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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Mrs. Rooseveif's Mother
Says Cut Was Accidental

SAN DIEGO. Calf, Dec. % LP.-
Mrs. Jean C. Young, mother of Mrs.
Faye Roosevelt, said today the
actress accidentally cut herself
while hunting for aspirin In the
bathroom"
After two telephone conversations
with her daughter yesterday, Mrs.
Young declared that Mrs. Roosevelt
told her she reached into a drawer
where there were some extra razor
blades"
Faye said she didn't notice the
blades and cut herself" Mrs. Young
said. That's all there was to it.
She's quite all right now.
All this is just lot of newspaper
talk. Some people don't like the
Roosevelts, you know"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28

outstanding young man in the Gov
eminent.
Mr.. Turner, who is 80, is credited
by Secretary Snyder with originat-
ing the idea of simplified income
tax forms which have saved the
Nations taxpayers time and effort
in filing their forms and saved the
Government millions Of dollars by
reducing the amount of paper work
The Treasury nominee is a real
career employee, having started as
a messenger in the Agriculture De-
partment in 1885. He started as a
junior clerk in the Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau several years later and
worked his way to his present posi-
ton.
ALL'S QUIET-Government off,
Gals estimate that at least 20 pei
cent of Federal employees here have
taken this week off, chargeable to
their annual leave.
Most employees who took the week
off signified their intention of 60
ing out of town for that period
Some agencies report that the num-
Der of absentees this week is as
high as 30 per cent.
X
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - Repre-
sentative Jones, Republican, Of
Washington, who was defeated fol
reelection, is reported to be in line
for a cabinet job in Washington
State. That will be good news te
many Federal employees here Whe
remember Mr.. Jones for his excel
lent work on their behalf while 8
member of the House Civil Service
Committee. Incidentally, Chair
man Rees of the House Civil Service
Committee, who will become the
ranking minority member of the
group next week, has writtel- ar
article, 80 You want to Work fol
the Government" which will ap-
pear in an early issue Of American
magazine. Former President
James B. Burns of the AFL Amer.
lean Federation of Government En-.
ployes, who now is employed as ar
attorney in the Veterans Admins
tration, evidently plans to play al
active role in the unions affairs. HI
is transferring his membership from
his California AFGE lodge to tn
Veterans Administration AFGI
lodge here. The Civil Servic,
Commission is in the midst of re
vising its personnel regulations
many of which are 60 years an,
more old. :. Thomas Richardson o
the CLIO United Public Workers o
America has been elected vice presi
dent of the Maryland-District o
Columbia CLIO Council. Davi'
Lloyd, who did considerable worl
for the Democratic National Com
mittee, is a new addition to tn
White House staff.
fBe sure to listen in Sundays at
u:15 am. ouer WMAL, The Star
Station, for Joseph Youngs
broadcast Dersion of the Federal
Spotlight, featuring additional
ne,0s and DieDs OF the GoDern-
nlent scene.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt
Suffers SIashed Wrist.
Inquiry Ordered
BY the Associated Press

POUGHKEEPSIE,N N. Y, Dec. 28.-l
Faye Emerson Roosevelt, actress
wife of Elliott Roosevelt, slashed her
left wrist with razor early Sunday
in the couples Hyde Park home,
Sheriff c. Fred Close said last night.
The sheriff quoted DR.. H. Sherman
Hirst, who treated the 31-year- old
Mrs. Roosevelt, as saying he under
stood the wound was Self-inf1icted
and that she had to be restrained
from injuring herself further.
But Mr.. Roosevelt, reached by
telephone, said the injury resulted
from an accident.
There is nothing to it," he added.
No Stitches Required.
The cut was described as super
fcial. It required no stitches.
After treating Mrs. Roosevelt, DR..
Hirst sent her to Vassar Brothers
Hospital here where she spent the
night under observation. She was
released at noon yesterday.
When informed of Mr.. Roose-
velt's statement that the wound
was inflicted accidentally, the
sheriff said:
Il can't help what Elliott says.
This is what DR.. Hirst told Deputy
Sheriff (Hugh) Brennan.
1T Is my impression that the
cutting was deliberate and I am
asking Elliott Roosevelt to appear
at the district attorneys Office We'd
nesday morning at 10 o'clock for
further details"
Roosevelt will Appear.
Later Sheriff Close said he had
received word from Mr.. Roosevelts
attorney that the son of the late
President would appear.
The sheriff said he had served
district attorneys subpoenas on Dr..
Hirst and two of the hospital staff
to appear at District ATTORNEY w.
Vincent Grady's Office at 2 pm.
today. The hospital staff members
served are Ellison Capers, admin
tstrator, and George Dennis, night
clerk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28

