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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-09

quarterly supper meeting re-
Gently at Ell Captain with ap-
proximately SO members at
tending.
Judge John j. Burney is
teacher of the class, the largest
mems Sunday school organiza-
ton in Wilmington. Alan Mar
shall has been serving as as
sistant teacher. he class meets
each Sunday morning at Gas
O'Clock in the Kenan building of
the church, at 18th and Market
streets.
Officers of the class are T. A.
Lawther, Jr., president; r. M.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-09

Everything is completely new and exciting in furs
this year. The new look is the long look. Jackets are
longer, coats are longer =. and the full length coat
is the star of the season. Flares are news. Not just a
few flares, but voluminous, ripping, billowlng
flares. Cuffs are news, interpreted here in countess
variations. Collars g. real collars e. are news. com
bining warmth with elegance. What a wonderful
change from last year when you could only choose
from a few styles. What a marvellous choice you have
here now! And, amazing as this may SEEM our
values are greater, too.
N A WALLIS CHARGE ACCOUNT
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-09

Corbett, vice president; W. P.
Jones, secretary; J. f. Holton,
Jr., assistant secretary; j. l..
Fulbright, Jr., treasurer and
Adolf Otersen, Sr., assistant
treasurer. All men of the COM
munity are cordially invited to
attend the class.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-09

The temperature of the planet
Neptune is colder than 800 de-
grees Fahrenheit below zero, &C
cording to the Encyclopedia
Britannica. Neptune is 80 times
farther from the sun than is the
earth
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-09

Did you know the steaks and
hops cut less than an inch thick
are more successfully broiled in
the pan than in the oven? And
that broiled meats should be sea-
soned after broiling instead of
before because salt tends to draw
out juices?
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-09
Evans Memorial Bible
Class Members Stage
Quarterly Supper Meet

The Evans Memorial Bible
class of St. Andrews Covenant
Presbyterian church held its
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Benjamin F. Saunders, I.
Dairy Supervisor. Dies

Benjamin Franklin Saunders, ST.,
66, District sales supervisor OF
Embassy Diaries, died yesterday at
his home, AS Nicholson street NV.
A dairyman in Washington since
1900, Mr.. Saunders was first EN-
ployed by Sharon Dairy. When
that firm was sold to the Walker
Hill Dairy in 1929 he Joined the
latter company. He was employed
as q member of the sales staff Of
Embassy about II years ago. Mr.
Saunders was native Of Fairfax
County, Va.
He was a member Of the Herndon
Masonic Lodge No. 264 and the
Mount Horeb Chapter No. 7, Royal
Arch Masons.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Bessie G. Saunders; two sons, Ben
janlin F., jr, and Warren G. Saun-
ders, both of Silver Spring; q
daughter, Mrs. George w. Hurst
Washington; two brothers, Guy p
Saunders, Alexandria, Va, and
Harry K. Saunders, Orlando. Fla
and three sisters, Mrs. Grace
Payne, Alexandria; Mrs. Marjorie
Miller, West Palm Beach, and Mrs
Minnie Trammell, Vienna, Va.
Funeral services will be held at
IL am. Tuesday at Hines funeral
home. 1901 Fourteenth street NV
Burial. win be in Glenwood Gene.
tefy.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

PALo ALTO, Calf, Jan. 1.-THE
chances Tor production of a salts
factory vaccine against infantile
paralysis have been enhanced con-
siderably by a research achievement
announced yesterday at Stanford
University.
DR.. Hubert S. Loring and DR.. C. e.
Schwerdt, Stanford chemists re-
ported they had succeeded in isolat-
ing a substance with a polio virus
purity of 80 per cent or higher.
This means they have the virus in
nearly pure form, and the way is
clear for experimenters to use it in
attempts to produce a substance
that can be injected into humans to
prevent them from contracting the
disease. ....
Medical scientists already have
made polio vaccines, some of which
have been used effectively to pro-
tect laboratory animals against the
disease, but none have been con-
sidered wholly satisfactory. One
Of the most effective of these was
made from a mixture containing
live polio virus. 1t was efficient
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Negro Youth Group
Ends Farley Tonight

