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Evening star., 1946-08-02
Bonk Stock Oversubscribed

Stock in the proposed First Ma
tional Bank of Bethesda has been
oversubscribed. William l.. Lebling
chairman Of the Organizing Com.
mittee, announced today. Subscrip-
tions will continue to be taken. how
ever, and the controller of the cur
rency will be asked to increase the
amount Of capital stock in proper
tion to the amount sold.
Evening star., 1946-08-02
Maryland to Investigate
Unemployment Claims
ey the Hssoc;o;ed Pres.

BALTIMORE. Aug. 2-Walter
Owen, State employment commits
sioner, yesterday said he has au-
thorized the Maryland Unemploy-
ment Compensation Board to hire
three fu1l-time investigators to
check the employment status of all
applicants for weekly compensation
1t also was said that two field
examiners are investigating claim
ants, one in Southern Maryland and
the other in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1946-08-02
Rev. ia. HauberQui
Episcopal Rectorship
To Teach in Florida

The Rev. Joseph A. Hauber, fol-
the last eight years rector of AS
cension Episcopal Church Of Silver
Spring. last night submitted his res
ignation to the vestry of the church
and it was accepted effective October
l. The vestry agreed to permit Mr.
Hauber to leave his post any time
after September Is to assume his
duties as professor of economics
German and history of religion al
Jacksonville College, Florida.
Members of the vestry passed 8
resolution of thanks and commenda.
ton to Mr.. Hauber, who has beer
contemplating change for severa
months. In his eight years as pastor
the congregation took over from the
Episcopal Diocese of Washington the
responsibility of paying the mort.
gage against the church building
erected in 1880. Prior to that time
| the congregation was a mission
group that worshipped in frame
building that after 1880 was useC
Il and is still used as parish hall
The church became an independent
parish in 1888 but was able to meet
only the interest upon the new
church mortgage for several years
Under Mr.. Hauber's tenure the
church strengthened It's member
ship and began making systematic
reductions in the principal.
Indebtedness Total Is $1,000.
The original cost of the new
church building was about 100000
including six lots on Sligo and Sill
yer Spring avenues near Carroll
lane. The vestry estimated the plant
as now worth approximately $135,-
900 with total outstanding indebt-
edness of only $4,000.
Tentative plans for some time
have been under consideration for
new building for Sunday school
and parish hall activities, but nc
time has been set for construction
and no building plans have been
adopted
The vestry has seen fit to make
a number Of preliminary studies,
William Lonsway, senior warden OF
the church, said last night. Our
members have subscribed a number
of War Bonds toward the construc-
ton and this fund is being held
in trust and will increase.
Wrote Music for Choir.
'The vestry is particularly CRATE
| full to Mr. Hauber for his services
in regard to the church choir, which
he directed in addition to his duties
as rector He was able to compose
choral and organ arrangements
which enriched our services"
Mr.. Hauber holds advanced de-
grees in music and education, hav-
ing studied music composition and
theory at European universities. He
said last night that if his health
and time permits he will continue
music composition in connection
with his school work in Florida.
| Mr.. Hauber was recently elected
president of the Silver Spring Rotary
Club. He is member of the Wash
ington Optimist Club and the Sill
yer Spring Masonic Lodge. Mr.
and Mrs. Hauber and their daughter
reside in their own home at 404
| Dale drive.
Evening star., 1946-08-02
Divorce Suit Filed

