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Evening star., 1948-06-26
Specialized Agencies
OF u. n. ResettIe DPS,
Push Varied Projects
By Not A. Barrows,
Correspondent Of The Stor and Chieose
Daily keMS

DoHt-fSeWS
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, June 26
SO the United Nations is begged
down in political skullduggery and
inertia, you say? 1t can't break its
bonds of East-West suspicious? II
can't get loose to do the job OF peace
keeping for which it was founded?
Well, look at few of the things
the U. N. specialized agencies ac-
complished in May and see if you
don't breathe little easier about
the fate of the U. N.
The International Refugee Or
ganization, as one example, took to
the air to- speed DPS and refugees
out of Germany to new homes in the
Western Hemisphere. 1t settled one
advance party in Venezuela late In
May and it has a contract to fly p
300 refugees, in family groups, from
Munich to Venezuela, starting June
Is.
Drive Against Cattle Disease.
Five four -motored planes will be
used to get refugees into Canada,
bypassing the ocean transport bot
tleneck. About 1880 DPS a year
are scheduled to fly from Hamburg
to Montreal.
Unenlightened self-interest on the
Evening star., 1948-06-26

part Of member governments still
seriously handicap the IRO but the
working organization Is doing an ex-
cellent job insofar as it can.
The Food and Agriculture Organi-
zation began In May an intensive
campaign against rinderpest disease
in the cattle Of Asia and Central
Africa. BY immunizing 15,000, 900
cattle IN China, for instance, the
FAC expects to add 200, 900 tons Of
animal protein to China's food sup
ply.
The FAC is planning nutrition
conference in Montevideo, begin
ming July 10, aimed at raising the
nutritional standards of Latin
America. Another FAC project,
the Latin American forestry de-
velopement plan, is expected to
double wood exports over imports
in the next 10 years.
tuberculosis Control Pushed.
The International Labor Organi-
zation completed the first draft Of
an international regulation for the
migration of surplus European
Workers. It made comprehensive
recommendations for the reform Of
the Greek labor laws and 1t held
a six-day meeting in Montreal to
Evening star., 1948-08-03
State Department Cleared
OF Reds, Jonkman Reports

The State Department now Is
free of known or reasonably sus-
pected subversives. Communists and
fellow travellers" the House was told
yesterday.
Representative Jonkman, Repub-
llcan, of Michigan reported that l34
State Department employees re-
earded as security risks have been
dismissed since John E. Peurifoy
became Assistant Secretary of State
in charge of administration on jan
uary %. 1947.
The Department of State" Mr.,
.Jonkman added, rs now free from
persons of whom 1t is known or
there is reasonable cause to believe
that they are security risks.
Mr.. Jonkman has been working
as a one-man subcommittee Of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee
for the past two years to invesu-
gate subversive influences In the
department.
He said house cleaning proce-
dures were made effective after Sec
retary of State Marshall assumed
ONCE early last year and made Mr.,
Peurifoy Assistant Secretary, giving
him responsibility for Kidding the
department of any employe regard
ed as a security risk.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
Funeral Rites Changed
For Rev. H. 5. Wilkinson j

Funeral services for the Rev. DR..
Howard Sargent Wilkinson, 10, re-
tired rector of st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church, will be held at II am.
tomorrow at Fort Myer Chapel in
stead Of the Gawler funeral home
chapel as previously announced.
DR.. Wilkinson was rector when
President Roosevelt and his family
worshiped at st. Thomas.
Since he was a chaplain in World
War I and will receive a military
burial in Arlington Cemetery, it
was decided to hold DR.. Wilkinson S
services at Fort Myer where a larger
number of his friends may attend.
Services will be conducted by
Luther Miller, chief of Army chap
lains, and the Rev. William L.
Goodrich, former assistant to DR.
Wilkinson at st. Thomas.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
Miss Washington Judges
Pick II Semi-FinaIists

