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Evening star., 1947-12-17
ICuIlenbine Of Tigers
Purchased by PhiIs
ey the Associated Prsss

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IT. The
Philadelphia Phillies have pur-
chased Roy Cullenbine, power
hitter, from the Detroit Tigers, in
second move to revamp the club
that finished in a tie for seventh
place In the National League last
season.
The purchase of Cullenbine
yesterday for a reported $4,000, fol-
lowed the trade of Tommy Hughes
for Bert Haas of the Cincinnati
Reds. Hass is a third baseman and
outfielder and also has played first
base.
Cullenbine broke into organized
baseball with Shreveport in 1884
and has a major league batting
average OF .274, including ITO home
runs. He has played with Brooklyn,
the st. Louis Browns, Washington
Senators, New York Yankees and
Cleveland Indians.
Evening star., 1947-12-17
CAPS Revive Visions
Of Title, Will Meet
Bullets Tonight
By Bill Fuchs

The Washington Caps of the
Basket Ball Association gave a
luncheon yesterday for members of
the radio and press, and although it
wasn't included on the menu, op-
timism seemed to be the dominant
course. The Caps meet the Bullets
tonight at 8:45 at Uline Arena and
this contest, according to players
and Coach Red Auerbach, marks
the turning point in the up-and-
down career Of a team which still
Is looking up to the 500 mark.
There was talk at the beginning
OF the season." said Auerbach after
being introduced to the gathering
by Radio Announcer Steve Douglas,
that our boys weren't in shape.
They were in good shape, but they
have Just hit their stride"
II think" continued Auerbach,
"that we'll 60 on to win a large per-
centage OF our games"
Predicts Division Title.
Capt. Bob Feerick was a little
more definite. "If we win tomor-
row." he said, well have a TT rec
ord. From there on it will be down.
hill and I believe We'll end up with
the Western division champion
ship"
Freddie Scolari, who with Feerick
is resting among the top 10 league
scorers, was a little more explana-
tory. "The season is only month
DID," he said, "and already we've
played almost half our road games.
We're going to be much better off
than the teams that have all those
road games ahead"
playing one night in one town
and the next night in another is
murder" said Bones Mckinney.
Sometimes we leave an arena and
Jump on a train without eating and
We don't get much sleep. I tell you.
sometimes it's rough"
Seek Third Win Over Bullets.
If the Caps win tonight it will be
the third straight over the Bullets
and the third straight in league
competition. But the important
thing is it will bring the Caps up
to the 500 mark.
Evening star., 1947-12-17
Southern Cal Books
Notre Dame for l948
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1.-THE
194S University of Southern Cali
fornia grid schedule calls for games
here with Notre Dame and Rice and
another intersectional joust with
Ohio State.
The slate released yesterday also
includes conference games with Ore
gon State, Oregon, Stanford, Cali
fornia, Washington and u. c. l.. A.
Evening star., 1947-12-17
.Ga|ento, Camera Top
Toniqht's Mat Show

The 1947 rassling program at
Turner's Arena winds up tonight
with two big attractions-and they
do mean big-in cofeature matches
They are Tony Galento and Primo
Carnera. ex-fghters, who meet
Frank Hewitt and Don Lee, respec.
lively. If they win and there's little
doubt that they will, there's a chance
of their being matched against each
other early in 1948 here.
Nanjo Singh Of cobra clutch fame
tangles with Phil Gruber of Chi
cago in side attraction. Other
matches are Sheik Abed against Ker
Ackler and Pierre LIE Clair against
Harry FinkelStein,
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Van Cuyk Top HurIer

SALISBURY, Md, Dec. II R>.-
Chris Van Cuyk, towering left hand
er from Appleton, Wis, who won rs
and lost two for the pennant-win-
ming Cambridge, Md, Dodgers OF
the Glass D Eastern Shore Baseball
League, walked off with most of the
honors when the official 1947 aver
ages were announced today.
Evening star., 1947-12-17
Iroion Five Heads East

LOS ANGELES, Dec. IT R.-
Thirteen Southern California Tro-
jan basket ball players leave by
train today for a f1ve-game holiday
swing through the Midwest and
East. Opponents include Northwest
ern, Michigan, Niagara, La Sale
and Long Island U.
Evening star., 1947-12-17
Pro Basket Ball
By the Assoeiotsd Press
AHEnIHAAY EIYE

