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Evening star., 1947-03-07
Lincoln Bed Incident DeIeted
In Revised Trumun Citution

,at the White House at any time. >
Mr.. Neff refused to tell reporters
why he changed his text, but said
the reported incident was told him
"by = person who heard Mrs. Tru-
man say" she would not. occupy
the bed.
The first paragraph Of the cita-
tion as distributed to the press,
read:
Harry s. Truman, product Of Mis-
souri, sun and soil and schools
born amid humble environments
rocked In the cradle OF adversity-
mo silver spoon was yours--you grew
to manhood's high noon in the quiet
democratic way Of life-the South
Tern way. Engrained in your youth
ful blood and bones were the rich
and romantic traditions Of the Old
South as evidenced by your 9<-year-
old mother who declared a few
weeks ago that when she visited the
White House she would sleep on the
floor before she would occupy the
bed in which Abraham Lincoln
slept"
Instead Of reading the Lincoln
phrase, Mr.. Neff paid tribute to Mrs.
Truman and told the President how-
ers had been sent her yesterday
morning.
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Two More u. 5. Offices
Reach or Beat Quotas
In Red Cross Drive

Two more Government offices
have reached or exceeded their quota
in the Red Cross campaign, 1t was
announced today.
The Philippine War Damage
Commission, with Vernon E. Moore
as Red Cross chairman, reported 200
per cent Of its quota and the Vet
erans' Service Center, under Col.
Waldron e. Leonard, announced 100
per cent. The United States Tax
Court reached its quota earlier this
week with 100 per cent. Judge VIII
liam w. Arnold headed the Red
Cross drive in the court.
Other 100 per cent Government
Offices were to be announced at the
second report meeting of the cam
paign, which was to be held at 1880
pm. today In the United States
Chamber Of Commerce Building.
Undersecretary OF the Interior
Chapman, vice chairman of the
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Legion Forum 10 Discuss
Universal Military Traininq

Universal military training will
be discussed at q forum meeting
at 8 pm. Wednesday in the Amer
lean Legion Clubhouse, 2437 Fiji
Fteenth street NV.
The forum will be the first in
"a series Of public meetings to be
sponsored by the District Legior's
Civic Relations Committee, headed
by Sylvan King.
Speaking in favor of the train
ing program will be John Thomas
Taylor. national legislative chief Of
the Legion. DR.. Frederick J. Libby.
founder and executive secretary Of
the National Council for the Pre-
vention Of War, will speak against
the proposal.
The talks will be broadcast on
a 30-minute program over Station
WINK, Mr.. King said.
Evening star., 1947-03-07

| lines were cut, u towns and hun
Idreds Of villages remained isolated,
food supplies dropped and 800 Of
the nations vital coal mines were
idle.
The Ministry Of Fuel said weather
conditions were "as difficult" as at
any time in q winter which saw a
Gripping three-week industrial shut
down caused by coal shortage.
Half Of Coal Savings Lost.
The London Daily Herald, organ
of the dominant Labor Party, under
q headline reading new crisis threat
to industries" reported the coal
production loss In Wales alone at
2e0,0 900 tons - half of the amount
THAT Britain saved by shutting fac
tories and throwing 1000 900 or more
out of work.
Temperatures hovered around
freezing today and the Air Minis
try forecast colder weather tonight.
| In some areas. workmen labored
under sunny skies to free highways
and rail lines buried under snow
drifts 10 to 30 feet deep. In other
sections, the work went on amid
snow iurries.
! Virtually all main highway lines
had been opened but most branch
lines still were out of service and
the automobile association reported
little improvement in highway con-
ditions.
Temperatures over most Of North
ern Europe were around freezing.
Floods In Hungary, caused by ice
jammed rivers, were subsiding, but
overflowing streams isolated new
areas of Holland and Belgium.
Floods covering Eastern France from
Strasbourg down the Rhine Valley
to Mulhouse began receding.
In Ireland the Red Cross ar
ranged to drop food and medicine
by airplane to isolated mountain
villages. Peter McCulagh OF Min
cola, Long Island arriving for his
fathers funeral, took longer to get
from Dublin to his native town Of
Plumbridge, Tyrone, by automobile,
than he did to fly from New York.
The winters heaviest blizzard hit
Denmark. clogging all transport.
Milk deliveries in London were
cut nearly in half and hundreds of
thousands went without. Slush
froze hard In London's streets and
| traffic crawled.
| At Cinderford, in Britain's Forest
of Dean, a movie house interrupted
its program last night to announce: !:
Unless we clear the roads to the
(nearby railroad) station we shall
starve." Hundreds trooped out of
the audience and dug snow all
night. Food arrived today.
Evening star., 1947-03-07
plenty Of fabrics

