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Evening star., 1948-11-27
Army and Navy
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49th Grid Game
Roin Ends, Cloudy
With Temperature
In SOS Predicted
Pictures on Pages ALP and A-20.)
By Froncis Stonn
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 81
Army and Navy square off today
on a football field for the 49th
time since 1890 before approxi-
mately 100000 spectators in Mu-
nicipal Stadium.
Overnight rains let up early today
and clearing weather greeted early
arrivals at the stadium.
The Weather Bureau, which re-
corded SO of an inch rainfall dur
ing the night, reported:
THE rain is all over. It looks
as If it will be partly cloudy this
afternoon with temperatures in the
upper Sos Wind will be IL to Is
miles an hour.
The gridiron was covered over
night.
Unbeaten and united Army reigned
a three-touchdown favorite over a
Navy eleven which, if defeated, will
go down as the only Annapolis
team in history to play an entire
season without a victory.
BY plane, train and motor car the
hordes of ticket-holders began to
pour into Philadelphia yesterday,
taxing hotel and transportation ia
cilities to the limit. Last night the
only unclaimed tickets were those
for a box reserved for President
Truman.
City in Festive Mood.
Despite Army's record and recog.
milton as the champion of the East
and No team of the Nation, ana
Navy's dismal season, the town to-
day took on its festive preclassic
mood. Both at Army and Navy
headquarters banners reading. Re
member 1916" were on display.
Two years ago an unbeaten,
once-tied Cadet team barely escaped
with 2l-18 victory over a Short
end Navy eleven.
Official parties from both Anna
polls and West Point arrived yester-
day, with the 3,317 midshipmen Of
the brigade and the 2,430 cadets of
the corps entraining this morning,
ready for their traditional entrances
with all pomp and ceremony. Be-
cause it is Navy's home game the
corps was to march on the field first.
Army was seeking it's fifth straight
victory over Navy and the 9th in
a series which finds Navy with 10
wins and three games ending in ties.
Navy hasn't won since the war year
Eof 1943, when the Tars won a 1870
game at West Point.
13-Game Stretch for Navy.
Army has been extended in only
two of its eight games this season.
nosing out Illinois, 1921. and COM
ing from behind to defeat Penn two
weeks ago, 1920. In other games
the Cadets romped over Villa Nova,
Lafayette, Harvard, Cornell, Vir-
ginia Tech and Stanford, rolling up"
273 points to their opponents So.
Navy was taking 13-game losing
streak into today's contest, not hav-
ing won since licking Cornell early
in 1947. This year the midshipmen
have been beaten by California, Cor
nell, Duke, Missouri, Penn, Notre
Dame, Michigan and Columbia
Both teams were reported in good
shape. Army's good end. Dan Fold
berg. is the only casualty, being out
with broken collarbone, and
Nays Bill Hawkins, plunging
fullback, is scheduled for only limit
ed duty after recuperating from q
blood disease.
The teams worked out yesterday,
on arrival, and then went into Sc
clusion, Army at the Suburban Man.
ufacturers' Country Club and Navy
at the Pinevalley Country Club at
.Clementon, N. j.
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Pope Sees House Group

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Nov. 81 tP).
Pope Plus received members of the
United States House Armed Services
Committee today The group, which
has been studying the Berlin air.
lift, includes Chairman Short. Re-
publican, of Missouri; Bates, Repub-
lican, of Massachusetts,; Shafer, Re-
publican, of Michigan; Bishop, Re-
publican, of Illinois; Rivers, Demo-
crat. of South Carolina: Price, DEM
ocrat, of Illinois. Representative
Bryson, Democrat. of South Caro-
lima, also was present.
Evening star., 1948-11-27
Throngs Of Shoppers
BringP Prediction ofBie
Sales Here
Crowds Since Thursday
Far Larger Than in AT,
Merchants Report

