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Evening star., 1948-03-02
Business Briefs

Consumer Credit on January 81
totaled $13,043, ,000, 900 seasonal
drop of 1896, 100000 from a month
earlier-Federal Reserve Board. A
ma jor factor was decline of 1912,
900 900 or 1870 in charge accounts.
Commercial and Industrial Fail
ures in the week ended February 2e
declined to SO VS.. lot in the pre-
vious week, but remained above "a
in the like 1947-Dun & BradStreet
Consolidated Edison Co. registered
with the SEC $57 1882 800 of go con-
vertible debentures to be offered
common stockholders at the rate OF
S. of debentures for each share held
Commonwealth Edison Co. al
Chicago agreed to 40-year fran
chise proposal which will increase
Its payments to the city by 33lsG.
A. o. Smith Corp. stockholders
will vote March IS on a proposed
increase in common stock to permit
a 1907 stock dividend. The board
plans to continue the present 25-
cent quarterly dividend on the in
creased shares. Profit for three
months ended January 81 was
$1,7O4, ,040 or $341 a share VS.. SIPS, ,46C
or Is cents year earlier.
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp
declared a dividend of so cents, pay.
able March 81. Previous payments
were IS cents.
ID. w. G. Cigar Corp. declared a
dividend of Is cents a common
share, payable March Is. In 1947
the company paid 42ia cents in
March, Is cents each in June and
September and so cents in December
Youngstown Sheet g. Tube Co
earned s22, ,299 1928 in 1947 VS.. sl4,254,
095 in the previous year.
Pure Oil Co. net income for 1947
was $21, 1,197 ,069 or $477 a share VS.
$1T,107,961 or $374 in 1916.
National Container Corp. earned
$10,913,358 or $4.13 in 1947 VS.
S5605, 1896 or $2.27 in the previous
year
Simmons Co. profit for 1s47 was
$8,263, ,636 or S7.04 VS.. SIS $3.50, ,703 or
$500 in 1916.
Bendix Aviation Corp. earned
S5,248,999 or S248 in 1947 VS.. a loss
of s12,615,046 in 1916 operations
Transfer of special reserve from
prior years left a profit of $l6,060.-
604 or $758 VS.. $785,913 or 81 cents
in the previous year.
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
net income for 1947 was $7,646, ,49s
or $3.50 VS.. $7,09l, LOT or $2.55 in
1916.
Underwood Corp. earned Sc, ,102, :
808 or 1881 in 1947, after provision
of $927,000 for contingencies VS.
$1,954,538 or $2.66 in the previous
year.
Bigelow Sanford Carpet Co. profit
for 1947 was $3,846,729 or $10.64 VS.
81 248, ,095 or $3.50 in 1916.
Newmont Mining Corp. net in.
come for 1947 was $3,545, ,S41 or $50
VS.. $2,467,270 or $232 in 1916.
Marlin Rockwell Corp. earned So,
1886, ,551 or $9.98 In 1947 VS.. 81 ,780, ,66,
or S5.25 in the previous year.
General Fireproofing Corp. prof
for 1947 was $3,137.773 or $3.50 VS.
$l,576,014 or $4,71 in 1916.
Detroit Steel Products Co. net TO
1947 was s2,421 ,686 or $6.25 VS.. 1894,
723 or SAL in 1916.
Carrier Corp. earned 81 1885, $40 o
S3.47 in II months ended Januar,
81 VS.. $84l ,946 or $1.02 in the preced
ing year.
A. S. Beck Shoe Corp. profit TO
ls47 was sl,652 $50 or S3.40 VS.. 50,
1925 or $449 in 1946.
Udylite Corp. earned 81 sos ,223 O
S2.04 in ls47 VS.. $1,137,747 or SIS
in the previous year.
General Plywood Corp. earned ST.,
$4,000 or s5.16 In 1947 VS.. 81 1887 go
or S4.62 in the previous year.
Evening star., 1948-03-02

