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Evening star., 1948-05-21
|YWCA CounseIing Services
To Sponsor Mock Trial

The counSeling services OF the
Phyllis Wheatley YWCA will spon-
sor a mock jury trial, 1.-THE Chris
tian Court of Human Relations" at
o'clock tonight in the administra-
ton building at 901 Rhode Island
avenue NV.
Municipal Court Judge Almond
w. Scott will preside at the trial.
in which youth 'indicts" society.
Attorneys '"arguing" the case will
be George Hayes, Leon Ransom,
Margaret Haywood and Wilhelmina
jackson.
Offering testimony" will be Mrs.
Josephine Kyles, the Rev. j. A. Ed
wards, Miss Rose Smith, Mrs. L.
Maynard Catchings, Charles C.
Beckett, Cortez B. Ttipton and F.
NJ Morton. The purpose of the
trial is to analyze the problems
facing youth today. A Christian
attitude toward these problems will
be emphasized.
Mrs. Adeline B. Smith is chair
man of the Counseling Committee;
Mrs. Grace Lormans, YWCA coun-
selor: Mrs. Julia West Hamilton.
president, and Mrs. Alice L. Bell,
executive director,
Evening star., 1948-05-21
John {. Schoo|eyD Dies;
Retired Machinist

John c. Schooley, IS, retired
machinist and power plant engi-
neer, died early today of pneumonia
at Sibley Hospital. He had beer
admitted to the hospital week ago
Before his retirement 10 years
ago, Mr.. Schooley was engineer
of the International Association Of
Machinists' Building at Ninth street
and Mount Vernon place NV, fol
many years. He had been machin.
ist in The Star Building prior tt
that time, and designed some o1
The Star composing room equip
ment.
Mr.. Schooley was born in Yellow
Spring, Ohio, the son of Elijah and
Mary Schooley. He attended
Swarthmore College outside Phil
adelphia.
His first job on coming to Wash
ington in 1904 was as a machinist
at the j. E. Hurley Machine and
Boiler Works, 1915 Half street Sc
Until his illness, Mr.. Schooley
had been living with his wife, the
former Jessie L. Graft, whom he
married So years ago, at the home
of their daughter, Mrs. w. B. Davis
3001 Monroe street NE, for several
years. They had lived in Brook
land prior to that.
In addition to his widow and
daughter, survivors, are two sons
John S. Schooley, Of Colesville, Md,
and L. B. Schooley, of Washington
who works in The Stars composing
room; two grandchildren and one
great-grandchiid.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1948-05-21
mrs. Cecilia Brannarl
Dies al SO; Recalled
She||ing Of Atlanta

Mrs. Cecilia E. Brannan, descend
ant of the old Atlanta family of
Cannon, died yesterday at her
home, 5 Rhode Island avenue NV
She was 88.
The attractive Miss Cannon, then
81, married Michael M. Brannan, ST.,
Georgia journalist, in 1881 at At
lanta. They came to Washington
a few years before Mr.. Brannan's
death in 1911. Since his death, Mrs
Brannan devoted most Of her time
to the sodality of st. Martins
Church, 1922 North Capitol street.
AS she grew older she liked to
reminisce on events of her early
childhood, especially the Civil War
She recalled the shelling of Atlanta
Her 4-year-old brother died of pneu-
monia from exposure on the root
of the Trout House, which her
father, Thomas A. Cannon, owned
Women and children were put on
the roof for safety, she recalled.
In 1916 Mrs. Brannan was con-
fined to her bed. Because of her
failing health, she never was told
of the death of a son, Thomas c.
Brannan, so. He died February %
at a veterans hospital in North
Carolina.
Surviving are two sons, Richard
A. Brannan of Washington, Patrick
F. Brannan of Santa Rosa, Calf.
and two daughters, Miss Cecilia E.
Brannan of Washington, and Miss
May Brannan of st. Louis.
Requiem mass will be said at 9
am. tomorrow in st. Martins
Church, with burial in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-05-21
Subcommittee Votes
ID. T.. Barber Bills

