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Evening star., 1947-08-13
Murderers Get Cuuqht

Murder will out. This Is not Just an old
saying with a moral background. It is a
conclusion based on crime statistics cover
ing the past decade, according to an in
teresting article in last Sundays New York
Times.
Answering the question, How risky is
murder?" the statistical study showed
that eighty-six out of every one hundred
murders are cleared up by arrests accord
ing to police records submitted to the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation. Half of those
arrested receive sentences of some sort, al
though only two out of each hundred cases
result in imposition of the death sentence
In ten years approximately seventythre
thousand persons were murdered in the
United States, counting only the cases
known to police. Sixty-three thousand of
these slayings were reported solved by
State, county or municipal police. Arrests
and convictions do not tell the whole story
OF the remaining ten thousand homicides,
police contend that an undetermined num-
Der ended in suicide of the killers without
definite establishment of their guilt. Some
of these suicides as we'll as some of those
mitted multiple murders. Furthermore, 1t
is possible that coroner's juries or grand
juries or trial juries have freed some who
were guilty. Even allowing for these pos
SibilitieS, it is evident that thousands of
murderers remain at large.
Many of these culprits eventually will be
caught, according to the FBI and police
authorities. Fingerprints taken at the
scene of the crime remain on file at the
FBrs ready to trap the unwary as expert
ence has proved. Other scientific evidence
often is turned over to the FBI laboratory
for study and future reference Even
though police may suspend active efforts to
solve a particular murder case, the pos
sibility always remains that killer will be
arrested for some other crime and be iden-
tiied by the FBI as wanted for murder"
All in all, the chances of escaping punish
ment for murder or any other crime are
becoming smaller and smaller as law en-
forcement continues to improve.
Evening star., 1947-08-13
Repotriutinq Germun Prisoners

Reflected in the announcement that the
American Army has released the last Of Its
more than eight million German prisoners
of war is the eagernesS of our occupatlonal
authorities to alleviate the manpower
shortage which, with other factors, Is de-
laying German industrial recovery. The
lack of workers is particularly critical In
the factory areas of the United States zone.
More than three hundred thousand Job
vacancies are reported in iron and steel
mills construction circles, building ma
terials production, railway repair and most
of the mines.
BY returning war prisoners to civilian
pursuits the United States not only Is full
filling its part of international agreements,
but tending to ease the shortage OF work
ers needed to sustain Germany's ailing
economy We became the first of the
allied powers to complete our part of the
agreement when all remaining prisoners
were freed before the end of the past
fiscal year, according to General Lucius D.
Clay. This leaves some nine hundred
thousand German prisoners still in the
hands of the Russians, more than three
hundred thousand held by the British and
several hundred thousand in custody of
the French. considerable number of
prisoners included in the British and
French totals were captured by American
troops, but were turned over to Britain and
France to assist those nations in postwar
reconstruction The eventual release Of
these captives of our conquering armies Is
a matter for determination by the British
and French.
Efforts in the past to set deadline for
repatriation of all German prisoners have
met resistance from the Russians 1t Is
known that Russia has been making the
most of her prisoner supply in the rebuild
ing of ravaged Soviet territory. Moscow
has been reluctant to- discuss details Of this
program or to make any commitment
rs to when all prisoners will be given
their freedom Dispatches indicate that
the bulk of prisoners trickling back from
Russia to their native land are elderly or
ailing and hence unfit for productive work.
The exact number of Germans still held
by Russia is unknown. Soviet officials ad-
nit that they still have more than eight
hundred and ninety thousand Germans In
their custody. But this figure would leave
about two million others unaccounted for.
Most of these may be dead or they may
have found their way back to Germany or
to other countries through devious un-
official channels. The Russians assert that
many former German soldiers prefer to
Evening star., 1947-08-13
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. II "A man worked for a railroad for 20
years but Is not now employed, Is he eligible
for railroad retirement?-S. S.
A. To be eligible for railroad retirement
railroad employe must have been in employ
ment relation on August 20, 1885, or have re-
turned to service and have worked In at least
six calendar months, whether or not consecu-
tive, after August &c. 1885, and before 1875.
For full annuity the employe must be IS
years Of age and have had 80 years service.
@. Are the white and colored races equally
susceptible to infantile paralysis?-A. D. M.
A. The problem is discussed rather fully in
"The Biology of the Negro" by Dr. J. II. Lewis
who sums up as follows "The evidence is,
therefore, that poliomyelitis attacks colored
people to a less extent than 1t does white peo-
pie. The mortality of Negroes from the dis
ease In relation to the total Negro population
is also less than 1t Is for whites"
Q. What is the composition Of stainless
steel?-R. NJ
A. The term stainless steel is applied to
series Of high-chromium steels, frequently
with nickel as an additional alloying COM
ponent, which are resistant to air, oxidizing
agents, and other corrosive influences. The
best known of the series is the so-called 1873
stainless, an austenitic steel with approx
mately 18 per cent chromium and per cent
nickel, carbon being kept low.
O. What was the date of the Balfour decla-
ration?-N. N.
A. The date of the Balfour Declaration was
November 2, 1917. This declaration OF the
British government relating to the establish
ment in Palestine Of a national home for the
Jews was named for Lord Balfour, British
Foreign Secretary who delivered 1t to Lord
Rothschild, leader of the Zionist movement.
Q. What does 8, A. G. on letters mean'-
c. L. P.
A. ST. Anthony Guide. The custom of in
voking St. Anthonys protection for letters Is
based on q tradition which dates back two
centuries letter is preserved in the Francis
can Church at Oviedo, Spain, dated July %.
1929 which records the first instance of the
invocation of st. Anthony in this way.
Evening star., 1947-08-13