Hourly Sales on the E1chanse To-day:
IL 100 am. 1eo 600 1900 noon SEQ 600
100 pm. $50 900 900 pm. 600 ooo
tUnit of trading, 10 shares. sIn bank-
ruptcy or receivership. o. being rsorsanised
under the Bankruptcy Act, or securities
assumed BY such companies Rates Of
dividends In the foregoing table are annual
disbursements based on the last quarterly
or semiannuaI declaration. Unless other
not included. Ex dividend. IT Elk rights
Also extra or extras b Plus stock divi:
dend Cash or stock, eDeclared or paid
mated cash value on ex dividend date
9 Paid last year h Declared or paid after
stock dividend or stock split-up. Accum-
ulated dividends paid or declared this year.
3 Payable In stock. exact cash value unde.
termined on declaration data.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
New York Produce

NEW YORK, Mar 2 .QP.-Butter. $685..
725; easy. Wholesale prices on bulk car.
tons; creamery, higher than 90 score ant
76; 30 score OBJ, rs; 80 score (C), TAN
New tubs usually command one-half cent
a pound over the bulk carton price)
Cheese. 524,l56; steady; prices un.
changed.
Wholesale egg prices held steady today
Receipts totaled 27,144 cases. Spot quota
tions follow:
Midwestern-Mixed colors, fancy heavy.
weights. So; extra / large. So: extra 2
large, 81; extra l medium so: extra
pullets, 414S: current receipts, 4Sh;
dirties. 47:h-4S: checks, 45.
Whites-Fancy heavyweights, "a; extra
l large. 52Ha-53; extra 2 large, 81; extra
l medium, 81.
Browns-Fancy heavyweights. "a; extra
large, 81: extra 2 large, 81; extra i
medium so.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
D. {. Postal Receipts
Rise 6 Pct. Above All
During February
By Edword c. Stone

February receipts at the City POST
Office totaled 81, ,293, 1888 as compared
with $1,218,346 in February. 1947. an
increase of $74,992, or Sis per cent,
Acting Postmaster Gordon Bell an
nounced today. He added that 1t
was the sixth consecutive month in
which there had been an advance
In revenues over the previous year.
In the two months of 1948 postal
income reached s2,714,475, compared
with $2,557,057 in the like 1947
period, an increase of $157,418, or
6.15 per cent. Mr.. Bell gave lust
a lot of mail as the reason for gains
in receipts in the two months. While
February had % days, it also had
five Sundays.
The report closely follows the
statement on bank clearings which
disclosed a February gain Of $12,-
087, ,060 over last year.
New investment House Opens.
Mitchell, Hoffman g. Co., Inc, a
new investment firm, has just opened
at 1924 K street NV. John M. Hoff =
man, president, has been In the
business Is years, recently as vice
president Of Herrick, Wardell g. Co..
while C. Benjamin Mitchell, vice
president, hrs had 20 years expert
ence in New York, Baltimore and
Washington, recently in the office OF
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Beane. H. Clark Helms, secretary
treasurer, was with Herrick, Wardell
Real Estate Firm Expands.
The Realty Appraisal & Title Co
has moved from Vermont avenue
to 1924 K st. NV. taking the en-
tire west side of the ground floor
and trippling its Office space. The
firm was organized in 1899 and
has records back as far as 1872.
Moses j. Wright, president, has
been with the corporation since
1912.
An interline agreement linking
United Airlines Nationwide system
with the Irish Air Lines trans
oceanic and European routes was
announced today.
Virginia Bankers to Meet.
The second Statewide Banker
Farmer meeting sponsored by the
Virginia Bankers Association, the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
the Federal Reserve Bank OF Rich
mond, will be held at Natural Bridge,
April 8 to TO- Farm programs, farm
youth, efficiency in operations, pari-
ties and quotas will be among the
subjects discussed.
Speakers will include DR.. Harry
M Love. Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute; Garland Johnson, executive
vice president, Bank of Elkin, N. c.;
DR.. Harry B. James. North Carolina
State College, and DR.. Walter New
man, president Of Virginia Poly
technic Institute
Price Controls Opposed.
The February issue of Purchasing
says that a high percentage of the
Nations leading purchasing agents
do not believe that controlling or
restrictive measures applied to
profits will help bring prices down.
They say supply and demand can
bring prices into balance with con-
sumer income without imposing
serious hardships.
On the Washington Stock Ex-
change today, 1,150 shares of Poto-
mac Electric Power common changed
hands at 1874. the price was un-
changed, but the volume was one of
the largest ON record for this issue.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
N. Y. Bond Market
sEIECTED IIST m ISSurs.
WORIn RANY