Twenty-seven semifinalists In the
Miss Greater Washington beauty
contest, sponsored by Station
WWDC were chosen in judging Of
a girls at the station last night.
The a viii be divided into groups
Of nine for appearance and judging
at three District theaters August S,
IL and 10. Finals will be In the
Capitol Theater August %.
The winner will 60 to Atlantic
City September 7 for the Miss
America contest and will receive
more than $4,000 in prizes.
Chosen last night were: Doris
Jean Armstrong. Sally Banks, Aud
rey Berry. Mario Biondi, Barbara
Browning. Dorothy Jane Burks,
Frances r, Cameron, Marian Garlic
jeanette Cunningham, Gloria Mae
DOMAIN, Marilyn. Douglas, Mary
Anne Farrior. Jacque Jacoby,
Jeanne Macdonald. Eleanor M
Maddox, Betty. Levia Madison, 10
Mettee, Doris Annette Miller, Joann
v. Miller, Joan Marie Nelson. Pa
tricia A. Shade, Betty Shinn, De-
lores C. Slade, Lois Z. Slusser. Mary
Ann Spiro, Marie o. Sweeney and
Bobbie Jean Taylor.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
| Sea Scouts Defer
Cruise; Skipper
Has Other Duty

The sailing orders for the Sea
Scout cat boat Wild Cat have beer
cancelled. The skipper has beer
relieved of his command and trans
ferred to duty at the beach with his
mother.
Skipper Robert Schnabel, II, Of
1905 Kennedy place NV, was tt
weigh anchor with his crew OF three
sea scouts at a m. today for a
two-week, 200-mile trip down the
Potomac and back. But then came
the orders that would dishearten
any seagoing man.
Father said I should go to Sher-
wood Forest, Md, with my mother
to keep her company" he said in q
fiat voice, He doesn't want her tc
be alone. But III get in some sail
ing down there
The crew of the Wild Cat is look
ing for a new skipper.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
40 Ship Lines and NhU
To Resume Negotiations
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 3-Negotiating
talks between 40 East and Cult
Coast shipping companies and the
CIO National Maritime Union were
to be resumed today with the union
hiring hall as the chief issue.
The unions president, Joseph
Curran, went into yesterdays ses-
sion after reporting optimistically
that the question of the hiring hall
was virtually settled-but at the
end of the day no settlement was
announced.
AS the negotiations closed for the
day neither Mr.. Curran nor Frank
J. Taylor, representing the shipping
companies, offered any comment
except to say that the talks would
be continued today.
From Federal mediator, how
ever. came word that progress had
been made. The mediator added
that several issues including wages
remained to be agreed on.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
mrs. Anne Sinnott Dies;
Widow Of Newark Editor

Mrs. Anne Dervin Sinnott, 6l,
widow of Arthur J. Sinnott, former
editor of the Newark Evening News,
died yesterday at her home IN
Spring Lake, N. j., according to the
Associated Press.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sinnott lived In
washington from the beginning OF
the Wilson administration in 1913
to 1926, during which period Mr.
Sinnott was correspondent here fol-
the Newark News. They lived IN
several homes in the Cleveland Park
area during that time.
They returned to New Jersey
when Mr.. Sinnott became managing
editor of the News and, later, its
editor until a few months before his
death In August, 1914.
Born in Newark in 1888, Mrs
Sinnott was a graduate OF St
Josephs parochial school and St
Vlncents academy there. Before
her marriage, she was society re-
porter for the Newark News.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
Mrs. Olive E. BendIe Dies;
.Lonu a Pharmacist Here

Mrs. Olive E. Bendle, 81, OF 1908
Highland drive, Silver Spring, died
Yesterday at Washington SAM
tarium. Takoma Park, after a long
illness.
Coming to Washington in 1926,
Mrs. Bendle was pharmacist at
ODonnell's Pharmacy, Third and
Pennsylvania avenue Sc, until
1943.
A native of Sandusky, Mich, she
was graduate of the Warner
School there. Mrs. Bendle was a
member of the Eastern Star and
active in the Methodist Church
She moved to Silver Spring two
years ago.
Besides her husband. j. H. Bendle
she leaves two sisters, Miss Delma
Hart of Sandusky and Mrs. Charles
Smith, Sinclair, Mich. and two
brothers, Edwin Hart of Sandusky
and Russell Hart, Detroit.
Funeral services and burial will
be Thursday in Holly, Mich.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
Daughter May Contest
Mrs. Patterson S Will,
Attorney DiscIoses

