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Evening star., 1947-01-30
.Curran Nomination
Up Again Tomorrow

Action on the nomination of
Edward M. Curran to be a justice
of District Court here probably will
be taken tomorrow by the Senate.
The appointment, favorably re-
ported by the Senate Judiciary
Committee, came up yesterday in
the Senate, but approval was blocked
by Senator LANCER, Republican, OF
North Dakota.
Senator LANCER objected because
he had received, shortly before the
Senate met, "a brief from Ira Chase
Koehne, who served as attorney for
several defendants in the mass sedi-
ton trial. Mr.. Koehne accused Mr..
Curran, former United States at
torney, of a grave breach" OF duty
because he permitted special Justice
Department attorneys to handle the
sedition trial.
j, Similar complaints were conSid-
cred by subcommittee of the SEN
ate judiciary Committee, headed by
Senator Revercomb, Republican, OF
West Virginia which subsequently
voted unanimously for approval.
Asked for comment after he had
seen the Koehne document, Senator
Langer said, Watch for me Friday
He added that, before he reached
any conclusion, he wanted to con-
suit with Senator Ferguson, Repub-
lican, of Michigan a member of the
Judiciary Committee.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Hoover Medal Presented
10 Dr., Vannevar Bush
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-Dr. Van
nevar Bush, chairman of the newly
created Joint Research and Deyel-
opment Board of the Army fano
Navy, today received the Hoover
Medal for 1946 for outstanding pub
lie service.
The presentation was made at the
winter meeting of the American In
istitute of Electrical Engineers ano
the citation described DR.. Bush
wartime director of the Office Of
Scientific Research and Develop
ment, as the engineer, educator ane
administrator, who, in critical times
of need, was in a most special SENSE
an organizer, guiding spirit ane
driving force of the Nations achieve.
ments in physical and medica
science"
DR.. Bush, the ninth man to re.
ceive the medal, is president of Car.
negie Institution of Washington anc
member of the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Askins' PIeo for Hearing
On Sanity Is Dismissed

Robert E. Askins, q, today lost a
battle in District Court to gain his
freedom from st. Elizabeth's Hospi-
tal
Askins, who is colored, was found
insane in 1889 and committed to
the hospital after having been in
dicted on flrst-degree murder
charges in the deaths of two colored
women.
Recently he brought a habeas cor
pus action through his attorney,
James j. Laughlin, seeking lunacy
hearing before jury. Justice Rich
mond B. Keech today ordered the
habeas corpus petition dismissed,
after hearing which consumed
parts of several court days. Mr.
Laughlin indicated he would appeal
The Government was represented in
the habeas corpus proceeding by
Assistant United States Attorney
Oliver Dibble.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Mrs. Rogers 10 Be Honored
Al B'nai B 'rifh Dinner

Chairman Rogers of the House
Committee on Veterans Affairs will
be honored at a dinner at 7:30 pm
February IT,. in the Hotel Statler
under auspices of the B'nai Birth
Veterans Advisory Committee.
The dinner will high light a two
cay joint meeting of the organiza-
tion's Veterans Committee ano
Postwar Service e-Americanism Com
mission.
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan
military aide to the President, and
Veterans Administrator Bradley are
expected to attend the dinner Other
guests, besides members of Mrs
Rogers committee, will be:
Secretary of War Patterson, Vice
Admiral Louis Denfield, deputy chief
Of naval operations; Maj. Gen. Ed
ward F. Witsell, the Army adjutant
general, and Selective Service Djrec-
tor Lewis B. Hershey.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Truman to Stop at Waco, Tex.
And Get Degree From Baylor
By Joseph A. Fox

and other Baptist spokesmen
throughout the country defended
its action.
Mr.. Ross said arrangements for
the ceremony were completed only
this morning when Mr.. Truman re-
ceived telegram from Pat Nef1,
president of the university and for
mer Governor of Texas.
He said the date has been set
for the event, but the White House
is not ready to announce it..
Mr.. Ross also said the White
House would not announce yet when
the President will leave to visit
President Miguel Aleman in Mex
leo City, other than that it would
be early in March.
The trip to the maneuvers, II
made, would come within few days
after the President returns from
Mexico. Mr.. Ross said, however
that the whole thing remains to
be worked out"
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Delegation Drafting
Montgomery County
Taxi Regulation Bill
BY a s,off Correspondent Of The siar

