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Evening star., 1948-06-03
Million in Added Cost
Seen by Grant if U. 5.
|0perafes Cafeferias

Maj Gen. U. S. Grant III, presi-
dent of Government Services, Inc,
told House group today that OPP
Grafton of cafeterias in Government
buildings by proposed new Gov
ernment corporation would in
crease labor costs by 100000 a
year.
Gen. Grant testified before the
Public Works subcommittee of the
House Building and Grounds Com
mittee. The subcommittee opened
hearings on a bill by Chairman
Dirksen of the House District Com
mittee to set up Federal Building
Service Corp. to take over GSI
functions,
1t became apparent at the hear
ing that the bill has no chance of
passage at this session. Chairman
Nc cGregor of the subcommittee said
that before this bill is acted on
the subcommittee should nave more
facts before it.
Wilson Sees Many Changes.
Representative Wilson, Republi-
can, of Indiana, also said action
should be delayed for more study.
He predicted that when the bill
emerges from the subcommittee it
will be so amended as to be unrecog-
nizable.
Gen. Grant testified that operat-
ing the cafeterias in Government
buildings-GSI now conducts 43-by
a Government corporation would
mean the staff would have to be
civil service employees The CLASH
fled salary rates, sick leave, annual
leave. retirement pay and the like
would mean increased costs, which
he estimated at $1,000,000.
He said this would mean higher
costs to customers, or Federal sub
sides.
A Federal corporation, he said,
would have to go to Congress for
every new extension of services.
These extensions now are financed
by the GSI share of the profits in a
$3.50 split with the Treasury. Gen.
Grant made several recommends
tions for action in place of the pro-
posed bill.
Grant Proposes Changes.
These recommendations included
retention of the present operation
by private corporation, a standard
form of contract for five years with
provisions for renewals and can
cellations and compensation fixed
as percentage of the gross income,
the remainder going to the Treasury.
Gen. Grant also urged prohibition
of operation on federally owned
premises of any profitable business
unless there is strictly accounting
and payment to the Government of
a portion of the profit. He said the
Pentagon cafeterias, not operated
by GSI, are losing money, but are
supported by rents of Government
property for which the Government
gets no return.
Another witness before the COM
mittee was Maj. Gen. Philip B.
Fleming, Federal Works Admins
traitor and also administrator of
the contract which GSI has to oper-
ate the cafeterias. Gen. Fleming
urged amendment of the Dirksen
bill, but said the suggested amend
ments would be presented to the
subcommittee by representatives of
the Federal Works Agency.
: The subcommittee will hold an
other hearing tomorrow.
Evening star., 1948-06-03
Lafayette Teacher Wins
.Society's Scholarship

Mrs. Helene L. Granbery, a
teacher at the Lafayette School, has
received the scholarship presented
annually by the Washington So
ciety for the Hard of Hearing, to
stimulate interest and provide teach
ers in the field of education for the
hard-of hearing child.
The announcement was made yes
terday at meeting of the society's
Board of Directors The award goes
each year to regular classroom
teacher in the District schools.
Mrs. Granbery, a graduate of
Wilson Teachers College and the
University of Maryland, plans to
pursue summer studies in the field
|of hearing at Columbia University
in New York City. She teaches the
third and fourth grades at La
fayetts.
Evening star., 1948-06-03
3.Cent Fare Cards
Issued for Pupils in
Two Nearby Counties

