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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-12
TEACHER TAKEN TO
 HOSPITAL
President Calls Congress ionaI Spy Hearings
 'Red Herring


 woman identified by police as the Russian school teacher who has been in seclusion at the Russian Con- sulate, despite court action to bring her out, jumped or fell from an upper story window late today, po- lice reported.
 The woman, Mrs. Oksana Step anovna Kosenkina. was taken to Roosevelt Hospital.
 The Soviet Consul General, Yakov M. Lomakin, has said he rescued" the woman from an anti-Commun- ist White Russian camp near here a few days ago. She claimed she was taken theer against her will.
 George P. Mitchell, Chief of De- tectives, said he had been told by a sergeant at the East 5lst Street station that the woman was Mrs. K0senkina, that she had suffered 5 q kroken leg and internal injuries, and was still conscious when taken to the hospital.
 Mitchell said the sergeant told him the woqnAn fell from window of the. building at II East 6lst Street. The address of the Soviet Consulate is listed as No. ', but part of the organization is housed at No. H.
 Other Of today's developments in the Congressional spy investiga- ti0n: ;ssss.ss.,sr.sze
 Il House Un- Amef fiesh Activities Committee. apnqs16clG "preliminary steps" toward prosecuting some witt nesses for perjury.
 s2. Soviet Consul General in New York ignores State Court order to produce Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina, school teacher rescued" from anti Communist White Russians.
 Rpssian government protests tl,9 order to the State Department, contending the New York court has no jurisdiction over it's consul.
 A. State Department telegraphs Gov Thomas E. Dewey asking that further action be suspended pend- ing study of unprecedented diplo- matic situation.
 s. New York judge who issued order reserves decision on what to do next.
 6. House committee brings an- other Russian teacher, Michael Samarin, to Washington from New York under heavy guard for ques- tioning behind closed doors
 At the end of an hour and half session with Samarin, Chairman Thomas; tR>-N.J. told reporters the witness would be held under subpoena "as source of future information"
 WASHINGTON, Aug. l2. = R = President Truman repeated today that he thinks the Congressional spy hearings are 8 red herring. And he said they have the strongest kind of smell.
 When the President first called them fred herring" last week, he said they were designed to divert attention from the lack of Congress sional action on high prices.
 He told his news conference today that he still thinks so. adding that they are a red herring of the strong estYtype you can smell.
 His remarks came when a report CT told him that Representative Mundt R.-S.D3 had said the re- suits of the hearings would make the President eat his words.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-12
LIEUT.. MILTON

It. R. T. Milton. with the Army in Alaska, is at the Baranof Ho- tel.
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Evening star., 1948-12-23
2,000th Baby Born
| At Boiling Base
Gets Porringer

The 2,0O0th baby born at the
Boiling Air Force Base Hospital since
July, 1914, today was given a silver
porringer by Mrs. Hoyt S. Vanden.
berg, wife OF the Air Force Chief o1
Staff.
The baby was born Saturday. She
is Candis Gray Smith, the daughter
of Air Force Maj. and Mrs. Cor
nelius M. Smith Of Arlington.
Mrs. Smith, after five days In the
hospitals 16-bed maternity ward,
left for home after the brief pres
entation by Mrs. Vandenberg in a
small reception room in the one
story frame hospital.
Hospital officers said they con-
slider 1000 babies in little more than
four years a prolific number for the
small hospital.
Mai. Smith was combat fighter
pilot in the Pacific during the war.
He is now an Air Force Intelligence
officer at the Pentagon. He and his
wife have another daughter, Sha-
ron, 8.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Guard Transfer Effect
On Budget in Doubt

District budget officials were un.
certain today what effect proposed
transfer of the District Nationa
Guard to the Army's National Guarc
Bureau would have on city finances.
President Truman, who reportedly
is preparing to relinquish his con-
troll of the District Guard, may re.
lieve the Commissioners from the
responsibility of supplying the guaro
with operating funds from the city
budget. Such move would require
legislation by Congress.
1t was pointed out, however, that
the transfer of authority from the
President could be made while con-
tinuing financial responsibility fol
the District Guard within Washing
toms financial structure.
Both District officialS and off,
GERS of the National Guard would
be happy to see the set up revert
entirely into the hands of the Fed
eral Guard Bureau. Budget Officer
Walter L. Fowler pointed out, how
evr, that White House approval OF
the proposed transfer order prob
ably would come too late to switch
operating expenses from the Dis
trict to the Defense budget for the
next fiscal year.
In the present fiscal year, the
District appropriated s85, 100 for op-
Grafton of the Guard here. The
District Guard requested $500,000 for
fiscal 1850. The Commissioners
recommendation on this request is
in the hands of the Budget Bureau
and will not be released until next
month.
Evening star., 1948-12-23

