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Evening star., 1948-01-05
Alaska Storm Delays
Shipwreck Rescue
By fhs Assoelotsd Press

KODIAK, Alaska, Jan. 5.-Cut OF
both by land and sea, nine-and
possibly ten - shivering castaways
huddled today on q rocky, ice
coated point of the Alaska Penin-
sula, opposite Kodiak Island, as a
Navy tug and Coast Guard cutter
waited out a 60-mile-an-hour storm
before attempting a rescue.
Heavy seas, whipped up by the
gale, baked rescue efforts yesterday
for the third day, and forced the
cutter Glover to seek shelter in Port
age Bay, at whose mouth the men
are stranded. =,
Three Of the men are crewmen
from the Navy tug Mataco. They
struggled to shore Saturday night
after their surf boat capsized in a
daring rescue attempt. -
The others have been stranded
since their 65-foot cannery tender,
the motorship Spencer, struck a
reef December 81 and broke up in
the pounding surf.
The scene is only five miles over
land from the village of Kanatak,
but high cliffs and impossible ter
rain prohibit rescue attempts from
that direction, the Navy said.
Only one of the stranded men has
been identified. He is 1t. q. g.
E. J. Kratochvil, Washington, D. c.,
of the tug Mataco. -.... '--,-
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Italy and YugosIovio Fail
To Pick Trieste Governor

TRIESTE, Jan. 5 R-The dead
line set by the United Nations Sc
curity Council for Italy and Yugo-
slavia to agree on nominee for
governor for the free territory Of
Trieste was reached today with nc
prospects of agreement in sight.
Both American and British OBJ
servers feel that the deadlock will
be ended only by easing of the diff
ferences between the Western ma
tions and Russia.
Meanwhile, the powers involved
settled down for what seemed likely
to be long military occupation.
Britain and the United States
each has 5000 occupation troops in
their zone, which includes the city
of Trieste and some surrounding
area. The Yugoslavs have 5000
men in their zone in the free ter
ritory. ~ rro-
During the past week the Yugo-
slavs have erected permanent bar
riers across road blocks between
Yugoslavia and the British-Amer-
icarl zone.
+~Since the free territory was es-
'tablished September is with rati-
fication of the italian peace treaty,
the United States has been pouring
food into the British zone
at the rate of $2O,000,0 900 a year to
create economic stability.
Residents. Of the free territory are
we'll fed by European standards and
large percentage is gainfully en-
ployed on public works projects,
road building, housing and other
programs.
Political tension. however, remains
high and violence is not unusual.
About 80 per cent of the British
American zone residents Is of Ital-
ian extraction and the rest Slavic.
Few accept the compromise of Ital-
ian and Yugoslav claims which re-
suited in formation of the free
territory.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
KnowIand Asks Data
On Any Secret Pact 10
Give Reds Jap Plants
By the A,socioted Press

Information on whether there is
any secret Big Three agreement
promising Russia a substantial por-
tion of dismantled japanese in
dustrial plants was demanded of
the State Department yesterday by
Senator Knowland, Republican, OF
California.
Senator Knowland wrote Under
secretary Lovett asking for ''in-
formation regarding commitments
made to other nations as to repara-
tions from the japanese economy
and where such agreements were
made"
"I would like to have an overall
figure of the total reparation
amounts under consideration. to-
gether with the tentative break
down of ALLEGATIONS to the U. S. S.
R., China, Australia and any other
countries considered possible recipi-
ents for reparations payments
Senator Knowland said.
Protested Reich Shipments.
The Californian, who has protest.
ed vigorously against the shipment
to Russia of dismantled German in
dustrial plants, told a reporter he
has reason to believe that some
agreement may have been made at
the Yalta, Teheran or Potsdam
Conferences to give the Soviets q
Substantial" amount Of Similar
equipment from Japan. 7,'''D
IF we are dismantling plants in
Japan and furnishing the Russians
with vital industrial materials and
machinery there, in addition to
what we have given them In Ger
many, we ought to have our heads
examined" Senator Knowla1d de-
clared. '.. ''-'. '. =to-'-3 e..
He added that If any secret agree
ment is turned up, he will lead ef-
forts to have it voided.
1000 Plants to Be Dismantled.
From other sources it was learned
that approximately 1000 industrial
plants in Japan have been marked
for dismantling on the basis that
they essentially were set up for war
production.
Gen. Macarthur announced sew
eral months ago that about 80 per
cents of the plants and equipment
scheduled for reparations had been
assembled and were ready for dis
tribution to the Allies. 1t tenta-
lively was agreed that China should
get half of this pool.
Russia, however, has blocked any
final decision, protesting that its
is too low.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
hawIey Group Asked
BY Forresial 10 Study
Unified Medical Force

