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Evening star., 1947-03-12
YugosIav Envoy Denies
Nation S Food Is ADEQUATE
BY the Associated Press /,

Sava N. Kosanovic, Yugoslay. Am
bassador to the United States, yes
terday took issue with State Depart
ment reports that "the Yugoslav
government has repeatedly and pub
licly stated its supplies of food are
adequate to meet essential demands
until the next harvest"
The department has ruled that
Yugoslavia must present clear evi-
dence that a real need now exists"
before getting authority to buy grain
from this country.
Mr.. Kosanovic said in a state
ment that on February 13 he pre-
sented a memorandum to Acting
Secretary of State Acheson "ex-
pressing our grave concern over the
food situation in Yugoslavia
The Ambassador said the UNRRA
mission in Yugoslavia had made it
clear "at all times, in carefully doc
umented findings, that the food sit
uation in Yugoslavia after two con-
secutive years of drought is critical" "
He acknowledged that the Bel
grade newspaper Politika published
an article on January Is stating that
the food situation was mot one of
extreme crisis" but declared that
the newspaper acted Gin an effort to
avoid undue public alarm"
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Mrs. Charles Lyman
Rites Sci for FRIDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Cor
nelia F. Lyman, sS, widow of Charles
Lyman, president of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission from 1889 to 1893
will be held. at II am. Friday in the
Pennington (Conn.) Episcopal
Church. Burial will be in Farm
ington.
Mrs. Lyman, a native of New
York, died in Hartford, Conn, on
Monday. She had been an invalid
for the last five years.
A Washington resident from 1910
when she married Mr.. Lyman, until
1886, she lived at the Wardman
Park Hotel after the death of her
husband in 1918.
Mr.. Lyman, a veteran of the Civil
War, spent most of his life in Gov
ernment service. He was named
to the Civil Service Commission in
1885. Three years later he was
appointed commission president, a
title later changed to chairman. In
1893 Mr.. Lyman was named chief
Of the Division of Appointments OF
the Treasury, position he held
until his death.
Surviving Mrs. Lyman is a STEP
daughter, Mrs. Mabel Seidemann
Of the Ontario Apartments, Ontario
road and Eighteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Sales Tax Denounced
Al brookIand Meetinu

Herbert S. Wood, president of the
Potomac Cooperative Federation
denounced the proposed 2 per cent
sales tax for the District, in address
ing the Brookland Citizens Associa-
ton last night.
THE best insurance against de-
preston" he said, 'is avoiding the
burdening of low-income groups
The proposed sales tax would work
a greater hardship on this group
They would pay approximately IL
per cent of income In sales taxes,
while higher income groups would
pay only about 3 of l per cent on
this tax"
He pointed out this measure would
make tax collectors of local mer-
chants and asserted it would result
ultimately in a loss in gross sales
in the District.
The association voted to reiterate
its recent stand favoring daylight
saving time for Washington. 1t
also favored retention of ice cream
sales by volume in the District.
Arthur B. McNerney, president
announced the April association
meeting would be devoted to the
election of officers and would be held
on the third instead of the second
Monday, owing to the Easter holi-
days.
The meeting was held in the
Brookland School, Tenth and Mon
roe street NE.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Italian Mission 10 U. s.
To Discuss Friendship Pact
BY the Associated Pres,

ROME, Mar. IA member of an
Italian Economic Mission which is
to leave soon for the United States
said today that one of its detectives
would be to learn whether a treaty
of friendship between Italy and the
United States is possible.
The mission will be headed BY
Ivan Matteo Lombardo, prominent
member of the prof. Communist wing
Of Italian Socialism.
An Italian economic mission
headed by DR.. Donate Menichella,
director of the Bank of Italy, Is
now in London.
The mission to the United States
will seek, the member said:
l. Accords on the economic clauses
of the Italian peace treaty.
2. Contacts to determine whether
treaties of friendship, commerce and
navigation between Italy and the
United States are possible.
8. Fuller information on the Bret
ton Woods agreement. y
Evening star., 1947-03-12
7 Charged With Larceny
After Account Of Hold Up

