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Evening star., 1947-05-02
Courses il MoritoI ldeoIs
In Schools, Churches Urged

Courses for young people on The
Ideals of Love and Marriage" should
be taught IN the high schools, col
|leges and churches, according 10 DR.
Warren d. Bowman, chairman Of
the committee on marriage and the
home of the washington Federation
|of Churches. DR.. Bowman advo-
Gated such courses today In q state
nlent marking the inter faith OBJ
Iservance Of National Family Week,
May all.
Pointing out the church must fight
the steady rise in the nations
divorce rate, Dr.. Bowman also urged
Ipre-n1arital conferences between
couples and the minister who will
marry them rs one means Of con-
serving marriage and the family.
Couples should have I period Of
courtship from. one to two years or
longer" he said, adding the engage
ment period should be mot less than
six months. Couples should test
their love by seeing themselves in
the family background OF each
other"
Evening star., 1947-05-02

Beacon Rock on the Columbia
River Gorge In the State of Wash
ington is a mountain Of stone 300
feet high and covering II acres.
Evening star., 1947-05-02
VA Gets New Funds,
Release Checks for
!, 500 Veterans Here

Checks due to $500 Washington
veterans for benefits under the Gil
bill Of rights went into the mail
today after being delayed since
Wednesday. when the Veterans Adj
ministration ran out Of money.
The funds were made available
last night when President Truman
signed the $2,835, ,161 500 first
deficiency appropriations bill
The measure carried 81 800, ,000, 600
for the veterans agency, most Of
which was needed to pay unemploy-
ment and educational benefits to
z, ,760 900 World War II veterans
throughout the country.
The agency,s Washington regional
ONCE spokesman said the checks
ready to be mailed, were held up
at the city post ofiice when the
halt order came through March 30
@. A. Wharton, director OF the Dis
trict Unemployment Compensation
Board, who disburses the sjobless
Il pay checks, said his statf has con-
tinued to process checks so there
would be no delay when they could
be released.
The Veterans Administration also
was ordered to slash its public rela-
tions staff from 267 to 100. Antici-
pating no opposition to this prou-
sion, officials already have started
the reduction.
In addition to the veterans funds,
the bill furnished $135, ,000, 900 for
Social Security grants to the States,
$500, ,000, 900 for relief in foreign ma
tions, 5000, 900 for the school lunch
program and nearly $500, 900 900 for
Army pay raises.
Also In the measure is a $35, 900
grant for new furniture for Repre-
sentatives and $131 800 to buy sta
tionery for House members.
Evening star., 1947-05-02
U. 5. ConciIidiors Sci
10 Offer Compromise
Plan in Phone Strike

Thwarted In weeks OF negotiations,
Government conciliators were set to
present compromise plan Of their
own today In another effort to end
the 26-day-old telephone strike.
Commissioners Peter j. Manno
and William N. Margolis, who have
been wrestling with the long-lines
phase OF Labor Department meet
ings, said q compromise wage
formula" would be put up TO the
group II there were no significant
developments by II am.
Their announcement came shortly
after midnight, at the end of an
other day when optimistic talk Of
an impending settlement again fiz-
Fled.
Little Signs Of Break.
The proposed compromise plan
had exhausted every other device
that might reconcile the So = week
wage increase demand by 10000
strikers and an offer by the tele-
phone industry to arbitrate wage
issues.
It was believed the compromise
would call for an immediate wage
offer somewhere below the Sc de-
mand, followed by arbitration Of
any other possible wage increases
and other issues.
Commissioner e. T. Bell called
meeting this afternoon in the
Hamilton Hotel between the Chesa-
peake g. Potomac Telephone Co.
and the District Federation Of Tele-
phone Workers. This was the 10Th
meeting between the parties since
last January but there was no in
dication either was prepared to
make a new offer.
1,S43 on Job Here.
The telephone company an,
1lounced 1t reached new high
yesterday for long distance calls
during the strike, with the compile
ton of 20,983. 1t said % more en-
ployes returned to work today. plac-
ing on the job 1,843 out of normal
force of 6,533.
Washington had little encourage
ment from the remainder of the Ma
ton pointing to break in the long
strike.
In New York City, where the
walkout ostensibly was settled for
370o workers Wednesday, most
workers still were out due to dis
satisfaction with the 81 raise agreed
to by leaders Of their four unions.
Union Rejects Settlement.
One Of the unions, the United
Telephone Organizations Gnstallers
and maintenance mem notified
Commissioner j. r. Mandelbaum 1t
had rejected the settlement.
The action followed a mass meet
ing appearance OF Joseph A. Beirne,
NFTW president, who urged the
$1,000 independent unionists to OBJ
serve picket lines maintained by
$4,000 NFTW members. The three
other unions were holding meetings
today to determine whether they,
too, will hold out for more money.
In Wisconsin, the Telephone
Guild overwhelmingly rejected So
to IS increase offered by the Bell
afdliate there-tactily insisting on
$6 q week.
In Minnesota, where a $3.50 offer
o week ago was rejected. the COM
pany went up to So and 81 for 1850
workers, but continued the $3.50
offer for 1880 others.
Eight strike leaders were SEN
fenced to 80 hours each In jail and
nine persons were fined in Louis
vile, KY, for violating court or
der against mass picketing. A total
of $500 was levied against the de-
PENDANTS and union on ZIG separate
acts of contempt of court.
Here Mrs. Mary Ellen Hurley, AZ
Evening star., 1947-05-02

