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Evening star., 1948-09-08
Arlington Rites Tomorrow
For Comdr. R. N. Lille

Graveside funeral services for 1t.
Comdr. R. M. Little, retired Naval
medical officer, who practiced here
for many years, will be held at !
pm. tomorrow in Arlington Gene
terry.
Comdr. Little, who retired in 1943,
died at his home In Dallas Friday.
His brother, Robert Little, and sister,
Mrs. John Hamaker, both live In
Warrington.
A native OF Warren, Ohio, Comdr.
Little was graduated from George
Warrington Medical School In 1902
and practiced here for IL years be-
fore entering the Navy.
During World War I. he served
On q Navy transport. His last tour
Of duty was at the naval recruiting
station in Dallas.
Besides his brother and sister, he
is survived by a son, John J. Little
Of Dallas.
Evening star., 1948-09-08

America is now growing more
trees and removing less than in 1925
Evening star., 1948-09-08
American Bar Studies
Views on Fairness,
Value Of War Trials
BY The ksseciofsd Press

SEATTLE, Sept. s.-The view that
war crimes trial decisions may
haunt" the United States should 1t
ever lose a war to be considered by
the American Bar Association con-
vention today.
Opinions on the fairness and
value Of the trials were presented
yesterday. Charles r. Wennerstrum,
Charlton. Iowa, a presiding Judge
at the Nuremberg trials, said:
IF we should not win the next
war, practices which have been
established at Nuremberg and Tokyo
may haunt our officers and men who
may be defendants in subsequent
war crimes trials"
Trials Called 'Milestones."
He described the trials as mile
stones in an effort to reach a goal
In international relations" and
added that whether the course has
been well charted only time will
tell"
Owen Cunningham, Des Moines,
who served as defense counsel for
Hiroshi Oshima, former japanese
Ambassador to Berlin, at the Tokyo
trials, declared:
when we prescribe q course OF
conduct for others and a penalty
for violation, let us be sure that we
will be willing to be judged by that
same standard in event we lose
. war"
Tokyo Trials Criticized.
Mr.. Cunningham also criticized
the Tokyo trials and said the "ob-
ject" was vengeance, vindication
and propaganda"
In another convention action, the
House OF Delegates, the associations
policy-making body, recopsidered
and passed a milder resolution de-
claring that failure Of member law
yers to answer the question whether
or not they are Communists would
be regarded by the governors as a
compelling cause" for expulsion.
On the opening day Monday, the
delegates adopted by 54-to-50 vote
. resolution proposing both expul-
sion from membership and disbar-
ment proceedings against any law
yer refusing on constitutional
grounds to answer If asked: Are you
. Communist"
Evening star., 1948-09-08

1~ Ao Id Will
ing back.
According to
these scientists,
Ice once covered
this continent as
far south as Gin
cinnati, but my
husband says it
went even far
ther than that.
When he was in
vaudeville he ran
into the Ice Age
in Memphis, Fort
Worth and New
Orleans.
Evening star., 1948-09-08

There probab- Oracle Allen.
ly never could be a more opportune
time for the Ice Age to come back
than now, as there are 80 many
fevered brows for it to pass over.
Ice foes moving over meetings Of
the United Nations and the four
power diplomats would do wonders
for world peace.
Maybe, at that, . new Ice Age
would be an improvement on the
cracked-ice age we've been living in
(Released by Consolidated News Features)
Evening star., 1948-09-08
Suspect in Killing Of Father
Did Not MoIest Her, Girl Says

screamed he slapped me twice and
hit me hard once and then took me
to q log and sat me down.
He tied a rope around my wrist
so I couldn't get away. Then he
kissed me. I knew there was some
thing wrong. He kissed me, but he
didn't force any improper conduct
on me-"
She quoted Wiegner as saying he
bad killed. Mr.. McComas, but that
It had been an accident. She said
she saw her fathers body and then
Wiegner handed her . gun and
asked: why don't you shoot me
with it?"
The girl testified that Wiegner
Evening star., 1948-09-08

The announcement said the Shan
States government is taking all le-
gal steps to combat "lawlessness." :"
Unconfirmed newspaper reports said
nine persons had been killed in out
breaks there.
In other sections Of turbulent
Burma, the government claimed
heavy casualties have been inflicted
on insurgents. Several hundred
were reported rounded up.
The communique said there has
been q general improvement in the
Evening star., 1948-09-08
Burma Says Shan States
Are Combating Unrest
by The Asseeiofsd Press

