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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
He|icopfer TO Land
On Capitol Grounds
With Illinois Oak

A Navy helicopter was to descend
on the Capitol grounds at 4 o'clock
this afternoon, bringing an 8-foot
Illinois burr oak for ceremonial Ar
Dor Day planting, and IS forest
seedlings from the State Of Wash
tngton.
Mai. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, as
representative of President Truman,
will receive the oak. The ceremony,
concentrating the 18th anniver-
sary of the first Arbor Day, includes
talks by Senators Butler and Wher-
ny. Republican. Of Nebraska. As
sisting with the planting in the
Capitol grounds, south Of the Senate
Office Building, will be Mrs. Dwight
F. Davis, widow of the former Sec
rotary Of War and granddaughter
of the founder of Arbor Day.
The oak comes from the Morton
Arboreturn near Chicago, founded
by sons of Julius Sterling Morton
of Nebraska, Arbor Day founder.
The plane carrying the oak was
met yesterday afternoon by repre-
sentatives of Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts
and Junior Red Cross. They in
Guided Tilton Gardner of Cub Scout
Pack %, an Evening Star carrier;
Lee Mcknight, Scout; Antoinette
Monteros, Girl Scout, daughter OF
the Mexican Ambassador to the
United States; Lydia Andrews, Girl
Scout, daughter of the South Afri-
can Minister; Thomas McFee. pres
ident of the District of Columbia
Interschool Junior Red Cross Coun-
Gil, and Ann Lancaster of the Alice
Deal Junior High Junior Red Cross,
The forest seedlings were flown
here as reminders Of the tree
farm" movement for devoting wood
land tracts to continuous timber
production, initiated six years ago
IN the Cfafn af WASHINGTON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
Bidding 70 Start
On New Spans al
Highway Bridge
Public Roads Agency
Authorizes Work on
Eastern Section

Bids for q start on the $1,000, 900
twin-span replacement for Highway
Bridge will be advertised tomorrow,
Highway Director n. G. Whitehurst
announced today.
The Public Roads Administration
has given the go-ahead on the work
OF building the substructure for the
eastern span Of two projected four
lane Potomac River crossings, Mr..
Whitehead said.
The contract, expected to be let
In about month, will be for cree
ton OF steel piers and other foun-
dations for the eastern span and
a grade separation roadway over
Mount Vernon highway.
Cost Estimate Refused.
The substruct,ire will support a
bridge to be built about 900 yards
east Of the present Highway Bridge.
When this Is finished, Highway
Bridge will be demolished and the
second Of the twin spans put in It's
place.
Capt. Whitehurst refused to esti-
mate the cost of the substructure
work, saying he did not want to in
fluence the bidding. He indicated,
however, that the District has
enough money Gin sight" to finish
the first bridge. Cost Of the entire
project win be split evenly between
the District and the Federal Gov
eminent under the three-year post
war Federal highway improvement
program.
Design OF the projected bridges
gave rise to heated argument more
than q year ago. The controversy
centered on whether there should be
one or two bridges, with the Com
missioners and Public Roads Admin
istration favoring two and the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission holding out for single
span.
Truman Backed Twin Span.
Weight was lent proponents Of the
twin span project last summer when
President Truman announced his
support for 1t. The fight held up
spending of an original appropri-
alton of $2,000,000 earmarked for
work on the bridge during 1946.
The one thing on which all par
ties to the dispute agreed was that
the present Highway Bridge Is one
Of the worst trafic bottlenecks In
the Washington area. Estimates Of
the time required to complete the
project have averaged three years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
Truman Laughs OF Query
OF His Summons 10 Young

President Truman today refused
to discuss the visit yesterday Of Dis
trict Commissioner j. Russell Young
who said he was summoned to tho
White House.
Mr.. Young also maintained Sd
lence on the call.
Asked about the incident this
morning at his news conference, Mr..
Truman said Mr.. Young came In to
discuss administrative matters In
the District, as he does from time
to time.
Told that Mr.. Young had said he
was summoned to the White House
and indicated there was q story in
the visit, Mr.. Truman responded
with a laugh that he didn't want
to tell anything about the visit, and
that It would all come out In time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
Arlington Roadway
To Beer Putton's Name

