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Evening star., 1947-03-07
Taxes Cut J. P. Morgan Estate
To Net of Only $4,642,791

estate here was Mr.. Morgan's In
terest as remainderman of a trust
created by his father for the ben
eft of Miss Anne Morgan, j. P.
Morgan's sister. His interest was
valued at $3,255, $50.
Also included was a trust of ap-
proximately S1,100,000 Mr.. Morgan
established during his lifetime for
aged employees and other individ-
|uals. The will contained bequests
to his daughters, relatives and en-
ployes.
The appraisal figures did not in
|clude property Mr. Morgan owned
in. England, valued at. $1,100, 600.
Evening star., 1947-03-07
H-0ut Greek Fight
On GuerrilIas Planned
BY the As.eeioied Press

ATHENS, Mar. 7.-Press reports
quoting a military source said today
that nreparationsRre under way for
an a1l-out campaign to stamp out
guerrillas in Greece, but there was
no indication when the offensive
would hsgin.
Thesesreports said the operations
would INVOLVE the use of fighter and
bomhkr planes and warships as well
as infalitrymen.
Meanwhile, guerrilla activity was
continuing. Fifty were slain in a
fight with the Army near Stavro-
polls, about Is miles northwest of
Xanthe in Western Thraee, accord
ing to a press dispatch.
SALONIKA, Greece, Mar. 6 De-
layeO P).-A manual containing a
quotation from Prime Minister Sta
lin on the art of warfare, which
Greek representatives charged was
used in training Greek Leftist guer-
riilas in Yugoslavia, was presented
in evidence today to the United Ma
tions Balkans Investigating Com
mission.
The Greek representatives also
presented a second manual, printed
in Greek and entitled "for training
rihemen and officers in subjects
of general or technical nature" J"
The Greeks charged these docu-
ments were used at Bulkjez, Yugo-
slavia,. in the instruction of guer-
rillas now fighting government
troops in the north of Greece.
A third exhibit, a Russian mortar
range finder which the Greek rep
resentatives said was captured in a
fight last week on Mount Vermion,
also was presented
Evening star., 1947-03-07

Appeals for blood donations to
aid in the fight for life Of a IL
year-old boy were made today by
Episcopal Hospital.
The boy, Lehn Noble, a Sidwell
Friends School pupil, is suffering
from leukemia, deadly blood dis
ease. He needs pint of Type O, Rh
negative blood day until his pres
ent crisis is passed, doctors say.
The boy, son of Mrs. Amber
Noble, 1929 New Hampshire avenue
NV, was stricken Friday. His
mother, a junior high school teacher.
took him to the hospital with what
appeared to be a simple nosebleed.
Type o blood is common. but
the Rh negative factor is quite
rare, and hospital authorities began
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Mrs. Brenner Dies;
|At Lincoln Inaugural
And All Others Since

Mrs. Mary Virginia Brenner, "a,
who cited with pride record of at
tending every inauguration from
President Lincoln's through the
fourth of President Roosevelt, died
yesterday of heart disease at the
home of her granddaughter, Mrs.
Corinne M. Frazier, 1882 Buchanan
street NV.
Mrs. Brenner, who was born in
Loldoun County, Va, moved to Fair
fax County at an early age and was
q resident here for nearly go years.
Proud of her attendance at the in
aug,frations, she recalled driving in
horse and buggy to the Lincoln in
auguration and hitching the horse
to tree on the Capitol lawn.
She was the widow Of John Edgar
Brenner, a Confederate veteran, who
served under Maj. Gen. George E
Pickett, famed for Pickett's charge
at Gettysburg. Four of her broth
ers also served in the Civil War
three Of them in Mosby's Rangers
Her husband, who died nearly 80
years ago, Iecounted stories of see
ing the hanging of John Brown, the
family recalled today.
Mrs. Bremen was a descendant
of the Dear and Rowles families of
Virginia, one of her ancestors set
ting in the colony in 1888. She was
member of the Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church for Sc years.
Surviving are a son, Harry E.
Brenner, Chillum Heights, Md;
three daughters, Mrs. Nathaniel
Chapman, Mrs. Gertrude B. Dent,
both OF Washington, and Mrs.
Charles S. Myers, Edgewater, Md;
four other grandchildren besides
Mrs. Frazier, 10 great-grandchildren
and 10 great-great-grandchildren
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow at the Deal funeral
home, 1912 Georgia avenue NV.
Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Home-Owner Chuirmun
Opposes D. G. Sales Tx

