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Evening star., 1947-05-13
District PTA 10 Open
Convention Tonight

The 34th annual convention OF
the District Congress Of Parents and
Teachers will open at o'clock to-
night at the Departmental Audi
torium, Twelfth street and Constitu-
ton avenue NV.
The theme of the two-day session
Is Preparing Our Young People for
Future leadership"
After registration Of delegates and
the official opening Of the meeting
q forum will be held at $3.50 o'clock
on whether school curricula meet
present-day needs.
Participating in this forum will be
Robert King, Maryland University
freshman; Miss Betty Jean livery,
secretary; George Aldridge, Wilson
High School senior; Miss Eulalie
Harrison, Central High School jun
ior;; Narcisco Ramos, Minister Coun-
sellor, Philippine Embassy: Mrs. C.
H. Bennett, president OF Gage PTA;
DR.. e. B. Norton, deputy commits
sioner, United States Once Of Edit
cation, and Mrs. Hazel Markell, radio
station WTOP, who will serve as
moderator.
Oncers for the coming year will
be installed at pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
IS Morton Cadets Answer Roll
At 49th Anniversary Dinner

Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
sometimes burns hundreds OF thou
sands Of dollars In a single day;
Norman E. Norman: also with the
Bureau; Capt. Spencer Bliss, deputy
Commissioner of Internal Revenue:
Harry Patterson (already men,
toned, an old internal Revenue
Bureau man who is national repre-
sentative of the American Fedora
tion of Government workers.
Also j. F.. Brewer, who recently
retired as an artist for the Bureau
of Plant Industry this pictures are
in many textbooks; Joseph S.
Cornish, who was an assistant store
keeper at the Government Printing
ONCE; w. J. Driver (son of the
proprietor OF Drivers Bar at Sixth
and the Avenue), who retired as
clerk in the Govern
ment; Ernest E. Landon, who in
stalled cold storage installation for
the Armstrong Cork Co.
Also G. S. Pittman, 73, the eldest
of the Morton Cadets, who was q
photographer with the Naval Ord
nance Laboratory and is now man
ager Of the National Capital Skeet
Club; Boliver T. Reamy, who later
served in the Philippine Insurrec-
ton and the American Expedition
ary Force in France in 1918, and
is now with the United States
Public Health Service in New
York; II. S. Shinn, whose father
was city editor Of The Star and who
after 80 years in the Post Office
Department, is q Hyattsville coun-
Gilman and deputy clerk to the
Prince Georges County Commis-
sioners; Ed Weiss, a Federal Trade
Commission accountant. and Nor
man E. Norman, for years with Gait
& Bro.
Evening star., 1947-05-13


dinner the Spanish
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Miss Brewton Will Reign
As 'Niahf Of Thrills Queen

Miss Bette June Brewton, II, oi
s18 K street NE, senior at East
ern High School, will reign as queen
of the Might of Thrills" at Grifnth
Stadium May 23. The program Is
sponsored by the Masonic Worship
full Masters of 1947 and the Order
of the Eastern Star.
Miss Brewton, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cecil Brewton. was named In
the balloting last night at the Ma
sonic Temple. She was sponsored
jointly by Washington Centennial
Chapter, No. 3, Of the Eastern Star,
and Bethel No. l, Jobs Daughters,
Of which she is a member.
Other candidates elected to form
the queens court were: Mil
dred Pearson. Nancy Starkey, Pa
tricia June christensen, Mary D.
Matthews, Charlotte Holman and
Dorothy Zamer..
The event will include athletic
events, a circus, band entertainment,
fireworks and q pageant.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Miss PearIe A. Maiieson
Dies After Iona Illness

Miss Pearlss A. Matteson, 10. of
4112 Third street NV. : washing
ton resident for 40 years, died yes
terday In Garfield Hospital after
Z long illness.
A native Of Butler County, Pa,
Hiss Matteson spent her early Life
there. and then moved to Pittsburgh
where she worked for the Carnegie
Steel co. and later for the Chris
tiAn Advocate She WAS : member
Of the Eastern Star In Pittsbrrsh.
and always had been active In Meth.
odist Church work.
Surviving are two brothers. Nelson
+. MAtteson, tool engineer at the
Naval Gun FActoSy, with whom abe
made her home. and Ernest q. Mat
teson, washington, Pa. Another
brother, the Rev. j. Clarke Matte
son, former Methodist minister In
Pittsburgh, died several years aa0.
Funeral services win be held At
10 am. Thursday at the Lee funeral
home, Fourth street and Massachur
setts avenue NE, with the Rev.
Daniel w. Justice, pastor Of thu
Trinity Methodist Church. ofnciat,
Ing. Burial win be private.
Evening star., 1947-05-13

