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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04
Pacific Yacht Reported
Struck by Sub Is Sought

SANTA BARBARA, Calf,
Sept. 4 (AP).-Two amateur
radio operators said a yacht
radioed today it had been
rammed by a submarine and
was sinking. A Coast Guard
search failed to turn up any
thing Immediately. and there
was no confirmation from any
other source.
The collision was alleged to
have taken place about Is
miles off Southern CALIFORNIA;
Point Conception. The distress
calls said IL persons were
aboard the yacht.
The Coast Guard planes and
a Coast Guard cutter said they
could find no sign Of a yacht
or wreckage.
At the Coast Guard district
headquarters at Long Beach
a spokesman said that so far
the Coast Guard had been I'M
able to determine. that such a
yacht, whose name was given
as the Unicorn" is based in
this area. Coast Guard head
quarters in Washington also
said it had no record of such
a yacht.)
There was some Skepticism
about the distress call and
speculation that it might be a
hoax.
The United States Navy SUBJ
marine Service in San Diego
said there was no American
submarine operating within 100
miles of the yachts reported
position.
A spokesman for the 18th
Naval District said they have
had no report of a collision of
any naval vessel.
The spokesman said that all
United States submarines in
the area have been accounted
for and that none was involved
in any mishap.
The report to the ham radio
operators was that the 27-foot
yacht was sinking fast.
One Of the radio operators.
Clarence Milnikel Of Inglewood,
Calf. said he picked up this
call:
"Mayday, mayday. I'm sink
ing off Point Conception.
The water is up to my should
ers. We are sinking fast. ="
PRAY to God. Pray to
God :"
II first thought it was a
freighter but a submarine
hit us and kept on going :"
The other ham operator,
Robert Wainfield of Los An
geles told sheriff's deputies
that he heard this call re-
peated five times within a To-
minute period:
"Mayday. Mayday. q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04

was commanding general OF
Walter Reed Medical Center
when he operated on Mr.. Eli
senhower for ileitis in 1856
He was picked for the surgeon
generals post last April.
The committee also approved
promotions to lieutenant gen.
erals for these other major
generals: Emerson Charlie:
Itschner. chief of Army Engi.
neers; John Honeycutt Hin
richS, chief Of Army Ordnance
and Robert Frederick Sink
commander Of the 18th Air.
borne Corps. Fort Bragg, N. C
Rear Admiral Paul D. Stroor
was approved for a four-yeal
term as chief Of the new Bu-
reau Of Naval Weapons.
Approved as Army major gen.
erals were Walter Yeager, Will
liam E. Potter, Ralph r. Mace
Derrill NJ. Daniel and Jack w
Schwartz.
Approved as Army brigadier
generals In the Medical Corps
were: Francis W. Pruitt, Carl
w. Tempel and Thomas J.
Hartford. Gen. Hartford holds
a temporary rank of major
general.
Advance Of John T. Lewis on
the Army retired list from ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04
Contempt Laid
LOBBY House

The House has voted con-
tempt Of Congress citations
against Martin Pepper, New
York lawyer. and Edwin A.
Alexander. Chicago social
worker. for refusing to answer
questions before the House
Committee on Un-American
Activities.
The citations, approved yes
terday. recommend prosecu-
ton on contempt charges. They
now go to the Justice Depart
ment which will determine flu
ture action.
Representative Walter, DEM
ocrat of Pennsylvania, chair
man Of the committee, said
both Mr.. Pepper and Mr.. Alex
ander baked at answering
committee questions but did
not invoke any constitutional
privilege to justly their action.
Mr.. Pepper was called Is a
witness at a committee hear
ing last June 5 into whether
the State Department should
be authorized to deny pass
ports to Communist PARTY
members.
Mr.. Pepper argued that the
committee lacked Jurisdiction
on that subject.
When asked If he was a Com
munist Party member when he
applied for a passport, he said
the question was not pertinent.
Mr.. Alexander identified
himself at a Chicago hearing
OF the committee last May S
as a professional staf member
of a philanthropic social or
ganization.
The hearing dealt with cur
rent techniques Of Communist
operations and alleged Com
munist inf1ltration of labor
unions.
Mr.. Alexander refused to
answer when asked for the
names Of persons who to his
knowledge were Communist
Party members in the Chicago
area in 1856.
He said his conscience would
not permit him to answer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04

