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Evening star., 1948-04-18
Public Aid Cut Off
For Many Children
In Foster Homes Here
Acceptance Of More Bodies
Barred by Welfare Board
In Economy Order
By Jerry O'Leory, Jr.

An economy order has been
issued by the Board of Public
Welfare withdrawing public as
sistance from more than so chill
dren in foster homes and practi-
cally closing the doors for help
to any additional unfortunate
babies, it was learned last night.
The immediate effects of this
order have been:
Unwed mothers whose babies are
born in the Florence Crittenton
Home, the House of Mercy or in
Washington hospitals no longer may
place their children with the board
for adoption.
Babies whose mothers are either
unwilling or unable to keep them
are not being adopted within their
first three months of life-the ideal
period for placement with foster
parents.
Children who have been in tenn
porary foster homes for a long time
because no suitable homes have been
found for them will have to be re-
turned to the mothers, who could not
or did not want to keep them orig
inally.
Must Find Own Resources.
Unmarried mothers must find
their own resources or choose be-
tween families or friends to help
with the care Of illegitimate chill
dren.
The economy order was made
necessary, board officials told The
Star, for two reasons: The Child
Welfare Division has only half as
many trained case workers as it
Evening star., 1948-04-18
0ne-Ihird Of Chevy Chase
BIacked Out Al Minutes

One-third of the Chevy Chase
area experienced an unscheduled
biackout for Al minutes last night
and-in answer to one woman who
was concerned about atomic bombs
the trouble simply was a power
failure.
Telephones at newspaper offices
the Police Department and the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co. rang mer-
rily from 8::33 pm, when the lights
went out, until 9:20, when they
flashed on again.
The Pepco switchboard was SC
swamped the operator had trouble
telling customers that an insulator
had failed on the 4,000-volt feeder
station at Wisconsin avenue and
Harrison street NV.
The result was darkness for those
homes and buildings located in an
area bounded by the District line,
Tilden street, Wisconsin avenue and
Connecticut avenue Power COM
pany officials said that some areas
outside these boundaries may have
been hit, but that these streets
were the general boundaries of the
affected area.
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Cold Snap Menaces
District Area Crops

Virginia and Maryland points is
sued frost warnings last night and
1t was feared the fruit crops would
suffer some damage in the predicted
20 to 80 degree temperatures.
DR.. A. B. Groves, plant pathologist
at the Winchester CVa) Research
Laboratory said growers were
watching" their orchards, antici-
pating additional damage to the
Is per cent loss already figured this
year.
The damage should not be ex-
teremely heavy If the prediction
for general temperature of 28 is
borne out, but the possibility of "a
degrees in low places would be more
serious, DR.. Groves said. Apple
trees are in various stages in bloom
and susceptible to killing frosts.
In Maryland, the Weather Bureau
forecast temperatures in the upper
20s with threat of frost damage
within a radius of $50 miles of Bal
timore.
The District forecaster looked fol
A low of IS in the city and 28 in the
suburbs, which should cause little
or no damage to fruit and vegetables
To-day the temperature should
reach the lower Cos. Tonight shoule
be fair and not so cold and tomor
row somewhat cloudy and warmer
the bureau said.
Evening star., 1948-04-18
picture on Page A-T.)

Held over for an extra week! That
was the good news the sponsors OF
Washington amazing successful
German owned art exhibit at the
National Gallery of Art could an
nounce last night.
With 1894 persons filing past the
202 masterpieces yesterday, running
the months attendance to ISL .557, 1t
seemed reasonable to expect that a
million persons will have seen the
collection before the curtain falls
next Sunday night.
The time extension before the
paintings are returned to Germany
was worked out yesterday by Army
and National Gallery authorities
through the persuasion of Chairman
Morse of a Senate Armed Services
subcommittee.
So the show will so on today and
Evening star., 1948-04-18
German Art Display Held Over;
Visitor Total Nay Hit Million

next Sunday from 2 until 10 pm.
and during the week from 10 am. to
5 pm. daily.
Gallery officials still believe what
they see every day the exhibit is
open-a mob scene of spectators the
likes of which 80 Hollywood pre-
mieres won't match.
An institution less substantial and
spacious than the Nations 5000
900 shrine to the creative arts could
scarcely have taken the impact.
The attendance piled up in a
months time probably is new
world record in a conservative field
Last Sunday total of 81 .490 per-
sons visited the exhibit. and at
tendance today is expected to GO
even higher. with spectators arriv-
ing from all over the country to
take advantage of what they be-
lieve would be their last opportun-
ity to view the famous collection.
Evening star., 1948-04-18
The Poll Watchers
OAR Will Emphasize Defense
In Session Opening Tomorrow
Memorial Ceremonies Today to Precede
Society's 57th Continental Congress

