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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
Three Post Offices
Swept by Floods
BY the Associated Press

Post Office officials estimated
today at least several million
dollars" worth Of postal prop
erty was lost in the Northeastern
floods.
The department reported that
three whole post Offices had beer
swept by f1oods-at Woonsocket
R. l.; Upper Black Eddy. Pa.
and Rochdale, Mass. The safe
of the Upper Black Eddy office
was carried away and has moi
been found.
Postmaster General Summer
field said devoted postal en-
.ployes have worked miracles
i'm restoring emergency mai
service. ..
Officials here said there was
IAN inevitable loss Of mail" but
added they believed losses wert
kept at a minimum"
Mr.. Summarized noted that
many facilities have been under
water" citing as an example the
EaSton (Pa., post Office where
the main workroom was sub.
merged and the interior Is al
most a total loss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23

present and was told by the
supervisor, Mrs. Mary Alley,
that she thought they were
Negroes"
The restaurant bookkeeper
Mrs. Hedy Cherry. said she
heard Mrs. Alley explain later to
Pan American Airlines officials
that was why she asked the pain
to leave.
The ambassador and his Sec
rotary, B. A. Rajagopalan, looked
lat each other and smiled. made
no protest and followed Mrs
Alley into the private dining
room where they dined.
Texas laws forbid serving
Negroes and whites in the same
room. However, Houston's con-
tract with the Federal Govern.
ment on the airport expressly
bans discrimination. John F
Stephens, executive assistant tt
Houston Mayor Roy Hofheir1z
said today, This unquestionablJ
applies to the dining ROOM"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
By the A.socisled Press

The havoc caused by mighty
foods in the Northeast States
last week end came into sharp
ened focus today as workmer
dug into the debris and surveyed
the huge job ahead.
The devastation in which al
least 1870 persons lost their lives
stretched in q broad arc through
Northeastern Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, New York, Connecticut
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
Persons-killed by the flood OF
in accidents connected with it
including electrocution by faller
wires, were counted by States as
follows: Pennsylvania. SO; Con-
necticut. so; Massachusetts,. Is;
Rhode Island. /; New Jersey, 6;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
u. S. ApoIo9izing to India
For Race Bar on Envoy

Secretary of State Dulles is
apologizing twice for an incident
in which Indian Ambassador
10. l.. Mehta and his secretary
were asked to leave a public din
ing room yesterday at the air
port in Houston, Tex.
The supervisor of the restau-
rant thought the Indian pair
were Negroes and asked the IN
dams to eat in a private dining
room behind the cashiers cage.
News of the incident was pub
lished first in the Houston Post.
AS soon as the story appeared.
the State Department ordered
an investigation of the facts.
Early this afternoon, depart
ment spokesman Lincoln White
announced that the inveStiga-
ton had gone far enough to
justify department action.
1.-The State Department is ex-
pressing its regrets to the Indian
Ambassador and to the Indian
government" Mr.. White said.
He said Secretary Dulles is
sending the regrets through the
United States Embassy in New
Delhi and in Mexico City. Mr..
Mehta and his secretary were
en- route to Mexico City when
the restaurant incident occurred.
They continued on to the Mexi-
can capital after leaving Hous-
ton.
Mr.. White said Mr.. Mehta
himself had not called the Incl
dent to the attention Of the de-
partment.
Mr.. White, while announcing
that apologies were going out,
was asked whether the United
States would protest to "the Re-
public Of Texas" Mr.. White had
no comment.
The incident occurred in the
Horizon House restaurant at
Houston's International Airport
Frank Gibler. Houston public
relations counsel, said he was
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Polio in Boy State
Strikes 90 More

BOSTON, Aug. % (R.-Ninety.
three new cases of polio were
reported in Massachusetts, today
bringing the States total for the
year to 1,767, compared with 211
cases for the same period last
year.
The unoficial New England
death toll from polio up to yes
terday was 80.
The figures released by the
Massachusetts, Department Of
Public Health showed that 1925
of the 1857 were reported since
August /.
The breakdown of cases up te
yesterday with the figures Of
last year were:
Massachusetts,, 1,674-193;
Connecticut, 226-120; New
Hampshire, 1888; Vermont
800: Rhode Island, 122-22;
Maine, 57--31.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
D. {. Food Costs
Slightly Higher

