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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
CIVIL Announces
Profit Of $13,321
For First Year

Greater Washington Indus
trial Investments. Inc. had net
income and retained income
of $13,32l on June 80 in its
first year of operation.
Arch Scurlock. president OF
the publicly-own small BUSH
ness investment firm, SO adj
vised stockholders yesterday in
the annual report. He pro-
nounced the first year a profit
able one.
He recalled the firm was
formed to meet the growth
financing needs of scientific
and industrial small business
concerns in the National Cap
ital area. He said the two in
vestments completed prior to
the company's year end were
$500, 900 Of 8 per cent convert
ible debentures Of C-E-I-R,
Inc. and $4,000 in similar
debentures Of Human Sciences
Research. Inc.
Mr.. Scurlock said since June
80. the company has authorized
several additional commit
ments totaling $3.50, 900. It
has 5000 stockholders of record
in the District Of Columbia and
35 States.
The president declared: I'VE
believe the investments to date
illustrate GWII's intended role
in providing financial assist
ance to science and industry.
They also show that Washing
tons industries provide ample
opportunity for promising in
vestment ventures"
He said the company has
moved from the idea stage to
become an active operating
organization with assets in ex-
cess of IS Million" in its first
year. He declared it is "con-
stantly seeking suitable invest
ment opportunities" Head
quarters are at 1725 K street
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
Sutro Bros. Moves
To New D. c. Office

Irving G. Rudd, partner Of
Sutro Bros. & Co., members OF
the New York Stock Exchange,
announced the firms WASH
ington ONCE has moved into
the new RCA Building at 1725
z street NV. He said direct
wire access to all principal
domestic and foreign markets
will permit customers to get
quotations and confirmation OF
orders with unusual speed.
The expansion is in line with
Sutro's broad program that has
been under way for several
years in New York and Florida,
: he said. Recently, the firms
main Offices were moved to
Larger quarters in one OF New
York's newest and largest sky
! scrapers. He said investors here
,, will be aided by the Washing
ton Offices own staff Of securi-
, ties analysts, supplemented by
, research specialists in New
York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11

ington adjusters to the stricken
areas to provide on-the-spoi
assistance to the company's
policyholders, L. A. Davidson
president, announced yes
terday.
The local men will assist
GEICO's Florida claim repre-
sentatives In the areas struck
by the hurricane so that the
company's many policyholders
in the State will be able to get
prompt repairs to their cuto-
mobiles and homes. On a num-
Der of occasions in the past,
the company has dispatched
local teams of adjusters to
areas hard hit by hurricanes,
storms and tornadoeS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
New WOOK Building
Ne0rs Completion

The new building for Radio
Station WOOK, now under
construction at Riggs road and
First place, NE, is expected to
be ready for occupancy the
latter part Of November, Archi-
tect Eugene Delmar said. Gen.
eral business of1lces and recep-
ton facilities viii be on the
first floor. The second floor viii
house a large studio for group
broadcasts and five additional
auxiliary studios.
Richard Eaton, president of
United Broadcasting Co. and
president Of WOOK, said the
expansion is in keeping with
the growth of Washington, its
audience and advertisers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11


Enterprise Federal Savings and
Loan Association, will preside
at the dinner. -.
Officials and guests will be
representatives Of the Maryland
and Virginia Savings and Loan
Leagues, the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board, civic and
business leaders.
Co-chairmen for the event
are Howard E. Thompson Of
the Columbia Federal Savings
and Loan Association and
Charles C. Elderkin of Perpet-
ual Building Association.
The leagues annual golf
tournament will start at noon.
The golf chairman is Edwin
N. Lewis of the Enterprise
Federal Savings g. LoaQ As
ISOLATION. The principal golf
strophy, given for low net, is
..the District Title Co. trophy.
Some is other golf prizes will
, be given for members and
guests.
; Cocktails will be served be-
ginning at 5:45 pm. followed
by a buffet supper, the award
ing of golf trophies and music,
Mr.. Cook said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
Westinghouse Holders
Get MeIp0r Rights

Melpar. Inc. wholly-owned
subsidiary Of Westinghouse Air
Brake Co.. is offering holders
of outstanding Westinghouse
Air Brake common stock rights
to subscribe for 217.000 shares
Of Melpar capital stock at $14
a share at the rate Of one
share of Melpar capital stock
for each 20 shares Of Westing-
house Air Brake common stock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
BALTIMORE
LIVESTOCK

sy ssbbhFI!Ac cssitI.; s cSnpa 70 last
Thursday slagGhtsr steers fully steady:
glaughtef heifere steady; cows steady
70 weak: bulls 80 cents 70 ! 90 .hishef;
hiGher; stockers and feeders steady;
small lot 1885 ID high choice 200, 2
lots. mixed good and choice $3.50, 2
loads 1Q40 ID good with d choice end
choise $780, f6Sslia7S Is rc sS1d sts Snq
22. 0O-26.00. mostly 24O0 and down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
Peoples Drug Sales
Show Steady Gain

