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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-29
Purenthood League
To Meet Tomorrow

The Montgomery County Planned
Parenthood League will hold a
luncheon meeting at II pm. to-
morrow at the Kenwood Club Mrs;
Mildred. Clark Rogers, new field
director. will report on the annual
meeting of the Planned Parent
hood Federation of America held
recently in New York.
The league has announced that
the first of series of Tuesday eve
ming lectures will be given February
5 at 5906 Connecticut avenue Rep
resentative Voorhis, Democrat, of
California, will speak on Training
Tomorrow's Citizens"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-29
RiverdoIe Boby Found
Smothered in Crib

ur-month- Shelton w. Thorn
as, son of Mrs. and Mrs. George H.
Thomas, East Riverdale, was found
smothered in his crib yesterday.
Prince Georges County Policeman
Richard A. Pearson said the mother
told him she found the child dead
with a blanket over his face. She
said he had been suffering from
collie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-29
Chapel Oaks Man Held
lin FutuI Shooting

John F. williams, colored, n,
Chapel Oaks, is being held without
bond in Hyattsville Jail on a charge
of murder in the fatal shooting
Saturday night of William E. Mich
OILS, IS, also of Chapel Oaks, outside
Williams, home.
Williams also Is charged with
operating gambling device. Prince
Georges County Policeman Richard
A. Pearson said Williams told him
he fired several shots through the
front door Of his home when he
heard some one outside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-29
Clothing Factories
Reported 'Hoarding'
Thousands Of Suits
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, jan 29.-The Eve
ming Sun, reporting an acute"
shortage in mems clothing, while
thousands of suits" are "hoarded"
in warehouses, pictured the con-
sumer as caught in the cross-f1re
between manufacturers and Gov
eminent officials"
Reporting on survey it made of
conditions in Baltimore, Philadel-
phia and New York, the Sun said:
THE answer to the Nationwide
question Why can't I get a suit?'
includes number Of causes, but
outstanding among them is the d.
vergence in viewpoint between the
Government regulatory agencies and
the men who direct the mills and
factories.
I'm the matter of boarding suits,
for instance, the manufacturers say
they cannot move the suits to retail
ers at fair profit, and that they
will hold the suits until the OPA
gives relief.
No Advance in Prospect.
"But OPA Director Chester Bowles
says the apparel industry's profits
quadrupled during the war and in
recently strongly worded state
ment the OPA declared fatty No
advance in the manufacturers cell
ing is in prospect
Meanwhile, the consumer is
caught in the crossfire between
manufacturers and Government
officials"
The Sun said that returning vet
Grams and civilians were unable to
find suits, while retailers could not
find goods to offer their customers.
In the midst of this clothing
crisis, thousands of suits that would
partly relieve the shortage are re-
ported to be stacked in manufac-
turers' warehouses in Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York-hoard-
ed in the hope that higher prices
will result from a continued short
age, ",ssthe paper said.
$4,000 Withheld.
Estimates of the total number OF
suits withheld range from 400, 900 to
ESQ, 900, and although even the higher
figure would not completely end the
shortage, the release of these suits
to the retail market would offer
some relief.
Conservative figures from the
three garment centers indicate ESQ.,
600 suits are being held in New York,
loo. 900 in Philadelphia and $4,000 in
Baltimore. Other suits are reported
to be stored in Rochester, Cleveland
and Chicago" -.
Other factors in the shortage,
the Sun said, include extensive
Government buying in 1915, an alb
normally large consumer demand,
bottlenecks in materials, shortages
of skilled workers and depreciation
of machinery"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-29
Polio Benefit Donce PIonned

The Prince Georges. County In
fantile Paralysis Campaign Com
mittee will hold a benefit dance
from 10 pm. to 2 am tomorrow at
the Prince Georges Golf and Coun-
try Club. Tickets may be obtained
at the door. County Democratic
leaders are expected to attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-29
c. E. Calhoun Named
Maryland Professor

BY the Associated Press.
Appointment Of G. E. Calhoun as
professor Of finance in the Uni
versity Of Marylands College Of
Business and Public Administration
was announced today by President
H. c. Byrd.
Prof. Calhoun, who has had sew
eral years Of business and teaching
experience, received his A. B. and
M. B. A. degrees from the University
of Washington. He did additional
graduate work at Washington, CO.
lumbia and Chicago Universities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-29
Silver Spring Citizens
Urge Restudy Of Route
For Northern Parkway

