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Evening star., 1947-12-07

haud,s Suite ouartre Visages';
RaveTs "Habanera,' . Benjamins s
Jamaican Rhumba;' Mr. Neissi:
..'Ideale; Leoncava!lo's La Mat
tlnata.' Mr.. Tagliayini.
WEDNESDAY.
WADE n, STEPHENS, organ recital;
Id. S. Chapel. s pm.
MARINE BAND. Mai. William F. San
s;l5 pm. March" from HOSTS
sins Eirst Wii, sHtf Fsf Ta1 oyertgre Geld R9s
Pima Donna" s The hfi1 Deserted sSu!a ne BaIle
oRsn, o0nsS Wtobss ssnns5s 6.nc. Macp3ss
caribbean Fantasy" Waldteufels
Honfs dns sfa5aTs frdm ponchss Rsnes Ha Of oo soe
conda.'
TOssY sPIvAKovsKY, violin recital
falIs GGns'H5i9n csaconne mel MO- Mos.rEs Ada x
sss Rsshs 1sos sGnrrss sympbag. Baganps rs
pagnoie," Bartoks "Rha apsody," Dia-
monds "Canticle,' Copland's "Uku-
lele serenade," sarasate's "Introduc-
tton and Tarentelle."
THURSDAY.
SOLDIERS HOME SYMPHONETTE.
FRANKLIN 3 Charles, director; Stan
wAsH1NG1oN .sE Fs5; + 80 GHoRA1 PR SOCIETY,
Louis A, Potter, conductor; constitu-
.ion Hall: $50 pm. Handel's The
HOWARD UNIVERSITY CHOIR, War
versity. $50 pm. Christmas pro-
AIR Forces BAND CONCERT Or
conductor Department of Interior au-
ditorium 9 . m. Brahms Tragic Over
ture," Liszts HUNGARIAN Fantasy
TLSergt. Harold Hirsh, pianist; Ries'
Brahes Bless This House" M/Sergt.
Abrasha Robofsky. baritone: Cole
r. Tldge so.,l Taylor Petite Suite nFTml
Club, WoJG Samuel Kurtz, director.
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB.
Aida Roqse sopranos; Adele Woolsey,
Hall, YWCA. 1870 am. Donaudy's
20 del milo amato ben" "Voi 10
sapete." from Mascasni's "Caval-
frnds. fEia Rqft.0ans o lnSS NsSe
me auiere," arr: Ross, Miss Rouse;
Brahms "capriccio Or. rs, No. T.;
9ssbussy.s RE, Reflects dams lea4Y,,",
Miss Woolsey: Henschel's Morn
ev reve Hymn HHs You Are al Mstafen PIsafs eR
from Puccini's "Gianni schicchi";
dAHhsdsir aYa'a Mr. GToa, t5om Lal0's lie R0i
NAVY BAND. Vt Comdr Charles
Brendler. conductor; Departmental
AUDITORIUM. $50 p.m: James ,Fes-
Rase Benyengto '4o eelln Water Liz. Liz F.1m WIa
Uncle Remus." from MacDowells
from Ugo0'Tho Thomas nsS Mignon." Seciat Clarinet
solo; cole Porter Fantasy" arr.
seens ns': Henry narss' Wits uSif Hufers e Vari
ationsH on an American Folk Tune"
LISTS Hungarian Rhapsody, No. g."
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
Howard MITCHELL conductor; student
concert, Armstrong High School. $50
Pm.
SATURDAY.
SOLDIERS HOME SYMPHONETTE,
Franklin B. Charles. director; STAN
ley Hall, $50 pm.
WADE N. STEPHENS. organ recital;
LID. S. Chapel, 8 pm.
VIRGINIA HoUGHToN, soprano: Ed
win G. Davis pianist: Olea Bloecher'
pont Circle, $50 pm. TRUNKS
sourd 5utnefSso"Ae ne' rantoches; Ds9asS' Four
drains "Carnaval,' cimara'S "st9r- sI
ealise," Fanre's lei bas'' When l
senedics's Nas sfEe"'sffi sThe W., Wren. S Miss
Houshton; Beethoven's ""Waldstein
Sonata" three Brahms intermezzi,
schumann Tn der Nacht": two
Debussy preludes, Rschmaninoff prel-
ude; Prokof1eff's Sonata No. g.
Mr.. Davis.
Evening star., 1947-12-07
Programs OF The Week

