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Evening star., 1947-06-03
Foreign Lines Inferior
To U. s. Air Services,
Lands Tells Hearing
by The As.eeio.sd Press

James NJ. Lands, chairman OF the
Civil Aeronautics Board, said today
that Russian airline services "are
infinitely inferior" to American and
that neither the Soviets nor the
British threaten this country's
supremacy in commercial flying.
Mr.. Lands testified before the
Senate Commerce COMMITTEES, which
is studying a bill to force merger of
United States international air
lines into a single company. OPP
posing 1t, Mr.. Lands said such
policy is 'the path to socialism"
Backers of the measure contend
that one company could compete
more effectively against foreign
lines for international air traffic.
Mr.. Landis said unsupported
data" has been spread about, seek
ing to establish that the British and
Russians are supreme in some fields
OF aviation.
Sees Little to Fear.
But the facts, he declared, indi-
cate First, that we have little to
fear that either of these countries
will develop a better commercial
aircraft than anything the United
States has now or can be expected
to have, and second, that the pres
enu condition of British and Soviet
international aviation should give
us no cause for alarm as to our
pre-eminence"
Mr.. Lands scoffed at reports the
British viii have jet-propelled trans
ports flying the Atlantic in the near
future. He said a report from the
American Embassy says that lis
simply out of the question"
when the British have not yet
produced conventional, irst-class
civil airpiane," he quoted the En-
bassy report as saying, sit seems fam
tastic to think they will be able to
do something no United States man
ufacturer has ever succeeded in get
ting done-that is, produce revo-
lutionary type without bugs straight
off the drawing board"
Soviet Flying Inferior.
MIR. Lands said he had yet to see
any facts or figures proving that the
Russians are capable Of competing
with the United States in civil flying
today or that they will be capable
of outlying us on the commercial
airlines in the foreseeable future"
Russian commercial operations
are infinitely inferior to our own in
operating techniques," he said.
"All flying has been daylight fly
ing under contact (within sight of
the ground) conditions, so much so
that Russian navigators fly under
the clouds at dangerously low alti-
tudes in order to maintain contact
with the ground"
Evening star., 1947-06-03
Virginia Mother Kills
Baby, Hangs Self
By The Assoeiofed Press

GENoAyva., June 3.--Mrs. Louise
Miller, 80. battered her 6-month-old
baby. Shirley Louise, to death with
an ak, struck another daughter.
Gloria Jean. 3, with the same instru-
ment, and then hanged herself in
the Miller home heresyesterday.
DR.. r. L. Byers, Rockingham
County Coroner, issued verdict OF
murder and suicide.
Gloria Jean was rushed to hos
pital at Harrisonburg where she
was reported In serious condition
with head injuries.
It was the cry of the 3-year-old
that attracted neighbors. They
found the infant dead in her blood
soaked bed and Gloria Jean lying
ION the floor. The mothers body was
found hanging in the stairwell of the
house.
On the dining room wall were
printed three words:
Too late now
Mrs. Miller's husband, Shirley
Miller, an employe of Valley Hous-
ing Corp, at Timberville,. Va, was
at work at the time. They met ir
Waco, Tex, Mrs. Miller's former
home, while he was in service.
Evening star., 1947-06-03
6angsfers 10 Be Araigned
Today in Shooting Attempt

Two former gangsters have been
freed on bond and are due for ar
raignment today in Municipal Court
in connection with an attempted
shooting downtown Sunday night.
Freed on $1,7OO bond was John
Kendrick, 81, identified by police az
a member of the notorious Tri-State
gang of the early 1906, who they
said tried to shoot Tommy English,
80, as he left his home in the 800
block of Tenth street NV.
English was identified as men,
ber of the old "blackface gang" that
operated with DISCUSSES of burnt
cork. He was booked as a Govern
ment witness and released on 500
bond.
Kendrick, who lives in the 1400
block of Belmont street NV, was
charged with assault with intent to
kill and two traffic charges-leav-
ing after colliding and going
through red light. Police said
these violations occurred as Ken
drick fed
On clear days Ireland, Scotland
and Wales can be seen from noun
taipS IN the isle nf Man
Evening star., 1947-06-03

