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, 1948-12-18
Cuirbuir Announces
New SunduY. &
Dolly Schedule

Caribbean Atlantic Airlines
has announced a new sched
ule affecting daily and Sum
day flights of Caribair planes
to become effective on Mon
day, December 90.
According to the new sche-
dule the first plane leaves st.
Croix at tbs instead of $50 a.
m; the first plane will arrive
at 1910 instead of $40, and
the last plane will arrive at
$40, There are other changes
also. This indicates that there
will be three planes daily on
Sundays also.
, 1948-12-18
CunuduY Armstrong;
TO Be Honored
In Junuury

Ward M. Canaday and the
Armstrong; Robert, Douglas,
Malcolm and Mrs. RachaeD
will be handed the resolutions
awarded to them by the Sixth
Council, for outstanding con-
tributions to the economic de-
velopment of st. Croix.
Mr.. Canaday was slated to
have received his from early
in November but his appoint
ment to the Caribbean Commits
sion made it necessary to be
away at the time.
The new Council will be ask
ed to deliver the documents
IGNORING them with special
ceremonies.
, 1948-12-18
AVICA Sends Check
For X1nus Gifts
To Lepers. Poor

The American Virgin Islands
Civic Association Of which
Ashley L. Totten is president,
sent q check to purchase gifts
for the purpose of bringing
Christmas Cheer to the in
mates of the Leprosarium and
also of the Kings Hill Poor
Farm, according to a press re-
lease received today.
Following a meeting of the
Supervisory Board members
decided that the inmates of
both institutions were the
most appreciative on the is
lands Of what they are trying
to do, and that "they are in no
way responsible for the act
ions of others who accept help
from those that they continue
to ridicule.
, 1948-12-18
Colonel Duvis TO.
Visit St. Croix In
J~0nuurY

Colonel Benjamin O. Davis,
Commanding Officer at Lock
bourne Air Base in Ohio, will
visit st. Croix early in January
he assured the Honorable
Joseph Alexander, President
of the Chamber of Commerce,
in a cablegram today.
Mr.. Alexander had sent Col.
Davis, who is the highest rank
ing Negro officer of the United
States Air Forces, a message
inviting him to visit ST. Croix,
on learning that both himself,
four officers and six enlisted
men had stopped off in st.
Thomas for a two-days visit.
Colonel Davis said that time
will not permit him to visit
st. Croix now, but that he
plans to return early in jan
uary at which time he will be
accompanied by Mrs. Davis.
, 1948-12-18
Tru1nun To Ask For
Tightening OF Lows
On Suboteurs

President Truman may ask
the Congress for laws to
strengthen the present ones
for dealing more effectively
with Saboteurs, Attorney Cen
eral Tom Clark indicated in a
statement made to newsmen
yesterday.
Mr.. Clark said that the Pres
ident had requested the De-
partment of Justice for recon-
mendations to strengthen the
laws to deal with spies.
, 1948-12-18
Taft Pruises Clay.
Sees No Wur
Over Berlin

Senator Robert Taft Of Ohio,
returning from a tour of Eu-
rope praised the work being
done by General Lucius Clay,
Military Governor in Ger
many. He said the General IS
doing a magnificent job.
The Senator said that he
saw much Improvement in
France, Germany and the Ne
therlands, That the ECA has
improved the economic condi-
ton Of five countries, and pre-
dicted that American aid can
be reduced in 1850. He does
not think the Berlin condition
will lead to war.
, 1948-12-18
LOCAL SPORT NEWS

The baseball game between
the Giants and Ebling, which
was postponed last Sunday,
will be played tomorrow after
noon on Parade Ground.
Ebling is the local Puerto
Rican team that recently visit
ed Puerto Rico to play series
Of games.
, 1948-12-18
GOVERNMENT OFFICES
TO CLOSE FOR 4 DAYS

Government offices will
generally be closed at noon on
Friday, December "a, and will
not be reopened before Tues
day, December %, it was an
nounced by the Administers
ton.
Likewise, the offices will
close at noon on Friday, Dec
ember 81, and reopen on jan
uary 8.
, 1948-12-18
SCHOOLS OF ISLAND
CLOSED UNTIL JAN. s

All the Islands public
schools were closed yesterday
and will not be reopened until
January 3, after the holding Of
appropriate programs.
Catholic schools are sche-
duled to close on Wednesday,
December %
, 1948-12-18
British Plunes Make
Record Deliveries
To Berlin