Average retail food prices ir
Washington during July were
six-tenths Of one per cent higher
than in June, but lower than ir
July a year ago, the Labor De-
Ipartment's Bureau of Labor Sta
itistics reported today.
At the same time, the Govern
Iment announced that the Ma
tior's living costs rose in July
| for the second straight month.
Seasonal higher prices fol
food and most types of services
raised the consumers price index
nationally three-tenths of one
Iper cent. sufficient to provide q
penny an hour pay raise fol-
about $4,000 workers of the
General Motors and Ford Motor
companies. They have labor
contracts gearing wage rates to
changes in the Governments
index.
The July index figure was
HAT per cent Of the 1947-49
average. The increase in the in
Idex was the largest since May
1854.
Primarily responsible for the
advance in Washington food
prices were substantial increases
| in prices Of fresh fruits and q
seasonal rise in egg prices, the
local report said. Prices of items
other than food are collected
only quarterly for Washington.
At 112, the Washington food
index was l.6 per cent lower
than in July, 1854; chiefly be-
cause of lower costs for meats
poultry, fish category and coffee
The report said that as q
group, fruits and vegetables
were slightly higher-by a tenth
of one per cent--than in July
1854. The fruits and vegetables
index rose "a per cent from
June to July, Egg prices went ur
81 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23

CASABLANCA, Aug. %, tR.-
Armored French columns under
| fighter plane cover struck today
in overwhelming strength at the
mountain strongholds of Moroc-
can tribesmen who launched an
instruction Saturday.
Heavy reinforcing columns set
out last night from Rabat and
Meknes to join the already
strong French forces cutting of
the Kasba Talda area east OF
Oued Fem.
French officials would not dis
close the number of troops en-
ployed but said. when you GO
into those mountains. you don't
do it with so men,"
Although the operation was
characterized as a punitive ex-
lpedition. French officials saio
there would be no repression. '
which in French military ter
anthology means no mass exc
Icutions.
The main targets of the ex-
Ipedition are the 1000 Berber
Itribesmen. formerly friendly to
the French, who rode out Of the
hills to raid Oued Fem. where
about 80 Frenchmen were
slaughtered and mutilated.
Toll Mounting
Although no ofiicial figures for
the still growing week end death
toll were available, French Off
cials acknowledged privately that
lit might reach 1000 in Morocco
alone. In Algeria, hundreds
more casualties were reported.
The tense atmosphere OF
/ Morocco was emphasized today
when about 5000 persons gath
cred before Casablanca's mill
ltary memorial to paw tribute to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
STRONG GERMANY
FRIGHTENS POLES

STRANGE BALANCE - Martin S.
Hoyden, one Of the few reporters
permitted to tour the satellites,
finds in Poland an affection for
Americans. on intense dislike Of
Russions but O hatred toword Ger
mons. Pose BIB.
RUSSIAN AGRICULTURE - Mos
cows orders extend down to each
former throughout the Soviet Union,
Dr.. D. Cole Johnson, back from
tour Of Soviet forms with q group Of
American farmers, soys in the first
Of three articles comparing Ameri-
con ond Russion form methods.
Pose Ala.
SUPERMARKETS' BIRTHDAY-This
month morks the 18th anniversary
Of the supermorket industry, Violet
Foulkner, The Stor's food editor,
writes on Poee B-3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
Stricken Northeast DIGS
Into Deep Flood Debris
Dead Nov $50, Damage Figures Grow;
Legislatures Vote Speedy Funds

