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Evening star., 1948-07-09
Wilson'S 5 Order Saves
Man From Chair Here
After He Eats Last Meal

A man who had eaten his last
supper and was but Is hours from
death was saved from the Districts
electric chair last night.
I'm glad" was all Baxter Grit
fin could say when Jail Supt. Curtis
Reed informed him his execution
for murder had been stayed by
Chief Justice Vinson.
Griffin, AZ, was to have gone te
the electric chair at 10 am. today
for the murder Of Lee Hunter, Is
in March, 1947. The word of re-
prieve came to him at tbs pm.
after the United States Court o1
Appeals had denied stay in ar
opinion q few hours earlier.
Chief Justice Wilson's actor
opened the way for Grifin's new
appeal to the Supreme Court or
contention of Counsel John M. Holz.
worth that newly discovered evi'
dence merits a new hearing.
The news brought to the con-
demned man by Supt. Reed touchec
off rejoicing among six other in
mates of death row.
Griffin had eaten his last sup.
per of steak and biscuits and hac
been granted final interview witt
his wife and sister, Mrs. Annabel
Warmack. He had been deniec
executive clemency.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Services Raise Pay
OF Per Diem Civilians

Increases in pay ranging from 3
to Is cents an hour for civilian per
diem employees in military and naval
establishments in and around Wash
ington were announced last night
by the three services.
The new pay scales, it was ex-
planned, reflect wage changes which
have taken place in the local area
within the past year and are said
to bring the rates for employees In
the three services into substantial
agreement with those in private in
dustry. The new schedules are based
on a wage survey recently conducted
on behalf of the three branches OF
the military.
About 1880 per diem employees
in this area are scheduled to benefit
from the increases, which are effec-
tive forthwith. Employees whose pay
is fixed under the Classification Act
will not benefit from the per diem
increases, it was explained, because
Congress provided $3.50 annual
/ increase for this group.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Court Refuses 10 Cut Bail
For Gl in Assault Case

District Court Justice David A.
Pine today refused to reduce a
$4,000 bond for a Fort McNair
soldier indicted on charge of
carnal knowledge involving Is
year-old high school girl on the
Mckinley High School grounds
May 90.
Assistant United States Attorney
Joseph Lawless opposed a defense
motion to reduce the bond of John
aJ. Cook, 10, on grounds the alleged
attack was particularly vicious. y
Cook pleaded not guilty. The
indictment carries a death penalty
if the trial jury so recommends.
Evening star., 1948-07-09

brushes and the paints may then be
"combed' or "raked" into intricate
patterns.
Book edges are marbled after the
volume is formed and before the
cover is added. Sometimes single
sheets are marbled and placed in
the front and back of a book fol
ornamentation.
Most fancy books today are edged
with solid colors. or they are
roughened by machine to produce
what bookbinders call "deckle-
edging". A few pseudo-marbler'
daub the edge of volume with 6
sponge dipped in paints. This imita.
ton of the true art Is called
stippling.
Has Practical Use.
Mr.. Barnes marbles from 100 tt
300 books daily. most of then
volumes of patents for the U. S
Patent Office.
"Marbling protects books from
bugs and dry rot" he explains, "St
it has a practical use as well a!
making books look good"
Mr.. Barnes considers his master.
piece to be an edition of about l0(
volumes of President Franklin D
Roosevelt's speeches, which Wert
bound for the Presidents persona
Christmas gifts several years ago
We had to inclose my dipping
trough to protect the paint from
dust" he recalled. Dust, or ever
dandruff falling from the hair, viii
mar the work.
Mr.. Barnes believes the Roosevelt
speeches are collectors items now
The we're finished with a feather
edge, which is one of the basic de.
signs used.
Mr.. Barnes, his wife and three
children live at 1924 Texas avenue
Sc
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Facilities Held Lackinq
or6,4O1 tuberculosis
Gases Found by X-Ray

