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Evening star., 1947-09-28
Living Costs Force
More Policy Holders
To Cash Insurance
By George Tucker
Associoted Press StaH Writer.


NEW YORK, Sept. 27-Ameri-
cans surrendered life insurance poll
cies for cash at faster rate in
July and August than at any time
since the war, but the ratio OF
eash-ins was still far below the
prewar normal.
The furry OF lapses occurred
where the large amounts Of in
surance were written for high in
come war workers during the period
OF hostilties, q representative Of
the Institute OF Life Insurance ex-
planned.
'Nagged by rising living costs, and
with incomes reduced. some eX-
war workers find the extra pre-
miums too burdensome, he said.
Personal Debt Increases.
The conditions which have forced
borrowing to go up, savings accounts
10 lag and the country's total per-
sonal debt to increase more than
$4,000, 100000 since January ! to a
total of $45,0O0,0 100000 have forced
many holders of ordinary life poll
cies to surrender for cash. A need
for cash for reconversion, personal
debts, and repairs on cars and
homes were among reasons cited
for lapses in personal insurance.
Also. many people bought insur-
ance during the war for a special
purpose, and now feel that the need
has passed.
Figures obtained from the insti-
tute disclosed that the ratio or turn
ms by men was far higher than
among women.
"A man, with greater freedom
Of movement. feels that he can re-
new hi sinsurapce or purchase new
coverage. Most women owning
policies are widows, housewives or
Office workers with responsibilities
and they cling to their insurance
investments more tenaciously," a
spokesman said.
Remains Far Below 1910.
Even SO, the current ratio of sur
renders to the number of policies in
force is far under the mean for the
prewar years.
Only 2 per cent of policyholders
liquldated in 1945, and total pay
ments to these amounted to less
than quarter of a billion dollars.
In 1916 the amount paid out climbed
to half billion and is expected to
be no more than fractionally higher
in l947. The amount paid out in
the prewar year of 1910 was $780,
100000. or about per cent.
In the bottom depression year of
1882 cash-ins totaled II per cent.
Evening star., 1947-09-28
Budget
Continued From First Page.

might serve community as well as
a military need, since Washington's
airport facilities already are con-
sidered inadequate.
Col. Nevitt said he did not see
any prospect that the Guard could
move it's air units to another Army
field or to one of the small COM
mercial fields in the area.
Our planes need 7,000-foot
runway, and 1 don't know of any
commercial fields around Washing
ton which have runways of that
length" Col. hewitt said, adding:
"As we understand it, the Army
has no intention of developing fur
ther airfelds near Washington"
Has About so Planes.
At Andrews Field, the Guard now
has about so planes, including
fighter, transport and liaison craft.
At full strength, the air units there
would be manned by approximately
300 officers and men.
Notice has been given that Army
activity" at Andrews Field will re-
quire removal of D. C. National
Guard units, equipment and activ-
ity sometime subsequent to January
/, 1948," Gen. Cox wrote.
The Guard and the District gov
eminent long have been at odds
over their financial relationships.
The airport money, Gen. CoXs esti-
mate states explicitly, is Ito be eX-
pended under the direction of the
commanding general
This same language is used as the
Guard seeks the 1897, ,037 for operat-
ing and maintaining the new 81,
100000 Armory, its Andrews Field
facilities, its target range and Stor-
age area at the Districts Fort Simms
and it Main avenue armory and
boat dock The latter are now used
by the Sea Scouts and the Civil Air
Patrol.
Attention on ArmOry.
Attention at the District Building
will focus naturally on requests in
volving the armory. Ultimate jur-
isdiction over this building has been
the crucial question in disputes be-
tween the Commissioners and Gen.
Cox. The Federal Government built
it but the District maintains it.
Gen. Cox plans to rent out the
building for military purposes
when the Guard is not using it, and
as yet there has been no agreement
as to who should get the proceeds
The Guard asks $133,147 for the
salaries of 80 new permanent en-
ployes. Twenty eight of them would
be operation and maintenance work
ers at the armory. An additional
S92,970 is sought for equipment
The latter item includes $35 900
worth of steel guard doors and Sc
curity" window screens at the ar
mory and 1000 for 10000 seats
for spectators in that buildings
arena.
Evening star., 1947-09-28
Fleming Urges Support
For Fire Prevention

