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Evening star., 1947-08-04
Congress Of Women Planned
In Guatemala Civ, Aug. II

Delegates from approximately IS
Women's organizations in Is coun-
tries are expected to attend the
1nter-American Congress of Women
TO be held In Guatemala City
August 21-27.
Miss Heloise Brainerd of WASH
ington Is general secretary of the
Organizing Committee of the con-
gress, which was initiated last year
by the United States Section of the
Women's international League for
Peace and Freedom. In addition to
the league. United States organiza-
tions sponsoring the congress in
clude Zonta International, Pilot
Club international, the National
Federation Of Business and Profess
sional Women, the Pan American
League Of Miami, the National
Council Of Negro Women and the
Peoples Mandate Committee.
Miss Brainerd, who left yesterday
for Guatemala, said the purpose of
the congress Is to establish the
position Of women of this hemi-
sphere in relation to international
and inter-American problems vital
to the maintenance of peace and
democracy; to determine the most
effective means of cooperation and
to strengthen the ties of friendship
and understanding between the
women Of the Americas"
Miss Brainerd pointed out that
the congress Is not q permanent
organization at present, but a rep
resentative gathering of delegates
named by established women's as
sociations to represent them at the
Guatemala City conference. 1T Is
unofncial in the sense that 1t is
not sponsored by governments, nor
by such institutions as the Pan
American Union or the United Ma
tons" she explained.
Any number of women may con-
stitute the delegation OF each coun-
try. but only two votes will be
allowed each delegation, it was said.
This policy was established by the
Organizing Committee to provide q
democratic basis for action.
Four women widely known in the
Americas are sponsors of the Con-
gress. They are senorita Gabriela
Evening star., 1947-08-04

left today for vacation In Maine
New Hampshire and some of the
resorts on the New England Coast.
Mr.. H. G.. Sanford of Knoxville,
Tenn. spent the week end with his
son-in-law and daughter, Capt. and
Mrs. Lloyd Harrison of Broad
Branch road.
Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell
will leave soon for the West, to
remain until September.
Mr.. and Mrs. billiard Lasseter are
back from Atlanta.
Miss Isabelle MCGEE is spending
the summer in Raleigh.
Evening star., 1947-08-04
Miss Sara BroWn
We'd to J. Il. Bokev

The marriage of Miss Sara Eliza.
beth Brown. daughter of the Rev.
and Mrs. George r. Brown of Cleve-
land, Ga, to Mr.. James Arthur
Bokey, son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Turner Bokey of Takoma Park.
took place Friday in the parsonage
of the National Baptist Memorial
Church. The Rev. DR.. Edward B.
Willingham. pastor OF the church,
of1ciated at the ceremony and the
bride was escorted and given in
marriage by DR.. John r. McGibony.
Miss Betty Landers was the maid
of honor and Mr.. Howard Hatton
was best man.
The ceremony was followed by q
reception in the home of the bride
groom's parents and later Mr.. and
Mrs. Bokey left on a wedding trip
to Georgia. where they will visit her
home in Cleveland and then 20 to
Atlanta. Later they will 60 to Tue
son. Ariz., to make their home.
Evening star., 1947-08-04
EMgageN2eNt

Mr.. and Mrs. Aleck Ruthvion
Carter announce the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Frances Anna
bella Carter. to Mr.. Ernest Lester
Barker, with no date set for the
wedding
The bride-elect attended Brenau
College and is a graduate of Chevy
Chase Junior College. Mr.. Barker
is attending George Washington
University, He is the son of Capt.
Stanley Truman Barker of the
Naval Reserve and Mrs. Barker of
Glenmont, N. Y.
Evening star., 1947-08-04

Mistral. Chilean poet who received
the Nobel Prize for Literature last
year; Senor Isabel Pinto de Vidal,
a member of the Uruguayan Senate
and delegate to the San Francisco
Conference of the United Nations !:
Sonora Victoria Ocampo of Argen-
tina, author and editor Of the liter
airy magazine, SUR, of Buenos
Aires, and Sonora Isabel de Palencis.
former Minister to Sweden of the
Spanish Republican government,
now living In exile in Mexico.
A number of Latin American
women living in the United States
are serving on the Organizing Com
mittee for the congress. Those from
Washington include Mrs. Ruth
Garcia Granados de Rosenhouse,
writer and daughter of the Guate-
malan Ambassador; Mrs. Marta
Vergara de Chamudes, Chilean
writer and member of the Inter-
American Commission OF Women;
Mrs. Isabel S. de Urdaneta of Vene-
zuela, also a member of the Inter-
American Commission of Women;
Miss Leticia Guerrero of Ecuador,
a librarian at the Pan American
Union, and Miss Olga Nunez Abaun-
"a Of Nicaragua, who is studying in
ternational law on a fellowship at
American University.
Members of the United States
delegation to the congress will in
clude Mrs. Alexander Stewart of
Washington and Chicago, president
Of the United States Section of the
Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom. "A.
The opening of the congress will
be highlighted by an address Of
welcome by the wife of the Presi-
dent of Guatemala, Sonora Elisa
Martinez de Arevalo.
Subjects to be considered will in
clude the responsibility of women in
relation to the situation created by
the atomic bomb, women's RESPONSE
bility to the United Nations, means
of promoting true democracy in the
Americas, current problems of inter-
American policy and civil and poll
tical rights of women. Such sub
jects as economic security, literacy
and health also will be taken up.
Evening star., 1947-08-04
To Be Married
In October