Huge crowds of shoppers who
iammed downtown areas yester-
day and we're expected to be as
numerous today caused depart
ment store managers to predict
unusually large, if not record,
Christmas shopping during the
coming month.
Although the two days after
Thanksgiving traditionally have
brought out shoppers and generally
started the Christmas shopping sea-
son, the turn -outs yesterday and
early today were considerably
greater" than last year, several mer-
chants reported. ..
Traffic conditions, in any event,
we're as difficult to handle as were
any in recent years, police declared
Traffic Inspector Arthur E. Miller
exclaimed: Il hope I never see 1t
worse than yesterday"
Sales Volume Greater.
Merchants and police agreed that
good weather, school holiday,
thousands of Government workers
taking the day of as annual leave,
and full pocketbooks accounted
principally for the big throng of
shoppers yesterday.
Spokesman for Several department
stores said preliminary figures indi-
cate sales volume was greater in
their establishments yesterday than
it was the day after Thanksgiving
last year While receipts from high
er priced goods and luxury items
have shown no major increase,
spending for other items, including
clothing and shoes, was greater.
"Of course, this is only the begin
ming and we merchants won't go
out on limb by predicting fatty
that Christmas shopping will be the
biggest ever this year. an official
of one of the largest department
stores said But there certainly
Is no feeling of pessimism,'
Sees Return to Later Shopping.
Another store representative
noted that the restored restrictions
on credit buying have affected
higher cost items but apparently
have not cut down the numbers OF
early Christmas shoppers.
Judging from the experience of
the last week or two, the Christmas
shopping trend is returning to the
prewar trend when such shopping
seldom started in a big way until
after Thanksgiving he said. Dur
ing the war, when demand was
heavy and many shortages existed,
people used to start buying before
Thanksgiving.
Our business has not been heavy
recently but that is water over the
dam. Now we have good reason to
hope and work for a, big Christmas
shopping season."
E. Cleveland Giddings, vice presi-
dent of the Capital Transit Co., said
the company got its streetcars and
buses into the downtown area yes
terday "and then couldn't get 'em
out" That is. could not get them
out until they were running any
where from 10 minutes to half an
hour late.
Nobody expected it," said Capt,
Lorraine T. johnson of the traffic
(See SHOPPERS, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1948-11-27
Chang g'sForces
Battling Reds
Near Marking
10000 Communists
Declared EncircIed
40 Miles From City
BY the Associoted Press

NANKING. Nov. 27.-The bat
tie for the approaches to the
Chinese capital of Marking
spread today over a 100-mile
radius south of Suchow.
Ten thousand Red troops report
eoly were encircled at Changpaling
only 40 miles north of Marking, one
newspaper said.
Fighting IN the immediate vicinity
of Suchow was almost ended, with
the main forces of both the Reds
and the Nationalists moving south
ward in a series of scraps.
A government field general said
the Communists have lost 10000
men in the 19-day battle Govern
ment losses were reported at $4,000
men These figures customarily are
distorted by the Chinese.
Abandon Positional Tactics.
From brief reports reaching Nam
king. 1t appeared that the govern
ment troops had Abandoned their
old system of positional warfare and
were slugging it out wherever they
came on the Reds.
This same phase of the war seemed
to be shaping in North China where
Gen. Flu Tso-yi's headquarters in
Peiping said he was preparing to
meet 100000 Reds in Hopei Prev
ince with Tientsin and Peiping as
the prizes.
Gen. Fu's headquarters 'intimated
that if the Reds did not attack his
men, 1000 of whom were reported to
have deserted to the Reds three
days ago, they would seek them out
and engage them in battle. Gen.
Flu has seemed confident of whip
ping the Reds in the Peiping-Tient-
sin corridor, where scattered fire
fights have been reported,
Tom Lambert, Associated Press
correspondent, said he saw a few
Communist dead or captives in VII
lages where the Reds had been re-
DulScQ O1l IiIc SISlio" AlOlAC'
Field commanders believed the
Communists still had 100000 troops
in the area and next would SLASH
southward, trying to cut communi-
cations between Suchow ard Nam
king.
The railway town of Suhsien, so
miles south Of Suchow, admittedly
still was in Communist hands. and
the line was cut at other points far
ther south.
Reports to the Chinese press In
Shanghai said the government had
launched a diversionary operation
out of Tsingtao, 220 miles northeast
of Suchow and were already at
Chiaohsien, rs miles up the railway
and meeting little opposition.
The government has four new
American equipped divisions at
Tsingtao, anchorage for the United
States Western Pacific Fleet.
Evening star., 1948-11-27
IRO Orders Two Ships
To Aid Chino Evacuation

