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Evening star., 1947-08-10
Midwest's Fears for Corn Crop
Grow as DnWeother Continues

in a heat wave sending temperatures
up around 100 degree.
In Chicago. center Of the cash
corn trading country, a ca. T.. ,o.-
sold at $2.49 a bushel, which COM
pared with $2.361s peak established
in August, 1917. All but the extreme
lowest quality corn sold above that
former record high. Cash corn
brought a highet price than cash
wheat for the second consecutive
day. a most unusual price relation
ship.
With commission houses pouring
orders into the corn pit on the
Board of Trade, corn for future de-
livery roared up the Scent limit
permitted in single trading session
September corn closed at $2.3834
making the fourth time this week
that a new record high in the
Boards 99-year history has been set
During the last week corn futures
have advanced 20B to 24A cents 8
bushel in one of the most spectacu.
lar upturns in the Boards history
From the lows of July /, the end oi
the period of heavy moisture, corr
has scared 55A to 577s cents {
buShel.
Wheat and oats shared the corr
advance All oats futures went tt
new highs since trading in the var.
ious contracts now on the board.
started, as did all wheat deliverie!
except July, 1948.
A. j. Surratt, Illinois crop stats.
tician, said that some corn was firins
in few Southern Illinois localities
This means that the leaves are turn
ing brown and curling, develop
ment which retards growth.
The Iowa crop and livestock re-
porting service said 10 more days
without rain would seriously cut
production prospects. Carl Malone
and Herb Powell, Iowa statistical
economists, emphasized the situa-
tion was not as critical as in the
1894 and 1896 drought years.
A cheering report came from
Ohio, where the hot weather has
been accomplished by frequent
Evening star., 1947-08-10
Quake
(Continued From First Page.)

versity seismograph recorded minor
earth shocks of three to four
minutes" duration, starting at 9:47-
rs pm. The report was made by
the Rev. Victor c. Stechschulte, s. j.
He said the shocks centered in
either Northwest Ohio or Southern
Michigan.
A slight" earth tremor, lasting
one and one-half minutes was re-
corded on the John Carroll Uni
versity seismograph at Cleveland.
The Rev. Joseph S. Joliat said the
tremor was "of such gradual onset
it was impossible to tell the center
of the disturbance"
Chicago shook for few seconds" /"
the Loyola seismologist said, but IN
other States the tremors were re-
ported of longer duration.
Cities reporting tremors included
Indiana: Indianapolis, South
Bend, Fort Wayne, Muncie, Ander-
son, Logansport, Frankfort, Hunt
ington, Richmond.
Michigan: Lansing, Jackson, Bat
tie Greek, Benton Harbor, Adrian
Detroit, Saginaw, 1onia, Crane
Rapids.
Ohio: Toledo, Cleveland, Cincin-
natl, Mansfield, Rosslord.
Illinois: Chicago, Rockford.
Wisconsin: Milwaukee.
Michigan State police whose Eas1
Lansing headquarters was swamped
with phone calls from several cities
said the temblor apparently came
at 9:47 pm, in the west portion and
was reported within 8 minutes from
points In Eastern Michigan.
Evening star., 1947-08-10
By the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Aug. "a sizzling sun
beating down on parched Midwest
ern corn fields today caused appre-
hension over the crop outlook and
sent prices soaring to new record
peaks.
From one end Of the main corn
belt to the other all reports were
the same-corn, most important OF
American feed crops, already was
in trouble and soon would be in
more if rains do not come soon.
AS prices jumped to fabulous levels
on the Chicago Board of Trade
crop experts scanned Weather Blu
reau forecasts of continued cleal
skies and high temperatures from
Indiana to Nebraska, heart OF the
corn belt.
In Macy, Nebraska, the Omahs
Indians scheduled repeat perfor'
mances of their sacred green corr
dance for tonight and tomorrow
The dance-a traditional supplica'
ton for rain to keep corn green
was first held yesterday.
While Nebraska State agriculture
statisticians said Nebraska corn wa!
at critical stage in its development
with more moisture and coolel
weather badly needed, the Weather
Bureau held little hope OF a breai
Evening star., 1947-08-10
Parched Middle West
Suffers Under Return
Of 10O-Degree Heat
By the Assoeiofsd Press