"Ay, Ay. Ay": "Che gelida Mamma"
from Puccini's La Boheme," Mr..
sivo," Wisconsonian," from Mil
hauds Suite 0uartre Visages";
Ravels "Habanera," Benjamin's
Jamaican Rhumba." Mr. Veiss:
Sadero's "Amuri. Amuri"; Tostis
1deale.' Leoncavallo's La Mat
tinata.r MI TagliaYini
Evening star., 1947-12-07

? UNLESS one has known Me-
ridian Hill at least as far
J back as the '80s he cannot
- fully realize the great
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Hot Shots

. In New York, COmmuter who
missed the last train TO suburban
White Plains, managed to let his wife
know he'd spend the night in town
despite strike ban on non-cmergcncy
telephone calls He called his aunt in
Ireland. explained the situation, had
her call his wife. Cost: SIS.
In Cincinnati, Lulu HcnningCr OBJ
tanned divorce from her spouse,
Jacob. for gross neglect after testify
ing he kept minnOWs in the bath tub
and fishing bait in the refrigerator.
In Winfield, La, d cracksman,
who attempted TO open building sup
ply company safe, left fngerprntS be-
hind in tangible form. Police found
tips of TWO fingers. apparently plnched
off when the safe overturned.
. British smokers were Lighting up
again at their old rate despite a so
percent increase in tobacco taxes, de-
signed 10 cut American imports. Ciga-
rettes now cost 60 cents pack.
. In Albany. N. Y, young couple,
killed in an automobile crash the day
their engagement was to have been
announced, were united at d black
wedding" before they were buried
together.
. In Atlanta. a customer rushed into
a laundry, paved through mounC
of dirty laundry bags, finally dumped
one on the floor and retrieved hi.
yaWning black and white pup.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02

An 1lth-Hour Answer

Philip Murray, CIO president and
head of the United Steel Workers
Union. had an llth-hour answer for
Congress that seemed bent on clip
ping labor's wings.
1t was a new tWo-year contract his
steel union negotiated with us. Steel,
granting a l5-ccnt hourly increase,
with wage reopcning clause after
one year.
This pact, Murray said, assures
peace in industry for two years and
furnishes an answer to all Congress
sional labor baitcrs hcll-bcnt on de-
struction of unions in America"
Because of its vital role in the ma
tons industrial set-up, peace in steel
could unlock the flood gates in other
industries by inSurlng steady sup
ply of basic metal that forms the
backbone of automobiles, rcfrigcra-
tors, radios, ranges and scores of other
manufactured items.
Murray expressed hope that the
new contract would serve as a pattern
for peaceful settlement of other labor
management differences.
The l5-ccnt formula already haC
been adopted in the rubber and clcc.
trical industries. General Motors anC
the United Auto Workers, CIO, talkcC
about that figure, too.
William Green. AFL president
wired Murray an invitation to merge
the CIO with the AFL as a means o
combating Congressional threats OF
organized labor Murray said h'
would give the proposal utmost con
sideration.'
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
In Short

Voted: By the House of Representa-
tlves. contempt actions against Eugene
Dennis, secretary of the Communist
Party, and Leon Josephson, alleged
head of passport forgery ring.
Tried: In Washington District Cos,rt.
Andrew Jackson May, former Ken
lucky Congressman. on charges of
conspiracy TO defraud the government
in connection with the Carson mu-
nltlons companies.
Proposed: BY Agriculture Secretary
Anderson, long-range farm program
of a5undanCe--in bad times the gov
ernment would boost food-buying
power of the poor rather than pay
farmers to produce less.
Passed: BY the Senate, a bill au-
thorizlng S400, 100000 in relief and
military aid for Greece and Turkey.
Returned: BY the American Mill
tary Government in Germany, $25,-
100000 worth of Nazi-hoarded Hun
garian silver and art objects to Buda-
pest.
Died: Lewis E. Lawes. 63, former
Sing Sing warden and prison author
ity, of a brain hemorrhage in Gar
rison, N. Y.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
G IL S
Black Market Losses

