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Evening star., 1947-12-14
Marine Veteran Convicted
In Murder Of Niece, II
By the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13.-George
Neill. marine combat veteran &C
cused of Staying his niece Isabelle
Mallon, II, was convicted of first
degree murder today and the jury
of nine women and three men de-
creed death in the electric chair.
Sentencing by Quarter Sessions
Judge Byron Miner was postponed
pending an appeal for a new trial.
Assistant District Attorney Eman-
uel Beloff had asked for a verdict
that would mean Neill's complete
removal from decent, organized So
ciety" for the strangulation Staying
of Isabelle Mallon last September
in a vacant lot here.
Harry M. BerkoWitz, defense
counsel, said Neill was innocent
because of insanity"
Evening star., 1947-12-14
55OO6
&rns psrrea passs sss,es

Shown above is recepted bill of sale for 10000 pounds of
nails at gray market price of $4 per pound keg
seller Rhode Island baby chick hatchery.
firm eliminated by the subcommittee
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Confederate Veteran,
1O7, Dies in Oklahoma

SULPHUR, Okla, Dec. 13.-Bur-
rel Nash, LOT, Confederate Army
veteran, died here today, just II
days before he would have been 108
years old.
Mr.. Nash was born on Christmas
Eve, 1889, on farm near Atlanta,
Ga. He spent five years in the Con-
federate forces as private, his
friends said. He was wounded twice.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
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NCOQCllueQ from F1rSL Page.)
frequently on rocket missions, with
Maj. Hutson specializing in rocket
research problems and Maj. Haley
dealing with administrative de-
tails.
Maj. Smith, Col. Toftoy explained,
had been with his Office only about
week when he was sent on the
White Sands mission.
Took Part in Bikini Test.
Maj. Haley entered the Army in
July, 1941 while he was in the
Philippines as civilian engineer
with the Navy. He served in the
Army at Cavite until September,
1941, when he was ordered to Aber-
deen (Md) Proving Grounds, where
he remained on duty until 1916
While at Aberdeen, he was engaged
in engineering tests of all types of
artillery and ammunition.
Maj. Haley took part in the Bikini
atom bomb tests and was slated to
attend the Command and General
Stan School at Fort LeavenWorth
next year, according to a close
friend, Col. J. H. Webber.
Maj. Hutson, a graduate Of the
Citadel, at Charleston, S. c., entered
the Army in 1910 as a second lieu
tenant. He served in the Pacific
for 13 months during the war as
member of the coast artillery and
later was transferred to ordnance.
Maj. Hutson is, survived in ad-
dition to his wife and son. by his
parents, Col. and Mrs. James c.
Hutson of Augusta, Ga. He had
been married about three years and
lived most of that time in Alexan-
dria. a.. ,.5. ... $500.
Private Born Here.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
HATCHERY
GRAIN CO.
Gentlemen: {:

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Evening star., 1947-12-14
Editors to Speak

Nelson and Henrietta Poynter
publishers and editors of Congress
sional Quarterly News Features
will discuss public relations and
Congress before the National Capt.
tai Forge, American Public Rela-
tions Association, at its luncheon
tomorrow at 1915 in the Lafayette
Hotel. Mario Canaipi of the Ca
naipi, Clifton and Associates Career
Clinic also will speak briefly.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Very truly yours,


o frm einina by the eubcom
Evening star., 1947-12-14

Private Born Here.
Maj. Smith had accepted a COM
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Is Munehuriun Plants Sold

Because of uncertainty over the
military situation, there are few bid
ders for enemy -puppet factories Of
fered for sale in Manchuria, Mukden
reports, and only 13 of the last 80
units offered were sold.
Evening star., 1947-12-14

leans and a machine tool company
in New Jersey have disposed of sup
plies in gray-market deals, the sub
committee disclosed
Evening star., 1947-12-14

