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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
French Turning In
5,0O0-Franc Notes;
Tuesday Is Dead|ine
BY The Assesiatsd Press

PARIS, Jan. 31.-French banks
post Offices and tax collector!
today began taking In 5000.
franc notes, no longer legal ten.
der. Gold seemed about to &c
on the free market.
The notes must be turned in BY
Tuesday. After that they will b.
no good. The collection follows &C.
ton by Parliament
The Finance Ministry said last
night owners Of the bills will be
repaid. But g. ministry source sale
persons who can't show legal sources
for their holdings face either con-
f1scation or loss of high percentage
Of the amount held.
Approximately $4,000, 900 notes OF
the 5,000-franc denomination have
been in circulation. They are
worth, at the new rate of exchange
OLA francs to the dollar, about
$3.50 each. or, all told, some ST.
$40, 000, 900.
Banks were ordered to remain
open all day today ond tomorrow
The move to block holding Of
notes Of large denomination was
aimed at catching black market op.
orators and hoarders, said to hold
half such bills.
Last night the National Assembly
supported the last phase of Pre-.
mier Robert Schuman's money pro-
gram when 1t approved the bill
for a free gold market. BY thi;
bill the government hopes to lur'
out boarded gold and make possible
it's use in purchasing imports.
The gold bill must be approved
by the Council of the Republic be-
fore it becomes a law. 1t was pe
lieved generally that this approva
was a virtual certainty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
Families Killed in Crash
Identified by Air Force

ImANKFURT, Germany, Jan. y
|R.-The United States Air Force in
Europe, released today the names.of
three American wives and five chill
dren killed aboard q CAT transport
plane that crashed at Digne, France,
Tuesday.
They were identified as:
Mrs. Rosaline Moak and her chill
dren, Clifford, 1r.. 5; Mary K, 2, and
Verna E., l, Of Worcester N. Y.
They are the family of Chief War
rant Officer Clifford E. Moak of the
18th Signal Service Company, sta
toned at Trieste.
Mrs. Garnette B. Sanders and son
| William NJ, 3, wife and child OF
S/Sergt. WEIGH Sanders Of Mem
phis, Tenn. Sergt. Sanders is at
tached to the 351st Infantry Regi-
ment, Trieste.
Mrs. Shirley G. Martin and son
Benjamin H., jr, /, wife and son
of TISergt. Benjamin H. Martin
Princeton, N. c. Sergt. Martin is
attached to the 18th Signal Service
Company, Trieste.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
New England Tour.
PIeases Stassen
By the Asseeietsd Press

BRUNSWICK, Me, Jan. 3t.-Har-
old E. Stassen today completed q
week-long tour Of Vermont, New
Hampshire and Maine. frankly con.
fident that he had picked ur
strength in his campaign for the
Republican presidential nomination
In q concluding address at Bow.
doin College on foreign policy, he
warned against either appeasement
or trust in relations with Soviet
leaders.
The former Minnesota Governor
asserted that American foreign pol
icy should be conducted in the oper
and with full airing of all agree
ments.
Secret diplomacy" Mr.. stasser
told the Bowdoin audience last night
Should not be used by the United
States"
He said the best prospects fol
peace and progress for the United
States and other countries rests or
Strengthening the United Nation.
and building our economic and in.
ternational relationships with thu
objective an advance in the stand.
ards Of living and freedom Of people.
everywhere"
Asked at a Bates College Young
Republicans forum about choice Of
a running mate If he Is nominated, ;
Mr.. Stassen said Il would hope thai
the party would nominate some one
who entertains the same views al
I do and who comes from New Eng.
land or the Middle Atlantic States.
Mr.. Stassen dined with Reoubli.
can Gov. Horace A. Hildretf
and Maine newspaper executive.
at Blaine mansion during an Au.
gusta visit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
Girl Who Stole Purses
lin Church Sent to Jail
Nv fha A,seeioted PTeaf

CHICAGO, Jan. 3l.-Pearl Stew
art, 10, who admitted she went to
church to steal purses-always at
the most solemn parts of the serv-
ice-was sentenced yesterday to
serve six months in Jail and was
placed on probation for two years.
Judge Charles S. Dougherty told
the girl that although The law Is
designed to give first offenders an
other chance, yours is a ccld-olood-
ed enterprise.
"You maliciously chose the most
solemn moments of the mass to
steal: moments when the minds OF
the worshipers are far from worldly
things. This not only was a crime,
it was sacrilege."
Miss Stewart, who had pleaded
guilty to 3 petty larceny charge,
said she had quit her job because
of a back injury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
| 500 Hear Helen Jepsor
Sinq From Boxing Ring
BY the Asseeioted Press