Secretary of Defense Forrestal
wants special committee to give
him its ideas on the most eflcient
medical system for the unified
armed forces, including the wisdom
Of establishing q single hospital
service
In q memorandum to the four
man group made up Of the medical
chiefs Of the Army, Navy and Air
Force and headed by DR.. Paul r,
Hawley, former Veterans Admin
istration medical director, Mr.. For
restal said:
What I wish is a thorough, OBJ
jective and impartial study Of the
medical services of the armed forces
with view to obtaining, at the
earliest possible date, the maximum
degree OF coordination, efficiency
and economy in the operation Of
these services"
At present the Army and Navy
each operate their own hospital sys-
TENS. The Army hospitals care for
Air Force personnel, the Navy for
Marines. Each service has its own
surgeon general.
To Survey Hospitals.
Among the subjects which Mr.,
Forrestal asked to be studied were
these:
The number of hospital beds re-
quired in each area to meet ;collec-
tive needs of the three services.
A determination as to which hos
pitfalls, If any, should be closed,
placed In standby status or sold
as surplus.
Whether certain types of medical
services required by the armed
forces could be performed more EN-
GENTLY and economically by utiliz-
ing civilian hospital facilities.
Development of common physical
Evening star., 1948-01-05
|Raiioniing will Bring
Price Control, 5tifIe
Output, Wherry Says
sy ske A..esisssd Press

4 F..
A contention that meat ration
ing would not work without price
controls and that q combination
lof the two would "stifle" meat
production came today from
Senator Wherry, Republican, OF
Nebraska.
The Nebraskan expressed this
opinion In commenting on plans Of
Senator Flanders. Republican, of
Vermont to introduce legislation
soon authorizing the Agriculture
Department to prepare for meat ra-
tioning to 4 point just short of put
ting it into effect.
Under the plan which Senator
Flanders outlined over the week end,
Congress would have to enact still
another law to get actual rationing
under way.
No Price Ceilings Provided.
The Agriculture Department al
tready Is at work on some prelim-,
mary planning. Secretary Ander-
son, who has predicted that Ameri-
cans will be asking for meat ration
ling by spring, told reporter he has
assigned an Assistant Secretary,
Charles F. Brannan. to prepare rec
concentrations In the event the de-
partment should be asked for them.
Senator Flanders said his bill will
make no provision for price ceilings
on meat. But he expressed belief
that rationing, properly handled.
would have 4 restraining effect on
prices.
Senator Wherry, one of the
chief critics Of the old OPA, said
his theory is you just can't ration
without price controls. Isn't that
what Chester Bowles always taught
us?" Mr.. Bowles is former OPA
administrator.
Production Discouraged. He Says.
whats more, rationing and price
ceilings would only serve to stifle
meat production" Senator Wherry
declared.
Already all this talk of rationing
is discouraging production. Cattle
feeders are afraid to take a chance"
Senator Wherry contended that if
Congress were to authorize the Agri-
culture Department to 60 ahead with
preparations, it would trim the meat
supply sharply, even though ration
ing might never be instituted.
Another long time critic of OPA
used harsher words. Senator
D'Daniel, Democrat, of Texas, issued
statement in which he termed
rationing a "Communistic, totali-
tartan measure" which will take
and steaks out Of the grocery stores
and put them in the swanky restau-
rants and hotels where bloated
bureaucrats can feed on them three
times day out of their fat, tax
money expense accounts" ..
Senator O'Daniel urged house.
wives and cattlemen to join him in
a demand that Secretary Anderson
be ousted from the cabinet.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Weather, Report

District of Columbia-Some sun
shine with highest temperature
about 40 degrees, this afternoon.
Clearing with lowest temperature
about % degrees tonight. Tomor-
row fair, with moderate northwest
winds today.
Virginia and Maryland-Clearing
and somewhat colder tonight. To-
morrow fair and somewhat milder.
Wind velocity, IL miles per hour;
direction, northwest.
Road Report.
fFrom American Automobile Association
Roads clear in Eastern Maryland
and Virginia Temperature above
freezing. Light snow in Western
Maryland and West Virginia. Roads
will clear in a few hours.
River Report.
tFrom q. 8. Engineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and muddy at Great Falls; Shenandoah
f1Aar parnRrs
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Mrs. Woodbury. Blair
Dies al IS; Daughter
OF Civil War Mayor

