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to committee investigator. Capt
Wood responded that it was an of
flee error He said the records
gave no indication why it wasn't
forwarded to the committee and he
ADDED that the man who handled
the information has since left the
Navy. He gave the mans name as
Martin Moor
Calls for Full Facts.
The committee, after reprimand- =
ing Capt Wood for Navy an
nCuncement that no outside pres
sure was eXerted for the Garssons
at the Navy. tolo Capt. Wood to
produce the fun investigation" on
which the press release was based
He also was instructed to bring any
+ recordings of telephone converse
tions that had been made by the
Navy in connection with the Cars
son contracts.
Senator Brewster digreSSed mo-
mentarlly to inform his colleagues
he may not be present next week
involving another House member
Representative Coffee, Democrat, OF
Washington.
Senator Brewster explained with
a smile there is political campaign
getting under way in Maine. tC
which he feels he must devote some
time. The Senator is up for re-
lection this year.
Mr. Coffee has asked for an op
portunlty to answer allegations tha
a S2500 check given to his former
secretary in l941 by Eivind Ander
son was for services rendered by tn,
/ Representative Office ain helpins
Mr. Anderson get war contra ct
Mr.. Coffee has denied the charge
asserting that the check was a cam.
/ paign contribution.
/ Diligence Promised.
I Senator Brewster said he did no
! think his absence next week woult
be unfortunate because his ''exu
berance' in bringing the Coffe,
matter to the committees attention
might cause some to question hi
lmpartiality as judge.
Senator Mead said the committe
would pursue the case with its Gus
tomary diligence" despite Senate
| BreWster's absence.
Committee staff members dis
| closed, meanwhile, that Clyde E
Philip, Seattle contractor, forme
Senator Holman. Republican, o
oregon, and Dick Rushlight o
Portland, Greg. will be summoned
| to testify in connection with tn,
/ Coffee inquiry
Mays Condition Unchanged.
/ At Mr.. Mays Roosevelt Hote
apartment today. his daughter, Mrs
Olga Latta, said through the opera.
tor that Mr. Mays condition wa:
unchanged" The operator addec
that Mr.. May is very i'll and can
not be disturbed"
! Efforts of neWSmen to stand vigi
outside Mr.. Mays suite in the
Roosevelt Hotel were discouraged by
the hotel management to the extent
of calling in a policeman.
/ Some reporters and photographers
said the management had refused
to grant them use of the elevator
to reach Mr.. Mays sixth-f1oor room
One girl reporter, who camped out
side Mr. Mays suite, said she hac
walked up.
/ Many of the newsmen had beer
standing vigil all night when Capt
Floyd Truscott of the 18th precinct
received a call from the hotel al
$50 am. He sent Detective Leor
Jack" Frost to investigate and tht
detective said he traced the call tt
Neil Allen, hotel manager.
The detective said he saw nothing
disorderly in the maner the press
was conducting itself. Some news.
men had registered at the hotel tt
keep an eye on No. 631-Mr May:
suite.
Doctor Talks With Reporters.
DR.. Lowden told reporters the Ken
lucky legislator had been sufferini
from a heart ailment and had beer
Evening star., 1946-07-26
| 7 Boys Black Out
| As Cor Hits Tree
| Runs IS Blocks

Two youths were injured last
night when their automobile skidded
so feet, crashed backward into a
tree in the $500 block of Fifth street
NV. then continued Is blocks to
Second and Longfellow streets NV.
Police reported both boys were
found lying unconscious beside the
car
The boys, Jack Richards. Is, of
the 1900 block of Alton place NV.
charged with reckless driving. and
William Nader. Is of the 1900 block
of Seventeenth street NV. we're
treated at Garfield Hospital for
scalp lacerations and released.
The Richards boy told police he
could remember nothing of the ac-
cident after the car had struck the
tree. Pvt F. L. Buckler of the
accident investigation unit said it
was the craziest accident he had
ever seen" When found. the car
had a bent wheel and broken steer
ing gear
Police released both youths in Gus
today of their parents.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Hunqorion War Chief Dies

BUDAPEST. July 2e (P.-Maj
Gen. Jeno Tombor. 66, Hungarian
Minister of War, died Wednesday Of
a heart attack.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
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Let us have faith that right makes
might, and in that faith let us dare
to do our duty as we understand
it-Lincoln.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Doctor Talks With Repor

