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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-24
Mystery Surrounds
MLLnincourt

mot much, I'm afraid" Rocky
tipped open a notebook. "Showed
up around these parts about a year
ago. He's from New York City, or
so he says. Definitely not Harvard
nor Blue Book. Seems to have plen-
ty of dough. Lives in a swank
apartment on the Riverway. Doesn't
work. Goes everywhere with the
society crowd. The gals all do cart
wheels whenever he shows up any,
where. Anyway, he's marrying
twenty million dollars next week.
Make anything mysterious out of
that?"
McCale shrugged. "Plenty if I
wanted to let it run away with me-"
He turned to Ann. Ibid you line
up the Bigelows for me?"
WELL" she began, "the Perkinses
and the Bigelows 60 right back
long before the Tea Party-if that's
the sort of thing you want"
"Skip that. Bring us up to date"
"Okay. The money all comes
from cotton mills in Lowell, and
clipper ships and the Oriental trade
before that. The Perkinses and the
Bigelows intermarried, and so on.
Adelaide Bigelow, our client, and
her brother, Joel, are and were,
respectively, the last of the line.
Adelaide never married. Joel mar
ried twice. His first wife is dead.
Is that clear?"
Perfectly"
"Joel's second wife, Sybil, is ap-
parently not of the royal purple.
Her family only seems to 60 back
q generation or two. Probably she
was considered fast or nouveau
richie or something, as she was
widow when he married her. She's
q lot younger than he, too"
where did you get the nouveau
richie stuff"
"Oh, l didn't. Just surmise. In
fact, ! don't know whether she has
any money of her own, or not. He
was seventy when he died, five
years ago, and she was forty-three
then. She had two children by her
first marriage, a son, Stephen, and
Q daughter. Victoria. Their name
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-24
Use Good Cfanbefriss

Be sure to discard shriveled
or soft cranberries before usinl
the fruit since these few poor
fruits may give the food a bitter
taste. Cranberries can be used In
pies with raisins, to reduce thu
use of sugar, yet make an excel.
lent dessert that has the real Gran.
berry flavor.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-24
= Brings MIGHTY FAST
long-Iasting Relief In
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t y CHEST COLDS
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Poultry Breeding

According to R. S. Dearstyne,
North Carolina State college,
there is no ultra-superior strain
of chickens. However, says DR..
Dearstyne, some breeds have bet
ter records than others as broilers
or egg-layers. 1t is the breeding
within the stock selected that
counts. A chicks quality is de-
termined by breeding before the
egg is Matched.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-24
Fancy Fly Swatter

Fly swatters are still common
articles of merchandise. A new
kind, however, is made of syn
thetic rubber, nodded in bright
colors, and containing an admix-
ture that spreads a delicate odor
through the air when the swatter
Is in action.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-24
! ASK ME -
! ANOTHER [
: A General Quiz
The Questions
40 O. O. g. c-c-cecc-c-c-

l. When you are confronted with
a "Hobson's Choice" how many
choices have you?
2. The name Huguenots was CIV
en- by the French during the 10Th
century to what group?
3. What makes the stars twin
4. The siege of Troy lasted how
long?
5. What bug swims bottom up?
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-24
The Answers

I. You have no alternative.
2. The Protestants.
8. The density of the air.
4. Ten years.
5. The "back swimmer" swims
on its back. 1t is the only water
bug that does so.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-24

