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Evening star., 1948-07-29
clark Orders Survey
OF Co||usive Action
On High Living Costs
By the Assoeiotsd Press

-hs Justice Department has an
rounced a new Nationwide survey
Nv its antitrust division aimed at
-eollusive action on food, clothing
-.Ynd housing prices.
49, Attorney General Clark said last
might that he is establishing new
,,.5-f7el1 Offices for the antitrust divi.
:: :. sion in Philadelphia, jacksonville.
Ella. and Kansas City, Kans., and
/: that additional personnel have been
- assigned to the antitrust field offices
.--in Boston, New York, Cleveland
chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San
Francisco and Seattle.
The Attorney General asserted in
statement
The continuing high prices and
The growth of private economic
power compel an antitrust survey
throughout the country. The ex-
panded field ofice program will
facilitate that survey and afford
prompt action to meet these prob
ems"
Move Follows Truman Appeal.
His statement followed. by little
more than "a hours President Tru-
mans appeal to the special session
Of Congress for prompt action. to
curb imitation.
Mr.. Clark announced last summer
that he had instructed the anti
trust division to concentrate its
efforts against any indicated con-
spiracies to send food, clothing or
housing prices higher. A number
Of antitrust actions were taken sub |
sequently.
Last nights announcement said:
"The field Offices under this ex-
panded program will encompass
substantially tne entire country. |
Each field office will attack monop-
olies and other antitrust problems
within the several States which 1t
covers.
Citizens Aid Sought.
Prom time to time, antitrust at
-.torneys will visit the industrial areas
assigned to their field ofices to un-
cover illegal price-fixing and other
-restraints of trade and violations Of
the antitrust laws which may exist. |
Each field Office will assign per-
sonnel to assist small businessmen
Ito secure for them. wherever pos
sible. full opportunity and free COM
petition"
:. The department said 1t desires
the support and cooperation of
every citizen" and invited COM
plants from individuals.
Evening star., 1948-07-29
ChiIeons May Employ
Aluminium to Muke Cons

Orchardists and vegetable grow
ers In Chile are investigating use
Of aluminium for cans, as a substi-
tute for tin plate, Santiago reports.
Tests have shown that aluminium
containers are satisfactory and can
be melted down and the metal used
again.
Evening star., 1948-01-26
Stussen
Continued From First Page3

for the Republican presidential
nomination, told the Vermont busi'
ness and professional men:
eff these major measures are
coupled with economy in civilian &C.
tivities Of government, with only Q
small cut in taxes and substantial
payment on the war debt, the
mounting productivity Of the coun'
try and the natural buyer resistance
will bring us through this critical
period successfully without the
tragic mistake of adopting overall
centralized controls to the economy.
Confers With Gov. Gibson.
Earlier Mr.. stassen had conferred
with Republican Gov. Ernest w
Gibson and was told that the presi-
dental sentiment among Vermont
Republicans had not yet "jelled.'
But that the State usually sent an
unpledged delegation to the Ma
tional Convention.
Gov. Gibson told newsmen he felt
MI. Stassen, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
Of New York and Gov. Earl Warren
Of California were the strongest in
Vermont at the present time. Asked
about Senator Taft of Ohio, Gov
Gibson said he did not seem to have
az much strength as the other three
In referring to Senator Taft, the
Vermont Governor said there is q
great respect for his ability but
there is a feeling that younger
and more progressive leadership will
win the national election"
Evening star., 1948-01-26
Two Wisconsin Boys Held
In Staying Of Taxi Driver
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BELOIT, Wis, Jan. 26.-District
Attorney Robert Daniel said two
1s-year -old youths whom he de-
scribed as young hoodlums" of a
'teen-aged gang would be arraigned
in Municipal Court today for the
fatal shooting of a taxicab driver
early yesterday.
The prosecutor declared the
youths, both of whom have juvenile
court records, had made signed
statements admitting killing Ernest
(Slim) Bradley, SO, in robbery at
tempt.
He said that because OF the seri-
BUSINESS of the offense, both would
be brought into criminal, rather
than Juvenile Court. .....->,. .
Mr.. Daniel declared that Harold
Steinback had admitted firing a
shot into Mr.. Bradley's head and
that he would be charged with mur-
der. He said Richard Rheinschmidt,
whom he described as a kid scared
to death" at what had happened,
would be charged with an attempt
to commit felony" -..-
Investigation of the killing dis
closed activities of at least three
other youths in a mob" Mr.. Daniel
said, adding 1t had cleared up a
$277 holdup of q hamburger stand
Evening star., 1948-01-26
lx the A,seeia,sa P,ess