DR.. Lowden told reporters the Ken
tucky legislator had been suffering
from a heart ailment and had been
Evening star., 1946-10-28

lars in cash. And cash Is what the
people want. John L. Lewis wants
to force you into asking for new bids.
This would mean a delay Of several
months and, In the meantime, Re-
publican Congress may be elected.
That is what Lewis Is counting on
Ia Republican Congress. Then. the
Big Inch and the Little Big Inch
pipe lines, as was attempted at
Muscle Shoals, would never emerge
from Congress for final disposition
until they we're so deteriorated that
no one would want to buy them.
Up to last week you had an Inter-
Agency Advisory Committee consist
ing OF representatives Of the Army,
Navy, Interior, Commerce and the
Federal Power and Interstate Com
merce Commissions. This committee
was told that WAA had policy" /"
but the committee refused to OPP
crate within the restrictive limits OF
this self-limiting policy because that
would mean the loss of millions OF
dollars to the Government.
Any policy" especially If it is
self imposed, which forbids the SELL
ing of a Government asset to any
one other than the highest bidder
Is not policy In the Judgment OF the
American people. 1t is just plain
politics. And the American people
do not like that kind of politics.
Urged to Sell Now.
Apparently the Inter- agency Com
mittee did not like what 1t saw
behind the scenes because 1t would
not follow WAA policy" That
Evening star., 1946-10-28

would mean less money from q
phony oil bid and these pipe lines
cannot be Esed economic ically for oil
because there just isn't enough oil.
So you appointed new committee.
know that, as Administrator Of
WAA, you want to make q good
record and this means getting every
cent possible for our surplus war
property. / know, too, that you will
take it in good part II / advise you
to instruct your committee to scru-
tinize the bids that have been sub
mitted at your request and accept
at once the bid that will mean the
greatest cash return to the Gov
ernment.
# John l.. Lewis gets away with
his Fabian tactics, there won't be
any bids for a long, long time and
then the highest bid will be appre-
ciably below the highest of today.
And John L. Lewis will see to 1t
that he will not be blamed. Some
one else will have to explain.
When Stuart Symington was ap-
pointed to the office that you now
hold he received a letter OF advice
from my old friend, Mr.. Bernard M.
Baruch, who has proved, over and
over again, how true prophet he
is in matters Of high politics and
economics. In that letter, Mr.. Baruch
said, Claude Swanson once said:
When in doubt I do right I said
to the Board (after the World War
y and I repeat to you when in
doubt sell, sell, sell.
This Is still good advice today, Mr..
Administrator.
(Copyriaht. 1g46.)
Evening star., 1946-10-28

your organization is in the direc-
ton Of making these lines end up
as nonsaleable junk.
That is what the power interests
tried to do to Muscle Shoals after
World War I. Lewis strategy is in
the Muscle Shoals pattern and. un-
less you play as skillfully as he,
these pipe lines are going to end In
the garbage heap, along with bill
lions of cubic feet OF natural gas
now fiaring to waste in Texas.
This would mean the loss Of q
lot of money to people in Texas.
hope that Speaker Rayburn and
Senator Connally know what is go
ing on. And Senators Tobey and
Walsh and Brewster, as well as Gov
Tobin and Representative John Nc
Cormack Of Massachusetts,, to say
nothing of Henry Cabot Lodge, jr.
might consider the interest of New
England industries which could use
all OF this cheap and convenient
fuel.
Cash Bids Offered.
Some months ago you asked for
bids on these pipe lines. The people
had the right to assume that they
would be sold to the highest cash
bidder. You got some good bids
running from 80 to 100 million dol
Evening star., 1946-10-28

Since then the expectation o1
founded and it's extent consider
ably greater. There now are to be
found few Democratic politicians
who believe their party will hold
Evening star., 1946-10-28

