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Evening star., 1948-02-19

q cent generally at the opening of
the Chicago grain pits. Corn was
half a cent below previous quota
tions to TX cents above. Wheat ran
from q of a cent lower to ~ cents
higher.
The hog market at Chicago
opened slow with prices deWn
slightly. 80 80
e. Stocks were irregular and price
changes were narrow. -
: Cotton futures at New York
opened 5 cents bale lower to 20
cents higher, ftit fair amount of
mill bttying quickly pulled the range
up to 40 10 80 cents q bale above
yesterdays close. .
One piece of bad news was, the
Agriculture department., estimate
that the supply 1f livestock on fafnis
January was the lowest since 1889.
Experts said high meat prices last
year, coupled with reduced feed sup
plies and high feed prices, encour-
aged farmers to sell their cattle.
Another development here was a
report of the Agriculture Depart
ment noting that the present out
look for 1948-49 world food produc-
ton is somewhat more favorable
than year ago. This is due to
larger acreage planted in winter
crops and better growing condi-
tons so far
The survey insisted, however,
that the food shortage in some def
cit producing areas is more critical
than year ago. It also stressed
that because of a 10 per cent in
crease in world population, per
capita food supplies are "substai,-
TALLY below prewar." The report
was prepared by the Office of For
eign Agriculture Relations.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Pope Conducts Final Rites
For Cardinal pignaieIli
" thu As<neiaisd Press

VATICAN CITY, Feb. 1s.-Pope
Plus XII administered final absolu-
ton today In funeral rites for the
dean OF the College of Cardinals,
Ge1naro Cardinal Granito-Pigna-
tell di Belmonte.
The prince of the Roman Catholic
Church died Monday at the age
of SO.
The body lay in state in st.
Peters Basilica, under the recently
erected statue of st. Frances Xavier
CasJrini (Mother Cabrini). Golden
silk fringed with black covered the
bier. The cardinals red hat, symbol
Of his high office, lay at his feet.
Around the bier, 100 huge candles
cast golden glow.
The archpriest of st. Peters, Fed
erico Cardinal Tedeschiri, cele-
trated the requiem high mass be-
fore several thousand r1ourners,
among them members Of the Holy
Sees diplomatic corps.
Among those attending the serv-
ices was Vice Admiral Richard L.
Conolly, commander of United
States naval forces In the Eastern
Atlantic and Mediterranean,
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Allen Jenkins Cleared
Of Driving While Drunk
BY ite Associated Pres,

BY fhe Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1s-screen
Comedian Allen Jenkins and Smiley,
his eat, have beaten the rap.
A jury yesterday found Jenkins
not guilty of a charge of drunken
driving. When arrested January rs,
Jenkins told officers he had not been
driving. He said Smiley, sitting In
the front seat with him, had been
at the wheel.
Furthermore, at the station,
Jenkins asked that Smiley be paw
printed" Both Smiley and Jenkins
were placed In cell. Smiley
wasn't in court.
Jenkins denied he was drunk and
said he had not been given a So
briefly test.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Unrafioning in Russia
Described as Failure
By The Associofed Pres,


The Agriculture Department said
| yesterday Russias aholitiop of food
rationing in December has not
turned out to be all it was cracked
up to be.
A department report on the world
food situation said many Russian
families are getting less food than
under rationing.
The lifting of rationing was said
to have turned out badly for many
consumers because of a subsequent
drastic deva1uation of the Soviet
currency. This reduced buying
power. -t'..:.
although the card or coupon sys-
tenn has been abolished, limitations
Of purchases exist, and. because Of
Inadequate distribution facilities, this
facts as an effective rationing Device %
the report said.
The present setup was said to be
less fair than the card system since
1t penalties large families or those
whose members are working and
have little time for shopping. And
shopping in Russia was described as
a highly time consuming process. u
Evening star., 1948-02-19
backsIiding on Food
Charged al GaIIinger

improvement in the quality 01
food served Gallingers tuberculosis
patients has been shortlived, and
the meals now are Gas intolerable as
ever" committee of patients con-
tended in q letter reaching District
and Senate officials today.
The letter, signed by the fve-man
food committee, was sent to Com
missioner Guy Mason and to Sen
ator DWorshak,' Republican, OF
Idaho, District subcommittee chair
nah of the Senate Appropriations
Committee.
The patients observed that Gal
fingers food showed a great deal
OF improvement" for a short time
last month, after newspapers car
ried accounts of their dissatisfac-
ton. But the improvement didn't
last long, they said.
"Once more we flnd ourselves eat
ing poorly prepared, practically cold
food" the letter stated "A great
deal of low-quality food is again
being served, the odor and taste
making it very unpalatable.'
1--WE feel there is no excuse for
this, as the previous experience
shows that improvements can be
made" it was pointed out.
The letter was signed by Charles
Simmons, Abreida Smith, Martin
Hunt, James Pitts and Leo M.
Gainous. ..'
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Fay
Continued From First Page.)

