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Evening star., 1947-02-28

by q Federal Bureau Of Investiga-
ton handwriting expert. Charles A.
Appel, 1888 Stevenson place NV.
The papers examined included hand
writing on original kilograms, hotel
registers, loan application said to
have been made by Col. Durant. and
other papers.
The defense for the 38-year -old
former Interior Department attorney
is seeking to show there was no
stable market for gems In Germany
other than uncertain barter values
at the time the hidden treasure trove
disappeared from Kronberg Castle In
November Of 1915, and is demanding
an estimate Of the value of the gems
on this basis.
The prosecution, however, has
succeeded in getting into the record
the domestic retail estimates of the
local expert, Bernard Burnstine, 64o7
Connecticut avenue, Chevy Chase,
Md, a jeweler with 26 years expert
ence, whose store is Az 919 F street
NV.
Pearls Valued at $50, ZOO.
There was an audible gasp from
women spectators, which trailed of
into wistful sigh, when prosecution
counsel picked up a cleaning rope
Of pearls from the array OF jewelry
in evidence, held it before the wit
ness and asked for his. appraisal.
The reply was $4,000
Prosecution counsel explained Mr..
Burnstine had been asked to dis
regard the historic" value of the
jewelry and other royal heirlooms
in stating the retail estimates. Thus
the gold-incrusted, hand decorated
Bible willed to Queen Victoria by
her father and left by the Queen
to a granddaughter in the Hesse
family was appraised at mere $780,
Mr.. Burnstine stated he made his
estimate on the gold-f1lled cover and
intricate handwork while disregard
ing the historic worth of the volume
A gold-clasped, hand painted prayer
book bearing signatures of British
and German royalty of the Vic
torian era was estimated to be
worth $3.50 on the same basis.
The jeweler testified he did not
feel qualified to place a value on a
volume of royal autographs which
began with the signature and coat
of-arms of Queen Elizabeth of Eng
land.
The expert appraised at $4,000 a
diamond solitaire which a Washing
ton automobile dealer had testified
he bought from Col. Durant for
about $500 at the time he sold the
colonel a new car here last spring.
The dealer said he received check
from Col. Durant covering the full
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Bolivia Urgently Seeks
Amphibious Plane Aid

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Feb. % R-
Bolivian diplomats in other Ameri-
can republics were under urgent in
structions today to seek immediate
aid in the rescue of inhabitants of
Trinidad
The town of Trinidad is vanish
ing and all its inhabitants will perish
If they can't get help" said a
Foreign Ministry note asking foreign
governments late yesterday to send
amphibious planes to the capital of
Beni Department on the northern
frontier.
IF the evacuation does not start
tomorrow 1900 children will drown,
said a message yesterday from
Heraclio Melgrar, prefect of Trinidad
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Cricket's Grand Old Man
Dies al 98 in Scotland

LONDON, Feb. 28.-The MacKin-
non of MacKinllon, 35th chief OF
the Clan MacKinnon and known
throughout the world as the grand
old man" of cricket, died yesterday
at his home in Forres, Morayshire
Scotland. He was SO. r
Born Fraser Alexander MacKin-
non, the clan chief was England's
oldest international cricket test
match veteran and No. l member
ruler of world cricket. He won his
blue equivalent to an American uni
versity letter. in cricket at Cam
bridge and played for England in
a test match against Australia in
1878.
His son, Comdr. Arthur A. Mac
Kinnon of MacKinnon, SO, is the
new clan chief
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Marshall Urges British
To Speed Palestine Action

The State Department said yes.
terday that Secretary Marshall sug.
gested to the British 10 days agt
that efforts be made to have tht
United Nations act on the Palestine
issue without waiting until nexi
September.
Press Officer Lincoln White sale
this was the Qualification" Gen
Marshall asked when he was for
mally notified February II of For.
eign Minister Bevin's decision te
submit the issue to the United
Nations.
A British note on Palestine was
delivered to the Secretary on that
date by British Minister j. Ba1four.
The U. N. Assembly's next sched-
uled meeting is in September. Mr.
White said Gen. Marshall suggested
specifically that the British govern
ment explore the possibility of SUBJ
mitting the issue without waiting
until then.
Trygve Lie, u. N. Secretary Gen.
eral, said here yesterday a special
session of the Assembly could be
called by a majority of the member
nations. He conferred briefly with
Gen. Marshall, but told reporters
Palestine was not mentioned.
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Optimism Expressed
'By Wife Of Flyer