Ing WAL WIN
terry.
Corpl. Norford,
the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Mar
shall A. Norford
OF Mclean, Va,
was 81 at the
time Of his
death. He was
graduated from
Fairfax Hi G h
School in 1942
a nd attended
George Wash
ington Univer-
sity. He worked
for the Senate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28

by the individual
departments and
agencies.
Accordingly, the
Hoover group is
expected to rec
ommend that the
commission de-
vote its major
time and atten-
ton to setting
up Government
wide personnel
policy matters
a n d programs
and to policing
these programs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Sales Tax Revenue Rise
Is Seen in MARYLAND
BY the Nssoeiofed Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. %. - Con-
troller James ]. Lacy indicated to-
day the State may collect more
than it expected through sales tax
this fiscal year.
He said early reports Of the De-
cember sales volume were higher
than anticipated. If this continues
to hold true, Mr.. Lacy said, the
estimate of $27 100000 for the year
will be revised upward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28


bers feel that the real job of the
commission lies in these fields. Their
criticism is that nowadays the COM
mission devotes so much effort to
routine matters that it doesn't have
enough time to concern itself enough
with all major administrative mat
tiers.
The burdensome paper work would
be distributed among the various
agencies which would be in a much
better position to deal with the docu-
ments directly concerning them.
For example, the commission de-
votes a great deal of time and effort
In keeping records of all Federal
employees when these records can
best be kept by individual agencies.
And. Hoover group members feel,
the commission wastes entirely too
much time in individual cases re-
garding promotions, transfers, salary
increases within the discretion of
the agencies as well as other per-
sonnet matters.
The Hoover group feels that the
individual departments and agen-
cies should have the responsibility
for these matters, with the commits
sion acting in a policing capacity to
make sure that no irregularity or
abuses occur.
And, as reported here before, the
Hoover group will call for a greater
delegation of job placement author
ity to the various Government bu-
reauS.
VA-Veterans' Administration Of
ficials are keeping their fingers
crossed these days There are re-
ports that the Budget Bureau is
carefully scanning VAS next years
budget requests with the view Of
making a stable cut.
Some budget officials feel that
some of VAS services can be cut
to achieve a $5O0,000,000 annual
savings But it remains to be seen
whether they will have their way.
STONE WALL - Speaking of
budgets, national defense officials
conflde that they aren't making
much Roadway in trying to get
the White House to increase their
1850 fiscal year budget.
President Truman so far has re-
sisted the military departments
plea for a 81, 500, 0OO,0 900 funds out
lay next year. Unless Mr.. Truman
changes his mind the White House
will send up a SIS .oOo, 000, 900 Army,
Navy and Air Force budget to
Congress next week.
Il b 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Fighting in Malaga
Reported by British
BY the Assoeioted Press

SINGAPORE, Dec. 2s.-Singhalese
and Malay troops clashed at Kluang
IN General Johore, the British public
relations office said today.
Several persons were reported in
tured and some property damaged
before order was restored. The
British refused further information
on the clash, which unofficial
sources described as serious.
Cause of the fighting was not given
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28

War Investigating Committee until
he went into the Army in 1913. He
went overseas in March, 1945. and
was a personnel classification spe-
cialist with the 7th Air Depot
Group.
Besides his parents he is survived
by two brothers, Marshall A. Nor
ford, jr., Of the home address and
Bernie A, Norford Of Alexandria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Four Die in Heud-On Crush

KITTANN1NG, Pa, Dec % (R.-
-Four men were killed yesterday in
the head-on collision of their auto
mobile and truck near here. The
victims, all residents Of the area,
were William Colwell, about Is;
Clyde D. Smith. about %; Wallace
A. Miller. "a, and Ralph G. Shick,
%
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Corp|. Walter J. Norford
To Be Reburied Thursday

Corpl. Walter J. Norford. who was
killed in vehicle accident in Ger
many on May Il, 1945, will be re-
buried at 2 pm. Thursday in Ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
The Federal Spotlight
Hoover Report to Hit Routine
|Of Civil Service Commission
By Joseph Young

forthcoming Hoover Commission report expected to
criticize sharply the endless work and comparatively trivial
which the Civil Service Commission has to concern
itself
Hoover group members feel that commission whether
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28

