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Evening star., 1947-02-16

The 215th anniversary Of George
Washingtons birth will be cele-
brated Saturday with ceremonies
featuring speeches by Secretary Of
War Patterson and Attorney Cen
eral Clark.
Mr.. Clark will speak twice. His
first appearance will be at a pro-
gram sponsored jointly by four
American Revolution patriotic Or
ganizations at 1890 am. at Memo
rial Continental Hall, Seventeenth
and D streets NV.
The Attorney General also Is
scheduled to make a radio address
from the Statler Hotel at $50 pm.
as part of a dinner and ball of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Mr.. Patterson will speak from the
portico of Mount Vernon, partici-
pating in a program from1 to 1:30
pm. Arranged as part ofehe Amer
ican Legion's annual tribute to the
first President, the address will be
broadcast to the Nation and ampli-
fed at Mount Vernon over a public
address system.
Legion Ceremonies Planned.
The Legion program will start at
1880 pm. when its national guard OF
honor leads hundreds of Legion
naires to the Washington Tomb for
the placement of wreaths by Donald
Stanley" commander of George
Washington Post / of Washington
and other District and Virginia post
officials.
Other Legion units will provide a
backdrop of massed colors and BAN
ners, and the Army Air Forces Band
will play. Legion National Com
mander Paul H. Griffith will share
the radio time briefly with Secretary
Patterson.
AS in previous years, there will be
no admission fee to the public en-
tering Mount Vernon on Washing
tons birthday.
The VFW's all-day celebration
gets under way at 8 am. with the
formation of cavalcade at Seven
teenth and M streets NV, which
will proceed to Alexandria with a
police escort. Maj. Gen. Harry II.
Vaughan, President Truman's aide,
will to lay a wreath at Washington's
tomb on behalf of the President at
about II am.
congressman to Participate.
Wreaths then will be placed by
Louis E. Starr, national commander
of the VFW, and Mrs. Sally Can
non of youngstown, Ohio, national
commander of the women's auxili-
ary.
A procession Of congressman and
VFW department officials will place
wreaths for every State, as well as
Alaska, Puerto Rico and Hawaii.
Robert Goffart, a member Of the
Benjamin Franklin Post No. sos Of
Paris, will place a wreath for
France.
After a luncheon in the George
Mason Hotel at 1890 pm, the VFW
will stage its annual parade in Alex
andria, starting at 2 pm. and fea-
turing 18 musical units. Drum and
bugle corps from as far as Philadel-
phia and Yorktown will participate
in a marching competition.
The dinner and ball at which Mr..
Clark will speak is scheduled for
7:30 pm. in the Congress and presi-
dental rooms of the Hotel Statler.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
France Bars Papers
From Publication if
They Give Pay Boost!
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Feb. 15.-The Govern
ment stepped into the Paris news
paper strike today with a ruling
from the Ministry of Information
barring any paper from publishing
if it granted demands from me-
chanical workers for a Is percent
wage increase.
The stand was taken to prevent
some publishers from bowling to the
workers demands and to protect
other publishers who contend they
cannot afford a general wage in
crease The strike kept all 50 Paris
daily newspapers from publishing
for a second day, and no prospect
of a settlement appeared.
However, the pressroom workers
of the capitals two English Ian
guage morning newspapers, the
European edition of the New York
Herald Tribune and the continental
edition of the London Daily Mail,
voted to go back to work tonight In
the name of 'Franco-American
amity" and Friendship for Britain. p"
They will be paid at their old rate
pending outcome of the strike.
The government ban does not
apply, it was explained, If the
workers go back to their jobs with
out any change in wages or condi-
tions. The principal French news
agency, Agence France-Presse, re-
sumed operations under such an
agreement.
The government, which has been
battling a general wage increase
sought by the Communicated Con-
federation Generate du Travail,
Frances largest labor organization,
gave no sign of retreat. 1t said,
however, that it was prepared to
lift "abnormally low" wages to a
minimum of $500 francs ($62.5O
monthly. Wages in the publishing
trade are above that figure.
France appeared to have recovered
quickly from the nationwide call
for the four hour strike yesterday
of civil servants, who demonstrated
in favor of the Is per cent increases.
Communications and postal services
chiefly were affected. A one-hour
transport shutdown in Paris snarled
traffic, but absence of newspapers
robbed the Paris demonstrations OF
much of their impact, since state
ments of labor and government
could not gain circulation.
Evening star., 1947-02-16

la bookcase with articles OF dtnerent
faiths and mementoS Of different
countries contributed by the chill
dren. ....
Mrs. Helen Springman is faculty
adviser of the club.
The club will appear on a youth
forum over Radio Station WWDC
at $40 pm. Thursday. A dramatic
skit, in full costume, will be pre-
sented during the school assembly
at 2::30 pm. Friday.
Other schools in the District area
will observe the week with programs.
Among them will be an address by
DR.. Mordecai Johnson. president OF
Howard University, at the Amer
ican University Chapel on Thurs
day.
Two films will be presented at
Shaw Junior High School at 11:50
am. Tuesday and film will be
shown at the Riverdale (Md) Ele-
mentary School, at 1:30 pm. Friday.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
ear-ExpIosive' Unused
AS Bank HoIdup Fails
BY the Associated Press

