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, Weo!her ^oreeost Home Delivery ScaUared 'showers . The E,enta' “d Sund" st" 11 Tomorrow, fair and cooler, (.Full report ^ delivered by carrier to all subscribers on Page A-2.) at $1.50 per month. Night Final Noon --80 6 p.m...79 ll p.m.._73 Edition 10 cents additional. 2 p.m._.84 8 p.m.._75 Midnight 73 / . 4 p.m...86 10 p.m...74 1 a.m._,72 Telephone ST. 5000. _ , An Associated Press Newspaper 99th Year. No. 182,_ S WASHINGTON, D. C„ JULY 1, 1951- "ygg. TEN CENTS. &gg? Capital Transit Strike Begins, Threatening to Tie Up Traffic; W.M. & A. Walkout Is Averted Employes Reject 18-Cent Pay Raise In l,785-to-41 Vote BULLETIN Union members early today «voted 1,785 to 41 to reject a Capital Transit Co. offer of wage increases totaling 18 cents an hour, and in effect voted to continue the strike which began at 12:01 a.m. A strike of Capital Transit em ployes began at 12:01 a.m. today Announcement of the walkout of 3,400 union men came from Bernard Cushman, attorney for Division 689, Amalgamated As sociation of Street, Electric Rail way and Coach Employes of America, AFL, after last-minute negotiations failed to break a deadlock in the contract di. pute. The threatened W. M. & A. bus strike, which appeared a reality ———— U. S. Mediators Call Labor Scene Peace ful Despite Trouble Here. Page A-< Western Union Strike Set Tomorrow. Page A-( Wolfson Group Willing to Sell Control ir Capital Transit Co. Page A-( up until minutes of the midnight deadline, was averted in an eleventh-hour agreement to con tinue discussions with the com pany, a union leader announced early today. Within a few min utes, company officials confirmed the truce. Traffic Snarl Anticipated. First effects of the Capital Transit strike were to be felt by churchgoers this morning. But by Monday morning, if the strike ex tends that long, a monumental snarl of traffic was expected as the city returns to work. The 500,000 who normally ride the street cars and buses would have to fall back on taxicabs and private automobiles, and police expect these to choke the down town area and the main routes in and out of the business region. A formal firm offer” was made by the Capital Transit Co. six minutes after the strike began. The offer, in the form of a letter to the union, differed little from previously reported verbal offers. Workers Get Orders. Some confusion existed among Capital Transit operators making runs after midnight. Some said they believed they were to com pleet the day’s work, which in some instances ran several hours after midnight. The union said, however, that runs started after midnight would be completed, and then the vehicles would go to 'he barns. These instructions were being passed out to motormen at Union Station, where several streetcar and buslines converge, and at other points. The company’s formal offer was to be considered at a mass mem bership meeting in Constitution Hall at 1 a.m Mr Cushman said that the contract had expired at midnight, and added: “The strike is on.” The Capital Transit Co. work ers voted a week ago to strike if the contract were not settled. Last-ditch negotiations were held into the night as Federal conciliators tried to avert the strike. District Commissioner F. Joseph Donohue and Cyrus Ching, head of the Federal Conciliation Service, entered the sessions yesterday afternoon to lend their support to the three-man conciliation com mittee hearing the issues. Snag On Seniority. The biggest snag during the meetings was reported to be the union’s request for a strong seniority clause in the new con (Continued on Page A-6, Col. 4.) Civilians Take Over Control Of Samoa, Trust Territory By the Associated Press The Navy today will hand over to civilian authorities administra tive responsibility for American Samoa and the trust territory in the Pacific Ocean. Samoa, an American possession, will be governed by Phelps Phelps of New York, recently appointed by President Truman as the is land’s- first civilian governor. Elbert Thomas, former Senator from Utah, will take over as high commissioner of the 96 islands and island groups in the trust territory. The territory, wrested from Japan in World War II, is administered by the United States under agreement with the United Nations. Mr. Phelps and Mr. Thomas along with other territorial offi cials of the Interior Department have been in the islands sines early this year preparing for the transfer of authority. Body of Woman Sought At Maryland Beach Anne Arundel County police early today were still dragging the waters off Loch Haven Beach Md., for the body of a womar tentatively identified as Laura Cromwell, abuot 40, of Washing ton. Police said the woman fell froir a boat a short distance froir shore. Loch Haven is betweer Beverley and Woodland Beaches I 7 Missing DC-6 Airliner Is Found In Rocky Mountains; 50 Dead Plane Guides Ground Searchers to Scene; Debris Scattered Over 150-Yard Area By th« Aisociat«d Pr««i FORT COLLINS, Colo., June 30.