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Evening star., 1946-12-11
|EpiseopaIians Select
Sheriff. 5 Successor il
Massachusetts Today
By ths Asseeioisd Press !.

BOSTON, Dec. II. = Episcopal
clergy and laymen met today at
Boston's st. Paul Cathedral to elect
4 successor to the Right Rev. Henry
Knox Sheriff.. new presiding bishop
OF the Protestant Episcopal Church
In Arnerica.
Among the likely nominees for
the Massachusetts, ONCE were deans
of two famous private schools--the
Rev. Norman B. Nash Of st. Paul's
Concord. N. H.. and the Rev. VIII
liam Brewster Of st. Marks, South
bridge.
Descendant Of the original Elder
Brewster OF the Plymouth Pilgrim
colony, the latter is the son of the
late Episcopal Bishop of Maine, the
Right Rev. Benjamin Brewster.
Other possible candidates for
votes OF. representatives of 7S,473
Massachusetts, EpiScopalians are the
Very Rev. Arthur G. Lightenberger,
dean of Trinity Cathedral, Newark,
N. j., and Rectors Gardner M. Day,
Christ Church, Cambridge. and Har-
old B. Sedgewick, All Saints, Brook
line.
Balloting by clergy and lay men,
bers Of 207 parishes, chapels and
missions OF the diocese was not
expected to get under way until
noon, following church service and
speeches Of nomination.
Women as well as men were
among the lay delegates whose bal
lot box was set up near the cathe-
dral war shrine, dedicated to the
English bishop. ST. Botolph. The
clergy's ballot box was at the head
Of the pulpit aisle.
Bishop Sheriff. presides at the
election Of his successor. who will
serve as coadjutor bishop until the
former Is installed as presiding
bishop in Washington January Is.
The coadjutor then automatically
becomes Massachusetts, Bishop.
Evening star., 1946-12-11
Judge Wins Duel
| OF Verse With
| Subway Smoker
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. l1.-A qua
train-quoting. self-styled poet re-
ceiyed poetic justice in Magistrate,
Court yesterday when charged with
smoking on subway platform.
Alan siegel. who told Magistrate
william Klapp he was 4 Bronx win.
dow dresser when not preoccupiee
by the muse, pleaded guilty with ar
explanation" Unfurling a manu-,
script and holding it at arms length
he declaimed:
II was waiting for a subway
train. / waited long but still none
came. In desperation like q soak
I lit a cigarette to smoke"
When he had finished quatrains
Magistrate Klapp looked at the
ceiling and said: your poem is fire
it's quite q line. Next time heed
no smoking sign. The verdict is
50 fine"
Evening star., 1946-12-11
|Dr. chlnn Reports on Use
[0f New Druq N Clinic

The Health Department Bureau
of venereal Diseases Is investigating
new drugs Ii Its clinics and rapid
treatment centers.
AT q recent stan meeting DR.. Ben
E. Chinn, clinic director at the Polk
Health Center. gave 1 preliminary
report to the entire stan on the Use
Of streptomycin In the treatment Of
venereal diseases. The use Of this
newer wonder drug" still Is limited,
since the supply Is extremely scarce.
Preliminary results are gratifying,
DR.. Chinn said, even though the
number OF patients on whom the
drug has been tried Is not large.
The experimental work was prompt
ed by the fact that some patients do
not respond satisfactorily to the
sulfa derivatives.
II 1t is found that some cases de-
velop 4 resistance to penicillin, the
drug currently being used. the Blu
reau Of Venereal Diseases will be
prepared for changed therapy. No
immediate change Is anticipated.
since penicillin is effective in mcst
cases,
Evening star., 1946-12-11
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Money refunded If one application
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Evening star., 1946-12-11
|Maharajah' ) Czech Wife
Found Dead Near Delhi
~ the Assoelatsd Press