Bills to require doctors to be
citizens of the United States before
they can practice here and to in
crease BARRIERS fees were approved
today by the House District Sub
committee on Health, Education
and Recreation.
During brief hearings on the
measures, Health Officer George c.
Rutland told the subcommittee that
the Commission on the Healing Arts
Practice Act, Of which he Is sec
retary, favored the citizenship re-
quirement.
The barber bill would raise five of
the various fees BARRIERS must pay.
The fee for the examination of an
applicant for a certificate as a
registered barber would be increased
from S. to $40; registered BARRIERS
would have to pay $40 instead of
IS to get their certificate renewed,
and SIS instead of IS to get expired
certificates restored.
Registered barber apprentices
would have to pay SIS instead of
SIS for their certificate examination
and registered barber apprentices
would have to pay $40 instead of IS
for the restoration of an expired
certificate. Other fees would remain
the same. r.
In another action, the subcom-
mittee approved a bill to provide
for a license to be issued to Samuel
o. Burdette, to practice chiropractic.
Mr.. West explained that Mr..
Burdette would have been entitled
to license under the healing arts
act if he had applied in time, and
that the bill was necessary because
his application did not come in be-
fore the time limit.
Evening star., 1948-05-21
Detroit Postmaster
Accused al HEARING
By the Assoeioted Press

A retired postal inspector, testi-
flying before a Senate committee
Yesterday accused Roscoe B. Huston
Detroit postmaster, of drunkenness
vulgarity, political favoritism, lax
ness and ineficiency.
Roy La Forge, who retired as an
inspector January l, 1947, said Mr.
Huston's standing and reputation
are not good"
Mr.. La Forge testified he so re-
ported in 1945 in a personal letter
that was referred to Jesse Donald
son, then Assistant Postmaster
General. What Mr.. Donaldson, who
now is Postmaster General, did
about it was not developed.
James j. Doran, chief Post Office
inspector, said Mr.. La Forge retired
with an excellent record"
Their testimony was given at a
hearing called by Chairman LANCER
of the Senate Post Office Commit
tee to investigate what he called Of
fetal misconduct and maladmin-
istration in the Detroit Office.
Vincent c. Burke, acting Post
master General, refused to produce
reports submitted to the depart
ment by Mr.. La Forge but later
said he would offer those still avail
able at a closed committee session
set for Tuesday afternoon.
Evening star., 1948-05-21
.X-Ray Machine 10 Be Set Up
In Gayefy Theater in Drive

The Washington Chest X-Ray
Survey has been offered the facil-
tiles Of the Gayety Theater on
Ninth street for carrying its service
into the downtown area.
Jimmy Lake. owner of the theater,
told survey officials yesterday to
move in any time they want to"
and set up a mobile X-ray unit
in the lobby. The theater has been
closed for the summer, he ex-
planned.
A portable unit will be installed
"at once" in the outer lobby of the
theater, the agency said. The date
when operations will begin and the
daily schedule of operating hours
will be announced in a day or two.
With less than 20 operating days
OF the survey remaining, the agency
urged fullest cooperation" of per-
sons who have not yet been exam
1ned for tuberculosis.
Evening star., 1948-05-21
Hearing Slated June 8
On Regional District
Master zoning Plan

A formal public hearing on the
proposed master zoning plan fol
the Maryland Washington Regiona
District in Prince Georges County
will be conducted by the Mary.
land-National Capital Park ane
Planning Commission at 8 pm
June 8 at the Hyattsville Armory.
Irwin I. Main, chairman of the
planning group, announced today
that a copy of the proposed zonine
ordinance and also a map of the
affected area will be available fol
public examination for two weeks
before the hearing, starting Mon.
day, in the Prince Georges County
Regional Office of the Planning
Commission.
The Office is located at 540t
Queens Chapel road in the Queens
Chapel Shopping Center, West
Hyattsville. The ordinance and mar
may be inspected from 10 am. te
4 pm. any day except week ends anc
holidays.
Final approval of the proposed
plan will be by the Prince Georges
County Commissioners, who also will
hold a similar public hearing be-
fore adopting it. The county heads
will assume such authority because
Of their ex-offlcio capacity as the
District zoning Council for the
county.
Previously, informal hearings to
learn sentiments of county residents
were held in Is communities
throughout the county. The formal
hearing is required by law.
The planning agency received the
proposed plan and map from its
Prince Georges director of plan
ming, Fred w. Tuemmler, last
Thursday. The map is in atlas
form and is comprised of about 95
separate sheets at scale of 400 feet
to the inch, Mr.. Tuemmler reported
The text of the proposed ordinance
were submitted to the planning
group originally in October, 1916.
Robert M. Watkins, senior Prince
Georges County member of the two
county planning commission, an
nounced that submission of the plan
for formal consideration climaxes
"a long, sustained effort by the COM
mission and its staff, extending back
several years, to improve the land
use regulations for. the rapidly
growing portion of the county ad-
jacent to the District of Columbia. -
Evening star., 1948-05-21
Nnurtlinna