—A United Air Lines plane with 50 persons aboard—four of them from the Washington area— crashed in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado early today. A search party reported from the scene there were no survisors. An airlines spokesman con firmed identification of the DC-6 wreckage as that of its missing Biographical Sketches of Four Washington Officials of REA. Page A-2 (flight, 610, which had been hunted for nearly 11 hours. It was one of United’s first planes to take I to the air since a pilots' strike (settled Friday. Dean Conger, Denver Post photographer who flew over the still smouldering wreckage, said the debris looked “like somebody tossed a bag of peanuts over the hillside.” He said there were no signs of life. Guided by State Patrol Chief Gilbert R. Carrel in a radio equipped plane, rescue parties converged on the area, 18 miles west of Port Collins and 12 miles north of Estes Park at the gate way to Rocky Mountain National Park. Included among the passengers were six officials of the Rural Electrification Administration. Four of them, including George W. Haggard, of 1411 Brandywine street N.W., deputy administrator of REA, were from the Washing ton area. The others are: Arthur W. Gerth, 3513-A Staf ford street. Fairlington, Va„ chief of the application and loan di vision. I. Thomas McKillop, of 3228 Ravensworth place, Alexandria, (See PLANE, Page A-2.) 2 More British Ships To Join Cruiser at Port of Abadan Frigate, Landing Craft To Bolster Flotilla Now Protecting Technicians By the Associated Press TEHERAN, Iran, June 30.— Britain headed at least one more frigate toward the Persian Gulf today and sent a tank landing ship to join the cruiser Mauritius off the refinery port of Abadan. The frigate Wild Goose left the Mediterranean island of Malta to join the flotilla standing watch to protect British Technicians of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., against any violence. An Iranian spokesman protested bitterly that Britain is building up her land and air power as well in bases threatening Iran from the west. This was denied at the Defense Ministry in London. A British spokesman said “there have been no recent movements." The Iranian spokesman, Hussein Maki, told newsmen at Abadan that if the British try to take pos session of a single inch of Iranian territory in the quarrel over Iran’s oil nationalization law, “the first shot fired will signal the start of World War in.” Mr. Maki is secre tary-general of Premier Moham med Mossadegh’s popular front government. He declared two British war ships have appeared at the mouth of the Shatt-el-Arb, a frontier ! (Continued on Page A-10, Col. 5.) Moscow Calls Off Aviation Day Due To'Bad V/eather' (y th« Associated Press LONDON, June 30.—The Soviet Union announced tonight it is cancelling its aviation day cele bration scheduled for tomorrow. A Tass dispatch, broadcast by the Moscow radio, said the show was called off “in view of the bad weather forecast for July 1.” The Moscow announcement came after Soviet Marshal Alexander M. Vassilevsky had issued an order of the day calling for an artillery salute of 20 salvoes to be fired at various points throughout Russia in honor of Soviet aviation. Tass said the celebration "has been canceled’’ but added that “an announcement concerning the date of the celebration of aviation day” would be made later. Lt. Gen. Vassily Stalin, son of the Soviet prime minister, said yesterday in Moscow that several new advanced types of Russian planes would oe shown publicly for the first time at the Sunday air show. Young Stalin was to be deputy leader of the show. U. N. Armistice Offer Provides for Buffer Zone on Present Line Halt to Reinforcements And Exchange of POWs Also Are Included By John M. Hightower Associated Press Staff Writer « Armistice terms which the United States, in consultation with its United Nations allies, would like to see established in Korea are understood to have been communicated to Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway for use if and when the Communists accept his offer of truce talks. Following substantial)? the pro visions of an eight-point cease fire plan laid down by a United Nations committee last Decem ber, the terms are understood to call for creation of a buffer zofle. This