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Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03

Evolutionary Progress

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British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin felt good about tho progress
achieved in New York at the sessions
of the Big Four foreign ministers
council and the United Nations Gen
eral Assembly. He talked of real
progress in radio report to the
country which normally he would
have made to Parliament, had it not
recessed for the holidays
in his report, Bevin said that grad
ual evolution Of the United Nations
is now in the process of improvement
and modification.
In New York. we found this proc
ess operating pretty effectively" he
said. Although diplomats failed to
agree on formal code Of conduct
governing the Veto, Bevin felt they
would observe it in practice
British policy, he declared, was
based wholly ON the United Nations
1--WE have to achieve three pur-
poses," said Bevin. "One is to make
unnecessary use Of national arma-
ments.
Secondly, instead of frontiers bris-
Ting with guns, we must attain Il
state of peace in which the mind Of
man is turned toward economic and
cultural development without fear.
"The third purpose is to make the
great natural resources of the world
available to ALL
Meanwhile in New York, although
other UN branches remained dor
mant until the end of the year, the
Atomic Energy Commission plugged
steadily away with one-day inter-
ruption for Christmas.
The commissions working commit
tee has the major task of wrapping
together the US. Baruch plan, the
safeguards report and the General
Assembly resolution on arms Slashing
into one document.
This final document is slated to 90
20 the full commission on December
30 and thence to the parent Security
Council on New Years Eve.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03
Hot Shots
Around the World Away


Near Olympia, Wash. a state pa
trolman sighted two warning flares.
found two unconcerned drunks sing
ing in the middle of the road. The
celebrators told him a truck driver
set out the flares after he had been
unable to talk them into going home.
In Kochi, Japan, residents attest
that it's an i'll quake that shakes no
good. The upheaval Saturday cracked
an open field, out of which spurtcd
blackish fluid. A woman struck
match and the whole village joined
in putting out the fire, then capped
the oil gusher.
. In Richmond, Va, a department
stores Call up Santa Claus" promo
ton went wrong when advertise
ments listed the telephone number
of Mrs. r. l.. Crone instead of the spon-
sor'S. Later ads sought to correct the
error but Mrs. Crone got hoarse telling
kiddies, Santa doesn't live here any
more"
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03

fOckct-lcStlnS range across 3,UUO miles
of Australian desert which will take
$l0,500,000 annually to operate. Russia
has its research projects too, as wit
ness the rocket tests over the Baltic.
The United States is not tagging.
The Army already has under test "a
rocket plane with potential speed Of
1,700 m.p.h. German scientists under
contract in the us, arc confident it is
possible for man to fly aboard the w
rockets developed by Nazis during the
war, provided some method can be
devised for getting him down safely.
Rocket Guinea Pig
The National Advisory Committee
for ! cronautics disclosed it was using
600-mlle- an-hour rockets as flying
guinea pigs" for future robot weapons
at Langley Field, Va,
Known as Tiamat, the device is the
first guided missile to be flown sue
ceSsfully through a predetermined
program of maneuverS." It is IA feet
long and weighs about 600 pounds.
The name Tiamat is that of a myth
illogical Babylonian goddess whose
emblem is a winged dragon.
Tlamat IS a step" rocket. 1t has a
rocket booster assembly mounted on
it. tail which provides 1920 pounds
of thrust for 3l2 seconds, at which
time the flying speed is 600 m.p.h. The
booster assembly then drops off and
an internal rocket engine provides 200
pounds of thrust for As seconds.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03
.Quote
George Bernard Sh:

George Bernard Shaw: "Christ-
mas is for me simply nuisance.
Pho mob'SupportS II as acainivaf
of mcndacity, sluttony and
drunkenness. Fifty years ago |
invented a society for the aboIi-
ton of Christmas. SO far am the
only member"
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03

EOR the second time this year
i the British government,
whose empire embraces a quarter
of the earth's land surface and
more than quarter of its people,
offered to set subject people free.
This time it was Burma; last March
it was India.
Burma is land about the size Of
Texas with l5,000,000 people India is
little more than half the size of the
continental United States with three
times its population. The Indian offer
has not yet materialized, partly be-
cause of the inability of Indians,
themselves, to agree on independence.
These offers by Britains SocialiStic
Labor government are hard to take
for many a Briton, reared in the tradi-
ton that the ''Sun never sets on the
British empire" They brought from
former Prime Minister Win on
Churchill, now leader of the oppoSi-
tlon, tho anguishcd cry that Prime
Minister Clement Attlee was speeding
the decline and fall of the British
empire
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03

