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Evening star., 1946-05-25
Arnold BusIine Fare
Increases DELAYED

Proposed fare increases on Arnold
operated buslines have been sus-
pended by the Interstate Commerce
Commission pending a public hear
ing June 10.
The action was taken yesterday
after protests against granting of
the fare increases without hearing
had been filed with the commission
by Arlington civic groups and the
Office of Price Administration.
The new rate schedule would raise
fares 2l2 cents if tokens are pur-
chased, and cents on cash fares.
Company officials have contended
they would be unable to pay the l2-
cent hourly increase awarded union
employees Thursday by an arbitration
board without a fair increase.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Three institutions Benefit
Under Mrs. Mu|vihiII's will

st. Johns Catholic Home and st.
AIMS Orphans Asylum, both of
Washington. and the Baptist Home
for Children of Montgomery Coun-
ty, are the only beneficiaries under
the will of Mrs. Rose Mulvihill of
Grosvenor lane, Bethesda, which,
has been admitted to probate in the
Orphans Court here.
The will, which does not indicate
the value Of the estate, was exc
cuted September Is, 1945. 1t names
Marcella Shields of Chevy Chase
eXecutrix.
The will of DR.. Edwin A. Merritt
of Chevy Chase has also been pro-
bated here. 1t bequeaths the entire
estate to his widow, Mrs. Dessa r
Merritt, and names her executrix
1t was executed December S. 194l
and does not reveal the value of tht
estate.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Six Men And Boy, Is, Held
In Soldiers Home Death

Six colored men and a boy were
held yesterday for the Grand Jury
in connection with the death in
March of Boss F. Williamson, 60
at Soldiers Home after an inquest
before Coroner A. Magruder Nc
Donald.
Detective Sergt. George Cook of
the Homicide Squad testified that
some of the defendants, arrested
on housebreaking charges, had ad-
mitted they planned to rob Mr. Will
hanson, resident of the home
Sergt. Cook said they denied rob-
bing the man or having had any
thing to do with his death.
The body of Mr.. Williamson was
found March 6 in a wooded sec
ton of the Soldiers Home partially
buried in sand.
The men held were Wallace Hart
81, of Detroit; Elvin Boulden, %, OF
the 1900 block of C street Sc:
James c. Jones, 81. of the 46OO block
of Hayes street NE; Velga Allen
and Sylvester Wilkins, whose ad-
dresses were given as the District
Jail, and William S. johnson, %, o1
the 1900 block of Fifth street NV
johnson was at the inquest, being
at liberty on bail.
A l6-year-old boy now in the Ma
tional Training School also wa.
held.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Suspect Seized in Killing
of Hacker Durinq Quarrel

A 39-year-old man. described as
a police character was being held
in connection with the death in
Emergency Hospital early today OF
John R. English. 68. of RID, Fair
fax County. taxicab driver.
Mr.. English and the man held
were involved in an alteration May
l6 at Twelfth and E streets NV.
police said, and the cab driver was
struck on the head with jack
handle. He was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital at the time. and
returned yesterday for further
treatment.
Coroner A Magruder Macdonald
said he would hold an autopsy to-
day to determine the cause OF
DEATH
Police quoted the man held as
saying he was almost run down
by the taxicab, and that English
was accidentally hit with the jack
handle during a quarrel that fol-
lowed. The pedestrian was charged
with disorderly conduct after the
dispute and forfeited $25.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Small Rejects Plea 10 Put
War Controls on Newsprint
BY the Associated Press

Civilian Production Administrator
John D. Small announced yesterday
that wartime controls over the pa per
industry would not be reinstated.
Reporting increased paper produc-
ton this year. Mr.. Small said that
If this production rate is main
tanned. we can expect the supply and
demand relationship to become nor
NAL"
Mr.. Small made his statement in
reply to request by James F. New
comb, president of the Printing In
dustry of America, Inc, that con-
trolls be reinstated ito assure equit-
able distribution among various
groups of paper users
The CPA chief termed Mr.. New
combs suggestion contrary to the
announced policy of the President
namely. to remove all production
controls from industry just as soor
as production reaches normal"
Mr.. Small reported figures for the
first three months of this year show
an output of 4573, 702 tons of paper
or an annual rate of 1892 1903 tons
as compared to l941. when paper
production totaled 17,762,364, the
previous all-time high.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
2-Day Washington Stake
Sessions Open Today

