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Evening star., 1947-12-31
Gen. Gates Becomes
Marine Corps Head

Maj. Gen. Clifton B. Gates today
formally relieved Gen. Alexander A.
Vandegrift as commandant of the
Marine Corps with the rank Of a
four-star general.
The formal change of command
ceremonies were held in the office
of Secretary of the Navy Sullivan
before a distinguished gathering OF
Marine and Navy officers and civil
ian officials.
Gen. Vandegrift at the same time
was presented gold star in lieu of
second Distinguished service
Medal for his duty as head of the
corps.
Secretary Sullivan described Gen
Vandegrift as the man who gave
the American people their first ray
of hope in 1912 and one who put
Guadalcanal in the history books
to stay forever"
Gen. vandegrift, 60, was not
placed on the retired list, but was
ordered to his home at Lynchburg
Va, to remain subject to such orders
as may be subsequently given him.
Turning over the command of the
corps. Gen. Vandegrift said he was
not doing so with regret, but with
pleasure to some one whom he knew
would carry on the traditions of the
corps.
Gen. Gates commanded the Ma
rine Base and Marine Schools at
Quantico, led the 1st Marine Regi--
ment ashore at Guadalcanal and
subsequently commanded the 4th
Marine Division in landings on
atolls and islands in the drive TO-
ward japan in the Pacific war.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Nation sNightSpots sRoisePrices
For New Years Celebrations

and breakfast df in the mood
along with dancing and entertain
ment. Ciro's is up to $50 from SIS
per head for dinner and entertain
ment, with drinks extra. The Mo-
cambo Club will give substantially
the same for SIS, at no increase.
Drinks probably will average a little
higher than last year everywhere
in Hollywood. In the smaller spots,
dinner and dancing can be enjoyed
for 81 to S..
Reports from another glamour
town - Miami - tell Of New Years
eve fun costing all the way from
nothing to small fortune. Many
will watch the Orange Bowl parade,
then go home spending only bus
fare. Many others will spend a gay
but free evening at private parties
on lush estates. A large number
Of hotels have arranged parties
ranging up to $50 per person. In
the night clubs, the fixed charge
will be about the same, but In some
cases the extras will be sky high.
Generally, costs range about the
same at last year or shade lower.
With bars open in Baltimore
around the clock instead of the
usual 2 am. curfew, extra police
including IS rowing motorcycle men
have been detailed. Large hotels
and night clubs report reservations
faster than last year, with mini
NUNS about $l225 a plate and
drinks extra-about the same as
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Evening star., 1947-12-31
Income Tax Deductions Barred
On Overseas Exchange Losses

him at the official rate of / franc
for 2 cents, whereas the open-mar-
ket rate was l franc for 85/100 of a
cent.
On his tax returns, Mr.. Boyer
undertook to count the difference
between those rates as a loss de-
ductible from his tax liability, but
the Internal Revenue Bureau dis
allowed it and billed him for $639 in
extra taxes.
The Tax Court, by siding with the
Revenue Bureau, rejected conten-
tions that might have cleared the
way to widespread tax reductions.
The court based its decision on
the ground that Mr.. Boyer could
exchange pounds or francs at the
official rate on leaving either coun-
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Only 144 Whisky Bottles
Contained Wafer, US. Says

Investigation by the Internal
Revenue Bureaus alcohol tax unit
has established that the number Of
half-pint whisky bottles which con-
tanned water, some of which were
sold by a Washington grocer, totaled
only 144.
This was disclosed today by Rob-
ert E. Tuttle, district supervisor Of
the tax unit at Baltimore. An Of
fcial of the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board here said earlier that
it was estimated that $500 bottles
believed to contain whisky but
actually containing water had been
shipped into Washington.
Mr.. Tuttle explained the distribu-
ton of the water-flled bottles was
the result of pure inadvertance." ;"
They came from the plant OF a
rectifler, where whisky Is blended
with neutral spirits.
The bottling machinery, which had
been used to fill larger bottles, was
readjusted to fill half pints, Mr..
Tuttle said. AS test some bottles
were filled with water and then set
aside. A new crew coming on duty,
not realizing the bottles contained
water, put them into the bottling
line, he explained.
Mr.. Tuttle said it is believed the
water-filled bottles were distributed
through a large number of cases.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
New Years
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needed to create false confidence
and retard reaction time"
Police Inspector Arthur E. Miller,
in charge of traffic, pointed out
there were As traffic accidents last
New Years eve, resulting in one
death and II injuries. There were
At accidents, accounting for one
death and 81 injuries, last New
Years Day, he added.
1.-THE driver under the influence
OF liquor is 55 times as likely to
have an accident as one who Is
SOBER" Inspector Miller commented
Biggest Party in Armory.
The city's biggest New Years eve
party will be held in the District
National Guard Armory. More
than 1000 persons are expect to
gather there to dance to Vaughn
Monroe's Orchestra at cost OF
1925 per person. including table
reservations.
Elsewhere, the cost of such doings
will range up to the sl2 per person,
plus beverage costs, at night clubs
and hotels including dinner and
early y-morning supper in the fixed
charge
Evening star., 1947-12-31
PROPOSALS.