no intention of presenting any
phase of the matter to" grand
jury.
Copies to Clark and Barse.
Mr.. Fay said he sent copies Of his
letter to Attorney General CLARK
and Chief Judge George p. Barse
Of Municipal Court.
The text follows I'D.
"On February 16, 1s48, when YOU
were presiding aver jury court in the
Municipal Court, there was on the
assignment a group Of Ave cases
against a man named Singleton.
The District Attorney announced
that he was entering riolle proseqtii
in four Of them and moving for a
forfeiture of the ,recogfizar1ce in the
other one. I am informed that inn
mediately following this announce
mert and on two or three other
occasions from the bench, you &C
cused the United States Attorneys
Office of collision with the bonds
man, and stated that YOU would not
NC d Hdl by SuN1A oSAACAlO W4iitA1
would save a bondsman money and
encourage an absconder. The pub
lie press carried a further state
ment from you, condesuning the
action of the United States Attor-
neys Once as a corrupt and i'm
moral act and precedent and an
act of collusion with a professional
bondsman.
Ozone In All Honesty"
n have investigated this matter
and have discussed 1t with my as
sistants, Mr.. Warren wilson and
MIR. James Mckay, who handled the
cases. + am satisfied that what they
did was done in all honesty and was
not the result Of any collusiye ar.
rangemens with the bondsman, nor
with the thought of saving him
money or helping the absconder.
Thev hnth have informed me that
Evening star., 1948-02-19

Statler, where the President will
make a short speech, then the
party will go to the Mayflower,
where he will make his main ad-
dress.
The second speech at 10 pm.
will be carried by the radio net
works and television.
ME, Wallace will conclude his
Florida tour with speech in Bay
front Park tonight.
He told a press conference yes
terday he welcomed the support OF
any one who is for peace. He said
he did not have a single COM
munistic adviser and would not
welcome the support of Communists.
The New Hampshire chairman Nof
the Progressive Citizens of America
announced that Mr.. Wallaces name
definitely will appear on the states
presidential ballot this year.
Prof. John G. Rideout of the
University of New Hampshire said
the Pea will have no trouble get
ting the required 1000 signatures.
He described the victory of Mr..
Isacson in New York as "a good
example of the definite trend to-
ward wallace = -"
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Home Rule Bill Aide Sees
Lower D. {. Taxes Possible

The District taxes might be lower
under the Auchincloss plan than
they are now, Clarence M. Pierce,
assistant OF the staff of the Auchin-
Gloss subcommittee, told special
meeting Of the Fairfax Village
Citizens Association last night.
Mr. Pierce also said that, with
rs District government agencies
and "a Federal agencies providing
services to the residents of the Dis
trict. the reduced number of de-
partments under the Auchirlcloss
plan would mean a more efficient
and responsible District govern
ment.
The meeting was conducted by
A. M. Meyers, president, and was
held in the Anne Beers School, Ala
bama avenue and Thirty sixth
place Sc.
Evening star., 1948-02-19

so little interest did they have in
this phase of the matter that they
did not know at the time who was
ON the bond.
II am satisfied from my investi-
cation that you placed the worst
possible construction on acts which
were more susceptible of an inno-
cent Interpretation and the slight
est investigation OF which would
have convinced a fair minded. per-
son that these two reputable gentle
men were not guilty of dishonesty
or corruption. BY your own Instant
ly formed Judgment, expressed in
circumstances providing the widest
possible circulation, you have in my
opinion done irreparable damage to
the reputation OF perfectly decent
and honest persons whom you yottr-
self should know to be such.
Asks Public Retraction.
"1f you are in possession of any
facts which could possibly form the
slightest basis for the charge of cor
ruption which you have made against
my Office, I suggest that 1t is your
plain duty to submit them to the
Attorney General of the United
States to whom this Office is answer
able. If you believe you can obtain
such facts, suggest that you make
such efforts and investigation as you
deem it advisable and communicate
the facts SO obtained to the Attor-
ney General, If the facts in your
possession constitute violation of
law by any Individual, 1t is suggested
that you bring these facts to the at
tention of the grand jury, as it is
your duty to do in accordance with
the provisions of section 612, title
%, D. G. Code. ~
IF, % I believe from my. inyestis
CATION, you have no facts and can
obtain none, it is your duty In COM
mon justice to retract publicly the
calunnny which you so publicly voiced
and make such amends as may now
be in y1ur power ~" 80
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Laundry Drivers Strike
AT IS Philadelphia Plants
BY the Asxoeiafsd Pres.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IA
strike of 1900 drivers at IS major
laundries began today in Phila-
delphia.
The drivers. members of Local 1877
of the AFL-Teamsters Union, voted
the walkout following a collapse in
negotiations for a five-day week, a
2 per cent increase in commissions
and So more pay week.
The men now have IA per cent
scale on commissions and have a
basic weekly wage of s13. Their
average weekly pay was not imn,e-
diately available.
While saying the strike was Off
eially on, James j. Stoltz, secretary
treasurer of the local, said drivers
would continue to deliver finished
laundry today through Saturday
until plants are empty of work now
in process. but there will be no
pickupS.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Bombs Found in Well
Near CeyIon Explosion
BY the Associated Press

