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Evening star., 1947-01-02
lien Big Developments
lin Planes During 1916
Summarized by Army

A year which brought many inn
provements in the field Of jet COM
bat planes>and super bombers of
new design was summarized today
by the Army Air Forces. Ten new
planes unveiled in the past II
months included:
"A rocket-powered research plane
built by the BELL Aircraft Corp, the
+XS-1, designed to explore the re-
gions Of the speed Of sound.
A long g-range fighter powered with
q jet engine In the tail and a tur-
Ebine- -driven propeller in the nose,
the XP-81 Of Consolidate -Vultee.
s A. Jet fighter built by Republic
Aviation. the xP-84, which holds
the national speed record Of GIL
miles an hour.
A. two-engined jet fighter built
by Bell, the xP-83.
a four-engined Photographic
plane built by Republic, the XF-12,
with an exhaust boost aiding four
engines to turn up speed Of well
ever 400 miles an hour.
XB-43-a tWo-engine Jet bomber
with a speed of approximately 500
miles an hour, built by Douglas Air
craft.
XP-79-a two-engine flying wing,
built by Northrop Aircraft, in which
the pilot lies prone.
L-13-a three-place liaison plane,
built by Consolidated-Vultee, which
can be used for observation, COM
munication, photography, light haul
ing and ambulance work. 1t cruises
at 80 miles an hour.
|. XB-35-a giant conventionally
powered flying wing, first of its
kind, with a gross peak load Of 104
tons. It was built by Northrop
along the lines of smaller expert
mental types.
xB-36-a six-engine convention
ally powered bomber, built. by Con-
sclidated-Vultee, and weighing at
gross loading 178.00o pounds. It can
carry 5 tons of bombs 10000 miles
and it's the worlds largest bomber.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Radio Faces ReappraisaI
|0f Advertising Values

Edgar Kodak, president of the
Mutual Broadcasting System, in q
year-end report for the 384 stations
of the network, warned broadcasters
that the year 1947 will bring ma
tional problems that must be faced
in realistic manner.
His chief warning for the radio
industry in 1947 was that rising
costs, material shortages and labor
difficulties on many fronts would
bring about reappraisal of ad-
vertising values.
Coupled with this is the fact that
business and industry are going to
face more competition and more
economy and more stringency
brought about by the changing con-
ditions.'' he said,
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Gondhi at ~ Starts
Walking Tour Of rs
East Bengal Towns
BY The Asseeioied Pres.

CALCUTTA, Jan. 2.--Mohan-
das K. Gandhi today started a
village-by-v village walking tour
of the Noakhali district of East
Bengal, carrying his doctrine
OF non-violence into the Mos
lem dominated area where COM
munal disturbances erupted In
october.
The Congress Party press COM
pared his walk in Importance to
the 1880 walk to beat the salt
law. Despite his n years and
frail body, the Hindu leader
planned to visit 26 villages this
month. His route avoided the
Ramgunj police district, scene
of the bloodiest of the COM
munal riots.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Cufeterius
Continued From First Page,)

ment with the company. However,
both sides appeared to be near
agreement and no trouble IN this
respect is anticipated. The corpora
ton has not disclosed whether 1t
will raise it's prices as 2 result OF
wage boosts.
Chief credit for averting the strike
at the SO GSI cafeterias was given
by both sides to the three Labor
Department conciliators in the case.
The conciliators were Peter j. Man.
no, Richard Goodrich and James
Holden. Those boys deserve all
the credit for bringing us together"
one of the negotiators said.
Contract Expired.
The union had been holding out
for a 15-cents-an-hour wage in
crease, while the company offered
cents. With the contract officially
expired at midnight Wednesday,
Mr.. Manno and the other two con-
ciliators called an all-night meeting
''to last until we get an agreement"
| Agreement was reached at 2 am.
! on the Scent offer.
! Approximately 1900 cafeteria en-
ployes are effected by the wage in
crease.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Gen. Wainwright S Saber
Recovered in Philippines
BY the Associated Press

MANILA, Jan. 2.-Gen. Jonathan
Wainwright's treasured West Point
saber, lost in the retreat to Bataan
and later picked up by a Filipino
beside the body of japanese gen.
eral, was recovered today. 1t will
be sent to Gen. Wainwright.
The saber was a gift from his
mother on his graduation from West
Point in 1906. After the war, a
friend told Gen. Wainwright that
Roberto Garcia, a chauffeur in
Northern Luzon, had found 1t.
Garcia told United States Army
agents he had entrusted it to a
friend, who had given it to two other
men under threats. N
| The sword finally was discovered
| in possession of Jose Calma in small
village near Natividad, in the PAM
panga River swamps, 80 miles north
west of Manila.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Higher Auto Insurance
Costs in f947 Forecast