year-old operator, posted $500 bono
when arraigned before Municipal
Judge Ellen K. Raedy on a charge
of simple assault. The case was
continued to May is to allow Mrs
Hurley to obtain counsel.
A warrant sworn out by Mrs
Geraldine Lowe, 1905 Common.
wealth avenue, Alexandria, charged
that Mrs, Hurley spat at her as she
was leaving the telephone building
at 723 Thirteenth street NV. last
Friday. Mrs. Hurley earlier had for
feited two IS bonds on disorderly
conduct charges growing out oi
pic ket line disturbances.
A. v. Atkinson, general chairman
Of the Virginia Federation of Tele.
phone Workers. observed a new low
in strike busting" in a statement
issued by the State Corporation
Commission advising telephone
workers their, jobs were in danger
unles they co-operated with the
State plan for dealing with threat.
eQSQ SGTlke.
To Lose Rights to Jobs.
The statement, which Mr.. Akin
son attributed to Gov. Tuck, said
present telephone companies who
have not notified the State COM
mission they will accept employment
by the State, will no longer have
any legal right to their position in
the event of State operation"
About 4,500 of the 1000 telephone
workers answered q State question
aire concerning their willingness to
work, and rs per cent agreed to stay
on the job If there is a strike May
II. the Corporation Commission said.
Mr.. Beirne and other labor leaders
will duscuss the telephone strike
at a public meeting tonight. Spon-
sored by the Washington chapter
Americans for Democratic Action. it
will be held at 819 Sixteenth street
Evening star., 1947-05-02
Connecticut Avenue Group
Backs Speed Eni nioIcemeIlf

More rigid enforcement and extern
sion Of the As miles an hour speed
regulation was urged last night BY
the Connecticut Avenue Citizens
ASSOCIATION.
4 It was contended the trafnc death
increase OF seven over last year i
due to excessive speed and it was
requested that the 25-mile-an-houI
limit be enforced IN Federal parks
and reservations, as well as on the
Icity's highways.
Copies Of the resolution, intro
duced by A. ]. Driscoll, will be sent
to the superintendent Of police, Har-
vey q. Callahan; the Federation OF
Citizens Association and the trafllc
department.
The group reiterated its stand on
the recorder of deeds ofice and In
dorsed the bill Of Representative
Horan, Republican, of Washington
providing that the ofiice be placed
under the direction of the Commis-
sioners. The organization also
added q request that the recorder
OF deeds be . bona f1de resident Of
the District.
Harry G, Grove, president, an
nounced that so new members have
been admitted, In addition to the
so admitted last month.
The association appropriated $25
as an Easter offering to the All
Souls Memorial Episcopal Church,
Woodley road and Cathedral avenue
NV. where the meeting was held.
Evening star., 1947-05-02
French Freighter Slices
Tuqbout in Two; 7 Killed
BY the A.soeiaisd Pres,