Just 18 new strikes involving 5000
workers began in mid-December, the
conciliation service reported. Another
ll2 strikes, involving 39,745 workers,
continued into the period.
A snoWballing series of court suits
by unions seeking retroactive portal
to-portal pay and damage claims
neared the $5OO,0O0,0OO mark as the
u. s. Chamber of Commerce pollcd
10000 companies throughout the land
on proposed amendments 10 relieve
employers from back-pay liabilities
dating back to 1888
Decision Last June
Last June the Supreme Court, in
case involving 1900 Mt Clemens,
Mich, pottery workers. held that
workers arc entitled to pay for time
spent preparing for their jobs on COM
pany property.
The union rush to capitalize OH this
Interpretation Of working time may
bring total of six billion dollars in
suits The Dow Chemical Co., of Mid
land, Mich, already has come TO terms
with Lewis District so, AFLs settling
for $4,056,00
Battle of StatiSticiaBs
Meanwhile preparation of the new
CIO drive for a second round Of wage
increases in tho mass production in
dustrics loomcd rs battle Of statis-
t!cianS.
Union economists figure that corpo-
rate profits for 1916 will be SO percent
higher than at the war peak, that cor
porate employers can afford IS per-
cent increase in wages, manufacturing
corporations can grant 81 percent
without reducing the rate Of corporate
earning below the 1869 average.
Business StatiSticians retort that
capital investment in industry has in
creased, that the dividend dollar has
been debated as much as the wage dol
lar and that general wage increase
will either force higher prices or put
many manufacturers out Of business
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03
SCIENCE: Race for Armaments

N7IILE hc United Nations lasting peace through
w plans for disarmament there huShsh research every
land weapons of The bomb
pbczcd of these but there host of other developing
WCapOnSrOckctS lets radar-to mention d few
Britain and Australia combined o
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03

The missile design was begun in
1914.
EIectronic Stop Watch
Meanwhile at Yale University, phys
icists have perfected an electronic
stop watch capable of measuring
time intervals as brief as one-thou-
sandth of one millionth of a second
The device, refinement of meaSur-
ing techniqueS used in wartime radar,
was designed to measure the speed of
atomic particles, count them and de-
termine the energy of charged par
ticle in nucicar .eactions.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03
Strikes Hit LO1Uest
Point Since W Day

THE nation emerged from Christmas week with the ewest work
strike VI Day Wage contests and possible shut
DOWNS big production industries involving CO
electrical workers. and another soft strike
sbe April the Department of Labor definite apering
off in work stoppages during the holiday
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03
Bitter Debate

This socialization Of industry pro-
gram has drawn opposition from con-
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03

Dates
Tuesday, December 81
End of UNRRA in Europe. re-
placed by the International Relief
Organization QRO).
Wednesday. January l
News Years Day.
Anniversary Q0th), Social Sc
curity.
Friday, January 3
80th Congress convcnes.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-03
ElectrOnic Stop Watch

The missile design was begun in
Evening star., 1947-01-19
Fatal Accident
Toll Six Since
| First of Year

A child who chewed and swal-
lowed a yellow crayon and a baby
who had stuffed bits of green
pepper up his nose were among
86 accident victims reported dur
ing the last week by the Red Cross
Accident Prevention Service.
Both these cases were treated at
Children's Hospital. Casualty Hos
pital reported the case of 6-year-
old boy treated for burns after he
set his clothing afire while play
ing with matches. Sibley Hospital
treated the throat bruises of a 2
year-old who fell with a tobacco
pipe in his mouth.
Six deaths from accidents since
the first of the year were announced
by the Red Cross. Victims were
an elderly woman who died from
complications after fall, two chill
dren killed by carbon monoxide
poisoning a 3-year-old boy who
died of gunshot wound and baby
drowned in a bathtub. Another
child was suffocated by bed clothing
Among adults involved in non
fatal accidents last week, three fell
in bathtubs, another was injured
when plaster fell from a ceiling and
a man fractured a big toe when
he dropped a block Of ice.
Evening star., 1947-01-19
Architectural Awards
To be Made Before Sprinq