British planes flew over 100
900 tons of supplies to Berlin
up to yesterday. Acting May
or Louise Schroeder, express
ed her thanks on behalf of the
people of Berlin, to the Brit
ish and American flyers, es-
pecially to the 9 British and Is
Americans who lost their lives
in the service.
Fog closed in over the cor
ridor and the Gatow airfield
in the British field at Gatow,
and also in the French zone.
It soon lifted and during the
afternoon the air lift was in
full operation.
General Clay said that a
real source of danger to the
Allied planes was removed
when the French blew up the
towers used by Radio Berlin,
Continued on Page A
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Evening star., 1948-08-01
How DC.
BY WILLIAM A. MILLEN

HoW DO WASHINGTON
II streets get their names?
Suggestions come from all
over-from individuals, clubs,
citizens associations and from
the stah of District Surveyor
Francis F. Healy, who, in
the final analysis, makes the
choice and recommends it to
the Commissioners.
Mr.. Healy, who has been
in the District service for q
years, Is not entirely satisfied
with the names that have
been given. If Washington
mans had it to do all over
again, he says, they could
name their streets. on a much
more scientific basis. The
names of the famed battles
of the Revolutionary War.
from Lexington to Yorktown.
would make a grand set of
streets, he AYERS. The names
OF all the Presidents, in order.
would be another. But it's too
late now.
All the States of the Union
now have a street, avenue or
place named for them, except
Ohio. And Mr.. Healy is
working on that. There was
an Ohio avenue. near the Dis
trict Building, but the Federal
Triangle development wiped
1t out. Missouri avenue also
was eliminated by that de-
velopment, but the situation
was repaired when Concord
avenue was renamed Missouri
aOouI TWO years ago.
Giving a name to a new
street Is simple. but a change
of name requires a public
hearing. Mr.. Healy says
about Is or 20 new streets are
named each year.
Although the city is nearly
$50 years old and its area
limited. it still hasn't been
completely developed. There
still are a lot of new streets
to be named.
Looking at a large city map
on the wall of his Office in
the District Building, Mr..
Healy observes that it will
be some time before every
possible street has been cut.
He points out that west of
Evening star., 1948-03-13
On the Other Hand
House Committees Wild CHARGES
Should Help Russian Politburo

Senator. They know about IVA In
Russia, know 1t as a wonder equal
almost to Hollywood. 1t should not
be difficult to convince them that
Lilienthal is a Red; in fact, that
would make his great achievement
understandable and explain his Sc
lection as the man to develop
Americas atomic power.
Shows U. S. Worries.
Presumably news of the elaborate
measures being teken by our Gov
ernment to guard against any dis
loyalty among Government en-
ployes has been thoroughly reported
to the Russian people. 1t would
show how worried we are and
could be made to show how wide
spread communism lis In this
country.
Now comes a House committee
not the un-American this time-to
raise a question of Redness in con-
nection with the director of the
State Departments Office of Con-
trolls. This is the Office that passes
on all matters of loyalty within
the department. The Russian
propagandists can do plenty with
this incident. See. they can say. q
Communist in a position of supreme
trust; and Princeton, Yale, OK
ford man to boot; that's the kind
of converts communism is making
in America. Being able to turn the
news on and off at will, they'll
never need to mention the truth
concerning the House committees
victim, if and when he is permitted
to establish the truth.
In the past the Russian rulers
have made the most of our short
comings. They have dwelt on the
poverty of the poor and the riches
of the rich, our housing and health
problems, the extent Of illiteracy
the inequality of the races. Only a
question of time, they have told
their people, until our capitalist
system comes tumbling down and
we embrace communism.
They can now use the wild
charges of our congressional dema
gogues-if they are smart enough
to do SOTO prove that this is COM
ing to pass, just as promised.
Evening star., 1948-03-13