eantry and professionals which
mark the opening session at 8:30
pm. tomorrow. House Speaker Mar
tin will deliver the principal ad-
dress.
Beginning with Mrs. O'Byrne's
welcoming message to the 1000
delegates and alternates, the en-
phasis on building up this country S
military might for self protection
will be welcomed throughout the
sessions.
In contrast to the procedure OF
former years, the congress, instead
of holding a pre-Congress National
defense meeting, will devote its
entire Wednesday afternoon session
to that subject.
The daughters will act on a score
Of resolutions The foremost OAR
project to come before the congress
is the 100000 building project. A
proposal for the construction OF a
building to connect Memorial Con-
ICee DAP Page A-2)
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Five Employees Resign;
Society for Crippled
Children Reorganizes
II Purents Of Patients
Sought Hearing in Vain
On Personnel Trouble
By Miriom Gutenberg

A reorganization of the Dis,
trict Society for Crippled Chill
dren has been voted by its board
of directors after the resignation
of five employees and protests
from parents of some OF the
handicapped children, it was
learned yesterday.
The society, which serves children
crippled by brain injuries, is sup
ported by the public sale of Easter
seals. This years campaign so fal
has brought in more than $4,000.
More than 300 children are or
the society's rolls to attend con-
sultation clinics at the rate of q
to 30 each month. Approximately
80 children attended nursery schoo
or kindergarten or receive speech
treatment at the societys head
quarters. 1767 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV.
| The society's board, at its last
meeting, voted to continue the
services of Mrs. Jewell Gaffney al
executive secretary AFTER Mrs. Gaff.
ney testified she had been the vic.
tim of a Campaign of viliflcation.
She said she had been aware thai
members of her staff had beer
holding many secret meetings" anc
making reports to board member!
and parents. She described the
reports as false and damaging"
Reorganization Voted.
In voting to retain Mrs. Gaffney
the board also voted for a reor.
ganization, laying particular stress
on establishing a finance committed
and a personnel committee to exam
inc the qualifications of prospective
employees.
Albert w. Howard, society treas.
urer, said arrangements now art
being made to bond employees han
ding money and to call in an out
side bookkeeper to set up accoun
books. Mrs. Gaffney said she hae
been doing all the bookkeeping.
A spokesman for an accounting
firm which gives its services fre'
to prepare the society's annual fin
ancial statement said the societ,
does not maintain regular accoun
books. He said the firm does no
make an audit but gets up f1nan
cial statement from Cancelled checks
bank statements and other notes
His firm, he said, does not examine
bills and cash receipts.
Seventeen parents, describing
themselves as disturbed by recen
dismissals and designations of tht
professional staff of the society,
petitioned the board for an oppor
tunity to meet with the directors Il
discuss the situation.
No Hearing Held.
The parents did not get theil
hearing.
Mrs. Beulah Drake, president Of
the society, in her reply to this re-
quest, said all changes in the
society's personnel were recon.
mended only after thorough ane
full investigation of each situation
and was done for the good OF both
(see CRIPPLED CHILDREN A-s)
Evening star., 1948-04-18

National preparedness will be
the keynote of the five-day 57th
Continental Congress of Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution
opening tomorrow night in
Constitution Hall.
Today, the daughters will hold
memorial service at 2 pm. in Con-
stitution Hall for 1854 deceased
members. After the close of the
service, Mrs. Roscoe G. O'Byrne, OF
Brockville, Ind, president general
accompanied by members of the Ma
tional society, will place wreath
on the Founders Memorial Monu-
ment in the garden of Memorial
Continental Hall.
Also on today's schedule are me-
mortal pilgrimages to the Tomb OF
the Unknown Soldier at Arlington
Cemetery, at $3.50 pm, and to the
tomb of George and Martha Wash
ington at Mount Vernon at 4:3C
pm.
Following the traditional pag-
Evening star., 1948-04-18
British Told of Auto Oil
Never Needing Change
BY the Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, England, April
l7.-Prof. Maurice Stacey told the
Royal Institute of Chemistry today
that a new compound will permit
automobiles to run indefinitely with
no change of oil.
Prof. Stacey said the compound
is based on f1uorine, which elm
mates hydrogen from oils and makes
them on-inf1ammable. Present lub-
ricants have to be changed mainly
because they partly burn. With the
oil noninflammable it will be prac-
tically everlasting, provided the cars
have good oil filters and the lubri-
cation system does not leak, Prof.
Stacey said.
Evening star., 1948-04-18
AppIeknock Folks
Ready for Debut