Countess Felicia Gizycka, daughter
Of the late Eleanor Medill Patterson,
owner, editor and publisher Of the
Washington Times-Herald. has held
preliminary discussion" with at
torneys about the possibility Of
contesting her mothers will.
Attorney Lloyd K. Garrison. New
York lawyer. said his firm has been
called by Countess Gizycka for pre-
liminary discussions. He refused
further comment except to say that
no decisions have been reached
and the matter Is still under study"
Under the win, Mrs. Patterson
left her daughter most OF her per-
sonal effects, a large amount Of real
estate and a life income Of $25,00o .
year. The Times-Herald was left
to seven top executives OF the
paper.
A petition for probate Of the will
filed in District Court yesterday
asked that the Riggs National Bank
be appointed collector for the es-
tate-to take charge Of all assets.
pending their disposition.
Ordinarily. attorneys said. a col.
lector need not be appointed when
the executors obtain consent from
the heirs to-waive this procedure.
Two Of the executors. Frank g.
Waldrop and william c. Shelton,
are among the seven named to
inherit the Times Herald. The third
executor Is Joseph Brooks, member
of a New York insurance and In.
vestment brokerage firm. The fourth.
the late Rudolph Yeatman, ST..
former attorney for the paper. died
after he had been named by Mrs.
Patterson
Evening star., 1948-08-03
.0ecoquan Prisoner Hunted
After Escape in Truck

Washington police were on the
lookout today for a prisoner who
escaped In a stolen truck from the
District workhouse at Ocsoquan, Va.
yesterday.
He was identified as Herbert
Halves, 81, colored. who lived in the
$500 block of H street NE. Police
said he fed before dawn after slip
ping away from formation OF pris-
oners on their way to breakfast.
The truck in which he fed was
recovered a few hours later in the
TOO block of Montgomery street,
Alexandria.
Hawes was described as about 5
feet 9 inches tall and weighing 1875
pounds. He was sentenced to one
year July S for automobile theft.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
Boys Forum Senator
Kills peacetinle Draft
BY Using fi|ibuster

Universal military training died
on, the floor Of the National Boys
Forum Senate today and applause
and cat-calls evoked by . one-man
nlibuster which killed" universal
military training.
The Senate session was part Of a
five-day program being sponsored
by the American Legion. Attended
by 90 picked teen-age boys
from As States, the group is getting
a practical demonstration of the
workings Of democracy.
Senator Richard Hammer, II, of
Asheviile. N. c., minority leader Of
the Senate" kept the body in an
suproar for nearly an hour with his
successful tactics, which held up ac-
ton on the bill until adjournment.
Refuses to Yield.
Senator" Hammer, who acted as a
one-man brain trust IN engineering
the successful campaign for the
presidential nomination of C. Oliver
Sampson, II. Of Edmore. Okla, on
Saturday night, refused at least q
dozen times to yield the floor. The
opposition's tactics were heckling
and 1t took the combined efforts Of
real and make-believe Senate aides
to explain to the Federalists that
Hammers position was legal and
that he could not be bullied into
yielding.
After convening this morning in
the Senate caucus room, the group
heard brief addresses by Senator
Brooks, Republican, of Illinois. and
Senator Maybank, Democrat, Of
South Carolina.
Warning the members of the
Senate" against the encroachments
of communism and Communist
doctrine, the Illinois Senator called
on his listeners to beware the
teachings of false and untried phi
losophies by fuzzy intellectuals who,
through a misguided conception
Of liberalism are spreading foreign
doctrines dangerous to our system"
Maybank Welcomes Group.
Senator Maybank's talk consisted
Of q welcome and congratulations to
the group on having been designated
to come to Washington.
Before its discussion of the
Mundt- Nixon Act, which the group
passed, omcers were elected. In
addition to Senator" Hammer, who
was chosen minority leader; Sen
ator" Robert G. Hansel, II, of Du-
buque, Iowa, was named president
pro tenn. and Howard D. Hermans-
dorfer, II, of Huntington, w. Va,
was named ma jority leader.
The group had as its parliament
tary advisers from the real Senate,
Ted Mansour, clerk. and Raymond
Bellamy, assistant sergeant at arms.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
Navy Swears In First Ensign
Under Aviation PROGRAM

