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Evening star., 1948-12-04
Stocks Up Fractions
To 81 as Creeping
Recovery Continues
BY the Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Dec A creeping
advance carried the stock market
head fractions to around 2 points
today.
1t was the fourth day in a row
that the general price level has
slanted ahead.
Buying was pretty well spread out,
with some of the best gains posted
in the oil, rail, chemical and motor
groups.
Trading was slow, in line with the
usual pattern of Saturday business.
Many brokers expressed the belief
that the hoped-for December rally
might get some place, although few
expect anything in the way OF full
scale advance. Tax selling, for in
stance, is still coming into the mar
ket and probably will continue in
varying degree for another couple
Of weeks.
Investment and speculative buy
ing, already encouraged by pros
poets of a December upturn, has
received another FLIP from signs
in Washington that the new ad-
mir,istration is not going to clamp
down on business.
Higher prices were paid for Santa
Fe, Skelly Oil, Superior Oil Of Cali
fornia, Seaboard on, Southern Rail-
way, Great Northern preferred. Du
Pont, Dow Chemical, Union Car
bide, United States Steel, Youngs-
town Sheet, Chrysler. Firestone,
Deere, American Telephone, Inter
national Nickel, Westinghouse Elec-
trio and Johns-Manville.
Montgomery Ward, which slipped
q trifle for a while, moved ahead in
response to . favorable earnings
report.
Bonds. where changed at all, were
mostly higher.
Marked up in the curb were Ray
theon Manufacturing, Tishman Re-
atty, Pantepec Oil. Louisiana Land,
Kaiser-F Frazer and American Re-
publics.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
IS Officers Flee Blaze
In Boston Naval BUILDING
" the A,,eeio,sd Press

BOSTON, Dec. Fire swept Sec
tions Of the first three floors OF the
nine-story Fargo Naval Building
early today, driving IS officers to the
street.
Three sailors were injured fight
ing the blaze before firemen ar
rived. None appeared to be seri-
ously hurt. Several were reported
overcome by smoke. They were
treated at the barracks hospital,
Loss was set at 100000.
Naval attaches said the fire ap-
parently started on the second floor
and burst into first and third moor
quarters before 1t was controlled
after a two-hour battle.
The structure houses First Naval
District headquarters.
A seaman discovered the flames.
He wakened all in the barracks
Three alarms brought fire-fighti1'g
equipment from many sections OF
the city.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Swain Woos With Undertaken,
Firemen, Cuterers-Fine 500

When Lawrence A. Howard gets
peeved at q girl, whether his
estranged wife or q new acquaint-
ance, he gives her a special kind of
rush"
AS nine witnesses attested yester-
day in Municipal Court, he calls out
the fire engines, the rescue squad,
the undertaken and even a firm
which delivers ready-made chicken
dinners late at night.
Judge John p. Mcmahon handed
out fines totaling $70O with the al
tentative of serving 420 days In jail
on 7 charges of false fire and rescue
alarms. Howard lives in the 4400
block of New Hampshire avenue
NV
Evening star., 1948-12-04

nate industrial strife than any one
else in America" The Governor add
ed that "the story Of his rise to
fame under adverse circumstances
is an inspiration to American youth"
Mr.. Berry was defeated for the DEM
ocratic nomination to succeed him.
self in 1898.
Held Important Posts.
Described as a man who never
went to school day in his life, Mr..
Berry held many important posts,
among them assistant administrator
of the National Recovery Admins
tration. Later he was co-ordinator
for industrial cooperation. He
could not read until he was in his
teens.
Mr.. Berry served as active head
of his union almost continuously
since 1907. He was member OF
President Roosevelt's Allotment
Board that apportioned 81 300, ,000, 600
in public works money; served on
the Social Security Board, the Cot
ton Textile Industrial Relations
Board and the first National Labor
Board.
Mr.. Berry last figured prominent-
ly in the news when he entered o
plea of nolo contendere year ago
to Federal charges Of income tax
evasion and was fined $4,000.
In World War I, Mr.. Berry served
as a major in the Engineer Corps
and President Wilson later named
him as his liaison officer with labor.
Mr. Berry was one of the founders
of the American Legion and served
as senior vice commander in 1920.
Father Killed in Ambush.
The future political and labor
leader was left an orphan at 6, when
his father. a deputy United States
marshal, was killed from ambush
in a moonshiner's section. He was
born September IL, 1883, in Hawkins
County, Tenn. For a time young
Berry lived with an aunt in Des
Moines, Iowa. He was placed in a
Baptist school at Aurora, ILL.,, and
later was sent to planters home
near Jackson, Miss.
He learned his trade as a press.
man on the jackson Daily News.
He got his start in the Nevada gold
fields early in the century. His
career took him to New York, st.
Louis, San Francisco and elsewhere.
He married Miss Marie Genres OF
San Francisco in 1907. They had
no children. He was large land
owner and was active in business,
agricultural and stock raising en-
terDriSeS,
Evening star., 1948-12-04
G. & O. Truin DeroiIed

