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Evening star., 1947-12-11
Thugs Kill Tokyo Beauty

TOKYO, Dee. II (P. Yoriko
Miyao, %, famed as the most beau
tiful girl in Tokyo's Shimbashi dis
trict, was stabbed to death and her
mother and sister wounded by two
robbers last night. The thugs,
armed with 12-inch butcher knives,
were captured.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
GIN Emp|oye Here Wins
Auto in Company Contest

Mrs. Betty F. Kraft, 80, Of 910
Garland avenue, Takoma Park, Md,
has won an automobile, but she
doesn't know what kind it it.
She knows it is a General Motors
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Uarn nf Uhanks

=, COOK, JAMES H. I wish to thank the
National Custom Association for the kind
ness to my husband during his Ions i'll
ness; and wish to thank my friends and
their kindness to me,
MRS. JAMES H. COOK.
Evening star., 1947-12-11

RHODES, FRANK. On Monday, De-
cember 8, 1947, at Gallinger Hospital
tie V. Rhodes, brother of Mrs. Lula Stew
art, Bennie, Enoch and George Hawkins.
Also a host of other relatives and friends
survive Friends may call at his late resi-
dence, 1927 41st st. NV, after $40 pm.
Friday. December 12. Funeral Saturday,
December 13, at IL am, from Rock Creek
Baptist Church, Gath and H SITS. NV,
Rev. A. Jones officiating. Relatives and
friends invited. 1nterment Boyds, Md. 12
Evening star., 1947-12-11

eember g., 1947, GEORGE GLYMPH OF
1905 N st. NV, beloved father OF Mrs
John r Glymph Also surviving are Other
relatives and many friends. From 10 am
are invited to call at the MCGUIRE Funeral
Home, 1920 9th st. NV. Services and in
Serment at Union, s. c. IL
Evening star., 1947-12-11

Mh Washington Council, No. 224,
y : :; J;
N~ Collins Funeral Home, 1921
W 4th st. NV, on Thursday,
December II. 1947, at 8 pm, for reci-
tation of prayers.
EUGENE BACZENAS. Grand Knight.
F. S. OBOLD, Fin. Sec. II
JUNIOR, GEORGE G. Members of
WASHINGTON General Assembly,
&A Fourth Degree, knights OF Co.
%S lumbus, are notified of the death
IS&A Of Sir Knight GEORGE G.,
ga JUNIOR, and are requested to
assemble at Francis j. Collins
Funeral Home 1921 14th st. NV,
on Thursday, December IL, 1947, at S:l5
for the recitation of
Evening star., 1947-12-11

December 8. 1947, at Walter
Reed General Hospital, ARTHUR
RAY RICHEY, late residence
47OO Somerset rd., Riverdalc
Md, the beloved son of Elmo
ord Edpi1 Pichey hrother nj
Evening star., 1947-05-01
BuIgorion Calls on Forces
To Maintain Preparedness

LONDON, May /. Russia's
Minister of the Armed Forces, Mix
olaf Bulganin, called on the Soviet
army. navy and airforce today to
maintain their fighting prepared
ness" in an order of the day
issued as millions celebrated May
Day-Europes Labor Day.
Many nations, which have veered
to the left since the war, Joined
with the Russians in observing the
day, holding mass rallies and pa
rades in capitals and other cities to
coincide with a show of Soviet mill
tary strength through Moscow's Red
Square.
It was a legal holiday for the
first time in Belgium and Norway.
Workers in France also got the day
off and in Russia a three e-day holi-
day was proclaimed as Moscow set
of the biggest May Day celebration
there since the war.
Banners denouncing Capitalist
exploitation" which in leftist ide-
ology has come to mean the United
States, flew from northern countries
to the Balkans. In Yugoslavia, the
Central Communist Party issued its
first May Day proclamation. in
which 1t accused American-led i'm
perialist cliques" Of provoking civil
war in Greece"
In Britain, the National Council
Evening star., 1947-05-01
|Sialin, Bevin Agree
To New Pact Talks
By the A.,oeios.d Pres.