One-hundred-d degree plus heat re-
turned to wide area of the Midwest
yesterday and weather forecasters
said no real relief" in rain or sub
stantially cooler air was in sight.
The new heat wave worked east
ward from Montana and the South
ern Great Plains States bringing
temperatures in excess OF 100 de-
grees to South Dakota, Missouri,
Nebraska and Western Iowa. Tenn
peratures up to 100 degrees, were
forecast for the Great Lakes area
by Monday.
Pierre, S. Oak, was one of the
hottest places on the weather map
with a 111-degree reading. Kansas
City had 106 degrees.
Forecasters said a brief cooling
of would bring some relief tomor-
row in the Dakotas and Western
Minnesota and bring temporary re-
lief to most of the Midwest by Tues
day night. However, they predicted
temperatures would start rising
again two or three days later.
Cool Air Masses Small.
A strong southwest air flow was
blamed for the continued heat
which brought four successive days
Of readings over 100 degrees in the
Midwest early this week. The cool
air masses that start down from
Canada have been small and are
carried swiftly eastward.
The only precipitation forecast
was for showers tomorrow or Tues
day in the Northern Great Lakes
region and Minnesota and very
local" showers farther south.
Temperatures remained compare
lively cool in the East and were
near normal in the far West.
A total of 6.06 inches of rain fell
Friday in the Kabetogama Rainy
Lake region east of International
Falls, Mimi, near the Canadian
border.
Desert Cloudburst.
Other Northern Minnesota points
also reported heavy rains, including
Pine Island ranger station, 3.71
inches; Big Falls, 4.65, and Virginia,
269. Windstorms struck the Fergus
Falls and Brainerd, Mimi, areas,
and several small buildings were
wrecked.
A. desert cloudburst struck the
Needles (Calif) area yesterday,
sending embankments cascading
over the Santa Fe's main line and
washing out sections of U. S. High
way 66.
Rail traffic was interrupted, the
Santa Fe announced. A tunnel
mouth on proposed detour sector
was blocked by a slide.
Evening star., 1947-08-10
State Department Publicity
On Marshall Plan Probed

State Department news releases
and other publicity material are
being studied by House subcom-
mittee headed by Representative
Harness, Republican, of Indiana In
an effort to detect any effort to
exert pressure on Congress for legis-
lation to implement the Marshall
plan for European aid.
Frank T. Bow, counsel for the
House Expenditures Subcommittee
charged with investigating propa-
ganda by Federal agencies, disclosed
that Chairman Harness had is
sued special instructions to watch
the State Department.
Mr.. Harness issued the instruc-
tions, Mr.. Bow said, because ad-
ministration supporters have de-
clared that a selling job" was
necessary to win public approval
of the plan.
Mr.. Bow emphasized the group
is not concerned with the merits
of the plan itself but only with
possible attempts to enlist public
support through use of Federal
funds.
Evening star., 1947-08-10

landed at Dow Field, Bangor, q
minutes later to check reception o1
radio signals, he said. MIR. Truman
flew on ana joined Mr.. Evans al
Presque Isle about $50 pm.
Mr.. Evans of 1416 North Arling.
ton street, Arlington, Va, and Tru.
man, 80, of Los Angeles, left Teter.
boro, N. j., shortly after 10 am. to.
day on a trip that will carry then
81 $50 miles around the world in ar
estimated 80 to IS days and 22(
hours In the air.
Flew on instruments.
Mr.. Truman told Capt. Martin
Luther, Presque Isle Army Air Base
operations officer, the trip had beer
pleasant" thus far except for two
hours of instrument flying in Maine
Mr.. Evans said they planned tt
take off about am. tomorrow fol
Goose Bay, Labrador on the next
1900 mile leg of their globe-gird-
ling flight. He said they expected tc
reach England, via Greenland, Ice
land and Prestwick, Scotland Mon
day morning.
The pilots will "chaperone" each
other on the gruelling journey with
only radio contact for company.
Just before they climbed into their
tiny, 10O-horsepower planes, their
wives pinned identical golden shoes
as good luck charms to their jackets
kissed them, and wished them
happy flying"
We'll fly together" said Mr.
Truman, former Army flight in
structor, so that if one O. us goes
down, the other can either radio OF
fly to the nearest stop and report
his position,
MIR. Evans, a former Army Ali
Force captain in the China-India-
Burma theater, observed I'VE hope
that won't be the way things turr
out"
The pilots agreed the toughest
hop would be the 1,657-mile over.
water flight from Nokkaido, Japan
to the tiny island of Attu at thu
tip of the Aleutian chain of islands
The planes carry 100 gallons o1
gasoline in extra tanks, increasing
their range to $500 miles. They
have a normal cruising speed o.
IS miles an hour.
Evening star., 1947-08-10
Housing
Continued From First Page

