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Evening star., 1948-05-30
Man Sets Fire 10 Self
In New York Taxicab
By the Associuted Press

NEW YORK, May 29-A 26-year.
old man who directed a taXicat
driver to take him to church
made a torch of himself tonight
after telling the cabbie:
I'm going to end it all. I want
to see a priest"
| The driver, Julius Render, tolo
police the man, identified as Thomas
Delaney, an elevator operator
poured gasoline over himself ano
ignited it as the taxicab approached
the Lady of Good Counsel Church
in Upper Manhattan.
The taxicab was damaged by the
flames.
Another automobile also caught
fire as the cab driver stopped his ma
chine alongside 1t to abandon the
burning vehicle.
Delaney, with most of his clothing
burned away, was taken to a hos
pital in a serious condition. He was
unconscious.
Evening star., 1948-05-30
Texas Taximan Fount
Dead With Brassiere
Bound Around Neck
Rrfhs Assoeioted Press


DICKINSON, Tex. May "a
Houston taxicab driver was found
dead in his cab today with bras
siere bound tightly about his neck.
The body of Merton Meets, A.
was discovered near here by q
farmer.
A charge OF murder was filed
against Margie D. Carreon, 20. Of
Houston. She was held in jail
without bond.
DR.. N. D. Schofield, Galveston
physician, said Mr.. Meets died OF
asphyxiation.
Police said there also was a
jagged wound in Mr.. Meets throat
but doubted that it could have
caused his death. DR.. Schofield
said he found no such wound.
In reply to questions. DR.. Scho-
field said, "It is possible that death
could have resulted from strangula-
ton through use of some soft ma
terial that left no marks or bruises
It is possible to do that even with
the hands" Mr.. Nets was a driver
for a Houston Cab Co. The dis
patcher said he reported at 4:4C
o'clock this morning that he had
picked up a woman passenger at
hotel and was driving her to Gal
weston.
At 10 o'clock, an official Of the
company received an anonymous
telephone call from q woman who
said she had observed a woman
shaking the driver In q parked cat
on the road between Houston ano
Galveston.
Police also received an anonymous
call from a person who said
woman had been observed bathing
at West Beach, Galveston, while
| taxicab waited nearby.
Evening star., 1948-05-30
d Delegates Support
Truman in Massachusetts
BY The Associated Press

BOSTON, May 29.-The Massa-
chusetts delegation to the Demo-
cratic National convention voted
unanimously today to support Pres
ident Truman for denomination.
Mayor James M. Curley of Bos-
ton was reelected Democratic Ma
tional committeeman from Massa-
chusetts. Mrs. Alice Sullivan, Water
town attorney, was elected to sue
ceed Mrs. Margaret O'Riordan, ma
tional committeewoman for the past
8 years.
State Committee Chairman John
F. Cahill was elected chairman of
the delegation. Michael j. McGrath
of Salem was elected vice-chairman
Endorsement Of Mr.. Truman was
made at a meeting attended by only
% of the states's A delegates.
Another session has been called for
next Saturday by Representative
McCormack of South Boston.
Representative Mccormack did
not attend today's meeting. In his
invitations to next weeks meeting,
the house minority whip urged the
delegates to boycott the session
called today by Mr.. Cahill.
Evening star., 1948-05-30
Policemen Lose
Pants, Teeth in
| PeocemokerRoIes
By the Assoeiufsd Press

DETROIT, May 29.-Two Detroit
policemen had a tough time trying
to enforce the law today. One lost
his pants, the second his upper
plate.
Patrolman Harold Jarvis ran into
trouble when he tried to halt an
argument between two brothers
who were scrapping over where to
60 fishing.
As Mr.. Jarvis took on the peace
makers role, one of the combatants
warned him. keep out Of this or I'll
tear your pants off,"
The policeman waded in and in
the resulting melee, found himself
minus his trousers. As he scram-
bled about to retrive them the two
fighters made their getaway.
Patrolman Matthew Yore ran into
trouble when he tried to stop a
fight in another part of the city.
During the showing, Mr.. Yore lost
his upper plate. He subdued the
scrappers and called a patrol wagon.
When the excitement died down. he
went back and retrieved his miss
| ing teeth.
Evening star., 1948-05-30
Gearhah BIames Reds
For Refugee Policy
Al Armenian Meetinq