WOh1O bANA
rntBR&D 3s72 80 II
NEW YORK CITY
& 81 lo2M
FOREIGN $50
| Australia IS 55- 06N
Chile 6s ~ asd- 2oN
Denmk 41zs 81 663l
El Salvdr 3s rs 3Sh
Italian 1st 3s77 Is
Netherln 3s4 81 SA5
Norway 4Ks 66 ~
Peru 1st IS so 15N
Rio de j bHas53 3o,t
Urag ai 4Kss 70. 64N
DOMESTIC 2.aC
Am&F P 6s2030 %
Am TIT 234s57 .1o0ih
Am T&f 2As61 lo3Z
Am T&T GAS 75 95,A
AmTobacco3s69 1olN
AtlCoastL4la las641ooN
BsltAoh 6sG95- 6o5<
Bslt8SOh 5sM96 5oN
Balt&O5sK2000 soh
B b o CIV 81 loX
B&O &OSouDivSsS0 73N
Beth Stl 2szs 10 %
Bost Me As so 7oiA
BufRoch&P57st s.
Can Nat 41as51 10Y
Cent Ga IS @C 81
Cn RR NJ 5s 81 ~
Chi&E I inc 81 %oik
cow 4Has 2O3S. 65A
CMStP4Has2044 55h
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CRPin4 izs2O19 76Ls
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| CCCStL 41hs77 II
Clev On TT 5s73 1olzt
ConsEd 2As'72 o7N
CrucbleStl3 h66 eoih
Deere 224s 66 1oo,h
Del 4 Hud Is e3 9olA
Del LSW4s2042 5ezt
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| GtNor 24ss2010 75sA
GM&O 2016 A II
Hud&M in IS 81 2lA
III Bell gas 81 seiA
I C RI As b5 100
Evening star., 1948-03-02

mC1llo1 4ol bCts
ture, Pyke john
son, president of
the Automatic
Safety Founda-
ton, announced
today.
Mr.. johnson,
C h a irm a n of
the committee
W h ic h picked
Commits S i o n e r
Macdonald, said
the lecture will
be delivered be-
fore the Wash
ington section of
Evening star., 1948-03-02

llCC StL IS SO A 20
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Kan C Sou 4s75 100
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| |LehVal4has2003 31h
/ MSPSSM As 81. 50
MKT adj 5s67 81
Mo Pac 61as 49 ,21A
mo Pac IS ~ F. -
IMo Pac IS S1I 7Ai4
Mo Pac gn As rs 34,>a
Morris&Ex 5s55 74h
Nat Steel rs 66 1o3A
NEnsT&T 81 S2 1oos4
N o T NJ 61as64 81
IN o r n 81 "a o.
lNYC 41ss2013A- 7osk
IN r c con 4s 90, 6l5k
lNYCLS 31ss 0S 62h
INYNHinc4M'22. -
INYNH&H Is 81. 1oM
lNYNHH 4s2007- 62A
INY P&L2A75 97A
Nor p cit 41ss75 1ooA
Nor Pac IS 2047 81 =
lorWsRRN 3s so 1oy4b
leacG&E2As 81 S9h
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Penn P&Lt 3s75 s0sA
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lPennRRg4Ass1 o5M
Penn RR As 4S 1o0L4
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Phils ID gas - 97h
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|ouakerO 2sss64 Sek
IStLSF 4Ms2O22 5Ah
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Third Ave Is go SIN
On OIL Cal 3s67 1o3N
West Sh Is 1851 s.
West Md As 81. seh
West Un Is 81. 95A
West On IS 90 o03A
IWheelStl 3Als70 94A
Wise Cent As 40 -
Evening star., 1948-03-02

