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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-11-20

One of the requirements for all
ships in the U. S. Navy is that they
be low enough to pass under the
Brooklyn Bridge.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-11-20

The swimming pool at Great
Lakes Naval Training Station is 1865
feet long and rs feet wide - the
largest indoor pool in the world.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-11-20

Those who begin world wars lose
them. To begin to learn from his
tory, start here.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-11-20

Differences can best be ironed out
at a round table.
Evening star., 1947-03-14
School Bus Collision
Injuries Driva, Pupil

A woman school bus driver and
one student were hurt and IL other
students were shaken up when a
Montgomery County school bus col
lided with an automobile and then
hit a telephone pole near Silver
Spring about 8 am. today.
Treated at Washington Sanitar-
ium, Takoma Park, for scalp cuts
bruises and shock was Mrs. Louise
B. Miller, 43, of White Oak, Md, the
bus driver.
{. Furmond Burriss, 9, of White Oak
a third grade pupil at the North
Four Corners Elementary School
was treated at the sanitarium fol
bruises.
Silver Spring police said the &C.
cident occurred as the bus crossed
New Hampshire avenue on Boteler
road, White Oak. They said the
automobile was driven by Miss Bar
bara Gene Lilianfield, 18, Spencer
vile, Md.
The children, ranging in age from
6 to II, were taken to their classes
in private cars. School officials es-
timated damage to the bus at $500.
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Lauder Wants
Final Turn at
u. S. Audiences
BY the Asseeioied Press

LONDON, Mar. 14.-Sir Harry
Lauder, the grand old Scottish come
dian, who one rolled 'em in the
aisles in two hemispheres, wants
to do a final turn before American
audiences-one last farewell.
The man with the kits and the
crooked stick is rs now and not
as spry as he once was, but his heart
is set on farewell tour-he has
made many-in the land tn 1t guf-
flaws in way that English audi
ences rarely match.
1--WE had it in my mind that I'd
love to tour America again just .
wee bit, from sea to sea-" Sir Harry
said by telephone from his snow
bound Scottish home.
Whether I do or not depends
I'd have to see the world a wee
bit quieter and transport is hard
but I have it in my mind and maybe
will"
Evening star., 1947-03-14
By the Associofed Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 14.-Henry A.
Wallace, former Vice President and
cabinet member, predicts that the
policy advocated by President Tru-
man in his speech to Congress
Wednesday will spread communism
in Europe and Asia
when President Truman pro-
claims the worldwide conflict be-
tween East and West, he Is telling
the Soviet leaders that we are pre-
pairing for eventual war;" the editor
of New Republic magazine said in
a radio broadcast last night.
Russia may be poor and unpre-
pared for war, but she knows very
we'll how to reply to Truman's dec
laration of economic and financial
pressure" Mr.. Wallace said.
Salesman for Communism.
"All over the world Russia and
her ally, poverty, will increase the
pressure against us. Who among us
is ready to predict that in this
struggle American dollars will out
last the grievances that lead to COM
munism?
"I certainly don't want to see
communism spread. I predict that
Truman's policy will spread COM
munism in Europe and Asia. You
can't fight something with nothing.
When Truman offers unconditional
aid to King George of Greece, he
is acting as the best salesman COM
munism ever had.
I'm proposing this reckless ad-
venture, Truman is betraying the
great tradition of America and the
leadership of the great American
who preceded him."
Mr.. Wallace, ousted as Secretary
of Commerce because of speeches
differing with Secretary of State
Byrnes, said President Truman had
jeopardized continued co-opera-
ton" among the great powers and
said, "The United Nations, our great
hope for peace" would be "gravely
weakened if America follows the
course that Truman recommends. y
Sees Danger in Drift Policy.
To authorize loans to Greece and
Turkey, Mr.. Wallace said, will bring
the world nearer to war. To defeat
these loans will not bring peace. !
recognize that there is grave danger
of eventual war in our present pol
icy of drift. All nations are respon-
sible for this drift to war; all ma
tions must work together for
peace.
This is the time for an all-out
worldwide reconstruction program
for peace. The United Nations
is waiting, ready to do the job. We
should start with an economic plan
for the Near East. The dollars
that are spent will be spent for the
production Of goods and will come
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Child of 4 Again
Gives Alarm and
Saves Playmate
BY the Assoeioted Press

