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Evening star., 1946-01-20
State Societies
Announce Parties
BRIDES OF THE FUTURE,

The New York State Society will
hold its Albany Night" dance on
Wednesday the 23d in the main
ballroom of the Shoreham Hotel
Residents of Albany and vicinity
will be the honored guests at this
party which will last from $50 to
1890 O'Clock. The president Of the
society, Mr.. Harold B. Barnett, will
receive the guests, and he will be
assisted by Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald T.
Buckley, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip M.
Kemon, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A.
Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Luther w.
Wohlsen, Mrs. Fred S. Cooksley, Mrs.
Marion E. Torrens, Mr. Robert D.
Fribourg and Mr.. Dan w. Summer
ford.
Tickets Of admission may be Sc
cured at the door, and further in
formation may be obtained evenings
from Miss Dorothy NJ Gollinger, at
Glebe 5oo4.
Congressional Night" will be held
by the Kentucky Society on Friday,
the 25th in the ballroom of the Will
lard Hotel. In the receiving line at
this party, which will begin at 9:45,
will be Senator and Mrs. Alben w.
Barkley, Senator and Mrs. W. A.
Stanfill, Representative and Mrs.
Brent Spence, Representative and
Mrs. A. J. May, Representative and
Mrs Noble J. Gregory, Representative
and Mrs. Earle c. Clements, Repre-
sentative and Mrs Frank L. Chelf,
Representative and Mrs. Virgil Chap
man, Representative and Mrs. Joe
B. Bates, Representative and Mrs.
Emmet OrNeal and Representative
and Mrs. John M Robson. Regular
officers of the society will be as
sisted by the honorary presidents.
A gala reception and dance will
begin the new year for the Tar
Heels. The North Carolina Society
will give its party on January 26
at the Shoreham Hotel. The evening
will start with card game tourna-
ment at 8 80 for members and guests
who do not dance. Dancing will
begin at 10 o'clock Uniformed serv-
lcemen will be guests of the society
and all North Carolinians are in
vited. Mrs. Fred Morrison, chairman
Of the Reception Committee will be
assisted in receiving by Mr.. Morri-
son, and number of prominent
Washington-N North CarolinianS.
Reservations for the card party
should be made with Mrs. w. o.
Burgin, Mrs. A. D. MacFayden or
Mrs. Mary Colvin Murphy. Table
and door prizes will include num-
Der of pairs of nylon stockings.
The California State Society will
have its annual meeting and break
fast on Sunday the 9th at 1890
at Hotel 2400, their first get-together
Of the new year. Mrs. Frank E.
Marsh and Mr. Herbet E. Parker
are in charge of arrangements anG
members of the society will be wei
coined by Mr.. Carl I. Wheat, presi-
dent, and Mrs. Wheat. Californians
including members of Congress
Government officials and others will
assist. New officers of the coming
year will be elected.
Evening star., 1946-01-20

United States Public Health Serv.
ice reports reveal a total Of 1855
poliomyelitis cases for the past yeal
through the week ended Decem-
Der Is.
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H announcements
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in Burlington, N. j. She is a grad
uate of the University of Wisconsin
Major Heath was member of the
class of 1899 at Princeton Univer-
sity and for the past four years has
served with the Army Ground
Forces. Their wedding will take
place in the spring.
1t. Comdr. Marshall Clagett of
this city, son of Mrs. Claire Manning
Clagett and Judge Brice Clagett
will marry a member Of the New
York staff of Life Magazine. The
engagement of Miss Susan Mary
Riley to Comdr. Clagett is an
Evening star., 1946-01-20

Budget Plan! Charge Ac-
countsi Reliable Guaran-
tee! All Sales Final! No
Erchangesi No Returns!
None Sold to Dealers! All
Prices Subject to Tar. Due
to Merchandise Problems,
We May Not Haze AL
Items At All Stores.
Evening star., 1946-09-19
Youth, 18, Sentenced
To Hang for Staying
OF Canadian Soldier
By the Associated Press

