the
open Atlantic toward the north
northeast or northeast at about
% miles an hour.
Continued movement toward
the northeast at about that for
ward pace was expected for the
next IL hours. Shipping was
cautioned, but Katie was not
expected to threaten any land
area.
Katie lost much Of her punch
Ion her 160-mile trip across the
big island Of Hispaniola, and a
Miami Weather Bureau fore
caster said she never completely
recovered"
The tropical storm season ends
November Is. but the incidence
Iof the storms drops OF rapidly
after October Is. Forecasters
believed Katie could very well be
the last hurricane OF the season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
Dr.. Carlos DuviIo
Is Critically Ill

Or. Carlos Davila. secretary
general OF the Organization Of
American States. continued In
critical condition today, accord
ing to q report from the Pan
American Union.
DR.. Davila, 68-year-old Chilean
diplomat and editor. until yes
terday had been progressing
after an operation last June for
q kidney ailment,
Today's report said his condi-
ton appeared to be deteriorating
and that he was semi conscious.
He Is at his home on the grounds
OF the Pan American Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
Picture on Pose AIT

north Of Bethesda of the Rock
vile pike just aren't convinced
that change equals progress and
they're prepared to fight to keep
the Post ONCE Department from
helping" them.
They're going to hold q mass
meeting tonight.
It all started on September %.
Garrett Park Postmistress Lima
Penn found several hundred
questionnaires In the morning
mail addressed to residents Of
the area. II seems that Silver
Spring Postal Inspector j. p.
Turner wanted to know their
opinions on mail service In Gar
rett Park.
Mr.. Turner and the Post
ONCE both were Of the opinion
It might be more efficient to
handle Garrett Park mail
through the Kensington Post
ONCE and reduce Mrs. Penn's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18

MOSCOW, Oct. 10 R.-Noel
Fields long missing foster
daughter. Mrs. Erika CHASER Wall
ZACH, has been released from
vorkuta labor camp and is at a
Moscow hotel awaiting travel
documents permitting her to
leave the Soviet Union.
Chain smoking as she talked
to reporters. the 33-year-old
German-born woman told re-
porters today she was picked up
by East Berlin police In 1850
while searching for her foster
parents.
She said she was held In soli-
tary confinement for two and Q
half years. then was sentenced
to death in January. 1858, as q
spy by a Russian military court
in East Berlin.
Last Of Family Freed
Mrs. Wallach was the last Of
the mysterious Field family to
be freed by the Soviets, Noel
Field. q former State Depart
ment empioye, his wife Herta
and is brother Herman. q Cleve-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
BY the Associated Press

With flood waters draining
back into river beds after a
weekend rampage. stricken sec
tions of six Northeastern States
tackled a tremendous cleanup
Job today.
For some areas 1t was the
second such task in less than two
months.
The floods. which left AZ dead
and missing. hit hardest in
Connecticut. The same State
took the hrunt Of the August 10
floods which rode the tau Of
Hurricane Diane.
Rains which fed the latest
foods stopped or changed to
light showers yesterday through
out the hood belt, which stretch
ed through sections Of Massa-
.husetts, Rhode Island. Connecti-
cut. New York, New jersey and
Pennsylvania.
Leaves Ruin In Wake
Today New England had fair
weather, with no rain forecast
Tor Massachusetts,, Rhode Island
Or Connecticut.
The Boston Weather Bureau,
an earlier prediction q
showers, said the fair weather
would continue through the day.
The receding waters left be-
hind piles Of debris. wrecked
homes and business. washed-out
highways and railroads, broken
bridges and snarled power lines.
The Federal Government pro-
vided q variety Of aids for the
stricken areas.
The Governors Of Connecticut.
New York and New Jersey were
advised by Sherman Adams, as
sistant to the President, that
the major disaster" declaration
of two months ago had been ex-
tended to cover the new floods.
This enabled the Small Business
Administration and the Housing
and Home Finance Agency in
Washington to take steps to help
food victims.
President Pledges Aid
Val Peterson. director Of civil
defense, inspected the area 80
he coud take q first-hand report
ito President Eisenhower. From
his sickbed in Denver, the Presi-
dent pledged all aid possible tc
the disaster area.
The Red Cross estimated 5000
families were homeless or went
back to damaged dwellings.
Nevertheless. the destruction
Of last week end came nowhere
near the severity Of the August
10 floods. In Connecticut alone
that disaster took IA lives and
caused more than $215 million
in damage. compared to 16 dead
or missing in the second round
OF floods.
Army engineers. who did $12
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
STAR PUBLISHES
MORE JOB LISTlNGS