SARASOTA, Fla. Jan. 31.-Helen
Jepson, Metropolitan Opera soprano,
stepped between the ropes into the
white glare of boxing ring last
night and made a hit.
She appeared in concert before a
standing room only crowd OF $500
mnac lovers who displaced the
usual fight fans in the American
Legion Coliseum.
Miss Jepson had to use the i'm
promptu concert hall as result OF
the ban placed on the Municipal
Auditorium by the Tampa local OF
tho American Federation of Musi-
clans, AFL, last November.
Miss Jepson is member OF the
Artists Guild, but her accompanies
IS a member of the Musicians Union
The ring was banked with flowers
Cor her appearance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
William Frew, Chairman
OF Carnegie Institute, Dies
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 31.-William
Frew, ST, chairman OF the Board Of
Carnegie Institute of Technology,
died of heart attack early today at
his home here.
Mr.. Frew, a retired attorney, also
was president of Carnegie Institute
and Carnegie Library-both separ-
ately endowed institutions and not
connected with the college. He had
been trustee of the three Carnegie
organizations for 30 years before as
Stunning his present posts in 1943.
A native of Pittsburgh, MI. Frew
was a graduate of Yale University
and the University OF Pittsburgh
Law School. He was an Army vet
eran of World War I.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
|Army Admits Secret Data Loss
Before Landings in Normandy

| The envelope was addressed Il
the right Army department. but tt
the sisters street number and city
the officials said. Post ONCE author
tiles were unable to find any such
department at that number. They
turned the packet over to the Army
The officials said the papers left
England in an official envelope of a
type forbidden for personal use
Hence it did not 60 through normal
censorship.
The sergeant, they added, was
completely exonerated CT any de-
liberate criminality" He received
his honorable discharge late in 1915
The Army refused to disclose his
name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
|UPWA Head Served
with Subpoena in
IGS| Strike Probe
The confessional subpoena list Of

The congressional subpoena list OF
witnesses to appear before the
House Labor Subcommittee investi-
eating the Government cafeteria
strike continued to- grow today as
United States marshals continued
their search for two union officials
involved In the walkout.
Abram FlaXer, president Of the
United Public Workers of America
is the latest summoned to appear at
10 am. Monday at the suhconmit-
tees probe OF the four week strike
against AZ Federal building cafe
terias operated by Government
Services, Inc.
Mr.. Fiaxer was handed his SUBJ
poena late yesterday by r. Albert
Reiman, counsel Of the subcommit-
tee, as the union Official was entering
the Labor Department for a confer
ence with Secretary Schwellenbach
Union Is Parent Group.
Mr.. Flaxer's union is the parent
group of the United Cafeteria Work
ers' Local All (CIO), whose workers
walked out Of their cafeteria jobs
early this month.
Mr.. Reiman, who went to the
Labor Department yesterday after a
Tip" that he would find Mr.. Flaxer
there, said subpoenas also have been
issued to two District ofdcials Of the
United States Employment Service
They are Victor r. DAILY, local per-
sonnet director, and Robert A. Nor
rison, USES District Office manager
Spokesman for the subcommittee
said Chairman, Hoffman, Repub-
lican, of Michigan wanted to talk
to the USES officials about "rumors
that they have been favoring the
union in the strike" to the exclusion
Of other workers. They refused to
enlarge on the statement.
Two Officials Still Sought.
The two union officials still being
sought by Federal marshals, mean
while, are Richard A. Bancroft
president Of Local al, and Oliver
T. Palmer, the locals business agent
An attorney for the union de-
clared yesterday that he had heard
indirectly" that the two planned to
continue to keep their whereabouts
a secret and that they do not in
tend" to appear before Mr.. Hon-
mans group.
Marshals also have subpoenaed
Ethel Thompson. identified as q
worker at the cafeteria unions Of
flee, to appear Monday. Union OIL
Gals claim they no of no employe
by that name.
At the same time, a committee
representing the striking workers
announced today it has called on
Federal Works Administrator Elem.
ing to close all cafeterias so the
dispute may be brought to a close.
Copy of Statement.
A copy of the statement to Gen
Fleming, signed for the committee
by Sally Peek:
Accused GSI of "endangering the
health of 10000 Federal workers
by hiring workers who have moi
been examined for communicable
diseases.
Accused PBA of strike breaking
by utilizing public buildings guard!
to escort strike breakers through
picket lines"
Disputed legality of the GS,
demand that union officials file non.
Communist aff1davits, major poin
in the dispute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
Crash
Continued From First Page.)

