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Evening star., 1946-12-10
Civic Federation Hits
Rezonine Of ArmorY
Tract in Silver Spring

The Montgomery County Civic
Federation is "unalterably" opposed
to the proposed change in zoning Of
the tract of land behind the Silver
Spring Armory owned by the Mary
land-National Capitol Park and
Planning Commission.
At a meeting in the Bethesda
Elementary School last night, the
federation expressed its sentiment
following proposal of Royal H.
Carlock, chairman of the Internal
County improvement Committee,
that the federation go on record as
offering no objection to the proposed
commercial zoning of the property.
The substitute resolution was In
trodueed by James j. Cosgroye.
Favor Council Manager Plan.
In response to the questions asked
by the Montgomery County Charter
Board regarding the wishes of the
people as to what shall be included
In the new charter, the federation
expressed its approval Of council
manager form of government.
Resolutions Adopted.
On the recommendation of the
Legislative Program Committee the
federation adopted resolutions:
Cd Favoring repeal of the So
called Lindsay amendment, particu-
larly the provision which prohibits
Inonpartisan elections for county
council.
(2) Asking the legislative delega-
ton to seek amendment Of the so
called" merit system law in Mont
gomery County in these respects:
Substitution of a Civil Service
Commission of three members, with
overlapping terms, for the single
commissioner now provided; pro-
vision for the certification to an
appointing officer of only the three
persons having the highest rating
on the register of eligibles, instead
of the entire register as now pro-
vided; establishment of q Board o1
Civil Service Appeals to which any
employe in the classified service may
appeal from any decision adverse to
his interests, in place of the present
provision which gives finality to the
findings and decisions of a single
official.
Oppost Declaration of Interest.
80 Repeal or amendment of the
Declaration of Intention Act.
Evening star., 1946-12-10
Chicago Students to Return
After Strike Over Facilities

CHICAGO, Dec. 10 (P.-Promised
faculty consideration Of a list OF
demands" several hundred stu
dents at Mckinley High School to-
day returned to classes after walk
ing out yesterday afternoon. There
are 1,125 pupils enrolled at the
school.
Principal Nellie M. Quinn dis
missed all children yesterday after
the walkout and conferred with .
committee of students who said they
were protesting against lack OF a
football team, inadequate gymna-
SUM facilities, a ban on girls wear
ing slacks, and faculty searching Of
student lockers, boys pockets and
girls purses, with confiscation Of
Objectionable objects.
The committee promised to pre-
sent their protests In writing fol
faculty consideration. A Board o,
Education spokesman said Mckinley
school was high on the list for new
high school with better gym factl-
| ities. Miss Quinn said a football
team would be desirable and that
she had tentatively agreed to permit
girls to wear slacks on cold days.
Evening star., 1946-12-10

A new liberal arts college to bt
headed by DR.. Stringfellow Barr
president of st. Johns College al
Annapolis, and to be established
under a $4,000, 900 donation by Pau
Mellon, will be located at Stock
bridge, Mass, it was reported to-
day.
DR.. Barr will relinquish the presi-
dency Of st. Johns on December
10. He announced last October
that the endowment gift from the
son of former Secretary Of the
Treasury Mellon would be. used to
found an institution with educa-
tional methods similar to those at
st. Johns.
The college, with accommodations
for 300 undergraduates and with a
faculty of 80, will be built on the
65O-acre Dan Hanna estate over
looking the Stockbridge Bowl in
Stockbridge, near Pittsfield, Mass,
according to an Associated Press
dispatch quoting the Berkshire
Eagle. The school is expected to
begin sessions next fall.
Besides DR.. Barr, one of the in
Evening star., 1946-12-10
Cancellation Officials
Optimistic After
Utility Peace Farley
BY Carter Brooke Jones

Labor Department Cancellation
onicials were hopeful today that 8
general movement toward industrial
peace in public utility industries will
follow a meeting of labor and man.
agement in that field at the depart
ment yesterday.
While the conferees made no con-
crete plans, leaving these for later
meetings, they issued at the close OF
their informal discussion a state
ment recognizing that they have "a
basic responsibility to the citizens
Of the communities lin which they
serve" adding:
The representatives of industry
and labor who have been meeting
recognize that this responsibility re-
quires every effort on their part te
maintain industrial peace"
Discussions to Continue.
Delegates planned to continue ir
their own industries the discussions
of ways to P-event strikes in public
utilities. They represented unions
and leading companies and associa-
tions in the field of street railways
gas, light and power.
Officials OF both CIO and AFI
unions were present, and there were
Representatives of the three big EN-.
ployer groups in community utili.
ties-the Edison Electric Institute
the American Gas Association, Inc.
and the American Transit Associa.
ton.
Edgar Warren, director of ths
Cancellation Service, presided. HI
said after the meeting that all who
attended have agreed to continue
their efforts to effect a peaceful
settlement of questions that may
arise"
Compulsory arbitration was
Evening star., 1946-12-10
Special Filipino Potrols
Combat Crime in Luzon

