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Evening star., 1947-07-17
FairIess Promises Study
Before Raising Steel Price
By the Associated Press

HONOLULU, July 17.-United
States Steel Corp. will not increase
the price of steel until "a fair test
is made of cost factors created by
the new coal wage agreement. Pres
ident Benjamin F. Fairless said yes
terday on his arrival for a Hawaiian
vacation.
Commenting on President Tru-
mans request that coal and steel
producers withhold price increases
until a fair test is made" Mr..
Fairless told interviewers: That is
exactly what we intend to do"
In New York earlier yesterday,
the metal working paper, Iron Age,
asserted that sharp rises this week
in the price of scrap would neces-
state a boost of IS a ton on steel.
and that the United States Steel
Corp. was expected to take the
lead, in posting new steel oquota-
tons" fs g., ,.t ..>
Iron Age noted. however, that 1t
was unlikely any steel company
would be willing to face public
opinion and governmental censure
by naming unusually high. steel
prices in the near future" $50.
Evening star., 1947-07-17
11Capita| Area Scouts
To Start Trip 70 World
Jamboree in France

Eleven Boys Scouts from this
area who will attend the World
Scout Jamboree in France will begin
their sixweek trip at am. tomor-
row when they board train at
Union Station.
The boys, who were chosen on the
basis OF Scout grade, camping expe-
rience and physical tests, will be
among 1000 from the United States
who will attend the jamboree at
Moisson, France, on the River Seine,
Scout headquarters announced.
Before they sail from New York
next Thursday on the S. S. General
Muir, the II Scouts will 60 to Camp
Hart, near Philadelphia, prejam-
boree training camp for boys from
Region 3. After two-day briefing
they will move to Camp Kilmer.
New Brunswick, N. j., where the
1000 Scouts from this country will
assemble.
After docking at Antwerp August
2, the Scouts will explore the sur
rounding country" carrying their
own food but using the ship for
overnight accommodations. The
world jamboree, which was last held
in Washington in 1887, will run from
August 7 to 81. After camp the
Scouts will go on a sightseeing tour
of France until they sail for home
August % from LIE Harve.
The IL Scouts from this area are
Charles Bouton, 2857 Monroe street
NE, Troop 81; William Gleaves, II
Fifth street Sc, Troop "A; Richard
500 Libby, sol West Clifton Terrace
NV" Troop IA; Philip Lindsey, 3o44
Cambridge place NV, Troop 3;
Newell Stultz, 2208 Fortieth place
NV, Troop 100, and J. Ronald Upp,
2315 Thirty-second street Sc, Troop
81.
Also Edward Condor, jr., 3546
South Utah street, Arlington, Troop
1T; Robert Forward, 904 Highland
drive, Silver Spring, Md, Troop 205;
Ward Jones, Troop 180, and Joseph
Scher, Troop ITO, both of Fredericks-
burg, Va, and Charles w. Ross,
Frederick, Md, Troop 266.
Claude Dupre, 54O3 Allan road,
Westgate, Md, Troop 56, is now in
France with his mother, Mrs. Rene
Dupre, and will join the delega-
tion at Antwerp.
Evening star., 1947-07-17
Custody Of Girl Given
To Mofher's 5 Parents

District Court Justice Henry A.
Schweinhaut yesterday awarded
custody of 3-year-old Barbara Lee
Bassford to her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Richard. w. Henderson,
jr., of 6153 Thirty-first place NV.
The child was produced in court
July by her father, Ralph H. Bass
ford II, on a writ of habeas corpus.
At that time the hearing was con-
tinued and the child was taken
home by the grandparents.
Attorney Warren E. Magee, rep
resenting the child's mother, Mrs.
Barbara Henderson Bassford, and
her parents, said the father, a Navy
veteran, had taken the child from
the steps of the T'hirty-first place
address the Saturday before.
Mr.. Magee said the habeas corpus
papers were served on the father
when he called for the child's
clothes about l am. July l. In ar
guing that the child should be
turned over to the grandparents Mr..
Magee told the court Mr.. Bassford
had been given a bad conduct dis
charge from the Navy.
Justice Schweinhaut, in his order,
gave the parents the right to visit
the child at reasonable times and
places. The Hendersons' petition
was joined in and consented to by
Mrs. BasSford, the order noted.
Evening star., 1947-07-17
Commission Named 10 Plan
New Senate Office Building

