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Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
BABSON:-Discusses Crop Outlook

get good prices for their wheat, corn and other
crops? Here, again, uncertainty enters the
picture 1t does seem to me- however. if
present crop indications are borne out, espe-
Cially as regards wheat that agricultural
prices in general are likely to move still low
er, despite any intermediate upturns that may
result from crop scares or other temporary
factors.
Do not forget that European crops are re-
ported to be making generally favorable pro-
gTess Good crops in Europe this year would
materially lessen dependence upon imports
Of American grain and other fOOdstuffs
Should some untOward event precipitate war
with Russia next year, exports of grains and
food products to Europe could largely cease
Lessened foreign demand would put some
downward pressure on U. S. farm prices.
ANOTHER GOOD FARM YEAR
Nevertheless, do not expect the bottom to
fall out whatever happens. Domestic demand
will continue unusually large since employ
ment and wages should hold at high levels
In any event. the government is committed to
support agricultural prices at 9O96 of parity
a level that would assure farmers a fair re-
turn for their work and products
All in all, the odds, in my opinion. favor an
other good year for American farmers in
1948. Although they are Tightening their purse
strings a bit at present, they should prove
good but wise spenders when 1948 crops are
in Merchants should prepare now to make
the most Of profitable farm markets.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Spring! And Town

LARAMIE, WyO. - up - It was
long hard winter for Mrs. Murl
Robbins.
SnOWbOund at her ranch home
81 miles northwest of Laramie
nearly five months, she finally
made the Ong-aWaited trip to
town. 1t took only two days-by
hOrse-drawn sleigh.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

efficient and is paid
for that kind Of effi-
cheney. That is not
true in the federal
government. There.
the boss. whether be
be a bureau chief.
the head Of q division
in a bureau, or a
rweeGT tt-Asa..ge
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Clearly Seen Hobby

CHICAGO ~ A9s- One Of the
prime pastimes Of Superior Court
Judge Frank NJ Padden is washing
windows The glass panes IN his
home, he says, sparkle like dia-
monds." He started as a boy, and
got into the habit.
And as so often happens" he
says, "the habit became a hobby"
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

EUREKA, Kan, April %
American farmers last
year crossed some thirty
Billion dollars - the peak
in a series of phenomenal
ly prosperous years. Will
their good luck hold out
in 1913?
PLANTING INTENTIONS
GOOD
This years tObOggan in
farm prices, which later
managed a good recovery,
failed to uproOt the con-
fidence of farmers in the
sOundness of current eco
,,r-.osn 49,. EsAs~.,, - ~
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
'FEARHER BFDDFRS'

IN the Taft-Hartley labor law an
= effort was made to outlaw 'Ies-
ther bedding as a labor practice
in private industry. The people
generally approved Of that provi-
sion. The civil service commission
encourages feather bedding in the
federal government service.
In private business the superin-
tendent or foreman who can get a
job done with minimum number
Of employees is considered highly
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Death In The Jungle

KUALA LUMPUR. Malaga - up
- Man-eating tigers and other
wild animals killed an average Of
four persons a month in Malaga
last year, say the Malayan Fedora
tiOn government.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
~ IVestbTook PegleP
Released h1 WNu Re-tnre.

TT is A FoREGoNE coNcLU.
= SION that the Democratic candi-
date will be defeated next Novem-
Der. It is even possible that Presi-
dent Truman will be rejected by his
own party. but, in any case, THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE WILL BE
THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
That being the fact, and it is a
fact which awaits mere confirHna-
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
AnotherC CuIpriL

