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Evening star., 1948-12-02
Marine Firemen Vote
On Agreement 10 End
92-Day Coast Strike
by the Asseeiofed Press

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 2.-Inde-
pendent marine firemen voted in
West Coast ports today on whether
to accept an agreement which would
end their 92-day strike.
Union President v. J. Malone rec
commended acceptance of the pact.
1t was worked out in negotiations
with the Pacific American Ship
owners Association yesterday.
Mr.. Malone said he would meet
during the day with CIO Longshore-
men Chief Harry Bridges and other
Maritime Union leaders to propose
working emergency cargo before the
strike ends officially.
Five Unions Involved.
Five unions. have stood together
in the tieup under an agreement
that all must have contracts before
returning to work.
A bargaining session between the
CIO Marine Cooks and Stewards
and the shipowners also was ex-
pected during the day. Only the
cooks and the CIO Radio Operators
have yet to settle with the employers.
The firemen's tentative agreement
calls for a $21 monthly increase over
present varied pay rates, retention
of the union hiring hall and other
concessions.
Like the pact accepted by the
longshoremen, it would remain in
force until June Is, 1851, and would
provide annual wage reviews.
Conference Slated.
Federal Conciliator Omar HoSkins
tentatively slated a conference with
the ship owners and the radio op-
orators today. The union is asking
a $40 monthly pay increase, the en-
ployers have offered $50.
The longshoremens Executive
Board yesterday issued statement
claiming "a momentous victory" In
the strike. The union won its pre-
strike demand for a 15-cent raise to
$182 an hour.
The board also urged maritime
unions to merge, opposed the Mar
shall Plan and insisted on its right
to deviate from national CIO policy.
Group to Cast Players
The Gaudeo Players will cast
their forthcoming production OF
William Roos' January Thaw" at
8 o'clock tonight in the assembly
room of Blessed Sacrament School,
Chevy Chase Circle, the group an
nounced today.
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21s n. Commerce ST. X
BLADENsBURo, ND.
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Sect Pleasant PTA to Meet
The Seat Pleasant Parent-Teacher
Association will meet at 8 pm.
Tuesday in the school.
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meeting with bank officials and at
torneys for the executors, the ques-
ton OF payment to some of the
pensioners was raised again.
Mr.. Kertz said he met again yes
terday with counsel for the bank
and executors. He said he offered
to obligate the countess interest in
the estate, either under the will OF
under a broken will, to assure the
bank it would not lose anything by
paying these beneflciaries.
The bank, he said, took the posi-
tion that it could not voluntarily
accept the countess offer and make
the payments unless directed by the
court. For that reason, he said, the
necessary papers must be drafted to
get court order.
He said he had agreed to submit
these papers to counsel for the bank
and the executors as soon as they
are completed lin the hope of di-
minishing their resistance to this
course of action"
Two Beneficiaries Explained.
The beneficiaries, whose names
were revealed by a study of Mrs.
Patterson's books, range from for
mer employees of her newspaper or
their widows to old friends and serv-
ants.
Two of these whose acquaintance
with Mrs. Patterson has not previ-
ously been explained are Miss Pattle
Grimshaw OF Pensacola, Fla, and
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rebuilding or raZing of thousands o1
old buildings. The regulations or
new construction went into effect
however.
June of 1946 saw another tragedy
when 81 guests and employees at the
LaSalle Hotel in Chicago lost thei,
lives in a fire originating above q
suspended combustible ceiling in the
cocktail lounge. Three days later
19 persons were killed when the
Hotel Garfield in Dubuque, Iowa
burned.
Six months later, the Winecoff
Hotel in Atlanta went up in flames
with 1l9 dead and 100 injured, al
though it was "fireproof." The 1911
building code of Atlanta permitted
erection of that hotel with only a
single stairway as means of agress
from the upper floors.
On July l, 1947. the Commission
Iers once again suspended enforce
ment of the new egress regulations
for existing buildings and appointed
20-man committee to study them
and make changes so they would be
workable.
Committee Members Listed.
Finally, last May 27, after months
of study and numerous public hear
ings, the revised regulations were
adopted by the Commissioners and
will 60 into effect on January /.
Members of that committee who
are responsible for the regulations
as they now stand. are:
Col. K. E. Madsen, assistant en-
gineer commissioner, chairman; Fire
Chief Clement C. Murphy, fire mar
shall Raymond c. Roberts; Robert
H. Davis, the. director Of inspec-
tions; Vernon E. West, corporation
counsel; Charles A, Peters, deputy
commissioner. Public Buildings Ad-
ministration; Watson B. Rulon
Washington Restaurant Associa-
ton; Mr.. Weakly; Walter B. Jarvis,
Washington Real Estate Board:
Joseph H. Abel, American Institute
of Architects; A. Julian Brylswski:
Calvin G. Lauber, National Board
of Fire Underwriters; Guy Timer
Federation of Civic Associations;
Mr.. Lusk: Mr.. Aubirloe; Joseph
Deckman, Washington Board Of
Trade; Thomas E. Lodge, Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations; Sam
uel w. Barrow, Federation of Busi-
nessmen's Associations; Mr.. Wilson,
and ]. Barker Morris, Merchants
and Manufacturers Association.
Evening star., 1948-10-17
Brannan Calls Dewey
Dishonest for Charge
On Livestock SHORTAGE
by fhs Assoeiotsd Press