WESTBROoK. Me-, Mar. 14.-For
the second time in a month, Stephen
C. Robbie, 4, was responsible yester-
day for saving the life of child who
had broken through thin ice on the
Presurnpscot River.
Stephen ran for his mother when
he found Carol Tanguay, 3. founder
ing in the water-just as he did on
February 16 in the case of Robert
Nadeau. S.
Mrs. Charles Robie,s 80, and a
friend, Mrs. Albert J. Casey 30, tried
to haul Carol out OF the water with
a garden rake. That method worked
with the Nadeau boy, but Carol
would not grab the rake
The little girl was Is feet from
shore and the two women stretched
out full length on the ice, with Mrs
Robie holding the ankles of Mrs
Casey, who pulled the child out OF
the river.
They gave Carol first aid and took
her home-unharmed.
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Insurgents Reported
In Conception Battle
By the Associated Press

ASUNCION, Paraguay, Mar. IA
Insurgents based in Conception
were reported without confirmation
today to have joined battle with
loyal government troops and to have
enlarged their forces and range OF
operations through an indicated
area 100 miles wide.
The government said last night
that Loyalist planes had bombed
rebel military objectives" outside
Conception, Paraguay, river city
some 100 miles north of the capital
Earlier reports, unconfrmed but
passed by government censorS, said
the rebel had sent a patrol as far
as Belengue, so miles southeast OF
Conception, and reached near
Puerto Pinasco, 60 miles north OF
the base city.
These reports, first to tell Of
ground fighting, said the rebels had
tried in vain to capture Puerto
Pinasco, near the Brazilian border.
Similar unconf1rmed advices said
Maj. Cesar Aguirre, rebel leader,
through forced mobilization" had
built up his troops from 600 to 1000
since the revolt began a week ago.
Ell Mundo, Buenos Aires news
paper, reported that barricades were
being thrown up around the gov
ernment palace in Asuncion, where
1t said conditions were absolutely
chaotic"
Evening star., 1947-03-14
II on Refugee Board
Can I Be Indicted for
Contempt, Rogge Says

Seventeen board members Of the
joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Com
mittee cannot be indicted legally on
charges Of failing to produce records
before the House Committee on
Un-American Activities, 1t was con-
tended in District Court today.
Justice Matthew M. MCGUIRE took
under advisement a request by At
torney o. John Rogge that he give
such instructions to the grand jury.
Mr.. Rogge represents the board
members, including DR.. Edward K,
Barksy, chairman of the refugee
committee. He argued that the
board members did not have the
records sought by the House COM
mittee and had complied with sub
poenas by appearing.
Says Woman Had Records.
Mr.. Rogge contended that only
Miss Helen r. Bryan, executive
secretary of the joint COMMITTEES
who is not member of the board,
had the records. .,
Opposing Mr.. Rogge was Assist
ant United States Attorney Charles
B. Murray. He has begun present.
ing information to the grand jury
for it to determine whether DR.,
Barsky and the others, all of New
York. should be indicted for con-
tempt of Congress. -r
The House Committee last year
sought records relating to receipt
and disbursement of money by or
on account of the Joint Anti-Facist
Refugee Committee or any subsid-
iary or subcommittee thereof"
36 Members Mentioned. 4t
In addition to DR.. BarkSey and
Miss Ryan, the board members con-
cerned in the grand jury investiga-
ton were said to include:
DR.. Jacob Auslander, Prof. Ly-
man r. Bradley, New York Univer-
sity; Mrs. Margjorie Chodorov, How
ard Fast, writer; Mrs. Ernestina
g. Fleischman, Leverett Gleason,
Harry M. Justiz, Samuel Kamsley,
Mrs. Ruth Leider, James Lustig,
Manuel Magma, DR.. Louis Miller,
Herman Shumlin, Mrs. Charlotte
Stern, DR.. Jesse Tolmach and Mrs.
Bobbie Weinstein. 0'-'
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Transit Co. Earnings
In 1945 Twice What
III Said, PUC Is Told