diced that 1t would be late because
of headwinds.
An airline official said the ship
carried % passengers and 6 crew.
men. One passenger was Sir Arthur
Cunningham, retired British air mar
shall and hero of the North African
air war. The pilot was Capt. David
Colby Of England.
Rescue pilots said flying condi-
tons were far from ideal" They
reported seas between 80 and 40
feet high. Clouds hampered visi-
bility
On London the British Minis
try of Civil Aviation said the
aircraft was presumed lost.D
J. w. Booth, chairman of the
BSAA here, said last night there
was a fair chance" of finding at
least some of the passengers.
Poor Visibility Cited.
Mr.. Booth told reporters that the
plane might be able to remain af1oat
long enough for those aboard to get
into life RATS. Poor visibility. he
said, might explain failure Of search
pilots to see any RATS.
In New York Comdr. Donald B.
MacDiarmid of the United States
Coast Guard, air operations officer
for the Eastern area, said 1t was
quite possible that the plane had
landed successfully on the water
with "at least some of the crew and
passengers able to make life RATS.
.Airmen believed the ship might
have missed Bermuda because Of
the storm. The plane had refueled
at. Santa Maria in the Azores. II
carried Gibson Girl" an auto.
matte distress apparatus which gives
| out steady SOS signals. --s,---e-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
Joycees in Alexandria
To Pick YOUNG Man of AT

The Alexandria Junior Chamber
of Commerce will name the city's
young man Of 1947 at the organiza-
tion's annual banquet at 7 o'clock
tonight in the terrace dining room
Of the National Airport.
Each year, the chamber chooses
a man between the ages of 81 and IS
In the city whom they believe has
shown outstanding community serv-
ice. The young man chosen receives
a medal and citation acknowledging
his selection,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31

Horse race results can be broad
cast by a radio station as long as
the information Is not given with SC
much urgency and detail that II
suggests gamblers would benefit pri.
marily, according to the Federal
Communications Commission.
The FEC made the ruling yester-
day In renewing the license Of Radio
Station WWDC, '---
The station, In applying for rou-
tine renewal OF its license, asked
assurance from the commission thai
it would not jeopardize Its continued
operating authority by broadcast
ing race results, including prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
Coal
Continued From First Page >,

calling and company switchboards
became Swamped.
Several dealers reported they had
to put on additional help at the
telephone to deal with would-be
customers, who obviously were call
ing numerous companies.
Conflicting advice was forthcom-
ing from sympathetic companies.
One operator advised callers to run
down the list of companies in the
telephone book and call the smaller
ones, which haven't been as hard
hit"
Soft Coal Is Available.
At another company, callers were
advised to keep calling your own
dealer until he gets tired Of hearing
your voice. That's what our regular
customers have been doing to U.s."
At several places, in answer to
requests for coal, the answer was,
Are you q regular customer"
Several companies said they had
some soft coal available and one OF
them said he didn't consider there
was any shortage as long as there
was any COAL He took the position
that no coal user need 60 without
heat IF he didn't mind some smoke
and inconvenience.
Coal for Industry.
But other dealers said frankly that
the coal they had on hand was
entirely for industrial use, that II
would foul fiues, drive people out OF
the house with its smoke and might
not even burn. These dealers said
most Washington furnaces are not
adapted to burning soft coal.
Irregular deliveries from the mines
were blamed on subfreezing tenn.
peratures that kept miners from
going to work and froze spur tracks
; One dealer said the coal was sc
frozen when it arrived here that II
takes a day to thaw 1t out fol
deliveries.
Some dealers thought the situa-
ton would ease in about week but
one of the more pessimistic, ones
said he did not expect break until
the weather gets warmer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
BY the Assoeiessd Press

The Army confirmed today that
secret data on the invasion OF Eu-
rope was lost in the mail IA weeks
before the troops hit the Normandy
beaches. ..-
Officials said . sergeant at head
quarters in England, tired from
overwork and worried about his sis
ter's Illness" sent the papers to her
address in America by mistake.
That was on February a., 1914.
The papers were intended for
Army headquarters in Washington.
The officials said they did not, re-
veal the assault date, the target
area or strength Of the assault
force" and would have been useless
to the enemy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
| Truman Plea Marks
Tenth Anniversary
OF Polio Campaigns

