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Evening star., 1948-02-29
STORES FOR SALE.

GROCERY STORE, ne. section-Weekly
business, S1,4O0 rent, Sl30 per mo. incl:
7 large rms: reas price. Call DAVID
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APARTMENT SITES For SALE

FOR SALE-Zoned for apartments: in the
heart of Falls Church; Is acres. Box
NEAR COLONIAL VILLAGE, Arl.. va
$4,000 SO. ft., Zoned for apts, so cents
per So. it. MANNAS REALTY CO., 2116
Wilson blvd GI, or OK O7S4
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APARTMENT HOUSES WANTED.
apartment house in good neighborhood.
Box 95-D. Star.
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INDUSTRIAL GROUND FOR SALE.

S.W.-S9,O7S So. #. of ground foot OF
LIST st. s.w., with 295 it. of river from
frontage. FLOYD E. DAVIS CO.. 1895
( St Ewes. and Sun, NO. 0026.
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INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY WANTED
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ground
or buildings wanted for sale or lease. A. M
ROTH. woodward BLDG. RE. 1890
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72xS2), Linnean ave.
Looming lots (60x12S
e. and Piney Branch
SO. IT., corner. Call
CO., 1874 K st. NV,
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SPECIAL TO BUnDERs-About 46 semi
detached lots, vicinity 41st and East
Capitol SITS. sc. ATTRACTIVE price and terms.
overlooking Potomac River: $500
Macarthur blvd. 47o0 block, 46x170.
S3, 200.
corners: $3.50 each; lot 40x105. next
1911 41st pl.; $3.50, attractive terms.
LOUIS q. TowBEs. 11O4 Vermont ave.
NV. MA, 1857. 20
Evening star., 1948-06-04
State Offered Beach
III Naval Academy
Changes AirfieId Site
By the Associoied Press

ANNAPOLIS, June 4.-The State
of Maryland has an offer of a pub
lie beach from William H. Labrot
provided the Navy can be persuaded
to change the location of its pro-
posed Naval Academy airfleld.
The Navy is planning to build ar
airport at Sandy Point for instruc-
tion of midshipmen. A bill fol
acquisition of land by the Navy was
approved Wednesday by the House
and now is before the Senate.
Mr.. Labrot said yesterday that II
Gov. Lane could persuade the Navy
to choose another site he would offer
a mile or SO" of his property to the
State as a park and bathing beach
The property lies within the area
on which the Navy has set its sights
In return, he asked "low but fair
appraisal on the property, and sug-
gested that " per cent of the park
receipts be used to repay him over
a period of several years.
Gov. Lane was not available fol
comment.
Mr.. Labrot said the Navy has
never made convincing case that
this is the only land available fol-
it's use. And they are planning to
take from the citizens of this State
a waterfront asset and heritage
they can never replace"
He said the Chesapeake Bay site
was favored by highway and ferry
connections, and could accommo-
date "a large crowd"
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u. ). Denounces Reds
For OBTAINING Official
By the Associated Press

