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Evening star., 1947-12-22

on its output of high school grad
yates and its population in the, 1921
age group.
Economics Deciding Factor.
The commission concluded that
the decision as to who shall go to
college is Influenced at present far
too much by ecnomic considerations
These include the ''inadequacy OF
family income, the opportunity to-
day afforded young people out OF
high school to earn relatively high
wages and the increasingly high
living costs for students forced to
live away from home while in
college"
These factors combine to KEEP
out of college many who have the
abilities which would enable them
to profit substantially by college
course of study" the commission
stated.
/ College fees showed an increase OF
% per cent in 1916 over 1888, the
report said.
Definite Information Lacking.
The commission said it was almost
impossible to get definite informa-
ton on just how many colleges
practice discrimination against mi
norities other than Negroes, such as
Jews
"It can almost be said that the
request for certain information on
application forms constitutes an all
but prima facie case that such in
formation is likely to be used for
discriminatory purposes" the report
stated.
The commission concluded that
there will be no fundamental cor
rection of the total condition until
segregation legislation is repealed
and segregation stopped In actuality
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Iran Parliament Tied
On Choice Of Premier
To Fill Qavam's 5 Post
By she As,oe;o,sd Press

TEHERAN, Dec. 22.-Iran was
still without a Premier today
after Parliament, in a tie vote
last night, nominated two men
--Ibrahim Hakimi and DR.. Mo-
hammed Mosadegh-to fill the
post resigned by Ahmed Qavam,
who failed to win a vote of con-
fldence December 10.
Each nominee received 81 votes,
leaving Shah Reza Pahlevi the
choice OF appointing either one, or
asking Parliament to vote again.
Six of the ia deputies present did
not participate in the balloting.
Won Back Aberbaijan.
Mr. Qavam was chosen premier In
January, 1916, and headed the gov
ernment during differences with
Russia over the withdrawal of Soviet
troops sent into Iran during the war
to guard overland supply route.
The Soviet troops evacuated Iran
during United Nations consideration
of the issue in May and June. 1916.
Mr.. Qavam then succeeded in bring.
ing >Azerbaijan Province back under
the authority of the Central Irsnian
government after the province,
which adjoins the US.S.R.. had been
governed for a time by a Soviet
favored semiautonomous regime.
Last August and again in October
Parliament accorded Mr.. Qavam
votes of confidence.
Soviet Deal Nullified.
On October % Parliament de-
clared void, over. Mr.. Qavam's pro-
test, his understanding with the
Russians for the creation OF
Joint Russian-Iranian oil company
to exploit oil resources in Northern
Iran.
The Soviet press Immediately as
sailed Mr.. Qavam, asserting he
had followed a "treacherous policy"
in dealing with Russian authorities.
On December IA dissident mem
bers of Mr.. Qavam's Democrat
Party occupied party clubs and the
party'S newspaper.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Woman Badly Wounded
By Escaped Monkeys Bite
BY the Assoeiutsd Press

MOBILE, Ala, Dec. GA six
pound pet monkey escaped from his
cage here yesterday and bit a So
year-old grandmother so severely
that $50 stitches were required to
close the wounds.
Physicians attending Mrs. Myrtle
D. Webster said she suffered a sew
cred tendon of the leg and multiple
lacerations of the arms and legs.
NJ NJ Webster, husband of the
victim, said the monkey, a female
with reputation as woman
hater," escaped while a grandson
was feeding it candy.
At Mr.. Websters behest, a son in
law killed the monkey with a shot
gun blast. First, however, Mr.. Web
ster fed the pet last supper Of
Evening star., 1947-12-22

the wars end, he organized an air
line which flies UNRRA supplies to
China and hopes to convert it into
a commercial line.
Had Denied Intent to Remarry.
The lines relief work, carried on
by many former Flying Tigers, is
due to end this month.
When the divorce Of Gen. Chen
nault and his first wife, mother Of
his eight children, was disclosed at
St. Joseph, La, Gen. Chennault said
mo, no." to the question whether
he would remarry.
Romance between the American
and Anna began a year ago in
Shanghai when she accompanied
him on the maiden flight of the
service.
Gen. Chennault, a personal friend
of Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek,
has told friends that he expects to
spend the remainder of his life in
China.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
EorIe Says Fear Of Reds
Will Doom Marshall Plun
By the Assoeiotsd Press