DETROIT, Feb. 15.-A young
bandit, brandishing two walls OF
"nitroglycerin," was captured by
police today a minute after he
passed a holdup note to an executive
of a midtown branch bank.
Detective 1t James Maher identi-
fled him as Henry G. Benson, 81
and said he was held without
charge for investigation of armed
robbery.
The officer said Benson, an anna
teur chemist, had concocted the
bottled mixture himself and hao
come within hairs breadth OF
creating q powerful explosive.
George w. Blatchford. manager
of the bank, stepped on police
alarm button when the youth de-
manded money. Cruising squad
cars stopped before the bank a
minute later, 1t. Maher said, and
five police officers overpowered
BENSON
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Loyalty Groups 10 Ask
More Discretion in
Firinq Subversives
By Joseph Young

The Presidents Civil Rights Com
named to investigate loyalty
in the Government, will submit its
recommendations to the White
House within the next few days. The
commission is expected to ask that
Federal agencies be given greater
freedom and discretion in firing en-
ployes suspected of Communistic
leaningS.
Specific legislative proposals are
expected to be contained in the re-
port to remove the hindrances fac
ing Government officials when they
seek to fire suspected subsersive en-
ployes.
The special commission is headed
by A. Dewitt Vanech. special as
sistant to Attorney General Clark,
who has worked very closely with the
group in drafting its final proposals.
The other members of the commits
sion are Assistant Secretary Of State
Donald S. Russell, Assistant Secre-
tary of War Kenneth C. Royal,
Undersecretary of the Navy John L.
Sullivan and Harry B. Mitchell,
president of the Civil Service Com
mission.
Present System Weak.
Although the commission is re-
ported to be anxious that the civil
rights of Government employees be
protected, the members also believe
that the present system for re-
moving disloyal employees is not
strong enough to protect the Fed
eral service against Communist In
filtration.
Under the present system an
agency needs beyond doubt
proof that an employe is a. Com
munist before the suspected en-
ploye can be fired. Consequently.
Federal agency heads have been
forced to retain suspected subver-
sive employees because they lacked
the necessary proof, that even
though they were certain in their
own minds that the worker in ques-
tion was guilty.
Mr.. Clark has indicated that he
favors legislation authorizing agen-
cies to fire employees If there is
strong suspicion of subversive &C
tivity without actual proof. How
to accomplish this and yet guar
antee Federal employees the right
to a fair hearing has been one OF
the main problems facing the COM
mission.
Applicants Poorly Checked.
Another feature of the report will
be recommendations to strengthen
the Governments loyalty investiga-
tion system for Federal job appli-
cants. The present system has
broken down almost completely due
to the Civil Service Commissions
failure to get funds to do an ade-
quate job. However, even in former
years there never was an adequate
system of investigating every Fed
eral job applicant.
Mr.. Vanech said his group will
meet at 10 am. tomorrow to put
finishing touches on the report.
The commission started its as
signment nearly four months ago.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Chicago Actress Weds
Nuremberg Interpreter
BY the Associated Press

NUREMBERG, Feb. IS. Maxine
Gladys cooper, %, Chicago actress.
and Wolfe H. Frank, "a, chief inter-
prefer at the war crimes trials, were
married here today.
MIR. Frank is a British Broadcast
ing Corp. commentator and a
former captain in the British Army
He met Miss Cooper when she was
touring the European theater with
a stage show.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Company Offer Ends
|Sitdown OF Is Miners,
Sympathy Strikes
BY tho Associated Press

