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Evening star., 1948-12-04
MARYLAND Should Get in Step

1t is to be hoped that Maryland will
take to heart the recent resolution of the
Eastern Conference of Motor Vehicle Ad-
ministrators condemning failure of some
of the States to require regular inspection
of automobiles. The conference urged
States with inspection laws to consider a
ban on uninspected cars from outside
jurisdctions-"after a reasonable time"
Maryland car owners would be in seri
Gus predicament If the District, Virginia,
Pennsylvania, Delaware and other States
having inspection systems were To adopt
such ban. For Maryland is the only State
in this general area which has refused to
fall in line on this safety program. Mary
land inspected cars before the war, but,
like other States, suspended inspections
during the war. A proposal to reinstitute
the car-inspection plan on broader
basis failed to pass at the 1s47 session OF
the Legislature, despite the Endorsement
q W. Lee Elgin, Marylands motor vehicle
Evening star., 1948-12-04

commissioner. However, there were polit-
ical factors involved in the 1947 action
which are not expected to develop again.
Consequently, there are good indications
that the inspection plan will pass at the
next session of the Legislature in January.
Results of the Districts own inspection
program show that it is we'll worth while.
About 81 per cent of the 10000 District
cars inspected so far this year have
revealed mechanical defects regarded as
affecting safe operation. 1t is logical to
assume that a similar percentage of Mary
land cars are in need of repairs or adjust
ments to improve their safety. 1t is unfair
to local car owners to require them to
submit to regular. inspections while cars
from other States are permitted to operate
here without safety stickers. For self
protection and for the protection of citizens
in other States, Maryland should act
promptly to establish a car-inspection
system of the type which is making driving
safer in other Jurisdictions.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
The VD War Must Go On

While the public response to the District
Health Departments campaign against
venereal diseases has been generally en-
couraging, it Is evident from statistics that
there is need for continuing educational
program on this once hush-hush subject.
More and more persons are reporting to
clinics and private physicians for examl-
nation and treatment. But Health Depart
ment figures indicate that many infected
persons still are running their own health
and menacing the welfare of the COM
munity by avoiding diagnosis and cure.
Health authorities estimate that less
than half of all venereal disease cases are
reported. Last year more than $4,000 cases
were reported in the District. On this
basis it was estimated that there were ap-
proximately $4,000 VD victims in Washing
ton this year. Yet the average number Of
cases reported either to private physicians
or public clinics this year has been little
more than thousand a month. That
means that either the estimates were
wrong or thousands of VD victims are at
large here without benefit of medical
care. The grave probability is that the
latter premise is the true one.
So the urgent need for wider publicity
as to the dangers of neglect and the avail
ability of curative treatments is plain The
Bureau of Venereal Diseases Of the District
Health Department has done good job in
helping to break down the taboos which
once prevented free discussion Of venereal
diseases and measures for stamping them
out This program of education should be
carried on until every possible victim
knows of the perils of delay in obtaining
medical aid and the efficacy of modern
methods of treatment. Any person har-
boring the slightest doubt as to whether or
not he has become infected should consult
his physician promptly or secure a free
examination at the nearest clinic. Clinics
also will give free treatment when neces-
sary. For information regarding this i'm
portant community health program, call
Health Department VD Information, Met
ropolitan 1900. The call will be kept con-
fidential, and so will any service rendered
by the department or its agents.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Teachers Without NJ. A. Degree