Pa; Pfc. H. F. Klink, 20, New Bru1s-,
wick, N. j.; Sergt. Ernest H. Flem-.
ing, 10, Newburgh,. N. Y: and Pfc.
Sidney C. Ferrell, Baltimore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-08-21

were accompanied home Monday by
Mrs. IellcI's sister, Mrs. Mollic Nc
Clanahan and granddaughter, who
will visit relatives here and at Nc
Keesport. Pa.
Nh and Mrs. c. b. Smith and fam
lily and Mrs Edna Hull were bust
ness visitors to Clarksbmg last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Uphole and
family, Of RowIesburg, are visiting
relatives here this week.
Mr.. and Mrs Fleming Southern,
who have been camping at Deep
Creek, Md, spent the weekend here
at the home of Scott White. They
were accompanied home Sund a y
evening by Stephen Martin who will
visit in Clarksburg this week.
Mrs. Fred Cramor OF New York
City, was a guest Of Mrs. Ma garct
Ayersman last Thursday.
Mrs. Sam DeBerry spent from Sat
urday until Monday in Weston, W
Va, and attended her father c. c.
Cottrel's 9th birthday anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs Homer Wilee and Mr.
and Mrs. Scott WiIcs and family
were recent guests in the home of
the formers daughter, Mrs Bruce
Hesse and family. at Barracksville
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-08-21
EVANSVILLE

The Methodist Youth Caravan was
weekly meeting of the Rotary Club.
The members were: Miss Adele c.
Deppy, Orlando, Fla; Miss Beverly
Beacham, Savannah, Ga; Martin
Thames, Henderson, Texas; John Rea,
Kansas City, Mo-; and Miss Rachel
Myers, Caravan leader, Chenille, w.
Va. Also present was Rev. d. J.
Combs, pastor of the Methodist
church. The group explained their
work and presented an interesting
program. Other guests included: W.
I R. Snyder, John c. Lichliter, c. w.
Hoening, Meyersdale Club; Charles
N. Hill, Thomas, W. Va; c. N. Liv-
ingston, Arthur Taylor, of Frostburg
and Thomas w. Amsden.
The Women's Guild of st. Johns
Reformed Church held their annual
picnic Wednesday at Colonial Inn, on
Route 40 Rev and Mrs. George Ely,
with thirty members and seven Wis
itors were present. The September
meeting will be held in the social room
Of the church with Mrs. 0. J. Glot-
felty as leader
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Patton, Pvt.
John Patton, of Cherry Point n c.,
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Kahl, at Dover, Del. Other
relatives joining them were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Dickie Patton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren Perkins, Raub, Ind, Mr.. and
Mrs, Chester Henry and children, Of
Detroit, Mich.
Mrs Rhoda Paul Livengood is spend
ing some time visiting her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Messersmith, Lester, Pa, and
her son, David Paul, and family, at
Philadelphia Pa.
Harry Patton returned to Cumber-
land Sunday after spending the past
week with his mother, Mrs. Bessie
Patton.
Miss Lorna Patton returned home
after visiting relatives in Baltimore.
The Methodist Youth Caravan left
Saturday after conducting weeks
program at the Methodist Church as
sisted by Rev. and Mrs. d. j. Combs.
pproXimately $50 persons attended
the Keyser Sub-District meeting on
Tuesday. The meeting closed with a
banquet Friday evening and COM
munion devotional worship service.
JoAnn Bender, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. B, H. Bender, Of Little
Crossings, is visiting Miss Mary Lou
Shirk, Waynesburg, Pa.
Miss Elizabeth Betty" Beachy has
returned home from the University
of Maryland, where She attended
summer school, and will spend several
weeks with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Marshall Beachy.
Miss Ethel BroadWater visited her
friend, Mrs. Isabel Brown Hull, Pub
lie Health Nurse, Hagerstown, re-
Gently.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-08-21

DREATHEs there a man with
Dsoul so dead he doesn't relish
little open admiration from the
sidewalk?
Can you name us a male, modest
though he otherwise be, who fails
to get secret bang out of public
appearances with a creation as
gorgeous as this one?
Well, you need only take charge
of this beauty for a while to
see how much, much more it
does for you than flatter your
masculine ego.
Touch off the eager power in
its eight big Fireball cylinders
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-08-21

and see how your pulses start
pounding.
Swing back the top with a touch
on the handy control - run up the
door windows as windscreens -
and feel the spirit of adventure
start yelling up in your soul.
Head out where you can match
this Bucks easy stride against
the stretching miles. Route your.
self where rutS and gravel can pit
themselves in vain against the
hawless gentlcness of fluid, all
coil Sprinsing. Get the sweet feel
of this light and easy wheel -
sample the hcft and size of this
cvcr-steady traveller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-08-21
Here comes Handsome!"