GORDON. FRANK. monument will
be unveiled on Sunday, May %, 194s. at
1890 pm, at the Bnai Israel Gene
terry to the memory of the late FRANK
GORDON. Relatives and friends invited
KLUFT, SAMUEL. dwelling Of the
monument to the memory of our beloved
husband and father, SAMUEL KLUFT, Will
be held on Sunday, May %, 194S, at
] 80 pm, at the B'nai Israel Cemetery
Oxon Hill. Md. Friends and relatives IN
vited. BELOVED WIFE AND FAMILYs *
15,16,2l ,22,23
MINovITZ, EsADoRE H. A monu;
ment will be unveiled at the Adas Israe
Cemetery on Sunday, May %, 1S4s, al
1870 pm in loving memory OF my be-
loved late husband, ESADORE H. M1NO;
VITZ. Friends and relatives invited. "a
RUBIN, LOUIS. An unveiling will be
held on Sunday, May %. 194S: at ] pm
of e monument to the late LOUIS. RUBIN
at the District Of Columbia Lodge Gene.
terry. Relatives and friends are invited te
meet at 1912 10Th st. NV: at IL moor
to attend services MRS. ANNIE RUBIN.
Evening star., 1948-05-21
A. f. Si|cott, so, Dies;
Was Coal Neqotiator

Arthur E. Silcott, 60, one of the
soft coal operator representatives
here for wage negotiations with
John L. Lewis, died last night in
his room in the Washington Hotel,
apparently of a heart attack.
Mr.. Silcott, secretary of the
Hazard (Ky) Coal Operators As
sociation, was found by a hotel
maid. He was pronounced dead by
DR.. Charles w. Thompson and his
body was taken to the morgue.
A native of Catlettsburg, KY. Mr..
Siicott had been secretary of the
operators association since 1881
During World War I, he served as
an Army pilot.
Mr.. Silcott came to Washington
Monday to represent the company
in wage>negotiations with the United
Mine Workers.
Surviving are his widow and a
daughter, a student at Mount Holy
oke (Mass) College.
Evening star., 1948-05-21
Michael and Anne Expected
To Be Married in Athens
BY the Assoeioted Press

ATHENS, May 21-A source
close to the palace said today that
King Michael, deposed monarch OF
Romania, and Princess Anne of
Bourbon Parma probably will be
married in Athens.
Premier ThemiStokles Sophoulis
said Michael, a nephew of King
Paul, will arrive June 2. The roy
alist newspaper Vradyni said with
out qualification the marriage
would take place in Athens.
Michael, who abdicated the throne
of Romania at the close of last
year, met the pretty Danish princess
at Princess Elizabeth's wedding in
London. They became engaged
soon afterward. Their marriage has
been postponed several times. One
difficulty has been religious differ
ences. Michael is member of the
Orthodox Church and Anne a Ro-
man Catholic.
Michael returned to Switzerland
from the United States recently.
Anne was last reported in Copen-
hagen after a trip to Paris, where
she bought her trousseau.
Evening star., 1948-05-21
Father Flanagan Rites
Set Today With Burial
In Boys Town Chapel
BY the Associoted Press