Jamaica now gets four hours of
radio entertainment day, from a
government station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28

Ell Salvador dealers have a sur
plus of farm machinery and are
offering liberal terms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28

TREASURY-James r. Turner,
chief Of the Bureau of Internal
Revenues statistical division, has
been selected by Secretary of Treas
ury Snyder as the departments
nominee for the Junior Board Of
Commences annual award to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28

willingly or unwillingly, is devoting
entirely too much time and effort
to things which could be done with
out nearly as much time and trouble
Evening star., 1948-10-21
Christian Businessmen
0pen Convention Session

The 11th annual convention OF
the Christian Businessmen's Com
mittee International. a religious Or
ganization, held it's first business
session today at the Mayflower Ho-
tel. Arnold Grunigen, jr., of San
Francisco, vice chairman of the Or
ganization, presided.
District Commissioner John Rus
sell Young was scheduled to address
a mems luncheon meeting at the
hotel
The gathering today was to hear
discussions on Men Reaching for
Christ" Advertising the Gospel
and General Policy and Operation
of the Committee" The talks will
be followed by round table discus
sions of the subjects.
A moving picture. Voice of the
Deep" distributed by the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago, will be
shown at $50 o'clock this evening in
the hotel. A street meeting at Penn
sylvanla avenue and E street NV,
will follow at o'clock. The conven-
ton will continue through Sunday
1t is easier to buy handmade lace
or wine and spirits in Paris now
than to find food for sale, travellers
observe.
Evening star., 1948-10-21

Ofices Of both concerns are at l4O4
K street NV.
| The suit contends that Congress
repealed law regulating the pay
ment OF license fees for the opera
ton of apartment buildings, It
says Congress authorized the Com
mlssioners to set up a license fee
system based on the cost to the
District OF inspecting, supervising
and regulating the operation OF the
buildings.
The suit contends that the Dis
trict failed to make an investigation
to determine the cost to the the
DISTRICT and that the fee system is
patterned after the plan which was
repealed and that it should be de-
clared void.
The District is seeking a fee OF
SIS tor each apartment of the two
corporations, the suit said. Lii
cense Supt. Chatham T. Noting
ham, the Commissioners and the
District were named defendants.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Milton D. Norman said new licens-
ing fee regulation is to be in opera
ton beginning the first of next
month. The corporations are rep
resented by Attorneys Milton Stras-
burger and Jacob Sander.
Evening star., 1948-10-21
U. n. Day Celebration
Arranged for Sunday

Final plans for the celebration Of
United Nations Day on Sunday
have been announced by the Dis.
trict Citizens Committee for United
Nations Day, headed by Edgar
Morris.
The official celebration will take
place at $3.50 pm. in Constitution
Hall. featuring music by the Army
Air Force Bands, the 2l0-voice Gen.
tral High School Choir and the All
Force Band Glee Club.
The United Nations song. COM
posed by Shostakovitch, will be sung
by M/Sergt. Abrasha Robofsky Of
the Air Force Band A symbolic
flame of freedom to be lighted by
runner with torch. will remain
burning in the center stage through
out the program, the announcement
said.
Speakers at the celebration will be
Senator Barkley. Democrat, Of Ken
lucky and Dr. Don Julian r. Cace-
res, Ambassador of Honduras. Ear
Evening star., 1948-10-21
DeaIersSeePricePeak
On Food Here as Past;
Lower Costs Continue

