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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Three Ships 10 Bring
I7O,OOOU.5 War Dead
From Pacific Areas
BY Keyes Beech
Foreisn Correspondent Of The Star and
the Chicago Daily News.

HONOLULU, T. H, May 31.-In
October, three converted Liberty
ships, each with a capacity of $500,
will begin a shuttle service between
Hawaii and San Francisco to carry
back home Americas 10000 Pacific
war dead.
Fifteen distribution centers have
been set up from coast to coast to
receive the bodies, together with
those shipped from the European
theater, which will be arriving at the
same time. A total of 118 railroad
coaches have been converted into
cemetery cars"
Already more than 1000 dead have
been concentrated at Hawaii's
Schofield Barracks to await ship
ment. These include Tarawa's more
than 1000 dead. And more than a
dozen islands, now virtually forgot
ten whose names once blackeneo
newspaper headlines, have yet tt
yield their quota. including Saipan
Guam, Peleliu, Two Jima, Okinawa
Remote Areas Searched.
For more than a year Graves
Registration teams have been
searching the remote provinces Of
China, Drawing the rocky gorges oil
the Himalayas, climbing the steer
slopes of The Hump" trekkine
through the steaming BURN q
jungles, searching forbides.
The organizations workers now
estimate that there are approx
mately 5000 unidentified dead in the
Pacific Islands and Asia. So ar
Identification laboratory, similar tt
that operating in Europe, will be
established here. All means known
to science, including anthropology
study of dental work and chemistry
will be employed in attempting tt
solve the problem of identifying
those who died without dogtags.
To Cost 100000.
Everything must run like clock.
work in this great repatriation pro.
gram for the War Department esti-
mates that the entire project will
cost minimum Of 100000.
Many veterans are tacitly opposed
to this repatriation" on the grounds
that the dead themselves woulc
have preferred to remain where
they fell. But Col. Maurice Matisoff
chief of the graves registration serv.
ice for the Pacific, says that q
sample poll has shown 80 per cent
of the nearest of kin" DESTROYS Of
having their sons and husbands
back.
However in cases where parents
or wives prefer, their dead will be
reburied in a national cemetery or
Oahu the site for which has not vel
been selected though Punchbow
Hill, overlooking Honolulu is pres.
emily favored.
Copyright, 1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
State House SiIenced
By Labor Dispute
By The Associated Press

| SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-A labor dis
! pute recently silenced members OF
the Illinois State House of Repre-
sentatives.
The new loud speaker system was
dead and Speaker Hugh Green said
that Springfield Local 1913 Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, had objected to State
employee operating the system.
Representatives then engaged in
a shouting match whether they
should employ a member of the
union. The uproar ended with a
motion to adjourn-with no bust
ness transacted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
New Hampshire Gifts
Draw Many Returns

CONCORD, N. HIT costs money
to send New Hampshire produced
gifts to At other Governors. but
look at the gifts Gov. Charles M
Dale gets back!
In return for boxes of apples and
buckets of maple sugar delicacies
fellow executives have sent in re-
turn
Colorado. cantaloupes; Oregon
cherries; Wisconsin, cheese; Ark
ansas, 109-pound watermelon; Iowa
ham; Maine and Vermont, maple
syrup, and Florida and California
oranges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Five From Here TO Attend
Reunion at Harvard

Five Washington residents will
attend the 40th anniversary reunion
of the Harvard law class of 1907
next Wednesday at Cambridge
Mass. They are:
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, conf
mander of the District National
Guard one of the speakers; Heber
H. Rice of the General Accounting
Office, chairman of the Anniversary
Reunion Committee; Louis Maxwell
Cohen, Frank Stollenwerck and
Henry C. Bradshaw, Washington
lawyers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01

