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Evening star., 1948-10-21
Girl Scout Leaders
OF Region ; Open
Conference Here

The 23d annual conference Of
Girl Scout leaders in region 3,
covering the District, Maryland,
Virginia, Delaware and West Vir-
ginia, opened at the Statler Hotel
here today with about 1000 attend
ing.
Scout leaders and members Of
local committees and councils from
ia organizations in the five States
were to hear, during the afternoon
session, a keynote address by Mrs.
C. Vaughan Ferguson, president Of
the Girl Scouts of America.
Mrs. Ferguson was to speak on the
theme of the conference, United
by Ideals" Mrs. Adolphus Station,
president of the National Capital
Area Federation of Girl Scout Coun-
ellis, was to preside at the session.
Flag to Be Presented.
The color guard of the Prince
Georges County Girl Scouts was to
present the flag at an opening
ceremony.
I<;cutive meetings last night and
SPECIAL committee luncheons earlier
today preceded the formal start of
the two-day meeting.
Mrs. E. Swift Newton, interna-
tional chairman of the World Com
mittee of the World Association of
Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, which
has membership in 80 nations, will
speak at an evening session in the
presidential ballroom tonight.
This session, to which representa-
tlves OF diplomatic missions here
have been invited, will be high
lighted by a panel discussion by
adult leaders of girl scouting around
the world, an international flag cere-
ment OF committee chairman and
dances of other countries.
TOmorrow's Program.
Tomorrows program calls for a
symposium on THE Outing in
Scouting" at $50 am, in which four
young Girl Scouts from this area
will participate.
They are Miss Mary Tate, Miss
Ann Keefe, Miss Brenda Barradell
and Miss Patricia Scanlon, all mem
bers of the National Capital Area
Federation. -Four adults will COM
plete the panel.
Late morning group discussions on
other aspects of camping will pre-
cede the closing business meeting at
2 pm. tomorrow, at which an
nouncement of elections, appoint
committee chairman and other
other matters will be dealt with.
Principal speaker at the closing
session will be DR.. Lillian M. Gil
breath, internationally known con-
sulting engineer and member of the
National Board She will talk on
"Belonging-Our Great Opportu-
nifty"
Hosts to the conference are the
Scout Councils of the District; Alex
andlSa and Arlington, Va. and Fair
fax, Prince Georges and Montgom-
cry Counties.
Evening star., 1948-10-21
By ChoImers M. Roberts
Sior Staf Correspondent

