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Star’s Civic Award
Goes to East Central
Association Again
John B. Duncan, president of
the Federation of Civic Associa
tions, last night presented The
Evening Star Civic Award Trophy
to the East Central Civic Associa
tion for the second straight year
at the annual award dinner of the
Federation.
Frank D. McKinney, president
of the East Central group, accepted
the trophy in the name of his
association.
“In regard to the next and suc
ceeding years, I can only echo the
formula of boxing referees ‘May
the most proficient contestant
emerge triumphant,’ ” he said.
The principal address was given
by Oscar R. Ewing. Federal Se
curity administratoar. He warned
of the dangers facing American
liberalism and education.
Should Recognize Attacks.
Pointing to the “timeless strug
gle between progress and reac
tion,” Mr. Ewing stated that there
"are some who would exploit the
present international tension in
order to do away with the prog
ress we have made—some who
would destroy the very things
which make our sacrifices worth
while.”
"On every side we see attacks
being made upon the efforts of
the American people to safeguard
their health, to further their edu
cation and to promote their wel
fare.” Mr. Ewing said. "Let usi
recognize these attacks for what
they really are—let us not mis
take the shadow for the sub
stance.”
As to education, he said there
Is need of more teachers, ex
panded school building programs,
the elimination of educational
discrimination and adoption of
Federal aid to education.
Education Under Attack.
"The danger today is that we
are facing something bigger than
an attack on a particular legisla
tive proposal in the field of edu
cation.” he declared. "We are wit
nessing the beginning of an at
tack on education itself. ... We
are bombarded with insinuations
that our textbooks are in reality
secret handbooks for Red revolu
tion. We are warned that a com
munity which seeks to build bet-'
ter schools and tries to raise
money for this purpose through
bond issues and other devices is.
in fact, lending itself to some
sinister socialistic endevour.
“We might soon reach the
point where an American will be
suspect simply because he has an
education.”
"ill Vote Some Day.
Mr. Ewing also decried “the re
newed attack’’ on civil rights in
America, and the lack of a vote
here. “You are citizens of the
Nation's Capital," he told the
group, "and—in one of the ironies
of our democracy—this means you
have no vote. Some day the peo
ple of Washington will be given
the franchise, and the sooner the
better.”
The trophy awarded by the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People went
to Robert L. Taylor for the most
outstanding individual service to
the Federation in 1951. Mr. Tay
lor has been a member of the as
sociation for seven years and has
been "outstanding for his quali
ties of leadership.”
Also honored were George W.
Beasley. William D. Nixon, John
C. Payne. sr„ and the Rev. James
L. Pinn. Each w-as awarded a
plaque for service to the com
munity.
The dinner was held in the
Margaret Murray Washington
Vocational High School, First and
O streets N.W.
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The Weather
District of Columbia—Cloudy,;
mild, rain likely today. High near
68 degrees. Cloudy, rain tonight
and tomorrow. Low tonight near
50 degrees. Tomorrow, cooler.
t Maryland—Cloudy, cooler, rain
tonight and tomorrow. Low to
night 47-54 degrees.
PRESENTATION OF STAR TROPHY—Federal Security Admin
istrator Oscar R. Ewing (left) looks on as Frank D. McKinney
(center), president of the East Central Civic Association, re
ceives The Evening Star Civic Award Trophy from John B.
Duncan, president of the District Federation of Civic Associa
tions, Inc. Presentation was made last night at the Margaret
Murray. Washington Vocational High School, First and O
streets N.W. —Star Staff Photo.
E. Merl Young Called
To Testily Wednesday
By Jury Probing RFC
A District grand jury examina
tion of Reconstruction Finance
Corp. activities and a demand for
a congressional investigation of
the Alien Property Office were
sparked today by the calling of a
key witness and a report on Gov
ernment operation of General An
iline & Film Corp
E. Merl Young, former RFC ex
aminer, who became an “expe
diter” associated with some big
borrowers, will testify before the
grand jury Wednesday. United
States Attorney Charles M. Irelan
said a subpoena was mailed last
night to Mr Young at Blue Heron
Lodge, Homestead, Fla.