trict governors. Due to the growth
of the organization, the convention
voted to add two new subdistricts
to the three that have existed In
District %.
The five new district governors
laid plans to try to bring the l948
convention of the entire Lions In
ternational to Washington. This
years convention is being held in
San Francisco, July 1881.
Governor of ID. C. Area.
Mr.. Kicker, who was general chair
man of the silver jubilee convention
here, earlier yesterday was chosen
district governor for the area en-
bracing Washington and the Mary
land counties of Montgomery, Prince
Georges, Charles, st. Mary's and
Calvert. There are II Lions clubs In
this area.
The convention theme Of world
peace was stressed by Lawrence B
Slater, representative of Lions Inter
national and member of the Oakes
Lions Club of North Dakota. He
called upon the delegates to continue
their efforts to spread Lionism IN the
interest Of world peace. The organ
tzation now functions in IL countries
Chosen as district governors WIFI
Mr.. Kicker and Mr.. Myers were
Charles R. Stab, jr. OF Wilmington
Del, Samuel c. Pierce, jr. OF Sea
ford, Del. and Alvey V. Rem OF
Frederick, Md. Their election wa:
announced by E. Lester Mobley Of
Hagerstown, Md, committee chair
man.
To Continue Delinquency Drive.
The convention adopted resoiu'
ton to continue its program to re.
duce juvenile delinquency. A specia
souvenir volume, giving the history
of the Lions and particularly Of
District %, prepared here, was dis
tributed to the delegates.
John M. Price, jr. of Indian Head
Nd, retiring district governor, ao'
dressed a luncheon yesterday which
officially closed the convention
Some TOO persons, including Lions
and their wives, attended. Retiring
District Governor Joseph A. l.
Errigo of Wilmington, presided ane
Hogarth w. Colston of Silver Spring
Nd, international counselor. wa
POSTMASTER.
Twenty-one prizes were distrib'
uted at the luncheon by j. Miltor
Baker. president of the Uptown
washington Lions Club, chairman
of the golf tournament Award
Committee. The tournament wa
held Wednesday at the Prince
Georges Golf and Country Club.
A dozen loving cups were distrlb
uted, and nine other prizes Wer'
awarded for special scoring feature
of the tournament.
Winners Listed. 81
Loving cup winners were: 3.
First hight-Winner, George F
Ashton, Brightwood Lions Club; MI
Baker. runner-up; blind DOGGY
Marty Derrick, Georgetown, ant
highest score, Herschell Gaddis
Georgetown.
Second f1ight-Winner Everett
Flood, Uptown; runner-up, Arthur
E. Morrisette, Brightwood; blint
DOGGY, DR.. Alfred Montzka, Uptown
and highest score, James OKane
Laurel. Md
Third flight - Winner, Gill,
Young. Washington Host Club: run
ner-up, Vernon House, Georgetown
blind DOGGY, Hans w. Constadt, Bal
timore, and highest score, J. Loui
Goldman, Anacostia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Oldest Justice of Peace
Has Held Job 81 Years

ASHTON, Ill-Emerson F. Chap
man is completing his Gath year as
justice of the peace of Lafayette
Township, a post he accepted in
1883 because nobody else would
take the job r-". 49,
Mr.. Chapman and his wife are SO
years old and still active about their
farm home. They observed their
62d wedding anniversary last Au-
gust, and friends say Mr.. Chapman
is the oldest justice of the peace in
the Nation from standpoint OF
| service ...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Two Abandoned Babies
Are Found to Be Dolls
BY the Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn.-When Mrs.
Lester Schampagne, 80, returned
home she saw what appeared to be
two pairs of baby feet, clad in pink
booties, protruding from beneath a
sheet at the bottom of the stairs to
her apartment.
She Immediately called police and
reported two babies had been aban-
doned in her apartment building.
Two squads of detectives arrived.
They lifted the sheet and found two
dolls,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
British Plane RefueIed
In Air Over Atlantic
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

LONDON, May 31.-The British
South American Always expert
mental refueling flights across the
Atlantic Ocean ended successfully
at Heathrow Airport here tonight
when converted Lancaster plane
finished round trip to Bermuda
In both directions across the sea
the plane, piloted by Air Vice
Marshal D. C. T. Bennett, was re-
fueled by a tanker plane in midair
over the Azores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01

now receive. Mr.. Lewis also sought
some language" in the contract as
a protection against provisions OF
the Taft-Hartley labor bill.
Operators offered a contract which
would run from July l to April 1
1949, without provision for reopen
ing on wages. Mr.. Lewis held out
for an agreement which could be
Cancelled by either side on 80 days
notice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Hearing on Deeds Office
Scheduled Wednesday

A public hearing is scheduled for
GAS am. Wednesday before the
judiciary subcommittee of the House
District Committee on the Koran
bill to place the Once of Recorder
of Deeds under the District Gov
eminent.
Municipal officials and Recorder
of Deeds Marshall L. Shepard have
been asked to testify. The hearing
is to be conducted by Representa-
tive Allen, Republican, of Cali
fornia, in the absence of Chairman
OEara.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Film on Secret Weapon
To Be Seen Tomorrow