COLOMBO, Ceylon, Feb. 1.-TWO
25-pound Royal Air Force bombs,
with fuses removed, and many emp
ty bomb crates were discovered to-
day in we'll adjoining the fireworks
factory at Gale, South Ceylon,
where a big explosion occurred
Tuesday.
The death toll SO far is ~, but it
is feared 10 more are buried under
debris. ,......... ......
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Flag Flying Upside Down
Wus Just an OVERSIGHT

The flag flying upside down over
the Federal Reserve Building this
morning was no distress signal.
It was just an early morning over
sight, the building guards Office ex-
planned, set to rights at lois am.
after some one in the Navy Depart
ment across the way called to in
ouire about it.
Evening star., 1948-02-19

Immediately make an Investigation
Of the conduct Of Korean and Soviet
Army personnel involved and pun
1 isfi tf16se who are guilty.
u further insist that you give me
adequate assurance such incidents
will not happen again
Evening star., 1948-02-19

issued preliminary instructions to
that effect"
Mr.. Menon concluded by saying:
The commission is unanimous in
thinking that they must go on
functioning as long as there is a
shred of hope that a unified In
dependent government of Korea
can be established with the good
will of all concerned. The United
Nations cannot leave Korea In the
air.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
MorvIond PTA Head to Talk

Mrs Robert g. Doty, president
of the Maryland Congress of Par
ents and Teachers, will speak at a
meeting of the Hyattsville High
School PTA at 8 O'Clock tonight in
the school.
Evening star., 1948-02-19

DEMOCRATIC Observation-Disclosures Mc1rath of Rhode Is
land Democratic national chairman shown with daughters
prominent party members at dress rehearsal for tonghs
Jackson Day dinners here The girls uef to right Diane
Carroll Colorado Betty Lyeth Of Rhode Island and Betty Lee
Holifeld of California. Star staff Photo
Evening star., 1948-02-19
1870 to 500 off!

Overcoats opcoas Suits tuxedoes and full dress suits hne
quality apparel all at real bona.hde savings for only
more days. Don't didn't you and don't miss
III You won't see savings like these for long, long time
to come. Only more days.
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Prices.

tContinued From First Page.)
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TUXEDOS

We're SIS to $IOO-Now $46.75 to $68.75
Fine awoo barahea tuxedo and full dress suits Hand
tailored silk gosgrain This spring. next fall
and advantage Of these sharp re-
ductions
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SUllO in 4 fine groups!
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


distinguished Fred Peisnan SUITS
hold press worseds harkskins tweeds and OK
grey All from regular stock not all sizes In all
groups
Evening star., 1948-08-01
PHIL B AKER
finds 'em fobvlovsl

Well-known star of the radio Is
also famous as a member in
gourmet" standing Of the famed
SOCIETY OF AMATEUR CHEFS.
He suggests this appetizing low
cost dish. Tempting. thrifty. Try it.
Evening star., 1948-08-01

O'Brien, who has the bulk of the
scenes opposite the youngster.
This kid is murder"
When they met for the first
time, Dean appraised O'Brien with
shrewd, unblinking eyes - as if he
were estimating the number of
scenes he could steal from the old
timer.
~You Mean Like This?"
LosEY, the director, found him.
self facing an assured actor who
refused to be puppet. To achieve
physical exhaustion in the boy
during the chase sequences, Losey
tried racing him around the lot.
On the fourth lap, Losey's tongue
was hanging out; the youngster
was fresh and breathing easily.
Eventually, Losey had to explain
what was wanted. "You mean like
this?" Dean inquired imocently
Evening star., 1948-08-01