BREMERHAVEN, Oct. 21-Eight
hundred and thirteen displaced per-
sons are sailing from here this
afternoon on the Army transport
General Black, the vanguard of 205;-
900 DPS who will emigrate to Amer
lea to seek a new life in the New
World.
In the group are four women
headed for Washington, including a
35-year-old Estonian war widow who
will become a nurse in the family Of
Army Secretary Royal.
This first of many DIP ships run
by the International Refuge Or
ganization is due in New York Octo-
ber 80 and 81. The second ship is
due to sail in about two weeks with
the pace increasing until about
10000 DPS monthly are moving to
America in order to meet the June
80. 1850, deadline in the new DIP
law.
On the General Black are 491
Roman Catholics, 161 Jews, rs Rus
sian and Greek orthodox, 6S Protest
ants-mostly Lutherans-and ID
with no stated religion.
BY nationality Poles lead with 1888,
the others are from Czechoslovakia,
Latvia. Ukraine poland east OF the
Curzon Line). Estonia, Russia, Yu-
goslavia, Romania, Hungary and
Germany. Eighty-three are listed as
stateless. The Russians are all ref
uges from Stain.
The four women coming to WASH
ington represent cross section OF
DPS, though none are Catholics.
They are: Mrs. Renate Toming, who
will work for Secretary Royal; Mrs.
Hilda Buettner and her daughter
1ngrid, who will work for News
paperman Stewart Alsop, and Miss
jeanette Gruenspan. who is going
to stay with her sister. The sisters
name is unavailable.
Mrs. Toming, IS, is a blue-eyed
brunette whose English is bit
rusty, but likely to be better when
she reaches Washington. She is a
native of Tallinn. Her husband, a
chemical engineer, was killed by
Russian troops and Estonian Com
munists, she said, while resisting
efforts to move his factory to Russia
1941. Soon afterWard her mother
and brother were taken of, she
thinks. to Siberia and never have
been heard from since. Mrs. Tom
ing says of ner mother, Il hope she
is dead. 1t would be better for her.
After the Germans took her to
Estonia, she worked in a telephone
factory until 1914, when she was
evacuated by the Nazis on the ap-
proach of the Russians, first to
Berlin and the nto the Sudetenland
of Czechosloyakia.
There she lived in a slave labor
camp behind barbed wire, and got
two dishes watered soup, black cof-
fee and one slice of bread daily -
When the Russians occupied Czech
oslovakia, Mrs. Toming jumped
from a Soviet train headed east and
managed to reach friends in Frank
fort, where she worked in an Ameri-
can Army store and then a private
shop until approved for the first
DIP shipload.
i "Nobody's told me how many chill
dren Mr.. Royal has," Mrs. Toming
told a Star correspondent, "but
am sure I can handle them. Asto-
y,iorc cop handle q nut hi,,oo
Ingrid Buettner is cute blond
who is fond of table tennis. She
was selected by Mr.. Aslop during q
visit to Germany. Her 54-year-olo
mother is former hotel manager
from Kivioli, Estonia, who will be a
cook. Ingrid speaks good English
her mother a little. Ingrid hopes
to attend night school.
- The pair hid two weeks in a forest
Evening star., 1948-10-21
IS Firms in SHANGHAI
Get Demand for Gifts
BY the Associated Press

SHANGHAI, Oct. 2l.-Forty Brit.
ish and Is American firms here
have received demands from Shang-
hal Mayor K. c. WI for "volun-
tary donations" to a Chinese relief
fund during the past three weeks
The letters originated with the
Special Relief Contribution Com
mittee" which Is locally known as
the "Soak-the-Rich Committee" It
said the IS firms must pay 2 per
cent Of the foreign exchange grant
ed them in the past" on orders OF
the Executive Yuan.
American and British officials
termed the demands illegal. None
of the firms have replied to the
demands, but every day two or three
more companies receive them. The
matter has been referred to the
respective Embassies In Nanking.
Meanwhile, Teng Chung-ho, Chi
nese cotton magnate and owner of
the Palace Hotel here, faced a new
charge before a special criminal
tribunal-the third since he re-
fused to contribute to the soak
the-rich" fund. He is accused of
dealing illegally in foreign cur
rency.
Evening star., 1948-10-21

there she met Count Zanardi Landi
She obtained divorce and married
him. ELISA took his name.
According to the book Miss Landi
was grand niece of the Emperor
Macmillan of Mexico, executed by
order of Juarez; a niece of the
Crown Prince Rudolph, whose death
at Mayerling with the Baroness
Marie Vetsera inspired one of the
best movies ever made, and cousin
of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
whose assassination at Sarajevo
started World War I.
Miss Landi came to the United
States in 1881 and made her Broad
way stage debut in the leading
feminine role in "A Farewell to
Arms"
Retired From Screen.
She retired from the stage and
screen four years ago and had spent
her time writing on her 123-acre
farm, Bright Acres, near Kingston
Surviving, besides her husband
are a daughter, Caroline Maude
Landi Thomas, born in 1914; her
stepfather, Count Charles Zanardi-
Landi of Kingston, and her brother
Anthony of Hollywood.
She was married twice, first in
1928 to John Cecil Lawrence, a Lon
don barrister, from whom she was
divorced in May, 1886. On August
28, 1943, she was married to Mr..
Thomas, an author, of Newburyport,
Mass. Between marriages she re-
nounced her British citizenship to
become an American citizen.
Miss Landi's stage successes in
London and New York quickly
brought her to the attention of
Hollywood and she made her first
American film in the Hollywood
production of Body and Soul" She
followed this with leading roles in
The Sign of the Cross" The War
rior's Husband" The Count of
Monte Cristo" and other films.
In 1914, Miss Landi abandoned
both stage and screen to devote her
entire time to writing. She was al
ready a successful novelist, with
novels published in several Languages
in Europe. In the United States she
had the following novels published /:
House for Sale" in 1882. THE An
cestor" in 1884, Women and Peter"
in 1941 and THE Pear Tree" in 1945.
Evening star., 1948-10-21
873 Sail on First DIP Ship Today;
a Women Coming to Capital