Of the Fresident's conference should
~ completed Within 20 days. Mr.
Keneipp estimated.
The board approved ! resolution
terming District parking fActlities
wholly inadequate and sugsesting
that 1oning regulations be amended
to require provision Of o41-street
loading 1ones III all new commercial
structures. The resolution expressed
opposition 70 Government operation
Of parking space. It was offered by
Charles II. Tornpkins, chairman Of
the Parking COMMITTEES.
The board paid tribute TO Dr..
Carroll r. Hsed. retiring assistant
superintendent Of schools and =
member Of the board. School Supt.
Hobart n. Corning led the tes-
timoniAl.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Children Mistake Baby.
For Doll. Breok Skull
syshs Assesiesed eress

~
PORTLAND. Greg, May 13.-The
mistake Of two children in thinking
: sleeping infant was 1 doll put =
month-old Patricia Sullivan In .
hospital with I fractured skull, po-
lice said yesterday.
Police headquarters reported Mack
Smith, Z neighbor, told Of Watching
the two girls frequently drop . bum
die on the street. When he heard
cries. Mr.. Smith investigated and
found the infant wrapped In the
blankets.
The girls, ; and 4, said they took
the infant from . carriage on the
sidewalk at the nearby home Of the
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Sui
|livan.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Free Autos Offered
For Driving Courses
In D. c. High Schools

The District has been offered
without cost sumcient duAl-contr0
automobiles to provide driver In
|struction III al senior high schools,
Tratlc Director George =. Keneipp
has revealed.
Mr.. Keneipp made the announce
|ment yesterday at . meeting of the
District Advisory Board Of the
American Automobile Association IN
the MAyflower Hotel. ss
The AAA and . joint committee
Representing the automobile. rub
her and petroleum interests here
have agreed TO make the cars avail
able as soon as the schools can pro-
wide qualified instructors and ap-
proved courses, Mr.. Keneipp said.
Budget StilI PrebIem.
He expressed pleasure At receipt
lot the offers, but said he did not
know how soon the courses could
tbe started, In view Of the budgetary
| problems Of the school system.
He indicated. however, he thought
| the availability Of driver-trainine
cars would hasten establishment Of
1.-THE instruction O. part Of the regu-
/ lar senior high school curriculum
since there had appeared little
chance OF the District obtaining
them by purchase.
Mr.. ,Keneipp said he had been
approached BY the Inter-Industry
Committee as to how businessmen
could help achieve the objectives Of
the Presidents Highway Safety Con-
ference Of last year. He said he told
the group provision Of the automo-
biles would be the most practical
contribution.
Two such cars. purchase with
safety education funds Of the De-
partment of Vehicles and Trafdc,
now are being used for driver train
ing In the vocational high schools
only.
instruction Cuts Accidents.
MIR. Keneipp said = Chicago survey
showed young people given such
training were involved In so per cent
fewer accidents than those not 20
instructed.
The current revision Of the Dis
trict's traffic regulations to bring
them in line with recommendation
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Roll Worker to Travel
After 80 Years at Job
H tho Assssie.sd Press

CHICAGO-Miss Burch McRae
has decided that after SO years Of
working for . railroad 1t is about
time she do some trayeling-free.
She has retired from her position
as . stenographer for the New York
Central Railroad at the busy La
Sale Street Station and will use her
pass to see other parts Of the
country.
1--WE never even been to New
York" Miss McRae said.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Rest Of Roster,

Here is the rest OF the roster of
those who were there last night:
Capt. George Gilman, who became
q proof reader On ThA Baltimore
sun: Clarence Brown, who q super-i
intendent q the incinerator at the
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Mothers Club Elects
mrs. William McCouIey

Mrs. william McCauley has been
elected president OF the st. James
Mothers Club, Falls Church.
Other officers are: Mrs. Harry
Doyle, treasurer; Mrs. David Doyle,
recording secretary; Mrs. Edward
A. Trott, corresponding secretary,
and Mrs. Edward Jarrett, vice
president.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03
Protect Piano