ROCKVILLE, Md, Aug. 2 (Spe-
ciaD Kenneth Thomas Sullivan
106 Kenwood avenue, Chevy Chase
Md, is named defendant in suit
for a limited divorce filed in the
Circuit Court here by Mrs. Carrie
Miller Sullivan. According to the
petition, they were married in
Washington May 7, 1881, and have
three children.
Evening star., 1946-08-02


date out a field of four.
when that man said the reason
he was going to vote for Mr.. Smith
was because he (Smith) had done
him favor, I said, Well you GER
tainly owe him vote"
Unafraid of Work.
Mr.. Hurst makes no bones about
the fact that he is "laboring man
and says it was the interests Of
labor that got him interested in
running for Office. Obviously un-
afraid of hard work, he hardly
paused In his efforts to replace q
rear axle shaft on a truck during
the interview in front of his basket
business at I'll Ninth street S.W.
The Alexandrian, with the pos
sible exception of Mrs. Elizabeth
Chiffon Murray, Fairfax, another
candidate, probably has travelled the
9Th District during the current cam
paign more than any other contest
ant for the House nomination. Since
he declared his intention to run last
fall he has placed more placards
along the roadside than any of the
others.
"Mr. Smith had a few up" he
said, "but they were just leftovers
from some earlier campaign. Every
forks of the road in the district has
my picture placard-or has had"
15-Point Platform.
A 15-point platform is offered BY
the candidate:
A fair standard wage for teach
ers lower taxes; abolition of Gov.
ernment red tape: new bridge.
across the Potomac to relieve trans
portation bottlenecks; we'll
equipped farmers market in South
west Washington for distribution
of Virginia produce; a standard liv
ing wage for all working men; job
for all; "fair and equal justice t,
all; settlement of strikes by peace
| full arbitration; abolition OF OPA
removal of Government control O
private business as quickly as pos
sible; correction of "glaring mis-
takes made during the past Il
years; abolition of useless commit
tees and commissions; reduction O
income tax for salaries less thai
$4,000 annually, and more direc
government by the people through
elected representatives.
Mr.. Hurst is counting on the labo
vote to put him over the top to vic
tory. Although another opponen
in the primary campaign, James c
Tate, claims the Endorsement of tn
Alexandria Central Labor Union
Mr.. Hurst has the Endorsement O
the Washington local OF the Car
penters and Joiners Union and sal,
the Endorsement of Mr.. Tate wa
expressed about a month before h
CHurst declared his intention t.
run.
He is confident that he will com
out on top in the contest and say
Mr.. Smith will run second and MR.
Murray will trail last in the four
way race.
Sums Up Tate Vote.
He expects to get lot of anti
Smith votes. AS for Mr.. Tate,
former Army Air Forces major an
the only veteran in the race, MI
Hurst said.
II think we'll get out sizeabl
veterans vote. Mr.. Tate will ge
the support of the captains an
the colonies but I'll get the supper
of the privates, and there were
lot more of them"
AS for Mrs. Murray, he acknowl
edges she will have natural ap
peal to some suffragettes, but sh
will trail last, he believes, becaus
Virginia, being a Southern State
will not elect woman to that OF
fee"
"Of course" he emphasized,
think it Is right, that a womal
should vote but I think her prope
L. H..
Evening star., 1946-08-02
Court Collects $8,718

Collections in the Alexandria Civil
and Police Court for July totaled
|$8,71862, according to the monthly
report submitted to Judge James
Reece Duncan by Douglas w. STAN
ton, jr., clerk and bailiff.
Evening star., 1946-08-02

That is t h e
nut = shell sum-
mary of h O W
Frank M. Hurst,
self S t VI e d
p / a in. hard
working candi-
date for the
D e m ocr a t j c
nomination to
the use in
Tuesdays Vir-
ginia primary,
feels about his
own chances of
unseating tn e
incumbent and
Evening star., 1946-08-02

L a S I n l g n t
charged that his
opponent, Sena-
tor Byrd, has a
reactionary atti-
tude toward gov
ernment and is
representing the
will of a bunch
of county and
city office hold
ers. rather than
the will of the
people of Vir-
ginia."
At about the
Evening star., 1946-08-02
Hutchinson Saws
Byrd Serves
Clique in Office
Candidate for Senote
Charges Democracy
Is Dying in State

