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Evening star., 1948-05-30
Grace Church Cemetery
To Be Scene of Memorial

The recently organized Grace
Church Cemetery Association will
hold Memorial Day services at
Fp.m. today in the historic ceme-
terry adjoining Grace Episcopal
Church, Silver Spring.
A delegation from the Confeder-
ate Memorial Society will place a
wreath on the monument marking
the burial place of II unknown Con-
federate soldiers killed in the battle
of Fort Stevens on July II. 1864.
Evening star., 1948-05-30
Confederate Veterans
0utnumber Survivors
OF GAR 81 10 81
BY the Associofsd Press


RICHMOND, Va, May 29.-Only
81 Confederate veterans of the Civil
War can answer to muster on this
Memorial Day.
At that, the men in gray who
fought under the Stars and Bars
and went down to defeat before the
numerically superior northern
forces. finally as survivors seem to
outnumber their former foes.
Official Veterans Administration
figures showed earlier this week at
Washington that the Grand Army
OF the Republic had only So known
survivors left as reflected on the
pension rolls.
State ObServances Vary.
Some Of the Southern States OBJ
serve Confederate Memorial Day.
The dates vary. April 26 is observed
in Florida, Georgia and Mississippi,
May 10 in North and South Caro-
lima, and June in Kentucky and
Tennessee.
The Federal Government pays no
pension to the men who wore the
gray and there is no single Gov
eminent source of information on
the survivors.
Walter L. Hopkins of Richmond,
adjutant-in- chief, Sons of Con-
federate Veterans, reached the total
of 81 this week after careful checks
of pension rolls in IA Southern
States and inquiries into other
possible sources of information. He
found 55 survivors of the legions of
Gen. Lee who receive State pensions
and two known veterans not on
State pension rolls.
The average age of todays South
ern veteran is slightly more than
10l. The baby" at 80, is John
Hance Osteen of High Springs, Fla,
who is on Florida's official pension
list. The oldest among those whose
ages are known is John Thomas
Graves, 1O6, at the Confederate
Home in Higginsville, Mo.-Mis-
souris last surviving Confederate
veteran. Most of the others are
centurians.
Two States Report None.
Tennessee and Kentucky are the
only two Southern States which re-
ported that no known veterans were
left. Most of the survivors receive
pensions ranging downward from
Alabamas $3.50 month. In addi-
tion, the States pension Confederate
widows and in some cases provide
homes for them.
In Virginia. veterans are: John
Sailing, SO, Slant, Scott County;
James D. Dickerson, 102, Route 4,
Suffolk: Charles w. Matthews, SO,
Bluefield; Julius Franklin Howell,
101, Bristol; Theodore N. Mayo, 102,
Norfolk; George Banister, SO, Rich
mond.
Evening star., 1948-05-30
AustruIiun Blue Boby'
Expected Here Today

A four and a half year old blue
baby was to go through Washing
ton today en- route from Sydney
Australia, by air to Johns Hopkins
Hospital in Baltimore.
The child is Shirley Brown. She is
travelling with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. S. Brown, according tc
Trans World Airlines.
The child has been supplied with
oxygen en- route to the hospital, IA
nous for it's surgical treatment OF
the heart condition.
Evening star., 1948-05-30

hour program starts With parade
and services at Falls Church High
School.
80 p.m.-Fairlington residents
start program with parade, hold
fiag-raising ceremonies, bicycle
contest, athletic events and baby
contest.
p.m.-GAR Memorial Day Corpo-
ration and Brightwood Citizens
Association Memorial Day exer-
cises at Battle Ground National
Cemetery, with Senator OMa-
honey, Democrat, of Wyoming
SDeakino.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
(Char|es County Jury
Advocates LegaIizing
Slot Machines, Bingo
By J. L. Michael
SpeeiaI Stor Correspondent