Student identification cards, en-
titling pupils to ride Capital Transit
Co. lines in Maryland at special
rates, were being distributed today
to Montgomery and Prince Georges
County schools.
School children will be transport
ed at the rate of cents per zone
of IL miles, beginning Monday,
when fare increases are applied by
Capital Transit on its operations
outside the District.
The company said pupils residing
in Maryland but attending schools
in the District will be charged at
the new standard cash rate of S
cents per zone. It's tariff schedule
provides that the lower fares. will
be valid for use only by school chill
dren in regular attendance in Mary
land schools in Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties" The
utility has a Scent pupil rate in
the District.
May Amend Regulations.
There is a possibility that some
will be amended during
the summer, on the basis of expert
ence obtained in the next two weeks,
company officials said.
The identification cards are being
distributed by county school super
intendents to teachers, who issue
them to pupils.
The cards are serially numbered
and teachers will keep records of
the holders, Capital Transit officials
said. Each card will show the pupils
name, address and sex, and will be
validated by the signature of the
teacher and the name of the school
attended.
Pupils will be entitled to ride at
the reduced rate only between 7:30
am and S pm. on regular school
days. On showing their identifica-
ton cards to bus and streetcar op-
orators, they will pay straight Scent
cash fares.
This is a slight deviation from
what was first expected when the
Maryland Public Service Commis-
sion ordered the company to offer
bargain school rates. The order in
dicated strips of zone tickets would
be sold in multiples of five, at the
rate of cents each.
Plan Used in Baltimore.
E. C. Giddings, company vice
president, said that after a con-
ference with PSC officials, it was
deemed wiser to use the identifica-
ton card-cash fare system. Such
a plan is in effect in Baltimore.
Mr.. Giddings said the system to
be used will be more burdensome to
the company, especially motormen,
but that it will be more convenient
for children and will not require in
vestments in advance by their par
ents.
Pupils will be required to pay at
the new standard rate, cents per
zone. unless they have the identifi-
cation cards with them. The cards
will not be valid after June 18,
when schools close for the sum-
mer.
Although the special rates will be
in effect next week, Capital Transit
is asking the Maryland Court OF
Appeals to reverse decision OF the
Baltimore Circuit Court which up
held the validity of PSC order for
the bargain fares. The company
contends it operates at loss in
MARYLAND and that the 3-cent rate
is an undue hardship.
Evening star., 1948-06-03
Snyder to Talk at Graduation

Secretary Of the Treasury Snyder
will address graduates of the Coast
Guard Academy in New London,
Conn, at commencement exercises
tomorrow. Miss Drucie Snyder. the
6ecretary's daughter. will be queen
q the cadet ball tonight.
Evening star., 1948-06-03
Band TO PIoy in Chevy Chase

The band of the Pawnee, Okla,
public schools will present a pro-
gram of sacred music at 8 o'clock
tonight at the Chevy Chase Bap-
tist Church.
Evening star., 1948-06-03
Country Club Donce

The women's auxiliary OF the
Bethesda Country Club will hold a
dance Saturday night ut the club.
Evening star., 1948-06-03

CIVIL SERVICE HEAD
Charles Sewell LawrenSon, 81.
a retired Army major, of 1904
Norwood lane, Silver Spring.
who has been appointed
Montgomery County civil serv-
ice commissioner succeeding
10 v. Morgan.
Harris ds Ewing Photo.
Evening star., 1948-06-03

opinion from the Corporation Coun-
sells Office.
DR.. James A. Cannon, board
member, started this off by saying
he had heard that principals must
report to closed schools all sum-
mer, just so they can get their pay
checks.
DR.. Corning said principals, who
are on a 12-month pay basis as
compared to the teachers, who are
on a 10-month basis, must report
to school unless they are on leave.
But, there is plenty OF work that
must be done, and they don't just
sit around, he said.
Evening star., 1948-07-19

s'AtkmkNt Or SoNsoLDA'ED EAkNED
Add b" Net Earnings for year !:
during capital stock publicly held,
Preferred $30 from for ended April 30 1947 and s.
per share from earnings for year ended April 80, 94s.
On Common, $3 90 per share
Balance, April 30 l94S E.
bees beasm
said
increased ehunund1
uhh heun
'rroxmssy
Evening star., 1948-07-19

inged. marble -f1oored room with
twin beds at the Posada Toledo. It
opens on a lovely patio. and the
bathroom Is the latest American
plumbing dream. Service is excel
lent, and the bellhop does not linger
with an itching palm and hungry
look in his eyes whenever he does
anything for you. The cost is 20
pesos, or about S5, day..
Our first dinner consisted Of soup
full Of beans, bits of sausage and
such things, an excellent venison
steak, French fried potatoes, pud-
ding and several bottles of charged
water. The tab amounted to $3.50.
This does not come under the head
of rocking Johnny-come- Lately.
The weather is sunny and hot,
but with steady breeze. The habits
of motorists are like those in Ha-
vana. Whoever blows his horn first
Evening star., 1948-07-19

approaching a crossing has the
right Of way. Fortunately, there
are not as many automobiles in
Merida as in the Cuban capital, so
,bedlam is on a smaller, though just
as enthusiastic, scale.
Peasants Grow Sisal
Because it is hub for air traffic,
Merida is due to grow. Before the
sky riders moved in, the main oc-
cupation was growing sisal, which is
used for making hemp. This is
called the green gold of Yucatan." ."
and it was all of that for the great
hacienda owners.
The peasants worked for a few
pesos a week, and were hungry and
unhappy until socialist reforms
were instituted. Most of the land
was taken from the rich, and given
Evening star., 1948-07-19
Smithsonian Scientists
Move Into New Camp
In Australian JunqIe
by the Associoted Press