The Embassy of the inflation-ridd and
strife-racked Nationalist government of China
today occupies the eminence for lavish WASH
ington entertainment once haughtily held by
the British and French.
While the latter have given very few parties,
and these austerely modest ones, the Chinese
Embassy has staged numerous elaborate ban
quets and other social affairs glitteringly remi-
niscent of entertaining in the carefree prewar
era.
The sumptuousness of the Chinese entertain
ing has aroused comment even in Washington
where expensive partying is an old story.
A particularly remarkable feature of the
Chinese social whrl IS that it has taken place
during the summer months. Ordinarily, Wash
ington society shuts down. during the Capt.
tails notorious humid weather. But the Chinese
kept going full blast right up to the adjourn
ment of Congress
The guest lists, also have evoked great in
terest. At one sumptuous banquet the guests
included the heads of all the fiscal and lend
ing agencies of the United States Government.
Among those entertained were the Secretary
of the Treasury, chief officials of the Federal
Reserve Board. the Export Import Bank and
the RFC.
One local society editor ecstatically reported
Lne following served at tnlS banquet: WnOle
capons in jelly. stuffed with foie gras and their
curled yellow feet gracefully coiled around fat
truffles Also. sliced tongue dripping succu-
lently in the late afternoon warmth"
To wash down these delicacies, the guests
had chilled Chateau dYquem 1887, the wine
OF kings and queens and ladies and gentlemen.
with slices of chilled melon, rich and ripe"
The guest list OF another equally lavish BAN
quet comprised all the members, and their
wives, of the Senate and House Foreign Az
fairs Committees.
r. From these carefully selected guest lists one
thing stands out very markedly: The Chi
nese are notSentertaining just to be hospitable.
Their costly entertaining is clearly for . very
definite parpose
In Washington, this is known as the social
lobby 1t is nothing new. Other foreign gov
ernments have done it in the past, and doubt
less will in the future But the Chinese can
justly claim that their social lobby" Is equal
to the best Of them.
The nationalist government, headed by
Chang IKai-shek, is strenuously seeking new
$4,000, 900 900 loan from the United States. This
Is in addition to more than $500 000,0 900 that
the United States has extended In various
forms of relief to China since 1912
Lieut.. General Albert c. Wedemeyer is now
in China making first-hand survey of condi-
tions there. On his report to Secretary Of
State Marshall will depend in a large measure
what additional financial aid, If any, the
United States gives the Chang Kaiashek
regime.
Evening star., 1947-08-13
By Robert S. Allen