In truth, here's the sort of play
mate a man can spend a lifetime
seeking. Here's good friend, boon
companion, lively, dependable,
eager partner for any frolic or
any travelling task.
So why delay longer the time
when you can call one yours?
Reach a decision now on your
long-range planning - and see us
about getting your order in.
Well take it, with or without a
car to trade, and make equal
effort in either case to make your
dreams come true at the earliest
moment in our power.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03
Furniture Sales Up

AS furniture is among North Caro-
lina's chief industrial resources, what
goes on in the furniture market is of
major interest-not in High Point
alone, but in Wilmington and every
other city in the state. In these post
war days whatever affects the business
of one community is felt in every other
community.
It is good news, then, to learn that
furniture manufacturers booked just
about twice as much business in July
as in the same month of 1916, and 83
per cent above June 1947.
July bookings, however, were Is per
cent below those of January this year,
which is probably to be accounted for
by the pay-off of Christmas savings
clubs and other special lay-away funds,
which had been anticipated by the
manufacturers.
With the cashing of terminal leave
bonds by veterans there is strong pro-
liability that September and October
bookings will reach a new high level.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03
Cast In The Same Mold

From the time the war tide turned
in Russia it was generally accepted as
a fact that the Russians would use
German prisoners in large numbers in
restoring nazi devastated areas. Be-
cause the nazis had been so ruthless in
their Russian campaigns-as they were
everywhere-and also because the Rus
sian psychology was so vaguely under
stood. there was little public complaint.
It was quite generally felt that the
people who have been so wanton in the
destruction of farms, industries and
other Russian should be COM
PEELED to work on their restoration.
But it was not foreseen that the Rus
SLAMS would also establish internment
camps for German prisoners where in
mates would be starved and allowed to
rot from disease. 1t seems, however,
that they have done just this.
The Neue Zeitung, the official Ger
man newspaper in the American &C.
cupatlon zone, reports that from $4,000
to $4,000 Germans, including many
political prisoners, are in an internment
camp at Sachsenhausen, where living
conditions are intolerable. The death
rate is heavy, especially during last win
ter when it reached from thirty tC
thirty-five daily. This is but one OF
several Russian internment camps.
To use prisoners on reconstruction
projects is one thing. To crowd them
behlnd stockades where they die like
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03
Star Program

stata ports with Wilmington favored
In nroportion with its resources. 10 III
clude public terminals. tobacco storage
warehouses;. ship repair facilities. near
Nv sites for heavy industry and So-1oo'
Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough TO meet
needs for years to come.
DEVELOPMENT of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial re-
sources through better markets and 1000
processing, pulp wood production ana
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
~sdvantases and improvement OF resort
accommodations.
Improvement OF Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market and primary
roads, with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the C1ty's In
dustrial Agency to attract more In
dustries.
Proper utilization Of Bluethenthal air
mort for expanding air service.
Development Of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities. especially IN
counties lacking hospitals. and mclud-
ing a Negro Health center.
ENCOURAGEMENT Of the growth OF COM
mercial fishing.
Consolidation OF City and County gov
%errrnents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03

tonium, which is the explosive material
in the atomic bomb, rather than the
natural element uranium, and it uses
fast neutrons, produced from atom
splitting. The AP adds:
"To keep the chain reaction going
when uranium atoms are split, the neu-
irons resulting from the fission have
to be slowed down.
"The scientists say that at a slower
speed, neutron has a better chance of
sticking in the nucleus Of the next atom
and splitting it. .
"The slowing is done by mixing
graphite, water or some other substance
with the uranium. But in the new
atomic furnace, nothing like this is
necessary"
In other words, the Los Alamos ex-
periments have actually created a con-
trolled form of the atomic bomb. What
this could mean, in the fullness of time,
and with the worlds governments rec
onciled to peace, is that the cosmic
force which wrought such destruction
of life and property in Japan might be-
come the agency of greater progress
than the most far-sighted scientific
dreamers of a few years ago could en-
vision. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03
It Isn't Easy
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON - Just about
the only senator you see regularly
around the Capitol these hot re-
cess days is Sen. Sheridan Down
ey Of California.
He'll show you a good reason
why he is forsaking the vacation
land wonders of his own state FOR
steaming Washington a desk
piled high with work. If you can
drag him away from his debating
or reading, he'll tell you in no I'm
certain terms just how much work
there is in being a senator. Bit
he wouldn't have it otherwise.
First, he says, about 80 PER cent
of all the senators are overwork-
ed. The rest, somehow, have
learned to do only what they are
physically able to handle,
he claims.
He says that the office work,
alone could take up 100 per cent
of a senator's time, if he would
let it. He estimates that between
300 and 400 letters a day come in
to his office. Most of them require
work to be done OR calls to be
made. About 20 per cent o. this
routine, he estimates, is Of such a
nature that he has to tend to it
personally. The rest, which
he never sees, is done by his staff.
When it comes to ~legislating, the
senator says to be an expert on
any of the big bills under consid-
GRAFTON at a session takes long
hours of study. The result is hav-
ing to take the word of hired ex-
perts, or the word of the other
senators, On much legislation.
IT hope 1 generally can vote
right" he says.
About 80 per cent of the legis-
lation which is passed by the Sem
ate, DoWney estimates, is on the
Consent Calendar, where the word
Of the committee members who
recommend the legislation has to
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03

