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Evening star., 1946-04-13
AAtb0r to Sbeak

The fine arts department of the
Woman's Club of Arlington will
meet at pm. Monday in the home
Iof Mrs. Walter Wolf, 1918 South
Ninth street, Arlington, with its
new chairman, Mrs. Leonie M. Gil
bert, past president Of the club.
Mrs. Rowena Sawyer Barth,
authoress and lecturer, is a new
member of the club. Her book, "The
Fiery Angel" a story of Florence
Nightingale, has recently been
published.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
1t. Baird Weds
Ne1V Jersey Girl

Miss Florence Ehnor Beckett of
Haddon Heights, N. j., and 1t Will
liam Ellison Baird, U. S. c. G.. of
washington, were married April 6
IN the First Methodist Church. Had
oon Heights, by the Rev. Frank
Batenlan Stanger.
The bride, given in marriage bv
her father, Mr.. Albert r. Beckett
was goWned in pale blue brocade and
carried a nosegay of lilies of the
valley and sweet peas. Her only
attendant was her sister-in-laW.
Mrs. Donald D. Beckett of Barring
ton, N. j., who wore peach taffeta
and carried spray of spring flowers
1t. Alvin Jordan, U. S. c. G., of
washington, was best man and the
ushers were 1t. James Van Etten.
U. S. c. c., of Washington and
1t. .. g. John Mahoney, U. S. N
OF Gloversville, N. Y.
After reception at home the
couple left for trip in the Great
Smoky Mountains, Tenn. They will
make their home in Washington
where the bridegroom is Stationed
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Patterson Orders CIosinu
OF IS Army Hospitals

Secretary of War Patterson today
listed - general and two conval-
escent hospitals for closing on June
80 and one general hospital on April
30 because of the decrease in the
Army's patient load and ''to make
the fullest possible use of the dimin-
ishing staff of doctors, nurses and
enlisted specialists throughout the
service"
From a maximum patient load OF
$4,000 in August, 1945, the numbe,
had declined to 129, 900 on March /
Surg. Gen. Norman T. Kirk reported
"The Army is faced with the ne
cessity Of cutting down its hospital
program" Mr.. Patterson said today
There is no alternative"
The need, he said, is based on the
smaller number of patients to be
cared for and also from the view.
point of releasing to civilian life
many OF the military personnel en-
ployed in Army hospitals.
Gen. Kirk said a survey showed
that the remaining 20 general hos
pitals will "house comfortably' all
general hospital patients after the
other IL are closed.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Nurse Shortage as Serious
As in War, Says Rutland

District Health Officer George c.
Rutland yesterday told the Health
Departments Lay Advisory Com
mittee on Public Health Nursing
that the shortage of nurses in the
District is as serious now as at any
time during the war.
The Bureau of Public Health
Nursing, he said, has an authorized
staff of 167 nurses, which accord
ing to accepted standards, is much
less than half the number required"
He added there are now A vacancies
in this staff.
DR.. Ruhland praised the work of
public health nurses during the
war.
Public health nurses" he said,
have not been given the recognition
they deserve for their devotion to
duty under great odds during war
time. They have been a stronghold
in the promotion of home front
health in the face of serious per-
sonnel shortages in the public
health agencies as well as in medi-
cal institutions"
DR.. Rutland addressed the an
nual meeting of the committee in
the home of Mrs. Harlan Fiske
Stone, chairman.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
engagements

The engagement of Miss shir,ev
Belkov to Mr.. Edgar A. Lipman ~
Norfolk is announced by her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Belkoy of
Washington. -
Miss Belkov was active as a Red
Cross nurses aide during the war
serving in Sibley and George Wash
ngton Hospitals. Her prospective
husband, son of Mr.. and Mrs. joseph
Llpman, recently returned from duty
in the Pacific area, where he served
with the 18th Air Force. Before en-
terlng the Army he attended V.P.II
maJorlng in architecture.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Hicks of
Council Hill, Okla, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Winifred Hicks, to 1t. Comdr. DON
aid H, Butler, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John w. Butler of Claude, Tex. The
informal wedding will take place on
April II at Foundry Methodist
Church, the Rev. Frederick B. Harris
officiating.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Honors for Hedges

Mr.. and Mrs. Dayton Hedges of
Havana, Cuba. will be honor guests
at tea to be given by the Ameri-
can Newspaper Women's Club at
5 pm. Monday at the clubhouse,
1904 Twentieth street NV.
Mr.. Hedges, who will come from
New York, will tell of Cuba today.
A textile manufacturer of the island
republic, Mr.. Hedges has been a
resident of Cuba for the past 27
years,
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Paintings by Lois Jones
Exhibit to Open Today