Meanwhile, from the Chinese Embassys zeal
ous and lavish social lobby" 1t is apparent the
nationalist government is leaving no stone
unturned to create the most favorable possible
attitude toward it in official Washington.
In this behind-t e-scenes campaign the
Chinese are assisted by astute American ad-
visers. One is Thomas G. CTommy The Cork'D
Corcoran, one time all l-poWerful New Deal brain
truster.
Corcoran has been personal attorney for a
number OF years for T. v. Soong, multimillion-
aire brother-in-law of Chang Kai-shek and a
key figure in the nationalist regime. William
S. Youngman, jr., one OF Corcoran's law part
ners Is the official counsel Of the nationalist
government in Washington and is registered as
such with the State and Justice Departments.
Two other Corcoran associates Quinn Shaugh-
nessey and Duncan Lee, are handling national
ist negotiations for the purchase Of surplus
United States ships and other supplies at
bargain prices.
In Ambassador wellington Koo the nation
alists also have one of their ablest diplomats
on the scene. Affable, dapper, an international
lawyer educated at Columbia University, Koo
has represented Chinese governments in foreign
capitals since the days of the monarchy He
Is an old and experienced hand at social
lobbying" Mrs Koo, also educated abroad, is
noted for her charm and Partisan wardrobe.
The Chinese Embassy is in keeping. with the
elaborateness of its entertainment. Located on
the outskirts OF Washington, it Is the historic
1s-acre estate of Alexander Graham Bell the
inventor of the telephone. The Chinese bought
the famous showplace during the war for
100000.
In addition to the Embassy. the Chinese also
have chancery in an old mansion near fash
ionable Connecticut avenue, and number OF
suites in office buildings in various parts oft1s
Capital. These ofdces are occupied by the
numerous civil and military missions the ma
tionalists have in Washington.
Chief OF the Chinese military in the United
States is General Ho Ying Ching. He also is
the highest ranking Kuomintang ofncial in this
country. The Kuomintang controls the ma
tionalist government
Ho Is an intimate Of Chang Kai-shek and
was his chief OF staff during the war. AS the
Chinese member OF the United Nations mill
tary staff, Ho maintains two oficial establish
ments, one in Washington and another on
Long Island Both are very ornate.
While more powerful in Nationalist quarters
than Ambassador Koo, Gen. Ho is handicapped
in United States military circles because Of his
difficulties with the late great Gen. Joseph W.
Stilwell United States commander in the
Chinese theater. Friends of stilwell charge
Ho with being largely responsible for the
formers recall during the war.
North American Newspaper AlNance)
Evening star., 1947-08-13
Letters to The Star
Protests Counsel Vests Ruling

AOulSCA w GOT ANuilhS
To the Editor of The Star:
wish to protest most vehemently against
the ruling made by Corporation Counsel West
that would allow minors to obtain drinks in
cafes, taverns or restaurants. Drinking. one
Of the worst and most terrible social problems
in our country is bad enough without this
loophole in the law that would permit and en-
courage our children to drink openly
A wave of juvenile delinquency such as our
city never has seen most surely would follow.
Those Of us who know from past experience
the debasing effects Of the unrestricted use
of intoxicants passionately hope and pray the
law will be changed so that our youth will not
have this added temptation placed in their
paths. Frankly, law absolutely prohibiting
minors from frequenting places selling intoxi-
cants would be much more in order.
We who have consecrated our lives to help
ing alcoholics know the dangerous phases Of
drinking which lead up to chronic alcoholism
and the broken hearts and homes that go with
1t. How any intelligent people, especially those
Of this city, the Capital of our great Nation.
could permit such monstrous thing Is incom-
prehensible. The eyes Of the rest of the coun-
try are constantly upon Washington, and we
dread to think of the consequences that would
follow an example set up by us as pattern
for the Nation.
May say that from a moral standpoint the
evil of juvenile drinking would be greatly in
tensified if it were brought into the open" as
explained by Mr.. West, especially since it would
have the cloak Of legality? Actually, it would
encourage more clandestine drinking after
cafe parties. The present expense of the Dis
trict in handling alcoholics will be only drop
in the bucket compared to few years from
now, If our youth have this fragrant invita-
tion to drink. Former alcoholics who, by the
grace of God, have quit using the stuff know
the awful dangers of those friendly social
drinks by teen-agers and cry out against this
thing that would surely lead to untold sorrow
and misery
: We pray that all right thinking people will
protest by every means possible to close this
loophole in the law that would open up another
terrible danger. The future of our country de-
pends upon the youth of today, and young
minds poisoned by excessive drinking will not
make for = stable Nation. Yes. let us bring
this matter into the open" by all means, pro-
Evening star., 1947-08-13

