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Evening star., 1946-05-04
Symposium Speakers
Clash Over Closer
u. ). Radio Control
By the Assoeioisd Press

COLUMBUS. Ohio, May 4.-Sharr
differences Of opinion within the
industry over closer Federal control
Of radio broadcasting came to the
surface well ahead of schedule last
night at Ohio State Universitys 10th
institute for education by radio.
Speakers at symposium billed as
dealing with radios postwar respon-
sibilities charged Into a free-for all
discussion Of Government control OF
radio programs. The subject had
been scheduled to appear in a de-
bate at noon tomorrow.
Center of the quarrel Is recent
report by the Federal Communica-
tions Commission in which it called
for more sustaining time, more local
live" programs, more public service
and a minimum of advertising. The
report criticized the present setup.
Nathan Straus, president of New
York's independent Station WMCA.
one of the panel speakers, declared
radios record is marred by grave
abuses"
Called Dangerous Nonsense.
THE president Of the largest trade
organization in the radio world
characterized the FEC report as re-
vealing lack of faith in the Amer
ican system of free radio" Mr..
Straus said. II, for one, am ready
to say that this is nonsense
and exceedingly dangerous non-
sense.
1T would seem to me that the
Evening star., 1946-05-04

radio industry itself would welcome
such criticism, carrying as it does
an assurance Of support in roofing
out abuses"
Justin Miller, president of the Ma
tional Association of Broadcasters,
took issue with the Straus statement
and asserted the broadcasting in
dustry would take a militant stand
against encroachment upon freedom
of speech"
Radio, he said, will not docilely
consent to Government control of
the content of our radio programs.
To accept program control without
vigorous protest would be a failure
by radio to meet a firm obligat ton.
We recognize our responsibilities
we assume them
Support for the FEC stand came
from the sfoor by Roger Baldwin
Of the American Civil Liberties
Union, who said the Radio Commit
tee of the union expressed general
agreement with the conclusions and
proposals" In that controversial
document.
Debate Slated Tomorrow.
The governmental control issue
will come before the institute form
ally tomorrow in a debate between
Sydney M. Kaye, executive vice
president of Broadcast Music, Inc,
Evening star., 1946-05-04

and Charles Siepmann OF New York
University.
General use Of frequency modula-
ton is being slowed by the radio
industry which "clings to old sys-
tems,'' Clifford j. Durr, Federal
Communications commissioner, told
the institute last night.
80 > There seems to be a dis
turbing inclination on the part of
radio to cling to its old systems Of
oral broadcasting rather than give
free rein to new system" Mr.. Durr
said, adding:
THE new system Is admittedly
superior. but it means newcomers
and hence new competition"
Evening star., 1946-05-04

liam Green of the AFL join with
James A. Patton. head Of the Farm.
ers' Union, in urging the Presiden,
to replace Mr.. Anderson with some
one more sympathetic with the
policies" Of the administration.
Mr.. ~Anderson's testimony this
week with regard to price controls
on meat convinced Mr.. Patton that
1t was time to withdraw his support
of the Secretary, a spokesman for
the farm organization said.
Would End Black Market.
At his press conference Thursday
the President was asked whether hi
agreed with Mr.. Anderson thai
controls on meat" should be taker
off if the black market was not
broken. The President replied that
If it is necessary to do that, we will
do it.
The Presidents statement, made
public by the White House yester.
day, said that confusion apparently
had arisen from misunderstanding
of the term meat controls" as II
was used by the President at his
conference and Mr.. Anderson at q
Senate hearing.
Both the President and Secre-
tary Anderson took the term to
mean, not price controls, but rather
the slaughter controls" the state
ment explained. These controls
were put into effect April % in an
effort to force more meat animals
to legitimate slaughterers.
The White House statement in
sisted there was every reason to
believe that the slaughter control
program will be effective, but
added that If 1t failed, "other addi-
tional measures will be used to
whatever extent seems necessary"
Evening star., 1946-05-04
Save 0PA Day Delayed
Until Next SATURDAY.