Federal Works Administrator
Philip B. Fleming last night urged
that the public support Fire Pre-
vention Week, october sill, mot
just one week in the year but every
week"
Gen. Fleming is general chairman
of the Presidents Conference on
Fire Prevention. Last year, he said,
more than 10000 people lost their
lives in fires. Property damage was
about $500 100000.
Evening star., 1947-09-28

includes: Hiland Batcheller, presi-
dent, Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp;
Robert Earle Buchanan, dean,
Graduate College, Iowa State Col
lege: w. Randolph Burgess, vice
chairman, National City Bank of
New York; James B. Carey, secre-
tary-treasurer, CIO; John L..
Collyer, president, B. F. Goodrich
Co.; Granville Conway, president,
Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc;
Melville F. Coolbaugh, Golden, Colo. !;
Chester c. Davis, president, Federal
Reserve Bank of st. Louis; R. r.
Deupree, president, Proctor & Gam
Bile Co.; Paul G. Hoffman, president,
Studebaker Corp; Calvin B. Hoover,
dean, Graduate School, Duke Uni
versity; Robert Koenig, president,
Ayrshire Collieries Co.; former Sen
ator Robert M. La Toilette, jr.: Ed
ward S. Mason, dean, School of
Public Administration, Harvard Uni
versity; George Meany, secretary
treasurer, American Federation of
Labor; Harold G. Moulton, presi-
dent, Brookings Institution; William
1. Myers, dean, College of Agricul-
ture, Cornell University; Robert
Gordon Sproul, president, Univer-
sity of California, and Owen D.
Young, honorary chairman of the
General Electric Co.
Evening star., 1947-09-28
Swedish Consulate
In Jerusalem Bombed
Nv fbe ASxoe;otad Pres.

BT fNe NsyoSIuTed FTeyB
JERUSALEM, Sept. PA bomb
damaged a doorway OF the Swedish
Consulate tonight. A 25-minute gen.
eral alarm was sounded as armored
cars rushed to the scene.
The United Nations Special Com
mittee On Palestine is headed by
Justice Emil Sandstroem of Sweden.
Evening star., 1947-09-28
Luckmon, Head of Food Board,
Faces Biggest SoIesmonship Job
Soop Executive, SO,
Hos Spectacular
Business Record

A 38-year-old. soft-spoken busi-
neSSman who heads the Nations
second largest soap company at a
salary reputed to be 100000 a year
will begin in Washington this week
the biggest salesmanship job OF his
life.
The man Is Charles Luckman.
blue-eyed and sandy-haired head
of Lever Brothers, the American
part OF a worldwide soap and al
lied products concern.
Mr.. Luckman was appointed by
President Truman last week to head
the new Citizens Food Committee
made up of 26 business, labor and
public affairs leaders who will meet
with the President Wednesday toI
plan a Nationwide campaign to-
conserve food at home and thus
make more available for shipment
, abroad.
Has Little Washington Experience.
Unlike many of those who will
serve on the committee, Mr.. Luck
man has had little previous Wash
ington experience. He is currently
a member of the Presidents Com
mittee on Civil Rights. His name
was suggested by the Cabinet Food
Committee, composed of Secretary
of Agriculture Anderson, Secretary
of State Marshall and Secretary of
Commerce Hartman, and Mr. Tru-
man agreed he was the man for the
new job.
Mr. Luckman is equipped, if any
man is, for the super-Sales job gen.
orally conceded to be necessary to-
get all Americans, in this year of
greatest domestic prosperity, into
the mood to alter their buying hab-
its so that more grain - chiefly
wheat - will be left to send to a
starving world overseas.
Born in Kansas City in a family
of moderate means, Mr.. Luckman
sold newspapers as boy, graduated
with top honors from his high school
class at Is Che was voted most-like-
ly-to-succeed), studied to be an
architect but gave it up when he
got married to take a temporary
job with a soap company, now swal-
lowed up in the Lever empire.
That was in the depression year
OF 1881 and the job paid $125 a.
month. 1t required selling soap in
Chicago's South Side. He did it
easily and by the time he was "a
he was manager of the company's
State Office in Wisconsin,.
Was Head of Pepsodent.
His selling results were so spec
tacular that Mr.. Luckman soon was
climbing the ladder, reaching the
presidency of Pepsodent Co. in 1943. |
His salary was around 100000 a
year by then. One of his moves in |
boosting the company's sales was to
hire Bob Hope to do it on the radio.
They-and Bing Crosby-are good
personal friends today.
In 1914 Lever Brothers the British
soap firm. bought the Pepsodenl Co !
and Lever got Mr.. Luckman with
the deal In 1916, this super-sales-
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-29
n. P. TURNS OUT ITS
FIRST STEEL GAR At
NEW BRA|NERD SHOP