Certificate of merit awards fol
owners, builders and architects Of
new and remodeled buildings, COM
pleted between January /, 1914, and
January l of this year will be
awarded before spring by the Archi-
lecture and Architectural Awards
Committee of the washington Boarc
of Trade, it was announced yester.
day.
Submissions for the awards, &C.
companied by photographs, must be
received at the Board of Trade Office
Room 204. The Star Building, by
February TO- Nominations may be
made coveringsthe entire Metropoli-
tan Area.
Signs erected in the same three
year period may be included in the
awards if a jury of three prominent
architects finds that they accomplish
the purpose of advertisement with
special artistic effect, and avoic
detriment to the adjacent architec.
tural design.
Evening star., 1947-01-19
Alexandra Customers Fifth Neighborhood
.0f Howard S 10 Claim Concert Will Start
Laundry Wednesday At9P.M. Tomorrow

Alexandria customers Of the
bankrupt w. D. Howard's, Inc.
laundry and dry cleaning firm, may
be able to claim their belongings
Wednesday, Joseph A. Roney, court
appointed receiver, said last night
He said he hoped to have the store
at 522 King street open by then
for the return of bundles, but it
might be a day later.
All Alexandria patrons will be able
to get their laundry and dry clean
ing there-some clean, some soiled
Mr.. Roney said. He warned the
store would be open only for few
days.
Meanwhile, Mr. Roney added, eff
forts were being made to persuade
former clerks to come back to work
for a few days in the firms shops
in Washington, Hyattsville and Col
lege Park.
If this proves practicable, the
stores will be reopened Saturday for
the claiming of bundles, the receiver
said. If not, all laundry and dry
cleaning will be distributed from
the plant, 1347 South Capitol street,
beginning Saturday. -
Mr.. Roney said he was making a
progress report to customers of the
chain to let them know something
is being done about returning their
laundry. ...r.
In the meantime, he asked that
patrons refrain from calling him by
telephone. Further, he pointed out
his position as impartial receiver OF
assets does not permit him to ac-
cept financial claims against the
company.
They are the concern of John A.
Bresnahan, referee in bankruptcy,
who, on the other hand, has nothing
to do with distributing the laundry
and dry cleaning.
Also plagued by telephone calls,
Mr.. Bresnahan asked that claimants
use the mails.
Evening star., 1947-01-19
Chase by Witness Leads Police
To Hit-Run Cab; Woman Hurt

A 42-year- -old woman was injured
critically late yesterday when hit
and-run taxicab jumped the curb
and struck her as she waited for
a bus, police reported.
The victim, Mrs. Florence Allen,
1868 Nichols avenue S.W., was ad-
mitted to Casualty Hospital, where
it was said both her legs were Sc
|verely crushed.
Shortly after the accident, police
arrested a 28-year-old cab driver.
Police said witness told them he
mad followed the cab driver to his
home.
According to the report, Mrs.
Allen was standing with her son,
william Posey, 20, at Nichols ave-
nue. and Atlantic street S.W. Mr..
Posey, who escaped injury, at
tempted to pull his mother to safety
when the cab came over the curb.
However, its rear bumper knocked
her against a treee, police were told.
A portion of the bumper was found
at the scene.
A Navy enlisted man, Merritt c.
Evening star., 1947-01-19

Sharing with two other families
the prospect of early eviction from
their apartment home at 1847 Mon
roe street NE. is a 70-year-old cou-
pie who have lived there for nearly
six years.
All apparently are victims OF cir
cumstances which brought to the
attention of District authorities the
fact that their Brookland dwelling
violates a zoning ordinance and LED
a court to order them out.
None, as of yesterday, had found
another place to call home.
An order to move by February 4
was issued to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
W. Ruhl, both TO, Mr.. Ruhl, a retired
Government Printing Office en-
ploye, works part time at the YMCA.
Mrs. Ruhl is in failing health. ..
Forced to follow by February Is
under the courts order are Mrs.
Blanche Hef1in, a widow, and her
son, Albert Hef1in, %, mail clerk,
for whom she keeps house.
February is also is the last day
of grace for the family of James w.
Burgonier, a dental technician. His
family includes Mrs. Burgonier'
their daughter, Linda, 5, and Mrs.
Burgonier's brother. Robert Trude,
employed by the Army Map Serv-
ice.
In Restricted Area.
The three apartments are in a
house situated in an area restricted
to single family detached homes
Within a block radius are at least
four other residences subdivided into
apartments in much the same way
neighbors declare.
How the house occupied by the
Ruhls and the others came to be
singled out for the laws attention
is a matter for speculation. Mr.
Ruhl thinks it was newspaper
advertisement offering the house for
sale.
The ad led to the sale of the
Evening star., 1947-01-19
80 Seized in Raid
Questioned on Theffs