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ham
died 66,426 cars of freight in the
week ended February % VS.. IS ,034
in the previous week and 66,272 in
the 1947 week; in February, 250.45O
cars VS.. 272.094 in January and
255,s68 year earlier.
Parker Rust-Proof Co. net for
three months ended December 81
was $378, $40 or SO cents VS.. $44S, ,295
or $1.N In the same 1916 period.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
N. Y. Curb Market
LIST INCLUDES ONLY SELECTED ISSUES
CHANGED FROM PREYI0nG T.0AE

| Acme Alum Al
Ainsworth la /
| Alum Co Am 2 8
Am c P L B .15g
Am Gas & El 1b. ,
Am Maracaibo
Am Superpower.
Anch Post Preh.
Ark Nat Gas A.
Ashland Oil / !
Atlas Corp " W
Babcock&Wil 2e >
Barium Steel -
Beck Shoe 100 I
Bellanca Airc
Blum Phila so !
Braz TT L&P q. ]
Brit Col Pwr B
Bnk Hill g. 8 ka !
tCarey BaX&K l.
Carr Cons Bisc
Catalin Am
cen&s W Cp..70
Cessna Airc cog
Cities Service q )
Clinch Coal Ia. z
! Colts Mfg iNg )
| Con Textile .40e /
| Cont Fdy&M 1 !
| CopperRangeAg
| Coro Inc 1.60 j
Creole Pet .90e- 3
Croft Brew
Crown Cent Pet /.
Cub Att sug "a. Il
Derby Oil Ne - n
FL Bond&Sh Ag. !
Eureka c Ltd z
FairchldCm .30g !.
Fairchild e d A. 4
FansteelMet Ag- !!
FordMLtd .211g 4
GarrettCorp so {
Gen Finance 20 {
Gen Phoenix !
Glen Distl B 80 II
Goldf1eld Cons
HarvdBrew log I
Hecla Min l 1e
Humble Oil Ae- 6e
Kaiser-Frazer 8
Kirby Pet .20g Il
LakeyFdy&MAe }
Leonard Oil Dew ]
Lone Star Gas ! Ii
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Election Committee Voted

The House yesterday decided
unanimously to set up a five-man
special committee to observe this
years congressional elections for
possible election law Violations The
committee will be appointed by
Speaker Martin,
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Odd-Lot DeuIinqs

The Securities and Exchange Commits.
sion repofted today these transactions By
lists on the New York Stock Exchange fol
March l. 3,67s purchases involving 106..
461 shares; 1921 sales involving 90,23s
shares. including 25 short sales involvins
-Q0 Shnres
Evening star., 1948-03-02

40 Long Island LtI. u
Oh III
"a Mead 5ohn ,6Oa al
ZMlMenasco Mfg Ia
~ Mesabi Iron -. ~
Va Micromat Hone IN
sMl MidStPB vic Ae 6N
~ MidWestCorp 81 oN
"a Mont-Dak U 80 IL j..
~ MountProd .60s. ASA
Va Nat Bellas .20g- az
: Nat Fuel @ so. 1l3t
: Natl Transit -. ~
.N Jers Zinc 1se- S1h
5M New Pk Min 10. IN
9 NIAGARA Hud Pr. ~
~ Ni1eS- -Bem-P go ~
81 Noma Elec Ne a5A
9 Northeast Airl-- ~
6A ANorthropAir Ag on
oM Pantepec 1873 l2N
~ Pennroad .4Og s
6M Pa Wat & Pwr 4 AoN
6h Piper Aircraft 2il
3HI IR-K-O opt war IN
5 Raytheon Mfg s
~ Robt Refs 4 Co az
~ RioG GrValG .05e. ~
! Ryan Aero ~
z Ryan Cons Pet ei1
"a Salt Dome Oilz- 10
.ISchulte ID Al zM
~ lscovill Mfg o. 7e,A
Se&al Lock az
IMl Selc Ind CIV 11as IS
70 Shat-Denn LOG. AZ
Solar Aircraft 10
~ lSoss Mfg 1- ~
NJ Sou Pipe Line ga
~ hlSouth Royal Ae 37M
"a Std OilKy 1.40a 26Ls
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Unit Airc Prod ~
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" Waltham Watch 4
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Evening star., 1948-03-02
MacD Donald Named 10 Give
Beecroft Safety Lecture