To the Editor Of The Star:
The people of Washington have learned that
the salaries paid to their teachers are very low
Still, they may not be aware that, low as the
District of Columbia salary scale Is In COM
parison with that paid by other American
cities of comparable size, no classroom teacher
actually is drawing the maximum pay that
exists OH paper
Part of the difficulty Is that the last salary
act passed by Congress made a fetish OF the
MA degree. No Washington public school
teacher may aspire to the princey income OF
s45O0 year unless he possesses that degree.
Let us see how 1t is that none OF them have
reached this maximum yet.
Many of the sufferers are teaching music and
other arts. No matter how distinguished
musician or artist an instructor in our
schools may be, he cannot get $4,000 year
unless he has a masters degree. AS prac-
tical matter, few of them get that particular
academic degree because the institutions where
they study do not grant 1t. Very few Of the
worlds great artists or musicians could make
more than $4,000 year in the Washington
public school system.
Another injustice is suffered by high school
teachers who entered the Washington school
system before one needed the MA. for such
position. They accordingly entered on the un-
derstanding that they might proceed to the
maximum salary without getting the MA
They based their careers on this assumption
Now, however the rules of the game have been
changed on them. No matter how long they
have taught and no matter how good their work
has been. they cannot get $4,000 year unless
they 90 to school again and get an MA. degree
This ex post facto legislation virtually has
forced the school board to abrogate con-
tract entered into with teachers whom 1t en-
ployed before the present salary act was passed
That is not all Some teachers who actually
are masters of art are ST 900 short of the maxi
mum salary. Their eligibility to the top salary
has Just been established; and, under the
present law it will take them 10 years to get
it, This is true even If one already has given
20 or more years of satisfactory service in the
school.
So all of our teachers fall short Of the theo-
retical maximum for some reason. Some do
not have an MA. degree. Others cannot get
it. Others have not had 1t long enough. They
all fall short, when measured by the magic
yardstick Certainly the District Is going to
suffer from this situation, unless the presen
salary act is drastically revised by Congress.
DON B. GOODLE
Legislative Representative Local 27, Ameri-
can Federation of Teachers.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
December

By the barren meadow trees,
Near the Spiraled purple smoke,
Old and bent, December stands,
In her trailing dull gray cloak.
Cold and bleak her t0ithered face,
Chill her breath upon the air;
No,p her sunken eyes peer do1Dn
ON her cauldron boiling there.
And her laughter, cracked and grim.
Rises to the 1oindy sky
Where the hungry ,0inter aDrens
Chup their plaintive begging cry.
Gaunt and old, December stands,
Where the s,Deet moss rose once oreU
Huddled In her dull gray cloak,
Stirring no1D her bitter breW.
WILLIAM ARNETTE WOFFORD.
Evening star., 1948-12-04

Federal agencies are restricted from fol-
lowing similar course-a fact that calls
for congressional action, to the end that
progress can be made in improving our
public service by narrowing the gap be-
tween the salary scales of private industry
and the Federal Government. Presumably
there will be some recommendations along
this line in the forthcoming report of the
Hoover Commission on Organization of the
Executive Branch.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Objects to Cemetery Proposal

To the Editor Of The star
In your paper of November ~, the Rev. MI
Spaldng calls attention to the fact that we havl
no place comparable to Arlington Cemetery for
placing the remains of our distinguished civil
ians and asks: Should we not have such 6
national place and call it Westminster Gene
tery?"; And should 1t not be In or near thu
District of Columba?"
To these queries I say: mo! MOI A thousan
times mol"
First, people quite generally feel an attach
ment for some particular community and it
therefore would not be in accordance with the
desire and wishes of any very considerable
number to be laid to rest elsewhere.
Second, whatever made the Rev. Mr. Spaldins
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think that such a national shrine should be
called westminster, Cemetery? Can it be
that all the people who still think that the
United States are still British colony are
not in the British Isles?
Third, just why should such place be To-
Gated in or near the District of Columbia? The
District of Columbia never was the geographical
center OF the United States by more than a
thousand miles, and has long since ceased to
be anywhere approximating the center OF pop
ulation HK. LONG
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Pay Increase for Army Officers


I wonder if, with talk of labor pushing"
.or a fourth increase in wages, when Congress
meets again, they won't consider a problem
which also is important to good many people
hese days-a long overlooked and much
needed increase in pay for officers of the
United States Army.
There isn't much publicity given to the
act that these men and their families also
nave to live, and pay the doubled (and more)
prices for food, clothing, etc.
Let us hope that Congress and President
Truman, too will remember these men at long
last. whose services are so necessary to the
welfare of our country.
JUST AN OFFICERS WIFE.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address Of the
writer, although it is permissible for
a writer knolDn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-12-04

An Indian fakir who lay sixty years on
a bed of spikes has passed on, without
knowing the worst. He never walked on
the parts of an erector set at am.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Proposed Civilian Police