A five-man commission was named
yesterday by the Senate to plan an
additional Senate Office building to
relieve congestion in present quar-
ters. The Senate recently author
lied studies of the project.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
of Michigan, the presiding officer OF
the Senate, named the following to
the commission: Chairman Rever-
comb of the Public Works Commit
tee, Chairman Brooks of the Rules
Committee and Chairman Bridges
of the Appropriations Committee, all
Republicans, and Senators Green,
Democrat, of Rhode Island, and
Overton, Democrat, of Louisiana.
The most likely sites, Capitol Of
ficials say, are areas Immediately
north or west of the present Senate
Office Building.
Evening star., 1947-07-17
JageI Will Be So|oist
Al Water Gate Toniqht

Frederick Jagel, a leading tenor
with the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany, will be soloist with the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra at $50
o'clock tonight at the Water Gate.
He will sing "Yours Is My Heart
Alone" Through the Years" and
Verdi's Celeste Aida"
Mr.. Jage1, who is master of 40
operatic roles. sang as boy in the
choir of the church in Brooklyn at
which his father was organist.
He is the first American tenor
ever invited to open the opera sea-
son in Buenos Aires. He sings in
Italian, Spanish, French Russian
and English.
Richard Bales. Virginia born COM
poser and conductor, will conduct
the orchestra.
Evening star., 1947-07-17
Japanese Beetles
Invade Downtown
Baltimore Area
BY the Asseeieted Press

BALTIMORE, July 17-Japanese
beetles. in general retreat through
most of Maryland, are making a
stubborn last stand in downtown
Baltimore, where there is hardly a
leaf for them to bite into.
The pests, swept off their normal
migratory paths by stiff winds, have
been pelting pedestrians, getting
underfoot and making their way
into office buildings for the last sew
eral days.
One of the minor occupations OF
Office employees at present is to "de-
beetle" the clothing of fellow work.
ers when they come from the
streets. Entomologists said most Of
the invaders would be dead from
hunger in a short time.
Evening star., 1947-07-17
CoIored Photographer Elected
Bv Chinese in ~ Racial Protest

japanese descent, sought service in
the cafe yesterday They remained
in seats from 11:30 am. to pm.
Today they appeared again at about
11:30 am. and Mr.. Rustin said
would remain until 7 o'clock to-
night. The workshop director said
the group would occupy seats in the
cafe in increasing numbers from
now on.
A native of India, a YMCA res
ident, was refused service at the
cafe yesterday, but this was termed
a mistake by George Pillar, man
ager of the concession.
Police Capt. George Waurodt of
the third precinct arrived at the
YMCA shortly before 2 o'clock
along with Fire Department Rescue
Squad No. l. Mr. Rustin said he
called the District Health Depart
ment to report that ammonia had
been released in the cafe during the
discussion between Mr.. Chang and
the photographer. He said he had
reported the election of the photog-
rapher to the District Commission
er's Office
The police captain denied reports
of violence.
These people have conducted
themselves in most orderly man.
ner,' he said. There was no evil
dence of any trouble initiated by
members of the intetr-raciai group,'
Evening star., 1947-07-17
Russia 10 Sell Britain
Lumber for 10000 Homes
BY the Associoted Press

LONDON, July 17.-As the result
of an agreement concluded in Mos
COW, Britain-suffering from an
acute housing shortage-was re-
ported to be in line today to obtain
sufficient lumber from Soviet Russia
for the construction of approximate
ly 10000 houses.
Signing of a contract for delivery
of the lumber was disclosed last
night by a member of the British
trade delegation which has just re-
turned from the Russian capital.
The spokesman acknowledged that
the price to be paid for the timber
was high, but said it was mot out OF
proportion to present day costs"
Other members of the British
delegation are remaining in Moscow
in an attempt to sign contracts for
100000 tons of Russian grain in
exchange for machinery and other
manufactured articles.
The delegation spokesman said the
Moscow talks had made remark
able progress" and that there was
every reason to hope for their sue
cessful conclusion. Russia's refusal
to join in the Marshall plan for Eu-
ropean recovery, he said, had not
affected the talks to any appreciable
extent,
Evening star., 1947-07-17
Press Monopo!ies Hit.
: "a Fssna. !
By British Journalists
Ax the Assoeiafsd Press