Martin A. Hutchinson, Richmond
attorney, who is seeking the Demo-
cratic nomination for United States
Senator in the primary August 6,
Evening star., 1946-08-02
Hurst Tells Of Drive
Ito Unseat Smith
lin 9Th District
By Alex R. Preston

1--WE covered the 9th district like
a fog in the morning and only one
man told me he was going to vote
for Representative Smith,"
Evening star., 1946-08-02

VETERANS veterans yesterday registered
throughout the State for the fall colleges
ties although the rosters of most institutions already filled
and overowng. Shown at the Washngon-Lee High
in Arlington, is (seated, rght) W. W. Rich,
structon who is helping Arthur L. Dorsey jr 2 1911 North
Cleveland street Arlington, Navy while Robert
Hebbard 90 440S Fourth road north Arlington
The former chose the University Virginia
wishes to attend the University
Evening star., 1946-08-02

INTERNEE CITED-Miss Caharne Nau Cross worker in
the Philippines nerned by the Japanese Santo Tomas and
Los Banos from May 1912 until February 945 receives the
Presidential Citation for the Bronze Star from Maj Gen. Nor
Kirk Army general Miss Nau of sos Cameron
street Alexandria, cited yesterday for of wounded
assistance to orphans and aiding morale
Evening star., 1946-10-06

property he had bought on certidca-
ton for use IN his own small busi-
ness.
There also are complaints that
relatives Of veterans obtained scarce
goods through the veterans priority.
The files mention a prominent con-
tractor" VINO financed his son to
purchase q crane costing l0000,
and q surplus paper sale In which
bids were submitted by three vet
erans found to have been financed
by family members who were in the
paper business.
WAA also investigated arrange
ment in which a veteran was fin-
anced In buying q surplus truck
but fell behind in his payments
The other person then repossessed
the truck after charging total Of
$252 interest on an advance OF only
$3.50. Thereafter, the speculator
was alleged to have sold the truck
for $4,000 more than the, price at
which 1t was sold to the veteran.
Testifying several weeks ago be-
fore the House Surplus Property
Committee, Mr.. Carroll referred to
q textile goods sale in which some
bidders, including veterans, were
found to have been ineligible to buy
because they were not In the textile
business. He brought the investiga-
ton up to date last night by dis
closing that 81 Of the 50 veterans
who applied for quantities Of wash
able apparel were ineligible for such
purchases, and SGT Of the 783 nom
veteran applications were likewise
disqualified. Mr.. Carroll said he
has fieid q report with the House
Committee and also with the Senate
War Investigating Committee.
Evening star., 1946-10-06
D. {. Lawyers 10 Aid
GIobaI Bar Group

Several Washington attorneys will
participate In the international as
semblage Of lawyers from several
countries Tuesday and Wednesday
in New York City for the purpose
Of forming an international Bar
Association.
Robert N. Anderson Of the Jus
tice Department is chairman Of .
special committee Of the american
Bar Association for organizing the
new group. He will preside at the
opening session Tuesday morning.
Representatives Of 50 national bar
associations throughout the world
have been invited by the American
Bar Association to participate.
Purposes Of the new international
association, Mr.. Anderson an
nounced, will be ito. advance the
science of Jurisprudence In all its
phases, and particularly in the area
of comparative law; to promote uni
formity of legislation In appropri-
ate fields of law: to contribute to
the establishment of law and the
administration Of justice under law
among the nations Of the world; to
promote, in their legal aspects, the
principles and aims of the United
Nations; to establish and to main
tain friendly relations among the
lawyers Of the world"
Washingtonians, besides Mr.. An
derson, who plan to attend the
meeting, include: Henry r. Butler,
Joseph E. Davies, George M. Morris,
william Roy Valance and Edgar
burlington, who is chairman Of the
section on international and COM
parative law Of the American Bar
Association.
Evening star., 1946-10-06
Difficulties Of Schools
In Getting SurpIuses
lobe Barred al Hearinq

