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Evening star., 1947-11-09
Vandenberg May Call Up
Rio Pact at Special Session
By the Associated Press

Chairman Vandenberg of the Sem
ate Foreign Relations Committee
said yesterday he may ask the Sen
ate to ratify during the special ses-
sion of Congress the inter American
security treaty signed at Rio de
Janeiro last summer.
Senator Vapdenberg emphasized
he will do nothing to delay Con-
gressional action on legislation to
Evening star., 1947-11-09
Nv the As,ee;oted Press

Members of the Presidents Com
mittee on Foreign Aid, which drew
up the report released last night,
are: Chairman w. Averel Harri-
man. Secretary of Commerce.
Hiland Batcheller, president,
Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp.
Pittsburgh.
Robert Earle Buchanan, Dean OF
the Graduate College, Iowa State
College.
W. Randolph Burgess, vice chair
man, National City Bank OF New
York.
James B. Carey, secretary
treasurer, CIO.
John L. Collyer, president, B. F
Goodrich, Co., Akron, Ohio.
Granville Conway, president,
Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc,
New York.
Melville F. Coolbaugh, Colorado
School of Mines.
Chester c. Davis, president, Fed
eral Reserve Bank, st. Louis.
Evening star., 1947-11-09
AUCTION SALES.

PUBLIC SALE OF FURNITURE, tues, Nov
ton, Va. Chinese rug, other rugs, ma.
hogany and marble-top tables beds with
springs and mattresses, early American
sofas and bureaus. Duncan Phyfe chairs
several pairs curtains. china and glass
Mrs Allen Haden, owner. LATHAM
CHUMATE, Auctioneer.
TRUSTEES SALE-The undersigned trus'
tees will offer at public sale on Tuesday
November 25, at IL am. at the, Court.
house door, Annapolis. Md, waterfron,
Chesapeake Bay, facing Deale Beach II
Anne Arundel County, containing 3 acres
and perches of land, having frontage
Of 213 feet on water. Suitable for home
sites or waterfront development Terms
$500 deposit day of sale, balance with in
terest on confirmation of sale by the court
For further particulars apply JOHN. g
REMEY, Deale, Md. Eugene P. Childs
County Trust Bldg, Annapolis. Md
Evening star., 1947-11-09

A partial teri OF the summary
OF the report of the Presidents
Committee on Foreign Aid fol-
Inns
Evening star., 1947-12-31
'Money-Making' Plan
Holds Second Man

A second man accused of taking
part in a "money-making" machine
scheme which cost District grocer
$3.50 last June was arrested by
police today and charged with
grand larceny.
The second suspect is Emanuel
Howard McNeill, 50, colored, TOO
block OF Corcoran street NV. An
other man, Samuel Major Goines,
80, colored, of Baltimore, was sem
fenced in District Court earlier this
month to serve from two to six
years in connection with the
scheme.
| The grocer who lost the money was
Hllarion Yoro. 80, Of l6 Rhode
Island avenue NV. He testified at
preliminary hearing for McNeill
In Municipal Court today that he
put up the money when McNeill and
! his companion offered to let him
make some additional money
! He said he placed his money in a
glass tube machine" and was told
not to disturb it for half an hour.
When ne investigated he found only
ashes.
Municipal Court Judge Almond
w. Scott ordered McNeill held for
the grand jury His bond was set
at $4,000.
Judge Scott also scored Mr.. Yoro
for failing to call police when he
first was informed of the scheme.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
| Mascot Is Victim
lOfFHe Engines
IHe Followed
BY the Assoeietsd Press

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 81
Bum" little black and white mon
srel mascot-is dead, victim OF one
Of the racing fire engines he so
loved to follow.
Not the smartest dog in the world,
Bum" frequently ran after the
apparatus of Fire Engine Company
46 when his masters answered an
alarm, only to follow another engine
home after the blaze had been ex-
tinguished.
Last Sunday, the firemen of Com
pany 46 left Bum" at another flre
house, that OF Truck Company z
while they were busy fighting a
$1,000, 900 blaze at Fourth and
Cherry streets.
Sunday night Bum followed
Truck 2 toward the scene of an
other fire. AS the dog ran down an
icy street, he swerved to avoid a
truck and fell beneath the wheels
of the fire engine. Bum" was
buried in. the yard beside Engine
Company 46.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
u. ). Warns Nations
ION Eniwetok Test
By the As,oeioisd Press