sEALLD BIDS vii will be Iecsiyed At Uso Uso
RIsldsffo fo S.sahnone ya e JAN
car may be seen at 1911 H st. NV. up
to 8 pm, daily, For inspection by PRO.
SpeCtive bidders. USO reserves the right
to reject any or all bids. i
WASHINGTON SUBURBAN Sanitary Com
mission, Contract No. 421-W&S, Water
Main and Sewer Construction.-Sealedp pro-
posals for constructing in Eastpines. ap-
proximately 1000 feet of 6-inch and g.
Inch cast-iron water mains and / $50 feet
Of 6-inch and s-inch plain concrete or
vitrified pipe sewers and sewer-house con,
nections, will be received at the ONCE OF
the washington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission, Hamilton ST., Hyattsville, Md
Eastern standard time, at which place and
time they will be publicly opened and read;
Plans and specifications may be obtained
from Harry r. Hall. chief engineer Of the
commission, Hyattsville, Nd, upon deposit
Of S6, which deposit will be returned TO
bidders or to those returning plans and
specifications in good condition. DWIGHT
B. GAIT. LACY SHAW, l. G. WoRTHING-
TON, commissioners. oe24,S1.
Evening star., 1947-12-31

demonstrations in Bucharest. The
streets were almost deserted last
night, and the few people who were
out behaved as though nothing out
of the ordinary had taken place.
Qn Copenhagen Prince Mi
chael of Bourbon-Parma,
brother of Princess Anne, said
that Mihai had declared during
his recent visit to Switzerland
that he would 60 to Istanbul In
his private plane If he ever were
forced to flee Romania.
dispatches from Lisbon, where
Mihais father, former King
Carol, is living, said the royal
exile had received news of his
sons abdication with apparent
satisfaction and excitement. Carol
refused to comment. however,
Evening star., 1947-12-31
british Circles Say
Politics, Not Romance
Cost Mihai's S Throne
By the Associatsd Press