LA PLATA, Md, Aug. 1.-THE
Charles County grand jury yester-
day recommended legalizing slot ma
chimes, bingo and rafffes after re-
porting liquor and gambling law
violations are getting progressively
worse"
The jury also reported it would
seek State police aid to clean up the
gambling and liquor situation in this
county"
The jury was dismissed after
seven-hour special session at which
no evidence was presented and no
witnesses heard.
Indicating lis belief that the cure
for the situation is legalized gam
bling, the jury recommended that
"the county legislative officers work
at the next regular or special session
for inclusion of a referendum allow
ing citizens of Charles County to
vote on legalizing slot machines and
TO tax same for the county,"
1t also urged that the county's
legislators take necessary steps to
legalize operation of bingo, money
wheels and chances used by
churches or civic organizations at
their various affairs to raise money
for community and civic work"
The grand jury further recon-
nssnded repeal Of the Bouse Act
which would allow the sheriff and
deputies to search alleged violators
without a warrant"
The grand jury met yesterday at
its own request. 1t had reported in
May that liquor and gambling laws
were being violated with impunity
and laid the blame on the county's
newly elected" enforcement officers.
TIL jury begged" the court to in
woke the aid of State police and
asked to be recalled in 80 days.
Slot machines are now legal in
three other Southern Maryland
counties - st. Marys, Calvert and
Ann Arundel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-17
Sixty Hurt When Limited
Piles Up in North Dakota
BY the Associated Press

RUGBY, N. Oak, Aug. 17.-About
go persons were injured when 10 cars
of the Great Northern Railways
westbound Oriental Limited left the
tracks near this Northwestern North
Dakota town last night.
Thirty-five of the injured were
brought to the hospital here but
early today only two were listed as
in critical condition. About rs others
were given first aid at the scene
The hospital gave the name of one
of the critically hurt as Lars
Molland, about e., of Benson, MINI.
Three coaches, three sleepers and
q diner left the tracks and tipped
over. A mail car, a baggage car and
a sleeper for train crew members
also left the tracks but remained
upright.
Passengers and trainmen agreed
that the train was running rather
slowly at the time of the accident
The train left st. Paul for Seattle,
Wash, yesterday morning.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
World Air Domination
Is Urged by Gen. Spaatz
BY the Associated Press

READING, Pa, Aug. 2.-The
United States must dominate the
air as it formerly dominated the
sea-" according to Gen. Carl A.
Spaatz, retiring chief of the United
States Army Air Force.
AN ocean of air has replaced the
oceans of water as our first line of
Defense" Gen. Spaatz said yester-
day as he was honored by fellow
residents of Berks County, Pa.
1T is consequently of the highest
importance" he added, that the
United States dominate the air as it
formerly dominated the sea. Our
air force must be the largest in the
world.
Flights of jet planes, Thunderbolt
and Mustang fighters, and Super
Fortresses took part in the cere-
mony honoring Gen. Spaatz at the
Reading Airport.
Speaking of his fellow townspeo-
pie, Gen Spaatz-a native of Boyer
town, Pa.--said:
ut is great pleasure to return
to the old scenes. 1t Is a good thing
to look upon the faces of so many
stubborn Pennsylvania Dutchmen.
These are the faces of men and
women who won't be intimidated by
anything or anybody in the world.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
kerensky Advises u. 5.
To Use Propaganda Wedge
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Former
Russian Premier Alexander Keren-
sky says the United States can re-
move the threat of war with Russia
by driving propaganda wedge be-
tween the Communist government
and the Russian people.
This country, Kerensky wrote in
the, American Magazine, should let
the Russian people know that
Americans consider them apart
from their government, that Amer
leans sympathize with the battle
of the Russian people for re-estab-
lishment of personal and political
freedom" and that the United
States has no quarrel with the Rus
sian masses, but only with Com
munist aggression"
Mr.. Kerensky, who left Russia
30 years ago after his short Lived
republic was deposed, said that ac-
cording to secret" reports from the
Soviet Union and from refugees,
millions upon millions" of Russians
hate their Communist overlords as
passionately as captured American
Marines hated their japanese jail
ers."
With Russia divided, with the
great mass of its people friendly to
the United States" Mr.. Kerensky
continued, Stain would not dare
make any move that might bring
war with the United States
Evening star., 1948-08-02
French Seize 700 Chinese
In Suiqon Surprise Raid
BY the Associated Press