Leo Goodwin, executive vice pres
ident, Government Employees In
surance Co., predicts further rise
in automobile insurance costs In
1947 because of increased claims
and the higher cost OF settling
claims.
Replacement parts are extremely
scarce. repair and labor costs have
skyrocketed, body styles have re-
suited in higher collision costs
while fancy grill and trim are
fragile and expensive.
Property damage claim costs have
risen 80 per cent since 1941 and
collision claim costs 100 per cent
The high percentage of older cars
being operated also tends to In
crease accidents and claims.
Evening star., 1947-01-02

cent ahead of 1941.
Downtown department stores also
set new records, with 1916 dollar
volumes around 10 per cent above
the preceding year, but the gain IN
the last three months narrowed to
around 12.5 per cent.
After allowing for sharp price in
creases, it is doubtful that unit VOL
une of Christmas trade in the de-
partment stores was much above a
year earlier. Apparently the old
family pocketbook was pinched by
high prices.
PayrolIs Above 1945.
Despite widely publicized cuts In
Government jobs, payrolls reported
officially for the same Offices ac-
tually increased, and combined with
increases in private jobs and pay
rolls bolstered buying power here.
Government and private payrolls
In the District of Columbia for Oc-
tober, latest available month, ap-
proximated $96,652,0O0 for 463,605
persons, compared with $S9, ,733, 900
lOr f0I,olo year carrier ana Sol,-
$4,000 for 421 ,466 persons in Oc-
tober, 1941.
Official reports for November and
December may show some further
moderate cuts in Government jobs.
but are not expected to change the
picture materially
October totals for the Govern
ment, including the District gov
ernment. and private business are
given below for 1941, 1945 and 1916:
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Dr.. ChaIfant Robinson Dies;
Princeton History Authority
BY the Associated Press

PRINCETON, N. j., Jan. 2.-Dr.
Chalfant Robinson, professor emeri-
tus of history at Princeton Uni
versity and one of the Nations lead
ing photographers, died yesterday
at his home here.
DR.. Robinson, who was born on
March IA, 1871, in Cincinnati, re-
ceived degrees from the University
of Cincinnati and Yale University
and studied at the Universities of
Berlin, Freiburg and Heidelberg in
Germany. During his teaching
career he held positions at Yale.
Mount Holyoke, Smith and Prince
ton.
DR.. Robinson Is survived by his
widow, Anne Shaw Hamilton, whom
he married in 1900; his son. Hamil-
ton Robinson, who is director Of the
the Office of economic security policy
of the State Department, and two
sisters, Laura L. Robinson and Helen
II. Robinson, who are teachers IN
Cincinnati.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1947-01-02

raised rates sharply. Near suburban
centers such as Bethesda, Silver
Spring, Hyattsville. Alexandria, Falls
Church, Clarendon and Rosslyn, it
becomes increasingly unnecessary
and difficult to shop downtown.
Building restrictions and material
shortages held back a great deal OF
commercial construction around
these centers during 1916, but much
of this bottleneck will disappear in
1947.
Population of the Metropolitan
Area increased slightly during 1916
but the indicated gain was so small
that there seems little need fol
tinkering with the estimate for a
year ago, which was 1861 900 per-
sons, including s67,8l in the District
of Columbia The estimate probably
will have to be reduced at the end
Of 1947.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
British Air Marshal
Hits Complications
In Eisenhower Staff
BY the Asseeieted Press

