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Evening star., 1948-07-17

long tTlD 10 SOuCn africa W1tfln INT
month but his very attractive siste,
will remain in Washington unit
later in the summer
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Hollowa,
were in Washington earlier in thu
week for the cocktail party which
the new Naval Attache of the Ca
madam embassy and Mrs. v. S. God.
frey gave Wednesday in their at
tractive Georgetown home. Com.
modore Godfrey has been in Wash
ington for some time as a member
of the Joint Staff but recently was
transferred to the post as Nava
Attache OF the embassy.
Admiral Sir Henry Moore expect!
TO sail September to return tt
England and his successor, Admira
Sir Frederick H. G. Dalrymple'
Hamilton, will arrive a few day.
before he leaves. Admiral Sir Fred.
erick and Lady Dalrymple- Hamilton
plan to take the house at 1925 c
street which Sir Henry has occu-
pied for some time.
To Leave Monday
The Norwegian Ambassador, Mr.
Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne
now dean of the diplomatic corps in
Washington, went to New York yes
terday and will take off Monday
for his homeland. He will join Nine
Munthe de Morgenstierne and theil
two daughters at Veslestuen large
and charming estate near Cola
They will return to Washington ir
late September.
The Ambassador was host Thurs
day afternoon at the reception fol-
lowing the wedding of Miss Inge-
borg Stang -Lund and Mr.. Kristen
Fave Klaveness. The bride is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Petel
Stang-Lund of Oslo. Norway, hel
mother having formerly been Miss
Margaret Prindle of the Unitee
States. Mr.. and Mrs. Stang-Lune
were married in Shanghai twenty
four years ago, the Rev. DR.. Clifford
M. Drury officiating. DR.. Drury
now a professor at the Presbyterian
Theological Seminary in San Fran
cisco, temporarily is acting chaplain
in Washington and offlciated a
the wedding Thursday in the Sixth
Presbyterian Church.
Mr.. Klaveness is the new frs
secretary of the Norwegian Embass!
and recently came to Washington
to assume his duties. He is the sol
Of the Director of the Norwegian
Shipowners Association of Oslo ant
Mrs. Wilhelm Klaveness, who befor'
her marriage was Miss Cecilia Fay
of Oslo. On their return from thei
wedding trip by motor to Canadi
Mr.. and Mrs. Klaveness will live OF
Connecticut avenue near @ stree
where they temporarily have takei
an apartment.
The bride, who was born II
Shanghai, was given In marriage b!
her uncle, Mr.. Rolf Knudsen Of Bor
gestad, Norway, son of the forme
Prime Minister Of Norway, the lat
Mr.. Brunnar Knudsen. She was at
tended by Mrs. William Sterlini
Lacy of Leesburg, and Mr.. klave
ness had as his best man Mr.. Sver
ker Astrom, first secretary of thu
Swedish Embassy.
Mr.. Klaveness has been in thi
country some weeks and has beer
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Lacy at thei
home in LeeSburg
Evening star., 1948-07-17

insured, the amount Of the policy
and the period in which premiums
have been paid on it.
The average payment? Some
would-be experts say 500. The VA
says it's impossible to estimate with
any degree of accuracy.
Many Policies Lapse.
Getting back to the machinery
it's massive because 1t has to COM
pute individual records for more
than 100000 policies, many Of
which were allowed to lapse months
ago.
The Veterans Administration
asked for $7,364,0 900 with which to
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Father Of 8 Kills Ex-Wife
And Commits Suicide
BY the Assoeioted Press

CLANTON, Ala, July ia A.
year-old father of eight children
shot and killed his former wife yes
terday while she held their TO-
month-old baby.
Oscar Minor, the farmer, then
turned the weapon, 12-gauge shot.
gun, on himself and died, Sheriff
j. A. Nivens said.
The baby was slightly injured.
Mrs. Minor had obtained divorce
from her husband Thursday.
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Ann Gray Top-Heovy Fovorite
In Recreation Net Final Today