SINGAPORE, Aug. O. Chinese
Central News Agency messages to-
day said French soldiers and police
arrested about TOO Chinese. in a
surprise raid Saturday on Saigons
Chinatown.
A dispatch datelined Saigon said
another 800 were released after
proving that their 1945 head tax
was paid. The dispatch said these
were the first mass arrests OF Chi
nese since the war.
The dispatches failed to give any
reasons for the arrests, but Chinese
sources here said they apparently
were made in an effort to collect
the head tax levied against Chinese
by French authorities in Indochina.
They said the Chinese consider the
tax discriminatory and most refuse
tn nav
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Plane Dives Into Store
Near Port Deposit
-
After Pilot Balls Out
By the Associofsd Press

PORT DEPOSIT, Md, Aug. A.
An Air Force reconnaissance plane
crashed into a general store near
here yesterday and burned, but its
pilot bailed out and was uninjured.
Air Force officials said the pilot,
lst 1t. Gaylord jackson OF Mobile.
Ala, took to his parachute at 1000
feet when the plane, an RF-80. went
into a spin. He made his way TO
Aberdeen, Md, after landing un.
hurt.
1t. jackson had been flying in a
formation of four planes from
Stewart Field, West Point, N. Y, to
Langley Field, Va, the Air Force
said. Bad weather broke up the
formation, however. Two OF the
planes reached Langley and third
landed at Reading, Pa.
witnesses of the crash said 1t.
Jackson's plane fell into the store'
operated by Joseph Abrahams, on
a road between Perryville and Port
Deposit, and blazed as soon as IL
struck. Firemen from both COM
munities fought the blaze, but both
the plane and the store were de-
stroyed.
Mr.. Abrahams said the plane
missed his home by only about 20
feet.
Searching parties were sent to
look for the pilot after no BODY
was found in the plane wreckage.
Information as to 1t. Jackson's
whereabouts finally came from
Langley Field.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
SO Philippine lepers Flee
In Protest Over Moving
By the Associated Press

MANILA, Aug. 2.-The Daily
Bulletin said this morning that 60
of 226 lepers in Manila's San Lazaro
Hospital had escaped during the
night and the remainder were on a
sitdown strike. The patients were
protesting a Secretary of Health
order transferring them. to a Gen.
tral Luzon leprosarium nine miles
northeast of Manila.
Escapes repeatedly found refuge
with families or friends, rather
Than risk exile to the leprosarium at
Tala Novaliches, on the fringe, OF
the Sierra Madre. Those who stayed
said policemen would have to drag
them, or carry them, beds and all,
before they'd move.
Health Secretary Antonio Villa
rama has been making strenuous
effort to segregate lepers. who since
the war have mingled rather freely
with the public. Health authorities
said lepers have driven jeeps, at
tended movies and strolled on Ma
Mia streets.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
WAVES Recruiting Drive
will Begin September IS
Nv the Assoeiated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. IA new
recruiting campaign for WAVES
will be launched by the Navy
September IS.
Announcement Of the enlistment
drive was made by Capt. Joy b.
Hancock, national director OF the
WAVES, at ceremonies Saturday
commemorating the sixth anniver-
sary of the Navy's women's service.
Capt. Hancock said enlistments
will be open to high school gradu-
ates, 20 or over Recruits Will DO
assigned to the Great Lakes Train
ing Station.
The WAVES were made part OF
the regular Navy in legislation
signed by President Truman July IL.
Capt. Hancock said: Making the
WAVES a part Of the regular Navy
means that we are going to keep
a nucleus OF women IN all fields
of training so that in the event
of war, they can train other
women"
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Tobin Twice Rejected
Labor Secretaryship
Nv the Associated Presf