Meat prices here today remained
at the lower levels of the last two
weeks and led some dealers to be-
lieve the peak has come and gone
for the time being.
The only reported major change
in the Washington food cost picture
this week was drop of to 4 cents
wholesale on chickens. Max t.
Bressler, head of the wholesale
poultry division of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association. said
this resulted mainly from an easing
OF demand for chickens because o.
price declines on heavy meats.
Butter was selling at several retail
stores at 73 cents a pound, 2 cents
below week ago. The wholesale
price of 66 cents for top grade today,
however, was the same as last
Thursday, but it rose temporarily a
cent or two earlier this week, Henry
Males, chairman, of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association but
ter and egg division, reported.
Meat Reported Unchanged.
While beef, pork, ham and lamb
retail prices averaged about the same
as a week ago, some chain stores
listed chuck roast, hamburger and
pork roast at 2 to 6 cents lower.
One chain organization was selling
hams at SO cents a pound. feduc-
ton of cents on last Thursdays
price for the same grade.
Round. porterhouse and sirloin
steaks continued to be quoted from
IS to IS cents in several markets,
but choicest grades till were above
81 pound.
Meat industry spokesmen in va
rious sections of the country said
they saw no signs of increases in
the immediate future.
Lower prices will last for at least
so days until the current run of
range cattle has been diverted, Mall
colin McCabe, secretary of the Mas
sachusetts Grocers and Provisions
Dealers Association, declared.
II Overall Drop.
"a SdA ANCS w lAlC lSdll NICdI
Institute in Chicago indicated that
overall meat costs have drapped 7
per cent in the last several weeks.
The prediction that food prices
will be much lower-in l950-came
today from Senator Brewster, Re-
publican, of Maine. He told the Re-
publican Lawyers Club of Baltimore
that the cost of food would be
much lower now if emergency war
powers over the parity program had
been surrendered earlier by Presi-
dent Tuman.
Congress this year voted to de-
crease parity payments by two
thirds on basic foodstuffs. This
will bring about a Is to 80 per cent
drop in food costs when the new
schedules go into effect January /,
1850, Senator Brewster said.
Evening star., 1948-10-21
Apartment Owners Sue
To Void License RuIinq

Two corporations. which own a
number OF apartment buildings here
asked District Court yesterday to
declare void District regulation
covering the payment of license fees
for the operation of apartment
buildings for the period of Novem-
ber l, 1947, through october 81 OF
this year.
Plaintiffs in the suit. are Green
way, Inc, which the suit says. owns
six groups of apartments, including
numerous buildings, and Upland
Terrace, Inc, owner of II buildings.
Evening star., 1948-10-21

Goodwin, news commentator for the
American Broadcasting Co., will be
master of ceremonies and the Rev.
c. Leslie Glenn, chairman of the
Committee on Religious Life in the
Nations Capital, will pronounce the
invocation.
Admission to the mass meeting
will be free, but tickets will be re-
quired. They may be obtained at
the Board of Trade Offices in The
Star Building, Eleventh street and
PENNSYLVANIA avenue NV.
Evening star., 1948-10-21
Credit Association Opposes
Control on Home Repairs

Opposition to proposal that
credit controls be expanded to in
clude home modernization and re-
pair has been voted by the Legisla-
tive Committee of the National Re-
tail Credit Association.
The Federal Reserve Bank Board
of Governors has announced it is
considering amendments Incorporate
ing penal provision making invalid
contracts which do not conform to
provisions of the regulation.
The associations Legislative Com
mittee voted opposition on the
grounds that they would 'retard the
expansion of public housing and
Improvements"
The penal provisions, the commit
tee said, would impair the obliga-
tions of contracts otherwise enforc-
ible under the laws of several States
and would violate the due process
clause of the Constitution.
Evening star., 1948-10-21

hold its Fall convention Saturday
at I.O.o.F. Temple, 419 Seventh
street NV.
A business session will convene at
1870 pm. with Mrs. Theresa Diffen-
Evening star., 1948-10-21
15-Pound Boby Dies

BRUSSELS lP.- When Nine
Mitelet of Pont-a-Celles, near Char
leroi, gave birth to her 18th baby
recently, the doctor attending her
claimed it was the largest ever born
In Belgium, if not in Europe. The
baby, which died shortly after the
birth, tipped the scales at IS pounds
ounces, according to the Brussels
newspaper LIE Peuple.
Evening star., 1948-10-21

derfer, district president, presiding.
The degree team from Hagerstown,
Md, will assist in the initiation Of
candidates
Highlights of the convention will
be the installation of district officers.
Evening star., 1948-10-21
Forest Circle to Hold
Convention Saturday

The National District OF the Su-
preme Forest Woodmen Circle will
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-10
Riots Continue In South Korea

SEOUL, (P)-The U. s. army today reported four Korean po- licemen were killed, three injured and two missing in a renewal of outbreaks in South Korea.
 The army said the incidents were part of the series which be- gan Feb. ' and cost 80-odd Korean lives and sabotaged communica- tiOns.
 American authorities blamed communist-inspired groups at tempting to force the United Ma tions election commission to quit Korea.
 The latest attacks occurred Monday.
 The U. N. commission mean while adopted the national voting law of the Korean interim legisl2- tura with Q view of recommend ing it's use for the proposed cleo ton of a national assembly from South Korea. Entry to Russian occupied North Korea has been re- fused the commission.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-10
COnnecticut's
 Governor Dies