NEW DELHI, India, Dec. 1.-THE
body OF the Czech wife Of the IA
|year-old Maharajah Of Kapurthala,
ruler Of small Sikh state in India's
Punjab, was found Monday at the
base Of the 23S-foot Qutab Minar,
ancient Indian tower near Delhi.
Police said the Maharajah's wife
had been staying at Delhi hotel
for the last month. Other sources
said she had been separated from
her husband for about year. Her
Identity was established from .
handbag which she left with a taxi
driver at the historic monument
while she climbed to the top.
She came to India with her mother
as a guest of the Maharajah few
months before World War II began
and married him five years ago in q
Sikh ceremony. Authoritative sources
said, however, she never was recog-
|nized ofiicially as the Maharanee.
Evening star., 1946-12-11
Palestine Forum Tomorrow

The current Palestine situation
will be discussed at q forum meeting
at. BIS pm. tomorrow by DR.. Oscar
Gass, economic adviser for the
Palestine Jewish Agency. The forum,
sponsored by the League for Indus
trial Democracy, will be held in the
Friends Meetings House, 211l Florida
avenue NV.
What will 1856 be like for you.2
Buy extra United States Savings
Bonds N 1916 and keep them.
Evening star., 1946-12-11
Unit Citution Awarded

Aviation Ordnanceman &c Philip
S. Smith, jr., 125 East Capitol street
has been awarded the Presidentia
Unit Citation for service aboard thu
aircraft carrier Essex in the Pacific
the l1th Naval District announced
today.
Evening star., 1946-12-11
KNIGHTS of ST. John Fund

The Knights Of st. John viii
launch campaign to raise n ,O0t
Ito complete the equipment of their
boys cadet band at meeting at
$3.50 o'clock tonight in st. Cyprian's
Hall, Thirteenth and O streets Sc.
Evening star., 1946-07-14

ten minutes" l said, "He hates
women. Ordinarily. he'd have you
escorted out, but no one will be
here. He'll be trapped. Then it's
up to you. Turn on the charm"
"I'll do my best" Linda said.
you've been very kind"
Il like being kind to you" l
babbled. Il want to 60 on being
kind to you -"
She patted my cheek and pushed
me gently outside. Progress, Car
son, | said. progress.
l WENT halfway up the stairs
and was crouching there when the
outer door opened. Al came in
slowly. not his usual self. marching
in like conqueror; he walked
with his head down. He went into
his office and closed the door
could hear him gasp. Then |
could hear him pushing every but
ton on his desk. But no one came
to help. l saw dark shape
through the frosted glass of his
door. Smart girl - Linda; she'd
backed against the door.
went to my desk and began
working. After bit, the office help
began to straggle in. Soon type
writers we're chattering, phones
ringing. The Commodore's door
remained closed.
At ten O'Clock it opened Linda
came out and threw me a radiant
smile. I was halfway to her when
l heard a below. "Carson" Al.
looked frostily at me. Carson,
I'm leaving the office today at
three O'Clock. On business His
eyes had an odd expression l
couldn't fathom. Take any calls
that come for me"
"Yes, SIR" l said IL hope Miss
Tyler didn't disturb ="
Your phones ringing" Al.
said.
was busy all day. That night l
phoned Linda. She wasn't home.
At eight the next morning l was
at my desk. Ten minutes later the
Commodore arrived. He strolled
in, humming, and there was car
nation in his buttonhole. He gave
me a genial glare. Carson" he
said, remind me that | have an
appointment with Mr.. Zybisko
at three
Customer" l asked.
"Humph. said the Commodore
81 believe - ahem - he is known
as a rubber A man my age must
watch his figure" He fixed me
with a glittering eye. mot -
ahem, that I'm fat. Not at all"
"Oh, not at all" | echoed.
But man must be careful. A
man in my position, leader. He
must set the pace
l didn't say anything. AIS
face got even redder than normally.
"Ah, Carson" he said, "just sup
pose you we're planning on
Continued on page I3
Evening star., 1946-07-14
CARSON FALLS IN LOVE
Continued from page Sir