LONDON, Dec. 31.-Politics rather
than romance was behind the abdt-
cation of King Mihai I Of Romania,
in the opinion of most observers here.
Dimitri Dimanesco, former Ro-
manian Embassy official, said tho
Romanian government had refused
to allow Mihai to marry Princess
Anne of Bourbon-Parma, but that
this was a purely secondary con-
sideration."
Some of the press on the Cont.
nent, however, leaned to the view
that Mihais love for the Danish
princess was the principal reason
for his decision
British court circles said Mihai
was debating abdication with his
mother, Queen Helen. during their
recent visit to London for the we'd
ding Of Princess Elizabeth to Prince
Philip, and may have decided on
his course even before leaving.
Didn't Want to Go Back.
'He did not want to go back" q
reliable source reported, land his
mother did everything possible to
dissuade him from going back. But
he made a noble gesture. 1t would
have been cowardly not to return"
The London Star said Mihai con-
ferred here with both Foreign Sec
retary Ernest Bevin and former
Prime Minister Churchill and re-
ceived sympathetic advice ION per-
io cold Mihoi'a
departure from the throne was q
foregone conclusion, "but that the
timing of it was politically import
ant and part of the Communist
drive behind the iron curtain"
Foreign Office View.
A British Foreign Office spokes-
man said the abdication marked "a
further stage in the plan in Eastern
Europe to eliminate. any elements
not amenable to the policies OF
the regimes" He added that For
eign Office information was incom-
plete and did not show whether
the King was persuaded or as
compelled to resign.
Mr.. Dimanesco, who said he re-
signed as counsellor at the Lon
don Embassy because he would not
subscribe to his governments Com
munist IDEAS" said the abdication
proclamation was not what the King
wanted to say, and Mihai was
compelled to read it."
Mr.. Dimanesco said "the real
reason for Mihai's action was that
while he was in London for the
wedding of Princess Elizabeth cer-
tain steps were taken by the gov
ernment behind his back and with
out his knowledge"
He said the King had learned a
new minister had intended to send
Romanian troops to help the Com
munists in Greece"
A reliable source in Bucharest.
advised of the Greek angle, said
that Mr.. Dimanesco's report "can
be discounted
Evening star., 1947-12-31
runnun
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a Republican," Bert Andrews of
the New York Herald Tribune asked.
Now. Bert, the President said ad-
monishingly, I won't answer any
needing questions either.
When the President finished his
homily on peace he said APOLOGIZE
cally that he hadn't intended to
make speech. A reporter respond
ed that whether he had or not, it
was a good speech, and asked for
permission to quote the Presidents
remarks.
Mr.. Truman wished reporters
around his desk happy and pros
porous New Year and then for a
couple of minutes spoke of the diff
ficulties of the past and his aspira-
tions for the future.
Calls 1947 Good Year.
Il want to wish all Of you happy
and prosperous 1948," he said, "and
to say to you that think 1947 has
been a good year-not as good as we
would like to have it-none of them
ever are-and that I am still con-
f1dently looking forward to world
peace on which all nations can
agree, and the proper implementa-
ton of the United Nations.
Il always think of the Constitu-
ton of the United States and the
difficulties that took place in the
Colonies between 1871 and 1889, and
then the difficulties that took place
between 1889 and 1909. If you care
fully look over that situation, you
will find that they had tremendous
difficulties in those days, almost ex-
actly the same difficulties with which
we are faced now both in Europe
and here. 1t took just about 80
years, really, to get the Constitu-
ton properly implemented. In fact,
it was not the Constitution Of the
United States until 1865.
so I don't think we ought to
pe discouraged at things that some
times get in our way in making
this tremendous peace organization
work. I did not intend to make
you a speech, but am very much
interested in peace and I have every
faith in the final working of the
United Nations as means of gen.
eral world peace, for the simple
reason that we can't afford any
thing else. 1t is to our selfish in
terest and to the selfish interest OF
every country in the world that we
do have a workable world peace"
Making No Resolutions.
The President also told one ques-
toner that he didn't intend to make
any New Years resolutions, but he
knew a lot of people who should
Asked how about giving a few
names, he said the reporter knew
them as well as he did
The Presidents daughter Mar
garet, his sister, Miss Mary Truman
and several members of Mrs. Tru-
mans family sat behind the Presi-
dent during the conference, and he
remarked that he'd brought along
his own crowd today.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Time Selects Marshall
As Man of the Year
By the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Secretary
of State Marshall today was named
Man of the Year" by Time
magazine. which called him the
man who had the biggest rise in
fame during the year, and who,
more than any one else, changed
the news for better or worse"
which annually selects a
man of the year" for its cover on
the first issue of each new year
said that in 1947 the American
people "took upon their shoulders the
leadership of the world. No
one man was responsible for l947 S
great step. *** But one man SYM
bolized the United States action.
He was Secretary of State George
Marshall."
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Lands
Continued From First Page.)

never discussed his dissenting views
with officials Of the ATA.
Il felt I was representing the pub
lic," he declared, "and through my
appointment to the Safety Board
by the President, I was discharging
a public duty"
There was speculation that Mr..
Lands post might be offered to
Thomas K. Finletter, chairman OF
the Presidents Air Policy Commis-
sion or Stanton Griffis, now Ambas-
sador to Poland
Findings Go to White House.
The findings OF the five-man
commission, which has been con-
Quoting hearings on high-policy
matters since September, also were
delivered to the White House late
yesterday.
It was said the report takes up
among other things, the method OF
filing high positions in Federal
aviation agencies.
Mr.. Lands, who was one of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's legal advisers in
the early days Of the New Deal and
later served as a commissioner on
both the Federal Trade Commits
sion and the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, believes that
public safety demands some sort OF
pilot retirement plan for the same
reason which prompted Congress to
pass the Railroad Retirement Act.
Neither he nor Mr.. Arnold, how
ever, would discuss the final report
preliminary sections of which al
ready have been published, prior
to its release by the White House.
Politics Charged.
Declaring that he spoke for 1000
airplane pilots, Mr.. Behncke saio
"the action of the Alta is indicative
of the thing that permeates oul
entire air safety picture today
much talk. politics and little If any
action"
This is the reason it is necessary
to have a man of Mr.. Lands cali
bre, integrity and record in posi-.
ton of high responsibility where oul
Nations airline industry can be
protected or wrecked" he said.
The issue is strictly one of air
safety and one in which John O.
Public has a vital stake along with
the air line pilots" The union head
asked If the new year will again
bring the tragic situation where the
lives of the travelling public will pay
for the policy of certain vested in
terests of putting the dollar sign
ahead Of air safety?"
"Air safety cannot be advanced
BY putting yes men in responsible
Evening star., 1947-12-31
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