Joseph H. Deckman, District
chairman of the National Home and
Property Owners Foundation, said
today he was opposed to sales
tax for Washington.
"It would be terrible injustice
to place any additional burden OH
local taxpayers, as long as the
Federal Government refuses to con-
tribute a fair share Of money toward
the operation Of the District" he
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Baldwin 10 Question
Krug on Department S
Concessions Policy

Chairman Baldwin of the Senate
Civil Service Subcommittee investi-
eating Government Services, Inc,
plans to confer tomorrow with Sec
retary of the Interior Krug on the
policy of the Interior Department
regarding concessions In national
parks throughout the country.
This decision came during hear
ing today by the subcommittee as. it
developed testimony that GSI is
similar in character to National
Parks Concessions, Inc, which op-
crates on a Nationwide basis.
Director Testifies.
At the conference, scheduled at
II am. tomorrow, Senator Baldwin,
Republican, of Connecticut said he
hoped to go over the whole prob
lem. Attending also will be Charles
P. Taft. a brother of Senator Taft,
Republican, of Ohio, who is nom
Government member of a special
committee studying the concessions
problem for the Interior Depart
ment.
A committee this morning heard A.
E. Demaray, associate director Of
National Park Service, testify that
GSI operates in similar fashion to
National Parks Concessions, Inc
Mr.. Demaray also is president Of
GSI and a direator of National
Parks Concessions, Inc. He empha-
sized that he received no salary from
either of these posts.
Senator Baldwin said he hoped TO
learn at the Interior Department
Conference tomorrow more details
of what the special committee of
five members has developed in Its
Nationwide study of concessions.
Curious About Investments.
The Connecticut Senator said he
hoped to find out the character of
GSI as compared to other conces-
sions in national parks. He said
he wanted to find out how much in
vestment GSI has, where it is,
whether it is being properly amor
tized, whether its property is be-
ing continually rehabilitated, and
whether proper salaries are paid.
F. w. Hoover, general manager,
told the committee today that a
"convalescent rest home" was being
maintained by the corporation for
the benefit particularly of employees
new to Washington and for en-
ployes recovering from sickness.
Residents are charged 81 a day.
j. N. Ronm, who operates a bicycle
concession for GSI, promised to open
his books to committee accountant.
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Church Official
Voices Hope for New
100000 BUILDING

Hopes for new 81 900, 900 build
ing in the next five years were
voiced last night at the observance
Of the 145th anniversary of tn,
founding Of the church Presidentl
Truman attends. :.
The church is the First Baptist,
Sixteenth and o streets NV, which
was started with six members Id /,
the Treasury Department basement
in 1902. The Rev. DR.. Edward
Hughes Pruden is the present pastor.
Thomas r. Wilson, chairman Of
the Birthday Committee and one
OF the speakers at last nights an
niversary banquet, said q new ST.
0o0. 100 edifice would be appropriate
for the celebration of the church
sesqui-centennial in 1852. Such a
building, he said, would include
facilities for religious education.
In somewhat similar vein, John
Shouse. chairman of the Planning
Committee, told the 300 guests.
I'VE are working to make the next
five years the most significant in
the chtuch's history" :.
The Rev. r. Edward Dowdy, as
sociate minister, recalled that dis
tinguished worshipers at the church
have included Sam Houston, lead?
er of the fight for Texas inde-'
pendence, and Luther Rice, mission
ary statesman who was responsible
for the founding of Columbian Col
lege. now George Washington Uni
versity. The Rev. Obadiah Brown,
he said, was the president of the
first board of trustees. Z
Another speaker, Mrs. J. M. Daw,.
son, whose husband is public rela-,
tions director of the Northern and
Southern Baptist Conventions, said
the church Stands as the one en-.
during institution" despite presecu-
tions from many sources through
the centuries. ...
DR.. Pruden spoke on "A Pastors
Dream for His Church."
Banquet guests included Repre- /.
sentative Priest, Democrat, of Ten |
nessee; Representative Wilmington,
Democrat, Of Mississippi, and Mrs.
Samuel Judson Porter, wife of al
former pastor of the church.
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Dr.. Katherine Lummis Dies

PHILADELPHIA, Mar. Z (R.-Dr.
Katharine Lummis, retired college
dean and professor of Latin, died
Wednesday at her home. DR.. Lum-
mis- served as head of the Latin De-
partment and later as dean at both
Sweet Briar College in Virginia and
Wells College, Aurora, N. Y.
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Boy, J, Badly Hurt in Fall

A 7-year-old boy fell down stairs
from the third to the second floor
of a house at 606 E street NV. last
night, suffering a possible skull
fracture. The child, Richard Moni,
han, 412 Sixth street NV, wa{
taken to Children's Hospital. He
the son of Patrick Monihan. Il
Evening star., 1947-03-07
CherryduIe PTA to Meet