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 2.-Daniel
J. Tobin, president of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters
(AFL), has twice rejected appoint
ment as Secretary of Labor, accord
ing to an article appearing in the
August issue Of the international
Teamster
The article, written by Mr. Tobin's
executive assistant, Thomas E
Flynn, says President Truman called
Mr.. Tobin to the White House last
June and offered him the post made
vacant by the death of Secretary
of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach.
"Mr. Tobin declined the appoint
ment from President Truman as he
had declined a similar appointment
from President Roosevelt in the fall
of 1943,' Mr.. Flynn wrote.
"Mr. Tobin's rejection of the offer
by President Truman does not in
dicate a lack of appreciation OF
the confidence of the President"
Mr.. Flynn wrote. Nor can it be
construed as opposition to President
Truman or the Democratic Party.
Instead, it was in conformity
with Mr. Tobin's determination te
remain strictly neutral until the
campaign gets under way and the
position of both parties and then
candidates has become clear ~
The article points out that the
unions International Executive
Board authorized Mr.. Tobin to call
a September meeting OF delegates
from all locals at which a political
program would be decided upon.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Planes and Ships Hunt.
Big French Flying Boat
Missing in Atlantic
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

PARIS, Aug. Air France
held out hope today for its huge
flying boat which vanished in
the South Atlantic early Sunday
with 50 persons aboard. None
was American.
I'VE must consider the plane miss
ing, but not lost" spokesman for
the airline said. The search is con-
tinuing."
Warships and planes secuted the
area. The 73-ton craft was en- route
from Fort de France, Martinique,
to Port Etienne, French West Africa,
and was 1900 miles off Dakar when
it's last signal was heard shortly
after midnight Saturday.
It is, believed the six-engine
Latecoere plane could remain afioat
for several days in a moderate sea.
The company speculated that radio
failure would explain the fact the
plane had sent no radio message
since it went down. The craft last
reported flying weather good and
everything going well.
Passenger List Withheld.
Air France, the owners, said the
list of 40 passengers would be with
held until the plane is found or
declared lost ofncially. The other
IL aboard were crew members. Most
passengers were Europeans.
The Latecoere has 175-foot wing
spread and is 1872 feet long. A plane
of the same type crashed off VAL
paraiso, Chile, two years ago when
propeller broke from its shaft and
sliced the fuselage in two. Another
dived into the sea off LIE Havre last
winter, probably because OF faulty
de-icing equipment.
The size of the flying boat can
be appreciated by comparison with
the United States B-29 Super
fortress, which has Widespread of
al feet, inches, and is SO feet
long. i
Warships and Planes Join Search.
The Latecoere has cruising
range of 1890 miles and a cruising
speed of about 1872 miles an hour.
Two French warships, two sea-
planes and a long distance air.
craft were reported joining in the
search. The United States Coast
Guard cutter Campbell was due in
the area early this evening.
If all aboard the big flying boat
are lost, the crash would be among
the worst in civil aviation history.
An air crash at Port Deposit, Md,
May 80, 1947, claimed SO lives as
did two others in Colombia in
1898 and 1947,
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Hundreds Line Up TO Aid
Family Hit by Tornado
By The Assoeiosed Press