New York. I. and Virginia. 3. In
addition Connecticut State police
reported 10 persons still missing.
Rough Guesses on Costs
There was still no firm over
all estimate Of the damage costs.
but here and there communal
ties came through with rough
guesses.
Connecticut appeared to have
suffered the most. AS he went
from ore stricken community to
another, Gov. Abraham A. Ribi-
coff stuck to his early estimate
that the total damage in that
State alone would be well over
a billion dollars"
Industries and normal bust
ness life were paralyzed, throw
ing thousands out Of work. AS
long as damaged factories re-
main idle, workers normally en-
ployed there would suffer mount
ing flood losses.
In. Connecticut preliminary es-
Inmates found 10000 people were
left jobless by the floods which
sprang from rain dropped by the
exhausted hurricane Diane.
Gov. Ribicoff stated. ct will
be at least two months before
we have even the vaguest idea
of when industry can get back
on its feet.
5000 JObless IN Woonsocket
The industrial city of Woon-
socket, r. l.. figured 5000 of its
5000 citizens were left tempo
rarity jobless by the food.
In Worcester. Mass. where
damage to a big steel wire mill
and other plants made 10000
workers idle, a factory official
commented: We'll be lucky to
get back into production in a
month"
Putnam. Conn, where mag
Inesium plant explosions COM
bined with torrential floods to
leave one Of the most dramatic
scenes of devastation, was under
martial law.
An official of the town of 10000
See FLOODS, Page A-10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
By L. EDGAR PRINA

Herbert Fuchs. former solicitor
OF the National Labor Relation:
Board, has identified some two
dozen persons he knew as fellow
Communists and at least one
of them still worked for the
Federal Government as late as
last year.
This was learned by The Star
today as the stan of the House
un-American Activities Commit
tee continued to run down leads
in an effort to determine whether
any Reds known to Mr.. Fuchs
and the persons he has named
remain in the Government.
It is understood that some OF
the persons identified by Mr.
Fuchs, an admitted former men,
Der Of three Communist under
ground cells in the Government
had not previously been identi-
fed.
The investigation, which is
expected to eliminate in public
hearings next February, may be
the biggest of it's kind since the
Elizabeth Bentley and Whitaker
Chambers disclosures in the late
l940s, according to a committee
source. And this time the evil
dence promises to be more cur.
rent.
Had Change Of Heart
The Communists in-Govern-
ment inquiry was broken wide
open with a change of heart or
| the part Of Mr.. Fuchs, who CON-
bines part-time law teaching Al
American University with a pr.
vate practice here.
| At first he refused to CO.
operate with the committee be-
jyond outlining his own partici-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
Johnson Will FLY
To Texas Thursday

Senator Lyndon Johnson. DEM
ocrat. of Texas is scheduled ten
tatively to leave here by plane
early Thursday for mis- rapoia,
near johnson City. Tex. Tn
Aides of the Senator said his
doctor had ordered that no de-
tails of the itinerary be made
public. The Senator is recuper-
Iating from heart attack suf-
fered July 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
Rainfall Is NeaI
August Record
Floods, Lightning
Batter D. c. Area

Heavy rains over the Washing
ton area last night put the city
within reaching distance Of the
all-time record for the wettest
August In Weather Bureau his
tory
Lightning accompanied the
100-mile- long line squat which
battered Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties. At least
10 homes or buildings were re-
ported struck. Four of them were
badly damaged by the resulting
fires.
A number Of streets in the
area were under water again,
Countless Easements were food
ed.
4O-MiIe Wind Gusts
During the two-hour storm,
.1.41 inches of rain poured from
the heavens, driven by gusts OF
wind as high as 40 miles an
hour.
The latest precipitation brings
the total for the % days Of
August to 1877 inches-only "a
/ of an inch less than the all-time
record for the month of 14.4l
inches set in 1923. Daily pre-
cipitation records have been kept
since 1871.
In some areas, especially
northern Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties. the record
may already have been sur
passed unofficially. Both areas
several times this month have
received heavy rainfalls that
were not recorded on the official
rain gauge at Washington Ma
tional Airport.
Report Little Damage
Little damage other than
flooded streets and Easements
was reported in the city proper
police and fire officials said.
However, the vicinity of Fifth
and Ingraham streets NV. long
a trouble spot. was inundated
| for the first time in two years
Sixth precinct police said a fash
food poured from five to six feet
of water into the area in a few
minutes. drenching parked autos
and flooding a score of Easements
Barbados we're thrown up
along Fifth street and at Third
and Fourth streets along 1ngra-
ham. police said. The water
spread out in a like 200 feet in
each direction from the intersec-
ton of Fifth and Ingraham
streets.
In Rock Creek Park several
sections of Beach drive and Wa
Iterside drive were roped off.
Fires caused by lightning, fall
en- wires and flooded Easements
kept volunteer f1remen on the
run fol at least five hours during
and after the storm in both
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties.
High water again inundated
the Peace Cross area of Bladens-
burg, Edmonston and sections Of
North Brentwood, causing the
Cottage City and Berwyn Heights
Fire Departments to bring out
their rowboats to evacuate per-
sons from these areas.
Two boats were sent to Thir-
Ity-ninth and Allison streets,
North Brentwood. shortly after
III pm. About 1880 they were
dispatched to the Peace Cross
area.
The Peace Cross sector still
| See WEATHER, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
Red Who Held u. S. Job
AS Late as "a Identified