Two Maryland school officials
will testify before the House Sur
plus Property Committee this week
when it opens an inquiry into difi-
culties encountered by educational
institutions in obtaining surplus wal
materials.
Scheduled to testify Tuesday OF
Wednesday are DR.. Thomas G. Pull
len, jr., State superintendent OF
schools for Maryland, who will ap-
pear as president of the Council
of Chief State School Oficers: and
John w. Lewis, assistant superin-
tendent of schools of Baltimore, who
will speak for the Association OF
School Business Ofncials.
Another witness will be Francis j.
Brown Of the American Council Of
Education.
These groups were among 81 Or
ganizations who Joined hands in the
surplus property work and estab-
ished an action committee.
A spokesman for the House COM
mittee yesterday announced plans
for hearings to be held In Brooklyn,
N. Y, beginning October 81. They
are to be conducted by Representa-
tive Rooney, Democrat, of New York
and will deal with complaints of
veterans and other priority claim
ants for surplus property.
Robert M. Littlejohn, War Assets
administrator, and some of his top
aides are expected to, be recalled to
the stand before the committee
winds up its inquiry some time in
December, to testify about changes
In the surplus program since Mr..
&ttleiohn took ONCE July az.
Evening star., 1946-10-06

tanned. A man recently arrested ir
Cleveland for giving bribe made
previous overtures In three othel
regional ofnces, Mr.. Carroll said
and in two other cases, still under
investigation, the same persons ap.
parently attempted to bribe WAA
employees in as many as five re.
gional Offices.
In cases of veterans priorities
MIR. Carroll pointed out, the GRIM
inal aspects boil down to conspiracy
usually with an unscrupulous busi-
nessman as key figure, and to mis-.
representation In which the indi-
vidual veteran sells good elsewhere
after claiming to buy it for personal
use or for his small business. The
most common scheme is to have a
veteran act as a 'front.'" as was
repeatedly done In the previously
published aluminium purchases In
six Southwestern States.
Mr.. Carroll said a California
automobile dealer and three en-
ployes await trial on charges OF
using seven veterans to obtain 80
surplus trucks which the dealer
allegedly sold for $6.262. Most OF
the veterans were reported to have
received about $50 apiece.
Other instances culled from Mr..
CAROLS files included: +
At a surplus automotive equip
ment sale In Brownwood, Texas,
last June, n Of the 334 vehicles
were purchased by veterans ap-
parently acting as "fronts" for deal
ers and others to whom they imme-
diately transferred their purchases.
At another Texas sale WAA In
vestigated 40 instances Of veterans
who repeatedly offered to sell their
certificates in advance Of the sale.
virginia Dealer Wanted Trucks.
In nearby Virginia last summer
a dealer repeatedly requested vet
erans to help him obtain 1000 SUR
plus trucks. -
There have been numerous in
stances" in which dealers, specu-
lators and others advertised for vet
erans' Assistance" in obtaining sur
plus property.
A used-car dealer in the South
west boasted that his 1945 profits
exceeded 500, 200 from surplus auto
motive sales. A town constable,
who also was used car dealer, was
described as having had two vet
Grams purchase three trucks for him
under their veterans priority.
Mr.. CarrolPs records also contain
numerous cases" of veterans who
while not acting as fronts" never
theless Immediately resold surplus
Evening star., 1946-10-06

tsrins It's demonstrations. reported
a normal Saturday shooting sched-
lle. Most Of the workers entered
the gates In heavily guarded buses
amid the boos and shouts, but no
attempt was made to stop them.
Among those flying to Chicago,
scene OF the national AFL conyen-
ton, are Gene Kelly, Robert Taylor,
Edward Arnold and Alexis Smith.
Some are en- route by train, inciud-
ing Ronald Regan, Jane Wyman,
Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, June
Allyson, Robert Montgomery and
George Murphy.
All represent the Screen Actors
Guild, which by a voice vote last
week decided not to respect the
picket lines and determined to send
the delegation to Chicago.
Evening star., 1946-10-06
War Assets
Continued From First Page.)