LONDON, July aTeTAe rroyaI
commission investigating Britain's
press made public yesterday the rec
concentrations it has received from
the National Union of Journalists
including a law to curb newspaper
monopolies and good conduct"
body to enforce newspaper code
of ethics.
The N. U. J. by far the largest
newspa apermen's union in Britain
and the group that first proposed
the government inquiry into news
paper ownership and practices,
made its recommendations in TO-
OOO-word memorandum.
Expressing concern at the pass
ing of many independent news
papers into the control of chains, y
the N. U. J.. said there should be a
legal safeguard against overcon-
solidation, adding:
There is little doubt that the
status and independence OF the
editorial department have declined
as newspapers, have become more
and more stock exchange COM
modify"
The union opposed 'even the
shadow" of government control over
the press, but suggested a govern
ment-established press board or
press council, composed of repre-
sentatives of the industry and the
public, to draw up code of pro-
fessional conduct and impose pen
alties for violations.
This body, the memorandum said,
would have among other powers the
right to ban offending advertise
ments, make rules to govern the
buying and selling of newspapers,
make regulations to safeguard the
status and authority of editors in
relation to proprietors. and publish
an annual report about the state
Of the press.
Evening star., 1947-07-17
Gun Tested 10 Show
ConeIusii'v|eIyWhether
Plank Was Murdered

FBI ballistics experts today testee
the revolver with which Norman
LIE Roy Plank was shot to determine
from what distance the fatal bullet
was fired.
Detective Chief H. r. Magarity oi
the Fairfax County police said the
tests should answer conclusively the
question of whether the 29-year-old
Small Claims Court clerk was slain
or killed himself "
The shooting July 6 in the base
ment of a Chesterbrook Woods home
near Falls Church, Va, at first ap-
peared so much like suicide that the
coroner issued a certificate to that
effect.
Tests later revealed no finger
prints on .22-caliber revolver found
five steps away from where the body
lay at the foot of the basement stairs
and the death certificate was
changed to homicide.
Gun Fired at Various Ranges.
There were no powder burns on
Plank's head where the bullet en-
tered the right temple, but the
shell was fattened by the impact
The FBI was firing the revolver
at various ranges to determine from
what distance it would leave pow
der marks and damage bullets to
the extent of that which killed
Plank.
Such evidence would prove valu-
able in the event the county ever
prosecutes for murder.
1t. Magarity said he expected to
discuss with Commemorative At
torney Hugh Marsh today the adj
visibility of filing murder charges
against Alvah B. Martin. 20, now
charged with stealing, an automobile
from the home where Plank died
Since Martin was returned from
Kingston, N. Y, where he was ar
rested last Friday, he has repeatedly
altered his story about his associa-
ton with Plank just before the
shooting.
Other Evidence Awaited.
He possibly will be brought to
Washington today to check his latest
alibi-that he left Plank the day
before he was killed, stopped in a
Washington bar, picked up a woman
and spent a short time in a Wash
ington hotel before driving to Phila-
delphia. 1t. Magarity said Martin
would be given chance to find the
bar and hotel.
Fairfax police also awaited other
evidence from the FBI laboratory
which may serve to break down part
of Martins alibi, 1t. Magarity said
He declined to reveal what the evil
dence was, but expected report on
it later in the day.
Evening star., 1947-07-17
Minister Given Year
For MoIesting Boy

Sentence Of one year was i'm
posed yesterday on 22-year-old
self-styled ordained minister" who
admitted a charge of indecent as
sault on an 11-year -old boy last
April.
Ordered jailed was Herman Keck,
jr., who said he lived with his par
ents in the 1000 block of Twenty
second street NE. Sentence was i'm
posed by Judge Ellen K. Raedy after
probation officers had filed a report
to the court on their three month
Investigation of the defendant.
Evening star., 1947-07-17
DriyerHeId for Action,
Another Freed in'2
Traffic Death Inquesis