WINDSOR, Ontario, Sept 49,
Mild-mannered, 18-year- old Ronale
George Sears must pay with his lift
for the knife murder of a Canadian
soldier.
He was sentenced to hang De.
cember by Justice Dalton Wells o1
| the Ontario Supreme Court i'm
mediately after. his conviction yes
terday by jury that deliberateo
90 minutes.
Sears was charge with the slay-
ing of Sergt. Hugh Blackwood Price
46, in park on the Detroit River or
August IT, 1945.
Unable to Understand Verdict.
The youth appeared unable te
grasp the significance of the jury's
findings. AS the foreman read the
verdict, he turned to a court bailifl
and asked:
What did they say?"
They've just found you guilty oi
murder" replied the bailiff.
Crown Attorney E. C. Awrey
moved for immediate sentencing.
AS Justice Wells pronounced SEN
tence, the youth closed his eyes ano
gripped the hand rail of the jury
box tightly.
Sears father was not in the court
room at the time. His mother. who
had been crying softly during the
90 minutes the jury deliberated
burst into loud sobs when the ver-
dict was announced.
The government charged that
Sears met Price on the water front
Evening star., 1946-09-19

and that the two quarreled a short
time later. Price was stabbed IL
times and his throat was slashed
crown witnesses testified.
Butcher Knife Identified.
Sears was arrested last July after
his sister-in-law identified as her
property a butcher knife that was
found in the back of Joseph Gelen-
ser, At, who was stabbed as he stood
on a Windsor. street July 5.
The youth, government prosecu-
tors said, freely admitted that he
was the 1sslasher" who had ter
rorized Windsor residents for a
year.
Police officers, in their testimony
quoted Sears as saying he was glad
he was caught" before he could
kill some one else"
A second murder charge and two
charges of attempted murder also
are pending against the youth, but
crown attorneys said action on them
had been put off until December 16.
Evening star., 1946-09-19
Building Floor Co|Iapses.
Injurinq Two Workmen

Two colored workmen suffered
back injuries shortly after s am
today, when the third floor Of g
building they were helping to de-
molish at GIT Twelfth street NV
collapsed, plunging them to the
ground floor.
The injured men, both taken te
Emergency Hospital. are Robert
Long, 30, OF 1927 Eleventh street
SW.. and Robert Caruell. 81. ot
Evening star., 1946-09-19
Suspect Held us Foroer

Frank Clinton Hall, 80, of 1901
Prince street. Alexandria, was or
dered held under $1,000 bond for
action of the grand jury yesterday
in Alexandria Civil and Police
Court by James r. Duncan on two
charges of forgery. Police said Hall,
who was arrested last week, forged
and cashed two checks totaling
$127.88.
Evening star., 1946-09-19

125 F street SW. Neither is De-
lieved to be In a serious condition
The Fire Rescue Squad and fel-
low workmen dug them out of the
pile of debris. Robert Little. super
intendent of the job, said the two
men were working alone on the
third floor.
Evening star., 1946-04-22
Five laps Executed
For Torture Parade
BY the Associated Press

SHANGHAI, April 22.-Maj. Gen.
Masataka Kaburagi, former chief of
staff of the japanese 34th Army. and
four of his subordinates died on the
gallows at Ward Road Jail this
morning for their part in the tor
ture parade and strangulation of
three American flyers at Hankow in
December, 1914.
This was the first execution of wal
criminals by Americans in the China
theater.
The prisoners, their hands bound
were led one at a time into the tiny
execution chamber. The charges on
which they were convicted were read
to them, their heads were encased
in black hoods and they were
hanged.
The others executed besides Ka-
puragi were Warrant officer Tsu-
tomu Fujii, Sergt. Maj. Shoezeo
Masui, Sergt. Koichi Masuda and
Lance Corpl. Yosaburo Shirakawa
The execution party was headed
by 1t. Clarence R. Pearsek of Me-
nominee, Mich, former personal
bodyguard to Gen. Eisenhower
Only five official witnesses were per-
mitted in the execution chamber.
Evening star., 1946-04-22
BY the Associoted Press