The District has almost no facili-
ties to care for 6.40l suspected
tuberculars uncovered in the chest
X-ray survey, it appeared today
A picture of inadequate hospital
and laboratory facilities and a
shortage of District Health depart
ment nurses was painted yesterday
by DR.. Howard M. Payne, a member
of the surveys medical technical
committee, in a report to meeting
Of survey officials, committee chair
men and workers.
DR.. Payne, member OF the
Howard University medical school
faculty, spoke for DR.. Arthur C.
Christie, committee chairman, who
is confined to his home by illness.
5O3,39S X-Rayed.
About $50 persons, meeting in the
District Building, heard reports on
the progress and completion OF the
survey which X-rayed 503,396 dis
trict residents.
In statistical report, Owen
c. Billows, Public Health Service
statistician, said 440,491 of the
X-rays were analyzed The differ
ence between X-rays made and
those analyzed was accounted for
by the fact that military personnel
and persons already hospitalized
were not counted in the final
analysis.
OF those analyzed, Mr.. Billows
said, 1914 showed positive reac-
ton, and these persons were asked
to return for another X-ray. All
but SOB of them did return and fur
ther study indicated that 1896 were
all right. In addition to those final
ly classified as possible" tubercu-
lars, 2,269 were diagnosed as having
other diseases, and 1,540 others as
having heart abnormalities.
100 Already Hospitalized.
DR.. Paynes report, which followed
brief talks, by DR.. George G.
Rutland, District health officer, and
William E. Leahy, general chairman
of the survey, indicated that, of the
suspected cases uncovered, 100 per-
sons already have been hospitalized
and another 80 are awaiting hos
pitalization. These 100, he said, are
actively i'll advanced patients, who
cannot be treated with our present
facilities"
CAS- the need for disqualification
is recognized" he said, I'VE must
be ready to give hospital treatment
to increasing numbers before hope
less disease renders their recovery
doubtful"
The survey cost nearly $250,000,
Mr.. Leahy told the meeting. He es-
timated administrative costs of fol-
lowing up the cases uncovered at
s1O0, 900 to $125,000. In addition, the
cost of disqualification for each pa
tient unable to bear the expense
himself will be about $3,400, based
on a years treatment for complete
recovery.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Police Arrest 20 in Alexandria
344 Times for Same Offenses

line with more serious o1eno-
ers. ="
The jury which made the recon-
mendations was one sworn in for
the June term. After it completed
it's usual duties of returning Grim
inal indictments, the jury conducted
the investigation of municipal con-
ditions.
Judge Woolls told the jurymen
that some of their recommended
tions may have gone beyond the
scope of a grand jury, but never
theless they would be sent along to
the proper persons for careful study
He did not indicate which recon-
mendations he had in mind, ano
Mr.. Campbell said he did not know
which recommendations the judge
referred to.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
| Star Movies

Community movies. sponsored by
The Star. in cooperation with the
Recreation Department and The
Film Center, are scheduled for 8
pm. today Programs of comedy
sports, cartoon and travel shorts
will be shown at the following play
grounds and recreation centers:
Fort Davis, Pennsylvania and Alabsms
avenues Sc
Hearst Thirty-seventh and Tilder
streets NV.
Jefferson, Eighth and H streets NV.
KingSman. Fourteenth and streets E
New York Avenue, First street and New
York avenue NV
Truesdell, Ninth and 1nsraham streets
NV
Randall. First and I streets S.W.
Shaw, Seventh street and Rhode 1slsnc
svenus N W.
Sloue, Fourteenth and Jackson street,
NE
stevens, Twenty-frst and l. streets NV
Evening star., 1948-07-09
By Mary Lou Werner

An investigation by special
Alexandria grand jury has dis
closed that 20 persons have been
arrested 344 times for the same
offenses in the last two years.
All were for drunkenness, loiter-
ing or vagrancy and 299 occurred
within a one-block area OF the
400 block of King street.
AS result of its findings, the
grand jury today urged heavier
penalties for these offenses.
The five-man jury, in a report to
Circuit Court Judge William P
Woolls, also recommended eight
civic improvements, establishment
of a police trial board and more
stringent sanitary regulations.
One recommendation is that "in
the future, the penalties imposed by
the Judge of the Police Court on
persons repeatedly arrested for vag-
rancy, lettering and drunkenness
be considerably more severe than In
the past"
Commitment to Clinic Urged.
Another recommendation Is that
the present ordinance dealing with
drunkenness be amended to provide
authority to the Police Court Judge
to commit habitual drunks to an
alcoholic clinic.
The jury, through Foreman Arthur
F. Campbell, also requested that the
ordinance relating to inspection OF
hotels and restaurants be amended
to authorize the city Health Depart
ment to inspect rooming houses.
This recommendation is intended
to be helpful in eliminating un-
sanitary conditions and fire hazards
as exist, for example, at the north
east corner of Henry and Oronoco
Streets" the jury report declared.
Mr.. Campbell told reporters later
that investigation had shown that
this house brought in $400 month
revenue in room rents. 1t is occu-
pied by several colored families.
Garage Dwellings Cited.
The city was asked by the jury to
take immediate action to eliminate
the living in garages and similar
structures such as those at 526 and
528 North Alfred street. Mr.. Camp
bell said these places have no sani-
tary facilities.
The city attorney was asked to
enforce Immediately the ordinance
relating to scavenger service, which
calls for the collection Of fees for
such service. The grand jury de-
clared that delinquent revenue from
this source would exceed $4,000
annually.
The city attorney also was asked
to crack down on "can-type privies'
which exist where sewer connections
are available.
The jury suggested that provl-
sions be made for the establishment
of a police trial board and recon-
mended that members Of the board
include . member Of the bar, a
member OF the police force and an
other citizen. The city also was
asked to provide an adequate re-
tirement system for police and fire.
men.
It was recommended that the pro-
cedure now used in handling park
ing tickets at the police station be
changed Ito provide that generally
law-abiding citizens, particularly
ladies, not be required to stand In
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Truman Names
wotoCapitaI
Planning Unit
Pittsburgh Official,
NIT Architecture
Deqn Appointed