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 80. - The
Montgomery County delegation te
the General Assembly today was
putting the finishing touches on 9
bill which would authorize the
County commissioners to regulate
taXicabs.
The measure it was said, will be
similar to that introduced in the
House last week by the Prince
Georges County delegation.
Bladensburg Bill introduced.
Three bills affecting Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties were
passed by the House yesterday ano
sent to the Senate. At the same
time, the Prince Georges County
group introduced a bill to enlarge
the Baldensburg town boundaries
Also introduced was a Statewide
bill by Dr.. N. B. Steward, Democrat
of Prince Georges County to pro-
hibit persons practicing osteopathy
chiropractory, naturopathy and
physiotherapy from commercially
advertising their services. Dr. Stew
ard is a physician.
The Montgomery County bill given
final approval in the House would
increase the Silver Spring library
tax from to cents per 500.
The two Prince Georges bills
passed yesterday would extend the
boundaries of Seat Pleasant and
increase the salaries of Circuit Court
bailiffs from So to S. a day.
Taxi Complaints Cited.
Anders r. Lofstrand, jr, chairman
of the Montgomery delegation. said
the groups decision to draft the
taxicab bill was made in response
to numerous complaints by county
residents.
Mr.. Lofstrand also announced the
delegation voted last night to re-
port favorably a bill authorizing
the Chevy Chase View Citizens
Committee to increase the present
1o-cents per .$io0 levy in. the area
to a maximum of "a cents.
The group also decided to amend
the measure to provide for an elec-
ton April l and to make it effective
Immediately after passage and ap-
proval by the Governor.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
River Terrace Association
Admits II New Members

The River Terrace Citizens Asso-
citation last night admitted II new
members.
Charles M. Maize, president of the
kenilWorth Citizens Association
congratulated members of the River
Terrace group on their zeal and
stressed the need for corporation
among citizens.
The group approved the report on
racial segregation of the Federation
of Citizens Associations.
Sale of ice cream by weight rather
than by liquod measure was advo-
Gated by the River Terrace associa-
tion.
The meeting, held at the River
Terrace Church House, AIS Thirty
fourth street NE, was conducted by
George B. Clum, president.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Legion Suggests Six Plans
For Veterans Housing

+ The American Legion today rec
commended six community plans to
spur construction of veterans hous-
ing in local areas.
The plans were discussed at meet
ings of the Legions Housing Com
mittee here last week. Complete
details of, the suggestions will be
included in booklets to be furnished
each Legion post.
One plan stresses reclamation Of
slum or unused local property. Par
tial tax deferment on the land is
granted and profit COM
munity organization plans construc-
tion and administer the property
with a rental range of from $50 to
$45 a month. The plan is being
used at New Brunswick and Prince
ton, N. J. ,ea
Another plan, in operation at
Rochester, N. Y, provides for con-
struction of rental homes by nom
profit company formed by local
banks.
The others provide for sponsor
ship of various types of corporations
to build homes through cooperation
of civic, business, government and
labor leaders.
Evening star., 1947-01-30

President Truman will 60 to Waco
Tex, to accept an honorary degree
from Baylor University on his re-
turn trip from Mexico in March
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross announced today.
Mr.. Ross said the President also
hopes to see the Atlantic Fleet ma
neuverS in the Caribbean in March
but that these plans are very indefl-
mite.
Baylor University. Baptist in
stitution, was to give the degree to
the President late in 1945, but the
labor situation caused Mr.. Truman
to cancel his trip South.
At the time the presentation was
announced the Baptist General Con-
vention of Texas adopted a resolu-
ton urging the university not to
give the degree to the President be-
cause of his reported attitude
toward gambling and drinking"
The university announced it would
give him the degree, nevertheless
Evening star., 1947-01-30
u. S. Plans Limited Resumption
Of Tourist Travel to Europe
By Gornett D. Horner

