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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14
Rain Helps 10 Ease
Hot SPELL; 6S Degrees
Forecast for Tonight

Heavy rain came down shortly
after noon bodybuilding the
Weather Bureaus prediction OF
cooler weather with rain during the
afternoon.
The thermometer stayed at rs de-
grees during the rain and was not
expected to go much above 80 dur
ing the rest of the day, the bureau
said.
A thunderstorm late yesterday
afternoon and light rain early this
morning brought some relief from
the hot spell which has been
plaguing Washington for the last
four days. The thermometer man
aged to climb to SO degrees by 1920
pm. yesterday before the storm.
A low of Y degrees was recorded
at 3:45 o'clock this morning.
Tonight will be cloudy and the
temperature will go down to about
68 degrees, the bureau said.
Showers Due Tomorrow.
Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy
with showers likely by dark.
Yesterdays thundershower, which
caught Washington workers as they
we're scurrying home, dumped a lit
tie more than a half Inch of rain on
the District. Lightning struck a
number of houses and some wires
and tree branches went down in
the area. The. storm produced IA
inches of rain in Baltimore.
A crash boat from the Naval Air
Station, Anacostia, rescued three
men who were in a small sailboat
which overturned in the Anacostia
River near Fort Lesley J. McNair
during the storm.
Lightning Hits Arlington Homes.
The men in the boat were Frank
P. Greenman, 1411 South Twenty
first street, Arlington; Humphrey
w. johnson, 1929 S street NV. and
James P. Nooffsinger. TIT G street
NV. The crash boat towed the
sailboat to the Buzzard Point Boat
yard.
Four homes in Arlington were
struck by lightning within a few
minutes. but only slight damage
was reported. An Arlington County
fireman, Woodrow E. Griffin, 80, suf-
fered shoulder injuries when he
slipped and fell as he was attempt
ing to crawl through trap door
in the attic of an apartment house
at 1898 South Abingdon street to
check lightning damage to the roof
Before the storm broke, Wash
ington police reported four cases OF
heat prostration. Treated as Gas.
ualty Hospital, they were William
Bailey, Sc, of 1112 Twenty-f1fth
street NV: John E. Holland, So
of 2525 Elvin road Sc; Edward H
Grant, IS, of 1886 E street NE, and
Mrs. Amelia Anderson, As, of 2210
Lawrence avenue NE.
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Food Prices Soaring,
with Meat in Lead ,
Survey ofU. 5. Shows
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 14.-The cost
of living is soaring with summer
temperatures all over the country.
In a single month meat prices
have advanced from to IA cents a
pound; butter has gone up 3 to g
cents a pound: milk Is a penny a
quart higher in many places.
All indications were more SEN
sational rise in food prices, particu-
larly meat, is yet to come.
A survey by the Associated Press
of the high cost Of living in Is key
cities showed 81 a pound was the
common price for the cheaper
cuts of steak in many cities ano
was expected soon in others.
Kansas City Prices Up.
Even in Kansas City, where fat
steers were pouring into the stock
wards and commanding record high
prices, the citizens who wanted
round steak were paying $l.l0 q
pound for it, IL cents more than a
month ago.
New Workers paid as high as s1.3C
for choicer cuts and $1.03 for round
steak. They were told they woulo
pay more in few days, because
wholesale prices had jumped as
much as 8 cents a pound this weak
The Associated Press survey found
round steak selling above or just
below 81 pound.
Butchers reported another 4 or 5
cents a pound raise can be expected
in most places within a few days.
That is because steak on the hoof
continued to break price records at
several Midwest livestock markets
When grocers refill their lockers
with higher priced fresh carcasses
they probably will add the increase
to the customers bill.
Pork Prices Increase.
Pork was soaring, too. Packers
we're paving farmers record prices
and wholesale quotations were
climbing.
POrk CIlOpS "ClC L w Az SSAASS -
pound higher than a month ago IN
most cities. An average price across
the Nation was IS cents a pound,
but St. Louis paid as high as S6
cents.
Lamb was tagging right along.
Prices jumped S to 10 cents pound
in New York over the week end.
In most places lamb shoulder cuts
were up 8 to 10 cents pound with
In the month. Prices varied widely
across the country, from SO cents a
pound in Boston to SO cents IN
Denver.
Milk Up l Cent.
Milk prices rose a cent a quart
in the last month in most of the
IS cities. In others a rise was ex-
pected. ..
Butter prices were increasing I'M
seasonally.
In st. Louis they pay 81 cents
for butter, up cents. Portland.
Greg, paid the least, SO cents, up 3
cents since June.
Michigan reported average re-
tail prices up 81 per cent from
March to June.
Bostonians felt the pinch in
pork and lamb prices, but the Mass
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14
Star Movies