Rich Spring tones of blue, gray, tan or
brown-in worsteds, tweeds, Shet.
lands, sabardines and sharkskins and
olive natural covert, the hard-to-set,
long.awaited fabric.
Evening star., 1947-03-07

Government unit, was to preside
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz was to
be guest speaker.
The Civil Service Commission was
expected to report about rs per cent
of its quota at today's meeting, ac-
cording to H. w. Rempe, vice chair
man Of the drive In the commission
Alexandria and Arlington, Mont
gomery, Fairfax and Prince Georges
Counties were to make their first
reports OF the campaign today.
The Red Cross goal in the Metro
politan Area Is $7s7. $50, with $71,-
426 or GOT per cent already received
The drive will continue through
March, with report meetings sched-
uled for each Tuesday and Friday.
Evening star., 1947-03-07

| ~ec~~S 5 n b
Former Secretary Elected.
He had indorsed Frank M. Karsten
his former secretary. for election
after his withdrawal. Mr.. Karsten
won despite the Republican land
slide.
Born in Webster Grove, st. Louis
County, he attended public schools
there, then worked for st. Louis
newspapers for several years. Later
he was SECRETARY to Representative
William L. Igoe, Democrat, of Mis-
souri,, and private secretary to the
late Senator William j. Stone Of
Missouri, when he was secretary to
the Foreign Relations Committee.
After serving as secretary to Rep
resentative Harry B. Hawes for
nearly five years he was elected to
the Sixty-ninth Congress in Novem-
ber, 1926, when Mr.. Hawes became
Senator. He then served in the
Evening star., 1947-03-07
3 Veterans Die in Choir
For 81 Robbery-SIoyinq
BY The Assoeioisd Press

~ NV SSSoSf0f0o TT04S
OSSINING, N. Y, Mar. 6.--Fo.
killing q Navy veteran In robber,
that netted them only 81, three New
York City war veterans were electro.
cuted last night at Sing Sing Prison
Henry P. Suckow, rs, was pro-
nounced dead at 11:06 PM; Eugene
Koberski, %, at 11::12 pm, and Ed
ward Kankoska, %, at 11:17 pm.
They were convicted OF shooting
Anthony Marchisella, "a, last June 8
Police said the trio admitted beating
to death Jack Mylands, 2o-year old
Air Forces Corps veteran, and GRIM
inally assaulting his 18-year-old
girl companion the same night.
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Sons Of Legion Launch
Membership Campaign

A membership drive for the Sons
Of the American Legion is being
launched at most Legion posts in
the District, according to the general
membership chairman, Daniel D.
Smith Of the Sergt. Jasper Post No
13, 2437 Fifteenth street NV.
The organization includes boys
from to 18 years Of age in q
program of athletics and music
Boys who are interested and whose
fathers are Legion members should
get in touch with their Legion post
commanders, Mr.. Smith said.
Evening star., 1947-03-07

yesterday In DE-
Paul Hospital In
st. Louis.
Mr.. Cochran
withdrew from
last A ug u S t 1
Democratic pri-
mary In Missouri
on the advice oi
his physician. He
died Of an illness
which 10 1913
necessitated the
amputation OF
both legs. Last
year he suhere
= paralytic stroke
which DISABLED
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Series Of Illnesses
afaI 10 J. ]. Cochran,
|Ex-House Member

Former Representative John j.
Jack" Cochran, 66, member Of Con-
gress for 20 years and stanch sup
porter Of President Roosevelt, died
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Stalled Transport
Raises New Fears
I0f British Crisis
By the A..oeioted Prs.s

LONDON, Mar. 7.-Drifted snow
and ice-sheeted highways stalled
Britains transport for the third
straight day today and heightened
fears Of a grave new dislocation in
industry.
At least 300 major highways were
blocked, scores of branch railway
Evening star., 1947-03-07

the President ar Mrs. Martha Truman
rived from Mexico City, but there
was no explanation for the change,
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross told reporters to
draw their own conclusion about It.
At Mrs. Trumans Grandview
(Mo.) home, her daughter, Miss
Mary ]. Truman said her mother
never refused to sleep In any bed
Evening star., 1947-03-07
The citation by