Mrs. Ann Gray ruled q top-heavy
favorite over Mrs. Willie Herbert In
the women's singles final of the
District of Columbia Recreation
Department tennis tournament on
the 18th and Kennedy courts today.
Semifinals are scheduled In men s
singles and mems and women's dou-
bles, the mixed doubles and the
women'S consolation.
Mrs. Gray advanced yesterday
with a 6-1. 60 victory over Sofie
Girgosin, while Mrs. Herbert de-
feated Sarah Moore, Ga, Ga.
Capt. Robin Hippenstiel and Capt.
Arthur Dreyer of the USAF were to
be opponents at l pm. today and
partners at 8 pm. in the singles and
Evening star., 1948-07-17

start an auditing and alloting Job
expected eventually to cost s23 0o0,-
900. With that start, the agency
estimated it could hire an addi.
tional 2.700 employees for q year-or
$500 for six months-to get the tab.
ulations going.
Congress appropriated only e..
ISL 900, forcing VA to readjust Its
goals and postpone possibly until
1850 the starting date for payment
Of dividends.
Evening star., 1948-07-17

Uruguay has harvested more pea
nuts and sunfiower seed this year
than in l947.
Evening star., 1948-07-17

Tree trunks may be split open by
excessively low temperatures.
Evening star., 1948-07-17
Jovu Dancers Plan U. S. Tou

JOGJAKARTA, Java up. - A
troupe of 10 Javanese dancers hopes
soon to tour the United States, re-
ports the Indonesian Republican
Evening star., 1948-07-17

Harris IL Ewing Photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
Deadly Eight-Foot King Cobra
Put in Solitary at the Zoo

Untouched by human hands-and
for good reason-a deadly 8-foot
king cobra arrived at the Zoo late
yesterday from Rotterdam, Holland.
The 1.-the, brownish-gr green reptile
is the first such snake at the Zoo in
the last seven years. DR. William
Mann. Zoo director. obtained him
tor her, DR.. Mann isn't sure which,
while on his recent trip abroad.
Coiling and uncoiling, Ticking out
a pink forked tongue. it explored
the reptile houses painted ferns and
jungle plants resembling those in
its Malayan habitat.
It's fat head, beady eyes and
deadly fangs kept humans we'll out
of striking distance, as it was flown
to New York and shipped here in
a wooden cage with an extra wire
covering.
The cobra is as dangerous as any
snake in the world and is one of the
few that will attack man without
provocation. The record size for a
cobra is 18 feet inches and the
largest one the Zoo ever had was
Is feet II inches.
The new arrival is only half grown
Since the Zoos last cobra was fully
crown on arrival here and lived
for seven years, DR. Mann is hoping
this one will be around for
long time.
Dr. Mann is keeping the snake in
solitary confinement. The cobras
faYorite meal is other snakes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
Rush Hour Robbery Suspect
Placed Under $4,000 Bond

A suspect in daring daylight
robbery was placed under $4,000
bond in Municipal Court today, and
a hearing in the case was set for
September l.
Edward M. Shane, %, appeared
before Judge Almond w. Scott on
charge that he was one of two
men who robbed store clerk of
1921 during the noon rush hour on
May % in the 700 block of Thir-
teenth street NV, just after the
clerk had deposited 81 900 in bank
The victim, Miss Marion Lambert,
%, of 256 Park avenue, Takoma
Park, who had just deposited the
money to the account of the Mont
gomery Ward Co.. told police the
money bag she was carrying was
snatched from her hands by man
who fled in a car driven by another
man.
Shane was arrested yesterday In
his home in the 400 block of Bel
mont street NV. as the suspected
driver of the getaway car. Police
said two other witnesses. one of
whom barely missed being struck
by the escape car, gave descrip-
tons Of the occupants and noted
license tag numbers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
Parked Auto
Fisherman Nets
Jail Sentence

Francis E. Carroll, so. today is be-
ginning 60-day Jail sentence be-
cause he tried to hook some trousers
and shoes out of a parked car Mon
day with homemade fishing rod
and wire tackle.
Carroll, who lives in Pittsburgh
was arrested Monday afternoon by
Building Police Capt. w. Z. Brown
just outside the Agriculture Depart
ment at Twelfth street and indie
pendence avenue S.W.
Capt. Brown testified in Municipal
Court that he came upon Carroll
as the man was tampering with q
parked car. The car was locked but
the windows were partly open. He
said Carroll had a long pole with a
wire and hook attachment which he
was poking through the window
The captain added he saw Carroll
actually fish out" the shoes and
trousers.
Judge Almond w. Scott sent the
man to Jail because he couldn't pay
a 500 fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
Police Assai|ant Fined
DESPITE 'Home-Cast|e Plea