BERLIN, June 4.-American- Rus
sian relations here were under new
strain today. United States author
tiles last night denounced as high
handed" and Outrageous" the ar
rest and 16-hour detention Of an
American Military Government Off
cial in the Soviet sector of the city
The official was DR.. Harry Lee
Franklin, deputy chief of the Mill
tary Governments civil administra-
ton and political affairs branch for
Berlin. He was seized by Russian
captain and five Tommy gunners
Wednesday night while visiting a
camera shop in downtown Berlin,
Despite American protestations he
was held incommunicado until
shortly after noon yesterday.
Col. Frank L. Howley, American
commandant of Berlin, denounced
the Russian action and said he
planned to register formal protest
with the Russian commandant,
Mai. Gen. Alexander G. Kotikov.
Col. Howley said he would remind
the Russians again they were vio-
lating four-power agreements pro-
viding for unrestricted transit be-
tween Berlin's four occupation sec
tors
DR.. Franklin's immediate superior
in Military Government, Louis
Chaser, called the Russian action
kidnapping"
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Wallace Won't Repudiate
SUPPORT Of Communists
By the Assoeioted Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex, June
5.-Henry Wallace said last night
he will not repudiate any support
which comes to me on the basis OF
interest in peace"
Communists, he added, "are
interested in peace. ="
His assertion on Communist sup
port came on an interview over q
radio network. He was asked:
How much support do you get
from the Communists and do you
welcome it?"
Mr.. Wallace answered:
According to the newspapers. I
ami getting a lot Of support from
the Communists-and the Com
munist leaders seem to think they
have to indorse me every other day
or so.
There's no question that this
sort of thing is political liability.
rThe Communists oppose my ad-
vocacy of progressive capitalism
They support me because I say
that we can have peace with Russia
I will not repudiate any support
which comes to me on the basis OF
interest in peace. The Communists
are interested in peace because they
want a successful socialist expert
ment in Russia. am interested in
peace because l want our American
system to demonstrate the enor-
nous vitality of which it is cap
able. ="
Evening star., 1948-06-04
Portugal Trying 13
For Plot on SaIazar
By the Associotsd Press

LISBON, Portugal, June 4.-Thir-
teen high army and navy officers
went on trial yesterday before a
military court, charged with con-
spring against the regime of Pre-
mier Antonio Oliveira Salazar.
Admiral Jose Mendes Cabecadas
is charged with being the ring
leader of an unsuccessful military
uprising in April, 1947. Admiral
Cabecadas took part in the revolt
which overthrew the monarchy in
1910 and in the revolution Of May
1925, which ended the dictatorial
control of the Democratic Party
and closed the Democratic parlia-
ment. He was president of the
Junta which took over for short
time thereafter, before Salazar's rise
to power.
Other high-ranking defendants
are:
Brig. Antonio Maia of the Portu-
geues air force, a pioneer in Portu-
guese aviation; Brig. Vasco de Car
valho, who was an officer Of the
general staff with a long military
career; Col. Celso de Magalhaes
who helped overthrow the Demo-
cratic Party nj 1926. and Col. AL
fonso Dos Santos, noted writer and
playwright, and Conservative
known to have monarchist views.
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tne Army since COi. wore.
1947. He will have charge of the
Washington Aqueduct, all work in
connection with the improvement
Of rivers and harbors and flood
control in the District. This COM
prises the drainage areas of the
Patuxent. Potomac and Rappahan-
mock Rivers.
Also under his command will be
military construction in the Dis
trict, Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia and Pennsylvania
A graduate of Bucknell Univer-
sity and the Command and Gen.
eral Staff School, Fort Leavenworth,
Kans.. Col. Wolfe has served in
the Army since 1917 with the En-
gineers. He was with the 535th
Engineers in France from 1918 to
1919 and from 1885 to 1897 was in
Hawaii. In 1914 he commanded the
Invasion Training Center, North
African Theater Of Operations, and
participated in the North African
invasion.
He is holder of the Distinguished
Service Medal, Legion of Merit with
Oak Leaf Cluster. French Legion of
Honor and French Croix de Guerre
with palm.
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Robert H. Newman Dies;
Retired D. T.. Businessman

Robert Henry Newman, rs, re-
tired businessman and father of the
Supreme Court librarian, Miss Helen
Newman, died today at Sibley Hos
pital after a long illness.
Mr.. Newman, who lived with Miss
Newman at 1913 Kentucky avenue
Sc, was born in st. Louis. After
attending st. Louis University and
Georgetown University. he Joined
the B. P. Clapp Ammonia Co. in
st. Louis.
He became general manager Of
the company at its Offices in Wash
ington in 1902. Mr.. Newman and
his wife. Mrs. Helen Armstrong
Newman. who died in 1899, lived at
4608 Chevy Chase boulevard, Chevy
Chase, Md. He moved to the Ken
lucky avenue address in 1943
Mr.. Newman retired when the
company was dissolved in 1928 He
was one of the first automobile
owners in the District.
Besides his daughter, he is sur
vived by a son, Robert H. Newman,
jr., of Baltimore, and a sister, Mrs.
Rufus L. Taylor of st. Louis.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced.
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Rites for Mrs. Knott, 95, Today;
Famed in Georqetown for Cakes