4lODSll I1uItOl Will CO-SIdI.
Jack Baker has one of the oldest
jobs in Hollywood; he makes plas-
tic barnacles for all pier, dock and
wharf sequences in Warner Bros.
films. He also equips houses with
artificial icicles-shapes them by
hand from cellophane and silicate Of
soda, then dips them in alcohol to
make them brittle. You'll see some
of his best in Enrol Flynn's "Never
Say Goodbye"
Nanette Parks, who's been under
contract to Paramount for the last
year, received a wonderful present
for her 21st birthday-the lead in
Catalina" a Technicolor musical.
Sterling Hayden will be one of her
leading men, and Olga San Juan,
Cass Daley and Billy De Wolfe head
slated to 60 before the cameras very
soon.
Considering the high price of bak-
cry goods, it's disconcerting to learn
that eight pies were wasted on the
set of otis Wonderful Life" for a
scene in which Todd Harms had to
walk while balancing pie on his
head. After the eighth pie hit the
dust the property man, Lou Hafely,
debated the pie tin and inserted
two pins on each side for balance;
the ninth pie stayed put.
It's no wonder that the girls like
to work for Director Mitchell Lei
sen; stars like Paulette Goddard and
Olivia de Havilland say they do, and
more and more of the top notchers
are asking to be assigned to his
films. He's introduced a new meth
cd in Suddenly It's Spring"
rehearsals without makeup for the
first hour or two, so the girl don't
have to report at the crack of dawn.
Bling Crosby, who has crooned in
Al languages, including Esperanto,
will sing typical Brazilian song in
Portuguese in "Road to Rio"; his
tutor is Louis Oliveira, who'll act
as technical advisor on the picture.
As in the four previous "Road" pic
lures, Crosby will be teamed with
Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, with
Norman Mcleod directing. Daniel
Dare is producing for Paramount.
Most musical plays or films have
not more than half a dozen new
tunes, but nearly every Abbott and
Costello air show this season has in
Guided a specially written musical
number in which the theme dove
tails with the story line of the Thurs
day NBC broadcast. To compose a
special musical production each
week is no small assignment.
RKO's tentatively titled "Kami-
kaze" will include confscated Japa-
nese film never before seen by the
public. More than million feet of
the film were studied before the film
used in the picture was decided on.
ODDS AND ENDS-"Japenils Jary,"
filmed by Universal Pictures, bSs been
released throughout THE country. . :. Ed
"Arebie" Gardner bss completed final
sketches for bis cartoon strip Wbicb will
BE- based on THE happenings at "Dafys
TsVern.". :. Paaletts Goddard's wardrobs
in "Uneonaaered" Is eostins Paramount
10000, sOe'ys tokd-tboagb sbs bSs tho
role of . slave girl, dressed mostly in
bonssspsn. /. =. When something good
bsppsns to Larry Hsinss OF Young Dr..
Malone be Stt,ibatss IL to The tic be's
wssrisg end costinass to Wssr The same
one ill bis Lsck changes.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-24

Acid-resisting enamel on cast
iron provides a finish Of lasting
beauty and long service for kit
chen sinks.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-01-24
Residue Problem

The use of DOT as a spray ere.
ates residue problem similar ia
that created by the use of lead
arSenate.
Evening star., 1947-10-18
Police Plan Educational Drive
Aquinst HuIIowe en- Franks

The worldwide shortage of fats,
the high cost of picket fences
and the increasing percentage of
relatively new automobiles on the
streets have joined in prompting
Police Supt. Robert J. Barrett to
plan an intensive educational cam
'paign aimed at curbing Halloween
pranks.
Maj. Barrett explained today he
has received large number of let
tiers from residents, asking that a
special effort be made to protect
property from youthful vandals the
night of October 81.
+ He saiG it has been pointed out
soap is Fat product and should not
be wasted on automobiles or show
windows. Further, Maj. Barrett. said,
he is aware a vigorous application
of soap bar to the shiny paint of
a new automobile could mar the
finish permanently.
In an effort to obtain the CO.
operation of the parents, newspaper
and radio publicity will be sought,
he continued, and policemen acting
Evening star., 1947-10-18
Gene Palmer, Convert
Of Billy Sunday, to Talk

Gene Palmer, whom the late Billy
Sunday converted from gambling to
the ministry, will speak at 7:45
o'clock tonight at the Central Union
Mission, GLIB C street NV.
Mr.. Palmer represents the Pocket
Testament League. In the interest
of that organization he visited
Army and Navy posts in the United
States during the war exposing the
tricks of ig-time gamblers.
Evening star., 1947-10-18
Traffic Court Group
Launches Inquiry
Into Ticket Fixinq