The manager Of a dairy products
store and her male acquaintance to-
day awaited grand jury action on
charges growing out of an alleged
false report to police of a robbery at
the store early yesterday.
Lauretta j. Nichols, 20, colored
and James E. Tillman, %, colored
both Of the 340O block of Fifteenth
street Sc, were being held in $500
and $1,000 bond, respectively. The
girl was charged with larceny after
trust and Tillman with grand lar
ceny.
At hearing before Judge Ellen
Raedy in Municipal Court, Dectec-
tive Sergt. Herbert C. Young of the
robbery squad testified he responded
to robbery report made yesterday
by the Nichols girl. He said she
reported a man had robbed her OF
$65 in receipts as she was opening
the High store which she manages
in the 1900 block of Nichols avenue
Sc
The detective continued that when
the girl became "a little vague" as
to the mans description, she was
taken to headquarters where she
admitted she had given the money
to Tillman the night before.
Both defendants pleaded not
guilty in court but did not testify
in the hearing.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Board Approves SIS
Retail Trades WAGE

The Minimum Wage and Indus
trial Board yesterday approved the
recommendations of the Retail
Trades Occupational Conference to
raise the minimum weekly wages Of
women and minors employed in the
retail trades in Washington from
SIT to SIS. =
The board also approved the rec
ommendation to define the work
week as between SO and A hours.
They also approved the recon-
mendation making IS cents an hour
the pay for part time workers.
The board will advertise the fnd-
ings Of the council for four weeks in
the daily newspapers and then hold
public hearings. The hearings will
begin on April 10 in the boards
conference room in the Municipal
Center, and the wage order is ex-
pected to go into effect so days after
the hearings close. 49,
The only exception to the wages
set will be for students working less
than 36 hours a week. This wage
is set at SIS cents an hour Tor the
nrst nine months and IS cents an
hour thereafter.
The recommendation not toain.
ciude tips as part of the basic wage
also was approved by the board.
The board includes Mrs. Albert
Atwood and Fred C. THOMPSON.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Truman Cancels S155,OOO
Request for Archives Space

Congress paused in its business Of
Icutting appropriations today to read
a report from President Truman
that the National Archives Build
ing can get along without spending
l$l55 900 it originally asked for extra
space.
The President wrote that a survey
lof Government space requirements
for 1948 disclosed some room will
be available in Federal Office Build
ing No. at Suitland, Md. Earlier
this year the budget estimates in
cluded $235 900 for construction Of
an extension to the Archives Build
ing.
The proposed construction now
will be unnecessary because the
Suitland space, originally reserved
for the Census Bureau, can be used
for the immediate needs" of the
National Archives. President Tru-
man noted, however, that $4,000 of
the originally requested $235, 900 still
Is necessary to buy equipment for
storage of records.
Evening star., 1947-03-12

job along with the vice chairman
ship.
Mr.. Ewing, a New York attorney
was acting Democratic chairman
for time last year when Mr.. Han
negan was absent from headquarters
because of i'll health.
Attorney General Clark an
nounced Mr.. Ewing's appointment
as q special assistant, to act as chief
prosecutor in the treason trial of
Douglas Chandler and Robert Best
at Boston.
Chandler and Best, Americans,
were arrested in Germany by the
American Army of occupation.
They are accused of broadcasting
propaganda from Germany.
The two are to be tried at Boston
because the Army plane which w"s
flying them to Washington from
Germany last December had to
make a brief forced landing at
Westover Field, Mass. The law re-
quires trial on treason charges at
the place where the accused enters
the country.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
DR.. Mary Jane Walters
Funeral Rites Held Here