by mail and that applications woulc
be processed Immediately. The
apartments range in price from S..
$50 for one-bedroom apartment tt
$8,450 for three bedrooms and mem.
bers are required to pay from 10 tt
20 per cent down payments and q
three per cent carrying charge or
the debt.
Comments On Plans.
Commenting on the plans to return
the nine agencies to Washington
Rufus S. Lusk, secretary of the
Building Owners and Managers AS.
sociation, said that he thought the
moves should be postponed because
Of the lack of housing. tits ar
outrage" he said.
During the war Government work
ers in war agencies were given pref
erence in Federally -owned housing
projects but such preferences nc
longer exist.
More than 1000 employees of the
nine agencies have indicated their
reluctance to return to - ellington
and most of these jobs W. oe avail
able, the PBA said.
A Civil Service Commission spokes.
man pointed out that this was not
unusual and added that the same
was true when the agencies left the
city. Those resigning are most ir
the clerical grades, he added.
Available Jobs Listed.
Here is the number of jobs in each
agency PBA found will be available
because Of the apparent unwilling
ness of workers to come here:
Securities and Exchange Commis.
sion, now in Philadelphia, $50; I'm.
migration and Naturalization, alse
in Philadelphia. 1856: Interior De.
partment, which now has four bu.
reaus in Chicago, 220; Bureau o.
Employees Compensation, now In New
York, 100, and the Civil Servic.
Commissions fourth regional office
now in Winston Salem. N. c., 80.
The insurance Office Of the Vet
erans Administration, now in New
York, has not indicated how man,
jobs may be available.
Officials of the agencies involved
said 1t was too early for Washing
tonians to apply for the jobs. The!
said they did not expect to accep
Job applications for several week
when they will know definitely JUS
what positions will be available.
Evening star., 1947-08-10

showers and the crop has been
making UP ground lost this spring
Since the start Of the season corn
has been in trouble, late spring
delayed planting, now the dry earth
is delaying growth, these develop
ments are considered serious by
grain experts because they enhance
the prospect that an early frost will
damage a crop not fully matured.
An Agriculture Department cror
forecast will be issued Monday, how
ever. grain experts said this would
report conditions as of August /, and
crop deterioration has set in since
that date, as of July IS. the depart
ment forecast crop of 2,770, ,93O, ,0O0
bushels against last years record
production of 3,287,927 bushels
Evening star., 1947-08-10
Odom
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Tokyo, estimates the Anchorage
Tokyo distance at approximately
$500 miles.
Weather Bureau reports indicated
Odom could expect to pick up speed
along the Aleutian Island chain be-
cause of favorable tail winds.
On his takoff at Tokyo, Mr.. Odom
predicted he would set a new
arodnd-th world record by "S OF
10 hours"
The big, blond airman and his
converted AIS Bombshell plane
were so hours and % minutes Out
of Chicago and had covered more
than $4,000 miles when he SCARED
off the runway at Sis am. (4:1e
pm, Saturday, EDIT.
There was another 5000 miles tc
go, half of it on the Tokyo-Anchor-
age leg over the Pacific.
Mr.. Odom, q, set out from Chi
cago Thursday Q1:53 pm, EDIT
with the announced intention OF
halving the late Wiley Posts 1888
solo world record of 1876 hours.
However, he remarked during his
one hour and 48 minute stop at
Yakota that he expected to surpass
the record of 78 hours and SIS min
utes which he himself set with a
crew last April in the same plane
as well as Mr., Posts mark.
The previous flight began at New
York, so exact comparisons are i'm
possible. but his elapsed time from
Chicago to Tokyo was only 10 min
utes more than the time from New
York to Tokyo, giving him an ac-
tual advantage of several hours
since he has less mileage still to
cover.
Mr.. Odom saved time by short
ground stops and by flying direct
from Calcutta to Tokyo, skipping the
Shanghai stop of the previous flight
At Tokyo he appeared more tense
than tired, but said, I'm getting
pretty sleepy"
He added that he intended to
start taking stay-awake drugs on the
Pacific hop. He does not smoke.
Striding about in a long peaked
flyers cap and gray business suit
adorned with a French medal fol
endurance, presented during his
Paris stop, Mr.. Odom supervised the
installation of batteries and radio
parts which he had ordered in ad-
vance.
He ate a light breakfast of
scrambled eggs and coffee, saying
he was not hungry.
offered shower facilities, Mr.
Odom declined, remarking with
smile. II haven't been away from
home long enough to get dirty"
While the plane was taking aboare
1875 gallons of gasoline and q
gallons of oil, he took a brief mar
on wing.
Evening star., 1947-08-10
Cub Pilots Plan to Hop Of
For Labrador Tomorrow