jor general to lieutenant gen.
eral also was approved.
Also approved for temporary
promotion to rear admiral;
were:
Samuel B. Frankel, William
T. Nelson, Edward A. Wright
Edwin B. Hooper. Henry A
Renken, Morris A. Hirsch
Charles B. Brooks. jr., William
B. Sieglaff. Joseph w. Lever
ton. jr.. James c. Dempsey
John w. Byng, Joseph D
Black. Andrew ]. Hill, jr.
Frederick ]. Becton, Francis T
Williamson, Frederick ]. Brush
Floyd B. Schultz, Joseph A
Jap. Louis A. Bryan, Allen
M. Shinn. Alfred r. Matter
Richard S. Craighill. Daniel F.
Smith, jr., Thomas F. Con-
molly. Waldemar F. A. Wendt
Edwin S. Miller, Bernard M
Stream. Francis J. Blouin, Ar
thur r. Gralla, John j. Hyland
Henry L. Miller, John M. Lee,
Robert E. McC. Ward, Rhodam
Y. McElroy. jr., James L. Hol-
land. Cecil L. Andrews, Cecil
D. Riggs, James s. Dietz
Herschel J. Goldberg, Norman
j. Drustrup and James R.
Davis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04
Book Group Set ToIks
On How to Reud'

Twentieth Century Books
will hold its Introductory dis
cussion on How To Read" at 8
O'Clock tonight in the Pierce
Hall Library, Sixteenth and
Harvard streets NV.
The group, which holds dis.
cuSsions Of literature of this
century throughout the fall
and winter, will meet this veal
at four places. They are Pierce
Hall Library, Arlington Uni
tartan Church at 4444 Airing
ton boulevard, Silver Spring
Library at 1901 Colesville road
and the Cafe Espresso at 1918
o street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04
AT Requiring
Costs Pledges
ByContractors
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND
Star stan Writer


| MIAMI BEACH, Sept. A.
Congressional criticism Of Air
Force buying methods and the
administrations economy fight
are leading the Air Force to
get tougher with It's contractors,
Industry members of the Air
Force Association were told
yesterday by 1t. Gen. M. E
bradley, jr., Deputy Chief OF
Staff for Materiel, that more
contractors would be required
to certify to accuracy Of their
cost estimates In the future,
Certificates Of accuracy. he said,
will be required Of all major
subcontractors In any deal in
volving more than 500. 900.
Air Force Burned"
In the past, the Air Force
has taken the informal word
of some contractors and has
been burned.
Gen. Bradley said the Air
Force and industry were part
ners." then he added:
1T should not be necessary
for one partner to require
signed certificates attesting to
accuracy and currency of cost
information. However it now
appears from facts furnished
by the General Accounting Of
flee that we will have to require
a certificate Of accuracy.
Profits from a contract can
increase If a company produces
more efficiently than original
cost estimates indicated.
Gen. Bradley cited recent
GAO reports to Congress show
ing some contractors had prof.
iteered on Air Force business.
The Appropriations Commit
tees. he said. cut Air Force
funds to force improved man
agement Of funds"
High Overhead Hit
The general also told the
group that industry would have
to stop tolerating high over
head costs.
Donald r. Jackson, Deputy
to Assistant Secretary for Ma
TERRELL, warned contractors yes
terday that administrations
holddown on Air Force spend
ing in this and coming fiscal
year would mean further en-
phaSiS on low costs. Success in
obtaining contracts as well as
their continuance may well de-
pend upon ability of (contrac-
tors) to control their costs.
Some 100 companies are
showing their wares at this
convention. The Air Force AS
ISOLATION is an organization of
active and reserve airmen, for
mer Air Force personnel and
industry representatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-04
Unit Approves Heoton
For Surgeon General
BY the Associated Press

