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Laurel outlook., 1947-12-03
THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH

H. C. Haemmelmann, Pastor.
Sunday, Dec. Z:
Sunday school $3.50 a. m.
English Worship service 1890 a.
m. Sermon topic: (second in ad-
vent s%eries). "The Methods of
Gods Outreach."
Prayer meeting, 2 p. m.
Young Peoples meeting in the
main sanctuary at 1880 p. m. with
DIR. Cloyd Conner, our Congrega-
tional state supt., as guest speaker.
A special program is planned for
that evening. Come and bring
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-03

Helena, Dec. 3.-Montana's $21,
III, 900 highway construction pro.
gram on the primary system is now
in full swing, for the final $780,
900 was allocated during the meet,
ing of the highway commission here
Nov. 20, highway department of
ficials have announced.
Approximately 555 miles of prim-
airy highway and IS bridges or over
passes in addition to the federal
aid secondary system are either I'M
der construction OF have had money
allocated to them as part of Mon
tana's ~long-range, continuing high
way development program and will
be completed as rapidly as possible,
depending upon conditions in Mon
tana and the nation. The ia pro-
jects are located in all parts of
Montana and are confined to- those
having the greatest value to the
entire state from a use standpoint.
With the completion of the pres
ent construction program, all avail
able federal funds will have been
consumed. However, it is expected
that congress will appropriate more
money to strengthen the nations
inter-connecting highway systems.
Montana is we'll prepared to take
advantage of such continuation.
Under the terms of the 1914 fed
eral highway act, each contemplated
must receive the approval
of the public roads administration
before it can qualify for benefits of
the act. After approval is granted,
contracts are let for bids, the low
est being accepted, and construction
is started. When the project is
completed it is inspected and ap-
Not until then, does the
federal government make final pay
ment, $40 of the construction cost,
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-03
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Fifth at Penn.

UT LIE NAL<tHE1NG
Fifth at Penn.
James H. Haueter, Pastor.
Sunday, Dec. 7:
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship, II a. M.
N. Y. P. S., 7:45 p. m.
Evangelistic service, 1880 p. m.
Monday, Dec. g.,
Choir practice, $3.50 p. m.
Campfire girls, 1880 p. m.
Boy Scouts, 1880 p. M.
Wednesday, Dec. 10:
Bible study and prayer service
1880 p. m.
Church Board meeting, $3.50 p. m
Friday, Dec. II:
w. F. M. S. meeting, 2 p. m.
This meeting will be held at the
Earl Wilson home on the corner Of
Montana and Fifth st. E.
The Friendly Church with a Vita
Message.
Laurel outlook., 1947-12-03
Oriental New York Civ

New York City is nov the worlds
greatest market place for Oriental
rugs. Each year importers in the
metropolis receive millions of dol
lars worth of hand-woven rugs
which ultimately find their way to
homes throughout the world.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Philadelphia City Hal.
Shaken by Explosion
By the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22.-Ar
explosion believed caused by
bomb shook Philadelphia's City Hal
today and wrecked the first floor
room of the detective bureau. Firs,
reports said only one man was
injured.
The explosion caused considerable
damage. Glass partitions and doors
were shattered.
Deputy Chief Engineer William
Simler, ~among the first f1remen te
arrive on the scene, said something
exploded in a steel locker"
Fire apparatus converged on the
City Hall and hundreds of persons
crowded into the smoke-flled door
way. Police held back the crowd.
Director of Public Safety James
H. Malone was comforting with
Judge Vincent A. Carroll in an Of
flee directly above where the ex-
plosion occurred.
Il was lifted right off my feet by
the explosion, Judge Carroll said
Il thought the statue of Billy Penn
had toppled off the tower. -
The full force of the blast was
centered in one of the bureaus back
rooms occupied by the narcotics
squad.
Detectives William Leinhauser
and William Innarelli. alone in the
room. were dazed by the terrl1c
conclusion - felt in buildings a
block away but escaped with
nothing more serious than scratches
Inside the room, a row OF steel
lockers was demolished. Filing
cabinets were wrecked and choking
fumes filled the corridors. There
was no fire.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Chang Forces Report
Advances in Shaniunq
BY the Associated Press