Community movies, sponsored by
The Star in cooperation with the
Recreation Department and THE
Film Center, are scheduled for o
pm. today. Programs Of comedy.
sports, cartoon and travel shorts
will be shown at the following play
grounds and recreation centers:
NE. amy
Fillmore, Thirty NTH and 8 streets NV.
Livingston. Third and LIVINGSTON streets
River Terrace. Blaine and Anacostis
streets NE.
Takoma, Fourth and Van Buren, streets
NV.
virginia Avenue. Ninth street and vir-
ginia avenue 6.
Bundy, Fourth and streets NV.
- Crummeil. Gallaudet and Kendall streets
Lincoln. Sixth and str-ets Sc
Rose Park. Tventy-seFenth and o stress
NV
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Newly Paved and Widened
Riqqs Road Section Opens

Highway Director H. c. White
hurst announced yesterday that a
newly paved and widened section
of Riggs road NE. between North
Capitol street and the District line
has been opened.
The former two-lane roadway is a
mile long and now is a concrete
four-lane highway. The 1926, 734
project, which took a year to COM
plete, includes new, wider under
pass between the B. & o. tracks
east of North Capitol street.
Mr.. Whitehurst said the improved
section will be part of the city's
"circumferential highways" and will
tie up with main Maryland roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14
Austrian DoctorsO offered
For Virginia Shortage

RICHMOND, Va, July 14.-An
Austrian physician proposed to Gov.
Tuck yesterday means of quickly
taking care of Virginia's shortage
of doctors, particularly in the rural
communities.
The physician, DR.. Franz Hellmut
Leitner, chairman of the Austrian
League of the United Nations in
Vienna, wrote that his country has
surplus of both men and women
physicians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14

be held at 2 pm.
Monday at Ar
lington c e m E.
terry.
Mac h / n / S is
Mate Frere was
killed j u e 6,
1914, in t h e
Normandy land
ing. He was a
native of the
District and at
tenQeQ AnaCOS-
tia High School
here before he
| left to join the
Navy in 1913.
Raci6ac hi q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14
Man Burned by Coffee
Flunqin RestuuruntFioht

Ernest P. Reed. 80, of IS Adams
street NE. was burned about the
chest and neck by a cup of coffee
thrown at him during fight early
today with three unidentified men.
He told police he got into an
argument with the three men at a
restaurant at Franklin street and
Rhode Island. avenue NE. Sudden
ly. he said, one of them hurled a
cup of steaming coffee at him.
After first-aid treatment by police
of No. - precinct, Mr.. Reed was
taken to Casualty Hospital and later
released after treatment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14
Tax Bills Being Mailed
In 3 County Districts

Residents of Prince Georges
County's 6th, 18th and Dist Elec-
ton Districts will receive their tax
bills by August /, County Treasurer
James B. Bland announced yester-
day.
Mr.. Bland noted the bills must
be paid before October /, after
which penalty will be added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14
Office Managers Open
Farley at Maryland U.