to leave washington sometime next
month.
It is understood among the
friends OF the Peruvian Minister,
DR.. Don Humberto Fernandez
Dayila, that he and his family will
be retiring shortly from the Wash
ington scene but no official an
nouncement has been made by his
government And Miss Rettig -Bendz
is the daughter of the Swedish
Agricultural Attache, Mr.. Gregor
Bendz, who is retiring from the
diplomatic service entirely in order
to devote all his time to the culti-
vation of his own farm in Sweden.
All four girls have enjoyed a great
deal of popularity in the Capital
and will be very much missed by
their friends here. Many of them
were on hand last night including
Miss Nora Martins, Senoritas Anita
|and Teresa Baraibar, Miss Catinca
Ralea, Miss Edwina Pou Walden,
Miss Beverly Harrington, Miss
Pomona North, Miss Ann Gillespie,
Miss Claire Snow, the Misses Betty
and Emily Arnold and Miss Betty
Wheeler.
In the stag line were Capt
Etienne de Grasset, Mr.. Mircea
Vasiliu, DR.. Albert Marland, 1t.
James Boyle. Mr.. Robert Jones, 1t.
Comdr. Whiting Wicker, Senor
Walter Garrido, Senor Fernando
Gaetan, and Mr.. Paul Divine and
others present were 1t. Comdr. and
Nine. Pierre Rouliot, Signor Paolo
Pansa, Mr.. and Mrs. Grayson Head
LEY, Mr.. william Gingrich, and Mr..
and Mrs. Roger Habert.
And last evening too there was a
special showing in the Hall of the
Americas of the Pan American
Union of the Venezuelan film, "Dona
Barbara" which was sponsored by
the Ambassador of Venezuela and
Sonora de CarnevaI. The picture
is based on the novel by the same
name by Romulo Gallegos, Vene-
zuela's new president. The motion
picture presents one of the mos,
authentic portrayals Of Venezuelan
regional types and customs ever
filmed.
Evening star., 1948-03-13

DurO lou Oh afO hIlu COIIllOit.
Russias political masters don't
spend all their time thumbing their
noses at the United States and other
Western powers. They also have
good deal of home work to do. They
have to create and maintain state
of mind among their own people.
They have to keep the population
convinced that theirs is the one
great and good country, that COM
munism has made it So~ and that
gradually the rest of the world is
coming to realize these things. ANY
evidence or anything that looks like
evidence to this effect should fit
in nicely with their propaganda.
Impressions in Russia.
So what does our House commit
tee do to help it along? Lately it
has been seeking to spread the no.
ton that the director of the United
States Bureau of Standards is not
without sympathy for the Soviet sys-
tenn or, at least, that he can be
found in sympathetic association
with defenders of the system. How
this news is being used in Russia
nobody knows, but it would be
strange if the home propagandists
failed to make the most of it. What
better proof of Russia's new leader
ship in the realm of science and
technology could be offered?
Already Russia's masses, even if
they get their news straight, should
be persuaded that Americas great
motion picture industry, one of the
wonders of the world, is completely
dominated by communists. The Un-
American Activities Committee GER
tainly tried hard enough to create
that impression. 1t must make the
average Russian pretty proud and
increase his faith in his rulers.
Nothing more useful to the work
of the Russian propagandists has
been provided perhaps since the
days, or rather weeks, when David
Lilienthal was being denounced as
a Req by one eminent United States
Evening star., 1948-03-13
This Changing World
Steps Needed Toward Synchronization
Of Defense and State Departments

and artillery forces is Of little use.
Western Europe still has supply
of manpower but it would become
mere cannon and bomb fodder un-
less it had modern-age weapons.
And Western European nations
have neither the industrial poten-
tial today nor any actual "mechan-
ical and electronic" power to meet
the Soviet onslaught.
Hence their heads are once more
turned toward the United States
which, while not possessing any
planes and tanks for immediate
delivery, still has potential far
superior to that of the USSR.
Must Get u. S. Support.
In other words. the Brussels de-
fensive pact, which may be extended
to all nations desiring to resist So
Wet imperialism, will remain'a dead
letter unless America is willing to
give it whole support
There is no question, these western
powers are telling us, that the eco
nomic relief provided under the
Marshall Plan, at present under dis
|cussion in Congress, will do much
good in providing food, clothing
and industrial equipment. But all
this will be a mere shot in the
arm unless America is prepared to
meet the Soviet aggression with a
firm and determined stand which
must involve token military aid
And by military aid it is no longer
meant that the United States must
merely provide the wherewithal of
military resistance We must have
ready at the. earliest possible mo-
ment strong air force and possibly
a much larger number of paratroop
units than we possess today
Nothing but firm stand involv-
ing military preparedness to meet
the Soviet challenge can prevent
further Russian eruptions in West
ern Europe, in the Middle East and
in China.
These facts of life have been
presented to our Government by the
spokesmen for those foreign states
which still hope to remain outside
the iron curtain and continue to
live as free countries, and their
presentation is being shared unani-
mously by Americas top military
leaders on whose shoulders rests
the responsibility for national Sc
curity.
According to the views of some
of them, conditions are far worse
today than even in the months pre-
ceding Pearl Harbor and unless we
formulate at the earliest possible
moment plan representing the
synchronization of the policies of
the national military establishment
and that of the State Department
we may find ourselves in a serious
predicament before long.
Evening star., 1948-03-13
Mexican Attoche
Aids Churchgoers
In Parking Cases