The United States put all nations
on notice today to keep their ships,
planes and people out Of the Eni-
wetok atomic weapons testing area,
starting one month from now.
The State Department was busy
relaying to Embassies and Legations
a formal warning from the Atomic
Energy Commission. In something
of an understatement, that notice
said hazards" will exist in 80 1000
square mile area surrounding the
Pacific atoll beginning January 81
and throughout the calendar year
l948."
The total area is roughly half
that set aside for the Bikini atom
bomb experiments Of 1916. How
ever, the commissions announce
ment said that If necessary, warn
ings of any hazards outside the
designated danger area will be given
in the event that such dangers are
created by activities conducted
within the danger area"
This was taken to mean that the
80 ,0O0- 0-square-mile area is basic
zone, to be expanded temporarily
as tests are conducted. Winds and
currents, which might carry radio
active clouds or water, generally
move westward from the Marshall
Islands through most Of the year
While Atomic Energy Commission
oncials described the latest notice
as simply safety measure. 1t new
ertheless will serve to advise all
countries how close any curious
observer might approach to the
highly secret cluster OF coral islands
where the United States will try out
new atomic weapons.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
By the Assoeioted Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 81
Thousands of youngsters who
thought crushed ice was the same
thing as snow, turned snow
party" in Golden Gate Park into q
hilarious near riot yesterday.
The children, many OF them
knowing nothing about snow except
from newsreel scenes. had a grand
time The adults and police were
vastly irked and 80 cases OF bruises
and abrasions showed up in the
police emergency hospital.
Plans called for 175.000 pounds OF
ice to be crushed and blown by a
powerful fan into the lawn in front
of the park superintendent resi-
fdence.
There was to be band concert,
figure skating on the artiflcally iced
plot as big as half football field,
and prizes for the best snowman. 1t
was a beautiful midwinter scene
as visualized by the San Francisco
News and the park department. CO.
operating sponsors Of the happy
snow dream.
But it turned into an iceball bar
rage-and at the end of the party
the youngsters bombarded begged
down police patrol wagon until the
kids were driven from the scene
when somebody turned on the lawn
sprinklers.
| More than 10000 persons-young-
sters and adults - attended the
party. Bart Rolph, assistant super
| intendent of parks. estimated.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Donald Kingsley Joins
Federal Security Agency

Donald Kingsley, former deputy
director of the once of War Mobil-
ization and Reconversion, has beer
appointed assistant Federal Secur-
ity administrator. it was announced
today by the Federal Security
Agency.
Mr.. Kingsley, who already has
reported for duty here, succeeds
Maurice Collins. who retired In
September after more than IS years
Federal service.
Mr.. Kingsley entered the Govern,
ment service during the war as
assistant regional director Of the
War Manpower Commission In
Cleveland. Later he became deputy
executive director of the War Man
power Commission. deputy director
of the OWMR and executive secre.
tary of the Presidents Scientific
Research Board
Last June. MI Kingsley became
economic adviser to the Interna-
tional Labor Office in Geneva
Switzerland,
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Drop in 1949 Surplus
To = Billion Seen

The $1,000, ,000 900 surplus the
Government is expected to have at
the end of this fiscal year, in June,
1913, may shrink to s2,500 900 900
in the next fiscal year, Government
experts predicted today.
These analysts say the admins
tration hopes to cut domestic spend
ing for the year starting in July,
but that foreign aid would run the
total Government outlay to about
S39 SOC, 900 GOO for the 1949 fiscal
year, as compared with $37 500 ,000,-
600 estimated expenditures this year.
They also figure that, even with
out tax cuts. revenues would drop
from more than $4,000, ,000,0 900 this
year to possibly s42,00o,00o,oo0 in
fiscal 1949.
This glimpse of next years fiscal
outlook comes as President Truman
prepares to submit the new budget
to Congress- probably before the end
OF next week.
When the budget reaches Capitol
Hill, however, it will encounter SO
many Ifs" that all of these fore
casts of the l949 balance sheet may
be upset. One of the biggest factors
in next years budget is the $780,
900 900 estimate to start the Mar
shall plan, and it may be several
months before that factor is set
tied.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Conviction in Theft
From Cafe Affirmed

The United States Court Of. Ap-
peals today af1irmed the District
Court conviction Of James Alder
man, 27, who was sentenced last
March to serve from two to six years
on charges of breaking into a res
taurant and stealing $50, a tie clasp
and 20 cartons of cigarettes.
Alderman, who is colored, con-
tended that confessions were i'm
properly admitted as evidence by
the trial court. He contended the
confessions were made under CO.
ercion. Police denied mistreatine
him.
In Affirming the conviction the
Court of Appeals declared it found
no prejudicial error The ap-
pellate decision was written by Jus
ice Wilbur K. Miller. Chief Justice
Lawrence Groner and Justice E
Barrett Prettyman heard the case
with him.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Pope Declares 1948
Will Be Year Of Decisions
ABy the As,ociotsd Press