The Capital Transit Co. s l945 re-
turn on its investment was nearly
double the 5.92 per cent it has
claimed. according to testimony
presented to the Public Utilities
Commission today by v. A. McEl-
fresh, chief accountant for the COM
mission.
He told a hearing on the COM
pany's application for an increase in
fares that Carital Transit'a 1945 re-
turn was 1159 per cent.
Mr.. McElfresh brought out that
the company failed to spread a Fed
eral tax income tax refund for the
years 1941 through 1914 on its books
in computing earnings for those
years. AS a result, a disparity in
returns between his figures and the
company's was reflected throughout
this and the subsequent period.
Refund About S2,5oo, 900.
The Federal tax refund, recently
granted, amounted to more than
81, 500, ,00o. A tax saving Of approx
mately s1,47o,000 arising from re-
financing Of equipment covered by
Certificates Of war necessity" also
Influenced the disparity, it was
brought out.
Mr.. McEifresh emphasized, how
ever, that the difference in conclu-
sions was "a matter of bookkeeping
only" and did not mean that the
company had presented false testi-
mony. His conclusion that the
company's 1916 return on it's in
vestment was s.22 per cent more
nearly matched the company's fig
ure of 4.67 per cent.
Creation of stabilization fund to
protect both customer and COM
pany" was under consideration by
the Capital Transit Co. meanwhile.
Consultation Asked.
PUG Chairman James H. Flan-
agan asked, at the conclusion of the
transit company's testimony yester-
day, whether the company had
considered stabilization fund. Such
a fund, he declared, would keep
earnings from getting out of line"
in the event a fare boost is granted.
Company officials said the fund
had not entered consideration ana
asked that they be allowed to con-
suit with all the other officers be-
fore making a statement as to
whether there was objection.
This development ended several
hours of cross-examination of COM
pany officials, during which j. E.
Heberle, vice president and treas
urer, said the company expected to
save about $212,900 year through
discrimination of service to the
Pentagon, scheduled for March 81.
He acknowledged that such a saw
ing had not been considered in the
firms estimate of a 1947 revenue
deficit.
Loss In Revenue.
Mr.. Heberle said the saving would
be Offset in part by a loss in revenue
resulting from the joint-rate fare
planned by Capital Transit and Vir-
ginia bus companies serving the
Pentagon. The net gain involved,
he said, might eventually amount
to about $159,800.
Under a stabilization fund sys-
tenn, transit company profits over a
fixed percentage would be impound-
ed in a cash reserve to be used, in
less profitable times, instead of in
creasing fares. The effect would be
comparable to applying the sliding
scale method by which electric and
gas rates are reviewed annually.
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Truman Still in Dark il
I0n Moscow Reactiort,l
To Stop Russia Talk C
By Joseph A. Fox

SUBMARINE BASE, KEY WEST, :.
Fla, Mar. T4.-President Truman,o
today still was without any Official:
word on the Moscow view of his; i.
stop Russia" appeal to Congress
as he continued his vacation here. S.
He has not yet communicated with,
Secretary of State Marshall in Mos-i>
cow or with Dean Aehescn, Actingsa
Secretary, in Washington, and his =.
knowledge of the world reception to %
his request for aid to Greece and
Turkey has been obtained from, >,
and radio, Press Secre-vs
tary Charles G. Ross said. ,r
The President is getting mail daily, ;
as usual and papers also have been .
flown in here. -
President Takes Walk. ~
: The President was up at 7:30 this or
morning and after breakfast took a
walk over the base and inspected
the submarine tender Howard W..
Gilmore. Later he took a sun bath. =
Last night the President was host :;
at dinner to Capt. H. M. Cooper, :
naval base commander, and Capt.:1.
Crutchfield Adair, skipper of the o
tender Greenwich Bay, which served .
as escort for the presidential yacht .
Williamsburg on the trip South 70"
which originally was intended as az
visit to the Caribbean.
Capt. Adair, noted in the Navy as >"
an amateur magician, put on show :
for the Presidents benefit and Mr.. 81
Truman obiligingly "stooged" for
some of the tricks. -
To Hear Daughter on Radio. -.
Special arrangements are being =
made for the President to hear his :
daughter Margaret make her radio y.
debut Sunday night, if the Chief .
Executive still is vacationing here.
Mr.. Ross announced that Capt.
Willard Saunders, submarine base
commander. would arrange to assure
clear reception. -
Miss Truman will broadcast over
the ABC network, which has no
outlet here, and Mr. Ross said the.
broadcast may be channeled through = :,
Mutual Broadcasting System so re-"
ception may be had over WKWF .
here. -
An alternative would be a direct
wire to Washington for the Presi- ,
dents exclusive use. q:
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Discharged Army Man
Is Treated for Amnesiu

