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An Associated Press Newspaper
102 d Year. No. 209. Phone ST. 3-5000 ** WASHINGTON, D. (X, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1954—SIXTY-FOUR PAGES. 5 CENTS
President Denies U. S. Planes
Sought an Incident in Far East;
Rhee Asks War on Red China
Recall of Corners!
Due With End of
Search Mission
By James E. Roper
President Eisenhower said to
day that the United States
planes which shot it out with
Chinese Communist aircraft off
Hainan had a right to be where
they were, but will be withdrawn
now that their mission searching
for survivors of the British air
liner is ending.
Gen. Eisenhower told a news
conference that the carrier-based
American planes went into the
area on a rescue operation—not
to provoke any incident.
Naturally, he continued, the
American flyers should take
necessary measures to defend
themselves.
Gen. Eisenhower said that we
do not mean to be impulsive,
but we do intend that our peo
ple defend themselves when they
are on legitimate business.
Rejects Chinese Claims.
The President’s statement in
effect rejected Chinese Commu
nist claims that the American
planes from the carrier Philip
pine Sea had flown over the
Chinese Communist island of
Hainan itself and otherwise had
violated Bed territorial waters.
The President's remarks also
reflected some of the American
concern over the anxiety of its
allies that the United States was
being too rambunctious in the
Far East.
Gen. Eisenhower said the task
force of carriers and planes
which went into the area is
being withdrawn momentarily,
the exact time depending on the
judgment of the naval com
mand on when all hope of re
covering survivors of the British
airliner or its wreckage is ex
hausted. The carders and ac
companying destroyers, a Navy
spokesman said later, will resume
training operations interrupted
by the search.
The President said it would
be difficult to reach a conclu
sion about the meaning of the
quick Chinese Communist apol
ogy for their downing of the
British Cathay commercial air
craft last Friday with the ap
parent loss of nine lives. He
added that at the very least,
however, it is part of a regular
Communist plan of separating
the allies by taking a different
attitude toward each of them.
On Monday, local time, pro
peller-driven fighter planes from
the carrier Philippine Sea were
attacked by Chinese Communist
aircraft off Hainan. The Ameri
cans returned the fire and shot
down two Red aircraft into the
sea 13 miles south of the island.
Cites Deep Concern.
Asked to comment on the sit
uation, Gen. Eisenhower told his
news conference that such things
as this always caused deep con
cern.
He recounted that the United
States learned, that the British
transport had been shot down.
The United States instantly or
dered a task force, he said, to
pursue rescue operations—not to
provoke any incidents, but to
take necessary measures to de
fend themselves.
He noted that the Chinese
Communists have said the Amer
ican planes had no right to be
there, but, he declared, they did.
The Chinese Communists apol
ogized to Great Britain for down
ing the airliner, and yesterday
received a mild British note in
reply.
By contrast, the United States
sent off two angry protests to
Peiping—one against the down
ing of the British airliner with
the loss of three American lives,
and the other against the aircraft
attack on the American planes.
The United States has said
the attack on the British
plane was “barbarous and law
less.” and the attack on the
American planes was “unpro
voked and wanton.”
The United States demanded
(See CHINESE, Page A-2.)
Alexandria Limits
Use of Its Water
Mayor Marshall J. Beverley of
Alexandria today invoked an
ordinance limiting the use of
water by city residents to essen
tial purposes.
The mayor said he acted after
officials of the Alexandria Water
Co. reported that water is dan
gerously low in the city’s stor
age tanks.
He explained that the ordi
nance. which he has the author
ity to put into effect under
emergehey conditions, prohibits
the use of water for washing
cars, sprinkling lawns and all
non-essential purposes.
The mayor also made a per
sonal appeal to residents, saying:
“Because of the extreme danger
of fire and for the welfare of
the community- I am asking
citizens to do everything possi
ble at all hours to save water.”
