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Evening star., 1947-08-12
Services Tomorrow
In Georgetown for
Mrs. Ella Truett, 81

Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at the West Wash
ington Baptist Church, Thirty first
and N streets NV. for Mrs. Ella
Vanderwerken Truett, 81. Burial will
be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Truett died Sunday at her
home, $500 North Glebe road,
Arlington. She had been i'll for three
years.
Her fzther, Gilbert Vanderwerken,
was the first man to drive a stage
coach from Georgetown to. the Navy
Yard, according to members of the
family. Mrs. Truett was his last
surviving daughter.
Mrs. Truett was born in Washing
ton. Her husband, the late Rev
George E. Truett, was minister OF
the West Washington Baptist
Church for a number of years at
the turn of the century. About Is
years ago Mrs. Truett moved tc
Arlington, where she formerly made
her summer home.
She was a member of the board
Of directors of the Baptist Home
for Old Ladies until g. few years
ago. She was a member OF the
Young Women's Christian Associa.
ton, the National Society of thu
Daughters of the American Revolu.
ton, and the Neighbors' Club o1
Arlington County.
Surviving Is a daughter, Mrs. Lii.
lie T. Hughes of the Glebe roac
address
Evening star., 1947-08-12
Part of ABC Act
Vests Interpretation
Stirs Controversy

This is Section 20 Of the Alec.
holic Beverage Control Act. which
is causing such a controversy since
Corporation Counsel Vernon E
West made known his interpreta-
ton yesterday;
Section 20. Licenses issued
hereunder shall not authorize the
sale or delivery of beverages, with
the exception of beer and light
wines, to any person under the age
of 81 years, or beer or light wines
to any person under the age of 18
years, either for his own use or for
the use of any other person; or the
sale, service, or delivery of bever-
ages to any intoxicated person, or
to any person of notoriously in
temperate habits, or to any person
who appears to be intoxicated; and
ignorance of the age of any such
minor shall not be defense to any
action instituted under this sec
ton. No licensee shall be liable to
any person for damages claimed to
arise from refusal to sell such alco-
holic beverages"
Evening star., 1947-08-12
Fort kyer Rites Planned
For Michael J. Gibbons

Mass will be held at 9 I'm. tomor-
row at Fort Myer Chapel for
Michael ]. Gibbons, SO, who died
Friday in Mount Alto Hospital, fol-
lowing an operation early last week.
Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery
Mr.. Gibbons was a contact man at
the beginning of the war for the
Glenn. L. Martin Co.. in Baltimore.
Formerly, he was an automobile
salesman for the Wisconsin Motor
Co. here.
He was born in Philadelphia and
attended Cornell University Medical
School. He came to Alexandria 10
years ago. His home was at 2o5
North Washington street. Mr.. Glib
bons was third cousin of the late
Cardinal Michael Gibbons, accord
ing to members of the family.
During World War I, he served
as captain in the Medical Corps
in France and Germany. He was a
member Of the American Legion.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Rose c. Gibbons, of the Alexandria
address: two daughters, Mrs. How
ard Kordua, Pompton Lake, N. j.,
and Mrs. James Browne, of Texas,
and two sisters, Mrs. William Reber
Buffalo. N. Y, and Mrs. L. c. Porter
McKeesport, Pa.
Evening star., 1947-08-12
i. ). Acts 10 Sidefrack
Mid-East Oil Control
BY the Assoeiafed Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 12.-The
United States sought yesterday to
sidetrack action on a proposal to
establish international control over
the rich oil resources OF the Middle
East.
Assistant Secretary of State Will
lard L. Thorp told the United Ma
tions Economic and Social Council
that no action should be taken at
this time. He said this was a ques-
ton which might well be considered
by the International Conference on
Trade and Employment meeting In
Havana November 81.
Opposition to the control plan wai
expected from most of the council
delegates, including those of Britain
France, Russia, Lebanon and Turkey
Mr.. Thorp spoke after DR.. Thors-
ten Ohre. representative OF the In
ternational Cooperative Alliance
had appealed to the Council fol
prompt action to initiate the Middle
East oil control plan which the
Alliance Is sponsoring.
Evening star., 1947-08-12
Miss Josephine {. Jones
Funeral Rites Set Today