Folks in Americas Most
Backward Community" Ap-
pleknock Territory, are all set
to make their bow to Star
readers tomorrow.
Jasper Jocks and his worth
less brother Jason, Gramper
Jocks, the beautiful Ellabella
Chugg and the mean old pro-
prietor of Appleknock, Judge
Haz Bean, are the principal
characters in an amusing new
daily comic strip depicting
life beyond the Whoa Thar
River.
Be sure to get acquainted
with Jasper Jocks tomorrow
in
Chr Eurntnn Star
Evening star., 1948-04-18
BY the Assoeioted Press

ROME, Sunday. April 18.-
italian voters, confronted by the
momentous Communist issue,
headed by the thousands today
to the polling places where vot-
ing started at 8 am. Il am.
E.S.T.)
All day today and part of to-
morrow, the voters will choose sena-
tors and deputies for their young
republics first Parliament. Through
these choices they will also give
their verdict on whether Italy
should be aligned politically with
the Communist East or the Demo-
cratic West
Gray skies, such as would nor
mally favor the well-disciplined
Communist dominated Popular
Front coalition, prevailed all over
the peninsula and in Sicily and
Sardinia. The weather bureau fore
cast scattered showers in some
areas.
All of the nations modified
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Results of Election d.
May Not Be Known
Until Midweek

Washington residents won't
know until tomorrow afternoon
at the earliest how the Italian
election has gone and it may
be Wednesday or Thursday be-
fore final results are available.
The polls are open today from
am. to 10 pm. and tomorrow
from 7 am. to 2 pm, Italian
time. This means that the last
ballot will not be cast until 7
am. tomorrow. Washington
time, since Rome time is seven
hours ahead of Eastern Stand
ard.
Voting is by the complicated
proportional representation sys-
tenn which means that the out
come will not be clear until a
large percentage of the total
vote has been counted.
Evening star., 1948-04-18
D. T.. Coal Prices Rise
40c 10 Sis Per Ton;
Dealers Blame Strike
Flanders Warns Congress
May Have to Consider
ALLEGATION of Fuel

Washington consumers will
pay from 40 cents to S1.25 more
per ton for bituminous coal
starting tomorrow. The higher
prices are likely to prevail
throughout the year.
In announcing the increase yes.
terday for 80 dealers, Patrick A
Deck, chairman of the Merchants &
Manufacturers coal division, put the
blame squarely on the recent Goa.
strike. Washington coal dealers who
had to pay from rs cents to s12s
more per ton are passing the In.
crease on to consumers, he said.
Congressional and labor leader.
saw the increase, interpreted a.
national in scope, as another con.
valution in the inflationary spiral.
Senator Flanders, Republican o1
Vermont, warned that Congress may
have to consider ALLEGATION of Goa
if the industry does not find way
to supply independent and house
hold users without bidding up tht
price as the result of "crimina
artificial scarcity"
Lewis Held Responsible.
He said the primary blame
belonged to John L. Lewis, cnie1
of the United Mine Workers, fol
finding another way to put the
,f,,yy
Donald E. Montgomery. CIC
United Auto Workers economist
said the industry had seen a way
to soak the public and lay the
responsibility to labor even while
admitting that this time the reason
was not payment of higher wages
Its additional proof chat another
period of price increases mas begun
and another argument for price
control" Mr.. Montgomery said.
Household coal will cost about
40 cents more per ton while in
dustry will be paying Up to $125
more for the stoker-type fuel USED
in Office buildings and apartment
houses, Mr.. Deck said.
People will be wondering why We
are getting more money for Goa
when the miners didn't get any in.
crease" Mr.. Deck said. He. offered
a prepared statement in explana-
ton.
Scarcity Factor in Price.
THE coal dealers of Washington
like the coal dealers elsewhere ir
the United States, make contacts fol-
bituminous coal on April l. each
year" the statement read.
This year when the time came
to renew the contracts the Goa
mines were closed down on account
of the pension dispute The Goa
buyers were very unhappy to dis
cover that prices had increased q
cents to $1.25 a ton. This was due
to the competition of buyers scram-
bling for the little coal available"
Maintaining they had been sell
ing coal to dealers under contract
at a much lower figure than they
could get from exporters and stee
mills on the open market, the pro-
ducers raised their price an aver.
e
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Bodies Of Boy and Dog
Found in Refrigerator
BY the A.soeioted Press