BOYS TOWN, Nebr., May 21.--
Youth of all races and creeds paid
last respects today to their great
friend and benefactor-Msgr. Ed
ward j. Flanagan, founder and di-
rector Of world-famous Boys Town.
Dowd Memorial Chapel on the
grounds of the haven for homeless
and neglected boys was prepared to
receive the body after two solemn
masses of requiem said by priests
of the Omaha archdiocese.
The body of Father Flanagan,
who once said II have yet to find a
single boy who wants to be bad"
will rest in a sarcophagus in the
northeast corner of the chapel.
Asked Burial in Chapel.
The Rev. Edmund c. Walsh.
acting director Of Boys Town, said
Father Flanagan had asked to be
buried in the chapel so can be
near the boys and they can come
and visit me-"
A marble slab, on which is en-
graved Father Flanagan, founder
of Boys Town, lover of Christ and
man." July 13, 1886-May is, 1948,"
will seal the stone sarcophagus.
Father Walsh disclosed early to-
day that since the body was brought
home from Berlin, where Father
Flanagan died. more than $4,000
persons had filed past the bier.
The body of Father Flanagan,
attired in the robes of monsignor,
lay in a solid bronze casket, opened
full length.
Started Boys Home in 1917.
The sentiment of the $50 boys at
the home was expressed by Eddie
Dunn, the 29th mayor of Boys
Town, who called Father Flanagan
"our greatest friend and bene-
factor"
President Truman termed him
IAN ever faithful friend of Ameri-
can youth and youth everywhere. :"
Father Flanagan, who would have
been 62 on July 13, was ordained to
the priesthood in 1912. In 1917, at
Omaha, where he was an assistant
pastor, he borrowed money, took
over an abandoned house and made
a home for five boys. In the sue
ceeding IS years $500 boys have
found a home in Boys Town.
Evening star., 1948-05-21
DpathH
REED, JESSIE 7. On J

REED, JESSIE T. On Thursday. May
20, l24S, at Monnt sg Alto Hospital JESSIE JESSIE
husband ii @ Of e MS. Bifdie Reed father q
Thomas Reed. SON of Richard Reed and
brother Of Richard and LinEood R, Reed and and
other relatives and friends. After 70
at the VI. Ernest Jarvis Funeral Church,
Monday. May sS q. at 80 PM mat at the he
above funeral church, Rev. James L. Pinn
qqfciating Relatives and friends inyted
q. ls4s. HOWARD sHoRTER Il 3I9
Rsa Rss s'hS asPnS s s3e 'sssPh
Departed this life on Wednesday. May
1s letf St NJ FssffHis rs 81
5s5sF Il SSd SsS MI M5i SHyS ssSs
Ms: sirnssf sadle saroEnls 3 ls oshsr SsIatlxes also
dence Funeral on Saturday. May ~,
F: A: Christian oflsiatins InteTmsnt a;saa
denly, on Sunday; MAY ,, ~; 1913 94ta,,g E ct
M: N SSselossd O son & MS s. ksbssss +
If4@sss by SssS5srs SssSf q funeral stsF si
WADE. EMMA FRANCES. On wednes-
fosse dos MAY Nd 9 astsA at an hsHe wApE
VI wife Rbaa Of ana Mda Wds anS n TSssr %ad
Home. o sarnesviIle. Md. Mass will Be Of
res g. on Ms4Ss sgrdss ee ME- chare RI ss e 8arnes
Beallsvilie. 'fl'A' Nd. N'''''
WALKER, MABLE. The otdesrs saa and a,}I
psase Sf besFs se e Shiloh Nj ass S
ShaF'a Gnu ssa ana NAY s.: iS4s
wear JAMIE a SNI1sN WOMAN Senior Matron.
GLADYS G. DAVIS, Secretary.
WALTER, CAROLYN ROSE. On Thurs,
dag May 3o ls4s s her Md o
IYN ROSE G 9 WAITER aDsfsi; Beloved ed wife % Of
John Bernard Walter and mother of Mrs
Eesse L Rass}s Bassaen MES Ms + Histon fsoa ME-
J. A. Connel, Mrs. James H. Corron, Mrs;
2; S; MoyeE John Bernard; rIa: }r, ,ad and
ter. sr0''.IS Funeral M On saturday; May y, from
her late residence at $50 am. Mass
will be offered for the repose Of her soul
at an. at S.. Johns Church. Clinton,
Md. Interment church cemetery.
WARD. LOUISA. On Thursday. May
90, 1913, at 1920 Foote St, Seat Pleas
ant, Md. LOUISA WARD. beloved mother
of Emma E. De Priest. Arthur L. Ward,
Lille I. Robert, Earnie E. Houchen and
Ada G.. Barlow. Services at Chambers
Funeral Home, SIT 1lth st. s.e., on Satur-
day, May %, at 11:30 am. Interment
Addison Chapel Cemetery. 81
WILLIAMS, DELANO T. On Tuesday,
May IS, 194S, at New York City, DELANO
T. WILLIAMS beloved husband of Pauline
son of Harry D. Williams: broth
er of Blanche W. Carter and brother-in-
other relatives and many friends. After
5 pm Friday, May 2l, friends are in
vited to call at the MCGUIRE Funeral
Home, 1920 9th st. NV, where services
will be held on Saturday, May %, at
80 pm. Interment Harmony Gene
tery. Il
Evening star., 1948-05-21
MRS. Chudwick-ColIins,
College OfficioI, Dies
BY the Associated Press

