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Evening star., 1946-01-13
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY. JANUARY l3. le46.
MONEY WANTED.

900 at So in four notes Of
S12 800. each secured by first deed Of trust
suit Of sale, in excellent location: land
zoned for apartments security ample.
Loan. repayable at the rate Of $500 per
cipal for 35 months, balance due in SO
months. BEALL TURNER g. CO, 1105
Vermont ave-, Randolph 0SS5, National
Evening star., 1946-01-13
AUTO TRUCKS WANTED

HALF OR THREE-QUARTER TON, town
truck, paneled; must be in good condition.
Call GE. 0659
VETERAN would like panel-body truck for
business. or trade 1888 CheY. for truck.
Hobart 900.
Evening star., 1946-01-13
ACREAGE WANTED.

LAND WANTED in acreage, rs TO so
acres, in suburban Washington area; must
be suitable for residential section. In
reply give full Information concerning
price. terms location. availability Of utili-
ties. Send reply to Box 304-C, Star.
Evening star., 1946-01-13

i3 ACRES. between Burtonsville and Laurel,
Nd; filtered water pipeline runs throush
land; BUS service electricity and phones
available; 500 an acre for entirety
20 acres. Indian Head rd.; active stream
ST 800.
Hslf-acre tracts near Camp Springs,
clear and wooded; S295 up.
so acres, small log cabin. ST. Marys
County. Nd. about so mi. from D. C.:
price, 81 500. Terms on all TENS Mr.
SHELTON, GE 6l92
Evening star., 1946-01-13
AUTO TRUCKS FOR HIRE.
TRAIlERS,

TRUCK. 2la-ton, and driver for hire
Hyattsville 1896 or FIR. $3.50, Ext. 2e9
Evening star., 1946-01-13

SCHLEeSEL q GOLDEN-
Al Dodss custom 4-dr. sedan;
Al Buick "s1" 4-dr. sedan; r. ana i'-A
h. .,.--,--.-- =. - 1.572
b. .-----I--.- --,.----- 1890
-. and h. 1.1ss
'ss Chevrolet 4-dr. sedan; r. and Il. so
'3s Studebaker Comdr. 4-dr. sedan;
81 Dodge 4-dr.; r. and h. ------- 4sS
80 Pontiac cabriolet 4SS
SO Olds So 2-dr. sedan; r. and h. 535
These prices are at or below OPA ceiling.
SCHLEGEL g. GOLDEN, 257 Carroll St,
Takoma Park. D. c. GE. 1902. Open. Sun.
COMPARE THESE CARS-A ine selection
Of late models. Will sell with or without
trade. OPA ceiling prices and some below.
Buy from an old established BUICK
AZ podse de luxe coupe; r and h.,
Al Packard 2-door sedan, small s
Al Packard Clipper sed, r. and h i,6s5
vac; drive; r. and h.. - LABS
Al Dodge custom brougham, h.;
fluid drive 1,17s
40 Buick Roadmaster 4-door sed.;
low mileage; r. and h.----- 1854
Convertibles-
q Mercury cow. coupe. r and h.. 1,37B
Al Nash big conv. coupe, r. and
n, good top, roomy, rear seat 1858
Many others to choose from. HYATTS-
WILLIE BUICK CO., WA. ALI.
Evening star., 1946-01-13