To the Editor OF The Star:
Even before reading your editorials on the
subject I was suspicious about the civilian
police reserve that was being planned for us
voteless District citizens. Training In the
use Of small arms suggests preparations Tor
duties more arduoAs than the direction OF
vehicular and pedestrian traffic at parades and
inaugurations.
Then Thursdays report on the existence OF
a "goon squad" within the District Police De-
partment provided a suggestion and perhaps
even the ultimate explanation about the re-
serves purpose. Did the Congress which
appropriated $25, 900 to equip and organize the
squad anticipate that this years election would
bring the state of the Nation to level where
there would be periodic marches on the Cap
ital? Is that why the numerical strength OF
the squad was to be secret? Or do We have
q strongarm squad to quell labor unrest, here
in the Capital where Government employees
don't strike? Or are there racial tensions in
Washington which the District fathers want
to settle without inquiring into the causes?
1t would seem to me that other citizens besides
myself would be concerned about these things
I think you are to be commended for your
complete news coverage of this issue so far
and for your editorial position on it. Keep
on giving us the facts as they develop and
let us see what public reaction is. E. K.
Evening star., 1948-12-04

Perhaps the experts should stop telling
us that conditions in Greece couldn't be
worse, as in matter of twenty four hours
thereafter they are.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
Questions and Answers

reader can get the to question Of
fact by writing The Washington Star Information
Bur- au, 318 I stree. NE. Washington =. D. c.
Please inclose 3 cents for return postase.
Evening star., 1948-12-04
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

O. Why is there such large number OF
persons Of voting age who do not Voted. F. r.
A. The population of voting age includes Q
great many persons who although old enough
to vote, may not do so because they have not
satisfied State requirements as to citizenship,
residence, registration or the payment Of poll
taxes There are also those confined in
penal institutions, mental hospitals and kim
Gred institutions.
Evening star., 1948-12-04

To the Editor OF The Star:
The proposed civilian reserve of the Metro
politan Police brings to mind the fact that
Congress in 1924 endeavored to provide SINH
lar force by enabling the agency controlling
the Federal building guards to screen that
force and appoint selected numbers as special
police.
This resulted only in changing the title OF
the force, with not even an attempt at screen
mg let alone police training.
" The proposed civilian reserve will be moth
ing but a headache for Maj. Barrett and every
member of the police force and will do no good
whatever.
An adequate police force in the District
would number three times the present force,
and this can be obtained only by making the
,alary commensurate with the job.
II it is desired to have an auxiliary force,
he act of Congress dated 1924 never has been
epealed. 1t still could be revised as desired
nd used. THE GOOSE-TOWN GROWLER.
Evening star., 1948-12-04

O. What has happened to Edda Ciano, Mus
solinis daughter?-H. p.
A. Countess Edda Ciano, daughter of the
former Duce, is reported to be on the Isle Of
Capri, Italy.
Evening star., 1948-12-04

O. How many handicapped persons are em-
'ployed in the United States?-E. L, A.
A, There are at least 100000 Handicapped d
persons in the labor force of the United States.
Evening star., 1948-12-04

Q. How many municipalities own their
own transportation facilities?-P. S. v.
A. According to the Municipal Ftnance
Officers Association, some or all of the trans
portation facilities of 20 cities over 10000 porl-
lation in the United States are municipality
owned
Evening star., 1948-04-16
Izodore CASHIER, 81, Dies
Noted Yiddish Actor
oy me AssoeIoted Press

sAVANNAH, Ga, April 16.-1za-
dore CASHIER. 81. noted Yiddish
theater actor, died in a Savannah
hospital yesterday Of a heart all
ment.
He was stricken on q train near
Savannah Wednesday night as he
was returning to New York from a
Florida vacation.
A native of Russia, CASHIER had
been connected with the Yiddish
Art Theater for n years
He was accompanied on the
Florida trip by his wife, Mrs. Jennie
Sigemmon CASHIER.
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the bridegroom, was attired In
a light blue silk suit with dark
brown accessories. Both mothers
had identical corsages of white
carnations which were conferred
with a yellow gardenia.
Immediately following tn e
ceremony, a wedding luncheon
was served in the basement of
the church by ladies of the
Methodist church. A TERED we'd
ding cake, topped with a min
iature bride and groom, adorned
the center of the table. The
guest book was presided over by
Miss Elsa Franklin and Miss
Chair Kay Foote, both of San
Jose, Calf, nieceS of the bride.
Mrs. Chilcote, a graduate of
Hardin high school with the
class of 1914, graduated from
Montana State College at Boze-
man on June z. She is a past
officer of her sorority, Alpha
Omicron Pi. Mr.. Chilcote, who
received his degree from Mon
tana State College a year ago,
is now employed as Chemist by
the Standard Oil Company in
Whiting, Ind, where the couple
will make their home following
a wedding trip to northern
Montana. He is a member of
Sigma M, national social frat
ernity.
Other ,out-of-town guests in
cluded MIR. and Mrs. Byron Chill
cote and Miss Elise Chilcote of
Missoula, Mr. and Mrs. D. j.
Foote and family, and MI. and
Mrs. James Franklin and daugh-
ter, all of San Jose, Calf, Mrs.
Belle Anderson of SharpSburg,
Ia, Miss Jeanne Robinson Of
Malta, Miss Ruth Boiler of
LeWistoWn, The Rev. and Mrs.
Claire Harris and family of Bill
lings and Mrs. Robert L. Brown,
also of Billings.
Women's Society
The w. S. C. s. will meet
! Thursday June "a, in the Meth
odist church parlors.
Mrs. Mabel Franklin and Mrs.
Robert Harris will be hostesses.
Mrs. John Bennett will lead
in deVotions and Mrs. John Bull
lis will be in charge of the pro-
gram, which is entitled ct Am
My Brothers Keeper.
ALI members and friends in
vited.
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Crowd at
Hardin Rodeo
Saturday, Sunday