The citation by President Pat Neff
conferring an honorary degree on
President Truman at Baylor Uni
versity yesterday was revised 1t
Evening star., 1947-03-07

tAAS 10oV AaAAAAatS
to eliminate an
assertion that
the Presidents
m o t h er, Mrs.
Martha Truman,
refused to sleep
in the Lincoln
bed at the White
House.
White House
attaches had ex-
pressed concern
at the wording
W h ch wa S
brought to their
attention when
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-01-30

Buyers who pay cash rarely re-
greet their purchases.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-01-30

( on roads. We sawsa pair Of. mules
dead in one place and wondered
how Jared the motorist who struck
them.
After spending most of Friday
driving through this dreary coun-
try, we topped a hill and there
spread before us was on of the
loveliest spots I've ever seen-the
city of Mobile, with the Mobile
River in the foreground and the
GORGEOUS city skyline silhouetted
by Mobile Bay. 1t was only A
o'clock but we decided to spend
Friday night in Mobile, and there
l wrote this letter to you, sitting
with windows wide open to the
balmy air, with a hooking bird,
which might be our Mr. Mocker's
wife, singing nearby. We are now
1000 miles from home and Biloxi
is only a short drive. Hope to tell
you about it next week,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-01-30
Sandy Sfasi,s9 Nsi9AbosIsood

wedding of Miss Lula Spates
Trundle and Mr.. William P.
Chandler will take place Saturday
at 8 P. M. at the Methodist Church
in Woodside. The ceremony will
be followed Immediately by a re-
ception at the home of the Trund-
les in Ashton.
An engagement of interest to
the Sandy Spring community
which was recently announced is
that of Miss Kitty Arnold, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard j.
Anold of Taneytown, and Mr..
Charles William Nicol, Jr., of
Miami, Fla. Miss Arnold is one of
the teachers of the first grade at
Sherwood this year. The wedding
will take place sometime in the
early summer, and the couple plan
to make their home in Richmond.
Miss Louise Preysz, the other
first grade teacher, who was maxi
ing her. home before Christmas at
Glen Mary with DR.. and Mrs. J.
W. Bird, during the holidays be-
came the wife of Mr.. Benjamin
Eramo, of Washington, D. C. Mr..
and Mrs. Eramo are living in the
city, but Mrs. Eramo plans to
continue teaching at Sherwood this
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Owings are
leaving Friday for Sarasota, Fla,
where they will join Mr.. and Mrs.
P. G. Lyon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Rust Can
by were host and hostess on Tues
day at buffet supper in honor
of the members of the Charter
Board. About forty guests were
present.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-01-30
Girls All Club News
CoLesyiILe


The Colesville All Club met
Friday night with Beth Edmonds
as hostess. The girls are working
OH Quick Breads Unit as their
club project. Marilyn Mumford
and Beth Edmonds demonstrated
the making of plain mullins, which
turned out as excellent products.
Two new girls visited the club and
expressed desire to become men,
bers. After the meeting the girls
played several games.
Woodfield
Barbara Ann and Ruth Ellen
Burdette were hostesses to the
Woodfield All Club Saturday
morning. New officers were elected
as follows: President, Barbara Ann
Burdette; vice president, Pearl
King; secretary, Mary Ann Ward,
and treasurer, Mary Estelle Pope.
The club planned and made pro-
grams for the coming year. The
hostesses had a table game in
which all the girls participated.
Mary Ann Ward and Mary Estelle
Pope gave a very nice demonstra-
ton of baking powder biscuits.
The girls were pleased to have with
them Miss Lucille Priest, who has
been helping out as assistant local
leader for the past few months.
Patsy Darby will be hostess at the
February meeting.
Cedar Grove
The Cedar Grove All Club met
Saturday afternoon at the home of
the local leader, Mrs. Julian King
with Patsy and Betty Jean King
as hostesses. Program planning
and the making of a. printed pro-
gram was the project for the after
noon. '5
ClGrksburg
The Clarksburg All Club girls
met at the home of Peggy and
Sylvia Lancaster. Programs for
the year were made during the
meeting and included roll call,
talks and demonstrations in which
each member will take part.
Washington Grove
At the first 4-H meeting this
month the Washington Grove girls
started a project on food prepara-
ton with the idea of having a
buffet supper some time later in
the spring. They prepared choco-
late meringue pudding. A belated
Christmas party was given the
girls by their local leader, Mrs.
Robert Billhimer.
On January 81 the girls made
Valentine gifts for their mothers
and also held a regular business
meeting. Suggestions were offered
for raising money to help all the
members go to Club Week next
summer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-01-30
Sherwood High School
/ News