The United States government has
lost about S500,000000 through GI
black market operations overseas.
At the beginning Of the major black
market operations IN l945, money
profit methods were comparatively
simple.
A CT sold material for payment in
inflated marks or yen. then redeemed
this in dollars by sending home d
postal money order, bought in Ger
many or Japan but payabls in dollars
When the Army clamped restric.
tions on the postal money order sys'
tenn of conversion, other plans arose
The Army finally imposed a system
of scrip, negotiable only at military
installations. The scrip was changed
suddenly few weeks ago to cope
with new methods of black marketing
and countcrfeiting.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Prepared, Just in Case

Congress has before it Navy re-
quest for S29.G00,0O0 to make Point
Mugu. a desolate Southern California
sand spit, its key air missile test CEN
ter The Navy now leases 1000 acres
and would like to expand it into a
7,200acre permanent installation.
The Navy is experimenting with
dozens of types of pilotless missiles,
fame blasting power plants and other
hush new weapons. PllOtlesS air
craft at Point Mugu are divided into
six categories, both offensive and de
fenslve: alr-to-air air-to-shlp, alr-to-
ground, ship-to-air, ship-to-ship and
ship-to- ground.
One of the pushbutton birds is the
stub-winged, deadly Loom or KUW-1
buzz bomb, modification of the Ger
man vi. 1t is assisted by four rockets
at takeoff, has a radio controlled
speed in excess of 425 miles per hour
and is designed for exceptional ac-
curacy at a l00-mile range.
Another is Little Joe, blunt-nosed
antiaircraft weapon for ship-to-air
use. The Gargoyle is chunky air-to-
ground bird, launched from a dive
bomber with jato power unit which
gives it top speed of 700 miles per
hour over fve-mile range
The Gorgon is slim air-to-air
weapon carried by bombers to ward
off attackers.
Meanwhile the War Department
will train its National Guard in the
use of virtually every weapon used
by the regular Army.
Liaison officers of the Army's re.
search and development sections will
keep the guard informed of trends ir
rockets guided missiles and atomic
weapons.
1he NatioDsl Guard is to comprise
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Famine in
Rice BOUI

JAPANESE army commanders,
- confronted with the vast in
terror of China which they might
take but had neither the men nor
equipment to administer, early IN
the war developed the technique
of harvest campaigns. These seasonal
forays through China's rice bowl
served the double purpose of acquiring
food for the invaders and keeping 1t
from the Chinese.
In 1888, desperate Chinese blew
the dikes along the Yellow River and
sent its swirling torrent twisting
across their richest farm lands in
Honan, Anhwei and northern Kiangsu
provinces. 1t stopped the japanese,
unequipped for amphibious assault.
Now nine years later, the Chinese
have the Yellow River back in its
ancient northern course. But across
the heart of their rice bowl stretches
a vast desert of 2,350,000 acres which
once supported 100000 people.
Farmers, flocking back to their good
earth at the rate of about 1000 day,
find it buried under five to ten feet
of silt deposited by the river. Such
buildings as survived the food are
banked TO the caves with sand. The
refugees, destitute after nine years at
coolie labor, have no seed, tools or
food.
A survey by Chinese relief and
UNRRA officials of six nations dis
closed, they said, reclamation prof.
ect without precedent in the history
of relief work.
Outside help must be obtained if
famine is to be averted, said one
official.
Disputed Dairen
Meanwhile, from Dairen came pri-
vate Chinese reports that the Russians
would refuse to permit Chang kai-
sheks Nationalist troops to enter the
Manchurian port when the Chinese
government takes over the city.
The Sino-Soviet treaty Of l945 pro-
vdes for Chinese administration OF
Dairen but during the past two years
Chinese s'attempting to arrange
for the take-overs have encountered
many difficulties.
Moscow agreed "a month ago, II
response to a US.s State Department
note, to quit Dairen and turn 1t over
to the Chinese.
An estimated 10000 Chinese Com
munist troops are stretched across the
Liaotung Peninsula north of Darren
blocking government entry by land
The Soviet administration is said t
have shown no disposition TO perml
scaborne National government troop
TO disembark at the port.
Private sources also charged tha
the Russians had stripped most of tn
machinery from Daircn factories.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Invention
Something New Under the Sun