A frequent shuttle Of motor pa
trolls and increased foot patrols have
been ordered for the southwestern
Luzon provinces by the Philippine
government, to combat a rising tide
Of holdups and robberies, Manila re-
ports.
Daylight robberies have become
prevalent in the provinces OF Cavite,
Laguna and Batangas and the mill
tary police are moving to curb the
crime waves.
Evening star., 1946-12-10
356 Million Profits
On d Million Listed
For ~ Ship Firms
by the Assesiotsd Press

A Maritime Commission report list
ing estimated wartime profits Of
1856 ,006 ,612 by 10 shipbuilding COM
panies on $22,979, ,275 invested capital
was made public late yesterday by
the House Merchant Marine Com
mittee.
The report was given the COM
mittee In response to Its request
that earlier data be brought up to
date for the committees guidance
In its current investigation Of ship
building profits.
While the estimated profits" do
not reflect net profits after allow
ances for taxes and recoveries
through renegotiation, the commits
sion said "the profits are substan-
tally actual" and "the amounts of
disallowances are relatively small
compared to earned profits"
Figures Assailed by Operators.
Operators OF the companies named
assailed the original figures as mis-
leading and unfair during commit
tee hearings last summer. They
contended that the data did not re-
fleet actual investments and claimed
the earrings we're reasonable.
The ESTIMATED profits" reported
hy the commission range from $58,-
s40.ss5 on $460,00O capital invest
ment by the Kaiser-operated Per-
r1anente Metals Corp. to $2,080, 900
on a $500 investment by the st.
Johns River Shipbuilding Corp. OF
Florida.
The Maritime Commissions re-
port on other companies that built
ships in Government-owned ship
yards: ~.
Barret & Hip Shipyard, capital in
vestment, 1851 ,664; estimated prof.
its, 1914, 1886.
Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyards,
Inc, 81 900, 900 and SIS, ,906, $50.
California Shipbuilding Corp,
$500, 900 and 44.423, OLA.
Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd, $o,-
s36,0l1 and $16,445, ,861.
IL Million Delta Profits.
Delta Shipbuilding Co., Inc, $780,
600 and $12,171,811.
East Coast Shipyards, Inc, $l43,-
800 and 100000.
j. A. Jones Construction Co., Inc,
$4,000 600 and $9,026 1888.
Kaiser Co., Inc, 100000 and
S43,647026.
Kaiser Cargo, Inc, 100000 and
Sl.345,0
McCloskey g. Co., $75o,0oo and ST.
o36 1868.
Marinship Corp, s5oo,ooO and $1l,-
s71 $40.
New England Shipbuilding Corp,
81 ,o28, 900 and $11,O97,l12.
North Carolina Shipbuilding Corp,
$4,000 600 and $27 ,029.
Oregon Shipbuilding Corp, $780,
900 and $40, $50 ,564.
Southeastern Shipbuilding Corp,
100000 and $4,000.
Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corp,
t189, 200 and $13,678,3 ,303.
Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc, $500, 900
and $3,o5o,795.
The "up-to-date" figures are vir-
tually the same as those to which
the shipbuilders objected during the
committee hearings.
Evening star., 1946-12-10
Choral Society Forms
In Southeastern u.

