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Evening star., 1946-08-25
BY the Assoeioied Press

LONG BRANCH, N. j.. Aug. "a
Walter Schwitzer, So of Providence,
r. l., one of the survivors of the
sinking of two coal barges early this
week, left Monmouth Memorial Hos
pital last night en- route to Grafton
Mass, to see the sister he didn't
know he had
Mr.. Schwitzer received a special
delivery letter at the hospital Thurs
day from Mrs. Ethel Wilson, Graf
ton. who had read newspaper ac-
counts of his eight-hour seige in a
life raft off the Jersey Coast.
Il know this is going to be sort of
a shock and yet surprise to learn
1 am your full-blooded sister," she
wrote.
Mrs. Wilson also told Mr.. Schwit-
ger of brother John, now living in
Maine, whom he never had seen.
Mr.. Schwitzer explained that he
was placed in a home of the Rhode
Island Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children with other chill
dren in his family and that he later
was adopted at the age of 4 by a
Rhode Island family, now dead.
When you and John were taken
away, I was not born yet" Mrs. Will
son said. Il located John in Maine
about IS years ago and have never
given up my hopes of finding you, ~
she added
He said he had been seafarer in
termittently for 20 years, but 10
years ago sWore he would never re-
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Cutback in Production
Hurts Incomes Little
BY the Associated Press

The Nation as a whole took the
sharp production cutbacks which
Immediately followed VI day pretty
much in stride, Commerce Depart
.ment economists indicated yester-
day.
On the basis of individual incomes,
l945 reached an all-time high of
Sl52 billion. an increase of more
than SO billion over 1914, the peak
war production year, their report
disclosed. In every region except
the Far West, individual incomes
either matched or slightly exceeded
the 1914 record In the Far West,
where shipbuilding and aircraft
manufacture spanked spectacular
War-period expansion of individual
income, the decline in 1945 was
slight.
The summary effects of war pro-
duction curtailment, rapid military
rehabilitation and other readjust-
ment to peace on the aggregate
flow of individual incomes were, for
the country as a whole, "of rather
minor ORDER the report said. 1t
pointed out that income payments
| in the fourth quarter of 1945 were
actually on slightly higher level
| than in 1914 and were only $4 billion
below the record rate of $1552 bill
/ lions a years reached during the first
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Joint Army, Navy Citation
Awarded 10 District YMCA

A joint Army and Navy citation
has been awarded to the Young
Mems Christian Association, Leon
ard w. DeGast, general secretary
announced yesterday.
The honor, which the "Y" here
shares with other YMCA's through
out the country, was conferred on
the organization in recognition of
its USO activities, he said.
A facsimile of the awaM bearing
the signatures of Secretary of War
Patterson and Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal will be received formally
at the "Y" at presentation cere-
mony to be announced later.
Praising the YMCA for mobilizing
its Nationwide resources, including
the Army and Navy YMCAs, to
serve the spiritual, educational and
welfare needs of the men and
women in the armed forces. the
citation states that the contribution
of the YMCA was of substantial
aid in the successful prosecution
OF the war and in preserving the
basic values OF American democ-
raCV"
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Macarthur Is Ordered
To Probe Silk Handiinq
By the Asscciu.ed Pass

TOKYO, Sunday. Aug. 25.-Gen.
MacArthur's headquarters today
confirmed receipt of instructions
from Secretary Of War Patterson
to investigate complaints made by
Peter Magagna of alleged mishan-
ding of the United States Govern
ment's deal In japanese silk.
Magagna, textile adviser in head
quarters economic and scientific
section, asked Mr.. Patterson in a
radiogram to order an investigation
Of the "scandalous situation"
He charged that gross negligence
by American officials had caused
losses of more than $150,000 900 to
the dollar exchange account at
headquarters and laid mismanage-
ment to officials of the United States
Commercial Co. and the United
States Testing Co.
Commenting on the charge, Brig.
Gen. w. F. Marquat, chief of the
Economic and Scientific Section, said
it represented "a continuation of
Magagna's apparent efforts to mod
ify silk-selling methods in the
United States in which Allied head
quarters has not and does not in
tend to participate.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Veteran, 1O2, First Arrival
For Both GAR Convention
BY the Assoeioied Press