Officials indicated recently that
the grand jury, which for several
months has been looking into RFC
activities, might finish its work
before January. The inquiry be
gan after Senate subcommittee
hearings disclosed evidence of a
“favoritism and influence” in
volving some former agency offi
cials, as well as other inside and
outside of the Government.
Wife Received Mink Coat.
Mr. Young's wife was a former
White House stenographer who
received the royal pastel mink
coat which figured in testimony
at the hearings. Mr. and Mrs.
Young last September moved to
Florida where they are operating
a resort lodge.
The Alien Property Office has
not reached the congressional
committee investigation stage.
But Senator Wiley, Republican,
of Wisconsin, who has urged a
probe of what he called “a super
gravy train,” late yesterday re
ceived from the Justice Depart
ment the . first of 10 requested
gnancial reports on major com
panies handled by the Alien
Property Office.
The report on the General
Aniline & Film Corp., largest
company that passed into the
hands of the agency during the
war. indicated that under Gov
ernment operation the firm's net
worth and sales have more than
doubled. It also showed that ex
ecutive salaries and legal expenses
have been lowered. The company
was seized in 1942 because 98 per
cent of its capital stock was owned
by I. G. Farben, the German dye
trust.
The report from Assistant At
torney General Harold I. Ba.vnton
to Senator Wiley disclosed that:
1. The law firm of former Sec
retary of Defense Louis Johnson
has been paid $346,016 in fees.
,Mr. Johnson was president of
| Aniline from July, 1942, to Febru
iary, 1947. He was not Secretary
of Defense of that time. The pay
ments to the firm of Steptoe &
Johnson include compensation
; totaling about $244,000 for Mr.
i Johnson’s services as head of the
company.
| 2. Jack Frye, president of Ani
line since 1947 under Government
operation, was paid $72,000 in
1950. Mr. Frye formerly headed
Trans-World Airlines.
The largert legal fees paid under
Government control amounted to
$415,271 to the law firm of Lang
jner, Parry, Card & Langner.
4. The company's present net
I worth is $82.5 million, as com
pared with $35 million in 1941, the
last full year of operation as a
privately run corporation. In that
year the company paid its presi
dent $90,000, its vice president
$85,000 and $542,566 in legal fees.
5. Sales have increased from
approximately $46 million in 1941
to $95 million last year. The com
pany is the second largest producer
of photo supplies in the United
States.
6. Under Government control
the company has paid about $8
million in dividends and about'
$50 million in incomg and excess
profits taxes into the United
States Treasury,
Florist Is Cleared
In Non-Support Case
John S. Jacobsen. Bethesda,
florist, has been cleared of a non
support charge in Montgomery
County Circuit Court.
Mr. Jacobsen, who lives at 200
Wooten avenue, had appealed
from his conviction in Bethesda
Police Court November 5. At that
time, he was given a one-year
suspended sentence and ordered to
pay $200 a month for support of
his two children and $200 a month
to his wife. He is the son of C. F.
Jacobsen, president of the Na
tional Metropolitan Bank.
Circuit Court Judge Charles \V.
Woodward reversed the lower
court's verdict after testimony
showed Mr. Jacobsen had paid
$6,652 to his wife during the last
18 months.
The money was paid under an
order by Judge Stedman Prescott
in May, 1949, as maintenance in
a pending divorce suit. Mr. Ja
cobsen was represented in Circuit;
Court by Attorney Barnard T.
Welsh.
Survey Finds Potomac Area
Rich in Play Possibilities
The Potomac River area is rich
in recreational possibilities, ac
cording to a survey by the Wild
life and Recreation Committee
of the Interstate Commission on
The Potomac River Basin.