RANGOON, Burma, Sept. s.-The
Burma government said last night
the Shan States bordering China
and Siam are beset with unrest
due to an outside influence"
The communique asserted, how
ever, that there is no revolt among
the Shan people who were said to
be "solidly backing their chieftains. !"
Evening star., 1948-09-08
Rev. Guston Boyle Resions

STAUNToN, Va, Sept. 8 (P,-
Resignation Of the Rev. CASTOR
Boyle, who for 81 years was pastor
of Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church,
has been accepted at a congrega-
tional meeting. He has accepted q
pastorate in the presbytery Of
Winston-Salem, N. G.
Evening star., 1948-09-08
Princess Margaret Dances
Al Amsterdam Night Club
By the Assoeiofsd Press

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands,
Sept. 8.-Princess Margaret danced
into the wee hours this morning at
an Amsterdam night club.
Her partners included Prince
Evening star., 1948-09-08

sparkling ceophaneno waiting Get the freshest cpest Veg
etables and Fruits the latest Refrigerated Produce Stands
Frosted Foods and Dairy Products refrigerated
Mammoth displays of Groceries reach
Bakery Pastry fresh from EVERY
Beauty Health Aids Ice Cream insulated bags It's
of the futue-you be delighted with what
you and it will be pleasure to welcome you.
Evening star., 1948-09-08
No More Waiting
at the Meat Counter

at the Acme-you're always first Walk right up and
Serve Yourself to everything you want from chops
to roasts Every tefnis plainly marked to variety.
weigh, price per pound and total cost. It's all pack
aged in transparent cellophane you see ex.
actly what you're buying.
This is the very latest trend, the most modern
method of selecting Meat. You have to see it for
yourself to realize what revolutionary step forward
sef.service is Come to the Acme this week for
top-qualty Fresh and Smoked Meats, Poultry and
Seafood. You'll find complete variety of all the
familiar cuts. Meat is cut on the premises by our
own butchers in sanitary air.conditioned prepara-
ready to use-you just reach in the refrigerated
cases and take your choice, like picking groceries
off the shelf Try this speedy way to buy your meats
you're sure to like it.
Evening star., 1948-09-08

Bernhard, eonsort Of Quaen Juiiana /;
Prince Aschwin, his hrother; Grown
Prince Olav Of Norway and Crown
Prince Jean Of Luxembourg.
The royal party, which vent dane
ing after q state concert on the oc-
casion Of Queen Juliana's enthrone-
ment, included Princess Martha OF
Norway. Queen Juliana returned to
her palace after the concert.
Princess Margaret represented the
British royal family at Queen Juli-
ana's investitufe Monday.
Evening star., 1948-09-08
Oracle Aliens S
Comments

7 guess there are some pretty in
telligent scientists after all. Right
tn the middle Of the heat wave, they
stt down to figure out when the
Evening star., 1948-09-08

And Rockville has Acmeanoher modern, completely
different sreamned market of the futura brighter
beautiful and place in which for entire food
needs conveniently speedily satisfactorily and economically. Enjoy
shopping the kind market you've been waiting for
entirely ideas with amazing depart
shopping in half the 1909 SeSrvice Meat
Dept giving variety everything and wrapped
Evening star., 1948-09-08

Federal position from Palel on ths
Chindwin River to the delta districts
Of BaSSein and Henzada.
Evening star., 1948-11-14