brushed back my hair in the Gary
Cooper manner. and headed tor
the nearest florist. With corsage
in my hot little hand, | bounded
up the steps of the Mansion House.
Miss Tyler was seated in the lobby.
May ~" said, and pinned the
corsage to her shoulder Carson, l
thought, love has come to you.
Life has meaning, purpose -
During the soup course ! called
her Linda. She showed distress
ing tendency to discuss not me,
but A. ]. Brister | gave her the
saga from stock room boy to ship
ping clerk to matchmaker and on
up until he owned the company,
lock, stock and barrel.
"A great man" l said. "As for
my own modest history, | began
life twenty-some years ago in
Nyack. seldom cried as baby.
gurgling with happiness all day
long ="
"1'll have bread pudding for
dessert"
Discouraging. Carson, said to
myself; but love is like that.
I'VE have time to catch the first
show at the Strand" | remarked;
Twas thinking we ID sit at the back,
and | might hold her hand.
IF you don't mind" she said.
Il think I'll go home and write
down what you've told me"
We TAXED to her home. | went
to the door with her. eyed the
hammock on the front porch. and
tried to steer her toward it.
You've been so sweet" she
said. And you'll arrange that in
terview? How nice"
She was there and then she
wasn't. l bent forward to kiss her
- and implanted my lips on the
glass of her front door. She dis
appeared so fast | think she had a
magician among her ancestors.
/ WENT home and tossed all night:
but in the morning l had plan.
The Commodore has never
learned how to really relax in busi-
ness. He opens up the joint him
self each morning. The Office help
is due in at nine; at eight Al. is
invariably in his Office.
phoned Miss Tyler at seven.
Her voice had cobwebs in it. l
pictured her reaching for the phone
beside her bed, her golden hair
tousled on the pillow =.
Carson speaking" l gulped.
Can you be outside the factory
at ten of eight"
"Can and WILL" said Linda.
was afraid | might be disillu-
stoned when saw her as early
as that in the morning she might
look like yesterdays fruit salad.
was wrong; she turned the en-
trance of our plant into shrine.
We went inside the deserted Offices,
and | installed her in the Commo-
dore's sanctum. Hell be here in
Evening star., 1946-08-08
After Dark
News and Comment of the Night Clubs.
Ma Registered q s.. Patent once
By Horry Macarthur

George Antheil is man who
composes modern music as a career
and studies the workings of the
glands as a hobby. He also is a
man who can write entertainingly of
music and musicians. as he did re-
Gently in an photographed tome
called Bad Boy of Music" which
is what he likes to think Of him.
self as In the book he wrote ad-
miringly of several of our conduc-
tors, the ones, coincidentally, who
include Antheil works in their
programs. One of the conductors
thus praised was Leopold StokoWSki
and one of the anecdotes about Dr.
S. is the story of the time he in
cluded composition in a rehearsal
as a special favor to one of his
musicians. The man had been
playing, says Mr.. Antheil, with the
Philadelphia Orchestra for years
and never had been five minutes
late or missed a rehearsal. Then
came the day when he was to be
the father Of his first child, due to
arrive during the morning rehearsal
Everyone knew he would not be
on hand that day But he was
and kept his record stainless. Seems
/ the rehearsal hall was near the
hospital, the piece being rehearsed
/ had a 500-bar rest. and the man
took advantage of it. He just laid
down his instrument. started count
ing, ran to the hospital, kissed the
baby, kissed his wife, still counting,
ran back to the orchestra, sat
down and came in on the down.
beat on bar SOL.
Duke Jacobs is a former half
back who has a beautiful wife
He also is a publicity man, who
keeps us informed on the happen
ings at the Club Nightingale, a
suburban resort frequented by peo-
pie who like to dance to lively
music. One of the events about
which Mr.. Jacobs has told us hap
pened, he says, the other night
when a couple was met at the
door of the Nightingale by young
man who greeted them with: Eight,
nine, good evening. eleven. twelve.
fine weather tonight, fifteen . :"
They started to pass, but decided
this chap might need aid of some
sort and returned to him to ask
Thirty, thirty-one,' he continued.
Il play trombone for Jack Schafer's
band, thirty-four, I came out for a
/ smoke tbirty-Spypn pof q 5O-haI I
rest in this tune, forty-one. names
Evening star., 1946-08-08