Search was resumed in Alaska
today for a B-29 Super Fortress
missing since Monday, while in
Washington the wife of one of the
13 crewmen reported aboard ex-
pressed confidence her husband will
be found safe.
Improving weather conditions per-
mitted a resumption of the search
after heavy fog grounded the
hunting planes yesterday.
Awaiting anxiously the results o1
the search, but with professed con.
fidence, is Mrs. Jean Riddle, %
wife of 1st 1t. Paul E. Riddle, %
of 1907 Rittenhouse street NV.
one of the missing crew members.
Planes Search Area.
The Associated Press said planes
from Fairbanks, Elmendorf Field
and the Aleutian Peninsula were
participating in a search which cen.
ters in the Bruin Pass area. nea1
the point where the Aleutian PENN
sula joins the Alaskan mainland.
The last word from the plane
Monday, then flying near Bruir
Pass, gave no indication of trouble
Brig. Gen. Joseph Atkinson of the
Alaskan Air Command said the
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Carrier Philippine Sea
Reaches Quonsef Point

QUONSET POINT, r. l., Feb. "a
I(P.-With 10000 nautical miles be-
hind her, the .Navy's huge aircraft
carrier, Philippine Sea, lay at anchor
here today, her dramatic part in
Operation High Jump" to the
antarctic completed.
High point Of the carriers arrival
were tales by@a doctor and seamen
OF the courage Of 1t. q. g. Ralph
p Lehlancg26, Of st. Martisville,
La, whose legs were amputated be-
low the knees after his Martin
Mariner crashed on a lonely Arctic
ledge.
1t. Leblanc, despite the ampusa-
ton and burns, smiled bravely for
newsnen and photographers and
told the story of 10 narrowing days
on barren ice pack at the bottom
Of the world"
1t. Leblanc was pilot of the air.
craft that crashed killing three men
and NARROWING six others.
Evening star., 1947-02-28
oPA price of.the ear at the time oi

OPA price of.the ear at the time Of
the transaction.
For several hours yesterday, Mr..
Burnstine placed his values on q
list OF some Its items shown him
from the recovered loot. The items
ranged from loose diamonds, in one
case weighing 282 carats valued at
$42 ,450, to trinkets like a Nal pin,
which the witness rated as worthless.
The expert rated four items of
loose diamonds as having a retail
value of some $127,0O0, and his ap-
praisal Of the unset emeralds in the
looted collection was $15O,00 or less
than half that of previous witness,
an appraiser for the United States
Customs at Chicago.
Mr.. Burnstine said ball of gold
wire recovered from the underbrush
on lot in Falls Church, Va, was
worth from $188 to $227.
While the great bulk of gems and
pearls were genuine, Mr.. Burnstine
testified, the loot included a few
pieces which contained synthetic
stones or culture pearls.
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Trinidad Boys Club Gets
$500 From Touchdowner

The Touchdown Club today will
present $500 check to the drive
to keep the Trinidad Boys Club in
operation for another few months.
Touchdown President Hugh p.
Flynn said he would make the pre-
sentation at noon to Fred E. Nalley,
jr., founder and director of the 200
memeber boys club. Police 1t. VIII
liam Murphy of the Juvenile Bureau
will accompany MIR, Nalley to get
the check.
Mr. Nalley said the $500 will bring
the club to within $615 of its $4,000
drive for funds. Principal need now
Is to get enough money for major
repairs on the club building, located
at 1119 Wylie stree. NE.
The director said club expenses
total about $500 a month, but that
with $4,000 to supplement funds al
ready on hand, the 200 Northeast
youngsters will be able to have q
clubat least until Septe...oer.
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Haifa Bomb ExpIodes
After Refugee Ship
Is Seized by British
By The As.oeioted Pres,