October will be the wedding
month of Miss Elva Lenz and Mr..
Theodore Cabot OSBORNE, whose en-
gagement Is announced by the
bride-elect's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert r. Lenz of St. Louis. Mr.
Osborne is the son of 1t. Col. and
Mrs. Maurice M. Osborne of Boston
and Washington.
Miss Lenz is a graduate of Wash
ington University in St. Louis and
is an employe with the Central
Intelligence Group in this city.
Mr.. Osborne is a graduate of
Harvard University and the Har-
ward Law School and served with
the 87thS division, Mountain In
fantry. He is at present with the
Military Intelligence.
Evening star., 1947-08-04
Visiting Parents

Mrs. Eli E. Noblenan and her
infant daughter, Hazel Ann, who
was born July Is in New York, are
visiting the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Jacobs, in that
city. Mr.. Nobleman. who spent a
few days with his wife, has returned
to Washington where he is in the
Department of Justice and a men,
Der of the teaching staff of Ameri-
can University.
Evening star., 1947-08-04
Meas Of Interest
To CabitaIites

Col. Edwin j. Mund, retired, of
the Marine Corps and Mrs. Mund
have returned with their daughter,
Miss Margaret Eileen Mund, from
vacation in Mexico City, New
Orleans and Atlanta.
Mrs. Robert Whitney Imbrie left
today for New York and Cape Cod
for vacation of two weeks.
Marine Corps Col and Mrs. Ed.
ward G. Hagen of Carlsbad, Calf. :.
are in Washington for an indefinite
visit.
!, Miss Kate NJ Ellis was the guest
in whose honor her nieces, Mrs. Ed
ward Ellis, Mrs. Hugh M. Taylor
and Miss Gertrude Ellis entertained
at luncheon Saturday. The occasion
was the celebration of the honor
guests birthday anniversary and
the party was given at the Parrot.
Others at the luncheon were Mrs.
Thomas Haworth, Mrs. Edward Bal
ley, Mrs. Norman Ellis and Mrs.
Margaret Whitford.
Mr. pnd MrS Wes1eu - uapford
Evening star., 1947-08-04
Date Selected

The wedding Of Miss Ruth vir-
ginia Weaver and Mr.. George E..
Redding, jr, of Seat Pleasant, whose
engagement has been announced by
Miss Weaver's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Pierce Francis Weaver of MITCHELL
vile, Md, will take place October II
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-13
Hughes Hearing Is "Witness Smear

w A HIN GTON, (P) - One Democratic Senator called yeSter- day for Senate investigation as another said the decision by Re- publican-controlled committee to break off the Howard Hughes in quiry gave the COP a political black eye"
 Senator Murray D.-MontD told a reporter he thinks the war in vestigating committees two weeks of public hearings into Hughes wartime plane contracts repre- sented just another example of efforts to smear every witness who takes the stand"
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-13
Pakistan Wants To
 Be A U. IN. Member

LAKE SUCCESS, (P)-A repre- sentative of the provisional gov ernment of PakiStan contended to-, day that the Moslem-dominated dominion in partitioned India should automatically become a member of the United Nations.
 He said, however, that if Paki- stan'S view was incorrect, the new dominion would take appropriate action to fulfill an expressed de- sire to join the U. N.
 These views were stated in a letter received this morning from O. A. Baig in Washington, who signed himself as representative to the United States from the Paki- stan provisional govern m n t which becomes a dominion Friday.
 II was the first Pakistan reaction to a U. N. legal department opin- ion, approved yesterday by Secre- tary-General Trygve Lie, holding
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-13
CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER WOMAN VISITING NOME