Commissioner Thomas H. Mac
Donald of the Public Roads Admin
istration has been chosen to give
the second annual David Beecroft
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Baltimore l. Ohio Railroad han

zone share of common stock Of Carnaco
Equipment for each share Of common held
Evening star., 1948-03-02

WOh1O bANA
fntBR&D 3s72 80 16|
NEW YORK CITY
Evening star., 1948-10-27
ReburiaI Rites Today
For 6 Area War Dead

Six Washington area servicemer
who died in World War II were tc
be reburied in Arlington Cemetery
today, in addition to those whose
reburial services today already have
been announced.
The Ceremonial Company, 3rc
infantry Regiment, was to furnish
guard OF honor for the military
rites, and Army, Navy, Air Force
and Coast Guard escorts to be
provided for neXt-of kin will also
participate. The Army Band will
play.
Capt. Norris T. Morton and Capt
William R. Fitzgerald will be the
officiating 'chaplains.
Those to be reburied and Their
next-of-kin are as follows:
Pvt. Berry L. Adams, husband oi
Doris M. Adams, care OF 422 North
Columbus street, Alexandria, Va.
and sister of Mrs. Maude Mcdonald
OF the same address; Techniciar
Fifth Grade Woodrow w. Mobley
son of Charles r. Mobley, Route
No. l, Silver Spring, Md; Pfc. Jo-
seph Dullea, son of jeremiah c
Dullea, 4531 Thirty-second street
Mount Rainier, Md; SIN &c Viii.
liam R. Cox, son of Mrs. Hilda c
Cox, 4012 @ street Sc; Pfc. Elmel
H. Lacey. son of Mrs. Mabel L
Lacey, 1883 Fourth street NV, anc
Chief Warrant Officer Edwin M
Talbot, son of Mrs. Mary E. Tai.
bott, 4010 Bladensburg road, Cot
tage City, Md.
Evening star., 1948-10-27
$4,000 D. {. Saving Seen
With Ambulance Interns

The placing of interns on Health
Department ambulances will save
the District at least $4,000 a year
John P. Sanderson, director of the
Hospital Permit Bureau, reported
to Health Officer George c. Ruh-
land today.
The saving will come from the
interns treating the patients in
their homes whenever possible in
stead of taking them to Gallinger
Hospital.
During the first three months
of the fiscal year which began last
July, % per cent Of ambulance cases
were treated in the homes making
disqualification unnecessary, Mr.
Sanderson reported. The estimated
cost of this % per cent of the 1,714
patients involved at 50 a day
amounts to $3,591 for one days care
in hospital, he said.
"It can be safely assumed" Mr.
Sanderson said, that in many in.
stances patient, once admitted tc
a hospital, would remain longer
than single day"
Previously Health Department
ambulances were manned only by
a driver and a f1rst-aid assistant
and all patients were taken to the
hospital so physician coulc
diagnose their cases.
Evening star., 1948-10-27
EXCL a LOT Happier
After VA Loan Advice