@. How old must a child be before
a blood test can be made?-L. T. B.
A. A blood test is useless until q
child is at least year old and the
makeup of his blood has set" After
that, a blood test may be taken at
any time during the individuals
life.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

q. How much does it cost the Gov
ernment to collect its taxes?
L. H. D.
A. According to the report of the
Commissioner. of Internal Revenue
for 1945, the cost to the Federal
Government of collecting each 500
in taxes was 33 cents. In 1914 the
cost was 80 cents.
@. What is the first name Of w.
Averell Hartman, the new Secre-
tary of Commerce?-M. L.
A. The first name of w. Averell
Hartman is William.
@. Please state the actual width
and length of the flight decks of the
largest aircraft carriers in our Navy?
il. D. B.
A. The Navy Department says
that the following figures are avail
able on the dimensions of the flight
decks of the two largest aircraft
carriers in the Navy: u. S. S. Mid
day. 932 feet long, 113 feet wide; U.
is. S. Essex, $40 feet long. 113 feet
wide.
@. How old must a child be before
a blood test can be made?-L. T. B.
A. A blood test is useless until a
child Is at least year old and the
makeup of his blood has "set." After
that, a blood test may be taken at
any time during the individuals
life.
@. What is the cost of obtaining a
divorce at Reno, News. K.
A. 1t varies, of course. The cost
Iof a noncontested divorce in Reno
is about $3.50. For contested divorce
or one requiring additional time or
labor, the minimum fee is $3.50. In
addition to the attorneys fees there
are filing fees and living costs for
the minimum six weeks residence
required in Nevada.
@. Who was Americas first heavy
weight champion? Did the fighters
use gloves?-E. M.
A. 1t was not until 1916 that
America produced a heavyweight
champion, namely, Jacob Hyer. The
latter took his title in a grudge fight
with Tom Beasley The victor had
been considered too formidable
person to challenge. Tom Hyer sue
ceeded to his fathers honors. He
defeated John McCloskey in 1841.
Gloves were not used until 1892.
@. Do trees grow at all during the
winter?-H. V.
A. Trees do not grow in winter.
The growth in spring is made largely
from food stored in the bark, stems
and roots during the preceding sea-
son.
@. In the Hopi snake dances are
the rattlesnakes harmless?-T. Y.
A. DR.. Ruth Benedict of Columbia
University says in her book Pat
terms of Culture" it has been re-
peatedly verified that the poison
sacs of the rattlesnakes have been
removed for the dance. Afterward
the snakes are released and their
poison sacS grow again.
@. What can be done to remove
grease stains from Wallpaper
M. E. G.
A. A paste of cornstarch and car
bon tetrachloride will remove most
grease stains from wallpaper. Two
or three applications may be neces-
sary.
@. Why is the letter 81" dotted?
%. N. w.
A. The consonant "j" did not ap-
pear in the Latin and other alpha
bets of western Europe until the
10Th century. 1t had been repre-
sented by the letter 81" In manu-
scripts the letter q" was carried
slightly below the line to indicate
that it was being used as a con-
sonant. This form crept into the
O 1ph q hetc
Evening star., 1946-10-28

proposal to decrease Government
revenues far faster than Govern
ment expenditures. Is it surprising
that this kind of Republican con-
servatism commands neither respect
nor belief?
Perhaps, If and when the Repub-
licans gain power, they will also ac-
quire a sense of responsibility and
not live up to promises such as this.
1t is a little odd to hope that a
party will not keep its promises,
but in this case, clearly, it is the
only thing to do.
Evening star., 1946-10-28

in Washington
recently ] stayed
in a hotel where
a. strike was go
ing on. I enjoyed
the first benefit
Of the strik e
when I was able
to get a room
Immediately and
didn't have to
sit in the lobby
until the potted
palms called me
b y m y fir S t
name. or drop to
my knees and
Evening star., 1946-10-28

AAA0 ASaA6AA
John L. Lewis
doesn't W a n t
any competition
for coal SO he,
with the help of
the coal opera
tors and t h e
railroad b oy s,
are taking your
staff to t hit e
cleaners fas t.
The private util-
tiles are help
ing, too. The
internal and ex-
ternal "politick-
ing" now going
on in and upon
Evening star., 1946-10-28

Oll W lllC aOuSC
while the Re-
publicans are
beginning really
to think they
may gain the
Senate, too. Ger
t a / inly y, usually
reliable polls in
dicate a Repub-
lie an tre n d
much stronger
than appeared
before. 1t would
be remarkable
indeed if this
trend did not
aviet
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Answers to
Questions

reader can get the answer to xLy
question of fact by writing The Evening
star Information Bureau, 318 I street
close 3 cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
McLennore
Finds Hotel Strike
Has Good Points
By Henry McLemore

y II TT y 1V1 e11V '7.O7
NEW YORK.-Hotel strikes are
not to be encouraged, Of course, but
they do have their good points.
I know this because when I was
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Frank r. Kent
The Great Game ofPolitics
COP, Strongly Favored in Election,
Faces Task of Meeting Tax Promise
Frank r. Kent

month conducted by Newsweek Magazine OF
supposedly politically informed Washington correspond
only believed the Democrats would retain control of the
Representatives result of the November elections
others agreed the Republicans would take by
joritieS ranging from to Is.
Republican better
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Cash BIDS Offered.