Anti-poll tax and anti-lynchine
legislation is being pressed by Is
delegates of the Southern Negro
Youth Congress, which will con.
clude. a two-day session at O'Clock
tonight at Shiloh Baptist Church
Ninth and P streets NV.
The group went to Capitol Hill
yesterday led by Edward K. Weaver
Montgomery (Ala) school teacher
It included a number of other Negro
leaders.
A Legislative statement" given cut
by Mr.. Weaver called attention tt
model bills proposed by his con-
gress, including provisions for Sc.
curity and constitutional liberties.
Because we are young" continued
the statement, Eve are vitality con.
cerned with all the affairs Of oul
Government, which may determine
whether our future will be one oi
war or peace, poverty or security
friendship among peoples or group
and hate violence"
Legislators visited by the group
included Senators Hill and Spark
man of Alabama, Pepper and Hol-
land of Florida, all Democrats, and
Representatives aBttle Of Illinois
Smather Of Florida and Dawson OF
Illinois, also Democrats.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Marshall Secluded
For Rest in Honolulu
BY the Assoeiated Press

HONOLULU, Jan. 11.-Gen. Mar
shall is making the most of his
opportunity for compete rest before
he goes to Washington and plunges
into the arduous tasks awaiting him
as Secretary of State.
There have been no fetes or din
ners or streams of well wishers who
customarily besiege distinguished
visitors. For one thing, the Army
is seeing to it that the man who
wears five stars is not disturbed
unnecessarily. Military police patrol
the Fort Derussy grounds near the
small but tastefully furnished home
where Gen. Marshall relaxes.
For another. Mrs. Marshall Is
relieving her husband as much as
possible Of some Of his duties. She
assisted In sorting and answering
the flood of congratulatory messages
that descended on the general after
his arrival Wednesday night from
Naaking.
Gen. Marshall has emerged from
his home for strolls along the Fort
Derussy seawall and window shop
ping walk along Waikiki Beach 8
Kalakaua avenue with Mrs. Mar
shall and for a scenic drive past
Diamond Head and Koko Head,
Oahu,s famous landmarks.
An Army spokesman said an an
nouncement Is expected some time
today on Gen. MarshalIs plans for
leaving for Warrington.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
World Affairs Group
10 Hear Byrnes and
|vandenberg Tonight
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Jan. 11.-Secretary
of State Byrnes and Chairman VAN
denberg of the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee tonight will dis
cuss the Nations current interna-
tional position in the concluding
session of a three-day institute OF
the Cleveland Council on World Az
fairs.
Participating with them will be
Francis Cardinal Spellman Of New
York and Mrs. Mildred McAfee Hor-
ton, Wellesley College president and
wartime commander Of the Waves.
Mr.. Byrnes' speech Is scheduled
for 10 pm. and will be carried over
Nationwide hookup by the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co.
In last nights western Europe
program Veterans Administrator
Omar Bradley cited Americas pro-
posal for international inspection as
a control over the atom bomb and
declared "if such plan proved ef-
fective in control of the atom bomb
we might ask if it would not also
work on all weapons of mass de-
struction.
Italian Premier Alcide de Casper
currently in this country as an Of
fetal visitor seeking financial and
economic assistance, declared that
the tragic heritage" of war in Italy
"can be temporary if the whole
world recognizes its seriousness and
unites to eliminate it, but it will
become a chronic and incurable dis
turbance if adequate means to pre-
vent it are not taken at once"
Gen. Bradley said Americas pro-
posal for international control Of
the atom bomb was "a pattern fol
what may become the only adequate
guarantee of security among nation
states"
No thoroughly adequate secur-
ity" can be found "by pledging or
pooling our military strength in
United Nations" he said.
This afternoons Central Europe
session of the institute presents Jan
G. Masaryk, Foreign Minister of
Czechoslovakia; James S. Carey,
secretary-treasurer of the CIO: Paul
Auer, Hungarian Minister to Paris;
Ahmed Emin Yalman, Turkish
journalist, and John Scott, Time
Magazines Berlin correspondent.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Woman Asks $25, 900
In Suing CupituI Trunsit