In four reports, issued recently
by the committee, such recrea
tional advantages as hunting and
fishing, hiking, boating, cave ex
ploration and rock climbing are
discussed by specialists in these
various sports.
The report on tidewater boat
ing was prepared jointly by Mal
colm Lamborne, jr„ boating editor
of The Star, and Ben Minor, boat
ing editor of the Washington Post.
Tom Culverwell, formerly of
tjpe Forest Service, reported on
cave exploration and rock climb
ing; George Grove. Arlington at
torney and member of the Izaac
Walton League, reported on hunt
ing and fishing in the basin, and
Jean Stephenson, editor of Ap
palachian Trailway News, reported
on hiking in the basin,
i Other reports on swift water
boating, horseback riding, swim
iming, forests and parks, nature
i study and touring and motoring
iare now being prepared. The re
ports will be published early next
'year and will be available at the
commission office here.
Here and Over the Nation
Virginia—Cloudy, cooler, rainj
tonight and tomorrow. Low to-1
night 48-54 degrees in north por
tion and 55-60 degrees in south
portion.
Wind: Northwest, 6 miles per
hour, at 11:30 a.m.
US. WiAJHU BUREAU MAR
Department ef Ceemetu
Except for Florida and the New England States, rain will
fall over most of the country east of the Mississippi tonight.
Scattered thunderstorms are forecast for the Central Gulf
States. Rain is expected along the west coast of Washington
and Oregon. There will be snow flurries in the Northern and
Central Rocky Mountain States and in portions of the Southern
Plains States, It will be colder in the South Atlantic, Central
and WesfftGulf States as well as in Ihe Dakotas and in the
Northern Rocky Mountain States. —AP Wirephoto Map.
River Report.
'Prom U S Engineers'
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferrv and
Great Falls: Shenandoah clear at Harpers
Ferry
Humidity.
'Reading! at Washington Airport.)
Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet.
Noon -77 Midnight 02
4 p m.- tS7 8 a m._B4
8 p.m.-73 10 a m. _9<;
1 p.m..72
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. Of), on June 2.
Lowest. 11. on February 8.
High and Low of Last 21 Hours.
High. 73. at 1:55 p.m.
Low, 58. at 3:33 a m.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by U. 8 coast and Oeodetlc
Survey.)
. Today. Tomorrow
High - 3:58 a m. 4:63 a.m.
Low' - 1(1:38 a m. 11:38 a.m.
High - 4:38 p.m. 6:21p.m.
Low -11:12 p.m. 12:00 p.m.
The San and Moon.
Rises.
Sun. today
Sun. tomorrow_
Moon, today
Automobile lights
Sets.
7:16 4:48
7:18 4:46
1:40 p.m. 2:34 a.m.
must b* turned on
one-hall hour after sunset.
Preeipitation.
Monthly precipitation In Inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1951. Avg. Record.
January _ 2.18 3.65 7.83 '87
February - 2.85 3.37 8.84 '84
March _ 2.92 3.75 8.84 '1)1
April_ 3.49 3.27 9.13 '89
May _ 2.74 3.70 10.89 ’89
June _ 6.34 4.13 10.94 '00
July _ 6.25 4.71 10.63 '86
August _ 1.76 401 14.41 '28
September _ 2.67 3.24 17.45 '34
October _ 1.87 2.84 8.81 '37
November_ 4.79 2.37 8.69 '89
December _ .64 3.32 7.56 '01
Temperatures in
H. L.
Albuquerque 38 JO
Anchorage-2-10
Atlanta ... 74 59
Bismarck... 32 12
Boston _ 02 58
Chicago 51 32
Cincinnati_417 46
El Paso _ 41 29
Indianapolis 65 30
Kansas City 50 32
Los Angela*- 50 33
Loulsvillf^V- 72 48
Memohls.-'- 64 B2
Miami 79 74
Mew Orleans 83 68
Various Cities.
H.