Four churchgoing motorists today
were grateful for diplomatic courte-
sy for getting them out of a tight
spot.
The four were the unwilling guests
yesterday of Judge, George D. Neil
son in Municipal Court, after being
ticketed Sunday for parking in
front of the Mexican Embassy, 1929
Sixteenth street NV.
Policeman r. e. Fenton OF No. 10
Precinct told the court, however,
all the defendants were attending
church services. What's more, he
had a letter from Emanuel S. VAL
ladares, Embassy attache, stating
the desire of the Embassy to extend
its courtesy and asking the leniency
of the court.
Judge Nelson suspended sentence.
The four churchgoers were Ed
ward L. Manyan, IS, 2141 Twentieth
street, Arlington; David H. Baral,
q, 6100 Fourteenth street NV;
Bernard Strassburg, 20, 1902 Sara
toga avenue NE, and Helen Coz
mean, 81, 4311 North Fourth avenue
Arlington.
Evening star., 1948-03-13
[Fare1VeW Partv
For Br0Okings'

Rear Admiral and Mrs. P. W.
Brookings were honor guests at the
farewell supper party which Com
modore and Mrs. v. S. Godfrey gave
last evening at their residence in
Georgetown.
The guests invited included Ad-
miral Brookings' successor, Rear
Admiral Brian Schofield, and Mrs.
Schofield; Admiral Sir Henry Moore,
Air Marshal Sir Victor Goddard and
Lady Goddard, Vice Admiral and
Mrs. Robert, B. Carney, Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. T. v. Inglis, Capt.
and Mrs. Floyd Ferris, Capt. and
Mrs. P. w. Wootten and the for
merse sister, Miss Wootten; the
Naval Attache of the French En-
bassy, Capt. Pierre Lancelot; Comdr.
and Mrs. Best, Comdr. and Mrs. Ian
Newnham, Comdr. and Mrs. Ernest
Russell, Maj. and Mrs. Barclay
Pearson, and Miss Peggy Godfrey,
daughter of the hosts. - :
Evening star., 1948-03-13

ness. i II E Sohstahuhe Dro"h.
views will be presented to President
Truman and Secretary of State
Marshall.
In the meantime the State De-
partment is studying closely the
terms of the Brussels defensive
agreements adopted by Great Brit
ain, France, Belgium, Holland and
the Netherlands. This meeting,
which was initiated by the heads
of the five governments themselves
without any prodding from the
United States, has now completed
it's work.
Too "Defensively Minded"
From what is known so far, 1t
seems that while 1t is a good first
step toward offering more than
verbal resistance to the Soviet-sat-
elite encroachments, it is not yet
sufficiently comprehensive and is
also too "defensively minded" :"
For instance, Switzerland, which
strangely has probably the best
military force in Europe, has not
yet been included in the pact.
The mountain republic has given
definite indications that in view
of what happened in Czechoslovakia
and because the sovereignty of
every Western European country
is now greatly threatened she is
willing to abandon her 130-year -old
neutrality policy and join in COM
mon defense But of course all
these pacts and agreements are de-
pendent on what the United States
is willing to do for the defense of
the countries menaced by Red i'm
perialism.
The military situation of the ma
tions in Western Europe and China
is even worse than their economic
plight. In these days when air.
planes. rockets, atomic bombs
and mechanized forces are Su-
preme, the availability of infantry
Evening star., 1948-03-13
Frederick Lawyer Named
Bar Committee Chairman