A roadway in Arlington Cemetery
will be dedicated to the memory of
Gen. George S. Patton, jr.. by the
George S. Patton. Jr., Tank Corps
Post of the American Legion at II
am. Saturday.
The exercises will be held near
the South Gate with Secretary of
War Patterson giving the principal
address. Members Of Gen. Patton's
samily viii attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
.Macatee Reelected
As Health Security
II 5eM t+es
Agency. President

Dr.. Henry G. Macatee last night
was reelected president Of Health
Security administration by the
agency's Board Of Trustees.
Members of the organization heard
Dr.. Macatee describe the latest
progress in negotiations to deter
mine the future status of the ad-
ministration, which operates a hos
pital admission bureau for the
INDECENT sick.
Conferences have been held for
several months between Health Sc
curity Administration officials, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
District Sent $500 to Army
In s Years to Lead II States

strength had been reduced to 1884,
456 on March /, a figure which in
cluded 10000 hospital cases, men
on furloughs awaiting discharges
or otherwise inactive. The Army
goal for July /, is 100000 officers
and men.
OF the District personnel, $4,000
men and 724 women were still on
duty last July 81. Virginia con-
tributed 215,000 men and 3,343
women to the Army. with $4,000
men and 412 women still on active
duty last summer. Maryland fur
nished 49,, 900 men and 3,255 women.
That States representation last
July 81, was $4,000 men and 563
women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
Boiling Field Flyers
Set Mark in Air Hours

Army flyers at Boiling Field
chaIked up a record Of 8,734 flying
hours last MONTH, 500 more than
the previous high, the field report
ed today.
The flights were made by Lib
pilots, 200 observers and 468 en-
listed tecinicians. Most were PRO
ficiency fights" taken by Army fly
ers stationed in this area in order
to register required flying time each
month, field spokesman said. About
100 planes were involved In the
flights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
ATC to Show Planes
DURING Open House

A C-54 "Skymaster" will be dis
played by the Air Transport COM
mand Terminal at Washington
National Airport Saturday from 8
am. to 5 pm, Col. William 8.
Barksdale, IT,, base commander, an
nounced today.
Other exhibits in the open house
program will include CAT Sky
train and a C-54 engine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-04-10
AVG Bridge Notch Tonight

The frst Of o series Of duplicate
bridge tournaments sponsored by
Chapter Of the American Veterans
Committee viii be held at 8 O'Clock
tonight at Pierce Hall, Sixteenth
and Harvard streets NV. Fred Kar-
pin, twice winner Of the South Shore
bridge chan1pionship, viii direct the
toeuuannent6
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-04
NOTICE

NOT1CE
 NOTICE IS HER EBY GIVEN that hearing will be held before the undersigned Probate Judge on the 7th day of January, 1947, at l0:0O o'clock A. M., in the office of the United States Commissioner and Ex-O -Officio Probate Court for the Juneau, Alaska, Commissioners Pre- cinct, upon the Petition of G. C.. BROWN for his appointment as ad- minisUrator of the estate of JIM ELLEN, deceased, and for the is suance of Letters of Administration to him. All persons in interest are hereby required at said time and place to appear or show cause, if any they have, why said petition should not be granted as prayed for.
 WITNESS my hand and Official Seal at Juneau, Alaska, this 24th day of December, 1946.
 (SeaD FELIX GRAY, United States Commissioner and Ex- Officio Probate Judge for Juneau, Alaska, Commissioners Precinct. First publication, Dec. 26, 1946. Last publication, Jan. 6, l947.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-04
LANDS NEAR CORONA
 ARE RESTORED NOW TO
 (nUGhCH NAT. FOREST

Informal advice has been received by Regional Forester B. Frank Heintzleman that Public Land Ord CT 334 revoking Public Land Ord sr l54, Executive Order 2537 and part of Public Land Order 96 was signed on December l9. This re- vocation now places the lands af- yected in their original status as ,art of the Chugach National For rest.
 Public Land Order l54 of July 29, 1943, withdrew a protective strip 200 feet wide along 13 miles of the Copper River Railroad from Cor dova to the airfield.
 Executive Order 2537 of Febru- ary 1, 1917 withdrew a 125 acre ,ract at mile on the Copper River Railroad on which was erected a Naval Radio Station since aband- oned. ...
 Public Land Order 96 of March 6, l943 reserved 42, l60 acres o1 and farther east along the Copper River Railroad right-of-w The Cordova airfield and related in- 5tallations are located on this with irawal. All of the above reserva- .ons were for military purposes.
 During the life of Public Land Order 154, the Civil Aeronautics Administration constructed l3 miles # road on the Copper River Rail- load ROW. from Cordova to the airfield. The Forest Service plans to include this road in the Forest Highway system so that it can be maintained by the Public Roads Administration.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-04
DISSOLUTION OF COMPREHENSIVE