Funeral services for Miss Jose
phine e. Jones, 81, were TO be held
at 3 pm. today in the S. H. Hines
funeral home. 2901 Fourteenth
street NV, with burial in Oak Hill
Cemetery.
Miss Jones died Sunday in Home
opathic Hospital after a short ILL
ness. She was born in Washington
and for 80 years was an employe o1
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Dur
ing the early part of her career
she was transferred to the Philadel.
phia Office for several years but wa:
later sent back to Washington. She
lived at 1888 Hemlock street NV
She was a member of st. Stepher
and the Incarnation Episcopa
Church and the Women's City Club
Survivors are sister, Mrs. Emily
M. Raysor, of the Hemlock street
address, and two brothers, Thad.
deus M. Jones, 1928 I street NV.
and Wallace S. Jones, Cambridge
Mass.
Evening star., 1947-08-12
Two Held, Third Faces
Hearings in Forgeries

Two persons charged with forging
Endorsements to Government checks
today awaited grand jury action,
while third was held for the grand
jury on the same charge under
$1,000 bond by United States Com
missioner Needham C. Turnage.
One of those held for the jury was
identified by Secret Service agents
as q Bowie (Md0 minister, Arthur
G. Tillman, 81, colored, whose ad-
dress here is in the 1900 block OF
Vernon street NV. He was released
on his personal bond by the Com
missioner, after he pleaded not guilty
to having forged signature on a
civil service retirement refund
check for $308.
Mrs. Blanche Patterson, SO, col
ored, a Federal Works Agency la
borer, who lives In the 1900 block
of Fourth street NV, awaited
grand jury action under $500 bond
Mr.. Turnage accepted her plea OF
innocence to the charge she forged
an Endorsement on a $63 pay check
made out to fellow employe.
The, third defendant Is James
Lambert. So, colored, of no fixed ad-
dress. A Secret Service spokesman
said Lambert, who is under $20t
bond, was handyman at house ir
the 5000 block of o street NV
where a missing $50 income tax re.
fund check, bearing a forged In
dorsement, was found under mat
tress in the partially vacant house
Evening star., 1947-08-12
Herbert J. Drane, "a
|Ex-House Member
From Florida, Dies

Former Representative Herbert j
Drane, "a, of Florida, died yesterday
afternoon at his home in Lakeland
Fla, after years illness. according
to word received here today.
Mr.. Drane was appointed by the
late President Roosevelt to serve
on the Federal Power Commission
from 1888 to 1887. AS Democratic
Representative he entered the
Sixty fifth Congress and served
through the Seventy second. After
his eight terms in the House he re-
turned to his home in Florida In
1882.
His wife, the late Mrs. Mary w
Drane, died in February, 1916, al
Lakeland. The Dranes were mar.
ried January /, 1886.
Mr.. Drane was born in Franklin
KY, and went to Florida in 1883 a.
a railroad builder. The railroad
camp he established there grew into
the city of Lakeland. He served a.
mayor for a number of years, wa.
county commissioner and chief en-.
| crossing clerk in the Florida House
lof Representatives. For 43 year.
he was in the orange growing ane
real estate business.
He was a member of Richard H
Choate Washington chapter OF Sig.
ma Nu Phi, one of many organiza.
tions to which he belonged.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs
Mabel Moore and Mrs. Josephine
Passmore, both of Lakeland. A son
Ossian Wright Drane, died as a re.
suit of service as a first lieutenant
In the infantry in World War /.
/ Funeral services for Mr.. Drans
will be held tomorrow in Lakeland
Evening star., 1947-08-12
Mrs. Rosa N. Harris
Rites Set Tomorrow

Funeral services will be held fol
Mrs. Rosa Maude Harris. rs, al
l pm. tomorrow at the Hines flu
neral home, 2901 Fourteenth stree,
NV, with burial in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Mrs. Harris died Sunday at Mar.
lin, Tex, where she had been visit.
ing her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth
Harris Curry. Mrs. Harris alter.
mated between living with Mrs. Curry
and another daughter. Mrs. Christie
H. Stricklin, 1904 Maple avenue
Chevy Chase, Md. She was to have
returned to Chevy Chase soon.
Born in Mount Washington, KY.
Mrs. Harris came to Chevy CHASE
in 1924 with her husband, the lat,
James A. Harris, who was in tn,
life insurance and real estate bust
ness here until his death Is year,
ago. For the next 10 years Mrs
Harris lived with her daughter OF
Maple avenue.
Survivors, besides her two daugh
ters, are two sisters, Mrs. w. L. Nc
Gee, Mount Washington, and Mrs
Lulah Crewns Crenshaw, Blythe
Calf: two brothers, C. c. Barns
New York, and EdYard Barns, Shep
herdsville, KY: four grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
Evening star., 1947-08-12
Rites TO Be Held thursday
For William Lawrence Lane