Philadelphia. 81 Brooklyn. II.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Indianapolis, 80; Syracuse, r.
ALL-AMERICAN LEAGUE.
YOUNGSTOWN, 81; Cumberland (Md.), 81.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Bellingham, 10: Astoria, 76
Exhibition.
Flint Dows IN, L.. 81; sheboygan
(NL), 40
Evening star., 1947-12-17
Friday Game Wanted

The Central Commands basket
ball team wants a game for Friday
Call Bob Smell at Sligo 2033 after
5 pm.
Evening star., 1947-04-30
u. NJ.
Continued From First Page J

debate today with an appeal for
Jewish representation.
Noting that the Steering Commit
tee had heard the spokesmen of five
Arab states present their views yes
terday, Indian Delegate Asaf Ali
asked:
Where are the representative of
the Jewish people who will be af-
fected? Where is Palestine?"
He then told the committee as it
resumed debate this morning:
I'VE are playing Hamlet without
the Prince of Denmark"
Both the British and American
delegations were reported opposed
to Jewish participation with a vote
less voice in the special Assembly
debate as long as it is solely con-
cerned with the procedural step of
setting up an inquiry committee.
Both western powers intimated
that their present position against
nonmember representation in the
Assembly might be altered if the
substance of the Palestine question
is forced onto the Assembly floor
by the Arab states insistence on
debating their demand for imme-
diate independence of the Holy
Land.
. The two powers likewise left the
door open to Jewish representation
at the regular Assembly session to
which the proposed committee would
report in September and lead into
the substance of the Palestine prob
lem.
Evening star., 1947-04-30
Daily Worker Editor Puts
Reds in U. S. at 10000
BY The Associoted Press

NEW YORK, April 30.-Milton
Howard, associate editor of the Com
munist newspaper, the Daily Worker,
placed the number of American
Communists at $4,000 last night in
a radio debate over the. Mutual net
work.
Mr.. Howard and DR.. Jack r. Nc
Michael of the Methodist Fedora
ition for Social Action, argued with
Representatives Sheppard. Demo-
crat, of California and Miller. Re-
publican, of Nebraska the question,
Should Communism Be Outlawed
in American"
When Mr.. Sheppard asked Mr..
Howard if he approved Stalins writ
ten remark that Communism and
Capitalism could not exist together
in the world" the editor replied:
stain was wrong I believe that
We can have peaceful collaboration
between Soviet Russia and this
country -
Evening star., 1947-04-30
Service Fair Entries
To Close Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the last day for Dis
trict high school students to enter
the first annual Washington Science
Fair, sponsored by the Science Clubs
of America and scientific societies of
Washington, Keith johnson, chair
man of the fair, warned today.
The fair will be open from May
10 through May % in the Commerce
Department Building, Fourteenth
and Constitution avenue NV.
Mr.. Johnson, head of the science
department for the public schools,
said all boys and girls in the seventh
to twelfth grades in the District
areas public, private and parochial
schools are eligible to enter exhibits.
Entries must be filed in his Office at
Woodrow Wilson High School by
tomorrow. Mr.. Johnson said.
. A board of judges from the scien-
tific societies of Washington will
name winners in five subject areas.
These areas are biological science,
physical science, engineering, public
welfare and research.
Each night of the fair a special
entertainment for the public will be
held in the auditorium of the Com
merce Building, including movies on
the atomic bomb and lectures by
members Of the recent, Antarctic
expedition.
Evening star., 1947-04-30

one kind of treatment or service,
and the Navy another. 1t is difficult
to build high morale in the Army
and the Navy when either feels it is
being Disseminated against in favor
of the other. The story of what
happened in the Pacific when men
OF one service were asked to unload
beverages not available to them and
destined for consumption of men in
the other service, is almost legen-
Diary. And groups of men subsist-
ing primarily on canned and dehy-
drafted foods must be forgiven if
they felt some rancor when men of
the other service, literally alongside
them, consumed goods brought in
on refrigerator ships"
Evening star., 1947-04-30
Court Weighs Jurisdiction
Appeal by Mrs. Duront