NOTICE IS HER EBY GIVEN that the copartnership known as JUNEAU UPHOLSTERY co. was dissolved on December 31, l946, by mutual consent of the partners. H G Reaber has withdrawn as part her, and H. w. Houston has pur- chased the partnership assets and will continue doing business under the name of Juneau Upholstery Go All persons indebted to the partner ship are requested to pay their ac- counts to II. w. Houston personally II. c. Reaber will not be liable for ny debts contracted under the name If Juneau Upholstery Co. or under his nain7 after January l, 1947 without his written authority.
 Datad at Juneau, Alas..a, January 2 los7
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-04
LOGGERs

INTENTION LOGGEhS with logs for sale contact Juneau Lumber Mills. Will buy from 100000 ft. to 10,000,000 feet. For further particulars See Juneau Lumber
 Mills 433-tf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-04
H. G. REABER,

HAROLD W. HOUSTON. First publication, Jan. 4. 1947. Last publication, Jan. T. l947.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-04

Dairy cows in the United States produce on the average 4,500 pounds of milk a year, and those in Denmark about 7,500 pounds.
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Pepper Demands Brewster
Name Accused Agency
Nv ,he Assoc;o,ed Pres.

Senator Pepper, Democrat, Of
Florida, yesterday challenged Chair
man Brewster of the Senate War
Investigating Committee to name
the Government department or bu-
reau where Senator Brewster said
he had been tipped that docu-
ments are being destroyed.
Senator Brewster told reporters
Friday of receiving "a tip" that
papers Of possible interest to the
committee were being destroyed.
Senator Pepper, new member
of the investigating group, told the
Senate yesterday the effect of Sena-
tor BreWster's declaration was to
impute that some department had
some sinister purpose" in trying
to hide the truth, thereby establish
ing what he considered unjustifiable
distrust in the Government.
IF there is any. such agency, it
should be publicly identified" he
said. IF wrongly named, it should
have an opportunity to defend it.
SELF"
Senator Brewster replied that it
would not be in line with COM
naittee procedure CT sound public
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Drunken Driver Begins
30-Day Jail Term Here

James E. Beard, 38, a mechanic
living at the Congress Hotel, today
began a Jail term for driving while
drunk. He pleaded guilty to this
and two other traffic charges in
Municipal Court yesterday.
Sentenced to 80 days, plus $10C
fine or an additional 80 days fol
drunken driving, Beard also was
given a total of 5000 or $50 days fol-
leaving after colliding and failure to
have District permit.
He was arrested after colliding
with a taxicab, operated by Thomas
". Mullings, of the $500 block OF
Bunker Hill road NE, Saturday
near the intersection of Third street
and Constitution avenue NV.
Police said Beard drove away from
the scene of the crash and was
chased to Sixth and F streets NV
by Mr.. Mullings. When the defend
ant left the car, he was detained by
the taxicab driver until police
arrived.
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Keneipp Asks School Heads
| To Caution Ride-Hitchers

Traffic Director George E. Keneipp
has asked the aid of public school
officials in keeping young ride
hitchers back of the curb line.
In a letter to Superintendent of
Schools Hobart M. Corning, Mr..
Keneipp asked that senior and
junior high school principals be re-
quested to warn their pupils of the
hazards of thumbing.
He said ride-seekers had been
edging farther and farther into the
street, according to reports reach
ing his office. Mr. Keneipp pointed
out District regulations prohibit
standing in any public roadway for
the purpose of soliciting ride from
the operator of a private vehicle.
Since it is recognized motorists
will continue to give rides to STU
dents, the hazards of thumbing can
be minimized only by persuading
the youngsters to stand back of the
curb line, he said.
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Tells Court
Congress Seeks 10
Sway Portal Ruling
BY the Associoted Press