The sections where the golden or
anges grow, Southern California,
Florida, Arizona and South Texas,
paid heavy tribute to Jack Frost
during the past winter. The smudge
pots burned on many a night when
the thermometer dropped below the
freezing point. Orange growers
burned up more than four million
dollars worth Of crude oil and with
it a heavy labor cost for firing.
With such expense items the profits
Of many an orange grower disap-
peared for a year. The burning oil
did not save all the crop. Il is
estimated that IS per cent of the
nations citrus fruits were ruined. Il
means a shortage in our vitamin
"a" products for the next Il months.
1t means a heavy dip into the sx.
pected profits Of the growers unless
they can sell what they saved from
the ravages Of Old Jack Frost ct a
higher price. We can condemn that
hoary marauder for at least one
higher mark in our living cost. We
must have our vitanin AZ
That two sides, legislative and adj
ministrative, can keep an eye on
the political skies was demonstrate
ed by the statements issued by
Senator Vandenberg and Speaker
Martin a few hours ahead Of the
recent statement to congress BY
President Truman.
=
That nation viii win that gets
there first with the ''mostsst''
planes.
The American people might not,
probably would not, object to a CON
tinuance Of wartime taxes IL the
surplus were all used to reduce the
national debt. They do object to
putting, year after year, one third
or more Of their earnings in q pot
into which congress dips to finance
every plan some member Of con.
gress believes win buy q few votes.
The rank and file Of Americans are
asking for government frugality.
Economy is q popular word. but
politicians do not recognize it
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

Twenty-seven different languag-
es are represented in the 1900
newspapers and magazines which
are edited or published in New
York.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

That nation viii win that gets
there first with the ''mostest''
planes.
Evening star., 1948-12-19

Charles Deakin. rs. Of Danbury,
Conn.
Twelve grenade fragments were
lodged in the officers body when
the weapon exploded. Two other
Army men were injured. The ac-
cident occurred yesterday at the
range.
1t. Deakin, married and the father
of 10-month-old boy, was the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Augustus Deakin
of Danbury. Mr.. Deakin is town
clerk.
Sergt. Erskine ]. Underwood, Iva,
S. c., and Pvt. Robert j. Degraffin-
readt, Siler City, N. c., were the
others injured in the blast. Sergt.
Evening star., 1948-12-19

convocation, oficials said yesterday
University officials listed the foul
as: Oliver e. Colbentson, 1902 Sa.
vannah street Sc, and Mace l.
Wenniger, 1852 Kanawha street
NV, who received bachelor Of arts
degrees, and Daniel Leenov, 148s
Newton street NV, and Wilfrid
Rail, 4609 South 30th road, Airing
ton, who were awarded master OF
arts degrees.
Evening star., 1948-12-19
Exploding Grenade Is Fatal
To Fort Meade Lieutenant
BY the Associoied Press

FORT MEADE, Md, Dec. 1s.-An
Army lieutenant died today of in
juries received when a hand grenade
he was demonstrating exploded.
An iron lung was rushed to the
Army post this morning in vain
attempt to save the life of 1t.
Evening star., 1948-12-19
District Area Students
Get Chicago U. Decree:

-Four Washington area men were
among the 500 students to receive
degrees at the University of Chi
cago on Friday in its largest fall
Evening star., 1948-12-19

Underwood was struck in the
stomach. Pvt. Degraffinreadt's in
juries were reported slight.
Evening star., 1948-12-24
Police End Duggon Probe;
No Comment on Findings

NEW YORK, Dec. "a (P).-Nev
York City police last night ended ar
intensive, three-day investigation Of
the death of Laurence Duggan, but
made no immediate comment or
their findings.
A short time earlier, however
police said they had found nothing
to change their original conclusion
that the former State Department
expert Jumped or fell" to his death
Mr.. Duggan, 43. plunged 1s floors
Monday night from the office Of
the Institute of International Edu-
cation, of which he was president.
Detectives said they had concluded
their investigation, but that the case
was still open" They would not
amplify. A final report was for
warded to Police Commissioner
Arthur Wallander.
The police investigation was
ordered after Sumner Welles, former
Undersecretary of State, said he was
sure Mr.. Duggan had not taken his
own life.
Mr.. Duggan's name had once been
mentioned before the House Un-
American Activities Committee, but
a committeeman said that later Mr.
Duggan had been cleared of any
connection with espionage activities
Funeral services for MIR. Duggan
yesterday we're attended by Mr.
Welles, Adolf Berle, former Assistant
Secretary of State, and other public
| figures.
Evening star., 1948-12-24
Miss Helen Car|oss Dies;
Retired u. :. Tax Attorney