patton in the Communist un-
derground. (He testified that he
Joined the party in New York in
1884 and cult here after he be-
came disillusioned with 1t in
l948).
But following a story in The
Star disclosing some Of his
executive session testimony and
after he had been summoned
to appear at a public hearing
July is, he talked freely to the
committee. The public hearing
was Cancelled.
Job Applications Checked
Committee investigators are
checking the job applications
(Form 57s) of former Govern
'ment employees accused in the
present inquiry to see whether
there have been any falsifca-
tons. 1
1t could not be learned i'm
mediately whether the person
who worked in an executive
agency until 1884. and who was
identified by Mr.. Fuchs. wa:
caught up in the Eisenhower
.employe security program OF
simply resigned for persona
reasons.
Representative Walter, Demo
crat of Pennsylvania, recent,
drew renewed attention to tht
inquiry when he announced II
a speech in New York August /!
that the committee. which h,
heads, had received evidence o.
Communist cells in the Govern.
ment and even in the United
States Senate"
| He was referring to the Fuchl
testimony. Mr.. Fuchs said tn.
! first covert Red apparatus HI
Joined was composed of staff
See UN-AMERICAN, Page A..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
Flying Boxcar
Hits ; Homes;
AtLeast II Die
Six in Crew Alive;
Fiery Debris Hurled
Over Wide Area

CHARLESTON. s. c., Aug. %
ga c-11s Flying Boxcar
crashed and exploded in q Negro
residential area near the
Charleston Air Force Base today.
Unconfirmed reports said ll.were
killed, including several civilians.
The base public information
office said six Of the crew Of 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23

for an emergency conference to
coordinate Federal. State and
Red Cross relief efforts in the
great disaster" flood areas on a
flight from his Denver .Coloo
vacation headquarters.
At Hartford, he promised quick
action to try to make available
up to SIS million in Federal DIS
aster relief funds estimated
needed for rehabilitation IN eight
flood and hurricane .ravaged
Eastern States.
May Recall Congress
He said he would consult with
congressional leaders irnme-
diately about allocating needed
funds in advance Of appropria-
tions that might be voted by
Congress when 1t reconyenes in
January.
eff necessary, I shall call Q
special session." he added.
The President spoke into ra-
dio microphones Immediately
latter an hours conference in q
hangar at Bradley Airfeld in
Hartford.
The conferees included the
Governors of six States. Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey. Rhode Island.
connecticut, Massachusetts, and
New York, plus the State civil
defense directors Of hurricane
stricken North and South Caro-
lima Federal Civil Defense Adj
Iministrator Val Peterson and
American Red Cross President
E. Roland Hartman.
After his public report on the
injecting, the President reboarded
his plane. which had brought
him here on an overnight flight
from his vacation headquarters
lat Denver. Colo. to fly on for
a brief visit to Washington. He
took of at 1911 am. and landed
here at 1882 am.
i Confers With Dulles
Immediately on returning to
the White House, Mr.. Eisen-
hover went into conference on
international affairs with Secre-
Itary of State Dulles. This con-
ference originally had been
scheduled for late this after
noon.
4 White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty told reporters
soon after the Presidents arrival
here that he had nothing to an
Inounce as yet regarding plans
for conferences with congress
sional leaders on flood relief
funds.
Mr.. Hagerty would not say for
the time being whether Mr.. Iii
senhower intended to consult
congressional leaders by tele-
phone or call them to an emer-
gency meeting with him.
/ While promising that Federal
and State Governments will do
See EISENHOWER, Page A-1O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
Heavier Loads
Noted on City,
Transit Lines
Traffic Is Normal;
Officials Fuvoring
AlI-Bus Operation
By HERMAN r. SCHADEN