The 25th Quarterly Conference OF
the Washington Stake, Church of
Jesus Christ of the Latter-day
Saints, will be held today and to-
morrow at the Washington chapel.
Sixteenth street and Columbia road
NV. Elder Alma Some, assistant
to the counsel of the II apostles OF
the church, will be the principal
speaker.
Members of the church, from
eight wards and branches in the
District of Columbia, Virginia, Mary
land and Pennsylvania, will attend
the conference.
The general sessions to which the
public is invited will be held at 1890
am. and $50 pm. tomorrow. There
will be a welfare meeting at 7:3O
pm. today, general priesthood
meeting and mothers and daugh-
ters meeting at am. tomorrow and
a leadership meeting at 2 pm. to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Engine Failure IsCiied
In Plane Crash Probe
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, May 25.-Testi-
mony at hearing before the Civil
Aeronautics Board here yesterday
into the crash of Viking Ali
Transport Co. plane near here last
week in which q persons were killed
showed that the plane turned back
to Richmond because of a rough
engine" after it had proceeded about
40 miles on its course to Atlanta
A spokesman for CAB said it was
probable that the engine was not
operating at the time of the crash
The plane, piloted by D. w. An
derson with Dave Miner as co-pilot
was en- route from Newark. N. j., to
Atlanta, when it fell in heavily
wooded area south of Richmond All
persons aboard we're killed.
Witnesses summoned to the hear
ing testified Pilot Anderson had left
Newark to fly to Norfolk, the
destination of four of his passengers
Weather closed in, however, and
after contracting CAA communica-
tions, the pilot was authorized to
land at Richmond.
CAB officials brought out that tn.
plane was overloaded when it left
Newark; that Viking has instructed
its pilots to carry no more than 2e
passengers aboard a DC-3 tthe plane
that crashed here had q passengers
aboard at the time of the accident
and 81 when it left Newark: that
Pilot Anderson left Newark with the
intention of going to Norfolk, and
that after landing here Co-Pilot
Miner at first opposed going on
because of bad weather. but later
agreed with his pilot to continue
the trip.
1t also was shown that at no time
after returning to the vicinity Of
the airport did the pilot give any
indication by radio that he was
having any trouble.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Strike Halls Wanderinqs
OF Baltimore Girl, 8

A Baltimore mother today found
the railroad strike a wind that blew
her good
Now Mrs. Edna Sharp, wife of
a naval lieutenant, doesn't have to
worry about her 8-year -old daugh-
ter. Mary Ann, going to California.
Mary Ann, or Sissie as she is
called, got as far as Washington
on her way to California by skipping
school the day before the strike
was called, boarding a train and
lodging the conductor.
She did a little sightseeing, TAX
ing in Washington Monument and
the Capitol. Then she strayed into
the northern part of the city, got
hungry and knocked at the door OF
902 Emerson street NV. The man
who answered the door realized
she was lost and notified police.
Sissie's father, 1t. Melvin E
Sharp. is on the aircraft carrier
Princeton, due in New York Mon.
day,
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Rail Agency Selling Goods
In Transit 10 Curb SpoiIaqe

Some flowers and other perish
able goods stranded here in transit
between other cities were being
sold by the Railway Express Agency,
Inc, to its employees today.
Officials said an inventory was
being made to determine just how
much material would have to be
sold to prevent spoilage in the
agencys warehouse at Second and
I streets NE before there is a
chance of shipping it on to desti-
nations.
Until the inventory is completed,
they did not know whether enough
foodstuffs would have to be sold to
interest outsiders.
Perishable goods that were &C
cepted for shipment from here be-
fore the railroad strike have been
returned to the shippers, officials
said. Only those perishable goods
stranded here in transit are being
sold. with proceeds going to the
shippers.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Leg Cut Causes Death
0fBoyH Hurt Week Ago

A cut on the leg a week ago re-
suited in the death last night ir
Georgetown Hospital of 4-year-olo
Olin L. Merchant, jr., son of Mr.. ano
Mrs. Olin L. Merchant, 1906 Forty.
third street, Colmar Manor, Md.
Mrs. Merchant said her son was
cut on the left leg between the knee
and ankle May II while playing on q
vacant lot near his home. He was
taken to g Maryland hospital, where
the wound was dressed, and then re.
turned home, Mrs. Merchant said
She said she did not know the exact
cause of the cut.
On Sunday. according to the
mother, the leg started to swell anc
the following day she took the boy
to a private physician.
She said she took her son home
again and :he seemed to be gettins
better until Yesterday morning
when he complained of pain. Sht
said she then took him to George.
town Hospital, where he died shortl,
after 9 km.
The Merchants have two othel
children. Patricia Ann, IL. and Mar
earet Kathryn, IS.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Senate Unit Approves
.ChangesLifting Future
Price Controls
By the Associated Press

