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Maryland
and
Virginia
- News in Brief
Bay Ferry Added
For Summer Rush
An extra ship will be added to
Chesapeake Bay Ferry service be
tween Sandy Point and Mata
peake during the heavy traffic
period this summer.
The Maryland State Roads Com
mission announced that the motor
ship Oov. Harrington II will be
taken off its regular run between
Claiborne and Romancoke. on
Fridays and Sundays between
June 16 and September 11. On
those days service will be sus
pended on the Claiborne-Roman
coke route.
The Sandy Point-Matapeake run
often has been a bottleneck for
traffic to and from Eastern Shore
resorts. There are three ships
regularly on the line, plus a fourth
when traffic is heavy.—AP.
* * * *
Bing Donates $3,595
When James A. Payne, exec
utive secretary of the Front
Royal-Warren County Chamber
of Commerce, totaled receipts at
the close of the 16-hour Bing
Crosby day Saturday night, they
totaled $11,405.
The goal for the Youth Rec
reation Fund was $15,000.
Then, Bing himself came
through. He reached for his
checkbook and wrote a check
for $3,595, and handed it to Mr.
Payne.—AP.
* * * *
Father Rescues Son
Seven-year-old Charles W. Cox,
Jr., of 5550 Oxon Hill road, Oxon
Hill, Md„ was rescued by. his
father yesterday after falling into
5 feet of muddy water in a septic
tank under construction.
The boy was playing in rear of
a house being built for his family
on Livingston road, Oxon Hill.
Charles was admitted to Cas
ualty Hospital for treatment for
exposure and shock. He was re
ported recovering today.
* * * *
Soys Force Aids Negroes
' Force, not gradualism, is the
only way to gain rights for Ne
groes in the South.” Federal
Judge and Mrs. J. Waites War
ing told 150 persons at a Rich
mond (Va.) meeting yesterday.
Terming “hatred of the Negro
an obsession and an insanity,”
Mrs Waring said that the shock
treatment of modern medicine is
the only cure.”
She said that her husband had
used force: In his South Carolina
cotrtt, *and )t got results.”
“Every court decree is force,”
the jurist explained. "We. don't
want laws passed to make people
live together, but we do want
laws to allow them to do it If they
wtdt to.'*—AP.
* * * *
Fire Leaves Four Homeless
A family of four was left home
less when fire destroyed their
house near Bowie, Md.. late Sat
urday.
The victims are Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Aleshire and their chil
dren. Joann. 11, and Francis, 10.
Mr. Aleshire, an employe of the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, also suffered head
injuries during the blaze believed
started by an overheated kitchen
stove. He was admitted to the
Prince Georges General Hospital.
Two Professors Named
To Loyalty Review Board
•y Askociotcd Pr#»*
The Civil Service Commission
named a former commlsisoner, Dr
Leonard D. White, Chicago, to
the loyalty review board yester
day.
Also appointed to the board was
Brunson MacChesney, professor
of law at Northwestern University
and a former representative in Al
giers and Paris for the Foreign
Economic Administration.
Dr. White, professor of pub
lic administration at the Uni
versity of Chicago, was a member
of the commission from 1934 to
1937.
BOARDWALK SENSATION—Atlantic City.—Cecilia Bobb and
her Chihuahua drew many glances from Palm Sunday risitors
as they paraded on the boardwalk yesterday. The tiny dog, not
to be outdone by Cecilia’s finery, also sported a special Easter
bonnet and veil. —AP Wirephoto.
Strachey
(Continued From First Page.)
with Mr. Shinw'ell had been very
pleasant.
“He took a great part in the
meeting.” Mr. Johnson said. “No
one took a more helpful part. He
contributed much to the unanim
ity of the pfogram.”
Mr. Johnson returned in a
United States Air Force Constel
lation plane which brought him
non-stop from the Azores in 11
hours. He said he stopped about
two hours in the Azores, where he
saw the Canadian defense min
ister on his way from the Hague
meeting to Ottawa.
With Mr. Johnson were Senator
Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland,
chairman of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, and Gen
Omar Bradley, chairman of the
United States Joint Chie/s of
Staff. Both attended The Hague
meeting with Mr. Johnson.
British Spokesman Blasts
AP on Story From Hague
LONDON, April-3 UP).—A spokes
man for the British government
issued the following statement to
day in connection. with an As
sociated Press report quoting
sources at The Hague as saying
that British-American military
chiefs had agreed to keep highly
confidential information out of
the hands of British War Secre
tary John Strachey:
"The Associated Press of Amer
ica were responsible for this story
and if those who are employed
by them in London to interpret
political life in this country to
America did not as soon as they
saw this story inform their head
office that it could not conceivably
be true then they ought to have
done so.