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
Uriter, although it is permissible for
Uriter known to The Star to use
nom de plume Please be brief.
Evening star., 1947-08-13
Questions and Answers

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IT fact BY writing The Evening Star Informa.ic
Bureau 316 street NE. washington Q D. C.
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Evening star., 1947-08-13

IcSGNlS W Jul newspapers dllO SOll6I CoSAilCh
and to the clergy of all denominations.
HAROLD G. SHRINE,
President, Alcoholics Christian Club of Cen
tral Union Mission.
This Week Chronicle Commended
To the Editor Of The Star:
Two years in the span of eternity have been
ci,roniced by the editors of This Week maya
zine in The Sunday Star Of August 10, in "a
report to America two years after v day"
For job well done, we salute those respon-
sible.
But what else could they report than the
grim battle for bread, shelter and relative
security?
Is there no way out of this wilderness9 No
solution for the ills which assail us on all sides9
Will man go on generation after generation
battling, nation against nation people against
people, till the human species plunges into
mass suicide? CHARLES A. RENTFRO.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-02-07
MIAMI ORGANIZES
TO FIGHT BIGOTRY

Gilbert j. BaIlzin, Field Repre-
sentative of the Florida Regional
Office of the Authorization
League of B'nai Birth has been
elected Corresponding Secretary Of
the newly formed Dade County
Civil Rights Council, it was an
nOunced in the Miami office of the
League. George j. TaIianoff, Di-
rector of the Anti-Defamation
League Florida branch is a mem
Der of the Council whose fight a.
gainst discrimination will be CEN
tered in tie Miami area. This is
the first time that a Council of
tbs tyre has been formed in the
State of Florida.
The Civil Rights Council is COM
posed of representatives of civic.
religious, fraternal, veterans, labor
and community organizations in
the Dade County area. The Anti
Defamation League of B'nai Birth
is cooperating closely with the
new group in its fight against anti
Semitism and violations of basic
human rights and freedoms accru-
ing to every Individual regardless
OF race, creed, color and /or nation
al origin.
The Community Relations Coun-
Gil has su'orn itself to defend and
protect civil rights as granted bv
the constitution of the United
States and it's amendments. The
new Council, headed by the Rever-
end Joseph Barth, Minister of the
First Unitarian Church in Miami
has been in the pIanni7~ and for
native stage for several rcooths
A strong incentive to the forna-
ton of the defense group has been
the mounting tension of the corn
munity evidenced particularly by
the resargence of the Ku KIux
Klan in the Miami area.
Reverend Barth stated that ac-
ton already taken by the Council
has included petitioning of Florida
state officials to institute immedi-
ate action to revoke the charter
IF TIE I1u I,'''x Tzlan in FIorida
nd protcs in0' -" roca!1t oanoe,la
ION Of n foo.1o~'' oaio,a hc+,voo,,
he University of Miami and Penn.
'y;vaniia State College because
F""roes were in the Pennsylvania
college lineup.
Mr.. TaIianoff and officers of tho
Civil Rights Council attended the
charter filing ceremony of the
Jew organization, early this month
4 the chambers of the Circuit
Court Judge Marshall C. Wisehart
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-02-07
LINCOLN QUIZ ANSWERS
Questions on Page Three

