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Evening star., 1948-10-17

IT IS entirely possible that our next presi-
Il dent will be man few Americans outside
of South Carolina know much about. 1t is
also within the realm of possibility that we
might be for weeks without any president,
with the House of Representatives unable to
choose among the three candidates before it.
The first possibility would mean an admin
istration with only Insignificant congressional
and national support. The second would
threaten complete breakdown of admins
tration. Either would be disastrous to the
country, particularly in 50 critical year as
1949 promises to be. Both are made possible
by the present antiquated election system.
There are signs that we're finally getting
around to doing something about these anom-
alies-Congress is pondering Constitutional
amendment. Until it's enacted. however, a
number of time-honored peculiarities will
characterize u. S. elections
Unless you live in the District of Columbia,
for example. you probably think that the
Constitution guarantees you the right of vot-
ing for the candidate of your choice.
You are wrong.
Unless you are Republican in a state
which al,oays goes Democratic, or vice versa,
you probably think that your vote will surely
be counted in your candidates favor.
WEsa1 Again
You are wrong on that. too. Actually, it
may even be counted against him!
Perhaps you think the man receiving the
greatest popular vote is always elected. Al
most certainly you think that whoever re-
ceives the most electoral votes is bound to win.
Both of these assumptions are wrong. too.
The reason SO many of us have such incor-
Evening star., 1948-10-17
HAnnD q EWIls6

W1ITER KERMIT R0oGEvELT comes naturally by his
oddities Of the u s. electoral His grand
father, Theodore Roosevelt thirdparty candidate
in 1919 when Democratic Nominee Woodrow Wilson poled
minority Of the total but elected president.
Evening star., 1948-10-17
\ 0 PRESIDENT IN
1949 :?

Sounds crazy, but it could happen here. That's
not all. man who runs third may win. It's
all because of our senseless electoral system,
which Congress is finally trying to remedy -.
BY KERMIT ROOSEVELT
, 1948-09-30

Robert K. Armstrong, having been appointed administrator of
the Estate OF THEODORE MOLLER, deceased, does hereby give
notice to all persons having claims against the said estate to present
such claims within six () months. Persons indebted to the said
estate ar likewise requested to make payments within the said
70 the administrator, or his attorney. Dated: July %, 1913
lHa :. Moorhead Robert K. Armstrong
Attorney Administrative
, 1948-09-30
NOTICE

During the month of September, 1913 Registration of
voters in the Christiansted Country District will be conduc-
ted as follows:
KingshiH Police Station Wednesday, Sept. / from 43o P.
M. to $50 PM.
Est. Peters Rest School Room, Wednesday, September 8
from 430 PM. to $50 PM.
La Grande Princesse School Wednesday,, Sep. % from
4:30 Pm. to $50 PM.
Est. La Vale School Room Wednesday, Sept. IS from
4:30 PM. to $50 PM.
Est. Bethlehem Q. ". Wednesday,, Sept. % from 4:3oP.M.
to $50 PM.
REGISTRATION BOARD FOR ST. cRo1x
August q, 1913
D.. c. Canegata
Chairman Registration Board
, 1948-09-30
BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR
OF THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
A PROCLAMATION
OF THE UNITED STATES
October "a, 1913 = United Nations Day

October "a, 1913 - United Nations Day
All through the years the peoples of the world have strug-
gled to guarantee fundamental human rights. They have
struggled to promote social progress and better standards of
life in a larger freedom. They have struggled to outlaw wars
which internationally have brought untold tragedy to man
kind, In order to help the peoples of the world achieve these
detectives, the United Nations was established on October
"a, 1915.
The people of the Virgin Islands are included in the scope
OF the United Nations principally through the Declaration
Regarding None-Self Governing Territories, contained in
Chapter X of the Charter. In this declaration the members
OF the United Nations, with responsibilities for the admins
tration of territories whose peoples have not yet attained
a.full measure of self7government, have accepted the sacred
trust Of promoting the political, economic, and social advance
ment of the peoples of the territories.
The recent brutal Staying of Count Folke Bernadotte
United Nations Mediator in Palestine, emphasizes to peace
loving people throughout the world the necessity of and their
responsibility for stamping out national as well as interna-
tional outlaws, and of firm adherence to the principles of
peace, freedom, and justice, for which the United Nations
stands. n
In accordance with a resolution of the General Assembly
OF the United Nations designating October "a, 1913, as United
Nations Day, the President Of the United States of America
has called upon the officers of federal, state, and local gov
ernments to observe October "a, 1948, by exercises exempli-
flying our recognition of the achievements of the United Ma
tons, our support of its aims, and our determination to strive
Tor the realization of those aims.
WHEREFORE, ], MORRIS F. DE CASTRO, Acting Gov
ernor OF the Virgin Islands of the United States, do hereby
proclaim and designate Sunday, October "a, 1948, as United
Nations Day IN the Virgin Islands, and invite all the people
OF the Virgin Islands to join with the United Nations Day
Citizens Committees, already appointed, in observing United
Nations Day in a manner fitting and proper, in order that we
may thus reaffirm our faith in the United Nations as an in
strument for international peace and progress; and I do parti-
cularly call upon all persons and religious organizations to
observe with appropriate prayers, sermons, and religious pro
grams.
! DO FURTHER PROCLAIM that the week beginning
October q, l948, shall be devoted in the public schools to the
dissemination of information on the aims and achievements
Of the United Nations through specially prepared programs
and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ! have hereunto set my hand and
caused the Seal of the Government Of the Virgin Islands Of
the United States to be affixed at Charlotte Amalie. ST.
Thomas, this twenty-first day of September A. D., 1913.
(SEAL) NORRIS ]. DE CASTRO
Evening star., 1948-12-17
|Housebreokers
Take Hose, Beer
And ; Bananas