20 A., 10 tillable, balance in good tim
per, improved by old Colonial stone-and-
frame residence of 10 r: has original locks
o. zoo a. lao tillable; 3O0-yd. frontage on
Snenandoah River: T-r. modern log house,
very old good barn, plenty of varied food.
TROUT stream runs through entire farm;
within L mi. Of buslines; $4,000
90 a., near Hamilton. Va: S-r house,
l4-cow dairy barn, other outbldgs., all in
good condition: S11,000.
Is a., 7-r, 2-bath house: excellent out
oldgS: hot-water heat: everything in Al
condition; property Of Capt Wendall Kline,
who has been transferred and is offerins II
for immediate sale and possession. Sale.
either with equipment and furniture or
without. Price and terms. see me
"a a.. I-r. house, all modern, located in
pest section of Purcellville Va: $4,000
Also have good houses in Round Hill
$500 and So 500; one at Hillsboro, S2,
3oO. Many other bargains in farms and
homes for immediate possession. c, C
ELSEA, Realtor. Bluemont, Va
FOR SALE-130-acre farm, seyen-room
brlck house. barn and other outbuildines:
20 acres orchard. running water and on
q hard rd-surfaced road; extra good land and
10 miles Of Winchester, Va Price, SI2, 900.
For sale-167 -acre dairy farm, seven
room house, with lights and bath; I6-cow
dairy II cows, feed and equipment price,
S16,500. j. g: HOLSINGER g. SON, II
Court SQUARE. Winchester, Va. Phone 1920. =
Evening star., 1946-01-13

around; electricity and electric pump
renting, The farm is on Route SO. Fair.
fax; $500 #, on highway BOX 7s-c' star star
81 ACRES near Gettysburg. Adams County
ity, telephone, modern improvements. hot.
air furnace, screened-in porch, barn
stables. ,cemented ,siio, 2 chicken and
other necessary buildings. all in good re.
pair. On hard-surfaced road near school
Growing grain, feed, fully stocked ane
5PPsdss PSRM g01Es'f'P s. No.
81 ACRES, z rooms, frame. house, runnins
water snt electricity modsrn Stehsn Stock
R: F p No. 4, Gettysburg, Pa. I5'
II ACRES with frame Groom house. barn
tool she'd 2-car garage, poultry houses
sTRo6p, sfieoS Tssr RA s2oo sR2o@as'us' Mo- Call MR.
HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE FARM. Montgom-
30-cow barn. 2 ,silos, bank barn, corr
water, electricity and phone; broom ten.
road. Shown by appt. Cali Mr.. Brosius
tP 40s sSfi apf faa Essst ss oeor e.
gia ave.
A GOING CHICKEN FARM, returning g
splendid income. Modernly equipped ano
and 2 baths. Oil h.-w.h.. Business operat-
Phone CHI. 1892 or CH 070O WILLIAM
". JOHNSTON. Broker exclusively.
q ACRES, within committing distance
D.. G.. long frontage on highway (can be
subdivided); modern bungalow, small barn
and other bldgs.; 2 large streams flowing
through property; price. $4,000. Many
from. EUGENE B. GINGELL. 7542
Georgetown r6., Bethesda. Md WI. 2022;
eve. and Sunday. David Laughlin, WI. 1890.
AT THE FOOT OF SUGAR LOAF Noun
tain-345 acres of fertile land: two g.
room houses. three barns and other out
buildings; on State road. mile from
for quick sale. Call Mr.. Sparks, MI. S241
or NO, S475. WILLIAM H. BoACE, 340s
dS,THraNns;, lith st; ne; ac,e. nnns.,ov roou,
and bath, electricity, good water, chicken
house. corn house. good land, mostly clear
$500; termA HARRY =. BRADLEY
Evening star., 1946-01-13

CONTINUED on Next Paes.I
Evening star., 1946-03-22
S5O0,O00 Fire Sweeps
Downtown PITTSBURGH
6y the Associated Pres,

PITTSBURGH, Mar. ga six
alarm fire swept through a three
block area in downtown Pittsburgh
early today, destroying dozen food
and supply buildings and doing
damage estimated at $500,0O0 to
$700, 900.
Fourteen firemen were hurt by
falling debris and toppling walls and
40 freight carloads of butter, lard
sugar, paint, coal and other products
were burned.
The fire was described by firemen
as the worst the city has experienced
in 80 years.
The fire leaped from building to
building in the area from First to
Fourth avenue, in the lower tip of
the Golden Triangle.
A system Of interlocking trestles
on the Pittsburgh & West Virginia
Railway and two and three story
supply buildings and one-story dis
tributing houses were swept by the
fire.
For time the eight-story Wabash
Building was again threatened as it
was just two weeks ago by a five
alarm blaze nearby.
Police Supt. Harvey Scott sum-
moned members of his bomb and
arson squad to inspect the ruins.
Several explosions occurred. Fire
men attributed these to grease and
Evening star., 1946-03-22
Vardaman Described
AS utterly Lacking
Judgment as Banker
Witness Tells Senators
Naval Aide Is Unfit
For Federal Reserve Job
BY the Assoeiuied Press