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22.-The
Marshall plan is certain of failure"
because Russian troops at any time
may occupy the whole of Europe,
George H. Earle, former Minister to
Bulgaria and one-time Governor of
Pennsylvania said last night.
Mr.. Earle said he had sent let
ter to President Truman and men,
bers of Congress saying the people
of Europe will go through the mo-
tions in order to secure our SIT ,000,-
OO0, 1000, but the results will be almost
negligible. Their hearts and real
efforts will not be in reconstruction.
the results of which they think
probably will be seized by the So
Wet government.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Italian Food Strikers
|Aqree 10 Go Back 10
Jobs for More Paw
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

ROME, Dec. 22.-The Italian
Labor Ministry announced today
that 900 food workers who
staged a nation wide strike Al
hours ago had agreed to return
to work at midnight tonight on
a promise of increases in wages
and severance pay.
The announcement removed the
threat OF Christmas tide food short
ages confronting the Nation ano
temporarily relieved pressure or
Premier Alcide de Gasperi's govern
ment, embarrassed by multitude
of leftist-inspired strikes and labor
disorders.
Some observers, however, express
ed the fear that leftist-led labor's
continuing demands for greater
benefits would wreck the antt-in-
flation budget of Vice Premier Luigi
Einaudi.
Conference Brings Agreement.
The Office Of Labor Minister Am
intore Fanfani said the agreement
ending the food workers strike hao
been reached at conference at
tended by Mr.. Fanfani, employers
and representative of the Com
munist- dominated General Confed-
Grafton of Labor.
The conference was said to have
lasted almost all day yesterday.
The Communists, having demon
strated their control over industrial
workers, held a series of meetings
yesterday to show their agrarian
strength.
The largest was held at Bologna
ostensibly for the purpose OF work
ing out q national program for ag-
ricultural reform. Premier De Gas
peri's own Christian Democrats, the
Republicans and Giuseppe Saragat's s
anti Communist Socialist boycotted
the meeting.
Dangers Seen in Aid Program.
Pietro Nennis pro-Communist So
ciallsts held a meeting at Avezzano
in Central Italy at which he warned
the government to be aware of
dangers he said lurbed in the Mar
shall aid program.
The Truman doctrine" he said
tends to make the Mediterranean
countries an outpost of the conflict
between East and West. If Italy
yields to this policy she will become
the battle ground Of third World
War"
He said his party's position on the
Marshall plan was critical, not
negative" and added:
American aid is natural because
the United States came out of the
war with fewer losses and an intact
economic potential
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Man Found Slain in Car
On Highway OF Mobile
Dy ire Assoeiotsd Press

MOBILE, Ala. Dec. 22.-Highway
patrolmen pulled alongside parked
car yesterday to warn It's driver his
wheels were on the pavement.
They found Robert L. Davis, a,
dead over the wheel with = bullet
wound in his left temple. A A.
caliber revolver was clutched In his
opposite hand. The cars radio was
still playing.
Mobile County Sheriff w. H. Hol-
combe reported the death. Nelson
Grubbs, State toxicologist, said It
could not be suicide because the
bullet hole definitely indicated the
bullet which killed him was OF a
smaller caliber than that fired by
Davis revolver"
Sheriff Holcombe said Mr.. Davis
was former resident of Hatties-
burg, Miss. He had come. to Mobile
about three weeks ago. Mr.. Grubb
said Mr.. Davis had been dead about
80 minutes when found.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Delivering Two Pounds
Of Coffee Costs $500
By ths Assoeiotsd Press

Observation-Disclosures two
pounds of coffee in response to q
telephoned order cost Ernest Deal
a salesman, 5000.
Mr.. Deal volunteered to make the
delivery when he received a call
from a man who ordered the cof-
fee sent to home in nearby Upper
Darby.
The salesman drove to the ad-
dress, rang the doorbell and when
there was no answer returned to
his car. There he encountered q
man who pointed a pistol and or
dered, 20. K. I'll take the money.
Mr.. Deal handed over all he had
900.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Treasury Report Says
Tax Cut Would Lower
Pay Raise Demands
BY ne A.soeiotsd Press