President Truman today made two
appointments to the National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commission.
namiRg Frederick Bigger, chairman
of the Pittsburgh City Planning
Commission. and william Wilson
Wurster, dean of the school of archi-
lecture and planning of Massachu.
sets Institute of Technology.
Mr.. Bigger succeeds J. c. Nichols
of Kansas City. member of the
commission since its establishment
in 1926. who asked the President not
to reappoint him at the expiration
of his last term in April. Mr.. Big
gers appointment is for six-year
term.
Mr.. Wurster will fill the unexpired
term of Henry v. Hubbard of Mil
ton, Mass, who died last October
after serving since 1882. The term
began in 1914.
Helped Plan Greenbelt.
Mr.. Bigger. who formerly served
with the Resettlement Administra-
ton and helped plan Greenbelt, is q
graduate of the University Of Penn
sylvania and has been in architec-
tural work for 40 years. Since 1918
he has been engaged principally In
/ city planning and housing.
| He has been urban planning ad-
visor to the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration since 1910 and has been
chairman of the Pittsburgh City
Planning Commission for the last IA
years. He has been member of
the commission since 1922.
With NIT for Four Years.
Mr. Wurster, who resides in Cam
bridge, Mass, has been with the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology for the last four years and
also has been a practicing architect
in partnership with Charles G.
Bernardy and Dom Emmons.
He is a native of Stockton, Calf.
and was graduated from the Uni
versity of California in 1919. His
early architecture experience was
gained on the Pacific Coast but he
has been in the East for the last Is
years. He was engaged in private
practice from 1928 to 1943. when he
was appointed fellow in the grad
uate school of design at Harvard.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
2 Oklahoma Firms Face
|Virqiniu Stock Inquiry =.
BY the Associoied Press

RICHMOND, Va, July 9.-Rep-
resentatives of two Oklahoma firms
dealing in oil stock have been Or
dered to appear before the State
Corporation Commission September
= to explain why they have been
promoting stock sales In Virginia
without complying with the State
securities law.
The names of the firms were list
ed by the commission as Security
Royalties, Inc, and Pay Rock Oil.
Inc, both presumably located in
Tulsa, Okla.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
2 Named to Pension Study

RICHMOND, Va, July 9 P:-
Gov. Tuck has announced appoint
ment of ]. B. Woodward, president
of the Newport News Shipbuilding
& Drydock Co., and c. Francis
Cooke, president of the First Ma
tional Exchange Bank. Roanoke. as
members of the interim legislative
commission to study the State re-
tirement system
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Pikser Named Director
OF Jewish Social Agency

George Pikser, former official OF
the District Rehabilitation Service,
has been named executive director
of the Jewish Social Service Agency,
a Community Chest organization. 1t
was announced today. ~
! Mr.. Pikser replaces Manuel Kauf-
man, who resigned recently to join
the Philadelphia Health and We'll
fare Council. The new appointee is
a member of the American Associa-
ton of Social Workers and the Ma
tional Conference Of Jewish Social
Welfare.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
3 10 Accent
.Pepco Rate Rise
SET for July
Increase Granted by
PUG Is Subject to
Formal Approval
by JerN O'Leov. Jr.