BENTON HARBOR, Mich, Dec. 4
cars of a Chesapeake
g. Ohio freight train were derailed
and overturned today when wheel
on one of them broke about 80 miles
north Of here. First reports indi-
Gated no one was injured. The
wreck occurred on the main line Of
the roads Pere Marquette Division
running from Chicago to Grand
Rapids. Mich.
Evening star., 1948-12-04

First victim of Howard's un-
orthodox courtship was Mrs. Helen
v. Howard, 1886 Eleventh place Sc,
his estranged wife, at whose home
a rescue squad and an undertaker's
van called on April 8. Fire equip
ment paid her visits the next day
and on three previous occasions.
The second was Mrs. Evelyn
OConnor, 45l6 Fifth street NV,
who had a disagreement with him
last month. Fire engines called on
November %.
Another witness testified Howard
had told her he was going to send
chicken dinners and every under
taker in town" to Mrs. O'Connor's
home. Investigators reported she
got one such chicken dinner.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Burton Holmes Recalls
First Talk Here in '98

Burton Holmes, 78-year-old travel
lecturer, speaking before the Ma
tional Geographic Society last night
in Constitution Hall on the wonders
of the Canadian Rockies, recalled
that he first spoke here In 1893.
Now in his 56th travel lecture,
Mr.. Holmes told his audience about
Calgary's annual stampede, the an
nual celebration of Indian days in
Banff and an outing of the Trail
Riders Of the Canadian Rockies.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Nine. Chang Slated
To Make Social Call
On Truman Next Week
BY the Asseeioted Press

Nine. Chang Kai-shek, "en-
couraged" after her second visit
in two days with Secretary of
State Marshall, is expected to
meet President Truman early
next week.
The White House call is due to
take place under conditions empha-
sizing it's social rather than its off,
cial nature. Diplomatic informants
said the appointment was fixed for
a time when Mrs. Truman could be
present.
That would follow the pattern set
at both meetings between Nine.
Chang and the Secretary of State.
On those occasions Nine. Chang
was accompanied to Walter Reed
Hospital-where Gen. Marshall is
undergoing a physical checkup-by
Mrs. Marshall.
Encouraged by Visit.
After yesterdays visit, the wife of
China's President told reporters:
I'VE talked about China and !
am encouraged" Then she added
smiling:
II would like to know anybody
who has seen and talked with Gen
Marshall and does not come away
encouraged"
She gave no indication whether
Gen. Marshall had given some sign
that the United States definitely
would aid the Chinese Government
to resist the Communists or whether
she simply had found his attitude
toward China's plight sympathetic
1t was considered somewhat sig
nificant that her conferences with
Gen. Marshall as well as her pro-
spective meeting with the President
are characterized by the presence
of their wives. BY Washington
practice that detracts from the Of
fetal nature of the meetings and
creates more social atmosphere.
In Line With Mission.
That was considered to be in line
with Nine. Chiang's mission here,
as outlined by both American and
Chinese informants: To do all she
possibly can, informally, to obtain
American commitments of help to
the Chang Kai-shek government
far beyond anything this Govern
ment has yet been willing to do.
It is understood that her approach
to this task is to urge upon Ameri-
can officials a greater understand
ing" not only of China's plight, but
also of the Chinese government S
hope for checking the Communist
sweep southwark and eventually re-
versing the tide.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Symphony
Continued From First Page,