A choral society Is being or.
ganized at Southeastern University
to sing Christmas carols in the
YMCA building.
The society is under the leader
ship Of C. e. Riddell, former di-
rector Of the Maritime Choral So
ciety and now appearing on Sta
ton WPIK. Sopranos, altos, tenor.
and basses are invited to partici.
pate in a rehearsal at $50 pm. to.
morrow in the assembly hall at l73i
G street NV.
Evening star., 1946-12-10
Stockbridee, Mass, Site Likely
For College Headed by Dr.. Borl

| corporators of the college will be
Scott, Cuahanan, dean of st. Johns
College.
DR.. Barr, who was professor OF
history at the University of Virginia
and editor of the Virginia Quar-
terly Review before becoming pres
ident of st. Johns in 1887, explained
some time ago that the new liberal
arts college will center on nom
elective courses Of studies on The
100 Great Books" together with
laboratory science, mathematics
and foreign languages.
There will be a triangular pro-
gram division" of students. These
groups will consist of the under
graduates working for bachelor of
arts degrees, adults continuing or
supplementing earlier education,
and faculty members in advanced
studies. The type of research, DR..
Barr said, will be "a new depar-
ture." Instead of intensive inves-
tigation in specialized fields, the
research will emphasize relation
ships between various fields of
knowledge, he announced.
Evening star., 1946-12-10
Teachers, School Heads Plan
PmIey to End Wolkout

sHAMOKIN, Pa, Dec. 10 Dr.
Coal Townships striking teachers
will meet with members OF the
School Board tonight in an effort
to end strike that has closed all
10 Of the township schools since De-
cember 2 and kept 2,400 students
away from classes.
The meeting in the West End High
School building was arranged by a
citizens committee headed by Earl
Golden, a township citizen. Five
members of the citizens committee
will attend the meeting as on
lockers.
The teachers have been on strike
since the end of the Thanksgiving
holiday, and are demanding a $500
salary increase that the school
board said it was unable to pay at
this time.
John Mangle, president OF Local
sos, CIO- United Public Workers,
said that if the teachers demands
are not met at tonight's meeting
they will appeal for State aid to
prove that the School Board Is n
nancially able to pay the added
salary.
Evening star., 1946-12-10
Indian Head Hobby Show

A hobby exhibit sponsored by the
Lackey High School Council will
be held in the Indian Head (Md)
Community Center between 2:30
and 10 pm. tomorrow. Proceeds
will 90 to the center.
Evening star., 1946-12-10

Revision of the adoption laws Of
the State as recommended by the
Governors commission appointed to
make a special study of such laws,
was urged by the federation follow
ing report by H. p. Morris, chair
man Of the Social Welfare Com
m1ttee.
Evening star., 1946-12-10

Have you read the best-sellers
"Sign Up for Security" This Treas
ury booklet is distributed free but
1t explains the bargain In buying
U. S. Savings Bonds.
Evening star., 1946-12-10

Have you read the best-seller:
"Sign Up for Security" This Treas
ury booklet Is distributed free but
1t explains the bargain In buying
U. s. Savings Bonds.
Evening star., 1946-12-10
CheItenhom School Posts

ANNAPOLIS, Dec 10 P).-Gov
OConor yesterday announced the
appointment of DR.. Robert L. Jack
son and Joseph H. Neal, both of
Baltimore, to the Board of Man.
ayers of Cheltenham School for
Bows.
Evening star., 1946-12-10
/ State Moves 10 Reopen
|pawfuckef Schools,
Closed in Pay Dispute
sy me A,soe;o,.d Press

PAWTUCKET, r. l., Dec. TO-
The State today prepared to inter-
vene in a teachers wage dispute
which closed this city's public
schools yesterday and left more than
5000 children enjoying an unex-
pected pre- Christmas holiday.
City officials ordered the schools
closed in the face Of strike threat
by the teachers who demanded a
new scale setting a minimum wage
OF $1,000 and maximum Of $4,000,
which would result in $500 yearly
increases for some Of the city's 400
instructors.
Criticizing the closings at the
expense of the children's educa-
tion," Gov. John o. Pastore said the
State would act to reopen the
schools in this industrial COM
munity OF $4,000. He did not specify
what form of Intervention he con-
templated.
The Executive Committee Of the
Teachers Alliance. AFL, voted
last night to reject q school COM
mittee proposal that the alliance
rescind a strike vote taken last
wednesday, as a condition to re-
sumption Of negotiations.
Francis M. O'Ha!loran, chairman
of the Alliance Membership Com
mittee, said the school committee
offered only ito arrange series Of
meetings" and did not meet Acting
Mayor Lawrence A. McCarthy's pro-
posal for immediate resumption OF
negotiations.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-04-04
Sleep All Day But
STAY uD All Night