New York_63
Norfolk _ 77
Oklahoma C._ 61
Omaha _ 42
Philadelphia. 72
Phoenix _ 54
Pittsburgh _ 68
Portland. Me. 57
Portland. Or. 38
Richmond _ 75
Salt Lake C._ 25
San Diego ._ 61
San Francisco 52
Seattle _ 38
Tampa_ 85
3 Seized by Police
On Morals Charges
Involving Teen-Agers
A Virginia man and two Quan
tico Marines were arrested in
Laurel. Md., early today on
charges of abducting and con
tributing to the delinquency of
three teen-age girls.
Police said Roy Dean Leonard,
42, of Richmond, was charged
with abduction for purposes of
committing a sex offense and con
tributing to the delinquency of
minors.
The two Marines, Sergt. Sidney
Edward Lee, 21, and Corpl. Paul
Baxter Moore, 24, both of the
service battalion, motor transpor
tation unit, at Quantico, were
charged with being accessories in
the abduction and with contrib
uting to the delinquency of minors.
Police said the three men were
arrested in Leonaid's car about
2 a.m. with an 18-year-old girl
of The Plains, Va., and two 15
year-old Manassas (Va.) girls.
The party was headed toward
Baltimore and the men admitted
they intended to stay with the
Kiris in a tourist cabin, police said.
Leonard’s car was stopped by
Chief George Barkman and Lt.
Jack Larrimore of the Laurel
police after they received a look
out from Washington police, who
said some one in the car was
throwing whisky bottles out of the
window when the party drove
through the District on U. S.
Route 1.
Leonard was released on $600
bond and the two Marines on $400
each for a preliminary hearing
Friday in Laurel Police Court.
Police said the girls told them
they accepted a ride with the
three men after attending a dance
at Centreville, Va.
Prince Georges Raid
Nets Untaxed Wines
Seven Prince Georges County
police officers raided a private
home at 7360 Walker Mill road,
Seat Pleasant, last night, where
they said food and drink was
being sold illegally.
The owner, Albert A. Bose, 60,
was released on $1,500 bond for a
hearing Friday in Upper Marlboro
Police Court on charges of pos
sessing and illegally selling un
taxed alcoholic beverages and
failing to obtain a trader s license.
Bose was arrested after Pvts.
Emmett F. G. Gray and Charles
N. Weaver and their wives bought
a steak dinner, complete with
wine liqueurs, for $14. Pvt. Gray
said there were about six tables
in the home and two other parties
were being served at the time.
After paying their bill. Officers
Gray and Weaver signaled detec
tives waiting outside. The detec
tives entered, arrested Bose and
consflcated a large quantity of
imported wine.
Taking part in the raid, led by
Chief F. Allen Richards, were De
tective Sergts. Wilson J. Purdy
and Charles Perrygo and Detec
tives Charles H. Nalley and Ralph
Bond.
Baby With External Heart
Survives After Surgery
• y th« Aisociot«d Press
TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 8 —Tiny
Deborah Angelo kept up her un
precedented struggle for life to
day in a hospital air lock. Four
days ago she was born with her
heart outside her body.
Skilled surgeons righted nature's
mistake shortly after her birth;
Wednesday. The fact she still lives
makes medical history.
Doctors said there have been
only 88 recorded births with such
misplaced hearts. In only five
were corrective operations per
formed. None of the infants sur
vived more than 11 hours.
The valiant little girl is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elvon
Angelo of nearby Puyallup. The
bed-confined mother got the first
glimpse of her daughter last night
—a picture after her surgery.
Gas Company Ordered
To Serve West Maryland
ly the A$*ociat«d
BALTIMORE, Dec. 8.—Mary
land's Public Service Commission;
has ordered the Cumberland Al-;
legany Gas Co. to make natural1
gas available for house heating
in its Western Maryland territory.
TJje order reflects the develop
ment of a growing natural gas
field in Garrett County.