able, the National Symphony will be
required to start its own perm
anent library. An alternative would
be to pay rental fees estimated to
cost at elast 81 900 a season. More
than $500 works, which range In
purchase price from an average of
SIS up to several hundred dollars,
have been played by the orchestra
during its II seasons.
Frank r. Jelleff, symphony vice
president, told The Star he intends
to push the development of the
orchestra library. The reason it has
never been started before, he ex-
planned. is that the symphony has
been too poor"
Explaining his resignation, DR..
Kinder declared:
1.-The job of permanent conductor
is a very strenuous one in many
ways outside of actual conducting
it is tremendous strain to lead a
concert life in city"
One difficult task has been keeping
the orchestra intact in the face of
a limited budget, he pointed out.
To Stay Here for Time.
after II years, I am ready to
make another approach to music"
he said. my plans aren't definite
yet. I expect to remain in Wash
ington for the time being. told the
board I would be willing to consider
guest-conducting assignments with
the orchestra, but whether conduct
it will depend upon my future
plans
DR.. Kinder. in saying his resigna-
ton had not been Influenced by any
criticism of his leadership, said,
however, that he did not feel the
symphony's board acted properly
in putting the question Of his reten-
ton as conductor before an associa-
ton meeting last spring after had
already been engaged for this year.
But I was not disturbed over it
after the overwhelming 3-to-l vote
in my favor" he added. II was
assured by the Administration
Committee that the criticism was
all over with"
DR.. Kindler's resignation this
week followed an offer of the board
to re-engage him for next year.
Merger Idea Not New.
On the proposal raised in Balti-
more to merge the Baltimore and
Washington symphonies, DR.. Kinder
pointed out he had suggested this
move IS years ago and that it been
revived on several occasions since.
r. E. Lee Taylor, president of the
Baltimore Symphonys Board Of
Directors, declared the merger
would be a wonderful solution" to
problems plaguing both orchestras,
after the Baltimore Sun initiated
the proposal Thursday. The Balti-
more orchestra on the same day had
announced financial crisis and ap-
pealed to the public for $122,000 to
keep it going next year.
Edward r. Finkenstaedt, National
Symphony president, last night
commented:
"a committee for the Baltimore
Orchestra Association and the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra met
several. times a year and half ago
and in theory the idea looked sound,
but the question arose as to wheth-
er it was practical. It will be a
very difficult problem to solve, as
there are many obstacles"
Evening star., 1948-12-04
FB| Report Due Today
On Which Policeman S
Gun Killed WiIkerson

Ballistics experts at the FBI are
expected to report today whether
Corpl. Grady Beacham killed Rob-
ert S. Wilkerson as he fell dying or
whether his death was avenged by a
shot from the gun of his partner,
Pvt. Harvey C. Womble.
An inquest into the deaths of the
ppliceman and the IS - year old
crane operator and ex-convict who
shot it out in the bedroom of the
apartment of Mrs. Elizabeth Arm
strong. "a. at 1901 Montello ave.
NE, Thursday night, was contin-
ued yesterday to await the report
of the ballistics experts.
sCorpl. Beacham, who was struck
in the chest by blast from Will
kerson's shotgun, fired two shots
from his service revolver before he
crumpled to the floor. Pvt. Wom-
bile fired five shots. Wilkerson was
struck by two bullets, one in the
forehead and one in the abdomen.
The shot in the forehead killed him
instantly.
Tells of Threat.
Still prostrated by shock and re-
morse, Mrs Armstrong in an inter-
view with The Star revealed that
shortly before Corpl. Beacham kicked
open the bedroom door Wilkerson
had leveled a revolver at her and
told her he planned to kill her and
end his own life.
s"He said the shotgun was for the
police if they came, but he planned
to use the little gun on me and him.
s&lf," Mrs. Armstrong sobbed. The
lsst thing he told me was that he
loved me so much, but that didn't
love him so he would kill me and
Kill himself.
But. oh, I did love him so much.
He was so mean to me, but I loved
him. I didn't want the policemen
to come in after him. I told my
daughter to tell them to go away
and come back. I thought I could
get the gun away from him and
then they could take him until he
sobered up. I didn't want them to
get hurt and didn't want them
to hurt him."
Wanted TO Drop Charges.
Mrs. Armstrong said the night be-
fore the tragedy she and Wilkerson
had agreed to break of their re-
lationship.
HE said he would get room
somewhere else and asked me to
meet him Thursday at the job In
Silver Spring where he was work
ing" Mrs. Armstrong related. He
said he would stop drinking and be
a better man. I was so happy /
called the ninth precinct Thursday
morning and tried to get Ofhcer
Womble to tell him to drop the
charges in the threat warrant had
out against Bob. Mr.. Womble was
not in and left word to have him
call me.
Then I met Bob in Silver Spring
and he had been drinking again.
We sat in a park talking and then
he insisted on coming. home with
me. When Officer Womble returned
the call could not tell him to drop
the charges because Bob was there
and he was threatening to kill me
again"
Mrs. Armstrong, who was married
when she was 13 and had the first
of her three children when she was
IA, said she was separated from her
husband and working in restau-
rant in Cottage City, Nd, when she
first met Wilkerson four years ago.
Evening star., 1948-12-04