VIENNA, April 22.-Fouf Rus.
sian fighter planes made runs
on a United States Army ca
transport and fired from two te
four 37-millimeter shots of the
planes wing today as it came
into the United States Army air
port at Tulln, just outside vi.
emma.
Airmen at the field identified the
fighters as P-39s furnished to Rus
sia by American lease-lend. The
four followed the transport right to
the field, leaving only after it had
touched ground. The CAT was on
a test run and carried no pas
Sengers.
Capt. James C. Baxter, the pilot
was asked for a report as soon as
he landed. Expressing indignation
Capt. Baxter said he saw two of
the shots fired and added he be-
lieved there were others.
That's all right in a cross-coun-
try flight when you can just sit
there and fly" he said, but I do
not like it when you are in transi-
ton between flying and landing.
saw two white puffs from the 81
mnlimeter cannon in the nose of a
fighter and we could feel the con-
cussion inside the plane"
Four other members of the trans
ports crew corroborated Capt. Bax-
ter's report. The pilot said he was
within the 10-mile area around the
aIrfield prescribed for American
planes by the Russians when the
fighters appeared. Capt. Baxter was
Evening star., 1946-04-22
Senators Study Plan
To Free Teen-Aqers
From Overseas Duty
Proposal Is Offered
As Compromise on
Extension of Druft,
by the Associoted Press

A possible compromise under
which 'teen-age draftees would
be exempt from overseas occupa-
ton duty is under consideration
today by Senators hopeful of re-
tanning selective service.
Meanwhile, the War Department
was reported by members of the
House Military Affairs Committee
to have asked that action on uni
versal military training be post
poned until next year lest the issue
become involved in the Forthcoming
congressional elections.
Senator Knowland, Republican, of
California, a former Army officer,
said he is studying the possibility of
offering the teen-age amendment to
the draft extension bill in the belief
its adoption might erase one likely
point of controversy between the
House and Senate. The present
Draft Act is due to expire May Is
Exempted Teen-Agers.
The House voted a nine month
extension, but exempted 18 and 1s
year olds from draft liability and
prohibited all inductions between
May Is and October Is. They could
be resumed then only on a finding
by the President that voluntary en-
listments were insufficient.
II don't think Congress can escape
the responsibility for making deci-
sion one way or the other" Senator
Knowland told a reporter. Il be-
lieve We ought to continue the draft
for year, but there is something
to be said for the argument that
18 and 10 year olds don't make
the kind of occupation troops We
need"
The Californian said he thought
it might be possible for the Army
to shift older men, now serving
in this country, to overseas posts
and fill their places with younger
inductees.
There have been some indications
(See NH TTAPV paoe A-IdI
Evening star., 1946-04-22
Animals Retreat Before Invasion
Of75,OOO { Eqq Rollers at Zoo

The Easter egg replaced the Jumbo
peanut and the hot dog in Wash
ingtons parks today as thousands
of children, armed with Easter bas-
kets and escorted by parents, came
out in force for the traditional egg
rolling.
The Zoo played host to more than
$4,000 visitors carrying half again
as many brightly colored baskets
In short order, egg shells. used nap
kins and empty bags Uttered park
areas.
Most of the animals, wisely, re.
manned indoors and animal houses
were locked. Egg rollers, in holiday
mood, might have made the Zoos
inmates sick on a strange diet o1
chocolate bunnies, sugar chicks ano
jelly beans.
Two little boys got into a rip.
roaring fist fight. When a park
policeman stopped the affray, one
of the youngsters sobbed, "but he
Evening star., 1946-04-22
Anderson Says u. S. Can't Give
100000 Tons of Wheat
Capital Will Feel
rs Per Cent Cut
In Flour Tomorrow

Bread flowed from Washing
toms major bakeries at normal
production volume today, but the
Governments order cutting flour
supply by Is per cent was ex-
pected to be felt by tomorrow
by the average consumer.
One official of a large baking con-
Germ, who preferred to remain anon
ymous. predicted the worst bread
famine the District lever saw" by
weekend if consumers did not CO.
operate in reducing their purchases
and attempt to hoard" bread.
One of the city's largest bakeries,
controlled by a national corporation
awaited instructions from its New
York headquarters, but went ahead
on a generally normal schedule of
Evening star., 1946-04-22

had china egg and I want to gel
event"
Further questioning brought out
that the pair had been engaged in
a friendly game of egg cracking
After losing five straight eggs, the
aggressor discovered his opponent
was cagily employing china egg
virtually ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
more convenient eggs of the other
Battle soon followed.
Despite the we'll filled baskets, the
Zoo restaurant sold miles of hot
dogs, hundredweights of bread anc
gallons of soft drinks.
We've been saving up cracker
jacks for two months just for this
day." said a waiter proudly.
The youngest egg roller was San
dra Workman, 16 months, of 242s
South Oakland street, Arlington
who had plenty of eggs, but chose
the solace of her nursing bottle tt
the brightly hued items in hel
wicker basket.
Evening star., 1946-04-22
Russian Leose-Lend Fighters
Fire on u. S. Plane Near Vienna
P39s Obtained From America Follow
CAT Transport Down to TuIIn Airport