Whether District Court has juris-
diction in an action seeking release
of Mrs. Kathleen Nash Durant Is
under advisement today by Justice
James M. Proctor.
A petition for a writ of habeas
corpus, filed through the law firm
of Douglas, Obear and Campbell,
contends Mrs. Durant, former WAC
captain. was no longer in service
when arrested last spring, and not
within jurisdiction of the Army for
court martial.
The question of District Court S
power to act id the case was raised
yesterday. Representing the Gov
ernment were Col. Franklin Ritter,
judge advocate of the Army, and
Assistant United States Attorney
Daniel B. Maher. The petition
names as respondent Secretary of
War Patterson.
Evening star., 1947-04-30
Catholic Women Honor
Representative Norton
BY the Associated Press

NORWOOD, Mass April 30
Cited as the Outstanding Catholic
woman Of the year." Representative
Mary T. Norton, Democrat. of New
Jersey today received from the Most
Rev. Richard J. Cushing, Archbishop
of Boston, the Siena Medal of Theta
Phi Alpha, national society of Cath
ollc university women.
The award went to the 72-year-old
House member by vote of National
Board of Ecclesiastical Authorities
and University Women, Mrs. Fran
els Moran of Boston, national presi-
dent OF the sorority, said.
The presentation followed a pom
tlf1cal mass at st. Catherine's
Church marking the 60Oth annivers-
sary of the birth of it's patron, ST.
Catherine of Siena, 18th century
Dominican, described by Archbishop
Gushing as the 'pacifier of all italy
and "the best example any woman
could follow"
Evening star., 1947-04-30

the castle. which is located near
United States Army headquarters in
Frankfurt.
Army officials have predicted
that further prosecutions" might
soon develop in American civilian
courts after the windup of the case
against the three so-called prin-
cipals.
Oficials said the jewel collection
would not be returned to the Hesse
family Immediately but would be
taken to the United States for any
new civilian court trials which
might develop and then be returned
to Germany after the entire case
is closed.
When Allied troops invaded Ger
many, the Hesse family buried their
jewels under the floor of the castle
basement. Testimony at the trial
indicated the hoard had been dug
up in the fall of 1945 while Capt.
Nash, now Mrs. Durant, was in
charge of the castle. Durant was
chief executive officer of the per-
sonnel division of the United States
Army headquarters here, and Wat
son was his assistant.
Arrested in Chicago.
The prosecution charged that Mrs
Durant learned, of the jewel hoard
from Hesse family servants, had it
dug up and brought to her room
Witnesses said Mrs. Durant showed
the jewels to Durant, who allegedly
brought Watson into the scheme
Disappearance of the gems became
known publicly in 1916 during an
Army investigation which extended
over several countries. The Durants
were arrested in Chicago and Wat
son in Germany.
1t. Col. Joseph Bryan of Middle
port, Ohio, Durant's attorney, said
today that the trial just concluded
was only the first round in our
fight" The judgment still is subject
to military review and confirmation
by President Truman.
IF military channels fail" Col.
Bryan said, I'VE will undoubtedly
carry this case into the Federal
court"
Evening star., 1947-04-30
Prices
Continued From First Page

business, said feed prices have fallen
So ton in the last 10 days.
Baltimore Prices Drop.
Retail milk prices have dropped
in a number of other Eastern cities.
This includes Baltimore, where
new price tomorrow will bring
quarts of milk cents below Wash
ington's
Meanwhile, merchants of George
town. Hyattsville and Alexandria
stepped up their efforts to enroll
more businessmen in the program
of reducing retail prices 10 per cent.
The Alexandria Retail Merchants
Association voted yesterday to give
the Newburyport Mass plan for
cutting prices a Today trial, start
ing Saturday.
This drew commendation from
Alexandrias City Council at its
regular meeting last night.
Falls Church Rejects Proposal.
Falls Church merchants, however,
rejected the 10 per cent reduction
plan at meeting last night. In
stead. they went on record as
pledging themselves ito continue
TO sell merchandise at the lowest
possible prices consistent with sound
business practice"
Another cheering piece of news
for consumers was the Agriculture
Department announcement that
farm product prices had declined
about l per cent between March Is
and April Is. Leading In the down.
turn were meat animals, dairy
products and food grains.
The price of milk in Washington
and Maryland stores of Highs will
be Is cents as against II cents for
other milk sold in retail stores and
1917 cents for home-delivered milk.
Hyattsville Drive Gains.
In Hyattsyilesa four-man COM
mittee, headed by Samuel Said
man. announced that about 80 mer-
chants have signed up for the price
reduction program which went into
effect there Monday. He said an
other 20 businessmen. including
some in West Hyattsville, have
promised to join.
Several store operators reported
encouraging results, but most agreed
it will be the end of the week be-
fore the results really" will be
seen.
Some so merchants attended
meeting last night in Georgetown
to work out details of the se-called
Georgetown plan which goes into
effect there tomorrow. Sponsors
Evening star., 1947-04-30
|CounseIs Conference
With Justice Delays
May War Fraud Trial
By Robert K. Welsh