A
Eisenhower Is Being Choosy
On Candidates He Will Aid
Appeals at News Conference for Passage
Os Six Major Measures in His Program
By Garnett D. Horner
President Eisenhower made it
plain today he is not going out
of his way to help the re-election
campaigns of Republican Con
gressmen who have opposed
important parts of his program.
At the same time he told a
news conference he expects to do
McClellan Claims Victory in Arkansas,
Leads by 4,428 Votes. Poge A-6
President Defends Action in Raising
Tariffs on Watches. i Page A-26
some traveling and speaking be
tween now and the November
elections that he hopes will help
re-elect those who have stood by
him in Congress.
He also prodded Congress
again to complete action on six
remaining major measures m his
legislative program, declaring he
would be more than bitterly dis
appointed if these bills to
strengthen America at home and
increase her security in the world
should not be enacted.
Reading from a paper he pulled
from his pocket, the President
listed farm, tax, anti-Commu
Man Arrested Here
On Charge of Plot
To Kill Union Aide
Prisoner Said to Have
Told of Being Paid S6OO
To Find a Gunman
BULLETIN
Police arrested a second
suspect today in the reported
conspiracy to kill a top union
official here. The second man,
picked up in a car near the
official’* office, identified him
self as John George of Las
Vegas, Nev. Police had been
hunting a man known as Ken
Martin of California.
Police today charged a Las
Vega% <Nev.) man with con
spiracy to kill Edward Carlough,
51, general secretary and treas
urer of the Sheet Metal Work
ers International Union here.
The charge, which may be
another chapter in a West Coast
Picture on Page A-2
local’s quarrel with headquar
ters here, named Sheldon Rich,
52, who was arrested as he en
tered the Transportation Build
ing, Seventeenth and H streets
N.W., where the international
headquarters are located.
Police said they also are
seeking another man.
According to Lt. Edwin Cran
dall, Robert Byron, 71-year-old
president-general of the union,
made the accusation on which
the arrest warrant for Rich was
based.
8600 Payment Deported.
He quoted Mr. Byron as say
ing that Rich appeared in his
office, saying he had been paid
8600 to find a “trigger man” to
murder Mr. Carlough.
The information said Rich
named his accomplice as Ken
Martin. 55, of California, who
also has been named in a con
spiracy warrant. Police issued
lookouts for him today.
Rich, according to the Byron
statement at the United States
attorney’s office, offered to halt
the plan if the president-general
would give him S6OO and ex
penses.
The statement said Rich
named an ousted West Coast
sheet metal worker official as
the man who had paid him the
S6OO.
Had Left Hotel.
After Mr. Byron and Mr. Car
lough made their statements, the
warrants for Rich and the other
man were issued. Police went
to the hotel where the pair had
registered, but both had gone.
Today a bellhop at the hotel
told detectives he had seen the
two check out and that they had
placed a rifle in their car.
Police had a tip on Rich’s
•whereabouts this morning and
arrested him as he entered the
Transportation Building.
Early this month, a Los
Angeles local of the union ac
cuse dthe international associa
tion with attempts to rig a
union election to be held in
Montreal, Canada, next month.
The local filed suit in the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia for an in
junction and named Mr.
Carlough and Mr. Byron spe
cifically. It charged that they,
and other officers, have been
elected to office without opposi
tion and that locals are being
coerced into electing delegates
to the election convention who
must be committed in advance
to vote for them.
.IV
V y J . V y WITH SVffDAY MOMfllKr EDITION L/
nist, housing, social security and
foreign aid measures as - those
' the administration wants passed.
The attitude disclosed by the
President today about support
of Republicans seeking election
to Congress was in marked con
trast to his 1952 campaign policy
| of supporting all Republicans.
' He revealed that he is being
choosy in having his picture
taken with the campaigning Re
publicans.
Fifteen Republican members
of the House went to the White
House yesterday and had their
pictures taken individually with
the President for use in their
campaigns. This brought the
total of those getting such cam
paign pictures so far this year
to 112.