A restudy by the Maryland Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission of the controversial
proposal on the routing of the
northern parkway through or
around Silver Spring was advocated
last night by the allied civic groups
of Silver Spring.
Action was taken after presenta-
ton of petition by delegates from
the Linden Civic Association oppos-
ing an express highway through
Linden. A special committee will
be appointed to study the proposal
and the commission also was asked
to give it further consideration.
= Approve recommendations.
Z. The allied groups, representing
civic organizations in the Silver
Spring area, approved a number
of recommendations In the prelim-
mary study of highway needs sub
mitted last week by Richard Green
and 1t. Col. E. Brooke Lee, Mont
gomery County members of the
commission. These include WIDEN
ing of Colesville pike and Georgia
avenue and extension of Western
avenue and Columbia boulevard.
Other changes were referred to a
special committee for study and
recommendation.
A resolution was adopted urging
improvement in the trash and gar
bage collection in the area. OFF,
Gals of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission in charge of
the colectiop will be invited to meet
with ono N of the organization to
disedsg waysof giving better service.
s CJeanups Campaign Urged.
Another measure recommends a
cleanup campaign by businessmen
of Silver Spring in their back
yards
A resolution was adopted asking
that plans OF the proposed Balti-
more g. Ohio Railroad underpass on
Georgia avenue be made available
to the group. President Ralph D.
Boyd said construction of the via
duct is slated to be one of the first
postwar projects.
The allied groups voted thanks TO
County Supervisor Willard F. Day
and the County Commissioners for
taking definite steps to have a traf-
fic light placed at Georgia avenue
and the District line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-29

WAY STATION TO WASHINGTON-Mrs John Farnsworth
Qe, CT bride route to 1923 Kenyon street NV, Wash
ington sitting cot combng her Roberts hair their
temporary home in Perham Down. England They await
ing transportation to the United States. Mrs Constance
Bounds headed for North Charleston c. changing
her Kenneths diaper She too, British bride The
brides will join their husbands the United Staes-AP Photo
Evening star., 1946-09-08

the finger. The injured worker proved
he was permanently disabled and
was awarded verdict of $4,000.
The higher court, on appeal, ruled
that the railroad company was
negligent in allowing conditions to
exist in and around the roundhouse
that were "openly inviting snakes to
come in" But the company got some
satisfaction when the verdict was
knocked down to $4,000.
One evening in the summer of
1914 large Angora cat ambled into
the home of a neighbor in small
Louisiana town. Incidental to the
promenade the Angora bit the neigh
Dor. She promptly sued the cats
owner for damages which were
denied. Still irked at being nibbled.
the neighbor took the case to
higher court which also denied
damages. Said the learned judge:
"A cats disposition is kindly and
docile. Furthermore it is impractical
to keep a cat from trespassing."
During the course of program in
a New York theater, three perform
ing lions left their cage on the stage
and joined the orchestra in the pit.
The audience promptly lost interest
in the entertainment and headed
for the street.
A woman patron was injured in
the uproar, sued the theater owner
and was awarded damages. But the
Supreme Court reversed the de-
cision on the grounds that the
theater manager did not own the
lions and was, therefore, not
liable. The action should have been
brought against the owner of the
animals.
California court ruled that when
a man is employed to take care of
camel he should be advised by his
employer of the animals disposition
Evening star., 1946-09-08

toward mankind in general. That
disposition is apparently sort of
ingrown and belligerent.
In this case the new employee,
unaware of the camel's secret
thoughts along these lines. entered
the stall and was quickly and severe
ly bitten. The camel further grabbed
him by the leg, whirled him through
the air and inflicted more damage.
Choice MoTsel
A COMPLICATED dog case was fought
out in the Appellate Court in San
Francisco some years ago. The dog.
known to be vicious, was chained
under the rear steps of the owners
home. When a visitor came along,
one of the steps gave way and his
leg slipped into the area occupied
by the dog.
The surprised canine took ad-
vantage Of the situation and bit the
visitor The latter, of course, felt
bitterly about the matter and was
awarded damages. The court found
the dog owner negligent in not keep
ing the steps in repair under the
conditions that obtained"
The right of animals to a degree
privacy was upheld by an English
court. A man paid his way into an
amusement park. noticed an open
stable door and wandered in. Find
ing himself in the home of family
of zebras, he walked over, started
to pat the nearest portion of an
adjacent zebra.
Resenting this familiarity, the
animal kicked the visitor into an
adjoining stall where another zebra
bit his hand.
The court denied damages. ruled
that an admission ducat did not
include an invitation to visit the
zebras in their private quarters.
Evening star., 1946-09-08