Northwest Provinces to decide
whether to go along.
New Elections Planned.
Arrangements for British Baluch-
istan will be announced later. A
referendum will be held in the pre-
dominantly Moslem Syhlhet Prov
ince of Assam if neighboring Bengal
is split.
If partition of India is decided on.
representatives of Pakistan will
form separate Constituent Assem-
bly, to write a constitution for their
own area. New elections will be
held to choose these representatives.
Mr.. Attlee expressed regret that
1ndia's major parties had failed to
carry out the 1916 cabinet missions
plan for free, united India, but
said 1t had always been the British
governments desire that power
should be transferred in accordance
with the wishes of the Indian people
themselves
Mr.. Attlee said the position of the
hundreds of princely states in India
remains unchanged under the new
plan-that is, Britain remains the
paramount" authority in them until
the final British withdrawal next
year. After that, they may join
Pakistan or Hindustan-supposing
partition does occur-or become
independent.
Agreement of Parties Achieved.
Mr.. Churchill, remarking at the
outset that the highly technica,
plan seems very difficult to under
stand" said the two conditions TO,
Indian freedom which were i'm
posed during his administration hac
been fulf1lled-agreement between
the Indian parties and a dominion
period.
1t is a question, Mr.. Churchill,
said, whether amy better way could
be found of saving India from ths
blood bath which may stand yer!
Evening star., 1947-06-03
Major Parties in India
Accept Britoin's S Plan

NEW DELHI, June 8 (R.-Pandit
Jawaharal Nehru, vice president Of
India's interim government, de-
clared today that the high COM
mands of India's major parties-the
Moslem League and the Congress
Party-had accepted the new British
government plan for partitioning
this subcontinent,
He said the Sikhs also had agreed
to accept the plan, subject to ap-
proval by legislative bodies and the
decisions of a boundary commits
sion to be appointed for the pur-
pose Of delineating the exact bound
aries of the Moslem state Of Paki-
stan.
Well-informed Congress Party
sources predicted there would be
few changes in India for about a
month, when machinery gets into
operation for dividing the country
and for determining how much OF
the Sikh and Hindu areas of pre-
dominantly Moslem Bengal anc
Punjab Provinces are to be cut of
from Pakistan.
Evening star., 1947-06-03
Communist Deputy Premier
Denies Putsch Hos Occurred

MOSCOW, June tP).-The Mos
cow radio said last night that Hun
gary's Communist deputy premier,
Matthias Rakosi, had told a Com
munist meeting in Budapest that
mo sort of putsch or uprising has
taken place in Hungary"
The broadcast quoted Rakosi as
|reiterating Communist claims that
the ousted premier, Ferenc Macy,
had been involved in a conspiracy
against the state. ......
"All that has happened is that
the participation of the Prime
Minister in the conspiracy has been
exposed and that he, conscious of
his guilt, did not dare to return to
face the Hungarian court" Mr.
RakoSi said.
A dispatch from Buchs, Switzer-
land, said that Mr.. Macy, his wife
and their daughter held fearful
reunion with his 4-year-old son,
Ladislaw Gaci) Macy, after the boy
arrived at the Swiss side of the
Austrian frontier accompanied by
Hungarian official and a nurse.
A frontier guard who witnessed
the reunion said there was a lot
of excitement" and the family drove
off. The boy was released by the
Russians after his father agreed to
resign as Premier.
Evening star., 1947-06-03
u. S. PIone Is Forced
Back by Dead Engine
By the A .iofsd Press

