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Evening star., 1947-04-16
Trio Held Here in Theft
OF Army War co o|Ieqe Safe

Three colored men charged with
taking safe containing $3.50 from
the Of1icers' Club at the Army War
College today awaited grand Jury
action, after hearing before United
States Commissioner Needham c.
ETurnage yesterday.
f The men were identified as trio
picked UP the morning of April
by cab driver, who said they di-
rected him to a point on the college
grounds where they retrieved a safe
from beside the road. The driver,
William v. Johnson, colored, OF the
|2100 block Of Tenth street NV,
testified further he drove the men
to dump at the end OF Fifty first
street Sc, where they tried unsuc-
cessfully to open the safe.
Mr.. johnson added 1t was after he
took them back dor Itown that he
called police who rec vered the safe.
Held are Aaron Pl dger, 26, OF the
TOO block Of Fourth street. NE, un-
der $4,000 bond; ed D. Bell, "a,
same address, ane flbyd Neair, 20,
Of the 200 block !; & street NE,
both under $1,000 bnd each,
Evening star., 1947-04-16
Freshmen E WaIkout
On ) 81. LoI 5 DaiIies
By III. j soe;o,.d Pres.

ST. LoU1s April 1s.-Pressmen
on three st quits dailies agreed ID
return to yrk today, ending a
walkout v A had forced the news
papers to suspend publication since
last Sunday.
The decision followed receipt of
another telegram from George L.
Berry, president of the International
Printing Pressmen's and Assistants 8
Union, AFL, saying the walkout
over wage dispute violated the
pressmen's contract with the pub
fishers.
The telegram, which called the
strike "unauthorized," was read at
a meeting of the local last night
and the men voted to return to their
jobs.
The dailies are the Post -Dispat tch,
Globe Democrat and Star Times.
The pressmen who now receive S73
weekly are seeking a $3.50 increase.
The publishers offered q a weekly
and agreed to arbitrate.
Evening star., 1947-04-16
Windsor Helps in Laying Hose
AT Fire in Waldorf Astoria

Another guest was the Baroness
de Rytsis.
An alarm was sounded and sew
eral guests came from nearby
floors of the Tower to help hotel
employees WELD hand extinguishers
and lay hose lines, one being Eng
lands former king. Reporters did
not see the Duchess Of Windsor at
the scene.
When firemen arrived one dashed
into a bedroom and came out with
a box containing an estimated
5000, 1000 worth of family jewelry
and heirlooms. Another box con-
tanning the jewelry Of Baron van
zuylen's daughter, Harry Helen, 10
also was saved.
The blaze, OF undetermined
origin, was under control in 10 OF
Is minutes, but the apartment was
filled with smoke and there was
some water damage.
DR.. James Jackson, hotel physi-
clan, said no one was injured.
Another suite was put at the dis.
posal Of the baron and his family
Evening star., 1947-04-16

asked since his return II he has
thawed out. He said he was never
uncomfortably cold.
This expedition he said, was
there In the middle of the far
southern summer. The average
temperature remained above zero
and, If ! remember correctly. the
coldest was % below zero. This Is
cold enough but no colder than
would be experienced In parts Of
the United States in midwinter.
During our summer, the Antarctic
is undoubtedly the coolest place in
the world with normal temperatures
OF so below. 1t is very much colder
at the South Pole than at the North
Pole and colder almost anywhere In
Antarctica than almost anywhere
in Greenland.
This Is reason why there is no
higher life there. There are never
long enough interludes in the cold
for life to get started. The only
vertebrates are birds and mammals
that live entirely from the sea and
must remain very close to the edge
OF the ice-shelf or perish"
Evening star., 1947-04-16

Back from Antarctica, Thomas r.
Henry, correspondent Of The Star,
today told students about the in
credible continent at the South Pole
on The Stars News for Schools pro-
gram over Station WMAL.
Jack Perkins OF the Fish and
Wildlife Service, who brought back
the penguins for the Zoo, was in
terviewed by william Coyle of The
Star on the same program.
There is. of course. no darkness
during the three months OF summer
in the Antarctic" Mr.. Henry said,
but much of the time the country
Is buried In a thick, strange white
ness through which 1t is almost as
dificult to see as through the black
ness of a tropical midnight.
Cities, cathedrals. palaces. land
scapes are seen floating In the sky.
They are a type OF mirage due to
the reflections of Ice formations
against the horizon Very often the
sky is green. not blue. 1t is a
strange shade Of green, something
like spring pasture grass"
\ Mr.. Henry said he Is frequently
Evening star., 1947-04-16
is Are Found Guilty
In Hungarian Plot;
3 Sentenced 10 Die
BY me A,,oeio,ed Press

