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Evening star., 1946-03-23
Operation on Throat
Planned 10 Save Baby
After Flight From D. {.

The 2-day-old baby daughter OF
Army 1t. and Mrs. Gordon Perkins
OF Alexandria, Va, was to undergo
a delicate operation in Boston to-
day to correct a stoppage of the
esophagus, If her condition merits it.
Flown from Boiling Field to Bos-
ton early yesterday in an Army
plane, the infant was said to be in
a dangerous, but mot precarious, "
condition last night, according to
the Associated Press.
X-rays disclosed the esophagus
stoppage. which resulted in the
baby's first food going to the lungs
instead of the stomach.
The child was born Thursday
morning at Walter Reed Hospital,
where her mother, Mrs. Eleanor
Perkins, %, is confined along with
the 24-year-old father, who was
stricken with infantile paralysis last
About a hundred infants suffer-
ing from ailments similar to that of
the 5la-pound Perkins baby have
been cared for at Boston's Children's
Hospital during the past year, but
she is by far the youngest.
A report from Boston that the
operation had been performed yes
terday were termed premature.
Evening star., 1946-03-23
Driver Of Truck Acquitted
In Death Of Army Officer

Charles B. Swami, 20. Waldorf,
Md, was acquitted yesterday in
Upper Marlboro Police Court on
charges of manslaughter and reck-
less driving after testimony disclosed
that no gross negligence was in
volved in the death of an Army
lieutenant colonel in an accident on
Branch avenue, under the Boiling
ield-Camp Springs road overpass
on February 10.
Witnesses and police told Trial
Magistrate Arthur P. Owens that
the trailer truck, operated by Mr.,
Swami, "jackknifed' when he ap-
piled his brakes on a slippery pave
ment and slid across the road
crushing the automobile, driven by
1t. Col William E. Wood, Norfolk
Va, against the side of the overpass.
Col. Wood died a week later in Wal
ter Reed Hospital.
In another hearing, Ernest L.
Burnett, 80, colored, 1914 Ninth
street NV, was sentenced to serve
30 days in the Upper Marlboro Jail
in default of $120 fine imposed on
charges of driving under the in
fuence Of liquor, reckless driving
and excessive speed on the Silver
Hill road, Suitland, Md, on March
10.
Evening star., 1946-03-23

should be enacted to make labor
responsible for its actions.
Mr.. Smethurst claimed that the
Government has hampered man
agement in its efforts to deal with
labor by adopting restrictive meas
ures, such as price and wage con-
trols.
In citing several Supreme Court
decisions which he said have
placed labor "in the saddle" Mr..
Smethurst said that If labor and
management were placed on a
par" there would be 'less trouble"
between the two groups.
Although he admitted that the
C1O has consistently sought
stronger unionism, which resulted
in strikes in many instances, Mr..
Silvey said the purpose of such ac-
tivities Is to raise the. standard of
living generally"
We've got to have new New
Deals to bring our social develop
ment up to the increase in tech
nology," Mr.. Silvey declared. MAN
agement has the responsibility Of
providing ample salaries for It's
workers as well as Q true dividend
for the owners"
Evening star., 1946-03-23

are said each day at the numerous
affairs and chapels within the crypt,
which represent masterpieces of art
work. The committee has conferred
with Charles Maginnis, of the ar
chitectural firm which designed the
Shrine, who estimates the cost of
the superstructure will be around
S., 900, 900.
To raise this fund, Bishop Noll
has proposed that Mothers Day
be designated each year as Nation
al Shrine Day, on which collections
may be taken up in the Nations
Catholic churches.
The task of completing the archi-
tect's drawings and specifications
may take a year, so it is planned
to make the national collections
spread over period of five years.
In order that no heavy financial
burden may be entailed by any
donor. Meanwhile, voluntary dona-
tons will continue to be received.
Evening star., 1946-03-23
Planners Seek New
zoning Action 10 Block
NE. Shopping Center