Brainerd, Mimi, Oct. 29-An i'm
portant new northwest industry wa:
formally launched here Oct. % when
the first of 1000 steel boxcars
under construction by the Northern
Pacific railway left the assembly
line at the company's new $780,
900 shops in Brainerd.
Completion of the first car was
celebrated with a brief ceremony in
the shops, sponsored by the Brain
efd Chamber of Commerce. John
Vanni, shop superintendent, was
master of ceremonies and introduced
John Alton, president of the Cham
Der; Mayor Levi Johnson, President
C. E. Denny of the Northern Pacific
and H. G. Knudsen, general car
foreman.
Phyllis Davies, ~17-year-old Brain
erd high school homecoming queen
and daughter of j. NJ. Davis, electric
welder in the N. P. shops, christen-
ed the first car with a bottle of
water from the Mississippi river,
which flows through the city.
On completion of the new shops
in 1916, Northern Pacific laid plans
for a sizeable car-building program
to help alleviate the national freight
car shortage, but inability to obtain
materials delayed start of construc-
ton until this fall. In the mean
time, the new facilities have been
utilized for repairing and rebuilding
hundreds of cars.
The new cars are being turned out
at the rate of eight a day, with COM
pletion of the 1000 ears at a cost
of approximately S4,000,000 sched-
uled for next April.
The cars are being built in what
is considered one of the most mod
ern and best equipped freight car
shops in America. The shops, $50
by 800 feet, have concrete founda-
and floorings, heavy structur-
al steel framing and walls of brick
and glass block, which with modern
illumination, makes the shops ex-
ceptionally we'll lighted.
Two giant overhead cranes, one
a cotton capacity machine travelling
full length of the shop, facil-
handling of heavy steel.
Twenty-four modern power-operated
machines fabricate and machine steel
parts. There are four main lines
and two service tracks in the shops.
Three tracks are for construction,
permitting work on "a cars at a
line.
More than 500 men are currently
Employed in the Brainerd car de-
'artment, with GAL additional en-
in the locomotive and store
departments. Northern Pacific's an
lual payroll at Brainerd totals 81
dollars.
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-29
Business Executives Now
Travel in Flying Offices

BURBANK, CALF. - Many
big business executives are using
luxurious private planes now in
stead of the private railroad
cars of other days.
A reasonable attempt has been
made to transfer some of the
comforts of the private car to its
air successor.
Military aircraft which not
many months ago were ferrying
brass hats and bombs to the far
corners of the Pacific are being
converted at the Lockheed air
craft service base here into club
cars for corporation officials.
Bucket seats and bomb bays have
given way to collapsible OTTO
mans, bars and wardrobes. In
teriors once stripped for action
are now parallel in lined oak
and furnished with curtains, up
holstery and c%arpeting.
Plushiest of the sky offices con-
verted to date is a Lodestar which
boasts a stainless steel galley,
swivel passenger chairs, collapse
bic ottomans, gold-plated ash
trays and glass holders, bar, fold
ing tables, table lamps, cabinets,
lavatory and wardrobe. The in
terror woodwork is all in lined
oak and upholstery and carpets
are of the finest quality.
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-29
Action Sought on
Refugee Measure
Senators to Report on Probe of
Displaced Persons.

NEW YORK.-Renewed efforts to
secure passage of the Stratton bill
whlch authorizes temporary emer-
gency legislation permitting dis.
placed persons to enter America, is
expected when the Both congress
reconvenes in January.
The special senate committee
which toured Europe during the
congressional recess to investigate
President Truman's proposal to ad-
init displaced persons is scheduled
10 flIe Its report by January 10. The
senators inspected German deten-
ton camps where the displaced per-
sons have been living since the war
ended.
Welfare and religious organiza-
tons are canvassing the country to
study the practical application Of
the proposed migration. Efforts are
being made to find out where actual
labor shortages exist in America,
n to determine where these peo-
pie, including many skilled workers,
could fit into industry and agricul-
ture.
An initial study by the Citizens
Committee on Displaced Persons.
an organization sponsored by 102 re-
hgious and welfare societies with
the purpose of aiding displaced per-
sons, indicates that there is a short
age in agriculture of the skilled type
OF handyman on the farm, the or
g~anization reports.
Representatives of farm organiza-
lions, industrial leaders and others
have told the committee that ga
practical absorption of the able
bodied, politically stable displaced
person has a genuine place in our
economy"
The Catholic Rural Life confer
ence, headed by Monsigneur Luigi
G. Ligutti of Des Moines, Iowa, is
assembling information relative to
placing the displaced persons in this
country if the Stratton bill is passed.
Figures compiled by UNRRA, the
committee reports, show that the !
displaced persons are principally
from Estonia, Latvia and Po-
land. The majority, the report adds,
are Catholics, with a small percent
age of Jews.
The 100000 displaced persons re-
naming in Europe have a wide
variety of skills in agricultural and
allied fields, according to the COM
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-29
After Better Horses