The Juniors and Seniors have
postponed their trip to Washing
ton to find out what goes into the
making our daily newspaper until
after examinations. Mr.. Rabino-
vich and Mrs. Layton will accom-
pany the students.
Great things are excepted of the
talent show to be sponsored by
the Sherwood Chapter of the
Future Homemakers of America.
This program will be held on Feb
ruary 7th at 8 P. M. in the gym
nasium.
Still speaking of entertainment,
the newspaper staff sponsored a
very successful party last Thurs
day for the ga and OBJ sections
who were winners of the subscrip-
ton contest. 1t took place in Mrs.
Layton's room during the activity
period, and judging by the rem
nants of the merrymaking, every
one had most enjoyable time.
We are all proud of the F. F. A.
boys who won a beautiful silver
cup for first place in the recent
Poultry Products Show, held in
conjunction with the State Farm
Bureau meeting held in Baltimore,
The Chapter placed second in the
F, F, A. Booth Contest.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-01-30
Boys All Club News
Rockville Junior Al CLmh


The regular monthly meeting of
the Rockville Junior All Club was
called to order by the new presi-
dent, Larry Sault, last Tuesday
at the Rockville Elementary School.
Other officers elected for the year
included Howard Hash, vice presi-
dent; Leon Johnson, secretary,
and Edward Western, reporter.
The program for the afternoon
was led by Edward Western on
| Feeding Baby Chicks
The next meeting of this club
will be held on February a.
Sandy Spring All Club
The Sandy Spring All Club re-
organized at meeting held las.
Thursday afternoon at Sherwood
High School, electing Fred Fry as
their president, Teddy Burton,
vice president; Robert O'Neal, sec.
rotary, and William Dove, treasu-
rer, and Albert Torbeck, reporter.
The club for the year will be under
the leadership of Mr.. Harold
Thompson, vocational teacher and
Mr.. Sidney Lawler, principal of
the school. Fifteen members were
present.
Members discussed programs for
the coming year. Teddy Burton will
be in charge Of the February 10
meeting at which time he will lead
in a discussion on Feeding Baby
Chicks"
Sherwood Senior All Club
The Sherwood Senior All Club
held its January meeting at the
Sherwood High School last Wednes-
day afternoon with 20 members
present. Officers for the year were
elected as follows: President, Artie
Carr; vice president, Harry Allock;
secretary, George Dreamer; treas
urer, Herbert Dublin; reporter,
Robert Canada.
The program was outlined for
the remainder of the year. Harry
Allock is to be in charge of the
February ID meeting on Feeding
Baby Chicks"
Sherwood Junior
Forty-five members of the Sher-
wood Junior All Club met at the
Sherwood High School last Thurs
day afternoon to select their Of
ficers for the coming year. The
Officers elected we're: President,
Donald Hobbs, Jr.; vice president,
Robert Nash; secretary, Thomas
DALEY; treasurer, Calvin Howes.
discussed. Different club members
volunteered for the programs to
be put on at the coming meetings.
Joseph Lloyd will have charge Of
February ID meeting at which time
he will lead discussion on Feed
ing Baby Chicks"
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Damascus School News
Damascus VS.. Gaithersburg

DAMASCUS VS.. UditnerSDuTg
On Friday, January 10, we en-
joyed playing host to Gaithersbur2
girls for a triple game starting al
P. M. Although the Junior High
team lost, the junior varsity and
varsity squads saved the day BY
winning both games.
Visual Aids
Some of the members of the
sophomore, junior, and senior Eng.
lish classes recently saw "Henry
V" at the Little Theatre in Wash
ington. For many it was an intro
duction to Shakespeare, and the
movie version of one of his well
known plays proved quite interest
ing.
Green Hornets Defeat Rockville
The Damascus Screen Hornets"
took Richard Montgomery, by a
score of 34-10. The Hornets got off
with an early score and headed
the rest of the game. At half time
the score was 20-4. Center Billy
King led the way with ten points
for the Hornets.
This is our fourth victory out of
six games to date.
Lions Club Dinners
The Elementary School Faculty,
assisted by friendly helpers from
the community, served supper for
the Lions Club on Tuesday even
ing, January z.
Fried oysters, sizzling hot, we're
enjoyed. When the lemon merinque
pie made by Mrs. Lloyd and Mrs.
Etchison was passed, the Lions
showed their approval Of the fine
dinner by a prolonged hand clap.
Dinners for the Lions Club will
be served at the Elementary
School for the rest Of the school
year, under the auspices Of the
Parent Teacher Association. Grade
mothers and the teacher Of a diff
ferent class will assist each time.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-01-30
Mrs. Jack Boyd
Boa sc, Ashton, MarylaMd