Paintings by Miss Lois M. Jones,
Howard University, professor of de-
sign, recently named one of the 10
women of the year" in devotion to
public good by the National Council
of Negro Women, will be exhibited
beginning today and running
through May at the Barnett Alden
Gallery.
Miss Jones' work has been ex-
hibited in Europe and the United
States. She is represented in per-
manent collections at the Philips
Memorial, Howard University and
Barnett Alden Galleries here and
at the Palais National, Haiti.
The Barnett Alden Gallery is open
free to the public from to 10 pm.
weekdays and to 5 pm. SUNDAYS.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Fraternity Election

Elections Of officers will be held
at a meeting of the WASHINGTON
Alumnae Chapter of Zeta Tau
Alpha at 8 pm. Tuesday in the
home of Mrs. Paul Loehler, 1850
Somerset place NV.
Delegates will also be selected to
represent the chapter at the ma
tlonal convention, which will be held
at Lake Wawasee, Ind, June 2o-25.
Assisting as co-hostesses with Mrs.
Loehler will be: Mrs. Paul Briggs,
Mrs. Irving Dow and Miss Dorothy
Rock.
All members of the sorority living
in the Washington area, are invited
to attend. For further information.
or for transportation, Zetas may
call Mrs. Pauline Neal, president, at
Emerson 1885.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
World Rice Shortage
Put at 1900, 900 Tons
By the kssocioted Press

SINGAPORE, April ia world
rice shortage of 100000 tons was
reported today in a statistical re-
lease from the Office of Lord Kill
learn, special commissioner in
Southeast Asia investigating the
food situation.
Production in Burma, Siam and
do-China this year was reported
to be barely enough for domestic
needs in contrast with their normal
export of 100000 tons annually.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Woman EmpIoye Wins
Army Award for Ideu

Mrs. Lillian Blanton, 1912 Elev-
enth street Sc, a civilian employe
Of the Army Transportation Corps,
has been given a SIS award for her
sixth adopted suggestion in improv-
ing operation, Maj. Gen. Edmond H.
Leavey, chief of transportation, an
nounced today.
Mrs. Blanton's latest suggestion
was for the use of a rubber stamp
Endorsement on certain letters of
inquiry. She has already received
the Civiliap Meritorious Service
Award.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Wedding Date Set

Miss Blanche Gordon Hall, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hail, has
selected Saturday, April 20, for the
date of her marriage to Mr.. William
Francis Marshall of Markham, Va.
The wedding will take place in the
Foundry Church, the Rev. Frederick
Brown Harris officiating.
The couple will leave for an ex-
tended wedding trip through the
south and will make their home in
Montclair, N. j., upon their return.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Sisterb0od to Meet

Alice In Pearl Harbor" will be
the subject of talk by Mrs. Gene
We've G. Hubbard before a meeting
OF Chapter j, PEG Sisterhood, at
8 pm. Monday in the home of Mrs.
Margaret Campbell Ward, 2627
adams Mill road NV.
Members are asked to bring their
regular contributions of canned
goods for the Famine Relief Drive.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Soviet, Hungary Form
Oil, Aluminium Firms
BY the Associoisd Press

MOSCOW, April ia Tass dis
patch from Budapest said today
that a Soviet-Hungarian aluminium
company and Soviet-Hungarian
company for oil and gas explora-
ton and oil refining has been Or
ganiZed in the Hungarian capital.
Evening star., 1946-04-13
Cuntutu Tomorrow

The choir of Grace Episcopal
Church, Silver Spring, will present
The Passion" cantata at the II 9. m
services at the church tomorrow.
Vegetarianism came into use
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
Price Boost
In Steel Called
insufficient

WASHINGTON. Jan. ? APP
Government officials said today
they saw little chance that any in
crease OPA might allow in steel
prices would satisfy the strike
threatened industry.
The administrations. wage-pol-
icy virtually ttt4alliiyy PreelHdes conditions
under which the industry might
55Iec 10 pay the 81 a day wage
boost demanded by the CIO
United Steel Workers. according
10 these officials who are prepar-
ing 10 make a price study ordered
by President Truman.
The President, in naming a
threc-man fact-finding board ear
icr THIS week 10 investigate the
labor management dispute, di-
recied OPA 10 report by Feb. l
whether any price increase for
steel is warranted.
The union has scheduled a
strike Jan II Mir Truman called
for q report from the fact-findlng
board by Feb. 10.
The industry has taken the posi-
trCH that before II resumes nego-
tIatlnnS with the union il must
have from OPA,
. Price increases TO put current
operations on a profitable basis.
. An afd1tionai increase, in ad-
vance. 10 compensate for any
hike IN wages.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
Prank
Involves
$I.3OO