A man apparently suffering from
amnesia was found by police at 2
am. today near Sixth and H streets
NE. The man, described as about
rs years old, feet 7 inches tall and
weighing 145 pounds, was taken to
Casualty Hospital and later removed
to Mount Alto Hospital. F''t 5*"
Police said the man carried an
Army discharge bearing the name
of John E. Skill of Philadelphia,
serial No. 20315994.
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Shriners' Party tomorrow
Expecfed 10 Draw Over 800

More than 300 persons are ex-
pected to attend the 10th annual
potentate's party of the Shrine al
II pm. tomorrow in the Mayf1owe1
Hotel.
Admiral Ernest j. King, Secretary
of Agriculture Anderson and Com
missioner Guy Mason, as we'll as
other Government officials and
members of Congress, are expected
to attend the event, honoring the
newly named potentate of Almas
Temple, Ralph M. Wolfe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wolfe arrived last
night from Mexico City, where they
participated in the official visit to
Anezeh Temple.
Mr.. Wolfe was to preside today
at the 1890 pm. luncheon in the
Sphinx Club. He will introduce
Chen Chi-mai, Counselor for the
Chinese Embassy, who will speak
on Economic Recovery of China"
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Maj. Callahan 10 Undergo
New Operation Tomorrow

Another operation on Maj. Harvey
j. Callahan, superintendent of
police, has been set tentatively for
tomorrow by his physician and
brother-in-law, DR.. John F. Har-
rington.
The police chief was admitted to
Sibley Hospital March and un-
derwent an operation March to
remove abdominal adhesions which
resulted from an appendectomy
several months ago, DR.. Harrington
said.
The operation tomorrow will be
similar in nature, the doctor ex-
planned.
Maj. Callahan was reported able
to walk around the hospital today.
A month ago he spent three days
in the institution recovering from
virus influenza.
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Wallace Says 7rumon's Policy
Will Aid Communism Abroad

pdCh w uo Ill q tiiousoiio oAhCiSAis
ways"
The former Vice President said
Turkey was "a nation which fought
against us in the first World War
and which in this war refused to
help the United Nations.
Mr.. Wallace said every one ad-
mires the Greek people who fought
on our side" but added:
Three weeks ago Secretary of
State Marshall condemned many
aspects of that Greek government
He called for a political amnesty
substantial unity and many re-
forms in the government as the
conditions of American aid to
Greece. Why did President Truman
abandon the conditions set by his
own Secretary of State?"
Brewster Urges Stronger Opposition
In another speech here last night
Senator Brewster, Republican, OF
Maine called for more consistent
application" of American opposition
to communism, not only in the East
ern Mediterranean "but also in
South America, China and the
United States"
Senator Brewster, who is chairman
of the Senate War Investigating
Committee, addressed 2,200 persons
at the 21st annual dinner of the
New York Board of Trades Drug
Chemical and Allied Trades Sec
ton.
He said he found Communist
propaganda rampant" during a re-
cent tour of South America, with
the Communists proclaiming that
"the colossus of the North is on the
march" Asserting that American
foreign policy and security long have
been based on good relations with
Latin. American republics, he asked
why are we so excited over Com
munism in Greece and not in South
American .ez -. -...
I'D Braden's Policies Assailed. 4l
~ Goodwill toward the United Ststes
has been decreased In South Amer
lea by "the unfortunate policies" OF
Assistant Secretary of State Spru-
i11e Braden, Senator Brewster said
He expressed hope for an "early
change" in those policies.
For two years the United States
has been urging Generalissmo Chi
lang Kai-Shek to include Commun-
lists in the Chinese government, he
declared.
why should we insist on Chang
Kai- -Shek embracing Communists in
China at the same time we finance
King George in fighting Commun-
lists in Greece?" he asked.
Turning to the question of aiding
Turkey, Senator Brewster described
that nation as "the nearest ap-
proach" to a democratic govern
ment in the Near East and said it
has been compelled to keep 1000, 900
men under arms In recent years.
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Reds in Reich Bar
Salvation Army as
Quosi-MHitory
By tho Associated Press