The carnival and variety show
sponsored by the Parent-Teacher
Association of Cherrydale, Arling-
ton, which was postponed March 81
because of bad weather, will be held
at the Arlington Recreation Center,
Lee highway, at o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Mostly s1lTi-
ny this afternoon with highest in
middle 40s. Considerable cloudiness
lowest temperature tonight near 80
Tomorrow mostly cloudy and con-
tinued rather cold.
Virginia-Mostly cloudy and con-
tinued rather cold tonight and to-
morrow. Occasional rain or snow
south portion tomorrow afternoon nr
night.
Maryland - Considerable cloudi-
ness and continued rather cold to-
night and tomorrow.
Wind velocity. 16 miles per hour;
direction. north northwest.
River Report.
(From the United States Engineers.)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Temperature and Humidity.
fp.o d{r1e n Yy,u No
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Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital (current month to datel:
Evening star., 1947-03-07

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 73, on January 80.
Lowest, z, on February 8.
Evening star., 1947-03-07

The Sun and Moon.
Evening star., 1947-03-07

Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and
GeoQetic Survey
Evening star., 1947-07-05
Pet Squirrel SCOTS at Peanuts,
LikesIce Cream and Electric Fan
Youth Here Adopted
Pet q Month Old
With Leg Broken

Ronald Mountfort, II, prefers a
pet squirrel to a pet dog But then
his 3-year-old Rory is rather ex-
ceptional squirrel.
Rory, for instance, takes exces-
sively hot weather lying down-on
her back in front of an electric fan.
She also loves ice cream.
Peanuts may be fine for the run
of-the-park squirrel, but not tor
Ronald's pet. Rory won't settle for
mere peanuts. Filberts, almonds
and pecans are her dish. Also car
rots and dried watermelon seeds.
When Ronald. head messenger in
the business department of The
Star, brought her on a leash to visit
his friends in the Office yesterday
Rory was inclined to dig in under
his topcoat. But when there aren't
so many people around, Ronald said,
she's hardly so retiring.
She was the nemesis of two other
squarrels Ronald adopted, so far as
their existence in the same house
with her was concerned. She was
jealous and they had to go. Rory
was there first and didn't let the
imposters forget it.
When Ronalds mothers Chow
gets too inquisitive about Rory's par
rot cage, Rory chases the dog away.
The little house-bred squirrel takes
a pugilistic attitude toward her
Evening star., 1947-07-05
Girl, IS, Attacked by Trio
WHO Beat and Rob Friends
By the Associated Press

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich, July
5.-Three teen-age colored youths
were under heavy guard at Macomb
County Jail here today, facing pos
sible triple charges of rape. feloni-
ous assault and unarmed robbery as
the result of an attack June "a on a
15-year-old white girl and her three
companions.
: Sheriff F. Scott Burke said he had
written confessions from Robert l..
Hubbard and Ulysses Champion,
both II, and a third youth, Is. all
residents of the Quinn road district
of Mount Clemens.
The attacked girl, still under
treatment at a Detroit hospital. was
with another girl and two Ham
tramck youths, Eugene Miller, IT,
and August Liniewski, 18. The
other girl escaped by swimming
through a gravel pit pool to some
underbrush.
Miller and Liniewski were beaten
and robbed, police said, and Liniew-
ski was hospitalized several days for
severe cuts and bruises.
Sheriff Burke said Hubbard and
Champion would be arraigned Mon
day, while Probate Court will be
asked to waive juvenile jurisdiction
over the third colored youth.
Evening star., 1947-07-05
Six Drowned in Sinking
OF Homemade Rowboat
By the Assoeiotsd Press

MURPHY, N. c., July 5.-A noli-
day ride in a homemade s-foot row.
boat ended in death for six members
of two Georgia families.
State Trooper L. B. Nunnally re-
ported that the victims drowned
yesterday in about feet of water
and about 10 to Is feet from the
shore of Nottely Lake just south of
the North Carolina Georgia border
near here.
The victims were Claude Beaver
and his two daughters. May 10 and
Perline, and three sisters, Clella
Carman and Evelyn Foster. All
were residents OF Union County
Georgia.
The State trooper said the boat
overturned when one of the girls
placed her foot on the side of the
small craft. He said Mr.. Beaver
was the only one of the group who
could swim.
A brother OF the three Foster girls,
Marvin Foster. witnessed the
drownings from the shore. He went
to aid Mr.. Beaver who, he said, was
trying to rescue the girls, but was
unable to help.
Evening star., 1947-07-05