would be roughly along the line of the present battle positions, in the general area of the 38th Parallel, but cutting across rather than precisely following it. Beyond this, reliable informants said the United States would like to get agreement with the Com munists to: (1) Halt all fighting through out the peninsula. (2) Stop reinforcements on both sides. (3) Get access to all Korea for a commission to prevent truce violations. (4) Exchange prisoners of war! one-for-one. (The Allies hold al most 200,000 Chinese and North Korean prisoners; the enemy is! believed to have up to 10,000, Allied prisoners, perhaps fewer, since no accounting has ever been made.) (5) Make provision for adminis tration of the buffer zone. (6) Provide for the security of: forces and care of refugees as necesary. The terms are still under con sultation between the United States Government, which exer cises the UN command in Korea with Gen. Ridgway as its agent, and the 15 other governments which also have forces fighting there. Thus they are regarded by! officials here as tentative proposals subject to revision. Changes might also be desirable, it was said, de pending on what response the Communists might make to Gen. Ridgway’s offer. Nevertheless, informants said the conditions had been outlined for Gen. Ridgway by this Govern ment because it was necessary to act promptly. On the nature of Communist reaction, official opinion here hoids that while a quick response is pos sible, the Reds may take several days to make their position known. Authorities here appear con vinced that the Communists can (See TERMS, Page A-7.) Radios Listening In Vain for Red Armistice Reply Front Is Relatively Quiet but Artillery Barrages Are Hurled By the Associated Press TOYKO, Sunday, July 1.—Pow erful American radio receivers ir Japan and Korea listened in vair today for any Red reply to the United Nations offer to discus: an armistrice in Korea. •Near mid-day the Reds still ignored the United Nations offer extended more than 24 hours ago Broadcasts from Peiping and Pyongyang, the Chinese and Ko rean Communist capitals, carried only the usual propaganda. The Pyongyang radio became inaudi ble at 8:15 a m. today (6:15 p.m„ Lie Puts Peace Responsibility Square!) Up to Communists. Page A-l E.D.T., Saturday). By 11 a.m (9 p.m. ED.T., Saturday) no re ply had been heard from Peiping Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway’s message to the Red field command proposing armistice talks was being repeated in Korea, Chinese and other languages. He invited the Reds to a meeting aboard the Danish hospital ship, the Jut landia, in Wonsan harbor on Korea's northeast coast. The battlefront lull lengthened, Two Red platoons made explora tory jabs at Allied lines on the Awaiting 'Whistle/ Airmen Continue North Korea Raids iy the Associated Press U. S. 5th AIR FORCE HEADQUARTER8, Korea, Sunday, July 1.—Allied fight ers and bombers streaked into Communist North Korea today in bright, hot weather —keeping up their drumming attacks on the Reds. “Nobody has blown a whistle on us yet,” said an Air Force officer. “Until the whistle blows, we go right on.” . east-central front, northeast ol Inje, but withdrew under brisk small arms fire. A minor action continued at one outpost at day break today. Barrages Exchanged. Both sides exchanged mortar and artillery fire, but it was re latively light. Allied air attacks continued. One bombing raid was aimed at Pyongyang’s air field. Allied air patrols spotted an estimated 1,900 vehicles moving in various directions behind Com munist lines in North Korea. More than 900 were moving south to ward the front and about 400 were moving north, a pooled field dis patch said. In the South Korean port of Pusan, the 8,457-ton Jutlandia was ready to leave on two-hour notice for Wonsan, 80 miles north of the 38th Parallel. Counseling patience, a high Ai led officer in Tokyo said, “Folks night to calm down a little. It’s my guess that not a thing will nappen for hours at least.” There was no hint of any time limit in Gen. Ridgway’s invita tion. Hickey May Negotiate. An informed staff officer said ne gotiations probably would be con iucted on a chief-of-staff level, is done in the German and Japa nese surrenders ending World War a. This would mean that Lt. Gen Doyle O. Hickey, chief of staff for Gen. Ridgway, would represent the United Nations commander. However, the staff officer said the identity of a Communist rep resentative would have some bear ing on this and added that he felt certain Gen. Ridgway himself would take some part in negotia (See KOREA, Page A-7.) June Rains Total 6.69 Inches, Near