The Save OPA Day" which the
Washington Chapter of the Amer
lean Veterans Committee was to
have sponsored today with q noon
rally at the Sylvan Theater at the
Washington Monument has been
postponed until next Saturday be-
cause OF the rain, it was announced
today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-17
MERCHANT CADET CORPS HAS FOUR
 ALASKA OPENINGS

Four vacancies in Alaska's quota of appointments to the United States Merchant Marine Cadet CorpS-as of December l, 1945-are listed by Commodore R. R. McNulty, USNR, Supervisor of that training organ ization in a communication to the Office of the Governor of .Iaska.
 The full Alaska share of appoint ments to the 2,500 membership of the Cadet -Midshipman Corps is six. The Corps trains future officers for Uncle Sam's Merchant Marine.
 Competitive scholastic tests for appointment to the Corps are to be held in all States and Territories on April 3, Commodore McNulty stated. To participate in the exam nations, applications must be mail ed before midnight March 1, to the Supervisor, U. s. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps Training Organization VISA, Washington 25, D. c.
 Further information concerning the Cadet -Midshipmen Corps may be obtained here from the Office of the Governor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-17
Legion Auxiliary
 Plans Initiation
 To Be Held Feb. ,

Afford John Bradford Unit No. 4, American Legion Auxiliary, acting on a report given by Mrs. Olaf Bod ding, President, of the Health Coun- cil meeting regarding the efforts being made to secure a tuberculosis Isanatorium for Alaska, at their meet ing Tuesday night, voted unanimous ly to support the proposed plan. and to give all possible assistance toward that end.
 Thirty eight Alaskan children who are in hospitals, schools and institu- tions in the States. were sent Christ mas gifts by the Auxiliary, accord | ing to a report given by Child Well fare chairman, Mrs. Al zenger
 Plans were made for public card party to be given by the Auxiliary Tuesday evening, February l9, with more details to be announced later
 Membership applications of Mrs. Myrtle Converse, mother of George Converse, a World War II veteran, and of Mrs. Pauline Cady, wife of Wm. Cady, veteran of World War I, were received and accepted. Plans for initiation of the new members were made, and will be held at the next regular meeting, Tuesday, Feb ruary 5.
 A social hour followed the busi- ness session, and Mrs. Leo Jewett was presented with the birthday gift for the month. Delicious refresh ments were served by the commit tee in charge, and games were en- joyed during the social hour.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Mrs. Walter 4. Covert Dies;
Rites 10 Be Tomorrow

Mrs. Mildred Powell Covert, 40, Of
Manor Club Estates, Norbeck, Md,
died yesterday at the Montgomery
County General Hospital, Sandy
Spring, after long illness.
Born at Chapel Hill, Tenn, Mrs.
Covert was the daughter of Austin
T. Powell of Brookeville and the late
Mamie E. Powell. She spent most
of her life in Montgomery County.
where she was active in charitable
and social activities.
Mrs Covert was a member Of the
Oakdale-Em Methodist Church,
Oakdale, Md, and of the Woman's
Board of the Montgomery County
General Hospital.
Besides her husband. Walter A.
Covert Of Manor Club Estates, and
her father, she is survived by five
sisters, Mr.. Mary P. Higgins. Ar
lington, Va; Mrs. John R. Wood,
Edgewood Arsenal, Md; Mrs. Ed
ward ]. Coping, Washington; Mrs.
Felix P. Broussard, New Iberia, La,
and Mrs. William G. Allen, Manor
Club Estates, and two brothers,
Thomas and Joseph E. Powell Of
Brookeville.
Funeral services will be held at
.2::30 pm. tomorrow at the Warner
IL. Pumphrey funeral home, 8434
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring.
Burial will be in Salem Cemetery,
lBrookeyille,
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Brightwood Citizens Group
Protests Low-F|ying Planes

