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Evening star., 1946-04-03
Labor Union Relief Committees
Pact With Red Cross Explained

which go to make up the American
Red Cross
Mr.. O'Connor pointed out that all
Red Cross chapters do not segregate
labor contributions from any others
But from reports submitted by a
number of chapters it was estimated
the AFL and CIO contributed be-
tween s30,OOO,00O and s35 900, 900 to
the l945 campaign.
Less Than 1 Per Cent.
"The two labor committees were
reimbursed s23S,3o8 by American
Red Cross for their actual expenses
during that campaign" Mr.. O'Con-
nor noted. This sum is less than l
per cent of the amount credited to
the labor committees.
One clause of the labor agree
ment reads:
THE Red Cross and the War
Department Audit of the Red
Cross shall have the right to ex-
anime the books and accounts of
the labor organizations with refer
ence to the reimbursements made
by the Red Cross incident to the
work of the labor war relief COM
mittees."
These books and accounts appear
to be as thoroughly audited as any
used anywhere today. In addition
to monthly audits by the Red Cross
and War Department there are
those conducted by the National
War Fund and labor committees
five audits in all.
$500 a Year Average Pay.
Headquarters of both labor COM
mittees are in New York. Abraham
Bluestein directs the AFL group
and Leo Perlis the CIO organiza-
ton. Average salary of the staff
workers is $500 a year.
The AFL's Labor League fol
Human Rights sprang from it's wal
relief committee known as United
Nations Relief. 1t was organized
in 1888 with the purpose OF fight.
ing totalitarianism and rescuing the
victims of FaScism." On its labor
committee staff are % persons ir
national headquarters and SO In
16 regional offices.
The CLOS National War Relief
Committee was founded at tn,
CLOS 1941 convention on the basi.
OF resolution offered by Irvine
Abramson, now chairman of thu
committee. The IL committee mem.
bers serve without pay. The work.
ing staff is made up of so persons
most Of them assigned to the 2;
field Offices.
Objectives Announced.
In the last agreement covering
the year ending April 80, these OBJ.
jectives were announced:
THE Nationad War Fund, the
American Red Cross and the two
labor war relief committees have
one common objective - helping
mobilize maximum public support
for the philanthropic needs on the
war front and home front, through
representative campaigns in loca
communities.
"The national Offices and fielc
representatives of the two labor
war relief committees will COOP
crate with the National War Fund
its State and local constituent or.
ganizations and the American Red
Cross, by promoting maximum par
ticipation of union members in
these campaigns"
In recent statement designed to
nail as rumor any "kickback" to
the unions, Chairman O'Connor
itemized the Red Cross budget for
reimbursing labor committees. Ex-
penses from September, 1912, to
April, 1945, included:
Salaries, $500, ,508.04; Office rental
supplies, stationery, postage, COM
munication, Office equipment and
services, $108,433.20; travel and
maintenance for field visits, STA
949.28; posters, pamphlets, publica-
tions and other campaign supplies,
$48 ,40886. Total, S532 .299 80.
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Navy Specialist Held
In War Bond Theft Case

Navy Specialist BIC Marlyn Wesley
Dunsmore, %, of 1907 North Seven
teenth street, Arlington, yesterday
was held in $1,000 bond for the
action of the grand jury by Judge
Hugh Reid in Arlington County
Court on grand larceny charges in
volving the theft of War Bonds
valued at $1,000.
Dunsmore was a tenant in the
home of Wendell N. Holmes, from
whom the bonds were stolen, accord ;
Ing to Detective Capt. Hugh Jones.
Evening star., 1946-04-03
D. {. Jury Duty
To Be Spread
Among $4,000
Laws Says List to
Be Expanded; New
Grand Jury at Work