GENEVA. Switzerland, Nov 27 fAP)
The International Refugee Organ
ization today ordered two ships to
proceed from Melbourne TO China
to begin the evacuation of an esti-
mated 10000 refugees under IRO
care there.
The two ships, the Castel Blanca
and the Wooster Victory, can carry
LOO persons. Only persons who
have immigration visas to countries
of resettlement will be moved from
China. Most of the refugees under
IRO care there are Europeans.
Evening star., 1948-11-27
Quirino Plans to Seek
Reelection Next Yeur
By the Associoted Press

MANILA, Nov. 27.-President
Elpidio Quirino today announced he
would be a candidate for the presi-
dency in 1949.
Coincident with the announce
ment were reports that Quirino may
fly to Washington after President
Truman's Inauguration to discuss
American Philippines affairs.
Evening star., 1948-11-27
Eighteen Special Trains Go
To Game From Capital

Army-Navy football fans, led by
President Truman with his family
and staff, departed for Philadelphia
today in 18 special trains and hum
dreds of automobiles.
The sun broke through lowering
rain clouds shortly before the White
House party arrived at Union Sta
ton to join the noisy, jostling
throngs bound for the annual clash
of the service rivals.
The Presidents train pulled out
at 8:45 am. Other specials had
been departing at 5-minute in
tervals since shortly after s am,
Evening star., 1948-11-27
Tornudo Kills Four

JOHANNESBURG, Union of South
Africa, Nov. q [P).-A tornado
killed four persons and injured more
than 100 last night in the Roodeport
area of Orange Free State. Damage
was estimated at about 81. 100000.
Evening star., 1948-11-27
Truman Leads 10000 Fans
Going to Army-Novy Game
Republican OfficioIs Head Welcome Party
On Special Trains Arrival in Philadelphia

coming party He was accompanied
by Senator Myers, Democrat, Of
Pennsylvania and Mrs. Myers and
Senator Martin. Republican, of
Pennsylvania and Mrs. Martin.
Republican Mayor Bernard Samuel
extended the city's welcome and Mrs.
Samuel presented corsages to Mrs.
Truman and Margaret.
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CSee BERLIN, Page ABB
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See CIO, Page AID
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fSee FANS, Page A-2D
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tSee BALKANS, Page Az.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-10
Truman To See Mime. Kai.Shek At Tea Today

WASHINGTON, (P)-President Truman said yesterday that aid to China will be taken up when he meets Madame Chiang Kai-Shek at tea today.
 That was his reply when asked at a news conference whether the matter would be discussed at the affair which he and Mrs. Truman are holding for China's first lady
 China aid is what Madame Chi ang is coming to see me about, MT. Truman told reporters. He added that it still remains to be seen whether he'll have further talks with her.
 Most of MT. Truman's news con- ference was devoted to the Con- gressional spy hunt which he again labelled as a red herring. On other topncs he said:
 l. He doesn't know yet whether he will go personally before joint session of Congress to deliv- CT his State of the Union message next month. Recommendation for the l949 fiscal year budget, he added, are coming along slowly.
 ?. He will again ask Congress to approve the St. Lawrence SeaWay project. Also, he would like to see work go ahead on the proposed Jefferson Memorial at St. Louis. If the project is brought along far enough he would be glad to ask federal funds for if.
 3. A report on the Bikini atom bombing tests is resting on his desk and will not be published. Asked if publication would meet opposition from secretary of de- fenSe Forrestal, MT. Truman said that it might also meet objection from the President.
 4. He had no comment on the dispute between foreign aid ad- ministrator Paul c. Hoffman and
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-10
P-8O Jet Crashes,
 Burns, Pilot Dead