Tomorrow in Office Manage
ment" is the theme of the three
day institute of the Baltimore and
Washington chapters of the Ma
tional Office Management Associa-
ton, which started today at the
University of Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14
Winchester Clerk Praised

RICHMOND, Va, July IA R.-
State Auditor j. Gordon Bennett has
approved, with words Of praise, the
l946-47 records of Clerk P. j. Mar
shall, of the Winchester Corporation
Court.
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| Machinist's Mate Frere
Reburia| SET Monday

Reburial services for Motor
Machinist's Mate &c Richard L.
Frere, ID, son of Earl w. Frere,
1880 Twenty-fifth street Sc, will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14
DR.. John Aikmon Dies

| ROCHESTER, N. Y, July IA Dr.
DR.. John Altman, SO, one Of the
foremost authorities on accidental
poisoning in children, died last
| night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14

father, he is survived by brother,
Frank E. Frere, also of Washing
ton.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-04-01

WITH two world wars under our
w belt and the second peace look
in more unpeaceful every day, the
ancient philosophers who commended
that man and nations were born to
a continuous struggle for the sur
vival of the fittest seem to have the
best of the argument at the moment.
y = y
Martha's nephew. newly grad
uated from medical school. writes
from San Francisco that he is a
little disappointed with the prog
ress his first patient has been
maxim. He diagnosed the trouble
as jaundice and treated him for
that disease for about three months
before he found the fellow was a
half-breed Chinese.
Protein Pete's ~six-year-old boy
wasn't a bit keen about goin' to the
hospital for treatment. He finally
told his mother he'd be brave and
go like she wanted him to. "But
I amt goin' to let them palm off a
baby IN me like they did on you,"
he declared. 81 want a pup"
Three old men were discussing
the ideal way of dying. The first,
aged rs. said he'd like to crash in
a car going 80 mph. The second,
aged IS. said he'd like to take his
finish in a 400 mph plane. And the
third. just IS. said: I'D like TO be
shot by a jealous husband!"
I'm more than half inclined to
think that Bill may be right, but I
have an uneasy feelin' that a bully
equipped with brass knuckles may
not contribute his share to the pres
ervation of harmony. It's a little
like the story about Pat and his
wife: "What about this ERE univer-
sal disarmament" inquired Pats
neighbor. "Why," says Pat, cts
somethin' like me and my old wom-
an. When there's a bit of a shindy
brewin' the n wot proposes peace
is the wot amt got odd of the
poker"
There may be some question
about how big a land army we
need but when it comes to the air
force I think Protein Pete has the
proper formula. Pete says we
ought to build twice as rnanv
planes as thai other guy and build
EN- twice as good.
In this tempestuous age even tn,
time-honored expression Stree as tn,
birds of the air" has to be revised
a Miles City pilot made that CLAIM
out-of-date recently when he wen
out and shot rs predatory colder
eagles from his plane.
o SIS
As an example of how hard If
is TO shake off a bad habit we give
you a fellow named Joe who lives
IN Monterey. Calf. Joe. aged AZ,
was convicted of drunken drivin'
for the third time last November
SO the Judge took his drivers Ii
cense away from him. But last
week Joe was arrested again for
drunken drivin-this time in a
horse-drawn buggy. They ought to
make a detective out of Joe. II
takes a pretty good man to find
u buggy these days.
"Squawberry Flat land values
TO hellangone outa sight" remarI
Foxtai1 ohncon of Arizona Farpoo
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-04-01

"Squawberry Flat land values is
% hellangone outa sight," remarks
Foxtail Johnson of Arizona Farmer.
sour problem is to brag about this
In the papers and in our Chamber
of Commerce literachoor without
lettin' the county assessor suspect
it,
Evening star., 1948-12-08
Citizens Plan Yu|e Party
Al Edqewood Playground