REQUIEM mass will be held at 10
a m. Thursday in Fort Myer Chapel
for william Lawrence Lane. 56, who
died Saturday in the Naval Medical
Center, Bethesda, after Today
illness. Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
Mr.. Lane, who lived at 308 East
Capitol street, was a private In the
3t7th Infantry during World War I
He fought in the battles of Somme
and Artois and was wounded in the
leg during the Argonne offensive
He was hospitalized abroad and In
the United States for nine months.
Following his honorable discharge
he took a Government training
course in auto mechanics in Har-
risonburg, Va. Later he worked five
years in Broadway, Va, and Har.
risonburg at this trade.
He was born in Broadway and at.
tended school there. He came tt
Washington three years ago.
Survivors are three sisters, Mis-!
Ella May Lane and Miss Mamie r
Lane, both of the East Capitol stree
address, and Mrs. T. L. Powell, Eas
Liverpool, Ohio, and two nephews.
Evening star., 1947-08-12
Minors
Continued From First Page }

liquor law here and . strong en-
forcement.
1T is not in the public interest
that minors should drink in pub
lic," he said. 1T is amazing that
after 1872 years of enforcing the
ABC law the corporation counsel
should interpret the law contrary
to the way his assistants have been
interpreting it.
Il have not seen Corporation
Counsel Vests opinion, but have
read it in the newspapers and if
the statute says what Mr.. West
says it does. then we should change
the law. 1t doesn't look right to me. y
Protest Meeting Set.
Meanwhile a demand for change
in the law, II necessary, to protect
minors came from Harold G. Shrine
president of the Alcoholics Chris.
tian Club Of the Central Unior
Mission.
Mr.. Shrine announced that .
protest meeting against the ruling
be held at the mission, 613 G street
NV, at 7:45 pm. Monday. He sale
church leaders, members of tenn.
perance organizations and inter.
ested individuals would be invited
to take part in the protest meeting
THE problem is bad enough
without letting children start ts
drink" Mr.. Shrine said. I'VE dea
with alcoholics all the time anc
know the terrible danger Of allow.
ing drinks to children. We hope tt
arouse the public.
I'VE want the law changed Il
that is necessary. We do not ques
ton the integrity or the motive
of Mr.. West, for his job is to inter
pret the law. But we are definitel,
interested in the moral and spir
itual welfare of the children o
Washington and see terrible dan
ger in the new ruling"
Sees Delinquency Curb.
Mr.. West told reporters late yes
terday it was his opinion that bring,
ing the drinking of minors out int
the open might help to curb delin
quency.
There's q lot Of drinking b,
minors going on, and there's nothing
to stop a man from taking a younl
girl off in his car with a bottle o
whisky in his pocket" Mr.. West said
He pointed out 1t is probably bette
for everyone concerned if mino
is given the whisky in a taproom.
He also said his ruling woul,
allow parents to drink with theil
children in public places.
"One of the best ways to keep ,
youngster from drinking too much il
to buy him a drink and drink with
him." Mr.. West said.
All too frequently, he said, young
sters drink on the sly because the!
! think they are getting away will
Evening star., 1947-08-12
Granville Michaux Carlton
Rites 10 Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Granville Mi
chaux Carlton, So, chief clerk at the
General Accounting Office, will be
held at 10 am. tomorrow in Cham
bers funeral home, SIT Eleventh
street Sc. Burial will be in Arling-
ton Cemetery.
Mr.. Carlton died Saturday in the
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda,
Md, after brief illness. He lived
at 3l4 East Capitol street.
Born in Richmond, he began a
27-year career with the Pullman Co.
as stenographer in 1910. In 1926,
he came to Washington as assistant
chief clerk with the company. He
was transferred to Wilmington, N
c., as an agent the following year
but returned In September, 1896, as
second assistant superintendent OF
the District office. From February
1887, he was employed in the trans
portation section of the War De.
partment for six years. He hac
been with the GAO the last two
years.
Mr.. Carlton served overseas ir
World War l. He was a member
of the American Legion and a for.
mer member of the Richmond Ma.
; sonic Lodge and the Richmond
Light Blues Battalion.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs
Louise G. Bateman, Arlington, N. J
Evening star., 1947-08-12
John N. Redpath, 68,
Farmer, Once Official
0fU. 5. Chamber , Dies