The Capital Transit Co. was sued
for $4,000 yesterday in District
Court for injuries Mrs. Ethel Beach
of the 1900 block of M street NV.
claims she received in January, 1914,
when struck on the head by a street.
car sign while she was riding as a
passenger.
According to the suit, the sign
fell as the car went around a curve.
The suit says Mrs. Beach suffered
a brain conclusion.
Filed through Attorneys Peter N
Chumbris and Louis p. Maniatis,
the suit asks $4,000 in behalf Of
Mrs. Beach. In addition it asks
$5, 900 in behalf Of her husband,
John Beach, for expenses resulting
from his wife's injuries and for the
loss Of her services.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Schmidt, Jailed for Role
In 1910 Bombing, Marie!
BY the Asseeioted Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IL
Marriage of Matthews Anthony
Schmidt, who served % years in
San Quentin prison in connection
with the 1910 bombing of the Los
Angeles Times, and Miss Beth
Livermore, of socially prominent
California family. was confirmed
early today by members of the
household. The wedding took place
at Minden, New, IL days ago.
Mr.. Schmidt, IS, a skilled tool
maker and mechanical engineer, was
released from prison in 1912 when
his life sentence was commuted.
He now is employed by the United
Co. here.
Mrs. Schmidt was a spinster sister
Of Norman Livermore, of Ross, Cali
fornia, president of Coffin- -Reding-
ton Co., a wholesale drug firm, and
director of several Western concerns
including the Pacific Gas g. Electric
Co.
She is on leave from the San
Francisco school department for
which she has been supervisor Of
child welfare and attendance Is
years.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Testimony Concluded
0nHacker's Charge
Police Beat Him

Charges that four Metropolitan
policemen beat Taxicab Driver John
j. Mayo, 36, colored, 412 B street
Sc. were taken under advisement
today by the Police Trial Board
after testimony was concluded.
Mr.. Mayo testified yesterday he
was beaten by Detective Sergts
Grayston w. Chapman and Albert
E. Embrey and Pvts. Francis Davis
and William r. Shelton of the Sec
ond precinct on July 26, 1945.
The four policemen all took the
stand today to deny that Mr.. Mayo
was mistreated by them at any time
The cab driver was taken into Gus.
tody at Emergency Hospital by Pvts
Davis and Shelton after he had beer
identified by a Marine and q
WAVE as the man who had al
legedly molested the girl the night
before in his cab.
Sworn statements from the Ma.
rine and the WAVE relating details
of the taxi ride were introduced a.
evidence. The Marine told police he
beat the driver after the girl hac
been molested.
When testimony was concluded
defense attorney Harry Whelar
moved the charges be dismissed ano
asked the board to recommend ci-
tations for the policeman for "splen-
did police work."
Mr.. Mayo testified he had never
seen the Marine and WAVE before
and that he was struck by the off,
GERS as they carried him from the
hospital to No. precinct. He said
he had been beaten up and robbed OF
$11 the night before by two sailors
He said he had not reported the in
cident to police until asked at the
hospital what he was doing there
for treatment.
Later he was charged at the pre-
cinct with making false report.
He was acquitted in Municipal
Court on October IS, 1945, when
his case came to trial. ssss
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Stocks Resume Drop,
with DisfiHers and
|Amusemenis in Lead
By Victor Eubonk
A,.oeio,.d Pres. rironeiuI Writer


NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Stocks,
with distillers and amusements in
the forefront, negotiated another
retreat in today,s brief market.
Dealings, quiet at the start,
turned relatively active later as
offerings became a bit more urgent
in virtually all departments.
Extreme losses of fractions to S
points or so were reduced here and
there near the close, although the
minus column remained widely
populated.
Transfers of around 100000
shares were among the largest Sat-
urday volumes of the past month.
At new 1946-47 lows were Schen-
ley, Park & Tilford, Twentieth Cen
tury-Fox, Paramount Pictures and
Transcontinental western Air. Cas-
'ualties also included Bethlehem
Chrysler, Goodrich, Goodyear
Montgomery Ward, Western Ali
Lines, Kennecott, Du Pont, Norfolk
g. Western, Standard Oil New Jer-
Sey), united STATES gypsum, SANTA
Fe, Union Pacific, American Smelt-
ing and international Harvester.
There was little in the spot news
to blame for the extension of Fri
days stumble. Further heaviness of
cotton futures was factor. Many
customers again trimmed accounts
because of skepticism overthe busi-
ness outlook in coming months and
the desire to await congressional
moves on the budget, taxes and
other economic problems important
to industry.
Most potential replacement pur-
chasers held aloof. Liquors and
moving picture issues still had to
contend with the price-earnings
question.
Bonds lacked rising stamina.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
6
Head Of vFW CHARGES
Scandal in Housinq
By the Assoeioted Press