Gen. Eisenhower was asked at
his news conference today what
qualifications a Congressman
has to have to get his picture
taken with him.
The President said he went
on the theory that any one who
comes up for such picture-taking
(See POLITICS, Page A-9.)
McMillan Holds Key
To. Alley Homes Bill,
Predicts Passage
Backs Measure Despite
His Delaying Action in
Behalf of Gas Station
Whether the renovattMife tnd
occupants of several score alley
dwelling* here are to be booted
summarily out of their expensive
homes by pext July 1 hinges on
one Representative, who has
blocked legislation that would let
them stay.
And, paradoxically, this Repre
sentative today announced him
self in favor of that very bill.
Representative McMillan,
Democrat, of South Caroliha Is
the key legislator.
Two days ago, Mr. McMillan
tacked onto the bill to repeal
parts of the Alley Dwelling Act
a rider that would rezone, hence
allow reconstruction an. property
now occupied by an antiquated
gasoline filling station at Massa
chusetts and Wisconsin avenues
N.W.
Vetoed Last Year.
The South Carolinian admit
tedly took the step as a “bar
gaining point” CO get his filling
station project through. Ap
proved by both House and Sen
ate last year, legislation to re
zone this, as well as a Sixteenth
street property similarly occupied
by dilapidated filling station fa
cilities, was vetoed by President
Eisenhower last year.
Both these properties were in
Sistence in 1920 when the Dis
ct Zoning Act was passed. The
act permitted continuance of
these “non-conforming” zoning
uses provided no structural
changes were made.
Mr. McMillan said today he
regards the repeal bill as “nec
essary.”
He said, moreover, he has al
ways been in favor of it.
Predicts Passage.
And, notwithstanding his
blocking move last Monday when
he successfully raised a point of
order on the House floor, he said
he believes the bill will be passed
before adjournment of this con
gressional session.
The South Carolinian blocked
the measure by pointing out that
the House District Committee
lacked a quorum when it reported
the bill out last Thursday. The
same quorum-less committee re
ported a number of other Dis
trict's bills without challenge
(Continued on Page*A-9, Col. 1.)
Doctors in Pressure Chamber
Fight to Save Navy Diver
Three Navy physicians work*
ing in relays in a Naval Gun
Factory decompression chamber
since early yesterday are fight*
ing to save the lfie of a young
sailor who collapsed after mak
ing a routine dive.
The battle began at 11:15 am.
after a dive in the Gun Factory’s
tank by Machinist’s Mate 1/c
Arthur L. Appleton, 24. of Car
bondale, HI.
Working on a routine problem
at 100 feet under. MMI/c Apple
ton returned to the surface un
der what were described as nor
mal conditions.”
Reaching the surface, he-com
r~ “ t
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Mainland Key to
Allies' Success,
Congress Told
By John V. Horner
President Syngman Rhee of
Korea today urged the United
States to join in a full-scale war
on Red China as a means of re
solving the world-wide Commu
nist problem.
In an address to a joint session I
of the and House, Dr. j
Rhee; Dine With Mr. and Mrs. Dulles. ;
Page B-3 :
fthee conceded this would be a
“momentous decision” for Con
gress, but contended that unless
the Chinese mainland is returned
to the side of the free world, an
ultimate victory for the iree
world is unthinkable.
Dr. Rhee said such an attack
—with an Asian arm of 2 million
—would require participation by
the United States Air Force and
Navy, but would not entail the
use of American foot soldiers.
Since his arrival-in Washing
ton there has been no evidence
that the Government has offered
any encouragement for his oft
repeated plea for renewed hos
tilities against Communist China.
Way to Survival.
“The way to survival for the
free peoples of the world—the
only way that we Koreans see,”
Dr. Rhee told Congress, “is not
the way of wishfully hoping for
peace when thiere is no peace;
not by trtisting that somehow
the Soviet government may be
persuaded to abandon its mon
strous effort to conquer the
world; not by cringing and ap
peasing the forces of evil, but
by swinging the world balance
of power so storngly against
the Communists that, even when
they possess the weapons of an
nihilation they will not dare
use them.”