Washington residents will have to
pay higher electric rates to the
Potomac Electric Power Co. begin
ming July II.
This was revealed late yesterday,
when the Public Utilities Commis-
sion ordered Pepco to submit re-
vised rate schedule based on an
annual increased revenue of $2,750,-
900. Pepco, at hearings held June
8 and 9 and Tuesday and Wednes-
day this week, had asked 5000, 900
in annual increased income.
1t was estimated the increase will
add between 80 and 40 cents to the
monthly bills of the average electric
consumer.
Water Heat Rider Eliminated.
The PUG opinion, issued by Chair
man James H. Flanagan, declared:
After careful consideration of
the entire record in this case, the
commission has reached the con-
clusion that an increase in the rates
charged by the company for electric
service in the annual amount of
81 750, 900 (based upon sales of elec-
trio energy during 194D is neces-
sary to maintain the company in a
sound financial position and to
provide it with the heretofore de-
termined fair and reasonable return
of ST. per cent on its investment
devoted to the furnishing$of electric
service"
At the same time the PUG de-
cided to eliminate Pepco rider
that would have provided certain
discounts for customers using elec-
tricity for hot water heating.
The new rates must be approved
formally by the PUG before they
can go into effect on July 81.
Pepco applied for the rate in
crease May II on the grounds that
coal prices had gone up and that
increased operating revenue was
needed Immediately to finance an
s86, 100000 plant expansion pro-
gram.
Expansion Need Cited.
The company contended the ex-
panslon program is required De-
cause of population expansion,
backlog construction such as street
lighting and commercial building
renovation delayed by the war;
present availability of electrical a
pliances not available during the
war; increase in electrical facilities
stimulated by the war; resumption
of a Government building program
and today high level of construc-
ton costs.
During the hearings a Pepco Of
fetal indicated the proposed new
rate increase might be the fore
runner of another company request
for higher prices. The admission
came from R. Roy Dunn, vice presi-
dent and treasurer Of Pepco, as he
was being questioned by PUG Mem
ber James Lauderdale.
Mr.. Dunn said it was his opinion
the new increase would not be suf-
ficient to produce enough earning
power to attract investors needed to
finance the expansion program. He
said the company would have to see
what effect the new increases have
on Pepco finances before it could
tell whether another increase is
necessary
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Rockville Parking Lot
Puxinq to Toke 10 Doys

Repaving of the parking lot in
front of the Social Service Building
Rockville, which houses four Mont
gomery County agencies. is expected
to be completed in about 10 days.
Cost of the work, which is being
done by Francis o. Day, Bethesda
was estimated at approximately
$4,000.
The building houses the Welfare
Board. Health Department, Farm
Bureau and Board of Education.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Library to Close Saturdays

The Silver Spring Public Library
will close at l pm. on Saturdays
during July and August, Mrs. Louise
Ferguson, Librarian, announced to-
day. The library will be open from
Monday through Friday from 10
am. to pm.
Evening star., 1948-07-09
Fire Chiefs Club to Meet

The Fire Chiefs Club Of Maryland,
which held its annual convention at
Ocean City June Is, will hold a
special meeting at 2 pm. July l8 in
the fire extension building. Univer-
sity of Maryland, to elect officers.
Evening star., 1948-04-25

instance - that made the self-righteous prop
aganda minister ''shudder." Professor Albert
Speer, Minister of Munitions, to Goebbels'
delight, took the high military gentlemen
for real ride" The examples are endless.
Now that We know from Goebbels how
great are the jealousies within dictatorship,
we shall perhaps in the future avoid missing
the bus as completely as did the British in
connection with the Hess affair.
Those of us who were in Germany in 1911 at
the time of the Deputy Fuetner's sensational
flight to England simply could not understand
why the British Government relapsed into
silence.
We knew Hess could have made damaging
revelations about the Nazis' double-crossing
of their allies for example We also knew that
thousands of Germans were listening secretly
to their radios in the hope that the BBC
would give them spicy bits of gossip on
what Hess told his interrogators, say, about
Goebbels' love affairs, or Goerings sump-
tpous living in wartime, or Frau Won Ribben-
trop's purchases of costly furs with 'unobtain-
able" foreign exchange, or various gauleiters'
thefts and entertainments
That this was also Goebbels' great fear is
shown by an entry dated March Is, 1912:
''Undoubtedly Hess brought us into a
position last summer in which we were
pretty close to ruin. Had Churchill actu-
ally succeeded in discrediting our fidel-
Evening star., 1948-04-25
4 WAYS TO BEAT A DICTATOR
Continued from page fire