More District citizens will be
called upon to serve on juries under
a policy announced yesterday by
Chief Justice Bolitha j. Laws of
District Court.
Justice Laws revealed the list Of
prospective jurors would be expand
ed to $4,000 from its present total
Of about $4,000 names within a year.
He explained this would tend to
minimize the necessity Of calling
upon some individuals for periodic
service.
Grand Jury Sworn In.
Meanwhile, the new grand jury
began its deliberations today.
The grand jury, with Lew j.
Gregory, 40, 20l Second street Sc,
mechanical engineer at the Naval
Gun Factory, as foreman, was sworn
IN by Justice Laws yesterday after
noon. For the first time, under the
new rules of criminal procedure, an
alternate foreman was chosen. He
is James F.. Sullivan, 48, 153 North
Carolina avenue Sc, secretary to
the executive officer, Carnegie In
stitution.
The trial juries that will serve
both in the civil and Criminal
branches of District Court during
the current month also began
service today.
The names of the other new grand
jurors, their ages, addresses and oc-
cupations follow:
Charles v. Ballew, colored, 80,
1883 Savannah place Sc, copper
smith, Naval Gun Factory; Brown
M. Boyd, so, colored, 724 Fairmont
street NV, foreman Naval Gun
Factory; Holland NJ Carder, 81, 1871
Twenty eighth street Sc, Office ap-
pliance repairman: John ]. Casseen.
81, 1925 Alabama avenue Sc, ntho-
grapher, Department of Commerce:
Mrs. Emily West Cronin, 40, 1902
First street NV, cashier, Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co.;
John w. Girvin, so, 1915 Twentieth
street NE, senior claims reviewer,
General Accounting Office; Clar-
eince w. Gonnerman, 40, 300 Long
fellow street NV, accountant; Miss
Christine Serena Hall, Is, colored,
1928 Jackson street NE, cosmetolo-
gist.
Others on Jury.
Also James F. Hanrahan, jr., so,
4118 Fourteenth street NE, cleo
trician; Miss Ruth Jacobs, 36, 1918
Davis place NV, telegrapher, U. S.
Steel Corp: Fred Jannings, Sc, 5214
Fifth street NV, industrial agent;
Anthony P. Latina, Sc, $40 Illinois
avenue NV, liquor salesman:
James L. Loveday. SO. 800 Allison
street NV, mailer for a printing
company; Edward c. Lewis, "a, 1916
A street NE, clerk, Southern Rail-
way Co.: Morris Markowitz, IS, 460
Delafield place NV, accountant,
Government Printing Office; Charles
H. Stone, 81, 2909 Twenty fifth
street NE, retired postal clerk.
Also Joseph H. STREET., "a, l714
Twenty-second street Sc, super
visor, Washington Gas Light Co.;
Mrs. Georgia Smith Waikel, 81,
$500 B street Sc, typist. Acasia
Life Insurance Co.; Louis E. Weiss,
80, 808 Somerset place NV, clerk,
liquor store; Mrs. Josephine B.
Wells, 81. 2l05 Brance avenue Sc,
General Accounting Offlce clerk, and
Leo G. D. Weimer, At, 4401 Iowa
avenue NV, Government architect.
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Virginia Apple Trees
Near Blossom Stooe

WINCHESTER, Va, April s.
Apple orchards in this section of
Virginia have thus far escaped
frost damage, but growers con-
tlnued apprehensive today, due to
the fact that practically all varie-
ties are nearing the blossoming
stage.
Trees may be blooming by next
Sunday If the weather continues
warm, according to DR.. Walter S.
Hough, research laboratory ento-
mologlst. The lowest temperature
thus far recorded since fruit buds
showed pink the past week end
was 81 degrees. Pearl trees have
been in bloom for several days and
sour cherries were blooming TODAY.
Evening star., 1946-04-03

uCl ndfel, OOOo
Southwick street
Bethesda, have
reported to po-
lice.
Raver, who was
a carrier for The
Star, attended
t " o cl a S S e S
March 20, Mrs.
Raver said, and
then left. She
said he had ex-
pressed desires
recently to join
the service and
to 60 to Florida.
He Is described
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Pupils to Exhibit Art