A thief, or thieves, entered the
home of James v. ODonnell, chief
operator of the Mcmillan Pumping
Station, First and Douglas streets
NV, last night, police reported, and
took away the following: A pair of
silk stockings, three bananas and a
bottle 1of beer.
The home, 301 Michigan avenue
NV, on the station grounds, was
looted sometime between $40 and
$50 O'Clock, while Mr.. and Mrs.
ODonnell were at a movie. 1t was
entered by breaking a front window
on the first floor, police said
According to Mrs. O'Donnell, the
looters ripped open some 80 Christ
mas presents on front room table
and selected only the hose. They
overlooked many more valuable
presents, she said, and the family
silver was left strewn all over the
dining room floor.
In another room, she reported,
less than 100 pennies were taken.
The beer and bananas were lifted
from the ice box, according to police,
who listed the total value lost mot
counting the pennieSt at ST..
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Friendship House, YWCA
Start YuIe Program TONIGHT

Friendship House and the Phyllis
Wheatley YWCA will begin their
annual series of Christmas events
with several parties scheduled fol
tonight.
At Friendship House, 61s D street
Sc, nursery children and their
parents will attend q supper party
at 6:15 o'clock, after which the chill
dren will stage a Bethlehem skit and
Santa Claus will appear. At 7:1s
o'clock children from 9 to IL years
OF age will hold q party, including
caroling, games and dancing.
Events at Phyllis Wheatley, 9Ol
Rhode Island avenue NV, were tc
open at 4 pm. today with teen-age
party, including an exchange OF
gifts. At 8 o'clock in the Y annex
17lS Thirteenth street NV, the
Annex Friday Nighters, young
adult group. will hold a pre- Christ.
mas dance.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
John {. hiedermair Gets
$4,000 Navy Position

John c. Niedermair, GIG Thirty
second street NV. today became
the fourth Navy Department en-
ploye to be appointed to a civil
service position with q salary Of
more than $4,000 a year.
The formal presentation Of his
appointment was made by Vice Ad-
miral Earl w. Mills. chief of the
Bureau of Ships. Mr.. Niedermair,
as technical director of the pre-
liminary ship design, will receive
$12.0 a year.
The appointment is under author
ity of law passed last June, which
allows the Navy to fill 13 such posi-
tions in the professional and scien-
tific services.
Mr.. Niedermair has been actively
engaged in the design of all ships
of the modern Navy since 1882 and
as chief naval architect has par
ticipated in the design of such ships
as the carriers Essex and Midway,
the battleship Iowa and more re-
Gently the new 65.000-ton super car
rier. He served in the Navy during
World War I. For his part in the
design of ships during the last war
he was awarded the Distinguished
Civilian Service Award.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Hour Strike by Reds
In Rome Is Failure
by the Asseeiotsd Press

ROME, Dec. ia one-nour strike
the Communists called to protest
police action against demonstrating
war veterans and unemployed turned
out to be flop today.
Stores stayed open. Streetcars
operated normally. Almost no buses
stopped as ordered by the Com
munist-run Chamber of Labor.
The veterans themselves had
thrown artificial legs and arms and
crutches at police yesterday while
attempting an unauthorized parade.
They were demonstrating for in
creased aid to unemployed, for
shelter for homeless persons and to
protest government delay in provid-
ing funds to veterans.
A two-hour strike called by the
Communists in Milan appeared
about as Intellectual as the one in
Rome. That walkout was to protest
what the chamber called non
collaboration" of the management
Of Breda-a large producer Of ma
chinery. arms and rail equipment
and other large Milan plants.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
High Wafer Rolling
| Down Potomac After
Drop al Cumberland