cept for five years in her childhood
when she lived in Langley. Va. Her
father. James Hendley, was q truck
gardener in Georgetown, and her
mother, Mrs. Martha Harrison
Hendley, was said to have been re-
lated to President william Henry
Harrison.
Mrs. Knott was married in 1870
to the late Charles E. Knott. head
miller in william H. Penney's -four
mill. Mr.. Knott died in 1892. She
often recalled Civil war days. when
she watched Union soldiers passing
through Washington.
Mrs. Knott was one of the oldest
members of st. Luke's Church and
had been with the church during
the pastorates of ~ different min
listers. At one time. she had been
active in the Ladies Aid Society
| there.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. w.
Clyde Hunt, with whom she lived !;
seven grandchildren, and five great
! grandchildren.
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Senate eSecretariesG Gel
Raise in ; Minutes
By the Associated Press

Secretaries to the 96 Senators won
a pay increase yesterday in less
than 3 minutes-and without any
debate.
With the same speed, the Senate
did these other things:
l. Decided to provide each Sena-
tor with new safe or flreproof
filing cabinet, costing about s21O
each. They have nothing to lock
Office papers in now.
2. Voted $500 to buy the Senate S
presiding officer a new limousine
Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of
Michigan, is riding in hand-me-
down car intended for the Vice
President.
3. Allowed each Senator up to
5000 a year to rent an Office in his
home State, if he can't scrounge
one from the postmaster or in some
Federal building.
4. Voted $685. ,726 to keep the
Nations lawmakers paid and the
Congress operating during the next
fiscal year that begins July /.
Until yesterday the top pay fol
Senator's secretary was $7075 a
year. Now it will be 1894, an in
crease of 1869 year or about $72
monthly.
The administrative assistant to
Senators get just under $4,000
The Senators thought their secre-
taries should get nearer to that
amount.
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S00-Mi||ion Road Program
Voted by Senate Committee
BY the Associated Press

A two-year $500 100000 program
Of Federal aid to highway construo-
tion was offered yesterday by the
Senate Public Works Committee
The program would run from July
i, 1949.
The House in April passed q bill
which would authorize $500, 900, 900
year for three fiscal years start
ing July l, 1949.
The Senate committee reduced
the annual amount to 100000, 900
and voted to authorize it for two
rather than three years. The meas
ure is only an authorization.
Funds would have to be appropri-
ated later. The money is provided
to the States on a matching basis.
The Senate committee reduced
from $25,000,o00 to $20,o00,oOO the
annual authorization for forest
highways, and raised from $12,5OO,- =
0C0 to $20,0O0,0O0 that for forest
development roads and trails.
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ReburiaI Services Monday
For Ii. David H. Crosby

Reburial services for Marine 1t
David Harold Crosby, jr, who was
killed in action November /. 1912
on Guadalcanal, will be held at :
pm Monday in Arlington Cemetery
1t. Crosby attended Washington
schools and was graduated from
Mercersburg Pa) Academy in 1896
and from Juniata College, Hunting
don. Pa, in 1910. He received a
masters degree from the University
of Southern California in 1941 and
afterward enlisted in the Marines
He was commissioned shortly
after the attack on Pearl Harbor
and was in the first wave of the
Solomons Island invasion. He held
the Silver Star.
1t. Crosby was descended from the
Bassett family, who were among the
original settlers in Washington.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs
Elizabeth r. Crosby, Carlisle, Pa.
and a sister, Mrs. r. M. Van Horn
Fort Houston, Tex. His father was
the late David Harold Crosby.
Evening star., 1948-06-04
Woman Is Sentenced
lin Thefts From Co-eds
~ the Assoeiotsd Prsss