VATICAN CITY, Dec. 31.-Pope
Plus XII declared today the yeal
1948 will be one of very grave de-
cisions, perhaps irrevocable.
The pontiff added, however. that
he did not share the view Of those
who would count this New Year
in advance among the most calam-
itous of history"
The Pope spoke in French to dip
lomats accredited to the Holy See
in his first public audience since his
recent slight illness. In previous
years he had received the diplomats
greetings.
In 1913, the Pope said, "as rarely
In the past, the world will find itself
at the crossroads" But he ex-
pressed hope for the future.
More than ever" he said, Clear
sighted and disinterested spirits are
convinced of the indivisibility OF
peace. However formidable the OBJ
stacles to the realization OF that
ideal may appear. they will not be
able to discourage us"
Evening star., 1947-12-31
3Diein Head ON Crash
0fTexas Freight Trains
BY the Assoeiotsd Press


MONAHANS, Tex, Dec. 81
Workers labored today to remove
the last of three bodies of trainmen
killed last night when two Texas d.
Pacific freight trains crashed
head -on on q rail siding near here.
Flames from one of the still
burning engines and blazing tank
car hampered their efforts.
The dead:
o. M. Waters OF Big Spring, Tex,
engineer of west-bound fast
freight which swerved into the
siding through an open switch and
plowed into halted local freight
train.
J. P. Cline of Big Spring. fireman
Of the fast freight and j. A. Coyne
of Big Spring, engineer Of the local
freight.
w. T. Morris of Big Spring, brake
man on the fast freight, was in q
serious condition in Monahans
hospital. He was thrown from the
cab of the train by the impact. He
was found unconscious near the
highway which parallels the rail-
road.
T. IL P. officials said all other crew
members of the two trains had been
accounted for. They expected to
have the wreckage cleared from the
tracks some time today.
LAKE CITY, MINI, Dec. 81 (P).--
Thirteen cars of the Milwaukee
Roads Pioneer Limited. bound fol
Chicago from Minneapolis, were de-
rallied three and a half miles south
of Lake City today Apparently nc
one was injured. The roads CHIEF
dispatcher at La Crosse, Wise, said
all of the cars remained upright.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
National Holy Day Is Urged
To Honor Dorchester Dead
Nv the Assoe;oted Press

PHILADELPHIA, Dec 31.-A ma.
tional holy day to commemorate the
sinking of the Dorchester in which
four American chaplains Of severa.
religious faiths lost their lives u
urged by the Pi Tau Pi fraternity
national Jewish benevolent and So
cial organization.
February 3 is suggested as the
date.
A committee to enlist the support
Of appropriate groups and individ.
uals in petitioning Congress to au'
thorize the President to proclaim
the first observance next year was
named yesterday at the fraternity
annual meeting.
Denver was selected as the l94e
convention city.
National officers elected were:
President, David D. Nathan
Washington, D. c.; vice president
Ralph Goldsticker. jr.. st. Louis;
editor, Stanley H, Hindelman, Den
yer; secretary. Charles Kahn, jr.
Philadelphia; treasurer, Jay A. Sill
Iverstein, Chattanooga. Tenn, and
chaplain, Rabbi Julian Feibelman
New Orleans.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Sending Of Troops
To Greece Left Open
|By State Department
By Gornett D. Horner