Action to prohibit erection of a
shopping center on Michigan avenue
NE. at the District line Is being
sought by the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
The commission yesterday voted
to ask the District Zoning Commits
sion to conduct rehearing on a
recent zoning change whereby the
coming body approved designation Of
the area for commercial purposes.
The planning commission took the
action after a number of Maryland
agencies and private and civic groups
in the area protested against the
commercial use of the property.
Zoning Changed Last Month.
Among these are the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission, the Advisory
Board Of the County Commissioners
of Prince Georges County, De La
Sale College and the Queens Chapel
Road and Michigan Park Citizens
Associations.
Planning officials told the re-
porters the property is owned by
Guy Steuart, and that a petition
to have it zoned to first CONNER
cial was made last fall in mis- behalf
by the Holmes Construction Co.
A public hearing was held last
November by the Zoning Com
mission, and the, property was re-
zoned commercial about a month
ago.
The commission yesterday ap-
pointed a special committee COM
posed of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant Sd,
chairman; A. E. Demaray, associate
director of the National Park Serv-
ice and acting executive officer Of
the commission, and District Engi-
neer Commissioner Gordon r.
Young, member, ex-officio, of the
commission, to study a list of pro-
posed park sites for temporary vet
erans' homes.
800 Dwellings Proposed.
The Secretary of the Interior has
been asked by the District Com
misSloners to provide park land for
erection of the homes. The Fed
eral Public Housing Authority has
promised to build 600 dwellings if
the District will provide sites and
public utility connections.
National Capital Parks officials
and staff members of the planning
commission already have prepared
list of proposed sites which the
special committee will STUDY. The
committee was formed after the
Secretary of Interior asked the
planning commission for advice on
sites.
Evening star., 1946-03-23
Department Stores
February Sales Up
II Per Cent Over 1945
By Edword c. Stone

Department store sales In Wash
ington in February scared 81 per
cent ahead of February, 1945, and
In the first two months of this year
were Is per cent higher than last
year. the Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond reported today.
Sales OF 86 department stores In
the 5th district were up 10 per cent
In February and Is per cent in the
two months, the report showed. The
best February gain Of any city in
the district, 81 per cent, was made
by Clarksburg, w. Va.
The sharp advances disclosed in
the report indicate that Easter
trade will break all previous records
In this territory, as buying power
remains at very high levels.
All but two cities in the 5th dis
trict showed percentage gains in
February and the two months over
the like 1S45 periods, as follows:
Evening star., 1946-03-23
franklin Named 10 Guide
Victory Garden Program

) j. Morton Franklin, supervisor of
District Victory Gardens during the
war. now has been formally ap-
pointed to revive the program for
the rest of this fiscal year as a part
OF the Presidents food conservation
program.
Mr.. Franklin is re-establishing his
office at 472 Indiana avenue NV.
which closed down last November.
In announcing Mr.. Franklin's ap-
pointment, Engineer Commissioner
Gordon r. Young said the Commits
sioners hoped the response to the
garden program would be as strong
now as 1t was during the war.
Evening star., 1946-03-23
Lack Of Opera House
Hit at Hearing on
Symphony Trust Bill

A protest over the lack of a suit
able opera house in Washington
was voiced yesterday by Senator
Kilgore, Democrat, of West Vir-
ginia, while conducting a hearing
on bills proposing the incorporation
of more than dozen patriotic, vet
Grams and civic organizations.
One of these would authorize
creation of a National Symphony
Orchestra Trust Fund Board. Testi-
flying in support of the bill were
Walter Bruce Howe, vice president,
and Mrs. Howe. a director, of the
National Symphony Orchestra As
sociation.
They told of plans for raising an
$4,000, 900 trust fund for the orches-
ira and said a $4,000 start had
been made. They emphasized the
proposed legislation did not call for
Government appropriations.
Senator Kilgore, chairman of a
subcommittee of the Senate Judi
ciary Committee, said he thought it
a "sin and shame" Washington
did not have a suitable opera house
and declared it would prove suc-
cessful if provided.
On the Trust Fund Board pro-
posal, however, he asked if the. .sug-
gested Federal backing of the
board could be passed without rails
ing the jealousy" of other cities.
There is some objection, he said,
that the use of the word National
would give the impression. incor-
rectly, that the orchestra was op-
Grated by the Federal Government.
A board of trustees. he suggested,
might be set up under the District
code, without the need of a con-
gressional charter.
The subcommittee took no action
on the bills.
Evening star., 1946-03-23
B. &. 0. Counsel Post
Rejected by
0'Conor and Lane
BY the Associotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 23.-The Eve
ming Sun said it was learned reli-
ably yesterday that Gov. O'Conol
and William Preston Lane, jr., Ha-
gerstown publisher, had turned down
an offer of remunerative position
with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Gov. O'Conor is a candidate 70,
the Democratic nomination to the
Senate, and Mr.. Lane, former State
attorney general is seeking the
partys nomination for Governor in
the June primaries.
The Sun said both men had been
offered the position of vice president
and general counsel of the Balti-
more & Ohio at a salary "variously
reported as s25,000 to $4,000 year. "
No Comment Available.
Neither the two men nor the
railroad would comment on the Of
fer" the paper said, "but it was
learned today, although Gov.
O'Conor and Mr.. Lane felt compli-
mented by the tender, they also felt
constrained by circumstances to
reject it."
The Evening Sun said the offer
first was made to MIR. Lane before
the campaign lines had been drawn
and before it was known whether
Gov. O'Conor would try for re-
election or run for nomination for
the Senate"
After Mr.. Lane had declined the
position and announced his can
didacy for Governor, the paper said,
it was offered to the Governor, who
also turned it down after rpt,stdera-
tion.-
Democratic Persuasion Reported.
Sources close to the top in the
Democratic party in Maryland said
the railroad was persuaded to make
the job available to Gov. O'Conor
and Mr.. Lane in order to clear the
atmosphere in the party on the ap-
proach of the primary campaign" !"
the Sun said.
"The persuasion, it was said, came
from two figures in the Democratic
high command"
The B. & O. announced recently
that Edwin H. Burgess, native
Kansan living in New York, had
been named vice president and gen.
eral counsel, succeeding former Gov.
John j. Cornwell of West Virginia.
who remained in an advisory
Evening star., 1946-03-23
Cropper, Naval Air Hero ,
Enters Primary Race
BY the Assoeiuted Press