All-Time Record Another month like June and Washington will have wild rise growing in the streets and a waterfowl in every pot. Sixteen days of rainfall sluiced a near all-time record for the month—6.69 inches, the Weather Bureau said last night in an nouncing a temporary end of the rain, at least for today. The all-time record rainfall for any June was 6.86 inches in 1947. One of several thunderstorms which flitted in and out of the area late yesterday poured .35 of an inch of rain. The forecast today calls for fair, a temperature high of about 85 degrees and cooler tonight. i Kidnaped Premier of Thailand Released as Revolt Dies Down Premier Pibulsonggram of Thai land has been released by the rebels of his country and is back in charge of the government, the State Department was advised last night. The department said it had been advised by the United States Embassy at Bangkok that the Premier was released uncondi tionally. Fighting which broke out after the Premier had been seized was reported dying down and was ex pected to end soon, the depart ment was advised. There was no additional de tails in the brief message from i the embassy. The release of the Premier fol I lowed a battle in the streets of Bangkok between sailors and marines on one side and soldiers, police and airmen—loyal to Pibul songgram—on the other. Artil lery and machineguns were used in the fight. The battle apparently was part of an old army-navy feud and had nothing to do with East-West tension over Communism. It started Friday with the fantastic daylight capture of the fantastic daylight kidnaping of the raiding party of sailors who carried him off from the American dredger Manhattan just after it had been presented to the govern ment and anointed by Buddhist (See THAILAND. Page A-3.) I 1 Arlington Boy's Fourth Entry Wins Soap Box Derby Crown Don Sheets, 15, Beats Jimmie Potter, 12, Gets Akron Trip By Meredith S. Buel Don Sheets, three times a top contender for the Washington Soap Box Derby crown, finally won the coveted coaster cham pionship yesterday in his sleek racer, “Black Lightning.” Don now goes to Akron, Ohio, as the District’s representative in The Winner's Story. Page A-17 Pictures of Soap Box Derby Competition. Page A-17 the national finals there August 12. The 15-year-old boy, who lives at 919 North Randolph street, Arlington, won the championship in 32.1 seconds. His best heat, however, was in the Class A finals—31.9 seconds—the day’s record. Don won by a car length over James Potter, jr., 12-year-old Class B champion, who won his championship in 32.4 seconds. Jimmie, who lives at 2049 Thirty fourth street S.E., was runnerup in Class B last year. The championship run at Derby Downs—on Pennsylvania avenue Rollbacks Forbidden, OPS Orders Freeze Of Many Prices Congress' Ban Brings Reaction; Stopgap Control Bill Signed By James Y. Newton Faced with a congressional ban on rolling back prices during July, the Office of Price Stabilization last night ordered a freeze of man ufacturers’ prices on a wide va riety of products at yesterday’s levels. The OPS action came just a few hours after President Truman signed the stopgap bill extending Easing of Controls On Auto Purchases To Be Considered The Federal Reserve Board tomorrow will discuss whether to ease credit controls on the purchase of automobiles, ac cording to Chairman May bank of the Senate Banking Committee. Senator Maybank said he had been advised of the board’s plans by its chairman, William McChesney Martin, jr. The Senate has passed a bill which would give the auto purchaser 18 months to com plete his installment payments instead of the 15 months the reserve board now requires. The one-third down payment would not be changed. The House Banking Committee has approved a similar measure. present economic controls for 31 days. His action, in turn, came just eight hours before the au thority to control prices, wages, credit and rents was due to expire —at midnight last night. The articles to which Price Stabilizer Michael V. DiSalle’s price freeze order applies include many household appliances, shoes, apparel, cotton textiles and ma chinery. Hopes for Consent Later. OPS had planned to place these articles under ceiling prices based on pre-Korean levels plus certain cost increases since then. In most cases these ceilings would have become effective tomorrow and OPS said they would have forced some price reductions although permitting increases in some cases. Because of the ban on rollbacks, (See CONTROLS, Page A-3.) Congress Approves Stopgap Funds Bill In Session at Night Emergency Action Taken To Meet July Expense As Fiscal Year Runs Out By Cecil