Mai Gen. Leonard Dudley Heaton Army surgeon who
operated President Eisenhower approved yesterday
the Senate Armed Services Committee general
the Army.
His nomination for the post goes to the Senate
Gen Heaton who will have the rank lieutenant general
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-19
4 But Can YOU Prove y
\ The Bible Is True?" "A

and fourth centuries CyPrian and
Ambrose and Eusebius and Cyril,
and many Others.
AL these bear witness to the
vital importance of the apostolic
tradition. All testify that the Scrip
lures were entrusted TO the Church
90. that the Church is their pre-
server and interpreter =. that they
must, as Clement said, be inter-
Preted according TO the Church's
rule" Writing about PolycarP,
Irenaeus said: The things which
he had learned from the Apostles
he uniformly taught and delivered
TO the Church, and these things
alone are true"
The Catholic Church was
preaching the Gospel of Christ
years before the last book of the
Bible was written :. ceStSrie5 be-
fore its writings were combined
into a single book i. nearly 4 500
Year, before the Bible gained
worldwide distribution. If you
want 70 know more about the
Church and the earliest Christians,
write for our free pamphlet No.
MG-45. twill be mailed in a plain
wrapper; nobody will call on you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-19

Suppose an unbeIiever challenged
you to do so.
Being a sincere Christian, you
might reply: I just know it is"
But that wouldn't be proof. Ii
would not be very convincing to
the unbeliever. And what would
a skeptic say if you rold him you
have the assurance of the Holy
Spirit? He might well ask why so
many Christians who claim this do
not agree on the meaning of the
Scriptures.
Christ, of course, wrote nothing,
excepting on one occasion = and
then only in dust. Ali the original
manuscripts of the Bible have
vanished. The Bible itself does not
claim TO be the complete word of
God. Our Lord did not say that
His teachings would be found in
a book. On what authority, then,
can we be sure about the Bible?
The answer is, of course, that
we have living authority in the
Catholic Church =. the Apostolic
Church the Church whose
traditions, beginning with Peter,
bear reliable witness down the
pathway of time from Christ to
this very moment. The Bible can
not prove by its own text that
it is inspired. But the Catholic
Church can prove this.
Out of the first century, the
Church can call up such witnesses
as Polycarp "a. D. 80), whose APP
poinument as Bishop of Smyrna
came personally from John the
Apostle, or Ignatius of Antioch,
who died about 107 A. D. IL can
present the testimony of such sec
ond-cenrury writers as Clement of
Alexandra, Irenaeus, TerrulIian
and Origen; and from the third
a. a n = "a r
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06

near Chestertown, Md, when
their car rammed into an en-
bankment in a thick fog.
An 8-year-old Arlington boy
was killed Friday night when
his mothers car spun out of
control and turned over four
times near the Pentagon.
Holiday activities here in
clude parades, a Labor Day
mass and a wreath-laying cere-
mony. The Most Rev. Patrick
A O'Boyle, Archbishop of Wash
ington, will celebrate a Labor
Day mass at 10 am. tomorrow
in the Shrine of the Sacred
Heart at Sixteenth street and
Park road NV. The public
is invited.
Serving at the mass, which
will ask Gods blessing on la
bor-management relations, will
be Joseph I. Creager, president
Of the Washington Building
and Construction Trades Coun-
Gil, and John j. McBurney.
counsel for the Transfers
Joint Council SIS.
After the mass Joseph F.
Finnegan, director of the Fed
See HOLIDAY, Page ALT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
BY ALFRED ALIBRANDO
Star stan Writer

The average cost of homes
purchase d here with FILA
mortgages is the highest in the
Nation, the Government hous-
ing agency reported yesterday
Last year-and the trend is
CONFERENCE.-The average value
of homes bought in the Wash
ington area with mortgages in
sured by the Federal Housing
Administration was $18,714
Chicago was second with an
average value of $l8,277.
This indicates more $40, 900
to $4,000 homes are being built
here" said an FILA official. "A
lot Of $1,000 to $4,000 homes
are being built, too, but it takes
a large number of expensive
homes to bring the average over
$4,000"
Most of the expensive homes
are being built in Montgomery
MD and Fairfax (Va0 Coun-
ties.
The trend to costlier homes
here. said the FILA official, has
been boosted by the relatively
high income level and the large
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
Hot, Sticky Weather
Due for Long Holiday

Continued hot and humid
weather is forecast for today
and tomorrow on the long
Labor Day week end. The Sum-
day high temperature will be
88 degrees.
With no end in sight for the
current spell Of sultry weather,
thousands Of District, Mary
land and Virginia residents be.
gan leaving the Metropolitan
Area Friday-not to return I'M
til tomorrow night. However,
police noted little slackening
in area traffic, indicating that
other thousands from all over
decided to come to the Ma
tons Capital to celebrate the
holiday dedicated to the work.
ing man.
Thus far there have been
seven traffic deaths in Mary
land and Virginia over the week
end but none in Washington.
Four Marines from the Beau
fort Is. c. Marine Corps Air
Station died instantly early
yesterday in a head-on collision
with a tractor-trailer near
Warrenton, Va. Two motorists
were killed early yesterday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Lemon Homers
Twice in Inninq,
Bots in 6 Runs