For several years now. Cum
berland Allegany has refused to
supply natural gas for heating
purposes in its territory.
When the PSC checked last
last month, it found the com
pany had 43 deferred applications
for space heating in houses, plus
two from municipal buildings and
two from churches.
Canadian Pacific List;
New Gain, While Rest
Of Market Is Mixed
By th« Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—Canadian
Pacific Railway raced ahead again
today to a dominant position in
the stock market.
It was all over the tape, so to
speak, with a gain of between 1;
and 2 points, the third day it has
been actively higher.
Its 51 per cent owned subsidi
ary, Consolidated Mining & Smelt
ing. shot up 10 points on the Curb
at 184 on top of its gain yester
day of 3V4
After the market closed yester
day Consolidated directors pro
posed a 5-for-l stock split and
declared a dividend of $4.50,
which brought 1951 payments to
$11 as against $9.50 last year.
Canadian Pacific also holds con
siderable acreage with a valuable
oil potential. Directors meet
Monday when dividend action is
due.
The market as a whole was
rather narrowly mixed with prices
spreading out over a range of
around a point either way.
Corporate bonds were steady.
Failure io Integrate State,
Defense Departments Hit
iy th« Associated Press
Representative Devereux, Re
publican, of Maryland, the man
who directed the defense of Wake
Island 10 years ago, said last night
the Korean war was caused by the
same thing that started World
War II. “A lack of integration
between the Department of State
and the Department of Defense.”
Mr. Devereux, a former Marine
Corps general, blamed Presidents
Roosevelt and Truman for failing
to co-ordinate the two depart
ments.
In an interview on the CBS
radio show, “Capitol Cloakroom,”
Mr. Devereux also criticized the
State Department for “pulling our
troops out of Korea” shortly be
fore the outbreak of war in June,
1950.
Later, he said, the State De
partment reversed itself and then
“the Department of Defense was
not in position to back up the
State Department decision. It had
no troops to carry out the decision
of our Government.”
The retired Marine officer com
manded the small garrison on
Wake Island until the island was
overrun by the Japanese. He said
in his radio appearance that “if
we had been properly prepared,
we could have done a great deal
better.”
Army Employe Arrested
On Charge of 'Shakedown'
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—A woman
who heads a section of the inspec
tion branch of the Army Ordnance
Corps was arrested by the FBI
yesterday on a charge growing out
of an alleged attempt to shake
down a trucking company fulfilling
Army contracts.
The FBI identified the woman
as Miss Beatrice Taplin, 32. and
said she is chief of the administra-,
tive section of the Ordnance
Crops’ inspection branch.
She was arrested as she sat at
lunch in a downtown restaurant
with Kirby Hummel, chief man
ager of the Continental Trans
portation Lines. Inc., of New York.j
Slie was alleged to have accept-;
ed $100 in $20 bills from Mr.
Hummel, whose complaint brought
about her arrest on a bribery
charge, the FBI said.
The FBI said Miss Taplin had
sought to shake down the Conti
nental firm for passing on Gov
ernment contracts to it.
Shoeshine Parlors
Get Glows Mixed;
Whisky Confiscated
Police raided two shoeshine par-:
lors last night and accused the.
operators of helping put a glow
on the customers rather than on!
their shoes.
Both operators were charged |
with illegally keeping and selling j
whisky. The raids were led by!
Inspector Clarence H. Lutz, head
of the police gambling and liquor
squad.
At a shop in the 1800 block of;
Florida avenue N.W. the squad-I
men arrested Thomas A. Bryant.!
41, colored, of the 2300 block of j
Ontario road N.W. At the other,!
in the 1900 block of Fourteenth
street N.W., they took into cus
tody Lindsey Roberts, 58, colored,
who told police he lived at Frank
lin Apartments.
Inspector Lutz said undercover
men purchased whisky at the two
places with marked money. He
said the marked money and "a
quantity of whisky” was confis
cated during the raids.