.-9--I--- 49, ~
2 ORAN, Algeria, May 2.-Seven
crew members of the tugboat Kali
rouan were killed when the small
vessel was sliced In two by the
French freighter Athos II In the
harbor here yesterday. Five other
crew members were saved.
The Athos II sustained only slight
damage in the collision.
Evening star., 1947-05-02
Dean Of Oldest Inhabitants, o8,
Hopes for Longevity Record
Alfred Heitmuller's
Home Filled With
LiIucs and Tributes

Society note: Alfred Heitmuller
was at home today at 1925 Gallatin
street NV.
Relatives and friends called and
almost all OF them brought lilacs,
which soon filled every vase and re-
ceptacle In tho house Every one
congratulated Mr.. Heitmuller be-
cause he is 9s years old today.
Mr.. Heitmuller was In good spirits.
Most Of his life was spent in OBJ
scurity, but his 95th birthday was
an event marked by newspaper
interviews. Since then his occa-
sional appearances at the meetings
Of the Association Of Oldest Inhab-
itants, OF which he Is the oldest
member, have been matter of note
On his 95th birthday he said he
had no wish to live to be 100. He
said he did not get out and that
he was tired. Last year the idea Of
becoming q centenarian had become
q happy one. Today he said he
walks ~ or miles = day" and dis
cussed his chances Of beating the
longevity record set by the late
Christian Heurich, the brewer who
died In 1945 at 102.
Mr.. Heitmuller, who was in his
teens during the Civil War, remem-
bers seeing President Lincoln pass
the Heitmuller farm on Fourteenth
street just beyond Thomas Circle
on his way to and from the Soldiers
Home.
He saw the defeated troops stream
into Washington from the first
Battle of Bull Run and recalled the
scare in 1864 when Confederate Gen,
Jubal Early invaded the District
from the north and was stopped
only at Fort Stevens (Quakenbos
street NW3.
His working life was spent at
truck gardening in the District,
Evening star., 1947-05-02
z Maryland Men Killed
In Jersey PIune Crush
NV fha Assoeiatad Rrsss

HAMMOND. N. j., May 2.--State
police said two Maryland men were
killed today when the airplane In
which they were riding crashed into
woods at Laureldale, about = mile
west Of Egg Harbor City.
The men were identified by police
as Howard Comm Of Bishopville and
Carl Whitelsberger Of Ocean City
Further details were not available
Evening star., 1947-05-02

growing Strawberries and table vege-
tables for the market. He lives with
his daughter, Mrs. George o. Berger.
There are two great-grandchildre
In the house, Betsy Lingebach, S,
and her baby brother, David Stanley
Lingebach, months old.
A three-layer birthday cake was
on the dining room table. But it
was the massing of the flowers that
impressed Betsy. Makes me think
I'm going to get married" she said.
Evening star., 1947-01-19

take look at this kid here on the stretcher.
If he lives, he'll pay for his foolishness Any
idea how many stitches they'll have to take
in his face? Not less than hundred
Onto the cot, now, then back with the
other stretcher. If the crowd will just leave
him alone. Well get the other girl this
time; she's not in such bad shape A broken
leg and shock. Maybe internal injuries; you
never can tell
That young fellow with the dirty face and
the bloody hand, walking around and around
and around whispering to himself? | don't
know. but III lay you a small bet he's the
kid who was driving the car He doesn't
know what he's doing All he knows is that
all of sudden cars lights were in front of
him, and there was another car beside him,
and there was nothing to do but ram the
other car and crash and roll and listen to the
sound of metal crumpling and glass breaking
and kids screaming.
There's almost always one like that at the
scene of bad crash. Sometimes they keep
whispering, and later, perhaps in the
ambulance, they collapse.
Don't cry, Sis, you're going to be all right.
think you have bum leg there, but that's
nothing few weeks won't take care Of
Who? Oh, the other girl who was with you?
l wouldn't worry about her, Sis You worry
about that leg of yours. It's going to hurt
like hell after few hours No, we won't
leave you alone; my friend here will ride in
back with you to keep you company. .
Well, I'm glad that jobs done and guess
Evening star., 1947-01-19