Holland After laboring overtime in an unusual Saturday session. Con gress last night Anally approved a compromise emergency money bill to operate the Federal and District Governments in July. The stop-gap measure was nec essary since none of the regular appropriation bills for the Ascal year which began at midnight last night had been approved. Final congressional action on the legislation was completed by the Senate at 8:15 p.m The House had acted only a few min utes earlier. Plans were made to speed the measure to President Truman for his signature, before midnight. The President was cruising in the yacht Williamsburg on the Po tomac but arrangements were made for him to stop at some con venient point to receive the bill by a messenger. Truman Sends Letters. The President intervened in the last-minute legislative scramble to win restoration of funds he had requested earlier in letters yes terday to Chairman McKellar and Chairman Cannon of the Senate and House Appropriations Com mittees. Mr. Truman said amendments tacked on to the emergency legis lation by the Senate would result (Continued on Page A-14, Col. 4.) Ferguson 10% Slash Would Ruin District's Service, Officials Fear Congress Is Told That Extra Costs Would Exceed Any Savings By Don S. Warren District officials have advised Congress that adoption of the j Ferguson plan for an arbitary 10 per cent cut in agency job funds would wreck many services: and probably would create new j cos exceeding any possible sav-; ings. Their official reports to the Sen ate Appropriations Committee, re leased last night, showed that the proposed cut would mean the loss of as many as 1,988 city positions. By more conservative calculations it would, be no less than 1,426. Actual dismissals of workers would be considerably less be cause of vacancies and other fac tors. As serious as this would be, how ever, city officials said loss of “vital public service” would be greater. And on the money angle, they estimated that while some $6.7 mil lion would be saved by the 10 per cent cut it would mean an! actual cash loss of far more thah $1 million in revenue collections, due to lack of enforcement. Would Affect Gallinger. Summing up, they said it would be necessary: tiuoc a uuaiuci vi vital wttiu; at Gallinger Hospital; to cancel the opening of a second children's ward at the District's Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Glenn Dale, Md. To eliminate programs at nu merous recreation and play cen ters; cause longer delays before a qualified applicant could get public assistance; To reduce the hours of service of the public library; lessen police and fire protection: to put an end to the five day work-week for po lice and delay collection of garbage and trash. In addition, they said it would mean larger classes per teacher and a threat to public health and safety by reductions in health, jail, parole and court work. Test in Next Two Weeks. Some District officials told their stories calmly but some almost wept as they contemplated an ap plication to the District of the economy cut Michigan Republican Senator Ferguson has applied so far to two of the Federal supply bills. One official, for instance, said he had come down with a serious heart ailment because of overtime work due to lack of suffi cient help. The Ferguson proposal probably will meet its test sometime in the next two weeks. The House al ready has acted on the 1952 city supply bill, reducing it to $137.7 million—still an all time high— but it yet is to be written up by the District subcommittee of the Sen ate Appropriations Committee. More funds are expected to be recommended there, modified, per haps, by the Ferguson personnel cut. Senator Ferguson has indicated he might soften his economy cut (Continued on Page A-14, Col. 1.) High War-Time Atomic Worker Soviet Spy. Hickenlooper Says ty th« Associated Press Senator Hickenlooper, Republi can of Iowa, told the Senate yes terday that “one of the most prominent persons” who worked for the American atomic project in World War n was a Russian spy. Officials of the Manhattan Dis trict, the Army’s name for the suoer-secret atomic work, “were forbidden to prosecute the per son,” the Iowan said. “He fras a traitor and spy and they knew he was selling secrets. Yet administratively higher au thority prevented the Manhattan District from prosecuting him.” Senator Hickenlooper made the I — m statement in a speech defending and praising Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, who headed the Manhat tan District. One obvious aim of the speech was to answer Senator McMahon, Democrat of Connecticut, who had criticized Gen. Groves’ se curity performance as chief of the A-bomb project, earlier this week in a session of the commit tees which investigated the firing of Gen. MacArthur. Senator Hickenlooper conceded that spies got information on the atom bomb "during the Manhat tan District days.’’ But he added | See SECRET, Page A-3.) i Girl Is Rescued; Jersey Police Hunt Kidnaper Riverdale Victim Flees As Captor Dashes From Car to Woods A suspected murderer was the object of New Jersey’s biggest manhunt in the woods near Flem ington early today after he kid naped a 17-year-old girl here Thursday night and assaulted her six times while holding her cap tive with a snub-nosed pistol. Carolyn Barker of Riverdale. Md., was on her way back home Carolyn Barker Tells Her Story. Page A-5 early today, as 50 FBI agents. 80 State troopers, bloodhounds and armed posses sought 27-year old Warren Lee Irwin through dense brush and woodlands. Miss Barker, in company with relatives, left the Flemington po lice barracks at 1:15 a.m. FBI agents were driving them back to Washington. The manhunt began shortly after the girl ran screaming for the protection of State troop ers who had forced Irwin to aban don his stolen car on a highway about eight miles southwest of Flemington shortly before noon yesterday. It continued far into the night with 50 searchlights probing tha thickets and eight bloodhounds nosing for Irwin’s scent from the point where he fled across a plowed field under fire and dived into the underbrush. Miss Barker, a choir singer and high school girl, who was kid naped at gunpoint shortly after her fiance placed an engagement ring on her finger, told a story of how she was threatened and assaulted six times while she was q flonfivo The girl’s father. William Rolfe Barker, a guard at the Treasury Department, anck the couple with whom she lived, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin M. Wade of Riverdale, were taken to Flemington by FBI agents last night. They arrived at 10:20 p.m. and immediately went to see the girl. Her father was with FBI agents for about an hour, but otherwise the family remained with her until they left. Rain drenched the New Jersey countryside and hampered search operations for a time, but stopped later. Police set up seven major roadblocks and 15 cruisers main tained a constant patrol through the region. Helicopters Expected. Two helicopters are due this morning from Lakehurst Naval Air Station to aid the many nolice and more than 200 civilians en gaged in the manhunt. Half a dozen walkie-talkies were brought into service. An area of about 20 square miles had been rimmed with cars on the bordering roads, and was being systematically covered. State police said residents of the sparcely settled rural area near the Delaware River were ter rified that Irwin would pick one of the isolated homes for a last ditch stand. He was believed to have two guns and was described by the FBI as being “very dan gerous.” The scene is less than 10 miles from the former estate of Charles (Continued on Page A-4, Col. 2.) Cars Crash on Route 301; 3 Injured, One Killed Four persons were injured, one i fatally, in a two-car collision on Route 301 in Charles County, Md., last night. Curtis Butler, colored, 58, of Marshalls Corner in Charles County, died in Physicians Mem orial Hospital about two hours after the accident. Also injuried were Weston E. Carlson, 32, of 1739 Thiteenth street S.E., driver and only occupant of one cara; | Gladys Kerney, 38. colored, of ! Issue, Md., and James C. Wood land, jr„ 43, colored, of La Plata. Their injuries were not believed serious. Maryland State police said Mr. Woodlan’s car pulled out of a driveway into the path of Mr. Carlson’s vehicle. FBI Arrests Kilmartin, Elusive Check Forger By the Associated Press DENVER, June 30.—Robert J. Kilmartin, 56, described by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as one of the Nation’s most skilled check forgers, was arrested here last night. Kilmartin had lived in Lovell and Basin, Wyo., for the past year, posing as a cattleman. He was arraigned today on a charge of interstate transportation of stolen property and jailed in lieu of $10,000 bond. Inside Today's Star The first time an officer loses a trusted subordinate in combot, he is foced with many harrowing problems. Marine Lt. Jerry O'Leary, former as sistant city editor of The Star, tells of such an experience in a feature article from the Korean front on Page A-8. Radio Programs, Pgs. C-8-9 Complete Index, Poge A-2 4 —Star Stall Pboto. DON SHEETS between Branch and Alabama avenues S.E. climaxed a day ol racing that began under threat tSee SOAP BOX, Page A^4.)