OCEAN CITY, Md, Mar. 23.-
Robert Lee Cropper, 80, former
Navy airman credited with sinking
two Jap cruisers and a transport.
has announced his candidacy for
the Democratic nomination to the
State Senate from Worcester Coun-
ty.
Mr.. Cropper is a former city
councilman, president of the Ocean
City Chamber of Commerce and
manager of a hardware store
founded by his father.
He is seeking the seat now held
by State Senator Thomas F. john
son, who has not announced
whether he will stand for re-elec-
tion.
Evening star., 1946-03-23
Dog Theft Case Ends in Mistriu|
As Sporty Picks Both Owners

Ownership Of Sporty, . long
haired little black dog of undeter-
mined parentage, remained in
dispute today after q hearing for
Mrs. Zines Byrd, colored, of the 900
block Of M street NV, charged
with larceny Of the dog, ended in
mistrial yesterday in Municipal
Court.
Miller Bennett, IL, colored, of the
HOO block Of Tenth street NE, had
testified Mrs. Byrd took the dog
away from him last November as
he led Sporty on a rope leash at
Ninth and M streets NV. after
asserting, That's my dog!" He
said the dog had been his nearly q
year, from the time Sporty was s
weeks old.
Mrs. Byrd declared Sporty Is the
dog which was given her In 1913
Evening star., 1946-03-23
2 Women UNRRA Aides Fined
In Arlington Jim Crow Case

Two women members Of the
UNRRA overseas corps, one a blond
and the other a redhead, were fined
IS and costs today by Judge Hugh
Reid in Arlington County Court for
violation of the Jim Crow law.
The two girls, now awaiting orders
for assignment in Germany, were
charged with sitting in the rear Of
an A. B. 6 w. bus. the section re-
served for colored passengers.
Kenneth Robey, driver Of the bus,
said the girls, Miss Elizabeth Carter.
IS, Falls Church, and Miss June
stpl. as, Arlington refused his re-
Evening star., 1946-03-23
Fellowship Party PIunned

GAITHERSBURG, Nd, Mar. %
(SpeciaD The Rev. and Mrs. Her.
man M. Wilson, 80 Walker avenue.
have invited men and women of
this and surrounding communities
to a fun and fellowship party at
their home at 8 pm, March 28.
Guests Of honor will be brides Of
'servicesmen from England, Aus
tralia and other countries, who have
moved to this area.
Evening star., 1946-03-23

and stolen in November, 1914. Her
dog also was named Sporty, she
asserted.
A mistrial was declared by Judge
Thomas D. Quinn when a, material
defense witness, alleged to have
given dog to the defendant, failed
to appear in court. Another wit
ness, Harvey Leach, colored, of the
100 block Of Tenth street NV, was
held in contempt Of court and fined
S. after he said he was 80 busy
working" he forgot all about the
summons.
Sporty, happily oblivious Of the
legal tangle In which he stars, is no
help. The call. Here, Sporty" by
Miller and Mrs. Byrd brought him
bounding to each In the courtroom
with equal enthusiasm. A new trial
is scheduled for April 3.
Evening star., 1946-03-23
Laundry Thief Routed;
May Have Been Shot