LOS ANGELES. April 17.-Tht
bodies of 4-year-old Daniel Cham
bers and his mongrel dog, "Choppo.
we're found today in an ice refriger-
ator in the rear of his home.
Oficers speculated that Daniel
crawled inside the refrigerator with
the dog and pulled the door shut
behind him.
Evening star., 1948-04-18

forces - 100000 troops and police
of all kinds stood by to protect
the voters rights.
In Rome. Milan, Naples, Genoa
and other big cities, voters walked
to their polling places through a
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Millions of Italians Go to Polls
|nCrucioI Test of Red Strength
Free Vote Guaranteed
By Security Forces;
Gray Skies Prevail

EIGHT MILLION MORE in Aid
Granted Italy by United States.
Page AS.
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Committee Vote
For Home Rule
Indicated in Poll
| .14-ll Lineup Likely
For Test in House;
Senate Feeling Split

CIVIC LEADERS Approve Home
Rule Plan as Explanation Is
Released. Page A.
Evening star., 1948-04-18

Radio Programs, Poge C-S
Complete Index, R4se AZ.
Evening star., 1948-04-18

(See BABIES, Page A-8.)
Evening star., 1948-04-18

(See OAR, Page ABB
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Weather Forecast

Sunny and mild today with highest In
lower COS. Fair. not so cold tonight. To-
morrow, some cloudiness and warmer.
Temperatures Yesterday.
Evening star., 1948-04-18

(See COAL, Page A-e
Evening star., 1948-04-18

Following the traditional pag-
Evening star., 1948-04-18

(See PRICES, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1948-12-05

P"A' d4S yOu SuIc YOU 7C0Hy
want me to answer this question
of yours - in public?"
He smiled as he started to
glance about the room. He smiled
partly because good Snowman
ship demanded it, but mostly
because there was always a Mrs.
Thompson and instantly spotting
her would look so effective and
would be 50 easy because she
would be the lady who looked as
if she wished the earth would
open up and swallow her. His
eyes found her and he bowed to
her and heads turned to watch
her.
NO" cried Mrs. Thompson,
looking as he had known she
must look. "Oh, please don't! l
never dreamed you could really
read my mind!"
Marvelle laughed a pleasant,
musical laugh. Right now," he
said. Il can read your mind with
no difficulty at ALL"
EVERYONE within sight of her
could have read Mrs. Thomp-
sons mind at that particular
moment. A wave of warm,
friendly laughter rippled over
the room. Marvelle took up
another envelope, burned it, an
swered the question; then an
other and another and another
and each time as the writers of
the questions reacted to his an
swers. gasps of amazement and
admiration and occasional bursts
of applause filled the room. He
felt relaxed. sure of himself,
happy. These people, whose
names in the gossip columns had
the sparkle of tinsel. loved him.
He had arrived. He had
climbed the long, rough stair
way and was climbing the rain
bow itself now. The hot, dusty
tents and sweating yokels and
the brassy blare of Cresset's car
nival were far below him, so far
below him that its people were
tiny nameless dots baking under
a hot Illinois sun.
liz WENT into the speciality
part of his act, casually turning
to address a man at a table not
too far from the edge of the
dance floor. "Oh. by the way,
Mr.. Sammis - that real-estate
deal you have on in Mont
clair -" Then he paused, while
Mr.. Sammis' startled expression
showed everyone else that he did
indeed have on a real-escate deal
in Montclair. Il know it's on
your mind, Mr.. Sammis, but
hold off couple of days before
you close"
Mr.. Sammis' reaction to this
advice brought applause that
crashed in the room like surf.
The man dressed as a waiter
smiled to himself, No one there
Evening star., 1948-12-05
The MIND READER
Continued from page seven