United S t a t e S
Senate, died last
night at Press
mems Home In
Tennessee, t h e
Associated Press
reported.
He was ap-
pointed to the
Senate May 6,
1887, to fill a va
cancy. Gov. Cor
don Browning Of
T e n n e SSee, In
making the ap-
pointment, said
he had done
o~n - 1l;~,t
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Chiong's Regime Arrests
Monchuria Commander

SHANGHAI, Dec. 4 (P).-The Chi
nese press reported tonight the gov
ernment's arrest Of Gen. Wei Lii
huang, Nationalist commander in
chief in Manchuria, the vast north
ern territory which fell to the Chi
nese Communists.
Shanghai newspapers said Gen.
Wei was arrested in Canton We'd
nesday following an order by Cen
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek for an
investigation of Gen. Weis alleged
failure to carry out Markings
orders.
Evening star., 1948-12-04

cause OF democ-
racy all over the
world.
The 75-year-
old Labor Min
lister in the
cabinet of Prime
Minister Ramsay
MacD o n a ] d
talk d about
things in Britain,
labor and world
AFFAIRS TO q La
Dor Department
audience. After
ward she held a
news conference.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
China
Continued From First Page)

defense line a breathing spell, and
time to bulwark 1t.
Gen. Chen's Red veterans have
been hammering at 10-mile salient
on the north bank Of the Hwai
River. The new line lies on the
south bank Of the river.
Now only Red holding forces ap-
pear opposite the government lines
They are there to keep the Ma
tionalists from trying to lunge north
and close the gap between them
and the Suchow forces.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Correction

Charles F. Baldwin, Foreign
Service officer, whose home address
is the Kenesaw Apartments here,
has been transferred from Oslo,
Norway, to Triest, by the State De-
pnrui1lent. The Star reported in
correctly yesterday that he had
been transferred from Trieste to
Oslo,
Evening star., 1948-12-04
First British Woman
In Cabinet Talks Here

Miss Margaret Bondfield, first
woman ever to become a member
of the British cabinet, said yes
terday that the reelection Of
President Truman boosted the
Evening star., 1948-12-04
George |. Berry Dies;
Headed Pressmen,
Served in Senate

George l.. Berry, IS, the erstwhils
unlettered orphan who became pres
ident of the International Printing
Pressmen's Union and served in the
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Mostly sun
ny and warm with highest in lower
Cos this afternoon. Clear and cool
er and becoming foggy tonight.
Lowest about 38 in the city and "a
in suburbs. Fog and poor visibility
early tomorrow morning followed by
fair and continued mild.
Maryland and Virginia-General-
ly fair tonight and tomorrow, but
considerable fog late tonight and
tomorrow morning. Somewhat cold
er tonight. Mild temperatures to-
morrow.
Wind velocity, u miles per hour;
direction, northwest.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches In
Capital (current month to date):
Evening star., 1948-12-04

(From q. s. Engineers)
Potomac River muddy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah muddy
at Harpers Ferry.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-11-11
Nurses Diamond
Jubilee 10 Be
Observed Here

Registered nurses OF the In
City area will commemorate their
Diamond Jubilee, November "a
to 20, with open house at the new
North Richland hospital on Sum
day, Mrs. Lance Read, Kenne-
wick chairman of the week-long
observance said Wednesday.
Mrs. Read will act as hostess
to nurses from the Kennewick
community, and Irene West will
serve as hostess for Pasco nurses.
The general public is invited to
attend the open house, said Mrs.
Read.
President Harry Truman, ex-
president Herbert Hoover, sena-
tor Arthur Vandenburg, and more
than so other distinguished fig
ures have joined in the sponsor
ship of the commemorative week,
which was proclaimed this week
by Mayor j. c. Pratt of Kenne-
wick as an event of community
wide significance.
The memory of Linda Richards,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-11-11