I've found that helps me lot, sometimes
Now you can see why hate this job. Know
any of them? No? Well, thank God for that.
Neither do l.
No use stopping here; didn't you notice
her head - what's left of it? 1t doesn't
take an MD. tc pronounce her; just look
- and the shorter the better The police will
be along in a minute - they'll have to get
the coroner out here, if they haven't already.
The boys the one. He's the worst of the
lot. Don't look at his eyes - you'll see them
for days. And don't worry about the blood;
there's not too much of it. often a little
bleeding is good thing,
Easy does it. now. That's it. Don't worry
about his groaning; he's not conscious He'd
be screaming if he were. Ive heard them
scream. and it's something that wakes
you up nights. in a cold sweat. Now up
gently. Break step with me. If you two men
don't get out of the way, and stop crowding
III be back here in minute with a jack
Evening star., 1947-01-19
wEKGEE - EUROPEAN

you are too. Yes, the boy was lucky Doc says
he's going to pull through OK And the girl
with the broken leg, she's fine, Doc thinks.
The boy who was driving? Just shock,
Doc says. A day or so here in the hospital
and he'll be ready to go home He was able
to call his own folks and tell them I've got to
phone the parents of the other two now.
What did they say? What practically all
of them say: "Oh, my Godr Not ALL though
year or so ago made a call like that, and
the father answered His boy was dead, but
l didn't want to tell him right off. said
there'd been an accident Know what he
said? He said, We'll, boys will be boys
guess. Damage the car much?''
They Could He Best Drivers
BOYS will be boys. So the ambulances 20
on screaming through the night A shrug
and an easy phrase take care of the whole
situation - until you find out your son has
been killed.
Why do l talk about the kids all the time?
The kids are involved in a lot of accidents.
for one thing. And it isn't necessary; you
can't make me believe it's necessary The
kids are. potentially, the best drivers of the
lot Better than you, better than me- Their
reaction time is hair trigger fast. Their eyes
are better than ours They're strong, to hold
the wheel against the wrenching twist of
Car running wild
These kids were driven around in cars
when they were infants To them, cars are
part of the household set-up, like bed or
Continued on page 9
Evening star., 1947-01-19

handle and personally take care of you
This isn't vaudeville show, you know -
this kid may be dying
Oh, you're the man in the other car? From
the looks of your car you're lucky to be
walking, mister. Very lucky.
No, l don't know who they are That's
not my business not yet. Later, may have
to look in their pockets for a name and an
address. Get their folks up out of bed, per-
haps and tell them. . Great job have
Payment for Foolishness
1T WAS all their fault? Look, mister, I'm
not cop just drive an ambulance. All
right, they tried to pass you when another
car was bearing down from the opposite
direction. They had to cut across in front of
you, so they smashed into you and rolled
both cars across the ditch and through the
fence
From what that guy says, it sounds as
though they we're driving reckessly, but
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-03-01
News In Brief:

An eight hour working day for
domestic help is forecast in a bill
which viii be submitted TO the
RikSdag this spring II Will fur
Their extend the benefits provided
in a law already existing. More
than 1000 housewives. employing
cooks or maids. We're interviewed
by representatives of the provin-
cisl labor councils From the an
swerS could De CLEANED the wishes
OF the employees Aside from a
legahzed eight hour day. they also
want every other Sunday free. in
addition TO one half day each
week and IN case OF hOSpitaliza-
ton wages for two weeks after
having been employed six months
Sksnsen. the famous outdoor
museum folk park. and geological
garden n Stockholm has become
one OF the capitals most popular
attractions Last year more than
2.0Si coo visitors were admitted
Sweden VIII Dc represented at
ar international textile exhibition
which XII Dc held next June in
the Grand Central Palace. New
YORK
G-otzvsrzsn- Swedens largeS,
Shipyzrd- located IN Gcchenburg
has = nex managing director His
name : X z jacobson and he
succeeds Hugo Hsyuan- who has
retired
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-03-01
New Means Found TO
Alleviate Angina
Pectoris Poins

STOCKHOLM, February 10
(By airmain-One of the latest
triumphs of neurological surgery
is the discovery of an operative
means of preventing the violent
emotional anguish and physical
pain occurring in attacks of an
gina pectoris. Nothing can as yet
be done to prevent the disease
itself, which consists in constriC-
ton of the coronary arteries of
the heart, but the absence of pain
during the attacks is a great re-
lief to the patient.
The operation consists in remov-
ing the first four thoracic ganglia
ol nerve bundles in the nerves that
conduct the pain, and no great
risk is involved for the patient.
Seventy-one persons suffering
from angina pectoris have been
operated on at the Serafimer Hos
pital in Stockholm in the last three
years. Fitty-four of the patients
were men and II women between
the ages of So and Il. Six died
hut +S.1 per cent were almost en-
tirely freed from their pain. In 40
per cent of the cases a mild form
OF pain remained. but this was pos
sible to check with medication The
results We're unsatisfactory in only
seven per cent of the cases,
Whether the operation prolongs
the life of the patients has not yet
been established.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-03-01
lund University Student
Choir To Tour U. S.