Continued from Page ID
13-McKenna, 1919, $50; Johnny
Hagen, 25.3, $3.50; Bob Shannon,
26.5, $25; Albert Newman, 1873,
$3.50. 8.
Bulldogging, two-steer aver
Me- TIA, $104;
Nourse, 1916, $50; Newman, 95.9,
$26.
Bareback riding-Bud Roth
rock, $3.50; Maynard Hunter,
1852; Red Billingsly and Doug
Linderman (split), $123.50 each;
Dan Wilder, sos; Hoss Allen,
SIG.
Amateur bronc riding-Jun-
ior Williamson, $71.25; George
Lande, $57; Kenneth Snively,
$49.88; Ted Slough, $42.75; Scrap
Iron Real Bird, 1852; Bud
Fritzler, $28.50.
Professional bronze riding
Scotty Bagnell, $126.25; Tony
Perkins, SOL; Dave Shipp, $685.
38; McKenna, $75.75; Dan Will
der, $63.12; Johnnie Hagen, $780,
SO.
Bull riding-Hoss Allen, $137.-
so; Dan Wilder, $110; Buttons
Yonnick, $96.25; Burnett Henne:
Billie Williams, Clarence Spotted
Wolf and Charles Secrest, split
$51.56 each.
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Blanche Franklin and Wilbur B.. Chilcote are
Married in Double-Ring Ceremony Friday, June IL

Miss Blanche Franklin, daugh-
ter of Mrs. MabIe Franklin of
Hardin, and Wilbur B. Chilcote,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Chill
cnte of MiSSeula, were united
in marriage at the First Meth
odist church of Hardin Friday
morning, June IL, at eleven o.
clock before the immediate
families of the couple.
The Rev. Claire Harris, pas
tor of the First Evangelical
church of Billings, read the
doube-ring ceremony before a
background of lighted candel-
bra and baskets of white peon-
les. Immediately preceding the
ceremony, Mrs. W. J. Brekke
presented an organ prelude
which included "Dearie" and
Sweet and Lovely" as Robert
Foote, nephew of the bride.
lighted the tapers of the can
delabra. The traditional wed
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ding marches of Lohengrin and
Mendolssohn were also played
Given in marriage by her I'M
Gle, Robert J. Thornburn of Bill
lings, the bride wore a white
beach suit with beige accessories,
and carried a bouquet of Tails
man roses.
Mrs. Donald j. Foote of San
Jose, Calf, sister of the bride,
was matron of honor. She was
attired in a brown suit with
white accessories and carried a
bouquet of pink and white car
nations. Richard Chilcote Of
MisSoula, cousin of the bride
groom, was best man, and Le-
Roy Foote and Kenneth Chill
cote served as uShers.
Mrs. Franklin chose for he1
daughters wedding a black and
white sheer dress with which
she wore black accessories
! while Mrs. Chilcote, mother Of
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Before an altar banked with
baskets of peonieS, lilies anu
roses, Miss Donna Marie Cocn-
ran, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira Cochran, became the bride
of BENJAMIN r. Davis, son OF
Mrs. Elsie Davis Of New Brlgh-
ton, Pa, at rites held SATURDAY
afternoon, June IL, in the Flrst
Congregational church.
The Rev. Clair King read the
double-ring service. Preceding
the ceremony Mrs. Lura z.
Strand, accompanied by Mrs;
Walter Brekke, sang Because
and 81 Love You Truly"
The bride, who was escorted
by her father down an aisle
decorated with daisies and fern,
was dressed in her grandmoth-
er'S wedding dress with a bo-
dice yoke of hand made lace.
Her floor length veil was
caught in a tiara of orange
blossoms, her only jeWelry was
a rhinestone necklace, a gift
of the groom. She carried a
bouquet of white roses and
StephanotiS and carried an Eng
liSh six pence in her shoe.
Mrs. Donald Reeves, sister OF
the bride, was matron of hon.
or and bridesmaids were Mrs.
Jack Ware, sister of the groom,
and Miss Donna Rice. Gowns
of the matron of honor and
bridesmaids were blue and their
bouquets were of pink roses
and white gladiolias.
Kenneth Thomas served as
best man and ushers were Dick
Kerr and Bill Horn, all of Mon
tana State university at Mis-
Soula. r.
Mrs. Cochran chose a navy
blue afternoon dress with rose
pink accessories and wore a
corsage of pink pinnochio ros-
eS. Mrs. Davis also wore a dress
of navy blue with white Access
series and a corsage Of white
roses. 49,.
The reception was held in
the church parlors. Mrs. L. r.
Cool, Mrs. II. p. BartheI and
Mrs. L. S. McAllister presided
at the table, which was CEN
tered by a four-tiered wedding
cake topped with a miniature
bridal couple. .
For a going-away costume,
Mrs. Davis chose a suit of light
aqua with white and cherry
coke accessories.
Mrs. Davis is a graduate of
Hardin high school and of the
Reno beauty college in Long
Beach, Calf.
Mr.. Davis, who served four
years in the army air corps, is
at present a student at Mon
tana State university at Mis-
soula, where he is a member
of Theta Chi and Alpha Kappa
Psi fraternities.
Out-of-toWn guests included
Mrs. Elsie Davis. Miss Marie
Davis, Mrs. Jack Ware and Miss
Mary Betty Withrow, all of New
Brighton, Pa, Mrs. Donald
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