Neglect is the cause Of many so
called defects in pianos. To keep
moths from getting into the felt,
place a camphor bag inside the
case. Keep the piano away from
any heating unit and from direct
rays Of the sun. Keep furniture
polish or oils, which discolor ivory,
away from the keys. Clean them
only with soap on a very slightly
damp cloth. All fine woods need oc-
casional Sudsings to remove &C
cumulated layers Of wax and pol
ish that after a time give a grayish
look. Clean carefully with warm
suds, allowing surface to dry well
before reapplying polish.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03

Needles for sewing extra tough
fabrics are being made with point
tip Of carboloy cemented carbide,
made by converting powdered tung-
stem and lampblack into ultra-hard
tungsten carbide. One such needle
has been used to sew the bead on
600 mattresses without sharpening,
a job that would wear out 80 regu-
lar needles even after 1000 sharp
enings.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03

To prolong the life of your towels.
use them in rotation. A good way
to do this is to place freshly laun-
dered towels at the bottom of the
stack in your linen closet. Constant
use Of the same towels makes them
wear out more quickly. and it's al
most as hard on other towels to stay
packed away and never be used.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03

To sit at the table, above the
salt was position Of honor, the old
custom being to place a salt-cellar in
the middle of the table, the places
above which were assigned to the
guests of distinction, while those DE
low the salt were for the less high
ly regarded, such as dependents and
servants. Ben Jonson once said:
HE never drinks below the salt"
1t is said he always held to his Gus
tom.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03
Farm Horses

There are approximately eight
million horses and three million
mules on U. S. farms in addition to
nearly half million in towns and
cities. In the cities 150,000 Of those
reported are riding horses.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03
Applying Enamel

To avoid brush marks when
applying enamel, first set the can
in pan of hot water, leaving it
long enough for the contents to be
entirely warmed Let the enamel
flow on freely over a comparatively
small area at one time. Brush it
across first and finish with a light
up and down stroke.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03
Safnfv neuine

A number Of steamers Of the
Great Lakes now are equipped with
radar, wartime development
widely used in the navy. The device
makes it possible for ships TO pro-
coed safely under conditions which
in pEewar days would have caused
them to anchor.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03

Pugilism is derived from the
Latin "pugil," meaning lone who
fights with his fists" Pugilism was
practiced by prehistoric man as it
was the natural and most primitive
form of battle.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03

Zero, as mathematical calcula-
ton, was employed by the Maya
tribes Of northern Guatemala and
Yucatan before Columbus discov-
cred America, before it was under.
stood by any other people.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03

Science says that it is a chemical
known as melanin, not dirt, that
often gives a child's neck a darker
hue than his face.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03

AS q young lieutenant on a tour
OF duty in 1888. Jefferson Davis built
the original Pressure isle lighthouse
on Lake Huron. The lighthouse now
is a shrine to the president of the
southern Confederacy.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03
Egg Storarn

For best results, market eggs
should be stored in a place where
the temperature is about IS degrees
and the relative humidity about rs
per cent.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03
Stock Excbanee Founded

The New. York Stock exchange
was organized in 1892 under a tree
on Wall street by a group of
brokers.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03
Save Scrana

Leftover scraps from remodeling
jobs may be used. Small, odd shapes
will make favorite blocks for the
baby when sanded, painted and dec
GRATED. ,afrR
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03
Eats It's Own Arms

The common octopus in captivity
will devour its own arms, even If
supplied with its normal amount Of
food
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03
Largest Mirror

The worlds largest mirror is the
200-inch telescope reflector of Mount
Palomar, Calf, observatory.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03
nivnrceless RraziI

Brazil does not allow divorce but
grants right of legal separation
without right to remarry.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03

Contrary to popular belief, insects
compose the larger portion of the
humming birds diet.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03
Washing Walls

Sponges are better than cloths for
washing walls, woodwork and up
holstery.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03
Chinese Radish
Canses nirfv Nenk

A single Chinese radish may
weigh as much as 10 pounds.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03
Gas from Crude Oil

From 20 to rs per cent in gasoline
can be extracted from crude oil by
newer methods.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Navy JET Plane Due
To Attempt Record Today
BY the Assoeiosed Press