Final plans for the annual Christ
mas party at Edgewood Playground
were laid last night by the Metrop-
oils View Citizens Association.
Martin A. DeBroske, chairman Of
the committee, said that 900 boxes
of candy will be distributed to chill
dren attending the party, which
will be held Sunday, December 49,
Tree-lighting ceremonies also
Evening star., 1948-12-08
PSC Weighs B. & 0. Plea
To Close Monrovia Station
ey the Assoeiotsd Press


BALTIMORE, Dec. 8.-The Public
Service Commission took under ad-
visement tbday the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroads request for author
ity to abandon Its station at Mon
rovia, Frederick County.
Railroad oficials testified ut q
nearing earlier that the Monrovia
depot drew little traffic and has
proved uneconomical to operate.
Farmers and residents Of the
Monrovia area opposed the pro-
jected abandonment, contending 1t
would work a hardship on them.
They regarded the railroads pro-
posal to ship freight to Frederick
and Mount Airy as an unsatisfactory
substitute for the Monrovia depot.
Siegfried Goetz, retired architect
who lives on a farm at Monrovia,
was among residents opposing the
petition and declared the civilian
defense considerations argued re-
tention Of the station.
Evening star., 1948-12-08

WE'D so YEARS-Mr. and Mrs.
Lindley D. Clark of Sandy
Spring, Md, recently cele-
brated their golden wedding
anniversary. Mr.. Clark re-
tired in 1882 from the Labor
Department after IS years OF
service. He also is former
minister of the Friends Meet
ing at Thirteenth and Irving
streets NV. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark have one daughter. Mr..
Clark has three children from
a previous marriage and there
are eight grandchildren.
Evening star., 1948-12-08

will be held at the playground at
Third and Evarts streets NE. on
that day.
Harry s. Wender and Milo Chris
tiansen Of the Recreation Depart
ment will be among the guests OF
honor. Music will be furnished by
Washington Boys Club Band.
The meeting, held in Crosby Noyes
School, Tenth and Franklin streets
NE, was conducted by Mrs. Frank
lin g. Sartwell, president.
Evening star., 1948-12-08

Each citizen Of Shanghai, China,
now may buy five yards Of cotton
cloth q month.
Evening star., 1948-11-08

German wife and four adopted ehil.
dreA back TO the United States Il
unusual, however.
Husband Killed i'm 1945.
Sergt. Edward j. McDermott OF
Tonawanda, N. r., said that he once
thought himself an eternal bach
elor. "But you see, it worked cut
differently" he laughed. His wife
Ericka, blond and motherly, said, 81
never thought of marrying again
I had my four children and they
took up all my time"
Her German husband was killed
in 1945. Marriage to an American
never entered her head. She los,
her apartment and her belongings
during the raids. Life was grim
Then Sergt. McDermott came along
and they fell in love.
Not only did he fall in love with
Ericka, but with all four children
Arnim, 1--WE and Rainer, the three
boys, and Barbara, baby girl. all oi
whom he is going to adopt. So there
they were, waiting impatiently TO,
the plane that was to take them te
his sisters home in Buffalo, N. Y.
To Retire From Army.
After three months he will retire
from the Army and take a job with
the municipal police. But Ericks
Is not longing for the United States
Behind her she leaves her friends
Will the people in the United States
like her? Will they resent her?
Her one happy thought is that hel
Evening star., 1948-11-08
Laughing At Red NewsreeI.
Verbofen in Soviet Zone
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