4 M
BUDAPEST, April 16.-A Peo-
piles Court convicted Is persons
today Of plotting against the
Hungarian republic In an effort
to re-establish the regime of
Admiral Nicholas Horthy by
armed revolt. Three Of them
were sentenced to die by stran-
gulation.
Those condemned to die were DR.
Gyorgy Domain, q former member
Of Parliament who was accused of
being the drains" behind the al
legged conspiracy against the Hun
garian republic; aging former Gen.
Laios Dalniki Veress, at whose home
the state charged an underground
lchief command" was established Oc-
tober 81. 1916, and Sander Andras.
Sentenced to life imprisonment
were Istvan Scent Miklossy, accused
OF establishing the alleged revolu-
tlonaries' economic policy, and
Balint Arany, accused Of being one
OF q committee OF seven in charge
OF engineering the purported plot.
8 Defendants Get Terms.
The remaining eight defendants
were sentenced to serve from to
IA years at hard labor. All the SEN
fences are subject to review by the
Supreme Council OF the Peoples
Court.
Interior Minister Laszlo Rajk,
Communist, announced January 4
that IS persons had been arrested
in connection with the alleged plot.
which he said was to have been
touched oil the moment Russian
occupation forces left the country
Anti-Communists declared the ac-
cusations were part of Communist
"frame-up," intended to eliminate
the dominant Small Holders Party
from the government.
Arany, who was sentenced to life
Imprisonment, organized the Small
Holders Party.
Donath, when he testified before
the Peoples Court February 81, de-
MED his guilt, but said an order
creating an underground chief
command had been signed at the
home Of Gen. Veress, October 81,
1916. Donath said he had tried to
revive the Hungarian community"
an anti-Communist, anti German
Hungarian Nationalist Group and
that 1t had so to 80 members by the
end Of November. last year.
| Admiral Horthy, who was regent
OF Hungary for IA VI ears, was re-
leased from Jail in Nuremberg more
than year ago, after having been
held for a time as a possible witness
in the war crimes trials before the
International Military Tribunal.
He and his cabinet resigned near
the end of the war, because, he said,
they tried and failed to get an arm
istice from the Allies. The Germans
Immediately arrested him. He was
last reported living near Munich.
Evening star., 1947-04-16
Man Gets 6 Months, Fined
$500 in Wife's Car Death
BY the Assecioted Press

LURAY, Va, April 1s.-Judge
w. G. Ford yesterday overruled a
defense motion to set aside q Page
County Circuit Court. jury's verdict
of involuntary manslaughter against
Raymond Booth of Beltsville, Md,
and sentenced Booth to six months
on the State convict road force. A
$500 fine also was imposed.
JuSge Ford suspended execution
Of TIM sentence for so days to allow
BOOTHS attorneys to appeal. s
Booth, carpenter, was convicted
on February 13 in connection with
the death Of his wife, Frances, who
was killed on fall from Booth s
scar on August 4.
4 Booth has been free under $4,000
bond since his conviction. Judge
Ford continued the bond yesterday.
Evening star., 1947-04-16
1Bin 10 Shift Conifol
10f Recorder Office 10
DC. Given Committee

The House District Committee
today has before 1t Q bin to place
the Once Of the Recorder Of Deeds
under the District Commissioners.
The measure was introduced Iate
yesterday by Representative Koran,
Republican, OF Washington. It fol-
lows an investigation matte last
month by Mr.. Horan's ONCE into
alleged irregularities by the re-
corder's once.
Az present, the recorder Is ap-
pointed by the President and Is In.
dependent OF the city government.
The post Is traditionally given to .
Negro.
Would Apply 1898 Act.
Mr.. Horan, chairman Of the House
Appropriations Committees District
Subcommittee, had the bill prepared
by Corporation, Counsel Vernon
West.
Under its provisions, the recorder
and all his personnel would be
placed under the Commissioners and
classified for salary purposes under
the classification act OF ie23.
The auto lien section Of the re-
corder's office would be transferred
to the Department Of vehicles and
Traffic.
AL collections Of fees now being
made by the recorder would be
taken over by the District collector
Of taxes, and both disbursements
and receipts would be made sub-
ject to District audit.
Provides for Machinery
Another proviso would empower
the Commissioners to purchase any
machinery needed for the function
ing Of the office. This was believed
to be In line with the criticism Of
some citizen groups that photostatic
equipment could eliminate much Of
the backlog of unrecorded legal in
struments now said to exist.
Although, at the beginning OF his
investigation, Mr.. Horan issued q
statement exonerating the person.
mel Of the recorders Office from
wrongdoing, he also expressed dis.
satisfaction with the organization
of the office.
He criticized DR.. Marshall L.
Shepard, the recorder, for spending
too much time away from his job.
DR.. Marshall Is a minister for q
church in Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1947-04-16
st. Anthony's SodoIity
To Hold Fashion Show