flying at, 5000 feet, and the Rus
slams followed him all the way
down, diving over and under his
plane as he prepared to land, he
said.
Because the airport Is inside the
Russian occupation zone, the Rus
slams have prescribed strict regula-
tions for the operation of American
aircraft. They must remain within
certain lanes when flying to and
from the city and are not per-
mitted to fly over Vienna. The flight
from Vienna to Berlin must be made
via Frankfurt, although that takes
planes far off the most economical
route.
Today's incident occurred in full
view of a large crowd of soldiers
at the airport and correspondents
who had gathered there to greet
a party of IA American publishers
flying to Vienna from Frankfurt.
1t took place about a half hour
before the arrival of the publishers
plane, which was not molested.
The neWspapermen are touring
occupied areas of Europe to study
the functioning of the military
government.
Gen. Mark w. Clark, American
commanding general in Austria,
greeted the party and planned to
give its members a briefing on the
situation here.
After discussions with members
OF the Austrian government tomor-
row the party will go to Salzburg
to investigate displaced persons
camps in the American zone. Upon
ISee ATTACK De-
Evening star., 1946-04-22
ellis Removal
Recommended
By3-Man Board
Penal Superintendent
Is Found Guilty on
6 Of Is Charges
By julia Edwords

Removal of Howard B. Gill as
superintendent of penal institu-
tions was recommended today by
a three-man inquiry board after
hearing charges filed by the
Board of Public Welfare.
The Inquiry Board handed its
findings to the District Commits
sioners this morning. The Com
missioners expressed their thanks
for its work, but announced they
would take no action until they have
studied the report thoroughly.
Dismissal of Mr.. Gill already had
been recommended by a House SUBJ
committee which urged sweeping re-
forms in the penal system.
Congressional Suggestion Taken.
Within two hours of their receipt
OF the boards recommendations
the Commissioners announced that
they had instructed Corporation
Counsel Vernon E. West to prepare
legislation to create a District de-
Evening star., 1946-04-22
Commissioners Face
Job of Reading 2,O74
Pdqes of Testimony

The District Commissioners
will have to read 2,074 pages
Of testimony taken during the
hearing on charges against
Howard B. Gill. suspended
penal superintendent, before
they make their decision on
the recommendation of an in
quiry board for his removal.
Commissioner Guy Mason
said today a Supreme Court
decision makes it mandatory
for them to go over all testi-
mony as well as the 26-page
report of their inquiry board.
The hearings extended through
seven weeks. Commissioner
Mason took consolation in the
fact he would not have to read
the final arguments.
Evening star., 1946-04-22
Marshall Demands
Communists Prove
u. ). Plane Attack
Special American Envoy
Holds InconcIusive
Talk With Gen. Chou
BY the Associated Press

CHUNGKING, April 22.-Gen.
George C. Marshall formally de-
manded today that the Chinese
Communists either publicly re-
tract or furnish details of their
unsupported charge that Ameri-
can planes attacked Communist
forces in Manchuria and that
one was shot down.
Gen. Marshall, special American
envoy seeking to establish peace be-
tween the warning Chinese factions,
held an inconclusive three-hour
meeting with Gen. Chou En-lai,
chief Communist negotiator, and a
separate session with Generalissimo
Chang Kai-Shek.
Gen. Chou said he was radioine
field commanders for information on
the reported air attacks, which al
legedly occurred near embattled
SzeplngWai last week.
Government reports from Man
churia said today that Chinese
Communist troops "are gathered
like clouds" in the Kungchulin dis
trict east of Changchun, where the
governments 1st Army apparently
made slow progress in its effort to
reach the fallen capital.
Kungchulin is 36 miles from
Changchun, captured by the Com
munists last week.
1t. Gen. Chao CHA -hsiang, act
ing commander of government
armies in the northeast, was sched-
uled to fly from Mukden to the
Changchun area today to report
on the military situation there.
The New Life Peiping daily
correspondent said five United
States neWsmen, including Asso-
clated Press Correspondent Tom
Masterson, were safe in Chang
chun but without freedom of action.
Approximately 100 government Off
Gals there also were detained.
tThe Shanghai paper Tia Kung
Pao reported in Peiping dis
patch today that the Communists
had permitted the five American
correspondents and two military
observers to leave the Man.
churian capital. No details were
givenD
Defenses Are frightened.
The capture of Changchun was
reflected in increasingly jittery feel
ing among government quarters in
Mukden and North China. Defenses
were frightened at Peiping and
Tientsin.
A demonstration at Central Park
In Pelplng yesterday resulted in
eggs and stones being hurled at
candidates to the National As
sembly.
A Chinese government military
spokesman today labeled as a
complete fabrication" a charge by
Chinese Communists that United
States aircraft strafed their forces
at Szepingkai, Manchuria, last week.
United States Army headquarters
here indicated that it would have
no formal statement on the Com
munist accusation until an investi-
CATION was completed. However, a
spokesman said an unarmed liaison
plane seized by the Communists at
Changchun last week was the only
American aircraft in the area. The
Communists asserted that one of
the planes was shot down and
found to contain an American air.
man.
Evening star., 1946-04-22
Truman Party Boards
Carrier at Norfolk and
Sails for Maneuvers
President Will Return
To Bay Tomorrow
For Weeks Vacation
BY the Assoeioted Press