High water rolled down the Po-
tomac from Cumberland, Md, today,
but the Weather Bureaus river
service expects only near" food
stage in this area. ,......
Rains which fell over this section
for more than "a hours sent the
Potomac to 6 Of q foot over its
l7-foot flood stage at Cumberland
yesterday, but it was falling and
at Is feet this morning, the bureau
reported. .... .... ...-
Flood stage at the Letter gauge, 9
miles above Key Bridge here, is 10
feet, and the river forecast is for
almost" that figure by tomorrow
morning. . -
The forecast for Washington Is
some cloudiness, but mostly sunny
today. with high temperature In
the low SOS. Fair and somewhat
colder is predicted for tonight, with
80 degrees in the city and 80 in
the suburbs. te -
Saturday will be mostly cloudy
and not so warm, the bureau said.
Rain had ceased generally over
the Maryland Virginia and West
Virginia areas, but fash floods and
ice-coated utility wires plagued at
least five counties in Western Mary
land. An estimated 2,700 telephone
subscribers had no service and 20
crews of linemen from Frederick
and Hagerstown were at work in
Allegany and Garrett Counties.
Roads remained clear, however, and
traffic was normal. II
The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Co. is using portable
radio sets to restore service between
Bloomington and Swanton in Gar.
rett County. Howard M. Smith, dis.
trict manager, said 206 telephones
were out of service in Frostburg
and 68 at Oakland.
Britain is training dogs for rescue
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Waitress Plea for Less Noise
In Cafe Brings Hail of Missiles

which went through . side window
The thrower, she said, went out the
front door.
A short time later, while waiting
for police, q dishwasher, James La
nier, colored, Of IL I street NV.
walked out front and talked with
the man. The self-appointed me.
diator was struck on the head with
q soda bottle, he told police. He
was taken to, Freedmen's Hospital
and was reported In fair condition
today.
Police arrested Mentor Jefferson,
20. colored. Of 511 M street NV,
charged with two counts Of assault
with a dangerous weapon and with
destroying private property,
Evening star., 1948-12-17

Britain is training dogs for rescue
work in coal mine disasters, -.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Alexandra Shrine Club
Plans Carol Singing

The Alexandria Shrine Club OF
Acca Temple will sponsor Christ
mas carol sing featuring 500 Girl
Scouts at 4:30 pm. Sunday at the
George Washington Masonic Memo
rial Temple.
The girls are members of so Girl
Scout troops in Alexandria.
Included on the program will be
the official lighting Of q large
Christmas tree donated by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Assault Charge Holds
Chevy Chase Man, "a,
Sd Time in IS Months

Joseph A. Wagstaff, "a, Of Chevy
Chase, Md, who has a record Of
offenses ranging from destruction
Of private property to assault with 9
deadly weapon, was arrested yes.
terday by Montgomery County po.
lice for the third time in IS months
The latest arrest was on q war
rant sworn out by a maid at his
home in the $500 block of Grove
street. charging him with assault
and battery on. her Wednesday.
He is being held in the Rockville
Jail in default Of $4,000 bond pend
ing a hearing at $50 am. Monday
in Bethesda Police Court.
On September Is, 1s47, Wagstaff
was shot and slightly wounded by
Montgomery County police after he
had barricaded himself on the Sec
ond floor Of a home ip the $500
block Of Center street, Chevy Chase,
and threatened to kill any one who
came after him.
At that time, he was charged
with HOUSEKEEPING, destroying
private property and assault and
battery on policeman.
He served 80 days in the Rockville
Jail on the property destruction
charge and paid a $25 fine for
assault. The HOUSEKEEPING charge
was dropped after his family prom
ised to have him undergo PSYCHE
atric treatment.
Two months later, he was charged
with robbing q Washington taxicab
driver at Kirkside drive and Oliver
street, Chevy Chase. That charge
was abandoned by county author
tiles when the complainant refused
to testify.
Wagstaff was convicted by a jury
in Las Vegas, New, in June, 1916,
of assault with q deadly weapon in
the shooting Of Washington friend
over a gambling debt and served a
one-year prison term.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Truck Driver Arrested
On Hit-and-Run CHARGE

James M. Martz, 40, of Upper
Marlboro, Md, was arrested BY
Prince Georges County police las,
night on a hit-and-run charge q
half hour after they said his truck
struck a man on Ritchie road.
Martz also was charged with reck.
less driving. Police said Jane.
Julep, II. colored, of Ritchie, Md.
suffered a broken leg when struck
by a truck and was taken to Cas-.
lalty Hospital.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Boiler Blast StanIes
1,7OO in Arlington;
Walls Are Cracked