Secretary of Agriculture Brannan
last night accused Gov. Dewey oi
sheer intellectual dishonesty" in
making the charge that the admin
istration has somehow caused the
livestock population to fall below
normal"
Last year, in spite of bad cror
weather, farmers fed more meat
and dairy animals and poultry than
in any year Of any Republican ad-
ministration." Mr.. Brannan said ir
q statement, adding:
Mr.. Dewey's political elocution
will not produce livestock"
Eating More Meat.
Replying to speech the Repubh-
can presidential nominee made in
st. Paul, Mimi, last night, Mr.
Brannan declared:
"The simple fact is that we are
eating more meat than we ever ate
before, a tact which puts MIR
Dewey's misinformation in the cate.
CORY Of tricking people who woulc
like even more meat"
Gov. Dewey said last night there
has been a serious decline in oul
livestock"
Blamed Administration,
I'VE have a real meat shortage, ;
he added, our total number o1
sheep, cattle, poultry and hogs are
right now far below normal. They
ought to be far higher. It is time
we got a national administration
Evening star., 1948-10-17
DisfiIIers Want Label Rules
To Apply 70 Foreign Liquor
By the Associotsd Prsss


A battle between United States
distillers and importers over name.
calling Is on tap here tomorrow.
The Internal Revenue Bureaus
alcohol tax unit opens a three-day
hearing then on whether its present
rules for labelling and advertising
imported liquor should be changed
American whisky makers con-
tend there is now double stan.
dard" for labelling domestic and i'm.
ported liquor. They want the Bu-
reau to make foreign whisky labels
conform to sitter American re-
quirements.
But importers of Scotch, Irish
and Canadian whiskies generally
favor the present rules-which
amount to leaving the imported
spirits alone If their labels meet
requirements Of the country of
origin.
The United States distillers also
want a change in the present re.
quirement that Scotch" whisky
made in this country must be de.
scribed on the label as Scotch
Type" whisky.
Evening star., 1948-10-17
Patterson
Continued From First Page.)