out on his feet, and asked: How
much you give ME for my friend
here?"
Ten dollars" the boy answered
Unexpectedly. He peeled on the
money and the first drunk pocket
ed it and staggered of into the
darkness.
The bootblack then led the sol
dier he had bought" into the
nearest park and stripped him OF
his uniform, shoes, watch and un-
derclothing. He abandoned his
bare purchase to the cold breezes.
He is supposed to have made about
5000 profit on his investment
Col. Norman +. Fiske, Portland,
Ore, here on a brief military visit,
was made military governor OF
Rome when the Allies took that
capital. Before that he served FIVE
years as American military attache
in Rome.
His favorite story concerns two
recruits who were told by weary
sergeant shortly after they reached
the battlefront TO go up and get
German machinegun that was
slowing up the advance.
They disappeared slowly in pain
full belly crawls but quickly return.
ed. Before they could say word
the German machinegun was heard
suffering again.
81 thought ! told you TO get that
machine gun" the sergeant snort.
ed angrily.
The two recruits looked at each
other unhappily.
Sergeant. we couldn't get that
gun for you" one ventured finally.
at was being used"
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-04-04
Fire in the Dark

monty called "spellunkers." His en-
thusiasm for caves had gained him
his nickname. There were many
caves in this vicinity, and be had
not seen them all.
His healthy appetite reminded
him that IL was nearing noon, so
he turned his horse toward home
a sturdy building Of ereosoted logs
at the foot Of the mountain. HIS
hard, chunky body slipped easily on
his horse near the stable. Coming
around 70 the side, he saw a car
in front and heard his wife, kathy,
talking 70 someone on the front
steps. He beamed when he saw that
it was Eleonore Lawrence They
shook hands cordially.
Kathy rose and said that she
would get bread and milk for the
two children, and cheese and sar-
dimes for them; Eleonore must eat
a bite with them for who knew when
there would be another opportunity
Leaving town." asked Eleonore.
How soon did they expect to leaveI
Two weeks or less. "Speilunk
then asked, "And now with you
what's cooking"
IAN interest in caves"
~Is that a fact! What d'you mean
want 10 go in one?" He was sud-
denly radiant what cave do you
plan TO explore?"
"'Tories'."
He shook his head. That wasn't
the best one, by far.
"Have you been in Tories!" she
inquired.
"Long ago. It's called Robbers
Roost, too; for in the fifties, some
fellows hid there before robbing
the Sweetsburg Bank"
What a coincidence, thought Ele-
onore. She asked, whats it like
inside?"
at has three big chambers, II
I remember rightly, flint overlap
ping, no fretting, no carving, no
stalactites-just a dumb ordinary
cave"
Are there bats"
~Uh-huh; but they don't get in
your hair. That's a fallacy." He
spoke again after a minutes con-
sideration. "See here, II you plan
to go soon-I might be able to go
with you"
Eleonore murmured Thanks,
Spellunk," but did not set a time
for the expedition.
] Kathy appeared just then with
luncheon which they enjoyed, sit
ting on the STRIPS and chatting.
Yes, they had heard from Art
and they felt that the message came
from Hawaii. He was engaged 10
Mercedes Lake, the girl with him at
the country club party. And Eben
was coming home frsm camp this
weekend, the first time since the
dance. Eleonore really must
fy now. Grams medicine! She
would call them and have them come
to dinner before they left town.
She had waved goodbye and was
shifting gears. when "Spellunk"
called, "Hi-wait a minute!" She
stopped in a few yards. When he
came up to the window, he said,
Just another little tip on caves
never 90 IN one alone"
She smiled brilliantly. Thanks
a lot. See you soon."
= (To be continuedl
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-04-04

Members Of Amfoge-the Allied
Mission for observing the Greek
elections-wear a blue and white
Awlin on their Greek arm bands.
They themselves call 1t "The Big
Eyed Chicken, but leftwing
Greeks who boycotted the elections
have a less complimentary inter
probation Of the significance Of this
old emblem.
ut stands" they say, "for the
foreign visitors who sleep all day
and stay up all night.
This partisan view OF the Amtoge
personnel isn't widely held, how
ever. Most Greeks have made
them feel welcome and say they
feel that the presence OF Amfoge
observers was a moderating intlu.
ence in the elections
Junior American officers assign.
ed TO Amfoge, many Of them COM
bat veterans. complain about the
financial disparity between them
selves and civilians attached TO the
mission. They say that soldier
personnel get only SIT per day ex-
pense allowance while State De-
partment employees are getting
Sl5--
Many OF these troops tell anus
ing stories of the Italian campaign
and the larcenous habits Of Musso-
lini's onetime faithful followers.
One concerns two inebriated
American soldiers who approached
an Italian boy bootblack late at
night. Accustomed to the native
propensity for black market opera
tions. one soldier jokingly pointed
at his wobbling buddy, who was
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-04-04
West London News