A Treasury report said today
that lower income taxes would
tend to dampen demands for
wage-rate increases.
But If tax rates were cut or ex.
en1ptions increased, the revenue los.
might require heavier reliance or
excise or sales taxes" and possibly
additional indirect tax revenues
The report is one of number the
Treasury has been sending to Con-
gress periodically for use IN consid-
ering tax law changes 1t makes nc
recommendations and does not COM
ment on the $500. .000, 900 income
tax reduction bill introduced last
week by Chairman Knutson of ths
House Ways and Means Committee
The Knutson bin would increase
present $500 personal exemption tc
5000 and provide percentage reduc-
tions ranging from 80 per cent in
| the lower brackets to 10 per cent at
the top.
The Treasury report, however
says that since the Government
must have high revenue to cover
expenses, increasing exemptions Is
competing alternative" to re-
ducing taxes.
And of the two choices "a greater
direct work incentive can probably
be obtained from rate reductions
than from exemption increases" the
report says.
The report says, however, that
1924 is needed now to buy what $500
would buy in 1899. Therefore, the
Treasury suggested that If tax relief
is to be given by changing exemp-
tions. it would be more in line with
living costs to give the taxpayer
ana his wife higher exemptions than
those allowed for children or other
dependents.
Present Forms Could Be Used.
1t said the present simplified tax
forms still could be used by scaling
exemptions to such combinations as
Cd $500 for single persons, $500
for married couples and $400 for
dependents, or (2) $500 for single
persons, $1,000 for married couples
and $500 for dependents.
Observing that the present f1at
$500 exemption for all persons is so
per cent of that given to single per-
sons in 1889, 40 per cent Of that al
lowed married couples but 125 per
cent of that for dependents in the
prewar period, the Treasury COM
mented:
Thus the net result OF changes
since 1899 has been q sharp exemp-
tioh decrease for single persons and
married couples, but a substantial
increase in the dependency allow
ance."
Could Add TO Price Increases.
Weighing the $500 exemption
against bare maintenance" budgets
putting minimum living costs at
$3.50 for a single worker in big
city, 81 $50 for q married couple and
$500 to $40O for dependent" the
Treasury said the present allow
ance seems:
"(a) Inadequate exempt treal
costs Of single persons or mar
ried couples, (b) probably close to
- adequacy for families Of three
or four persons - and (c) more
than adequate for individuals en-
1tled to at least f1ve exemptions.
The Treasury declared that In
creasing exemptions would help
raise buying power in depressed
times, but would add to pressures
toward higher prices in times Of
inf tion
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Missionaries Injured
In Chinese PIune Crash
by the A,,eeiotsd Press

NANKING, Dec. IA chartered
four-engined Belgian airliner carry
ing 80 Catholic missionaries was re-
ported today to have crashed four
miles from the Running airfield,
seriously injuring 10 occupants.
The report on the casualties came
from the French consul at Kun
ming shortly after spokesman for
China's civil aeronautics authority
announced the crash. A Catholic
official here said the plane was .
British made Short Stirling.
Evening star., 1947-12-22
ChennouIt and Bride Return
To Jobs Day After Ceremony
Ex-GeneroI Surprises
Friends in Marriage
To Chinese Reporter
BY the kssoeioted Press

SHANGHAI, Dec. 22.-Passing up
honeymoon. Gen. Claire L. Chen
nault. famed commander OF the
wartime Flying Tigers, was at his
Air Transport Service desk as usual
today after surprising friends by
taking a pretty 24-year-old Chinese
reporter as his second wife.
In Lutheran wedding ceremony
yesterday, performed under a giant
bell of chrysanthemums out of
which doves few, the d-year -old
retired major general married
petite, .English-speaking Anna Chan.
A small, intimate circle of friends
witnessed the single-ring rites at
Gen. Chennault's big home in Holly
Heath. toasted the couples health
with Chinese champagne. then sat
down to wild duck dinner. His
chief recreation is duck hunting.
Dog Interrupts Ceremony.
Gen. Chennault's favorite black
dachshund, Joe, twice interrupted
the ceremony performed by the Rev.
Ralph Mortensen of the China Bible
House. Each time the dog had to be
chased from the ROOM
Today the bride, modishly
dressed woman whose romance with
Gen. Chennault first blossomed a
year ago, returned to her city beat
for the Chinese Central News
Agency, but she was somewhat un-
decided whether to keep her job
On several occasions 1t had called
for interviews with Gen, Chennault.
The famed airman, whose first
marriage TO his American wife ended
in divorce in 1916, after IS years,
had notified intimate friends quietly
only two days ago that he planned
to wed Miss Chan, daughter Of a
Chinese consul. He explained that
he wished to avoid the fuss of big
wedding. Gen. Chennault wore his
Air Force dress uniform. Miss Chan
white silk wedding gown and veil.
Bride Attended by Sister.
Gifts included silver service and
lace table cloths from the parents
OF Miss Chan. Her fatner, Df. Y. W.
Chan. is consul-designate at Kuch-
ing, Sarawak, and formerly was
consul at San Francisco
The bride was attended by her
sister, Cynthia. whose work as a
nurse for the Flying Tigers in Kun
ming during the war was instru-
mental in bringing about the first
meeting of Gen. Chennault and
Anna. A former Flying Tiger, Col.
Thomas C. Jeffrey, was best man.
Gen. Chennault organized the
Flying Tigers among volunteer
American airmen as protectors OF
the Burma Road against japanese
raiders before the United States
entered the war. After the entry,
he was made commander of the new
United States 14thI Air Force. Since
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Mark HeIIinger, 44, Chronicle
OF Life on Broadway, Is Dead
Stories Of Big City
Led to Success as
Film Producer
Dy ne Assoeiotsd Press