TIME owner of an elephant cannot
be sued for damages because an
elephant is a large. gray, unfamiliar
object.
1t is perfectly legal to lead a bear
down the street by a ring in its nose
providing the bear minds its own
business.
Railroad companies should not
allow snakes in their roundhouses.
1t is impractical to keep cats from
trespassing.
You can't sue a theater manager
if lion jumps into the orchestra pit.
These are just few of the results
of court actions in which animals
have had leading roles. And at one
time or another virtually every
known species of wild and domestic
life - including apes, bears. bees,
lions, tigers. elephants, monkeys.
camels, wolves and zebras-has had
its day in court.
The elephant case developed in
Indiana where u local resident
sued q circus because his horse
had been frightened by the sight
of an elephant being led down
the street. In the ensuing rumpus
the buggy was wrecked and the driver
injured. But damages were denied
when the court ruled:
1.-The horse took fright at the sight
of a large, gray, unfamiliar object
moving down the road. Its fright
could have been caused by any large
gray, unfamiliar object
Victory for \ Bear
INDIANA horses apparently are
easily frightened. Another buggy was
wrecked when a nervous steed spot
ted a bear being led down the street
by ring in its nose. A lower court
awarded the Inundated driver $3.50.
But the bears owner appealed and
the State Supreme Court set aside
the verdict, said:
1.-The bear was traversing the
street for a lawful purpose. 1t was
making no noise or demonstration.
The legal battle of the snake and
the roundhouse was fought in the
Supreme Court of Nebraska, in
volved five years of hearings and
1900 pages of testimony.
A railroad employee had been
cleaning engines in the roundhouse.
While he was in pit under loco
motive, a snake crawled into the
gauntlet of his glove and bit him on
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ARMY OUTLINES
RETURN OF DEAD
Continued from Page One)

cisco for those from the Pacific
area.
The first burial ship is scheduled
to leave San Francisco April l aao
thereafter one ship a month will
leave both Sam Francisco and New
York.
The project is expected to take
at least Is months.
Cost of the project has been I'M
officially estimated at $500, 900, 900.
If next of kin desire, the dead
will be left where they are now
buried.
Civilian employees under Army
supervision will be used extensively
in the graveyard work.
Liberty ships, painted white with
a purple band around the hull, will
carry the dead.
The caskets will be walnut Stain
ed, each covered with an Ameri-
can flag.
Each burial ship will carry from
$500 to 1000 boxes.
Longshoremen handling the I'm
loading will be asked to wear clean
blue dungarees and be hatless.
Specially-converted trains will
carry the dead to distribution
points.
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500 SCOUTS STAGE
C0L0RFUL PARADE
Continued from Page One)