PENSACOLA, Fla, Jan. lila
beling the Veterans Administration
a "topheavy office" and describing
the housing situation as national
scandal" Louis E. Starr, national
commander of Veterans of Foreign
Wars, today outlined policies which
the VFW is promoting in Congress
In an interview while attending
the midwinter Florida vFW con-
ference here, the national COM
mander said that of $946, ,000, ,0oe
spent by VA for veterans, educa-
ton, $50, 900 was used for ad-
ministrative purposes.
He said $4,000, 900 was spent by
VA in loan guarantees, but that
administration of it cost $7,500, ,000
and that of the $1,679, ,000, ,00e
spent for readjustment allowances
$35 5000 went for administration
Mr.. Starr said President Truman
informed him last December that
veterans still held priority in pur-
chasing building material despite
the lifting of controls, but that the
cost of new private construction was
prohibitive to veterans who had not
had the opportunity during the war
to accumulate wealth.
Mr.. Starr said channeling of con-
struction materials for commercial
interests had increased 800 per cent
in some cities while domestic con-
struction was tagging; that VFW
headquarters is advocating that vet
Grams abstain from building during
the current "infiationary period" to
seek rentals, and that multiple hous-
ing units were more practical for use
until reasonable costs" allowed the
construction of suitable homes.
He said the National Economic
Development Corp. bill, which WV
is sponsoring in Congress, would re-
place in part functions OF the Re-
construction Finance Corp. and that
1t ID would permit loans to any
one starting new industry, whether
a veteran or not, provided veterans
were employed in it; (2) would pro-
mote American industries abroad to
stimulate world trade, and t3)
would not be a burden on tax pay
ers since it would be self-liquidating.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
CompuIsion Required.
To Build Up Forces,
Hershey Declares I

Warning that some form Of COM
pulsion is needed If the armed forces
are to be brought to desired
strength, Maj. Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey, selective service director.
last night outlined q development
program to include universal mili-a
tary training. y
Speaking at a national defense
program of the American Legion
Auxiliary in the Commerce Depart
ment auditorium, Gen. Hershey de-
clared that, to build and maintain
the forces this country needs, "the
obligation to serve must be left upon
all, especially in the lower military
ages" =
Gearhart Backs Preparedness.
Another speaker, Representative
Gearhart, Republican, OF California
saw moral duty" to provide the
country's young men with knowl-
edge Of the art Of defense so that
"they may have chance in combat
and not be sent against an enemy
unframed"
"You can hasten the leadership of
America in the ways of peace if you
will give her the confidence and
self respect which military pre-
paredness alone can give her." he
declared. T. ... ,s-
Gen. Hershey said the obligation
for service should be waived for
those who already have served, "un-
less we have a national emergency; :.
then it should exercise selectively
upon all as men are needed"
j Proposes Enlistments.
i All men liable should be permitted
to enlist for at least three years in
any of the services-Regular, Ma
tional Guard OF active naval and
i Marine Corps Reserve, he said. Va
cancies in the regular forces should
be filled by selection to serve for
18 months as now prescribed, he
went on, and these men could be
used to man home defenses with an
eye to their training for possible
duties in case of war.
Personnel not in the forces should
be trained under universal train
ing plan. according to the Selective
Service head, who held that Sc
lective draft for service as required
can operate concurrently with uni
versal training plan.
The Nations experience indicates,
he concluded, that when relatively
large numbers are needed in the
armed forces, some form of compul-
sion must be provided"
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Polio Virus 8OP Per Cent Pure
Isolated by Stanford Chemists

but the experimenters were not
certain that It could be used on
human beings without giving them
the real disease instead of protec-
ton.
The close approach Of the STAN
ford product to purity does not
necessarily guarantee that a safe,
efficient vaccine will follow. There
are many other experimental prob
lens. For example. the Loring-
Schwerdt substance contains only
one of many strains of the virus.
This is the Lansing strain, to which
cotton rats are particularly sus-
ceptible.
DR.. Loring and DR.. Schwerdt will
attempt to produce a vaccine to
protect rats. Other strains will
have to be prepared for making
vaccines for mice, which are easily
infected by other types. Then the
vaccines must be tried on monkeys,
which are susceptible to most
strains.
The result of these researches
will determine whether the vaccine
really confers immunity, and finally
whether it can be tried safely on
humans.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Driver Hits 2 Women
In 5 Blocks, Takes
Both to Hospital
By the A.socicied Press

SPOKANE, Jan. ia driver
accused of hitting two women
within five blocks was charged
with negligent driving when he
arrived at Police Emergency
Hospital with both victims as
passengers.
Trafiic Oncer Harold Gibson
said that the man offered Mil
dred Blades, 80, a ride to the
hospital last night after his
truck struck her, inflicting
minor injuries. On the way,
Mr.. Gibson said, the truck
struck Faye Regan, 43, who also
was injured slightly. He Of
fered to take her along. too.
While the women received
treatment, charges were filed
against the driver.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Board Ends HEARINGS
On Pan Americans
Bid for u. 5. Routes