A half -hour conference among
Justice Henry A. Schweinhaut and
Government and defense counsel in
District Court today delayed re-
sumption Of the war fraud con-
spiracy trial of former Representa-
tive Andrew j. May and three
officials of the Carson munitions
combine.
Attorneys reported that the ses-
sion in the Justices chambers con-
cerned questions of admissibility
Of evidence, 4'but they refused to
say whether they discussed possible
new defense motions for a mistrial
or whether they talked about
rumors Of 'tjury fix"
The rumors were brought to
Justice Schweinhaut's attention
yesterday by defense counsel, but
the justice declared he discounted
them.
When court reconvened, defense
counsel continued its effort to break
down the testimony of A. c. Brown,
Whitesburg Ky.) 1umberman who
declared he had an oral agreement
with May to buy the Cumberland
Lumber Co.
Never Got Written Contract.
May is being tried with Henry M
and Murray Carson and Joseph F
Freeman, Washington agent for the
| Garssons, on charges that he ac-
cepted more than $4,000 from the
Garssons through the lumber COM
pany Tor services he did for them as
chairman of the House Military At
fairs Committee. May has asserted
he simply was the Kentucky agent
for the Garssons in running the
lumber company and that he kept
none of the money they sent for
operating the company.
Defense counsel brought out In
cross examination today that Mr..
Brown, who said he made the oral
agreement with May about April /,
1945, knew soon after that date that
May had associates in the enter
prise.
Mr. Brown insisted, however, that
May never identified the associates.
Mr.. Brown said he had always con-
sidered himself part owner of the
lumber company, but, he added, he
never was able to obtain written
contract from May.
Says He Didn't See Invoices.
Mr.. Brown, together with Mays
nephew, A. j. Little Jack" May,
and Leroy w. Fields sr., manager
of the concern for II months in l943
and 1914, also testified they never
saw purported orders and invoices
showing Illinois affiliates of the
Carson munitions combine OBJ
tanned lumber from the concern.
After Mr.. Brown and possibly
two or three other Kentucky wit
nesses, including Mays son, Robert
V. May, have testified Government
prosecutors expect to call witnesses
in support of their charge that these
lumber orders We're faxed. The
Government charges also that the
Erie Basin Metal Products, Inc,
and Batavia Metal Products, Inc.
Illinois companies af1iliated with
the $78,000,000 Garssons wartime
munitions combine, received no
lumber from Cumberland but pre-
dated invoices to claim they OBJ
tanned shipments a year or, two
Iearliek
Evening star., 1947-04-30
New Sugar-Rice Ceilings
Are Effective Tomorrow

Community price ceilings on sugar
and rice will go into effect tomorrow
replacing the system which required
each retail merchant to compute
percentage markups, the Agriculture
Departments Sugar Rationing Ad-
ministration announced today.
The old system, it was explained
meant price ceilings varied from
store to store.
The customer seldom knew what
the ceiling price was, and sometimes
the grocer wasn't sure" an official
said.
Now all retail stores of comparable
size and type in the same community
will have specific dollar -and-cent
prices on sugar and packaged rice.
Evening star., 1947-04-30