There are fewer horses on Ameri-
can farms nov than at any time in
the past rs years. At least IL state
agricultural experiment stations
and the U. S. department of agricul-
ture now r trying to develop
horses better adapted to farm use.
One result is that draft horses are
of smaller size. Percheron and Bel
GUM mares are being crossed with
Arabian, Thoroughbred and Morgan
stations. Although smaller, these
h S are being selected for
strength and endurance.
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-29
Great Northern Pike

The great northern pike is an
elongated slender type of fish with
a color of blush and greenish gray
with more or less purplish luster on
the back and sides; yellowish below
and white on belly; sides with ire
gular rows of small round yellowish
and gold spots. The top of the head
is dark olive green; mouth slender
and large. One of the most consist
ent marks for Identification of this
species is that the entire cheek is
scaled while only the upper half of
the opercle is scaled and the lower
part is bare.
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-29
Crowned With Bay Leaves

Bay leaves, now used in pot
roasts and pickles, were once used to
crown the heads of ancient kings
and heroes. The sweet bay tree of
southern Europe is the true laurel
of the Romans, the Daphne of the
Greeks, the victor's laurel and
poets laurel of romance.
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-29
Moving Machine Patent

In 1922, jeremiah Bailey took out
a patent on a mower or grass
cutting machine. This is the first
machine to indicate the principle
contained in a flexible bar.
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-29
COMB. SQUARE

Polished steel marked "a,
1/lo, and " inches.
Length II inches.
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-29
STEEL RULE

High temper. tough, clear
ly graduated 6 foot, 6
inch rule.
Laurel outlook., 1947-10-29
TORPEDO v

9 inch mahogany. Two
glasses. plumb and level.
Selected stock.
Evening star., 1947-09-19
Prospective Buyers Shun House
Which Lufuyette Once Visited

have included the local Izaak Wal
ton League chapter, private schools
and home seekers.
known as the Lafayette House,
the building is located on the south
corner of Duke and st. Aspah
streets. 1t is being offered for sale
in order to settle an estate.
The famous French soldier was en-
tertained there by leading American
statesmen on his last American visit
in the spring of 1925. At that time,
the house was among the largest in
the city and was considered the one
most fitting to serve for entertain
ment of the Marquis. 1t has fire.
quently been compared to the Blair
House in Washington, where visiting
statesmen now are housed.
Evening star., 1947-09-19
Naval Gun Factory Gets
Certificate of Sufety

In recognition of its record Of
fewer than five accidents per 1,OOO,-
900 man hours worked in 1945 anG
1916, the Naval Gun Factory has
received Certificate of Safety from
the Secretary of the Navy, it was
announced today.
Rear Admiral Glenn B. Davis
commandant of the Potomac River
Naval Command. presented the
award to Rear Admiral Ruddock
gun factory superintendent, at 9
ceremony attended by factory de,
partment heads, master mechanics
and supervisors
Evening star., 1947-09-19
Man Who Fell 20 Feet
Into River Walks Ashore

James A. Greer, 81, of 1901 Long
fellow street NV, plumbers ap-
prentice working on a construction
company barge at the District end
of the Highway Bridge, fell from a
ladder yesterday afternoon 20 feet
into the water and walked ashore.
Spectators were amazed as Mr..
Greer walked up the jagged rocks
and climbed on the grassy shore.
Taken to Emergency Hospital after
he complained of dizziness, he was
found to have head injuries. His
condition today was described as
satisfactory,
Evening star., 1947-09-19
MI. Pleasant Routes
To Mall and Wharves
Will Be Discontinued