Pvt. Margaret Marshal. WAC,
30, daughter of Mrs. George M.
Anderson of 260 Rand, Crosse
Pointe Farms, spent several hours
in police custody today for what
her stepfather. drug company
sales executive. described as a
New Year prank.
Pvt. Marshal was arrested in a
bar at 14901 +. Jefferson at / a.
m. Police said she surrendered
81, las which she admitted taking
from the apartment of a friend,
Lester Overman. at 1011 Mary
land, Crosse Pointe.
Overman, who had asked Crosse
Pointe Farms police to assist him
in recovering $1,000 he had saved
refused to sign a complaint. De-
troit police turned Pvt. Marshal
over TO military police.
Anderson, the young woman's
stepfather, explained that she had
been curing a New Years hang
over with Overman, a close
friend.
With Pvt. Marshal when she
was arrested was James A. Neill,
30, of 1899 Parker. He was not
held.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
WiIIys TO Offer
Low-Cost Auto

TOLEDO, Jan. 2 GNS)-A new
low-coSt passenger car has been
developed by Willys-Overland Mo
tors. Inc. President Charles 4.
SorenSon disclosed today.
Revelation of the new car
"embodyiRg features and basic inn
provements never before offered
in car OF this class was made
in an outline Of the company's
four-part postwar production pro-
gram.
production program is 20
be Spearheaded by the civilian
ieep and Will be followed by the
production Of "a new and original
vehicle closely related 10 the
familiar station wagon"
IN addition. the company will
manufacture a new light truck in
four conventional body types on
the same chassis. A large COM
mercial chassis of heavier load
capacity Will follow.
The new and unique passen-
ger car will round out the line"
SorenSon said.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
Reds Pick Envoy
For Jap Board

LONDON. Jan ? CPl-Andrci
a. Gromyko, Soviet ambassador
70 Washington. will be the Rus
sian representative on the Far
Eastern commission 10 formulate
Japanese oceuaetion poiieies for
Gen. Macarthur. TdSs Agency
SAID tOday.
Gromyko will be The FIRST Rus-
sian 10 have a direct voice ia The
control Of Japan. "
The Russians have consistently
denied foreign reports that they
objected 10 Macarthur.
Macarthur issued a statement
In Tokyo Sunday obiecting 10 the
commission and council Setup but
promising 20 retain his post as
supreme commander in Japan and
do his best 10 make the plan
function.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
Ex-PoIiCe Officer
Out ofPrison Jan. 3

John Mccarthy, former Detroit
police inspector convicted in 1942
of conspiracy TO obstruct Justice
by the Ferguson grand jury, will
be released from Jackson prison
Jan. 13. the parole board an
nounced today.
Mccarthy, the board said, has
served the minimum less good
behavior allowances of an 1S-
month to five-year term.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
HaW KEaW
Hanging
Thursday

LONDON, Jan 2 tAP) - The
career Of Brooklyn-born William
Joyce. whose propaganda broad
casts over the German -Eaetle- s.tfF-
ing the war won him the nick
name Of Lord Haw Haw. viii end
on the gallows IN PCntomIlie
prison tomorrow morning.
joyce lost his last chance 10
escape execution on a charge Oi
high treason when Home Sccrc-
tary JarrcS Ghutcr f5rir drcfirrru
yesterday 10 grant him repricye.
The House OF Lords previously
had denied his appeal from the
conviction
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
School Kept
Closed by Flu

st. John Berchmanrfs parochial
school, 4721 Coplin, which was
scheduled to resume class work
tomorrow, Will remain closed until
Monday because of a neighborhood
flu epidemic.
Five OF the % teachers are i'll,
and phone calls from parents have
indicated a large percentage of
Illness among pupils, authorities
stated.
Fr Carroll F. Deadly, superin-
tendent of parochial schools, said
all other parochial schools will
.FeS9E7e classes as scheduled.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
CHS Baby Born
With = Heads

BIRMINGHAM. England, Jan.
2 tAPl-A child with two heads
was born yesterday 10 the wife OF
am American soldier. officials Of
The Sclly Oak Hospital said today.
Hospital officials said both the
child's heads were perfect and
were attached 10 twin necks on
ormal ] shoulders and body
Weight at birth was 5 pounds u
ounces.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02