Two-year-old Jimmy sat on the
threshold of his new life, throwing
colored blocks into the air.
When he threw the blocks high
enough, they almost touched the
red, paper Merry Christmas
strung across the door above him
and the satisfying smack when they
landed on the polished office floor
was more important to Jimmy than
the talk of the grownups around
him.
Miss Genevieve Gabower Of the
Children's Protective Association ex-
planned about Jimmy.
He has a last name, Of course
but we haven't used is since his
mother decided she would have to
give him up. He came to Sus when
ne was only few month old"
Placing children for adoption
Miss Gabower said, is only one OF
the services of the Children's Pro-
tective Association, a Red Feather
agency, supported by Community
Chest funds.
First, we try to work out some
way for a mother to keep her baby
if it can be done. Sometimes the
child is placed in a foster home un-
til the mother can work things out
Evening star., 1948-12-23

ice revolver lying nearby.
The 42-year-old policeman, on
the force since 1929, had been SUI
fering from severe sinus trouble
for a number of years, according to
members of his family. He left no
note, police said.
Assigned to Night Beat.
Pvt. Lotus had come OF the
night shift at the precinct at 8 am.
He had been patroling foot beat
in the Spring Valley area since his
assignment to the No. 8 last June.
There was a brief delay in the
wounded mans removal to the hos
pital, when it was found impossible
to bring him down the narrow stair
way of his home on an ordinary
stretcher. Firemen of No. 2 rescue
squad brought him out on rescue
type basket. Oxygen and blood
plasma were administered en- route
to the hospital
In the house at the time Of the
shooting, besides Mrs. Rose Lotus,
the policeman's mother, were his
father, Peter LOTUS, who is confined
to a wheel chair, and a nephew,
police said.
Had Good Record.
Pvt. LOTUS, a District native, had
good police record, according to
his superiors. In 1881 he was COM
mended for his part in apprehend-
ing a band of housebreakers. He
had served in seventh, second and
tenth precincts prior to his last
assignment.
Survivors, in addition to his par
ents, include two brothers, DR..
James M. Lotus, 1873 Park road
NV, and Peter Lotus, now in the
Army, and four sisters, Miss Rosella
Lotus, Mrs. Raymond Clayton, both
of the home address; Mrs. r. I.
Nixon, 2212 Fortieth street NV, and
Mrs. John Cannon, also of Wash
|ington.
The body is at the Hines funeral
home, 2901 Fourteenth street NV.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed.
Pvt. Lotus was the second Dis
trict policeman to die this month
from a self-infiicted bullet wound
in the head. First precinct Pvt.
Charles P. Farr, 80, was found dead
on a bed in his Clinton MD home
on December 8.
Evening star., 1948-12-23

for herself and reach q decision. It
isn't easy for a mother to sign re-
linquishment paper for her baby
and often it takes q long time"
After that 1t takes another long
time before the child can be placed
with a family, Miss Gabower said
He must be given mental and
physical tests to find out II he Is
qualified for adoption. A careful
study of the social and intellectual
background of his parents also is
made to help in finding the right
family for him.
Even more rigid examinations are
made of families who apply to the
association for a baby.
"Mr. and Mrs. Jackson were very
lucky" Miss Gabower said. They
first came to us only last spring
1t usually takes a good deal longer
than that.
"It just happened in their case
that they were completely right for
Jimmy. They both work for the
Government, but she is giving up
her Job from now on. They've been
married six years, and both OF them
are college graduates. It's good
thing when people like the Jacksons
Evening star., 1948-12-23
CityHeads Back Friede
2-1Vote on Master
School Fire Boxes