Treasurer H. j. Althouse OF
Peoples Drug Stores an
nounced net sales for August
totaled $7,303,119, contrasted
with $6,958,798 for that month
last year. This was a $344,-
S21 or 40 per cent increase.
Sales January 1-August 81
s.totaled $59,046,765 against
$50, 854,356 for the similar 1853
period. This was a $5,192, 409
or 9.6 per cent advance, Mr..
Althouse said.
Last month the firm oper-
ated 189 stores as contraSted
with 181 in August 1859.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11

short load 1890 $3.50. fey standard
see Is CHOICE SIsushter hsifers 2l.35;
sssSssi u.ss ta sSs eG sS sSCc
s SSd cttsTs 100 90. SSi s ssRnsr'
1900 20.bo; scod and choice I50-250
standard and good 250-350 ID siaush.
ehoice ~ .O6.Ss 90. one one lot s4S IS s cs
mixed, steer. and heiier calves 1900
eho d feeder iH' steers 2s.2s.s2 50, j ic S
1O1e ID good 21.O0 and load $50 ID
good 24.0O; common and medium feed
ers 2000-22.O0; 3 loads b17-068 ID
medium and gOod stock steers 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
Marine Underwriters
Open Convention

Some 300 representatives
from 80 countries will attend
the first American meeting Of
the 86-year-old International
Union of Marine Insurance
annual conference, opening to-
day at the Shoreham Hotel.
President Louis Rostock-
Jensen of Copenhagen. Dem
mark, said some of the topics
include the problems Of in
surfing nuclear ships and those
involved in navigating the St.
Lawrence Seaway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11

l24 90, common and medium stock steers
hsl:ssis: is.;ssS; ;sssSsl S.O;sssGSs%, I :
and sood stocker and feeder heifers
siS ana r. c az 80 y 500 ns siaf5
Hers. Compared to Iss. ThuEsdssyS
s ssns z c sIsssri rS SEs ie'Tf e.:
ia Is .butch.rs 800, No. J.. and
mixed 70; IL s00-2l5 lbs 1870 ~ 0ot e
is is. X 80. lev No. ga these 1sIghts
a alsss No. iSCs I ISs . ~ i$:SO;
~ TSssSSay, enc 4 small III No i:ts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11

held Of record September 0
1860.
The offer. which will expire
September 20. will be under
written by a group headed by
the First Boston Corp.
Net proceeds from the sale
will be applied to the repay
ment Of a portion Of the COM
pany's unsecured 90-day notes
aggregating "a million held by
WestinghouSe Air Brake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
GEICO Adjusters
Sent to Florida

Due to the damage and de-
struction caused by Hurricane
Donna in Florida, the Govern
ment Employees Insurance Co.
has flown a number Of Wash
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
League AnnuoI Outing
Tomorrow is Expected
! To Attract About 400
BY WILLIAM A. MULLEN
star Afaf Writer

Tomorrow the District Of Columbia Savings and Loan
league will hold its annual outing.
This will at the Indian Spring Country Club at
1891 Layh Silver Spring. Nd and 400 members
and guests are expected to participate
. president Martin A. Cook who is also president Of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-01-14
Boyqrd Firemen Elect

Edwin Gather was elected presi-
dent of the Bayard Volunteer Fire
department at recent meeting.
Other officers are George Lay
ton, vice-president; James Head,
chief; James Gather, assistant
chief; David Kuhns, secretary
treasurer; Lloyd Gay, sergeant
alarms; Charles Iser, chaplain
Building trustees include Ed
win Gather, w. B. Cramer and
Lester Simmons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-01-14
GrantsvilIe Notes