ANCHORAGE, (P) - An air force jet plane on practice maneu- vers crashed into a Fort Richard son warehouse Wednesday in a ball of flame, killing the pilot.
 The army said the flyer, who fell clear of the crash when he tried to bali out of his burning P-8O, was dead on arrival at the hospital.
 The warehouse, a single-Story, 200-foot long building containing electrical supplies, burned to the ground. As far as could be deter mined there was no one in the building It was 300 feet from a structure in which 75 people were working.
 James Manske said he looked up when the jet went over and saw the pilot dangling from the plane, head first, his arms failing. Ills Dody fell free and struck short distance from the spot of the crash.
 Another eye witness said he had> been watching the jets, which had been taking off all morning. Flames always spurt from the tail at the takeoff," he said. This time the flare seemed to spread until it enyeloped the entire plane The craft did several wingovers and went down in a big orange flash"
 The pilots identify was not re- Vealed.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-10
GLEINER- -BLACHFORD NUPTIALS TOMORROW

Martin Luther Gleiner of Moses Point and Bernice Blachford, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Charles Blachford of Golovin have been shopping in town for their mar riage scheduled to be held in Moses Point tomorrow. Rev, A.. Amundsen is making the trip to Moses Point to perform the cere- mony.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-10

the maritime commission over the shipping of recovery goods. Hoff- man has announced he will stop giving American ships half of the bulk cargoes such as grain, coal and oil.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-10
Rev. Delon Wesbrook of the

Friends Mission of Kotzebue with his two sons is in town for den
 tai work. His son John is in the hospital here for a nose infection.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-10

Bill Brown. in charge of harbor activities for the U. s. Engineers departed for the States to return
 in April to start spring operations.
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO; ga rse. T. 9 6 ,7 !ysDA0 Lab,
Rsasd d:en. .se 81 w.. sbovs
'0 s.laSis cattle 800 estimated; total not
ears .r Sses Monday aS shsn
good and choice steers 1900 pounds up
yearlinas YEAR % and light steers i.oo-s 90 lower,
weights 1000 pounds UP. uneyenly 200
:. 90 lower; good and choice heifers 400,
lower; lowe i0seT; cows s and bulls Too 90 lower
yealers 3.00-6 90 lower: top "a Is, paid for
sd choice to gfe s %fS fed stsers
loads average-good to nearly average-choiee
| .40O-l 800 pound weights late $3.50;
1900, most good to lowoehoiee lisht and
and choice heifers 80 375-2S.5 80. load strictly
choice 912 pound weights 1925. not many
1902 / so. Gamers and cutters 1900
g 90: closing practical top heavy sausage
bulls 200 and late practical top w yealers RS
steers s0.O0-s475, these usually scaling
salable sheep 100 testimated,: top not
given: compared week ago: demand mar
row, especially after Monday and slaughter
lamb prices were lower on a. most d,ns sessions rs
lower: yearlings scarce but auotable' lower
in sympathy with lamb break; slaughter
ewes very scarce and only around 80 of;
weeks bulk good and choice wooled lambs
a0-105 pounds including several cars OF
Colorados, 90. .00-24 90, around three loads
week sEse At "a. 10 and n Is: fst lamb top after
midweek 1880; most medium and good
woolskins 2l .5O-23.25. mainly 2.50 down
and choice lambs No. l to fall shorn pelts
20 5O-23.26. latter price for load 100
pounds with fall. shorn pelts; three decks
ling Wethers 1880: few good and choice
SLAUGHTER ewes around. 110-130 pounds
ia 01-l35O, bulk mixed common to good
natives III .5O-I250: few loads feeding and
shearing lambs 81 pound averages in me-
dunn and good slaughter flesh 81 75-22 %.
load thin 76-pound Texas wooled lambs
Is. 90,
Evening star., 1948-02-15
Business Briefs