A new process for exploding cereal
grains into -four has possibilities of
revolutonizing the milling industry
to the advantage Of both miller and
consumer" according 10 Harold Vagt-
borg. president of the Midwest Re-
search Institute.
The process involves explosion of
grain by means of compressed air or
other gases and is considered by the
institute as its outstanding develop
mcnt. There is no known scientific
record that the process, known as
"cxplosive dissertation of grain, ever
has been accomplished before.
Significance of the experiments,
Vagtborg said. lies in the fact that
preferential separation of component
parts of the grain can be obtained.
Wheat flour can be made free of the
germ. something exceedingly difficult
under conventional milling methods.
Bran can be blown off, oat husks re-
moved.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
MOSCOW: A Break for Koreans

CTALEMATES over the Ger
~ man and Austrian peace
treaties continued to highlight the
Big Four conference of foreign
ministers drawing near close in
Moscow. The parley went into
secret sessions again in its seventh
week as ministers sought to dynamite
the log-jam of disputes but reliable
informants said the vital questions
and territorial claims remained dead
locked
But in one respect at least, Moscow
last week provided a break in the
deadening monotony of eaSt-WeSt dis
agreements Russia, responding to d
suggestion by the United States, pro-
posed that joint SovietAmerican
commission empowered to start Korea
on the road to independence meet in
Seoul on May 20 to resume its work,
interrupted by basic disagreementS II
months ago.
Three-POint Program
VyacheSlav NJ MolOtov, Russian
foreign minister, blamed the American
commissioners for causing last Mays
breakdown in negotiations and sug-
gested three-pOint program for I'M
mediate action:
|. Establishment of d provisional
government to bring about political
and economic unifcation of Korea as
a sclf-govcrning state, free of foreign
interference.
2. Free elections on the basis of
general and equal suffrage.
g. Financial aid for Koreans to SGT
up the new state and develop its
economy and culture.
Molotovs proposal stcmmed from a
letter by Secretary of State George C..
Marshall calling on Russia to CO.
operate in restoring Korean indie
pendcnce.
Unless progress could be made to-
ward unifying the Amcrican-occupled
southern half of Korea with the
Soviet occupied northern half, he said,
the us. would proceed alone to build
up its zone. Undersecrctary of State
Dean AcheSon two weeks ago told a
Senate committee that funds would be
needed for this purpose.
Korea, traditionally an independent
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02

her uncle, David Windsor, who re-
nounced the throne for love.
Il declare before you all, pledged
Elizabeth in an historic broadcast
bcamed to the far corners Of British
commonwealth, that my whole life,
whether it be long or short, shall be
devoted to your service and the SerV-
ice of our great imperial family to
which we all belong.
The princess was presented with 81
diamonds valued at $4,000 at gilt
tering birthday ball in CapetoWn s
Government House. The gift was pre-
sented by Prime Minister Jan Chris
tiaan Smuts in the name of the South
African government Other presents
arrived from all parts of the world,
Bells pealed and guns doomed in
salute all day. The superdreadnaught
Vanguard which took the royal party
home, fired 2l-gun salute and was
joined by other naval vessels, inClud-
ing three South African frigateS.
The costly display of royal pomp
has not escaped criticism at q time
when Britain is in the economic
throes There may be controversy
over the building of railroad Sidings
which never may be used again and
expensive landscapng for a single re,
ception but on the whole the tour ap.
pears to have ccmcnted the bonds ot
empire.
High on the credit side is the i'm
preston made by the heiress- pre-
sumptive III her first trip away from
England. Many subjects believe Eliza
beth will be queen in the great ira
dition when it becomes time for he
TO ascend the throne.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Disaster
Texos City RebuiIds