JERUSALEM, Feb. 28.-Re-
liable reports from Haifa said
two soldiers and five civilians
were injured in bomb explosion
there today, a few hours after
an intercepted refugee ship with
1850 unauthorized immigrants
aboard was escorted into Pales-
tine waters off Haifa.
An American consular officer, In
Haifa to investigate reports that the
ship was carrying an American cap
tain and crew, said the second floor
of Barclays Bank was blasted by
the bomb.
Other reports said the explosion
was caused by a mine placed in Of
fees of the Haifa Shipping Co., on
| the third floor of the Barclay Build
ing. These reports said the ship
ping company Offices were damaged,
but the bank itself was unscathed.
The immigrant steamer, the Hahn
Arlosoroff, was hard aground, mean
while, off Cape Carmel, in sight of
Haifa port. Dispatches from Haifa
said the port citys population was
at fever pitch.
Crowds were gathering in the
city's Herzl street and were being
harangued by impromptu speakers
to march on the suburb of Rama
Gan, where at least IL of the pas
sengers who had leaped from the
ship were known to have attempted
to swim ashore.
Water Front Is Cleared.
British authorities Immediately
cleared the Haifa waterfront of
civilians in preparation for deporta-
ton of the refugees, but this move
was blocked temporarily by a re-
straining order which the Jewish
Community Council obtained from
the Palestine high court.
Sir William Fitzgerald, presiding
justict of the court, directed Pales-
tine authorities to show cause Tues
day why the deportation should be
carried out.
AAO AOAu6CS oAAiP Woo ACPOA NO "
have played a 12-hour game of tag
with two British destroyers before
she was brought to Haifa. A public
information officer said the vessel
was intercepted at IL pm. yesterday
apparently en- route to Tel Aviv, but
later changed her course and sig
nailed watching British ships that
she was bound for Alexandria with
an American captain and crew.
Unofficial and unconfirmed re-
ports said those aboard the refugee
ship had exchanged shots with the
destroyers during the chase and
that British seaman was wounded.
In London, Rabbi Barnett r.
Brickner of Cleveland, at news
conference for the United Pales-
tine Appeal on behalf of Jewish
resettlement. said yesterday "the
Mediterranean will be crowded
Evening star., 1947-02-28
ArIingtonion, Byrd Scientist,
Narrowly IyEscopes Crash Death
Navy Piune Lands
On Snowstrip With
One Engine Dead

An Arlington (Va.) geophys-
icist with the Interior Depart
ment narrowly escaped disaster
in a scientific flight last Saturday
over south polar regions, an As
socitaed Press dispatch from the
U. S. S. Mount Olympus disclosed
today.
He is DR.. James r. Balsley, 80, of
3095 Woodrow street, an employe Of
the departments geological survey
since June, 1910.
The Navy plane. a twin-engine
transport, in which he was testing
magnetometer, made hazardous
landing at Little America after one
of its engines died.
The incident occurred in the last
of four flights that definitely proved
the worth of an airborne magnetic
meter. The instrument indicates
types of rock being flown over and
can check the approximate location
of coastlines aud islands underneath
a shelf of ice.
Mr.. Balsley's wife and 18-month-
old son are staying at Norwood.
Mass, pending his return home from
the Byrd expedition.
Mr.. Balsley was working in the
planes cargo compartment with the
intricate instrument which scrawls
an ink graph record on rollpaper,
when he looked out the window in
time to see the starboard engine
of the plane squirt flames and smoke
At $4,000 Feet.
"Then things began to get rough" !"
Mr.. Balsley said.
When the engine cut out, we
were at $4,000 feet headed east from
Little America toward Edward VII
Peninsula. The pilots had trouble
feathering the propeller and the
plane commander ordered some of
the cargo thrown out to tighten the
load since we were losing altitude" I"
Three big aerial cameras and
much of the food and other survival
equipment which the exploratory
planes carried for emergencies was
dumped out the hatch.
But not the magnetometer. The
big instrument, which weighs over
200 pounds, remained in the plane.
Veered for Landing.
Those waiting at the Little Amer
lea snowstrip saw the plane appear
low on the horizon and veer for
landing which must be perfect on
the first attempt. With one engine
dead and a heavy load of gasoline
aboard. there would not be enough
power in the other engine to lift the
plane for another try.
But the pilot. Marine 1st 1t. Edgar
Pitman of Seattle, landed smoothly.
Mr.. Balsley reported to Rear Ad-
miral Richard H. Cruzen, task force
commander, who had just arrived
at the base on the U. s. S. Burton
Island, what had happened.
That's all, no more flights" Ad-
miral Cruzen decided. The next
day the expedition evacuated Little
y,,o orico
Evening star., 1947-02-28
DR.. Helen MacGiII Dies;
Canadian Judge Author
By the Asseeietsd Pres. I I.