Mrs. c. S. Zellers and Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Layman and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ncvin Broadwater
visited Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Grose
end daughter, and Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Broadwatcr, Baltimore,
and Hillary Broadwater, Clements,
Md.
Miss Sheila Kile, Harrisburg,
Pa, and Edwin Dean, student at
West Virginia university, Morgan
town, visited Mr. and Mrs A. B..
Dean.
Miss Nancy Layman and Mr.. and
Mrs. William Layman and family,
Riverdale, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Damon and family, Silver Spring,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Lay
man.
Miss Velora Swauger and DR.. G.
V. BroadWater, HagerstoWn, and
Mrs. nellie Zeller, Frostburg, were
recent guests of Miss Viola Broad
water.
Miss Rita Edwards, Baltimore,
and MIR. and Mrs. Cecil Edwards
and children, Carol and Robert, of
McHenry. visited Mr. and Mrs.
Harry c. Edwards.
Miss Katherine Salzman and
Daniel Hershberger, College Park,
visited Mr. and Mrs. d. w. Hersh-
berger.
Mr. and Mrs. John Leater, MIR.
and Mrs. Donald Bodies, Mansfield,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-01-14

The pickings couldn't be better. All
10 of Chevrolet's sizzling new models
for so are now rolling off the assem-
bly, lines again-in greater numbers
than ever before. Your dealers
waiting with all the details, including
long list of pluses that will prove to
you the only way to buy car for less
than this low-priced Chevy is to buy
a lot less car:
Roomier Body by Fisher with $50
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-01-14

Miss Roxic r. Davis, of Oak
land, announces the engagement
and forthcoming marriage of her
niece, Miss Patricia A. Myers, to
Alonzo William Schaeffer, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Schaeffer,
Baltimore.
Miss Myers is a graduate of
Southern High school, class of
1855, and is now employed in the
office at the Garrett County Me-
mortal hospital in Oakland
Mr.. Schaeffer also was graduated
from Southern High school, class
of 1855, and is employed by the
Bethlehem Steel corporation in
Baltimore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-01-14

The Grantsville Homemakers
club met recently at the home of
Mrs. Harry C. Edwards with Mrs.
Allen Baker, president, presiding.
A food demonstration was pre-
sented by Mrs. Harry G. Edwards
on Cuts and the Use of Lamb"
Roll call was answered with What
is our Favorite Recipe for Lamb
or Pork"
Mrs. Emmons Warwick became
a member of the club.
The February meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. Raymond
Loechel Mrs. Ollie Loechel is CO.
hostess.
Brief Mention
Lee Ashby, Waynesburg, o., Wis
tied Mrs. Irva Mickey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Zeller and
son, Cleveland, visited Mr.. and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-01-14

o., and Miss Geraldine James,
Grayson, KY, visited Mrs. Mary
James and son, Michael.
Robert Railcy returned to
Bridgewater tVaD college after
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Christian Miller.
Ralph Beachley, vice-principai
of Northern High school, member
of County Teachers Association
Legislative committee, and Mary
land State Teachers Association
Legislative committee, and Miss
Viola Broadwater, Grantsville
school, chairman of public rela-
tons for the local association, and
member on State committee, at
tended special meeting Saturday,
January 9th, and luncheon at the
Stafford hotel, Baltimore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-01-14
COVE

Rev, and Mrs. II. II. DroutZ and
Lois spent Tuesday in Cumber-
land where they visited with Rev.
and Mrs. Nommensen.
Sunday afternoon visitors of Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Collier and Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Collier we're Mr.. and
Mrs. Owen Bach and sons, Acct
dent.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Hartman we're Jacob
Oester and sons, Lloyd, Henry, and
Frederick. Other afternoon visitors
were MIR. and Mrs Carroll Dewitt
and family, Accident.
Mr. and Mrs. John Levec spent
Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Mckenzie, Grantsville
MIR and Mrs. Robert Resi- and
daughters were Monday evening
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas
Fazenbaker, Accident.
Saturday evening visitors of Mr.
end Mrs. Henry Glass and daugh-
ter were Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Glass,
Barton.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Collier were
Sunday evening supper guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brenneman and
sons, Accident.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Vernon Richter and family
were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Butler
and family.
Carroll and Dorothy Hanft spent
Sunday afternoon with Carl, Joyce
and Paul Hartman.
Fred Bentz, Walter Richter,
Charles Ringer, Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Collier and Joe Collier all
attended the State Farm show at
Harrisburg, on Monday.
Mrs. Carl Bowman and Mrs. Fred
Holiday spent Saturday in Cum
berland shopping and visiting rcla-
tives in Cresaptown.
Saturday evening visitors of Mr..
and Mrs. Woodrow Friend and
family were Mr. and Mrs. Garland
jenkins, Friendsville, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Jenkins.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Everett McClintock and fami-
ly. and Mrs. Clara McClintock
were Mr. and Mrs. Luther McClin-
took and son, Keyser Ridge. The
occasion was the birthday of Ev-
erett McClintock
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Ringer and
daughter we're Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Ringer
Friday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Levec were Mr.. and
Mrs. Willard Layman, Jeff and
Susan, Grantsville
Miss Ellen Reichenbecher spent
Monday night and Tuesday with
her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Reichenbecher and sons.
Mrs. Tom Schrock underwent
major operation in Johnstown
hospital on Thursday. The Schrock
children are at the home of their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Friend and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Kahl and
family were Saturday evening Wis
itors of MIR. and Mrs. Ray Article
and family, Accident.
Thursday luncheon and afternoon
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Hanft were Mr.. and Mrs. John
Levec.
A1/c and Mrs. Clifford Friend,
Stewart Air Force base, N. Y,
spent the New Years holidays
with the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd Friend and family.
Rev and Mrs. H. H. Droutz and
Paul we're Tuesday evening Wis
TORS of Rev and Mrs. c. F. Dau
phin, Accident.
Wednesday evening visitors of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hartman were
Walter Richter and Walter Hanft.
Friday evening supper guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Collier and
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Collier we're Miss
Kathy Younkin and Miss Donna
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-01-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Terrant,
Gormania, w. Va, announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Josephine, to airman third class
Ted Layton. Airman Layton is the
grandson of Mrs. Edith Layton, of
Tunnelton, w. Va.
Miss Terrant is a senior at
Southern High school. Airman
Layton is graduate of Aurora
High school and is now stationed
at Plattsburgh, New York.
A June wedding is planned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-01-14