The Commissioners by a 2-to-1
vote today ended a prolonged con.
troversy between Herbert A. Friede
superintendent of communications
and Fire Chief Clement Murphy by
adopting the "master-box" fire alarm
system in public schools.
These boxes which are manufac-
tured solely by the Gamewell Co.
were advocated by Mr.. Friede while
Chief Murphy contended street-type
fire boxes afforded best protection
for schools. Commissioners Gordon
r. Young and Guy Mason voted fol
Mr.. Friede while Commissioner Johr
Russell Young supported CHIEF
Murphy.
The Commissioners took note o1
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning'l
stand for some type Of fire box in.
side the school buildings. This was
not the stand Of the Board Of Educa-
ton, however, which refused to &C
along with Dr. Corning's recon-
mendations last week.
The School Board took a stand
only in favor of the best type of fire
protection available for the schools
and left to the experts" the selec-
ton OF the type Of equipment and
where it would be placed.
The Commissioners today advised
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president
of the Board of Education, that they
have not committed themselves as
to when, or at what rate, such boxes
will be installed. They said the
master box" has been adopted as
standard for city schools because
available evidence indicates that
type gives the best protection.
The Commissioners said they con-
slider the boxes to be one OF the
many elements in the overall pro-
gram for improvements in the school
system to be dealt with in successive
annual budgets.
Evening star., 1948-12-23

decide to adopt a baby. I wish
there were more like them"
Jimmy dropped his block and
looked up with lively dark eyes as
Joe and Linda Jackson came into
the room.
We're sorry to be late said Joe
Even at times like this you can't
find a parking place"
Everybody stood around without
saying anything and watched
Jimmy. He stared solemnly at the
newcomers, then smiled quickly and
went back to his block.
Gimme" he told Miss Gabower.
Have you ever taken care of a
baby before, Mrs. Jackson?" some
body asked.
mo, I'm afraid not" said Linda.
But I've been practicing up on my
little niece lately"
The Jacksons said they had been
Christmas shopping for stocking
presents, a tree, kiddy car, woolly
animals and a toy telephone.
1T certainly sounds like Jimmy
got on Santa Claus list this year,
Mrs. Jackson. What about you?"
Linda looked at Joe. Il guess
Christmas came a couple of days
early for me this year." she said.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Four D. G. Area Women
TO Get Navy Commissions

The Navy announced that four
District area women were among the
first % selected to be commissioned
officers in the Regular Navy.
They are Mary Elizabeth Donnelly,
6703 Fifth street NV; Katherine
Joan Hinman, 1915 New Hampshire
avenue NV; Dorothy Virginia Hol-
liday, 629 Fillmore street, Arlington,
and Judith Steele Plaster, 3640 Six
teenth street NV.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Law May Cause Delay
OF Week in Installing
Charter Government

The new Montgomery County
Council probably will not take Office
as soon as scheduled, The Stal
learned today.
A flaw in the charter adopted No
vember 2, just discovered by its
authors. is expected to force about
one weeks delay in the formal start
of council-manager government.
The exact date on which the seven
councilmen should be sworn in
and the five county commissioners
!replaced-is being studied by law
yerS.
Under the charter, this date is
Monday, January 10. But Maryland
law specifies that the official can
vass of ballots in any election shall
be conducted on the Thursday fol-
lowing the election.
Election Set January 6.
The council election will take
place Thursday, January 6. Thus
the official canvass will be made
Thursday, January 13, or three days
after the charter directs the council
to be seated.
Apparently, if the new governing
body is to comply with State law. it
cannot begin operating on the
charters schedule. Most people
close to the situation think the
councilmen will wait the few extra
days rather than risk the complica-
tions involved in taking charge be-
fore they are declared officially
elected.
Carey E. Quinn, counsel to the
Montgomery County Board Of Elec-
ton Supervisors, said he had been
asked for an opinion on the matter
and was studying the problem.
Urges Regular Procedure.
But" he observed, I've already
seen enough of the law to be sure
that no official election will be re-
corded until the Thursday after the
vote.
my feeling now would be against
the new council cutting corners.
While there appears to be no danger
of the charters being invalidated
it would seem wise to follow the
State law"
Mr.. Quinn said he foresaw no
trouble from a delay of few days
He said that, in his opinion, there
is nothing to prevent councilman
from qualifying after January 10;
that date is simply the earliest on
which he can qualify.
Example Given.
He cited an example: Suppose any
elected official is i'll on the regular
date for him to take Office. His ILL
ness does not disqualify him from
serving. He takes the oath wher
able. Mr.. Quinn thought the new
county council members could wait
to take their oaths. He added:s
THE charter states that the
county commissioners shall continue
to serve until their successors take
Office"
Mr.. Quinn was asked for ruling
on this question by Thomas c.
Kelley of Jamestown, and Frederic
P. Lee of Bethesda, both lawyers
and both charter candidates for the
council. Mr.. Lee drafted much OF
the charter and has appeared before
courts in its defense in regard 10
other legal questions raised recently
Evening star., 1948-12-23