Il Lincoln died or a Saturday.
2On Sunday Washington
studio of Adophus Soomons the American
Red Cross shows Lincoln sharpening pencil for his
3The first coin bearing the head President Lincoln
tor D. Bremen whose initials appeared 2SOOW
of these coins.
A flag, which was inscribed
Abraham Kohn of Chicago
urated President.
abraham Jonas, a friend of Lincoln who asked
by the Emancipation to publicly deny affiliated with
the Know Nothing Party, early
6Lncoln who prevailed Congress pass Legislation
that resulted in the appointment New
York
AT the Spanish Portuguese Synagogue York during
a Lincoln memorial n April 1865
8-Joseph Seligman, New York banker, had declined
ncons offer to make him Secretary Treasury persuaded
Congress to award Mrs pension discovered her
in want.
9-Dr c. H. Leberman, Washington, of the nine
MEDICAL ren at Lncons portrait the
persons IN the famous painting "The Last Hours of Lincoln
1O-The Jewish community Alton, Illinois.
EdWard Rosewater later editor of the OmaS
e War Department teegrapher tapped the War De-
parment telegraph office Washington Emancipation
Proclamation.
1z-Abraham Jonas of Quincy Illinois
101e countermanded military which would have e
PEELED the Jews from the Department during the
Civil War
4-Dr Isachar zacharie, chiropods with whom
Lincoln played pinoche in the House.
1o-Llncon when he nominated Sgismund Of New
'ofN as munster to Italy post which Kaufman declined
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-02-07

Monitor, Executive Vice.Chairman of the United
Jewish Appeal, Mr.. Morgenthau, Fred M. Butzel,
Chairman of the Detroit Quota Committee, and
William Rosenwald, National Chairman of the
United Jewish Appeal. Standing, Julian a. Kro.
lik, President of the Detroit Jewish Welfare
Federation, and Norbert Wollheim, Vice-Chair.
man of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews
in the British Occupation Zone Of Germany.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-02-07

Henry Morgenthau, Jr., former Secretary of
the Treasury and General Chairman Of the
Sl7O,OOO,OOO Campaign Of the United Jewish
Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Pales
tine, shown in Detroit recently where he con-
ferred with outstanding leaders of the Detroit
Jewish community on its part in this years
nationwide drive for the reconstruction of Eu.
ropes 100000 homeless and destitute Jewish
survivors. Seated above (left to right, Henry
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Mrs. Dapies Fetes
Robert Gr0sieans

There was one cocktail party in
Washington yesterday afternoon
that couldn't have been more con-
genial Mrs. Emlen K. Davies enter
tanned in honor of her -in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Grosjean. The number of old
Washington friends on hand to
greet them made this affair seem
like old home week.
The Grosjeans are down from
Bedford Village, N. Y, for a brief
Washington whirl. Within COM
muting distance of New York, Bed
ford Village is right next to Mount
Cisco where they formerly made
their home. The former Miss
Davies, known to her friends as
E. K, arrived in town last Monday
and will be here until Thursday.
Her husband is here for the week
end only.
The party was in Mrs. Davies
delightful home on Kalorama road.
Its lush pastel interior gives it an
atmosphere Of gayety and charm.
Yesterday it was filled to the brim
with close to a hundred guests. With
the exception Of a few intimate
friends Of the hostess, they were
all friends of her three daughters,
Mrs. Grosjean. Mrs. Millard Tydings
and Mrs. Burdette Fitch. A few
of the youngest group, Mrs. Gros-
jeans closest friends, were invited
to stay on for buffet supper.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Alice Hill Rnbertns
Weds Mr.. Gilbin

The home OF 1t. Comdr. Patrick
Hill, u. S. NJ, retired, and Mrs. Hill
was the scene yesterday of the we'd
ding of their daughter, Mrs. Alice
Hill Rupertus, and Mr.. John Henry
Gilpin, jr. 1t. Comdr. John H
Shilling, Chaplain Corps, U. S. N.
off1ciated at the ceremony in the
presence of members of the imme-
diate family.
Escorted by her father, the bride
wore a gray travelling costume anc
corsage of green orchids She il
the widow of Maj. Gen. William
Henry Rupertus, U. S. M. c.
Mr.. Gilpin is the son of Mr., ano
Mrs. Gilpin of Sacramento and is
graduate OF the University of South
ern California. During the war he
served as a lieutenant in the Naval
Reserve. He had for his best man
at yesterdays ceremony Maj. Gen
w. P. T. Hill, U. S. M. c.