MADISON, Wis, Aug. at took
eight traffic officers yesterday to
handle the people who wanted to
give money away.
There was no catch to 1t. The
folks Just wanted to help the Frank
Ballweg family, and then stood In
line to pour their money into big
pickle jar.
The jar stood at the gate of what
was left Of the Ballweg farm home.
II miles northwest Of here. And
the jar has taken In more than
$4,000.
A tornado fiattened the Ballyeg
home Thursday night. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ballweg and nine of their 13 chill
dren were injured. Lucille. their
10-year-old daughter, was killed.
Neighbor Werner Rauls set the
jar at the gate the next morning.
News of the tragedy spread fast.
Neighbors, city folk, tourists-hun-
dreds came to see the wreckage.
And they knew the meaning OF the
lar.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Leon Pearson S Son Weds
American Dancer in Paris

The marriage of Paul Pearson, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Pearson,
1892 Newark street NV, and Miss
Nicole Hargrove, American ballet
dancer, in Paris Saturday was re-
ported today by the Associated
Press. n
Mr.. Pearson's father is National
Broadcasting Co. correspondent IN
Paris, and his uncle is Drew Pear
son. Washington columnist. The
bridegroom, who recently left the
Navy, is working in the press section
of the Economic Cooperation Ad-
ministration headquarters.
The bride is the daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Charles r. Hargrove OF
New York, Her father is Paris
correspondent of the Wall Street
Journal.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Farmer Quizzed in Death
OF Wife Despite Note
By the Associoted Press

OREGON, ILL.,, Aug IA farmer
was held without charge today for
police questioning in the death OF
his 36-year-old wife, whose body
was found yesterday behind shed
near their home.
Mrs. Alvina Aschenbrenner, moth
er of two children, had been shot
between the eyes. A 22-caliber
pistol was on her chest and a note
indicating suicide was in a cigarette
case in her pocket, but authorities
expressed belief she was slain.
Willard Burright, chief deputy
sheriff, said the bullet hole was too
large to have been made by a 22-
caliber bullet.
The body was found by the wom-
ans husband, Lester, who was
quoted by States Attorney S. DON
aid Croweu as saying she had been
since Thursday night but
that her absence was not reported
to police.
Mr.. Crowell said one shot had
been fired from the pistol and that
blood was found about IA feet from
the body. : He added that Mrs.
Aschenbrenner had called on him
last Tuesday, told him of family
difficulties and asked his advice on
legal remedy.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Congress in Brief
BY the Assoeioted Press
Senate.

Republican leaders plan first
moves against anti-poll tax bill fill
buster.
Expenditures Subcommittee re-
calls w. w. Remington, suspended
Commerce Department official, for
testifony on Government loyalty
checks.
Banking Committee hears Paul
Porter on anti-inf1ation bill.
Foreign Relations Committee calls
Secretary of Agriculture Brannan
on international wheat pact.
House.
Banking Committee hears Thom-
as B. McCabe, Federal Reserve
Board chairman, on price control
and other proposed initiation curbs.
Un-American Activities Commit
tee meets behind closed doors to
discuss plans for future hearings
into alleged Communist spy ring.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Textile Union Asks $1.05
For u. S. Contract Work
By the Associotsd Press


NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-The Gov
ernment has been asked to set 81.
as the minimum wage for woolen
and worsted workers on Govern
ment contracts.
Emil Rieve, president Of the CLIO
Textile Workers Union, said yes
terday that the request had been
made under the Walsh -Healy Act,
regulating conditions of employ
ment on Government contract jobs.
Mr.. Rieve said in letter to Will
liam r. McComb, administrator OF
the Wage and Hour Division of the
Labor Department, that 80 per cent
of the woolen and worsted industry
now has a $105 going minimum.
The Government workers now
have only the standard Accent
minimum, Mr.. Rieve said.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Russian Nurse in Ethiopia
F|ees Hospital, Weds Italian
by the Associated Press