early this month, but the committee
picked Mr.. Selby for the I'd district
seat.
Campaign Not Political"
Mr.. Davies said his campaign for
Office is not political in the usual
sense.
He is using the Democratic label
but has no formal party indorse-
ment. The political organizations
are giving no official backing to any
candidates in this campaign.
Mr.. Davies said his chief purpose
in running is to give the voters an
opportunity of exercising choice
He thinks the charter Nominating
Committee should have proposed the
names of more than one person fol
each of the seven council positions
He and Mrs. Davies have two
daughters and son. His principal
diversion from the law is tennis.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Living Costs Continue
Decline; Index Here
Off 1.2% Since August

Continued declines in living cost!
were disclosed today by the an.
nouncement of Bureau of Labor
Statistics figures.
In the Nations large cities the
drop was 8 of a per cent between
mid-October and midNoVember. II
Washington the drop was IL pei
cent since August Is.
Lower food costs primarily are
responsible.
The BIS index which was an.
nounced today is based on the retail
prices for goods and services pur-
chased by moderate income families
Food is the major item.
The drop in the national living
cost figure was the second consec-
utive drop revealed by the monthly
figures.
Food Prices Drop Again Here.
A decline in food prices in Wash
ington for the fifth consecutive
month was responsible for the de-
cline in the general index here. The
whole index for the Capital stood
at 1911 per cent of the 1858
average and 3.3 per cent higher than
a year ago. Food prices here were
down 81 per cent from October Is
and SIS per cent under the peak OF
last June.
Price declines in meats, fruits and
O hlnc n
sonal, and a decline in dairy prod
uct prices that was contrary to the
seasonal trend were primarily re-
sponsible for the November drop in
the food index here.
Nationally, the consumers price
index for all goods and services on
November Is stood at 1922 of the
1859 average, "A per cent higher
than a year earlier and 29.2 per
cent above June, 1916, when price
controls were abandoned. There was
a drop of 19 per cent in food prices
for the month, while prices for
clothing and house furnishings de-
clined fractionally.
Clothing at Peak in ID. C.
The drop in food prices marked
the fourth consecutive month In
which the food index declined. For
the country as whole the peak was
reached in July. Food prices dropped
"a per cent since then, but the No
vember Is level still was "a per cent
above that of year ago. Butter
prices averaged lower than in any
month since June, 1947.
Food prices have continued to 60
down since mid-November, pointing
to another decline in the living
cost index when figures for Decem-
Der Is became available a month
hence. The figures could have an
important bearing on labors de-
mands for a fourth-round Of wage
increases.
While clothing and house fur
nishings declined in price for the
country as a whole in the month
to November IS, in the August IS to
November IS period in Washington
clothing prices rose nearly l per
cent to a new all-time peak, while
the prices of house. furnishings ad-
vanced 1.8 per cent. Residential
rents rose 6 per cent in Washing
ton in the three-month period.
Turkey Prices Set Record.
While these declines were record
ed by the Government, a survey
of current food prices by the Asso-
ciated Press disclosed that Christ
mas turkey prices reached an
all-time high in most sections of
the country. Retail prices for the
birds under 1S pounds climbed about
cents a pound since Thanksgiv-
ing.
Shortages and resultant high
prices were laid to the fact the
turkey crop was the smallest in 1C
years and because feed costs were
high during the early breeding
months
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Mrs. Chambers Acquitted
In Traffic Death Case
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 23.-Mrs
Whitaker Chambers has been &C
quilted of a charge of causing the
death of Mrs Maggie Thomas, 10, in
a traffic accident last Friday.
Mrs. Chambers, wife of key fig
ure In the Communist spy investiga-
ton, said nothing during the pro-
ceedings before Magistrate Reuben
Caplan yesterday.
Her acquittal came after Patrol
man L. F. Davis testified there were
no skid marks and nothing unusual
about Mrs. Chambers. She said she
knew nothing about the accident
until she saw a flash and felt an
impact"
Mrs. Chambers was driving from
her Westminster farm home to meet
her husband when her auto struck
Mrs ThomaS
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Acacia Employees Give
Presents to Children