An exhibit of art work by pupils
in District public schools, Divisions
10 through 13, will be held at the
Howard University Gallery of Art
tomorrow through April 18. The
exhibit is being presented under the
auspices of the Department of Art
of the public schools, Divisions 1913.
Evening star., 1946-04-03

lllCll . ASSOCld-
ton to make a
cooperative ap-
proach to COM
m on problems
and boost each
others new en-
terprises.
Joseph A. Giu-
liano, insurance
man, who origi-
mated the idea,
has been elected
temporary presi-
dent. o t h e r
temporary off,
GERS are Robert
A p,,~,~Lrox,
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Three Times q Week

local advertiser using space of this size
in The Evening Star to reach over 100000
families three times a week for year
C56 times) spends less than 1 " cents a
family per year to tell them about his busi-
ness. This is $4,000 less than the cost of
12-cent stamp to circularize them once.
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Veterans Plan Reunion

Veterans of headquarters detach.
ment Of the District National Guard
will hold reunion at $3.50 o'clock
tonight at the Municipal Center.
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Chevy Chase High Boy, 18,
Reported Missinq

John Samuel Raver, 1S-year- -old
Chevy Chase high school senior,
has been missing since March 20.
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Veterans Form Group
For Mutual Aid in
Business Problems

A group Of veterans of World War
II, starting out in business in the
Bethesda Chevy Chase Md area,
have formed the Veteran Business
Evening star., 1946-04-03

as being five feet eight inches tall,
weighing 155 pounds, and has blond
hair and blue eyes.
Evening star., 1946-04-03

Merit Monday the American
Red Cross Central Committee is
expected to reneU or cancel its
controversial maritime tund-rais-
ing agreement ,Dith labor union
relief committees. This is one
OF series of tdctudl articles er-
planning the agreement.
Evening star., 1946-12-01
Flag Storage

Wor u BENG compiled OF the Columbus oh;o) General
Depot About 5000 oes oeody hove been received and
one to thee Thousand expected Eoch foo is photo
erophed and logged before it stored Workers o tI
fos with moth okes before rolling it. Wde Void phaa
Evening star., 1946-12-25
7 Men Shot 10 Death
While Children Carol
By the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD, Fla, Dec. 25,-One
man was shot to death and an
other was found dead in a parked
automobile of gunshot wounds while
children sang carols, police reported
today.
Less than two blocks from COM
munity Christmas party, Herbert
Melton, 90, of Miami fell dead under
a hail of bullets fired by a man who
was backing a car away from the
curb.
The shooting took place in front
of a plumbing shop he operated
with brother, Travers Melton. II
parked car also in front of the
shop the body of w. A. Roberts was
found later. police said.
Another brother, John Melton, was
held for questioning but no charges
had been filed.
The chief said the man who was
seen to shoot Mr. Melton first at
tempted to start one automobile anc
when the car failed to start III
jumped into another in which red.
clad woman was seated. The wom-
an leaped out, and as the mar
backed from the curb he opened fire
on Mr.. Melton.
Mr.. Melton's wife is in Miami
hospital with a newborn baby, un-
aware that her husband has beer
slain
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Christmas Tree Fire
Sends Man 10 Hospital

Herbert Cole, 40, of 423 Fourth
street NE, was in Casualty Hos
pital today with burns on his hands
and arms, suffered when he at
tempted to extinguish Christmas
tree fire early this morning.
The tree caught fire from a
candle shortly after some friends
left, firemen said. Hospital physi-
clans said Mr.. Coles condition was
good.
In another fire yesterday. an es-
timated $1,000 worth of furniture
was destroyed in the apartment of
United States Tax Court Judge
Byron B. Harlan at 2032 Belmont
road NV.
Damage was confined to the living
room Firemen said the blaze ap-
parently started from defective
wiring. Among the things damaged
was a Chinese tapestry
Evening star., 1946-12-25
New Jersey Governor
SEXES Two Gas Works
BY the Associated Press