President Truman marked the
10th anniversary of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
with a Nationwide broadcast last
night in which he urged support OF
the March of Dimes.
THE first line of defense in this
war against infantile paralysis has
been formed by your contributions
to the March of Dimes" he said in
the White House radio talk.
Contributors to previous cam
paigns, the President declared, have
helped thousands of victims OF the
disease return to normal life, have
brought new hope" to the hope
lessly handicapped, and have
brought peace to troubled hearts Of
parents who could not afford medi-
cal care needed by loved one
u. s. Leads World.
He declared the National Foun-
dation for Infantile Paralysis each
year has built more barriers" to
protect American children from ef-
fects of polio, but "it may take many
more years and many more millions
Of dollars" before the disease Is
banished.
Because OF the Foundations vigil
lance, no nation has been so we'll
armed to fight infantile paralysis as
the United States. the President
said.
II ask you to give-and give gen.
erously-to the March of Dimes, he
concluded.
A check for s672,ooO, collected in
the last two Miss Hush" contests
on the Truth or Consequence"
radio program, was to be presented
to Basil O'Connor, president of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, at the Carlton Hotel this
afternoon.
Mrs. Ralph Edwards Of Beverly
Hills, wife of the shows master OF
ceremonies, was to make the presen-
tation at 2:30 pm. In the two Miss
Hush" contests in which the March
of Dimes has shared, program Of
ficials said, total Of $1,215,00o was
collected from listeners who tried to
identify Miss Hush"
Also on the District front in the
anti-polio fund drive, officials an.
nounced yesterday that four Of u
sombreros presented to the cam
paign by Republic Pictures cowboy
star Monte Hale had brought $242.
One Hat Brings S10S.
One hat was auctioned at XII
wants Club luncheon for $103 and
another at a Lions Club meeting for
$40, Edgar Morris, general chairman
of the Drive Committee here, an
nounced. Commissioner John Rus
sell Young paid $50 for one of the
hats and at a Variety Club auction
and Republic Pictures of1cial gave
$50 for another, he said. The eight
remaining hats will be auctioned at
other business and civic club meet
ings for benefit of the fund. he
stated.
Today's March OF Dimes program
included broadcast from the Statler
Hotel by Carl Green, WQQW chill
.dren's story-teller. Children attend
ing the presentation were to be
charged a dime each for benefit OF
the fund and parents were to give q
dollar apiece.
The YMCA's Army and Navy De-
partment will sponsor Mile o
Dimes dance at o'clock tonight in
the Central Branch YMCA GYM
nasium, 1886 G street NV. The
program will include numbers by
Marie de Ia Hull. Washington singer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
Fuel Oil
Continued From First Page.)

will be 100000 barrels. Average
daily consumption of the Nation Is
$780, 900 barrels.
Secretary of Commerce Hartman
also announced he has asked the
steel industry to help by setting
aside part of its output for oil-well
equipment and railroad cars.
He asked that about 10 per cent
of the steel production be placed on
high priority basis for the oil.
freight car, farm machinery and
home building industries.
The situation here should be fur
TIER eased with the arrival late
to-day or tomorrow of 735 900 gallons
ofDiesel oil obtained as loan from
tie Navy. This type oil may be
burned in home furnaces.
Standard Oil Co. said a barge was
being loaded in Baltimore with $780,
900 gallons of No. 2 fuel oil and,
barring trouble in the ice-laden
Potomac, 1t should arrive early next
week
Heavy oil supplies were increased
yesterday with the arrival Of TOO, 900
gallons for L. P. Steuart & Bro,
which furnishes the Government
and a large number of buildings and
apartment houses. Standard Oil
another leading dealer in this type
OF oil, received 100000 gallons.
2 Kerosene, Gasoline Arrive.
Two Standard barges brought In
5000 gallons of kerosene, used as
fuel in many homes. In addition
Standard received 100000 gallons
Of gasoline, another hard-to-get
products.
Three Coast Guard ships rugged as
breakers continued to run inter-
ference for barges. Today the ice
bre o'--.,s were concentrating on NOV
iri2 empties downstream for reload
ing and picking up any other barges
they may encounter along the route
Mr. Kennedy reported his Fuel
OH Committee was staying on top Of
the emergency distribution of oil
Home consumers unable to obtain
oil from their dealers have pur-
chased 10000 gallons through the
storkpile established with the CO.
operation of five major companies.
= Only 20 Orders Unified.
Early today the committee had or
hard M more than 20 untitled or.
GERS, despite the necessity 1ol
screening all applicants to determine
genuine need.
One of the requests the oil CO.
ordinating committee sought to I'll
came from 81 residents of the Cher
rysHill Trailer Camp on the Balti'
more road near Berwyn. All WERE
out of kerosene.
at Norfolk, Is fully loaded Goa
ships were reported idle for lack Of
bunker-C oil. A 100000 barrel sup
ply of the fuel arrived today ane
was to be divided among the ship'
SO they can move on short rations
There were about $4,000 gallon
of No. 2 fuel oil on hand IN thu
stockpile and something less thar
10000 gallons of kerosene. Becaus'
of the scarcity of kerosene. appli
carts were cut from so to Is gallon
and Mr.. Kennedy said 1t may b.
necessary to reduce fuel oil from
100 to 500 gallons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
Race Result Broudcosts Ruled
OK. ifNot Mainly for Gamblers