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26.-Kon-
stantin Fink. skipper Of American
cargo vessels during the war, Is
sending a food package to Germany
to repay q wartime favor OF Nazi
submarine commander.
Capt. Fink, who lives in nearby
Costa Mesa, is sending the package
to Helmut Witte, now q metal work.
er at Bonn. ...-.
The Amtrican skipper commanded
the cargo ship Star of Scotland on
it's last voyage. The trip ended 1000
miles of South Africa on November
13, 1912, when a Nazi sub shelled
and sank the vessel.
Capt. Fink stayed behind to
destroy valuable papers while his
inexperienced l6-man crew escaped
in lifeboat. The submarine. COM
manded by Capt. Witte, picked up
Capt. Fink and took the lfeboat
and crew In tow.
Realizing that the green crew
could never make land without their
skipper, Capt. Witte released the
American skipper after he promised
never to command another ship
Evening star., 1948-01-26
Race Relations Program,
Stresses Churches Role

Church leadership in the promo
ton Of brotherhood and in the fight
against prejudice was stressed by six
Washington churehmen yesterday in,
a roundtable discussion over Sta
ton WQQW. ,.- ..
The program. entitled Americans
All" is sponsored by the Institute
of Race Relations, yesterday subject
was What Role the Church Can
Play in Bringing About the Brother.
hood of Man in America" .. .
Taking part in the discussion were
Rabbi Ephraim S. Greenberg Of the,
Congregation Beth Israel; the Rev.
Robert Lee Jeans, Tabor Presby-
terian Church: the Rev. John w,
Rustin, Mount Vernon Placsr
Methodist Church; the Rev. Clar.
ence w. Crawford, Calvary Baptist
Church, and DR.. John ]. O'Connor,,
secretary of the Catholic Interracial
Council and professor at George
town University. DR.. Chesteen
Smith, acting executive secretary Of
the Federation of Churches. was
Evening star., 1948-01-26
Pennsylvania Woman
MARKS 10th Birthday
RY the Assaciofad Prsss

WAPWALLOPEN, Pa, Jan. 26.-
God willed it, Mrs. Mary ONeill
said today, as she celebrated heI
10th birthday anniversary.
This English born immigrant
frail and small but with twinkle
still in her eyes, is one woman not
ashamed to admit she's the Oldest
person in Pennsylvania-and State
Medical Society records back her up
Neighbors and friends last night
trudged through a foot of snow and
braved the treacherous, icy footing
of a mountain trail to say Happy
birthday" to Mrs. NELL in her oil.
lit home.
Born in Yorkshire and married
at 26, Mrs. ONeill came to the
United States go years ago with one
of her nine children.
Evening star., 1948-01-26

third of them on the Danish naotor-
ship. Kina.
Falling debris from major build.
ings caused most Of the; casualties,
One man died as he knelt In prayer
In church In Alimodian, an Iioilo'
suburb and an American and four
Filipinos were reported crushed BY;
falling walls on a downtown street.
-Four men were buried In the COLI
lapse Of six-story cathedral beifry
three centuries old, but rescuers dug
them out alive after nve hours'f
work.
At CapiZ, on Panays north coast,
l3 shocks were felt. Residents at
tended early mass after the first
quakes subsidized, then rushed in o
panic for exits as fresh tremors'
began, upsetting stone benches and
injuring two women. :
Acting Mayor Vicente r. Iloilo
was granted emergency powers to-
provide medical aid and relief. Loss
of the @city's water mains added TO-
the health hazards, and relief
agencies were nobilizing swiftly. :,
Evening star., 1948-01-26
Col. W. 6. Atwood Dies;
Was Engineer With Hoover
By the Associoted Press


ORLANDO, Fla, Jan. 26.-Col
William Greene Atwood, rs, con-
sulting engineer associated with
Herbert Hoover in directing Eastern
European relief during World War
I, died here yesterday.
He also was commander Of the
l7th Engineers transportation in
World War I and in 1919 was tech
nical advisor to the Kingdom Of the
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugo-
slavia), helping re-establish mining
telegraph and transportation sys-
TENS.
At one time he served as assistant
engineer of construction on the
Alaska Central Railway, chief engi-
neer OF the Lake Erie & Western
Railway of the New York Central
and assistant district engineer for
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
Col. Atwood spent nearly two years
as adviser in the Office of Engineer
ing Research with headquarters in
New York during World War II.
His only survivor is his widow, the
former Miss Ellen Rogers Of Oak
Park. Ill.
Evening star., 1948-01-26
South China Drive
Believed Reds Aim
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