troupe knowns as Flying Tigers"
three days ago, was flying a bor-
rowed A-T-6. She had circled the
airport, buzzed the field and COM
pleted loop.
She was executing what appeared
to be a slow roll when her plane
dived into the field. Her body was
found in the smashed ship. which
did not burn.
The former WASP set new in
ternational speed record for women
at 337 .635 miles an hour last March
16 at Tampa, Fla, while flying a
Navy Ccrsair over a three-kilometer
course.
Miss Hurlburt, who taught school
in Ohio for several years, was en-
tered in the 5000 Halle trophy race
to be held at tthe National Air Races
in Cleveland August 30. She won
that event last year at a peed OF
zoos miles an hour.
She also had planned to join with
two other women flyers in building
three small planes for entry in the
Goodyear trophy race at the Nation
al Air Races this year, a special
contest limited to planes of 100
cubic inches engine displacement.
This contest is for men flyers and
the women owners had not yet
named their pilots.
Miss Hurlburt served in the Wom-
ems Airforce Service Pilots WASP
for 20 months and ierried all types
of planes
Evening star., 1947-07-05
U. n. Committee Studies
Zionist Demand for State
BY the Associated Press

JERUSALEM, July 5.-The United
Nations Special Committee or Pal.
estine has before it today an officia
Zionist demand for a Jewish stat,
in the Holy Land.
The Jewish case before the com.
mittee was opened yesterday by
representative of the official Jewish
agency-David Ben -Gurion, chair.
man of the agency Executive, Rabb
Yehuda Fishman and Economist
David Horowitz.
The Arab Higher Executive, which
is boycotting the u N. investigation
of the Palestine problem. will hold g
conference tomorrow in coasta
Haifa. Jamal Effendi Husseini, the
executives deputy chairman, callee
the conference to study "preserva-
ton of Arab lands and a boycott o1
Jewish industry, products and SER
vices"
"Only by establishing Palestine a.
Jewish state" Mr.. Ben-Gurior
told the committee in hearing al
the Y. M. C. A., can the true OBJ
iectives-immigration and statehood
for Jews, economic development and
social progress for Arabs-be accom-
plished."
Evening star., 1947-07-05
Sparkman Hits Attacks
On U. 5. Farm Programs
By the Associated Press

CARROLLTON, Ala, July s.
Senator Sparkman, Democrat, Of
Alabama criticized yesterday "thost
in Congress who in the name o1
economy would drive knife into
the heart of the agricultural PRO-
grams"
Speaking at the unveiling OF
monument memorializing the late
Senator Bankhead, of Alabama
Senator Sparkman said:
Powerful forces in this country
desire the overthrow of many
present-day agricultural programs
These forces want to put agricul'
ture back into the doghouse of de-
preston from which Senator Bank.
head helped rescue tt.
"Of all the follies this Natior
could commit, few would be greater
than to perrit this reversal tt
occur. The job Of making agricul'
ture permanently strong has beer
we'll begun, but it is far from
finished"
Evening star., 1947-07-05

been instructor in piano and organ
at Mary Washington College, Fred
ericksburg, Va.
A native of Washington, DR.. Klein
started her musical career under
the late Edgar Priest, organist OF
the Washington Cathedral.
Studied Abroad.
She was later awarded a three
year scholarship at the Peabody
Conservatory of Music in Baltimore
where she received artist diplomas
in both organ and piano. She SUBJ
sequently studied abroad.
DR.. Klein held a fellowship in the
American Guild of Organists, the
highest award of that organization
She made her formal debut in 1927
in New York and subsequently ap-
peared in many concerts, including
one at the New York Worlds Fair
She was member of the Friends
Of Music in the Library of Congress
the American Guild of Organists
the Plainsong and Medieval Music
Society of London, the Fontainebleau
Alumni Association Of France, Mu
Phi Epsilon music sorority, the
Music Teachers National Associate
and the Peabody Alumni Associa-
ton. She was a former member OF
the Beethoven Association of New
York.
DR.. Klein received an honorary
degree as doctor of music from the
Bogulewski College of Music III
Chicago.
For many years DR.. Klein had
made her home at 3217 Wisconsin
avenue NV. Her brother is her
only survivor.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Monday at the Lee funeral
home, Fourth street and Massachu-
sets avenue NE. Burial will be In
Congressional Cemetery. s.
South Africa has abolished the
Evening star., 1947-07-05
; in Maryland Killed
As5kyrockets Explode
BY the Associated Press