Possibility of sending American
combat troops to Greece was lef
open by the State Department to
day.
Acting Secretary of State Lovet
refused to rule out the possibilit.
in warning that recognition of th'
Communist proclaimed Greek IRE
state" by other countries would hav'
serious implications
The warning, issued by Mr.. Lovet
at a news conference late yesterday
was aimed particularly at Russit
and the Soviet-dominated govern
ments of Yugoslavia, Albania ant
Bulgaria.
Mr.. Lovett asserted that diplo
matte recognition of the guerrill;
rump state would flout Unitet
Nations principles.
He told questioners he would no
attempt to speculate on futur
action OF this Government in sucl
a sensitive situation.
Circumstances to Govern.
Asked directly if there was an,
intention of sending American
combat troops to Greece, he SAT-
United States policy will have to b
related to circumstances.
Mr.. Lovett said the American mis-
sions in Greece, supervising expend
iture of a $500, ,000, 900 aid fund, ha
under constant consideration tn
question of diverting more fund
from economic purposes to supply
ing equipment for the Greek army
His news conference discussion
constituted the first oficial Unitet
States reaction to the recent proc
lamation of free state" in North
ern Greece by Gen. Markos Vif1ades
"The claim of certain Communis
guerrilla leaders," a formal state
ment said, that they have estab
lished at some unknown point
first provisional democratic gov
ernment Of free Greece is trans
parent device, the true purpose o
which will be clear to every one.
Threat to, Greece.
ut is only phase in the familiar
effort of certain elements to over
throw the legitimate and recog
nized Greek government and II
threaten the territorial integrity ant
political independence of Greece.
1T came as no surprise. In itself
it would not materially change tn
existing situation.
But If other countries were II
recognize the group, this step woul'
have serious implications. 1t woult
be clearly contrary to the principle
OF the U.N. Charter. And /
the country concerned were one o
Greece's neighbors to the north, tn
act would constitute an open dis
regard Of the recent recommenda
tions Of the u NJ Assembly, as sc
forth in the resolution Of las
October"
That u. N. resolution called OF
the Communist governments in tn
Balkans, accused OF supporting tn
guerrilla forces in Greece, to re
sumo normal relations with tn
Greek government.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Crushed Ice Used for Snow
AT Party and Neor-Riot Follows

The youngsters Hooked IN. some
of them with eyes alight with Joy
and plans for mayhem.
Soon Jim Nutter at the public
address system announced the en-
tertainment program was cancelled
because of "rowdyism."
Thanks anyway for coming, ne
said. ducking an icy SNOWFALL.
Then the patrol wagon arrived in
a SNOWFALL parrage.
In a few minutes it looked like 1t
had been trapped in a blizzard. The
driver attempted to back the wagon
away, but his wheels only spun In
the slush, so he abandoned the
wagon and fed again to the porch
Turning on the lawn sprinklers
was smart strategy. The besiegers
fed, but the police had to call a
towcar to retrieve their patrol car
! from the park lawn.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Virus X Is Identified
As Mild Type OF Flu
BY the Associofsd Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3l.-The
so-called virus X" which has made
100000 i'll in Los Angeles in the
past few days, has been identified
as type A" influenza, one of the
most common and milder forms. DR.
Wilton L. Halverson, State director
OF public health. said yesterday.
The Health Department said 1t
was clear from laboratory tests that
type A fiu was present, but there
were, in addition, many cases Of
epidemic nausea-the so-called two
day lu"-and Of the common cold
Los Angeles apparently has been
the area hardest hit by the disease
but all Of the ailments are being
reported from many other parts OF
California.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Traffic Deaths Rise 10 II
As Woman Hit by Car Dies

Washington approaches the end
Of the year with record OF "a
trafic deaths, one more than the
total at the same time last year but
equal to the final 1916 total.
The latest death was that OF Mrs
Katherine Hurney, 10. Of 1407 Ham
ilton street NV. She was injured
Christmas eve when struck by ar
automobile as she stepped from a
streetcar loading platform in the
$500 block of Georgia avenue NV
She died st Emergency Hospital
yesterday afternoon.
Police listed the driver OF the car
a. John C. Reed, rs, Of $500 Eighth
street NV.
Mrs. Hurney was the 49th pedes-
trian to meet death on the streets
% far this year. Last years rec
ord Of pedestrians killed was 81.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Meeting TO Allocate
Scarce Steel Is Next
In Fight on Initiation