A coroner's jury yesterday freed
one driver and held another for
Municipal Court action, after in
quests over two recent traffic IA
talities,
Held for court action was Otis
Harper. 80, colored, of the 400
block of F street NE. the driver of
light truck which jumped curb
on the M Street Bridge over Rock
Creek and struck young mother
on June %. The woman, Mrs. Gloria
North, colored, %, of the 2300 block
of N street NV, died in Gallinger
Hospital two days later. .
Pinned Against Railing.
Although Harper did not appear
on the stand, statement made by
him just after the accident was read
In this, Harper reported his truck
jumped the curb after it skidded
out of control on the wet pavement
Witnesses said Mrs. North was
pinned against the railing of the
bridge by the truck.
Harper, recently discharged
veteran of World War II, was driv-
ing vehicle owned by the Logan
Motor Co., I'LL Eighteenth street
NV. :
Other Fatality Accidental.
The jury ruled the death of Mrs.
Annie Humphries, colored, IS, of
the $500 block of Nichols avenue
Sc, was accidental Mrs. Hum
phries died Friday in Casualty Hos
pital of injuries received July l
when struck at the corner of Nichols
avenue and Sumner road Sc. by an
automobile operated by John D..
Goodloe, %, of the 1900 block of
Quarles street NE.
Witnesses said Mrs. Humphries was
crossing Nichols avenue in a heavy
downpour when the accident oc-
CURED.
Evening star., 1947-07-17
Jorss Firm Found Guilty
Ii Elevator Permit Case

The Jorss Ironworks, Inc, 1924
Twenty fourth street NV, through
its president, Karl Jorss, yesterday
was found guilty Of installing an
elevator without a permit and op-
Grating it without a certificate of in
spection.
Mr.. Jorss. who said the two
story outside installation has now
been torn down, was released on his
personal bond by Municipal Judge
Nadine Gallagher
The elevator, erected in 1912, came
to the attention of authorities on
July when it fell on 14-year-old
colored boy, one of several reported
by police to have been playing
around the shaft. The boy, Thomas
Young of the 1900 block of Twenty
fifth street NV, was in "fair'" con-
dition yesterday in Gallinger Hos
pital where he is being treated for
back injuries.
Mr.. Jorrs told the court he failed
to comply with regulations because
ne thought the structure was a
"conveyor" instead of an elevator.
Evening star., 1947-07-17
Lions to Hear Lynch

Hugh Lynch. director of the Dis
trict Savings Bond Division, will be
guest speaker at a luncheon meet.
ing of the Uptown Washington
Lions Club at 1915 pm. tomorrow
at the Broadmoor, 3601 Connecti-
cut avenue NV.
Evening star., 1947-07-17
Youth Bitten by Snake Better

Bitten by copperhead yesterday
while demonstrating the proper
handling of snakes, Robert D.
Burke. 10, boys camp counselor of
l84l Twelfth street NV, was re-
ported improving today at Garfield
Hospital. Mr.. Burke, bitten at
Camp Litchtman near Dumfries,
Va. was given emergency treat
ment at the Quantico Marine base
hospital and then brought to Gar
field
Evening star., 1947-07-17

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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-29

ucifted" children who have an
n of more than 135 are on the
average. large for their age, well
sayeIoped and excelling in many
r~srsonaIity traits, according to the
.~,vclopaedia Britannica.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-29
FRESH START MADE
ON DOMESTIC COURT

City and county officials vet may
find ways and means of establish
ing a domestic relations court.
A fresh start on the matter was
under way today with arrange.
ments being worked out for a joint
meeting Of special county and city
committees.
Commissioners Harry Gardner
and George Trask are members Of
the county commissioners commit.
tee. The city council may name
Z committee at its Wednesday SEES
sion. The aim of the committee
would be to find common grounds
on which the council and COM
missioners could again meet on the
proposal.
The matter was killed, at least
temporarily, when the county au-
thorities voted against establish
ing a court at a meeting with the
council last week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-29
All Work And No Play
For County Cops Now