THIS SUN DA Y’S BEST READING
ff)e Sunday *&laf
UNION NOW?—A crisis in the drive to build the free world's strength
has put new steam into old arguments for some kind of Federal setup
which might permit the West to speak and act as one unit. The varied
aspects of the problem, as seen in continental Europe, in Britain and
in the United States, are discussed on the front page of the Editorial
Section.
A BIG, DIRTY JOB—Washington, the paper-work capital of the world, not
only uses a lot of ink, it makes a lot as well—2,500 tons a year for
printing; 4,000 gallons for writing The Star Pictorial Magazine tours
the plant where Government ink is made.
WOMEN WITHOUT MEN—Many East German girls flee ot the West to
escape Communism. Then they find the man shortoge so bad they
go back. An article in This Week Magazine tells of the plight of 3-4
million lonely German women.
AN EVENTFUL HALF CENTURY—Fifty years ago next week, Marconi
received three dots from a wireless transmitter across the Atlantic.
That was the beginning of radio—or was it? Hugh Humphrey examines
fact and fiction about radio in an Editorial Section article.
IMPORTANT NEW FACE—Virtually unknown in Washington, Roger Lowell
Putnam has come to town as Economic Stabilizer. James Y. Newton
reports on the man and the job in the Editorial Section.
PLUS TWO SPECIAL SECTIONS—The year's literary field is surveyed in
17 thoughtful articles in a special Christmas Book Section, and the best
bets for vacation fun are discussed in a Winter Resort and Travel Section.
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Mock Bomb Attack Tests D. C.
Defenses on Pearl Harbor Day
The situation was under con
trol today in the Washington area
still harassed—in theory—by hos
tile paratroopers and fires left in
the wake of a bombing attack.
Scattered remnants of 1,500
"enemy” commandos were being
rounded up on the Northwest ap
proaches to Washington, and fire6;
at Cabin John, Md„ and the Cap
itol Hill section of the District
were reported under control.
Meanwhile, counter-blows by j
the Navy eliminated the threat
of an attack upon Washington,
Baltimore and nearby military in
stallations with guided missiles
launched from submarines off
Ocean City. Md.
Hospitals Theoretically Destroyed.
With many local hospitals
either crippled or destroyed, some
2,000 casualties had been removed
to Richmond and cities in nearby
Maryland, it was reported. There
was no estimate of the “death”
toll.
Meanwhile, weary staffs of vol
unteers and units under command!
of the Military District of Wash-!
ington were winding up their re
ports and going home after some;
30 hours on duty at emergency
communications centers in the
area.
The exercise, which involved no
movement of troops or aircraft,
was almost wholly on paper ex
cept for those who manned the
communications network, planned
the reactions to developing situa
tions. and issued the orders and
communiques.
Test for Defense Setup.
The mock attack on Washing
ton on the 10th anniversary of the
sneak bombing of Pearl Harbor
was designed to test the planning
and staff work of military and ci
vilian organizations.
The exercise, in all probability,
will be followed by others bring
ing the public into active partici
pation.
Only one residential group was
drilled yesterday. Some 2,000 de
pendents of officers and enlisted
men living on the South Post at
Fort Myer were moved out under
direction of air-raid wardens.
They were transported by bus
and truck to a designated shelter
area in the basement of a laun
dry on the North Post.
The "paper” raid, as reported
over the network connecting the
military with civil defense setups,
developed rapidly after the first
•yellow alert” was flashed at 1:15
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when
hostile bombers were spotted over
Montreal.
Pentagon Is Target.
An hour later 65 four-engined I
“enemy” bombers were engaged
by fighters over Syracuse, but 60
of them penetrated the outer de-;
fenses. At 3:30 an atomic bomb
aimed from high altitude at the
Pentagon burst in the vicinity of
■Cabin John, Md., on the opposide
side of the Potomac.