when the Red Army invaded
Estonia.
After the Germans came we had
bad time also" they said. They
were forced by the Nazis to work in
a Dresden factory. The mother
served in a mess hall. They spent
two years in a Hanau DIP camp be-
fore leaving for America
Miss Gruenspan is 29-year-old
Polish Jewess. She bears a num-
Der tattoed by the Nazis on her left
wrist as a perpetual reminder of
four and half years in concentration
camps at Auschwitz and Bergenbel-
sen at Auschwitz. Her parents died
in a gas chamber.
Miss Gruenspan will be a female
escort on shipboard for n proteges
of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid So
ciety and act as a translator. The
General Black sails today after a
farewell party Wednesday night at
Camp Tirpitz in Bremen.
The camp, former training
ground for German battleship crews,
now is an emigration center. The
Black is scheduled to sail at pm.
after chaplains' prayers and the
playing of The Star Spangled Ban
ner" by an Army band at the dock
side. The largest group aboard con-
sists of 81 farmers plus members of
their families. Needle trades work.
ers are second, since the DIP law
gives preference to both groups A
total of nearly so skills is listed
among members OF the 1913 families
on board plus So orphans under the
care Of the United States Commit
tee on the Care of European Chill
dren.
About one-fourth of the group is
headed for New York City. Other
destinations are scattered across the
Nation to the West Coast, South
Texas and Louisiana.
Evening star., 1948-10-21
Mother and Man She
Aimed 10 Wed Found
! Dead in Hotel Tub
By the Assoejo,ed Press

CHICAGO, Oct. 2l.-A mother
who was to have been divorced to-
morrow and her intended BRIDE
groom were found dead in the over
flowing bathtub of a near Northside
hotel room early today.
A letter to the dead man from the
woman's husband was found in the
room and read in part:
Don't jump of any tall building
no woman is worth it."
Police identified the couple as Mrs.
Jessie Beck, 81. formerly of Daven-
port, Iowa, and Waukegan, ILL.,. and
her fiance, George Reading, about
40, of Detroit.
Their nude bodies, clasped in
each others arms, were completely
submerged in the bathtub in the
Croydon Hotel. Police said a note
was found in the room which read:
May God forgive us. To our
friends our love.
Jessie and George"
They had registered at the hotel
as George and Jessie Reading.
Married to Shoe Salesman.
Attorney Clarence C. Rhoads,
counsel for Mrs. Beck, said the
woman was to have been divorced
tomorrow from Clarence Beck, a
Davenport shoe salesman.
Mr. Rhoads said Mrs. Beck and
Reading then were to have been
married Immediately. Mrs. Beck
was to have custody of the Becks
two daughters, aged about 8 and IL
the attorney said, and Mr.. Beck had
agreed not to contest the divorce.
However, Mr. Beck had threatened
at times to file suit in Davenport
naming Reading as correspondent
Mr.. Rhoads stated, but had not
done so, to the lawyers knowledge.
Letter From Husband Found.
A letter from Mr.. Beck to Read
ing was found among the dead
mans effects. 1t read in part:
II believe your affair with Jessie
has lasted just about long enough,
and that it has taken on comic
phase not even worthy of a poor
fiction story.
Il suggest you just forget about
Jessie entirely. in case you
should insist on being ardently
in love with her, here's what could
happen. MY lawyer could sue for
alienation of affections, no one
could lose but you, and in case I
shouldn't like what you do only
God knows what might happen
because l have no control over
my emotions when things don't go
the right way"
The letter was signed:
Clarence Beck,
Still JeSSie's husband.
Remember.
A picture Of Arthur Kenneth
Reading, District attorney in the
Northern district of Massachusetts
from 1923 to 1927 and later At
torney General of that State, was
among Readings possessions. The
picture bore a caption noting that
Prosecutor Reading had represented
the State in the Sacco-Vapzetti
case. No indication of the rela-
tionship of Arthur Kenneth Read
ing to the dead man was found.
At Cambridge, Mass, the former
Massachusetts, prosecutor could not
be reached Immediately. Mrs Read
ing said, however, that the Detroit
man was not related to her hus-
band,
Evening star., 1948-10-21
| |Dewey-BorkIey
Victory Seen as
Vote Possibility
By the Assoeiofed Prssf