CHESTERTOWN, Md, June A.
Lillian Lucille Becker, who is 80, but
is often mistaken for a "very pretty
coed, yesterday pleaded guilty to
stealing from college dormitory
and was sentenced to six months in
the Women's Reformatory so she
can have needed psychiatric treat
ment."
Police described her as the woman
in white shoes-the extra coed
who had been seen at dozen
schools in Maryland, Virginia and
Pennsylvania about the time girls
missed clothing, money and jewelry
from their rooms.
She was caught near here q
month ago when the dean Of women
and two girls at Washington Col
lege spotted her in Reid Hall. Miss
Amanda Bradley. the dean. at first
thought she was - very pretty
college girl"
Police charged Mrs. Becker with
the theft of $82 in cash and valua-
bles from Reid Hall, but Judge w.
Raymond Horney observed that she
had been connected with at least Is
thefts.
A. Parks Rasin. jr, States attor-
ney, told the court about $4,000 in
clothing and jewelry had been re-
turned to college girls, but that Mrs.
Becker said she spent most of the
81 800 cash she had taken.
Mrs. Becker was accompanied into
court by her husband. Ford Becker,
movie set employe at Santa Moni-
ca, Calf. Two petitions from neigh
bors at Topanaga, Calf, asked the
judge to be lenient after describing
Mrs. Becker's life in California as
exemplary" and pointing out she
had been active in parent-teacher
and Scout work.
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Three Brothers 10 Advance
To Eagle Scouts Tonight

Three brothers will become eagle
scouts in a Western Scout District
Court of Honor at 8 o'clock tonight
in the Woodrow Wilson High School
auditorium. Nebraska avenue and
Chesapeake street NV.
The three boys, Walter, l3; Allen,
IA. and Arthur. 16, are sons of Mr..
and Mrs. w. Edwards Beach, 5719
Chevy Chase parkway NV. They
are members of Scout Troop 50, All
Saints Episcopal Church.
Two other eagle awards will 60
to Virdell E. Munsey, jr., is. of 45l3
Western avenue NV, and Robert
Van Sickler. Is, of 4707 Bayard
boulevard NV. They belong to
Troop 666 of the Metropolitan
Methodist Church. =
Judge Thomas Quinn of Municipal
Court will award, in addition to the
S eagle pins, 3 life, star. "A first
class and SO second -class badges at
the ceremony tonight.
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'Ex-CentraI Grid STAR.
2 Other Youths Face
Robbery Hearing 3

Three youths, arrested on a rob-
berry charge yesterday after one
of them was found to have a news
paper account Of the robbery in
his pocket, were awaiting a hear
ing today before United States
Commissioner Needham c. Turnage.
One of the three was identified
as William ]. Denikos. 10. of ths
1900 block of Seventh street NV.
a Central High School football
player last year. The hearing was
set for July IA.
The others were listed as James
c. Triantis, l8, Of the 200 block
of Rittenhouse street NV, and
his brother, John Triantis, 10. Bail
was set at $1,000 each.
Police stopped the three yesterday
to call their attention to defective
headlight on car In which they
were riding. When they acted sps-
piciously. police said, they were
taken to the 10th precinct station.
There one Of the youths was found
to be carrying a clipping describing
the robbery Wednesday Of Glenn
Jones, rs, Of 3502 North Glebe road,
Arlington, as he was riding with
three men in the 1700 block of N
street NV. The victim was thrown
out of the car after $50 was taken
from him. and now is being treated
for injuries in Emergency Hospital.
1t. Edgar E. Scott, head of the
Robbery Squad, said the trio also
will be questioned in connection
with two other robbery cases, one Of
them similar to Wednesdays.
In one, Stephen j. Mcmahon, jr..
81, an attorney of 2138 California
street NV, was robbed of $2l5 by
three youths who picked him up In
a car and afterward threw him out.
In the second case, a purse contains
ing $32 was snatched by two boys
from Mrs. Matilda Burch. 81, Of
1910 Longfellow street NV. Both
rohhorioc occI,rraS Ia CT month
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Funeral services for Mrs. Matilda
Hendley Knott, 95, who became
known all over Georgetown for heI
cakes, were to be held at 2 pm
today in st. Luke's Methodist
Church, Wisconsin avenue and
Thirty-fi street NV. Burial was
to be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Knott died Wednesday in her
home, 2001 Wisconsin avenue NV.
after several weeks illness. She
would have been 96 years old next
month. 4
Her fame as a pastry cook was
established during the l8 years she
was in charge of the cafeteria at
Western High School. from 1899 to
1917 Afterward she supplied various
Georgetown restaurants with hel
cakes and. also sold them to individ-
uals. Mrs. Knott never used recipe
her family said, and she always tol6
inquirers Just to put the ingredients
together"
Mrs. Knott was born In George.
town and lived there all her life, ex-
Evening star., 1948-06-04
William Fitzgerald Dies;
Retired Businessman