All buildings on both sides of
the river were destroyed within a
mile radius, and fires spread out
ward for another mile around the
area of total destruction. Later
Maryland civil defense authorities
reported 1,000 litter cases were be
ing sent to hospitals in other
cities, and there were 3,000 am
bulatory cases. Some 5,000 per
sons were reported homeless.
At 3:50 the parachutists were
reported landing near Congres
sional Airport in Montgomery
County, Md., and civilians were
warned to barricade themselves
indoors. Troops dispatched to
contain and destroy the com
mandos fought an all-night battle
before gaining control.
Capitol Hill Area Hit.
At the same time, some 35 air
craft dropped 44 tons of demo
lition bombs in the Capitol Hill
area, bounded by McMillan Res
ervoir on the North, Washington
Channel and the Navy Yard on
;the South, and by Eleventh and
Fourth streets on the West and
East.
The Capitol was hit and dam
aged, but remained “usable,” while
Union Station was partly destroy
ed. Large fires burned all night
in the residentail area, and were
brought under control this morn
ing. Meanwhile, Sibley and Prov
idence Hospitals had been de
stroyed, and Casualty, Garfield
and Freedmen's suffered severe
damage. Some 1,000 wounded
were sent to Richmond, it was re
ported.
Half of the District’s water
supply was knocked out. The
public was warned to boil suspect
water and conserve the supply.
They were told to keep off the
streets and not to use the tele
phone except in case of extreme
emergency.
Curfew Ordered.
Commercial telephone systems
were knocked out temporarily at<
4 p.m., with some sections being!
restored later. At 9:58 last night!
a curfew was ordered. The only
persons allowed on the streets were
air-raid wardens, police, firemen
and auxiliaries and authorized
military personnel.
For purposes of the problem,
it was estimated the security force;
consisted of 1,800 regular and 500
reserve policemen, 5,000 civil de-.
fense personnel, 500 building!
guards and an undetermined num-;
ber of military personnel.
Headquarters for District, Mary
land and Virginia civil defense;
units were set up in Government
buildings at Gravelly Point, near
the airport.
Air-raid warning sirens were1
sounded at Bolling and Andrews
Air Force bases, and at military:
installations at National Airport.
Personnel who could be spared'
from their posts went to design-!
ated air-raid shelter areas.
About 170 volunteers from the!
Washington area served on 24
hour duty for the exercise.
Legion Post Acts to Remove
Roosevelt From Honor Role
By th« Associottd Press I
DERBY, Conn., Dec. 8.—The
City Board of Aldermen has been
asked to remove the name of
Franklin D. Roosevelt from the;
Derby World War II honor roll, i
When the subject came up at a
board meeting last night no one
seemed to know how the name
got there.
The request, that it be removed
came from the Derby John H.
Two Bulgarian 'Titoists'
To Die, 7 Get Jail Terms
By the Associated Press
LONDON, Dec. 8.—Two Bul
garians were sentenced to death'1
and seven others were given jail
terms in Sofia yesterday on
charges of being "diversionists.”
The term normally is used to
describe supporters of the Tito
regime in neighboring Yugoslavia.
Boris Linkov Konov and Enev
Marinov were sentenced to be
hanged, according to a broadcast
by the official Bulgarian news
agency.
Norwegians Get Raise
OSLO, Norway. Dec. 8 (/P).—
Norway’s wage mediation board
yesterday approved a 3-cents
hourly wrage increase for all Nor
wegian workers. Apprentices get
an hourly wage boost amounting
to between 1 and 2 cents. Office
workers will receive the equivalent
of $6.35 more a month.
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Collins Post, American Legion.
The post wrote that it "feels that
the honor roll is a memorial to
the boys and girls from Derby
who gave their services and some
their lives in World War II and
that Franklin D. Roosevelt’s name
is listed in error and should be
removed.”
With virtually no comment the
aldermen referred the question to
the board's Honor Roll Committee.
The honor roll is situated on
the city green. Officials said the
roll was erected in 1945. about the
time President Roosevelt died.