CHICAGO, Feb. 28.-Dr. Helen
Gregory MacGill, rs, for many
years Canada's only woman judge
and formerly newspaper corre-
spondent, columnist and author.
died yesterday in the home Of her
daughter, DR.. Helen MacGill
Hughes. s~.. .@te-
Until her retirement two years
ago, DR.. MacGill.had been judge Of
the Juvenile Court of Vancouver,
British Columbia, for % years. She
was a member of Canada's first
Minimum Wage Board and also was
a member of the International
Councils of Women and the Inter
national Association of Juvenile
Court Judges.
Survivors include DR.. Hughes, wife
of Prof. E. c. Hughes Of the Uni
versity of Chicago, and Mrs. Elsie
MacGill Souisby of Toronto.
Private services were to be held
here today.
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Hecht Building Workers
Reject AFL as Neqotiator

Building service workers of the
Hecht Co. yesterday voted against
having Local 80, Building Service
Employees Union (AFD, represent
them in contract negotiations.
The union Immediately announced
a protest, charging intimidation and
undue influence, would be filed with
the National Labor Relations Board.
The workers, including porters,
maids, elevator operators and start
ers and others engaged in service
duties, voted ia to 43 against the
union.
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Mognetometer vulue
For Antarctic
Survey Is Proved
By Thomos R. Henry
sior ssoff Correspondent

WITH THE ANTARCTIC Ex-
petition, Feb. 28.-Using one
of the Nays wartime secret
weapons developed to detect
submerged submarines, DR.. James
R. Balsley of the Geological Sur
vey made four flights and de-
termined the land contours and
kinds of rock underlying 500 feet
Of parts of the great Antarctic
ice cap.
The flights demonstrate that an
airborne magnetometer which can
make such determinations over
large areas as fast as plane can
fly is revolutionary instrument for
future exploration. These observa-
tions are possible otherwise only
with artificial earthquake waves
The results are more precise but the
method slow and laborious and can
be used at only one spot at the time.
The new instrument records auto
matically what lies under the ice
and at the same time keeps an ex-
act record of the planes position
The magnetometer measures from
the air minute variations in the in
tensity of the erath's magnetic field,
such as would be due to the pres
ence Of such large mass of metal
as a submarine,
Among DR.. Balsley's accomplish
ments is the demonstration of the
certain existence of debated Roose-
welt Island under the Ross ice shelf
and of Twin Island slightly to the
south. Both others are unobserv-
able because they are buried COM
pletely under 500 feet of ice.
Records also showed islands COM
posed of granite-like rock. At the
same time it was demonstrated
another large island nearby either
is noexistent or composed of sedi-
mentary rocks.
In flights over the Rockefeller
Mountains, DR.. Balsley demon
strated that these are all primarily
granite while lofty Mount La Gorce,
named for John Oliver La Gorce,
vice president of the National
Geographic Society, rs miles to the
east, is composed almost entirely Of
sedimentary rocks.
To eliminate the magnetic effect
Of the plane itself, the detector was
housed In bomb shaped case
known as a bird" which is towed
behind and beneath the plane on a
cable 100 feet long. It's great value,
DR.. Balsley said, is that the utility
of the instrument for large scale
rapid exploration was thoroughly
demonstrated
Evening star., 1947-02-28

with these comm ships as soon
as the weather rloderates q
nttle.s)
Arab Reaction Sought.
Meanwhile, an Arab source re-
ported that Britain, ruling the Holy
Land by q 1928 League Of Nations
mandate, had asked her Palestine
officials to find out how the Arabs
would react If Britain told the
United Nations she was willing te
withdraw from the Holy Lard.
At the same time a spokesman
for the Jewish Agency said "in-
ternal discussions as to what the
Jewish Agency should do next or
the problem would begin with the
scheduled arrival from London to-
day of David Bent Gurion, chair
man of the Agency Executive.
Evening star., 1947-02-28

Americans will earn more than
S167 coo, ,000, 900 this year. That Is
S20,000.0 100000 more than enough to
buy all consumer goods that can BE-
manufactured now. These excess
earnings should be laid aside in saw
ings for the time when they will be
needed by consumers and producers.
Put as much as you can In United
States Savings Bonds.
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Durunt
Continued From First Page.

was taken under advisement by the
court martial board. Meanwhile, 1t
was suggested that Maj. Robinson
get in direct communication with
DR.. Smead.
Comparative handwriting samples
of Col. Durant on various documents
in evidence in possession of prose-
cution council were discussed today
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Bolivia
Continued From First Page.)