,..s not going to be- all work
ID no play for New Hanover dep
SI~ sberiffs, state highway patro.
wv ARC agents in Wilmington.
Sp The county board of commission
have seen to that. Starting to.
en- the state and county authori
ass' viii begin fixing up a large va
tleS O in the basement of the
car 'r+house, Just beneath the Sher.
IT'S office.
rbe quarters will be made into
~lncrea1ion room with chairs fol
aIasirg. magazines and news.
loa aeys 10 read and may have ever
pau on, games of cards and check
as tfhne hangs heavy for the
els enforcement officers.
roon motion of Commissions
,rrv Gardner, the Commissioner
l,o-sd to place the room at theil
d~isposal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-29
|BEACH AID REQUEST
|RESTS.0 ON BUDGET
Second Request From
Wrightsville Taken In
der Consideration

A 5000 appropriation to the
Wrightsville Beach Chamber Of
Commerce from the New Hanover
county commissioners to be used
III a national advertising cam.
paign for the resort, today de-
ponds upon the buoget as adopted
by the county group.
A second request from Wrights-
vile yesterday was present I'll to
the commissioners. Upon motion
Of Commissioners Harry Gardner.
the matter was taken under con-
sideration.
The request originally was
handed the commissioners three
weeks ago.
All such requests will have to
await the completion of the bud
get commissioners explained last
night.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-06-06
CeE NJ! VI! M |! T: (: CO.: a.
"wHeee BEGAN IN AMERICA" H.

wildcats and antelope are found in
the mountains, and jackrabbits, coy
otes and prairie-dogs are common
on the plains.
There was irrigation in New
Mexico centuries ago, as evil
denced by remains of ancient
bitches. Dams are built now to
hold the flood waters. Artesian
wells add their flow to the thirsty
land. Crops and orchards that
could never survive with only
natural rainfall now thrive in
scores Of New Mexican areas.
Farming and stock-raising are
the main pursuits of the people.
Among the crops grown are maize,
cotton, corn, barley and oats. Vege-
tables and fruits, as well as al
falfa, have shown increases in re-
cent years.
Source of Food.
Many of the sheep fattened for
market on Iowa and Nebraska
farms came from New Mexico,
where the Indians and whites raise
them by the million! Add to that
million cattle and New Mexico be-
comes a source of food for a large
part of America. Dairying is
constantly expanding in the state
and poultry is adding its wealth. to
the land.
Like all mountainous states, New
Mexico is rich in mineral resources.
Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc
and coal are among it's important
mine products. Potash, which was
scarce and critical in the United
States during World War I, now is
mined in New Mexico, where there
is an unlimited supply. Iron,
salt, gypsum, clay, soda, ochre,
mica, marble, molybdenum, tung-
stem, vanadium, turquoise, garnets,
opals and other minerals are scat
tered throughout the state.
Within the past few years millions
of people have become conscious
Of New Mexico's scenic and recre-
ational attractions. Carlsbad Cav
erns has been made a national park.
National monuments include Aztec
ruins, Bandelier, Capulin mountain,
Chaco canyon, Ell Moro, ella cliff
dwellings, Gran Quivira and White
Sands. Bottomless Lakes, Conchas
Dam and Hyde are state parks.
Lure Sport Fans.
Winter sports areas, for those who
like skiing, are Red river, Hyde
State park, Big Tesuque, Sandia
mountain, Ell Rito, Aqua Piedra,
McGaffey, Cedar Creek and Cloud
croft.
There are Is different places
where Indian pueblos may be
seen, from Acoma to Zuni. In
dian reservations include Jica-
rilla Apache, MescaIero Apache.
Navajo and Southern Ute.
There are natural ice caves near
Grant, natural hot springs, Kit Car
sons cave, the oldest church in the
United States at Santa Fe, Puye
cliff jewellers and the Santa Rita
open pit copper mines near Silver
City in New Mexico, too, if the other
sights fail to please!
1.-THE Land of Enchantment," says
the New Mexico state highway de-
partment. And so do thousands OF
others.