Hord Hardin, st. Louis bank
er, said today he considered
Commodore James K. Varda-
man, jr., utterly lacking in the
balanced judgment that any
member of the Federal Reserve
Board should possess"
Mr.. Hardin, executive vice presi-
dent of the Mississippi Valley Trust
Co., gave this opinion to a Senate
Banking Subcommittee at hearings
on the nomination of President Tru-
mans aide to the Banking Board.
Mr.. Hardin was one of three St.
Louis bankers summoned by Senator
Donnell, Republican, of Missouri, an
opponent of the appointment, to tes-
tify on Comdr. Vardaman's qualifi-
cations. The others were James P.
Hicock, president of the Manufac-
turerS' Bank 6 Trust Co.. and Will
liam WEIGH, vice president of the
First National Bank.
Acquaintance for 20 Years.
Under questions of Chairman Rad
cliffe, Democrat, of Maryland Mr..
Hardin said he had known Comdr.
Vardaman for 20 years and was first
favorably impressed with his work
for the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. in the st. Louis area.
In 1887 Commodore Vardaman be-
came president of the Tower Grover
Bank &. Trust Co. of st. Louis
and Mr.. Hardin said this seemed to
bring transformation"
He became egotistical, arrogant
and critical of people I regarded as
worthy" Mr.. Hardin said.
MY opinion is that Commodore
Vardaman is not qualified to serve
on the Federal Reserve Board"
He added that his estimate was
based on cumulative experience"
over the years.
One banker previously opposed
confirmation for President Truman's
much h-decorated naval aide, while
five others assured Senators that
Commodore Vardaman is eminently
qualified.
Shoe Business Probe Due.
With this out of the way, Senators
will resume inquiry into the business
transactions of the shoe company
with which Commodore Vardaman
was once connected, andvarious pur-
ported afidavits of its employees and
officers
A Treasury expert, Alwyn Cole,
testified late yesterday that names
(See VARDAMAN, Page AID
Evening star., 1946-03-22
Showdown Shaping Up
On Tying Pay Increase
To Personnel Cut
Fight for Amendment
To Bill for 179o Boost
Planned in Committee
By Joseph Young

An attempt will be made next
week to have the House Civil
Service Committee amend the
Federal pay bill to make wage
increases for Government work.
ers contingent on a more rapid
reduction of Government per-
sonnel. it was learned today.
The matter is expected to be
brought up by minority members of
the committee when the subcommit-
tees bill comes up next Thursday
for approval by the full committee.
The subcommittee Wednesday ap-
proved measure calling for a fiat
II per cent wage increase for Gov
ernment employees.
During executive sessions last
week, Chairman Jackson and men,
bers of the subcommittee consid-
cred issuing supplemental report
to the bill, calling for a more rapid
reduction in Federal personnel.
However, a majority vetoed the
move in the belief that such a pro-
vision would react unfairly against
rank-and-file Government workers.
To Seek Showdown.
Although we would like to see
more rapid reduction of the Govern
ment's pay roll, it really has nothing
to do with the merits of a raise for
Federal workers at this time"
subcommittee member said,
Those who favor such a provision
however, intend to bring the matter
before the full committee for show
down.
The reduced -else" provision re-
ceived added momentum this week
when committee members received
a letter from Senator Byrd, Demo-
crat, Of Virginia, leader of the econ
omy bloc in Congress, citing Gov
ernment employment figures SHOW
ing that in many instances agencies
were increasing rather than de-
creasing their personnel.
Byrd Asks No Provision.
Senator Byrd, chairman of the
Joint Committee on the Reduction
OF Nonessential Federal Expendi-
lures, did not ask that any provision
be written into the bill, but several
committee lllelnbHrs expressed belief
that the eMpoyment figures were
(See FEDE7IAL PAY, Page A-l6.)
Evening star., 1946-03-22
Students to Aid Probe Of Sale
|OfMurijuunu at Tech High