The Korean leader declared
there is little time for decision,
for Within a few years, he said,
the Soviet Union Will possess the
means to vanquish the United
States. . y
“We must act now,” he as
serted. “Where can we act?
“We can act in the Far East.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Ko
rean front comprises only one
smgll portion of the war we
want to win—the war for Asia,
! the war for the world, the war
for freedom on earth.”
He pointed out that Korea of
fers 20 equipped divisions and
the men to compose 20 more. He
noted that another 630,000 men
from Nationalist China would be
available.
Reds’ Feet of Clay.
“The Communist regime on
the mainland of China is a
monster with feet of clay,” he
said. “It is hatra by the masses.
Although the Reds have mur
dered 15 million of their oppon
ents, thousands of free Chinese
guerrillas are still fighting in
the interior of China. Red
China’s army numbers 2.5 mil
lion, but it’s loyalty is not re
liable as was proved when 14,369
of the Communist Chinese army
captured in Korea chose to go
to Formosa, and only 220 chose
to return to Red China.
“Furthermore, the economy of
Red China is extremely vulnera
ble. Sixty per cent of its im
ports reached it by sea and sea
borne coastal traffic is its chief
means of communication from
north to south. A blockade of
the Chjna coast by the American
Navy would produce chaos in its
communications.
“The American Air Force, as
well as the Navy, would be
needed to insure the success of
the counter-attack on the Red
i Chinese regime, but, let me re
peat, no American foot soldiers.”
Ewing Against Soviet.
Dr. Rhee said the return of
the Chinese mainland to the
side of the free world would au
tomatically produce a victorious
end to the wars in Korea and
Indo-China ‘ana would swing the
balance of power so strongly
against the Soviet Union that it
would not dare to risk war with
the United States.
He conceded that Soviet Rus
(See RHEE. Page A-5.)
lapsed. He has been unconscious
since. Within four minutes, in
structors removed the sailor
from his bulky diving suit..
He was placed in the decom
pression chamber in the belief
he was suffering from the
“bends,” introduction of nitro
gen bubbles into the blood
stream, a chronic diver’s occu
pational hazard.
However, Appleton failed to
respond. In relays the three
Navy doctors are working inside
the chamber.
A Navy spokesman said if the
sailor did not regain conscious
ness by late this afternoon he
would be removed to “7
t'Y S W'J CONTROL TWtmGi illS
President Defends
Knowland's Tactics in
Atomic Bill Passage
General Praises Senator
And Says Criticisms
Are Easy to Make
President Eisenhower today |
defended Senate Majority Lead
er Knowland against criticism
for the tactics he used to secure
passage of the administration’s
atomic energy bill.
The bill was passed by the
Senate last night by a vote of
*■—|
Woman Has Last Word and Last
on Atomic Bill. Page A-5
j
57-28 after 13 days or nearly i
169 hours of debate. Senator I
Knowland’s decision to hold the !
Senate in around-the-clock ses
sions and kill some amendments
by the parliamentary device of
“tabling” brought angry criti
cism from some of the bill’s op
ponents.
The President told his news
conference today that criti
cisms are easy to make. He said
he is struck by the number of
times critics do not suggest any
better course.
He added he thinks Senator
Knowland has given a pretty
good account of himself.
Set Unofficial Record.
During its flilibuster the Senate
posted an unofficial record tor
a continuous session—B6 hours
and 48 minutes, beginning last
Wednesday at 10 a.m. and run
ning to 11:48 p.m. on Saturday.
A brief technical break early
Saturday meant, however, that
the all-time official record would
remain a 1915 session of 54 hours
and 10 minutes.