While remnants of the dead still
were being recovered from mountains
of twisted wreckage, Texas City began
plans TO rebuild
The country opened its heart TO the
tiny gulf port and its $4,000 residents,
battered almost beyond recognition.
Benefits were held by the score and
tens of thousands of dollars were
raised. Large gifts, such as $4,000
and $25, 900 were numerous
In New Jersey, police and firemen
raised a fund for Texas City fremen
All of the City's fire equipment was
destroyed and several volunteer fire
men were killed Blood bank dona-
tions poured in from cities through
out the state.
The homeless Of Texas City still
thronged outlying communities but
they began to return as Coast Guard
and state inquiries probed for the cause
of the blast of the nitrate laden French
frcightcr Grandcamp which touched
off the series Of explosions and fires
that sank three ships. destroyed the
muIti-million dollar Monsanto chemi-
cal plant and nearly wiped the town
off the map.
City officials, residents and indus
trial heads agreed that the explosion
disaster, one of the worst in the coun-
try's history. would not blight the
city's overall industrial future.
The Federal Reserve Bank sus-
pended wartime credit restrictions for
Texas City TO spur reconstruction.
Prioritics we're lifted on building ma
tcrialS.
Meanwhile the grim search for
missing and identification of the dead
continued. Department of Public Safe
ty officials said the toll would run
more than 573.
Experts sent by Gov Beauford H
Jester attempted to restore finger.
prints obltcratcd by burning, checked
for old bone fractures, dental work
an4 other marks OF identification. The
checking ana crosS-checking of frag
mcntary data went on in SLOW
process Of narrowing down the miss
ing and adding to the list of known
dead.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02

nation and older in culture than either
China or Japan, was subjugatcd by
Japan in 1905. Japan developed it in
dustrially, exploiting its mineral and
coal ores
Freedom Promised
In l943 at Cairo. Allied leaders
pledged restoration of freedom to the
22,000,000 Koreans and in August,
l945, the United States and Russia
agreed to work together to set the
country on its feet, economically and
politically.
The Koreans expected outright free
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02

dom on VI Day and opposed Allied
trustecship. The Russians refused to
deal with any native groups which
had opposed their trusteeship plans,
branding them 'undemocratic."
The 38th parallel which divides the
us. and Soviet zones became a bar
ricr across which neither goods nor
ideas were allowed to pass.
Recently, however, the Soviets
changed commanders and Gen. John
r. Hodge, US. military commander
in Korea, reported signs of more
friendly attitude.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02

NClI, NdllCQ lOl lOWcI plIGCS dIlu COil~
tinued rent controls to defeat inha-
ton. Both sides agree that all-out, un-
interrupted production is the formula
for avoiding depression.
President Truman, addressing the
annual Associated Press luncheon in
New York, reiterated that prices
must be brought down and pleaded
for business, labor, farm and govern
ment cooperation to avert another de-
preston
Mr.. Truman. tituIar head of the
Democratic Party, criticized Republi-
can-sponsored tax legislation, saying
the country should wait until it is
over the hump of imitation for tax
relief.
The President charged that when
he recommended continuation of price
controls year ago group SabOtagcd
his program, contcnding that free
competition would bring prices down.
Prices scared after removal of con-
trOlS and they have continued to rise,
he said
'Private enterprise he said, must
display the leadership TO make our
free economy work by arresting this
trend"
Record Profits
Corporate profits in 1876. after
taxes, were 33 percent higher than in
l945 and in the first quarter of l947
they ran even higher" the President
said
Without mentioning Russia or
Greece and Turkey by name, the
President linked his proposals for
bolstcringshome economy with the in
ternational situation by predicting
that an American depression would
leave free nations the world over
easy targets for external pressure5
and alien idcologics "
In Washington, the Senate finance
committee began tax hearings. Before
it was bill, already passed by the
House. TO slash low bracket income
/ taxes by 80 percent, most others by
20 percent, retroactive to January l..
| Many senators, like Robert A. Taft.
, chairman of the potent Senate COP
, policy committee, however. are for
tax cuts but not before July |.
Democratic Tax Bill
Still another bill, by Sen. Scott Lu-
cas- Of Illinois, would cut taxes next
January | on a somewhat different
basis than the 1920 percent plan ap-
proved by the House
The proposal for tax cutting next
year by Sen. Lucas, the Democratic
whip, takes on added significance in
view of the Presidents declaration
that he favors tax reduction "at ;
proper time" Mr. Truman claims tha
soaring prices already have 'inAate'
the entire economic structure an
lower taxes now would only promot
further initiation.
From Kansas City, where the Re
publican national committee Chos
Philadelphia as the site Of the 1874
convention, Carroll Rcecc. nationa
COP chairman, termed the Prcsl
dents stand on taxes BADLY politi
cal
Reece challenged the President f
veto the projected COP bill, addin
that Republicans might not be able &
pass il over his veto but in that even
every taxpayer would realize re
sponsibility for delaying tax relic
would rest ON Mr.. Truman and hi
fellow Democrats in Congress-
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Coolidge
Dour Prophet