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. PA 1922
year-old former National Com
mander from Ripley, N. Y, was the
first of a handful of members of
the Grand Army of the Republic to
arrive in Indianapolis today for the
both, and possibly last, encampment.
Robert M RoWnd, now National
Chaplain of the GAR, made the
trip by train alone and was first to
register at convention headquarters
Several other soldiers of the 1865
arrived later in the day and con-
vention officials expected between
10 and Is of the 35 living members
to be on hand when the convention
opens.
State and national secretaries of
the GAR have expressed the belief
this may be the last national en-
campment of the organization. If
so, 1t will end where it began. for IN
dianapolis played host to the first
meeting in 1866.
A memorial service at Murat Tenn
pie at 2:30 pm. tomorrow will mark
the opening of the convention
which will continue through Friday
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Rate Of AAF Accidents
During June Reported
Al New Postwar Low

With both the Army and Navy
campaigning for safer flying, Gen
Carl Spaatz, commanding general
Of the Army Air Forces, reported
last night that the June aircraft
accident rate of the AAF in the
United States was the lowest of any
month since the war ended.
At the same time, the Navy re-
leased its air accident figures show
ing approximately the same fatality
rate as the Army previously re-
ported before the sharp June drop.
A comparison of Army and Navy
figures follows:
Navy since VI Day-15.9 deaths
per 100,00 flying hours. Army since
VI Dav-l6 deaths per 100000 fly
ing hours.
Navy Deaths Top Army's.
Navy during the war-2O.6 deaths
per 100000 hours throughout the
world. not including deaths by en-
emy action. Army during the war
-16 deaths per 100000 hours in the
United States.
Navy from 1880 to the war-9.4
deaths per 100000 hours. Army from
1880 to the War-10 deaths per 1OO,-
900 hours.
The Navy. like the Army. blamed
the post-hostilities fatality rate in
part on rapid demobilizat Bu-
reau of Naval Aeronautics officers
msited, however, that the rate is
not abnormal and disclosed that
the service is keeping a close check
on the records of all its flyers to
eliminate "accident-prone" pilots.
Rate Drops Sharply.
Reporting on the June decrease
in fatalities, the AAF Flying Safety
Service reported six persons were
killed in June per 100000 flying
hours as compared with an overall
rate of 16 persons killed for every
100000 flying hours during a 10
month period ending May 81.
The AAF's June accident rate
showed As accidents per 100000
hours. The AAF had 108 ma jor
accidents" in the United States dur
ing June as compared with a war
time peak of 2,045 accidents in
August, 1943. June brought 13 fatal
accidents, decrease of 86 per cent
from June, 1945.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
CTS 1O-Week-O|d Daughter
Flying to u. S. in ATC Plane

children sent home by the Army
on boats.
He is taking the infant home to
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Leh-
man of Chicago.
Susan Jane, who has flown here
from England to board the plane for
the United States, weighed 141a
pounds on a Paris scales. She stood
the trip lot better than her daddy,
said Lehman, who until recently
was stationed in the port command
at Southampton, England.
Susan has an aunt in~ the United
States, TOO. Her mothers sister,
Barbara. married an American and
now is Mrs. Barbara Joern of Rock
ford, Ill.
Lehman, Capt. Campbell and 1t.
HenkoWitch are heading for Fort
Sheridan, Ill. to be mustered out.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Youth Best With RoIIinq Pin,
Personality Picnickers Find
By Thomas G. Buchonon
S'or Stoff Correspondent.