" you were looking for employment
opportunities during the first nine
months Of 1855, and failed to check
the big Star Classified, you over
looked 1920 such Iissiass--more
than the totoi employment offerings
Of the other two Woshinstoa news
papers eombined-44,547 more than
Woshinston's second newspaper.
II you ore presently looking for q
JOB. turn TO the employment columns
Of todoy's Stor Classified. chonces
ore you'll find just the spot you've
been looking for.
On the other hond. you may be
locking for help. n 80, tell il to the
responsive AUDIENCE Of Star readers.
just phone Sterling 5000 and esk
Tor On ed-takss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
Fields Daughter Freed
From vorkuto by Reds

land tOhio) architect. we're ar.
rested In Eastern Europe at in
tervals in l949 as spies.
The Polish government re-
leased Hermann in October. 1854
saying he had been clearec Of
the espionage charge, and hi
went to Switzerland. Hungary
released Noel and Herta a month
later and they subsequently an
nounced In Budapest they would
remain there.
Husband In Virginia
Mrs. Wallach's husband Rober
is an American. They have twt
children, now 5 and Z years old
They were 6 months and 2 year
old when she saw them last.
lMr. Waliach, who lives in
Warrenton, Va, was reached
at the National Metropolitan
Bank in Washington, but re-
fused immediate comment. He
said he would talk to reporters
later In the day. The couples
children live with him.
II never thought I'd live tt
sightsee in Moscow" Mrs
Wallach said.
After the death sentence wa,
passed on her. she said size was
brought to Moscow and agar
kept In solitary confinement unit
July, 1853, At that time. sht
said, she was told her sentence
had been conmuted to is years
imprisonment and she was SEN
to the Vorkuta labor camp in the
Soviet Artic.
The date of communication Of
her sentence conceded with the
arrest Of Soviet secret police
chief Lavrenti p. Beria, who sub
sequently was executed. Her re-
lease at this time appears to be
See WALLACH. Page A!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
BY SMITH HEMPSTONE

The people Of Garrett Park,
Nd. apparently prefer the
'cracker-barrel' atmosphere Of
their post ofiice-general store to
modern innovations. such as
home delivery service.
Residents Of the 5T-year-old
incorporated town two miles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
Dulles Will Try to See
MoIotov onArabArms
Foure Survival Chances
Hinqe on Socialist Aid
Premier Given Less Thon-Even Odds
To Weather Assembly Vote Tonight

Foreign Minister Pinay. for ex-
ample, has come out fatty and
announced that he win not be
available for formation Of a new
government If Mr.. Faure goes
This may induce certain politi-
clans who had looked forward
to using Mr.. Pinay as a whipping
boy in the coming elections to
reconsider their plans.
In addition to this 1t is little
more difiicult to overthrow gov
ernments since the recent adop-
ton of constitutional reform;
than 1t used to be. In the Ole
days votes OF absent deputie:
were accepted and normally
counted with q majority Of theil
party. Now absentee ballots
have been ruled out and q full
314 members present and voting
are required to legally overthrow
the government. This Is pos.
sibly an important factor sine,
In recent debates the average at
tendance has been about $50 OIL
of q total of ga deputies.
Important Events
Above all there has beer
heavy emphasis by a number
of responsible politicians on thu
inconvenience of a government
crisis at this time. With TIL
Saar elections next Sunday ant
the opening Of the Geneva Biz
Four conference on October ~
1t would be a poor moment fol
France to be without q govern
ment. Mr.. Pinay himself has
warned Of the effect it woult
have on Frances position in thu
NATO alliance and has argued
that the governments fall woule
be interpreted as Reputation d
Frances withdrawal from tht
n. N. Assembly last month.
All of these points viii speal
In Mr.. Faure's favor when thi
final debate opens at the As
|senbly tonight. The trouble l
that together they may not b
persuasive enough to accomplish
the most difiicult OF all stunts il
French politics--to neutraliz
the solid group Of opposition
votes at the last minute. Fo
Socialists to offer their supper
Ito Mr.. Faure. II only by abstain
ing In final vote. would mark
radical departure from their an
nounced policy. So far there il
little reason to suppose that i
can be done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
Hieh-LeyeI
Talk Sought
By Peiping
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Other Problems
Mr.. Dulles also discussed
problems in other areas:
Far East-The Chinese Com
munists during. their present dis
with United States AM
u. Alexis johnson In
Geneva have raised the possible
ity OF another meeting on q
higher leyei-apparently between
MFR. Dulles and Peiping Premier
Chou En-lai. Mr.. Dulles said
the United States attitude was
that further meetings should not
|pe called until the present Ge-
'neva agenoa Is exhausted ana,
in Mr.. Dulles view, 1t isn't nearly
exhausted.
Europe-There is a reasonable
chance Of some progress of a
practical nature being made at
the Big Four Foreign Ministers
meeting which starts in Geneva
October 81. He expected the
meeting to advance, not retard,
tne uniiication Oh germany, a..
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thus week enc IN Rome az Ine
llivlCasiu.a Y .le Asalian sossl
ment. ms oniy expianatloh w.
tnat ne ana the ilanans navs
many mat1ers OF common Heet-
est 70 discuss
Soviet Union-Russia may not
have received too good an I'M.
preston from some OF the emo
tionaliSm which surrounded the
recent visit Of Soviet farmers to
the United States. This emo
tionalism, he said. was an un-
desirable aspect OF the visit, but
he supposed that these manifes-
ItationS would not repeat them.
selves.
No. =, rorn,.I av.na.
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MI Duiies, Wlen asAeu auouel
the possiDinty q tne .o.slgp
ministers taxing UP tle Miuute
Eastern sieuatlon, ponieeu ons
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
ENGINEERS RUSH
FLOOD PREVENTION