BRYN MAWR, Pa, May 21.-Mrs
James Chadwick Collins, 66, promi-
|nent educator and clubwoman, died
yesterday at her Bryn Mawr home
Born in Philadelphia, Mrs. Chad
wick Collins graduated from Bryn
Mawr College in 1905, joined the
faculty in 1921 and was appointed
to her present post of director OF
residence in 1887.
Besides her husband, retired
British Army captain whom she
married in 1909, she is survived by
three children, James M. OF Rich
mond, Ind, \and Richard Chadwick
Collins and Mrs. James A. Sutton
of Bryn MaWr.
Evening star., 1948-05-21
D. c. Awarded Plaque
In Traffic Safety Confess

A plaque was awarded to WASH
ington at ceremonies in the District
Building yesterday for winning third
place in the 1947 National Safety
Council traffic safety contest among
cities of more than 100000 popula-
ton
The Commissioners, with Traffic
Inspector Arthur E. Miller looking
on, accepted the award from Rich
ard o. Bennett, secretary of the
contest.
Evening star., 1948-05-21

was with the Hochkiss Machine Gun
Co. in France from 1885 until his
retirement as vice president and
managing director in 1886.
After his retirement he was made
honorary president of the company
and returned to Washington with
his wife, the late Mrs. Margaret Cox
Benet, granddaughter of Col. John
Cox, one of Georgetown's early
Mayors. She died in 1s4l.
Served in Two Wars.
On his return from France, Mr..
Benet predicted war. He said that
armament manufacturers did not
want war because embargoes restrict
shipments to all but the domestic
market and special taxes eat up
normal profits.
During the Spanish American
War, he served as an ensign IN
the Navy and during World War I
he was with the American ambu-
lance and hospital service in
France. During the last two years
of the war he was member OF
the advisory staff of the American
Expeditionary Force Purchasing
Board. Except for his return to
America during these wars, he lived
in France. Both he and his wife
spoke fluent French.
Born in West Point, N. Y, he was
/ the son of Gen. Stephen Benet,
former chief of ordnance on duty
for many years at the War Depart
ment. Young Laurence prepared Tor
Yale at the Emerson Institute here
and was graduated in mechanical
engineering from Yale in 1884. The
following year he went to France
with the Hotchkiss company and in
vented their famous machine gun.
Mr.. Benet stanchly defended the
munitions manufacturers through
out his long career. In his opinion,
the theory that wars are fomented
and that armament is stimulated by
munitions manufacturers is a dream
of the pacifists.
ARMS manufacturers are not In
any way responsible for war;" he
said on his return here from France
in 1896. "They merely supply their
various nations with the means OF
defending their existence, which is
the principal function of govern
ment."
Held Many Decorations.
1t was his belief that to exist and
carry out its purpose, government
must protect its boundaries in order
to protect the lives and property
and to insure the happiness OF its
people.
Mr.. Benet was a past president
and a gold medalist OF the Ameri-
can Chamber of Commerce in
France and was a member OF the
American Aid Society.
Among his decorations by various
governments were the Grand Officer
Of the French Legion OF Honor.
French Medal of Honor, Commander
of the Military Order of Christ (Por-
tugaD, Commander of the Order of
the Crown Romania), and Officer
Of Osmania (Turkey).
American organizations to which
he belonged include American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers, Yale
Engineering Association, Naval In
stitute, Military Order of Foreign
Wars, Army Ordnance Association
United Veterans of the Spanish
American War, American Geo.
graphical Society and st. Angus
tines Historical Society. He was
also a member of the Metropolitan
Club and the Army and Navy Club
here and the University Club OF
New York.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 pm. Monday in st. Johns
Episcopal Church, 801 Sixteenth
street NV. Burial will be in Ar
lington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-05-21
lLondonersE Eked
By Lovers Around
| Roosevelt Statue
By the Associoted Press