A former Army officer who sought
to trim his income taxes on the
grounds that part of his service pay
was in inflated" foreign currencies
has met a rebuff from the United
States Tax Court.
S. E. Boyer of Casper, Wyo., who
served as a lieutenant colonel in
Britain and France during the war,
had claimed deductions on his 1943,
1914 and 1945 income tax returns.
He said he was given l British
pound for each $4.03 in pay he drew
in England because that was the
official or controlled rate, whereas
he could have obtained pounds for
$275 each on the free market if he
had been paid in dollars.
In France, he said, the Army paid
Evening star., 1947-12-31
American Broodcosting
Names Four Officials
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Mark
Woods, president Of the American
Broadcasting Co., today announced
the election Of four new vice presi-
dents.
They are Ivor Kenway, vice presi-
dent in charge of advertising, pro-
motion and research; Frank Marx,
in charge of general engineering;
Robert Saudek, in charge of public
affairs, and Thomas Velotta, in
charge of news and special events.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
'ederal aviation positions, "
eclared.
Provoked Operators.

ITUtOAcU opCEdsOIcs
Mr.. Lands made enemies among
some scheduled airline operators
when he insisted upon opening the
freight cargo field to discharged
servicemen and other competitors
at the end of the war.
Another activity which won Mr.
Lands powerful enemies was the
prominent part he played in block
ing efforts to consolidate overseas
air commerce in one United States
flag line, or community company
For weeks it has been known in
aviation circles here that Mr.. Lam
dis might lose his job The puzzling
point of the situation, from the
standpoint of the dopesters, was
why he continued to hang on, de-
spite the amount of work and grief
and financial loss involved.
Evening star., 1947-12-31

Tufts as acting director and budget
manager Of the Chest has been
accepted as of January Is, it was
announced. He was accorded a
rising vote of thanks for his service.
Frank Birgfeld was reelected
unanimously as treasurer. The
meeting was held in the United
States Chamber Of Commerce
Building.
Evening star., 1947-12-31
Chest ALLEGATIONS to District Agencies


Committee 81
will lin
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
Son Talks His Father
Into Tolls Of Law

MANITOWOC, Wis. Joseph
Kanugh wishes his son Gerald
would learn that silence is gold
en-.
Gerald was stalking pheasants
in a corn field when a game
warden asked him if he had shot
any. Gerald replied he had had
poor luck, but that his father
had bagged five the previous
day
The official found che dressed
birds in the Kanugh icebox.
The elder Kanugh was lined
500 for shooting the birds out of
season and $40 for hunting with
out a license.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24

nal instant of life. He assisted
attendants in strapping himself
into the chair, and said:
"This is the first time au-
thorities ever helped me escape
prison."
The. year he spent in prison
while his attorney appealed his
conviction to the state SUPP eme
court was the ''best year" of his
life. mo demands made upon
me - no responsibilities. Sleep
ing good, eating good. and get
ting fat and saucy."
Sits believed his reaction was
not Physically different from
those of others who have found
themselves in a like position. {.
l am inclined to believe that
all those outstanding figures Of
history who are reputed to have
met death fearlessly, such as
Nathan Hale and Joan of Arc,
have in reality practiced a little
deception upon their followers.
They would have been able to
do as well if they had been
executed for the foulest of
crimes. . .
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
Dangerous School Buses
Protested In Georgia

ATLANTA, Ga. W.H-4State
school officials report that some
80 per cent of the buses which
daily transport 1890 Georgia
children to classes fail to meet
standards established by the IA
tional Committee on Safety Edu-
cation.
The disclosure was underlined
when the state counted it's third
school bus accident within three
weeks.
One mishap, on the first day
of school, sent 10 children and
two mothers to the hospital with
injuries. In another, a bus plung-
ed off a bridge, injuring five
children and the driver. Faulty
brakes were blamed in both
cases.
From one county came a pro-
test that a 42-passenger capacity
bus was carrying as many as
70 passengers at a time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
HIGH PRICE LIENS
SHOW UP STRONG
Demand For Rails Was On
Selective Basis During