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 21-Mark
Hellinger. a, one Of Broadway s
most prolific chroniclers, died yes
terday.
The former newspaper reporter,
who turned out hundreds of short
stories about New York life and
then turned to the movies, died of
q heart attack.
Only-a few days ago Mr. Hellinger
completed his nnAl production, The
Naked City" which he told friends
is my celluloid monument to New
York"
While gaining stature as writer
and producer of motion pictures in
the last decade, he continued to
write a weekly story and column for
King Syndicate. He also served
briefly as a war correspondent for
International News Service in the
South Pacific and India during
World War H.
Had Seizure of Chills.
He died at Cedars of Lebanon
Hospital a few hours after being
seized with severe chills at his home
high in the Hollywood hills.
His wife the former Gladys Glad
ex-Ziegfeld Follies beauty, was at
his side when death came. They
had two adopted children, Mark, g.
and Gladys, S.
Mr.. Hellinger was born in New
York March 81, 1903, and joined
the staff of the New York News in
1924. Five years later he switched
to the New York Mirror. He came
to Hollywood in 1896, when his
story. Broadway Bill" was adapted
to the screen.
After that, Mr.. Hellinger's pro-
ductions included The Roaring
Twenties," Brother Orchid High
Sierra" The Frontiersman" and a
dozen others. Since the war he had
independently produced The Kill
ers," an adaptation of an Ernest
Hemingway story, and Brute Force. p"
His short stories. collected in the
volumes Moon Over Broadway and
The Ten Million" were likened
by some critics to those of o. Henry.
They gave a sharp picture of the
big city and it's people.
Funeral services will be held at
II an. Wednesday.
Mark Hellinger was a prodigious
worker and turned out more than
5000 vignettes for newspapers and
dozens Of short stories. He is said
to have written the outline for
Broadway Bill" while he was
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Weather Report

District Of Columbia-Sunny, with
highest about AZ this afternoon
fair with lowest about 28, except 2.
in suburbs tonight. Tomorrow in.
|creasing cloudiness with high about
a.
Maryland and Virginia-Fair, mo-
so cold in west portion tonight. To.
morrow increasing cloudiness with
moderate temperatures.
Wind velocity, 8 miles per hour
direction. south.
River Report.
tFrom o. 3. Engineers)
Potomac River clear At Harpers Ferr!
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear a
Harpers Ferry
Evening star., 1947-12-22
Defects Women in Knittino

In a recent knitting contest in
Arnside, England, the Rev. w. Haw-
thornthwaite, aged 10, defeated 10
women.
Evening star., 1947-12-22

Hfeh. a, at I2:52 pm.
High and Low for YesterdAy.
Low. "a. at 6:14 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 20. on August IA.
Lowest. Z. on February B.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED nv UnIted StateE Goa n
Evening star., 1947-12-22

Mark Hellinger was a prodigious
worker and turned out more than
5000 vignettes for newspapers and
dozens Of short stories. He is said
to have written the outline for
broadway Bill" while he was
Evening star., 1947-12-22
The Sun and Neon
Freelpitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in Il
Capital tcurrent month to date}:
Acpth 1Ql1 Aver Record
Evening star., 1947-02-23

the bottom of the kettle you heat water perfectly
smooth contaner coated with the water
for unexplained stores up the heat instead of
releasing it. So great the store up by super
heating that when boiling finally does with the
violence of an explosion.
That far grander SCALE essentially what happens in
the doldrm belt the equator the of most
tropical hurricanes Steady evaporation large
stores tremendous reservoir of energy Instead of coming
to speak, quick boil and dsspatng its energy local
squalls the ncpent hurricane continues to up and
energy until relatively slight disturbance in the
surrounding is sufficient to release its penup fury
What can be done about hurricanes? Dr. Zworykm two
open the weather scientist The first
defect its path I'm spite of the tremendous energy involved
in the rotary motions he explains the linear motion of the
center slow and apparently easily influenced by pre-
vailing winds.'
hurricane, to oversimplfy complex meteorological
observation is kind of bully, having very little effect
Continued page 20
Evening star., 1947-07-03
Home Rule
Continued From First Page.) }