"They were told by telephone
that the story was obviously un
true. and if they did so inform
their head office and their head
office insisted on still writing the
story, then I can only say that the
Associated Press’ boasted love of
facts is nothing but hypocrisy.”
The British Press Association
distributed the statement to the
British press. Later it sent a bul
letin correction deleting all mat
ter following the words “obviously
untrue” in the second paragraph.
But the full statement had ap
peared on page one of the Eve
ning Standard, an afternoon
newspaper. Still later the Press
Association issued a memo stating
that "after further consideration”
it had decided to reinstate the de-*
leted material.
A spokesman at No. 10 Down
ing Street, the official residence of
| Prime Minister Attlee, said the
statement could be attributed to
“a government spokesman.”
The Associated Press story came
from Joseph E. Dynan, Paris dip
lomatic correspondent, writing
from The Hague Saturday night.
Quoting extremely well-informed
sources, he reported that after a
conference at The Hague, United
States Defense Minister Louis A.
Johnson and British Defense Min
ister Emanuel Shinwell had agreed
to have top secrets bypass Mr.
Strachey.
Vehement denials were made by
Mr. Shinwell and other British
spokesmen in London and The
Hague. These denials were re
ported by the Associated Press as
they were made.
In reporting the government
statement, Press Association’s lob
by correspondent said, in part:
“Whitehall (the government)
feels that it is clearly wrong to
imply that any minister would be
empowered to be disloyal to a
colleague.”
The lobby correspondent said
that if any member of Parliament i
raises a question on the matter
in the House of Commons “a very
emphatic government answer will
be given.”
The conservative Daily Mail
said Mr. Attlee will be questioned
in Commons about the political
storm revolving around Mr. Stra
chey. * ; - - |
The Hague report and the gov
ernment’s denial got page I ban
ner headlines in London papers
today and yesterday.
Maryland, Virginia
May Get Airport Aid
A $36.7 million airport improve
ment program new before Con
gress includes airports in Mary
land and Virginia. Debate on the
measure opened in the House to
day.
The item, already approved by
the House Appropriations Com
mittee, must be accepted by the
House and Senate before going
to President Truman.
Projects—with Federal contri
butions and local sponsor’s shares
in brackets—included:
Frederick (Md.) Municipal,,
$50,000 ($50,000), and Orange
County (Va.l $37,500 ($37,500).
No program for the District was!
submitted.
»
Simplified Point 4 Bill
Ready for Senate Study
•y the Associated P.oss
A simplified bill authorizing
“Point Four’’ technical aid for
backward areas of the world was
ready today for study by the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee.
Committee aides said the bill
would authorize a maximum out
lay of $45 million in the year be
ginning July 1. The House has
passed a foreign aid bill contain
ing a $25 million “Point Four"
provision.
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
There will be showers tonight in the Ohio, Tennessee, middle
and lower Mississippi Valleys and the Southern Rockies. Thun
derstorm activity is indicated for the Central and Southern
Great Plains, and snow flurries are expected in the Northern
and Central Rockies of North Dakota. Temperatures will be
lower over the central third of the country, from the mid
Mississippi Valley westward to the central plateau.
—AP Wirephoto Map.
District of Columbia — Occa
sional light rain today, ending by
late afternoon, with highest tem
perature about 70 degrees. Mostly
cloudy tonight, with lowest near
52 degrees. Tomorrow mostly
cloudy with occasional showers
and continued mild.
Maryland—Cloudy, with occa
sional rain this afternoon and
showers late, tonight and tomor
row. Lowest temperature tonight
about 50 degrees.
Virginia—Mostly cloudy and
mild tonight, with lowest tem
perature from 50 to 55 degrees.
Showers and continued mild to
morrow.
Wind velocity at 11:30 o'clock
this morning, 24 miles per hour;
; direction, south-southwest.
_ . *ivar Beaart.
• n?8i?n«'.*.lvir,.ell®ult 11 Harper s Perry
HotS'i hm Shenandeah clear at
Hamidtty.
• Readings at Washington National Airport.)
Yesterday— Pet Today— Pet
jTm.- i§ f'ii™ gf
„ H'eb aBd Low of Last 24 Heart.
High, 82. at 1:50 p.m.
Low. 43. at 8:15 a m.
This Yaar.
Highest. 79. on January 29.
Loweat, l*, on March S.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow
P'*h - - JJ:10 a.m. 8:57 g.m
Jt®* - 2:2»a.m. 3:14 a.m
High - R:38 p.m. 9:'J4 p.m
t'®* - 3:0ft p.m. 3:53 p.m.