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 1.-Two speed
races and an attempt by the Navy's
new twin-jet carrier-based Phan-
tom to create a speed record be-
tween Jacksonville and Miami head
lined the second day Of the 18th
annual all-American air maneuvers
today.
Navy officers said the Phantom
scheduled to leave Jacksonville early
this afternoon, would fly the $685.
mile distance to Miami nonstop In
a bid for a speed record. 1t
Comdr. William Wright Kelly OF
Newcastle, Pa, will pilot the pro-
pellerless Phantom. Display of the
fighter will mark the first time the
Navy has permitted it to be flown
before the public.
Although name uvers officials
awarded r. C. Miller, Bedford, Ind.
the trophy for winning the $1,000
Miami Light Plane Handicap yes
terday, the race was voided later
in the day after participating pilots
claimed that Steve Whitman, Osh-
kosh, Wis, actually had Tapped the
field of 10 contestants and had won
the race. Official Timer Roger
Wolfe Kahn ruled that the event
was void and should be rerun to-
Gay.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Ten Nonpafisans Resign
In Athens (Tenn.) Split
By the Assoeiofed Press

ATHENS, Tenn, Jan. 11.-A rift
developed today in the nonpartisan
group that overthrew the forces Of
long-intrenched political leader
with bullets and ballots in the
August / McMinn County election
Six Democratic members of the
County Court and four members
of the school board resigned, leaving
neither body with quorum, and
four other county officials, elected on
the CT nonpartisan ticket in an
election marked by the veterans
gun battle with forces of the Paul
Cantrell organization, said in an
open letter:
I'VE abolished one machine only
to replace it with another and more
powerful one in the making"
There has been frequent comment
in the county that Republicans, who
helped start the veterans movement,
have sought to build strong party
in McMinn. The powerful Cantrell
organization was Democratic.
w. E. Ethridge, County Court
Chairman pro tenn, who received
the designations yesterday, for
warded them to Gov. Jim McCord
at Nashville and added his own
resignation "in view of the fact
there is no legally constituted
authority in McMinn County to
whom ! may submit my resigna-
ton" -. =.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Rescuers Fight Fire
To Save IA Miners
Rx the Asseeiofed Press

WEST CALDER, Scotland, Jan
11-More than $50 miners and fire-
men frantically sought today to res
cue IA mineworkers trapped IN 9
flaming petroleum shale pit.
Police reports that the burning
portion of the shaft was sealed OIL
leaving the IA men to die in the
flames, were denied today by an Of
fetal of Scottish Oils, Ltd, which
operates the pit.
Standby rescue workers at the pit
head, however, went through prac-
tice drills with heaps OF sandbags
preparing to seal the burning leyel
il necessary to prevent the flames
from spreading to the rest OF the
oiI-seeping formation.
Weeping wives and children Of
the IA trapped men, all but two Of
whom were married and have fam
lilies of two or more children
watched the practice, knowing that
all hope for the men will be gone
when the practicing workers ano
the piles of sandbags begin descend
ing the mine.
Company officials announced thai
"a further effort" will be made te
rescue the men before the sealing
OF order is passed into the pit.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Greek GuerriIIas Proclaim
General Mobilization
BY the Assoeiated Press

ATHENS, Jan. 11-Press reports
quoting official sources said today
guerrillas with headquarters around
Mout Vermion west of Salonika had
called on all able to bear arms to
join them Immediately.
These dispatches reported that
leaders Ypsilantis and Lassanis, de-
scribing themselves as commanders
of "Greece's Democratic Army" had
proclaimed general mobilization
in the Veroia district in Northern
Greece.
Other reports said So guerrillas
had been killed, 81 captured and an
unspecified number wounded in the
last "a hours in four major and four
minor engagements in Western
Macedonia and Thessaly.
Twenty-six-the heaviest toll
died in an encounter near the viii
lage of Georgeani near. Veroia, dis
patches said
Three small bands were reported
broken up and considerable quanti-
ties of arms and other supplies cap
tured.
Evening star., 1947-01-11

A first-class fight over control
of American broadcasting to
other countries has split State
Department policy makers wide
open, it was learned here today.
William Benton, assistant secre-
tary for public affairs, wants to turn
over. such radio operations to an
international broadcasting founda-
tion of the United States" which
he proposes to set up for this
purpose.
The taxpayers would support the
foundation. Outstanding private
citizens" would run it. The Gov
ernment would try to control the
foundation by two means, under
Mr.. Benton'S plan:
/. The Secretary Of State would
be member of the foundations IS
man Board of Trustees, or would
name an assistant secretary to the
post.
2. Congress would review the
foundations work each year when
asked to vote funds for it's con-
tinued operations.
This proposal has aroused hot op-
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Hughes and Cory Grant
Safe on Texas Flight
BY fhe Assoeioted Press

