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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-11-27

Isabelle Collins, who comes to
Ebenezer Church for a concert
next Thursday, got her start on
a musical career, as Marian An
derson did, by singing in a
church choir. At the age of 70
as a member of a choir, she at
tracted much attention and con-
tinued to win praise for herself
as she advanced in her art.
Music critics have accepted
The Durant news., 1948-01-01
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NEW YEARS DAY is more gen.
orally celebrated throughout
the world than any other holiday
despite the fact that the new year
does not begin January / in many
countries.
Advent of the new year is hailed
universally with good will, celebra-
tons, hospitality and. in many coun-
tries, with an exchange of gifts.
Origin of the New Years celebra-
ton is lost in antiquity. About 5000
years before the birth of Christ the
people of Babylonia kept a New
Years festival which lasted for II or
IL days.
In the days of the Roman Empire
the year had only 10 months, begin
The Durant news., 1948-01-01

ning with M arch.
When the months Of
January and Feb
ruary were added to
the alendar, jan
uary l was desig-
mated as sacred to
Janus who, accord
ing to mythology,
had two faces. Ro-
mans believed Janus
looked backw ard
- A. ---A ~,AAa
The Durant news., 1948-01-01

DR.. George P. Holmes, first chan
cellor of the University of Missis-
sippi was born in South America and
was only % when elected to the
highest office at the University.
The Durant news., 1948-01-01

The first chapter of Phi Eta Sig
ma, national freshman scholarship
fraternity, on a southern campus
was established at the University OF
Mississippi in 1882.
The Durant news., 1948-01-01

New leaves. to
be surel Let them
turn them that are
ashamed of their
old ones"
Edward Payson
Powell.
The Durant news., 1948-01-01
New Year
QUOTES

"The object Of new year is not
that we should have new year. Il
is that we should have q new soul
and new nose; new feet, q new
backbone, new ears, and new eyes.
Unless a man starts afresh
about things, he will certainly do
nothing effective. . Unless man
be born again, he shall by no means
enter into the kingdom of heaven"
&C. X. Chesterton.
The Durant news., 1948-01-01

The four new dormitories being
completed at the University cf Mis-
sissippi command view of the en-
tire campus.
The Durant news., 1948-01-01

The modern trend
Of festivities and
m errym a kin gs to
herald the new year
has been in vogue
for three or four
hundred ye ars. In
A m eric a q n d
throughout most of
the world celebra-
tions begin on New
Years Eve.
The Durant news., 1948-01-01

with one face and turned the other
face to the future. When the Ro-
mans became Christians, the festi-
val still was kept although 1t was
observed as a day of prayer and
fasting.
The Durant news., 1948-01-01

Use The Clossifieds-It Pays
The Durant news., 1948-01-01

1--WE are bound,
by every rule of
justice and equity,
to give the New
Year credit for be-
ing a good one
until he proves him.
self unworthy the
The Durant news., 1948-01-01

confidence we repose in him."
Charles Dickens.
"The good old year is with the past:
Oh, be the new as kind!"
William Cullen Bryant.
The Durant news., 1948-01-01

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring. happy bells, across the snow;
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true" I"
Alfred Tennyson.
Evening star., 1948-02-26

his death at the
National Guard
Armory, the cor
oner's Office said
today.
Sergt. Beavers,
who lives at 1857
L street Sc.
was working on
the gun at the
time of the ac-
cident yesterday
afternoon. He
was thrown to
the floor by the
force of the blow
after he touched
off A. cato h
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Truman at Key West
For S-Day Vacation
AFTER Island Tour
BY Joseph A. Fox
Sfar staff Correspondent