their side Of the story last night
In effect, they said:
Some Of the IL have gone to the
countess for help and she has given
them small sums.
She can't keep it up because she
hasn't got the money.
She would like the Riggs Bank
which is handling the estate as COL
lector until the will fight is settled
to make the payments.
To that end, she has offered to
make good any loss the bank might
suffer, using as security her share
IN the estate. The bank, however
says it cannot dip into the estate
without a court order.
Her attorneys are preparing q
court order.
Called Greatly Concerned.
"The countess" said Harold A.
Kertz, one of her attorneys, 'is
greatly concerned and has been
from the very inception over these
annuitants.
Although there might be some
impression that the payments ceased
because of filing the caveat (will
contest, this is erroneous because
the payments ceased with the date
of death.
THE countess is SO much con-
cerned that in several cases, she
has made payments to them out of
her own funds. She is willing to
alleviate their distress but is in no
financial position to continue pay
ments for long period"
Mr.. Kertz said it was at her "sug-
gestion and urging" that he wrote
the attorneys for the Riggs Bank on
September % proposing that the
payments be continued.
On October z, he went on, at q
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tically or 60 out of business" he
declared.
Alvin Aubinoe of the Home Build
ers Association and also a member
of the Egress Committee, said: II
swear I don't know. Maybe $5,000,- :
900, maybe 10000, 900, but that's just
guess" He, too, thought the ROOM
ing houses and old homes converted
to other uses would be the heav-
lest sufferers.
Every building is affected to
some degree, particularly old build
ings," A Hamilton Wilson of the
Washington Building Congress said.
He added he would not venture a
guess at the total cost.
Hotels, also, are going to have
considerable expense, according
to Frank Weakly of the Washington
Hotel Association. Originally it
was estimated that it would take
$40, ,000, 900 to do what the unrevised
regulations required That has been
reduced considerably since the re-
visions, he added, but what it will
be no one could guess at"
Theaters Not Hard Hit.
"Nobody's going to be hurt too
badly" he declared.
Theaters are not expected to be
affected greatly by the new regula-
tions since they have been the sub
ject of rigidly enforced regulations
since the Iroquois Theater fire in
Chicago in 1908 which took SIS lives.
The new regulations call for posting
of plans and of seating arrange
ments with the capacity stated as
will be required of all places of
public assembly. Not more than
half Of the space in the lobbies may
be used for waiting purposes.
The staff of Robert H. Davis
Building Inspector. is inspecting
some $4,000 structures falling under
the regulations on a priority basis.
First to be checked will be hospitals,
schools, hotels, theaters, District
owned buildings and restaurants.
Next priority will be granted to
rooming houses and apartments.
Last to be checked will be Offices
and commercial buildings.
Reports are being prepared for
the owners and they will be given
30 days from January /, or from the
date OF receipt of the notice, which,
ever be later, in which to have the
work done.
Penalty Is Set.
The notices will tell the owners
the egress exits, alterations and fire
protection devices required and
where. Extensions of up to 60 days
in addition to the original 80 days
may be granted by Robert H. Davis,
the director of building inspections.
Any further extensions of time must
se authorized by the Commissioners.
Building Inspector r. D Kinney,
who heads the egress work, pointed
out that the penalty, upon convic-
tion Of failing to have the work
done, was fine of not less than $40
or more than 500 a day for each
day over the time limit. The direc-
tor Of inspections also has the
power to order the use of build
ing, or any part of it, temporarily
discontinued and failure to comply
could bring similar fines.
The Commissioners have estab-
lished a flve-man board of appeals
to hear owners who think regula-
ton is working to unfair advantage
to them. But each time an appeal
is made a fee of $40 must be paid.
This appeals board also may
recommend any modification of the
regulations which it decides would
eliminate undue practical diff
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which is interested In every kind Of
farm production an admin
istration determined to encourage
the increase, not decrease of our
livestock production"
Mr.. Brannan said that Gov.
Dewey surely knows that the Re-
publican 80th Congress refused to
do anything about the rising price
of meat, which often causes ami
mails to be marketed faster than
they can be replaced, or about the
Presidents request for authority to
even out the distribution of meat
to those who have been rationed
out Of the market by high prices"
Evening star., 1948-10-17

culties or things impossible to carr
out because Of structural difficulties
Members Of Board.
Chairman of this appeals board i
H. Warren Stewart, an engineer IL
the building inspectors Office. Othe
members are Capt. Roy A. Warfiel'
of the fire marshal's Office, E
Philip Schreier, representing tn
architects and engineers; Nelson
Jeffress, representing the builders
and Howard F. Humphries, repre-
senting the building owners ant
real estate managements.
The digest of the code, now avail
able at the building inspectors of
flce, is not the final authority OF
the egress regulations, Mr.. Kinne,
emphasized. It is only a summar,
to give building owners some idea O
what to expect. he declared.
Reference should be made di
rectly to the building code befor.
preparing plans for alterations O.
existing buildings or the construc.
tlon of new buildings, he said. TIL.
actual code is now in the process o1
being printed.
The egress controversy actually
had its beginning in April, 1941
after fire in the White Court
Apartments killed three persons
An investigation showed the build.
ing had no alarm system.
Bill Was introduced.
District officials at that time had
a bill introduced into Congress
which would give them power to
set up adequate regulations. Passed
by the House. it lay idle in the
Senate District Committee until
November, 1912.
That was the month of the Coco
nut Grove fire in Boston.
Aroused by this tragedy, Congress
passed the Means of Egress Law in
December, 1912, which set off the
chain of events which resulted in
the present regulations.
The Commissioners on December
30, 1912, directed Col. John w
Oehmann, then Director of In
spections and Inspector of Build
ings. to draw up set of regulations
BY May %, 1943, temporary regu-
lations were adopted and extensive
revision of the old ones shelved
because of the war and the short
age of material and labor.
1t was in July, 1914, that the Ring.
ling Brothers and Barnum anc
Bailey Circus tent burned in Hart.
ford, Conn.,, with the final death
toll 1853. A year later the Commls.
sioners amended the regulations te
give the fire marshal authority tt
require all tents of certain sizes tt
be f1reproofed and to forbid smoking
in them.
Enforcement Postponed.
Work resumed on the egress regu.
lations and after public hearings
at which building owners protested
an estimated bill of $50, ,000, 900 fol
the changes-the egress regulation!
were adopted to become effective
on March 8, 1946. Their enforce.
ment then was suspended until July
l, 1947, when it became apparent
the rules would require practica
Evening star., 1948-10-17
AUCTION SALES.