Funeral services for DR.. Mary
Jane Walters, SO, former Washing
ton resident who died Friday at
Lawton Veterans Hospital, Atlanta
were held yesterday in the Birch
funeral home, 3034 M street NV
Burial was in Lewinsville, Va.
DR.. Walters attended Western High
School here, and was a graduate OF
Goucher College, Baltimore, and
the University of Pennsylvania Med
ical School.
A one-time physician at VassaI
College, she was appointed psychia-
trist at the Pennsylvania State Hos
pital, Norristown, in 1910. She left
there in 1914 when commissioned q
captain in the Army Medical Corps
She joined the staff of the Lawson
Hospital after her discharge from
the Army at the end of the war.
Surviving DR.. Walters are her
mother. Mrs. Katherine Walters;
two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Wendelin
and Mrs. Katherine B. Ellinger, ali
of Washington. and three brothers,
Raymond S. Walters, Marietta, Ca; !;
Robert M. Walters, Marietta, Ga,
and George F. Walters, Washington.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
CARE Ananges to Send
Clothing Parcels 10 Europe

An addition to the CARE program
of assistance to families in II war
devastated European countries is a
wooden package containing material
and accessories for making clothing
in the home, it was announced
yesterday.
Paul Comfy French, general man,
ager of the nonprotit, Government
approved cooperative corporation
of voluntary welfare agencies, said
the latest type package, like those
containing food or blankets, may
be ordered at cost of $40 with
delivery to designated individuals
or groups guaranteed.
Countries to which the package
may be sent are Austria, Belgium,
Czechoslovakia, Finland, France,
Greece, Italy, the Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Romania, Hungary
and Germany (American, British
and French zones and all of Berlin) !.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Breed|oye Smith Dies;
Former u. 5. Tax Attorney

Breedlove Smith, SIS, q! former Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue attorney,
died yesterday in Ell Paso, Tex, Of a
heart attack, 1t was learned here
today.
Mr.. Smith, who practiced both
here and in Ell Paso, had been with
the tax division of Internal Revenue
10 years. He resigned in January to
return to Ell Paso. His home here
was at 221 Prospect street, Friend
ship Heights, Md.
He was the son of the late William
Robert Smith, former Representa-
tive in Congress from the 10th dis
trict In Texas and later a Federal
Judge in Er Paso. He was a vet
eran of World War I and a past
potentate of the Ell Paso Masonic
Shrine Ell Mazda.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
zenobia Hight Smith; four sons,
Breedlove Smith, jr., in Manila with
the Civil Service Commission; Hight
and Daniel Smith, both of Ell Paso,
and 1t. William Robert Smith III,
U. S. A., stationed at Fort Bliss, FL
Paso.
Funeral services and burial will be
in Ell Paso.
Evening star., 1947-03-12

who defended q war hero arrested
on 10 robbery counts.
Mr.. Yorty came to Washington to
awaken national interest in the
cause of veterans whose crimes can
be traced to their war experiences.
He discovered that movement, led
by Chief Justice Bolitha j. Laws,
already has been started here to
get fuller information about vet
Grams and provide for psychiatric
examinations, when there is rea-
son to believe their crimes were
war-induced.
Gen. Vaughan, who was given a
complete file of The Star stories on
the progress of the veterans rec
ords campaign here, said he was
heartily in accord with what was
being attempted and wanted to dis
cuss it with the President.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Belgian Regent Accepts
Resignation Of Cabinet
By The Associated Press

BRUSSELS, Mar. II. - Prince
Charles, regent of Belgium, today
accepted the resignation of Premier
Camille Huysmans and his left
wing coalition cabinet, which has
been in Office since last August 2.
The four Communist members of
the Huysmans cabinet resigned yes
terday in a dispute which followed
a boost in the price of coal and
the Premier, a Socialist, decided
last night that he would be unable
to continue in power without Com
munist support.
The government decided last
month to raise the price of coal
but the Communists fought any
increases in the prices of products
such as steel, which were affected
by the hike in coal prices. The
Communists quit after the other
members of the cabinet refused to
cut back the coal prices.
The coalition cabinet was made
up of six Socialists, six Liberals.
four Communists and three tech
nicians without party affiliation.
Huysmans organized it after a "a
day political crisis during which
Belgium was without a cabinet.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Hearings Open March Is
On Proposed zoninq Code