A movie showing the development
of the VT fuse will be shown tomor-
row night at Grace Church Parish
Hall in Silver Spring at the regu-
lar meeting of the Mems Club of the
church. The meeting, which will
start at 8 pm, is open to all men
IN the community.
The film will be shown by an ex-
pert from the Johns Hopkins lab
oratory in Silver Spring which de-
veloped the fuse, one. of the most
notable secret weapons of the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01

Lions Interna-
tional, compris-
ing Maryland,
Delaware an d
the District.
This came at
the close of the
four-day silver
jubilee conven-
ton, held at the
Mayhower Ho-
tel. J. Lawrence
Myers of An
n a p oils W a s
elected chair
m a n of t h e
council by the
nthnr narIr dic-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Short Week Started
By Securities Exchanges
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, May 3l.-The New
York Stock and Curb Exchanges
were closed today, inaugurating a
4-month summer Saturday closing
schedule that will keep operations
suspended on that day until the
first Saturday in October.
Securities markets in other cities
will follow the New York pattern.
Some commodity markets, includ-
ing the Chicago Board of Trade,
resumed operations today following
observance Of Memorial Day on
Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Guard Recruiters Flight Set

Air unit members of the District
National Guard who recruit the
most personnel this month will be
eligible for a training flight to
Puerto Rico on June 30, guard Off
Gals announced last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Jules Kicker Elected
To Council Post by
District II Lions

Jules c. Kicker, Washington In
surance man, yesterday was chosen
secretary-treasurer of the Council
of Governors Of District % of
Evening star., 1947-03-21

cakes, put up jams and jellies, and
can fruits and vegetables, take heart
from the words Of Representative
Monroney. Undoubtedly, he would
not have suggested that candy bars
be substituted for sugar unless he
had a drawerful of recipes for Baby
Ruth apple pie and currant jelly a
Ia Hershey bar. I suggest that you
write him for these recipes. His
address is House ONCE Building,
Washington, d. c.
When her hunger-ravished people
pleaded for bread, Marie Antoinette
said LET them eat cake"
Last fall when 1t was protested
that low-income families would not
be able to pay the high prices for
decontrolled meats. National AS
sociation of Manufacturers spokes-
man said: then let them eat
beans"
Completing the triumvirate and
adding luster to it, is Representa-
tive Monroney, who advises that If
you cannot get sugar with coupons,
and cannot afford Csc a pound for
honey, you might buy a "six-cent
Baby Ruth candy bar"
Perhaps the Congress member has
stuck his neck out too far. He ought
to be a popular speaker at women's
clubs.
(Copyright, 1947)
Evening star., 1947-03-21

extremely liberal labor specialist.
Victor Hisel. He says:
Another Of the prof. Communist
unions controls enough native and
white Pan American workers to
cripple the Panama Canal If a
strike were called. Some 10000 men
working for the Army, Navy and
canal administrations are members
of this highly politicalized union.
They were ordered to reveal their
mi1itancy by parading through the
streets Of the cities at each end of
the canal which they did two
weeks ago. They are CIO unions"
This does not come from an un-
friendly source. It comes from a
friendly one. Is it something to be
! ignored?
Evening star., 1947-03-21

They make up Elias mind to leave
Charlie, and they advise Mr.. ano
Mrs, Van Buren not to tolerate their
parents any more and to go ahead
and throw them right out on the
street.
worried Mother" is told not to
stop Junior from setting fire to
everything around the house lest
she break the spirit Of budding
young arsonist. Returned Veteran
Is told to remember the glorious
days when he was an enlisted man
and not be envious of those who
didn't have his chance to see the
quaint parts Of the world entirely
free.
If Only for a Day.
I have always had a sneaklng
suspicion that some Of the letters
answered by the lovelorn columnists
were written by the lovelorn col
umnists themselves so they could
deliver the message they wanted to-
So, will now answer a few ques-
tions and satisfy my childhood
dream, if only for day.
Dear Mr.. McLemore: I am 81
years Of age and have been mar
ried for 80 years. But my husband
insists on wearing his fraternity pin
at all times-on his vest in winter
and on his shirt in summer. I
can't go on any longer under these
conditions. What should I do?"
Answer: Nothing. He Is beyond
help, unless Johns Hopkins has
added a new wing, or Mayo a new
floor. OF course, being as he is
obviously crazy about grips" you
might introduce him to new one
in which you put your fingers
around his throat and squeeze and
squeeze.
Dear Mr.. McLemore: We have
45-year-old daughter who says
she will not marry until she meets
her dream prince or her Mister
Right We are getting a little sick
Of having her around the house, as
she is getting more and more 'sot'
in her ways. What are her chances
of ever obtaining her dream prince
or her Mister Right'?"
Answer: Slim, very slim. There
happens to be only one dream prince
in the world, and I already happen
to be married. Your best bet is a
Louisville slugger, Babe Ruth model.
Obvious Thing to Do.
Dear Mr.. McLemore: I am In
love with Spanish-American War
veteran, and we have been engaged
since the day he returned from
Cuba. Every time I mention that
I would like to have an engagement
ring, he puts a foot on the nearest
piece of furniture, throws out his
chest, and sings "A Spanish Cava-
lier,' 'Good-by, Dolly Gray and
There1l Be a Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight" ;"
Answer: The obvious thing for
you to do is to harmonic with your
soldier boy. When he breaks into
song, put one of your feet on a piece
Of furniture, throw your arms around
him, and get to singing. You might
just as well get enjoyment out of
these song tests, because you have
very little chance of sharing in his
pension if he hasn't gotten around
to making the. down payment on
that sparkler since 1900.
Dear Mr.. McLemore: I conduct
lovelorn column. I am sick and
tired of my husband and want to
leave him, but I am afraid if I leave
him my readers will lose faith in
me. What am I to do?"
Answer: My suggestion is that
you rent yourself out as a clay
pigeon, because you're dead, honey,
dead.
| Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1947-03-21