Mrs. Woodbury. Blair, IS, whose
father was Mayor Of Washington
during the Civil War, died this
morning at her home. 1907 New
Hampshire avenue NV, after q
three-week illness.
Born Emily Neville Wallach In
Washington, she, was the daughter
of Richard Wallach, who in 1861
succeeded James G. Berrett as
Mayor OF Washington She also
Was the niece Of w. D. Wallach, Sec
ond owner of The Star, who pur-
chased the newspaper from Joseph
B. Tate, the original owner, a year
after 1t was founded. Mr.. Wallach
sold The Star to its present owners
in 1857.
Mrs. Blair was the widow of
Woodbury. Blair, q prominent lawyer
and businessman who was. the son
Of Montgomery Blair, Postmaster
General In Lincoln's cabinet. They
were married about 1909. Mr.. Blair,
= who was president Of Emergency
Hospital and vice president OF the
National Savings d Trust Co., died
in 1898.
The last of her generation of
three brothers and three sisters in
the Wallach family, Mrs. Blair had
no children. For number Of years,
she was . member of the Board Of
Directors of Emergency Hospital.
Her sister, Mrs. Mary Alexander
Mitchell, rs, died July IA. 1916, at
her summer home In Newport, r. I.
; Mrs. Mitchell made her. home with
Mrs. Blair here. Another sister, the
late Mrs. Wallach Merriam, also
was prominent in Washington
society.
Surviving Mrs. Blair are these
Washington area relatives: Capt.
Edward A. Mitchell, U. S. N; VIII
liam r. Merriam and John Hancock
Merriam, jr., nephews, and Mrs.
Hope Burrage, niece, Mrs. E. Tay-
.lor Chewing, jr., grandniece, and
Edward A. Mitchell, jr., grand
nephew. In addition there are
number of relatives living elsewhere.
Funeral services for Mrs. Blair
will be held at 2::30 pm. Wednesday
at St. Johns Episcopal Church, Six
teenth and H streets NV. Burial
will be in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-01-05

was boycotting three major U. N.
agencies-the Trusteeship Council,
the special Balkan committee and
the temporary Korean commission
now en- route to Korea to supervise
national elections there.
The Little Assembly was set up
on an experimental basis for one
year period, largely as a result Of
Russia's % vetoes in the Security
Council, which some delegates con-
tended had paralyzed that body.
The veto does not apply in the
Little Assembly" "a
The major item now on the Lit
tie Assembly" calendar is the veto
issue itself. In view of Russia's
boycott, however, many delegates
were frankly pessimistic over the
chances of any effective action to
restrict the use of the special big
power voting privileges.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
u. n. Little Assembly
Begins First Session
Despite Red Boycott
BY the A,soeioted Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 0.-a ne
United Nations Little Assembly"
began its year round sittings
today with Russia and the five
other Soviet bloc nations boy
cotting its opening session.
Secretary General Trygve Lie, in
opening the meeting, took no official
notice of the boycott but he gave
his full approval to the new expert
mental body, originally proposed by
Secretary of State Marshall. e
Vacant Seats Ignored.
Although ignoring the vacant
seats at the huge committee table,
Mr.. Lie took issue with the conten-
ton expressed previously by Russia
that the Little Assembly" would
undermine the Security Council and
threaten the entire U. N structure.
II am convinced" Mr.. Lie de-
clared, that the Interim Committee
Little. Assembly, can make very
constructive contribution to the ef-
fectiveness of the General Assembly
and thereby strengthen the United
Nations as a whole"
United States Chief Delegate War
rem r. Austin, speaking after Mr..
Lie, said:
"It is our hope that the states
which are not here today will soon
join .us.%s.s, 4..s .n.~r. .,..s~
The ofhcial soviet news agency
had q Correspondent on hand
sea~ Mexican Is Chairman.
Luis Padilla Nervo Of Mexico was
elected chairman, to serve until the
General Assembly meets next Sep
tember. f.
A Soviet spokesman said in ad-..
vance of the session that Russia.
sBiNsaelt the United States-sponsored
Little Assembly" was unconstitu-'
tional and, therefore, would not at
tend. Informed quarters said the
same attitude had been taken by
Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia,
White Russia and the Soviet
Ukraine
The Little Assembly" was sum-
moned amid these other develop
ments:
The Security Council was sum-
moned to a session tomorrow to
take up India's complaint against
Pakistan, growing out of the fight
ing in Kashmir Province.
Reports from Trieste indicated
Italy and Yugoslavia had failed to
agree on a candidate for governor
of the free territory by the January
5 deadline set by the Security Coun-
Gil. This means the issue will come
back to the council this week.
Three to Take Seats. I
The Council was expected to take
up the Indonesian question again
this week.
Argentina, Canada and the Uk-
raine will take their seats on the
Council for the first time tomor-
row, succeeding Brazil, Australia and
Poland.
The five member U. N. Palestine
Commission will hold its first meet
ing here Friday. The members are
Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Panama.
Bolivia and the Philippines.
Before today's. meeting OF the
Little Assembly" Russia already
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Temperatures In Various Cities.
GuIfstreum Park Entries