"The President already has
all the authority-he- needs, ex-
cept perhaps the authority to
use subsidies.
II don't know whether that's
necessary, but IL the President
thinks IL is, he should submit
the matter TO Congress and
well undoubtedly give IL serious
consideration. 1 think the
President made mistake in
endorsing the bill now before
our committee. IL might better
be called a bill TO restrict
housing"
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
ousine Solution:
Wocot7s Housing Soution:
Recommends =. Subsidy

WASHINGTON, Jan. ? GNS)
Rep. Wolcott lR) of Michigan
suggested today that Congress
may have to provide a subsidy TO
solve the nations housing crisis.
The ranking minority member
of the House banking and cur
renCy committee term d the
adminiStration-backed Patm a n
housing bill now before his group
a monstroSity.
Wolcott declared
'It won't get anywhere be-
fore our committee. IL hasn't
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
london-S. America
Air Line Launched

LONDON. Jan. 2 0NS)-The
foIr-motored Lancastrian airliner
Starlight. with Air Vice Marshal
Donald Bennet at the controls,
was en- route 10 South America
today on the flight inaugurating
service between that continent
and Britain.
Bcnnet took off from Heathrow
last night.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
3 HURT IN CRASH

SMITHS GROVE. Ky. Jan. 2
tUP)-Three persons were in the
Bowling Green city hospital today
as a result Of injuries suffered
when the crack Chicago-Miami
Strcamliner Southwind role d
backward into a freight train two
miles north of here last night.
Ten others were injured and
taken 10 the hospital.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
New Attack Prepared
By Java NationaIists

BATAVIA, Jan. 2 (AP)-Brit-
ish sources reported today that
lndonesian Nationalist forces
were assembling near Semarang
IN north central Java and said
the concentration suggested the
possibility that the Indonesians
were preparing for a large scale
attack in that area within a few
days.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
WAVELauded
by Captain

HONOLULU. Jan. 2 (AP)-
Edith Cramp of Philadelphia, first
WAVE to be given sea duty, ar
rived in Honolulu late yesterday
aboard the L S. S. Hendry, on
which she was hostess for wives
and children joining navy men of
Midway and Oahu.
I'VE couldn't have gotten
along without her" said Capt.
Edward l. Schleif, skipper Of
the transport.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
Royalty 10 Entertain
Eleanor Roosevelt

LONDON, Jan. . GNS)-Nrs
Franklin ID. Roosevelts plans dur
ing her London stay as UNO
assembly delegate were under
stood today 10 include entertain
ment by the royal family and by
former Prime Minister and Mrs.
Winston Churchill.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02

greatest purchasing power in its
history. Thomas SAID
ut is not held by the factory.
store and farm workers Of the
country" Thomas declared.
"If the peacetime economy Of
this country is not to he sent
into tailspin of defation and
depression, the wartime level ef
earnings and the wartime stand
ard Of living must be MAIN
tanned"
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02

ghost Of a change Of being
enacted. I doubt whether we'll
even resume hearings on IL
after Congress recOnveneS."
The bill would create a national
car empowered to place
ceiling prices on homes in any
areas where prices are out of line
with production costs and normal
profits.
The congressman said:
II think the whole answer 20
fhe housing problem lies in en-
couraging industry to provide
building materials.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
New Sugar Stamp
Valid Until May I

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 APP
Sugar ration stamp No. 80 be-
came valid yesterday through
April 80 for the purchase Of
1--WE pounds. Stamp 3S expired
Monday.
Sugar allotments TO institu-
tional and refreshment users con-
tinue unchanged. and quotas 70
Industrial users remain generally
at the same level.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
BOrmann Believed
Held by British

BRITISH EIGHTH CORPS
HQ, PLOEN, Jan. 2 (UP)-A
high British intelligence officer
said that "a man who may be
Martin Bormann.' long sought
Nazi chieftain, had been arrested
at an isolated farm near Neu-
muenster, 20 miles west of here.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
f5KiIIed Many Hurt
In London Train Wreck

LONDON. Jan. 2 (INS)-Fif-
teen persons were killed and
many were injured last night
when a London-bound fiSA train
c'aShed into a local passenger
train standing in Lichfeld station
at Birmingham.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
BdIIenger' Mother
Suffers Heart Attack

Police Commissioner John Bal
lenger was in Washington. d. c..
today at the bedside of his rs
year-old mother who suffered a
heart attack.
The commissioner left Saturday.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
Reds Give Poland Area

LONDON, Jan. 2 QNS)-The
Moscow radio said today that
large districts northeast Of Lvov
and between Brest-Litovsk and
the Lithuanian frontier had been
ceded 10 Poland.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
! Lose Lives
In Wreck Of
Miami Train