BERLIN Mar. 14.-Soviet Of
ficials contend the Salvation
Army is a quasi-military organ
ization, and oppose its applica-
ton to work in Germany. an
American source said today.
The Russian legal section has
delivered an opinion that the
organization is quasi-military
because its members wear uni
forms and have military titles,
the informant said. The Rus
slams also were understood to
have quoted a Russian encyclo-
pedia defining the Salvation
Army as danger to prole-
tartan civilization"
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Father Sent to Jail
For Pupils Truoncy
speeiol Dispatch 10 The Stor

LEESBURG, Va. Mar. 14.-W. H
Watts of the Ashburn School area
has been given a Jail sentence Of 1C
days for failure to send his children
to school, by Trial Justice w. A
Metzger. This was Watts second
appearance during the current
school year before the trial justice
According to Supt of Schools o. L
limerick, this is the first jail SEN
tence imposed in Loudoun County
for failure to send children to
school,
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Thomson Tells Court
Rogge Prompted Him
On Sedition Testimony

Hans Thomson, who was German
Charge d'Affaires here just before
World War II, today told District
Court Jury hearing a perjury case
that he had been coached on what
to say by O. John Rogge, former spe-
cial assistant. to the Attorney Cen
eral.
On trial, charged with perjury be-
fore the District grand jury which
returned indictments in the mass Sc
dition cases of 1914, is Douglas M.
Stewart, former editor OF Scribners
Commentator Mr.. Rogge was the
prosecutor at the mass sedition trial.
Stewart is charged with stating
falsely before the grand jury that he
found $15,0 900 at his Lakwe Geneva
CWis.( home, but did not know where
it came from. Baron Herbert Won
Strempel, former first secretary of
the German Embassy here has testi-
fed he paid between $4,000 and
$4,000 in a room in the Pennsyl-
vania Hotel in New York to Stewart
and another man.
Recollection Is Vague.
Thomson said he was interviewed
by Mp. Rogge, wi1osWas in Germany
gathering inforndation for the sedi-
tion cases. He said he had difficulty
in remembering what Mr.. Rogge
and his other questioners wanted,
due to lapse of time, the minor de-
tails involved and his physical con-
dition. Mr. Rogge questioned him
six times, beginning May 8, 1946,
he declared, and. suggested to him
the names of Stewart and George
T. Eggleston, now associate editor of
the Readers Digest, as having re-
ceived the money.
Thomson asserted he did not re-
member the names until he had
been coached by Mr.. Rogge and his
associates.
The former diplomat frequently
consulted diary as he testified. He
said he tried to help Mr.. Rogge to
the best of his ability, although 1
didn't know what it was all about"
Thomson said that Won Strempe1
handled the details of the transac-
ton.
Thomsen's testimony came out in
cross-examination during the morn
ing session by Defense Counsel War
rem E. Magee.
Both Thomson and Strempel
were brought here by the Federal
Government from Germany to testify
in the case. Hans Borchers, con-
sul-general in New York for more
than 10 years before the war, also
is waiting to testify.
Testifying yesterday, Thomson told
John S. Pratt, special assistant to
the Attorney General, he gave orders
to burn records here on the declara-
ton of war with Germany
That, he explained, is why the au-
thorization to the baron to take the
money to New York cannot now be
produced before the jury. He said
Won Strempel was his political ad-
wiser" here and that the baron's
duties included presenting the
German view to the United States
through propaganda.
More Propaganda Ordered.
"I got orders from Berlin to in
tensify propaganda activities as We
had taken on as enemies Soviet
Russia" the witness said.
In the fall of 1941, he declared,
"we came to an agreement with
Scribner's Commentator and the
knowledge came to us through our
consul in Chicago"
Thomson said he approved the
financing of a new magazine in
which Stewart and Eggleston, now
associate editor of the Readers Di-
gest, would have part. He said
he signed the order directing the
Embassy cashier here to give the
funds to Won Strempel.