KEY WEST, Fla, Feb. 26. Presi-
dent Truman was back on the main
land today after a fiye-day trip
through the West Indies. The visit
gave him q quick view of condi-
tions In Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands, the Caribbean possessions
Of the United States. He also in
spected the huge American naval
base at Guantanamo, Cuba.
Under present plans the Presi-
dent will spend the next eight days
here vacationing on. the naval base.
But there is some work in prospect
today also. A courier plane met
him at Guantanamo yesterday and
brought the first mail Mr.. Truman
has received from the White House
since leaving a week ago Gomor- :
row.
Despite his busy schedule on the
islands and rough weather on the
final leg yesterday, when the yacht
Williamsburg put him in at Guam
tanarno, the President was in good
shape when he landed here at $50
pm. yesterday. The flight from
Cuba took two and one-half hours.
Undisturbed by Weather.
The Presidents party-and an ac-
companying press group on the air.
plane tender Greenwich Bay-had
on unhappy six hours yesterday.
Windward Passage between Haiti
and Cuba lived up to its name. But
Mr.. Truman, with some assistance
from Brig. Gen. wallace Graham,
White House physician, emerged
undisturbed, and feeling we'll enough
to poke fun at some of his less
fortunate companions.
The Williamsburg landed in
Guantanamo Bay shortly before 2
pm, Al hours out of Frederiksted,
Virgin Islands. Coming ashore In a
small boat, Mr.. Truman was greeted
by Capt. c. E. Battle, jr., naval base
commander, and r. Henry Norweb,
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Henry Kaiser, Jr., Must Pay
Wife $1,000 a Month
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26.-Henry
J. Kaiser, jr., son of the industrialist,
must pay $1,000 month for support
of his estranged wife and their two
daughters, pending trial of her
divorce suit.
Mr.. Kaiser, 81, also was ordered by
the Superior Court yesterday to pay
$4,000 on account to his wifes at
torneys. His wife, Mrs. Jane Walker
Kaiser, 27, retains custody of the
children and is to continue to live
In the family home in Hollywood.
She testified Mr.. Kaiser had been
giving her $500 monthly since their
separation in November, 1916, but
that it had been nevessary to sell
furnishings and fur coat to main
tain the home.
Mrs. Kaiser had asked $500
monthly temporary alimony and
$35 900 for lawyers fees. Mr.. Kaiser
estimated his 1947 income at SIS, 900
in salaries and $4,000 in dividends
and bonuses.
Evening star., 1948-02-26

American Ambassador to Cuba. The
President was taken to lunch at the
officers club, where large party Of
Officers and wives had been invited
to meet him.
From Embassy circles. In addition
to Ambassador and Mrs. Norweb,
were the naval and military at
taches to Cuba, Col. B. G. Betterton
and Col. E. E. Glenn, and their
wives. The Cuban government was
not represented when the President
landed. This conformed with his
wish to keep the visit on an rnof-
fetal basis.
Later. the President went for an
automobile tour Of the base, which
the Navy uses as a training center
He also greeted several hundred
school children who saluted him by
singing MY Country 'Tis OF Thee. .
Helps Boy With Speech.
The President thanked the sing
ers and then helped young Bill
Barrett over a tough spot when the
12-year-old boy had trouble with his
lines while presenting Mr.. Truman
with scrap book made by the
children.
The President assured the fiustered
Bill that everything was all right.
The President took of from
Guantanamo in the Sacred Cow
at 4 pm.
Capt. Cecil C. Adell, base COM
mander, and other officials met him
Evening star., 1948-02-26

normal elimina-
ton, eat an ounce
of KELLOGG ALL
BRAN every day
in milk-an n d
drink plenty of
water. If not sat
isfed after a 10
day trial send the
empty carton to
the Kellogg Com
Evening star., 1948-02-26
By the Associated Press

BALBOA, Canal Zone, Feb. 26.-
Two American sergeants, accused OF
taking an unauthorized 1,700- mile
joyride in Flying Fortress across
some of the toughest terrain in the
world, said today they didn't have
much trouble on their little jaunt
although neither had ever been al
the controls before.
M/Sergt. Glen D. Woods of Mum
Gle, Ind, and SiSergt. Theodore S
Havens, jr., of Washington, N. j.
arrived at United States Caribbean
Air Command headquarters last
night from Caracas, Venezuela
where military authorities said they
landed the Bit Monday after a
flight across the Andes from Gala
pagos.
Both said they had observed pi-
lots in f1ight-Sergt. Woods in II
missions over Europe, Sergt. Havens
with the Air Force in New Guinea
and it looked easy.
So, instead of servicing Galapagos
one plane for a possible mercy flight
at daybreak Monday, the two
sergeants said they set off fol
greener pastures.
Sergt. Woods said he handled the
controls the whole way just die
everything he had seen pilots do.
They took the bomber up to $4,000
feet and 10000 feet, headed for
Waller Field on the island of Trim
idad. Sergt. Woods said he had
planned to set down the plane and
say: well. here we are 1t didn't
quite work out that way. With only
500 gallons of gasoline left, Sergt
Woods sat down at Caracas.
Oficers of the Caribbean Air
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Sergeonts Held in BIZ Joyride
Over Andes Say Flight Was Easy