PRINCETON, N. j., Oct. 21.-Pos-
sibility that Thomas E. Dewey will
be the next President with Senator
Barkley his Vice President was
posed today by DR.. Edward S.
Corwin, Princeton University pro-
fessor and authority on constitu-
tional problems.
"It is not at all impossible that
beginning January 20, 1949 we shall
have a President from one party
and Vice President from another" -"
said DR.. Corwin.
He said he based his conjecture
on the possibility that neither of
the major parties will receive a
majority in the electoral college as
a result of the November 2 elec-
tions.
In the event the electoral college
reaches no decision, said Dr. Cor
win, the House of Representatives
voting by States would choose the
President from the three having the
highest vote in the college, while
the Senators, voting individually
would choose the Vice President
from the two highest candidates"
DIR. Corwin added:
TT is generally agreed that the
House will probably 60 Republican
but the Senate is extremely doubt
full" continued DR.. Corwin.
With a Democratic majority in
TIE Senate the election of Gov
Dewey and Senator Barkley woulo
be almost assured.
Evening star., 1948-10-21

mission refused
to consider more
than 1000 of
t h eiSe CT as e S,
stating that the
veterans COM
plants did not
come within the
purvieW" of the
Veterans Prefer
ence Act.
In the cases in
which 1t did
agree to hear,
the a 6 e ncie s
were upheld in
the majority of
the cOmnlaintS
Evening star., 1948-10-21
Picard Ship Reaches
Cope Verde Islands
BY the Associated Press

ON BOARD THE S. S. SCALDIS
OFF CAPE VERDE, Oct. 2l.-Prof.
Auguste Piccards deep sea expedi-
ton reached the Portuguese Island
of Buena Vista in the Cape Verde
Archipelago today.
The bathyscaphe, in which Prof.
Picard hopes to descend two and a
half miles in the ocean, will be put
to sea here for an experimental
dive. 1t will be controlled only by
an automatic device.
Evening star., 1948-10-21
StarzeI New Manager
OF AP;; Cooper Stays !.
As Executive Director
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. 2l.-Ap-
pointment of Frank ]. Starzel as
general manager of the Associated
Press was announced today by Kent
Cooper, executive director of all op-
erations OF the news association.
The appointment of Mr.. Starzel
ends a f1ve-year period during which
Evening star., 1948-10-21
McAdoo's Niece Begins
Suit for Separation
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Mrs. Anne
3. McAdoo Serge, niece of the late
Secretary of the Treasury William
G. McAdoo, sued for separation
yesterday.
She filed the suit in State Su-
preme Court against her longshore-
man husband, David John Serge,
asking s2,5O0 in legal expenses and
q temporary S60-a-week alimony for
herself and two adopted sons.
Evening star., 1948-10-21