Miss Helen r. Carloss, IS, Fed
eral tax attorney here, died yester-
day in her native Yazoo City, Miss
Miss Carloss retired in 1947 from
the Justice Departments Tax Divi-
sion, where she had been in charge
of the divisions appellate work
She joined the department in 1925
latter serving 10 years with the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue.
Miss Carloss both prosecuted and
defended many tax cases in the
Federal appellate courts and repre-
sented the Government before all
of the United States Circuit Courts
of Appeal. She was said to be the
second woman lawyer ever to argue
before the Supreme Court.
A graduate of Mississippi State
College for Women, she came here
during World War I as Treasury
Department employe. She received
a law degree from George Washing
ton University in 1923 and was
given an alumni achievement award
by the university in 1945.
She is survived by her mother,
Mrs. J. r. Caldwell Of Yazoo City,
and two half brothers, DR.. John
Caldwell. president of Alabama Col
lege, and Joseph Caldwell an Army
Department employe here.
Evening star., 1948-12-24
Princess Kap|anoff 10 Wed
Edwin D. Haskell Lecturer
ky the As,oeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Princess
1rbain-K Khan Kaplanoff, the former
Miss Vernon Rogers Magofrin OF
Lexington, KY, and Edwin Dudley
Haskell, 81, writer and lecturer OF
Wilton, Conn, yesterday obtained a
marriage license.
Their application indicated they
will be married Monday. Records
show this will be Princess Kapla-
noff's fifth marriage and Mr.
Haskells second. Her first husband,
Chester Stems, died in 1920; she
divorced her second, Rushton Pea
body, in 1929; her third husband
was Drexel Steele. whom she
divorced in 1881, and her fourth
husband. Prince Kaplanoff, died
in 1947.
Mr.. Haskell's first marriage was
in 1914.
Both the Princess and Mr.
Haskell are said to be descendants
of Thomas Dudley, colonial gover-
nor Of Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Haskell served after World
War as acting commissioner OF
the American Red Cross commits
sion to Albania. During World
War II he acted as United States
liaison officer to Brazil and as chief
of mission for UNRRA to Albania
Evening star., 1948-12-24
Boy Wins $4,000
|For. Injuries by
|ConfederoteSheN
BY the Assoeiofed Press

CHARLESTON, S. c., Dec. "a
Damages of $35 5000. have been
awarded william L. Beasley, IL, who
suffered loss of leg and other in
juries in the explosion of a Con-
federate shell at Quarantine Sta
ton April l, 1947. The award was
made by Judge J. Waties Waring
in Federal Court yesterday.
The boy, through his father, j. o.
Beasley. had sought 100000 dam
ages from the Federal Government
His parents, in a separate suit, had
sought SIS, 900 damages for expenses
incurred. The court held the par
ents had been guilty of contributory
negligence and were not entitled to
recover.
In finding the verdict of $35, ,000,
Judge Waring, who heard the case
November l without a jury, based
his award on the fact the Govern
ment, through its agents, had been
guilty of negligence in not stopping
young Beasley and others from
tampering with the shell.
Evening star., 1948-12-24
|sotope Shipments Total
2901 in First u Months
by the Assoeiotsd Press

CHICAGO, Dec. 24.-The Govern
ment made 2,9ol shipments of
isotopes during the first "a months
of the atomic energy projects tsotope
program.
This was announced today in the
Journal of the American Medical
Association by DR.. Paul c. Aebersold,
Phi. D., of Oak Ridge, Tenn.
He said more than 70 per cent OF
the shipments, 2,103, were made for
studies in animal and human phySi-
ology. Studies in plant physiology
and bacteriology account for about 6
per cent and the remaining fields OF
use-chemistry, physics, industrial
research and metallurgy-consume
about 20 per cent of the shipments.
These shipments of radioisotopes,
produced in atomic piles, were made
from August 2, 1916, to May 80, ls4S.
Evening star., 1948-12-24
FIavius Morrill,, 92, Dies;
Retired Transit Supervisor