and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Bird
Heath and daughter Florence. VS.
tied Sunday afternoon with Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Raymond, South
Ypsilanu.
Miss Florence Heath. Ann Arbor,
spent the week end with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bird Heath.
Sunday afternoon guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. James Lentz were Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Warner. Ann Arbor,
and Wyman Campbell, Milan.
Sunday guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Julian Hopkins were Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Hurst and son Theodore.
Mrs. Charles Hurst, Miss Ruth
Rogers, Ypsilanti; Sgt. Albert
Hurst. Selfridge Field. Detroit;
Peter Radak. and Harold Borden.
On Friday evening Mrs. Adeline
Miller, Milan, visited at the Hop
kins home.
Larry Painter visited the Raj
eighville School Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Maiers and
family were Sunday dinner guests
Of Mr.. Maier's mother and brother,
Mrs. Cecilia Malers and Sgt. Hell.
nut, VINO has recently received his
honorable discharge.
Sunday dinner guests o. Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Smith were their son
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy
Smith. Dundee.
On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Adams
visited Mr.. Adams father. A. C.
Adams, OF Monclovia. Ohio, who
was taken to Riverside Hospital at
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-04-04

Toledo for an emergency opera.
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwyn Bodley and
family, Bronson, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jones. we're Sunday guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Quackenboss.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Frances
and family spent Sunday with Mrs.
Frances parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Fletcher, Ridgeway.
Raymond Frances visited his sis
ter Mrs. Albert Faust who is seri-
ously III at the Tecumseh Hospital.
Sunday guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Cline were Mr.. and Mrs
Ralph Cline and family, Vernon.
Clifford Scott, Detroit, spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Holley.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-04-04

Mrs. Avery Farmer, from the
other end of the room, tinkled like
a glass bell, Were told TO beware
Of rumors. J think it's terrible for
such things TO get about when peo-
pie may be innocent"
Mrs. Farmer quailed a little be-
fore the general stare, but she went
ahead bravely, mo, don't trust
rumor. Mrs. Rainey's husband
knows Mr.. Jones very well through
the bank, and he says that Jones
has an excellent reputation"
They broke up into a dozen chat
terins groups, each woman eager to
have her say until five o'clock came
and the time Of departure.
Major George TyreIl, World War
veteran, was bicycling to his law Of
Ace in the Hepatong Building. He
eoasted down the long hill TO Main
Street and walked up the next
grade, limping a little. Twenty-Five
years ago shrapnel had torn his
right leg; it still ached in damp
weather, and this morning was
paining rather fercely. At the top
Of the hill, he leaned the wheel
against a tree before Ike Bern
stems newsstand and soft drinks
store. His sad remote eyes looked
relieved as he scanned the head
lines Of the morning paper.
The Major went inside TO pay
Ike, who was at the cigar counter.
"How are things eomingr asked
the old soldier.
Ike's round face Frightened
"Fine-hne! We get out three times
a week to drill"
The Major sighed. 81 wish l could
take a more active part"
Ike patted his middle-aged belt
line. 81 lost fifteen pounds snakin
through the grass 10 throw grenadet
dummies, Of course; and | eraw
a coupla hun'erd feet before th'
'nemy saw me-"
Good work." the Major doomed
opening the door. "I1l see you Wed
nesday night-'Bye!"
"Wait, Just a rninutel" Ike eam'
around the counter to him. "Say
didya hear there was short-wavin
in code goin' on near Hickory"
The Majors expression did no
change. Lots of rumors these days
We check them ALL"
After he had departed, Ike car
ried out bundles of papers and dis
posed them on the rack. "Swell guy
the Majorl And he kHet0 about tina
short-wavin' all right, all right
His poker face told the story"
A hollow elop-elop Of a horse
hoofs on one Of the small bridge
in State Forest Reservation; thei
"Spellunk" Adams, superintendent
dismounted to examine a rottinl
plank in the bridge floor; he re
solved TO bring a board that after
noon and fix it Short of help il
keeping up the FIVE thousand acres
hs made many small repairs him
self.
He would hate to leave all this
but he would soon be off to Buffal
TO become a physical recreation di
rector for a large war plant
Dismally "Spellunk" counted an
other loss. Cave-hunting was hi
hobby, and he belonged TO the Ney
England Sociological Association
the members of which are CON