Attorney Jerome Offutt, of Fred
erick, Md, has been appointed
Fourth Circuit chairman of the
Committee on Cooperation with
the Junior Bar Groups, the Junior
Bar Conference of the American
Bar Association announced yester-
Gay.
The fourth circuit comprises
Maryland, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia and West Vir-
ginia. Mr.. Offutt, 30, has been
practicing in Frederick since Feb
ruary, 1910. He is a member of the
Frederick County Bar Association
and the Committee on Professional
Ethics of the Maryland Bar Asso-
citation.
He was state chairman of the
Junior Bar Conference in 1916 and
1S47. From January l, 1943 to
December 81, 1916, he was a member
Of the Maryland State Legislature
Evening star., 1948-03-13
Allied Council in Clash
On Austrian Price Trend
By the Associated Press

VIENNA, Mar. 13.-The Allied
Control Council yesterday ran up
its longest meeting on record-seven
hours-in a dispute over Austria S
price-and-wage situation.
Col. Gen. L. v. Kurrasov, Soviet
high commissioner, said during the
session that American aid had
brought calculated worsening" of
the Austrian workers plight.
1t. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes, United
States high commissioner, said on
the other hand Austria's own ef-
forts and outside help had resulted
in signs of economic recovery.
The council agreed on only two
of seven subjects taken up. One
was suggestion that the Austrian
government grant general pardon
to little Nazis.
Evening star., 1948-03-13
Status Of Women !.
Report Compiled
For B0g0ta Parlev

A report on the status of women
will be presented by Miss Minerva
Bernardino at q special plenary ses-
sion Of the Ninth International
Conference Of American States to
be opened on March 80 at Bogota.
The report has been compiled by
the Inter american Commission of
Women, of which Miss Bernardino
is chairman.
The document will cover the status
of women in the 81 American re-
publics on nationality, political
rights, legal capacity of married
women, guardianship, the right to
exercise any trade. employment or
profession, women in industry and
existing determinations.
The major recommendation con-
tanned in the report is an effort of
the commission to obtain equal civil
and political rights for women in
those American republics where they
do not yet exist.
The commission also will ask to
be made part Of the Pan Ameri-
can Union. 1t has functioned au-
tonomously during its existence OF
almost 20 years.
Miss BernArdino will advise the
conference that she plans to resign
as chairman of the commission at
its next meeting to be held this
year. Following her resignation, she
will devote most of her time to the
completion of two books on women
of the Americas, on which she has
been working for some time. She
also will lecture on the Importance
of strengthening the relations be-.
tween the Americas.
Another womans organization to
be represented at the conference is
the Peoples Mandate Committee
for American Peace and Co.
operation. The committees dele
cation, which includes its director,
Miss Mabel Vernon; will urge united
action in the United Nations for
universal disarmament under inter-
national control. Prior to attending
the conference, the delegates will
Visit in Mexico and the Central
American countries where they will
present the committees appeal.
In addition to Miss Vernon, the
Peoples Mandate will be represented
by Mrs. Robert Hunt Walker of
Baltimore, member of the executive
council, and Miss Consuelo Reyes
Calderon of San Jose. Costa Rica,
secretary for Latin America.
Evening star., 1948-03-13
Miss Raab Engaged
To Mr.. M0ffett

Mrs. Martha DetwfIer Raab an
nounces the engagement Of. her
daughter, Miss Marjorie Elizabeth
Raab, to Mr.. Bertrand Lee Moffett,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Moffett of
Bethesda. The wedding will take
place in the late spring.
Miss Raab is a sen.o. at George
Washington University and a men,
ber of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. Mr.
Moffett attended George Washing
ton University and the University of
California at Los Angeles. He is a
member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Fraternity.
Evening star., 1948-03-13
Leland Hospital Lecture
--.-'.
Series TO Open Tomorrow

The first of six lecture programs
sponsored by the Leland Memorial
Hospital. Riverdale, Md, will be
given at 7,:45 pm. tomorrow in the
University Of Maryland Gymnasium
The program will comprise two
talks. DR.. L. w. Malin, director of
the hospital, will speak on THE
Fear of Cancer" D. A. Delafield
editor of the Seventh-Day Ad-
ventist publication, Review and
Herald, will speak on THE Cancer
Of Fear" A sound motion picture
will be shown.
The six free Life and Health
lectures will be on common diseases
and illnesses. One will be reserved
for discussion of the audience s
medical questions. All talks will be
held at 7:45 pm. on Sundays.