ing WHICH pre- HSs VI" - AoAS~
tends to protect her with a ceiling
price on sugar, but actually is setting
up a system which Is costing her
over one billion dollars a year, and
costing the taxpayers millions OF
dollars for the enforcement Of q
needless regulation"
80 or IS Pounds.
10 my mind, sugar rationing
should be improved, not done away
with. OPA and the Department Of
Agriculture have tried to give the
impression that this year every per-
son in the United States will re-
ceive approximately 90 pounds OF
sugar. But OF this 80 pounds, only
IS pounds will be honest-to-God
sugar sold on rationing coupons.
The balance, namely, So pounds, will
have to be bought in the form OF
finished products at exorbitant
prices.
Mr.. Mack pointed out that this 50
pounds of sugar" will really go TO
the manufacturer, to be resold to
the short-changed housewife IN
the form of soft drinks, sweetened
fruit juices, candy, jelly, jam and
preserves. OF course, If she has the
money, the housewife can buy these
products at exorbitantly high prices,
but, generally speaking, only the
higher income families can AFFORD
these luxuries. The witness noted
that, at the stores, grape jelly had
gone up 100 per cent since the pre-
sugar-rationing days OF 194l; honey
had advanced 81 per cent; pine.
apple juice, 16 per cent and canned
peaches, "244 per cent.
Mr.. Mack pointed out that IN the
stampede to decontrol last fall, nm
ished products using sugar went
spiraling up in price, while refined
sugar remained under control. The
housewife who wanted to do her
own canning was deprived OF sugar
for the benefit Of the manufacturers.
" the housewife Is being
fooled" he said, when she is told
that she is protected by the present
price control, =" He explained
that she could buy IS pounds Of
sugar on her coupons at 9 or 10
cents a pound. However, the extra
So pounds of sugar" that she Is
supposed to get will cost her well
over Is cents pound IN Jelly, pre-
serves, etc. The difference Is Is
cents a pound. Multiplying these S8
pounds of sugar" by the difference
of is cents for 143 million people
adds up to a total of over billion
dollars a year which the homes OF
America could save in the aggregate
if the housewife could put up her
own jams and preserves instead OF
regretfully watching her fruits and
vegetables rot on the ground.
Could Have Been Seen.
And then 1t was that, If it had
been watching, Golfers magazine
might have seen Representative
Monroney stick his neck out"
'Mr. Mack" said Representative
Monroney, you have repeated about
a dozen times that we do not have
rationing of sugar, that only the
rich can get more than their sugar
coupons. Now I cannot go along
with you on that because you
can buy Hershey chocolate, think,
for six cents a bar the poor can
buy Baby Ruths just as well as the
rich. They can buy a Hershey bar
and melt it up for chocolate sauce
for six cents bar"
Now If you are one of those unin-
formed housewives who has been
disheartened by your failure to Sc
cure enough sugar to bake pies and
Evening star., 1947-03-21

Y " " ~ y . o2Ao
President, I used
to 60 to sleep in
Sunday school
dre a min g of
some day writing
an advice to
the Lovelorn"
column.
AS I grew old
er, my ambition
to write such a
c o l u m n in
creased, because
I came to appre-
ciate fully the
power that these
aol,,x,or,icfc .xriald
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Guatemala Lecture Called