An anonymous article on "The
Sources Of Soviet Conduct ap-
peared in the quarterly journal
Foreign Affairs for July, l947,
and shortly afterward it was re-
published by Life" magazine. By
its quality alone it would have
commanded wide attention. For it
was manifestly the work of a man
who had observed the Soviet re-
gime closely with a trained eye
and ar educated mind. and had
arrived at a theory as to why the
conduct of the Soviet government
reflects 'no abstract love of peace
and stability, no real faith in the
possibility of a permanent happy
co-existence of the Socialist and
capitalist worlds. but rather a
continuous, persistent pressure to-
ward the disruption and weaken
ing of all rival influence and rival
power"
Almost Immediately several OF
the e a d in g correspondents in
Washington identified the author,
who signed himself *" as being
Mr.. George F. KEENAN,, who, after
a tour of duty at the Embassy in
Moscow, had recently been ap-
pointed by Secretary Marshall to
be the director of the Policy Plan
ming Staff of the Department of
State. The attribution was not
denied. After that Mr.. Ks article
was no longer just one more re-
port on the Soviet regime and
what to do about it. 1t was an
event, announcing that the Depart
ment of State had made up it's
mind. and was prepared to dis
close to the American people, to
the world at large, and, of course,
also to the Kremlin, the estimates,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03
Today And Tomorrow

bears within itself the seeds of its
own decay, and that the sprouting
of these seeds is we'll advanced"
that if "anything were ever to c.
cur to disrupt the unity and the
efficacy of the Party as d politi-
cal instrument. Soviet Russia
might be changed over night (sic)
from one of the strongest to one
of the weakest and most pitiable
of national societies;' and that
Soviet society may well tslc) con-
tain deficiencies which kill even
tually weaken it's " total po-
tential."
OF this optimistic prediction MI.
X himself says that it "cannot be
proved. And it cannot be dis
proved" Nevertheless, he con-
cludes that the U d States
should construct its policy on the
assumption that the Soviet power
is inherently weak and 1n1perma-
nent, and that this improved as
sumption warrants our entering
with reasonable confidence upon
a policy of firm containment, de-
signed to confront the Russians
with %malterable counter-force at
every point where they show signs
of e~ncroaching upon the interests
Of a peaceful and a stable world
I do not find much ground for
reasonable confidence in a policy
which can be successful only if
the most optimistic prediction
should prove to be true. Surely a
sound policy must be addressed to
the worst and hardest that may
be judged to be probable. and not
to the best and easiest that may
be possible.
As a mater of fact. Mr.. x him
self betrays a marked lack of con-
fidence in his own diagnosis. For
no sooner had he finished describ-
llS Tie pol1Cy Oh Il-m COLtdlllllleI
with ualterable counterforce at
every point where the Russians
show signs of cncroaching. when
he felt he must defard his con-
illusions against the criticism, one
might ALMOST say the wise-crack,
that this is a policy of "rolding
the line and hoping for the best"
His defense is to say that while
he is proposing a policy of hold
ing the line and hoping for the
best, sin actually the possibilities
for American policy are by no
means limited to holding the line
and hoping for the best. The ad-
ditional possibilities are not, how.
ever. within the scope of the au-
thoritv of the Department nj
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03
BY WALTER LIPPMANN