NDON, Jan. 2.-Strategic
bombing by British and American
planes successfully paved the way
for the invasion OF Normandy de-
spite overlapping and complica-
tions" in the overall command. ac-
cording to a hitherto secret report
by the late Air Chief Marshal Sill
Stafford LLeigh-Mallory. The Brit
|ish Air Ministry published the re-
port tonight in the official London
Gazette.
Submitted to Gen. Eisenhower In
November, 1914, shortly before the
air chief marshal's death in a plane
crash, the 5o,ooo-word report de-
scribes what Marshal Leigh Mallory
air commander in chief of the Allied
Expeditionary Air Force, calls "ten
and a half months of the most
heavy and concentrated air war in
history November Is, 1943, to
September 80, 1914.
Rail Network Disorganized.
Events thoroughly justified our
strategic bombing policy and your
insistence upon an adequate pre-
paratory period of air operations
for Operation Neptune" Marshal
Leigh Mallory told Gen. Eisenhower
Neptune was the code name fol
the cross-channel assault.
"The air had. by the day of the
assault, completely disorganized the
enemy's dense and complex network
of rail lines of communication within
France and Belgium" the report
said.
"This having been accomplished
by D day, it was soon possible to sea-
off the battle area through air ac-
ton, and in this way the area was
prepared for the employment o1
ground forces with the enemy at
critical disadvantage"
Marshal Leigh Mallory complained
however, of Gen. Eisenhowers ad-
nlinistrative setup under which, he
said, the air commander in chief ano
the staff of the Allied Expeditionary
Force were required to work on two
levels with two large Army staffs."
Interference Charged.
This arrangement he said, "se-
verely taxed the staffs of Allied Ex-
peditionary Air Force and inevitably
led to overlapping and complica-
tions and at times interference with
the planning of the tactical all
forces and their opposite army ano
navy formations.
On number of occasions, Mar
shall Leigh-Mallory said. "our owr
antiaircraft guns, both naval anc
military, shot down friendly air
craft"-a situation that he blamed
in large measure on the lack of al
air defense commander to direct
fighter planes and A. A. guns at tht
same time.
Marshal Leigh-Mallory said th'
German air effort was mediocr'
throughout" especially during thu
critical assault stage, because of tn,
strategic bombing of German air
fields, radar stations and aircraf
factories.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
baIfz Advises Caution
In 1947 Home Buyinq

With Government controls par
TALLY eliminated, an encouraging
upward trend for 1947 Is already
noted in the building industry, Ed
ward C. Baltz, president of the Per-
petual Building Association, de-
clared.
However, while home lending in
stitutions are amply prepared to ex-
tend advances on new construction,
particularly on new home units. a
note of caution must be sounded
concerning the inflationary aspects
of the present market, he said.
Our building and loan leaders are
united in their determination to Of
fer sound counsel to prospective
home buyers or home builders, with
especial reference to veterans. GIs
should not over-buy or over-borrow
Mr.. BaltZ warned,
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Weather
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snow extending from Northeastern
Missouri through Northern Illinois
Indiana and Michigan this after
noon added to the uncertainty OF
resuming westward flights.
New York was cleaning up last
nights. 31a inches of snow, with
drizzling rain forecast today. Gales
battered much of the New England
coast, with snow there ranging to
depths of 20 inches in the north
ern areas.
Railroads and bus lines were re-
ported operating all schedules, with
minor delays in some of the ar
rivals. The only serious Interrupt
tion in rail traffic resulted from a
a power-line break on the electri-
fed Pennsylvania near West Vir-
ginia and New York avenues last
night, but this had been repaired
today.
All Roads Are Open.
Motor traffic was moving slowly
on slipper streets and highways
throughout the District. While con-
ditions were hazardous and drivers
were cautioned to be careful, all
thoroughfares were reported open
and negotiable. Conditions were
much improved over those of yes
terday and last night, when streets
and roads were covered with snow,
sleet or the resulting slush.
Jake B. Coverstone, IS, a retired
Nokesville (Va.) farmer, died yester-
day when the car in which he was
riding skidded into a Washington
bound Chesapeake 81 Ohio train at
a grade crossing near his home.
His wife, Mrs. Myrtle Coverstone,
SIS; their son, Lawrence, Is, and a
neighbor, Charles Ritenour, 27, re-
ported by State police to have been
the driver of the car, were injured
and were taken to Alexandria Hos
pital.
Road Covered With Snow and Sleet.
Mrs. Coverstone suffered neck and
head injuries, Lawrence Coverstone
sustained a compound fracture of
the right leg and fracture OF the
left foot, and Mr.. Ritenour's left leg
was fractured. All were reported in
fair condition today.
Police said Route 645, on which
the accident occurred, was covered
with snow and sleet at the time.
At Winchester Memorial Hospital,
Manley Pancoast, 8, died yesterday
of injuries received Saturday when
struck by a truck while riding his
bicycle, a Christmas gift, on the
main street of Purcellville. Funeral
services for the youth, the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy j. Pancoast Of
Purcellville, will be held at 2 pm.
tomorrow in Purcellville Baptist
Church. :,
a z@t Taxi and Car Crash. ~ -.
The most serious of the weather
traffic accidents within the city in
volved a collision last night between
private car and a taxicab. Two Of
six persons injured in the crash re-
mained in hospitals today, though
neither was reported in serious con-
dition.
The accident occurred, police were
advised, when a car driven by Ray
Franklin Fremont, 20, Of % Thirty
third street NE, skidded in slush
at Seventh street and Florida ave-
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Red Pressure on Pooting
Is Reported Relieved