SHANNON AIRPORT. Fire. June
3-An American Overseas Airlines
plane, inaugurating service from
Scandinavia to the United States
via Prestwick, Scotland, turned back
today after four hours over the
Atlantic and landed here with one
of its four engines dead.
Harold Harris, general manager
of the company, was among the 28
passengers aboard the plane, DC-4.
Evening star., 1947-06-03
Hungary
Continued From First Page.)

of party members, with the ulti-
mate aim of purging those who are
standing in the way of progress"
Snallholder informants said that
considering records only after lib
Grafton, under the present setup,
probably would purge automatically
those who fought the Germans in
the Hungarian underground.
Varga Reported Safe.
An Allied diplomatic source said
today that Bella Varga, Speaker Of
the House who fed Hungary yester-
day in fear of arrest by the Com
munists, had crossed the Russian
zone of Austria without incident
and is now ''in safe place"
A friend of Mr.. Varga said yes
terday that the fugitive intended to
seek refuge in the American zone
of Austria.
Mr.. Varga, a Catholic priest, was
No. 2 man in the Macy government.
The Speaker of the House said
Saturday he had been informed
that Communist leaders planned his
arrest on charges of participation
in the same plot.
Informants said Mr.. Varga was
accompanied in his flight by his two
secretaries, Arpad Raksanyi and
Peter Horvath, and by a Small
holder member of Parliament, Lajos
Hjdu-Nemeth. D.
Evening star., 1947-06-03
Bill Offered to Let VA
Buy Site at CIurksburq
By the Associated Press

Legislation to authorize Veterans
Administration acquisition of. the
Maxwell estate at Clarksburg, w.
Va, for a proposed veterans hos
pital was introduced yesterday by
Senator Kilgore. Democrat, Of West
Virginia.
The VA would be empowered to
lease the west portion Of the tract
to the city for a park until the
Government needs the land for ex-
pansion.
Evening star., 1947-06-03
mon cause. Streptonycin has saved
several lives in the Army practice.

mon cause. Sueptomycin has saved
several lives In the Army practice.
Artificial Hands Improved.
Col. August w. Splitter, chief or
thopedic surgeon at Walter Reed
Hospital, reported on progress in
designing artificial hands.
Col. Splitter also reported de-
velopment of an artificial ankle
with spring mechanism which Of
fers much Of the advantage of q
real ankle. Scores of suggestions
for artificial limbs are being made,
he said, but some are fantastic and
many are so complicated that they
are not feasible unless the number
of amputees becomes great enough
to support repair stations, like fill
ing stations, with enough mechanics
to maintain them night and day.
Direct blast effects of atom bomb
explosions on humans were de-
scribed by Col. James p. Cooney,
director of the Atomic Energy Conn
missions Military Applications Di-
vision.
Reports Now Denied.
Soon after the blasts, the jap
anese reported finding many cases
of eyiscerated victims" he declared
Those claims now have been denied
even by the Japanese" In fact, he
said, there were only so cases OF
ruptured eardrums reported.
Col. Cooney said surprising dis
covery found in treating bomb VIC
Tins was that men were affected by
sterility in more cases than were
women. This was the opposite to
what would have been expected by
doctors, he said, who have found
much more danger Of women becom-
ing sterile than men in the use of
X-rays for treatment.
A banquet will be held at pm
tomorrow at the Washington Hotel
at which speakers will include Sec
retary of War Patterson and Mai.
Gen. Raymond w. Bliss, Army Sur
geon GeneraE Senator Murray,
Democrat, of Montana will speak on
the Federal Contribution to the
Health and Welfare Of the Nation"
at the final afternoon session on
Thursday.
Evening star., 1947-06-03
Boxcurs
Continued From First Page.)