DARWIN. Australia. July 10 (By
air maiD The Observation-Disclosures
scientific expedition has moved into
its second camp to continue study
of primitive Northern Australia.
The party's new base is in Arnhem
Land, part of the broad peninsula
at the north of Australia. 1t is
situated at Cove, in Melville Bay,
former RAAF base.
Here, with background of steamy
swamp and jungle, the Is American
and Australian scientists will begin
research on the Australian main
land. They put in their first four
months research on Groote Eylandt,
a big island in the gulf of Carpen-
| taria
! From the new base, the Aus
tralians and Americans will trudge
through the sinking mud of the
nearby Paperbark Swamp. home of
! the giant crocodile. In this swamp,
II years ago, a trapper shot a croco-
die 26 feet, four inches long.
Eat Crocodile Meat.
Further inland, where the land
rises. aborigines have their crude
bark shelters perched on stills.
These native Australians have made
crocodile meat almost their staple
diet.
Dr. Frank Settler, head curator
of the department of anthropology
of the Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, and deputy leader Of
the expedition, may find why these
aborigines live perched in the air.
The marauding crocodile may be the
reason.
Mosquitoes rise in humming
clouds from the swamp.
For the last two centuries Malay
trappers and fishers have visited
the Arnhem Land coast. Many have
left their bones there. The local
Kalpu tribe of Aborigines gave the
Melville Bay coastline the name OF
the bloodiest stretch of the Aus
tralian coast.
Up to 1881, seven lugger crews
were known to have been massacred
in this area. Others have just van
ished.
Seeks Lung Fish.
But the KalpuS are now peaceful
inhabitants of the area, and will
guide the scientists through the jun
gle.
In streams of the area DR.. Rob-
ert Rush Miller, associate director
of the Smithsonian Fishes Division,
may find the rare lung fish loafing
against the current. DR.. Miller has
a special pistol, firing dust shot, to
stun such valuable specimens.
The lung fish looks as if it be-
longs to prehistoric times as it lies
on the river surface, with its dubious
eyes watching, and its rows OF teeth
barred for the kill.
Associate Curator Herbert Deig-
nan, of the birds division Smith
sonian Institute, may find where
the banded pigeon makes its nest.
Nobody has ever been able to find
one.
DR.. David johnson, associate cura-
tor of mammals at the Smithsonian,
also will be watching Arnhem Land
rivers for old creatures. He, may
trap one of the giant turtles known
to live there. .s..-
Evening star., 1948-07-19
|Yucatan, Opened Up
BY Airp|ane, Proves
inexpensive 10 Visitor
By Jack Kofoed
foreign Correspondent Of The sfo, and
the Chieooo DojIv Neux

MERIDA. Yucatan, July 19.-Be-
fore the airplane was invented, Yu-
catan was as hemmed in as Berlin Is
by the Russians today. Bracketed
fore and aft by jungle and sea, it
was so isolated that when revolutions
f1ared in other states, the Yucatan-
ians did not find out about the
bloody doings until they were over.
Now, planes come in from Miami,
New Orleans, Havana and South
America. They bring everybody from
businessmen and photographers TAX
ing pictures for National Geographic
to school teachers on a holiday.
These people have dollars to ex-
change for pesos, which the people
of Merida don't mind at all.
They don't seem to sit up nights
figuring how to gyp the visitors,
however, down here in Yucatan.
For example, we have a high CELL
Evening star., 1948-07-19

to the peasants. They weren't used
to that kind of responsibility, and
didn't do SO well.
In fact, about the only visible ad-
vantage OF the great reform is a
hospital, exclusively for sisal work
ers. For equipment and staf1 it will
match many Of the best in the
United States.
Evening star., 1948-07-19
Eyes burn? Lids puff?
RASH due 10
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Evening star., 1948-07-19

AS early as 1877 the recognized
flag of the New England Colonies
had a blue field with white union
ouartered by red cross. Such a flag,
with a green pine tree added. was
carried at the Battle of Bunker
Hill
Evening star., 1948-07-19

y In normal times, most Of the
worlds mercury Is supplied by Italy
and Spain.
Evening star., 1948-07-19