BLANEY. 6. c., Jan. 2 CUP)-
The Silver Meteor, luxury stream
liner of the Seaboard Railroad,
was derailed four miles north of
here at Sis a. m. today.
The railroad announced that
two passengers, not identified,
were killed and several other per-
sons injured.
The Meteor. racing through
freezing weather from New York
TO Miami, bounced off the rails
at a curve. Cause Of the derail-
ment was being investigated
Five of the injured were taken
in ambulances to Columbia where
one was listed as Robert l.. Haf-
berg of New York City. None was
in critical condition
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
Name Women's S Vet Aide

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (AP)-
1t Col. Margaret d. Craighill of
Philadelphia today was appointed
consultant for the medical care
of women Veterans.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
American Iroopship
Loses Propeller

LONDON, Jan. 2 ONS) -
Lloyds reported today that the
American ship John B. Hood. with
$50 soldiers aboard. had lost a
propeller near the Azores and
needed aid.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02

A5ot4' 27ttJ1 maintenance work.
ers had previously returned 10
work az the Ford plant in
Windsor. The remainder resumed
work today under a truce. pending
settlement of grievances between
the company and union.
Walter +. Reuther, JAW vice
IN charge Of the GM
department, and Harry w. Ander-
son, ON vice president, agreed
20 set q date for the
next negotiating session today.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
TRACK TORN UP

The track was torn up for sew
eral hundred feet as the Diesel
powered engine. a combination
coach-baggage car and six Pull
mans jumped the rails and plowed
through an embankment.
Ambulances from Columbia and
Fort Jackson army base carried
the injured 10 hospitals. The
coach-baggage car was ground
into the embankment and work.
ers had 10 cut into it with acety-
lene torches,
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
MUR II RS
MO Their
o. THREE
Clues Vanish
In StrangIing

possible clue in the strangling of Mrs Gladys
Marsden 40 Detroit army ordnance worker vanished today
when containing bloodstaned clothing and stolen
license plate found Battle Creek discovered to
have been in Battle Creek the time of the murder
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
Killed Wife
Over Rival,
HusbdndSays

Three small children were
left motherless today and
their father was jailed for
Staying his wife after police
said she had returned home
from a date with another
man.
John Landbides, Al, of 927 Reed
Place. was arrested at Third and
Merrfck Immediately after the
shooting.
Police said Landbides made no
effort to flee, and admitted shoot
ing four bullets into the body Of
his wife, Kay, 26, as she huddled
in the clothes closet of Landbides'
bedroom.
HUSBAND DESCRIBES ACT
Landbides, chef, said he re-
turned from work about midnight,
and because he and his wife slept
in separate bedrooms, did not
know Mrs. Landbides was out.
"T heard her coming In the
door at $3.50 a. m, and got up.
She was waving to a man I'm n
taxicab as she came in" the hus-
band told police.
IL asked her to tell me who
he was, and she refused, saying
she was going to leave me and
take the children with her. She
asked me for $1,000, and started
to pack her clothes"
Landbides told police he got his
automatic pistol. and chased his
wife around his bedroom. She
finally covered in the clothes
closet, where Eandbides shot her,
police quoted him as saying.
ONE BULLET REMAINS
Detective Lawrence Sheehy Of
the homicide squad said there was
one bullet left in the guns
chamber.
II accused her of going out
with other men," the husband
told Sheehy.
John, their 6-year-old son, said
he was awakened by his mother
and father arguing and heard the
shooting. The boy said:
II woke up when Mommy
came home. I heard Mommy
and Papa arguing. Last thing
heard was Mommy saying TO
Papa, I'm sorry then I heard
shooting"
CHILDREN WELL CLOTHED
The ether cSifiien. MARY, 2,
and Richard, i, were asleep. All
had good clothing and appeared
to be we'll cared for.
John said he ran upstairs 10
the apartment Of Raymond Ward
as his father was leaving and told
Of the shooting. Ward dressed
hurriedly and followed Landbides
to the street where he found a
scout car and the arrest was made
a short distance away.
The children were taken TO
Children'S HoSnital
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02
GM and CIO
Map Strategy
Detrol, Times Photo

General Motors Corp. and the UAW-CIO today mapped
plans for resung strike negotiations 10000 Windsor
strikers returned to their jobs Re Ford Motor Co. plant
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-02

The car was stolen New Years
Eve from a Battle Creek auto
dealer. The murder occurred early
Sunday, and police have ascer-
tanned that at that time the ear
was parked in a Battle Creek
street, near the dealers office.