Money in Circulation expanded to
$28, ,189, ,000. 900 on February II, a.
gain of 65,00O,000 from a week
earlier. but $l57 ,00o, 900 below the
same l947 date-Federal Reserve
Board.
Wholesale Price Index of the As
sociated Press registered the sharp
est weekly drop in its 13-year history
in the week ended February Is.
The, index slumped to 1852 from
19497 q week earlier, but remained
well above 1898 year earlier.
New Passenger Car Registrations
in 1947 totaled 3,167 .231 VS.. 1915, 1876
in 1946 and 3,731, 1855 in 194l-R. L.
Polk & Co. The 1947 total included
l,644,l57 cars in the so-called low
price group.
Steel Plant Expansion Programs
announced by major companies
since the war involve an expendi-
ture Of nearly $1,700, ,000, ,000-Ameri-
can Iron g. Steel Institute. The
companies will spend $565 00,o0o in
l948 VS.. $4S6, ,000, 900 in l947.
Mutual Savings Banks reported
deposits at the end Of l947 stood at
$17, 800, ,0O0, 900. gain Of 5.6He from
q year earlier.
Chemical Bank & Trust CO. Of
New York has proposed a merger
with Continental Bank g. Trust Co.,
first big New York bank consolida-
ton in nearly 20 years. Chemical
reported that Continental directors
favored the plan, but other sources
said some board members were op-
posed.
Gimble Bros. sold an additional
S13,300, 900 of go debentures to
Equitable Life Assurance to boost
working capital Equitable now owns
S35, 900 900 of Gimbel debentures.
National Tube Co. increased prices
of all grades of pipe 61a %, effective
Friday. It cited increased material
prices and freight rates. /
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co. and subsidiaries earned $751;
1876, ,623 or $7e6 a share in 1947 VS..
$20s, ,551 ,507 or $10.23 in 1916. Net
for A. T. & r. alone was $156, ,344,-
23s or $7.43 VS.. $191 ,s32, ITO or $s.42.
United States Gypsum Co. net in
come for 1o47 was $16,531.744 or
$40 VS.. s12,413,955 or 1921 in 1s46.
Imperial Tobacco Co. Of Canada
earned $5,991, 1853 or 81 cents in 1s47
VS.. $685., ,301 or 81 cents in the pre-
vious year.
Delaware e. Hudson Railroad net
income for 1e47 was $4,546, ,004 VS.. $2,-
12l, ,148 in 1916; in December. $627,-
566 VS.. $172.078 a year earlier.
Pennsylvania Water & Power Co.
earned $1,965,267. or $4.32 in 1947
VS.. s2,140,S72 ols$4.73 in the previous
year.
South Bend Lathe Works net for
II months ended November 80 was
Sle06,417 or $685. VS.. 81 ,427 900 or
$4.76 in the preceding fiscal period.
Continental Steel Corp. earned
s1,296,874 or $2.58 in 1947 VS.. $685.
1l9 or $1.89 in the previous year.
Gimbel Bros. sold an additional
1947 was 81, 1913 1858 or $l.03 VS.. $780,
838 or 81 cents in 1916.
Greenfield Tap & Die Corp. earned
$765, 1855 or 1888 in 1947 VS.. $1,0Sl,-
773 or $4.70 in the previous year.
Berghoff Brewing Corp. profit for
1947 was $612,974 or $2.04 VS.. $444662
or $l.48 in 1916.
Goodall- Sanford, Inc, earned
$481 ,945 or II cents in six months
ended December 81 VS.. $1.247 1888 or
1924 in six months ended January
81, 1947.
Yates american Machine Corp.
net for six months ended December
Evening star., 1948-02-15
BOND SUMMARY

sEurnishs1 by the Associated Prsss.D
A selected list Of acsave Bends en- the
New Yerk Stock ExchanEe. sheyins the
high. low and closing priee for the week,
and the net change from the Drevious
SATURDAYS close.
Evening star., 1948-02-15