Jim Lemon tied two major
league records when he
smacked two home runs and
drove in six runs in one inning
to lead the Senators to a 14-2
victory over the Red Sox yes
terday at Griffith Stadium.
Lemons heroics highlighted
a 10-run third inning for the
Senators, their biggest SINGLE
inning total in years. He raised
his home run total to %, his
personal high in the majors.
and his runS-batted-in total to
80. His second homer of the
inning was delivered with the
bases loaded.
1t was the first time in his
tory that a Washington player
hit two homers in one inning.
The Cleveland Indians final.
ly turned the tables on the Chi.
cago White Sox with a 6-5 VIC
tory at Chicago. The second
place Indians, who had lost five
in a row to the league leaders,
now trail by 512 games.
In the National League. the
San Francisco Giants increased
their lead over the idle Los
Angeles Dodgers to 2l2 games
by beating st. Louis. 80, be-
hind Southpaw Johnny Anto-
nelli who won his 18th game.
Milwaukee fell Az games be-
hind by losing to Cincinnati.
ST..
"Details in sports section.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
DC. Area Leads Nation
In Hiqh-Priced Homes

number of service personnel.
Members of the Armed Forces,
he explained, may buy homes
under the FHA's career mill
tary program" with very small
down payments.
The FILA report also indi-
Gated that land prices here are
among the highest in the Ma
ton. The average price of the
lots on which the FHA-
financed homes were built was
$3.122. Of the more than 12G
areas listed, only five showed
higher land prices.
Only one out of four FHA-
financed houses built here
in 1858 had a garage. Most OF
them had three bedrooms and
many had four and five. The
average was 6.1 rooms and 80
bedrooms.
Washington rated only fair
in the amount of house built
for the money. For his $18,714
the homebuyer received 1881
square feet of living space.
In Phoenix, Ariz., $12,874
bought 1923 square feet of
living space. However, year.
around warm weather permits
less costly construction stand
ards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06

may affect 20 per cent Of the
900 pupils who expect to enter
the first grade when schools
open Tuesday.
Under the program, which Is
unprecedented in Virginia, men,
tally immature students will be
assigned to readiness centers'
dispersed about the city.
AcceleratiOn Aid Planned
Carefully chosen teachers
will try to accelerate their de-
velopment and equip them to
study on equal terms with other
children when school begins
next September.
School authorities will not
force any child to attend the
special classes.
However. they will deny ad-
mission to the first grade to
any 6-year-old whole mental
maturity is Az years or less.
The school board unanimous
ly Endorsed the new policy this
week. Memoranda explaining
it are being mailed to all
school principals.
Superintendent T. C. Will
liams said school officials de-
cided to start the program at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
Planes Viewed
As Initial Aid
Troops for Laos
Would Move Lost
By ELTON C. FAY
Associated Press Staf Writer

The first direct military &C.
ton to help Laos in its battle
against Communist invasion
if such action is called for
probably would be air support
from both Navy carrier-basec
planes and Air Force fighter
bombers.
Commitment of American
ground forces to a war in the
jungle might be only a fina
step, or never used at all.
Whatever tentative consid-
erations may be under study
at the Pentagon obviously are
predicated on a series of politi-
cal and military decisions at
the international level which
must pTecede any action.
The United Nations first
must determine the facts back
of Laos request for U. N. mill
tary help. Then it will be up
to the U.N.. if aid is decided
upon, to select the nations and
type of military forces to be
See AID, Page ALI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
Traffic Deaths
Rising Sharply
In Holiday Rush
BY the Associated Press

A sharp rise in Labor Day
weekend traffic deaths rang
an alarm last night in safety
quarters.
The toll was 40 at II pm.
Non-traffic accidents added "a
deaths for a total of 174.
1.-THE toll Is running alarm
ingly ahead of last Labor Day."
the National Safety Council
commented.
IF a fire was taking that
many lives, everybody would
join to put it out. We urge all
to join in holding down the
toll"
During the 1858 Labor Day
period 400 motor vehicle fatali-
ties were reported.
The council has estimated
that $50 Americans will die in
traffic accidents during the
current holiday that began at
6 pm. local time Friday and
will end at midnight Monday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
PHONE SERVICES
FOR LABOR DAY