Frank c. Daniel, principal of
Mckinley Technical High School,
where thinking policemen
caught a former paratrooper try
ing to sell marijuana cigarettes
yesterday. said today he will pur-
sue his investigation by enlisting
students aid in seeking evidence
of possible earlier selling of the
drug at the school.
II am almost certain no inroads
have been made at Tech by mari
juana cigarette statesmen" Mr.. DAN
iel told a reporter today. But
am going to call in some of my live
lier students and ask them to help
me find out if any of that sort Of
thing has been going on
Meanwhile, Capt. Walter Storm
of No. IL Precinct praised the work
OF one OF his patrolmen, Pvt. John
Evening star., 1946-03-22
Cherry Trees 10 Burst
Into Full Bloom Today

Pictures and Details of Cherru
Blossom Sunday Arrangements
on Page BIZ
The cherry blossoms were In par
tial bloom today around the Tidal
Basin and a Weather Bureau fore
cast of warm sunshine and temper
ature around 10 degrees for this aft
ernoon insured a full bloom before
nightfall.
The week end, however, will be
cloudy and cool. Temperatures will
be normal for this time of year or
a little below. the forecaster said
1t will become cloudy tonight and
remain SO with light rain Monday
or Tuesday. Warmer weather will
not start in until Wednesday.
Washington's environs experienced
a sharp frost last night with tenn
peratures down to 26 in the suburbs.
The official low at the airport, how
ever, was 36.
The cold night did no damage to
the blossoms. The older trees
around the Tidal Basin with the
larger blossoms were almost in full
bloom. The newer trees of another
strain whose coral pink blooms have
been the most spectacular in recent
years, had not opened yet.
Amateur photographers with min
iature cameras on tripods and
equipped with color filters were busy
making shots of pretty girls framed
by sprays Of the blooms or glimpses
of the Washington Monument or the
Jefferson Memorial through the
blooms.
Evening star., 1946-03-22
Secretary Will Sit
On Council DURING
Discussion of Case
By Gornett D. Horner

Secretary Of State Byrnes will
present the American viewpoint
during United Nations Security
Council constellation of the
Russian Iranian dispute, the
State Department disclosed to-
day. \a
Mr.. Byrnes will make a statenhnt
at the opening of the Security Coun-
Gil session in New York Monday
and deliver a message from Presi-
dent Truman.
In announcing this, Michael j.
McDermott. State Department press
relations officer, added that Mr..
Byrnes "does not intend to sit at the
table except for discussion of the
Iranian case"
Edward r. Stettinius, jr., Mr..
Byrnes' predecessor as Secretary of
State, is the permanent American
representative to the Security Coun-
Gil. He will continue to act for this
Government on other matters before
the Council.
Mr.. Byrnes' decision to take part
personally in discussion of the
Iranian charges that Soviet main
tenance of troops in Iran beyond
the March deadline violates a
Evening star., 1946-03-22
Cherry Blossoms .
In The Sunday Star

The cover of the Gravure
Section in The Sunday Star
this week will be a color pho
tograph of Washington's cher
ry blossoms with the Jefferson
Memorial in the background.
The picture was taken by
Star Staff Photographer John
Mueller when the trees were
in full bloom last spring.
The Farm and Garden Sec
ton will feature an article by
o. w. Anderson, Montgomery
County. extension agent, on
scientific dairying in nearby
Maryland. City gardeners
also will find much of interest
In the section.
This Week Magazine, in its
March "a issue, will have a
challenging article by Under
secretary of Commerce Alfred
SCHNEIDER on the Nations
"horse and buggy" building
codes and the necessity for
their Standardization.
Watch for these features in
Chr 6unhay Star
Evening star., 1946-03-22
Z Top Jap Agencies Blamed
For Law on Killing Flyers
BY the Associofed Aess