600 if medical supplies procurement
had been combined, $6,0o0,000 an
nually by the consolidation of post
exchange and ships store operations,
SO, 100000 if transport maintenance
and repair had been unified.
The report also details many cases
where the separate supply services
resulted in operational difficulties.
Ridicules Minor Differences.
I'm some cases." it declared, "dif-
ferences in specifications were so
minor as to be ridiculous. Both
departments procured lotion bridge
trestles from the Michaels Art
Bronze Co., Covington, KY. Separate
drawings were furnished the con-
tractor by the Army and Navy. The
equipment differed only in the toler-
ance of drilled holes and their
spaces, yet only limited number
of bridges were interchangeable.
Refrigerator storage space was
especially at premium in the trop-
les. In one instance, 250,0oo rations
were lost on Guam because covered
storage space was not available for
use by one of the services, while, at
the same time, large tonnages of
-perishable supplies were being
stored under cover by the other
service.
AT Weondi Island, New Guinea,
in November, 1914, one service had
stocks of creosoted timber piling in
reserve for contingents, while dock
construction job for the other service
at Biak Island. few miles away,
was being delayed because of a
shortage of such piling.
Also on Biak Island, one service
was salvaging ngtherage pontoons
to meet critical shortage, while
the other service was issuing con-
siderable quantities from excess
stocks at Finschafen, New Guinea,
for use as water tanks
While there was little co-ordina-
ton of construction activities in the
United States, there was some in
the construction program in Green
land with the result that $3.50, 600
or approximately one-sixth of the
work, was saved. Such co-opera-
tion was rare, however.
The Army's Special Services Di-
vision is responsible for the building
Of morale. Time after time, in out
fits side by side, the Army received
Evening star., 1947-04-30
Senate Group Probing
B. & 0. Loan Recalls
Chairman Of RFC
BY the Assoeio'ed Press

The Senate Banking Committee
recalled RFC Chairman John D.
Goodloe today to wind up one phase
Of its investigation into an RFC
loan to the Baltimore g. Ohio Rail
road. p. d
Mr.. Goodloe told the Senators
yesterday sthe agency's only aim in
agreeing TO accept B. g. o. bonds in
lieu Of note was to protect its
loan.
The committee is investigating an
$80,000,00 exchange of bonds be-
tween the RFC and the railroad,
which In effect postpones the date
OF repaying the loan from 1914 at
least until 1865.
Robert D. L'HeWeux, committee
counsel, said additional witnesses
who Chairman Tobey said yester-
day will give interesting testi-
rnony"-probably will not be called
before next week.
Special Court Probed Case.
Mr.. Goodloe testified that be-
cause of the RFC action permitting
the 3. 81 o. to refinance its debt,
"there is every reason for expect
ing that the B. 81 O. will be. able
to function without any serious
financial worry at least until 1865"
He said special court of three
eminent Federal judges in 1914 con-
sidered charges that the railroad
did not act in good faith when it
applied for relief under the Bank
ruptcy Act. and unanimously found
them without foundation" He
continued:
1T Is now charged, at least by
implication, that the court failed
to carry out its responsibilities be-
cause certain essential facts were
not revealed to the court. Such q
charge does not square with the
facts"
He singled out an assertion by
Cassius M Clay, former B. 81 o.
solicitor and one-time RFC counsel,
that the railroads plan was "a
fraud upon the court
Testified Before Court.
Mr.. Clay made the same state
ments before the court, although
perhaps with less emotion" Mr..
Goodloe said, and the court dis
missed them.
He declared also Mr.. Clay told
the court at the time of the re-
organization hearing that 4 am not
questioning the good faith of any
of the officers and directors Of the
Baltimore & Ohio"
Mr.. Goodloe said that until the
reorganization plan was worked out
"there was q long time overhanging
danger that the RFC would ulti-
mately lose money on its unsecured
B. & O. loans and that the B. g. O.'s
inability to earn enough to cover
its interest charges would ultimately
force the road to go through the
wringer'"
The plan included the RFC loan
extension,
Evening star., 1947-04-30
Labor
Continued From First Page

had conceded his motion would be
beaten, told reporter before the
voting started he was mot sure
any more"
II think now that we have a
fighting chance he said.
But Senator Taft, chairman of
the Senate Labor Committee, in
sisted the motion would win only a
handful of votes.>
No Change in Provisions.
Senator Morse's proposal would
not change any of the provisions on
the somewhat milder Senate bill,
but would direct the Senate Labor
Committee to break it up into four
measures. These, to be sent back
to the Senate floor by Friday
would:
/. Revise the Wagner collective
bargaining act. .-..-.
2. Create a new Federal media
ton agency and authorize court in
functions to stop or prevent strikes
which imperil national wealth or
safety. .....
3. Make unions subject to suit for
breach of contract.
4. Set up Senate-House COM
mittee to make study of labor
management relations.