A YEAR and a half ago THIS
IA WEEK Magazine violated the
technical standards Of the trade by
publishing the Betsy Beaton fam
tasy, The Boy With Green Hair"
The story fell into no known cate
CORY, had neither conventional
beginning nor end. But it had
strong. if strange, appeal that
could not be denied.
The story was an immediate
success. RKO purchased it for a
major film in Technicolor, and
Immediately faced the same prob
lem that agitated the editors of
THIS WEEK. Was it fable or fan
tasy. fish or fowl, comedy or trag-
edy? The movie people didn't
know, but they liked it.
It Could Fau Flat
LORE ScHARY, production head,
was sold on it. Despite his enthu-
siasm, however, the story was
shelved for nearly a year, mainly
because of difficulty in getting an
adequate script. Fantasy can fall
fiat on its face if not handled
properly.
In the process of handling it
properly, the story suffered many
changes. But miraculously, its ma
jor theme was preserved. "The
Boy With Green Hair remains
preachment for tolerance,
and for peace among peoples
and nations. 1t is the story of
boy whose hair turned green over
night - definitely a departure
from the norm. And of how he suf-
fered because he was different,
and of how he learned to accept
his uniqueness because of the mes
sage it carried.
RKO scenario experts were not
the only ones who sweated it out.
When the first trial prints went
to the laboratory for processing,
technicians were confused, finally
appealed to Director Joseph Losey.
There's something wrong with
the negative, Mr.. Losey. We've
tried a dozen processes, and the
kids hair keeps coming out
green"
The finished picture may turn
out to be the sensation of the year.
How much Hollywood thinks of it
is indicated by the fact that a top
star, Robert Ryan, was content to
play a subordinate role. The main
burden of the story, and its tricky
theme, is sustained by 12-year-
old Dean Stockwell, perhaps the
most professional of all child actors
in Hollywood.
Young Dean, born into the pro-
fession, frightens veteran movie
stars with his cool competence.
I'm sunk" groaned Pat
Evening star., 1948-08-01
ROD TOLMIE

- and drooped like a marathon
runner at the end of a tough 20
mile stretch.
II guess that's it," said Losey.
Trickery worked, however, in a
memorable scene in which the boy
sees his green hair in the mirror
for the first time, likes what he
sees, and makes gleeful faces. To
achieve the mugging, Losey and
Dean engaged in a game to see
who could make the funniest faces.
Losey won, but Dean wasn't bad
either.
Dean is unspoiled, has no
temperament. He wears two
wigs in the picture. The studio
was afraid to dye his hair, for
fear of exposing him to ridicule
in his private life. Besides the
green wig, there's a tight-ftting
one that stimulates a close-cropped
skull.
He Didn't Complain
l HE green wig wasn't so bad;
the skin-tight one was torture.
Dean gave no indication of his dis
comfort, however, until the pic
tuue was wrapped up. Then he
asked for the wig.
Can l do what want with it,"
"Of course" he was told.
Dean snatched the wig off his
head. hurled it to the ground, and
trampled on it - yelling all the
while like a Comanche Indian.
That was his first, complaint.
The show had to 60 on.
Louis BERG
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-28
Band Concert At
Robson Park Sunday

Culture comes to the West Side
on the wings Of music this week
end. Sunday, May 80, Memorial
day, at $3.50 p. M, a Pop Band
concert will be held at Robson
Court circle in the Robson Park
home. Sponsored by the residents
of the homes it is the first open
air, neighborhood band concert in
this area for some years.
The band will be under the di-
rection of w. E. Edwards who did
such splendid work with the Dun
bar high school band this past
year. Mr.. Edwards led the Dun
bar band in a concert this spring
that was highly successful. The
program was varied from classical
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-28

Beta Eta Omega chapter of AL
pha Kappa Alpha sorority held it's
last meeting of the year Monday,
May "a, at which time election
of officers for the coming term
was held.
The Sororoity closes a very sue
cessful and active year. The chap
ter's work has included many
phases of community life, it's larg-
est project being the remodeling
of the kitchen at Mary Scott home
on Garst street.
Other activities included repre-
sentation at the tea for Mrs.
Robert A. Taft, at the Biltmore
hotel, and at the dinner proceed
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-28
NAACP Youth
Farley Opens Tonight