DETROIT. Feb. 4.-Congress was
accused today of attempting to in
fuence the courts decision in the
Mount Clemens Pottery Co. case
paattern for nearly $4,000, ,000, 900 in
portal-to-portal pay suits.
Edward Lamb, attorney for the
pottery employees, told Federal Judge
Frank A. Picard:
mo matter how this court de-
cides. there will be some Congress
men down there making cracks. II
some newspaper commented while
this case is pending it would be
held in contempt. But some Con-
gresham can attempt to sway this
courts opinion and hide behind his
congressional immunity"
Judge Picard replied:
We'll, I don't know. I'm not go
ing to be swayed by that. It doesn't
make any difference"
Cites Evidence of Fairness.
'The best evidence Of my attempt
to be fair in this case," Judge Picard
continued, sis that you now accuse
the court of favoring the company"
The remarks followed MIR. Lambs
complaint that the court was not
giving him sufficient time to produce
his witnesses.
Witnesses for both the employees
and the company took the stand
today to give their estimates of the
time required in operations pre-
liminary to beginning work in the
pottery plant.
Testimony yesterday dealt with
the time required for employees to
walk from the time clock to their
work bench.
Exasperated and impatient, the
court directed the company to have
on hand no more than four rebuttal
witnesses to give their estimate of
how long it took pottery employees
to get from time clock to work
bench.
Heard Six Witnesses.
In a semi humorous, four-hour
session yesterday, Judge Picard
heard five former employees and one
company executive on the witness
stand.
The employees testified that they
spent up to 20 minutes daily walking
to their work benches through de-
Ibris and obstacles.
Its the first time I've heard of
these impediments in the way of
these employees" said Judge Picard,
who heard some of the same wit
nesses in 1912.
James r. Doll, son of the pottery
company president, testified that he
covered the same distance in about
eight minutes per day. At night,
he said, the employees walked faster
than he did in leaving the plant.
THE court can almost take judi
cial notice that they walk faster
going out than in," Judge Picard
conceded.
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Robertson Sees Films
As Good Will Envoys

Motion picture exhibitors have a
responsibility to support producers
seeking to raise film standards and
to discourage any who might pander
TO depraved tastes, Senator Robert
son, Democrat. of Virginia, told
members of the Virginia Motion
Picture Theater Association last
night at their annual banquet at
the Shoreham Hotel.
"In an era when we are striving
to preserve peace by means OF
friendship, instead of by threat OF
force" Senator Robertson said
American motion pictures can be
ambassadors of good will to the
nations of the world.
"We would soon cease worrying
about Russia If that country, with
more movie houses than any nation
in the world except the United
States, would allow American films
to be shown freely in all its
theaterS /"
Evening star., 1947-02-04

! he did not remember John Doe
was Brunner. Brunner, he said,
was instructed by the parole board
not to engage in speculative enter
prises, such as surplus. He left
Fields employ last August / be-
cause the parole board ordered him
to, Fields testified. As soon as the
board no longer had supervision
over Drummer, in December, he went
back with Fields, the defendant
said.
Five Documents in Evidence.
The Government has put in evi-
dence at the trial five documents it
says Fields could have given the
Committee but did not. Fields. on
the witness stand yesterday, gave
this explanation:
l. The bank statement of the IN
dustrial Bank of Washington for
June, 1946-this was late and so he
could not have produced it.
Q. A check stub-this does not
reflect the sale.
3. A deposit slip-he knew MOTH
ing about it.
4. A memorandum of his financial
settlement with his associate, Glenn
A. Dies, made by him from Dies
memo-this was destroyed imme-
diately.
5. A void check, first made out to
Mr.. Dies, but withdrawn when Fields
paid him in cash-this was destroyed
soon afterwards.
Some Data Presented.
Defense Counsel william B. Ma
honey of Buffalo, N Y, established
through Fields that the accused did
produce a number of documents be-
fore the committee. Some, in al
folder, he handed to Representative
Ridley, Republican, of Oklahoma, al
committee member.
The defense contends the commit
tee subpoena issued to Fields, di-
recting him to produce records, did
rot mention a deposit slip, bank
statement or check stub.
Justice Alexander Holtzoff, presid-
ing, said the subpoena called for al,
financial records relating to the wire
sale
Cross examined yesterday after
noon by Mr.. Hitz, Fields said his
policy was to give per cent profit
on surplus property sales. Fields
explained that licensed agents of
WAA at one time got 1211a per cent.
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Fields Changes Story.
Says He and Drummer
profited on Deals