FLOODED EDMoNsToN--Army
,eneineers ore working at top speed
to bulwork Edmonston md against
future floods. A review Of the towns
flooded history appears on pose AIS.
ACTIVE CITIZENS Shepherd Park
ct the northern tip Of the District
has history Of Woodworking citizens
who have won improvements for the
areo. For q description Of the ores
and some Of those oetiye citizens see
nnaa R-6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
Tempo 10 Move
To Nursery Site
Bell to Replace 1t
Near District Building

The District Commissioners
today ordered the shack In front
of the District Building moved
to the Highway Departments
Poplar Point Nursery near the
south end Of the South Capitol
Street Bridge.
Deputy Highway Director s.
r. Harrison said his men would
immediately begin planning the
move.
Also. the Commissioners or
dered the Districts Liberty Bell
shifted to the present site Of the
shack. which was occupied until
recently by the Veterans Service
Center.
1890 Tulip Bulbs
They instructed the Highway
Department to surround it with
a planting of some 1000 tulip
bulbs presented by the people Of
Holland to the City of WASH
Iington, and to maintain the
handspring.
The Liberty Bell. at the Com
Imissioners' orders. viii be set on
Ia concrete base. It now stands
lin a temporary wooden frame
just west Of the shack. where it
was placed after being moved out
Iof the E street entrance Of the
District Building.
Mr.. Harrison told the Com
Emissioners the shack will be
used as an administration build
ing at the nursery, where the
Highway Department raises
shade trees to line Washington's
streets. He said 1t will cost
about $4,000 to move the tenn
porary structure, as compared TO
sec, 900 to put up an administra-
ton building at the nursery.
Brig Gen. Thomas A. Lane,
the Engineer Commissioner. said
the temporary structure will be
q very great improvement on
the temporary buildings there
now" at the nursery.
Reception October 81
When 1t was pointed out that
the triangle OF park land upon
which the ter lporary structure
stands will be the scene October
81 of a reception for the Presi-
dent of Guatemala, the Com
|missioners ordered the Highway
Department either to move the
building and get the site cleaned
up before then or to wait until
after the reception.
Commissioner Samuel Spencer
warned Mr.. Harrison that you
ought to have it looking neat"
by October 81.
Mr.. Spencer pointed out that
the people Of Holland should be
pleased at the location Of the
tulip beds, declaring, "You
couldn't get a more prominent
site"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18
BULLET TIN
Chest Unit Reports

The Residential Unit Of the
1856 Community Chest cam
paign reported s177,753 for So
per cent Of It's goal, ut a meet
ing In the Mayfiower Hotel
today. Mrs. James Ewell Of
Area E topped all other Sec
tions with 80 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-18


lgetic last-minute maneuverine
and the universally admitted
dangers Of overthrowing the gov
Iernment, at this point the Pre-.
lmier is given something les:
than an even chance Of slryiv'
ling tonight's vote.
The government at any ratt
has burned It's bridges. Having
broken openly with his right.
wing support, Mr.. Faure's onl,
hope lies in the Assembly's LEFT
wingers. notably los Socialists
who normally are lined UP In the
ranks Of the opposition.
The bridge burning ceremony
took place Saturday with an.
Inouncement Of the long delayed
appointment of a Moroccan
Throne Council to replace the
deposed Sultan. The gesture
was deliberately timed to con.
vince Socialists that the govern.
lment means business in carry.
ing out promised reforms In the
North African protectorate. And
lit is typical Of the deviousness
Iof French politics that Morocco
lis much more the central issue
In the coming vote than the for
NAL subject under debate. which
| Is French policy ID Algeria.
New Concession Seen
As for Algeria itself. Mr.. Fsprs
lis reported to Be on the yergs
| OF another concession TO ths
Socialists. While the Algerian
debate has shown up no basil
disagreement in Algerian policy
there has been endless hicker'
ling over the meaning Of such
words as "integration" and fed
Grafton" Premier Faure Is nov
preparing a new statement I,
read at the Assembly tonight
couched In Enthusiastically Social
list language.
There are other factors In tn,
political picture that win worl
| to the governments advantage