Command said they were astounded
that two unframed men could fly
the four -engined plane over the
Andes. Sergt. Wood said he even
made most of the fight on instru-
ments because of thick weather. He
knew how to read radio compass,
he said, but the automatic pilot
wouldn't work so the whole trip was
flown manually. They made no at
tempt to establish radio contact
with the ground.
They were taken into custody on
landing because they didn't have
the necessary clearance documents
Venezuelan officials got in touch
with the American attache in
Caracas. Last night the sergeants
arrived here and took up residence
in the guardhouse.
Maj. Gen. Willis Hale, command
ing the Caribbean Air Command,
will have the next say about their
future.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Greece S Parliament
|Adjourns Till May 10
On Eve Of Big Drive
BY the Assoeiofed Press

ATHENS, Feb. 26.-The Greel
Parliament voted today to ad.
journ until May 10. The vote
was lat to 70.
The government proposed a par
liamentary recess last week on tn,
ground members could serve thei
country better by being near theil
constituents on the eve of an Of
fensive against the guerrillas.
Minor party leaders opposed tn,
recess. One opposition leader de,
clared the government is "just try
ing to get rid of U.s."
Dwight Griswold, chief of Ameri.
cas- Greek aid program, and Brig
Gen. James A. Van Fleet, head o.
American military groups in Greece
are to attend their first meeting o.
the National Defense Council to.
night.
The meeting was called at Mr.
Griswold's suggestion to acquaint
Gen. Van Fleet with the military
situation. Gen. Van Fleet wa.
named commander of all American
forces in the Greek mission early
this month, and arrived here only
recently.
Informed sources said it was likely
the council would approve a new
operations command which. has beer
prepared by 1t. Gen. Demetrios
Yadzis.
A Greek army offensive was re-
ported in Epirus, and Thessaly
Thirty guerrillas were reported
ambushed and killed in a noun.
tain gorge near Thessaly. Ter
guerrillas were killed and 80 re-
ports drowned in another clash
south of Volos.
Spokesman for the American en-
nassy and the American mission
issued a joint statement yesterday
saying there. is as real freedom OF
the press in Greece today as there
is in the United States"
The statement was addressed te
the American War Correspondents
Association, which adopted re-
solution in New York Tuesday de-
claring American aid should be
given only to those foreign coun-
tries promising press freedom tt
American correspondents.
The resolution cited what 1t sale
was interference with the press ir
Greece, Turkey, the U. S. S. r.
Yugoslavia, Lebanon, Trans Jordan
Spain and Argentina.
The statement by the embass!
and AMAG was signed by George
w. Edman, embassy first secretary
and Frank R. Shea, public informa
ton director for the mission. Botf
are experienced newsmen.
The statement said the two Of
flcials Endorsed the principles o
the War Correspondents Associa
ton, but deplored inclusion o
Greece in the measure.
I'VE state from actual experience
during the past five years overseas,
the two American officials said
there is no country in Europ
where a greater degree of pres
freedom may be found than IL
Greece. There is as real freedom
of the press in Greece today a
there is in the United States.
such bad reporting as led to thi
resolution is unfair, to say tn
least, to country which has man
aged to retain its free press-evel
while its very survival as SOW
ereign nation is under attack from
undemocratic pseudo-states to tn
north and east"
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Lie Sees Palestine Chaos
Unless u. NJ. Acts Quickly

LAKE SUCCESS, Feb. 26 P.-
Trygve Lie, Secretary General OF
the United Nations, said today that
Palestine will be chaos when the
British withdraw unless the U. N
acts quickly.
Mr.. Lie told his weekly news con-
ference the U. N. becomes fully re-
sponsible for Palestine the moment
the British leave. The British have
said they will give up their Pales-
tine mandate May Is and Withdraw
completely by August l.
Mr.. Lie refrained from comment
ing on the Palestine declaration of
the United States before the sSe-
curity Council Tuesday sor its
implications. N#
Fear Chaos Will Result.
He also refused to say whether
the U. N. has legal authority to
enforce decisions of the General
Assembly such as partitioning of
Palestine. II
Asked what the effect would be
on the u. N. if the 1947 Assembly s
partition project is not enforced,
Mr. Lie said:
IF nothing happens. just chaos
will be the result in Palestine"
He added that failure of the
U. N. to carry out partition would
reduce the prestige of the U. N. and
lead to a general loss of confidence
in its ability to settle world
problems.
Delegates Take Respite.
Mr.. Lie spoke as the Security
Council delegates took a breathing
spell on the Palestine problem.
The delay touched oT a series oi
lobby conferences. 1t also gave del.
egates an opportunity to get theil
wind for the decisive round of dis
cussions, expected to start tomorrow
Prime speculation centered around
when Russia's Andrei A. Gromyke
would speak and what he woulo
say.
The taciturn Soviet delegate sale
merely maybe yes, maybe no" wher
questioned as to whether he would
lay the Kremlin's position before
the Council tomorrow
In the interim, the Council swung
into consideration of the Indonesiar
and Pakistan-India cases.
Council Session Cut Short.
AsCouncIl meeting on Palestine
was cut short yesterday when dele
gates declined to speak up. Every
one was waiting-principally for the
Russians. Only the United States
Britain, Colombia and the Arabs
have taken the floor so far.
Two formal resolutions are on the
table. They include the American
demand for creation of Big Five
Committee to study the Palestine
situation and Colombias S suggestion
for a special session of the General
Assembly to reconsider the parti-
ton scheme.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Guardsman 5 Death
Caused by Gun Spring