BERLIN.-Laughing at Commu-
mist propaganda films in the Russian
occupation zone Is dangerous busi-
ness. The hecklers are arrested
and, If .theater owners fail to CO.
operate with police, their theaters
are closed.
This was disclosed recently in the
Freie Presse, ofiicial organ of the
Socialist Unity (Communist) Party,
published at Plauen, Saxony. The
newspaper disclosed that the party
had found it necessary to take dis
ciplinary action after numerous dis
respectful scenes in movie theaters.
In some theaters, for instance,
|salvos of laughter greeted scenes in
the weekly newsreel, "The Eye
Witness" which showed Soviet ships
purportedly unloading grain brought
from the Soviet Union to feed the
German population.
In other theaters hooting and
whistling greeted screen pictures of
portly Wilhelm Pieck, Germany'S
No. Communist and coehairman
Of the Socialist Unity Party. The
72-year-old PECK, with his huge
stomach, has the appearance of an
old-time bartender.
He looks just like Goering,
shouted some fans, inspiring general
laughter This was deplored by the
Freie Presse as an "antidemocratic
display"
Evening star., 1948-11-08
AUCTION SALES (cont. } /,

ADAM a: WEsCHLER 4 son, Auctioneers.
Trustees Sale Of Food Store Fixtures and
eauipment. Stock in trade, etc, contained
IN 1911 Ontario Place NV. also good.
Of chattel deed Of trust recorded In Liber
So So:, s2s3 Folio Fol AT. one Of the Land
At the request Of the party secured
by Public Auction at the above mentioned
premises on Friday. November 12. l94s,
at o'clock pm. refrigerating case. Walk
frozen food. poultry and dairy cases. meat
adding machine, sondola, display cases,
gas heating unit, electric fans, counter.
cessed and other goods etc; also good;
will, licenses, and renewals of same, and
leasehold interest. particulars of which
will be announced at sale. Terms: To be
scld subject to two prior chattel deeds Of
trust aggregating about S4.9S6 over and
ABOVE said trusts cash. $1,000 deposit re-
five days from day OF sale, or deposit
forfeited as liauidated damages. 1sADORE
BRILL, IRVING B. YOCHELSON, Trustees.
no6,7S,9,lO
Evening star., 1948-11-08
AUCTION SALES.

ZED I: WILLIAMS Z zED l: WMLTIAMs, 5,
furniture, t"' suites, @ odd pieces. room.siae
carpets, fancy furniture, marbls.top wal.
beds Uom renuns
occasional tables numerous other house
rate rated Medium SIZE music Cabinet; ne 'e Old
teskWood marble top taSoret: Victorian
nne Grade dining room suite; WATERFALL
style bedroom suite; odd diyan sofa beds;
fns-grade walnut and other occasional
sXla ana a. full AZ; oad chairs , q 7aTiSSl:
bufiett: blond mahogany desk credensa;
s se saa taps snd snd other
tables; kerosene oil white porcelain cook
range; electric cooking range; numerous
eers' phone Ma. 2s2o. ~
G., G. SLOAN . CO. NC, auctioneers:
Estate sale-carved mahossny drop-leaf
table, mahogany chest Of drawers. slant
svsa Oak ehsrs Smoke xood tes
paintings, water colors. antique mahogany
sideboard and wardrobe, gentlemans chif-
forobe; Oriental rugs, books; lamps, amps mir
hogany and walnut bedroom groups. up
holstered davenports and chairs. electric
refrigerators, folding card table and chairs.
etc. At public auction at Sloans, us
18th St. Wednesday, November 10, at 10
m. From the estate Of Carolyn g. Can
owners: Now on view. Terms cash. C.
g.; SLOAN 4 co. INC, auctioneers. Es-
tablished 1891. 3
ADAM A. WESCHLER 4 son, auctioneers
High grade new and used household
grand pianos. fireplace fixtures, new mir
rors % and Lamps lamps, electric retrigsrators; new new
summer rugs, etc. For account Of storage
companies and other eonsignors. By auc-
ton at Weschler's, 905 Z st. NV, to-
morrow commencing $50 am; high grade
mahosany dining group, new twin and
sofas, gossip benches, table lamps, break
fast room sroups, knes-hole desks and
group. wardrobes, chests Of drawers, twin
and double beds, box and coil SPRINGS, in
pianos, utility and sofa beds. tables and
chairs for every occasion. dressers, china
cases and other household and personal
effects.
Evening star., 1948-11-08
Re-EmpIoyment Benefits
Assured for EnIistees