Jay V. Smith, who came to Wash
ington and the White House to ask
why he couldn't get a CT business
loan. told Veterans Administration
officials today he would return to
Greenwich, Conn, "a lot happier"
because of advice they gave him.
The 23year- -old Navy veteran,
holder of the Purple Heart for in
juries received when the cruiser
Atlanta was sunk in 1912, was told
he might get a loan of $4,000 for his
restaurant business if he went
about it in more businesslike way
I'VE pointed out to him." VA
spokesman reported, that he
couldn't get loan direct from the
Government and that before he
could expect to get loan from q
bank under the CT program he
would have to submit a more de-
tailed financial statement and bust
nesslike proposal. We telephoned
the Connecticut area and found
there was one bank in particular
that specialized in the form of loan
he wanted. He said he was a lot
happier now"
Mr.. Smith went to the White
House yesterday and declared he
would "come back and sit it out il
I don't get any satisfaction" He
talked for IS minutes with Mai
Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, the Presi-
dents military aide, who referred
him to the VA. He did not return
to the White House but Informed
VA officials he planned to leave fol-
| Greenwich today.
Evening star., 1948-10-27
Episcopa|ians in Virginia
Nominate 5 for Suffraaan
BY the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 27.-Five
Episcopal leaders were nominated
today for suffragan bishop of the
Diocese Of Virginia at a special di-
ocesan council meeting here. One
of them will be elected.
Nominated were:
The Right Rev. John Boyd Bent
ley, vice president of the national
council, former Bishop of Alaska
and native of Hampton.
The Rev. Robert F.. Gibson, IT.,
dean OF the Theological Seminary,
University Of the South, Sewanee,
Tenn.
The Rev. w. Lehigh Ribble, rector
Of Grace and Holy Trinity Church,
Richmond.
The Rev. Frederick ]. Warnecke,
rector of st. Marks Church, Rich
mond.
The RevSMoultrie Query, rector
Of st. Paul's Church, Norfolk.
Bishop Bentley and DR.. Gibson
were nominated by the councils
Nominating Committee. The others
were named from the floor,
Evening star., 1948-10-27
North Carolina Man Held
In Fatal Stabbinq Here

A Charlotte IN. c. resident today
was ordered held for action of the
coroner following the death last
night of Zedekiah Mccoy, SO, COL
ored, 1404 C street NE.
Police said Mccoy died at Freed
mems Hospital of stab wounds in
the throat received Monday night
during a fight in the 100 block of S
street NV. Held for an appearance
before coroner's jury was Willie
H. Thomas, 81, colored, who yester-
day was committed to District Jail
when he was unable to post a $4,000
bond on a charge of assault with a
dangerous weapon. He had been
arraigned on that charge yesterday
before United States Commissioner
Cyril S. Lawrence.
Evening star., 1948-10-27
$14,987 Banked
In China Before
War Now Nets 81
BY the Assoeioted Press

SHANGHAI, Oct. 27.-The $14,981
Omitted States) deposited in a Chi
nese bank by a German national
before the war is worth nine gold
yuan-less than $2-Chief Justice
Hsu Fu-kee of the Shanghai District
Court ruled today.
Albert Thordsen deposited the
American currency with the Cheki-
ang Industrial Bank before Pearl
Harbor. At wars end, it was con-
fiscated'on grounds that Mr.. Thord-
sen was an enemy national.
Mr.. Thordsen protested. The Min
istry Of Foreign Affairs said he could
get his money back-at the official
rate OF exchange as of April 80, 1916.
That was 100000 old yuan at 1000
to 81. Since then, however, the rate
has deteriorated to 5000 900 to 81, OF
nine of the new gold yuan. The Dis
trict Court upheld the ministry's de-
ciSion.
Evening star., 1948-10-27
Arlington Rites Tomorrow
For Corp|. Donald {. GRAY

Corpl. Donald E. Gray, USMCR
killed in action by a japanese
mortar barrage on Peleliu Island on
September 16.. 1914, will be rebried
in Arlington Cemetery at 2 pm. to-
morrow.
Corpl. Gray was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald G. Gray, 2845 Mon.
roe street NE. His father is a Gov.
ernment Printing Office employe
The young Marine was born In
Worcester, Mass, and came tc
Washington in 1887 He attended
Taft Junior High School and Nc
kinley High School. which he left
in his senior year, 1912, to enlist in
the Marine Corps. He served in the
Pacific theater for 18 months. AT
the time of his death, he was at
tached to the 1st Marine Division
Besides his parents, he is survived
by brother, Capt. John E. Gray
USMCR, stationed at Anacostia
Naval Air Station, and three sisters
Miss Doris NJ and Miss Ruth A
Gray of the Monroe street address
and Mrs. Phyllis Richards of Boston
Evening star., 1948-10-27
| Mrs. Underwood Dies;
Widow Of Senator
WAS Noted Hostess