STEPHENSON, Va, Aug. "a
Rolling pins flashed through the air
here this afternoon and young wom-
en- snapped their fingers and
shouted, Darn it, missed again"
1t wasn't exactly the type of thing
you'd expect to see at an outing for
District graduates of the Dale
C'HoW to Win Friends and Influence
People, Carnegie course in leader
ship and personality development.
But the young women were not
throwing the rolling pins at their
husbands. The target was an old
hammock suspended from a tree.
Young men who watched the con-
test learned that the next genera
ton of wives will be able to inf1u-
ence people-if not make friends
by throwing the deadly missiles even
harder and more accurately than
their mothers have learned to do.
The first three contestants were
unmarried girls, the winner being
diminutive. barefooted Peggy Wen
dell, 18. of 2802 Thirty-frst street
Sc, veteran baseball and softball
pitcher, who hurled her rolling pin
"a feet. Not a Dale Carnegie grad
uate, she attended the outing as the
guest of her mother and sister, both
of them completed the course.
Phyllis Lloyd. a slender girl from
Ottawa, Canada, who now lives at
l648 Newton street NV, was sec
ond. and Dolores Arnone, 1922 Orren
street NE. finished third.
Most of the Dale Carnegie grad
yates, who had motored about 30
miles from Washington to attend
the outing at hotel here, preferred
to spend the day outside on the lawn
with their families. where they could
eat their picnic lunches. watch vari-
Gus sports events. and listen to Nc
IlWee's Municipal Band from nearby
Winchester, Va.
Many of them reminisced with
former classmates in the Leadership
Training Institute. Army officers
who had wanted to improve their
chemical warfare lectures, business
men who sought to master the
technique of after dinner speaking,
and housewives who simply wanted
Evening star., 1946-08-25
New York Hotels Drop
Z Bands on Pay Issue
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 24-Twelve
orchestras have been handed dis
missal notices by some of New
York's leading hotels because, the
managements say, they cannot af-
ford to pay the new wage demands
made by the local affiliate of the
American Federation of Musicians.
Some hotel spokesmen predicted
that many hotels soon will be with
out entertainment of any kind, since
most acts depend on music.
A newspaper survey today showed
the following actions by these
hotels:
Waldorf Astoria: Two weeks
notice has been given to Mischa
Borr and his orchestra and Michael
zarin and his orchestra. A third
band is not involved in the union S
demands.
New Yorker: About so persons
have been notified of dismissal. in
Guiding members of Chuck Fosters
band, regular house band, a relief
band, and performers in the New
YOrkerS lce-Skatlng show.
Biltmore: Notice was served We'd
nesday to the rumba band of Ralph
Font and his singer, and Misha
Raginsky's string ensemble.
Barclay: Alexander Chigrinski
and his string ensemble have been
given two weeks notice
Lexington: More than a score of
persons have been given notice. in
Guiding dancers and the members
of two bands.
Bossert: Two orchestras have been
notified of dismissal.
Yesterday, the Hotel Association
OF New York notified the local AIM
union, that they would not recognize
the new demands, which spokes-
man said were for average pay
increases of about SIS per cent,
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Sinking Survivor, so, to Visit
Sister He Didn't Know He Had

turn to the sea and got various jobs
ashore. Then I was broke and
going to sea was the only way I
could get back on my feet, figured" ;"
he related
A member of the crew of the
barge Orleans, Mr.. Schwitzer was
employed by the Walthem Marine
Transport Co of Baltimore at the
time of the wreck. The barges
sank in a storm early Monday.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Former, IA, Wins Divorce
From 16-Yeur-OId Bride
BY the Asxocioted Press


HOUSTON, Mo, Aug 24.-Thomas
w. Sutton, 74year-old farmer, was
granted divorce in Circuit Court
yesterday from 16-year-old Winnie
Holden Sutton, whom he married
last April 2l. The couple separated
May 3.
In his petition, Mr.. Sutton al
legged his young bride carried on
correspondence with other men and
on two occasions left home without
advising him of her whereabouts
Under property settlement she
was permitted to keep 10 acres of
land which he gave her at the time
of their marriage
The girl has been living with her
mother near here.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Former War Prisoner
Killed in Virqiniu Crush
Soec;oI D;sooieh 10 The s,or

Special Dispoteh 10 The Stor
ELKTON. Va, Aug. 24-Melvin
Meadows. %, Elkton veteran, who
was prisoner of war for nine
months in Germany, was killed
when his car overturned after side
swiping another car Friday, about
mile south of here.
Chief OF Police Millard Davis said
three passengers in Mr.. Meadows
car and five persons in the other
car, driven by Jennings Turner, II,
OF Elkton, were uninjured.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
High Ranking Officials
Scheduled 10 Speak
AT VFW Encampment

High-ranking Government Off
cials, military leaders and others
from Washington will take active
parts in the 47th national encamp-
ment of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars which opens next Sunday in
Boston.
Scheduled to speak are Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, Army chief of staff
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz, chief
of naval operations: Gen Carl
Spaatz, Army Air Forces COM
mander: Gen. Omar N. Bradley
veterans administrator; Mai. Gen.
Paul R. Hawley. Veterans Admin
istration medical director: Vice
Admiral William H. P. Blandy, who
commanded the atomic bomb tests
at Blklni; Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Her.
shey, Selective Service head; Mai.
Gen. Butler B. Millonberger, chief
of the National Guard Bureau, and
Maj. Gen. T. B. Larkin, Army quar-
termaster general.
The week-long convention will
bring together 10000 delegates rep
resenting 100000 members and
more than 5000 local posts of VFW.
Others invited to address the
sessions include National Housing
Administrator Wilson w. Wyatt,
Civil Service Commissioner Arthur
S. Flemming, William K. Jackson,
president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce; President
William Green of the American
Federation of Labor, and President
Philip Murray of the CIO.
Francis Cardinal Spellman, Arch
bishop of New York, and prominent
Protestant and Jewish religious
leaders will be present for the open
ing meeting next Sunday at the
Charles River Esplanade. VFW off,
cials announced last night.
Other highlights of the conven-
ton will be a seven-hour parade
September and a commemoration
of the japanese surrender ceremonies
aboard The U. S. S. Missouri Sep
tember 2, The battleship will be
In Boston harbor during the con-
Vention.
Among members of Congress
scheduled to speak at convention
sessions are Senator Tunnel, DEM
ocrat, OF Delaware and Representa-
tive Kearney, Republican, of New
York, who will explain the Veter-
ans Employment and National Eco
nomic Development Act.
Evening star., 1946-08-25