To sTocKHoLpERs OF
AuspicAN CAR FolSDsY CoapAsr.
30 CHURcH STREET Nv YoRx CrTr
We have examined the Consolidated Balance Sheet OF the
American Car and Foundry Company and subsidiaries Of
April 90 fe4s and the Consolidated Statements Of Income and
Surplus for fiscal year then ended have reviewed the systems
internal and the procedures OF the
panic. and making detailed audit Of the transaetion
have examined tested accounting records the companies and
other supporting evdcs by methods and to the extent we
deemed appopriate Our made in accordance
with generally accepted auditing standards applicable In the
and included all procedures which considered
Necessary
As the result Of change in accounting methods certain
engineering which m prior considered general
and administrative have the current been
treated direct charges production Accordingly costs
Of sso63 representing engineering expenses have been
included closing inventory Of work with resn.
Of approximately s9oooooo in earnings after
Income Taxes
In opinion the accompanying Balance Sheet snd related
Statements Of Income and Surplus fairly the consolidated
position Of the American Car and Foundry Company and
subsidiaries April 90 1913 and the consolidated results III
their operations for the fiscal year. conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles applied Except stated above
the Of engineering cos) basis
ush that Of the preceding year.
Esxssr W. BsLL Aro Conr.s,
July 1, 1913
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-14
AFL PILOTS SUE FOR DAMAGES

NEW YORK, -(P-The AFL Air Line Pilots Association has served notice of suit against Ma tional Airlines, asking more than $l,OOO,000 for damages allegedly suffered during the current H. week old pilots strike.
 The union charges that the Air line violated the Railway Labor Act, broke a company-union az reement, failed to cooperate with the National Mediation Board and violated the 1888 Civil Aeronau- tics Act.
 A lawyer for the Pilots Asso- citation said summons was served on the airline yesterday, adding that actual papers in the suit have not yet been filed.
 The union accused the airline of fomenting the strike and then blocking its settlement the attor- ney said.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-14
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT SECOND DIVISION, TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
 IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- TATE OF PATRICK C. KIRWAN, Deceased,
 No. 767 NOTICE OF HEARING ON FIN AL ACCOUNT AND DETERMIN- ATION OF HEIRSHIP. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that M. J. Walsh, Administrator herein, has filed in this Court his Final Report and Account of his doings as Administrator, and that the 18th day of June, 1948, at the hour of 1000 o'clock AM. of said day, at the office of the aforesaid Court, Nome, Alaska, has by Court Order been fixed as the time and place for a hearing and settlement of the said Report and Account; and also at such time and place the Court will determine and name the heirs or beneficiaries of this estate.
 Objections, if any, to said Re port and Account and proof of heirship will be heard at this time Dated the 18th day of April, 1948.
 M. J. Walsh,
 Administrator C. C. Tanner,
 Nome, Alaska.
 Attorney for the Administrator. Pub. April A, 21, 28, & May 5,
 1948.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-14
ROBERT LONG RETURNS
 AFTER SHORT VACATION

Robert Long, engineer for the U. s. Smelling Co.,. has been in the States on a short vacation with his family, returned last evening on the Pan American. It is un- derstood that the family will re- turn later.
 While in Fargo, North Dakota, Bob met and visited with Tom Jen- sen, old Nomeite, who stated that Nome is always Home to him and he plans to make a trip here this summer. He was visiting with his 92-year-old mother.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-14
Ketchikan Is Dry Officials worried

KETCHIKAN, -(PD The wet city of Ketchikan, where week without rain at this season is a dry spell, continued to suffer from drought" today.
 Officials said today the city's water supply for domestic use fire protection and power produc- ton is nearing the critical stage
 Unless relieved by rain soon the condition will oe "very' seri- ous, they added.
 Citizens were asked in news paper advertisements to use water sparingly and to curtail use of el- ectrical appliances.
 The city has had only .02 of an inch of rain this month. Ketchi- kan averages l50 inches of rain a year.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-14
Sch. Dorothy To Boring Sea For Crab Fishing