NANKING, Aug. ga new
Chinese government drive has nearly
isolated the Communists on Shan
tung Peninsula, captured one big
base and is progressing toward the
port of Chefoo, field dispatches said
today.
government reports say the
Communists have been driven back
as much as go miles on both sides
of the railway from Tsingtao to
Tsinan, Shantung capital, breaking
prolonged Communist control OF the
line.
After clearing the railroad, gov
ernment columns proceeded north,
reaching Liachow Bay west OF
Chefoo at Yangchiaokou and cap
turing the Communist base at
Changi. 81 miles southeast. Changi
is 80 miles northwest of Tsingtao.
From Changi, these accounts
added, two columns which joined
there were pushing toward Laiyang
10 miles east and about midway be-
tween Chefoo and Tsingtao. Lai-
yangs fall would threaten Chefoo
itself.
Laiyang, So miles southwest of
Chefoo, lies in the heart of the
peninsula, long Communist strong
hold. and controls a network of
highways.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Mans Note Tells of Watching
Own Death in Hotel Mirror

The man had registered August IL
under the name of C. L. Matherson.
Police found a social security caro-
among his effects with the name
Charles L. Martin, 1906 State street,
Harrisburg. They were told at
that address roomer by that name
had left there August 4. .
William H. Joyner, manager OF
the Continental, found the oooy
yesterday. He was curious about a
do Not Disturb" sign that mad
hung on the door for more than a.
day.
The victim was last known to be
alive on Tuesday morning Wnen
Louise Bats, q colored maid. sa"
him.
Police were trying to contact his
father, believed to live in Chambers
burg, Pa. Deputy Coroner Christo-
chez J. Murphy said an autopsy
Ecvld be performed.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
5,OOORiot Cairo Over U. NJ,
Shouting Dow. With America

Down with America, the traitor u
demonstrators shouted. Down with
Brazil, the traitor! Egypt def1es
the Security Council. Egypt defies
the whole world"
They called also for revenge on
''traitorous Egyptian police"
More than 10 Of the demonstra-
tors we're reported wounded by
police fire as officers struggled to
bring the throng Under control.
The Egyptians want Security
Council ruling on their demand for
withdrawal of British troops from
Egypt and an end to British partic-
ipation IN the administration Of
the Sudan.
Mounted officers first stormed the
crowd outside the ancient AL Azhar
mosque. Demonstrators dragged
them from their horses and seized
their clubs. Police reinforcements
were called up and met the crowd
at Malika Farida square, barring
its way to the center of the city.
Evening star., 1947-08-22

"I am standing In front Of a mirror
watching myself die. -
sThose were the opening words of q
note found near the body of mid
dle-aged man late yesterday in the
Continental Hotel.
The penciled note on two pages
of hotel stationery trailed off, then
as with an effort, continued: Il will
always love you, Helen"
There was an unintelligible scrawl
at the end.
Police also reported finding an
empty envelope in the room ad-
dressed to Mrs. Bertha M. Agnew
201 Dauphin road, Harrisburg, Pa
The envelope was not sealed.
Clad in shorts, the body was
sprawled in front Of the dresser
Detective Sergt. Walter D. Perry
said the swollen and discolo-ed con-
dition of the body indeed r2i1cn
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Sunday Reading

Thousand -kilowatt, 21-jewel
brains are rare indeed. Yet
the State Department has
such a deep-thinker in George
Frost Kennan, its No. policy
planner, that his mental oper-
ations are protected by an
impenetrable Gordon of Sc
crecy. Richard L. Stokes pre-
sents an interesting character
study of this cerebral celebrity
of the diplomatic set in Sum-
days Editorial Section.
In a companion piece, Staff
Writer Robert K. Walsh, who
helped record the knockdowns
in the Hughes-Brewster i'm
broglic on Capitol Hill, takes
a look at the myriad of other
congressional Investigations
that promise to break into the
open before long.
Fall fashions for the campus.
no longer on the Sloppy Joe
(or is it Josephine) level, are
colorfully illustrated and, dis
cussed in detail in THIS WEEK
Magazine. These and many
other features supplement the
thorough and accurate news
content of
Thr snnhay stas
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Revolutionary Plot
In South Korea Barred
In Arrest Of Leaders
Russians Charge Action
Aims at Disruption Of
Joint Commission
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Aug. %. 1t. Gen
John R. Hodge said today that
widespread activity of a revolu-
tionary nature" had been un-
covered in Southern Korea and
some ringleaders arrested-ac-
ton which the Russians charged
was aimed at dlsrupting the
work of the joint commission on
this occupied country.
Gen. Hodge, commander of the
American occupation zone, said
Korean government authorities made
the arrests after learning Of plot
by leftist employees of the Korean
Broadcasting System to inject Com
munist propaganda into network
programs and sabotage rightest
political speeches.
He said also that more than loo
rioters had been arrested for at
tempting to interfere with the gov.
ernment's rice collection program
but that those arrests had no polit-
ical significance"
Russian Hits Arrest.
Col. Gen. Treanty F. Shtikov, chief
of the Soviet delegation to the
Korean Joint Commission, charged
that the mass arrests of leftists
was apparently aimed at disrupting
the commissions work,
Gen. Hodge said ringleaders in the
propaganda plot had been under
observation for some time Ito pre-
vent out of hand disorders"
1.-The repression charged the
Russian delegate, occurred in a
responsible, tense moment" in dead
locked deliberations of the commis-
sion and included mass arrests OF
leaders and the actual closing down
of democratic parties and social
organizations of leftist trend"
He said also arrested were work
ers of the leftist democratic press.
Brown to Reply Later.
Maj. Gen. Albert E. Brown, chief
of the American delegation to the
ioint commission, said he would re-
ply later to the Russians charges.
Gen. Hodge told news confer
ence about 100 persons awaited trial
in Korea and an undetermined num-
ber in the provinces on charges of
rioting, attacking police boxes and
interfering with the rice collection
program.
Gen. Hodge added that the activ-
tiles of organizations to which many
of those arrested belonged have
been tiled to directions from the
north" He emphasized: II didn't
say from the Soviets, but from the
north
Evening star., 1947-08-22
By the A socioied Press