to make themselves better dinner
table companions were among those
present.
Late in the afternoon Mayor
McKeldin of Baltimore, Md, who
graduated from one of the first
Dale Carnegie courses in 1920 and
is now a licensed instructor who
occasionally lectures the Carnegie
students in public speaking, ar
rived to make the principal speech
of the day. Though himself Re
publican, he said he wished to con-
gratulate Virginia Democrats on
the recent denomination of Senator
Byrd.
Just to prove that Dale Carnegie
pupils are capable of quantity as
we'll as quality of vocal output,
Clinton F. Gardiner. So, of 807
North Fillmore street, Arlington,
blasted the audiences eardrums to
win the hog-calling contest with a
blood-curdling yell that would
surely have summoned any errant
porker within miles.
When boy meets girl between the
ages of 4 and II, it isn't love but
a tug of war that results. In a con-
test for the younger Dale Carnegie
enthusiasts, group of girls. IA
vored by a doWnhill pull, out-tugged
the boys in matter of a few
seconds.
Not all the Dale Carnegie grad
uates were interested in outdoor
sports. In ballroom of the hote
two couples spent part of the after
noon gliding across the floor to the
music of juke box.
One of the dance teams consisted
of two boys, who were half
heartedlv trying out some jitterbue
steps. The other, both girls, pre-
tended to be unaware of the boys
presence, although there wasn't
another couple on the floor.
They eyed each other hopefully
now and then, but no one was will
ing to make the first move toward
an introduction.
Possibly the Carnegie course on
winning friends had not included a
lecture on how to influence men,
bers of the opposite sex. The two
couples just kept on dancing.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Fairfax Authorizes
More Lateral Sewers

In order to meet the needs of
new construction in Fairfax, the
Town Council has authorized the
construction of additional lateral
sewer lines, Mayor Robert D. Gra-
ham has announced.
Sealed bids will be opened by the
council at 8 pm. Friday for the
construction of Abs feet of H.
Inch interceptor sewer and 2,545 feet
of 3-inch lateral sewer
Evening star., 1946-08-25
b. The hesocio.ed Press

PARIS. Aug. 24-Little Susan
Jane Lehman, who will be 10 weeks
old tomorrow, left Paris today in
an Air Transport Command plane
for New York with her soldier
father and two medical escorts.
The escorts are a medical officer,
Capt. John L. Campbell of Evans
ton. Ill, and a nurse. 1t, Vera
Henkowitch of Brookfeld. Wis
Susan James mother, the former
Miriam Tomlinson of Manchester,
England, died soon after the child's
birth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Dore of
Manchester took care of the child
while her father, TIA William Leh-
man. arranged for the journey home
by air. Lehman did not want to
wait until Susan Jane was six
months old, the age required for
Evening star., 1946-08-25

quarter notwithstanding a 1922
billion lower volume of war industry
pay rolls
The report was based on income
estimates furnished BY the States.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
EAR MOLDS

R. J. Marchette is ex-'
planning the difference
in the hearing you get
with a poorly made ear
mold compared to the
perfectly fit t e d ear
mold, which is made
here at the Washington
Hearing Aid Clinic.
Properly fitted earmolds
are essential to perfect
hearing. Here trained
consultants assure you
perfect fittings.
Bring in your present
hearing aid if you are
not h a vim G complete
satisfaction in hearing
aid comfort. There is
no charge for this test
ing service.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
CONSULTATION

CONSULTATION
M. H. Stonestreet and
r. J. Marchette check
each chart to assure
that the correct hearing
aid is being used to fit
each loss. Free consul
tation service is avail
able for any of your
hearing a i d problems.
Come in to see if your
present aid is properly
fitted to your particular
loss. There is no charge
for using any of our
testing instruments as
it is part of our public
service.
Several different makes
of hearing aids to try
bone and air conduction
hearing aids, prescrip-
ton fitted to your in
dividual h e arin 6 re-
n11irementS
Evening star., 1946-08-25