LANSFORD, Pa, Feb. 15.-Claim-
ing victory in a fight over docked
pay, 13 weary and grimy anthracite
miners today ended a sitdown strike
which had kept them 800 feet under
ground nearly three days.
The bedraggled band. apparently
none the worse for the long siege,
walked out Of Lehigh Navigation
Coal Company's Lansford colliery
after management pledged to pay
wages deducted for failure to work
a full day.
The strike led to a general SYM
pathy work stoppage by 5000 dig
gers in the company's Panther
Valley mines, which produce 5000
tons Of coal daily. United Mine
Workers officials expected action
during the week end to permit quick
resumption of operations.
Chairman Fred Gallagher of the
Lansford colliery union committee
said the agreement provided that
consideration miners" such as the
sitdowners, will work full time here
after or arrange with officials for
shorter hours in event of abnormal
conditions.
Pay Fluctuates.
Consideration miners, who develop
new areas in the pits, are paid on
a production basis until the going
becomes too hard, then draw fiat
pay of SOTO daily.
The sitdowners claimed heat
smoke and dust prevented them put
ting in full time without endanger-
ing their health. They struck on
grounds that pay had been docked
as much as $50 in some cases. The
company said it wanted miners to
live up to their contract.
The sitdowners heard the scom-
,pany offer during three-hour cen
ference with UNIV District ~Presi-
dent Martin F. Brennan in the 40
by-20-foot mine chamber which they
had made home since Wednesday
night. Then the haggard, unshaven
group came to the surface.
"I would have stayed there until
Easter If necessary" declared one.
/ Men Rush Home.
After sleeping on benches during
the long stay in the cold, damp
gangways, the men headed for home
and bed. Steve Nemeth rushed to
his wife who is expecting baby.
Mr.. Gallagher said both the sit
downers and other miners appeared
pleased with the company offer. One
striker declared, ''It was just set
tlement. That's what we wanted"
The sitdown was the first such
portest in the eastern Pennsylvania
anthracite fields since 1887, when A
diggers stayed 1900 feet under
ground for week in a wage dispute
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Gen. Cobbs Awarded
DSM at Pentuqon

Brig. Gen. Nicholas H. Cobbs, $3.50
Prospect avenue NV, has been
awarded the Distinguished Service
Medal for outstanding services as
chief finance officer and fiscal di-
rector in the European theater from
June, 1912, to October, 1945.
The presentation was made at the
Pentagon by Maj. Gen. William H
Hasten, chief of Army finance. Gen
Cobbs, who has been in the Army
since 1917, now is deputy admins.
traitor for fiscal services in the War
Assets Administration.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Citizens Meeting Called

The Stonewall Jackson Citizens
Association will meet at 8 pm. to-
morrow, at the Stonewall Jackson
School, Arlington. Malcolm D.
Miller, member of the Citizens
Committee for School improvement,
will speak on the county referendum
concerning the selection OF the
school board.
Evening star., 1947-02-16

Shown planning the Memorial Continental Hall observ
George Washngons birthday which this will be
direction of the Children of the American Revolution
seaed) Caroline T. Qeft) junior State chap
an Miss Harriet Skinner junior State vice president and
standng) Robert Boyd ir, who will lead the pledge of
allegiance Spruce junior State president
the District Chapter The group met yesterday at 1927 Six
teenth street NV. Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1947-02-16

Payments on your home are
made easy by renting a room.
Renting a room is made easy
by advertising in The Star.
Call National 5000. Open 8
am. to II pm.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Consider-
able cloudiness, but with little SUM-
shine today, with the highest tenn
perature about "A. Tomorrow mostly
cloudy, and not much change in
temperature.
Maryland and Virginia-Consid-
cradle cloudiness, but with little
sunshine today and tomorrow.
Colder today, and not much change
in temperature tomorrow.
Rive. Report,
(Fron the United States Engineers,
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, clear
at Harpers Ferry.
Temperature and Humidity.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitati ton in inches
CapitaI tcurrent month to date):
Evening star., 1947-02-16

(Readings at washington National Airport.
Temperature Humldit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-04

h1Irai ,, Plan OF the City of Wilmington,
The successful bidder will he reG,,irs7
TO deposit 1870 of his bid with the Com
missioner. o4'A
Dated and posted this the 3rd day Of
September, 1947. -' "a
CLAYTON c. HOLMES.
COMMISSIONER.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-04
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF RrAI.
ESTATE