week last year and 2 per cent below
the preceding week.
The Richmond Reserve Bank re-
ported cumulative sales in the four
weeks ending on the same date as
unchanged. fSales in the Fifth Dis
trict down 3, . and 2 per cent,
respectively. i
The Washington Automotive
Association reports that January
sales of new cars and trucks in
Washington totaled 2,346 against
1888 in the same month a year ago.
Sales OF used cars and trucks num-
bered 3,329 against 1850 in January,
1947.
Mortgage Investments Rise.
The annual statement Of the
Mutual Benefit life of New Jersey
shows the company's mortgage in
vestment in the District of Columbia
increased from $9,887 900 in 1916 to
14,422000 on December 81, 1947,
a gain of nearly so per cent.
The company paid $477 900 on
death claims and maturing endow-
ments in the District Of Columbia
in 1947. Distribution In the Metro
politan area exceeded $500 900.
Insurance in force here, according
to H. Lawrence Choate. general
agent, now totals $50, ,o00,o 900 face
value.
In the Vernon w. Holleman
agency of Home Life, Roy G.
McGuiness ranked third In volume
for the whole country in January.
Convention Plans Progress.
Hubert T. Bisselle, general chair
man of the June convention of
the District Bankers Association, at
White Sulphur Springs, w. Va, re-
ported yesterday that plans are we'll
under way. with outstanding
speakers on the program. The
Greenbrier Hotel is being reopened
to the public for the first time
since 1912, after being completely
refurnished.
Two new subjects have been added
to the program Of Washington
Chapter, American Savings and
Loan Institute. Negotiable Instru-
ments will be taught by Wilbur N.
Baughman and Customer Relations
by William z. Poulton.
Union Trust Co. stock sold at 371a
in the first 1S48 transfer of the year
on the Washington Stock Exchange.
Bond Drive Plans Started.
The Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond has notified the District
Savings Bond Division of the Treas
ury that there are 90 active savings
bonds issuing agents in Washington.
The list is made up primarily of
banks and their branches, building
and loan associations, Post Ofdces
and some retail establishments.
Woodward g. Lothrop's Depart
ment Store reports a particularly
lively demand for these bonds. The
next special drive starts April Is,
with E Bonds to be featured. Thom-
as j. Groom, president of the Bank
OF Commerce & Savings, Is District
chairman.
Washington Chapter, Society of
Residential Appraisers, will have
dinner meeting, Tuesday, at the
Burlington Hotel, Curt Mack, pres
ident announced.
Ten Washington men attended
the Minneapolis Honeywell Regu-
lator Co.'S regional meeting in New
York Friday and Saturday.
Howard De Franceaux, district
manager for the United States Life
Insurance Co., is the author of
Insurance Provides Cash for Taxes"
appearing in the February Insurance
Salesman.
Evening star., 1948-02-15

Boston; Carlton w. Cox, Metropoli-
tan, Paterson, N. j., and David B
Fleugelman, Northwestern Mutual,
New York City, both trustees of the
National Life Underwriters Asso-
ciation: M. M. Matson, Mutual Ben
eft Life, Cleveland. and DR.. R. B.
Heflebower, Brookings Institution.
Weather Slows ID. C. Trading.
Partly because of weather condi-
tions, department store sales in
Washington stores for the week
ended Saturday. February 7, were
7 per cent under the corresponding
Evening star., 1948-02-15

CT aOCSl OdLuI-
day evening, an
nounced yester-
day that 1859
re S erv a t ! ons
have been re-
ceived, by far the
largest number
in recent years.
The S e a t i n 6
ON m tie Is
having a h a r d
struggle to meet
the demand.
earn tt A.
Carter, national
ALB president,
will be a special
Evening star., 1948-02-15

guest of honor. He is vice president
of the Fulton National Bank, At
lanta, Ga, native of Tennessee, and
graduate of the institute. He will
speak briefly.
The dinner is the most important
event of the year on the institute
calendar. The city's leading bank
ers. many government officials and
scores of QUITO town financiers will
attend. Theodore P. Cowgirl, chap
ter president, will preside.
Noted Speakers Announced.
Outstanding life insurance au-
thorities will address joint sales
conference of the Washington and
Baltimore Life Underwriters Asso-
Evening star., 1948-02-15

Citations at the
Shoreham Hotel
on Th u IS day,
r e b ary 26,
Chairman John
D. Marsh an
nounced yester-
day. More than
900 expec t to
attend the ala
day session.
Speakers will
incl lu d e B. N.
Woodson, Com
monWealth Life,
Louisville, KY;
Isa &C Kibrick,
NeJv York Life