Members OF ST. Anthony's So
dality will model clothes in a fash
ion show at $50 o'clock tonight
in the parish hall, Twelfth and
Monroe streets NE.
Modelling for the senior group
will be Mrs. George e. Herring, Mrs
William l.. Sheridan, Mrs. Margaret
O'Donnell and Mrs. John w. Och
mann. For the Juniors, Rita Mitch
ell, Peggy Sheridan and Patricia
Schilke will model.
Members of the Ave Maria Club
will be hostesses.
Evening star., 1947-04-16
Jopon Clamps Down

The Japanese government has
prohibited the diversion of critical
materials into production of non
essential items. This, Tokyo re-
ports. is the first definite step taken
to curtail output Of unnecessary
products. especially those made from
metal, leather, textiles and rubber
materials,
Evening star., 1947-04-16

CHURCH LEADERS STUDY ANNUAL REPORT-Dr Frederick
Reg def executive secretary OF the Washington
ton OF Churches discusses the federaons annual report with
DR.. Ralph W. Sockman (center minister Methodist
Church, New York and Dr. Arthur g. Femming civil service
Star staff Photo.
Evening star., 1947-04-16
Weather Report

District of Columbia 49, Mostly
cloudy and mild, with showers ano
possibly = thunderstorm this after.
noon. Some cloudiness, windy ano
cooler. with lowest about A tonight
Mostly, sunny and cool tomorrow
Virginia and Maryland - Some
cloudiness, windy and cooler, with
showers in the mountains tonight
Showers ending this afternoon ir
east and central portions. Clearing
and cool tomorrow. ..
Wind velocity, 4 miles per hour
direction, southwest.
River Report.
From U. o. Engineers.
Potomac River cloudy At HarperS Ferry
ana slightly muddy at Great Fails
Shenandoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperature and Humidity.
Evening star., 1947-04-16

Balsa means raft" in Spanish and
was applied to the wood after Span
ish explorers found Indians of South
America using RATS made of 1t.
Evening star., 1947-04-16

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. ss, on April g.
Lowest 7. on February s.,
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
fANdsfia s,rvsv
Evening star., 1947-04-16

The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun, today $50 6:4s
Sun, tomorrow 5:2s S6:47
Moon, today 3:34 am 200 m
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Mimi nrscinit finn Ia inchsx Ia tha
Evening star., 1947-06-13

It's like sleeping on sweet, clean air! "Superest"
boasts 770 eyeets fresh Dir is constantly rushing
in, old, stole air constantly being pushed out Thots
not oII "Superest" hos 220 resilient wire coils to the
double size. It's made with pre- built border. The
rope handles ore securely anchored won't pull out.
The sturdy blue ond-white striped ticking is button
tufted to prevent Jumping. Double and single sizes
Sumber Shop, Floor Bldg, The Hecht Co.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31
Atom
Bikini Guinea Pigs

Although many ships in the Bikini
atom bomb target feet still are dam
gcrouSly radioactive, the Navy is
planning. to bring some across the
Pacific to the west coast for thorough
examination and repair.
Rumors that some ships might be
scuttled as "too hot to handle" were
denied by r. Adm William W. Par
sons. chairman of the joint Gross
roads" folloWup board.
"These ships are very valuable ra-
biological stutlies," he said I'VE can't
expect to get ships and atom bombs
together every year and it is up TO us
10 make maximum use of them"
Adm. Parsons added that Navy
yards at San Francisco, Puget Sound
and Pearl Harbor needed experience
in handling ships that have survived
atomic attack.
Bringing these Bikini guinea pigs
home will require seamanship of the
highest order since no man can live
aboard them. Bad weather could
break the tow lines and send the
empty warships careening wildly
across the Pacific. Inspecting parties
may have to board the vessels from
time to time
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31
Housing
Charged to World War