William F. Fitzgerald. 76, retired
businessman and lifelong resident
of Washington. died yesterday at
his home, II w street NV.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, a bachelor, was
found lying unconscious in a hall
way by a niece, Miss Catherine v
Fitzgerald. She summoned B. r.
Reap of Casualty Hospital, who pro-
nounced Mr.. Fitzgerald dead. Death
apparently was due to a heart at
tack, DR.. Reap said.
A native of Washington, Mr.. Fitz-
gerald attended ST. Aloysius' School
and Gonzaga High School. In addi-
ton to Miss Fitzgerald, he is sur
vived by another niece, Mrs. A. G
RosSiter of Washington.
Requiem mass will be said at 10
I'm. Monday at st. Aloysius' Church
Burial will be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-06-04
500 70 Receive Degrees
Al Howard Today

More than 800 graduates were to
receive degrees at $50 pm. today
at the commencement exercises Of
Howard University.
Honorary degrees will go to Mrs.
Mary Church Terrell. Washington
educator and civic leader; Edwin
Rogers Embree. president of the
Julius Rosenwald Fund, and Oliver
Randolph, deputy attorney general
of New Jersey.
The commencement speaker 10
Gunnar Myrdal. economist and au-
thor Of "The American Dilemma. !"
The three recipients of the hon-
orary degrees also will be honored
at the annual trustees dinner at
$50 o'clock tonight at Frazier Hall
on the campus.
Evening star., 1948-06-04
Truman Signs Supply Bill
For Three Departments
BY the Assoeisssd Press

The White House announced to-
day that President Truman has
signed a bill appropriating $511,-
1862 for operation of the State,
Justice and Commerce Departments
and the Federal judiciary during
the fiscal year starting July H.
The total compares with presi-
dental budget requests Of $3.50. 9.417,-
230 and does not include contract
authority for $50.000,000 for which
funds must be provided later.
The departmental share OF the
total: State, $202 ,693 1862: Justice
S116,655, 700: Commerce, S172,42S,.
600; judiciary, 19,352,10
Evening star., 1948-06-04
FEC Allows Lower Rate
On Night Coils to Reich
By the Assoc;otsd Pres,

" IHS NssoSioteo FFsSS
The Federal Communications
Commission yesterday authorized q
reduction in night telephone rates
between this country and Germany.
1t acted on the request of American
Telephone & Telegraph Co. d,
The present round-the-cloek rats
between the two countries, regard
less of city, is $12 for the first three
minutes and "a per minute there
after.
A. T. g. T. will now offer special
night toll rate Of SO for the first
three minutes and So for each addi-
ttional minute. On calls originating
In the United States, the rate will
be available between pm. and S
am, local time. On calls from Ger
many. the reductions will apply be-
tween IL midnight and II noon.
German local time.
Evening star., 1948-06-04
Security Firing Bill Backed
BY House Committee
BY the Associoted Press

The House Civil Service Commit
tee approved unanimously yesterday
a bill to allow nine Government
agencies to fire employees summarily
for national security reasons.
The committees action placed the
bill on the House calendar. 1t
passed the Senate Tuesday.
The bill would give conclusive
and final" dismissal authority to
the Secretaries of State, National
Defense, Army, Navy, Air Force and
Treasury, and to the heads of the
Atomic Energy Commission, the
National Security Resources Board
and the National Advisory Commit
tee for Aeronautics.
The President also could extend
this authority to any other agency
he considered necessary.
Evening star., 1948-06-04
Mental Hygiene Clinic
lin Foirfox to Move