A 15-page amendment setting out
the manner in which price controls
shall be lifted from commodities as
supply begins to balance demand
was approved, IL to 5, by the Senate
Banking Committee late yesterday
The amendment hooks onto legis-
lation extending the price-control
law until June 80, 1947.
With only minor changes. it fol-
lows the general decontrol principles
agreed on by the committee Tuesday
A subcommittee worked three days
drafting the legal language.
OPA Head Is Restricted.
The amendment gives the Secre-
tary of Agriculture overriding au-
thority over the price administrator
with regard to price controls on
agricultural products. The admin
istrator could maintain price CELL
ings only on items which the Secre-
tary certified to be in short supply
and the Secretary could recommend
adjustments when he considered
the ceiling so low as to impede
necessary production.
The administrator would be in
structed to lift controls by next
December 81 from all non-agricul-
tural products mot important in
relation to business costs or living
costs"
The amendment also proposes
establishment of a price decontro
board composed of three members
appointed by the President anc
confirmed by the Senate, each o1
whom would be paid $4,000 a year
The board would make the fina
decision on appeals filed by indus.
! try advisory committees against ad.
verse rulings, by the price admins
traitor or Secretary of Agriculture
on petitions to lift controls on spe.
cific items.
Cotton Controls Eliminated.
One section of the bill forbid.
imposition of price ceilings on any
commodity not under control MAY
l, 1916. Senator Mcfarland, Demo.
crat, of Arizona said this would pre-.
vent cotton from being brought un.
der price control.
The amendment sets forth dec
laration of policy on decontrol
which says OPA and other gov
ernmental agencies shall use theil
price, subsidy and other powers tc
promote the earliest practicable bal
ance between supply and demand.
On or before April /. 1947, the
President would be asked to recon-
mend to Congress what commodi-
ties, If any, should be retained un-
der control, and what agencies
should be given power over them
upon the expiration of OPA June 30
1947.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Gen. Mckinley 10 Command
Army-Navy Industry School

Brig. Gen, Edward B. Mckinley of
1850 Harvard street NV. has been
assigned as commandant of the
Army Navy Industrial College and
will assume command on July
when the school moves from the
Pentagon to the old Army War Col
lege site.
He succeeds Brig. Gen Donald
Armstrong who is retiring soon from
the Army after heading the schoo
since September, 1914
Gen. Mckinley was chief of the
fiscal division in the Office of the
Quartermaster General during the
early part of the war In January
l945, he was assigned as deputy vice
president of the Allied Commission
in Italy and last September was as
signed to headquarters of the Army
Service Forces. Two months later
he was named deputy quartermas-
ter general. which post he will con-
tinue to hold until June IS.
The present class of the joint In
dustrial College will graduate June
81. The War College also will be the
site of the new National War Col
lege on September g.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
1858 Servicemen Are Due
To Arrive in u. 5. Today
BY the Associated prsss

More than 1858 returning service
men are due to arrive aboard eight
vessels at three ports today. New
York awaits one ship carrying 1.025
men while two West Coast points are
due to dock seven vessels with at
least 8,843 personnel.
Ships arriving:
At New York-U. S. S. R. Victory
from LIE HaWre, 1,025 miscellaneous
troops.
At San Diego-LCI CTS from Pa
cific forward area, Is Navy: repair
ships Gypsy and Mender from Canal
Zone, no passenger information.
At San o-Miscellaneous
personnel on following vessels: Her.
mitage from Saipan, 4.357 Navy.
1925 Marines, Army; Kershaw,
2,002 Navy; Bonita. 1,341 Navy, 90
Army; Kerstin from Pearl Harbor,
Z Navy.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
0'Conor Calls State Aides
. To Map Emergency Plans
BY the Assoeio,ed Press