SHANGHAI, Mar. 22.-The Japa-
nese grand imperial headquarters
and the War Ministry were charged
with responsibility for Japan's
enemy airmen's law in a statement
read today at the trial of four Japa-
nese charged with the death of three
Doolittle flyers.
These two agencies "instigated en-
actment of this law" and made it
retroactive to fit it to past often
ses," said statement of Mai. Itsuro
Hata, who was prosecutor at the
court-martial which sentenced eight
Doolittle airmen to die before a fir
ing squad. Five of the American
were reprieved.
Hata died Of ulcers in Tokyo early
this year. He had sent his statement
voluntarily to Allied headquarters
when he learned he was to be ar
rested.
Evening star., 1946-03-22
StoliHStotement Powerful,
Royburn Declares

House Speaker Rayburn said to-
day that Prime Minister Stalin's
newly.expressed views on war and
peace constituted "a powerful state
ment" and provided IAN indication
that Stain is willing to work with
the rest of the world for peace"
Mr.. Rayburn was among the first
high Government officials here to
coNment on the Soviet leaders
statements made in an interview
with Eddy Gilmore, Associated Press
correspondent in Moscow, on the
preservation of international secu-
rity.
Instead of being consumed by
the fear of war and instead of talk
ing about war, we should start talk
ing about peace, and that seems
to be what Stain believes we all
should do" Mr.. Rayburn said.
Representative Wadsworth, Re-
publican, of New York, a leading
congressional proponent of univer-
sal military training, said Stalin's
views as reflected in the interview
listen good"
Zone cannot criticize a statement
like that" Mr.. Wadsworth said. TITS
time we stopped talking about war
and started talking about peace"
Evening star., 1946-03-22
200 Million Credit Given
Netherlands, Reports

Pieter Lieftinck, Netherlands Min
lister of Finance, said today the
United States Export Import Bank
has agreed to grant his government
a short-term credit of 5000, ,000, 900.
This credit, he said, is designed to
meet Dutch needs until the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction
and Development begins function
ing. He said he then would apply
to the international bank for a
loan.
Mr.. Lieftinck, who represented
his country at the recent interna-
tional monetary conference at Sa-
vannah, Ga, planned to leave here
today on his way back to the Meth
erlandS.
Evening star., 1946-03-22
Nine More Bread Shops
Raided in Hamburg
BY the Assoeioted Press

HAMBURG, Mar. 22.-Germans
have raided nine more Hamburg
bread shops, a slaughter house and
a food store in the last "a hours.
Special police squads were placed
in each city district and reserve
was held at police headquarters for
dispatch to any scenes of rioting
or demonstrations that might
develop.
British occupation authorities
recently cut the German ration one
third to about 1000 calories a day.
The police have made 10 new
arrests. The largest gang dispersed
was group of SO or go men and
women who demanded bread without
giving ration tickets. When they
were refused, they smashed two
window panes of a shop and stole
about go loaves.
One gang broke into a food store
during the night and stole half q
ton Of syrup and nearly two tons OF
sugar.
Evening star., 1946-03-22
Coal Mine Operators
Divided on Lewis
Welfare Demand
10-Cents-u-Ton Levy
Sought by Union to
Finance Program
By Jones Y. Newton