Flavius Morrill,, %, retired track
maintenance supervisor for the Cap
ital Transit Co., died early today az
his home, $3.50 Fourteenth street
NV.
A native Of Branch County, Mich,
Mr.. Morrill, came to Washington in
1889 to work for the old Georgetown
& Washington Railroad Co. In the
days when cable cars were replacing
horse cars here as public vehicles. A
trackman, he helped build the old
cable car line on Seventh street NV.
Mr.. Morrill, served through mum.
ber of traction company mergers ana
retired In 1884 as supervisor IN
charge of maintaining the city's
trolley track system after 45 years
service.
Surviving Mr.. Morrill, are his son.
Chester Morrill,, 1908 1ngomar street
NV, special adviser to the Federa
Reserve Board; q grandson, Chester
Morrill,, 143 North Abingdon street,
Arlington, and q great-grandsons
Paul H. Morrill,.
Funeral services will be held at !
pm. Monday in the Hines funera!
home, 290l Fourteenth street NV
Burial will be private.
Evening star., 1948-12-24
Tour Operators Ask
ice 10 Ban Mi. Vernon
Rivals Lacking Permit

A group of Washington sight-see-
ing operators today asked the Inter
state Commerce Commission to ban
a rival group from the Mount Ver-
mon route or force them to get
certification.
The brief was filed by Sight-See-
ing, Inc: Washington Sightseeing
Co., Inc: Clancy Limousine Serv-
ice, Inc, and Colonial Historic
Tours. which hold certificates for
the operation from the ICC.
While the ICC listed lit persons
and companies it says are operat-
ing between here and Mount Vernon
without certificates, only dozen or
more appeared on the brief.
Those whose right to operate
without certificates is being chal-
lenged are listed in the brief as
follows:
Charles L. Boteler, doing business
as Blue Star Line; Sidney Russell
Barradell, doing business as Colum-
bit Sight Seeing Tours; Herbert C.
Bates, doing business as Rightway
Sight Seeing Tours; Archie B. Davis;
Milton Davis; Samuel D. Daumit;
Frank John Del Monte; Anthony j.
Farrah; Ira F. Gadd, doing business
as Building and Monumental Tour:
Albert Kritt; George T. Marriott
and Ollie Paris and Lois Paris, doing
business as White House Sight See
ing Tours.
In a brief replying, they contend
that taxicabs going to Mount Ver-
non are exempt from certifcation
requirement and that the law ex-
empts motor vehicles operating in
National parks. They say that If
certificates are required to Mount
Vernon, it follows that they will be
required to all other points within
the Washington commercial zone.
The commission began its own
inquiry in the matter following an
order October IS. Examiner Tobias
Naftalin, who conducted a hearing
November %, will take up the case
and report his findings to the COM
niSSi0n
Evening star., 1948-12-24
Engineer Held in $500
Bond on Woman S Charge

A construction engineer was or.
dered held for grand jury action
yesterday in Rockville Police Court
on a charge of rape.
Trial Magistrate Alger Y. Barbee
set bond at $500 for Paul r. Kratz.
maier, 80, of the 1400 block OF
Twenty-flrst street NV, who Il
accused of raping a 3l-year-old
Government worker December IL.
The woman testified Kratzmaier
who is feet tall attacked her on
the front seat Of his midget car
on Chevy Chase parkway after she
had accepted a ride home from Q
dance In a Sixteenth street hotel.
DR.. L. Huntley Cate, 1908 Con-
necticut avenue NV, told Judge
Barbee the woman had been at
tackled. Kratzmaier said the woman
gave her consent. His attorney,
Barnard T. Welsh, claimed the
woman had became frightened"
after conSenting
Evening star., 1948-12-24
Narcotics Suspect Held
On New Haven Charge