Hearings before a Civil Aero
nautics Board examiner on the
hotly contested question of whether
Pan American World Airways is
to be allowed to enter the domestic
field were concluded at Wardman
Park Hotel last night after more
than two months of testimony COM
prising a record of more than 5000
pages.
The final day was devoted to re-
buttal offered by Pan American to
the testimony of dozen domestic
airlines opposing the new service
on the ground it is an unnecessary
duplication which will divert mil
lions of revenue from carriers long
established in the field and capable
of accommodating both present and
future demands for passenger, mail
and cargo space.
The next step will be the filing
of briefs by participants to aid the
examiner in making his report to
the CAB. Oral arguments before
the board are not expected before
August. it was said, and decision
probably will not be forthcoming
until next fall.
Meanwhile, w. A. Patterson, presi-
dent of United Airlines, and one of
the last witnesses at the examiners
hearing, estimated the proceeding to
date had cost the Government and
participating airlines and cities at
least 100000 since it began at
Atlantic City In November The
hearing was transferred to Wash
ington early in December.
A number of participating attor-
neys said unofficially that the need
is evident to simplify the procedure
and reduce the amount of admis-
sable evidence to cut the cost of the
hearing and speed up final deci-
sion from the board.
During the hearing 13 cities which
have been designated by the board
as gateways for Pan Ans overseas
operations supported the claims OF
the pioneer international carrier for
the right to connect them across the
United States with high-speed, non-
stop service. Included among the
cities Is the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
J. H. Merchant Heads
Potent Office Unit

John H. Merchant has been ap.
pointed head of trademark opera.
tions in the United States Patent
Office to succeed Frank A. Rich.
mond, who retired December 81
Patents Commissioner Casper w
Ooms announced today.
Born in Richmond, October IA
1908, Mr.. Merchant has been mem
ber of the Patent Of1ice technica
staff for 81 years and editor Of tn,
Patent once Society Journal since
1912.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Bradbury Heights Backs
6. W. Hospital Fund Drive.

The need for additional hospital
facilities in the District prompted
the Bradbury Heights Citizens
Association last night to indorss'
the community campaign for funds
to equip the new George Washing
ton University Hospital, now under
construction. ~
Frank P. Randolph, president,
told the group hospital would pro-
vide many additional services to
the public. me-
The group approved the recent
report on racial segregation by the
Federation of Citizens Associations.
Mrs. Ruth Britt, of the Recrea-
ton Department, told the group
plans were underway for the con-
struction Of a playground at Ridge
road and Burns street Sc.
The meeting was held at the Davis
School, Forty fourth place and 81
street Sc. ....,s
Evening star., 1947-01-11
81 S|edge Dogs Arrive
For Rome Expedition
North American Newspaper Alliance

North American Newspaper Alliance
BEAUMONT, Tex, Jan. 10.-Prof
Robert Nichols, geologist, in Comdr
Finn Ronne's Antarctic expedition
has arrived here with a shipment Of
81 husky sledge dogs for the expe-
dition due to sail from here on
Comdr. Ronne,s ship, Port of Beau
mont, Texas, about January 20.
Comdr. Rome had set his original
date as January Is, but delay In
shipment of some equipment has
caused a f1ve-day postponement.
Forty-one dogs now are here, in
GLIDING five 8-week-old pups
Comdr. Rome said the pups will
be just about old enough to start
training as sledge dogs when the
expedition reaches the antarctic.
Mrs. Rome joined her husband
here this week and will remain with
the expedition until 1t sails.
One other wife now with the ex-
pedition Is Mrs. C. H. Swadell, who
was married to Ensign Swadell, ex-
pedition engineering officer, Wed
nesday night. Mrs. Swadeu Is the
former Lloyd Beth Canum of Fresno
Calf.
Comdr. Rome and other mem
bers of the expedition already here
attended the ceremony and formed
an arch made of skis for the couple
to pass under as they left the
church.
Mrs. Swadell is remaining here
until the expedition sails and Ii
doing clerical work on the prepara.
tions at the Pennsylvania shipyards
where the vessel is being readied
The local chapter of the Daugh-
ters of the Republic of Texas have
announced that 5x8-foot flag o1
Texas will be presented to Comdr
Rome to fly on his ship as it sails
toward the bottom Of the world
and to be planted at the Ronne
base In Antarctica.