The first Washington man to be
sworn into the Navy as an ensign
under the new aviation program took
his oath today at the once of Naval
Oficer Procurement, 1400 Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV.
He was Richard Daniel Schwartz.
1916 New Hampshire avenue NV,
who will leave for Pensacola, Fla,
for training tomorrow.
Ensign Schwartz, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam D. Schwartz, was grad
uated from Western High School in
l943, attended Georgetown and
George Washington Universities and
Duke University. He was graduated
from Duke as mechanical ensl-
neer in 1s46 and worked for the
Glenn L. Martin Co as an engineer
In pilotless aircraft and jet missiles
Evening star., 1948-08-03
Mrs. MacNauohion
To Be Buried Today;
Former 5ufragetie

Funeral services for Mrs. Glars
Walworth MacNaughton, e5,
former women's suffrage leader anc
friend of the late Susan B. Anthony
were to be held today in Oakland
Calf, where she died Sunday aftel
an illness OF more than two months
Burial also was to be in Oakland.
A District resident for more than
so years before moving to California
in 1924 to live with a daughter, Mrs
is credited with hav-
ing the artist. Anthony Jerome Uhl,
do the celebrated portrait Of her
friend, Miss Anthony, which now
hangs in Woodrow Wilson High
School here.
Mrs. MacNaughton was born in
Akron, N. Y, in November. 1854.
and spent her early life in Grand
Rapids, Mich. She was the daugh-
ter Of the late William Walworth
and Ruth Brooks MacNaughton
Her father was descendant of Sir
William Walworth, who as Lord
mdyOl vi AOllQOu CdNCu I1CLny IL
from assassination. The dagger In
the coat Of arms Of the City Of Lon
don is said to commemorate that
deed on his part.
After the death Of her husband
William Henry MacNaughton, when
she was %, Mrs. MacNaughton came
to Washington and became active In
the suffrage drive here. She was a
graduate of the University Of Mich
igan.
During World War I, Mrs. Mac
Naughton lived in Paris with her
daughter. who was serving in the
United States Consul's ONCE there
After her daughters marriage to
Arthur Powell Davis, former chief
of the Interior Departments Recla-
nation Service, Mrs. MacNaughton
lived with them abroad, here and
in California.
Her daughter Is her only sur
Vvof.
Evening star., 1948-08-03

MT. Williams was q naGve oil
Portageville, Mo-, and came to this
area with his parents, the late
James r. and Carrie Goyeau Will
liams, in his youth. He was a grad
uate of Silver Spring High School
and of Benjamin Franklin Uni
versity.
He was a sales representative OF
the Prudential Life Insurance Co. in
this area until entering the Army
in 1943.
On graduation from Oficers' Can
didate School, he served as a platoon
leader and an instructor in infantry
warfare and tactics in this country.
He was retired from the service early
in 1945 after being wounded by
an artillery shell burst in Texas
maneuvers.
Mr.. Williams attended the Shrine
Of the Sacred Heart, Sixteenth street
and Park road NV.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Alma Lee Williams, and son,
Wayne Leland Williams, both of
Washington, and sister, Mrs.
Robert B. Appleby of Silver Spring.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced.
Evening star., 1948-08-03

street NV. Mrs. Newman's first
husband. and the boys father, was
the late Ernest H. Snead, n.
Born in Clifton Forge, Va, Sergt
Snead was a graduate Of Central
High School here. During his serv-
ice with the 5th Army, he was deco
rated. personally by Gen. Mark Clark
with the Silver Star. The award
recognized Sergt. Snead's heroism in
the crossing of the Volturno River
when "of his own volition" he made
his way to the side OF . wounded
soldier in full view OF the enemy to
dig q slit trench for the mans pro-
lection until he could be reached by
medical aid men.
serst. snead. then a private. was
serving with Company c Of the 7th
Infantry Division at the time.
His mother and q sister, Mrs.
c. Baughan OF Alexandria
are his only survivors.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
Liquor Permit Form 10 Ask
Question on Misdemeanors