Deafness strikes at any
age. M. H. StoneStreet
is shown fitting a child
with a one-piece hear
ing aid. The above is a
frequent scene at the
Washington H e arin G
Aid Clinic. Patient, un-
derstanding hearing aid
specialists are always
ready to help you with
any of your hearing aid
problems.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-05
33I313Y1I3 Northwest Division BILLINGS MONTH

new balcony-for the benefit of the
shopping public, Stuart C. johnson,
manager, has announced.
"The ley balcony, adding 600
square feet of floor space to the
store, has been m~odernized to give
customers the advantages of the
latest display techniques," johnson
said. "New equipment, providing
attractive surroundings for shop
ping, will permit full view of mer-
chandise for examination and COM
parison."
New type headers-large wooden
cut-outs against a lighted back
ground-will enable shoppers to find
the departments they want without
loss of time.
Penney customers will find
ready-to-wear, millinery, cotton shop
and sportswear departments on the
balcony, displayed in new fixtures
designed to save time and speed
service, as we'll as improve appear
ance," Johnson revealed.
First floor departments, which in
Cuuue lingerie, lOSleTy, piece goods,
infants, boys and mems clothing,
also have been equipped with new
fixtures for improved display and
easy accessibility.
The. Penney manager said the de-
cision to improve and expand the
store was in accordance with the
company's postwar plans in this
area. He explained the store long
had needed more room, and "now
will be in an. even better position
to serve people in Laurel and the
surrounding area"
The store, one of 81 in this state,
first opened in 1929.
Johnson joined the Penney COM
pany in 1928 as a salesman at Es-
Mich. He also served as a
salesman at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich,
md Crookston, MINI. In 1914 he
vas named manager of the store at
Drake, N. D., and six moths later
vas transferred as manager to the
tore here.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-05

The development of the j. C.
Penney company, of which the Lau-
rel store is a part, is n of the
sagas of American business. It's
central figure is its founder, James
C. Penney.
The first Penney store opened in
1902 in the frontier town of KEN
merer, Wyo. The town had a pop
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-05

Associates" as they have been
called rather than employees, recog-
nize that they have a direct interest
in the success of the organization,
benefitting in many ways. To them,
the Golden Rule principle is a force
animating all the company's rela-
tions, both within and outside the
organization.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-05

%ulation of 1,000-and Mr.. Penney
$500 capital and an idea. He ex-
pressed his idea in the name he
gave the tiny enterprise: The
Golden Rule store.
Last year, with a sales force of
more than 10000 in all Penney
stores, total sales reached nearly
$3.50, 100000.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-05
M o ''IT
Names . . Places

ERRY-By d. c. Bradley, J, Editor of The Tribune
This town of 1000 population, O. Lewis and Clark trail, was
named for General Alfred Howe Terry, commanding officer of the
Dakota expedition against the Sioux in 1876. Terry is located in
the Yellowstone river valley about five miles below the mouth of
Powder river, and is the center of the Buffalo Rapids irrigation
project, and Of a large livestock and farming industry. The town;
site was established in 1888, and incorporated in 1907. 1t is located
on two transcontinental railway lines the Northern Pacific and
coast-to-coast highway. It's future is assured, with irrigated
areas stabizing the livestock industry, and other trading centers
being more than 30 miles distant.
BIG SANDY-By c. C. Mills, Editor The Mountaineer
Big. Sandy GOO pop is located on the Havre & Butte Sdivs;
ion of the G. N. Ry. TIE town started in 1887, when the railroad
was built. Broadway and Mcnamara, who had a trading post at
Fort McGinnis in Fergus county, opened a warehouse at Big
Sandy in 1883 to store goods to be hauled by freight teams to
Fort McGinnis. This was the origin of the old Judith trail, which
crossed the Missouri near the month of judith river. Soon there
after, a portion of this territory, then Indian reservation, was
opened for settlement. j. C. Mcnamara and Thomas A. MARROW
opened the first store. Big Sandy territory has proved one of
the most prolific wheat areas in Montana, marketing an average
of 100000 bushels a year.
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-05

James Cash Penney was born in
Hamilton, Mo. During his youth he
clerked in a dry good store, and in
1902 opened a similar store in KEN
merer, Wyo., as one of three part
ners. Out of this beginning-one
small store in a western mining
town-grew the present Penney
company with stores in every state
in the Union.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-05
PENNEY.
STORE IS RE0PEN|NG|
New Balcony Gives Additional
600 Square Feet Of Space;
New Fixtures Installed

Formal re-opening of the ]. c..
Penney company store Friday will
disclose extensive r%emodeling and
improvements-including an entire