PRESQUE ISLE, Me-, Aug. 9 CP).
The first leg of a round the world
flight in two Cub planes was COM
pleted here tonight when former
Army pilots Clifford v. Evans, 26,
and George Truman, 80. made un-
scheduled overnight halts to gather
weather data.
Separated by clouds, Mr.. Evans
landed at 4 pm. and Mr.. Truman
Evening star., 1947-08-10
New Firehouse Dedicated
At Woodland Beach

The woodland Beach MD VOL
unteer Fire Department yesterday
dedicated its new firehouse with
appropriate opening day ceremonies
at the Anne Arundel County sum-
mer resort.
The new structure Is located on
County road, q half-mile east OF
Mayo road.
Evening star., 1947-08-10

except for service in the Navy dur
ing the war. He had been with
American Airlines for seven years,
holding the position of Washington
convention manager and Congress
sional sales representative.
He came to Washington from
Upper Montclair, N. ]. In his new
position with the trade board he
will assist Clarence Arata, manager
of the Greater National Capital
Committee. Mr.. MARITIME lives at
2802 South Columbus street, Arling-
ton.
Evening star., 1947-08-10

So1lA1ll4VO va
the Washington
Board of Trade,
1t was an
nounced today
by Joseph c. Nc
Garraghy. chair
man of the
committee.
Mr.. MARITIME
who was gradu-
at e d from
Georgetown Uni
versity School of
Foreign Service
in 1910, has lived
in Washington
~s-1. %I,a% %iy,1n
Evening star., 1947-08-10

Payments on your home are
made easy by renting a room.
Renting a room Is made easy
by advertising in The Star.
Call National 5000. Open 8
am. to 9 pm.
Evening star., 1947-08-10
Stores Rution Wine

Wine and brandies are so scarce
in johannesburg, South Africa, that
bottle stores are rationing them pri-
vately. but strictly, among their
customers.
Evening star., 1947-08-10
Trade Board Appoints
Marine 10 Boost CAPITAL

Reginald MARITIME, jr, formerly
with American Airlines here, has
been appointed assistant manager
of the Greater National Capita
Evening star., 1947-08-10
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Evening star., 1947-08-06

dnsoIst, Dan Carson, exposes a gang Of crooked
carnival operators with the aid Of Nurse
Susan Read, played by Lynn Bari.
M, iE3o-A fantasy based on the U. Ms
international aniidisssss campaign.
Evening star., 1947-08-06

on the AIR TONIGHT.
WMAL, o:00-InteNisw with survivors oi
ths Hiroshima atom bombing Ns feature oi
this special broadcast marking The second ami
versary Of the event.
WRc, 9:00-EiheI Waters and Alec Temple
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-02
Grandparents
Kept Guessing
By 7-Year-OId

Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Lowe, 624
Ashe street, were called up on
long distance telephone yester-
day afternoon by their seven
year-old grandson, in Clanton,
Ala, and asked to guess what he
had as a New Years present for
them.
After Mr.. Lowe made a dozen
wrong guesses, Mrs. Lowe took
a turn at guessing, but she, too,
was unsuccessful. Then the
grandson doomed:
Its a girl"
Mr.. and Mrs. loves son and
daughter-in-laW, Mr.. and Mrs.
MAYNARD V. Lowe, are in Clanton
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Cleve Powell. And the New
Years present" born to the
Maynard Loves. Mrs. Victor
Lowe said, was just what she
wanted-a girl, for her other two
grandchildren are boys.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-02
Scots Housing
Includes MOrtuary