John M. Redpath. 68, former ed
ucator, United States Chamber OF
Commerce official and dairy farm
er, died unexpectedly last night
at his home at Redland, Md.
Mr.. Redpath retired as general
counsel and manager Of the re-
search department of the Chamber
of Commerce in 1943. Since that
time he built up his two dairy
farms at Redland. They are now
considered among the largest and
finest in Montgomery County.
At present his farm has herd
of about 140 Guernseys. Formerly
he also specialized in the raising
of Belgian horses.
Noted for Memory.
Noted for his almost phenomenal
memory, fellow executives at the
Chamber of Commefce often refer
red to him as IAN encyclopedia. "
Most questions concerning economic
statistics of various countries he
could answer without consulting ref
erence books.
A native of Salisbury, Pa, he
was the son of the late J. Frank and
Anna Redpath. He took his ABB
degree at the University of Chicago
in 1901 and his LII. B. from Harvard
Law School in 1911.
He taught at Illinois College from
1901 to 1905, leaving that institu-
ton in 1905 to enter the employ OF
Montgomery Ward in Chicago for 8
year. From 1906 to 1908 he was an
instructor at Tabor College, Hills
boro, Kans.
MIR. Redpath came to Washing
ton in 1911 to enter the office OF the
Assistant Commissioner of Indiar
Affairs. In 1912 lie began his long
period OF service with the Chamber
of Commerce, starting out as chie1
Of the research department.
Survived by Widow.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Jessica Adamson Redpath.
Funeral services will be at 3 pm
Thursday at the residence. Burial
will be in Rockville Union Cemetery
According to the Rev. j. w. Ros'
enberger, minister of the Rockville
Methodist Church, where both Mr.
and Mrs. Redpath worshipped, Mr.
Redpath had been at the services
Sunday.
/ Although he appeared in good
health, Mr.. Rosenberger said, hi
complained of some shortness o1
breath, leading the minister to be-
Ilieve Mr.. Redpath had heart
trouble.
Evening star., 1947-08-12
Frank D. KowaIski Mass
To Be Offered Tomorrow

Requiem mass for Frank D. Ko-
walski, II, will be offered at 8 am
tomorrow at st. Anthony's Catholic
Church, Twelfth and Monroe streets
NE. Burial will be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Mr.. Kowalsh died Sunday at his
home, 1906 Kearny street NE. after
three month illness
He came to Washington about 10
years ago from Shamokin, Pa.
where he was born. He was en-
ployed as guard at the Washing
ton Naval Gun Factory.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs
Rose A. Kowalski, and two sons
William and Thomas Kowalski, all
of the Kearny street address; four
daughters, Mrs. John D. Lane, 214
George Mason drive, Arlington; Mrs
L. c. Begley, Los Angeles; Mrs
Joseph A. Lawless. 1914 Second
street Sc; Miss Elizabeth Kowal-
ski of the Kearney street address;
three sisters, Mrs. Marion Cirrac-
chic, New York; Mrs. Anna Berras
and Mrs. Catherine Snyder, and
one brother, Charles Kowalski, all OF
Shamokin.
Evening star., 1947-08-12
Suspect Called Frog Eyes
Held on Weapons Charqe

A man whose official police alias
is Frog Eyes" is slated for Munich
pal Court jury trial October on q
charge of carrying a deadly weapon.
The records reveal Frog Eyes
actually is Frederick H. Scott. "a,
colored, of the 4700 block of B
street Sc. He was arrested last
Friday on the complain OF John H.
Hester, of the 800 block of G street
S.W.
Hester told police that Scott and
an unidentified companion ap-
preached him in a restaurant. Po-
lice were told the companion hit
Hester over the head with a salt
shaker and proceeded to pull Oft
Hester's shirt. The complainant
added Scott then pulled out pistol,
which police said they recovered on
their arrival.
Evening star., 1947-08-12
Eugene CrespeI, 81, Dies
In Mount Alto HOSPITAL