The Capital Transit Co. next Mon
day will discontinue rush-hour
streetcar routes 43 and At between
Mount Pleasant and the Southwest
Mall and the wharves.
At present, four trips are operated
on each route in the morning and
four trips on the Mall route in the
late afternoon rush-hours.
E. c. Giddings, vice president of
the firm, said today the service is
being stopped because of lack of
passengers. The elimination also
will speed up service on the regular
Mount Pleasant line, he said.
Operations Sought Elsewhere.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Giddings said, the
company is waging an intensive out
of-town recruiting campaign to get
enough operators to keep streetcars
and buses on the streets.
Mr.. Giddings said his company
"has just about exhausted available
Washington residents who want to
become operators. And for every
40 operators who are recruited each
month, about SO experienced men
leave, he said.
Principal reason for the loss is
that men from out of town cannot
find housing here, Mr.. Giddings
said. And about Is per cent of
those who leave each month are
veterans planning to return to
school, he added
Women Eliminated.
Another big problem, he said, is
that large numbers of out-of town
ers register for the four week train
ing course, then leave to take top
pay jobs with transit firms in small
er towns.
With its current labor force, Cap
ital Transit is able to keep its 1,7OO
streetcars and buses in operation
daily. But # a worker fails to
come to work." Mr.. Giddings said,
chances are that a vehicle just
won't get on the streets"
Women operators, who replaced
men on the vehicles during the war,
have virtually been eliminated from
operations rolls by union demands
that gave seniority rights to its
male members.
Evening star., 1947-09-19

A purchaser can't be found for the
ancient Alexandria mansion once
visited by the Marquis de Lafayette
The three-story brick building in
downtown Alexandria has been up
for sale for more than year. But
every prospective purchaser who in
spects the place decides the present
high cost of labor and materials
would make the restoration cost ex-
cessive, according to the real estate
firm of Chauncey g. Clarke.
Everybody who sees the place
agrees that it is beautiful" Frank
Clarke, a member of the firm ex-
planned. He said the 14-room house
has hand carved woodwork, blown
glass windows and flreplaces in every
large room. Prospective purchasers
Evening star., 1947-09-19
MANY never
SUSPECT CAUSE
OF BACkACHES
This Treatment Often Brings
Happy Relief

Many sufferers relieve naegins baekasha
quickly once they discover lat ths Tsay
cause of their trouble may be tired kidneys.
The kidneys are Natures chief way Of
taking the excess acids and waste out Of the
blood. They help most people eliminate
about pints a day.
When disorder Of kidney function permits
poisonous matter to remain In your blood,
It may cause nagging backache. rheumatic
pains. leg pains. swelling. pufiness under
the eyes. headaches and dizziness.
Don't wait Ask your druggist for Dosn'a
Pills, q stmulant diuretie, used successfully
by millions for over 80 years. Doan's give
happy relief and will help the Is miles OF
kidney tubes flush out poisonous waste from
your blood. Get DoaH's Pills.
Evening star., 1947-09-19
Welfare Payments Rise

BALTIMORE, Sept. 10 tP).-The
State Department of Public Welfare
reported Maryland spent 1892 ,55I
for public assistance in August
compared to $928,362 in July ane
$766, ,239 in August, 1916.
Evening star., 1947-09-19
Bleak Isle Explored

The bleak, uninhabited island of
Jan Mayen, north of Iceland, is be-
ing explored by an oxford Univer-
sity group studying natural life and
rock formations.
Evening star., 1947-09-19

The coast of Colombia was one of
the first parts of the American con-
tinent visited by the early Spanish
navigators.
Evening star., 1947-09-19
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Kodiak mirror., 1947-03-22

A trailer house located on south Brooklyn was saved from burning Sunday by Pete Kop- pang, who lives across Shelikoff from it.
 He saw smoke from the chm ney and then observed that the roof was afire and ran down and put water on it and got it extln- guished.
 i It is unoccupied but repairs were being made to it. Caroline Hayter, who has been staying with her mother in Cordova, arrived by plane this week to resume employment at the Norman Photo Shop.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-03-22

The Civil Readiustment Office, 17h Naval District, Kodiak, will assist Navy Veterans with any service connected problems, and have complete information on veterans rights and benefits, on assistance agencies, and fur nish q follow-up information ser vice to veterans.
 The Kodiak office is one of the "A in the United States, the Territories and the Canal Zone
 Any Navy Veteran who has submitted a claim for unused leave prior to Dec. 1, l946, and who has not yet received pay ment, is advised to contact the U. s. Navy Terminal Leave Dis bursIng Office, U. s. Naval Framing Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, immediately.