ANN APOLIS, May 25.-Gov.
O'Conor today arranged to meet
with top State officials to work out
plans for coping with the situation
that is slowly paralyzing State in
dustry and commerce.
Summoned to the State House for
the meeting were Budget Director
Walter N. Kirkman, State Police
Supt. Beverly Ober, Maj. Gen.
Dwight H. Mohr, State Guard COM
mandant: Charles H. Bosley, acting
chairman of the Public Service
Commission: Frank Harper, men,
Der of the PSC. and Deputy State
Controller Joseph o. McCusker.
Means of transporting food and
fuel were up for discussion, as was
the question of the conservation of
coal by the public.
Mayor Theodore r. McKeldin of
Baltimore also will hold a similar
meeting today with members of his
administration.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
u. n. Committee 10 Visit
Annapolis Wednesday
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, May 25.-The United
Nations Security Council Military
Staff Committee will have an op
portunity to see how United States
naval officers are turned out whel
they visit the Naval Academy Wed
nesday
The party of some 25 high-rank
ing military officers of China
France, Russia, Great Britain ane
the United States will motor from
Washington for the visit, which is {
sequel to one at the Military Acad.
emy at West Point.
Admiral Richmond K. Turner
United States representative on th'
committee, and Vice Admiral Aubre,
w. Fitch, academy superintendent
have arranged the tour.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Trade Board Director.
Are Urged 70 Oppose
Day-Care Legislation

The Schools Committee of the
Washington Board of Trade has
recommended to the Trade Boards
directors that they oppose child
day-care legislation now before Con-
gress.
This action by the committee
came after 1t had adopted three
other motions and honored George
E. Keneipp. the Districts new di-
rector of vehichles and traffic. who
is retiring as committee chairman
The motions adopted were to:
l. Encourage school teachers to
continue teaching local and ma
tional history but in their true
relationship to the history behind
the present international relations
of this country.
2. Extend the health and physical
education program of District
| schools so that school sports would
take in every boy and girl"
Junior Colleges Considered.
3. Recommend that the Board of
Education investigate thoroughly
the inclusion of junior colleges in
| the school system similar to those
planned by Maryland communities
Dean ]. Harold Fox of the George
Washington University School OF
Education told the group he saw
no reason why every qualified ap-
| plicant for entrance in American
universities could not be accepted
He said that at G. w. U. plans are
to double the use of lecture halls
and laboratories by using them both
mornings and afternoons and hir-
ing additional full and part time
instructors.
He said one reason for the i'm
preston there is lack of sufficient
freshman vacancies in colleges is
that high school seniors have been
made jittery by predictions 100000
veterans will seek to enroll and are
making multiple college entrance
applications.
Howard Assumes Post.
The committee members pre-
sented Mr.. Keneipp leather gol1
bag. set of woods, some prewa,
golf balls and some tees. In speech
of presentation. Lotion Wesley
chairman of the subcommittee on
curriculum. said the gift was given
for "the fine job you've done" dur
ing a period in which the commit
tee has become an influence in the
community for the good of the
schools
! Mr.. Wesley recalled the first
meeting of the committee-a group
of four or five men who gathered
at the Harrington Hotel to plan
school improvements.
Succeeding Mr.. Keneipp is John
NJ Howard, formerly vice chairman
who will take over until a new
chairman is appointed by the Trade
Board president.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
| ArmyM Makes Good
lon Travel PIedqe
To Essay Winner
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE. May 25.-The Army
made good its promise to give Mas
ter Sergeant and Mrs. John j. Gill
dee three-day trip to New York
as his reward for winning a recruit
ing essay contest on why I Re-en-
listed in the Army"
The rail strike threatened to force
postponement of the trip. But Sergt
Gildee - an eX-lieutenant colonel
who doffed his silver leaves and re-
entered the service as a six -striper
enlisted man-pointed out passage
of his essay which said: Il re- enlisted
because we can travel"
The Army came through and the
Gildees left Baltimore yesterday as
per schedule-in flashy, silver
hued recruiting service jeep, with
chauffeur and all.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
10000 looming Kites
To Be Sold by WAA

If you want kite that will dive
and zoom, the War Assets Admin
istration can supply 10000 of them
Designed for use as aerial targets for
wartime training of antiaircraft
gunners, they are fitted with rudders
and twin-control lines and have
great maneuverability.
Price of the kites, described as "of
two-stick, diamond-shaped pattern, -
5 feet tall, is $265 each when pur-
chased in quantities of $500 or more
and s2.79 each if bought in smaller
lots. All purchases must be made
in multiples of 10 or 25, WAA said
Orders should be submitted to the
Office Of Aircraft Disposal, 425 Sec
ond street NV.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Children S Hospital
Building Fund Drive
TOPS 0ne-third Mark