ELK NECK, Md, July 5.-Explod-
ing fireworks which transformed the
front porch of a farmhouse into q
scene of horror last night brought
death to three persons at Fourth
of July celebration.
Two wide-eyed little girls, glee-
fully awaiting a weenie roast at their
family reunion. were turned into
human torches when a box of sky
rockets let 60. police said
Ann Cameron, s, and her cousin,
Ruth Anne Holmes, 2, died last night
at Union Hospital, Elkton.
AIMS father. William Cameron,
SO. died early today.
Cecilia Holmes. l. Ruth's sister,
was in critical condition at the same
hospital.
Three other relatives were treated
for less serious burns.
AS States Attorney Clifford l..
Scarbough and State fire marshals
arrived here to investigate the blast,
Deputy Sheriff Albert Buckworth
reconstructed this story:
Seven members of the william
Cameron and Raymond Holmes
families were on the front porch at
the home of Mrs. Carrie Holmes. the
girls grandmother.
A spark from cascading flow
erDCt" ipnited n hox of ~ skyrockets
nearby, and the rockets exploded in
multi-colored fash which filled
the porch and enveloped the VIC
tins.
Mr.. Buckworth said the posses
sion Of fireworks. banned in Mary
and since l941. Is a Risdemeanor
punishable by a $50 fine.
Evening star., 1947-07-05
Hostility 10 Russia
Rises in Manchuria;
u. S.Prestige High
By John Roderiek
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent

AsSOtf0feo FFeft EOFet8N SoTetPohoem
MUKDEN. July 5.-Hostility to-
ward Russia In Nationalist Man.
churia has reached the personal
stage, and Chinese nowadays do not
hesitate to make known publicly
their feelings on the subject.
Conversely, American prestige has
never been higher.
Underlying nationalist animosity
are Soviet failure to turn over Port
Arthur and Dairen to the Chinese
government and belief the Russians
are supplying arms to Chinese Com
munists.
I encountered this atmosphere of
unfriendliness towards Russians at
Shanhaikwan enroute to Mukden,
where te Peiping- Mukden rail ex-
press halts overnight.
An armed nationalist colonel, who
first advised me to leave because of
danger that Communists might enter
the area, later apologized when I
showed him my card. Mel Kuo
(American), he exclaimed with a
surprised look, Il beg your pardon.
I really thought you were Russian.
You are San American. That's all
right" And he saluted smartly.
The Chinese waste none of their
politeness on Russians. Baggage OF
individual RUSSIANS travelling on
trains Is systematically searched, and
generally they have to give a COM
plete account of themselves.
In Mukden, Chinese friends ad-
vised me I'd better wear American
Army clothes than a civilian outfit
because Chinese might mistake me
for Russian and subject me to small
indignities.
One estimate Of the number OF
Russians in Mukden places it as low
as 300, another at 1000. Regardless
of the real figure, it is only a frac-
ton of the formerly large popula-
ton who took refuge here from
Siberia in 1917 and onwards.
Most of those remaining here are
new Soviet citizens who are known
as "radishes on the outside,
white on the inside. They have no
consulate. Needs of the community
are represented by trade chief.
A number of Russians left Muk-
den some months ago complaining
of harsh treatment. Soldiers used
to take potshots at them until Gen.
Tu Yu-ming. the government COM
mander. ordered this pastime halted.
Only few Russian stores remain
III the city, and these are generally
ooycotted by the Chinese. On the
other hand, Americans are treated
18th every courtesy.
Evening star., 1947-07-05
; Flyers Die in Crash
Of Planes in Miduir
BY the Associated Press

STAFFORD, Del. July 5.-Three
young airmen were killed In the
crash of two small planes that
locked wings near here yesterday.
The dead were identified as Bay
ard Brumbley, rs, of near Delmar.
pilot of one plane; Charles Floyd
Kitchens, 80, Laurel, pilot Of the
other, and Harold Cordrey, %,
Laurel, passenger in Mr.. Kitchens
plane.
Witnesses reported the two planes
collided while stunting close to-
gether. The planes took off from
Laurel Airport and crashed Is min
utes later in q wooded area on a
farm.
Evening star., 1947-07-05
Byrnes Joins Committee
For Military Training
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated PresS
PHILADELPHIA, July 5.-James
F. Byrnes has joined the Citizens
Emergency Committee for Universal
Training IN its efforts to promote
peace through preparedness"
Owen j. Roberts, former Supreme
Court justice and chairman of the
newly formed committee, disclosed
the membership of his one-time
colleague yesterday, together with
those of Admiral Ben Moreell, Pitts
burgh, former chief Of the Navy
Bureau of Yards and Docks; H. j
Heinz II, president of the H. j
Heinz Co.; Richard J. Mellon, pres
ident of the Mellon National Bank
Pittsburgh, and A. Rex Finn, Pitts
burgh industralist.