| One of the largest raids in recent
history here last night netted police
more than 80 persons from an es-
tablishment in the 1900 block of
q. street NV. for questioning In
connection with several unsolved
robberies.
Detectives early today were still
Questioning some of the persons
brought to police headquarters in
more than a dozen patrol wagons
but most of the men, all colored
v.ere released on identifying them
selves.
THE sudden descent of the raid
ing party on the busy establishment
known as the Capital Pleasure Asso-
citation, Inc, attracted large crowd
which jammed sidewalks ano
blocked traffic for more than ar
hour.
fThe raiders, led by Detective
ssrgt. George Cooper of the rob-
bSry squad, struck shortly before
Midnight.
Evening star., 1947-01-19
Paper Collections Rise
With End Of HOLIDAYS

With papertroopers again settling
down to business, the second week
of waste paper collections following
the Christmas holidays showed 9
gain of 61a tons over the previous
week,
The weeks total of LOT $3.50 pounds
pushed the grand total in The
Evening Star-PTA salvage cam
paign to 26,789,677 pounds.
Collections not reported hereto
fore are: Hearst, 2.466; lexington
900; Emery, 1850; Gage. 1877: Ste
vens, $50; Grant. liza; Phillips
40; Hyde, 1856; Oyster. 248; Lafay-
cite, $3.50; Congress Heights, 665;
Westbrook, 412; Murch, 2,528; jan
ney, 1905; Mann, 285; Key, 961
Hardy, 1913; Stoddert, 3,038; St
Thomas. Apostle, 1,643: Woodbridge,
1872; Burrville, 500; Merritt, $50;
Benning, 3,170; Kingsman, 1,133;
Edmonds, 225; Ludlow, 2,138: Blair,
$50; Hayes, sos; Hilton-Peabody
873.
Schedules for collections in Dis
trict I, together with the leaders,
are as follows:
Evening star., 1947-01-19

y, Gordon, 4037 Nichols avenue S.W.
applied tourniquets to Mrs. Alleni
mangled legs, police said.
A fire alarm was sounded imme-
diately after the accident. Police
said Mr.. Posey told them he turned
it in from box in his haste tc
obtain assistance for his mother.
Police said at least three motorists
chased the cab. They said one told
them he followed the cab to Wind
lass. Green SW. There, police re-
ported finding cab with a damaged
bumper.
They arrested the driver, Chester
Blazewicz of Windlass Green, and
charged him with leaving after COL
liding and driving while drunk.
Max A.. Anders, %, of Windlass
Green, said by police to have been
riding in Blazewicz' cab earlier, was
arrested and charged with being
drunk.
Policemen P. c. Duvall and Carl
A. Rudbeck made the arrests. Pvt.
Duvan refused to divulge the name
of the man they said led them to
BlaZewicZ' home
Evening star., 1947-01-19
Martin Promises TO Speed
Study Of Urgent D. {. Bills

Speaker Martin gave assurances
yesterday that the House would
consider any urgent" District leg
islation without deferring it to the
semi monthly District Days" GUS
tomarily charted.
If measure had an important
time angle, he said, the House lead
ership would find some spot when
1t could be considered without
awaiting for the regular District
schedule.
A similar plan was worked out
during the past Democratic Con-
crosses during the regime of former
Representative Randolph as chair
man of the District Committee. This
was developed, partly because, at
times, District legislation was given
short shrift on District Day" il
weighty national measures were
pressing for action.
Evening star., 1947-01-19

house last June to the Washington
real estate firm of Leo Bernstein,
who said he did not know there was
a zoning violation involved in the
apartments. When he applied to
District Superintendent of Licenses
Edward E. Bailey for the necessary
papers to run the place as an apart
ment house, Mr.. Bernstein related,
he was told mo"
The law says apartment houses
with three or more families IN sep
arate suites must be licensed at a
cost of SIS a year. Mr.. Bailey said
he made a routine check when Mr.
Bernstein's application came in and
found the place never had been
licensed. t+
House Resold Twice.
Mr.. Bernstein said he asked the
Rent Control Office what to do in
these circumstances and was advised
to give his tenants notice. Last Oc-
tober the Ruhls, Burgoniers and
Hefins found themselves in the
landlord tenant branch of Municipal
Court. They were given notices to
vacate.
Since then the house has had
other owners. Two weeks ago ii
was bought by Hyman Sachs, 90e
Fourteenth street NV, who sold il
to Nelson D. Holmes, 1917 Randolph
place NV. Mr.. Holmes visited the
Ruhls yesterday and told them he
was going to try to get the court te
stay their order to move until Feb.
ruary Is, to match the Others
The three families, meantime
have begun packing. Each hopes tt
find an unfurnished apartment. But
they all said they will be careful
when they sign a lease. During the
weeks of waiting they say the have
learned that countless landlords are
believed to operate apartments in
violation of the zoning law.
Evening star., 1947-01-19
Copt. MiIIiken to Speak
At Purenthood Meeting