His name was listed in its al
phabetical order among those who
had died.
The board was told that atten
tion was first directed to the name
when the Derby Lions’ Club was
preparing invitations for an Ar
mistice Day dinner for Gold Star
Mothers. ,
Cornelius L. Caldwell, Mayor
when the honor roll was erected,
said today that he did not know
how' Mr. Roosevelt's name was in
cluded.
He expressed the belief that the
company which furnished name
bearing insets for the roll sent
along a Roosevelt inset when the
President died.
Small Business Hit
Badly by Scarcities,
NAM Meeting Warned
By Francis P. Douglas
Star Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Dec. 8—Many
small businessmen have their
“backs to the wall” as the result
of the scarcities of materials, ac
cording to Telford Taylor, head of
the Small Defense Plants Ad
ministration.
Mr. Taylor made this statement
in an address yesterday before the
National Association of Manufac
turers. He also lit into President
Benjamin F. Fairless of the United
States Steel Corp., who. Mr. Tay
lor said, has attempted to show
that small business does not need
Government help in getting a
larger share of defense produc
tion.
The NAM brought its 56th Con
gress of American Industry to a
close last night with a banquet in
the Waldorjf-Astoria Hotel. After
hearing experts of business, fi
nance and economics during their
three-day session, they turned for
a final speaker to Robert Mont
gomery, actor, movie and television
producer, and commentator.
Record-Breaking Jumps.
Mr. Taylor said Mr. Fairless
based his statements on statistics
for the nine months after th*
outbreak of the Korean war.
I “On the basis of these statis
tics,” Mr. Taylor continued, “Mr.
Fairless jumped—and it is a rec
ord-breaking jump both statistic
ally and logically—to the conclu
sion that there is no reason to try
to increase the amount of Gov
ernment procurement that goes to
small business.”
He said Mr. Fairless’ statistics
afford no basis for concluding that
small business faces no problems
today, or that it will face none
next year.
"It is scant comfort to the small
manufacturer whose allocation of
aluminum is cut to 20 per cent of
his normal consumption and who
is faced with bankruptcy because
a 20 per cent level is far below
his break-even point, to be told
that employment in small business
concerns as a whole, a year ago,
was going up.
lTrges Propaganda Effort.
“I would hate to tell a man be
ing forced out of business that
statistics show he is prosperous."
Mr. Montgomery urged an end
to political, diplomatic or com
mercial relations with Russia and
her satellites, denunciation of the
Yalta, Teheran and Potsdam
agreements and "a massive new
propaganda effort based on direct
measures aimed at swift over
throw of the Red dictatorship."
Preceding Mr. Montgomery’s
speech, the Right Rev. Henry
Knox Sherrill, presiding bishop of
the Episcopal Church, addressed
the banquet. He said there has
been a lessening of morality in
public and private life and urged
"a deep humility in the presence
of God."
Ingenious Excuses
Are of No Avail
In Drunk Court
Ingenious excuses flowed like
wine in drunk court today, but
Municipal Judge Thomas C. Seal
ley kept abreast of them with $10
fines.
Edward Euel, colored, of the
2300 block of I street N.W. earn
estly declared he had not taken
a drink in 20 years “until yes
terday, when I met an old girl
friend and had a drink with her.”
"Better stay away from that
girl.” Judge Scalley remarked as
he levied a $10 fine. Euel had
been arrested by Police Pvt. John
Burchette in the 900 block of
Twenty-fifth street N.W.
Next up stepped Thomas Pres
ton Jones of the 2600 block of
Fourteenth street N.W., charged
i by Police Pvt. Edward Guggen
heim.
- Jones scoffed at the idea he was
drunk. “I'd been hit over the
head, and stripped of my belong
ings. including my wrist watch, so
I was looking for a policeman
when I was arrested.” he main
tained.
“Ten dollars,” Judge Scalley re
marked wearily.
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