Soviet postwar foreign policy was
blamed by Representative Gear
hart. Republican, Of California, last
night for failure Of the United
States to espouse the cause of refu-
gee Armenians in Europe and the
Near East.
Addressing more than $50 Ar
menian-Americans at convention
of the Armenian General Benevo-
lent Union at the Hotel Statler,
Representative Gearhart said Amer
ican policy had created an impress
SION of "unconcern" over the fate
of the Americans, but this policy
was forced upon this country by
the postwar policy Of the Soviet
Union"
He praised the work of the union
in arranging with the Soviet gov
ernment to repatriate some Ar
menians to Soviet Armenia.
Hagop Derderian Of Detroit was
CSdoUA4AooVS4 nv AdSt A1A6klt alAAlASl
Other speakers included Yervant
Messiaian, AGBU general director; !;
Archbishop Tirayre of the Armen-
ian Apostolic Church, and Harant
Norair, president of the District
chapter. A dance followed the din
ner.
Earlier in the day, Col. w. E.
Leonard, director of veterans af-
fairs for the District, welcomed
the delegates on behalf of the Com
missioners. Delegates representing
26 States, Canada, Mexico and
Argentina are meeting here for the
first time.
Armenian Apostolic services will
be conducted at 10:45 am, today
by Archbishop Tirayre in the Beth
lehem Chapel of Washington Ca
thedral. Sightseeing will conclude
the meeting tomorrow. The union,
founded about 40 years ago, is a
non-prof1t relief agency.
Evening star., 1948-05-30
Provdu Defends Jewish
Position in Palestine
By the Associated Press

MOSCOW, May 29.-The Com
munist Party newspaper Pravda
defended the Jewish position In
Palestine in an editorial today.
I'm all their sympathy with the
national liberation movement of the
Arab peoples" it said. "the Soviet
public can but censure aggression
of the Arab states directed against
the government of Israel and
against the rights Of the Jewish
people to create their own state
in correspondence with the de-
cision of the General Assembly OF
the United Nations"
Evening star., 1948-05-30
Poles Who Visit i. 5.
Embassy in Warsaw
Jailed, Clark Says
By the Asseeiatsd Press

PHILADELPHIA, May 29.-At-
torney General Clark said today
Polish residents calling at the
United States Information Bureau
at the embassy in Warsaw are
arrested and thrown into jails and
concentration camps"
Speaking before the Polish Amer
ican Congress, in session here. Mr..
CLARK declared the United States
will keep open this bureau of en-
lightenment, and will disseminate
the truth, despite such deliberate
interference"
And the attorney general. with
out naming any nation, charged
that "a totalitarian government" is
blocking United States aid to the
people Of Poland.
your government Is ready. will
ing and anxious to come to the aid
Of suffering and starving Poland,
he said. But q totalitarian govern
ment DEGREES otherwise and issues
another commandment:
Thou shalt not feed the hungry
nor heal the SICK
They rejected the European Re-
covery Program. No food; no medi-
cine: no truth; not one ray of light
must penetrate the Iron Curtain"
Mr.. Clark said "our way of life
here finds itself in conflict with q
vicious foreign theology; on the one
hand stands our Democracy, on the
other Communism.
I'VE in America must be on con.
slant guard against the subversive
forces in our midst.
To-day the world is a single
neighborhood; science has dwarfec
time and space. Our lives are se
entwined with the lives of people
all over the globe that anything
that affects their welfare ultimately
affects our general welfare. There
exists today an opportunity to builc
a new world, better and brighter
world of freedom, security and we'll.
being for people here and every.
where.
"Our hope in this challenging age
rests upon the shoulders of loya,
and cooperative citizenry."
Opening the Congress which has
attracted $500 delegates from 2s
states, the Most Rev. Stanislaus v
Bona, bishop of Green Bay, Wis.
characterized the meeting as "a
Christian crusade against the world
wide spread of atheistic commun-
ISM"
And Charles Ro1marken OF Chi
cago, Congress president, recalling
formation of the Congress at Buff
falo, N. Y, in 1914, said the organi-
cation is still striving towards the
realization of the same basic goals
a safe and secure America, the
elimination of the menace of COM
munism, and a free and indie
pendent Poland"
Stanislaus Mikolajczyk, former
vice premier of the Polish govern
ment in Exile in London, called
upon all free Poles to keep on
awakening the conscience OF the
world to the promises contained in
the principles Of the Atlantic Char
ter and to the promises made that
there would be q free and inde-
pendent Poland"
AS Mr.. Mikolajczyk was being
introduced, several unidentified men
went to microphones on the foo,
and loudly booed him. The men
were quickly removed from the as
sembly.
Following Mr.. Mikolajcz ad-
dress. the entire audience arose
and applauded him.
Evening star., 1948-05-30
BANGKOK Gold Recovered