A revised renewal application form
for persons selling alcoholic bever-
ages was approved by the Commis-
sioners today.
The principal change, as recon-
mended to the city heads by the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
and Assistant Corporation Counsel
Robert Wise, requires licensees to
state whether they have been con-
victed of any misdemeanor in the
past year.
The new form also pins down ap-
plicants on true ownership OF
premises involved.
, The ABC Board may not grant
licenses to persons convicted OF a
felony within 10 years. 1t was ex-
planned that misdemeanor convlc-
tions will not necessarily prevent
renewal OF a license, but the In
formation will permit the ABC
Board to keep track OF its
licensees.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
z Oak Ridge Scientists
Cleared in Loyalty Check
Dy me Assoeiotsd Press

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. Aug. 3.-Two
atomic scientists who were suspend
ed last May during loyalty check
have been cleared, the Atomic
Energy Commission announced.
The two scientists never were
identified by the commission and the
charges against them were not pub
licized. Pending the outcome OF the
check on their loyalty, the two were
denied access to restricted atomic
information.
The Oak Ridge Association Of
Engineers and Scientists at the time
protested the action taken against
the men with the assertion that its
members had been seriously de-
moralized' and that the accused
were not given an opportunity TO
confront their accusers.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
Services 10 Be Held Today
For Miss Matte GaIIimore

Funeral services for Miss Matte
y. Baltimore, %, who was killed
when struck by falling tree limb
in Saturdays storm, were to be held
at pm today at the Hines funeral
home, 1901 Fourteenth street NV.
Burial will be in Dugspur, Va.
Deputy Coroner Christopher ].
Murphy yesterday issued tenn
porary certificate. He said death
was due to a brain hemorrhage
caused by skull fracture.
Miss Baltimore, State Depart
ment employe, lived at the Scots
Hotel. 2131 o street NV. She was
struck by falling limb while walk
ing in the 1400 block Of Twentieth
street NV.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
Copt. FondohI's Son
To Teach in Huwuii

John w. Fondahl, son Of Capt.
John E. Fondahl of the eighth police
precinct here, will leave shortly to
become an engineering instructor
at the University of Hawaii, 1t was
announced today.
A graduate of Mckinley High
School in l941 and of Dartmouth
College last February, Mr. Fondahl
has been working in Pittsburgh for
the American Bridge Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Fondahl, who will
leave here about August 81, now are
visiting Capt. and Mrs. Fondahl
4708 Sedgwick street NV.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
Cruise Set for Tomorrow

Martha Chapter, No. 4, Order OF
the Eastern Star, will sponsor a
benefit moonlight cruise at $50 pm.
tomorrow on the S. S. Mount Ver-
non. The vessel will leave from the
Wilson Line dock, Seventh street
and Maine avenue SW.
Evening star., 1948-08-03

n e a r oregon,
Mo-, according
to the Asso-
ciated Press.
His wife. Mrs.
Lena Ratasep,
SO, suffered null
tiple lacerations
and shock and
their son, Harry,
13, received mi
nor injuries. 1t
was reported.
The Rataseps
were on their
way to visit rel
atives In the
Missouri town.
Evening star., 1948-08-03

r. E. Myers, executive secretary
of the central branch Of the YWCA,
1876 G street NV, said Mr.. Ratasep
was one of six maSseurs employed at
the branch. Mr.. Ratasep was one
of our best-hked men," and had
been with the YMCA sipce April,
l943, Mr.. Myers said.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
Conviction Wiped Out
As Property Believed
Worthless Yields Oil
By the Assoeiotsd Press