Persons who enlist in the armed
forces are entitled to re-employ.
ment benefits provided by the
Selective Service Act of 194S, re-
gardless of their sex or age, Rob-
ert X. Salyers, director of the Bu-
reau of Veterans Unemployment
Rights, Department Of Labor. said
today.
Mr.. Salyers said women entering
active duty in the WACS, WAVES
or Marine Corps are entitled to al
Of the unemployment benefits pro.
yided for men.
Evening star., 1948-11-08
Russians Aim al Tito
In Purge Of Nations
Around YugosIavia
By Ernie Hill
Foreign Correspondent Of The Stur an.
The Chieoao Dolly News

ROME, Nov. ga concerted So
Wet drive to eliminate stragglers
and strengthen Communist govern
ments In countries around Yugo-
slavia Is currently reported by
American State Department sources
here.
The Kremlin air, it is believed, is
to isolate Marshal Tito, who puts
Yugoslav nationalism first and in
ternational Communism second.
Moscow's consolidation efforts are
particularly noticeable in Albania
and Hungary, reports indicate.
Leaders Disappear"
Yugoslavia virtually surrounds Al
bania and repeatedly there Is q
strong group in the Albanian gov
ernment< which favors closer rela-
tionS between the two countries. A
dozen leaders in this group, which
wants to adopt line similar to that
>of Marshal Tito, have disappeared"
in the last few weeks, according
to information coming to the Amer
lean Embassy here in Rome.
Albania Is being used to supply
the Communist army in Greece and
the ranks of Tito collaborationists
are being thinned, it Is stated.
In Hungary the COMMUNISTS are
busy trying to complete the collec-
tlvlzation of agriculture and the
crushing OF opposition among peas
ant ranks. A system is being in
stalled there providing for the tax
ing over by the government Of all
farm produce at government-fixed
prices.
Resistance Collapses.
In Romania, also bordering on
Yugoslavia, most opposition to Com
munism apparently has been elm
mated. In fact, resistance practi-
cally collapsed when King Michael
was forced to abdicate, according
to Embassy data.
Meanwhile, State Department
sources here also report what they
consider an interesting develop
ment in Yugoslavia."
According to Americans now in
Belgrade, Yugoslav foreign Office
personnel suddenly has become So
cially minded. During the past
three weeks they have been paying
calls at the homes of Americans
and inviting them to parties in
their own homes. This is unprece-
dented.
I'VE do not place undue signifi-
canoe on this" say State Depart
ment spokesmen. We expected Tito
to stay tied with the Russian satel-
lites. 1t does indicate, however,
that Tito wants more friendly re-
lations with the Western World. ;"
Evening star., 1948-11-08
SPECIAL NOTICES (cer,. J

SPECIAL NOTICES (cont.).
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perts. McGURN, Room 3O4. SOb q st.
NV. Elk. 1878. .
DOLLAR A WEEK-Bookkeeping and tax
service for small businesses, retailers.
wholesalers and manufacturers. McGURN
Room 304. S05 9 st: NV. EX. 497S. -
Evening star., 1948-11-08
Americans, Germans
In Berlin Marry al
Rate Of 10dW Week
by Judy Borden
North American Newspaper Alliance

North American Newspaper AlIianes
BERLIN, Nov. S.-The United
States airbase at Tempelhof is q
busy place these days. Food and
coal are the main issues: passengers
are q secondary consideration.
But once in a while you run into
some one happily boarding q nag.
ship for New York. In many cases
1t Is Q German girl going to her
American husband. There are be-
tween 10 and IL Of these interna-
tional marriages in Berlin each
week.
Meeting a 52-year-old Army ser.
geant who is taking his 36-year -old
Evening star., 1948-11-08
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ttsers from receiving circular
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stood and agreed that all such
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