The man had been good to him,
granted. He had promoted
Derek to publicity director six
months ago. But psychic in
come? The finer things? He had
to listen while J. B. sounded off
to Armstrong, Manager of the
Chicago branch. California, here
l come.
J. B. put down the phone and
the room was hushed but not
tranquil. Derek realized that
six eyes were on him - the man
who told J. B. he was wrong.
JOHNSON, how long have you
been with Magnum?" J.. B.
purred.
1.-TWO years, sir" That sir"
slipped in; a carry-over from the
Navy.
Il thought you were becoming
a valuable member of the or
ganization K one of the family"
IF you mean =" Derek be-
gan. He looked around for moral
support. Thurston Scott, the
agency president, winked at him.
IF you want me to be another
yes-man, I'm not"
"Of course not" said J. B.
You're fired, johnson. He
switched on the interphone.
Derek leaned across ]. BIS
desk. Thanks, J. b." he said.
What do you mean?"
Thanks for firing me. The
reason l was late this morning
was - packing. I was cleaning
my things out of the office"
Packing? Cleaning?"
"Just cleaning up, J. b.. for
the last time. You'll have to
find yourself another press agent.
You see, I've been writing fic-
ton in my spare time. Now I'm
taking a writing job in Holly
wood, and flying out to the
Coast tonight. He paused.
Thanks for everything, J. B."
Derek had a sense of timing.
He walked out of ]. BIS office,
closing the door carefully.
HE WAS back at his desk, pull
ing pipe cleaners, old business
cards, and a half finished liner
ick for soap contest out of his
center drawer. In a way, now
that it was all over, he felt as he
had the day before he graduated
from college. Glad to get out,
yet surprisingly sorry. ''Old
J. B. isn't such a bad Joe," he
thought, and realized that his
phone was ringing.
Evening star., 1948-11-14
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Evening star., 1948-11-14

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Evening star., 1948-11-14
All, HOLLYWOOD!
Continued from page nine

Its Ethel" Marilyn said.
She's calling to find out where
to mail my two weeks wages,
Derek said. Did l mention
that Mr.. Campbell fired me and
I trumped his ace by resigning?"
You're fired, Mr.. Johnson?"
Derek smiled. when my first
picture is in the can. Ill have
you fly out to Hollywood"
That would be wonderful"
Her smile wavered, as she re-
membered that the big boss Sec
retary was waiting on the phone.
Here's Mr.. johnson for you,
Ethel"
Hello, pearl among secretar-
les. You can send my back pay
to me care of Superpix."
"Mr. johnson, there's some
thing -" Ethel was hesitant.
is it Important"
Il think so, Mr.. Johnson. It's
a telegram for you that came to
our Office by mistake, and I T."
Its just what I've been
waiting for. Many thanks, my
sub-zero lovely. I'll send Mari
lyn for it right away"
AS MARIYN brought in the
telegram, he noticed that the
envelope was torn.
Huh, J. BIS playing censor.
I hope he got an eyeful." He
saw a familiar blue interoffice
memo clipped to the Western
Union envelope but he couldn't
stop to read it. BIS memos
were of yesterday.
The telegram was brief:
MILLER CHANGED MIND PERIOD
ECONOMY WAVE PERIOD HIRING
NO NEW WRITER'S PARAGRAPH
SENDING BACK SCRIPT SORRY
END AL
Derek was bludgeoned. On
siren call of Western gold! What
would Ginny say? A piece of
paper drifted to the floor.
Mechanically, Derek picked it
up and glanced at it. 1t was the
memo from J. B. that had been
clipped to AIS telegram. He
read it painfully, then smoothed
it out and read it again. Sud-
denlyhe could hear again through
his window the cheerful shouts
of telephone linemen.
J. BIS staccato script read.
Il almost went Hollywood
once, myself. Stick around,
johnson. We have work to do
here. That campaign stinks.
u. B. CAMPBELL"
The End
Evening star., 1948-01-04

any tomorrow - stretching into more to-
morrows filled only with agony.
He began to swing. back and forth. The
drum-roll grew loud. The searchlights streak
ing across the sky were signal for all the
Fark. There was distinct change in the
noises. The roller-coaster went on with its
growing and roaring and its chorused squeal-
ings The carrousel did not lessen its din. But
the barkers lost heart. The concessions con-
ceded full minute of trade gone glimmering.
There were folk by thousands turning to look
at the sparkling. isolated figure silhouetted
starkly against the night. The noise of the
Park diminished by as much as third.
He swung higher - almost horizontally
out from the top of the trapeze-frame. Again
he seemed to slip to be flung outward into
space. But instead. he hung by his feet, his
arms folded. He went down, and wind beat
upon him. Up, and he faced the stars. Down
and back. and he stared straight before him
upon the earth and the crowd directly below,
and saw the people as misshapen blobs of
divers colors, with blank whitish ovals which
were faces. Thousands of them, staring up at
him. Nora. watching Jim. staring up.
He was going to die within forty-five Sec
onds Within thirty. A wild wind-whistling
sweep, and he was face to face with suns
light-centuries away. Another rush, and he
looked calmly down upon the people who
would presently scream
AT THE very top of his next swing he dou-
bled. 1t was simple enough - only neat tim
ing. But it appeared as if he had let 60 and
spun in mid-air to seize the trapeze-bar with
his hands again. He swung down once more,
estimating his speed. He was going to make
perfect leap and perfect spin No uncon-
vincing fake of missing the other bar. Three
more swings. He signaled.
The drum-roll ceased His speed was right.
The arc was exact to give him the upward
and outward urge needed to fling him across
the seemingly impossible gap. He was icily
cool. 1t was tine only possible decision. The
only solution. Nora would never know, and
Jim would never know. and Kitty would
never guess. And Nora and Jim would marry
Evening star., 1948-01-04