Although Benjamin F. Fields, or
trial in District Court charged with
contempt of Congress, told the
House Surplus Property Committee
last August that he and John Brun-
Iner did not make money, he testified
otherwise today.
Cross examined by Assistant
United States Attorney William Hitz
Fields said there were transactions
in which he and Drummer were sue
cessful and which were profitable
Mr.. Hitz confronted Fields with the
testimony before the committee in
which he said no profits were made
BIunner Is now vice president OF
Benjamin F. Fields e. Associates
Inc, newly formed sfirm.
Fields is charged with failing to
supply the committee with all his
financial records regarding sur
plus bronze wire screen sale. The
wire came from the War Assets Ad-
ministration.
Asked about the split Of COM
mission money on the sale, shown
in a John Doe" memorandum Fields
handed the committee, Fields testi-
fled he Topped off 10 per cent o1
the $4,442 total. This was done, he
testified, SO that he could pay an
other broker whom he identified as
Harry Lyons, now in the Philippines
Forgot Lyons" Name.
Fields said the John Doe" shown
on his memo as getting $400 was
not washington lawyer, William
Howard Payne, as the memo said
Fields testified he put Mr.. Payne's
name down because he could not re-
member Mr.. Lyons name at the
time. Mr.. Lyons, Fields added, is
a former Payne associate.
Fields declared he was interested
in Drummer, because of his general
interest in PAROLES and Drummer
had been sent to him by the parole
board here. Fields told Mr.. Hitz he
still is not sure that Brunner will
get a one third split on the wire
sale, as he indicated on the memo
Fields conceded that he has never
told Drummer there was any doubt in
his mind he would get the one
third totaling $1,480.
Fields said he knew more details
about the wire sale than he put into
his memo for the committee. He
said he always makes up memos fol-
his auditor thus, explaining, That's
my peculiar way" He denied he
was trying to conceal anything from
the committee.
Fields at first told the committee
Evening star., 1947-02-04
$4,000 Advance Gifts
Reported in Drive for
Police Boys Club

A total of $4,000 has been col
lected so far toward the $150,000
campaign goal for the Metropolitan
Police Boys Club, James E. Colli-
flower, chairman of the Advance
Gifts Committee, announced yester-
day at pre-campaign meeting in
the Mayfower Hotel. The city-wide
drive starts Monday.
More than 100 leading District
citizens, key workers in the drive,
who attended he meeting, heard
Attorney General Clark, chairman
Of the Government agencies section
of the campaign, praise the Wash
ington Boys Club as a model for
other cities to follow.
IF ever there were a man. sized
job facing America today, it is that
of instilling in the American boy
the ideals of good citizenship on
which depends the future of our
country" Mr.. Clark declared. "It
isn't what we do with the ones
buried in the reform schools but
what we can do to prevent boys
reaching that stage that matters"
Praises Sportswriters.
Mr. Clark also praised the sports
writer's and athletes who have sup
ported the campaigns against juve-
nile delinquency. He said Lou Cos
tello, of Abbott and Costello, had
Set aside money from his personal
appearances to aid boys clubs
throughout the country.
William Hilleary. 13, a member of
Police Boys Club No. II, Anacostia,
told the gathering "the 11,O0o
members in the six clubs of Wash
ington are getting a. real break and
are being made better citizens for
tomorrow" Young Hilleary is a
student at Kramer Junior High
School and lives at 1901 Seventeenth
street, Sc.
$50 Girls to Aid Drive.
Nearly $50 girls from the United
Nations Club will spearhead the
drive by visiting every office in the
1853 commercial buildings in the city
and interviewing the workers. Al
fred Walters, chairman and presi-
dent of the board of directors OF
the United Nations Girls, said.
They will trya to obtain contribu-
tions in three classificationS-$1
memberships, $3.50 annual dues or
So contributions, each of which
sends boy to camp for a week in
the summer, Mr. Walters explained.
District Commissioner Guy Ma
son brought greetings to the gath
ering. Among those at the affair
were John A. Remon, president Of
the club, and Major Ernest w.
Brown, it's founder. Robert G. Sim
mons, general campaign chairman,
presided.
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Bow Finds Arms Cache

| NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (P).-A wom-
an saw a 9-year-old boy happily
tossing a pistol from hand to hand
and reported it to police yesterday.
1t was a good clue. Near where the
boy said he found the pistol, by a
railroad embankment in Brooklyn,
police found 10 more pistols and
three % caliber rifles, all stuffed
into an old pair of pants.
Evening star., 1947-02-04
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