One Of the hidden and incidental
costs of war was revealed with the
closing of government books on %
years of housing woes left over from
World War |.
The balance sheet showed final
loss of $33,9ll,000 on an original in
veStmcnt of $66,500,000.
The u S. Housing Corp was created
in 1918 TO provide quarters for war
workers. The bulk Of their holdings
was sold in the first few years after
the war, but some $50 dwellings were
left. They were involved in court bat
ties over taxes and property rights.
In 1912 the corporation was trans
ferred to the Home Loan Bank Ad-
minstration which began collecting
rents and selling the properties. This
resulted in a net return to the Treas
ury of S1,322,521.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31
In Short

Died: Andrew j. Volstead, 81, for
mer Minnesota congressman and au-
thor of the Volstead (prohibition) act,
in his home at Granite Falls, MINI.
Introduced: A white supremacy"
bill in the Georgia legislature repeal
ing all primary laws, divorcing the
primary from the state and putting
it under the Democratic Party which
would have full authority to say who
could vote in such an election.
Resigned: Premier Alcide de Gas
peri of Italy, Immediately after his re-
turn from the U. S. where he secured
a $l00,000,000 credit loan from the EX-
port-Import Bank.
Underwent: Sen. Theodore G.. Bilbo
O-Miss.), his second operation on an
infected mouth.
Drowned: Nearly 400 when the
Greek steamship Chimarra struck a
mine 20 miles cast of Athens.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31

The United Auto Workers, whose
contract with Ford expires in May,
called it a "step in the right direc-
tion," but indicated it would not have
a bearing on union demands. The
UAW sought 30-cents an hour in
creases from Chrysler, whose contract
expires January 26.
Challenge to Labor
Despite the UAW's adamant stand
on the Ford reduction, the recent
downward trend in prices can haye
an overriding effect on labOr'S wage
demands. Lower prices for wheat,
cotton. oats, cattle, butter, eggs and
poultry accented the receding curve
of food and commodity prices under
way for more than month.
Isolated declines for industrial raw
materials also developed, including
silver, hides end wool.
Some government statisticians pre-
dict that the break in prices is evil
dence of a long-range trend and not
a temporary furry They feel that
prices have passed their peak.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31

country" Edwin G. Nourse, chairman
of the Presidents Council of Eco
nomic Advisers, declared it "an en-
couraging start toward general price
reductions"
Chester BoWles, an American dele
gate to the United Nations Education
al, Scientific and Cultural Organiza-
ton, predicted that wage increases
and improved standards of living
would follow Increased American pro-
duction.
u. S. Can Double Income
BoWleS, former OPA chief, declared
that every generation since the Civil
War had doubled its income and pre-
dicted this could be done again.
Some economists believe the Ford
announcement, if it is followed up,
has come at the right psychological
moment to keep the country out of
a runaway boom-bust cycle. 1t con-
stitutes a challenge not only to other
industries but to labor, now about to
press for a second round of cost-of-
living increases.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31
Hot Shots
1t Happened in U.S.A.

. Turning the TabIes-The headmas-
ter of the Friends Central School.
Philadelphia, suggests report cards for
parents on the theory that they may
be TO blame for a child's poor work.
. How Not to Train Your Dog-In
Albany, N. Y, the public library re-
tired battered copy of How to Train
Your Dog" A subscriber returned the
book with the explanation that her
dog had done the damage.
. Happy-In Pittsburgh, Joan Barry.
whose child the courts decided was
fathered by her onetime mentor, actor
Charlie Chaplin, revealed she had
married a railroad brakeman three
months ago. "It was love at first sight,"
she said.
FiSSiOn Fashion In Hanford,
Wash, new atomic 1947 car license
plates are evident. P-239 for pluto
MUM 239 graces the car of 1t Col.
Frederick Clark, officer in charge.
U-238 for uranium and 1928 for
Isotope 238 are among a dozen others
on executive cars.
. K-9 Bill of Rights - In Trenton.
N j., bill providing veterans bene-
fits for K-9 Corps dogs was introduced
in the state legislature. 1t would ex-
empt owners of World War II doga
from license fees
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31