shortage, Government-industry con-
ferences were held early this year
in an effort to get production up to
10000 new cars per month.
Col. J. Monroe Johnson, director
of the Office of Defense Transporta-
ton, told a news conference last
week the steel industry is more than
making good on its promise to de-
liver sufficient steel to the car build
ers, but that the output of cars is
still tagging.
Col. johnson said the railroads
which currently have ordered some
100000 new freight cars, would prob
ably get April deliveries of about
1000 cars
Evening star., 1947-06-03
Rents
Continued From First Page, !,

is per cent where landlord and
tenant agree on lease carrying
through 1948.
He said it would "nullify rent con-
troll" and Senator Kilgore, Demo-
crat, of West Virginia, attempted
unsuccessfully to have the Senate
reconsider its action in adopting
the amendment, sponsored by Sena-
tor Hawkes., Republican. of New
Jersey.
Buck Predicts Agreement.
Senator Buck told a reporter he
does not know present House senti-
ment on the bill, but he predicted
an agreement can be reached with
out too much trouble"
He said Housing Expediter Frank
Creedon, who would administer the
law under the Senate bill, had not
previously made it clear that he
wanted to retain some control over
building materials ito do better
job"
The House-approved bill knocks
out Mr.. Creedons Office entirely and
leaves the determination of the
agency to administer rent control up
to the President.
The Senate adopted a provision
knocking out most controls over
building materials and new housing.
1t did, however, leave with the
housing expediter authority to pre-
vent the use of materials in amuse-
ment and recreation building, and
gave him the authority to require
permits for commercial construc-
ton.
Senator Buck said he anticipates
no difficulty over the length of the
extension because 1--WE are pretty
much in accord on that"
Evening star., 1947-06-03
Thomas R. Owens Heads
Front Royol c. Of c.
sneciaI pisnafch To The sto

FRONT ROYAL, Va, June s.
Thomas r. Owens, a former men,
ber of the diplomatic service in In
dia and a Warren County farmer
yesterday was elected president OF
the Front Royal Chamber of Com
merce.
Evening star., 1947-06-03
Windsor Visits Mother

LONDON, June tP).-The court
circular announced last night that
the Duke Of Windsor visited his
mother, Queen Mary. yesterday
afternoon at Marlborough House.
Evening star., 1947-06-03

near" Then, in q rare tribute to
Mr.. Attlee. Mr.. Churchill said;
"If the hopes which are enshrined
in this statement should be borne
out, great credit will indeed be due
to the viceroy-not only to him but
to the prime minister who advised
his majesty to accept him"
Evening star., 1947-06-03
India

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1947-06-03

On clear days Ireland, Scotland
and Wales can be seen from noun
tains on the Isle of Man.
Evening star., 1947-06-03

Northwest Provinces to decide
whether to go along.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
ELIZABETHTOWN

E~LIABETHTOWN, Oct. %.
Mrs. R. H. Work and Mrs.
A. H. Greene left Monday to
spend several days in New York
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. c. Hall OF
Tarboro, were called here Sun
day on account of the death of
the formers brother, Harold
Hall.
Miss Peggy Ingold spent a
few days last week in Raleigh
visiting friends.
Miss Mary Potter spent the
past weekend in Greenville
with friends.
Miss Bernice McLamb of
Clinton, has returned to Eliza
BEETHOVEN where she is employed
after spending a few weeks at
her home.
Mrs. C. r. Jordan arrived
Thursday from Washington, D.
c., where she visited her daugh-
ter, Mrs. w. B. Kay, for sever
al days.
Eugene Hall, student at East
Carolina Teachers S h in
Greenville, spent a few days
this week at his home here.
Fred Fisher, student at Louis
burg, visited at his home here
during the weekend.
Miss 10 Ann Tatum. student
at Pineland college, spent the
weekend at her home.
Mrs. j. F. Holland, Jr., and
daughter visited the formers
sister in Rocky Mount during
the past week.
Mrs. Matte Clark and c. c.
Clark spent last weekend in
Davidson with Mr.. and Mrs. E.
A. Beatty.
Mrs. H. M. Vann and Mrs.
C. P. Edge spent last Tuesday
in Raleigh shopping.
Mrs. W. D. Ferguson visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. OAR
lington in Leaksville last week.
Mrs. Will Regan Of Raleigh,
and Murray Regan OF Maimi,
Fla, visited friends in town a
short while last week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
ROTC Ball Slated
November % In GYM