the calculations and h e conclu-
sions on which the department
was baeing its plans.
Mr.. KS article is, therefore, not
only an analytical Interpretation
of the sources of Soviet conduct.
1t is also a document of primary
importance on the sources of
American foreign ~policy-at least
Of that part of it which is known
as the Truman Doctrine.
AS such I am venturing to ex-
anime it critically in a series of
articles of which this is the first.
My criticism. I hasten to say at
once. does not arise from any be-
lief or hope that u conflict with
the Soviet government is imagi-
nary or that it can be avoided,
or ignored, Or easily disposed of.
I agree entirely with Mr.. X that
the Soviet pressure cannot be
charmed or talked out of exist
ence." | agree entirely That the
Soviet power will expand unless it
is prevented from expanding be-
cause it is confronted with power,
primarily American power, that it
must respect. But l believe, and
shall argue. that n e s~trategical
conception and plan which Mr.. x
recommends is fundamentally I'M
sound, and that it cannot be made
to work, and that the attempt to
make it work will us to
%squander substance and our
prestige.
We must begin with the disturb
ing fact, which any one who will
re-read the article can verify for
himself, that Mr.. KS conclusions
depend upon the optimistic pre-
dicticn that the Soviet power
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03

be taken. And he further points
out that a full. committees recon-
mendation of a bill was probably
based or the recommendation OIL
a subcommittee of three or fou1
members. That's the only practi-
cal way the tremendous amount
of legislation can be handled.
Committee work is one of the
biggest drains On a senator's time,
Downey says. He points to the
work of the Public Lands Com
mittee. on which he serves, as an
example. In seven months it con-
sidered a total of 419 bills during
the session, and reported $50 bills
to the Senate, of which AS were
passed. A total of 1874 meetings
were held by the committee and
the five committees; 100 sep
arate days were devoted to hear
ings and 468 witnesses appeared
to testify.
Claiming that he is neither
Dragging nor complaining, DoWney
says that all the California iegis-
lstors in Washington have al ex-
ira burden because of the great
number of different activities found
in the sunshine state. The average
state. he says, has five or six
important interests which need
representing, while California has
many more. If a congressman or
senator doesn't look cut for the
welfare of the interests in his own
state, nobody else will, he says.
One reason Cor the increased
work in Washington these days is
that life today is getting more
complex. Downey says tina: there
were only about four major issues
which faced Andrew Jackson
in his big day. Downey estimates
that President Truman has to face
more pig problems in one dav
than Jackson did during one term.
And congressional work has kept
step.
One of the big things 2 senator
has to learn, says Downey, is how
to forget hates.
after a battle on the floor, for
instance, you've got 10 know how
to forget it and be able to get
along with you" opponent of a few
moments ago in the cloak room"
ne says. 1T is surprising how we
are all able to do this"
DoWney says that the average
gallery spectator would nave been
surprised to be in the cloak room
during the final days OF this ses-
sion. Senators who were raging at
each other on the floor were get
ting along fairly well in private
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-03

State: "The aims Of Russian com,
munism must appear sterile and
quixotic, the hopes and enthGsi.
asme of MoscoW's suopogey
must wane, and added strain must
be i m e d on the KremIns
foreign policies if 1.-The United
States a create among the PEG.
pies of the world generally he m.
preston of a country which knows
what it wants, which is coping
successfully with the problems II
its internal life and with he re-
sponsibilities of a world power,
and which has a spiritual vitality
capable of holding its own among
the major theological currents Of
the time"
This surely is a case o. DO! ter
ing up the wishful thinking Of
"hoping for the best - namely,
the collapse of the Soviet poTer-
by ar extra strong dose Of wish
full thinking a bout tine United
States. There must be something
deeply defective in Mr.. KS esl'
mates and calculations. For ON MS
own showing. the policy caano. be
made to work unless there re
miracles and We oct all The
breaks.
In Mr.. KS estimates there are
no reserves for a rainy day. I7'fe
is no margin of safety Tor o8o
luck. bad management, error ara
the unforeseen. He asks us 10 a.
sumo that the Soviet power is al
ready decaying. He eXaorj7 US u
believe that our own highest hopes
for ourselves will soon have been
realized. Yet the policy ne recon-
mends is designed to deal eiler
lively with the Soviet Union "
a rival, not a partner, In Inc p1
litical arena" Do we dare 10 a.
sume, as we enter the arena a-u
get set to run the race, that TX
Soviet Union will break Its tx
while the United States grows
pair of wings to speed it Oh ~
way?
(To Be Continued
Copyright, 1947, New York hefSlu
Inc.