NANKING, Jan. 2s.-There is q
possibility, a Chinese Army spokes-
man conceded today, that Chinese
Communists will make major at.
tempt to cross the Yangtze this
spring in a thrust into the rich
South China area.
The government is preparing to
repel any large-scale effort to cross
the important water barrier sepa-
rating North and South China, he
added.
The Marking newspaper Hsin Min
Pao, meanwhile published purported
captured documents instructing
Communists in Central China to
execute the stab into South China
before the end Of April. Five di-
receives described as from the Com
munist high command were ad-
dressed to Red Generals Liu Po-
cheng, Chem -Keng and Chen-Yi.
1t appears that Red forces oper-
ating in Central China are carrying
out such instructions to the letter.
Throughout Honan and Hupeh
Provinces the Communists are
avoiding direct contact with large
government armies while concen-
trating attacks against small, iso-
lated groups.
Evening star., 1948-01-26
MushuII to Lecture
At u. of California
BY the Asseeietsd Press

BERKELEY, Calf, Jan. 26.-Sec-
retary OF State Marshall will deliver
two University Of California charter
lectures in March, Robert G. Sproul
university president, announced yes
terday.
Commemorating the S0th anniver-
sary of the university's charter, Gen
Marshall will speak March 19 on the
Berkeley campus and March % on
the U. G. L. A. campus.
TT is expected that the subject
of Gen. Marshall's speech will be
governed by the international situa-
ton at the time of it's delivery" DR.
Snro,ll Said
Evening star., 1948-01-26
|GnI Makes Debut
As Singer With
| Artificial Throat
by the Asseeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-A 1s-year-
old girl, who was left speechless six
years ago after a tonsil operation
made her professional debut as q
coloratura yesterday, singing through
an artificial throat on a radio pro-
gram.
Jeannine Mcdonald, daughter oi
the Rev. and Mrs. Erwin L. McDon.
aid Of Louisville, KY, sang Let My
Song Tell Your Heart" on the Ma
ion-wide-Mutu program my
Favorite Kid"
Scar tissue closed her throat after
Q tonsillectomy when she was 1C
years old, and for q year she
breathed through a tube. Several
more operations failed to restore
her speech. -
Recovery started five years ago
when she was operated on by a
Memphis physician who inserted an
artificial throat.
She won high honors in the Ken
lucky annual State music meet last
spring, and was chosen for the radio
program as % teen-ager who has
overcome great handicaps."
The girl is to be given an addition
tomorrow by the Metropolitan Opera
Co.
Evening star., 1948-01-26
| Galapagos Volcano Erupts
with BikinI-LIke Mushroom
BY the A,.ssietsd Pres,

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2s,-A
l. 5.000-foot volcano on the north end
OF Isabella, largest Of the Galapagos
Island group, erupted in midmorn-
ing Saturday with a miniature
Bikini-like smoke mushroom, radio
adyices received here said today.
The Galapagos are about 100 miles
west of Ecuador.
The eruption was continuing un-
diminished, according to Frank
Adams, radio operator aboard the
tuna clipper Endeavor of San Diego,
Calf, anchored nearby at Albemarle
reef.
Mr.. Adams said daytime observa-
ton was restriced by smoke and
haze but that flaming lava flowing
eastwardly outlined the whole
mountainside after dark. He said
the last confirmed eruption of the
unnamed volcano was believed to be
In 1925.
Evening star., 1948-01-26

stein and Miss Lila Pollin, q secre-
tary-typist. that the international
headquarters Of UPWA was being
moved from Washington to New
York City. The chairman asked
the witnesses what records had been
taken to New York and why the
witnesses had not brought records
to the subcommittee hearing Mr.
Bernstein said he did not have
charge OF the records.
Quizzed about the local cafeteria
workers union, he identified prin-
cipal officers of the local but he
said he had not been called in off,
cially to help negotiate the GSI dis
pute.
When Mr.. Bernstein was asked II
he had ever refused to take a
loyalty test, he flared in anger and
retorted I've demonstrated my
loyalty in the junsles"
Served In Air Forces.
He explained he had served in
the Army Air Forces in an admin
istrative capacity but added the
list of raids I was In and the cas-
ualties make impressive reading"
Another investigation of the strike
affecting a. cafeterias operated by
GSI was being made by Secretary
Schwellenbach at the request of
President Truman, The Secretary's
once said this afternoon that Mr..
schwellenbach had not yet made
an appointment to meet Maj. Gen.
U. S. Grant III or other GS1 Of
ficial.
Mr.. Schwellenbach already has
conferred with Maj. Gen Philip B
Fleming, Federal Works Agency
administrator, who has direct juris-
diction over most Of the buildings
in which GSI cafeterias are located
Meanwhile. there was no evident
change In the strike situation. De-
spite the cold, pickets were at their
posts as early as S am. today in
front Of the 40 buildings where cafe
terias are being operated, union
headquarters reported. Cafeterias
in the Labor Department and the
Supreme Court suilding have been
closed since the strike started.
Evening star., 1948-01-26
Skipper Sends Food to Captain
OfSub Which Sank Ship in War