Frank Eng, So, Chinese, who has
been sought by Federal authorities
for the last two years on an opium
charge in New Haven, Conn.,, was
placed under bond by United States
Commissioner Cyril s. Lawrence
yeserday for a removal hearing on
December 30.
Eng was arrested Wednesday by
agents of the narcotics bureau in
a Chinese general merchandise store
in the 600 block of II street NV.
He gave his address as the 900 block
of New York avenue NV, the agent
said.
Evening star., 1948-12-24
Ruth SeIwyn Divorces
John B. Wurburton
BY the Asse<ioted Prsss

RIVERSIDE, Calf, Dec. 24.-Ruth
Selwyn has been granted a divorce
from John Barrow Warburton, Eng
lish- born actor, after five years Of
marriage.
The actress received the decree
on cruelty charges and told Superior
Court yesterday that property set
tlement had been made. She for
merly was married to Producer
Edgar Selwyn. MIR. Warburton's s
first wife was Lucille Morrison.
Evening star., 1948-12-24
Two Indictments Dismissed
Against Physician Here

Two indictments charging DR..
Schley Brown, As, with performing
abortions we're dismissed yesterday
by District Court Judge Richmond
B. Keech on Government motion.
DR.. Brown, colored, whose ONCE
is in the 200 block OF Rhode Island
avenue NV, had been tried on
both indictments, but both trials
resulted in hung jurys.
Assistant United States Attorney
A. J. Mclaughlin, who had recon-
mended dismissal of the two indict-
ments told the court present-day
juries seem reluctant to convict on
abortion charges. He then expressed
the view the Government did not
have sufficient evidence to convict
DR.. Brown. One Of the young women
complainants against DR.. Brown has
gone to Texas, Mr.. Mclaughlin
gaid
Evening star., 1948-12-24
Medical Investigator
Says Donora Smog
Neared Catastrophe
By the Assoeiofsd Press

CINCINNATI, Dec. 24.-The Do.
nora CPa0 smog, which killed q
persons last October 80, barely
missed being a major catastrophe,
DR.. Clarence A. Mills Of the Uni
versity of Cincinnati reported today
"A large part of Donora's popu-
lation of 1880 was made ill by the
smog," DR.. Mills said in reporting
preliminary findings in his investi-
CATION.
"A slightly higher poison concen-
tration In the air or a few hours
longer time and the whole COM
munity might have been left almost
devoid of life"
DR.. Mills Is head of the depart
ment of experimental medicine in
the University of Cincinnati Col
lege of Medicine and is an expert
on harmful effects of air pollution
and on the effect Of climate changes
on civilizations.
Zinc Fumes Suspected.
He said fumes from a Donora
zinc smelter were suspected of caus-
ing the deadly snog.
DR.. Mills said his part in the
investigation was personal. He has
made three trips to Donora and the
borough council has made the re-
suits of its survey available to him.
The University of Cincinnati made
his report public.
More than 5000 of Donora's 49,
500 inhabitants are being found af-
fected by the poison smog, in addi-
ton to the 20 human deaths and
roughly 800 animals killed" DR..
Mills said.
"Of the 1910 residents now ques-
toned, 3,212 reported serious effects
on that fatal night; 6O3 of these
were treated by physicians and 277
others begged unsuccessfully for
such aid, many of them receiving
treatment from city firemen and
Red Gross workers"
Donora Man Replies.
In Donora. Charles M. Stacey,
Board of Health president, said:
Il think statements concerning
prospective destruction of the entire
community are highly exaggerated.
OF course, If the smog had per-
sisted we probably would have had
more ill-and even more deaths. But
! don't think all of us were en-
dangered."
Mr.. Stacey conceded, however,
that DR.. Mills was about correct"
in the portion OF, his preliminary
findings which CLAIMED 603 persons
were treated for smog effects. He
agreed also that many OF PIT others
seeking treatment were aided by
first aid crews of city firemen and
Red Cross workers.
Meanwhile, Ch leroi- oi-Monessen
Hospital in Donora yesterday an
nounced the death of George Weis-
dock, IS, one of four smog sufferers
who suffered a relapse this week.
DR.. Walter Rongaus, staff physi-
clan, said Mr.. Weisdock's death was
due to heart failure. He said doc
tors had not yet determined whether
the death was directly due to the
Smog.
Evening star., 1948-12-24
SibeIius Gets Invitation
To FIy 10 u. 5. for Visit