The Future Farmers Of America
this week held its annual initia-
ton for new members. There were
twenty boys initiated and they
are as follows: Laurie Fam, Narv-
In Osborne, Lewis Hackney. BIN
Owens, Edward HanpAoa, Merrill
Blair, RonAld Care; ChaR3ss Huh,
PIT oram6nk, Billy NJ Nell
Miller, Laurence smith, ny Whit
ney, Dan Strawn, Jim Mock, Ro-
bert Pace, Glen Wulff, Rex Hin
man, Lynn Slocumb, and Ken
meth Lukens.
For the first time, the chapter
elected honorary members. The
following six were given hoaoraxy
pins at the initiation: Z s. Blsck.
superintendent Of schools; s. II.
Bennett, principal senior higA
school; Carl o. Witt, principal
unior high school; Pat Owens. =.
A. Sillman and Brick Oliver.
Fifteen boys frsm the Pasco
high school were also initiated
along with lie Kennewiek beys.
This being the first year for the
FLA oegnmisatien n the Pasco
High school, Il was required that
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-11-11
|kE0LkER TOPS in PRIMARY
Chamber 10 Buy
Materials for
Postal Quarters

The Kennewick Chamber Of
Commerce Thursday approved a
motion providing for chamber
purchase of building materials to
construct temporary post office
substation to handle Christmas
mailing. ~
The action followed a report by
Postmaster Walter Woehler that
he has been unable to secure
quarters fol the substation that
would be suitable without altera-
ton. Space is available at Camp
bells Custom Cannery, but parti-
tons must be built to make the
quarters comfortable during cold
weather.,
The substat,on should be OPEN
ed not later than December 1,
said Woehler. and he has not been
able to- apply for authorization
for specific rental funds or re-
modelling funds because he has
not been able to make final ar.
engagements for a specific loca-
ton.
: In addition to providing cham
Der funds to buy partition ma
terials, the chambers motion APP
proved selection Of the Campbell
site and provided that the used
materials win be sold to recover
a portion Of the building cost.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-11-11
Need Volunteers
! or Red Cross

Volunteer workers and Gray
ladies are needed to aid the
Veteran Hospital program Of the
Kennewiok branch Of the Benton
county Red Cross chapter, Mrs.
Leaa Owens, volunteer service
chairman, announced this week.
Much Of the service program
consists Of preparing small treats
and remembrances for disabled
veterans, said Mrs. Owens. Birth
day gifts for hospitalized men,
whose birthdays might otherwise
be forgotten, is one phase of the
activity; another is home handi-
craft work that results in per-
sonalized gifts for the veterans.
Recently the Benton County Red
Cross, finding a surplus stock Of
blue and maroon yarn on hand,
sent it to the Pomeroy chapter for
use in making afghans, she said
in explaining the scope OF the
program.
Another project that gives
much pleasure to hospit4l-botmd
men is the jam and jellies gift
plan. Homemade jams and jellies
particularly small glasses that can
be given to individual patients,
greatly enjoyed by the men,
u Mrs. Owens.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-11-11
d I. "A. Initiates % New Members,
Name First 10 Honorary l1embership

the Initiation be held by another
FLA group.
For the past two weeks, the
Sophomore Agriculture class has
been studying potato grading cd
judging. Last Saturday, the fol
lowing boys participated IN . -
tato judging contest at Pullman:
Richard Meyer. Ralph Hull, Lynn
Sloesumh, who composed the team,
and Norman KaaA David Dtckin-
son, and Larry Kissick who judg-
ed q alteEnates. The team made
a good scoring In the contest.
with Richard Meyer high man
On the team.
In the afternoon, all the boys
attended Ne Warrington State
and Oregon State football game.
Saturday,, November Is, the
judging team win participate IN
. contest At Elensburg. The scores
made by the boys IN the practice
judging and grading n school
this week Win determine WAo Is
On the team = III eootesk. III
JeAn MaWiee - The adviser d
the FLA In 1Ae Paoce High school
and Victer y. 1oOsRs Il the adj
visor for The Keane~sick FLA.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-11-11
Group 10 Meet
For Study Of
Water Problem

Officials of the City, the PP&L
and the fKennewick Irrigation
District will meet in the Chamber
Of Commerce office Friday after
noon at 2 o'clock to discuss ways
and means of setting up a water
system to.seive the entire Ken
newick community, City Super
intendent sRichard Rector said
Wednesday.
Attorneys representing the city
and the irrigation district win al
50 attend, as will hydraulic en-
olneers, and representatives Of
TIE Benton Franklin Health Dis
hteA Rector said.
He indicated that the group
hopes to agree on q master plan
e water system development, 50
that expansion activities ssgried
cut by the PP6sL and the iEriga-
toasdistriet Win IT int Ne ul-
innate distribution sUG1un that
Vill serve the whole area.
fThe question of whether Tie CT
r. srsMAouly FORMS Woo1 dis
tict should own the 49, do4ri-
hstion facilities has ~ - been
Ned, Rector saio.