partisan politics in the formulation of
American foreign policy.
The generals statement that he
"never could be drafted" for the Pres
idency or any other political office has
the fiat ring of fnality rarely heard
from presidential possibilities
Two other soldiers made similarly
blunt statements about the countrys
highest office. After the Civil War,
Gen William 7. Sherman is reported
to have said: IF nominated | will not
accept. If elected l will not serve"
Three years ago, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur declared: Il request that no
action be taken that would link my
name in any way with the (Republi-
CAM nomination. do not covet it nor
would accept it,
A Single Purpose
Marshall made his declaration at
the outset to strengthen his hand i'll
obtaining cooperation from Congress.
The general wanted to retire a year
ago when he stepped down as wartime
Chief Of Staff but was sent to China
as the Presidents special envoy.
Now at &c, when most men have
completed their life's work, Marshall
is tacklng one of the big jobs of Amer
ican history. He patiently docs not
want it complicated further by the
suspicion of partisanship.
Moscow Conference
Marshall's first big job as secretary
will be to settle the peace treaties for
Germany and Austria. He will have to
attend the March 10 meeting in Mos
cow with the foreign ministers of
Britain, France and Russia.
When Secretary of State James F.
Bylncs was quitting he estimated it
would take two years to draft the Ger
man treaty. He had worked more than
year finishing the treaties for Italy
and other former German satellite ma
tlons The German task presents far
greater problems than those Byrnes
handled
Blueprinted Policies
I'm preparation for the Moscow con
ference. Marshall will study complete
bueprintS of the current u. S. diplo.
matte policy toward every maiOr for
eign country. State Department at
taChes say Marshall is the first heac
of their department 10 be supplied a
the outset with such guide to the
mazes of foreign policy.
Byrnes. possibly even less prepared
at The outset than Marshall. enviousl
told friends that he wished he had hat
such blueprints when he began.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31

There may be minor jurisdictonal
furry in the Senate over what COM
mittee is TO handle the new legislation
once it arrives from the War and
Navy departments Both the newly
formed Armed Forces Committee and
the Committee on Executive Expendi-
lures may scramble for custody Of the
bill.
In the House, Rep. Walter c. An
dreWs (R-NY), chairman of Armed
Forces Committee, has taken several
verbal potshots at the White House
plan
Sen Edward V. Robertson (R-Wyo)
who helped torpedo the merger for
the Navy during the last session, in
dicatcd he will offer number OF
changes in the Presidents plan.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31

SllCnCed by executive Oruer tnClr dQ-
vOCatcs in Congress are not.
Mr. Truman an ardent advocate of
merger during his 10 years in the
Senate. recommended merger legisla-
ton to Congress shortly after he be-
came President. This move precipi-
tatcd such a rash of bitter debate in
Congress and within the services that
the President finally squelchcd Navy
critics and ordered compromise con-
fercnccS" among service chieftains.
That agreement, attained under
pressure, suggests creation of a Sec
rotary of National Defense, a Cabinet
officer. The secretaries of War and
Navy would lose their Cabinet status
but with a new secretary for Air
would administer their own depart
mcnts and have the right of access to
the President.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-31
Japan Lets
Doug DO 1t

7 ACK of initiative, a character
IL istic which made the Jap
anese people peculiarly apt dupes
for militaristic regime, is MAX
ing unduly arduous and slow their
reconversion to the ways of peace
under Gen. Douglas MacArthur's oc-
cupation rule.
The great majority of NipponeSe.
schooled to unquestioned acceptance
of someone elsc's thinking, prefer to
let the Americans do most of the
planning and worrying.
In his New Years message, Gen.
Macarthur reminded the Japanese
once again that they primarily hold
the solution tC national problems. The
time has come, he said, when Allied
blueprints for a new Japan must be
implemented by intelligently- directed
aid from the people.
Change Is Slow
Except in superficials. social change
has been disturbingly slow. The ma
jority of the people exhibit little IN
terest or initiative in ovcrthroWing
the basic concepts Of totalitarianiSm.
The conservatives have demon
STATED that they simply are trying
to retain control for the entrenched
classes, while the leftists have futile
ly attacked the conservative grip on
government but refused once prof
fered opportunity to participate.
While politicians haggled in Coun-
try on the brink of economic chaos.
the occupation authorities prepared
and carried out plans to prevent a
banking collapse, distributed food TO
prevent famine and spurred industry
into production
Go; Us Needs
Japan needs strong. cooperative,
coalition government. 1t needs to
marshal its competent leaders in all
fields 10 combat initiation and restore
national production. Above all. it
needs unity.