The first of a series of public
hearings in Prince Georges County
to discuss proposed zoning regu-
lations for the Maryland Washing
ton regional district will be held at
8 pm. March Is at the Riverdale
Heights Firehouse.
This was announced yesterday by
the Prince Georges members of the
Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, sponsors
of the proposed zoning laws.
Purpose of the first meeting will
be to discuss a master zoning plan
of the area generally following Ed
monston road from Defense highway
to Greenbelt. Communities effected
will include Eastpines, Rogers
Heights, Riverdale Hills, Berwyn
Heights, East Riverdale and con-
Meeting areas.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
aide to Tell Truman of Plight
of Psychoneurotic Veterans

President Truman's attention will
be called to the plight of psyche
neurotic veterans who get in trou-
BILE with the law, Maj. Gen. Harry
H. Vaughan said today.
Gen. Vaughan said he would dis
cuss the whole question of accused
veterans with the President and
Clark M. Clifford, presidential ad-
wiser, when we get together at
mealtimes."
The Presidents military aide ex-
planned he is particularly interested
in getting State and Federal laws
revised to recognize mental dis
orders as distinguished from legal
insanity.
Gen. Vaughan discussed the vet
Grams question yesterday with Sam
uel w. Yorty, West Coast lawyer
Evening star., 1947-03-12
French Assembly Row
Ends in Fist Fights
BY the Associated Press

PARIS. Mar. 12.-Assertions by
Rightist Deputy Pierre Andre that
Communist Leader Maurice Thorez
had supported the Viet-Nam revolt
in Indo-C China and favored German
unity in 1888. created heated ses-
sion between the two factions in
the National Assembly that resulted
in fisticuffs yesterday.
After a recess, Mr.. Andre COM
planned to the Assembly that a
Communist deputy named Garcia
had assaulted him in chambers
lobby "by blows and kicks" Mr..
Andres remarks were greeted with
jeers from the Communist benches.
Later Oren Edouard Herriot, the
presiding officer, dismissed the ses-
sion. Ths-ewo factions began sauab-
bling in the cloakrooms and lobbies.
Several fights broke out.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
1n Mpntnrtat,1

BOUCHER. THOMAS M. In loving men,
ory Of our dear husband aHd father,
THOMAS N: BOUCHER who .s.S Departed dhl this
MARGARET NJ. BOUCHER AND FAMILY.
BROWN. NELLIE. In loving memory Of
my dear mother, NELLIE BROWN. who
depsrted deps this life five years ago. March H.
Till memory fades
And life departs
You'll live forever
HER e n5 BrRoTED essFI; SON, LOUIS.
COOPER. HERBERT. A tribute Of love
mShss ana ssvGsG2 E n o Who
sser ssn z GALE es1 soaas ~So
SsatS.r SsaEs asg FsS5sfryc ana
years ago, January 10. 1913.
Faces that are forever before US,
Voices that we, cannot forget;
Smiles that we love forever,
In mepasy MAgrHA, II sec e1.aRHa shsn XsNA. ysi
DILLER, MoLLIE. Sacred to the mem
DRY Of our dearly beloved mother, MoLL1E
DILLER, who departed this life ten years
ago today. March IL, 1887.
Her tenderness. love and devotion were
memory Of HER CHILDREN .
GREEN. MARY CATHERINE. In sad
sr. sno MaRY ag cATHERINE osEEN Who passed
iss thirteen IF soda asTse II
father. GEORGE JACKSON. who passed
away one year ago today, March 12, 1916.
Till memory. fades
Yoa!m anf i've. I've dsRsT:s' ie9sTsl
In our hearts; n.,,,.
KEIsTER. WILLIAM =. In loving re-
fathsr f. sai ksTER shS Wo de-
parted this life seven years ago. March
HIS cH5sss esaf 1Ss %sb S5 akSH6ssiDRrs ssisSssfn
love and devotion to the memory Of our
dear sister. and aunt, EFFIE M. MIDDLE
TON, WHO left US thirteen years ago today.
Just a loving thought,
just a silent tear;
Just a beautiful memory
OF 01s aER X 6hvoTsD 81 1SSss 50 raaiLy. ssiE
PHILIPS, LEN9RA: In loving memory
one year ago, March 12. 1916.
We watched her, suffer day by day,
It caused US bitter grief
To watch her slowly pine away
And could not give her relief.
Her weary hours and days of pain.
Her troubled nights are past,
Anl IN our aCniEs neatts We kuUW
HER LOVING SISTER, DlEY WALKER:
BROTHER, WILLIAM 10 h N N:
NIECES, PATRICIA. GERTRUDE WILL
ROPER. FEASTER L. In loving memory
of our daddy. FEASTER L. ROPER, who
passed away two years ago today, March
IL, 1945.
Sunset and the evening star
And one clear call for me,
And may there be no mourning Ut the bar
When I put out to sea.
MNTA AND THERESA ROPER. .
Evening star., 1947-03-12