Facts, Not Fancies-
The "BOOM" Is Over!
J. The Washington hotels doubled the employees 19
This
s. Washington all casstons
for comparable work.
A. paid hotel
poyes anywhere else in the with few exceptions.
s. Employees andw working Washington
any the country.
g. Washington
s16R.
4 60 vens
Yet ....
l. The hotels hourly increases equal the increases
them each o and made other items These
total than 81 100000
year period
profit
Department Cniators
and which the
strike ISSUE
m
AMsa:saDeR s.s.sa, ss4sox s4xI1 ssos11eM sEas11ex
CONTINENTAL NEW COLONIAL wARDMAk PARK
ssYADass ROGER SMITH WILLARD
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Harold l.. Ickes
Man to Man
WAA Administrator Urged to Sell
Inch Pipe Lines Now, and for Cash

ADMINISTRATOR ROBERT M. LITTIEJOHN,
WAR ASSETS ADMINISTRATION:
hope that will not mind If do little "kbitzing about
Big Inch and Little Big Inch pipe lines These may be just
piece people but not to You
daddy of these lines which spent
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13

health for several months, he had
been seriously i'll for three weeks.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted at the residence at 4 p. m.
today. Rev. Carl Townsend of Ra-
leigh will conduct the services as
sited by Rev. Archie Pravett Of
Chadoburn.
Mr.. Yates was a deacon of the
Chadbourn Baptist Church. Inter-
ment will be in Piney Forest ceme-
terry.
Active pallbearers are Herman
Blake, George Blake, Glenn Yates,
Jack Bryan, Algie Sutton, Harris
Bullock, and honorary DR.. Blake,
Doctor Walton, Doctor Bass, j. R..
Blake, Raymond Crawford, John
Yates, James Saunders, J. J. Hen
bren, Frank Wooten, Elem Stron,
Horace Bullock, Joe Thompson, L.
c. Bonkemyre, J.. Boone, and W.
A. Thomas.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Jesse Jarvis Yates; one brother,
j. H. Blake of Chadbourn, and
three sisters, Mrs. Bullock of
Whiteville, Miss Hannah Yates of
Chadbourn, and Miss Caroline
Yates of Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
COLUMBUS NEGRO
TO PAY PENALTY
Roy Kirsey Sentenced To
Die For Murder OF Wife
Last July 4th
Special To The Star

WHITEVILLE, Dec. II. - Roy
Kirksey, Columbus county Negro
was sentenced to die in the state
gas chamber January II when he
was found guilty here Thursday OF
first degree murder in connection
with the killing of his wife, Eloise
Kirksey of Bolton, July 4, 1945.
The jury deliberated As minutes.
Evidence brought out that Kirk
sey shot his wife on the night Of
July 4, 1945 after she had already
received hospital treatments for
axe wounds administered by her
husband. An II year old Negro
girl, who was his stepdaughter,
testified that she had seen Kirk
sey fire the shots which resulted
in the death of her mother, and
identical testimony was made by
Kirksey's brothers wife.
The Negro woman was shot after
she had alighted from a a which
had brought her back from the
hospital where she had received
treatment for the axe wounds sus-
tanned a few hours before. The
testimony disclosed that Kirksey
was waiting for her in the yard
of her mothers home at Bolton.
After the shooting, Kirksey fled
and was not apprehended until
several weeks ago in Savannah,
Ga. At the time of the shooting,
he was a parolee from the State
prison.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
BIG FOUR WINDS
UP CONFERENCES
Continued From Page One