Former President Calvin Coolidge
became SO depressed in the last years
of his life with forebodings about the
worlds future that he remained silent
for as long as two months at time.
according TO his widow.
In her first press interview since
leaving the White House. Mrs. Craze
Coolidge said, Its source Of CON
fort TO me that he is not alive todaY
TO see his forebodings . reality"
She added that there was mo great
Ell training for woman than to lre
with a man who docs not speak for
two months
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02

ncr pafenlS, Mig
G. eorg G VI an d
Queen Eliza b e h.
after a triumphal
tWo-mOnthS tour of
South Africa.
In CapctoWn on
her Dist birthday,
Britain s future
queen promise d
540,000,0 900 empire
subjects that her
whole life would be
dedicated to their
service, foresWear-
ing the example of
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Kings
New Men lJp

new men up
Europe saw two new monarChs last
week. King Frederik TX became the
39th king of Denmark succeeding his
father Christian X who died of
heart attack. King Paul formally took
the oath in Athens as sixth king of
Greece succeeding his late brother
George II.
Frederik, 43. is regal figure, tow
ering feet 6 inches, one less than
his father. He pledged himself to rule
IN the "old tradition during a GEN.
turies-old ceremony on the balcony
Of Christianborg Castle in Copen-
hagen. AT its conclusion. ne raised a
mourning veil from the lace Of his
queen, the beauteous Ingrid of
Sweden, and kissed her before 100000
Of his subjects masEed in the square.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Dates
Monday. April 22

Monday, April e
American College of Physi-
clans opens tivc-day conference
in Chicago.
Special session of the U.N.
General Assembly opens in New
York.
National Academy of Sciences
conVcncs in Washington.
Tuesday, April %
President Alcman OF Mexico to
visit the U. S.
Wednesday, April 30
Anniversary U49th), u. s.
Navy Department.
Anniversary (l53th), George
Washington inaugurated first
u. S. President.
Thursday, May l
May Day.
Child Health Day.
Saturday, May }
Kentucky Derby.
Sunday, May 4
National Music Week starts.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02

with a new electronic beacon which
eventually may replace the traditional
light house The new device sends out
signals invisible to the human eye but
detachable by radar-equipped ships.
Tests will be conducted May Of
New London, Conn.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
To sl;l : ; lis z53S I
Quotes

l.. +. Osburne, vice president
of Westinghouse Electric Corp:
What we really did in the tran
sition from war TO peace was to
pay labor in advance for produc-
ton that did not matcrializc.
Asst. Secretary of State Will
liam Benton TO a House commit
tee: Some treaties are missing
from our files. The losses go back
over a century"
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
SCIENCE: Pushbutton Birds

100000 men III 25 infantry and two
armored divisions, plus air and other
specialized units. This compares with
a preWar force of l3 infantry divi-
sons
The Coast Guard is experimenting