Guatemala, Where Pagan Gods
Survive" will be the subject Of a
lecture by Luis Marden, National
Geographic staff writer -photog-
rapher, at 8:15 o'clock tonight be-
fore the National Geographic Society
in Constitution Hall,
Evening star., 1947-03-21

IN PRINT was We
h e m e n tly de-
nounced as a
Red batter" A
favorite epithet
of the left-wing
colunnists and
professional lib
erals was witch
burner" " Those
who insisted that
the CIO and its
PAC, the Amer
lean Labor Party
in New York, the
Newspaper Guild
of that, CITY and
Evening star., 1947-03-21
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. Is it possible to wash pillows
without removing the feathers?-
r. r.
A. Dip them in lukewarm suds in
a tub or a washing machine, If it Is
large enough. After rinsing several
times in water of the same tempera-
ture as the suds, hang them to dry
in the sun.
@. How often does a race horse
have to be shod?-R. D.
A. A horse either racing or train
ing should be shod about every Is
days.
@. What is the origin Of the say
ing that a person or thing Is "o1
the first water"?-V. E. H.
A. A diamond Of the first water
is a specially fine diamond, one o1
the greatest value for its size. The
color or luster Of a diamond is
called its water" Hence, f1gura-
lively, "a man of the first water" is
man Of the highest merit.
@. What is the average life OF
an automobile storage battery?
ID. o. F.
A. The average life of an automo-
bile storage battery in operation is
about two years, according to the
Department OF Commerce. Lack OF
use or improper use may shorten
the life Of a battery considerably.
@. When a person loses the sight
of one eye, can he see only half as
much as before?-A. L. Mob.
A. When the sight of one eye is
lost the field of vision is reduced
by about one-fifth.
@. How early were cigar-store In
dians used?-I. L. B.
| A. The cigar-store Indian Is
shown in a print published in 1917
illustrating a tobacconist's shop In
the days of James I.
@. When a rocket is fired, Is there
recoil as In gums. N.
A. Unlike gun, a rocket exerts
no recoil on the launching device.
This is one of its principal ad-
vantages.
@. When did Saudi Arabia de-
clare war on Germany?-W. A. J.
A. Saudi Arabia declared war on
Germany and Japan on March 1,
1945, with the proviso excluding
the zone of holy shrines."
@. How fast can a coyote run?
". M.
A. It's speed has been clocked at
40 miles per hour.
@. Who was the model for AZ
brecht Durer's painting, Praying
Hands? "?-H. B.
A. There are number of stories
told about the origin. One Is that
a friend of Durer's, when the artist
was very young, sensed that Durel
was genius. The older man un-
dertook to work to support himself
and his protege until such time a.
Durer would be financially indie.
pendent. BY the time this goa.
was attained the elder artists hands
had become work-worn and he
could not use them as he dreamed
of doing. Durer perpetuated theil
beauty in the famous Praying
Hands,"
Evening star., 1947-03-21

The Ho u s e
B a n king and
Currency Com
mittee was con-
sidering sugar,
and had just
heard Walter S.
Mack, jr., presi-
d mt of tn e
P e psi Col a
Co.
1.-THE Aneri-
can housewife, "
he said, "is the
victim of the
Dresent, system
Of sugar ration
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Harold l.. Ickes
Man to Man
House Member Solved Sugar Problem
By Sticking His Neck Out

making its congressional awards last year to senator van
denberg and to Democrat OF Oklahoma
editors Golfers magazine observed that "a notable number
the committee about Representative Mon
characterized him would stick his neck out
the occasion required bold stand"
Evening star., 1947-03-21
McLemore
Now Offers Advice
To the LoveIorn
By Henry McLemore

When I was a youngster, and
others of my own age were dream
ing of being flremen, railroad engi-
neers, owners of soda fountains,
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by writing The Evening
star Information M II Bureau, 3lS ! street
close cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1947-03-21
Frank r. Kent
TheGreatG GameOfPOlitiCs
So-Called Red Batting Comes Nov
From All Sides, With No Denial

In these depressing days worth while to report
gress only te-n two not unimportant directions. One
recent evidence Of increase the clarity of political thought
the country generally the other evidence that despite
ganda and clamor truth does somehow In these
two things in harst each has do with the question
Evening star., 1947-03-21

Of communism; second, the first Is
dependent on the second.
Only a short time ago any one who
ventured to bring up this subject
Evening star., 1947-03-21

Such an occasion arose on March
13. Mr., Monroney lost no time In
sticking "his neck out" to solve"
tho sl1par Y,rohlen1