Mrs. LOra Bennings, newspaper woman from Palo Alto, Calf, is visiting in Nome, having been to Fairbanks and Anchorage, where she is the guest of Mrs. Goggans of that city. She states that she has enjoyed Alaska very much and finds it very interesting.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-13
British And U. $. To Discuss Easing Of Loan Terms

WASHINGTON, P)-Secretary of the treasury Snyder announced today that discussions will start Monday with British officials on easing terms of the S3,750, 900 American loan to Britain.
 Snyder told a news conference that the national advisory council on international monetary prot lemS, headed by himself, will con- duct the discussion on behalf of this country.
 The British delegation, which will fly here this weekend, will be headed by Sir Wilfred Eady, special assistant to chancellor of the exchequer Hugh Dalton. Although no formal requests have been made, it is understood that England will ask concessions which would permit her to con- serve her dwindling dollar supply by increasing imports from British dominions and decreasing imports from the United States.
 The present terms of the loan agreement prohibit this.
 Snyder emphasized it was his understanding that the conference would be strictly limited to the British loan and would not delve into other aspects of the British dollar crisis" or European aid
 He declined to comment on pros pective changes, saying:
 "I want to find out what the British delegation has in mind be- fore making any statement"
 In two other developments on the international economic scene:
 l. Snyder scotched persistent rumorS" in London'S financial district that the treasury planned Q increase it's price on gold from the present $35 an ounce to $50. The secretary said there have been no plans and no discussions" of such a move. An increase in the gold price would assist European countries with gold reserves to ex- tend their present dollar credits.
 ?. The British withdrew another Sl50,000,000 of their U. s. loan, leaving only S85O,OOO,OOO avail
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-13

able. At the recent rate of with draWal treasury officials estimated the loan would be exhausted in October, instead of next June 30, as contemplated.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-13
TOURIST VISITING NOME FROM DOWN UNDER

Barbara King, tourist, arrived yesterday on the Pan American from her home in Sidney, Austra- lia. Nome is the last stop on her itinerary.
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-13

that India's U. N. membership would go to the Hindu-majority dominion of India and that Paki- stan could apply for membership as a new state.'
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-13
Commons Votes
 Sweeping Powers To Aid Recovery


 Commons voted authorization tc the labor government today tC muster the full resources of Bri tain, including manpower and in. dnstry for the national recovery program.
 The bill, passed l78 to 63 aftel an entire night of debate, specifi cally gave the Attlee administra tion extensive powers to direct tht management of labor and Supplie! so "the whole resources of tho community are available for ust and are used in manner best cal culated to serve the interests o1 the community.
 The opposition ballots came from conservative and liberal op. ponents who had attacked the leg. islation as a dictator bill" The vote, on the third and final read. ing, followed nearyl 18 hours oi debate. The labor party holds g majority of about two to one ir the Commons.
 The House of Lords was to re. ceive the bill for debate on second reading during the afternoon.
 The act continued indefinitely and made applicable for the new purpose of coping with the nation al economic crisis the emergency powers given the government then conservative, te the beginning of the war. The powers were re newed on a short-term basis ir 1S45 to cover the transitional pc riod from war to peace.
 The government has not indi cated the extent it plans to use the powers.
 The vote in the House, which consists of $40 members, was rel. atively low because many tired during the session and went home The labor majority made the re. suit a foregone conclusion.
 The vote on the third and las reading of the bill was completed at 8:48 am. after the labor ma jority had tended off ceaseless op position efforts to kill or amend the legislation on the ground tha it would endanger the nation! "hard-won liberties"
 The debate finally resolved it. self into a struggle against time with the government fighting re. lentlessly to win approval of the measure before 2:30 pm. Contin. uation of the debate beyond that hour would automatically have cancelled the days business anc made it impossible to get the bil through the House of Lords 1T time to permit Parliament to take a summer recess beginning today
 The opposition leader, Winston Churchill, taking up the cudgel: against Prime Minister Attlet again, charged during the nigh that the government bill-extend ing and reinforcing wartime gov ernment powers over industry ant Aforementioned virtual dictatori al powers on a cabinet who's, prime minister might be discard ed" at any moment.
 But the government, using it. preponderent majority, beat dowr every challenge and only once dic
The Nome nugget., 1947-08-13