SEATTLE, -(P)-High and dry at the Lake Union Dry Dock Com pany plant, the rugged fishing schooner DOROTHY, owned by C. R. "Nick" Carter of Edison, Wash, was being groomed today for a Boring Sea crab-hunting ex- petition.
 Skipper Charlie Franz and his wife, Mary, who flew to Seattle recently from their Nelson Lagoon home on the Boring Sea, were putting things in shape aboard the vessel.
 Mrs. Franz will handle the cook ing chores until the DOROTHY hits Nelson Lagoon. Then reg ular cook will take over and the rest of the crew will join the craft for the summers work.
 Carter, former Mount Vernon city councilman and automobile dealer, will go along for his first taste of deep sea crab fishing on the llO-foot schooner. They ex- pect to shove off late this week.
 The DOROTHY will fish crab as a unit of the fleet serving the huge floating cannery ship PAC- IFIC EXPLORER. Later in the season. the DOROTHY may switch over to salmon fishing, her skip per said.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-14
Failing, IVA Pres. Says Strike Legal

KETCHIKAN, - (PD J. E. Fading, international president of the CIO International Woodwork CTS of America arrived yesterday from Portland in connection with a dispute between local 232 of the union and the Juneau Spruce Corporation.
 The dispute has halted opera tions at Edna Bay logging camp of the company.
 Manager E. s. Hawkins said ear Her that the company had refused to negotiate with the union be- cause, he contended, it was not certified by the NRLB, as pro- vided in the Taft-Hartley Labor Act.
 Fading asserted that a strike to gain recognition is legal. He met with members of the union this afternoon and said he may go to Juneau later this week to meet with Hawkins.
 Meanwhile, Eugene Card, labor relations official of the Coos Bay Lumber Company of Oregon was reported to be in Juneau in con- nection with a shutdown of the Spruce Corporations mill there. ILWU members are picketing the plant, claiming the right to load lumber barges. Members of the sawmill workers union have been carrying on that work.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-14
POKER REWARDS "A SKILL.

full player more than any other card game, according to the En- cyclopaedia Britannica. Patience, rather than a poker face," is a prime quality of the successful poker player, enabling him to drop out time after time until a good hand comes along. Even more inn portant is the good players insist ence on receiving proper odds for every bet he makes.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-14
NOTICE

Nome Democratic Club will hold an important meeting Wednesday April IA. at $500 pm. ali the City Hall. All members are urged 10 attend.
 Frank WhaleY. Chairman. Nome Democratic Club.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-14
No. 760 NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, by order of the Probate Court aforesaid, Carl D. Ander- sen of Nome, Alaska, has been duly appointed Administrator of the estate of Norman Rex Weaver, deceased.
 All persons having claims against said estate should present them with proper vouchers at tached to the said administrator within six (6) months from the date of this notice.
 Dated the 5th day of April, 1948.
 ', Carl D. Andersen,
 Administrator C. C. Tanner, Nome, Alaska, Attorney for Administrator. Pub. April 2, IA, 21, 28, 1948.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-14

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT
 SECOND DIVISION
 TERRITORY OF ALASKA IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- TATE OF NORMAN REX WEAV- FER, Deceased.
The Nome nugget., 1948-04-14
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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-10-14
Driving Courses
In Schools Approved
By Public. Poll Shows

A poll taken at the recent Ohio
State Fair reveals the strong de-
sire of people for safe driver
training courses in public high
schools, according to Harry M.
Pontious, Ohio Farm Bureau
safety director. Of the 1864 people
from 81 counties casting ballots,
1856 said they thought course
in driver education and training
should be taught in their high
schools.
Pontious said that demonstrat-
ions conducted by the Farm
Bureau safety department and
various civic organizations before
student groups had been receiv-
ing much attention. During the
past 10 years, except during e.
mergency war period, the Farm
Bureau has put on more than 1900
safety programs and actual driv-
ing demonstrations before high
school groups in IA eastern states
and the District of Columbia.
Youth groups have recently
been organized into skilled
driver clubs" in many communi-
ties by the safety department
where regular courses have been
held. "No one doubts the need for
more safety on the highways, "
Pontious said. 1T is essential that
safety be taught wherever pos
Sible, but it is only natural that
youngsters should be taught how
to drive as we'll as how to read or
write. If they don't live, their ed
ucation isn't worth much"
Of the 1864 ballots cast by fair
patrons, three-fourths were over
l years of age. Only four ballots
indicated such training courses
should not be a part of the high
school curriculum. Four persons
failed to mark their ballots.
Driver training instruction is
not new in some schools, the poll
would indicate.