Washington traffic was about
back to normal today as police
returned to usual pursuits and
Capital Transit business began
picking up after the 52-day
strike. But it appeared WASH
ington was getting its last long
look at street cars because the
city is going after an all-bus OPP
Grafton.
Today streetcar and bus busi-
ness was reported from one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-23
Armor and Planes Used
As French Hit Rebels
Powerful North Africun Punitive Expedition
Launched in Area Where 900 Died

the French dead. They hau
promised no demonstrations. but
spontaneously broke out with
the French national anthem and
literally shouted these lines:
"See how those ferocious soldiers
come
ITO cut the threats Of our wives
and sons
ITO arms, to arms. form your
battalions
LET an impure blood soak our
burrows.
Last night fresh troops
clogged the roads moving to-
ward the Atlas Mountains and
some villages in the border hills
were evacuated.
Important Operation
French newspapers here called
the operation the most irnpor-
tant since those 80 years agt
when the Riffs under fierce ADD
ell Krim we're put down.
The French cut OF the area
from all traffic not escorted b.
military convoy.
The Berber center Of Maria
koch, just to the southwest Of the
area, was almost cut of this
morning. The city was without
its usual newspapers and there
were no trains.
The only official word was that
an operation was under way.
The French said the only per-
sons to be allowed in the zone
were those with imperative OF
urgent" reasons. The area was
declared yesterday to be a "zone
Iof insecurity"
The French denied that any
censorship is in effect but lack OF
official reports, communications
difficulties and roadblocks effec-
See MOROCCO, Page Al
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Picture on Paee Al
or ii men were known to have
survived. An officer said full
details apparently would not be
released until next of kin of all
known dead Air Force men had
been notified.
The plane. on a night flight,
apparently hit a tree in the
densely populated Liberty Park
community and struck three
homes. Flaming debris was
hurled over a wide area. Fire
made exploration Of the wreck
age Immediately impossible.
The C-1l9 was attached to
the 456th Troop Carrier Wing
of the 18th Air Force. It had
taken OF with another military
transport ship. A North Charles
ton fireman said he heard both
planes and saw two tremendous
flashes of fire from the one that
crashed about 3 am. (EDT).
/, One Engine Seen on Fire
The fireman, whose unit was
the first to reach the site, said:
There was FIRE everywhere. A
man who had been sitting on
the road eating . watermelon
said he saw the plane coming
in and one engine was on fire. !"
A propeller few 100 yards.
through the window of q fourth
house, iniuring a sleeping man
and his wife. An elevator from
the big planes tail was left
dangling in the hickory tree that
took the first impact Of the
crash.
Only the three houses actu-
ally hit by parts Of the plane
burned. Chemicals and water.
sprayed quickly on ths plane
and nearby houses, probably
saved many lives.
David Nelson, who lives just
east Of the three burned houses,
said he was awake at the time of
the crash.
All In House Run
II heard the plane coming, "
he said. land knew 1t was going
to hit the house. Just at that
moment there was q big flash.
Everybody in my house
jumped up. No, we didn't try
to help. 1t was too hot. We just
ran"
Roger Nix was asleep with his
wife and baby in their home IS
feet from one Of the burned
houses.
THE crash woke me up" Mr..
Nix related. Everything was Lit
up and there was an explosion,
then another one. We ran from
the house and there was fire
everywhere. / saw man crawl
ing from the fire."
The surviving crew members
and several civilians were hos
pitalized in Charleston.
Maj. Gen. Chester E. McCarty,
commander Of the 18th Air Force.
flew from Donaldson ALB near
Greenville, S. c.. to investigate
the crash and ITO see what can
be done to alleviate the distress
Of the civilians" affected.
The crash site was Just west
of U. s. Highway SO. a main
route into Charleston and about
10 miles from the center of the
city.
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