Thomas B. Murray, Ct, of 1928
North Veitch street, Arlington, is a
strict believer in the principle that
a mans home is his castle.
He said words to this effect yes
terday in Arlington Police Court
where he was fined $40 on charge
of assaulting policeman.
Arlington Policemen Joe Kane
and Rene Coleman gave the follow
ing account of the incident that led
to Mr.. Murray's arrest:
Police received a call from Mr.
Murray's wife the night of July 80
to investigate an auto theft at 1928
North Veitch street. On arriving at
the address they said they saw Mr.
Murray raise a flower box over his
head and throw it at Mrs. Murray
The policemen ran into the house
but were promptly ordered out by
Mr.. Murray, who said they had no
warrant and therefore had nc
right to be there.
He backed up this argument,
police said, by knocking Officer
Kane to the ground. Oflicer Kane
then subdued his 230-pound assail-
ant with a night stick.
Mrs. Murray denied that her hus-
band threw the flower box at her.
He was only tossing 1t into trash
heap, she declared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
Signal Corps TO Recall
All Reserve Officers

The Army announced today that
the Signal Corps, faced with a
shortage of officer personnel be-
cause of expanding training re-
quirements, would recall All reserve
officers before September 80.
Reservists may be recalled to ex-
tended active duty only with their
consent.
Authority to establish the recall
quota-Which includes nine lieuten-
ant colonies, IS majors and the bal
ance in company grades - was
granted by Secretary of the Army
Royal, in the light of a serious
shortage of officer personnel" the
announcement said.
The normal tour for officers re-
turning to active duty is three years.
Early application by interested re-
servists was urged by the office of
the chief signal officer, with empha-
Sis placed on the growing need for
officers to train inductees and lead
units in the expanded Army Infor-
nation and application blanks may
be obtained from organized reserve
or National Guard unit instructors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
.Ex-Convict Arrested
In $1,000 Robbery Of
Junk Dealer Here

An ex-convict. arrested today at
Sixth and D streets NV. has ad-
mitted the $1,000 robbery and beat
ing of junk dealer last Saturday,
police said.
Lit. Edgar E. Scott, head Of the
robbery squad, said charges of as
sault, robbery, HOUSEKEEPING and
unauthorized use of an automobile
will be lodged against the prisoner,
Maurice P. johnson, 25, colored, of
the 1900 block Wylie street NE.
He has been identified by wit
ness to the attack on Aaron c. Sells.
40, of 141O Taylor street NV, and
unquestionably is ''the right man.
1t. Scott said.
Mr.. Sells was attacked from the
rear as he was opening his junk
shop at 1928 First street NV. He
was beaten about the face and
body so severely he required treat
ment at Sibley Hospital. The robber
fed after Selling a paper bag con-
tanning $1,000 in cash and $4,000 in
checks. part of it intended as Mr..
Sells payroll.
A red truck in which the robber
drove away belonged to w. C. Bur-
CESS, electrical contractor. and was
stolen from a garage at 1920 !
street NE
johnson also is known by his mid
die name of Postell and by the nick
name The Bone" and has served
time for HOUSEKEEPING and grand
larceny. police said.
The arresting policemen were De-
tective Sergts. Nunzio Bonaccorsy
and James Roach and Precinct De-
tectiye r. v. Gary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18

Philip Schlein. manager Of the
YMCA Coffee Shop at Eighteenth
and G streets NV. was convinced
something had to be done about
high food costs-so he cut his prices
10 per cent and didn't tell his boss
about it.
so far no one has taken me to
task he said. And the president
of the corporation even compli-
mented me although he expressed
the hope I had done the wise thing"
He explained he was sure the price
reduction will stimulate business SO
that even with a reduced margin of
profit, the greater volume will Offset
the loss. He said he was throwing
about $50 a day ''out of the window"
but he felt it had to be done.
Here's why:
He said most of his customers
were CT students and workers with
low incomes who just couldn't pay
high prices. He made up his mind
last week, after watching veterans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
Child Life Research
Official Appointed