The Evening Stor's holiday teIe-
phone services will observe the
following operating hours to-
morrow:
Classified Deportment-9 ON. to
sp.m. teIossified dds may be placed
in person at the business counter
in The Star lobby from $50 ON. to
6 PM.
Circulation DEPARTMENT. ON. to
$50 pm.
Main Switchboord-7 ON. to IL
midnight.
As usuol, night service lines will
be placed in operation otter close
Of main switchboard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
Wurrens in Denmark

COPENHAGEN, D. ark,
Sept. S (AP).-Chief Justice
Earl Warren and his wife ar
rived today by air in Copen-
hagen for a four day vacation
after a tour of Russia and
West Germany. They will
leave for New York by plane
Wednesday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06

Senator Morse, NOR does he
make the kind of implied in
sulting remarks to a colleague
which the Senator of Rhode
Island has just made"
Senator Morse denied he had
tried to harass the Senate, but
insisted he would continue to
use Senate rules to protect his
parliamentary rights.
The sharp exchange occurred
about 8 pm. while Senate DEM
ocratic Leader johnson was
holding the Senate in a late
session trying, with no aSsur-
ance of success, to pass the
highway gasoline tax increase
bill by midnight.
Sept. IL Adjournment Doubtful
The Senate had been in ses-
sion since II am, going
through the second day of
almost futile efforts to get
around the parliamentary ma
neuverings of Senator Morse.
The Oregonian's tactics
made it doubtful that Con-
gress would be able to finish
by September II but leaders
held to their plans for unusual
Labor Day sessions of both
Houses tomorrow in hopes of
winding up soon.
Senator Morse had Just fin
ished a speech of more than
an hour giving his reasons for
slowing down the adjournment
rush when the verbal exchange
broke out between him and
Senator Pastore.
Cites Unfinished Business
Senator Morse said Congress
could not adjourn this week
without abandoning such i'm
porant subjects as civil rights,
Federal aid to education, tax
revision and adequate farm leg
islation.
Senator Pastore, one of the
smaller men in the Senate but
possessing ringing voice, COM
plimented Senator Morse on
his worthy detectives. Then
he inquired how the Ore
gonian thought hte Senate
could accomplish them by lis
See ADJOURNMENT, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
Postore Denounces
Tactics by Morse
In StoIIing Senate
Oregonion Continues Efforts
To Delay Adjournment
BY ]. A. O'LEARY
star star Writer

congressional drive to go home this week remained
stalled last night Senator Morse Democrat of Oregon
continued his one-man showdown in spite of bitter attack
from Democratic colleague.
After Senator Morse told the Senate he trying to
prevent adjournment before Soviet Premier Khrushchevs
visit leaving urgent legislation the shelf Senator Pastore
Democrat of Rhode Island took him to task
Senator Pastore the first last night to strike back at the
oregonan accused him of harassing his colleagues and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
D. Oman Held
AsBank Bandit
Linked to ST., 500
Maryland Robbery

A 22-year-old Washington
man was arrested last night by
the FBI and charged with the
$27,500 bank robbery of the
County Trust Co. in Mech
anicsville, Md, Friday.
Robert Lawrence Couch of the
1900 block OF r street NV.
was picked UP by FBI agents
in the supermarket where he
has been working for the past
two years in Alexandria.
The FBI said none Of the
money was recovered. The FBI
declined to comment, but it
was believed the second bandit,
who is still being sought, may
have double-crossed his con-
federate.
Use Two Cars to Escape
Two bandits wearing sun
glasses, cowboy boots and over
alls tied up three women en-
ployes of the st. Mary's Coun-
ty bank on Route 5 in southern
Maryland Friday.
Brandishing automatic pis-
tolls, they used adhesive tape
to bind the employees. before
cleaning out the tellers' cages
and the vaults. The FBI said
they fled to Hughesville, Md. in
a Cadillac.
Abandoning the Cadilla c
there, they fled north in a 1857
black Chevrolet, according to
witnesses.
The FBI said it was a partial
See ROBBERS, Page ALT