BANGKOK, Siam, May 20 (P.-
Police today uncovered $50 kilo-
grams of gold stolen May IL from
truck while it was en- route from
the city's airport to Bangkok. Twen-
ty persons were under arrest, in
Guiding army officers and customs
men,
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-02
By HELEN FOLLETT

HOW far can you foot it ? Do you
think nothing of clipping off mile
or two at brisk pace? We know
the answer. The women of Uncle
Sans domain are not walkers, and
that is pity, because walking is
an excellent exercise. 1t helps keep
the musculature in healthy con-
dition, puts carnation blooms in the
cheeks, cheers the mind, chugs up
a healthy appetite.
Why don't you walk? Something
wrong with your feet, it is likely,
or your shoes are not comfortable.
Because women pay so little atten-
tion to selecting the right kind of
shoes, ninety of them among one
hundred have trotters that are in
some way crippled, deformed or af-
flicted with corns, callouses or in
growing nails. We are not guessing
about that. The statement has been
made repeatedly by the National
Association of Chiropodists. Ill fit
ting, poorly designed shoes are the
cause Of the majority Of these con-
ditions.
No Perfect Feet
DR.. Charlotte c. West, in her
book, "Aseless Youth" says: "There
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-02
By ELEANOR ROSS

THIS time of year, with holidays
coming up, is an excellent time to
gently ease youngster into help
ing around the house. If interesting
tasks are selected, things that keep
child interested and show some
thing accomplished for the effort ex-
pended, chances are that the tasks
will become a. regular part Of the
child's routine after the happy holi-
day time is over.
When holiday baking time comes
along, children will deem it a privi-
lege to help in the kitchen, getting
things in order, washing mixing
bowls and other utensils and gen.
orally making themselves really
useful in the kitchen.
Care of Plants
Start daughter looking after
household plants, and, as she sees
them grow and flourish, chances are
that she will undertake their reeu-
lar care. Have junior go through
the house checking on things to be
done, items to be repaired and re-
placed. Give him a bit Of polishing
to do. With all the new polishing
agents, the work is fun. Teach the
youngsters to set the table nicely,
both the regular dairy set-up and
the big company service. Let the
children suggest the holiday table
decorations. They may come up with
some very good ideas. If so, let them
shop for whatever may be neces-
sary. Let them have hand in PLAN
ming the room decorations, too, as
well as in helping to create them.
Let the children help in the prepa-
ration and service Of daily meals.
They will be more grateful for the
good food that they too often take
for granted, if they know something
OF the effort and time that goes into
preparing just simple meal. Set
up bulletin board and let the chill
dren be responsible for pinning up
various items Of interest to the fam
lily. Let them make out shopping
lists and household reminders. All
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-02
Household Chores
Any Child Can Do

small things, no doubt, but little
tasks that will teach a child some
thing of how a household is run.
Scanning Ads
We know two little girls that have
become expert "ad" scanners. If
new linen or new cooking utensils
are down on the household shop
ping list, they scan the ads, mark
ing what they think would fit the
family requirements and budget.
These two are going to be good
household purchasing agents when
they have homes Of their own.
See to it that the girls help in the
household sewing, and that the boys
learn how to care for and mend
household equipment. Nagging a
child into a task is futile, but with
the right approach and understand
ing, you'll be amazed how a child
will want to cooperate. Feeling that
what he is and what he does is i'm
portant, is a heady tonic that any
child will gulp in large doses.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-02
LOVES PERILOUS PATH
s.aY. 70 love. EoM Horizon BY ADELE GARRISON
Realizing Dieky Wants TO Talk TO Harry Underwood,
Madqe Wonders How to Get Rid Of the Children