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a
proposed seven-story block of
working class apartments is
constructed in Edinburgh one of
its accommodations will include
a community mortuary.
When some members of the
Edinburgh public health COM
mittee opposed the unusual sug-
geStion, a Labor member re-
minded them that the arrange
ment was suggested for working
class" homes.
eve have not the accommoda-
ton to keep a body in our houses
and we have not the money to
pay an undertaken to keep it,"
he said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-02
QUICK WORK

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Within
twenty-four hours, Mrs. Ethel
Wadler, 81, became mother
and a grandmother. Just 231a
hours before Mrs. WadIer's z
pound daughter was born, an
other daughter, Mrs. Edith Hood
Is, became the mother of q
daughter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-02
Boy To Hilenskis

Lieutenant and Mrs. F. A. Hi
lenski, 62612 William Street, an
nounce the birth of a son at 1910
pm. yesterday in the us. Naval
Hospital. The new arrival weigh
ed seven pounds, 10 ounces. He
has been named Ferdinand Alex
Hilenski ii.
Mrs. Hilenski is the former
Louise May Norbery of Salem
Mass, and served as lieutenant
in the WAVES.
Lieutenant Hilenski is on the
staff of the Sixteenth Fleet Flor
ida group.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-02

Son To J. r. AlburYs

MIR. and Mrs. John r. Albury
announced today the birth of a
son on New Years Eve in their
home at 1910 Olivia street.
The newcomer weighed IL
pounds, and has been named
John Richard, Jr.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-02
Long Arm

Jobyna: Last night Jim tried
to put his arm around me three
times.
Tatiana: Some arm, l say!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-02

There were seven famines per
century in England between 1900
and 1900
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-02

About 23,254,000,000 pounds of
sausage are consumed in the
United States annually.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-01-02

Modern trolley coaches made
their first appearance in the
United States in 1928.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-25
RESIGNATION OF
 JOHN D. BISHOP IS ANNOUNCED TODAY
Has for Past 8 Years Been with B, M. Behrends Co.
 -Going 10 Seattle

v The resignation of John Doyle Bishop, who Tor the past eight years has been General Merchan- disc Manager of the B. M. Ben rends Company's Department store, is announced today by J. F. Mullen President of the B. M. Behrends Company.
 MT. Bishop pIans to leave shortly after April to become a part own CT in Helen Igoe, Incorporated, of Seattle The Helen Igoe Shop, es- tablished thirty-eight years ago by Miss Helen Igoe is one of Seattle's oldest speciality shops, in the exclu- sive retailing of ladies ready-to- wear
 MT. Mullen states that Mir. Bish- ops services will be retained as res ident west coast and eastern buyer for The Behrends Company and the fine lines which have been in troduced during the past years will all be retained.
 No success sor to MT. Bishop IS announced for the present and the various Department heads now with B. M. Behrends Company will have charge of the merchandising in their departments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-25
MESSAGE IS MADE PUBLIC,
 WHITE HOUSE
Is Significant Because of Proposal 10 Help
 Greece, Turkey

WASHINGTON, March 25.-tR- President Truman said today that the United States, in all it's acts, seeks to add strength to the Unit ed Nations and to give effect to the principles and purposes of the United Nations charter
 MT. Truman made the statement in a message to Trygve Lie, Secre- tary General of the LIN on the anniversary of the international or ganization's first meeting in the United States. It took on more than routine significance, however, be- cause of his proposal to help Greece and Turkey resist Com munist aggression
 Only a few hours before the White House made the message public, Warren Austin, American representative to LIN, announced after a conference with MT Tru- man that he will make a statement to the LIN Security Council Friday on the Greek and Turkish situa- tions
 Leaving the Presidents office the former Republican Senator told reporters:
 T am going to make a statement in the first meeting that the Se- curity Council holds after my re- turn to New York.
 T can only say that it will deal thoroughly with the item in our Security Council business which re- lates to disturbances on the north ern border of Greece
 Austin nodded affirmatively when asked whether he would include the Turkish problem.
 One of the key issues which has developed in Congress over Presi- dent Truman's proposal for $400,- 000000 in aid to Greece and Tur- key is whether such action would in effect bypass the United Ma tions.
 Senators Pepper CD-Fla) and Taylor (D-Idahol, who contend it would, proposed today an alternate plan for aid to Greece through the United Nations.