A hot-water boiler exploded in
the Jubal Early housing project
in Arlington early today, fright
ening l,700 residents but injur-
ing no one.
Families occupying four apart
ments adjacent to the boiler-laun-
dry room reported their apartment
walls were cracked and rooms
filled with smoke and plaster dust.
Mrs. Mildred Heath, $40 South
Twentieth street. had the narrowest
escape. She was in the laundry
room at the time of the explosion at
7:20 am. when the outside wall be-
gan to buckle and part Of it COL
lapsed. She ran from the build
ing to her apartment next door
where she had left her 7-week- old
baby.
II didn't know what had hap
pened," she said. II felt a funny
sensation in my ears but did not
feel any pain"
Fire Spurts From Wall.
Her husband, Beaman Heath, q
disabled veteran of the Navy am
phibious corps, was shaving at the
time. He said fire and smoke spurt-
ed through the top of the wall next
to the ceiling In the bathroom,
which adjoins the laundry room.
The heating unit is in the center
Of a row Of "a apartments in the
680-apartment project operated by
the Public Housing Administration
for veterans families. Both the
front and rear walls were knocked
out by the force Of the blast. There
was no fire and Arlington County
fire equipment soon left the scene.
p. N. Gregory. project superin-
tendent, estimated damage at about
5000. He blamed faulty controls
for the explosion.
Too Many Engineers, He Says.
I'VE have too many engineers
living here" he said. I'VE have had
trouble all along with tenants COM
ing In here and tampering with the
heat control"
According to the superintendent,
. fireman, Lee James, colored, found
no fire in the furnace when he went
there this morning. He started q
fire and left and Mr.. Gregory
thought perhaps pressure already
had been built up In the hot-water
tank.
Residents living in courts i'm.
mediately opposite both ends of the
boilerroom reported hearing the
loudest noise. Like Mrs. Heath, those
Immediately next to the boilerroom
compared the sound with that Of a
door slamming or q garage can
dropping.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl M. Stitt live on
the same court as the Heaths but
on the other side Of the boilerroom.
Their 3h -year-old daughter Bonnie
was asleep when the blast came and
the child was so frightened that she
"stiffened up" and 1t was difficult
fer her mother to remove her from
her crib. Mrs. Stitt said.
The child's bed was next to the
wall adjoining the furnace room.
This wall, of hollow tile, appeared
10 be the most severely damaged.
Mr.. Stitt had left for his job with
the Treasury Department when the
blast occurred.
Mrs. Frank Jost, who lives on an
other court next to the boiler room.
took things calmly.
IT was In bed" she said, land
thought the noise was only the
laundry room door slamming. NY
husband was shaving and ran out
into the yard with soap on his face.
Firemen at first thought he was in
jured.
II sat up in bed and saw the wall
tunbling out into the yard and firi-
ally got up and dressed when my
husband told me to come out"
Mr.. Jost is q note teller at the
Nty Bank.
Evening star., 1948-12-17

during argument at Seventh and S
streets NV. last August.
Following the jury's verdict, Judge
Schweinhaut had referred the case
to the Probation Once for investi-
cation pending sentence.
The Probation Onice's investiga-
ton revealed that JOHNS was only II.
A person under 18 years of age
may be tried in District court only
when Juvenile Court has waived
jurisdiction. This had not been
done in Johns case because he had
been listed as "a years old. Johns
today was referred to juvenile
authorities, after the jury's verdict
had been set aside.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Prisoner Found 10 Be II,
Murder Verdict Is Vacated

A second-degree murder verdict
returned by a District Court jury
November 10 was vacated taoday by
Judge Henry A. Schweinhaut when
it was discovered that the defendant
was juvenile, instead Of "a years
old as had previously been repre-
sented.
The boy convicted was Alvin N
Johns, colored, Of the 1400 block OF
S street NV. The jury had found
him guilty of the fatal shooting OF
Zeb Jeffries, 20, colored, of the
1900 block of Vermont avenue NV.
Evening star., 1948-12-17

An agile waitress demand fol
peace and quiet In the Mid-City
Cafe, 1919 Seventh street NV, last
night put one man in the hospital
but she escaped safely through q
shower Of missiles, police said today
Disorder was rampant, the police
account said, after Mrs. Jeanne
Endo. 81, of 100 Bryant street NV,
the waitress, called for less noise
from several men. She told investi-
gators one man threw q beer bottle
at her as she started toward the
rear Of the cafe to telephone police.
She lodged that, she said, and
then in quick succession also lodged
a salt shaker and q coffee mug,
Evening star., 1948-12-17
$500 and Watch Taken
From Cos Station Safe y

A safe-cracking job that netted
the culprit $500 in cash and a 500
wrist watch was reported to police
today by Alfred segal. "A, manager
of a service station at 400 Hun:
place NE.
He said the housebreaker en-
tered the station by tearing out q
screen and breaking a window iIs
a store room. A 800 pound safe
was dragged from a front ONCE to
the rear Of the building where 1t
was broken open. he said.
Evening star., 1948-12-17

The first railroads were built in
England in the 17th and 18th CEN
turies to carry coal In wagons drawn
by horses.
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