NEW YORK, Dec. "a Jean
Sibelius, the noted Finnish compos-
er, has been invited to visit the
United States by the National Arts
Foundation.
Carleton Smith, Director, said Mr..
Sibelius was told that the founda-
ton would provide airplane trans
portation for him. No reply to the
invitation has been received.
Should the 83-year-old composer
come here, Mr.. Smith said, "Sibelius
Week" programs featuring his mu-
sic would be presented by symphony
orchestras in New York, Boston,
Washington and Chicago.
The foundation is a privately en-
dowed philanthropic corporation
dedicated to encouragement or ap-
probation of the arts.
Evening star., 1948-12-24
Friends Praise Duggan.

crime of great gravity was commit.
ted. I'm keen on tracking down who
was the thief"
Friends Praise Duggan.
Meanwhile, a group of friends oi
Laurence Duggan, former State
Department official killed in 6
plunge from a New York office
building monday, issued statement
terming him an ''incorruptible man
and attacking the committee for "ar
unjust profaning OF his memory"
A few hours after Mr.. Duggan's
death, committee members released
closed session testimony Of Isaac
Don Levine that Mr.. Levine hac
heard Ex-Communist Whitaker
Chambers tell former Assistant Sec
retary Of State A. A. Berle, jr., that
Mr.. Duggan passed along State De-
partment information.
The statement from seven Of Mr.
Duggan's friends follows:
I'VE friends of Laurence Duggar
knew him as an individual combin'
ing In exceptionally harmonious in
tegration a fine intellect, high mora
purpose and a rare and selfless love
of his fellow human beings. He wa!
an intensely loyal and gentle person
incapable by his sensitive nature O.
being dishonest or Of committing
mean or cruel or unkind act.
Spreading before the public un
supported imputations Of disloyalt,
against Larry Duggan by informer
of the House Un-American Activ
tiles Committee Immediately afte
his tragic death is not only an un'
Just profaning of his memory. 1t Il
a callous injustice to his children
to his wife and to other members o
his family.
Called Incorruptible.
"In the larger and community
sense, this shocking desecration o.
the memory Of an incorruptible mar
symbolizes the degradation to which
some politicians in our country have
descended. But it means more thar
that. It throws into stark outline
the very real threat to our demo
cratic way of life in the United
States If such insensible irrespon.
sibility is allowed to continue. 1t is
a manifestation Of inhumanity which
finds its counterpart in modern
times only in the expressions anc
actions under Stain IN Russia ano
Hitler in Germany.
"The sole consolation friends Of
Larry Duggan and his family might
find in their tragedy would come
through a public opinion aroused
sufficiently by the tragedy and BY
some House Committee members
conduct in connection with it te
force a revision of the committees
procedure-so complete a revision
that our Nation cannot again bt
humiliated by similar episodes OF
congressional disdain for justice ano
for human life itself.
Were Larry Duggan able to talk
to us now, he would, we feel sure
count the accident which befell hin
not an unmitigated loss if it con.
tributed to the values dearest to his
heart. Those values we're summed
up in the desire possessing him te
help achieve community life ir
which the rights and dignity of each
citizen will be safeguarded while
that citizen seeks full development
of his creative possibilities in pur'
suing happiness for himself, his fam
lily, his friends and his nation"
The statement was signed by Mar.
guerite Owen, chief administrative
assistant, IVA chairman and board
Clinch Calkins, poet, playwright
frequent contributor to the New
Yorker Magazine; Drew Pearson