LONDON, May 21.-Grosvenor
Square, beautified to be a fitting
setting for the newly unveiled statue
of Franklin D. Roosevelt, has be-
come infested with lovers, according
to complaints to the Ministry OF
Works.
They sit on the grass in great
numbers, and even lie on 1t, to the
disgust of some Mayfair neighbors
One of the neighbors is the Ameri-
can Embassy but, according to q
spokesman, no complaint has come
from there.
THE State Department has taken
no notice, but as individuals we
have, of course, noticed few
things" he said.
The Works Ministry has assigned
uniformed attendants who chase all
the lovers into Hyde Park.
Evening star., 1948-05-21

lie relations for
the Community
c h e S t Fedora
ton, set up yes
terday.
A chairman of
a separate Cam
paign Publicity
Committee will
be hos e n to
serve a limited
term this fall.
Members OF Mrs.
Gichner'S Public
Relations Com
mittee will be
n a IN e & soon.
Previously a sin
Evening star., 1948-05-21

gle committee served both as the
year-around and campaing public
'ty group.
Mrs. Gichner, mother of four chill
'ren, is president of the Southern
sranch of the Women's League Of
le United Synagogue and the La
yette Home and School Associa-
on, and past president of the Adas
rael Sisterhood of Washington and
,e Cornell Women's Club of Wash
rgton.
Her home Is at 6115 Thirty third
,treet NV.
Evening star., 1948-05-21

this morning in
Ge org e t ow n
Hospital : after
an illness of two
weeks. He lived
at 2101 Connec-
ticut a v e n u e
NV.
Mr.. Benet was
an uncle of the
two + a m o u S
writer's, Stephen
Vincent Benet,
who died in 1943,
a n d William
Rose Benet.
The engineer
Evening star., 1948-05-21
Lecture Series 10 Describe
boqota Farley Agreements
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
The Pan American Union will
hold three-day series of lectures,
beginning Monday, on the achieve
ments of the Bogota Conference.
DR.. Alberto Lleras-Camargo. Sec
retary general of the new organi-
zation of American States, said in
statement that public opinion has
failed to grasp fully the issues in
volved
"The true significance Of the in
ternational agreements reached
there has hardly been conveyed to
the American public" he said.
The program for the three-day
lecture period will be:
Monday: The Bogota Conference,
by DR.. Alberto Lleras.
Tuesday: The new status of the
Pan American Union, by DR.. Will
liam Manger, assistant secretary
general of the Organization Of
American States.
Wednesday: The pact of Bogota
and other juridical decisions, by
DR.. Charles Fenwick, director, De-
partment of International Law and
Organization of the Pan American
Union.
Judges of the High Court recently
heard caSe in Melhol1rne Austria -
Evening star., 1948-05-21
Mrs. Gichner Named Head
OF Chest Publicity Unit

| Mrs. Henry Gichner has been
named chairman of the first stand
ing committee charged exclusively
with maintaining year-around pub
Evening star., 1948-05-21
Laurence benet, IS,
Inventor Of Hotchkiss
Machine Gun, Dies

Laurence Vincent Benet, IS, re-
tired internationally known me-
chanical engineer and inventor OF
the Hotchkiss machine gun, died
Evening star., 1948-05-21

Judges of the High Court recently
heard a case in Melbourne, Austria
liza, in a temperature of 104.