over 25 Ohio towns and colleges,
will hear speakers discuss the
topic Youth and Adult On The
Same TEAM" Scheduled as speak
ers r Gail Stockham, president,
Wherefore State college NAACP
chapter; Booker Fall, Akron
NAACP Youth Council; Mrs.
Wiley Williamson; DIR. Reid E.
Jackson, director division Of arts
and sciences and bureau of edu-
cational research, Wherefore
State college, and Mrs. Ruby Hur-
ley, New York City, national
Youth Secretary, NAACP. Musi-
cal numbers will be furnished by
Clarence Henderson, Wilberforce
State college and the Dayton MA
ACP Youth Council quintette.
Other sessions, said Mrs. Will
hanson, will be held at the Way
man Chapel AME church Satur-
day and Sunday, May 20 and 80.
The Saturday morning meeting
from 10 to IL a. m, will hear re-
ports from the various local N
AACP Youth Councils and Col
lege chapters. Between 2 and A
p. M, Saturday, instructions will
be given for organizing Younth
councils and college chapters and
election of officers. Saturday
night, from 7 to 9 p. M, problems
of NAACP Younth councils will
be discussed. Closing session Of
the conference will be held Sun
day, from l to 3 p. m.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-28

traffic lights at two particularly
dangerous intersections. The re-
modelling project was directed by a
special improvement committee,
Susanna Ross, chairman, and the
other civic activities were directed
by the Civic committee, with Au-
drey Parker as chairman.
Saturday, May 20, achievement
awards Of 500 cash were pre-
scented to three girl high school
graduates at the annual May day
brunch held at Phillips Temple
CINE church under the direction
of Maceola Harris, dean of
PLEDGES.
Newly elected officers are:
Ethyl Stewart, Basileus; Reba
CASTOR, Anti-B asileus; Juanita
Boyd, Grammateus; Burnice Wills,
assistant Grammateus; Burdell
Brewer, Ep%istoleus; Julia Steven
son, Tamiochus; Maceola Harris,
dean of PLEDGES; Garnetta Fields,
assistant dean; Dorothy White
side, Ivy Leaf reporter; nellie
Young, parliamentarian..
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-28

to popular. The program sched-
uled for Sunday will emphasize
martial and spiritual selections.
The program will include: The
Star Spangled Banner, a march,
high school pride, a chorale, Praise
The Lord, a serenade, Twilight
Echoes and Now is the Hour, a
popular tune. Also the Magneta
Overture, a novelty number, Pop
Goes the Weazel, and the Crosley
March.
The personnel of the band
Comets, Howard Wright, Thomas
Hall, Raymond Smith, Donald
Gist, Claude Meyers. Alto horns,
Sylvester Morris. Trombones, John
Stephens, Gwendo Glayborne,
Continued on page AZ
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-28
AKA Sorority Close
Meetings For Year

ing the political campaign for c.
J. McLin. Financial contributions
and official representation during
National Brotherhood week in
Dayton; participation in the radio
program initiating the Vocational
Opportunity campaign of the To-
cal Urban league; distribution of
gifts and cards to patients at the
Veterans Administration and a
500 contribution to the non-par-
tisan lobby in Washington, D.. c.,
a national sorority project.
Projects still in the process of
completion are the Mary Scott
home kitchen and the pressuring
of the city commission to install
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-28

A Labor department report
shows a loss of five million man.
days of work during the last four
months of 1947 latter passage of
the Taft-Hartley Labor-Manage-
ment act) as compared with a loss
38,500,000 man-days during the
last four months of 1916. This is
a reduction Of 81 per cent-Cong.
N. M. Mason.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-28
|Red Poppy
day tomorrow

Saturday, American all through
the nation will pay tribute to
their countrymen who have died
in two great World wars by wear
ing a red poppy. The members
of the American Legion auxiliary
will dedicate their best efforts to
the distribution of memorial pop
pies to the citizens of Dayton. 1t
is one of the ways in which they
pay tribute to and keep faith with
those who died in the nations
service.
The wearing of the poppy has
become a silent pledge, renewed
each year, that the people Of
America have not forgotten the
responsibility they have been CIV
en- by their fighting men of both
wars. Many of these men have CIV
en- their lives or their health for
US, and it is with deep gratitude
to them that we set aside a day
on which to honor them ad assure
them that we remember our
promise.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-28

Opening session of the statewide
conference of Ohio Youth Coun-
ellis and College chapters, with the
Dayton NAACP Youth Council
and Wherefore State college
NAACP chapters as host, has been
set for Friday night, May 20, at
8 p. M, at Mckinley Methodist
church, Hawthorne and Fitch
street, Mrs. Wiley Williamson,
sponsor of the Dayton NAACP
Youth Council said this morning.
The delegates, expected from