The State Department is making
plans for a limited resumption o1
American tourist travel to Europe
this summer for the first time since
the war cut off such travel, it was
learned today.
England would like to have up to
10000 tourists from this side of the
Atlantic this year, according to re-
ports to Mrs. Ruth B. Shipley, CHIEF
of the State Departments Passport
Division.
Mrs. Shipley is compiling reports
from other European capitals to de-
termine how many so-called ''un-
necessary travellers" can be permit
ted TO 60 abroad without incon-
veniencing essential business.
She expects to announce soon
some relaxation of restrictions on
issuance of passports for purely
pleasure travel, but she warned that
such trips still would be limited by
the availability of return trans
portation and living accommodations
abroad.
1t probably will be necessary, she
said today, to require Americans
planning pleasure trips to Europe
to present documents showing def
mite reservations for return trans
portation and hotel reservations or
other living arrangements abroad
before they can obtain passports
Mrs Shipley explained such re-
strictions were being considered only
to guard against large number of
Americans becoming stranded in
Europe with their money running
out.
She pointed out that additional
military restrictions will continue to
limit travel into Germany, Austria
and the Balkan countries.
= Many wartime restrictions on
Evening star., 1947-01-30

The treaties previously had been
signed by former Secretary of State
Byrnes and will be signed by British
Foreign Secretary Bevin some time
before the ceremonial signing in
Paris February 10.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Axis Peace Treaties
Signed by MoIotov
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

MOSCOW, Jan. 30.-The Russian
press reported today that Soviet
Foreign Minister Molotov had signed
the peace treaties with five German
satellite nations-Italy, Romania
Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Indonesiuns Overrun
oil Center in Borneo
By the Assoeiofed Press

BATAVIA, Java, Jan. 30.-Indo-
nesian nationalists operating from
jungle hideouts overran the Dutch
garrison at the East Borneo oil
center of Sangasanga and held the
town for two days before being
driven out, a Netherlands Army
spokesman said today.
1t was the first serious fighting re-
ported from Borneo in months and
tended to confirm Indonesian re-
ports that there was a widespread
guerrilla movement in Borneo IA
voring the incorporation of Borneo
into the Indonesian Republic with
Java and Sumatra.
Evening star., 1947-01-30

I travel to other European countries
already have been lifted, but in
! view of return transportation short
ages and living conditions in most
countries, such travel still is limited
to those showing a necessary rea-
son for their trips-as distinguished
from purely pleasure travel.
The necessity" requirement has
been broadly interpreted, however
to permit such things as visits to
relatives in Europe.
The present outlook is very dis
couraging for any appreciable easing
by this summer of the shortage OF
space on ships coming to this coun-
try from Europe, Mrs. Shipley en-
phasized. She warned that even es-
sential travellers would have to be
on their toes" to arrange trans
portation.
Passports Required.
Mrs. Shipley said she saw no like
lihood of doing away with passports
entirely for travel outside the West
ern Hemisphere. Most countries re-
quire such Recommendation from
American travellers, she pointed out,
and most Americans travelling
abroad want it to identify them
selves.
The places TO which United
States tourists may go without
nasSnorts are the RSham9S Rer-
muda. British Guiana, Barbados,
Canada, Canal Zone, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Dominican Republic. FL Sal
vador, Guatemala. Haiti, Honduras,
Jamaica, Mexico, Newfoundland,
Panama and Venezuela.
Such arrangements are not recip-
rocal. The United States requires
visas from all foreigners entering
this country.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Soviet Group Moves,
But 109 Apartments
| Already Are Taken

The Soviet Purchasing Com
mission has moved out of one of
the city's newer apartment
houses-but don't get excited,
it's already filled.
Three weeks ago, it was
learned today, the commission
vacated the Parkhill Apart
ments at 1910 Park road NV,
109-apartment building COM
pleted in 1941. Morris Lenkin
of the Lenkin Construction Co.,
which owns the building, said
today every apartment is occu-
pied and wed need 1000 more
apartments to give them to the
people we had on our list"
Evening star., 1947-01-30
E. G. Gruhum at Garfield

Edwin C. Graham, former presi-
dent of the Hamilton National
Bank, who was stricken with bron-
chial pneumonia yesterday, was re-
ported in good condition" this
morning at Garfield Hospital. Hos
pital authorities said Mr.. Graham
who is IS, had good night and
was not critically i'll.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Corp to Feed India

Carp by the millions are to help
solve Indias food shortage The
latest government project is great
fisheries to grow four varieties OF
the fish in nursery ponds at Be
mares, Mirzapur, Jaunpur and AL
lahabad. AS the fry reach the fin
gerling stage they are transferred
to stocking tanks, where they grow
to marketable size.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-31
Miners Walkout
At Midnight For
Six-Day Period
,sy phe Associated press,