Plans for formation Of an ad-
visory committee to the Alexandria
Mental Hygiene Clinic and Family
Service were disclosed at a meeting
last night in the clinic at Yelling
ton Villa.
The meeting was told that the
clinic has been ordered by Fairfax
County officials to vacate its head
quarters in Wellington Villa, south
of Alexandria on the Mount Vernon
boulevard, by June 26. Operation
of the clinic was held to be q vio-
lation of zoning regulations. The
Rev. william Basom, chairman OF
the Clinic Committee, said . new
locatfan has not yet been found.
Evening star., 1948-06-04
Florence Webber Dies;
Former Stur of Musicals
BY the Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS June 4. - Miss
Florence Webber, So, once leading
lady in musical comedy troupes
died in Methodist Hospital Wednes-
day night after two-month illness
She sang the title role in Naughty
Marietta" for two years and toured
the country in such famous oper-
ettas as The Chocolate Soldier, u
"The Firefiy." robin Hood" THE
Mikado" and Mile. Modiste." She
began her stage career at Is as a
member of Gus Edwards School
Days" revue.
The funeral will be held this aft
ernoonS
Evening star., 1948-06-04
DR.. John J. Fitz-Gibbon
Noted Dentist, Dies
By the Associated Press

HOLYOKE, Mass, June 4.-Dr.
John j. Fitz-Gibbon, So, noted
dentist and specialist in correction
of cleft palates, died today at his
home.
Patients from all over the world
came for correction Of palate mall
formations during his 80 years in
practice.
He was a fellow of the American
College Of Dentists, International
Academy of Dentistry, American
College OF Speech Correction and
American Association for the Ad-
yancement of Science.
Evening star., 1948-06-04
Wisconsin Bon Is Urged
On COLLEGE Ring Bouts
Rx the Asxociofsd Prsxx

MADISON, Wis, June 4.-Prof
Richard Hartshorne will ask the
University OF Wisconsin faculty to
halt further scheduling of inter-
collegiate matches for the Badger
boxing team.
The sport, accorded major status
here in 1886, already is under Ath-
letic Board scrutiny by request OF
another faculty member. Prof. Wal
ter Morton, who asked investigation
of the probability of mental and
physical injury. spectator behaviol
and cultural standards.
Evening star., 1948-06-04

the borders of European countries
SO manpower surpluses in one ma
ton may be put to productive use
in others.
Mr.. Shishkin has been chief econ
omist of the AFL since 1888. He
has served on more than a score OF
Government commissions and agen-
cies and is president of the Ma
tional Bureau of Economic Re-
search, the first labor representative
to hold that Office.
Born in Russia AZ years ago, Mr.
Shishkin was graduated in 1896
from Columbia University.
He will sail June II from New
York to take up his duties in Paris
Evening star., 1948-06-04
Herbert Lincoln Clarke
Monument Unveiled

A monument to the late Herbert
Lincoln Clarke, band leader and
composer, was unveiled yesterday in
Congressional Cemetery.
Erected by the Pennsylvania
Bandmasters Association and the
Sousa Band Fraternal Society. the
monument was designed by David
P. King of York, Pa.
Participating in the ceremonies
was the Rev. Carter S. Gilliss, rector
of Christ Church, Washington
parish.
Evening star., 1948-06-04

tne corps OF
Engineers an
nounced yester-
day. Capt. Cal
if has been act
! n 6 engineer
since the recent
retirement of
Col. Don White.
A veteran of
b o t h w or Id
w ars, oil.
Wolfe has been
serving q S a
member Of the
Efficiency Valu-
alton Board of
Evening star., 1948-06-04

iStration.
ECA Admins
traitor Paul G.
Hoffman S a / d
Mr.. S h | S h k | n
will be respon-
Sible for labor
and manpower
matters" in ad-
ministering the
European r e =
covery Program.
One phase OF
t h a t activity,
imposed by law,
is t he fire e
m ov e m e n t of