against Germany. The U-boat COM
mander also gave his prisoners food
and water for the trip.
Capt. Fink kept his promise after
the lifeboat brought the men te
safety at Portuguese Angola 1s day.
later. He never again commanded Q
ship against Germany.
But the parole did not include
Japan, and he took over another
merchant cargo ship carrying sup.
plies to the Pacific.
Several days ago Capt. Fink re.
ceived q letter. 1t was from the
former submarine officer and said
do you recall that although my
orders were TO take you prisoner
for the sake of your men I allowed
you to 60 free and we shook hands
saying that after the war we may be
friends2
II shake your hand with this let.
ter and tell you that there is se
little food here it Is difficult tt
care for my wife and two children
Perhaps you could remember oul
friendship pledge"
Said Capt. Fink: WAR is wal
and there were all kinds of men in
1t. He was q sailor"
Evening star., 1948-01-26
New Iremors Spread
Terror In Philippines;
Death Toll Up 10 II
by the Asseeiotsd Press

MANILA, Jan. 26.-Many terror.
stricken families fed Iloilo in thu
Central Philippines today as inter.
mittent tremors spread fear of .
recurrence OF yesterdays earth.
quake that killed ~ persons an6
causd widespread damage. A tota.
i of a shocks had been counted there
by noon today and most sent fren-
zied residents rushing out of homes
and other buildings.
Possibility of higher fatality toll
was indicated. Meager reports
from Panay Island, said two farni-
lies were buried alive by a big land
slide at Hanini on the southwestern
coast.
Near Miagao, a seacoast town
bodies Of two fishermen believed to
have been drowned as q tidal wave
hit the southern coast of Iloilo
province were recovered.
Fear Mounts With Trem0rs.
Fear mounted in hard-hit Iloilo
city with each new tremor. On
request Of Iloilo's Mayor, the Phil
ippines weather bureau Informed
residents the tremors were after
shocks and not destructive.
Yawning assures paralyzed over
land traffic and exposed smashed
water mains in Iloilo. In one suburb
deep crevice 80 yards long and a
yard wide was reported sending
uoucf ARG nf vo or onJ hla olx .ool . .
high as nearby coconut palms.
Describing the scene IL hours
after the first terrific shock, the
Manila Times correspondent, Jesus
P. Ramos, wrote: "A two-minute
quake is rocking Iloilo. People
again are running pell nell into
the streets -. a woman Historically
screams as she leads her child:
More are coming! Oh, Mother OF
God. could this be the end?'"
American Reported Dead.
One Australian, James Hoffman,
81, employe of a stevedoring COM
pany, and one unidentified Ameri-
can we're reported among the dead.
Panay, Negros, Cebu, Leyte and
Martinique Islands all were jolted,
but Panay on the basis Of early re-
ports seemed hardest hit. Iloilo city,
a port OF 125,000 population, noted
for sugar, rum and copra exports,
Is ass airline miles southeast Of
Manila.
The public works department in
Manila said estimates of damage
were incomplete but would certainly
exceed $500. 000-rnostly In aeras
devastated by Christmas typhoon
which caused 81 casualties. one
Evening star., 1948-01-26
AVERAGE New House Costs
$1,000, Twice 1899 Level
BY the Asseeiaisd Press

of ms %Ssocfofeo FFess
The selling price Of the average
new hous" reached $s.060 last No
vember-more than double the price
of $4,440 in 1889, a Commerce De-
partment report said today.
The department earlier had pre-
dicted that construction costs will
be at least moderately" higher
this year.
While the selling price of the
average house rose l04 per cent
between 1889 and November, 1947
cost of lumber increased 183 per
cent, said the report.
Lumber prices ARE substantially
out of line with other commodities, -
the report said, adding, however
that sustained (upwardD pressures
on prices will tend to prevail
throughout this year because do
mestic consumption will continue to
press production"
Evening star., 1948-01-26
Appeals Court Holds
ID. {. Limitation Void
In Rent 0yercharees