The average human brain is three times the size of an average gorilla's.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-26
SANITATION INN
HELP FOR P0III9
Doctor Says Clo,;
| Movies, Churches No ,''
Warranted

paralytic form of %infaptilo Il.
sis is most common in pa'aH
the best sanitation and J't "a VITA
night. 4'poF'ed u,
DR.. Albert B. sabin, Of -.
dren's Hospital researcb we Va,
ton and department of 1ed ti0Naoa'
University Of Cincinnati coT1IGal'!c',
Mdlcine detailed facts 1ea d
about the disease in an sr tis5osd
the Journal of the Anerir e,"y.s n
cal Association. MED,
He pointed to the oecu,i,.
cumstances in which tbsra w
large outbreaks of infanHis az
alysis in such cities as New pa p'''
Chlcago' Minneapolis, Los Ap ,ois'
and Denver compared with Cbi ssls'
cities like Peiping, Tieats I,'''sSs
Shanghai, where only rare So' 'l'
die cases have been reported i'''''
He said that a rcircum,,,r..
for which a correct exnIsr,.t'''
would reveal much regardjns 'a
character of the soil in wbics NE
denies grow, is to be found in y,
many observations that when sn n.y.
denies make their first anna' r'
ance in large urban centert 81
proximately 80 to 90 Der con.
all the cases OF paralysis orcn'
In children under five year, a.
age" u
Whereas" he added, in ,.,,,.
years in certain American, sweSt'.
and Australian cities lwhere noii.
myelitis epidemics have been ~.
quent) the age incidence has cb.-'
ed so that now as many or NAV.
children become paralyzed il, ~
1--WE ~ niue year age grol,} as
the group under the age Of fy.
and in many parts Of the Unj,s+
Staest % to 80 per cent nj II
paralyzed patients are now in Ma
10 to 10 year age group
He advocated several wsvs ~
cut infections during polio en-.
DENIES, such as measures desla,.
ed to diminish the chances II
transmission by contact during IN,
innate play of children whether IN
or out Of school.
Not warranted, he said, IN
measures such as closing movies
and churches or the refusal 10 I'd,
NIT patients with poliomyelits 70
general hospital wards.
Mass destruction Of flies BY the
spraying of DOT from airplane.
or other moving vehicles on wnols
towns after an epidemic has %.
peared are of doubtful, il any
value, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-26
DEMOCRATS
Continued From Page One)

already has said It is certain the
House could overthrow a second
veto. The House sustained the
Presidents veto last week by only
two votes.
Senator Johnson CD-Colo), oppo-
nent IT the original bill, told re-
porters he would support the new
measure and predicted it would
hot have "too serious opposition
if it comes to the Senate floor.
II like the January 1 effective
date" he said.
However, Senator Taft, (R-O)
discounted the possibility OF fur
ther action on tax-cutting legisla-
ton before Congress adjourns next
month.
He said he has not changed mis-
opinion that the tax measure is
dead for this session. He added
that in a talk with Speaker Mar
tin he "rather got the impression
that the bill was reintroduced
Just so it will be there as tiA
Republican program"
The Ohioan took the position
that certainly nothing will he done
until we get the figures" on ap-
preparations for the fiscal year
starting July /. Congress has not
taken final action on any cf the
II appropriations bills.
Wants Ceiling
Byrd. issuing his statement ait
e: Taft had spoken. said he would
be inclined to favor the revived
measure provided the Republicans
established a ceiling on expendi-
lures.
"Delaying tax reduction from
this July until next January re-
Guces the loss in revenue in the
rext fiscal year by about 50, 00o,-
600, 000." he said. This, together
with the reductions in app-opria-
ton bills now being effected,
makes certain, in my judgment,
a debt payment after this tax de-
duction in the next fiscal year Of
not less than ST. 800, 900. 000."
Speaker Martin said the bill will
not be taken up until we have
definite assurance that enough
Democrats will support 1t to over
ride a Veto"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-26
CITY BRIEFS

holic Tax Unit Investigators. No
arrests were made. Taking part in
the raid were agents Lon Howe.
George Steptoe, Ernest Plate. and
deputy sheriff M. B.. Register.
Work on the reconversion Of the
Maritime commission building at
the shipyards into a Naval Reserve
armory is in full swing and, barring
trouble, should be completed in 30
to 40 days, according to John II
Wilson. commander of the organic
ed surface division 6-29.
Mrs. E. L. Robbins, rs N. Wash
ington street, is a patient at James
Walker Memorial Hospital, follow
ing an operation last Monday.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the First
B a y Penecostal Holiness
church, corner of Fourth and
Campbell streets, will serve their
monthly fellowship supper at the
church Thursday night at 6 o'clock
to 8 p. m. The Public is cordially
invited to share home cooked sup
per and fellowship.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-26
WOMAN SCREAMS
DON'T DO IT.
Bullet From Boy Friends
Gun Silences Pleadings
OF Waitress