weather clear, track fast)
FIRST RACE-Purse, S2.40O; claiming ::
Evening star., 1948-01-05
|Wife Of Hitch-Hike Victim
Admits $500 Bond Thefs
By the Associoted Press

of me %xSoctoI6o FIeSS
DENVER, Jan. 5.aDetective Fred
zarnov said yesterday that Mrs.
Shirley Hutchins, 20, whose hus-
band was slain New Years Day by
a hitch -hiker who took 81 500 from
them, admitted orally to him that
she and her husband had stolen
$2,500 In war bonds from her
mother in Los Angeles.
Mrs. Hutchins said her husband,
Robert, 20, had picked up Don Mar
vim Tucker of Peru, Ind, some
where in California, and that they
had been drinking in taverns along
the way before the shooting near
Castle Rock, Colo.
Tucker, arrested on San Fran
cisco-bound train a few hours after
the shooting. has admitted his part
in the affair.
Mr.. Zarnow questioned Mrs.
Hutchins at Denver General Hos
pital before she underwent surgery
for removal of a bullet. Hospital
attendants reported her condition
as fair after the operation.
Evening star., 1948-01-05

and mental requirements for enter
ing service and for disability dis.
charge.
Mr.. ForrestaI told the COMMITTEES
that while he would like its recon.
mendations "at the earliest prac.
ticahle date" he does not want
haste to detract from . eomprehen.
sive study.
Services In Disagreement
The medical service question long
has created strong disagreement
within the services. The Army and
Navy have separate and, In many
duplicating facilities. Un.
der the Army-Air Force separation
agreements announced last Septem.
Der. the Air Force was given neither
a medical corps nor q chaplain
corps. Certain Air Force oficers
let 1t be known at that time that
they felt their service should have
its own medical stan and added
that 1t was . problem yet to be
fought out.
Mr.. Forrestal has asked the Haw.
ley committee to make specific
recommendations as to the feasibfi.
ity OF. merging some general hos.
pitals, whether 1t would be for the
national defense In peace as. well
as war and how far such consolida.
tions, If recommended, should Co."
the assistant said.
"The matter Of training Of medi.
cal corps personnel-whether or
not they should receive the same
training and then be assigned to the
services and just how the various
hospitals and medical units should
be manned will be taken up by the
committee" he added. I'm short,
the Hawley committee has been In.
structed to make an exhaustive
study Of the whole medical field
and come up with some definite
recommendations"
Whether or not such recommen.
might also include veterans
hospitals and medical facilities
could not be learned, but Or. Haw.
ley's former association with the VA
appeared to make this q possibility.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Col. SiImun to Speak

1t. Col. James B. Silman Of the
office of the quartermaster general
will speak at a meeting of the
George Washington Chapter, Re-
serve Officers Association, Alexan-
dria, at 8 pm, Thursday at 602
MONTGOMERY street. Alexandra.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
MoffettHeuds Youth Council

HARRISONBURG, Va, Jan. 5
R.-Nelson Mof1ett, jr., of Hamp-
den-Sydney College was elected
president of the United Christian
Youth Council of Virginia at the
close of the organizations two-day
meeting here.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-04-15
Mrs. TindaII Lists
Policies OF Candidacy
To the Voters of Duront:

L am candidate for the office OF
City Clerk in the coming Democratic
PRIMARY Election to be held April
10th. would like to take this op-
portunity to ask each and every
voter for your serious consideration
on behalf of my candidacy for this
office. Due to serious illness in nv
home, it has been impossible for me
to make house to house canvass or
to contact many of you.
AS have served as your CITY
Clerk in the past, l feel that l am
well qualified by experience to hold
this office. | am announcing nv
candidacy for this office on a plat
form of courteous, honest, and eff
ficient service to the people. realize
that the office of City Clerk belongs
to the public, and therefore, if elect
ed, | will at all times strive to render
capable service to the people and
to the city.
L labored diligently in the past to
make my service as City Clerk the
very best within my power. 1t is
with pride that l point to my record,
and because of it, l am encouraged
to hope that you will endorse my
candidacy and because of it you will
feel that l have proven my WORTH
ness and ability to hold the office of
City Clerk.
appeal to you to examine my
record of efficient and capable SER
vice and if you find in that record
that high standard of qualifications
which you have right to expect and
demand of your city officials, then
l appeal to you for your vote and
active support to the end that may
reenter your service as your City
Clerk.
Yours for faithful and efficient
service,
MRS. CHARLOTTE TINDALI
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-04-15
To Nominate Aldermen,
Mayor. Marshal, Clerk.
Executive Committee

The Durant Municipal Democratic
primary election win be held Tues
day, April 20, to nominate city of.
ficers to serve for two-year term
beginning January /, 1949.
Officers to be elected, and candi-
dates who qualified with w. A. Nit
chell, secretary of the Durant Demo-
cratic Executive committee, are:
For mayor: c. F. Drake, Raiford
E. McNeer, R. E. Moore; for marshal,
W. E. Durham, Casey Griffin; for
city clerk, Mrs. Charlotte Tindall.
Mrs. Lucille Truitt.
For aldermen: Leon Englemann,
M. j. Fowlkes, Rev. S. D. Garrett,
Wiley HUMPHREYS, Deck Johnson, c.
A. (Jack) Meyers, George Morrow,
Robert Ray, ]. o. Ritter, and Clar-
ence Robertson. Give to be elected.)
For executive committee: Give to
be electedD w. S. Heggie, Mrs. J. M.
Howard, w. c. Martin, Andrew
Mitchell and c. G. VanKeuren.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-04-15
Statistics Reported
For Month Of March

A total of 1903 live births, Is White
and 80 Colored, % deaths, four White
and "a Colored, and of four Colored
Ttillbirths were reported by Hal A
Gillian, registrar of vital statistics
in his report for the month OF
March. Of the live births, four were
nonresident, and nine were in hos
pitals; of the stillbirths, none oc'
CURED in hospitals.
Three children, one White and
two Colored, died under one month
of age. No others died under the age
Of one year.
Causes of death were heart dis
ease, four Colored; accidents, four
Colored, two from burns and two
from firearms; cancer, one White
and one Colored; nephritis, two Col
ored, and one homicide case, Colored
No deaths were reported as occur.
ing from apoplexy, pneumonia, tu'
berculosis, or suicide. A total of one
White and five colored died through
mo Medical Attention" according
to the report.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-04-15
Mrs. Doster To Preside
Al MIN Club Meetino

The Bind annual convention of the
Mississippi Federation of Music
clubs to be held at the Heidelberg
hotel in Jackson April 21-24, will
have os its theme Building For the
Future" Mrs. c. A. Doster of Dur
ant, president of the federation, will
be in charge. Hostess group will be
the Mcdowell and the Chaminade
Music clubs.
Mrs. Doster, who has served as
president of the MIN clubs for the
past two years, was born at Water
Valley. She studied piano and at an
early age served as accompanist for
the high school orchestra and as or
ganist at Cumberland Presbyterian
church. Years later she studied voice
with Mrs. T. p Ramsey of Durant
and Hattiesburg.
Mrs. Doster and Mrs. L. C. Lipsey
organized the Nevin Music club in
1922, and during its "a years of ex-
lstence preceding her election as
state president, Mrs. Doster was
twice president of this club, and was
its choral director for 16 years. She
sang in the Methodist church choir
for eight years and directed it for
four years of that time
She has served in various capaci-
ties in the organization, and served
on the executive board of the Mis-
sissippi Federation of Women's clubs
for % years. She has been extremely
active in civic and cultural func-
tons, having won recognition for
musical compositions upon several
occasions.
Mrs. Doster attended the National
Biennial at Detroit in 1947 and also
the fall national board meeting when
she served as chairman of the revi-
sion committee of standing rules of
the presidents council.