HARTFORD, Conn. H)-Death has cut short the career of James L. McConaughy in the middle of his first term as Connecticut's governor.
 The 6O-year-old Republi n chief executive, who entered poli- tics after winning distinction as a college administrator, died sud- denly from a blood clot in the heart yesterday.
 As family funeral service will be held tomorrow in the chapel at Wesleyan university in Middle town, where he served as presi- dent from 1925 to 1943.
 McConaughy, a native of New York City and Yale graduate in 1909, devoted most of his adult life to education. Before his ap- pointment as president of Wesley an, he was president of Knox Col lege, Galesburg, H., eight years.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-10
Many Killed In Chinese Explosion

TSINGTAO, China, (P)-The U. s. navy used all available facili- ties today to aid hundreds of in- jured in the tremendous explosion of a Chinese ammunition .store- house-a blast which killed at least 200 Chinese.
 Estimates of the number injured ranged to 1000.
 Qn Ranking, Vice Adm. Oscar C. Badger commander of the U. s. Western Pacific fleet, said no navy personnel was injured in the explosion.
 The blast, of undetermined or igin, destroyed the three-story munitions warehouse and 100 Chi nese dwellings and damaged 400 others. The warehouse was a half mile from U. s. navy ships tied up at the docks.
 The ammunition was intended for government armies fighting the Chinese Communists in Man churia.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-10
Use Lend Lease To Kill Costa Ricans

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, CPJ-- Otilio Ulate Blanco, whose cleo ton as president was annulled by Congress, cabled President Tru- man today that lend lease supplies are being employed to kill Costa Ricans."
 He signed the message "Presi- dent-Elect Of Costa Rica." Con- gress decided March 1 Ulate was elected by fraud.
 His cable to the U. s. executive said:
 T take this opportunity 10 cab your attention to the fact that arms supplied by the United States government for continental defense are being employed 10 kih Costa Ricans, placed in the hands of the Communist party as the ba- sis of a coup d'etat approved by majority of Congress against the popular will expressed in the cleo ton of Feb. g."
 Dr. Carlos Luis Valverde, Ulate leader of the Union Nacion- al opposition party, was wounded fatally March in an exchange Of fire when government agents at tempted to enter his house.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-10
California Goes On Daylight Time

SACRAMENTO, (P)-Californi- ans, who stubbornly cling to sun time except in great emergencies, go on daylight saving time Sun day.
 They were driven to it. A scar ing drought caused a critical power shortage. The added hour of daylight in the evenings will save a great deal of power.
 Much of the state already has Drowned out. Power usage gener- ally has been cut 20 per cent, causing one-day shutdoWns in many industrial plants and put ting many thousands of laborers on a four-day week.
 Governor Warren said he would sign the legislatures daylight time act as soon as it reaches his desk, probably today.
 California's mountain reservoirs are at dangerously low levels. Its great agricultural valleys, pasture and range lands are parched. Ag- riculture and industry face an ever-WorSening situation.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-10
Would Make
 Drinking Water

WASHINGTON (P)--Rep. Flet- cher (R.-CalifD offered a bill yes terday to authorize S30,000,000 for construction of pilot plants to pro- duce drinking water from sea wa ter and other materials.
 The bill says such plants would conserve and increase the nations water resources.
 CThe armed forces produced good drinking water from sea wa ter on a limited scale during the warO
 Other House bills: Delegate Bartlett-tO provide for judicial review of civil aerOnautics board orders affecting the rights of air carriers to engage in overseas or foreign air transport.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-10
Two Die From Gas ln Apartment

NEW YORK (Py-William Curl, 62, and his wife, Hattie, 6l, were found overcome by gas in their apartment above the Wesleyan Methodist church in Brooklyn Sunday shortly before the morn ing services.
 While emergency crews worked over the unconscious couple. the congregation of 30 prayed steadily for an hour and a half that they might survive.
 Curl never revived, but his wife responded t3 treatment She was taken to a hospital n critical con G,riou.
 Again Sunday night. the conara- gation met 10 pray fo. her rccov- cry.
 Police srid pan Of soup had boiled over. in th.er apartment putting ou. a gas flame and allow ing the fumes 10 escape as they dressed for the morning service.