LOUISVILLE, KY, June IS -
up - A bullet from a revolver
silenced a woman's screams OF
don't do it" on a street lear down
town Louisville late this after.
noon and the man who police said
fired the shot then took his own
life with the same weapon.
Jefferson county coroner Roy
Carter officially termed the case
homicide and self destruction.
The victims were identified by
police 1t. John Keaney as Ora
Bratcher, waitress, and John Kuhn,
81, a bartender. Keaney said the
woman appeared to be in her 30's.
AL Sondergeld, a taxi driver,
told police he picked Kuhn up on
a downtown street corner, and
that Kuhn ordered him to follow
a streetcar going south on Fourth
street.
'My girl won't let me ride the
same street car with her." the
cab driver said Kuhn told him.
S%ondergeld said Kuhn went On to
relate that he and his girl 'had a
row." and that 1--WE got to see
her."
Kuhn got out of the cab at
third and Kentucky.
1t. Keaney said the girl most
likely got off the street car at
fourth and Kentucky, and that the
couple met at the corner.
A 12-yea--old boy, Donald De-
laney, witnessed the shooting. He
told Keaney he vas bicycling near
by when he noticed the man and
woman walking ahead and engaged
in an argument.
In the shadow of Memorial au-
ditorium, the Delaney boy said,
the woman screamed: Don't do
it; please don't do it.
AS she repeated the plea, the
boy said Kuhn fired. The bullet
entered her left shoulder and pass
d through her chest. Kuhn then
shot himself in the right temple
with the weapon, a .38 calibre re-
volver.
Coroner Carter said General
Hospital records showed Kuhn had
been transferred from there to
Central State Hospital at Lake
land on Aug. 10, 1915, and re-
manned under treatment fo~ II
days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-26
FOUR FORT BRAGG MEN
HELD IN CUMBERLAND

Fayetteville, June 25-QP0-Ma Va.
gistrate W. C. Davis COMMITTED
four men, all identified as soldiers
at Fort Bragg, to Cumberland
county Jail here today without
privilege Of bond on charges O.
criminal attack.
Davis said the men, listed as By
ron l.. Bishop, Anthony CongH,
Paul Stephens and Eamul Castro
were identified III his presence BY
Mrs. Sue Scroggs of Baltimore,
Md, the alleged victim.
The magistrate quoted MR.
Scroggs IS saying she was a.
tackled as she returned to a tour
list cabin near Fayetteville wneIs
she was staying during a Visit
here with a sister.
A hearing for the four men was
set TOR tomorrow before county re
corder James Mac Rae DAVIS
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-26
COUNCIL
Continued From Page One)


is a fight between a couple OF air
line companies and is none of u
business
So when a vote came along as
20 whether the joint group of COM
mjssioners and eouncilmen would
endorse a r%ehearin2 by the Civil
Aeronautics Board owe the ques-
ton of Piedmont Aviation or State
Airlines operating into Whining
ton, one councilman joined the
commissioners to make the vote
5 to 8. Voting with the commits
~sioners was Ronald Lane.
Arguments Presented
But before that vote, Thomas
Davis, president Of Piedmont and
Il. K. Gilbert Jr., State president,
rehashed arguments as to why
they believed their firms we're
better able and had the right to
service this community.
Then along came Chamber o.
Commerce, Veterans OF Foreign
Wars and American Legion Off
Gals, virtually all in favor of a
rehearing.
After that was finished, coun-
cilmen and commissioners had
argued among themselves ard the
vote was taken. The commission
r left the session.
First on his feet, as reporters
scampered about, was Council
man Wade. He proposed that City
Attorney Campbell and Mayor
White be named to prepare a
brief rom the material submitted
and that it be given careful con-
sheraton" at a special council
meeting.
That motion was adopted with
out opposition. Mayor White and
Councilmen Burnett and Wade
we're quick to declare that the
real matter to be considered was
what would be best for the prog
ress Of Wilmington.
City Attorney Campbell at
tempted to prepare a modified
statement from previous Chamber
Of Commerce official documents,
endorsing the action Of State Air
lines asking cor a rehearing in
the ruli- g Of the CAB granting
Piedmont Aviation a line into Will
minton.
Too Strong
The original statement. agreed
council members. was too strong
ly worded. When a statement
could not be reached agreeable
TO all, the matter was put over
Cor a special meeting.
However, no time was set for
the session during the council
melting. Afterward, Mayor White
and City Manager Benson exclu-
sively told The Morning Star that
the meeting will be conducted to-
day, probably at noon.
The exact time will q pend
upon when Campbell will have his
report prepared.