HOUSTON, Tex, Jan. 11.-Noah
Dietrich, president of the Hughes
Tool Co., said today that Howard
Hughes and Cary Grant, movie ac-
tor, who earlier had been reported
missing on a fight from Dayton,
Ohio, to Amarillo, Tex. are safe.
Mr.. Dietrich said Mr.. Hughes
changed his plans after leaving
Wright Field at Dayton in a B-23
Army bomber, but refused to say
where he went, or to give any other
information.
Mr.. Hughes, Los Angeles and
Texas capitalist, owns the Hughes
Tool Co.
The Air Material Command at
Wright Field reported no word had
been received from the plane since
GAO pm. yesterday and said planes
both from Wright Field and City
Municipal Airport were searching
for the bomber.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
BY the Assoeioisd Press

ABOARD UNITED STATES
ARMY WEATHER PLANE OVER
MAYON VOLCANO, Jan. IL
Mighty Mayon Volcano looks omi-
nous. A haze of gray pink smoke
streams out of her cone to cover a
100-mile section of Southeastern
Luzon.
Mayon, q volcano that has erupted
frequently in the past 100 years, boils
with smoke and lava.
Only a trained volcanologist could
predict whether Mayon is ready to
blow her top this time, but the fact
that her cone of boiling rock is still
intact seems ominous to weather
observers aboard this plane. It
might go at any time.
Mayon burst into activity We'd
nesday night, sending ball of fire
hurting skyward. Two Navy flyers
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Hollywood Says Benton
Wants Synthetic Movies
BY the Associated Press


The Motion Picture Association
accused Assistant Secretary Of State
william Benton yesterday Of trying
to bend the movies to fit synthetic
Government propaganda"
This was in reply to a Chicago
speech in which Mr.. Benton said
that some other nations fear the
impact of Hollywood when they
hear their children speaking Eng
lish with an American accent, using
American slang and discussing love
divorce and murder in Hollywood
epigrams."
A statement issued by Joyce
O,Hara, assistant to President Eric
johnson of the association, said:
What the American people fear
is the type of culture which Mr.
Benton proposes to spread abroad
It has been a universal experience
that synthetic Government propa-
ganda, such as he favors, has always
ended in failure or something worse
Perhaps Mr.. Benton can do better
"The American tradition Of free
expression is based on the positive
conviction that no Government bu-
reaucrat, even one as wise as Mr.
Benton, is wise enough to impose
his own notions of what constitutes
American culture on the great media
of free expression.
"Mr. Benton would do far better
if he followed the traditional policy
of his own State Department in
opening up world channels OF news
and information instead OF trying
to remake the patterns Of American
culture"
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Stassen Proposes Cut
Of 5 Billions in Budqe'
Asked by President
6-BiIIion BuIunce Seen
For Reducing Taxes.
And National Debt
By Gould Lincoln

Harold E. StaSSen, an an
nounced candidate for the Re-
publican presidential nomination
today proposed President Tru-
mans $37,50O, 100000 budget fol
the year 1948 be cut by the
Republican Congress to $32,-
500, ,000, 900.
Mr.. StaSsen charged there wa.
major padding" in item after item
in the budget. This, he said, wa.
wasteful and more effective admin.
istration is needed.
Mr.. Stassen figured on $38 8,500,-
100000 as the total Of Government
receipts, with favorable balance
between his proposed budget figure
and Federal income of $4,000, ,000, 900
Sees Tax Reduction.
Half of this balance, he proposed
should be used to reduce taxes and
half to reduce the public debt. He
recommended that war excise taxes
be substantially re-enacted for an
other year producing approximately
81 600, ,0oo, geo revenue.
His tax-reduction proposal in
cluded 121s per cent reduction on
personal incomes up to $500 900, and
10 per cent cut over $500, 900. He
figured this would be reduction
totaling $2,50o, ,000, 900.
The other $500 ,000, 900, he said
should be used to reduce taxes on
small business, particularly on the
double taxation feature of 'divi-
dends and personal income from
small business.
Military Cuts Not Advisable.
Mr.. Stassen said he believed the
Republican Party should not cut
into the expenditures for national
defense, recommended by the mill
tary leadership.
THE situation is too uncertain
in the world" he said. 1--WE should
go along with the position of the
military leadership of the country
for another year anyway"
Other influential Republicans, a.
well as Democrats, Joined today ir
TC.- DTTN~TT 49, 0N -