Organize ton of clearing house
Tor current research in child life
started today with appointment OF
DR.. Clara E. Council to the staff
of the Childrens Bureau. a unit of
the Social Security Administration
Federal Security Agency.
DR.. Martha M Eliot, associate
chief of the bureau. who announced
the appointment, said the clearing
house is being developed in response
to recommendations of professional
organizations and advisory commit
tees to the bureau, chiefly to help
research workers and groups to keep
abreast of research.
DR.. Council comes to the bureau
from the Institute of Inter-Ameri-
can Affairs. an agency of the State
Department. where she aided in
keeping professional people in Latin
America informed of current re-
search in medicine and public health
being carried on in this country.
She is a graduate of Goucher COL
lege, Baltimore, took her masters
degree at Johns Hopkins University,
and received her electorate in public
health from Yale University. She
has taught at both Goucher and
Yale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
Union Organizer Arrested
In Clash al Michigan Plant

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. Aug ia
union organizer was arrested today
as CIO-United Auto Workers pickets
skirmished briefly, with returning
workers at the struck Nylen Prod
ucts Co. plant.
While 100 pickets shouted "scab''
at employees entering the gates,
Erwin Kubath, Berrien County
sheriff, seized Thomas Flynn, 60
year-old JAW district organizer.
Flynn was accused of melting to
riot.
The arrest came a moment after
the pickets tried to halt back-to-
work movement by tipping over a
car of returning worker.
The Nylen plant, an automobile
parts firm. employees about 200 per-
sons. The union is demanding a
13-cent-an-hour wage increase for
its members. on strike for two weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
Star Movies

Community movies, sponsored by
The Star in cooperation with the
Recreation Department and The
Film Center, are scheduled for
o'clock tonight. Programs of comedy.
sports, cartoons and travel shorts
will be shown at the following play
grounds and recreation centers.
Anacostia. between Eleventh street and
Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Edsewood, Third and Evarts streets
NE.
!, Palisades. Dana and shsrrier places
Sherwood. Tenth and streets Ne
: Takoma, Fourth and Van Buren, streets
NV
virginia Avenue. Ninth street and Viz
finia avenue Sc.
Carver. Whittingham and Lane streets
Garrison. Twelfth and R streets NV.
Lincoln: Sixth ard L streets Sc.
Rose Park, Twenty-seventh and O
streets NV. 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
Revised Police Manual
Approved by City Heads

The Commissioners stamped final
approval on a completely rewritten
version of the police manual.
The city heads acted Yesterday.
after Corporation Counsel Vernon
E. West submitted his review of the
proposed changes without making
any substantial revision. The
changes. announced a month ago,
were drafted largely by Special
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Daniel B. Maher and a committee
of policemen headed by Inspector
Walter Storm.
The most important of the 20
major changes give the police
superintendent the power to trans
fer any members of the force without
the Commissioners approval and
require members of the force to
carry their pistols and badges at all
times while off duty.
The revised manual becomes effec-
tive 80 days after it rs published
to the force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
Continental Currency Lost
In Taxi by Visitor Here

Three pieces of Continental cur
rency, family tree and copy of
an early American newspaper are
being sought today by the owner
who said he left them in taxicab."
The loss was reported to police by
Whitney Tharin. public relations
man who lives at 4403 Fourteenth
street NV. He said his brother,
Ted Tharin. Columbia, S. c.. insur-
ance man, lost the articles in cab
while visiting here last Thursday.
The South Carolinian went to the
Library of Congress to get valua-
ton on portrait of George Wash
ington and to find out whether the
paper, an edition of the Ulster
County IN. " Gazette announcing
the death Of George Washington, is
an original.
When he got out of the cab at the
Library, he left behind all but the
portrait. A $40 reward has been
offered for the return of the articles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
Swedish Aide Grounds
7Q-Eoot Yacht on Reef

Col. Herbert de Schinkel, Air At
tache of the Swedish Legation, is
trying today to get his 70-foot yacht,
the Rambler" off a reef at the
entrance of Notwalk (Cohn.) Har-
Dor.
His boat grounded on the reef
Sunday evening. Col. de Schinkel
and three guests were taken by fish
ermen to the Norwalk Yacht Club
where he is staying. In confirming
the reports from Connecticut. a
spokesman Of the Swedish Legation
said it was q commonplace sailing
incident and that no one had been
in danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
Cafe Manager Cuts Prices 1919
ToHeIp Low-Income Customers