Plans for the annual ROTC
ball were completed by the of.
ficers' club, New Hanover High
school, Wednesday afternoon
The date for the dance will be
November %, in the high school
gymnasium.
1t. ]. D. Causey, president Of
the officers club appointed the
following committee chairmen
Monty Dowdy, refreshments
and Blainey Lee, special passes
All of the officers were re
quested to be on hand for the
decoration of the gym.
Company commanders were
requested to begin the collection
of funds Immediately.
The dance will be given II
honor of the unit contributing
the most money toward ex.
penses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24

Cast Works On
"B|ithe Spirit

The finishing touches are be-
ing put on the first ITALIAN play,
of the season, "Blithe Spirit"
which will be presented in the
auditorium Of the New Hanover
High School on Wednesday, Octo-
Der %, at $3.50 pm.
The public is cordially invited
to attend. Anyone who is not a
member of the ITALIAN Associa-
ton may obtain tickets at the
box office the night of the play.
Since there are only seven
members in the cast of this play,
each member is especially i'm
portant and on stage a large
part of the time. Elizabeth Pear
sail plays the part Of Madame
Arcati, the spiritualist who
evokes all sorts of phenomena
from the other world. Mrs. Pear
sail studied dramatics at the
Woman's College of North Car
DINA and at the Columbia Uni
versity summer theater in New
York City. Her Interpretation of
this part reflects her fine train
ing.
Ruth Caplan has the part of
Elvira. Mrs. Caplan has both
studied and taught dramatics in
this country and Canada and her
excellent grasp of the part will
be enjoyed by the audience.
The blithe spirits husband is
portrayed by Robert Redmayne,
who is well known in dramatic
circles. He handles the part with
intelligence and distinction.
Aldyth Carroll makes a very
pretty Ruth, Charles second
wife.
C.. j. Watts has the part of
DR.. Bradman and plays it with
the smoothness that local play
goers have learned to associate
with any part that "Tex" takes
on.
Frances Edmondson plays the
part of Mrs. Bradman excellent
ly.
Although a late conner to the
cast, Elizabeth Hardwicke is do
ing her part very well.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
Washington Catlett
P-TA Ann O u n c e S
Committee H e a d $

Mrs. w. M. Section named the
following members Of the Wash.
ington Catlett Parent : Teacher
association to head committee
during the year at a meeting oil
the organization Tuesday:
Mrs. James Ray, program
committee; Mrs. Leonard Batch
lor, membership; Mrs. Foster
Edwards, publicity; Mrs. c. R
Garrett, finance; Mrs. Ear
Bland, social; Miss Meta Nc.
Gowan, summer roundup; and
Mrs. G. T. Armstrong, study.
Speaker for the meeting Mrs
R. N. Rochelle, was introduced
by Mrs. Section.
Mrs. Rochelle said, "A P-TA
is a challenge to a community
and is well worth the work that
must 60 with it."
After expressing some of the
goals of the P-TA, she closed
her message by assuring the
group that she and the county
council would always be ready
to help.
Miss Dora Station directed
several groups of students ir
singing, and E. R. Blakeslee, prin-
cipal, conducted the devotional.
The first and second grades
tied in having the largest mum.
Der of mothers present.
Following Mrs. James Rays
reading of the State presidents
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
Nr. Ganstie sSorosis
On Art Of Decorating Room