called from his apartment in the
building.
Mrs. Harriette Du Shane, his
widow, who was in Madison, Ind,
attending the funeral of a brother,
was notified Immediately.
DR.. Du Shane, a well-known In
diana educator, came here to serve
as president of the NEA in 1904.
Since then he has been executive
secretary to the educational COM
mission which sponsored conferences
on postwar problems on education
and investigated charges against
teachers, school systems and educa-
ton in general.
Fought Universal Training.
He was a leader in the fight
against universal military training
and was active in the promotion
of racial and nationality under
standing in the Nations schools.
Born in South Bend, Ind, he re-
ceived his BIS degree from Hanover
College, Ind, in 1906. He later re-
ceived his MA and MS degrees from
the University of Wisconsin and
honorary degrees from Wabash and
Butler Colleges.
He began his teaching career in
public schools in 1906 and four years
later became principal of the Shell
byville Qll) High School. In 1911
he became superintendent of schools
in Madison, Ind. He held the same
job in Clinton, Ind; then in 1918
transferred to Columbus, Ind, as
superintendent, remaining there
until coming to Washington.
Edited Publication.
He was a past president of the
State Teachers Association, the So
ciety of Mental Hygiene, the Con-
ference of Social Work and the
tuberculosis Association, all of In
diana. He founded and was editor
of the Indiana Teacher, a state
wide publication.
DR.. Du Shane also was active as
member and later as chairman of
the Tenure Committee of the NEA.
In this work he gained recognition
through the protection of teachers
rights and privileges.
Besides his widow he is survived
by three sons, Donald McLelland
Du Shane, dean of men at Lawrence
College, Appleton, Wise; Graham
Phillips Du Shane, professor at
Stanford University, and DR.. James
William Du Shane, on the staff of
the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed. .
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Wayne Johnson, Aide
|0fMayor 0'Dwyer and
WPB Official, Dies