Other guests included Mrs. Fra
ley, Miss Mary Naylor Bennett,
Mrs. Harland Bittinger, Mrs. Will
liam Dressman, Mrs. Jerry Meyer,
Mrs. James Stockton.
Committee reports were given
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-01-14

by Mrs. Kenneth Ridder, scout
hall chairman; Mrs. Ralph Pritts,
Jr,, clothes closet; Mrs. Jerry
Walsh, ways and means chairman.
Mrs. Ralph HENDERSON, public at
fairs chairman, had charge of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-01-14
Junior Civic Women Hear
TuIk On Jury Duty

Associate Judge Neil C. Fraley
was guest speaker at a dinner
meeting of the Junior Womans
Civic club held last Thursday eve
ming, January 7. Judge Fraley
spoke on jury service for women
and instructed the group concern
ing the duties of jurors. A ques-
ton and answer period followed.
Richter, Grantsville.
Visitors of MIR and Mrs. John
Lcvec and son for several days
we're Kenneth Watson, Bob Van
zin and Walt Walters, Pittsburgh.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Glass and
daughter were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Glass
and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Richter and
family we're Sunday supper guests
Of Mr. and Mrs. William Simmons,
Grantsville.
Darlene and Lonnie Article spent
Sunday with their grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Jenkins.
Sunday evening visitors of Mr..
and Mrs Walter Richter and
daughters were Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Ringer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-01-14

Soviets announced they would
test new rocket over the Pacific
ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-01-14

program. Mrs. Ralph Pritts. Jr.,
and Mrs. william Hesen served on
the arrangements committee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-01-14
KICHT'S
Insurance Service

Has your operators license
been revoked or suspended?
need filings to get your license?
Call or stop in for information.
Open Saturdays til 9
Dial DE 4-3252 Second Stree,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-01-14

Eisenhower forecast unmatched
prosperity for U. $.
Evening star., 1960-09-08
When President
Should Address
u. N. Is Studied

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.
Sept. 8 (AP).-The United
States new chief delegate tc
the United Nations said today
Washington officials are pom
dering whether President Eli
senhower should speak to the
General Assembly here before
or after Soviet Premier Khru-
shchev. Ambassador James J.
Wadsworth told correspond
ents:
They are still weighing the
relative merits of speaking first
and going on back (to
Washington), or waiting to see
what. Mr.. Khrushchev says and
perhaps coming up later"
| Mr.. Eisenhower told a news
conference yesterday he was
thinking of coming to the U. N
But he said his chances o1
meeting Mr.. Khrushchev are
very slim.
/ Mr.. Wadsworth, the, new
United States permanent rep.
resentative to the United Ma
ttions. held a news conference
after presenting credentials to
Secretary General Dag HAM
marskjold.
Mr.. Wadsworth succeeds
Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge, who resigned the U. N
post effective last Saturday to
campaign for Vice President or
the Republican ticket. Mr.
Wadsworth has been Mr.
Lodges deputy since 1858.
Evening star., 1960-09-08
Workers in Cafes
And Hotels Here
To Get Pay Roise