when Mr.. Canister showed spun
glass material resembling
heavy satin, printed serge-like
material made from skim milk,
and heavy satin stripes in vivid
colors.
In connection with color Mr..
Canister gave all present some
good advice. Saying that color
was an exact science, Mr. Gan
stier told the women to follow
the color scheme of a good piece
of material with a floral design
or print, when they aren't sure
of the right colors.
In concluding his lecture, Mr.
Canister invited Sorosis women
to come to his business estab-
lishment at any time, not neces-
sarily to buy but to look around
and see the beautiful things.
Prior to Mrs. John Knox
Wards introduction of the
speaker, Emerson Head play
ed two numbers on the trumpet
accompanied by his mother,
Mrs. Lila Head.
Officers of the American Home
Department include: Mrs. John
Knox Ward, chairman; Mrs.
Lewis Merritt, vice-chairman;
Mrs. Donald Sewell, secretary;
Mrs. Kenneth Marshall, treasur-
er; Mrs. William Struthers, cor
responding secretary; and Mrs.
N. D.. Edwards, historian.
Following the meeting Mrs.
w. R. Eakins announced that a
social bridge tournament would
be held next Thursday at 3 p. m.
Reservations can be made by
calling Mrs. W. E. Yopp, 1857;
or Mrs. w. r.. Eakins, 5377.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
Final Plains Made
For District Music
Club Meet Saturday

Plans are nearing completion
of the all-day meeting of the
southeastern district of Music
clubs which will convene here
Saturday.
Headquarters will be located
in the Kenan Memorial building
of the St. Andrews = Covenant
church, 18th and Market streets.
Registration is 1890 am.
A number of delegates from the
various music clubs throughout
this section will be present.
Members of the Thursday
Morning Music club are remind
ed to bring sandwiches and are
asked to pay a very nominal fee
to cover costs of other refresh
ments to be served.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
Date, to Remember

TODAY
2:30 p. m.-The Winter Park
Home Demonstration club
will meet with Mrs. j. E.
Hall.
SATURDAY
10 a. m.-12 p. MA cake sale
will be sponsored by St.
Mary's Mothers a d
Teachers club at the
school, Fourth and Ann
streets. Cakes will also be
sold from 2 to 4 p. m.
$50 p. m.-The Theta chapter
of Delta Kappa Gamma
society will celebrate its
18th birthday at a banquet
at New Hanover High
school.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
PERSONALS

Miss June Andrews, student
at Queens College, Charlotte, is
expected to spend the weekend
in Wilmington visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. T.
Andrews of 217 N. 22nd street.
Mrs. T. Macon Womble is
recuperating in the Bullock hos
pital clinic following an opera
ton there Tuesday.
MI. and Mrs. B. M. Widdifield
of lis Marion Drive, visited Ma
tural Bridge, Va, Tuesday.
Miss Flora McIver, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. c. McIver
and student at Queens college,
Charlotte, is expected to arrive
today to spend the weekend here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24

interior decoration exists be-
cause it contributes to the hap
piness of the Individual said
Howard Canister, interior de-
corator, who addressed the
members of the Sorosis Ameri.
can Home department Thursday
afternoon.
Rooms reflect the thought Of
the decorator-the more intelli.
gent the thought-the finer the
ROOM" he continued. For this
reason, Mr.. Canister emphasiz.
ed that wealth does not neces-
sarily make the room more
beautiful. The simplest room car
sometimes be more striking
than the most ornate. In other
words it is the taste and the
artistry of the decorator which
counts.
Basing his lecture on what
goes into decorating a room, Mr.
Canister said that the decorator
must give basic consideration to
making the room practical, COM
Portable, and refined in appear
ance. These three character
istics 60 into making the room
formal, dignified, sophisticated,
quaint, feminine or masculine.
Mr.. Canister stressed the alb
stract elements of q room clas-
styling them as being unity, va
riety, proportion, restraint, and
color.
His description of color parti-
cularly interested his audience,
since he not only distributed
pamphlets on color schemes but
displayed gorgeous materials for
drapes, s%lipcovers, and the
covering of sofas. Women at
tendino sighed rather enviollSlV