line Of march. Troop No. 10 Of Lake
Forest led the march behind the
: band and followed in order by
Troops No. 10, IA, 10, %, 80, "a, SO,
81, 80, go, Ill, liz, ia. 116, III,
118 and 119. Cub packs in line
were No. 1o,23,3S and liz.
Following the rally, group Of
Scouts journeyed out to WMFD ra'
dio station where they put on q
short program at 5:45 o'clock.
The big birthday celebration yes
/. terday got underway at $3.50 am.
of the nation from the lips Of Presi
dent Truman in which he stressed
the Importance of the meaning be.
hind the 1916 theme, Scouts of the
World-Building Together"
Tonight from 600 to $50 O'Clock
all Wilmington area Scouts and
Cubs will have their ears glued
to radio sets for the big anniver-
sary program over NBC when Ed
gar Bergen and Charlie Mccarthy
will share honors with Lieut.. Gen.
, James Doolittle and national Scout
leaders. The main commemorative
address will be delivered by DR..
Albert K. Fretwell, chief Scout
executive, Boy Scouts of America.
Tomorrow will be Boy Scout Sun
day in the churches of Wilmington
mad pastors will for the most part,
devote their sermons to the Boy
Scout movement. Troop No. %
Will attend Grace Methodist church
where the Rev. J. A. Russell will
base his sermon on the principles
OF the II Scout laws, stressing the
18th, "a Scout is reverent."
Parts Collection
Next week Boy Scouts of the area
will join with Scouts throughout
the nation in a "Shirts-off- Our
Backs" campaign to collect Scout
uniform parts and equipment and
ship them overseas to their fellow
Scouts in the devastated countries
Of our Allies. Among the items to
be collected include shirts, hats,
caps, shorts, breeches, trousers,
socks, shoes, belts, nekerhiefs,
lides, lanyards, axes, knives, hav-
ersaks, mess kits, tents, compass.
es, first aid kits, signal flags, and
Scout literature.
Donor tags are being provided
by the Boy Scouts Of America for
each Scout to write his name and
address. requesting the recipient
Of the gift to correspond with him.
General supervision Of the col.
lection in Wilmington will be under
Elliott O'Neal, district commits.
sioner, and neighborhood commits.
sinoers, r. H. Mann, Jack Towel,
Bill Herring, Ed Howard, Der
Jones, Luther Hodges, L. D. Har'
relson, Frank Jones, Cy Johnston
and Tocco Sellers
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ALONG THE CAPE FEAR
Continued from Page One)

Mother: Child:
Mary had at little nang
It's fleece was white as no
And everywhere that Mary wen
The lamb was sure to 60
And so on to the end of Mother
Goose's most famous nursery
rhyme.
OLD WILMINGTON CUSTOM
Its an old Wilmington custom"
the mother explained to the anaz-
ed bachelor. my mother taught
me nursery rhymes that way, and
her mother taught her, and good
ness only knows how long ago it
started. I guess just about every
child in Wilmington for ages and
ages has learned them that way"
Well, the young bachelor was
impressed and all that, but the
reason he still hesitates about get
ting married is this: He doesn't
see how he'll be able to teach his
son his favorite piece of Itera-
ture using the old Wilmington sys-
tenn, because that piece happens
to be Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad-
dress.
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BISHOP WRIGHT WILL !
HOLD THANKSGIVING
SERVICE FOR VETERAN

A Thanksgiving service tor al
,.as,,rned New Hanover county vet
Grams viii be held at 8 o'clock Sun,
dav night in St. Johns Episcopal
chi,rch. Third and Red Cross
streets, by Bishop Thomas H.
Wright.
All servicemen who plan to at
tend are asked to meet either at
the American Legion home or the
church at 7:30 pm, in uniform II
possible. .,
William c. Robertson will direct
the music and the choir will sing
patriotic hymns. The colors viii
be massed before the altar.
Bishop Wright will be assisted
bv the Rev. Mortimer Glover anc
the rector.
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CHASED
ON HOUSE HUNT
Continued from Page One)

been occupying the place, had NOV
ed to the west coast.
It seemed to be an ideal set-up
for a hungry house-hunter.
Farrell and his friend didn't get
any response when they knocked
on the door, so, with absolutely
innocent intentions, they decided to
walk around the place to see what
it looked like.
Farrells friend found an unlock.
ed window, and though they had
no designs whatsoever of breaking
in, they suddenly found themselves
confronted by an angry gentleman
who apparently had spotted them
from across the street.
"Look here" said the gentleman
II see what you're trying to do
Now you git on away from here
or I'll call the police!"
Farrell and his friend protested
their innocence but the gentleman
stood his ground. cit, now, Of
I'll sure enough call EN-"
And there was nothing for thu
two of them to do but git, 81
git" they did.
What the gentleman doesn'
know is that Farrells friends ia
Their is a lieutenant on the polio,
force.
Another thing he doesn't know
is that Farrell wants very mucl
to live on Wolcott street. 1T woul'
be a comfort and pleasure t.
live In a neighborhood where tn
folks keep such a safe eye on you
property" Farrell said.
The whole incident leaves hin
still homeless, however. If any
body has a or bedroom hous
available, please let him know, an
he'll come a-running. And h
promises to leave all the bathroom
fixtures, curtain rods, and door
knobs just where he found Their
when he leaves.
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AVIATION GROUP
DEFERS ACTION
Continued from Page One)