The San and Mean.
. . Rises. Seia.
Sun. today _ 5:51 8:.T>
Sun. tomorrow ft:fto 0:33
Moon, today 7:58 p.m. 8:0* a.m.
Automobile lights must be turned an
ong-Half hour alter sunset.
„ t Fraeipltatien.
Monthly precipitation In Inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month 1950. Avg. Record
January - 1.28 3.5ft 7.83 '37
February - 2.72 3.37 8.84 '84
March - 4.17 3.75 8.R4 Pi
April - 0.00 3.27 9.13 '89
May - ... 3.70 10.89 89
June - __ 4.13 10.94 '00
July - ___ 4.71 10.83 88
August - ... 4.01 14.41 '28
September-* — 3.24 17.45 '34
0«t07ei . t.S* Ml '37
November .. ... 2.37 8.89 89
December ... 3.32 7.68 01
Teaeperataree In Vartans Citlaa.
... High. Low. High Low.
Albuquerque 78 57 Miami 78 71
Atlantic City ftp 48 Milwaukee 51 38
Atlanta . 74 50 New Orleant 77 87
Bismarck 40 21 New York 57 48
Boston 59 39 Norfolk _ 83 50
Buffalo 48 '40 Okie. City.I 84 «1
Chicago 55 39 Omaha _ S3 o
Cincinnati 55 50 Phoenix . 98 54
Detroit 47 42 Pittsburgh 57 0
El Paso 83 85 Portland.Me. 49 39
Galveston 78 8R St. Louis 59 33
Harrisburg 59 49 Salt Lake C. 87 .(4
Indian spoils 85 52 San Antonio *o '2
Kansas City 71 45 San Pr'lseo 59 4 7
Los Anaeles 89 50 Seattle 47 :J|
Louisville 80 52 Tampa 81 «1
Maid of Cotton Returns
NEW YORK, April 3 UP).—Miss
Elisabeth McGee. "Maid of Cot
ton,” arrived by plane from Lon
don today after a tour of textile
centers in Britain and Trane*.
Witness Says Myers
Wore Bloody Clothes
Shortly After Arrest
Ralph W. Myers was found to
have blood stains on his clothing
shortly after his arrest in the
j death of Mrs. Nina Jean Campbell
according to police testimony to
day in Myers’ trial In District
Court.
Myers, 44, an Arlington winnow
shade salesman, is being tried .be
fore a jury in Judge F. Dickinson
Letts’ court on a charge he at
tempted an abortion which result
ed in the death of the 20-year-o;d
Mrs. Campbell last January 4.
Homicide Squad Sergt. Robert
E. Talbot testified he noticed the
stains on Myers’ underclothing
and socks at the District Morgue
about 12 hours after the time
Mrs. Campbell is believed to have
died.
Arrested in Arlington.
Two hours before, the de
fendant had been arrested in
Arlington. He waived extradition
and was brought to homicide
headquarters here for questioning.
It was about 11 o'clock that
night, Sergt. Talbot said, during
further questioning at the morgue,
that he noticed Myers’.shorts and
undershirt were bloody. The de
tective added there were spots of
what he took to br blood on
Myers’ socks and shoes.
On direct examination by As
sistant United States Attorney
John ConlifI, Sergt. Talbot said
Myers was sober at the time, giv
ing coherent answers to ques
tions asked him by police and
Deputy Coroner Richard Rosen
berg. Myers’ attitude, the detec
tive testified wras "arrogant.”
The detective also asserted that
when Myers was asked at the
morgue to agree to give a blood
specimen, he volunteered, "You’ll
find blood on my hands."
“I Don’t Know.”
Myers also was quoted as saying
that there should not be any blood
on any other part of his body.
When asked to explain how the
blood got on his clothes, Myers
replied, ”1 don't know.” according
to Sergt. Talbot.
Another police witness today
was Homicide Detective Peter
Zazanis, who said he recovered a
brown zipper bag from the trunk
of a car which Myers used in his
work. He said these items were
in the bag:
A vacuum jub containing what
appeared to be a soap solution,
syringe nozzles, mercurochrome, a
knife and scotch tape.
Earlier testimony in the trial
has shown that a syringe, among
other things, was found in the
apartment where the alleged
abortion attempt took place. This
was the rooms of Miss Ruth E.
Childs, a resigned nurse at Chil
dren's Hospital, at 1321 Fairmont
street N.W.