Harmon saying to his wife or
what half a dozen others at floor
tables had talked of in their
imagined privacy.
No one knew that Waldo Mar
velle paid him two hundred and
fifty dollars a week.
Marvelle, radiantly trium-
plant, reached again into the sill
yer bucket, pressed the envelope
his quick fingers touched against
the sponge so carefully built into
the buckets lining, drew it out.
The question on the card inside
the envelope was long, but
printed with great care and
heavily. as though whoever wrote
it knew how it must be read.
A FRowN creased Waldo Mar
velle's brow. The prickly sensa-
ton of nervousness, of psychic
omen, came over him again. To
have the secret of his act found
out by a non-professional could
ruin him-if the non-professional
by any chance wanted him
ruined. He pressed the envelope
tight against the card, read
through the window of its moist
transparency:
CAN YOU READ MY MIND NOW?
YOU COULD NOT READ 1T WORTH
A PLUGGED NICKEL ON THAT STA
TON PLATFORM IN MOLINE FIVE
YEARS AGO"
The cold dank sweat of fear
suddenly spangled Waldo Mar
velle's high forehead. He felt
himself sliding down the rain
bow. sliding down the high ladder
of his success, down and down,
away from the shiny people and
the Platinum Room into the
oblivion of ridicule and failure.
ALL Mary Cresset had to do
was to stand up and say, Hes
a phony. He has a little damp
sponge inside the bucket and
stooge dressed up as a waiter -
you suckers!" and he was
through. Mary Cresset had every
right in the world to want to ruin
him. He had to know if she
meant to ruin him. He felt,
standing there in the spotlight,
waiting. that he could not bear
not knowing. If he knew, some
how, he might forestall the de-
bacle.
And then, for a mind reader,
he did a very odd thing. He
prayed. He prayed that he could
read a mind and, an instant
later, he swayed on his feet and
had to rest his hands on the
table to steady himself because
he was 50 shocked by the thing
that happened to him.
For the space of a few seconds
he was given a fash of vision so
bright that in its glaring light he
saw beneath the sheen of the
Evening star., 1948-12-05
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Evening star., 1948-12-05

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Evening star., 1948-12-05

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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-12-31
Mobile, Alabama "Aabamas euh Port
We. The People
Continued from Page -

CONTINUED from Page 81
could show him any book OF the
Bible which did not mention Goa.
The lawyer produced a copy OF
the Book of Esther. So the sup
porters of the Constitution gained
one very necessary vote in Mas
sachusettS.
The problems which faced the
Constitution makers in Philadel-
phia were of course very different
from those arising in Tel Aviv.
The main problem at Philadel-
phia was that of union. How to
get divergent states. jealous OF
their Individual sovereignities. to
work together. Even in the midst
of the Revolutionary War. with
the states facing the common
British enemy. the hostility did
not entirely subslde. When' our
ing the Revolution. a delegate to
the Congress from Pennsylvania
spoke of his state as being the
heart of the Union. a delegate
from Georgia wisecracked: "Yes.
it is the heart and does not the
Scripture say that the heart is
deceitful above all things"
The securing of union and lib
erty were the basic goals of the
U. S. constitution. Today, society
is more complex. There were no
monopolies, no trusts, in the be-
ginning days of America. With
an abundance of land, there was
no problem of unemployment.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-17
Dgpheun1 Has Busy Week End

The lavish new Technlcolor film, Till the Clouds Roll By, based on the incidents of Jerome Kern's life, opens tomorrow at tEe Orpheum Theatre The pic- sure stars June Allyson, Lucille Bremen, Judy Garland, Kathyrn Grayson, Van Heflin, Lena Horne, Van Johnson, Angela lansbury, Tony Martin, Virgin. fa O'Brlen, Dinah Shore, Frank SiDatra, Robert Walker and boasts supporting cast with many brilliant names.
 A tribute to the composer of some of Americas favorite tunes, sAe film features music by Kern, including Look for the Silver Lining, Sunny and Who, all aung by Judy Garland.
 The story is built around Aern's touching friendship with his a'ranger, James Hessler. aDd the lattei's stage-struck daughter It traces the arrival of Kern in New York full of hope and ambition, followed by his nse to fame and fortune, accents his romantic m eeting with a girl n England whom he marries, and ends on a dramatic note Bhsn Sally Hessler, embittered by a quarrel over her career, proves her talent as a singer and ls recOnciled to Kern whom she has always regarded as foster- parent.
 This afternoon the Orpheum and the Community Center are sponsoring 8 Kids Matinee, to