LONDON, May IA Government
source said today Prime Minister
Stain and British Foreign Secre-
|tary Bevin had agreed at their Mos
COW meeting to resume talks between
Russia and Great Britain on re-
vision Of the Anglo-Soviet friend
ship treaty.
The informant, who may not be
identified by name, said Mr.. Stain
also expressed hope that Russia
would have wheat surplus after
the next harvest and that Great
Britain could get some If needed,
probably at a lower price than from
the United States or Canada.
Mr.. Beyin, who met with Mr..
Stain during the conference of
Foreign Ministers, was said to have
raised the question of treaty revi-
sion and asked Mr.. Stain what
amendments he wanted to the 20
year accord.
The leaders were declared to have
authorized Sir Maurice Peterson
and Sir Oliver Harvey for Great
Britain and Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister A. Y. Vishinsky to begin
talks for a revision. The inform
ant said that although difficulties
emerged In the talks on treaty revi-
sion, these sprang from Russia's
anxiety that Great Britain at no
stage should enter into any form of
an anti-Soviet political alliance.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
By Henry A. Muslin

The way cleared by presiden-
tial approval of the District day
light saving time bill, proponents
and opponents of "fast time
were preparing today to lay their
arguments before the Commits
sioners at a public hearing We'd
nesday.
The ink was scarcely dry on the
Presidents signature yesterday be-
fore the city heads announced the
hearing will be held at 10 am. in
the District Building board room.
The Commissioners stood ready to
hear large turnout. There was
even talk of arranging for use of a
more spacious room.
Scores of citizens are expected to
take advantage of the local option
feature of the bill. It directs the
Commissioners to invoke daylight
saving time if the hearing develops
a majority of favorable sentiment.
The measure also requires the
Commissioners to hear residents of
adjoining counties of Maryland and
Virginia who would be affected. The
decision, however. under the act,
depends on majority sentiment OF
District residents.
The Commissioners themselves
are split on the daylight saving
question, as indicated by previous
statements. Commissioner John
Russell Young is opposed to setting
clocks ahead here, but insists he will
60 along with the majority.
Commissioner Guy Mason would
like to see the District day begin
an hour earlier. Brig. Gen. Gordon
r. Young, Engineer Commissioner,
has taken no stand. His view is
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Veterans
Continued From First Page.)

Administration, Mr.. Wharton de-
clared. f''.* II
gc System Not Successful.
J. B. Townsend, assistant chief of
readjustment' allowances for the
Veterans Administration, admitted
the system has not proved very
successful" The agency, he said,
Is studying the problem.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Wharton said he
has offered to issue both subsistence
and unemployment payments. for
the agency 80 a complete list would
always be available" but that the
proposal was refused.
In some cases, the official de-
clared, veterans continue to get sub
sistence checks through no fault of
their own after they have dropped
out of school. More often" he
added, they are accepted know
ingly."
E. e. Odom, jr, assistant chief at
torney for the agency's Washington
regional Office, said about Is such
cases now are being reviewed to see
whether the veterans should be
prosecuted.
Ten other cases already are being
prepared for prosecution, according
to Assistant United States Attorney
Evan Davis. Mr.. Davis said three
veterans in the District so far have
peen prosecuted for the offense.
Evening star., 1947-05-01

Former Representative Hatton w.
Summers, Democrat, of Texas today
charged the Federal Government is
piled up with great volumes of
stuff" that should be handled in
stead by local government.
Mr.. Summers was chairman of
the House Judiciary Committee for
is years, and at today's ceremonies
an oil portrait was presented to the
committee by group of Dallas
friends. Mr.. Summers retired from
the House last year, declining to
run again. He had served "a years.
The big room was crowded with
Texans and many other congress
sional and official friends of Judge"
Summers. The principal tribute
was presented by Representative
Hobbs, Democrat, Of Alabama.
Better Craftsmanship Urged.
Although the ceremonies were not
to include response from Mr.. Sum-
ners, he took the occasion to declare
there would be better craftsmanship
in Washington If the members of
Congress were not loaded down with
SO much little stuff" - routine
duties.
There is not, and can't be at
Washington" he asserted, that
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Rockville Boys Death
Laid 10 MENINGITIS III, H..

The probable cause" of death
yesterday of a 4-year-old Rockville
(Md.) boy at Children's Hospital
was spinal meningitis, Deputy Coro-
ner Christopher J. Murphy said to-
day.
The child, Michael Bryant, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Bryant,
yesterday was being driven by his
parents to the hospital when he
began to have convlusions In Be-
thesda.
The Bethesda-C Chevy Chase first
aid corps was summoned and used a
resuscitator to keep the boy breath
ing. He was rushed to the hospital
by the first-aid corps, escorted by
Metropolitan Police.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Rites for Henry {. Amos
Held in Panama City, Fla.