Forty-four Republicans and 13
Democrats vored for the bill on
final passage. Two Republicans,
25 Democrats and Senator
Morse, Independent, of Oregon
voted against it.
The measure as approved by
the Senate amends the basic
Atomic Energy Act of 1946 to
authorize the Atomic Energy
Commission and other Federal
agencies to build atomic power
plants if Congress grants them
funds. It also postpones any
exclusive atomic patents for 10
ye^rs.
House Passed Bill Monday.
A House version of the same
bill, passed Monday, bars the,
AEC from the atomic power
business and provides that pat
ents, for civilian atomic develop
ments shall be granted on the
same basis as other types of
power development. Some Sen
ators have threatened another
long debate if the Senate version
is not'approved in conference.
The Senate battle left open
scars over the power provisions
of the bill and over the parlia
mentary tactics used by Majority
Leader Knowland to break what
he called an opposition filibuster.
These included continuous ses
sions and frequent moves to
(See ATOMIC, Page A-5.)
Not-So-Gay 90s Due
To Warm Up Washington
JSome of that scorching Mid
west heat moved in on Washing -
I ton today and pushed the
: temperature toward the middle
90s.
The Weather Bureau'said the
top reading today wodld be
about 94 degrees, with a repeat
performance scheduled tomor
row.
While the week end might be
a bit cooler, there still isn’t much
hope for a rain of drought
breaking proportions. There is
some chance of a few scattered
showers Friday evening.
It also remained dry through
out most of the sun-baked Na
tion. Scattered showers were
reported in Nebraska, Minne
sota and parts of lowa.
. ' l
House Votes Foreign Aid Fund,
Senate Opens Debate on Issue
$5.2 Billion Appropriation Bill Passes;
Wiley Warns France in EDC Delay
By Robert K. Walsh
The House today passed, 266
to 128,' an appropriation bill
providing $5,208,419,979 for mili
tary and economic aid to foreign
nations during the current fiscal
year.
The roll call vote on the for
eign aid bill completed House I
action on that measure.
Meanwhile, the Senate, hav
ing finally cleared the atomic
energy bill after a marathon 13-
day debate, took up a foreign
aid authorization bill. The
House-approved funds bill will
be considered later.
Wiley Hits EDC Delay.
Chairman Wiley of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
opened the debate by declaring
that -American aid has made
Western Europe strong enough
to “deter” a Soviet attack. But
he warned that it is not in the
| interests of the United States
| to continue to give military aid
! to other nations for collective
| defense purposes unless those |
nations co-operate in defense !
efforts.
His remarks were directed at
France and Italy, the two na- j
tions which have delayed rati
fying the European Defense i
Community treaty.
“From here on out,” Senator i
Wiley said, “the future of the j
Egypt Celebrates
British Agreement
To Evacuate Suez
83,000 Troops to Leave
Big Canal Base by '56;
Pact Ends Long Strife
By th* Aitociotad Pratt
CAIRO, Egypt, Jhly 28.—A1l
Egypt celebrated today at the :
| announcement that the British |
have agreed to pull their 83,000 j
troops out of the Suez Canal j
Zone, probably by mid-1956.
| Egyptian Prime Minister Gam- ;
| al Abdel Nasser and British War !
British Face Huge Military Moving Job
in Leaving Suez. Page A-3
' Churchill Seeks to End Party Revolt
Over Suez Pact. Page A-3
Eisenhower and Dulles Praise Suez
Agreement as Aid to West. Page A-3
Minister Antony Head signed a
preliminary pact last night,
agreeing on principles to be in
corporated into a formal treaty.
The final accord is expected to
be signed in a month or two.
The agreement marked an
end to the two nations’ long ;
j and often bloody dispute over
control of the big land and air
bases which Britain built in the
strategic zone at a cost of $1.2
billion.
It provides that all British
troops will be withdrawn frcm
the Suez within 20 months after
the final treaty is sighed, but
that Britaift can use the bases
again if any of the eight Arab i
states or Turkey is attacked.