Eugene Crespel. 37-year-old vet
eran of World War II, died yester-
day in Mount Alto Veterans Hos
pital. He lived at 5407 M street,
Hillside, Md.
Mr.. Crespel drove his own taxi for
the Diamond Cab Co. At one time
he had been a motorcycle racer. A
private during the war, he received
a medical discharge with 40 per
cent disability rating.
He was a lifelong resident OF
Washington. He was a member Of
the United Cab Drivers Union.
Services will be at l pm. Friday
in Chambers funeral home. ST
Eleventh street Sc. Burial will be
in Arlington Cemetery.
Mr.. Crespel Is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Edna M. Crespel, and
a stepbrother, Fred Boone.
Evening star., 1947-08-12
something of which their parents

something Of which their parents
would disapprove.
Asked whether adults contribute
to the delinquency of minors when
they buy them drinks, Mr.. West said
mere drinking has never been held
by the courts to constitute delin-
quency "f
Asked about suspensions of liz
censes now in effect that might be
lifted in the light of Mr.. Vests
opinion. Mr., Payne said as far as he
knew there were no such suspen-
sions outstanding
He said there are three cases now
pending before the board in which
decisions would be held up until
Mr.. Vests opinion can be studied
more closely.
One of them, he said, is case
against the Mayfiower Hotel grow
ing out of the alleged consumption
of liquor at the hotel by a young
married woman under 81 nearly
year ago.
Mr. Vests opinion arose from this
case, in which counsel for the hotel
contended that the Alcoholic Bever-
age Control Act did not apply to
drinking by minor when the drink
was neither sold directly nor de-
livered directly to the girl.
Mr.. West said yesterday the act
was worded Intentionally to permit
drinking by minors. unless direct
sale or delivery was involved. be-
cause it would take "an army OF
detectives" to apprehend violations
and place an impossible burden"
of responsibility on liquor license
holders.
In the case of intoxicated persons
or habitual drunkards, Mr.. West
explained, the law goes a step fur
ther and imposes penalty for sale.
delivery or service" on the premises.
Evening star., 1947-08-12
Lost Rites Tomorrow
For H. T. Shannon, Jr.

Funeral services for Herbert T.
Shannon, jr, 20, will be held at
11:30 am. tomorrow at Hines
Funeral Home, 290l Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be private.
Mr.. Shannon was found dead by
hanging in the living room OF his
basement apartment at 1918 Thirty
fifth street NV. yesterday. He was
the son of the late Herbert T. Shan
non, prominent in Washington real
estate circles. A war veteran, he
was a carpenter with the Barkley
Construction Co.
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james P. Roosevelt, "a,
Dies at Macon, Go.
By the Axsosiatad Prssa

MACON, Ga. Aug. Thames
Pruyn Roosevelt, "a, cousin of the
late President Roosevelt, died here
yesterday.
He was a guest of the President
several times during the latters
stays at the little White House at
Warm Springs. Funeral services will
be held here tomorrow.
Evening star., 1947-08-12
Uarn uf Uhanka

FULSoME, LANDoNIA PAGE. The fam
fly of the late LANDONIA PAGE Full
SOME wish to express their sincere thanks
to relatives, friends, neighbors the Rev. L.
the Rev. Peters of Ebenezer Church for
their sympathy and many acts of kindness
shown by them during our recent bereave-
ment THE FAMILY.
Evening star., 1947-08-12

Brain weight in proportion to
body weight is about / $50 in normal,
healthy adult men; 1/14,000 for
whales.
Evening star., 1947-08-12

Remains resting at Chambers GeorgetoWn
funeral home 31st and M SITS: NV. until
$50 am, Wednesday, August 13. Mass
ment Arlington National Cemetery. ~
HARDEN, ROBERT D. COLONEL: On
Wednesday, August 6. 1947. at Man Miami
husband of Hermina L. Harden: father of
Jane Ann Harden. Mrs. Jerome stickney
and Mrs Alexander H. von Hoften: broth
er of Mrs Clare Harden Barber. New
York, Cleveland Ohio; San Francisco.
Calf; Pala Alto, Calf. papers please
copy) IL
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GIRB0NS. MICHAEL.

\ Friday, August &. 1917, at Noun
= Alto Hospital. MICHAEL J. GLIB
q BONS, husband of Rose c: Glib
bons, father of Mrs. Howart
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q day, August 9, l947, at Unite
Z States Naval Hospital, Bethesds
J. Md, GRANVILLE M. CARLTON
y the beloved brother of Louis
Bateman. Remains resting Q
Chambers' Funeral Home. 81
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CRESPEL, EUGENE. On Monday. Au-
gust IL, 1917. at Mount Alto
|l Hospital, EUGENE CREsPEL, the
beloved husband of Edna M:
Crespel and stepbrother of Fred
Boone Services at Chambers
Funeral Home, 517 11th st. Sc,
N Friday, August Is. at l pm. Inter
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