Wayne johnson. 81, chief of the
petroleum division Of the War Pro-
duction Board during the first year
of World War II and New York
State Democratic leader, died yes
terday in New York hospital.
A former chairman Of the Dem
ocratic National Finance Commit
tee, Mr.. Johnson took an active
part in the campaign to elect Will
liam O'Dwyer Mayor of New York
in 1945, and since that time had
been one of Mr.. O'Dwyers political
advisers.
Mr.. johnson, who served as q
White House usher during the ad-
ministration of President Wilson,
had served as special attorney to
the Federal Trade Commission here
in 1916. In 1919 he was appointed
special attorney and solicitor for
the Internal Revenue Bureau here
leaving that post in 1920 to form
his own law firm, johnson g. Shores
in New York.
He was for a time attorney for
Murray Carson, now under in
dictment for conspiracy to defraud
the Government in connection with
war contracts. He Withdrew as Nj
Garsson's attorney shortly after the
Mead Committee started holding
omen hearings on the alleged con-
spiracy.
An interventionist before the war
Mr.. johnson was one of the foun-
ders and treasurer of the Fight for
Freedom Committee, a group which
emphasized the Nazi danger. AS a
representative of this organization
he participated in many Nation
wide debates on this country's for
eign policy.
After the outbreak of war, Mr..
Johnson was asked by President
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Freight Agent Is Accused
Of Shooting Lorton Guard

w. I. Gooch, As, Richmond, Fred
ericksburg e. Potomac Railroad
freight agent at Woodbridge, Va,
was charged by Virginia State police
yesterday with felonious assault in
the shooting Of a District Reforma-
tory guard. He was released under
81, 500 bond.
According to State Trooper E. G.
Trice, Ashton p. Sullivan, Al, the
Lorton guard, was shot in the left
leg with .25 caliber pistol after an
argument
Mr.. Sullivan was treated at Alex
andria Hospital but not admitted.
Trooper Trice said Gooch would
face trial March 81 in Prince Will
liam County Court, Manassas.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Disturbances in Formosa
Near End, Chinese Report
BY the Associotsd Press

NANKING, Mar. 12.-Chinese
Minister Of Information Peng
Hsueh-Pei told foreign newsmen to-
day that the situation on Formosa,
scene OF recent rioting, is rapidly
being stabilized" and that the "in-
cident will soon be closed"
Peng refused to assist the news
men in reaching the island on the
grounds that the government is "too
busy to look after them" He said the
island was not closed to correspon-
dents ''if you can get there"
Despite Perg's assurance of tram
guilty, it was announced here that
the garrison headquarters at Tai
Hoku, island capital. had issued a
proclamation warning that the pos
session of unlicensed firearms would
be punishable by death.
Government troops also were
warned not to molest innocent For
mosans nor to seek retaliation for
injuries suffered by mainland Chi
nese during the recent riot.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Report He'll Back Toft
Fiction Warren Asserts
By the Associafsd Press

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Mar. H.
Gov. Earl Warren terms pure fic-
ton" reports from Washington that
he had agreed to support the pres
idential nomination of Senator
Taft, Republican, of Ohio.
A newsman told the Governor at
a press conference yesterday that
a Washington columnist had re-
ported he would swing the Cali
fornia delegation over to Senator
Taft after the first vote at the Re-
publican National Convention.
Gov. Warren said there had been
no conversation with anybody, per-
sonally or through intermediates,
which remotely bore on the sub
ject."
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Leukemia Fatal 10 Boy, u,
Despite Many Blood Offers

Twelve-year-old Lehn Noble died
yesterday afternoon at Espiscopal
Hospital of the incurable blood dis
ease, leukemia.
The youths illness attracted city
wide attention last week when the
hospital issued an urgent call
for blood donors with type o, Rh
negative blood to give him trans
fusions.
Hundreds Of persons responded
A pupil at Sidwell Friends School
the boy was taken to the hospital
February %. He was the only son
Of q Washington high school teach
er, Mrs. Amber Noble, 1929 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
| Lost, 5 Saved in Collision
OF Ferry and Oyster Boat
By she Associated Press

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Mar. r.
One man was believed drowned
and five other persons were rescued
off Hampton Roads last night after
the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway S
ferry steamer, Virginia, collided
with an oyster boat.
The victim was listed by the C.
& o. as Chelsa Lawrence, colored
of Norfolk, on duty as lookout
aboard the Virginia as she was
coming into her docking slip here.
The 72-foot oyster boat, the Nettie
B. Greenwell, sank shortly after the
five crew members were rescued
by c. & o. tugs.