To Maintain Installations.
Britain also will maintain the
present military installations
i along the lp4-mile-long canal
for seven years with civilian
technicians.
Col. Anwar Sadat, a member of j
Egypt's ruling Revolutionary ;
' Council, said last night Britain
and the United States had
agreed in principle to supply i
Egypt with military aid now that
the Suez issue is settled. Col.
Sadat said the Egyptian Army
would be doubled within five,
years.
Col. Nasser broadcast to the
(See EGYPT, Page
Symbolic Angel
The Angel of Dien Bien Phu, France’*
heroic nurse, believes her visit to America
has symbolic significance. For an inti
mate account of her Washington visit,
read Betty Miles’ story on
Page B-l. ,
New York Markets, Pages A-26-27
•
European defensive effort must
depend largely upon the Euro
peans themselves. If European
defenses are to become truly es- j
fective, it is essential that steps !
be taken to enable the West
German people to contribute to
that defense. The United States
stands ready to help Western
Germany put itself into a ten
able defensive position. But we
wait upon the French. We have -
been waiting for the French now |
for nearly three years . . .”
Sets $3.1 Billion Limit.
Senator Wiley said the foreign
aid bill is “probably the single
most antl-Communist program
we have before the Congress
year after year.”
The foreign aid authorization
measure, reported out last week
by the Foreign Relations and
Armed Services Committees, sets
a limit of about $3.1 billion
in new money.
The funds bill approved by
the House today provides $2,895,-
944,000 in new money for the
l current fiscal year. It also
' authorizes rqappropriation of
$2,312,475,979 in unobligated
balances carried over from
j the previous fiscal period.
This $5,208,419,979 total is
! $Bl2 million less than Presi
dent Eisenhower asked and $1.7
j billion below the 1954 fiscal year
1 amount.
House Beats Move.
To Send Tax Bill
Back to Conference
Action by Democrats
Loses, 227 to 169; Final
Vote Planned Today
A Democratic drive to return
the tax revision compromise bill
to a Senate-House conference
was beaten in the House today,
227 to 169. . k
j The House planned a roll call
I vote later this afternoon on final
| passage of the measure revising
j the internal revenue laws and
I reducing taxes about $1.3 bil
i lion dining this fiscal year. The
final roll call was delayed by a
recess to hear South Korean
President. Syngman Rhee.
The recommital motion was
supported by 165 Democrats, 3
Republicans and 1 Independent.
Against it were 204 Republicans
and 23 Democrats.
Senate leaders predict swift
approval of the compromise bill
there.
The recommital motionroffered
by Representative Cooper, of
Tennessee, top-ranking Demo
crat on the Ways and Means
Committee, would have in
-1 strucfed House conferees to
agree with Senate’s original pro
vision dealing with taxation of
dividends. That version would
have allowed tax exemption on
the first SSO of Income which
stockholders receive from divi
dends.
The Senate-House conferees
recommended the 850 exemption
and also would permit taxpayers
i to deduct 4 per cent of their re
| maining dividends.
| '
Indonesian* Nationality
THE HAGUE, Netherlands.
July 28 (4*).—lndonesia soon will
introduce legislation making In
donesian nationality optional for
the 2 million Chinese residing
in the Republic. Indonesia’s for
eign Minister Sunarjo said yes
terday.
Bonk Robbed of $40,000
i PEVELY, Mo., July 28 (/PL-
Two armed bandits robbed the
‘ Bank of Pevely of an estimated
840,000 yesterday and fled by
autdmobDe after forcing five
employes Into the bank v^plt.
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Case Reports
Agreement on.
24th St. Span
Bridge Would Cross
Potomac Just Below
Roosevelt Island
Chairman Case of the Senate
District Committee disclosed to
day that full agreement has been
reached by area highway, park
and planning officials on loca
tion of a new downtown bridge
that would cross the Potomac
just downriver from Roosevelt
Memorial -Island and tie into
Twenty-fourth street N.W. in
the District.