John L. Lewis has renewed his
demand for 10 cents-a ton
royalty on coal to support a
miners health and welfare"
fund and the mine operators are
split as to whether they should
give some ground on the welfare
issue, it was learned today.
Operators in the soft coal nego-
tiating conference at the Shoreham
Hotel held two meetings last night
in which the welfare demand was
threshed out and showed them di-
vided on the issue.
This morning the producers held
a third meeting, necessitating post
ponement of a negotiating session
until this afternoon. 1t was con-
sidered possible the operators might
present counterproposal to Mr..
Lewis at the joint session.
In another development affecting
labor, meantime, the National
Wage Sterilization Board ruled that
employers may boost pay to a
minimum of IS cents an hour auto
matically and use it as a basis for
seeking price increases. Insofar as
wage-price policy is concerned the
decision sets the national minimum
wage at IS cents, the level pre-
scribed in bill pending in Con-
gress. Labor officials estimate there
are 2,380,000 workers in manufac-
turing industries earning less than
that figure.
Lewis No. / Demand.
For the first time, it was said
Mr.. Lewis showed his hand at yes
terday's negotiating session as to
just how he expected the welfare
fund to be raised. 1t was under
stood that he referred to the 10
cents as an assessment rather than
a royalty.
AS the session concluded, he made
it clear that he did not care how
the fund was to be raised, but he
emphasized that it was his No. /
demand and that the operators must
come through.
This sent the operator negotiators
into hurried consultations with
their mine-owning principals. Some
favored compromising the welfare
demand, others outright rejection.
Evening star., 1946-03-22

A. Stewart, which resulted in the
arrest of Raymond Vincent White,
rs, on the charge of selling two
marijuana cigarettes to janitor at
Tech at about 1890 pm. yesterday.
Whites arrangement was con-
tinued until March 26 today by
United States Commissioner Need
ham G. Turnage when the veteran
requested time to consult his
attorney, Chafles E. Ford. Bond
was set at $4,000
Detective Sergt. H. H. carper
Of the narcotics squad said White,
q former dairy employe, served pri-
son time on convictions for auto
mobile theft and concealed weapons
charges in 1912, before he entered
the Army.
White was arrested after Pvt.
Stewart. with the aid Of school
tSee MARIJUANA, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1946-03-22

Washington Cathedral and the
District Chapter of the American
Red Gross each will receive one-tenth
of the residuary estate of Miss Mabel
T. Boardman, according to the will
of the former national secretary OF
the Red Cross filed today in District
Court. The estate is described as
a substantial one"
The money left to the Cathedral
is to complete a part of the north
aisle of the nave in memory of
Miss Boardman's family. Miss
Boardman's town house at 1901 P
street NV, also is left to the
Cathedral. A bequest of 5000 was
left to st. Johns Episcopal Church.
Miss Boardman died March II at
the age of IS. She was honorary
Evening star., 1946-03-22
Miss Bourdmun's Will Aids
Cathedral and D. G. Red Cross

Red Cross secretary at that time and
took an active interest in the affairs
of the organization until her death
The will was filed at the register of
wills Office in District Court. A Pc
tition for probate, which will give
the value of the estate, will be filed
later.
The will makes provision for her
two sisters, Mrs Frederick A. (Flor-
ence Sheffield Boardman) Keep, 2251
r street NV, and Mrs. Josephine
Boardman Crane of Dalton, Mass,
widow Of Senator Winthrop Murray
Crane.
The two sisters are bequeathed
certain real estate here, in Ohio
and Canada. as well as household
(See BOARDMAN, Page A-5o
Evening star., 1946-03-22
House Witness
Reiterotes Charge Of
Overceiling Sales
By Malcolm Lomborne. Jr.

An official of the American
Meat Institute told the House
Banking Committee today that
the black market in meats has
gotten entirely out of hand and
apparently the Office of Price
Administration is wholly unable
to check or stop it."
The witness. Wesley Harden
bergh, president of the meat group.
declared that price control, as ap-
piled to livestock and meats, is un-
workable and that full and legiti-
mate production is the only answer
60 both imitation and black market" !"
The committee is holding hearings
on extension of price control for a
year beyond June 30.
Mr.. Hardenbergh claimed that