PEIPING, Jan. 2 tR.-Chen Chi
cheng, deputy commander of the
governments 11th War Zone, an,
nounced today reinforcements had
relieved the pressure of a strong
Chinese Communist attack on Paot-
ing, Hopeh provincial capital.
The governments Central News
Agency said the Communists had
failed to capture two villages 5 miles
from Paoting and a town % miles
away after a two-day battle, and
had withdrawn.
Chen said the Communists had
slackened their attacks against the
northern section of the Peiping-
Hankow railroad after government
forces drove guerrillas from Peip-
ing's suburbs.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
|Herndon Musons Elect
ID. S. Roodhouse Master

D. S. Roadhouse has been elected
master of Herndon Masonic Lodge
No. 264.
Other officers elected are. &. Will
son McGlincy, senior warden; @.
Ramsey Bready, jr, senior deacon;
E. M. Armfield, treasurer; w. Frank
Humme, secretary; Homer r. Stuts-
man, junior deacon; B. Williams
Middleton. ,tiIer; Edgar e. Gillette,
chaplain, and e. Russell Gillette and
Clarence Lee, stewards.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
HoIdup
CONTINUED From First Page.)

each over two-week period last
month.
Holds Reserve Commission.
Pvt. Davis of 543, Tenpessee ave
nue. NE. Is feet 8 inches tall and
weighs 1870 poundss He has held a
reserve Army commission since
1881 and was on active service dur
ing World War II. He told reporters
he was in the European theater for
% months, four months in active
combat.
Policeman Davis, appointed to the
force in July, 1887, has received three
commentators for his work, once
for helping to solve a holdup and
murder case in 1871, just before he
entered the Army. and the other two
for his work in clearing up series
of housebreakingS.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Palestine
Continued From First Page.)

unremitting warfare" to achieve
its goal of a free Palestine.
Irgun's action conceded with the
verdict of military court condemn
ing a member of the Jewish under
ground organization to death fol
participating in an armed attack
on a police station in which two po-
lice officers were killed last April %.
Note Sent to Newspapers.
The promise of continued strife
was contained in a note transmitted
to newspapers by Irgun leaders In
reply to a message from Representa-
tive Baldwin, Republican, of New
York, which was published last Sat
urday in the Palestine Post. Mr.
Baldwin, administrative chairman OF
the Political Action Committee for
Palestine, asked 1rgun to "halt op-
erations in the Holy Land until ]
have acquainted the American Gov
ernment and people with your fight
and the fight of JeWry at large
Irgun thanked Mr.. Baldwin for
his help in the campaign to free
Palestine" but declared that moth
ing must stop our fight"
The Irgun member sentenced yes
terday to die by hanging was Dow
Gruner, a 33-year-old Hungarian
Jew who came to Palestine six years
ago and who was discharged from
the Jewish brigade of the British
Army only 10 days before the ats
tack on the police station. ~ II.
Gruner, who has sister in Amer
ica--was one of is Irgun members
wounded during the attack, in which
he was accused of firing gun.
During his trial he adopted the
usual Irgun practice of refusing to
recognize the courts jurisdiction
and demanding that he be treated
as a prisoner of war. The death
sentence is subject to confirmation
by the Palestine military conf
mander.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Sir Nicholas Bacon Dies;
| Descendant Of Essayisf
BY the Associated Prsss

NORWICH, England, Jan. 2.-sir
Nicholas Henry Bacon. sa premier
baronet Of England and descend-
ant Of the Elizabethan essayist.
Francis Bacon, died yesterday at
Reveningham Hall. has home.
Sir Nicholas position as premier
baronet stemmed from the fact that
his ancestor, Sir Nicholas Bacon,
was the first person to receive a
baronetcy when the order was in
stituted by James I in 1911. The
first Sir Nicholas was knighted by
Queer Elizabeth in 1878.
The order of baronetcy makes a
knighthood hereditary as contrasted
to the lifetime knighthoods most
frequently bestowed on disting-
uiShed EngliShmen.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Chino
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day after'a vehement "Quit China"
anti-American demonstration yes
terday by some 5000 Chinese stu
dents.
Cartoons posted on buildings-one
depicted American servicemen in
japanese Army uniforms-remained
as reminders of the outburst.
Some Shanghai papers rebuked
the students editorially.
Evening star., 1947-01-02