In answer to a question by De
fense Counsel James J. Laughlin,
Mr. Zazanis denied finding either
sheet music or phonograph rec
ords in the same trunk. Mr.
Laughlin did not pursue this line
of inquiry.
Chile Has Quiet Election
SANTIAGO. Chile, April 3 (i<P>.—
Chilean voters chose 1,542 munici
pal councilmen yesterday in an
orderly and apathetic national
election.
Pleasant View PTA to Meeti
Dr. Walter E. Hager, president!
of Wilson Teachers College, will;
speak at a meeting of the Pleasant
View Parent-Teacher Association!
at 8 pjn. tomorrow at the school
in Wheaton. Md.
Record Attendance
At Rites Harks Start
Of Holy Week Here
Washington is preparing for
Easter with prayer.
Holy week began yesterday in
Catholic and Protestant churches
which were packed by record
breaking attendances. Ushers re
ported that in some auditoriums
as many as 200 persons were
turned away.
While members of the Chris
tian faith took communion and
received palms — symbolic of
Christ's entry into Jerusalem—
those of Jewish faith celebrated
the first day of Passover.
One of the largest groups of
Palm Sunday worshipers attended
services of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church, held in Lis
ner Auditorium, Twenty-first and
H streets N.W. The large audi
torium was filled and hundreds
turned away to seek seats in less
crowded churches.
More than 1,500 heard the new
Scottish pastor, the Rev. George
M. Docherty, preach his first ser
mon here. Mr. Docherty empha
sized that going to church just
at Easter isn't likely to “save"
any one. He pointed to the 51
other Sundays of the year.
Many Unable to Find Seats.
Catholics stood during the read
ing of the Gospel, which annually
tells ttse story of Christ from the
last supper to the crucifixion.
Long columns filed past the altar
to receive the slender green palms.
Many were unable to find scats
at St. Patrick's Church and St.
Matthew's Cathedral.
The Passover story was told by
Rabbi Harry J. Kaufman at the
Beth Sholem Congregation, with
stress on “peace and freedom."
Family worship services at other
Washington congregations also
centered around the account of
Israel's redemption.
At the Wilson Memorial Meth
odist Church, the Rev. H. H. Hoyt
asked:
“Will our observance of Palm
Sunday be merely a band-wagon
experience, to be forgotten tomor
row, or will we follow the meek
and lowly King to Calvary?”
Other Ceremonies Held.
The triumphal progress through
the streets of the Holy City was
described in Greek Orthodox
churches. Palm Sunday usually is
celebrated later in this church,
but the date corresponded with
the other Christian observances
this year.
Other ceremonies fell on the
beginning of Holy Week at two
churches.
New law and education windows
were dedicated at Washington
Cathedral. Supreme Court Justice
Jackson was the principal speaker.
The 14th annual commemora
tive services of deceased members
of the Knights of Columbus coun
cils was held at the hall, 918 Tenth
street N.W. A chalice was pre
sented to the Most Rev. Patrick
A. O’Boyle, Archbishop of Wash
ington.
Deceased members honored be
longed to the Washington, Keane, j
Carroll, Spalding and Potomac
Councils. Dr. George R. Ellis, mas
ter of the Fourth Degree, was
chairman at the ceremony. The
eulogy was given by Leo A. Rover,
president of the Catholic Youth
Organisation.
Walter Reed PTA to Meet
A bicycle safety film, taken at
the Walter Reed School, will be
shown at a Parent-Teacher
Association meeting at 8 p.m.
Wednesday at the school, 1844;
North McKinley road, Arlington.
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The Federal Spotlight
Veteran Preference in Layoffs
Scored by Civil Service League
By Joseph Young
The strongest attack yet made on veterans' preference in Gov
ernment reduction-in-force programs has just been made by the
National Civil Service League.
The league, a nonpartisan group supported financially bv the
country's leading industrialists and businessmen and which is the Na
tion s oldest civil service organiza-'
tion. labeled the present veterans'
preference privileges as inde
fensible.”
“Absolute retention preference
for veterans
in Govern
ment employ
ment when
positions are
abolished is in
creasingly rec
ognized as in
defensible o n
both practical
and ethical
grounds.” the
league declared.
‘‘A. veteran
with a 'good'
efficiency rat
ing and even t»h.
one day of permanent service
must be retained while a non
veteran of 10. 20 or 30 years' serv
ice and an 'excellent' rating is
dropped.
‘The effect of this system on
efficient, economical operation is
just what, one would imagine ’
The league urged Congress to
turn its immediate attention to
pending legislation that would
modify veterans’ preference some
what so as to give greater job
protection to nonveteran career
employes.