The United States Court of Ap.
peals today held that q one-yeal
statute OF limitations provided ir
the District code does not apply ir
case in which judgment wa.
handed down In Municipal Court
for overcharges In rent.
The ruling afiirmed q Municipa.
Court OF Appeals decision. The lat
ter court, in turn, had affirmed Q
Municipal Court judgment for more
than 5000 granted In favor OF Jerry
J. Berkow for rent he paid for ar
apartment In the 100 block of Con
cord avenue NV. The Judgment
was against Theodore Heitmuller
A suit had been brought In that
court more than q year after some
Of the alleged overcharges.
The United States Court of Ap-
peals held that the Districts one
year statute of limitation did not
apply on grounds that the judgment
on the overcharges constituted q
remedial measure and not a penalty
AAc eAhtGo ot6tbS AOuTb Ul Ap-
peals opinion written by Justice
Bennett Champ Clark declared:
Unlike the Federal Emergency
Price Control Act of 1942 . the
local rent act does not limit the
period within which such an action
may be prosecuted"
In the absence OF the one-year
District limitation statute applying
only the regular three-year statute
OF limitations would be applicable
the United States Court OF Appeals
held. The rental ceiling on the
apartment, 1t was commended, was
$3.50 a month and as high as
$3.50 had been charged.
Mr.. Heitmuller had contended
however, that the rental ceiling
was $55 month.
Justices Harold M. Stephens and
e. Barrett Prettyman heard the
case In the United States Court of
Appeals with Justice Clark.
Evening star., 1948-01-26
Committee 10 Approve
Tax Bill tomorrow;
House Passage Sure
BY me A.seeieted Press

The House Ways and Means
Committee looked over the Re-
publican-bac $500. .000, ,000
tax-slashing bill today and
agreed to take q vote on 1t to-
morrow.
Chairman Knutson. author Of the
measure, said:
"The committee will approve my
bill tomorrow. The House will begin
debate Thursday and pass the bill
next Monday"
Other Republican leaders agreed
that Mr.. Knutson's schedule is what
they look for. They said the bill
will pass the House with only two
or three Republican votes against 1t
and substantial" votes for 1t from
the Democratic side.
May Be Revised In Senate.
But they said they do not expect
the measure to get the two to one
margin which would be necessary to
pass 1t over President Truman's dis
approval. Mr.. Truman has left little
doubt he will veto the bill II 1t
reaches him In its present form.
After House action. the measure
will 60 to the Senate where it may
be revised.
Both the Republican and Demo-
cratic leaderships were in agreement
that the vote on passage will not
reach two-thirds proportions.
A top COP official, who did not
want his name used, sized UP the
prospects this way:
I'VE will lose two or three Re-
publican votes at the most. Well
get q substantial vote from the
Democrats, but don't think we'll
get two-thirds and we aren't trying
for 1t.
Confident Of Two-thirds Vote.
"We aren't retreating an inch
from plans to pass the bill over a
veto. But it doesn't count to get
two-thirds now. Well get 1t when
it does count. That will be on the
bill that finally goes to the White
House after the Senate makes some
changes and we reach a compro-
mise"
Representative Mccormack, DEM
ocrat. Of Massachusetts who rounds
up party votes as Democratic whip,
also predicted there will be no two
thirds vote next Monday. But his
reason was different:
THE Republicans would try for
two-thirds If they could get it. But
they know they can't because they
won't get enough Democratic votes.
The entire Democratic member
ship of the House will meet Wednes-
day to lay out party strategy on the
touchy tax issue.
Mr.. Knutson's committee must 60
through his bill line by line. 1t takes
% pages to say that individual in
come taxes should come down 10 to
80 per cent, exemptions for all tax
payers and dependents ought to be
increased from the present $500 to
$500, and that husbands and wives
in all States must be allowed to split
the family income between them to
get 1t into lower tax brackets.
Evening star., 1948-01-26
Beverly D. Harris, Is, Dies
Retired Bank Executive
BY the Associofad Prssa

HOUSTON, Jan. 26.-Beverly
Dabney Harris, rs, who began q
banking career as an ONCE worker
at 50 week in Dallas and later be-
came an executive In banks and cor
porations from Texas to New York
died here yesterday.
Mr.. Harris left Texas in 1915 tc
become vice president Of the Ma
tional City Bank of New York, and
in 1928 went to st. Louis to be presi-
dent of the Monsanto Chemical Co
He returned to New York year
later to become president of the
American Foreign Credit Under
writer's. -
Returning to Texas In 1927, he
was elected vice president Of the
Second National Bank and became
president in 1882, a position he held
until he retired in June, 1914.