.maHd at $685.
100000 in the
District Of Co.
lumbia alone, q
rise of 21.5 pei
cent from 1945
and 62.1 per cent
above 1941.
Trade in the
w a S h ington
NJ e t r o politar
Area approx
m a t e d $1,000
900, 900 for the
first time in his
tory, a gain of %
per cent from
fnhS nnd 81 nor
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Capital Sets Records,
But Faces Possibility
OF f947 Setback
By Donald B. HodIey

On the eve of a new political
epoch, Washington closed 1916 with
another string Of new records.
Retail trade for the year was esti-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24

When the fonniiy prepares q meal Of picnic deli
cocies in Rock Creek Park. the younger element
needs all the patience it con muster in order to
survive those moments during which the watermelon
IS sliced. the hot dogs sizxie invitnoIy-ond "You
Just wait, noww
Evening star., 1947-01-18
Youth Gets Maximum
5to IS Year Term
For SIS Robbery

Justice Alexander Holtzof of Dis
trict Court yesterday gave John w.
McCord, 18, colored, of the 5000
block of Lee street NE, the maxi
mum penalty of 5 to Is years for
robbery.
McCord's victim, Louis T. Werner,
of the 100 block of Twenty eighth
street Sc, was robbed of SIS after
being accosted in his automobile
last October while parked near the
Sousa Bridge Mr.. Werner then
was tied and gagged and finally
forced from the automobile in
nearby Maryland, it was said.
Charges OF larceny and carrying
a dangerous weapon in connection
with the same offense were dropped
McCord pleaded guilty to the single
count of robbery.
In another sentence yesterday,
Justice Holtzof sentenced John H.
Mickens, AZ, colored, of the 240O
block of Thirteenth street NV, to
serve from 8 to Is years for man.
slaughter in the fatal shooting last
August of his wife, Mrs. Odell B.
Evening star., 1947-01-18

uame at a grocery store) is excellent
for neutralizing coffee stains and
other stains in cooking utensils. Try
running a few inches Of water in the
bathtub and then sprinkling in a
generous handful of "triso" Let it
remain for several hours. A mild
laundry bleach might also do the
trick.
Crack Around Bathtub.
Question: Can you suggest some
kind of filler to use in the crack be-
tween the bathtub and the tile wall ?
Answer: See if you can get a
special kind of metal moulding that
is now back on the market again
after the war shortage It may not
be available in your locality, how
ever. If not, you can use light
colored caulking compound intended
for this purpose.
Stubborn Grease Spot.
Question: Can you advise how to
get grease spots out of inlaid lin
oleum? I have scrubbed it num-
ber of times with different cleaners.
1t looks all right for a day or two
and then the spot reappears.
Answer: Try cleaning the spots by
rubbing the surface with fine steel
wool and a n-inf1ammable liquid
spot remover. Then polish with a
paste wax. Several treatments may
be necessary. Avoid using strong,
Evening star., 1947-01-18

Mickens. The defendant was in
dicted on a charge of second-degree
murder but was allowed to plead
guilty to manslaughter.
A 20-year-old youth, Donald j.
Gray, jr., who, authorities said, has
travelled considerably with carni-
walls, after leaving home at an early
age, yesterday was given suspend
ed sentence by Justice Henry A.
Sehweinhaut of District Court and
placed on probation for two years
on charges of violating the Selective
Service Act in 1914. Gray had
pleaded guilty to failing to keep his
draft board notified where he could
be reached, of failing to advise the
board of a change in employment
and failing to fill out and return
QUESTIONABLE.
Justice Schweinhaut sentenced
Wendell H. Meredith, Is, colored,
who was listed as patient at Wal
ter Reed Hospital, to serve from 16
months to 4 years on charges of
forging signatures on five Govern
ment checks and cashing them.
Evening star., 1947-01-18

caustic cleaners for they will destroy
the linseed oil content of your
linoleum.
Swinging Kitchen Door.
Question: The lower floor hinge
of my swinging door between the
dining room and kitchen is out-of-
order in such a way as to cause the
lower edge of the door (hinge -side)
to rub against the jamb. Can you
advise me on repairs?
Answer: Write to the maker of
the hinge, and ask him for instruc-
tions on taking the hinge apart.
do not believe, however, that the
floor hinge is at fault. I suspect
the pivot at the top has either be-
come worn or it was forced out of
place. BY raising the door, you
should be able to take it out of the
frame and examine the condition of
Evening star., 1947-01-18

the floor hinge and pivot. By re-
setting the pivot-pin pocket the
condition may be corrected.
Released by
az ted Neuc
Evening star., 1947-01-18

found that trisodium phosphate
Cleaning powder sold under a trade