NEWARK, N. j., Dec. 25.-Two gas
plants of the Public Service Electric
g. Gas Co. were ordered seized by
Gov. Walter E. Edge yesterday
shortly after 400 workers on the 4
pm. shift did not report.
Affected were the big West End
plant in Jersey City and the Central
Gas Works in Piscataway township,
near New Brunswick, two OF the
eight major plants supplying gas
for Public Service, the biggest dis
tributor in the State.
Supervisory employees took over
the jobs of absent workers. A COM
pany spokesman said the present
demand for gas was being met. He
added, however, a greater demand
would overtax facilities because the
skeleton staff cant work forever" +"
The absent workers belong to Local
273B, AFL Journeyman Plumbers
and Steamfitters Union. A union
spokesman said members voted
earlier to strike after negotiations
for a new contract calling for 80
cents hourly wage increase had
begged down.
The spokesman said the plants had
been operating under a wage agree
ment reached April 8, providing for
SO cents an hour in the lower
brackets and up to 1884, in the
upper brackets.
Frank De Nike, president of the
union, said the men would not work
ANY longer without new agree
ment."
The Governor is empowered to
take over essential industries threat
ened with cripplinbg strikes under
a State law enacted earlier this
year. Gov. Edge. said the law.would
be strictly enforced and if the work.
ers do not agree to work for the
State they will be prosecuted under
the law"
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Agriculture Editor
And Indexer Retiring

Two veteran workers on the Elk.
pertinent Station Record, publica-
ton of the Agriculture Department
will retire Tuesday. They are
Howard Lawton Knight, IS, editor
in chief, and Miss Martha C. Gund-
ZACH, 64, indexer.
Mr.. Knight has 42 years service
in the Government. He was borr
at Gardner, Mass, and was grad
uated from Massachusetts, State
College in 1902 He was an instructor
An English and chemistry there for
1.-TWO years and in 1904 joined the
Department. He became
a scientific assistant at the nutrl-
ton laboratory at Wesleyan Uni
versity, Middletown, Conn.
He came to Washington two years
later as assistant editor of the
Record. AS special agricultural edi-
tor, he furnished material for the
revised edition of Websters New
International Dictionary in 1884. He
became editor of the Record in
1928.
Mr.. knight is member of Alpha
Sigma Phi, Phi Kappa Phi, the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science and the Co.'S
mos Club. He lives at 1864 Kalmia
road NV.
Miss Gundlach is native of Ro-
chester, N. Y, and a graduate OF
Vassar College. She came to the
War Department in 1913 and trans
ferred to the Agriculture Depart
ment two years later.
She is member of Phi Beta Kap-
pa. Her home is at 215 Emerson
street NV.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Production
Continued From First Page.)

war to peace conversion path
through ALLEGATION of scarce ma.
terials, issuance of priorities to aio
essential users obtain materials ano
by preventing excessive exports ano
boarding of items in short supply.
Mr.. Small resigned about two
weeks ago to return to private busi-
ness.
Controls to Be Dropped.
Government controls, which num-
bered 700 at the wartime peak. have
been reduced to less than so and
still others will be dropped soon.
Mr.. Small said some controls ARE
still needed to prevent boarding, to
prevent excessive exports, to meet
national emergencies such as the
recent coal strike and to assist the
housing program. However, 1t seems
to me that the majority OF the re-
naming CPA controls can safely be
lifted in the near future
The official declared that admin
istration of priority regulations has
become increasingly difficult' and
that there is growing public i'm
patience with the continued use of
wartime controls more than Is
months after the end of the war"
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Agreement Paves Way
To Settle Stotesbury Will
By the Associated Press