LOS ANGELES. Aug. s.
Worthless, eh?" George Lein-
gang asked in effect as his
name was cleared of a grand
theft conviction.
Mr.. Leingang, 50, of Bakers
field, Calf, was convicted in
1914 after two men charged he
had sold them valueless oil
property in the Guyana Valley.
Recently. however, rich
strike was made there, and Mr..
Leingang told a Superior Court
Yesterday he is now worth
nearly $1,000. 900.
Furthermore, he said, he has
paid the two men $500 in res
titution.
The court ordered the rec
ord of his conviction wiped
of the books.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
D. {. Guard Air Unit Hoping
For Break in Dover Weather

Washington's l2lst Squadron OF
the Air National Guard today hoped
for q break in leaden skies to per-
NIT resumption Of aerial gunnery
practice at Dover, Del.
With other Guard air units, the
District flyers are competing for a
gunnery trophy awarded by the
Richmond (VaD Chamber Of Com
merce.
Rain. and low ceilings have kept
the flyers grounded the last few
days.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
AIoskon Poper Plant
Bid Accepted by u. S.

The Forest Service yesterday ac-
cepted the bid Of the Ketchikar
Puly d. Paper Co. to establish .
paper industry In Alaska.
The company agreed to buy
1900, ,O00, 900 cubic feet of pulp tim
Der near Ketchikan. The action viii
result in establishment Of 4 pulr
mill costing 20 to 30 million dollars
six miles north of Ketchikan.
Evening star., 1948-08-03

at 2 pm. tomor-
row In the Geier
funeral h o m e,
36O5 Fourteenth
S tire ct NV.
Burial will be in
Fort Line In
Cemetery.
Serst. Snead,
who was known
TO his friends as
Jimmy, was 10
at the time Of
his death. He
was the son Of
Mrs. Vivian r.
Ne " m q n, 37ll
Thirty min / h
Evening star., 1948-08-03
Paul Leland Williams
Veterans Insurance
Official, Dies al 1

| Paul Leland Williams, 36, super
visor in the Office Of the assistant
administrator for insurance, Vete-
rams Administration, died today In
Evening star., 1948-08-03
YOUNG on .Yocotion

Joseph Young and the Fed
eral Spotlight are on vacation.
The column win be resumed
August ~. The Federal Spot
light radio program will re-
sumo on Sunday. August -.
over WMAL at Sis pm.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
ID. T.. Masseur Is Killed
In Missouri Auto Crash

Arthur Ratasep. 46, of 1929 r
street NV, masseur at the YMCA
here, was injured fatally last night
in a truck passenger car collision
Evening star., 1948-08-03
ReburiaI Rites tomorrow
For 5erqt. {. H. 5nead

A reburial service for STAFF Sergt.
Ernest II. Snead, who was killed in
action with the 5th Army at Anzio.
Italy, on May "A, 1914, viii be held
Evening star., 1948-08-03

Walter II e e q
II o S pi tai. He
HI d been Ill
since April.
An enploye Of
the VA here
since November,
1945, Mr.. Will
liams made a
Nation - W / d e
t our for the
agency in 1916,
speaking on Ma
tional Service
Life Insurance
b e fore under
writer's in IS
cities.
Evening star., 1948-08-03

French hdo-C China Is to order
$3.50 600 Of chemicals from United
States Arms.
Evening star., 1948-08-03
Weather Report

D1StrlcI OF COlCmD1a-ClOudy anC
humid weather this afternoon, to-
night and tomorrow with soms
showers. Highest temperature this
afternoon about 81 degrees, lowest
tonight about 73.
Virginia-Cloudy and humid to
night and tomorrow with showers
and a few scattered thunder show
ers. Little change in temperature.
Maryland-Cloudy and humid to-
night and tomorrow with showers
and little change in temperature.
Wind velocity, . miles per hour;
direction, south-southwest.
Five Day Weather Forecast
August 4 Through August 3.
For Northern Virginia and Mary
land - Temperature will average
near normal for period. Normal
maximum, 86; normal minimum, s.
Humid, with warm nights during
the first part of the period, becom-
ing cooler at the end OF the week. A
few showers at beginning of period
becoming more general on Thurs
day and Friday followed by fair
weather at end of week. Total rain
fall one-half to one inch.
River Report.
From United States Engineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferr,
ard muddy At Great Fails; Shenandoah