He said the agreement waa
reached at a breakfast meeting
at the Cosmos Club today at
tended by Senator Case, District
Engineer Commissioner Louis W.
Prentiss, National Park Servic#
Director Conrad Wirth and Har
land Bartholomew, chairman of
the National Capital Planning
Commission.
Agree on Other Span.
At the same time, the Sena
tor disclosed that Gen. Prentiss
and Mr. Bartholomew had agreed
tentatively on solutions to other
controversies that include:
1. Construction of a second
bridge from Roaches Run, Va.,
to tie into Twelfth street N.W.,
in lieu of District plans to re
build the old trestle-topped
Fourteenth street bridge at it*
present location. Presumably—
as part of the Fourteenth street
bridge complex—the new Roaches
Run bridge would carry Vir
ginia-bound Potomac traffic and
the existing new Fourteenth
street bridge would continue to
handle city-bound traffic.
2. Reconstruction of Twenty
fourth street N.W. as a “full
expressway” from the new down
town bridge connection as far
north as R street N.W. Th#
plan, Senator Case indicated, ia
to have the rebuilt street serv#
as the western leg of the city’*
I proposed “inner belt road sys
tem.” Thfe location previously
has been in conflict.
3. Construction of a tunnel
beneath the Mall west of Lincoln
Memorial through which Twen
ty-fourth street would connect
with the new downtown bridge.
This would obviate a maze of
above-ground construction on
the Mall—highly objectionable
to park officials.
Seeks to End Deadlock.
The new compromise location
for a downtown bridge is the
| latest in a series of efforts by
j Senator Case to find a compro
j mise to a problem long dead
i locked between highway and
j planning officials,
j Last week a Senate subcom
■ mittee approved a Case-compro-
I mise bill calling for a span lead-
S ing from New Hampshire avenue
N.W. and crossing South Island
—a small spit of land at the
southern tip of Roosevelt Me
morial Island.
Earlier efforts by District of
ficials to get an E street bridge
which would cross Roosevelt
Island proper were defeated—
largely by opposition from the
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial
Association, which contended
the crossing would be an illegal
encroachment on the island
wilderness.
The New Hampshire avenue
compromise was doubtful, how
ever, because the Roosevelt
Island people also opposed the
crossing of South Island—tech
(See BRIDGES, Page A-2.)
*
Three Die in Bus Crash
j GULFPORT, Miss., July 28
(/P).—A mother and her two
young children were killed yes
terday when a Trailways *
I overturned as the driver tri\ \
to avoid livestock on a highway.
, At least 15 persons were injured,
j The dead were identified as Mr*.
! Nancy McDonnell and her 3>a
j year-old daughter and an infant
son.
j •
How Farm Supports
Were Sold to F. D. R.
PRICE SUPPORTER—M. L Wihom,
former Undersecretary es Agricul
i tare, the man who started price sap
j part for the farmer, is the subject es
"One es the People” on page A-l
today.
CRAZY HATS—Maniac milhnery
was on display yesterday at the Hill
crest Playground. Some es the nut
| tier bonnets are pictured an page
j A-17.
SUBTLE^STUFF—That seems to
keynote two fall fashion coHactiena
just undrepad in Paria. The Asso
ciated Press gives a report from Eu
rope's fashion capital on page 1-2.
COOL PLACES—Even in steaming
weather like this, cool comfort can
• bo found in some es Washington's
l top tourist attractions. And they ora
not artificially air conditioned either,
i A story obout them oppeers today on
page A-17.
Guide for Readers
Amusements C-6-7 Lost, Found.. A-l
Classified C-l-16 Music 8-10
Comics . A-30-31 Obituary A-18
Cross-word _.A-30 Radio-TV A-29
Editorial A-14 Sports C-1-J
Edit'l Articles A-IS Woman's.
Financial .A-26-27 Section ...l-l-S
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