The commission held that race
results formed a part OF we'll
rounded program service and added
THE information given is not
presented with such urgency or in
such detail as to suggest that 1t is
primarily designed to be of assist
ance to those who may be engaged
in betting or gambling on horse
racing, which is illegal" ..
Commissioner Paul A. Walker
dissenting, said he felt horse-racing
programs are not in the public in
terest, but he voted for the license
renewal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
TO Million Bly,
Rabbits Feet,
| Scientist Says
By the A,soeiotsd Press

NEW YORK. Jan. 31.-A rabbits
foot to bring luck costs from 10 cents
to S., and Americans have bought
II, 900 900 of them.
They also spend sl25 900, 1000 an
nually on fortune tellers, John r.
Saunders, associate curator Of educa-
ton at the American Museum OF
Natural History, told the Cooper
Union Forum last night.
The sale Of dream books, hor-
oscopes. lucky charms, and other
items for the superstitious has be-
come big business, Mr.. Saunders
said.
The big cost of this is not financial
he added, but in our thinking.
The problems of today, Mr.
Saunders said, call for "clear think
ing free of the hindrances OF bias
error, and unfounded beliefs or
superstitions. Superstition is an intel
lectual cost which, If we allow 1t to
increase, may well prohibit the
progress Of human welfare"
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
Sermon Series to Sturt

The Rev. Gordon Pratt Baker,
pastor of the Methodist Church
at Washington Grove, Md, will
preach tomorrow on the subject,
II Believe in God" in the first Of
q series Of sermons to be continued
until Easter. The general subject
of the series Is Give Me Such A
Faith as This"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31
Arkansas University
To Accept Negroes
lin Graduate Work
BY the Associated Press

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, Jan. 81
The University Of Arkansas an
nounced yesterday that qualified
Negro students applying for gradu-
ate work will be admitted under
special arrangement"
But the student whose application
led to the announcement, Clifford
Davis of Little Rock, now student
at Howard University, Washington,
apparently isn't interested in en-
rolling on the university's terms.
Announcement that Mr.. Davis
would be admitted was made by DR..
Lewis Webster Jones, university
president.
Another university official ex-
planned that special arrangement"
meant Mr.. Davis would attend a
separate classroom in the law school
building, but would receive regular
instruction from faculty members.
In Washington, the 2l-year-old
Mr.. Davis said he had received no
official word Of the Arkansas &C
ton.
He added, however, that on the
basis of news reports facilities
apart from those provided for
whites will be made available to me-
and "in that event, would not be
interested in studying ut the Uni
versity of Arkansas"
Mr.. Davis filed an Arkansas ap-
plication some time ago.
University Board Chairman Her
bert L. Thomas said he felt ANY
qualified Negro applying for gradu-
ate work will be accepted" but that
Negroes seeking undergraduate
study will be rejected"
Two Arkansas Negroes have said
they may seek to enroll as under
graduate students when the new
semester opens Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-31

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dent of the company.
He is a Princeton graduate. for
mer director of the Community
Chest, member of the Cosmos, Uni
versity, Metropolitan and Chevy
Chase Clubs and of the Columbia
Historical Society.
At the same meeting, Martin M.
Reed, who has been secretary, was
elected executive vice president. He
is a lawyer and a native of Phils-
delphia.