The administration turned today
to the next action in the anti-infla-
ton program-a meeting here jan
uary of Secretary Of Commerce
Hartman and the steel industry to
work out ALLEGATIONS Of scarce steel
products on a voluntary priority
basis
Plans call for the Commerce De-
partment to issue "VP" voluntary
program) certificates to firms en-
tering into agreements, thus en-
abling them to obtain goods and
materials in proportion to their
needs as correlated with the ma
tional needs and available supplies.
With President Truman's sigma
ture on the Republican anti-inflation
bill. the Government started out
Immediately with a strict grain
rationing program for the Nations
distillers in January.
Use of Wheat Banned.
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson
banned the use of wheat for dis
tilling purposes and limited each
plant to 81 per cent Of its average
monthly use of other grain during
the four months from December,
l946 through March, 1947, plus IL
times its daily mashing capacity.
The program affords distillers
2,450 900 bushels of grain a month.
or about 100000 bushels less than
the industry said 1t would require
to keep operating
Mr.. Anderson's order brought pre-
dictions from several Kentucky dis
tillers that black markets and other
evils are sure to follow If limitations
are continued beyond January 81.
At least four Kentucky distillers will
halt production as result OF the
order.
Schenley distilleries announced
mashing operations will be discon-
tinued at its plants in Lebanon.
Bardstown and Limestone. Brown
Forman said it would close its Wood
ford County plant near Versailles
as we'll as two Pennsylvania plants
in the Pittsburgh area.
Others Open, But Cut Output.
Schenley and Brown Forman dis
tilleries in Louisville will remain
open on a limited output schedules
and most other Louisville plants
indicated they also will follow this
course. However, General Distillers
Corp, will be forced to reduce dis
tilling to about Is days next month.
its president, Walter l.. Borgerding,
said.
Meanwhile. the Commerce De-
partment said the Governments
new export policy. effective Friday.
will favor private trade channels
and exporters who offer their goods
to foreign nations at the lowest
price.
The policy, announced yesterday
by the departments once Of In
ternational Trade, will include the
price factor for the first time. It
was authorized by clause inserted
in the Republican anti-inflation
bill, which extended exports con-
trolls until February %, l949
Previously export licenses were
issued chiefly on the basis of what
the exporter had sold abroad in
prewar times. The price factor was
introduced to cut down the dollar
cost of goods to nations which must
get most OF their dollars from the
| United States.
Evening star., 1947-12-31

she was "s' er
member for 40 years of the Third
Order of St. Francis a lay organiza-
tion for men and women, at the
Franciscan Monastery.
Survivors are son, Adam E.
Maier, of the Twelfth street ad-
dress; a daughter, Mrs. Martha A.
Rowan, 7l8 Eighth street NE;
eight grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
Requiem mass will be sung at 9
am. Friday at Holy Comforter
Church, Fourteenth and East Capt.
tol streets. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Winchester Mill Owner
Offers Reward in Theft
SpseiaI pi,eafeh 10 The Stes

WINCHESTER, Va, Dec. 81. -
Charles Platt, owner and manager
of the Strasburg Silk Mill, who was
slugged and robbed of $4,500 De-
cember "a in the mill building, has
offered q reward of $500 for infor-
nation leading to arrest and convic-
ton of the person or persons re.
sponsible.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Platts condition
was reported as improving at Win
chester Memorial Hospital. where he
was operated on by a Richmond
specialist for a depressed skull frac-
ture received in the attack.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Greece
Continued From First Page.)

lister said earlier that rebel resist,
ance at Konista was "petering out
and military observers said the cit.
was virtually out Of danger.
Rebel losses in the immediate
Konitsa area were estimated at 80,
dead, 800 wounded and about 10'
captured. The wounded were beini
taken to Albanian hospitals, militar.
sources said, and one official repor
said several sections Of the attack
ing rebel force were retreating to
ward Albania, S miles north o
KonitSa.
Lob Shells Into Guerrillas.
The army rammed guns and mer
to within light artillery range of tn.
rebel besiegers last night and begar
lobbing shells into guerrilla position:
north and west of the town.
Premier Themistokles Sophouli!
declared in formal statement tha
there was mo more reason fol
unrest" and that only few more
days would be needed for fully
clearing up the situation, which il
very good" He praised the army
for it's valor, particularly the Konitss
garrison.
The Eighth Division, supported
by tanks and armored cars, begar
a full-scale offensive yesterday tt
bring relief to Konitsa. 1t swept
away rebel strong points on thu
Ioannina-Konitsa road north Of
Kalpaki on the way to the Bourozan
bridge and liquidated road blocks al
Mesovouni, Kephallovoulgara ane
Pellekenia.
Mopping Up in Thrace.
In Thrace, along the Bulgarian
Border in the Rodope Mountains
the army said mop-up action wa
being taken against force OF 2,50t
guerrillas. The report said rebe
losses included 245 dead. and A
made prisoner. The army lost i.
killed, 40 wounded and 80 casualtie!
from frostbite.
Captured rebels were quoted a
saying tnat hospitals across In
border in Bulgaria were filled with
wounded guerrillas.
King Paul sent from his slckbee
a New Years message to his troops
in which he said:
"At this critical moment wish
to state I have full faith and con-
fdence in the army and profound
optimism in the future OF Greece
." Greek soldiers, on your shoul'
ders you are not only carrying tn
future OF Greece but the future O.
mankind"
One of the delegates OF the Unitee
Nations special commission on th'
Balkans, which has an observer
team at the front, said it was try
ing to determine what type OF am
munition the guerrillas were using
Greek authorities said the guer'
rillas were employing 65-millimetel
guns, which must have come from
abroad, since they have never beer
used by the Greek Army.