Mrs. Bertha w. Underwood, widow
of Senator Oscar w. Underwood OF
Alabama and former owner of his
toric Woodlawn estate near Mount
Vernon, died yesterday in a hospital
in Philadelphia. She was about IS
She had been a patient at the
hospital for more than three years
Immediate cause of her death was
pneumonia.
Mrs. Underwood was a prominent
Capital hostess for many years, both
at Woodlawn and at the Under
woods earlier home at 1000 G
street NV.
Her husband, who died in 1929
was a member of Congress from
1895 until 1927, and served as DEM
ocratic floor leader of both the
House and the Senate.
1924 Convention Recalled.
His name was presented to the
Democratic National Convention in
New York in 1924 by Alabama as
its favorite son candidate for the
Presidential nomination. The con-
vention lasted for several weeks,
with 103 ballots, each of which was
led by the Alabama delegation S
casting '24 votes for Oscar w.
Underwood" The nomination finally
was won by John w. Davis.
Mrs. Underwood, the former
Bertha Woodward of Birmingham
was the Senator's second wife. They
were married in 1904.
Senator Underwood bought the
127-acre Woodlawn estate, once the
property of Nellie Gusts, in 1925.
The estate had been presented by
George Washington to his adopted
daughter on her marriage to his
nephew, Lawrence Lewis. Washing
ton prepared the plans for the 90
room mansion, which was built
about 1903.
Sale OF the estate to the Immacu-
late Heart of Mary Mission Society,
a Catholic order, was approved by
the Fairfax County Circuit Court in
August, but the society has agreed
to forego its right to buy it in favor
of the recently formed Woodlawn
Public Foundation, Inc, which seeks
to preserve the estate as public
shrine.
$4,000 Purchase Price.
The foundation has until January
g to raise the purchase price of
$4,000. If it fails to buy the
property by that time, it again will
be made available to the mission
society, according to Mrs. Under
woods attorney, H. Cecil Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Underwoods death does not
affect plans for disposition of the
estate Mr. Fitzpatrick said today.
Furnishings of the mansion were
sold at public auction in August.
Mrs. Underwood is survived by a
niece, Mrs. Eugenia Woodward of the
Anchorage Apartments; a brother,
A. H. Woodward of Birmingham,
chairman of the board of the Wood
ward Iron Co., and a number of
nieces and nephews in Alabama.
She had no children.
Funeral services and burial will
be in Birmingham tomorrow.
Evening star., 1948-10-27
Three Babies Die as Fire
Sweeps Tennessee Home
By the Associated Press

LAWRENCEVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 27.
Three babies, the oldest less than
2 years old, perished in a fire which
destroyed their frame home last
night.
Kerosene used to kindle a fire in
"a stove started the blaze that
brought death to Glynda Mae
Frazier, % months, and Sherry Kay
Frazier, months, daughters of Pvt.
and Mrs. Norman Frazier, and z
month-old Steven c. Hufford, son
of Sergt. and Mrs. Delbert Hufford.
The mothers of the victims and
the grandmother, Mrs. Ivan Frazier,
Al, were burned when they made re-
peated attempts to reach the chill
dren.
Mrs. Hufford said a. terrible ex-
plosion" ripped through the house
soon after the kerosene was used to
start the fire.
Firemen found one child on the
first floor and the other two in the
basement, where they had fallen
when the ground floor collapsed.
Sergt. Hufford is stationed. in
Japan with the 18th Air Force and
Pvt. Frazier Is on duty in Texas.