the county. Mr.. Carroll added that
"the irony of the case Is that the
automobiles were purchased for
$1,000 under the county's priority
and then resold by the dealer to
the same county for $1,000 apiece"
Although Mr.. Carroll regards ac-
tual or attempted bribery as the
most heinous" offense in the sur
plus property disposal picture, he
reported that abuses of veterans
priorities are the most numerous
and troublesome.
He did not mention the current
status Of department store opera
tions which, he indicated, con-
sisted mainly of trying to use vet
erans as fronts" In obtaining hard
to-get goods. But he asserted that
two nationally known stores sys-
tematically sent buyers to tell vet
Grams what kind of scarce sur
plus" the stores want.
Veterans Help Solicited.
He contended that several" big
stores had full-time employees tour
ing the country contracting veterans
and veterans organizations in an
attempt to secure property of type
in short supply which neccesitates
the use of veterans priority to
obtain"
A Southern store repeatedly ad-
vanced $25.000 to a veteran for that
purpose, Mr.. Carroll recalled. Learn
ing of this. WAA froze the sale. The
store has been unable to recover
the advance or a $1,000 commission
it paid the veteran, Mr.. Carroll said.
Most complaints which have come
to his division since its establish
ment last March IS, he explained,
have proved to be unfounded or the
result of misunderstanding Of law
and regulations.
He said he is more interested In
keeping the property disposal pro-
gram clean" by preventive and corr
rective action than by ~piling up
statistics on court convictions" His
office handles q steadily rising stream
of cases and hopes within the next
two months to double its staff Of
1856 special agents, many Of whom
are former FBI. Treasury or other
investigation service employees. The
division has closed 2,168 of the 3,578
cases it has received. During Au-
gust it listed $50 new ones, as COM
pared with TAT in July, 720 in June,
CAT in May and sos in April.
In addition, the staff is making
character and background investf-
cations of $1,000 WAA employees in
key positions.
Besides cases studied for possible
criminality, the record includes
hundreds of administrative non
compliance matters. These have
brought about the discharge, de-
motion or suspension of well over
100 WAA employees or consultants,
Mr.. Carroll said.
Bribing Made Difficult.
MANY bribes have undoubtedly
been offered WAA employees which
were fatty refused" he commented,
'but the employees never reported
the attempted bribes. New regula-
tions hold that any employe who
fails to report such an attempt is
subject to severe disciplinary ac-
ton for dereliction of duty"
He remarked that tightening of
sales and certification methods have
made it harder for a bribe recipient
to produce the goods" for the
briber. Yet, would-be bribers are
tbrazen and persistent, he main
Evening star., 1946-10-06
Movie pickefs Parade
las Stars Plan ALL Plea.
BY The Assoeioisd rrsss

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 5. - Mass
picket lines, peaceful but highly
vociferous, paraded before the gates
OF Republic Studios today while q
group of top-salaried film stars pre-
pared to fly 70 Chicago tonight to
demand that the AFL National
Executive Committee put an end to
the union jurisdictional fight which
has beset the movie industry for 10
days.
Republic, where the Conference
.of Studio Unions Is currently CEN
Evening star., 1946-10-06
| orphonuee Gets Beef
For Returning Lost Doc
By the Assoeioisd Press

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Oct. 5.-Chil-
dren Of the Catholic orphanage had
their reward today for returning
q lost cocker spaniel dog-even
though the friendly animal would
Evening star., 1946-10-06

have been . welcome pet st their
home.
Today the owners, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Elders, delivered $50 pounds
OF dressed beef to the orphanage.
Evening star., 1946-06-02
Cfahler Exoneraied
In Seizure Charges
By the k,soeio.ed Press