NORRISTOWN, Pa, Dec. 25.-A
compromise settlement yesterday re-
moved possible controversy over dis
tribution of a portion OF $3,675, ,190
remaining in the estate of Edward
T. Stotesbury, multimillionaire fin
ancier. s,-
A fourth and final accounting,
made necessary by the death OF Mr..
Stotesbury's widow, Mrs. Eva R.
Stotesbury, last May %, was handed
down by Judge J. Burnett Holland
IN Orphans Court. 1t settled an
issue on the proper distribution of
one third of the principal Of the es-
tate over which Mrs. Stotesbury had
power of appointment. .
The settlement awards the fol-
lowing: s
One-third to trustees for Mrs
Stotesbury's son, Oliver Eaton Crom-
well, for life, principal to be paid
to his lineal descendants at his
death.
One-third to trustees for her
son, James H. r. Cromwell, who is
to receive the income for life, the
principal to be shared by his grand
children at his death.
One-sixth. plus $4,000 out OF
remaining one-sixth to trustees for
a daughter, Louise Cromwell Hell
berg, who is to have the income for
life. At her death the principal is
to be paid to her lineal descendants.
Louise is to get another sixth ab-
soIutely.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Henry
Continued From First Page.

not impugned. The Bellinghauser
Sea, of which the ghost island was q
northern sentinel, is sea OF
mirages. Islands and mountains
beyond the horizon, through a
strange optical phenomenon, seem
to be picked up bodily and set down
close at hand. They appear in
minute details like pictures project
ed on a screen.
Mirages Are Common.
Such mirages are known wherever
great masses of ice are in contact
with great masses of water, espe-
cially in the Antarctic where objects
miles away may be visible from q
ships crows nest due to complete
lack of dust or water particles in
the atmosphere.
OF all the worlds mirage-haunted
oceans, Bellinghausen's Sea is the
most haunted. Fantastic forms o1
thin air move on it's sunlit ano
moonlit waters. More than 100 years
ago they bothered bluff old Count
Bellinghausen, leader of the Russian
expedition which met the first
American explorers on Antarctic
shores. Due to this phenomenon
some of his own discoveries as well
as those of the American, Charles
Wilkes, have been questioned.
Both Eastern and Western Task
Forces are pushing toward the Ant
arctic icepack while helicopte1
scouts from the Western Task Force
have encountered this ice north OF
Victorialand. 1t has not started
the breakup, althogh this is excep'
tionally late in the Antarctic sum.
mer for it to remain intact.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Montgomery Seal Sales
Now TotuI $50, 900

Approximately $4,000, or two
thirds of the goal, has been received
from the 1916 Christmas Seal sale
of the Montgomery County Tuber-
culosis Association, Mrs. E. M. Fry
sale chairman, announced today.
Mrs. Fry, who extended the asso-
cations thanks to residents OF
Montgomery County, said that re-
plies have been received from about
half of the 27,568 persons to whom
seals were mailed.
Mrs. Fry credited area chairman
and other workers for the success
of the drive.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Two Die as Trainer Plane
Crashes in Wisconsin

ELLSWORTH. Wis, Dec. rs (Pl.-
Two men were killed when a trainer
plane crashed at 4 am. today on
farm 10 miles east of here.
Pierce County Coroner Roland
Hoyer said the plane, headed for
Mount Vernon, Ohio, checked out
of Void Chamberlain Airport in
Minneapolis at 3:35 am.
Officials at Void Chamberlain
said the pilot of the plane was
listed as Charles Ackerman of
Mount Vernon. They said they be-
lieved the other victim was Mr.
Ackerman's brother, Minneapolis
man, and that the two were flying
to Mount Vernon for Christmas.
The coroner said that members
of the family on the farm where
the crash occurred told him they
did not see the plane until it hit
the ground and burst into flames
He said that debris from the crash
was spread over 40 acres.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Kurd Chiefs Reported
ASKING to Surrender
BY the Assoeiofed Press

TEHERAN, Iran, Dec. 25.-The
newspapers Etelaat and Keyhan re-
ported yesterday that Mulla Musta-
ia Barazani, Iragi Kurd leader now
in Iranian Kurdistan, and other
Kurd chieftains had asked permis-
sion to surrender with. their 10000
troops.
They were said to have asked
Gen. Homayooni, commander OF
Iranian forces in Kurdistan, tc
place them under protection of the
Iranian government and Tabriz au-
thorities were reported to have in
structed the general to deal kindly
with them. Eat Azizi and Mir Hal
Etnoori Beig were among those ask
ing to surrender.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Motor Manufacturer
0mits Bonus, Chides
Workers for Losses
BY the Associated Press