and not even dream that he'd found out that
they could not help themselves.
One -. They'd grieve over him, because
they were decent. They couldn't help what
had happened. They'd only rejoice that he
would never be grieved by them.
Two -. Kitty wouldn't suspect, and it
would seem only natural to her, later. when
Jim and her mother -
Three!
Down to the bottom of the arc and the
peak of speed The beginning of the risx The
flip of his body for the spin
He let 90.
Evening star., 1948-01-04

tension into every loop. And he put the ropes
back in place in person. 1t was natural, be-
cause his life depended on them every night.
And it had been very easy to arrange one
seeming oversight so that tonight the right
hand rope. after unbraiding. would come free
of its fastening.
Nobody could ever suspect. Not Nora.
Not Jim. And certainly not his daughter
Kitty. just gTown-up. 1t was extraordinary
that he could think with such detachment,
but the fact of jim and Nora was natural
enough. Nora wasn't old. Still in her thirties.
jim wasn't more than three or four years
younger and he was everything that Bolton
the Great was not.
Nora'd married absurdly young. Even
Kitty was already older than Nora had been
when she married. And Jim was - we'll -
as right as they come He'd been the nearest
and only friend of Bolton the Great. who
smiled wryly. now, remembering how he'd
tried to tell Nora that he hoped jim and
Kitty would marry That's how much he
thought of Jim, Hoping Jim would marry
his daughter.
But it had turned out to be Jim and Nora
instead. OF course they couldn't help it.
Knowing them, Bolton the Great knew that
it had simply been bigger than they were.
He'd seen Nora kiss Jim joyously three days
ago. He'd seen Nora reach out exuberantly
only yesterday to ruffle Jim's hair. There'd
been nothing of the shameful about it. It
was secret yes, but not furtive And it was
like Jim and Nora, when the thing happened,
not to tell him Immediately - not until the
season closed, because it was going to grieve
him, and grief could kill Bolton the Great
very surely, simply by throwing off his sense
of timing. And they wouldn't want that
This thing was simply something that had
happened like an earthquake or a storm
Nobody could help it. And there was only one
answer - which he d have in one minute more
"A SEARcHLIGHT winked on above the Fun
House 1t swept across the sky and focused
on him. Another beam. from atop the tower
at the Park gate. A third and fourth and fifth.
Bolton the Great swung easily upon his ira
peze. The fash-stones of his trunks and the
two trapezes sent tiny glitters everywhere,
and the dark-painted poles which upheld his
apparatus were almost invisible against the
night. He looked very, very high indeed, and
infinitely lonely up among the stars. He
looked - and was - horribly lonely, but his
mind dwelt on the thought that this grief
wouldn't last long because there wouldn't be
Evening star., 1948-01-04
BY WILL F. JENKINS
illustration by James Schucker