= HARTFORD, Conn, June IA
War Department statement made
public here today exonerated Brig
Gen. Kenneth F. Cramer of any i'm
propriety in connection with the
confiscation of material from a
Roman Catholic mission in Japan
last December.
The confiscation by Military Po-
lice under Gen. Cramer's command
was part of program ito eliminate
black market activities" the War
Department said.
The statement followed an inves-
tigation requested by Gen. Cramer,
a Wethersfield resident who COM
manded the oath Infantry Division,
after the Rev. Edmund P. Kielty, a
division chaplain, had criticized him
in letters to newspapers. Father
Kielty charged that officials of the
Spanish Dominican Mission at Mat
suyama, Shikoku, had been mis-
treated, and that nuns had been
verbally abused. That charge was
not sustained" said the War Depart
ment in the statement issued by Mai.
Gen. Edward F. Witsell, the adjutant
general, at the direction of Secretary
of War Patterson.
Before Gen. Cramer had asked for
an investigation, a similar request
was made to the War Department
by Representative Geelan, Democrat
of Connecticut.
Evening star., 1946-06-02
cosmic Rays From Equator
To Delaware Studied

Cosmic-ray studies between VIII
mington, Del, and the magnetic
equator, which is about 20 degrees
south of the geographic equator.
will be conducted this week from a
flying laboratory" in a B-29, ac-
cording to DR.. Gilbert Grosvenor
president of the National Geo.
graphic Society.
The tests will supplement observa-
tions completed last week between
Wilmington and the 50th latitude
nal parallel, which crosses Canada
The number of cosmic rays in the
atmosphere were recorded at four
attitudes ranging from 5000 to 35,-
600 feet, DR.. Grosvenor said.
The research is sponsored Jointly
by the Geographic Society, the Army
Air Forces and the Bartol Founda-
ton of the Franklin Institute,
Philadelphia. 1t is a continuation
of studies begun in 1885, when the
society and the AAF sent aloft the
worlds largest balloon to a record
height of 1885 feet and for the
first time recorded cosmic-ray ac-
tivity above $4,000 feet.
Evening star., 1946-06-02
Beverly Smith Is Named
MAGAZINES D. T.. Editor

Beverly Smith. for Is years an
associate editor of American Maya
zine. will become Washington editor
Of the Saturday Evening Post on
June 10. Ben Hibbs. editor, an
nounced in Philadelphia yesterday.
Mr.. Smith succeeds Forrest Davis
who resigned in April to write a
book. The new Washington editor
attended Johns Hopkins University
Harvard Law School and the School
of Jurisprudence at oxford Uni
versity under a Rhodes scholar
ship. A native Of Baltimore, he was
a reporter for the Baltimore Sun
and the New York Herald Tribune
before joining the American Maya
zine. OF the more than 200 articles
Mr.. Smith wrote for the magazine
so dealt with Washington subjects
Assisting Mr.. Smith viii be Hugh
Morrow, whose residence is 505A
Benning road Sc. Mr.. Morrow un-
til recently was with the Washing
ton bureau Of the Philadelphia m
Ollirer
Evening star., 1946-06-02

AAS SSSsNSbo
occurred at about $40 pm. and the
plane was completely demolished.
Which of the two was plotting the
craft could not be Immediately de-
termined. The Civil Aeronautics
Authority is investigating.
J. w. Vest, G. e. o. section FORE
man at Alton, said the plane circled
the Alton community twice before
crashing into the mountainside.
The bodies were brought to, 4
Waynesboro funeral establishment
pending funeral arrangements by
Col. William c. Louisell, comman-
dant at the academy,
A native of Lima, Ohio, young
Colby came to Alexandria two years
ago with his parents. His father is
air liaison officer to the Engineer
Board at Fort Belvoir.
The youth entered Staunton
shortly afterwards and obtained his
students pilot license at a flying
field near the academy. His sister,
Miss Carolin Colby, said he began
taking flying lessons last fall. She
said he was active in sports at the
military academy.