MUSKEGON, Mich, Dec. 25.-
Continental Motors Corp yesterday
told its 5000 employees that care
less workmanship, don't care at
titude and habitual absenteeism by
some of our employees" were re-
sponsible "for big share of our
1916 losses"
c. j. Reese, Continental president,
declared in letter to workers that
the customary Christmas gifts to
employees had to be passed over be-
cause of losses since VI Day.
1--WE have plenty of orders on
hand to keep our plants busy
throughout 1947," Mr.. Reese said but
added "it is costing us several dol
lars more to manufacture every
engine we build than we are able to
charge our customers
Employment Can Be Greater.
"Unless production is interrupted
by another epidemic of strikes such
as this country witnessed in 1916
or unless our customers cancel Or
ders because we are unable to con-
tinue to turn out the number OF
engines we have promised them,
our employment can be greater than
ever before in our peacetime his
tory"
Mr.. Reese continued, "we can do
three things to eliminate our losses.
/. We can raise our prices. 2. We
can stop mismanaging our ma
chimes, quit our careless work, cut
down our scrap losses and do our
individual jobs to the best of our
ability.
"3. We can stop production where
we are, subcontract large share OF
our parts with firms whose en-
ployes take pride in the quality of
their work, reduce our own working
force substantially and do business
on smaller scale with fewer Gus
toners"
Lost Production.
Referring to the. 1916 losses, to-
tails of which were not disclosed,
Reese told the workers:
Another big item has been lost
production due to failure of some
employees to turn out a fair days
work. Note that say some work
ers. I appreciate fully that most
Continental men and women are
conscientious in trying to do their
jobs right.
Il direct this letter to them only
because they are entitled to know
that their jobs and security are
being imperiled by the deliberate
and wilfull faults of certain group
of their associates. If any
considerable number of us insist on
doing as little as we can and still
keep our jobs then the prospects for
1947 are bad and those for the
future are even worse"
Spokesmen for the CIO United
Auto Workers, which represents
plant employees, would not comment. |
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Anne Arundel Hearing
ICuIIed on Navy Airport
By the Associoted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 25.-The Anne
Arundel County Commissioners, who
already have Endorsed the proposal
have set January for a public
hearing on the Naval Academys
plan to establish an airport in the
Sandy Point area.
The commissioners called the
hearing after residents of the Ma
gothy River section lodged a pro-
test against the proposed 2,500-acre
airport.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Petty Officer Kills Wife
And Daughter, Shoots Self
By the kssocioted Press

RICHMOND, Calf, Dec. 25.-
Police Sergt H. Holiday said today
that John w. Norko. fl, a Navy
chief petty officer stationed in San
Diego, in a Christmas eve quarrel
shot and killed his former wife,
Mrs. Ernest E. Bakert, n, and
their 18-month-old daughter, then
wounded himself in the stomach.
Attendants at Contra Costa County
Hospital at nearby Martinez re-
ported Norko in fair condition.
Sergt. Holliway said the shooting
occurred at the home of Mrs.
Bakert, where Norko had been
visiting for a week to see the
child
The slain woman, formerly OF
Arkansas Pass, Tex, was married
to Mr.. Bakert of Marshall, Mo, last
September, after obtaining a dl-
yorce from Norko.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
u. S. Children in Tokyo
Find Stockings Skinny
BY the Associo'ed Press

TOKYO. Dec. 25.-It was a gray
Christmas for many poor old papa
in Tokyos flourishing American
community-a day for gray hairs.
The wives were here, in many
homes; the Wreaths, the tinsel, the
turkeys were here. But so was
junior-and what to buy for him?
Hosts of buyers picked the Army
Post Exchange toy counter clean in
a hurry-and shoppers reeled when
they entered japanese stores. At
legal exchange rates (15 yen to a
dollar the cheapest toy was SO. and
one of merely average merit might
cost $50.