Capt. Rhoda Milliken, director of
the Women's Bureau of the Police
Department, will speak Wednesday
at the luncheon of Planned Parent
hood Federation of America at the
Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.
The luncheon is the high light of the
annual meeting.
Mrs. Earl Baldwin Mckinley. ex-
ecutive director of the District
branch cf the organization, will
present the annual report on
local activities at a session Tuesday.
The national meeting Is preparatory
to the opening in February of the
first Nation wide fund drive of the
federation. The Washington quota
of the fund drive is $4,000.
Evening star., 1947-01-19
Youth Groups
Unite for War
On OnDeHnquency

Members of the Junior Police ano
Citizen Corps yesterday invited va
rious teen-age clubs throughout the
city to join~its newly-formed Fed
Grafton of Teen-Age Social Clubs te
combat juvenile delinquency.
Purpose of the federation is te
map teen-age recreational activities
for after-school hours and week
ends.
The corps was founded by Oliver
A. Cowan, a member of Washing.
tons police force as a means oi
combating juvenile crime by pro.
viding the youths with a recrea-
tional and citizen-building program
Mr.. CoWan was present at yes.
terday's meeting when the fedora.
ton was created to augment the &C.
tivities of the Corps.
Evening star., 1947-01-19

The fifth of the Neighborhoot
Concerts being given by the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra under
the sponsorship of The Evening
Star will begin at pm. tomorrow
at Central High School, Thirteenth
and Clifton streets NV.
The mounting interest in this
series of concerts, intended to ac-
quaint more Washingtonians at firsi
hand with their famous orchestra
brought rush for invitations which
had exhausted the supply by Friday
The distribution was through the
Community Center Department
Central High and various. othe,
schools in the Central area, as wei
as the information counter in the
lobby of The Star Building,
Special seats will be reserved at
tomorrow's concert for war veterans
under treatment at Walter Reed
Hospital, who will be brought to the
school by the Red Cross.
DR.. Hans Kinder. who will con.
Duct, mas selected a particularly
beautiful program for this fifth con.
cert. Among the works to be per.
formed is Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe.
STARS" giving recognition to 3
Washington composer for the frs
time lin the series. ii. -,ss ka
The complete program follows:
Overture, Secret of Susanne,'
Wolf-Ferrari.
Romeo and Juliet" Tchaikovsky
"Stars," Howe.
"Berceuse and Praeludium, Jarne-
felt.
"Capriccio Espagnol," Rinsky.
Korsakov.
The concert will be broadcast by
Station WMAL for the benefit OF
those who are unable to obtain invi-
tations.
All those with invitations are re-
quested to be seated by 8:45 pm, al
which time the remaining seats will
be made available to any who seek
admission without invitations.
Evening star., 1947-01-19
Woman on Honeymoon
Here Loses $3.50 Rinq

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles j. Rose
mund are on their honeymoon, but
Mrs. Rosemund is not wearing her
$3.50 engagement ring.
Mrs. Rosemund, who came from
Cumberland, Md, said she left 1t
in her room in a downtown hotel
when she went to Mt. Vernon
Place Methodist Church yesterday
to be married. Remembering it a
few minutes later, she called the
hotel by telephone. An immediate
check was made, but the ring could
not be found. ..-
Mr.. and Mrs. Rosemund left the
city Immediately after the ceremony
Mr.. Rosemund lives at 1900 South
Washington street, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1947-01-19
J. H. Lemon Named Head
OF Red Cross Drive Division

James H. Lemon, partner in the
investment securities firm of john
ston, Lemon & Co., has accepted ap-
pointment as chairman of the resi-
Dental division of the 1947 Red
Cross fund campaign, Joseph c.
Grew, general campaign chairman,
announced yesterday.
The month-long drive will be
started March /, and members OF
the residential division will do the
doorbell ringing in by block
solicitation for contributions. To
assist Mr.. Lemon, 81 area chairmen
will be named to organize apartment
house and block teams.