June 10, Benjamin r. Davis
of MisSoula and Donna Marie
Cochran of Hardin.
June 10, George Poe and Mary
C~hamberlin, both of Lodge
Grass.
June 10 Joaquin Lopez Of
Lodge Grass and Mary Arroyo
of Hardin.
June II, Wilbur Byron Chill
cote of Missoula, Mont, ano
Blanche Elizabeth Franklin oil
Hardin.
June II, Leo G.. Pattyn Of
Hardin and Luann LeVor
Brown of Lodge Grass.
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refreshments were served by the
hosteSses, who were Mrs Fred
Kerrick, Mrs. Fred Taylor, Mrs.
B. E.. Bylund, Mrs. Jim Schoer,
Mrs. B. H. McCarty, Mrs. Paul
Collier, Mrs. John Bulls and
John Bennett. There were ap-
proximately fifty guests present.
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Montana Highway Patrol Sup
eryisor Charles L. Sheridan re-
Gently cautioned Montanans
who will tour in other states
this summer that the type OF
center line illustrated above
NAV be met in many states,
and the presence of a solid line
IN the drivers lane means that
passing is dangerous.
Montana's single center line
means that passing is danger
GUS where the line is solid.
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Local Congregational Church Is Scene Of Cochran
And Davis WEDDING Ceremony Saturday Afternoon

Reeves of Detroit, Mich, MI. 3.
]. johnson, grandfather OF tne
bride, Of Long Beach, Calf, MI;
and Mrs. H. p. Barthel ano
Heather of Albany, Calf, ano
Mrs. Dick Kerr of MisSoula.
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VISITS IN COUNTY

Miss Elizabeth Ireland, state
superintendent of public in
struction, spent Friday evening
and Saturday in Big Horn
county.
She was in Hardin, Crow
Agency, Lodge Grass and Wyola,
inspecting school facilities and
discussing educational problems.
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AT AIR BASE

Bill Towne has enlisted in
the U. S. army and is now at
Lakeland air base, San Antonio,
Texas, according to word re-
ceiyed here recently.
He has been at San Antonio
for about three weeks.
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.Honored at Shower

Miss Blanche Franklin, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Mabel Franklin, was
honored guest at a bridal
shower Tuesday, June 8, given
by the Women's Society of the
Methodist church in the church
basement.
Different games were featur-
ed throughout the evening and
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The u. S. Naval Reserve now
contains more than 10000 OF.
ficerS and men.