Will Bluethenthal field be ape
to get a radio-beam? Although Ine
weather w might be clear in Whining
t n n and cloudy elsewhere on Route
81 or vice versa. the pilot mlgn'
~ ' forced to skip Wilmington With
out a radio-beam to guide hun:
u The committee is making ing. an I'M IN.
vestigation to try to locate tne
necessary equipment, not only 1or
a radiobeam but also for otner Ia,
cilities vital to the operation Oh a
first class airfield.
AS soon as these problems are
solved the committee expects TO go
full speed ahead with their plans =
to give Wilmington an important
position in the new air age.
Members of the committee "ne
attended the meeting are: Jonn =,
Farrell. r. B. Page, H. Il. Caro-
ner, F. P. O'Crowley, Hargrove
Bethany, E. L. White, and Aoolso1
Hewlett, Sr.
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COURT RECEIPTS
SHOW INCREASE
Continued from Page One,

the same period last year the ,o.,,
was $4,000.
Violent deaths increased bv 40.
during the first month Of 194s on.
the same month last year. rr,
violent deaths were reported A..
ing January. one being a mvrds-
the other resulting from an anti,
mobile accident.
Public drunknesses topped Il.
list during the month Just pas,..
with the major number Of arr.,.
on this charge being among ~.
white population. One-hundred.ans
twenty-five white people were ar,
rested on this charge while orlr
Al Negroes were apprehended how.
ever the report Shows a mark.
decline during January 194B -
compared with the first month ~
1945. ''' v
Only two white people were a..
rested on charges of assault vii,
a deadly weapon during Januarv
1916 while IA Negroes were ar~.s,
ed ON this charge. Assault with
deadly weapon charges resultins
in serious injury totaled three fos
the month, both white and Negrn
Four were reported arrested ON
this charge during January l945
i TWenty-eight arrests on charye,
OF occupying hotel rooms for i'm.
moral purposes were recorded
among white population, with 3ors
being registered for the Negroe,
-Four whites were arrested durin,
the month on charges Of prosau.
ton. No Negroes were reported
4 There were no violators Of ths
Jim Crow law arrested, accordin.
to the report.
Five stolen automobiles were p,
ported. Five were recovered during
the month and the feloas were a..
rested in all cases.
Liquor on hand Jan. 81, 1916 TO-
! tailed two gallons, while the depar.
ment report for Jan. 1945 show,
! only one-half gallon on hand
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ATOMIC POWER
). :: DOESN'T SCARE
CONTINUED from Page One)

~ without realizing it, an amaz-
Ing prophecy. The line goes soiae'
thing like this:
Press A Button
IF so, 600 Chinamea could be hiI -
ed by pressing 8 button woulo' ~
be done?" ~
The day we dropped the atom
bomb on Hiroshima we found ou'
that it could be done, and though
ths people to whom it was oone
were japanese, it struck us tnat
it could have happened to the
. Chinamea-and that it could have
happened to us.
And that it might happen to US
at any time.
Frankenstein Monster
Our first reaction was that we
had finally made Frankensteln
monster, that like Frankensteln II
was only a matter of time before
We would see the monsters shad-
ow creeping over our lawn as the
sun went down.
And yet, resilient people that we
are we survived the shock.
H. v. Comfy, administrative
analyst Of the Army engineers here,
nut it in a nut shell for all OF us
when he said yesterday:
Stopped worrying
~ stopped worrying ABOUT it long
ago, The danger always exists, OF
course. But so does the danger OF
getting struck by lightning. And
the people who are working on atom
bomb defense are every bit as good
as lightning rods. Probably bet
ter"
And ]. r. Parks, local merchant,
summed up the American attitude
Just about perfectly when he said:
I'm looking forward to the time
when my great-grandchildren will
be paying their monthly bills tc
the Sub-Atomic Power company
Meanwhile, III continue to hang
nv business as usual sign in the
window"
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mediaries, who are indispensable
when, as the deadlock in London
shows, the policies of other great
powers, have become frozen and
sterile, and their actions conflict
with no settlement in sight.
Copyright, 1916,
New York Times Inc.