NEW YORK, March 5-A Choir
US of As singers from the 800
year old University of Lund, is
planning a concert tour of the
Eastern and Middle Western
states during May and June. The
chorus. founded in 1881. made
tour of the United States in 1904
and has often been heard on the
European continent. 1t is directed
by Dr. Josef Hedar. composer and
organist OF the 500 year old Ca
thedral of Lund and for Is years
the musical director Of the chorus.
The tour will be made under the
auspices of the American Union of
Swedish Singers. II begins in
New York on May 20 and ends
in the same city on June IS. the
members returning to Sweden on
June 20.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-03-01

Hot running water in all
Swedish apartment houses. except
those where oil heat is used. has
been shut off for the time being
in order 10 conserve the stock
pile of imported coal. The authori-
ties hope to be able 10 permit hot
water again for one week in
March and then TO give hot
water week" every third week
The prospects. however. are very
uncertain. since the ice situation
in the Skagerack continues TO
disrup, shipping.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-03-01
SAS Passenger PIone
Corries Record Tronsot-
iontic Freight lood

NEW YORK. February 23.-
heaviest single piece of air cargo
Il be flown across the Atlantic
on scheduled passenger airliner
was carried 10 Sweden this NOR
ming on Scandinavian Airlines
System plane The Shipment. a
400 10, electrical power supply
panel, was sent by the Wang Pro-
cess Development Company here
to the Ssndviken Steel Works.
Since SAS started service last
yesr from New York TO Copenha-
gen. Oslo. and Stockholm. l55.lSo
lbs Of cargo have been carried on
eaSt-hound flights and the volume
continues 70 increase. The nature
OF SAS cargo shipments ranges
from influenza virus vaccine. bad
" needed 10 combat the influenza
ep!dem c in Sweden. 70 fresh flow
erS, live baby turtles, carrier plge-
onS. plastic holding powder. air
cratt parts, fountain pens. furS.
dr. S>eS, costume lewelrv. rubber
bathing caps golf equipment, me-
tSl hOShingS, and parts o. electri-
Csl hearing aids
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-03-01
Swedish Stote RoiIwovs
80 Years Old

STOCKHOLM, February 10
When the Swedish State Railways
recently observed their Goth an
niversary, it was revealed that a
total of 112,94O,OOO tickets were
sold in 1945. This means thar
every one of the countrys 6.
100000 inhabitants made 10 trims
during the year. Among other
baggage, these travellers checked
2,SS7,7S1 bicycles - probably a
worlds record, since Sweden has
more bicycles per number of in
habitants than any other country
The rolling stock includes 57S
electric and 869 steam ,locomo-
tives, 191 Diesel-powered rail
buses, used on stretches where the
traffic is light, and 1922 passen-
ger, freight and mail cars. The
personnel number 57,625.
Due to the lack Of coal, many
non-electr1c engines are Still forced
to burn wood. The wood con-
sumed in this way in 1945 CORES
pond to rs per cent of that used
to heat all of Stockholm apart
ment houses. Fire wood also con-
stituted the heaviest freight item
of the roads - or 3,47O,S06 tons.
Iron ore, usually at the top of
the list, came second with 1885,
203 tons, followed by lumber and
wood products with 1925, 1862 tons
and - sugar beets from the fields
in Skane with 1887, 25s tons. The
electric power consumed in the
year was equal to that used in
Stockholm and Gothenburg to-
gether.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-03-01

The adjustment of the Count
and Baron titles in Sweden was
urged in a recent Riksdag address
by Ture Norman, author and poet
and a Social-Democratic member
of the First Chamber. Inherited
honors of this kind, argued Mr..
Norman. no longer prove any per-
sonal merit. In our democratic
times, he said, when the heirs to
these titles are as democratic as
other citizens, they must consider
them more of a nuisance than a
privilege.