WASHINGTON, March 3D.
Secretary krug Of the Department
of the Interior still refused to-
day to comment on the Walkout,
beginning at midnight, of AGO.
900 soft coal miners in observance
of John l.. Lewis order for a
six-day period of mourning for
the Ill miners who lost their
lives in 4 pit in Centralia, III.
1t was said that the walkout
will have little effect on pro-
duction activities. though a
spokesman for United States
Steel said that company will bank
fires in six furnaces during the
week.
Had the miners not been called
out, their production would have
been far under normal this week
because of pre- Easter observance
eS by many of the miners, who
would have stayed out of the pits
on Thursday and Friday
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-31
Change Names of
Navy Facilities

Key West Naval Base today an
nounced an order, approved by
the Secretary of the Navy. chang
ing the name of certain Naval
facilities of the area.
Name of the Naval Ordnance
Unit. the old section base, will
hencefurth be known as the DE
velopment Station. Craig dock
will be known as pier d., the
section base pier will be known
as Do and the Orange State pier
will be known as pier D-3.
Within the development station
the ordnance unit will be on pier
d.. Piers DE- and D-3. former
ly the section base, will be under
the command of the development
station.
1t is requested by the Naval
Base that anyone referring to the
area covered by the now nomen-
clature should make use Of the
dies CriptlVe names.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-31
Beach Site Will
/ Be Selecled By
Board Tuesday

A. site for the municipal beach
will be selected. from among
three at a meeting tomorrow night
of the Monroe County Commits
sion.
Survey of the membership of
the commission revealed that it
favors the selection of the site at
West Martcllo Tower for the
beach. This site contains about
12 acres and has a waterfront of
'about 1850 feet. s. .i..
Other sites that have been sug
Igested by the engineers are at
Stock Island, containing so acres
with a waterfront of 2,700 feet,
and at Boulevard, which runs
roughly northward from Bertha
Street. with l2 acres and water
front of about 1000 feet,
Only other things scheduled to
come before the. county commits
sion tomorrow night are routine,
it was reported today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-31
Ex-Newsman
Holding U. n.
Purse String,

A quiet, silvery haired former
neWsman, who has calmly han
died some of the biggest stories
in the world, now holds the purse
strings of the United Nations.
He is 59-ycar-old Byron Price
wartime U. S. Director of Censor
ship and former executive news
editor of the Associated Press.
Mr.. Price was appointed t.
U.N.'s tor, financial, administra-
tive and personnel job, Assistant
Secretary General in charge OF
Administrative and Financial
Services. when he was serving as
chairman of the board of the AS
ISOLATION Of Motion Picture Pro-
ducers and Distributors of Amer
lea. He succeeds John B. Hutson
who resigned about two months
ago r....' .-. ,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-31
TWO GREAT NAMES
BY MARTIN LLIRALDI. Cuban Consul
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The great names like Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Jose Marti
) sssou}d never be subject to- dis
cuSsion and much less should
any arguments arise with respect
10 the individual merits. Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt and Jose
MART are men at such heights
that they cannot be judged by
US, and 1 feel that there is a
little disrespect in trying to place
tt>h4s face TO face n5afSareument
If Marti had kroWns Roosevelt
he would have loved him with
. all his heart: he would have call
ed him brother and both of them,
with the same desires and the
same faith would have sacrificed
their lives for the liberation of
the world from the threat Of
tyranny. Roosevelt is complete
ly, without doubt, in the category
of the great men, whose inspira
ton were the men like Marti,
whose name Roosevelt knew and
loved with great intensity.
This is the reason why is seems
to me unfortunate that this mat
ter should ever have been brought
10 discussion. The names OF
these two men who, although
living in different Centers, felt
alike, thought alike and in like
manner sacrificed their all for
the sake of their fellow men. |
am satisfied that in the Great
Beyond, where the genius of
Hyde Park and FL Martin De Dos
Rios are now resting, they are
shaking each others hand, smil-
ing. with brotherly admiration,
without thinking that in Key
West there is discussion around
their names with reference to the
christening of d Boulevard which
can not outlivc the memory of
either Roosevelt or MART.
The name of Franklin Dclano
Roosevelt is 5unken 50 deeply
in the hearts and in the minds of
the whole world that it is not
necessary to think of him, feel
the influence of his great spirit,
that his name should be inscribed
along avenues. And in Key West,
where MART is in the soul of all
who live here, it is not unnecca-
sary to remember him for the
Boulevard to carry his name.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-31
Costar Funeral
n e. +" Il
Service tuesday