CONTINUED From First Page)
goner, Charleston, w. Va; Charles
j. zoet, Grand Rapids, Mich. and
Victor L. Wojtkowski, Milwaukee
Wis.
United States Army headquarters
In Panama dispatched C-54 trans
port plane for La Paz yesterday with
life RATS and life vests to be dropped
in the food zone.
Evening star., 1947-02-28
crew carried emergency rations for
about 10 days.
MRS. Riddle Native nf n q

CICW caIIlcu emergency IdtlOIlS lOf
about 10 days.
Mrs. Riddle Native Of d. C.
Mrs. Riddle, native Of Washing
ton and graduate of Coolidge High
School, was married to 1t. Riddle
In Alexandria In 1943. The coupla
have two children, Jeanette, 8, and
Joyce, 2.
Mrs. Riddle and Jeannette are
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry E. Darr, at the Rittenhouse
street address. Mr.. Darr is a retired
Marine Corps captain. Joyce is
with 1t. Riddles mother in Platt-
vile. Wis.
1t. Riddle is native of Wiscon-
sin and attended school in Platt-
vile. He entered the Army at 10
and holds the Air Medal and Dis
tinguished Flying Cross for service
in the China Burma India theater
during World War II. He was
radar navigator during the war.
Evening star., 1947-02-09
A Short Short Story

A Short Short Story
THoR weeks now, Cliff Bordy had been unable to
IL make sense with his typewriter. The studio was
begging for shooting long overdue threaten
ing. weeping, cursing But he just couldn't write; in
fact, he couldn't think, he couldn't Sleep he couldn't
even drink and enjoy it He hadn't shaved for almost
week. Midge had used to make him shave each
night before they went to bed. The razor" she'd
say lis womans best friend"
After night of mental torment, Cliff sat down
before his typewriter and began to peck with four
fingers.
MY beloved Midge-
It's hell being married to another mans
wife. >"
He stopped, rested his forehead against the heel
of his hand.
He could hear Midge saying, Darling what an
intriguing opening line for storyr That's what
she'd say if he'd written the line for some fctona
chore. She always said the right thing to make his
ego purr. He could see her merry azure eyes dancing
Quick, honey. what's the plot? My gooses have got
bumps How can man be married to another mans
wife? Unless it's case of bgamy"
Evening star., 1947-02-09

wy smile twisted around the corner of his full
young mouth, digging furrow in the sandpaper
stubble on his cheek. .
Bigamy? Yes, in a way, it was a mild case of
bigamy. Nudge was married by law and by God to
middlng young writer by the name of Cliff Bordy;
but to a million radio fans who listened to
Nudge and Bill, from to $50 Central Standard
Time. every Wednesday night she was the delightful
and unpredictable wife of an engaging and harrassed
young insurance agent by the name of Bill Crimes
Just try and make the listeners believe that she was
not truly married to Bill Grimes. Might as we'll try
to convince people that Fibber MCGEE didn't really
have topsy- -turvy closet Even the nickname Midge,
that Cliff had given to her. had been lched by the
show, and now even that didn't belong to him alone
MDGE and Bill They we're to million sentimental
housewives what Snatra is to the bobby-soxers And
they were doing all right by Fluffy Tub soap chips too
Judging from how little Cliff saw of his wife. and
how often she with Bill off the air as we'll as on,
Cliff was beginning to wonder if perhaps the fans
weren't more right than they knew.
Cliff and Mdge had beautiful rambling rancho
Evening star., 1947-02-18
Note on the MunteI

On the end of my stick hangs red
cotton bundle;
Long, too long, I'Ue been ptlldge boundi
I must be going 1ohtle still can trundle,
AND see to my business the blue tDorld
around.
Is Erin still soft and easy in her pays,
And London smokily, sUankily gltn1-
n1ering?
The Seven Seas green, and purple in the
And the loueless snoa0 fields SHIN
n1ering?
must get from Yussut In the rock
ringing mountains
A naoon-cnrDed scinttrr for my sons
son;
I must tell the aoon1an In Benares of the
fountains
IT'S time to tOeaDe peI from the SILK
she has spun.
(Lotuses 0iH border It. threaded on q
A length to wrap maiden folds In my
fstv
In a painted temple to the groantng OF
gong
Moue the naked rhythn1s OF the snake.
armed dancer:
And, doing By his lily pool In old Hong
Kong,
A uise man knops my qtesttons
GnS1Der.
SHppertng about the honse-srtnts. !
had forgotten
That all a man needs g red square OF
cottoni KATE BRACKETT.