CAIRO, Aug. %. About 5000
riotous Egyptians, some shouting
down with America" clashed with
police in demonstrations today
against the trend of United Ma
tions Security Council discussions
on this nations dispute with
Britain.
Police seized seven followers OF
the Moslem Brotherhood.
The acting prime minister, Ahmed
Khashaba, broadcast an appeal ito
every sincere patriot to help. the
government maintain order. The
prime minister. Mahmoud FANNY
Nokrashy Pasha, is at Lake Success
pressing for United Nations action.
The demonstrators formed again
after they were scattered by police
fire.
They demanded evacuation of
British troops from Egypt "by
blood"
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Antistrike Powers Bill
Becomes Law in Chile
BY the Associated Press

SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 22.-Con-
gress completed approval today of a
bill granting the government sweep
ing and stringent powers to cope
with illegal strikes which President
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla said were
provoked by leftists.
The measure passed the Senate
with but two abstentions. The
Chamber of Deputies adopted the
measure in an emergency session
the night before.
The measure allows the govern
ment to seize struck essential indus
tries such as copper, coal, nitrates
and electricity; to suspend personal
liberties, individual constitutional
guarantees and freedom of the
press, and to declare state of siege
if needed,
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Russia Rejects
u. ). Move for
PetkaxRe.viiew
Period for Appeal to
Bulgor High Court
Ends Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Aug. o.
Russia's representative on the
Allied Control Commission today
rejected the American demand
for a review of the death SEN
tence of Nikola Petkov, top
ranking anti-Communist leader.
Mr.. Petkov was sentenced last
Saturday to die as a conspirator
against the Communist dominated
Fatherland Front government. No
date has been announced for the
hanging.
The United States denounced his
arrest and trial, and four days ago
the United States and Britain sought
a review of the sentence.
(The State Department said 1t
will protest directly to Bulgarian
government leaders in a new ef-
fort to save Mr.. Petkov's life.
John Evarts Horner, American
political representative in Sofia,
will place before Vasil Kolanov,
Bulgarian chief of state, the OBJ
lection to the death sentence.)
Appeal Period Up Tomorrow.
The rejection was announced by
1t, Gen. Alexander Cherepanov,
Soviet member and acting deputy
chairman of the commission.
Mr. Petkov, leader of the Agrarian
Party and one of the signers of the
Bulgarian armistice, also was given
a 15-year prison sentence and fined
on conviction of responsibility for
an indictment of the government
which appeared in the Agrarian
newspaper. The court chairman said
the conviction might be appealed
within seven days to the Supreme
Court. This seven days would be
up tomorrow.
The American and British de-
mands for review were made in
letters to Gen. Cherepanoy. The
American note, sent to Gen. Chere-
panov Monday. said Mr.. Petkovs
conviction appears to be a gross
miscarriage of justice" It added
that the sentence imposed on the
former outspoken leader of the
opposition in Parliament might
have repercussions on peace and
order in this country (Bulgaria) for
which the Allied Control Commits
sion has a specific responsibility"
Declared Internal Matter.
Both the Americans and the Brit
ish urged Gen. Cherepanov to in
struct the Bulgarian government to
suspend the sentence until the
commission had full opportunity to
review the case.
Replying to the American letter,
Gen. Cherepanov wrote:
Il do not consider it possible for
the Allied Control Commission to
interfere in any way in the affair
of Nikola Petkov, inasmuch as it is
purely an internal Bulgarian matter
There is, therefore, no reason
why the Allied Control Commission
should take upon itself the problem
of reviewing Nikola Petkov's case. u
The reply was handed to the
American Information Service.
Maj. Gen. Walter Robertson,
American member of the commits
sion, informed Washington.
Decisions of the Allied Control
Council must be unanimous, and
Russia's refusal ended the possibility
Of an Allied review of the case.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
GreenbeIf Defended
As House Unit Opens
o-operatives Inquir,
Public Housing Head
Sees No Monopoly in
Consumer Service
By Malcolm Lomborne, Jr.