Labor Department, of which the
Employment service is a part, point
ed out that the District Employ
ment Service here operates directly
under the national organization
It's expenses are entirely paid from
Federal funds.
If, however, legislation requiring
a matching of Federal funds by a
District fund should be introduced
in the next session of Congress, as
anticipated, he pointed out that the
District would have to contribute
from its own funds about half the
cost.
Cost s590,000 Last Year.
For the fiscal year ending last
Monday. the witness said the United
States Employment Service paid for
its local Office here $590,000 and If
the dollar-for dollar matching pro-
vision we're to be included for the
next fiscal year the District would
have to contribute $295 900.
Chairman Auchincloss Of the
Home Rule Subcommittee welcomed
Mr.. Goodwin's testimony as very
refreshing suggestion"
There seemed to be. Mr.. Auchin-
Gloss said, great reluctance of
Federal departments to divest them
selves of operations" in the District.
In response to a question, Mr..
Goodwin said he thought that If
home rule were established in Wash
ington there also might be trans
ferred to the proposed District labor
department the workmen;s compen-
sation funds now being operated un-
der the Board of Employment Com
pensation of the Federal Security
Agency.
Many Requests Received.
The District employment service
Office, Mr.. Goodwin told the COM
mittee, is receiving requests from
many Federal employees who have
been laid off in the current retrench-
ment of Government forces. At
tempts are being made to place
them here or elsewhere through the
national organization of the en-
ployment service, the witness said.
Spokesman for the Interior De-
partment on the park police prob
lens being explored by the subcom-
mittee were A. E. Demaray, asso-
ciate director of the National Park
Service. Irving C. Root, superin-
tendent of the National Capital
Parks, and Frank T. Gartside, as
sistant superintendent of National
Capital Parks.
They presented united front in
contending the National Capital
Parks should be continued under
Federal control and no part of them
turned over to any District agencies.
They also reiterated their position
taken during many controversies in
the past, that the United States
park police should not be merged
into the Metropolitan police force
The Homerule Subcommittee will
resume its public hearings at 10
a m. Monday.
Evening star., 1947-07-03
President Seeks Law
To Permit Acceptance
|0f u. n. Trusteeships

President Truman today asked
Congress for legislation which will
authorize him to approve on behalf
of this country the trusteeship
agreement between the United Ma
tions Security Council snd the
United States placing former Jap
anese se-mandated islands under
American rule.
Under this agreement, approved
by the Security Council on April :,
the Marianas, Caroline and Ma
shall Islands inundated to Japa,,
after World War I will be placed
under the United Nations trustee
ship system and administered by
the United States.
In a statement issued as he sent
the message to Congress the Presi-
dent reafirmed the intent of this
Government to support the United
Nations and added: 4
II should like also to say again
that America has long been SYM
bol of freedom and democratic prog
ress to peoples less favored, that we
have been and that we must con-
tinue to justify their confidence in
us by our policies and our acts"
fEr. Truman recalled that the
t, u L; II ss,ship agreement was proposed
by this Government and approved
by the Council with changes accept
able to the United States.
Its terms are in conformity with
the policy of this Government and
with it's obligations under the char
ter of the United Nations" the
! President said.
Evening star., 1947-07-03
New-IriaI Motion Filed
For Is Anti-Fascisf Leaders

Counsel for 16 leaders of the
Joint eAnti-Fascist Refugee Com
mittee, who were convicted last
week Of contempt of Congress, to-
day asked new trial in District
Court.
The motion. filed by Chief De-
fense Counsel o. John Rogge, con-
tended among other things that the
verdict was contrary to the evi-
dence.
One contention was that the de-
PENDANTS were deprived of a fair
Srial on grounds the closing argu-
2lsnt OF the Government attorney
was highly prejudicial and inf1am-
matory." The motion said he stated
certain of the defendants did not
rise to be identified by a Govern
ment witness and used the word
underground" in connection with
.sile committee.
It was declared also that evil
dence on a conspiracy count, on
which they won a directed verdict
of acnuittal, was admitted without
attempt to segregate" 1t from other
evidence in the minds of the jury.
The trial was conducted before
Justice Richmond B. Keech. AS
sistant United States Attorney
Charles B. Murray was prosecutor