Synopsis: In his Hotel Lansfeld Suite,
eonvalescent Dicky Graham is trying to
learn from his friend. Harry Underwood.
whether the prowler who shot him last night
has been identified by his father-in-law,
Charles Spencer. leader in Government In
telligence. At the same time, Dicky is trying
to keep from his little daughter, Faith.
knowledge that the marauder is probably an
espionage agent. DO you know" he asks
Harry. and his eyes subtly flicker from his
friend to Faiths face and back again,
whether the police found out who the thief
VAST"
HARRY Underwood waited for
at least two seconds before he an
swered Dicky's question, and l knew
that he was trying to make his an
swer innocuous enough for Faiths
ears.
"Not yet" he said finally, "but
they're progressing"
l rose and walked toward the
telephone. l could see the hidden
urgency in Harry's manner, and
knew that something must be done
to get Faith away from the room.
"Your faithful spouse told me to
tell her as soon as you arrived"
told Harry. "She is over in katha-
rine's apartment"
Heard Him Talking
~ wondered if she we're on her
way to Reno" the big man said, and
then l heard him talking to Faith,
who adores him. Wondering how I
was going to phrase the message
to Katharine which l wanted to give
to Lillian, l called my kinswoman's
apartment, and she promptly an
swered the telephone.
~ thought you were going to
sleep" told her reproachfully.
presently, presently" she said.
sill and l are having a jam ses-
sion, if you're dated enough to
gather my meaning"
~ can guess it," I said dryly.
"Will you please tell Lillian that
Harry has arrived"
II will transmit that informa-
tion," she told me with mockery in
her voice. Then she sobered.
cam right in inferring that you
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-02
.3QsllQ4aJls' Cjlrss # Day>
By TRACY ADRIAN

VOU would be smart to have
i three backbone models
from a notable designer
everyday, leisure day, and eve
ming =. however small or dra-
matte your wardrobe may be
for the new cold season.
We show you three choices
from the highly styled Adrian
collection a successful blend
of the dramatic and the prac-
tical taste in fashion) which
will welcome accessories for
long distance sustenance in
anybody's closet.
Both color and line are used
for these models, and probably
because they stem from Holly
wood, they will shine in sunny
resorts or in gray, steel-bound,
zero surroundings.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-02
Don't Sacrifice Foot Comfort

are no perfect feet today. So lamen-
tably have our feet deteriorated
that most people accede to the be-
lief that the human foot is mon
strously ugly. There are few healthy,
normally formed feet among civil
lized people," What an arraign-
ment!
When purchasing shoes, consider
health and comfort first, then style.
You can find shoes with soft leather
tops and flexible leather soles, beau
tifully designed, perfectly made,
that will give such ease that you
don't know you have feet and they
will also add chic to your sartorial
trappings.
Will Give Advice
An experienced shoe clerk will be
able to give you advice and sugges-
tions. Too many women will listen
to nothing along this line. They have
worn a certain size, a certain width
and that is what they demand, willy
nilly. Feet change with the years.
A good way to strengthen the
arches and the muscles attached to
the toes is to practice picking up
marbles with your toes. A good be-
fore-bedtime exercise.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-02