The steel barrel stay" of a 40
millimeter gun, inadvertently re-
leased, struck Sergt. Charles F. Bea-
vers, 40, in the head, causing
Evening star., 1948-02-26
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Evening star., 1948-02-26
Detectives Don DISCUSSES,
Make Numbers Arrest

Montgomery County detectives
disguised as laborers on a construc-
ton project, yesterday arrested q
District man In Bethesda on charges
Of accepting numbers bets.
The Washington man, Johnnie
Smallwood, 81. colored, of the 400
block OF G street S.W., was seized
with more than $50 in cash and
four books of numbers slips in his
possession when arrested on a job
at East-West highway and Grufi
road, according to police.
Charged formally with operating
a lottery. Smallwood was held under
$4,000 bond pending a hearing in
Bethesda Police Court at $50 am.
Monday.
Evening star., 1948-02-26

pany, Battle Creek, Mich, and get
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Evening star., 1948-02-26

which released a powerful spring
controlling the stay.
Deputy Coroner Christopher j.
Murphy said the spring had about
500 pounds of pressure behind 1t.
A veteran of four years in the
Army, Sergt. Beavers was employed
as a civilian mechanic at the Ar
mory, as well as being member OF
the National Guards 260th Anti
Aircraft Group. During the war he
served in Alaska.
The soldier was to be married this
spring to Miss Mable Lee of 1884, L
street Sc, his family said. He had
two sons, Melvin, IA. and Walter,
IL, by his first wife from whom he
was divorced.
Other survivors are his mother
and father, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Beavers; three sisters, Mrs. Gather
inc Pullin, Mrs. Anna Gresham and
Mrs. Grace Schuck, and a brother,
William Beavers, all Of Washington.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Bill Would Let Groves
Retire as Major General
BY the Asseeieted Press

Senator Hickenlooper, Republican,
of Iowa, yesterday asked Congress
to give 1t. Gen. Leslie r. Groves
the permanent rank of major gen.
eral.
Gen. Groves, who headed the
Manhattan Project. which devel-
oped the atomic bomb, is scheduled
to retire next Sunday. His perma-
nent rank is brigadier general. The
effect of Senator Hickenlooper's bill
would be to give Gen. Groves the
higher rank in retirement.
Senator Hickenlooper is chairman
of the Senate House Atomic Energy
Committee.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Jews, Arabs Locked
In Battle Of Morfars
Outside Jerusalem
by ihe Associated Press

JERUSALEM, Feb. 26.-AI
fierce mortar battle between
Jews and Arabs ragged today
near the Garden of GethsemaneI
outside Jerusalem, with Arabs
repeatedly firing from behind
tombstones in a Jewish ceme-
terry.
British police said two Arabs were
killed and four wounded severely.
Arabs reported one Arab woman
died and one child and seven men
were hurt. The police said two
houses were demolished.
Police also told of battle In the
border area between Arab Jaffa and
Jewish Tel Aviv.
Three Arabs Die In Attack.
They said Jewish mortar and
grenade attack on an Arab bastion
near Ramle killed three Arabs and
wounded four others.
Palestine violence has taken the
lives of 1,421 persons since the
United Nations voted November 20
to partition the Holy Land.
The Jerusalem fight was between
Jews on Mount Scopus, site of
Hadassah Hospital and the Hebrew
University, and Arabs of Wadi JOE
nearby. 1t began at 5 am. and
went on full tilt for two hours.
Three hours later firing started
again.
The police account was that a
large party of Arabs attacked the
hospital, but were repulsed by the
Jews. The Jews later counterat-
tackled with covering fire from the
hospital and university, the police
said, and, probably using mortar
bombs, damaged five houses in the
Arab village.
ProvOcation Charged.
A spokesman for the Arab higher
executive said the Jews opened fire
with their mortars from the two
institutions in what he called "de-
liberate attempt to provoke the
Arabs into counterattacking."
Private sources said the battle was
one of the bitterest yet waged here.
They said Arab soldiers penetrated
a Jewish cemetery on the Mount of
Olives and fired from behind tomb
stones.
Jewish sources In Tel Aviv said
the Arab attack from Jaffa was "the
heaviest so far launched on Tel
Aviv." An informant said Hagana,
Jewish defense militia, beat off the
attack, moving down a number of
attackers.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Gen. Chesnov, Russian
Artillery Expert, Dies
By the As,oeio,ed Pres.