Objection to low-f1ying airplanes
over the District was voiced last
night by the Brightwood Citizens
Association In a resolution which
will be sent to the Civic Aeronautics
Administration.
Carl v. Hickman of the Citizens
Association of Takoms, D. c., urged
at the meeting that the public
school Fairgrounds be kept open
daily after school hours and all day
on Saturday and Sundays. with or
without supervisors.
Maurice N. Thompson, newly
elected president, announced ap-
pointment of the following commit
tee chairmen: John Clagett Proc
tor, historical and Memorial Day:
Russell c. Humphreys, traffic,
streets, lights and parks; Thomas
F. Ferry, publicity; Mrs. Jennie E.
Clarke, library, public schools and
Fairgrounds; Edward c. Hartung,
membership.
Approval was given tentative
sketch of the proposed division
Of the Matthew G. Emery tract
fronting Georgia avenue and bound-
ed by Madison and Ninth streets
and Missouri avenue. District OFF,
cials will be urged to prevent the
destruction of the old trees on the
tract when it is divided into re-
creation center. Part of the tract
is to be devoted to construction Of
a library. .....
The meeting was held In the Paul
Junior High School.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Cancer Council Approves
Grants Iota!inq S225,OOO
By tte Associoted Press


The National Advisory Cancer
Council announced last night it had
approved applications for s225, 900
in grants-in-aid to 81 American
universities, hospitals and research
institutions.
The announcement came at the
end of a two-day meeting at the
National Cancer Institute at which
doctors discussed plans for enlarg-
ing cancer programs in medical
school curricula. The grants are
part Of this program.
The sums granted range from
81, 900 to $4,000, but the amount for
each institution was not announced
Grants were recommended for these
institutions:
Washington University. st. Louis;
University of Cincinnati, Temple
University, Philadelphia; Detroit
Institute for Cancer Research
(Wayne University, Detroit; Jack
son Memorial Laboratory, Bar Har-
Dor, Maine; Cornell University
Medical School. Wistar Institute of
Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia; !;
Columbia University, University of
Southern California, Mount Sinai
Hospital, New York; Chicago Tumor
Institute, Yale University, Southern
California, University of Los An
geles. Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia; University of Mime
sofa, Jeanes Hospital, Philadelphia; !;
New York Geological Society, Syra-
cuse University, University of Michi-
gan, Harvard University.
Evening star., 1946-11-09


Mr.. Donald knew young Marshall
Chang we'll and had helped him
try to break the narcotic habit.
Although Mr.. Donald never learned
to speak Chinese, he had held high
and confidential positions for years.
He wrote several of Sun Yat-sen's
early proclamations when the
founder of the Chinese Republic
was beginning his program of uni
fication. He also first disclosed
Japan's notorious 81 demands on
China and was credited with almost
single-handedly bringing China into
the First World War.
Before war broke out in Europe
Mr.. Donald returned to Australia
to write his memoirs of 40 years
spent among China's great. En-
route back to China, he was caught
in Manila when the Japanese struck
Pearl Harbor.
The Japanese found Mr.. Donald
in Manila, but they had no idea of
his identity and locked him up in
Santo Tomas Prison. He said after
his liberation that he had fooled
the Japanese simply by changing
his name. Had the Japanese known
who he was it was believed they
would have executed him.
After the fall of Japan, Mr..
Donald, broken in health, returned
to China, saying he expected to die
there. He was met on his arrival
in Shanghai by Nine. Chang.
The Australian was regarded as
probably the generalissimo's closest
foreign friend.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Mother Identifies
Patient in Ga||inger'
As Amnesia Victim