Funeral services for Henry E
Amos, 81, former Washington area
resident, who died Monday at Pan
anna City, Fla, were held there
Tuesday, according to word received
here today.
Mr.. Amos, an accountant for the
Federal Public Housing Authority
died as a result of injuries received
in an automobile accident IN Florida
last week.
A native of Kensington, he at
tended Rockville High School and
the University of Maryland, anc
received a bachelor of arts degree
from George Washington Univer-
sity. He had been in Government
service for the last 13 years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Dorothy D. Amos; daughter, Mar
ion, 9, and son. William, 3, all of
St. Andrew, Fla; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William P. Amos; a
brother, Harold Amos; his grand
father, Gerhardt Topper, all of
1347 Madison street NV, and two
sisters, Mrs. Ellen Funkhouser
Kensington, and Mrs. Margaret
Turner, now on her way to Guam
to ioin her husband.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Mrs. Victoria Cowen, 81
Tennessee Native, Dies

Mrs. Victoria Magdalene Cowen,
81, who came to Washington from
Tennessee only few months ago.
died yesterday in a private nursing
home.
Mrs. Cowen was the widow of Ed
ward Cowen, a timber dealer from
McEwen, Tenn. She had lived at
1435 N street NV. since coming
here.
Surviving are two sons. Col. E. G..
Cowen, U. S. A., stationed in Ger
many, and Robertson Cowen. 1444 N
street NV: a daughter, DR.. Zoe
Cowen, head of the education de-
partment of Bob Jones College,
Cleveland. Tenn.
Funeral services will be held In
McEwen.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Hearing on D. c. Daylight Time
Expected to Pack Bourdroom

that the question Is one for the
people alone to decide.
The more cynical District Building
observers declared the whole thing
boiled down to which side will be
able to muster the biggest lobby
at the hearing.
Hearings when the bill was pend
ing in Congress indicated that a
majority of District resident want
daylight saving time. Newspaper
polls, hundreds of letters and testi-
n1ony by the Junior Board of Com
merce and other groups supported
the ayes"
AT the same time, new pro" and
con" views have continued to crop
up. Clark Griffith, president of the
Washington baseball club, added his
weight to the opposition yesterday.
He told the city heads he would
like to give his reasons at the hear
ing.
Favored for Recreation.
Meanwhile, the Recreationn De-
partment of the District and the
District Motor Club went on record
IN favor of daylight saving to per-
init an extra hour of daylight for
outdoor sports and to eliminate
near chaos" in travel schedules,
meal times, and the like.
The Recreation Board pointed out
that for two years it has been a
prime mover" in campaign to
obtain the legislation. Enactment,
it was said, will enable the Recrea-
ton Department ito extend its ac-
tivities, particularly sports and ath-
letic programs" ...
In a letter to Commissioner Young,
Washington I. Cleveland, manager
Of the District Motor Club of the
American Automobile Association,
declared local sentiment in his
opinion is overwhelmingly in favor
Of daylight saving" and the clubs
Advisory Board and Executive Com
mittee have approved the legislation
Evening star., 1947-05-01

high type of craftsmanship that
could come if these men had time
to study the great problems and
vital issues of the day."
The oil portrait, painted by Boris
B. Gordon, of Washington, was pre-
sented by Nathan Adams, Dallas
banker, who praised Mr.. Summers
as lone of the great constitutional
lawyers of this country"
Hailed for Suffrage Stand.
Mr.. Hobbs referred to commenda-
tions to Mr.. Summers for his long
fight for national representation
for the District, stand for which
he became particularly well known
here. He reviewed in some detail
Mr.. Summers service on the Judi
ciary Committee.
Representative Michener, Repub-
iican, of Michigan, present chair
man of the Judiciary Committee,
also spoke.
Among the guests at the ceremony
were Associate Justice Reed of the
Supreme Court, Senators Connally
and O'Daniel, Democrats, of Texas,
and Attorney General Clark.
Master of ceremonies for the pre-
sentation was Representative Cos
Sett, Democrat, of Texas.
Evening star., 1947-05-01