= VIC ~
ter Viacheslav Molotov c~ongratu-
lated the ministers on ending their
long and difficult ia SIX.
Molotov, British Foreign Secre-
tary Ernest Bevin and French Dep
uty Foreign Minister Maurice
Couve de Murville all joined in
thanking Secretary of States James
F. Byrnes and the United States
government for their hospitality.
Byrnes said he was glad agree
ment on the five satellite treaties
finally had been reached in New
York and the United States. He
said that the drafting of the treat
les would be a great help on the
German treaty because the four
allied countries knew each other
better.
He said jokingly tnat if in their
Moscow conference starting March
10 the Big -Four could not reach
agreement in a reasonable time he
would invite them back here.
In the final meeting the Big
= OoA maui PuOlIC OAllCld11y Tie
text of their agreement to call a
conference to work out a regime
for navigation of the Danube with
in six months of the enforcement
OF the Balkan treaties.
The Big Four agreed to instruct
their representatives on the UN
Security council 10 begin at once
considering candidates tor the job
OF governor of Trieste-a job Great
ed by their agreement to establish
a free territory there.
They also signed a protocol in
which each pledges to attempt to
obtain agreement on a governor
quickly so that he can be appointed
simultaneously with the coming in
to force OF the Italian treaty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
a KNOWN KILLED
IN HOME COLLAPSE
Continued From Page One


by the voice of one man still
heard in the shambles. He was be-
lieved to be Joseph Arigo, so, a 265-
pound chef.
Many of the % still missing in
the disaster were children.
The 10th body recovered was
that Of Mrs. Theresa Green, 49,,
wife of Walter Green. A 40-year-old
bartender, whose body had been
removed a few minutes earlier.
Firemen digging in the debris said
they believed they had sighted an
other body.
Before the recovery Of the bodies
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Green, Police
Commissioner Arthur w. Wallander
had said that eight were known
dead, % in hospitals, "a missing
and "a evacuated.
Ninety-five persons lived in the
tenement, which was sliced in two
as if by a giant Axe when a two
foot thick ice plant wall toppled
against it after a five-alarm fire in
the plant.
Huge floodlights were brought to
illuminate the scene for an all
night rescue operation.
LAS the rescuers are working
they hear groans indicating possibly
that some victims buried in the
debris may be still alive" Wallan-
der said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
Today And Tomorrow

Instead of being able to veto a
European settlement, Mr. Molotov
could only veto Soviet participa-
ton in the huge benefits Of a
European settlement.
But such an American policy
would require something which
Mr.. Byrnes has never yet had-a
conception of Europe, not as an
arena of conflict between tn e
Soviet Union and America, but as
an ancient, deeply founded politi-
cal system which must be reor-
gained, restored, r d and
treated with great Difference and
affection i a good peace is to be
made. Mr.. Byrnes will have to
draw around h i N advisers VINO
wish to reconstruct Germany in
side such a European system. He
will have to cease to rely exclu-
sively on advisers who are hypno-
tized and fascinated by the serious
but perennial conflicts of power
around The periphery OF the Soviet
Union and the British Empire.
If he must 60 to Moscow him
self. which in the circumstances is
almost certainly unwise, he should
prepare for the meeting by enlarg-
ing and civersifying his W staff
into it advisers and ne
gotiators who have not spent so
much Of their time for nearly two
years on Eastern Europe and the
Middle East that they have had
little time to think about Western
Europe and about Europe as a
1916, New York Tribune Inc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-13
EMERGENCY GRANT
EXPECTED SOON
Engineer Official Confers
With District Head
In Atlanta

Early results of attempts by the
Wilmington office, Army Engi-
neers, to obtain sufficient funds fo-
emergency maintenance on the
Cape Fear river, the Morehead city
harbor and the inland waterway
are expected following a confer
ence in Atlanta this week between
T. J. Hewitt, civilian chief of the
local engineers office and Col.
George w. Gillette, division head.
OF the $3.50, 600 needed for pro
jects in this area, it is felt by the
Wilmington office officials that only
$3.50, 900 will be made available,
but an engineer spokesman pointed
out that if the latter amount is
received, then efforts to make the
streams navigable will be made
even though dredging operations
will be reduced to a minimum.
Officials expressed the hope that
the money recommended for this
district will become available fo-
expenditure sometime in January
and said 1t Is quite certain that
this ALLEGATION will have to suffice
until more money for rivers and
harbors is appropriated by Con-
gress. The next fiscal year does
not begin until July, 1947 and it
is felt that if enough money can
be obtained to keep the local Of
flee in operation until that time,
then sufficient funds to carry on
the schedule as mapped for next
year will be forthcoming.
The funds in question, which
must come from the chief of Army
Engineers, is held in reserve by
that official for strictly emergency
work only. Since the local work
is considered in this category it
is felt likely that the go-ahead sig
nal will be given.