PENNA. DUTCH DRY SINK and sideboard
as1drsWer asa walnut chest. ANTIQUE chairs
Gasional upholstered chairs. Haviland and
Limoges china, pewter, silver, vases, can
delabra, etc; old lamps, sets of Kip,ing.
Dickens: Thackery, ETC.: 6-burner oil stove
girls bike. Victorian set of sofa. arm and
four sides; 4x6-ft. walnut dining table,
maple daybed. many chests of drawers
Van1ties. bureaus. etc. Seating for all in
SIDE heated building. SUBURBAN AUC-
TON ROOM, 500 Rockville pike Oct 81
Thurs, 7:30 pm. Rockville 1922. Albert
Tabler. Auctioneer. II
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that / will
sell at public auction at 1000 am,
Monday, October IS. 194S, at the store
yard of the chief talso property clerk,
at First and H Streets Sc, the lost.
stolen and abandoned property, consisting
OF thirty-one motor vehicles, three boats,
one motorcycle. one homemade scooter,
one rear end, one chassis, in possession
OF the Metropolitan Police Department.
p G., and which have not been called
Tor by the claimants as contemplated by
law. ROBERT C. PEARCE Inspector,
Metropolitan Police, Chief talso Property
Clerk. oc15,1617.
PUBLIC SALE ON PREMISES, october %,
l94s, at 1890 am. of two houses and
lots near Gaithersburg. on road to Lay
louisville, known as the Woodward property
For further Information see Rockville Sem
tinel or write the UNDERSIGNED. WILLIAM
| Rockville, Nd, III
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Egress
Continued From First Page J

changes to the code would have
cost up to $50, 1000 900. The present
code, when it goes into effect, prob
ably will cut this by more than
four -flfths, he said.
Boarding Houses Affected.
Paul j. Miller of the Washington
Guest House Association, predicted
dire results for rooming house and
boarding house owners, estimating
1t would cost them alone more than
$4,000, 900 to comply.
MANY will have to rebuild prac-
Evening star., 1948-10-17
Sears Manager to Speak

M. z. Kissileff, sales manager Of
Sears. Roebuck & Co.. will speak
on Mail Order Advertising" at
meeting of the Advertising Club of
Washington at 1880 pm. Tuesday
in the Hotel Statler.
Evening star., 1948-10-17
Miss Maud E. Blanchfield of Bar

Miss Maud E. Blanchfield of Bar
Harbor, Me.
1t was learned yesterday that Miss
Grlmshaw, now over 80 years old,
was a former matron of the Saliva
ton Army here. Miss Blanchheld
1t was learned, worked at the desk
OF the Carlton House, New York,
where Mrs. Patterson stayed while
In New York.
Mr.. Kertz said he would propose
In his request Tor court action that
the payments to the II annuitants
begin at once but not be retroactive.
If the will is upheld, it was explain
ed, payments would date back to
Mrs. PatterSons death.
Evening star., 1948-10-17
Biudensburq PTA to Meet

The Bladensburg High School
Parent-Teacher Association will
hold a "get-acquainted" program
at its first meeting of the season
at 8 pm. tomorrow,
Evening star., 1948-11-28