Commissioner Dillon S. Myer
of the Public Housing Admin
istration today defended the
consumer cooperative at Green
belt, Md, before crowded hear
ing as a House Small Business
Subcommittee launched an in
vestigation of both consumer
and farmer co-operatives.
Called as the first witness in a
two-day inquiry into the nearby
Government-planned housing COM
munity, Mr.. Myer was asked by
Committee Counsel Willis j. Bal
linger whether he did not think q
10-year contract signed last year be-
tween PHA and Greenbelt Con-
sumner Services Inc, gave the organ
ization a monopoly.
II will not agree that it Is monop-
olistic," Mr.. Myer replied.
Maryland Council Opposes.
The next witness, Robert I. Black,
president of the Maryland Economic
Council, read the committee reso-
luton of the organization calling for
immediate discontinuance" of the
cooperative and urging the admit
|'tance of "any legitimate private
business which desires to locate in
Greenbelt.'
Mr.. Black, explaining that the
council in a Statewide, non-prof1t
organization designed to promote
the interests of small business in
Maryland, said 1--WE are particularly
opposed to the Federal Govern
ment's keeping any kind of legiti-
mate business out of the community
and we believe the Government
should abandon any policies that
exclude private business enterprise
from Greenbelt or any other area
that has been developed through the
expenditure of the taxpayer S
money"
Mr.. Ballinger read into the record
letters from several businessmen
who, he said, had sought to estab-
lish stores in Greenbelt, but were
unable to get anywhere.
Under questioning by Representa-
tive Patman, Democrat, of Texas
Mr.. Meyer testified that the Green
belt cooperative did not enjoy any
tax exempetions or any specia
priveles under antitrust laws.
Procedure Held Customary.
The Federal official said it was
customary, when a private developer
puts up large housing project, tt
reserve the right to establish ex.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
BY the Assoeiofed Press

Heavy dollar demands on Brit
ain by Canada and Argentina
stood out today as factors seri-
ously complicating Anglo-Amer-
lean efforts to solve England's
grave economic crisis.
AS the two-nation dollar confer
ence went into its fifth day, con.
ferees were reported looking for 6
formula to curb Withdrawals by
these countries on Britain's scanty
reserve of American currency.
Canada and Argentina, both key
British sources of raw materials
were reported unofhcially to bt
among the leading nations which
caused a run" on the Bank o1
England.
British delegates steadfastly re.
fused to disclose exactly how much
each country had withdrawn, say.
ing they did not want to point ar
accusing finger at anyone.
But British records indicate how
serious the scramble" for dollars
has become during recent weeks
From a rate of $4,000, 900 weekly
payments jumped to s237 900 ,00C
Evening star., 1947-08-22
What theRussiuns
Are Saying of Us:

Broadcast byN the official Sovie
-adio in German to Germany:
1.-THE meaning of the Marshall
plan is now perfectly clear. The
United States wishes to solve the
economic problems of Western
Europe in the interests of the
United States monopolies y
The United States monopolies are
out to destroy their potential
competitors in the world market.
Under the camouf1age of the
European relief scheme they want
to end the economic independ-
ence of the countries of Europe.
The United States monopolies
wish to make the countries OF
Western Europe into markets for
United States goods. Hence they
force them to do without the
production of goods which can
be imported from the United
States"
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Dollar Demands of Argentina,
Canada Studied at Loan PorIey
Formula Sought to Curb Heavy Droin
On British Reserve of American Currency

during the six days just before the
conference opened.
In an effort to halt this drain,
the United States has permitted
Britain to discard temporarily a
clause In the loan agreement which
required her to swap dollars for
pounds earned in everyday trading
The American Government agreed
to this drastic step after repeated
British Withdrawals during the past
IA months had reduced the British
loan from $3.50, ,000, 900 to $400, ,e0o,-
900.
Under the agreement, Britain
will be allowed full leeway In de-
termining just what current trans
actions" are.
The British still must turn over
dollars for pounds only when such
deals are involved. Up until now,
however, foreign countries had the
right to say what constituted a
current transaction"
Sir Wilfrid Eady, head of the
British delegation, has acknowl-
edged that Canada will be quite
seriously affected" by the decision
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Net Of 402 Companies.
Shows 97.9 Pct. Rise.
Over First Half Of AZ.
Stock Exchange Paper
Says Steel, Iron, Coke
Profits Are Up 1880
By the Assoeiaisd Press

eNEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Cor-
porate net income for six months
of 402 companies having COM
mon stock listed on the New
York Stock Exchange amounted
to $1,681, 800, 900, an increase of
97.9 per cent? over profits of the
sar Companies in the first half
OF lsa..'@~-;
The steel, iron and coke industry,
according to the magazine Exchange,
published by the New York Stock
Exchange, reported net profits for
six months of $l97 ,958, 900, a Jump of
1854 per cent over last year.
The "a petroleum companies in
cluded in the group reported profits
of $226, 1897, 900, a gain of 72.4 per cent
After allowing for multitude OF
handicaps on plant operations, the
fact that aggregate product of 402
listed corporations revealed nearly
double the net income of last years
comparable period shows that costs
were pretty well offset by sales prices
of goods and services" the maga-
zine said.
Metals Industries Strong.
Next to steel, iron and coke, the
machinery and metals industries
showed the largest percentage in
come increase, reporting an aggre-
gate net income of $66, ,287 900, up
1888 per cent over the same pc
riod last year.
Utilities, whose net amounted to
$196, 6,655 900, showed a decline of g.;
per cent from the first six months
of 1916.
Financial firms with net income
of $780, 900, were down 1876 from
last years total, and garment man.
ufacturers' earnings were 6 pei
cent under earnings for the same
period last year.
Autos Go Into Black.
Thirty automotive companie.
which reported an aggregate net
loss in the first six months last
year reported net earnings this veal
of $203, ,507, 900. Railroads, another
loser in 1916, listed earnings
amounting to $147,027 900.
Textile companies showed q 3d.
per cent rise in net earnings.
Other net increases over last veal
included leather and shoe manu-
facturers, up 1899 per cent; papel
and publishing. up 96.9 per cent
mining, up 100 per cent; busines!
and Office equipment, up 1873 pei
cent, and building, up 1892 per cent
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Judge Raedy. Stands
By Story She Lent
Her Car 10 Friend
Jurist Refuses to Add
To What She Told King;
Still Seeks New Yorker

Municipal Court Judge Ellen
K. Raedy declared today she was
standing by the statement she
gave Assistant Corporation Coan-
sci Clark King concerning her
activities and the loan of her
car Tuesday night when 1t be-
came involved in an accident.
She said she was continuing hel
efforts to locate Edward Emerson
of New York, a friend and former
newspaperman to whom, she tolc
Mr.. King, she had lent the auto
mobile.
In the statement given Mr.. King
yesterday, Judge Raedy said she
had given the keys to the car tt
Mr.. Emerson at about $50 pm
Tuesday and had notified the park
ing lot attendant at the Dorchester
House, where she lives, that mar
would call for the car.
Stands by Statement.
Asked today by a reporter tol
The Star to comment on state
ments made yesterday by one o.
the attendants, who said she was
a passenger in her car when it wa!
returned to the lot at about II pm.
Judge Raedy said:
."I don't know what this attend.
ant said. I didn't hear him. My
statement is in the hands OF Mr
King, and that is my only state
ment."
Judge Raedy said she was not
acquainted with the attendant men.
toned, but added that If his testi'
mony had varied from hers, SHE
still stood by the statement she gave
Mr.. King.
| In it, Judge Raedy told of having
been home with a friend all eve.
ming and of having no knowledge a!
to who might have been driving hel
car when it struck a parked sedar
at First and K streets NV. Sht
stated Mr.. Emerson left for New
York without seeing Her again, ane
her first knowledge of the mishaI
came when she was notified by
police.
King Visits Judge Raedy.
Mr.. King visited Judge Raed.
in her chambers yesterday to ge
the statement after she had failet
to keep two tentative appointment
earlier to testify in his Office. Judg'
Raedv explained she could not leave
her court because of heavy genera
ASSIGNMENTS docket which she Il
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Ships Sail With Jews

PARIS .P.-Three British
ships sailed toward Gibraltar
tonight with 4,400 Jewish rdfu-
gees who refused to land in
France, the French press
agency said. The refugees had
rejected a British ultimatum
to leave the ships or be trans
ported to the British Occupa-
ti0n zone of Germany.
Earlier Story on Page A-4.)