NEW YORK, Oct. %. - R-
High-prices issues made their
best showing in some two weeks
in the bond market today.
The Associated Press average
of 10 representative low-yield
(high-priced) bonds advanced for
the first time since October 8 af-
ter sinking to the lowest figure
in years.
Demand for rail issues was on
a highly selective basis with losses
showing a slight edge over gains
at the finish. Industrial obliga-
tons tended upward on average
while utilities moved evenly.
World Bank bonds rallied
sharply after a prolonged pound
ing had forced each below par.
The long-term IS at SO IL were
up 1872 while the short-term 2
las jumped 1882 to the same
price.
Activity Dries
Activity in the new money
market dried up as underwriters
rested on their laurels after the
quick sell-out Wednesday of the
$1OO, 900, 900 Pacific Tel & Tel.
bonds.
Listed issues higher by as much
as a point or so included Bethle-
hem Steel 2 3-4s of 10 at 100,
Central of N. J.. IS at IS IA, St.
Paul incomes at SO IL, Common
wealth Edison IS at los ID, Good
rich 2 3-4s at SO, Hudson & Man
haitian incomes at II IL, Illinois
Central 4 3-4s at 80, Missouri Pa
cific general As at "a IA, Pacific
Gas IS at 102 IL, and Pennsyl-
vania general IS at SO ga.
Telephone Lower
Lower were A T & T 2 3-4s of
81 at 108 ga, Rock Island As of
'88 at SO IA, init. Hydro Electric
IS at SO IA, Lehigh Valley
stamped 4 LIS at 36 1-S, New Or
leans Texas & New Mexico 5
lbs at 1O5 IL, New Haven in
comes at 81 SO, and Southern Pa
cific 4 LIS of 81 at 90 ga.
Several Australian issues gave
ground in the foreign department.
U. S. Governments again tend
ed lower, with the Victory Loan
2 LIS of Dec. 1967-'72 of 1872 at
1O1 1922 bid in the over-the
counter market.
Sales totaled $4,463,0 900 COM
pared with 81, $40, 900 Wednesday.
BOND AVERAGES
Compiled by The Associated Press
20 10 10 10 10
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
Greatly Exaggerated

him. "No one has been more
amazed than I at this state of
Indifference.
Punishment is only a state
of mind" he wrote. Il am
afraid they would have to re-
wise the statutes of the state to
find a punishment for me. This
knowledge has given me some
chuckles since l came here Ito
the penitentiary) 80"
He apparently carried his
convictions to the electric chair,
for he maintained his hard,
emotionless character to the fl
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-P-
Sales, closing price and net
change of the fifteen most active
stocks today.
Graham Paige 51,400; 6 ",
up "a.
Allegheny $4,000; 4 up %.
Commonwealth and Southern
1860; 3 rs, up Is.
Std. G and E. 81 pr. $1,000
30-1, IS.
St. Regis Pap, 1900; 11%,
up IS.
Wilson and Co., 14,7oo; 1873,
up IS.
Avco Mfg. $4,000; 6, up %.
U. S. Steel 12,500; rs Is, up
H..
Repb. Steel II, 900; % rs, No.
Eversharp 11,8OO; Is, up e..
Armour and Co., 11,700; l5R,
No.
willys-over. 10, 700; 10 ", up
A..
Radio 1o,4oo; 9 Is, up %.
Greyhound $500; II ", up a.
Gair Robt., 5000; 10 IS, up rs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24

DEADWOOD, SD. WD-A tri-
pie murderer was amazed at his
indifference" to death before
the "best year" of his life was
ended in the electric chair at
the South Dakota penitentiary.
1.-THE death sentence" George
Sidney Sits wrote to his attor-
ney a week before his death,
chad been greatly exaggerated
as a penalty"
81 haven't been able to con-
jure up any dread Of my SEN
tence," he wrote to John Z. Hef-
from, Deadwood, who defended
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24
Condition Critical

George Shooter, Bladen county
farmer, was still in a critical"
condition last night from knife
wounds he received yesterday al
legedly from ]. D. Crisp, a tenant
on his Bladen county farm.
Hospital authorities here SAID
that Shooters condition had not
improved. Shooter was slashed
across the chest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24

DESPITE the repatriation of
about 500, 900 persons during
1916, the census Of displaced
persons in Europe by the end
of the year, stood at approx
mately 1000, 900 people, accord
ing to the Encyclopedia Britain
MICA 1947 Year Book of the year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-24

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