would like me to come over with
her, and entice Faith and the boys
over to my room, SO that Harry and
Dicky can go into huddle?"
Uncanny Perception
smothered a gasp at her un-
canny perception of my need, then
spoke sedately.
'If you don't intend to 60 to
sleep, l wish you would come over
with Lillian for a minute, and take
a look at Dicky. I'm afraid he's
OVERRIDING things"
"Hey!" my husband shouted in
dignantly. "What goes on"
Then he subsided abruptly, and
| guessed that his big friend had
given him the eye," as the boys
say.
"If it weren't for meddling
women" he grumbled, "this world
would be Paradise"
"Sort Of reversing Reuben, Reu-
ben, I've been thinking" Mary
Knocked, and l turned from the tele-
phone with Katharine's parting
words: well be right over as soon
as we can get hold of Winters"
echoing in my ears.
as Aunt Katharine coming over
to ride herd on Daddy?" Faith
piped, and l made no attempt to cor
rect her phrasing.
She'll be over very shortly, so
you would better talk to Daddy
fast" l told her, smiling. Gas a
special favor, you may have him all
to yourself for few minutes. Rod
erick and Junior, will you come into
the next room with me for minute
or two? There's something l have
forgotten to tell you, something l
want you to do for me, and there's
no use bothering the rest of the
family with it"
Gallant Escort
"Sure thing, Nuns Junior
agreed, with Roderick echoing him,
and then, with the boys gallantly
escorting me, We went into Mary's
bedroom, and I closed and locked the
door.
"This must be something hush
hush," Roderick said.
SIT is" l told him, "and I have
to ask a service of you lads, which
| don't like, and l know you won't"
Continued tomorrow)
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-02
The Stars Say
For Friday, December 2
BY GENEVIEVE KEMBLE


THE probability that a wise and
1udicious use of the personal eoua-
ton may compensate for very stub.
born obstacles, born of unsound or
chaotic judgment, instilled or pre-
cipitated by tricky or crafty un-
dercurrent, in which betrayal and
false promises lend confusion or be-
cloud the issue. Fumbline. errors
due to working in the dark, against
subtlety, intrigue or treachery.
might best be circumvented by wise
resort to personality, charm, or the
social, cultural, domestic imple-
ments, the lend justifying the
For the Birthday
Those whose birthday it is NAV
encounter year in which peculiar
difficulties or unfathomable under.
currents may nullify practical judc-
ment and impel resort to quite as
subtle or intriguing talents or tac-
tics. A deep-seated or curious set
Of circumstance may seem too in.
explicable for logic and may impel
a course of action where personal
charm or other subtle implements
seem justifiable, as the element of
duplicity may have domestic, ro-
mantle or emotional factors to con.
slider. Defer important decisions for
clearer vision and sound action.
A child born on this day may pos
sess rather obscure vision or bs
swayed by emotions rather than
reason. its personal charm or eff.
cheney may avert complications,
personal and business.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-02
By TEMPLE MANNING

LETTERS from our readers are
mounting in interest and in contro-
versy, too.
Especially interesting are letters
from folks who want to visit places
associated with great artists, writ
ers, composers, places such as Bay
reuth, Salzburg, Weimar, Vienna,
cities associated with men such as
Wagner, Mozart, Brahms, Goethe;
men who have enriched the world.
Beethoven Birthplace
So today. let's journey to Bonn,
birthplace of Beethoven. We just
won't think about Remagen which
we pass on the way to Bonn, Rema-
gen where the fabulous bridgehead
was thrown across the Rhine by our
armies. Instead we'll think of the
composer and the fact that it was
the opening notes of one of his i'm
mortal symphonies, the Fifth, that
sang to US of hope and victory dur
ing the dreadful years of conflict.
As we approach Bonn from Cob
lentz there is the Drachenfels, a
landmark if ever there was one. 1t
rises abruptly from the Rhine, a
mountain about 1000 feet high,
crowned with the remains of the
medieval castle of Drachenfels. Ac-
cording to legend, the dragon that
was slain by Siegfried, and made
immortal by Wagner in "The Ring"
lived in cave in this mountain.
Bonn itself is a charming old uni.
versity town, with much to see. The
towers of the cathedral, the univer-
sity buildings, the castle, the villas
with their beautiful riverside gar
dens, beautiful streets, all make for
pleasant place in which to mean
der. The principal church, the Mum
ster, has four small towers and one
lofty one. 1t was founded by Helena,
mother of the Emperor Constantine,
in the fourth Century but the pres
ent edifice dates back to the 18th
Century.
The university buildings, once the
electoral palace, are in the southern
part Of the town. A portico leads to