Police are checking hospitals to-
day to learn if tall, thin colored
man has been seeking treatment for
a gunshot wound he may have suf-
fered when fired on by Chinese
laundryman who surprised the man
in his shop.
Do Key Chow, whose laundry is
at 41S Seventh street S.W., told po-
lice he found the man in the laun-
dry early today after hearing noises.
Mr.. Do said he fired one shot at
the intruder. who escaped through
an open rear window. through which
he had entered.
Evening star., 1946-03-23
Senate Confirms Cogswe|I
As Register Of Wills

The Senate yesterday unanimously
confirmed the appointment of Theo-
dore Cogswell as register of wills for
the District-a post he held for some
years prior to leaving for war service
In calling up the nomination near
the end of yesterdays Senate ses-
sion, Chairman Bilbo of the District
Committee praised Mr.. Cogswell's Is
qualifications and war service.
Minority Leader White also voiced
a tribute, saying the nominee was
a soldier with a good record who
was being reappointed to his prewar
lob.
Evening star., 1946-03-23
D. c. Taxi Driver Seized
After Chase in County

Donald H. Merrill, 40-year-old cab
driver of 3410 Rhode Island avenue,
Mount Rainier, was free today after
posting $113.40 collateral pending a
trial in Hyattsville Police Court on
March % on charges Of exceeding
10 miles per hour and turning off
his lights to avoid Identification
during a Smile chase that ended in
the District early yesterday, Hyatts-
vile police reported.
They said he was observed ex-
ceeding the speed limit as he passed
through Hyattsville toward Bladens-
burg road. He was arrested at Thir-
teenth and Franklin streets NE, in
the District, they reported.
Evening star., 1946-03-23

quest that they move to seats In
front of the bus. He said they
termed his request ridiculous.
Mr. Robey said he asked the girls
to move forward in the bus because
he anticipated taking on a number
of colored passengers during the re-
mainder of his run.
In announcing his decision, Judge
Reid said that driver "has a right
to anticipate the flow of traffic" The
statute, he said, "is one to which
there may be varying amounts OF
wisdom attributed by different peo-
pie" However, he added, shat 4
not my responsibility"
Evening star., 1946-03-23
PTA to Hear Talk on Mexico

The Mount Vernon School Par
ent-Teacher Association Of Alexan-
dria, will meet at 8 pm. Tuesday
at the school. DR.. Theodore Ap-
stein, assistant in the Mexican di-
vision of the Pan American Union,
will speak on the life and customs
of Mexico.
Evening star., 1946-03-23
Four Victims of Fire
Have Single Grove
BY the Associated Press

PURCELLVILLE, Va, Mar. 23.-A
father and his three children, who
burned to death in a flre which
destroyed their home here Tues
day morning, will be buried in a
single grave in Friends Cemetery
Lincoln, tomorrow afternoon.
The victims were Jack Crowder
and his three elder children. On
GERS said the fire was caused by an
explosion resulting from kerosene
being poured into a stove.
The wife Of the victim rescued
three other children.
The Omaha guide., 1946-03-16
GROW NOT ENDED IN
NEW ARMY POLICY

New York-The new army po-
Icy on the use of Negro troops
is a step forward, but does not
abolish segregation in the army,
said the NAACP in an official
statement March Z.
1.-The new policy provides for
jim Crow platoors instead of
divisions. 1t also states that even
tuaIly Negro officers r expec-
ted to command the Negro units
Their is some reference to Speci-
alist and schnicians being used
according to theri ability, but the
main body of the recommended
ions has to do with the formation
of still separate Negro units, un-
der Negro officers, for service in
the army. Although it is stated
that Negro officers will be accep-
ted and treated the same as the
Whit officers, it is apparent that
they will be dependent for promo
ton upon the openings available
in so called Negro units.
las the report states, and as
Secretary Patterson has said, this
is merely a step forward toward
Indignation. 1t is by no means in
tegration and will not answer the
legitimate complaints Of Negro Of
icers and enlisted men who served
in the last war. If it is hoped by
this report to secure the support
of Negroes for peacetime military
CONSUMPTION, the chances are SLIM
The Omaha guide., 1946-03-16