Directly under the dictator are the lieu
tenants who are charged with carrying out his
policies. Each of them enjoys tremendous
powers. There is no such thing as the cor
rective or restraining influence of public
opinion. The only thing that matters is
whether the top leader is satisfied.
Dictators, however, as Goebbels clearly
shows, are not only al-powerful; they are
changeable, moody, temperamental Hence,
every sub-leader is eager to make himself
indispensable and agreeable to his top boss.
A first consequence is that he witholds
disadvantageous facts about his own depart
ment from the leader, while at the same time
he gladly reports disparagingly on his COL
leagues, and may even withhold cooperation
from them to induce failure in their work.
To Illustrate Goebbels was continuously at
loggerheads with the public-relations section
of the Wehrmacht. When he thought he had
sufficient evidence to knock out his rival in
the press section of the armed forces, General
Hasso Won Wedel, Goebbels ran to Hitler. On
September g. 1943, he wrote smugly:
81 proposed to the Fuehrer that he re-
ceive General Won Wedel {. L. and size him
up personally. :. believe Won WedePs
reception will constitute a great triumph
Evening star., 1948-04-25

Tor me. The Fuehrer is determined tn
put a number of very touchy and diff
cult questions to Wedel. There is no
doubt that he will funk
The Diaries reveal amazingly how the top
suo-leaders of the regime hated each other.
1oeooels himself wrote with great frankness
what he thought of his leading fellow-Nazis.
Hermann Goering, his closest rival, he said.
can no longer be depended upon, is tired and
washed up." Rudolf Hess, the Fuehrer's
deputy, is disarmingly naive" Joachim Won
Rlbbentrop, the foreign minister, was "un-
scrupulous." Wilhelm Frick, Minister of the
Interior, was complete nincompoop." He
mentioned Julius Sreicher in these terms:
Streicher spoke. Like pig"
LEST anyone think it was an exclusive idio-
syncrasy of Goebbels to disparage his pals,
his diaries chronicle also what other top Nazi
brass hats said about their mutual colleagues.
Goering had nothing but contempt" for
Hess. Heinrich Himmler, sinister chief of the
SIS, called Field Marshal Fritz Erich Won
Manstein "a frst-class defeatist." Walther
Funk, minister of economics told Goebbels
facts concerning other high Nazis - their
crooked dealings in foreign exchange, for
Evening star., 1948-04-25

ity to our allies, the war might have
taken entirely different turn. All of
us were quite justified in being extreme
ly worried at the time and having gravest
doubts about the immediate FUTURE
But British propaganda failed to play off
the Nazis against their allies in other Ax:s>
countries. and the little Hitlers' against
each other. The Nazis continued successfully
to conceal the rottenness of the German state.
What chance we mileed!
5. Capitalize ON the Insffieisncy
Inherent In All Dictatssships.
Many Americans. have discovered dur
ing my tours as lecturer, have an almost
superstitious belief in the efficiency of totali-
tartan regimes. And, although we denounce
autocracy in every form, many Americans
are ready to concede without argument that
democracy is expensive, often inept, often
corrupt, and always wasteful. whereas totali-
tartan regimes are supposedly practical and
efficient.
SUCH Americans should study the Goebbels
Diaries. They show that totalitarian efficiency
is myth.
Goebbels unwittingly points up the rea-
sons. Throughout the Diaries there runs the
theme that sub-leaders were put into power
not on merit but on the basis of personal 10y
atty to the Fuehrer or to lieutenant. Thus
Continued on next page
Evening star., 1948-04-25

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The Nome nugget., 1948-07-16
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL OPENED TUESDAY

The Maynard Columbus Hos pital, with twelve beds in its new emergency quarters, opened last Tuesday when the patients were moved from the Marks Air Force Base Hospital to the emergency location in the former Native School building on Second Ave nue and D St.
 The hospital is now equipped with most of the essential facilities and a few more pieces of equip- ment are expected on the next boat.
 Patients who were moved to town were Mrs. w. Stettinger and infant daughter, Mrs. Alfred Top kok, c. F. Jamison, Mrs. Andy Peterson and Clyde Kostenbader.
 The staff of the hospital con- sists of Dr. J. B. Tucker, super intendent, Mrs. Pearse Walsh, re- ceptionist, nurses Mrs. Vernon Jacobson, Mrs. Lawayne Jones and Katherine Eckert. Madeline Green of Kotzebue is in charge of the kitchen.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-16
NOME GOSPEL MISSION
 of Alaska Evangelization Society

Rev. Vern Rimling. Pastor Sunday:
 200 pm. Sunday School.
 7:30 pm. Gospel Service. Tuesday:
 7:3O pm. Prayer and Testimony Thursday: Sabbath School II am. Saturday.
 200 to 400 pm. Bible Club for Boys and Girls. Friday: 7:30 pm. Bible Study.