Mr.. and Mrs. George Floyd Mes
bit and Their two children, who
have recently come here from Cali
fornia, plan to make their home il
the Sandy Spring community
They will remain at The Cedars
as house guests of, Mr.. Nesbit'S
I lister, Mrs. A, Douglas Farquhar
until they have found suitable
home.
Miss FRITZ Farquhar was host.
ess at a cocktail party Saturday
evening in honor of the birthdays
of Richard H. Lansdale, Jr. and
Thomas F. Lansdale. 'te@
Richard H. Lansdale, Jr. left
on Monday for Nuremberg, Ger
many, where he will serve on the
staff of Chief of Counsel of the
War Crimes Trials. He expects to
be gone year. .''
Miss Alice Vedder Farquhar en-
tertained at small birthday party
for her great-niece, Ann Powers
Farquhar, daughter. of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. Brooke Farquhar III, who
was three years old on Tuesday.
Miss Estelle T. Moore was host
ess Thursday at the second of a
series of dessert bridges.
Mrs. William F. Green and her
daughter, Mary Brooke Green, left
this week for stay of three
weeks in Florida. They are spend
ing this week end in Savannah,
Ga.
On Monday Mrs. R. Bentley
Thomas, entertained six tables at
a dessert-bridge party.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Thomas, Jr.
had as week end guests, Mrs.
Thomas brother, Mr.. James Nc
Carly, and her two cousins, Harry
esnd Sarah McCarty, of Washing
ton. They entertained for them
Saturday. evening with three tables
of bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs, Ross Hurley are
spending several weeks at Glen
lauder. Their son, Charles Hurley,
who is stationed at Quantico with
the U. s. Marines, will join them
for the week end.
Mrs. Mahlon Kirk Nv is enter
tanning Friday at luncheon for
the Zone Chairmen Of the solicit
ors fortthe Hospital drive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert G., Orms-
by, Of Norfolk, and their small
daughter, Gwynn Lucy, are visit
ors of Mrs. Ormsby's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Dawson Trundle. The
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gave a lesson on pattern altera.
Rockville Club


The Rockville Homemakers club
met Thursday evening at the Home
Demonstration Office with 80
members present. Mrs. Carl Binker
and Mrs. Clyde C. Richardson
joined the club.
Following the bushes session,
the group presented skit with
Miss Edythe Turner acting as
moderator. A meeting was sched-
uled for February IL, when the
husbands of the members will be
guests at a covered dish supper.
This is looked forward to with
great anticipation as the last such
supper was a great success.
Refreshments were served by
the new officers of the club, Mrs,
Olivia Pack, president; Mrs. Nan
Lie Ray, vice president; Mrs. Net
tie Lagasse, secretary, and Mrs.
Ray Looper, treasurer.
Gaithersburg
Thirty-seven members of the
Gaithersburg Club and several
guests enjoyed the January meet
ing held last week at the home of
Mrs. Ernest Gartner with Mrs.
Thomas Plummer, Mrs. J. B. Ely,
Mrs. Willard Gartner and Mrs.
Leslie Mullineaux as co-hostesses.
After a brief business meeting,
Mrs. A. w. Ewell read jumbled
proverbs for the members to inter-
pref. Mrs. Leo Dean untangled
the most proverbs, with Mrs.
Thomas Plummer, second.
The secretary reported that Mrs.
A. w. Ewell, Mrs. Leo Dean and
Mrs. Irwin Ward had not missed
a meeting during 1916 and Mrs.
Dean had not missed a meeting in
three years.
Miss Turner was in charge of
the program.
Damascus
The Damascus Homemakers had
a fine attendance at their January
meeting at the home of Mrs. Mamie
Duvall, with Mrs. Rose Watkins
and Mrs. Ethel Beall acting as
assistant hostesses. The meeting
was opened with the singing Of
songs from the pen of the immor-
tai Stephen Foster.
Following the business session
the group presented skit, 'The
Outlook for 1947," dealing with the
potential economics of farming
during 1947. Miss Edith Turner
acted as moderator and much en-
tightening information was brought
cut. The Importance and necessity
of increasing fire insurance poll
cies to cover possible replacement
of homes and buildings in contrast
to the rising cost of construction,
was stressed. 1t was noted that
some members had overlooked this
highly important matter.
Mrs. Georgia GLAND, president,
expressed her qualification at the
generous response of the club to