Theie s virtually no chance that
Congiess will act on the situation
this year. But the strong stand
taken by the league, which has
been responsible for some of the
major civil service reforms during
the past 65 years, is evidence
that it will devote the major
part of Its efforts during the next
few years to modify veterans'
preference.
* * * *
LADY WITH A PAST—A
sweet young thing walked into
the Civil Service Commission's
main office one day last week
to apply for a Government job.
In answer to the question on
the applicant form which asked,
“Have you ever been arrested
or summoned into court as a
defendant?” she wrote:
“Sued by boy friend for re
turn of engagement ring.”
* * * *
INCONSISTENT—The House
Appropriations Committee was
guilty of a strange inconsistency
in reporting the 1951 omnibus ap
propriations bill.
It limited the Government’s in
dependent agencies to a ratio of
one personnel worker for every
115 employes in each particular
agency. But it imposed no such
limitation on the rest of the Gov
ernment’s departments and bu
reaus.
Why the Independent bureaus
should be penalized is hard to
explain. One reason, of course,
was the stand taken by Chairman
Thomas of the subcommittee
handling the independent offices
bill. But this year the appropria
tions legislation was handled as
one bill and the Governments
independent agency officials can't
be blamed for feeling *hat they
were discriminated against
* * * *
OLD AGE BUREAU—Social Se
curity officials are hoping for early
hearings on the bill to tiansfer
the Bureau of Old Age and Sur
vivors' Insurance, with its 5.000
employes, from Baltimore to the
Washington metropolitan area.
The officials declare that greater
efficiency and economy could be
achieved by the transfer.
Chairman Whittington of the
House Public Works Committee
introduced the bill last week.
* * * *
CUSTODIAL WORKERS—The
Civii Service Commission has
taken steps to make sure that
Post Office custodial workers
would rot have to Uice a salary
cut if they are transferred to the
jurisdiction of the General Serv
ices Administration. The transfer
is one of the presidential reor
ganization propc'ah now before
Congress.
The commission has issued a
regulation that wtii guarantee
their present salaries if the trans
fer is made Previously, the em
ployes had complained that they
faced a wage cut if they were
taken out of their present postal
scale. New employes, however,
would have to enter at lower sal
aries in most cases if the postal
custodian functions are trans
ferred to GSA.
* * * *
CAPITAL ROUNDUP—A wide
variety of Federal supply jobs,
paying salaries of *3,100 to *6,400
a year, will be announced by the
Civil Service Commission in about
two weeks . . . Brunson Mac
Chesney, professor of law at
Northwestern University. and
Leonard D. White, professor of
public administration at the Uni
versity of Chicago, have been
appointed as new members of
the Federal Loyalty Review Board.
. . . The Civil Service Commission
Chinese Nationalists
Celebrate Smashing
Of Hainan Invasion
ly At*+c«ot«d f'•%*
TAIPEI. Formwa. April S—Na
tionalist China today hailed itj
greatest victory of 1950 . . . tha
smashing of a Chinese Communist
invading force of more than 7.500
on Hainan Island off South China
Saturday.
Thousands joined a massive
parade at Hoihow. capital of Hai
nan. Tons of firecrackers were
set off Red prisoners w-re
marched through the streets
“We have destroyed the Com
munist dream of conqueims Hai
nan." said Gen. Li Yang-ching.
chief cf staff for Hainan.
The Nationalists said 5,000 Reri«
were killed and more than 2.500
were captured.
It was the second Red attempt
in six days to land a force on the
big island, separated by 10 miles
of water from Lutchow Peninsula.
The Nationalists said they ’com
pletely annihilated" 4.000 Red in
vaders March 27.
Some Red survivors tried to
escape yesterday but Nationalist
warships reported they sank the
fleeing iunks. Five hundred more
Reds surrendered on Hainan.
Thr Nationalists said much
equipment including field pieces,
tommy guns and rifles was seised.
Nationalist dispatches usually
flaunt the silver lining and ignore
the dark clouds. But even allow
ing for exaggeration, their double
victory gave them something to
crow over.
has a job exam for clinical psy
chologists coming up In several
weeks. The pay is $5,400 to $10,
000 a year . . . Government medi
cal and X-ray technicians, psy
chologists and dental officers, who
have not secured permanent
status, must be fired by July 31.
. . . The Government Printing
Office has a new Pamphlet. "Gov
ernment Jobs Outside the Con
tinental United States,” which sells
for 10 cents.
'Be sure to listen at 6:4S p.m.
every Saturday over WMAL.
The Star station, to Joseph
Youngs Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
news and views of the Oovern
meut scene./
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