Under and by virtue of the power and
authority duly given by a Judgment nj
the Superior Court of New Hanover
County in that proceeding therein pend
ing entitled, "City of Wilmington, North
Carolina, New Hanover County and c.
vollers, Norman F. Cordes and wife
Marie Cordes, Joe Verzaal and wife
Mrs. Joe Verzaal, c. A. Almand and
wife, Dorothy Almand, and John Cole
and wife. Mrs. John Cole (Sole heirs at
law of Mrs. A. L. Heins),'' the under
signed Commissioner will on Monday,
the Courthouse door of New Hanover
County, offer for sale and sell at public
sale to the last and highest bidder for
cash subject to confirmation by the
Court, the following described property
lying and being in the City of Whining
ton, N. c.:
BEGINNING at a point in Block 1ss
according to the official plan of the City
of Wilmington, N: c., which point is
the Western line of Lot No. of said
Block; running thence from said begin
ming point Westwardly and parallel with
Chestnut Street 80 feet; thence North
wardly and parallel with the Western
line Of Lot No. Of said Block 80 feet
more or less to the Southern line Of
McCumber's Alley; thence Northeast
wardly along the Southern line of Nc
Cumber's Alley 40 feet more or less to
the Western line of Lot No. as afore-
said; thence Southwardly along the
Western line of Lot No. 9 to the point
of beginning; the same being part OF
Lot 8 of Block 1873 according to the Of
fictal plan of the City of Wilmington.
The successful bidder will be required
to deposit 1870 of his bid with the Com
missioner.
Dated and posted this the 3rd day of
September, 1947.
COMMISSIONER.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-04
Dean OF Cameramen
Advocates Color

NEW YORK, --W.D- Capt. Ed
ward Steichen, dean of American
photographers, believes that ulti-
mately all photography will be in
color.
Steichen, who had retired, re-
turned officially to his lenses re-
Gently when he became director of
the department of photography at
the Museum of Modern Art.
He said that while camera wiz
ards are producing all kinds of
gadgets, they have paid little at
tention to the development of col
or. He said he could not under
stand why black and white pho
tographers have neglected color.
''When the sky resembles cur
rant jelly it carries us away" he
said. "But a spectrum beauty isn't
always character. Look at the soft
ness of those grays in the buildings
across the street, the dull tone of
that fire escape, the subtle hues
Of those curtains.
Catching these, and giving
meaning to them-that would be
camera art.'' S
Steichen said his first exhibition
would be news photographs.
'The great thing in photogra-
phy," he said, ''is to seize the in
slant of reality and transfer it
imaginatively into drama, laughter
or some feeling that arouses emo
tion..''
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-04
STATE P0LlSHES
| OFFENSIVE PLAY

RALEIGH, Sept. 3. - B IN.
c. State College football candi-
dates today held a secret practice
which head coach Beattie Feathers
said was devoted to polishing the
ohense.
He expressed pleasure over the
passing Of Charlie Richkus q
Ogden Smith, veteran tailbacks,
and also cited the excellent kick
ing Of Leslie Footsie) Palmer,
another holdover veteran from the
1916 eleven.
The. offensive sessions were
limited to full-speed work by the
linemen, who worked on pass and
kicking protection.
Running on the first team:
Ends-George Blomquist and al
Phillips; tackles-Jim Rees and
Ted Dostanko; guards;-Charlie
Musser and Bernie Watts; center
Harold Saunders; backs-Charlle
Richkus, Bob Bowlby, o. X. Boze-
man, and Leslie (Footsie) Palmer.
The second team lineup:
Ends-Freddie' Miller and Bill
Santan; tackles-Tom Gould and
Fred Wagner; guards - John
Wagner and Tom Joyce; center
Hiram MutD Sykes; Backs -
Ogeen Smith, Harry McLeob, Bill
Thompson, and George Allen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-04
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF REAL
ESTATE

Under and by virtue of the power and
authority duly given by a judgment Of
tne Superior Court of New Hanover
county in that proceeding therein pend
ing entitled. "City of Wilmington, North
Saronna, New Hanover County and C.
Il. Morse, City County Tax Collector v;
VIM. M. Hill and wife, Clara B. HILL
the undersigned Commissioner will on
Monday, October 6, 1947, at IL o'clock
noon moor at the Courthouse door of New
hanover County, offer for sale and
sen at public sale to the last and highest
olooer for cash subject to confirmation
oy the Court the following described
property lying and being in the City
OF Wilmington. N. c.:
BEGINNING at a point in the Eastern
Mne OF Love Street or (Alley) e6 feet
North OF the Northern line of Harnett
street; running thence Eastwardly and
parallel with Harnett Street rs feet;
thence Northwardly and parallel with
Love Street or (Alley) 66 feet; thence
Westwardly and parallel with Harnett
street rs feet to the Eastern line of
Love Street or (Auey); thence South
Wardly along the Eastern line of Love
street or (Alley) 66 feet to the point of
beginning; the same being part of Lot
NO in Block No. 308 according to the
official plan of the City of Wilmington
The successful bidder will be required
to deposit 1919 of his bid with the Com
missioner.
Dated and posted this the 3rd day of
September, 1947.
CLAYTON c. HOLMES,
COMMISSIONER
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-04
CONGO AND U. S.
PROMOTE TRADE
Uranium Deposits Pro-
mote Congo Trade
With U.S..
BY LEROY KELLER