Well past the one-third mark
volunteer solicitors for the Children
Hospital building fund set out to-
day to raise the remaining S779,-
49750 needed to reach a goal OF
81 100000 for construction of a new
main building.
! Contributions of sl70,223 were re-
ported yesterday, bringing total col
lections to $520,50250. The Evening
Star Newspaper Co. and its ex-
ecutives alone contributed $35,-
900, Thomas Bell Sweeney, vice pres
ident of the hospitals Board of Di-
rectors. announced at report
luncheon in the Maylower Hotel.
Robert B. Swope. chairman, tolc
of a $500 memorial gift from q
man who explained that the hos
pital saved the lives of his two
| children. A check for $25 came
with a note from an elderly woman
IF it hadn't been for Children
Hospital I wouldn't be walking to-
day. she said.
The prize for the mems section
reporting the largest collections
went to Section G, headed by Johr
R. Meyer. For bringing in $500
he got a mop with which to clear
up the rest of his territory.
! A treasure chest red anc
white bread box. mounted on a ped.
estal, went to Mrs. Irene B. Cald.
well. head of Section R, for report.
ing s3,269. The degree of "KUGW,
engraved on a diploma, was award.
ed to Mrs. Alfred Richwine ane
William Nelson, captains of tht
leading teams. 1t means: "Keer
Up the Good Work
The biggest prize of the day, ny.
Ion stockings, went to leading wom
en- solicitors. The next repor'
luncheon will be held Tuesday.
| Mr.. Sweeney praised The Eve.
Hing Star for its contribution O.
$4,000. Executives gave an ad.
6itiooo1 S15 mn he Soi6
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Building Program
To Cost 40 Millions
Faces Halt in D. E.
By Robert J. Lewis

An estimated $40,000,000 In
construction projects employing
more than 10000 men in the Dis
trict area, face a swift shutdown
as the result of the paralyzing
rail strike, local industry and la
Dor leaders agreed today.
1T is true that all the major
construction jobs would be retarded,
If not stopped within a very short
time. and men forced out of work.
a Washington Building and Con-
struction Trades Council spokesman
said
Home builders predicted construc-
ton on virtually all homes started
under the veterans housing pro-
gram would be halted if the strike
is prolonged for even week.
Small Inventories.
Likewise, commercial builders said
they expected present small inven-
tories of building supplies in this
area soon would be exhausted.
Charles H. Tompkins, president
OF the Charles H. Tompkins Co., one
of the largest commercial builders in
this area, which now has 10 jobs un-
der way valued at about $4,000 900.
said he believed every project in
Washington would be closed down
within week or 10 days if the rail
strike continued.
Mr.. Tompkins, former president
of the Washington Building Con-
gress, said one project he planned
to start Monday would not begin
ii the strike was still on.
Well just have to take a holiday.
with labor and mechanics laid off"
he said.
Hand to- Mouth Basis.
Builders emphasized that inven-
tories of materials have been ex-
tremely low and that, consequently,
the effect on building operations will
be even more swift than under more
normal conditions. We've been on
hand-to-mouth basis on materials,
and there's nothing to cushion the
shock" one builder said.
Commercial builders are depend
ent on rail transport for the bulk
OF their materials, a spokesman
said, while home builders are
obliged to rely on railroads to
almost as great an extent.
Edward r. Carr, president of the
Home Builders Association of
Metropolitan Washington, said to-
day, "All home building will have
to come to halt unless the strike
is stopped quickly"
He said the rail stoppage is
nothing short of disastrous" and
that materials had hardly begun
to trickle through" to builders.
1000 Units Under Way.
Part OF the materials shortage he
attributed to other strikes. This
is the final crusher," he said.
Ernest F. Henry, secretary of the
association, said he estimated more
than 1000 dwelling units were un-
der construction now, and that all
would be closed down if the strike
is prolonged for a matter of DAYS"
Clarke Daniel, chairman of the
associations Veterans Housing
Committee, said if the strike should
last "a few weeks" the veterans
might as we'll say good-by to 1916
as even a poor construction year"
Preston Wire, president of Wire
Properties, Inc, builders of the
l,200-unit Carver Terrace apart
ment project at Twenty-frst street
and Maryland avenue NE, which is
half finished. said:
Well just have to pay off the
men next Friday and wait until We
can stock up on materials again.
We can 60 until then He said he
had 875 employees.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Senate Approves Lunch Bill
To Cost 50 10 IS Millions
BY the Associoted Press

The Senate completed action yes
terday on legislation authorizing
permanent Federal aid for the school
lunch program.
The measure, which now goes to
the President, makes the extent of
Federal aid dependent on the
amount appropriated annually by
Congress.
In the pending farm appropriation
bill the House approved $50,000.000
for lunches, but the Senate Appro-
priations Committee increased this
to $75,000,000.