Adds ABABA, Ethiopia, Aug. 2.
"A pretty blond Russian nurse fed
from a Soviet-staffed hospital here
last Tuesday to marry and to get
away from severe restrictions i'm
posed on the staff.
The nurse, Tamara Gregorievna
Terentyeva. was married under
Ethiopian law Wednesday to o.
year-old Italian, Luigi Stravino
The bridegroom is assistant man
ager of the Ethiopian Publicity
Agency.
Mrs. Stravino said while she was
at the hospital the personnel were
required to report their off-time
whereabouts and we're under strict
orders not to have social contacts
with Russians. She said she
now is under the protection of a
foreign legation and does not fear
repatriation.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Memorial Services Held
For Farben Blast Victims
By the Associated Press

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, Aug
2.-This Rhine River city today
mourned the victims of the Farben
chemical plant explosion at memori-
al services attended by approximate
ly 10000 weeping relatives and
friends.
The known death toll rose to 180.
Rescue workers continued to toll
through the wreckage.
Gen. Pierre Koenig, French zone
military governor, was accompanied
at the ceremony by United States,
British, Russian, Yugoslav, Belgian,
Dutch and other military represent
ativeS.
Peter Altmeier, minister president
(Governor) of Rhineland Phaltz
praised the rescue effort of German
workers and French and American
soldiers in the fire that followed
Wednesdays explosion.
The German people will never
forget the brave help Of the Ameri-
can and French troops" he said.
The ceremony centered around a
cross 12-feet high in the center OF
the city's main square.
Siberia's Taiga, one of the worlds
greatest forest areas, extends about
1000 miles in length and from l,00(
IN . nf0 miles in width.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
New President Is Named
For Moruviun Seminary
By the Associofed Press

BETHLEHEM, Pa, Aug. 2.-The
Rev. David E. Weinland has been
named president of Moravian Sem
mary and College for Women to
succeed retiring DR.. Edwin J. Heath
DR.. Weinland assumes the post
July l, 1949-the end of the next
school year.
DR.. Heath has been president of
Moravian, oldest Protestant, girls
boarding school in the United States,
since 1926.
DR.. Weinland is now assistant to
the president of Salem Academy
and College, Winston-Salem, N C.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Mississippi Democrats
To Reconvene Tomorrow

JACKSON, Miss, Aug. 2, tP).-
The Southern accent will fall again
on States Rights as Mississippi
Democrats reconvene here to-
morrow.
They will meet in another con-
vention to further a plan for con-
verting opposition to President
Truman into support for Gov.
Strom Thurmond of South Caro-
lima.
The convention is being called,
leading members of the State DEM
ocratic party say. for reasons that
include:
/. Providing an opportunity for
approving or disapproving the &C
ton of its delegates, who walked
out of the National convention in
Philadelphia and assembled later at
States Rights conference in
Birmingham, Ala. T.
2. Declaring Gov. Thurmond and
Gov. Fielding L. Wright Of Missis-
sippi, the presidential and vice.
presidential nominees respectively
of the Democratic Party of Missis-
sippi.
3. Deciding whether the party's
candidate for presidential electors
will be listed on the November 2
ballot as pledged to the Thurmond-
Wright ticket, or whether they will
be listed as unpledged.
The Birmingham conference rec
commended that the Democratic
Party, in each State within its own
sovereignty, seek the election of
Cows. Thurmond and Wright.
If Cows. Thurmond and Wright
get a formal nomination tomorrow,
the State Democratic Party would
be recognizing Gov. Thurmond, not
Mr.. Truman, as the State Party's
candidate for President.
If the voters indorse the State
Party's slate of electors-and Gov.
Wright predicts that they will, in
this predominantly Democratic State
those electors are going to vote
for Cows. Thurmond and Wright,
pledged or not.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Hungarian Official
Held as Spy for West
ne Associoted Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Aug. q
The Communist newspaper Szabad-
gag said today the secretary to the
Agriculture Ministry had been ar
rested as a Western power spy.
The man is Elmer Kiss. Szabadzag
said his uncle. Ferent Kiss, once
London correspondent for q prewar
Hungarian newspaper, was jailed on
the same charge. They were said to
have delivered confidential docu-
ments to an unnamed foreign power.