FunG q g servvictt for John H
Costar. "a, will be held s. o'clock
tomorrow afternoon from the
chapel of Pritchard Funeral
Home.
Mr.. Costar was Of the Christian
Science faith, Mrs. Genevieve
Shultz. reader, will conduct the
service.
Burial will sbe in the family
plot in City Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Carl Ber-
valid. Chester Sawyer, Hastings
Smith, Sidney Einhorn, Joseph
Allen, Everett Rivas, Ramon Cur
~ and Gilbert McKillip. Honor
ary pallbearcrs: Clifford Hicks,
Bernie Papy, William Daughtcry.
Ramon Rodriguez, Orion Russell,
Allen Hampton, Gerald Saunders,
Fred Miller and Earl Hamilton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-31
KEY WESTER ON
FIRST SHIP MANNED
BY NAVAL RESERVES

ABOARD THE USS NC CLEL-
LAND-John SnodgrasS, motor
machinest's mate, first class, US
Mr.. 9l5 Southland, Key West, Fla
is now serving aboard the dc
strover escort, USS McClclland,
the first ship to be completely
manned by Naval Reservists dur
ing an annual two-Weck Reserve
training cruise.
Snodgrass enlisted in the Navy
in December, l94l and served
overseas for "A months with the
submarine service. He saw ACTON
overseas at Midway. Guam, Sal
pan and other South Pacific Is
lands. He is the holder OF the
Submarine Combat Patrol Pm
with two stars and the Asiatic
Pacific ribbon with two stars.
The USS McClelland, under
the command of Cdr. Fl. J. Thcr'-
ault, USNR. left Jacksonville on
March 10th and stopped at West
Palm Beach on the 2ist. Alter
docking at Tampa on the 24th,
the McClelland sailed for Miami
where she will make two day
stopover before returning to
Jacksonville on March 3lst.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-31

Economical of speech and
famed for his terGe neWsWriting
style, Mr.. Price began his long
career with the AP soon after
his graduation from Wabash Col
lcge, in his native Indiana
Breaking his service with AZ
only to serve with distinction as
an infantry officer in World Wal
l, he rose to chief of the AP's
large Washington Bureau and
finally, to executive news editor
taking complete editorial charge
of a huge daily volume of news
TO and from the entire world.
While he was AP news chief
Price won from his colleagues
admiration and respect, not only
for his editorial work. but also
for his fair minded personncl
policies.
After the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor--a story which Mr.
Price helped put out for the
world-he was appointed Director
of Censorship. a post he held I'M
It'll few days after Japan surrcn-
dcred. He then quickly dissolved
the Office of Censorship and re-
ceivcd the plaudits of his fellow
journalists for his able admins
tration of the wartime voluntary
censorship codes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-31
Key West Given Prominent Mention
In Latest Issue Of Literary Florida"

Then DIR. Harold J. Reilly of
New York, an author in his own
right and founder of Reilly
Health Service in Rockefeller
Center hands series of bouquets
to Key West as healthful spot
to live. and a combination of the
charm of New Orleans and Ha-
vana.
In Enchanted Island, William
Meyers, guide, speaks of Key
West weather, flowers and flam-
ing sunsets and Bill Knoll de
seribes the Municipal Aquarium
and its featured inmates. G. G..
Hicks, secretary, Overseas Road
and Toll Bridge District. writes
on The Overseas Highway"
which. he points out. gives the
motorist the opportunity of driv-
ing his car at sea.
Bridges of the highway are de
scribed by Julia Forsythe, secre-
tary. Marathon Chamber of Com
merce, in a piece entitled, "Bridg-
es Ahead Of You. Nowhere else
in the world, she writes, can
che drive for more than 100 miles
over little green islands and wide,
white concrete bridges with the
glistening sea-green waters of the
ocean on one side and gulf on
the other
Articles on Florida waterways
are also contributed by Stanley
Kitching, chairman, Florida In
land Navigation District, and
Stephen Cochran Singleton, we'll
known former Key Wcster.