The mother of missing West
Newton (Mass.) schoolgirl walked
into Gallinger Hospital at Q am.
today and identified an amnesia
victim there as her daughter, Con-
stance Ann Nordheim.
Hospital attendants said 15-year-
old Constance recognized her mother,
Mrs. Anna Nordheim, but was still
vague about such matters as how
she happened to be in Washington.
The girl, tentatively identified as
Constance Nordheim by papers in
her purse, was taken to Gallinger's
observation ward after she collapsed
Thursday night in drugstore at
Eleventh and G streets NV.
Mrs. Nordheim rushed here after
the Missing Persons Bureau notified
the Massachusetts, State police that
a girl believed to be Constance Nord-
helm was here. The State police
wired back that a girl of that name
had disappeared Tuesday.
Constance told attendants today
that her mother had visited her
during the night, but that she still
couldn't remember whether she had
a father, brothers and sisters.
She knows she came to Wash
ington by train, but she says she
doesn't remember how she came
to leave home or whether she
Travelled alone, hospital authorities
said.
Mrs. Nordheim was expected at the
hospital again today to help jog
her daughters memory. Gallinger
authorities said they had been told
that Constance collapsed on the
street near her home year ago
and suffered from amnesia for sew
eral days.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Elmer F. Neag|e, 81, Dies;
Aide 10 House Members

Elmer F. Neagle. 54, congress
sional secretary for more than IS
years, died unexpectedly yesterday
of a heart attack at his home, 5220
Kansas avenue NV.
Mr.. Neagle was secretary to Repre-
sentative O'Brien, Democrat, OF Hi
nois, at the time Of his death.
A veteran of overseas service with
the Rainbow Division. during the
World War, Mr.. Neagle was past ma
tional president and an active men,
ber of the Association Of Rainbow
Division Veterans.
Mr.. Neagle began his active service
as secretary to Congress members
shortly after the World War, working
under many different Illinois repre-
sentatives until his death. He was
a member of the Petworth Citizens
Association and of the Knights Of
Columbus.
Surviving Mr.. Neagle are his
widow, Mrs. Camille Neagle; two
sons, James and Edwin Neagle; a
daughter, Jane Neagle, all OF Wash
ington, and a brother, Cyril sNeagle,
of Zelienople, Pa.
Requiem mass will be held at 10
a m. Tuesday at st. Gabriel's Church,
followed by burial in Arlington
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Army Seeks Psychologists
As EnIisfmenfs Decline

Army volunteer enliStmentS
dropped from 61,750 in September
to 48,769 last month, the War De-
partment reported as it put out
a call yesterday for clinical psy-
biologists.
Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, sur
geon general of the Army, urged
officers and former officers qualified
as clinical psychologists to apply
for the Regular Army to continue
the development of the Army's
neuropsychiatric services.
The showdown in recruiting has
been blamed variously on the draft
holiday and the possibility that
some youths misunderstood the ef-
feet of the october 6 deadline on
benefits under the CT Bill of Rights.
Brig. Gen Burdette M. Fitch, new
director of the campaign for vol
unteers. told reporters that with
the drafe suspended at least until
January, the prospects of getting
recruits were tougher" for the re-
mainder of the year.
He said the War Department,
nevertheless, hoped to keep the
average of 37,999 monthly which
is considered necessary to maintain
the number of volunteers in the
Army at the million man figure in
the face of continued discharges.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
|Comdr. Hefie|d Die.
Former Adviser 10
japanese Embassy

Comdr. Francis Ward Hetfied.
q. s. N. r., 40, onetime economic
adviser to the Japanese Embassy
here, died yesterday at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, where he had been
since his return from overseas in
August.
Born in Washington, he graduated
from Eastern High School and the
Columbia University School of
Business Administration and at
tended Catholic University.
Before going on active duty with
the Naval Reserve in 1899 he served
for several years as economic ad-
wiser to the japanese Embassy. For
number of years he was in the
Far East with the International
Banking Corp.
He had been with the Naval Re
serve since its organization in the
20s. During the war he spent more
than % months overseas in the
Southwest Pacific and Japan. He
was a member of the Circumnavi-
gators Club, Explorers Club, and the
University Club. He lived at 5000
Hamilton street, Hyattsville, Md.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Phola Jones Hetfield; brother,
Comdr. William B. Hetfield, U. S. NJ,
retired, of San Francisco, Calf, and
two sisters, Mrs. Maxwell o. johnson
of Honolulu, and Mrs. Earl Curtis
Carr of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
$3.50. am. Tuesday at Chambers
funeral home, 1400 Chaplin street
NV, to be followed by requiem
mass at 10 am. at Fort Myer Chapel.
Burial will be in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Chicago Sun Staff Here Cut,
New Bureau Head Installed