An inquiry into the extent of
traffic ticket fixing in the District is
underway today by Inspector Arthur
Miller, head of the Police Traffic
Bureau and a member of the Traffic
Court Conference Committee.
Inspector Miller was asked to
make the investigation by the COM
mittee at a meeting yesterday and
to report at the next meeting. The
group, it was said, "favors the lin
lnation of ticket fixing and other
similar practices and recommends
that adjustments of charges be
made only upon hearing and for a
just and reasonable cause and then
with the reason plainly indorsed on
the public record"
In other business, DR.. Hobart M.
Corning, superintendent of schools,
notified the committee, by letter, he
is willing to put the driver training
course in public schools, under GER
tain conditions.
These, he said, would be permis-
sion for the pupils to take the traffic
examinations in the schools, elm
ination of the SO learners permits
for the pupils and assurance that
the driver-teachers and the pupils
are relieved of civil liability while
in the school cars.
The committee will inform DR.
Corning the first two requests have
been taken care of. The advice OF
the corporation counsel will be
sought to devise some way of COM
plying with his last request.
Charles H. Burton was appointed
chairman of the program subcom-
mittee to arrange for the annual
Traffic Court conference next Jan
uary or February.
George Mcneil, president of the
District Bar Association, who is
chairman of the committee, pre-.
sided at yesterdays meeting.
Evening star., 1947-10-18
Sweoringen Will Return
To Post Here Next Week

Victor c. Swearingen, special as
sistant to the Attorney General,
who has been in Nuremberg, Ger
many, for the past year serving as
a judge in the war crimes trials, will
leave Germany Monday to return
to his position in Washington, &C
cording to an announcement re-
ceived from Nuremberg.
Mr.. SWearingen has been alternate
judge of Military Tribunal No. /,
composed entirely of American
judges, which recently heard the
trial of % German doctors and
scientists, including Karl Brendt,
Hitler'S physician.
Evening star., 1947-10-18
Parade in Kansas City
Opens Livestock Show
By the Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Oct. IA West
ern-f1avored, two-hour parade
through Kansas City today marked
the official opening of the 49th an
nual American Royal Livestock and
Horse Show.
Horsemen and cattle breeders have
entered the largest amount of prize
stock in the Royals history. About
$500 animals will be displayed for
100000 competitive stake.
Ten thousand farm youths arrived
for the Future Farmers of America
Convention held yearly in conjunc-
ton with the eight-day Royal.
Evening star., 1947-10-18
Owner Locks Self in Car
Ordered Seized for Debt
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 18.-When a
sheriff and two garagemen came for
his car yesterday, a Baltimore man
locked himself inside it and told
them they would have to take him,
too.
The car was towed-occupant and
ALTO a garage where it was turned
over to dealer who had obtained a
writ of replevin. The dealer had con-
tended the car was driven from his
garage leaving a $133 repair bill un-
paid.
The occupant left on foot after the
trip.
Evening star., 1947-10-18

as schoolboy patrol co-ordinators
will be instructed to seek assistance
among the young patrols in dis
suading their playmates from Hal
loween soaping sprees.
The education effort in advance
of the day and the attempts to
protect property on the 31st also
will place special emphasis on picket
fences, Maj. Barrett added. He said
he knows materials for certain types
of fences still are difficult to obtain
and, in any event, are costly items.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
|crosh Victim, 5 Doys Under Cor
$50 Feet OFF Rood, IS Soved
ass and II terrihN

He wn helpless and - terms
pain !,
|ne said. II didn't have anything 20
at a. drink except two packages q
ann. I ate the last piece just be-
fore they found me.
his thirst grew intense, and hs
vas tortured BY the sight Of water
|in ! small creek bed only 10 feet
from him.
one morning he heard the ham
|mer of man fixing the fence
through which his car had crashed.
And an through the ordeal ne heard
automobiles passing on the high
way-so close. But nobody heard
his continual cries.
Az Mr.. Steele grew weaker ana
felt he could not last much longer
He smashed the glass fuel bowl On
the carburetor and salvaged splil1-
ter Of glass.
On the fender he scratched this
message for his wife, Mae, "a:
.Dont forget ] love you"
He thought of cutting on his arm
to free himself, but he was unable
to reach his knife with his left hand,
and the silver Of glass Was made
Iquate.
Doctors said Mr.. Steele probably
would have died Of thirst and shock
in A few more hours.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Richard Rowland, 66, Dies;
Founded Metro Film Corp.
BY VI. A.soeiossd Prsss