Some $4,000 District restau-
rant and hotel employees will
get a pay raise Saturday when
a revised minimum wage order
goes into effect.
The order, which covers only
women and minors, provides
non-service workers with a Sc
raise to $36 for a work-wcek OF
So to 40 hours, and a ascent
increase to 81 per hour fol-
working time of less than sc
hours a week.
1t also calls for IS cents ar
hour for work in excess Of 4C
hours, compared to the former
guarantee of $33 for a 40 to AZ
hour week.
Service workers - mattresses
who receive substantial tips
will receive a 81 raise to $22.8(
per week, a 10-cent increase tC
10 cents an hour for part-time
work and a 10-cent raise tc
go cents for time over 40 hours
The order also includes 9
minimum daily wage, add.
tional payment for a split shift
or a long spread of hours
travel expenses. payment BY
employer for uniforms or spe.
cial costumes and a wage rate
for apprentices.
The District Minimum Wage
and Industrial Safety BoarC
held public hearings on the
new wage order last June 81
Evening star., 1960-09-08
STABBING

Continued From First Page
he wanted money. and when
he asked how much she had,
she told him it was just IS
cents.
You're lying again." the
stranger said, and again pulled
out the knife, Pvt. HumphrieS
reported.
They struggled briefly and
then he plunged the knife into
her back, the officer said.
He told the girl he had
stabbed her. and then fled, the
officer reported.
Found on Sidewalk
A motorist heard her screams,
stopped, and found Miss Shec-
kels lying on the sidewalk at
the northeast corner of the in
tersection. The motorist sum-
moned an ambulance.
Squads of city and county po-
lice poured into the area,
searching for the assailant.
Police Chief Silas Dennis said
investigators will make a door
to-door check today to discover
if nearby residents saw or
heard anything. Miss Sheckels
will be shown pictures of pos
sible suspects.
The assailant was described
as a white man in his early
20s, 5 feet 8 inches tall, and
about 1870 pounds. He has black
hair, and was wearing a check
cred shirt and black trousers.
Got OFF Bus
The victims father, William
H. Sheckels, said his daughter
had been visiting a sick girl
friend at the hospital. She
Travelled by bus, and on the re-
turn trip, got off at a drug
store in the $500 block of Balti-
more avenue.
After having a soft drink
there, she set out for the lotto
15-minute walk home. AS far
as he knew, Mr.. Sheckels said,
she met no one at the drug
store and was alone when at
tackled.
Had Eye Trouble
| Mr.. Sheckels, a salesman for
a Washington florist, said his
daughter left high school in the
11th grade when she began to
have eye trouble 8 years ago.
She had an eye operation two
years ago, he said. She is not
employed. but keeps house for
the family. He described her as
a "home-type" girl, who had
occasional dates with real nice
boys"
She was raised in that neigh
borhood, he said, and everyone
there knew and liked her. He
was at a loss to explain the at
tack.
Evening star., 1960-09-08
RuiI Union Sues
For $40 Million

NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (AP).-
A $40 million damage suit was
filed in Federal District Court
today by the Brotherhood oi
Railroad Trainmen against the
Long Island Rail Road, the
Association Of American Rail-
roads and 80 association men,
bers, alleging a conspiracy to
finance a lengthy work stop
page on a single railroad.
The suit accuses the rail-
roads of pooling money secretly
to form the Imperial Insur-
ance Co., Ltd, of Nassau. Ba.
hamas. as a trick and device
to shield the conspiracy"
The suit, filed by Arnold B
Elkind. attorney for the Broth
erhood, charges that the insur-
ance company advised the Long
Island Rail Road that if il
would accept work stoppage
instead of granting union de-
mands. the road would receive
$4,000 daily.
The Long Island was shut
down for 26 days-from July 8
to August 5.
The complaint says the rail-
road and the brotherhood has
virtually agreed in November
1859, on granting the roads
trainmen a five-day week. This
was a major issue in the strike
Evening star., 1960-09-08
18th St. Workman
Fatally Injured

A 46-year-old construction
worker was crushed by an earth
mover yesterday and died later
in Casualty Hospital.
Fred Laird of 9216 Fifty-first
avenue, College Park, was
fatally injured when the earth
mover he was driving for the
A. j. Ellis Construction Co
at the Twelfth street under
pass construction site slid down
a ramp.
Although he tried to jump
free, Mr.. Laird was pinned
under one wheel of the ma
chine, fellow employees said
After about 20 workers tried
IN vain to get him free, a bull
dozer finally pulled the tractor
off Mr.. Laird.