1t was announced this week by
Wesley F. Taylor, Director Of the
Leigh Street USO Club, that Mrs.
A. Christine Burroughs of Omaha.
mother of Mrs. Celestine Ransom,
of 1922 North 9th St, has been
added to the USO Staff as Staff
Assistant at the local club, 2l2
.. Leigh St, Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Burroughs is an alumnus
If Atlanta University, Atlanta,
Georgia. She has had consider
able experience in education and
also in the Social Work Field.
Coming into USO work four years
ago as a professional worker Of
the YMCA-USO, she has served
USO in Kansas, Texas, Louisiana,
North Carolina and o in Rich
mond, Va.
Mrs. Burroughs was honored
last AMY by being certified as Sec
rotary of the YMCA of North A
merica. She is a native of At
lanta, Georgia, but for a number
of years she has made her home
in Omaha. Mrs. Burroughs work
at the Leigh st. Club will be
largely that of organizing, train
ing and supervising volunteer
hostess groups in larger program
services for men Of the armed Ser
vices.
The Omaha guide., 1946-03-16

Especial to the OMAHA CUIDE:-Thep personal endorse
ment of those who have been assisted by the Red Cross, or
those who have seen its work and services in action, are
high their praise, and can well serve as the incentive to give
by those in more fortunate circumstances.
Brigadier General Benjamin Q. Davis, hignesi ranking
Negro in the United States Army, has this to say for the Red
Gross:
sThe American Red Cross stands high with Army officers
and with the enlisted men. Its dircetives are far and with
out favoritism or discrimination, and because the veteran
has formed the habit of looking to the American Red Cross
for help in his problems, that organization promises o'be
of great service now that peace has come"
And in the words of the Great Emancipator, Abraham
Lincoln, 'Let us strive to finish the work we are IN: to bind
up the nations wounds, to care for him who shall have
do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting
peace among ourselves and with all nations"
Lincoln could see. as we do now, the STRINGS of other in
terests. Money and jobs and the newest inventions de-
mand attention, once the fighting has stopped.
But war doesn't leave an area We can build a fence around
and forget. This war left us with the atomic bomb. 1t
left us, too, with the soldier who must spend weary months
learning to get along with a paraIyzed back the veteran
who must catch up somehow with the years he lost while
patrOlling the Pacific the MP who must walk the streets
of Berlin carrying a sub-machine gun.
We, as individuals, cannot stop the business of life to
help all these men; but their happiness, and ultimately
ours,-depends on making them available.
A simple design, just a red cross on a field of white; vet
such a mighty symbol of a friendly hand given by man to
man. For whatever the race, for whatever the country.
your Red Gross carries on. Yet it must have the support
of the people who constitute the Red Cross SO that its v 70
in the interests of humanity can continue forever.
The Red Gross appeals on a basis Of continuing need for
services to the armed forces, and the veterans, with added
emphasis on the need of advancing its health, safety and
disaster preparedness program.
Your contribution will be your way of standing by when
the need is great. GIVE to the RED CROSS, and GIVE
generously for YOUR RED CROSS MUST CARR ON.
The Omaha guide., 1946-03-16
FEDERAL COUNCIL
PRAISED FOR ANTI-UM
GROW A

New York-Praise for the ado
ption of a resolution renouncing
the pattern or segregation in race
relations was sert to the Federal
Council of Churches in Christ IN
America by the NAACP in the
following telegram to Bishop Q.
Bromley Oman, president:
1.-THE NAACP on behalf Of its
branches, members and associates
extends its warmest congratula-
lions to the Federal Council of
Churches upon its adoption of re-
solution to renounce unequivacol-
ly the patter of segregation III
race relations as unnecessary and
undesirable. Passage Of this reso-
luton and its subsequent implem-
entation will go far both in this
country and throughout the world
in demonstrating that the Federal
Council and many American Chri
stians believe in practising prac-
teal Christianity without a color
line. We trust that the 25 million
Protestants represented by the
Federal Council will follow your
lead.
The Omaha guide., 1946-03-16
NAACP INVESTIGATES
ALLEGED

Augusta, Ga-Further investi-
cation on the reported lynching
of a colored man at Elko, South
Carolina, near here, is being con-
Quoted by the Augusta branch Of
the NAACP, according to Rever-
end G. H. Carter, president.
The case was first reported to
the New York office by a man
who drove through Elko and sent
word from Atlanta.
According to a story circulating
here, the dead man, recently dis
charged from the Navy, had fol-
lowed his wife from New York
to her home in Elko to try to
effect a reconciliation. They had
an argument in her home and the
husband is said to have left in the
company of two of his wife's bro
Tiers The brothers were reported
to have returned later without the
sisters husband. The next morn
ing the body a found hanging
near the road.