Of Labor, representing the Labor
Party, the Trades Union Congress
and the Cooperative Union, called
on workers everywhere to battle
"the forces of reaction. aiming at
imperialist domination and capital
ist exploitation OF the working peo-
Pile"
..@ London postponed its May Day
celebration until Sunday, when
Prime Minister, Attlee will speak at
aspublic rally.
Demonstrations were banned in
Greece. Stores were closed in
Rome. Labor and Communist
parties sponsored paraoes in the
north of Holland, but there was no
observance in predominately Cath
olic Southern provinces.
In Berlin, the Russians made a
special distribution of vegetables
and fruit as part of the May Day
observance.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Horun
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to the residents of the District and
the United States alike.
The formula works this way:
Take the percentage which fed
erally-owned acreage, including
parks, bears to the remainder of the
city acreage, exclusive of streets and
alleys. on July l of the preceding
fiscal year.
Multiply by this percentage figure
the total the District would have
received based on the assessment
and tax rate of the last fiscal year
if all land in the city was taxable
The answer is the Federal payment
The measure provides that the At
torney General can appeal to the
Board of Tax Appeals If he ques-
tions the assessments.
Example Presented.
An example of the, formula
figured for Federal payment for
the fiscal year beginning July /
would be:
The Government as of July /.
ls4b, owned 1890 acres out of a
total of 29,949. Thus the remain
ing acreage other than Federal is
the difference. or 16,959 acres. Fed
erally-owned land is thus 1856 per
cent of the remainder.
The 29,s49 acres was assessed at
$sO8, ,544, 4,186 as of last July l. Null
tiply this by the tax rate of SITS
per hundred dollars of assessed
value. This yields $500 ,523.25.
Take 1856 per cent of this figure
and the Federal payment of about
sl2,177,445 results.
1t was pointed out that the for
mula does not take into considera-
ton the value of improvements and
attempts to settle only one phase
OF the complex Federal District fin
ancial picture-land.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
u. NJ.
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be given a reasonable opportunity
to state its case for Palestine.
The Arab members, he said, have
had and will have full opportunity
to state their position.
Under the charter of the United
Nations, he went on, there is no
need to decide that Palestine is a
state and that the Jewish Agency
represents state. The Senator
pointed out that the Jewish Agency
is recognized in the Palestine Man
date as a public body representing
the Jewish people of Palestine on
all matters related by the Jewish
national home.
He warned that failure to give the
Jewish Agency chance to be heard
would be unfair and unjust, and
might well lead to the Interpretation
that the United States is pre-
Judging the situation"
Evening star., 1947-05-01
War Powers
Continued From First Page.)

Farm Credit Administration to the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora
ton the Federal credit union func-
tions which have been administered
by the FDIC under executive order
since 1912.
7. Place the functions of the Ad-
ministrator of the Wage and Hour
Division under the direction and
control of the Secretary of Labor
and authorizes that official to CO.
ordinate the administration of Fed
eral acts regulating wages and
hours on contracts for Federal pub
Lie works.
Savings Cannot Be Claimed.
The first War Powers Act ter
minuates six months after the end
OF the war or at such earlier date
as either Congress or the Presi-
dent may designate. In his message
transmitting the plans to Congress,
the President said that approx
mately l35 executive orders, includ-
ing those overhauling the internal
organization of the War and Navy
Departments and establishing most
of the emergency agencies had been
issued under the act.
The President explained that
savings cannot be claimed for his
program, since the existing organi-
zation is not to be changed.
He said, however, that the pro-
posals represent definite improve
ments IN administration" and that
increased expense and disruption
of operations would result" if these
various functions were to revert to
their previous status.
Mr.. Truman told Congress there
were other changes made under
Title / Of the first War Powers Act
and not included in the two plans
on which action should be taken be-
fore the act expires.
These, he explained, include the
basic changes made during the war
years in the internal organization
OF the War and Navy Departments
and the grouping of housing pro-
grams IN single agency. He point
cd out that the proposed legislation
1or national defense establish
ment provides for the retention of
the present internal organization of
the two departments.
The President also recommend
cd authorizing the Reconstruction
FINANCE Corp. to hquidate the func1
tons transferred to it from the
Smaller War Plants Corp,
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Mrs. J. G. Dement, Dies;
D. 6. Resident S. Years