Bob Swope, >forty-three, what's
yours? forty-dve it's been nice
meeting you, forty-eight, I've got
Frank Romer is an advertising
man here in town whose avocation
is the construction of horrible puns
and he might say we are making a
mountain out of an Antheil. But
is there doctor in the house who
can look after a fractured arm?
That long one, of coincidence.
+ x x X
Overheard in the dark: I never
go to the movies. And I won't until
they start making a serial co-star-
ring Monty Woolley and Lassie.
x x X
So help us, that paragraph above
got on the paper somehow while
we were out getting another drink
of water What we intended to dis
cuss right here was the Neptune
Room which is a rather large base
ment arena that is thriving res
taurant at lunch and dinner time,
(See AFTER DARK, Page BID
Evening star., 1946-11-28
Major Engagement
Near Lorisso Reported

ATHENS, Nov. 28 tF.-Press dis
patches from Northern Greece re-
ported today q major engagement
under way in the Larissa area be-
tween Greek regular troops and a
strong mountain band, which was
said to be suffering heavy casual
ties.
The same sources reported Greek
forces had surrounded a leftist band
of approximately $50 men in the
Souphli district near the Turkish
border and asserted that about 90
other guerrillas had been captured
in 'mopping up" operations In that
area.
Minor engagements were reported
In several other areas In Northern
Greece.
Oficial sources said II villages
had been destroyed or badly DAM
aged by guerrilla bands since No
veinber ! and that more than 100
villagers had been slain.
A Greek newspaper correspondent
reported yesterday that ..Commu-
nists" control all of Western Mace
donia except for the larger COM
munities Immediately south of the
Yugoslav border. where. there are
strong military forces.
Vasso Tsimbidaros Of the Embros,
returning after an 11-day visit to
Macedonia, said government officials
60 about armed with guns and
grenades. In Naoussa, he reported
the army was entrenched in part
of the town with barbed wire strung
around vulnerable points.
Evening star., 1946-11-28
Britain May Reduce
VIRGINIA tobacco Use
BY the Assoeiated Pres. d

LONDON, Nov. 28. London news
papers said today that cuts in i'm
ports OF Hollywood films and Vir-
ginia tobacco were likely to be in
lcluded in the drastic action fore
cast yesterday by Board of Trade
President Sir Stafford Cripps te
conserve Britain's dollar credits.
aIt is believed that In the search
for dollar economy 1t may be con-
Isidered to what extent the British
film industry can be developed" the
Daily Mails political correspondent
wrote.
More tobacco may be bought
from empire countries" the Mail
said. Other papers suggested in
creased imports from Rhodesia,
which grows tobacco similar to that
from Virginia.
The New Chronicle and the Daily
Express carried speculation familiar
to that of the Mail. The Express
ran headline saying: Britain to
buy less from America"
Cripps warned an export confer
ence Of the federation Of British
Industries yesterday that British
economy would come a real crop
per" unless a balance were achieved
between imports from and exports
to the dollar countries before the
American and Canadian loans are
exhausted "in year or two"
Evening star., 1946-11-28
Man Held for Grand Jury
In Attack on Detective