Make hit with the homenooker who has with tiny
apartment yet who likes the glamour of bonquet-tobe
linens Make little impression your bonk-roI all with
Quaker Lace coth Rich color heavy cotton holiday
appropriate festive fruit and floral poern She'll be glad that
you chose Quaker Lace when she Ioundes it, wisk through
suds, q with the iron is all needs.
Quaker Lace Leaf Design cohdnete size 5x72n Of fine
noercerized cotton warns ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Evening star., 1948-02-22

She once paid a S25 bet in pennies. Another
time she embarrassed the well-dressed and
dignifed Bill Powell in public by keeping an
appointment with him dressed in the most
disreputable rags she could muster.
She even tortured her very proper
husband once by pasting blow ups of her
more impassioned movie love scenes over
every inch Of space in parlor, bedroom
and bath Of their home.
Her husband is Fred Brisson, producer, for
mer Army Air Force officer. and son of Carl
Brisson the Danish star. They have one
child, Lance, going on five He is not spoiled.
MIR Brisson tends to be indulgent, but Miss
Russell tolerates no nonsense Brsson once
bought the child an expensive electric train.
TOO much money" said Miss Russell, and
the toy was exchanged for cheaper model.
Still too much. Eventually they compromised
on STEM -winder train for seven dollars
Lance Gets Help
LANCE has fewer toys than any kid in
Hollywood This doesn't seem to disturb him
in the least. He is quite happy playing with
packing boxes, nails, marbles and bits of
colored glass.
Miss Russelps theories of bringing him up
normally once had quite rude shock. Lance
came home from nursery school and said to
her: Il know who you are, mother. You are
Rosalind Russell, the movie star" Miss
Evening star., 1948-02-22

She is self-assertive, yet extremely modest.
She loves to excel then belittles her triumphs
An accomplished equestrienne. this is the
way she once explained a prize she won at
horse show:
II was taking a high jump, and the horse
threw me. turned complete somersault,
and by some miracle landed on my feet. They
gave me the prize for trick riding"
She wants to win an Oscar desperately -
preferably for tragedy. But if she ever does
get one, she will probably explain that the
tormented facial expressions that won her the
prize were due to sudden and severe attack
of dyspepsia. The End
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good sense and versatility. She has been
typed less than any actress in Hollywood.
She is not afraid even to play lesser and
unsympathetic roles, as in The Women" -
provided, of course, she is given star billing.
"I'm All Ham,
SHE is favorite with the press because
she flatteringly never forgets a person who
has once interviewed her, because she speaks
freely and well, because she will tell joke
on herself, and refer without inhibition or
Evening star., 1948-02-22

Russell was seized with panic, but she had an
inspiration. What is movie star, dear?"
she asked him. Il don't know" her little
boy answered, to her Infinite relief
Miss Russell herself was hardly spoiled as
a child. She was one of seven children. three
boys and four girls. Rosalind graduated from
Barnard, where she won honors in meta
physics, theology and English. She considered
alternately a career as teacher, lawyer or
politician - all professions that would permit
her to do the talking. When opportunity for
Evening star., 1948-02-22

theatrical career presented itself,
she knew that was what she
wanted all the time. One of the
first roles of the one-time theo-
logical student on the stage was
that of the streetwalker in a
stock-company version of The
Barker"
But the ultimate in her career
- though the critics did not
quite agree with her was her
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role as the malevolent daughter in the scree,
version of Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Be-
comes Electra"
Barnard graduates are brought up to
revere Greek tragedy. The role awed Miss
Russell so much that she did not play single
practical joke the whole time she was on
the set. But her next role in The Velvet
Touch" will be return to comedy.
This shift is an indication of Miss Russelrs
Evening star., 1948-02-22

vanity to her failings. Like most
leggy girls" she will say, I'm
clumsy" Or, I'm all ham," Or,
Il can't stand being left out of
things"
As is often the case with in
teresting characters she is full
of contradictions. She plays the
piano excellently, and yet, for an
actress, is strangely shy about it
she will seldom play for people.
Evening star., 1948-02-22

She is brisk and businesslike, and yet ter
cleanliness that she will pick up bits of
paper in the street and put them i'm
proper trash receptacles. But her own
desk is hopelessly cluttered, and her dressing
room is shambles. She has been named one
of the best-dressed women in the country, but
she forgets to take the price tags off her
dresses.