Mrs. Clara Virginia Dement,, 81,
Washington resident for SIS years,
died yesterday at her home, 14O7
Shepherd street NV, after a long
illness.
Mrs. Dement, was the widow of
John G. Dement,, who operated a
feed and grain business in Wash
lngton for many years. She came
originally from Pomonkey, Charles
County, Md. She is survived by a
daughter. Mrs Emmett L. Fletcher.
who lives at the Shepherd street
address.
Funeral services will be held at
her home at 2 pm tomorrow, with
the Rev. J. j. Queally of Transfg-
uration Episcopal Church officiating
Burial will be in Congressional
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
u. n. Council Agrees
TO Publish Report on
World Police Sunday
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, May THE
United Nations Security Council
has agreed, by unanimous vote,
to release Saturday-for publ
cation Sunday-the first report
Of its Military Staff Committee
on the establishment of a world
police force.
Persons who have seen the re-
port, submitted to the Council
shortly before the midnight dead
line last night, said it would be un-
wise to expect too much, since the
report does not touch on the sub
stance OF the question and the COM
mittee has settled nothing on how
the proposed police force actually
should operate.
The committee, representing the
chiefs Of STAFF of the Big Five pow
ers, informed the Security Council
that it considered mo secrecy at
tached to the report"
The Security Council also voted
last night to consider Hungary's ap-
plication to become the 56th mem
ber of the United Nations, rejecting
an Australian proposal to postpone
action because Hungary is still an
enemy state"
The Australian delegate, Col. w.
r. Hodgson, found himself minor
1ty OF one on three separate votes
on the question and Hungary's ap-
plication was sent to the member
ship for consideration "at the ap-
propriate time"
Col. Hodgson maintained that
the Hungarian peace treaty had
not been ratified. by any of the
major powers except Britain and
that Hungary would remain an
enemy country until the treaty Is
ratified by all Allied powers"
Another thing" he added. ap-
parently in reference to Soviet oc-
cupation, Hungary is not a SOW
ereign state"
The Military Committee report,
called by informants who have seen
1t merely a basic report" was said
to reflect the fact that Russia and
the western powers were at odds
on the main points, listed as:
l. Withdrawal of world police
troops after an emergency. Russia
was said to have argued that these
troops should return to their home
lands after an emergency and not
to a nearby country.
2. How members of the United
Nations would contribute forces and
how many. Russia was said to have
insisted that contributions should
be man for man, ship for ship and
plane for plane, while other powers
contended the size of the contrib
uting powers armed forces should
be considered.
3. Should the various member
states agree to turn over bases for
use Of an international police force?
EuSsai was described as being un-
able to foresee any such necessity
until an emergency arose, while
the United States and Great Brit
ain took the view that agreements
for the use of bases should exist in
advance of an emergency.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
E. Y. Brown
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as approved by the Commissioner
limits use of the building to the
basement and ground floor. The
second floor would be blocked of
until some future time.
Original plans to remodel the
building called for spending 1000.
But this estimate rose to $4,000
when the city's new fire code and
high building costs were taken into
account.
Alarmed at the mounting cost OF
the project, the Commissioners early
this month asked the Recreation and
Library Boards to wbittle the plans
down to fit the city's limited funds
The new estimate is the result.
Mr.. Christensen explained that
the second floor was to have been
used for meetings and special groups
and that the main elements of the
center - the auditorium, canteen
lounge, toilet facilities, recreation
rooms and craft workshops-are left
untouched in the new plan.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Philippine Probers Told
OF Surplus Sale Suvinqs
BY the Associofed Press

MANILA, May IA Philippine
House investigating committee was
told yesterday that the republic
was saved $250,000 by the direct in
tervention of Filipino government
representatives in surplus property
sales made by the United States
Foreign Liquidation Commission.
The statement was made by Hans
Menzi, chief of the division of con-
trols, as the committee launched it's
inquiry into reports that millions
in surplus property was lost by
pilferage
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Brooks Perring Heads
Silver Spring Rotary

H. Brooks Perring was elected
president of the Silver Spring Ro-
tary Club yesterday, succeeding
John r. Fagan.
Other officers elected are J. H.
Nief, vice president; Charles
Graham, secretary; Lawrence Lutes,
treasurer, and John Clifford and DR..
w. B. Mehring, directors.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Bette Duvis' Buby Born

SANTA ANA. Calf, May / (P).-
Thirty -nine-year-old Bette Davis
first child, a 7-pound daughter, was
born today by caesarean section
at Community Hospital. DR.. VIM
cent Carroll said, both ARE doing
nicely.''
Evening star., 1947-05-01
May Day
Continued From First Do

1Contlnued From First Page.)
by the long lines of civilians. Lead
ing the second section of the march
were sport groups, attired in white
trousers and skirts and green and
blue sweaters. Behind them came
thousands more civilians in ordi-
nary dress carrying the customary
banners and signs.
Crowds out for the parade cheered
and applauded Mr.. Stain as he
emerged from the Kremlin with his
party and walked up the stairs to
the tribune atop Ienin's tomb
Evening star., 1947-05-01
RARE SALES
OPPORTUNITY

An outstanding salesman is wanted by
Griffith Consumers with the opportunity
to make responsible position for himself,
while building up sales of trade items
whose unit value is $500 to $4,000. Sue
cessful applicant must have initiative and
ability to absorb himself in work entrusted
to him. If you have references and
serious-minded approach to real business
career, see Mr. R. W. May at Griffith-Con
sumers, 1413 New York Avenue NV.
Evening star., 1947-05-01

Administration, Mr.. Wharton de-