John II. IA. Mackey, So, colored
l14OO block Of Corcora1 street NV.
today was sentenced to 180 days ir
jail for stealing q blanket and was
held for grand jury action on q
charge Of assaulting q department
store detective with q dangerous
weapon.
Eugene w. Barden Of Woodley
Hills Trailer Court, Md, a detective
at the Hecht Co, suffered cash
over his left eye, which police said
was inflicted yesterday by Mackey
With q wood chisel.
A second larceny count involving
theft of Is pairs Of socks from Lans-
burgh & Bro Department Store was
dismissed because Of insufficient
identif tification it was said.
Judge Quinn set bond on the dam
gerous weapon charge at $500 on
learning Mackey still had 16 months
to report, in connection with parole
from a narcotics violation,
Evening star., 1946-11-28
Broken Broom, Ink Well Il
Exhibited in Divorce Casea

A broom with a broken handle,
an inkwell, a bookend and q vase (
were among exhibits yesterday 10;
District Court in a hearing in the
divorce case of Mrs. Dorothy r. Spill
ker and william j. Spilker, music
teachers, of the TOO block of Nine {
teenth street NV. IL
Mr.. Spilker testified his wife hads
hit him with the broom handle >
breaking it, and that she had
thrown the inkwell, bookend and /,
vase at him. ~
Mrs. Spilker, however, testified
she had swung the broom at a door :
and that 1t broke and struck Mr..
Spilker's glasses. She said she did
not attempt to hit him with the"
vase she threw. ss
Mr.. and Mrs. Spilker each charge .
the other with cruelty. Mrs. Spill
ker brought the original divorce .
action and Mr. Spilker filed an arl-T
swer and cross complaint. The
case Is being heard by Justice F.i-
Dickinson Let's, who postponed,s
further hearing until Wednesday. !.
! Mr.. Spilker is represented by At-,i
torneys Leonard S. Melrod and Lee
Cowan. Mrs. Spilker's attorneys are
Gregory Hankin and Robert II. Nc
NetlI
Evening star., 1946-11-28

doubt In his mind who was meant
The shipbuilder. who previously
has been critical Of Mr.. Braden, said
the diplomat had been throwing
his weight around. and said Mr.
Braden had been trying to act as q
dictator In Argentina the same
thing, he added. of which, Mr.. Bra
den had accused Mr.. Peron of doing
Mr.. Higgins said there was nc
specifIe incident responsible for the
Peron letter. He recalled that he
did business In South America and
Was on friendly terms with Mr..
Peron and that the latter simply
had written him a friendly letter.
Higgins Praises Peron.
He said Mr.. Peron lis d man Of
sound ideals and good ideas"
Mr.. Higgins said Argentina had
sent a purchasing mission to this
country, and commented that 1t was
a nice gesture In view Of the rela-
tions that had existed with this
country, particularly when other
countries are going out for Argen-
tine business.
Senators Connally and vanden-
berg now are attending the U. N
meeting in New York. The former
said he had not received copy OF
the letter. The Associated Press
said Senator vandenberg could not
be reached for comment.
Evening star., 1946-11-28
u. NJ.
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Continued From First Page.)
la surprise demand for the immediate
withdrawal Of all armed forces from
the territory of United Nations
members except In cases covered by
the U. N. charter.
Egyptian Delegate Mahmoud Bey
Fawzi told the Political Committee
that, in view of the American and
British insistence on more time to
study the proposal, he would agree
to have 1t considered separately
rather than In connection with a
world troop inventory.
Both Senator Connally, American
delegate. and Sir Hartley Shaw
cross, British delegate, had objected
that the question had many impli-
cations and that 1t should be con-
sidered as a separate matter, but
only after delegates had time to give
lit thorough study.
AS an example Of the possible far
reaching effects Of the Egyptian
proposal, Senator Connally cited the
case of American troops now ir
Panama under an agreement with
the Panamanian government, an1
declared that the measure NIGH
mean that the Assembly would asi
the United States to recall all of 1t.
troops defending the Canal.
| Inventory Approved.
Egypt's decision to defer action or
the resolution opened the way fol
a final vote on the world troop In
Iventory which had been approved
yesterday paragraph by paragraph
/ 1t was Immediately approved In toto
by a vote Of 81 to z, with four mem-
bers abstaining.
The troop census proposal now
goes to the Assembly for final action.
Although it must receive a two
thirds. vote in the Assembly, its ap-
proval seemed assured. There was
a possibility. however, that Russia
might renew her fight against some
provisions of the measure. particu-
larly its inclusion of data on troops
in their home territory.
Andrei Y. Vishinsky, deputy
Soviet Foreign Minister, in an
nouncing his vote against the final
draft of the troop proposal, noted
that the Soviet demand for informa-
ton on armament data, including
information on atomic and rocket
weapons, had been rejected and said
| this made the measure one-sided.
Evening star., 1946-11-28
Thanksgiving
Continued From First Page.