trying to live on the Government
subsistence allotment while going to
school. fish for pennies" in their
pockets to pay a Accent check.
In addition, he declared that a
start has to be made somewhere"
in fighting inflated prices.
Mr.. Schlein said he served about
300 customers a day and that he
would have to increase his business
by third to keep going.
TT looks like it is going to work"
he said.
At his new reduced prices, a steak
dinner with french fries. tomatoes.
coffee, bread and top grade creamery
butter" can be bought for $1.18.
Il had chap in the other day
who told me he thought the girl had
made a mistake on the check when
he saw that 1t was only s1.18," he
said. TT was no mistake but I've got
to sell lot of steak dinners at that
price to make out because the
margin Of profit is 80 small 1t Is
uncomfortable"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
D: {. Man, 7 Others
Die as Car P|unges
Into Baltimore Lake

Three persons died early today
one Of them a Washington man
when an automobile plunged into
Lake Clifton in Baltimore.
A fourth person, Edward Foard
81, OF Baltimore, escaped from the
car after it left the road in mu-
nicipal park and crashed through a
fence into the water.
The Washington man was identi-
fled by Baltimore police as George
Burch. 81, or 2349 S street Sc. a
machinist at the Naval Research
Laboratory.
Wife, Sister Also Dead.
The other two occupants Of the
car were Mr.. Foard's wife, Laura,
81, and his sister, Frances, Is, both
of Baltimore.
The body of Mr.. Burch floated to
the surface of the lake two hours
after the accident while emergency
crews were graphing for the car
The vehicle, with the bodies of the
bWO WOiilCtl, was ldlSCo lldl1 Oil 1lOQl
later from the 16 feet of water into
which 1t plunged.
Mr.. Burch's daughter, Evelyn, a
Baltimore resident. told police her
father was visiting the Foards and
drove away with them early last
night. The accident happened
shortly after l am.
Escaped Through Window.
Mr.. Foard. at first too shocked tc
tell much about the accident, later
said that the car was owned anc
driven by Mr.. Burch. 1t went of
the road and down a 40-foot grade
in the municipal park and through
an iron fence into the lake.
He said he escaped by rolling
down a rear window in the coupe
and swimming ashore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
Windsors' Chauffeur
.EnIists in U. S. Army

Francis H. Norgrove. n. veteran
of eight years service with the
British Army, who was stationed in
Washington during 1916 and early
1947, was sworn into the United
States Army yesterday, the Associ-
ated Press reported from Miami
Fla.
Mr.. Norgrove last year was chauf-
feur for the Duke and Duchess of
Windsor in both Europe and the
United States. He also was chauf-
feur for Field Marshal Lord Matt
land Wilson while stationed here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-18
Bethesda High School
To Graduate % FRIDAY

Diplomas will be presented to 80
students attending the summer ses-
sion of Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School in commencement exercises
at 1890 am. Friday at the school.
DR.. o. Franklin Slower, dean of
the faculty at Western Maryland
College, will deliver the graduating
address. Diplomas will be presented
by E. Merritt Douglass, assistant
superintendent of schools for Mont
gomery County.
The candidates for graduation
follow:
From Bethesda Chevy Chase High.
Anderson. Donald L. Lent. w. c.. jr
Bennett, Willard, jr. Mcouin, Robert M.
Burgess, Nancy u Myers, Bryant O.
Christensen. Barbara Reid. Robert P.
Gathof Francis, tr. Scruges. Barbara ].
Hottinger, Betty A. Smith, Richard C.
Irwin. Harlan M. Sullivan, j. c.. jr.
Johnson, Douglas v Ulrey, Armin D.
LeftWich William B.
From Montgomery Blair High.
Barker, William H. Kinsey, Bobbie L.
Baum. Ella NJ Lang, Robert j.
Bracken. Leath NJ. McNall, W. F., jr.
Browning. Barbara Owens, Donald F.
Burroughs, Jean M. Salisbury, p. A., jr.
DAILY. Franklin L. Seavers. jeanne L.
Demas. Mary J. Smith, Katherine D.
Higgins Patricia Vierllng, Robert M.
Kellum, Barbara A. wilkins. Myra c.
From Pooiesvilie High.
Gordon, Walter F.
From Richard MONTGOMERY High.
Baker. Cora l.. McGraw, Margaret
From Sherwood Hish.
Harris, Charles E