tinuous rasping noise. There was an indie
scrlbable sound which was made up of chatter
and laughter and squeals and murmurinps.
1t filled all the air with close humming.
The fall trapeze reached the top. Down
below, men hauled at the hoist-ropes, tighten
ing them to rod-like rigidty Bolton the
Great nodded to them. All right The loud
speaker beloved again, asking for absolute
silence. That, Of course, was build-up Moth
ing could silence the Park And it was made
absurd by the beginning Of drum-roll. The
crowd, already thick, became thicker Bolton
the Great saw people hurrying.
HE SAT here alone, the height of a seven
story building above the crowd He looked
very small and lonely against the stars. A
long, long distance away hung the other
trapeze brave in carmine and gilt, and with
glittering tassels which wavered and tapped
in the breeze. They made the trapeze itself
seem to sway but thai, Twas illusion. The feat
which all the Park was invited to witness
was the climax of his act flying twist
and-spin through space, seventy feet above
ground, to catch trapeze that appeared to
wabble erratically in the breeze It seemed the
more impossible because Bolton the Great
was alone
There was no one to steady the bar he was
to catch. No one to make however futile a
grab for him if he should miss and 20 hurting
downward. The loudspeaker was booming
for the crowd to move back from the concrete
space on which he would crash if his fingers
did fail to grip the bar.
Bolton the Great detachedly considered
the means by which tomorrow - all tomor-
rows - were to be obliterated. The side-ropes
of the fall-trapeze were loop-braided so that
when his weight came upon the bar the loops
unraveled and seemed to let him fall horribly
toward the earth. Actually, the tension of the
loops was carefully gagged Bolton the Great,
himself, braided those ropes before each per-
formance The first appearance of terrible fall
checked swiftly. His drop ended quite fifteen
Then he grinned down at them before slipping
off the trapeze and swiftly into his dressing
tent - where Nora waited
That was the schedule Tonight it would
not be kept to. He would catch the bar. Yes.
The ropes would come unbraided. Yes. But
his fall would not be checked at the end
He'd made the decision. 1t was the only
possible one. He'd arranged everything. He
braided the side-ropes himself, on a, frame of
his own devising which put exactly the right
Evening star., 1948-01-04

Tie was IN rnid-an. he heard the crazy
growing roar of the roller coaster and the
squealing Of the carrousel. There was no other
sound in all the Park. Thousands of eyes
upon him. hurting through the air seven
stories above the earth. He reached out
his hands with the perfection of assurance.
The gilded bar of the fall-trapeze came into
them. His fingers closed. His weight came
upon them.
The bar went down with him. He felt the
curious ripping slip of the fall-rope. Every
thing working perfectly. He sensed the CHASTITY
shock his watchers experienced. He went
sweeping downward. seemingly unchecked.
with the trapeze-bar seemingly - and this
time actually - useless in his hands,
"A. WOMAN screamed, down below She was
quicker to react than most Bolton the Great
thought absurdly that he wished he could
have let Jim and Nora know, somehow, that
they shouldn't feel badly. That he knew they
couldn't help themselves And anyhow, to-
morrow.
There was strain on his arms His muscles
punched. That was habit. When the right
hand rope came free and the jerk came, he
could not hold. Not possibly But he would
try. Every instructive reflex in his body would
flash into action to prevent the death he had
contrived. But it would be useless, of course.
The strain increased and his teeth clenched
The rope must tear free now. His heart
stopped. waiting for the ripping away of the
right-hand rope.
But it did not tear free His fall was checked.
Slowed. 1t ceased. He was fifteen feet above
the crowd and swinging at the limit of the
fall-rope's length. There were squeals and
screenings from the women who at long last
had found breath to cry out He swung once,
and slipped to the ground, starkly incredu-
lous. He was alive!
Nora said: "Jim's got something to tell
you, honey"
Look here" said Jim. sweating. You've
been nervous! I've been checking your outfit.
Today you slipped up. That right-han rope
would've come away. So fixed it and got
rope man to make sure it was okay. didn't
dare tell you before - but you've got to be
careful!'
Bolton THE GREAT made his way into his
dressing-tent. He felt that he was horribly
pale Sweat began to pour of him in rivulets.
Nora said behind him: Tell him the rest
Jimr'
q was scared" said Jim's voice, clum-
silly, but - uh Il asked Kitty to marry
me. an she says yes"
Bolton the Great turned stifay. Nora
Rugged Jim and said delightedly to her hus-
band: The poor goof was scared to tell you!
I've known for week, but we figured we'd
better wait till the end of the season
Bolton the Great felt queer sensation
all over his body. His legs were water. He
sat down. Nora was hugging Jim now. OF
course! She was glad her daughter was going
to marry him. Jim was the best there was.
OF course she'd kissed him and rumpled his
hair exuberantly. She was almost as glad as
Kitty - for Kitty's own sake, because lin
was the best there was.