The Acacia Mutual Life Insur-
ance Co.'S $50 employees were to
present $3.50 to the Receiving Home
for Children and two motion-pic-
ture projectors and screen to
Friendship and Georgetown Settle
ment Houses this afternoon at the
employees Christmas party at the
company building, 81 Louisiana ave-
nue. NV.
The Misses Ruby Hill, Doris Wag-
ner and Marie Strobel were to
present the Christmas gifts to Miss
Lydia Burklin, director of Friend
ship House; Miss Frances .WooG-
ring, girls club leader of George
town House, and Miss Winifred
Thompson of the Receiving Home
for Children.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Truman Will Get Jimmy Is Their Christmas Present
Truman Will Ge
Plea 10 Press
For Suffrage
District Conference
To Present Petition
After Holidays

The Central Suffrage Conference
of the District has prepared petit
ton asking President Truman to
give "early attention" to having the
voting privilege extended to resi-
dents of Washington.
The petition will be presented to
the President when he returns from
his Christmas holidays in Missouri
according to Wilbur S. Finch, presi-
dent of the conference.
Signed by the officers and trustees
of the conference, the petition COM
mended President Truman f.r his
deep interest in the cause of the
disfranchised people" of the District
1t asked Mr.. Truman to assist" in
contemplated efforts in the Eighty
first Congress to get the vote for
District residents.
Text of Petition.
The text of the petition follows:
LAS you already know, the resi-
dents of the seat of government of
the United States are completely
deprived of any participation in
their government, either local or
national, through the exercise of
voting privileges enjoyed by the
citizens of the States.
This is a condition which has
existed for many years and which
the people of the District of Colum-
bia have sought from time to time
on all appropriate occasions, through
their constitutional rights of petit
ton and assembly, to have remedied
by Presidents and Congresses of the
United States, but so far to no
avail. We have been heartened in
recent years by the fact that you
have given impetus to our efforts
and encouragement to our hearts
by recommending action in our be-
half to the Congress of the United
States in one of your recent mes
sages.
Home Rule Bill Cited.
More lately bill to grant home
rule to the residents of the National
Capital has been given serious con-
sideration by the Congress of the
United States and was successful to
the point of discussion on the floor
of the House of Representatives but
it fell short of final action in the
closing days of the Eightieth Con-
gress.
I'm view Of the above and also
to assist us in our contemplated ef-
forts in the Eighty-first Congress,
we the undersigned, officers and
trustees of the Central Suffrage
Conference of the District of Co.
lumbia, Inc, humbly beseech you
as President of the United States,
and as one who has shown such a
deep interest in the cause of the
disfranchised people of the District
of Columbia. to give special and
early attention to this problem to
the end that we, here in the shadow
of the greatest capital Of the great
est democracy In all the world, may
enjoy the privileges and assume the
OF full -f1edged voting
citizens of the United States"
Evening star., 1948-12-23
By John V. Horner

One of the charter movement S
most active field workers in the
days before its approval is running
now for a County Council seat-as
an independent.
Charles Kirkwood Davies, jr., as
pires to represent the I'd Montgom-
cry district GAINESVILLE Clarks-
burg Gaithersburg area) and the
only way he can do that is to
defeat the Charter party nominee
at the polls. He is opposing Au-
gustus R. Selby.
Mr.. Davies is a lawyer, with Of
fees both in Bethesda and CATH
ersburg. He lives near Gaithersburg
and is solicitor, or attorney, for
that town. He engages in general
practice at the bar and, with his
father, conducts patent law prac-
tice in Bethesda.
Native of District.
A native of Washington, he is 40
years old. He attended Eastern
High School here, took prelegal
work at George Washington Uni
versity and the law course at the
Washington College of Law. He
was admitted to the bar in 194O
During World War II Mr.. Davies
was OPA rationing executive for
the District of Columbia. He is
vice president of the Gaithersburg-
Washington Grove Volunteer Fire
Department.
Although a member of the Pres
byterian Church in Chevy Chase,
near his former home, he teaches
Sunday school in the Episcopal
Church at Gaithersburg, near his
present residence. He belongs to
the ST. Andrews Society, Kenwood.
During the charter campaign be-
fore the November referendum, Mr..
Davies was precinct captain at
Gaithersburg. His name was sub
mitted to the Nominating Commit
tee for the council slate it proposed