WITH THE 9th FLEET AT SEA
April %. President Truman
boarded the aircraft carrier
Franklin D. Roosevelt today to
view display of naval air might
in large-scale Atlantic maneu-
vers.
The President joined Admira
Marc A. Mitscher, commander o.
the new 9th Fleet, aboard the As 900.
ton carrier at $40 am. Within
half an hour, Admiral Mitscher.
flagship was under way, bound fol
the Virginia Capes.
Mr.. Truman and his White HOUSE
staff arrived from Washington
earlier in the day aboard the presi.
Dental yacht Williamsburg. They
will return to that vessel tomorrow
afternoon to cruise for the rest OF
the week in the Chesapeake Bay
area.
Accorded 21-Gun Salute.
Mr.. Truman and his party, which
included Secret Service men and
news correspondents. transferred
from the Williamsburg to the car
rier in small boats.
He was accorded the presidential
salute of 81 guns when he boarded
the warship.
The new 9Th Fleet began its ex.
tensive maneuvers last week enc
following rendezvous southeas
of the Virginia Capes.
A total of % ships will operate
during the maneuyers. lasting
through May q, as a task force
made up of striking, bombardment
screening and support groups.
Midway to Participate.
Among them are the Midway
sistership of the Roosevelt, and the
IS 000-ton apprenticeship Missouri
homeward bound from the Mediter-
ranean.
Accompanying the President are
his personal chief of staff, Admiral
William D. Leahy: Capt Clark
Clifford, naval aide; Brig. Gen
Harry H. Vaughan, military aide;
John R. Steelman and Edward
Locke, special assistants: Richmond
b. Keech, administrative assistant;
Col. Wallace Graham, presidential
physician, and Presidential Secre-
taries Charles G. Ross and William
d. Hassett. The party left Wash
ington yesterday.
Evening star., 1946-04-22
Current DC. Drought May Set
All ime Record for Season

Washington's current drought may
set an all-time record, the Weather
Bureau reported today after a
search of Its files showed that to
date this is the dryest year since
1872.
Washington has had only 6.63
inches of rain this year, which is
so per cent below normal, according
to M. A. Robinson, observer at the
Weather Bureau In 1872 there was
a total of 6.28 inches of rain through
April 81.
During April only 0.41 inches
OF rain have been noted, as COM
pared to 1.66 inches during the
record year 1872. The first 81 days
in April. 1871, also had only 0.41
Evening star., 1946-04-22
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Rockefeller Foundation
Aids Five Major Fields
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, April 22.-The
Rockefeller Foundation, in a sum-
mary of 1945 appropriations has re-
ported S1l,394,210 distributed during
the year in five major fields-nearly
a third to public health, the re-
mainder to humanities and medical,
natural and social sciences.
President Raymond D. Fosdick
said almost S1,000,0o0 was devoted
to ''the broad area of international
relations" Of this sum $3.50 900
went to Columbia University for
the development of Russian in
stitute.
A total of s5Oo,0OO was granted
in fellowships to 1876 scholars during
1945," DR.. Fosdick reported. In the
last 80 years the Rockefeller Foun-
dation has aided 7,70O men and
women with $50 100000 to permit
I'm - GO 'ue productive work