NEW YORK. May 13.-Richard
Rowland. 6s, who entered the mo-
ton picture business at the age OF
10 as q film distributor and was
founder Of the original Metro Film,
Corp, died yesterday.
Until illness forced him to retire
eight months ago, Mr.. Rowland was
an executive member Of the TWen-
tieth Century Fox story department
here.
Mr.. Rowland was said to have
inaugurated the policy Of bringing
personalities Of the stage
to the motion picture screen, and
was credited with being the "discov-
erer" Of Rudolph Valentino, Francis
x. Bushman, Harold Lockwood, and
other early screen stars.
In addition to his activities as
producer and distributor, Mr.. Row
land was recognized as a specialist
on story properties and was person-
ally credited with the success Of ''The
-Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,
which he produced.
At the turn Of the century Mr..
Rowland converted his fathers car
bon lamp business into the Metro
Corp, and he became president in
1914. At the same time he started
to build and purchase motion pic
ture theaters In the East.
d A year later, he disposed Of his
distribution interests in the Univer-
sal, Paramount and Mutual Film
Companies, leaving him his theater
interests and the Metro Corp, which
he sold In 1919 to Marcus Loew.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Austrian Unit
.SnarIed on Procedure.
BY The Asseei1fsd Press

VIENNA, May ia four-power
commission appointed to thresh out
Austrian peace treaty snarls locked
horns Stool. on procedural ques-
tions at its first meeting yesterday
and convened again today In an
effort to get squared away for work
on the treaty draft.
France and Britain agreed to an
American proposal that the COM
missions advisory COMMITTEE Of
Experts" be organized at once and
ordered to report after determining
concrete facts for the commission
to discuss. Russia dissented.
An Associated Press reporter who
entered the commissions supposedly
secret meeting yesterday on an
official mission found the chief OF
the Vienna bureau OF Tass, oficial
Russian news agency, sitting in a
corner with q subordinate taking
notes. The American protested I'M
mediately and was ordered out Of
the chamber.
Joseph Dodge, the American dele
gate, later brought up the question
and Eugen Kissilev, second ranking
Russian delegate, denied the two
men were reporters. He said they
were members Of the Russian dele
CATION.
The delegates finally agreed, how
ever, that all future meetings would
be closed to newsmen and that no
reporters present at yesterdays ses-
sion would be allowed to report any
of the proceedings.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Radical Support Vital
To Truman, Reese Says
" me Assesiatsd Press

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. May 49,
Carroll Reece, Republican national
chairman, said last night "the radi-
Gals will be in the saddle" II the
Democrats win the 1s4s presidential
election.
He declared President Truman
personally may not like the radi-
calls" but that 'she is q good enough
politician to realize that his only
chance for election next year, even
thought a remote chance, rests upon
a thoroug1-going mobilization OF
radical votes on his behalf"
In addressing q Republican rally
Mr.. Reece said that "since the top
ranking of1cials Of the Democratic
party have announced that Mr.. Tru-
man is their choice for the Demo-
cratic nomination next year, and
since Mr.. Truman has maintained
q loud silence when afforded oppor-
tunities to deny such announce
ments, 1t is fair to devote some time
to an appraisal Of the Presidents
personal record on this subject"
Mr.. Reece went on to say that
while the President has made some
commendable appointments to top
level governmental positions" he
has "refrained from disturbing the
bureaucrats" who support the left
wing theories Of government"
Evening star., 1947-05-13
FILA Eases Curb on Area
OF New Home Floor Space
BY the A,,eeis.sd Pres.

Tho Government eased its build
ing restrictions today to permit
construction Of homes with maxi
mum Of 1900 square feet OF nooI
space, under certain circumstances,
This is 500 square feet more than
previously authorized for new dwell
ings.
The new rules, ordered by the
Federal Housing Administration at
the request OF Housing Expediter
Frank r. Creedon, will apply when:
/. The size or composition Of the
family group to be housed requires
four or more bedrooms.
2. The applicant requires addi-
tional floor space, In his residence,
for the practice Of his business or
profession, and
8. The applicant purchased . lot
subject to deed restrictions In ex-
cess Of 1900 square feet ana made
the purchase at q time when no
regulations were In effect that would
have prevented him from proceed-
ing with construction.
Either veteran or iaonveteran ap-
plicants building for their own &C.
may build with maximum
floor area II they meet these re-
quirements. Contractors not build
ing for owner occupancy are not
exempted from the $500 square feet
maximum.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
Commission Backs Bill
To Aid Merchant Seamen
BY the Asseeioisd Press