SSSSS" ASs"s'
Many of the cases involved the
Navy Department, but various other
military agencies as well as some
military bureaus were also in
volved The veterans had COM
planned that they were being de-
NOTED and dismissed ahead Of nom
veterans, even though the action in
their particular cases was against
the law.
They also complained that non
veterans were being promoted ahead
of them although In some cases the
veterans had less seniority and
not as good efficiency ratings.
SECURITY-Chairman Rees Of
the House Civil Service Committee
today asserted that the Air Force
and Navy Departments loyalty pro-
grams were inadequate" to safely
check civilian employees in "sensi-
tive" jobs.
These two departments, together
with the Army Department, have
the authority to conduct their own
loyalty programs. But, unlike the
Army Department which does have
an independent loyalty program, the
Navy and Air Force generally work
within the framework of the Pres
ident's loyalty program for the rest
of the Governments agencies.
To support his views, Mr.. Rees
released letter from Army Secre-
tary Royal which said his depart
ment conducted its own program lin
the interest of security" and in the
belief that It's decisions should not
be subject to review by another
What Mr.. Royal was referring
to was the right of appeal that
Federal employees, including the Air
Force and Navy Department work.
ers, have to the Federal Loyalty
Review Board. The Army Depart
ment civilian employees do not have
this right. Once the department
rules against them, the decision is
final
incidentally, Air Force and Navy
Department officials vigorously dis
sent from Mr.. Royals views on
the loyalty problem.
They say that the general loyalty
program is strong and effective
enough to rid their departments Of
any subversive employees. But, in
fairness to accused employees, they
should be given the right to appeal
their cases to the Federal Loyalty
Review Board, and that is why the
two departments are participating
in the general loyalty program. Air
Force and Navy officials declare.
CHALLENGE - Attorney General
Clark has challenged" Gov. Dewey
Ito name one Communist presently
in the Federal Government"
In a speech before the National
Association of Postmasters, Mr..
Clark said the Government has al
ready acted to rid itself of sub
versives. At the same time, he
pointed out that of the 2,000,0 900
Federal employees checked, LESS
than one-fourth of l per cent even
had to be questioned as to their
loyalty"
Il y
PAY STUDY-The House and
Senate Civil Service Committees are
marking time temporarily on legis-
lation to overhaul the Federal
Classification Pay Act, pending
completion of new study of
present Government salaries.
This study is being conducted by
the Civil Service Commissions
chief statistician, John Mitchell,
and will be completed within two
weeks. 1t will include the recent
Evening star., 1948-10-21
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Mostly
sunny highest about So this after
noon. Clear and rather cold again
tonight lowest near SO in the city
and 80 with frost in the suburbs.
Friday fair and little warmer.
Maryland-Clear, somewhat cooler
east portion with frost or freezing
temperature tonight. Friday fair
and a little warmer.
Virginia - Fair somewhat cooler
near the coast with frost or freez-
ing temperature tonight. Friday
fair and little warmer.
Wind velocity, 6 miles per hour;
direction, north-northeast.
River Report.
(From u 6. Engineers)
=. Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and cloudy at Great Falls Shenandoah
clear at HarperS Ferry.
Evening star., 1948-10-21
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Few GI Employees Win Appeals
To Civil Service Commission
BY Joseph Young

Veterans IN Government employment not having much
in appeang their demoion dsssas and suspensions
to the Civil Service Commission.
The veterans who felt they unjusy by their
agencies and appealing under section of the
Evening star., 1948-10-21

East Bengal. Pakistan, is making
industry sites available to foreign
companies.
Evening star., 1948-10-21

Preference Act, were upheld only in
1,400 out of $500 cases that were
appealed to the commission.
For some reason or other, the COM
Evening star., 1948-10-21
The Sun and Moon
Precipitation,

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Ganital lcurreut month to date(:
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SOCIAL & PERSONAL
ST. Paul

The Self Culture club met the home of Mrs EiLabet
Hail. Sos N Dale ST. Saturday Dec IL The group made plan
Tor Its annual Christmas be held Dec g. the hon
Of Mrs. Josie Williams, CTS Iglehart Ave.
Sunday Dec IL Mrs Ruth Groe, AL Kent ST., gave a din
for Mrs Jean Shepherd and two children of WAshnp
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-12-17