The Chicago Suns staff of Wash
ington correspondents was pared
from II to 5, and a new bureau
chief installed, In a sudden shakeup
on Marshall Fields newspaper an
nounced yesterday.
Gerard A. Robichaud succeeds
Bascom N. Timmons as bureau chief
and those leaving the bureau were
listed as James Free, Ruth Moore,
Vance johnson, Eugene Rachlis and
Carroll Kirkpatrick. Those remain
ing are Cecil Holland, Thomas F.
Reynolds, Grif1lng Bancroft and Sam
McCully.
The staff reduction was part of a
cut which resulted in discharge of
about 40 Sun men in Chicago, New
York and London because, as Mr..
Field announced earlier in Chicago,
expenses and personnel in certain
departments" had to be reduced "for
the success and permanency Of the
paper"
Evening star., 1946-11-09
I'M Mrnturtattt

of our dear noshsI; rASNiE tuekETf: G:
who departed this life nineteen years ago
today. November 8, 1927.
God is good, He gave us strength
TO bear Be-. oOsy our hes heavy y,o er9ss; nnov.
HER ACo IcvfNa fesf cHfIpRGN Ea5 .Gss AND GRAND
CHILDREN.
MILES, LOUISE. In sad but loving re-
membrance of my dear mother, LOUISE
MILES. who departed this life three years
ago today, November 8, 1943.
My heart still aches with sadness.
MY eyes shed many tears:
God only knows how much miss you
At the end of three sad years.
1t was just when life was sweetest,
And We could have lived our best.
God called home my mother
HER A1s 81 sfE e Hffzsa E Ell
JOHNSON.
Of our dear sister. LOUISE MILES. who
left us for better home three years ago
today. November 8, 1943.
How dear. how near her memory,
How close, how sweet 1t stays on.
Whose WI Ag passing % has brought sad tears.
YIN e6esIsh s1Es hsT msgoT2 IBa alwaE5 RICHARD
q. HAWKINS AND ELLA JACKSON.
MORRIS, GEORGE H. In loving mem.
ory of our husband and father, GEORGE
H. MORRIS, who departed this life seven
years ago today, November 8, 1899.
November brings sad memories
OF loved one gone to rest;
You will never be forgotten
BY those who loved you best:
HIS LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN.
MORRIS, JOSEPH EDWARD. To the
memory of our loved one. JOSEPH Ed
WARD MORRIS, who departed this life
nine years ago today, November 9, 1887.
Now amonr our dwellings
Lonely are our hearts today,
For the one we loved so dearly
Has forever passed away.
THE FAMILY.
WILLIAMS, JULIA LINTON. In sad but
loving memory. of our dear mother. JULIA
LINTON WILLIAMS, who left US one year
ago today, November 8, 1945.
Eternal rest grant unto her, o Lord.
May her soul rest in peace.
HER DEVOTED DAUGHTERS, CLAUDIA
AND SHIRLEY.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Private Rites ARRANGED
For 6. Bryan Pitts, 81,
Figured in Fraud Here