OAtcU fTcSS StdII correspondent
LEOPOLDVILLE, Belgian Con-
go. W.G-The United States is mum.
ber one customer today of the
booming Belgian Congo, according
to Deputy Governor General Leon
Petition.
All of the uranium production OF
the rich Katanga district and
about sixtq' per cent of the on.
go's total production of cop
per, tin, cobalt, tungsten, radium
and palm nut oil move across the
ocean to the United States. Like
wise, Petition added. more than
half of all imports into the Congo
come from the United Sta tes.
The United States achieved its
present important position ir the
Congo economy during the war,
when it started the uranium pur-
chases for the atomic bomb ex-
pertinent. Petition said the govern
ment hoped to restore Belgium to
the top place it held before the
war.
Uranium Hush-Hush
Uranium still is a highly secret
subject in this Central African col
cny, although it is known that
valuable deposits have been dis
covered in Portuguese Angola.
and, according to Prime Minister
Jan Christian Smuts, there is
plenty of it in South Africa.
The present Prosperous Condi-
ton Of the Congo was brought
about in three stages, Petition
said. Spread across the equator in
the heart of Central Africa, and
possessed of a 4,000-mile-long
river that is navigable in long
sections throughout the year, the
Congo first achieved commercial
importance as a source Of rub
Der and ivory. Before that the
river was a highway for slave
traffic.
The second period, under King
Leopold II, brought huge invest
ments Of capital into the colony
for the development of the
mineral and diamond mines.
Today, the Congo has passed
to the third stage, which includes
industrial and agriculture enter
prises. The largest textile manu-
featuring company in Africa is To-
Gated here. Silk production is ex-
tensively cultivated.
Butter, once brought all the way
from New Zealand, now is flown
in from the Lake Kivu plateau re-
gion via Sabena Belgian cargo
planes. In the Same planes are
sent fresh vegetables grown in the
temperate climate of the interior.
Ivory, once a rich prize for the
jungle adventure, has dwindled
in Importance to insignificance.
There has been no elephant
hunting since the war, and what
little ivory is available comes
from the interior via the natives.
Alcazar is the Spanish Moor
ic61 poyoA for oaef1A
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-04
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF REAL
ESTATE

Under and by virtue of the power and
authority duly given by judgment of
the Superior Court of New Hanover
County in that proceeding therein pend
ing entitled, City of Wilmington, North
Carolina. New Hanover County and c.
R. Morse, City-County Tax Collector VS.
Annie Jordan Severy and husband.
Robert T. Severy, Annie Bell Jordan,
James R. Jordan. Leroy Jordan, Richard
Jordan, Willie Jordan, Samuel Jordan,
Henry Jordan, (SoIe heirs at law of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-04
ADMINISTRATRIx's NOTICE

The undersigned having qualified as
Administrative of the Estate of Thomas
c. Ellers, deceased, late Of New Han
over County, this is to notify all per
sons having claims against said Estate
to present them to the undersigned at
312 South Sixth Street, Wilmington, N
c., on or before the 28th day of August
1913 or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons indebted
to said Estate will please make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
This 28th day of August 1947.
NORA LEE ELLERS, Adm. Est. OF
Thomas c. El1ers, deceased.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-04
TRAFFIC. IMPERlLS
1924 GROUP

CHICAGO, -U.H- The National
Safety Council finds traffic acci-
dents more numerous in the IS to "a
age group than in any other ex-
cept that Of persons 65 and over.
In its Accident Facts" an an
nual statistical yearbook, the coun-
Gil said there were "a traffic
deaths among persons Is to "a
years old per 100000, population in
1916.
In the Is to A age group, there
were % deaths per 100000, Is in
the As to 64 age group, IL in the
to IA class and IL among children
up to four years of age. Fifty
deaths per 100000 were recorded in
the 65-year and older bracket.
The high death rate among elder
ly persons was attributed to the
fact that many Of them die of
traffic injuries a younger person
might survive. and also to the
large number of pedestrians in
that age group.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-04
YOUNG SOLDIER SELLS
FRIENDS ON ARMY

SANTA FE, N. M. WD-If sol
dier can take a postman's holi-
day, that's what Pvt. Albertino
Casados is doing.
Here on furlough from Fort Ord,
CAL, 17-year-old Casados is n o
forgetting the postwar army Cor a
minute. He hardly had time to
see the hometown sights again be-
fore he ushered two friends to the
army recruiting station to enlist.
Two days later, he brought in two
more. After they were signed up,
the eager private told the COM
manding officer that two more OF
his buddies would be in later.