Flameproof cotton Insulation.
used only IN residences when first
developed IN 1910. has gained sat-
iufaetorily acceptance IN moro than
Q score % diversified commercial
and Industrial applications, Mus.
tratinR the wide range Of its use
hIlneaa, Q large West coast manu-
tacturer az nationally distributed
hot water heaters 10 uasnR flame
proof cotton Insulation 10 retain
heat within The unlta. while sever.
al manufacturers % cold drink boR-
90. Fefri1Vratora and deep-freeEe
units are using the same material
% keep cold IN and heat out, Many
churches IN both large cities and
small towns have selected cotton
Insulation Cor . dual purpose
heat and cold insulation and ~ IN
acoustlcal tnsulaior, 30 prevent out
side nclue trom disturbing services.
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Shepherds father. Mr.. Henry Pet.
tieord. Mr.. and Mrs. r. p. schuca,
ST. r. p. schuck. Jr.
Thursday night Dec. 10, the
Just-Us club held its Club party
at the home Of Mrs. Hugh Schuclx.
500 Rondo Ave. Members Of the
club exchanged gifts
The Alpha Kappa sorority held
q rummage sale Saturday, Dec, IL
at 124 State 81. The sale was held
to raise funds for different prof.
ects the sorority has planned for
the coming year.
The Twin City Bridge club met
Saturday, Dec. IL. at the home OF
Mrs Henry johnson. 7s5 Edmund
Ave. The group made plans for
their New Years Eve party. Mrs,
Cora Strothers won the first
prize for playing bridge and Mrs
II. johnson won second.
Mr.. and Mira Eugene MOOrr.
1000 Iglehart Ave, win observe
their anniversary Sunday, Dec. 20,
TIE DYWYK club met Thurs
day. Dec. Q. at the home OF Mrs.
Mamie Green, 7T5 ST. Anthony
Ave. They made further plans for
their Christmas party to be held
Sunday. Dec. %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry johnson.
795 Edmund Ave, received many
congratulations when they OBJ
served their saith anniversary
Wednesday, Dec. 8.
Mrs. Mabel Harris, AS Kent
St, Grand Travelling Deputy Of
the Daughter Ells. covering the
Winnipeg. Can. Minnesota and
vicinity, left Wednesday. Dec. IS,
for Winnipeg. Canada She win
attend the election and installa-
ton OF the Queen Victoria Tenn
pie No. 456. Mrs. Harris win re-
turn TO the city Saturday. Dec. IS.
Mira Esther Brown, 4O6 St An.
thony Ave. left Sunday. Dec. II.
for New York TO visit her grand
son. who In ILL Her grandson is
the sun Of Mr.. and Mrs. Marion
Roseby. formerly Of St Paul
Book Club No. ii win meet at
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the home Of Mrs. Ann Mann, $50
Western Ave. Thursday. Dec. 1,
Mrs. Nellie Stone. Of Minneapolis
viii be the guest reviewer.
Mr.. Frlt1 Nay of b. C. canAdl
was the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs !
II. Robinson and Cora A. Carr &c
Thanksgiving and the week 70
lowing. Mr.. Nay arrived in u
city Nov, "a. and left Monda,
Dec. Q. While here. Mr.. Nay wa
entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. WI
liam Kemp Of Emerson Ave. No
Minneapolis
Katherine Gresham, 56l Caro-
Ave. was married quietly Satu
day. Dec. II. TO David William,
66l Iglehart, with the Rev, Fioy
Massey, Jr,. reading the mRrriRG
vows The couple. who were MAJ
RED at the church parsonage. vi
be at home at SCI Carroll Ave.
Mrs. Fred d. Williams, us s.
Anthony Ave. and son David ar
leaving Monday, Dec. 20. for Kan
saS City. KanA., TO visit her fathc
and join the family In a reunion
Pictures Of four generations o
the family win be taken, with tn,
father. 81 years old Wilson Nc
MILAN. The Williams will return
to the city before the first OF the
year.