MOSCOW, Feb. 26.-The, death
of Maj. Gen. z. S. Chesnov, for
many years chief of the Russian
artillery school, was announced
today. He had been i'll a long time,
the announcement said.
Gen, Chesnov left the artillery
school for active duty during World
War II.
Evening star., 1948-02-26

at Boca Chica Airport near here
and accompanied him TO the COM
niandants quarters on the base,
where he Is domiciled.
The Key Westers. as usual, lined
the streets to cheer the Presidents
arrival.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-10
Details OF William Silas
Wedding Given

Beautiful in its simplicity and
dignity, the wedding of Miss Mary
Silas, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Sllas to Mr. John Sharpe
Williams, son of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Grumbly Williams of Yazoo
City, Miss, was solemenized Sunday
March Il at o'clock in the even
ing at the home of the brides par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Silas.
1882 Lilly Street. The Rev. w. H.
Blnghams performed the double
ring ceremony and music was rem
dered by Miss Josie Pearl Williams,
cousin of the bride. A deut was sung
by the Williams Sister, 81 love you
truly"
The bride, entering on the arm
Of her father, who gave her in
marriage wore an original wedding
gown Of white satin The bodice was
long with low neckline. She wore
strand of pearls The skirts was
full and slightly sweeping the floor
The full length veil was of white
lace. She carried a bouquet of white
carnations and ladyferms. The maid
Of honor, Miss Maggie knight wore
4 gown of moqisette over taffeta
with skirt slightly touching the
floor. She carried a bouquet OF
white Iris and Rosebuds which were
gathered with a satin ribbon. The
groom was attended by Mr.. Louis
Williams as best man. The brides
mother wore grey crepe.
Immediately following the cere-
mony reception was held at the
home of the brides parents. The
dining room table was centered
with TERED bride cake. ice cream
pinefoes and dainty minis were
served by Mrs. Willie Mullins and
Miss Catherine Harris, these two
ladies also receiving the guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Silas and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sharp Williams
express appreciation to their many
friends and relatives for the MANY
many lovely gifts. The couple is
at home at 1882 Lilly St.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-10
North Jackson
News

Rev. w. L. Gates of Collins, Miss.
visited in the home of Rev. and
Mrs. A. r. Thomas, Mobile Street
Monday, April 5. He also visited in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Green
Bridges, Whitfield Mill Road. He
reports most enjoyable visit al
both homes.
Mrs. Carrie Thomas enjoyed
church service Sunday at New Hope
M. B. Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy King had as
guests Sunday afternoon, Mrs
Kings parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. R.
Thomas.
Mrs. Amanda Hysaw Wilson OF
Milwaukee, Wisconsin visited in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Young, 2207 Mobile recently. She
reports an enjoyable visit.
We regret the sudden passing OF
Mrs. Dovie Bridges, wife of Mr.
Estus Bridges, Bell and Graysor
Street. She leaves to mourn her
death a husband, five daughters
enc son and host of other rela-
tives and friends
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-04-10

an Carl Prince, $4,000 to change
a failing grade, when told by Of
ficials she was to be dropped she
returned to Prince who allegedly
demanded another $4,000 to carry
through the deal.
FIT. WORTH, TEXAS-Jackie Ro-
binson and Roy Campanella made
history in this town when they
played with the Brooklyn Dodgers
lineup against Fl Worth. The Dodg-
ers won So Jackie started at first
base and Campy relieved Gil Hodg-
es behind the plate in the 7th in
ming. A crowd of 5000 saw the
two Negro athletes contribute
greatly to the defeat of the Texas
Club.
NEW YORK-Mrs. Carolle Drake
Faulkner whose husband, Rev. Mat
thew Faulkner is suing Joe Louis
for 100000 on a charge of stealing
her love, denied any knowledge of
the affair and says she believes
her husband was mentally upset
by his war experiences.
JACKSON. MISS.-William Wells.
35 year old Negro, SIS Martin ST.,
Wednesday signed a statement of
his own free will for the police in
which he admitted being the driv-
er of the hit-and-run car which
fatally injured Mrs. Themis Theo
Grillis, white, at the Y. and M. v.
railroad crossing on West Pearl
Street, Tuesday night. He is charg-
ed with manslaughter