travel loads reported about 10 pei
cent above that of a normal week
end. All passengers were accom-
modated, the lines reported.
Airlines turned scores away, how
ever. Although they had more planes
in service than last year, they were
unable to handle the traffic. Coco
flying weather made lucky space
holders sure of flights.
100000 at Union Station.
At Union Station it was estimated
perhaps 100000 persons passed
through the gates yesterday. Man!
of them were arriying-colle stu.
dents here to spend the holiday
with their parents and others wh'
call Washington "home," although
living elsewhere.
Maximum use was made of cleo
trio and Diesel locomotives by th'
roads.
Among the Thanksgiving serv.
ices was the annual Pan American
mass celebrated in st. Patrick
Church this morning. Diplomatic
representatives of the Latin Amer.
tcan republics and high officials o.
this Government were in the con-
gregation.
The Most Rev. Amleto G. Cicog.
mani, apostolic delegate to the
United States, pontificated. Tht
Most Rev. Lawrence j. Shehan
Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore ar1s
Washington, was the preacher.
Bishop Shehan asked that 1t no
Evening star., 1946-11-28

Of violence and Donald n. Green.
District Attorney Harold Grousbeck
said that 1t definitely was not a
suicide
Unclaimed since Sunday, the
body was identified only late yester-
day when an automobile found
nearby was traced to Mr.. Green.
AT the Holyoke Worsted Co.,
where MIR. Green was treasurer and
part-owner, officials said that he
worked last Friday. No special no.
tice was taken of his absence.
Mr.. Green's wife, the former Con-
stance Mclaughlin Of Chicago, has
been in Washington gathering ma
terial for a book on the American
Red Cross.
First word of the tragedy was
given Mrs. Green last night as she
stepped from d train from Washing
ton with her three children. Over
come by the news, she went imnle-
diatly to the home of a friend.
DR.. Joseph T. walker, State chem
ist, said that his work was not COM
pleted but that he thought it prob
able that the cause of death would
be set down as exposure.
Mrs. Green has been working since
July In the history department of
the American Red Cross here, which
is engaged in writing a history of
the organization. |
She has been making her home
temporarily at 1840 Mintwood place
NV, and associates said she left
Tuesday to go home for Thanks
giving. Mrs. Green Is a member of
the faculty at Smith College, CO.
worker said,
Evening star., 1946-11-28
Alexandra Church Plans
Fund Drive for Parish Hall

Members Of the Christ Episcopa
Church, Alexandra, are planning
to raise funds for the construction
of q new parish hall.
At the annual Congregations
meeting OF the church, the urgent
need OF a parish hall was outlined
The group authorized the use o.
the principal Of the endowment
fund toward the building If it wa.
found it could be done legally.
The group also elected 10 new
vestrymen. They are Clarence j
Robinson, Gardner Boothe, Alber1
Bryan. r. H. c.. Beverley, j. CHS
man Hanes, Robert McKinlay, Rob-
ert c. Moneure, Talbot Sinclair
Thomas Sommers, jr.. and Howard
W. Smith, jr.