Private funeral services were being
arranged today for G. Bryan Pitts,
So, former Washington mortgage
banker, who died Thursday night
at Garfield Memorial Hospital.
At the William Demaine UNDER
taking establishment in Alexandria
it was said relatives of Mr.. Pitts
had requested all arrangements for
the funeral be withheld
Mr.. Pitts was one of the principal
figures in an embezzlement con-
spiracy case here during the de-
preston years.
He was released from Lorton
Reformatory July %, 1941, after
serving nine-and-a-half years of a
14-year sentence on embezzlement
conspiracy charges. His conviction
grew out of his connection with
the F. H. Smith Co. which went
bankrupt in the boom days preceding
the 1929 crash. Losses to investors
of $5,000,000 were alleged in the
embezzlement charges.
One of the developments in the
prosecution of Mr.. Pitts was the
coniscation of his palatial Florida
home by Federal agents seeking to
collect approximately 100000 in
income taxes
Mr. Pitts wife, Mrs. Gladys Ann
Pitts, died in 1924. A native OF
Alexandria, Mr.. Pitts entered the
insurance business here as a young
man. joining the F. H. Smith firm
in 1917.
He had recently lived at the JEFF
ferson Apartments, 1900 Sixteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Services Conducted
For William Conrad

Funeral services for William Mark
Conrad, "a, former Government s,a-
wiser and newspaperma1, who died
Thursday at his residence in the
Shoreham Hotel, were held today
at Gawler's Chapel, 1756 Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. Burial was in
Arlington National Cemetery.
Born in Louisville, he was grad
uated from the University of Louis
vile. He came to Washington about
80 years ago when he joined the
Washington Herald. Later he was
Church News Editor of The Star.
After he retired from newspaper
work he was appointed by President
Coolidge to position on the Tariff
Commission. He also served here
as resident industrial adviser to the
NIlA.
Mr.. Conrad was a lieutenant in
the Quartermaster Corps during
World War I.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Alice Bacon Conrad; a brother,
Robert S. Conrad of Washington,
and a sister, Mrs. Edwin William
Daum of Louisville.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Dr.. Rusk to Give Talk
At Medical Symposium

DR.. Howard Rusk, associate pro-
fessor Of medicine, New York Uni
versity, who is medical editor of
the New York Times, will lead a
symposium on hospitalized patients
before the District Medical Society,
at 8:15 pm. Wednesday at society
headquarters
Other speakers will include: DR..
J. Ross Veal, associate professor of
surgery. Georgetown University; DR..
William D. Terrell and DR.. Hugh H.
Hussey, both of Georgetown Uni
versity.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Michael Gould Resigns
Post.With Tax Division

Resignation of Michael Gould, at
torney in the tax division of the
Justice Department. was announced
yesterday. He will enter private
practice here.
Mr.. Gould entered the depart
ment in 1896. He participated in
a number of important criminal tax
cases and in 1888 transferred to
the civil trial section. Mr.. Gould
served with the Navy during the
war in the Pacific and European
areas. Attorney General Clark
praised his record.
Evening star., 1946-11-09

shek, died today
in a Shanghai
hospital at the
age Of rs.
Mr.. Don a ! d
was closely as
sociated W / t h
Nine. Chang in
1896 in arrang-
ing for the re-
lease of Gen.
Chang, who had
b e e n abducted
by young Mar
shall Ch a n 6
Hsueh- h-liang in
a kidnapping that
S startled the
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Mrs. Rose J. Groyson
Rites Scheduled Today

ST. MARY'S CITY, Md, Nov. g.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rose Jones
Grayson, Of Cross Manor, said to be
the oldest brick house in Maryland,
are scheduled for today at Trinity
Episcopal Church here.
Mrs, Grayson, widow Of Charles
Sterrett Grayson, was found dead in
bed yesterday by her two daughters,
Miss Dorothy Grayson and Mrs. Ma
rie Grayson Cruitt.
She was born and died at Cross
Manor, built in 1642 by Sir Thomas
Cornwallis and which had belonged
to her family for generations.
Evening star., 1946-11-09

Americans will earn more than
Sl67; billion this year. That is $40
billion more than enough to buy all
consumer goods that can be manu-
factured now. These excess earn
ings should be laid aside in savings
for the time when they will be
needed by consumers and producers.
Put as much as you can in United
States Savings Bonds.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
wv. H. Donald, Adviser
To Chang, Dies in
Shanghai Hospital
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

SHANGHAI, Nov. 9.-W. H. DON
aid, an Australian newspaperman
who became the adviser and con-
fidant of Generalissimo Chang Kali