: The Maritime Commission yester-
day supported legislation to give
wartime merchant seanen benefits
similar to those granted armed serv-
ice personnel under the GI Bill OF
Rights, including education.
But both the War and Navy De-
partments opposed the bill.
The measure, by Representative
Peterson, Democrat, Of Florida, Is
modelled after one approved by the
House Merchant Marine Committee
last session. It eliminates, however.
some sections objected to in that
bill, such as loans, civil service pref
srence In jobs, merchant marine hos
pital care for nonwar service as well
as war-connected disabilities, and
benefits to dependents. Payments
toward education would be lowered.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
ii Two ! | Trains
Escape Blasting d
Rail Line III China
By ~ seisssd pss.s

PEIPING, May Is. Several
sections Of the Peiping -Linyu
(shanhaikwan) rail line were
blown up today q few hours after
two trains carrying 500 American
Marines and their commander
passed safely through Con1mu-
snist-held territory.
Col. Julian N. Frishie, commander
#of the 5th Regiment of the LIT Divi-
sion, travelling In de luxe coach,
and 500 Marines n 4 special train
reached the port Of Chinwangtao
without incident. They began
boarding two transports for Guam
and the United States In the with
|draWal Of Marines from China.
$50 Left At Station.
About $50 Marines Of the 5th
Regiment who drove . 75-vehicle
convoy from Peiping to Tientsin
yesterday were left waiting at the
station by the rail explosion. They
had been scheduled to board trains
from Tentsin today to join the re-
mainder Of the 5th Regiment at
Chinwangtao.
h The vehicles, which made the
highway run without difneulty, were
being shipped BY water to Chin
Wangtao.
The railroad was cut during the
night in two separate places between
Tangku and Tangshan, tearing up
q mile-long section In one instance.
The rail line goes southeast from
Peiping to Tentsin and Taku and
then northeast to Chinwangtao and
Linyu.
Line Frequently Attacked.
There have been frequent Chinese
Communist attacks on the rail line.
Tangku, Is miles east Of Tentsin,
Is near the site Of the Hsinho am
munition dump, which Communists
raided April 5, killing five American
Marines and wounding is. The
dump later was turned over to the
Chinese government by the Marines.
May the Chinese Communist
radio accused American Marines Of
bombing and strafing four villages
northeast Of Tientsin as an after
math Of the Red attack on the dump.
The broadcast dispatch was never
confirmed.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
u IN Assssiaisa prsss

MARTINEZ, Calf. Nay IA
1e-year-old Navy veteran today de-
scribed the horror Of being trapped
for fye days Ia the wreckage Of
his automobile. less than $50 feet
from ! buay highway, slnost dying
Of thirst with water only 10 feet
away.
The man, Ernest Kenneth steele,
26, an OIL refinery worker Of Rich
mond, Calf, Il IN critical condition
and doctors ara undecided whether
his right arm, mAngled Ia the crash,
will have to Be Arnputated.
He Was rescued late yesterday by
two power company ltnemen string
Ing wire through Franklin CANYON.
Mr.. Steele, talking with highway
[patrolmen and newsmen, said his
car left the road 8 miles west Of
Martinez late Wednesday night
when he fell asleep at the wheel
while returning from 8 fishing trip.
The machine veered through q
highway fence, travelled about 1o0
feet across field and then plunged
into 35-foot gully. Mr.. Steele was
thrown from the seat, but, when he
regained consciousness, the next
morning, he found his right arm was
mashed and caught. between the
door and the side Of the car as Il
lay on It's side.
Evening star., 1947-05-13
David ". Thompson Rites
tomorrow in Georgetown

Funeral services for David w.
Thompson, IS, q World War II vet
eran who died May 8 at the Be-
thesda Naval Hospital, win be held
at As pm. tomorrow at the Cham
berse funeral home, 3072 M street
NV. Burial will be in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Mr.. Thompson, native Of Fair
fax County, Va, had lived here for
the last 10 years. He was an auto
mobile body painter. In World War
II he served with the Army In Eu-
rope, and was wounded in France.
While stationed In England he mar
ried Mrs. Hilda Thompson, who was
awaiting transportation to this coun-
try when he died. Funeral arrange
ments were delayed pending notifi-
cation Of Mrs. Thompson. They had
an infant daughter, Evelyn.
Surviving, beside his widow and
daughter, are his father, Lindsey
Thompson, 935 New York avenue
NV, and q sister, Mrs. Lottie Prus-
sell, 1923 TWenty-second street NV.