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Evening star., 1948-01-15
Pindus Mountain Town Retuker
By Greeks in Bloody Battle

Later press reports said guerrilla
dead totaled more than $50 and thai
the defending national forces suf.
fered 80 casualties.
Official silence continued on fight
ing in the northwest corner OF
Greece in the Philiates area near
the Albanian border, but private
reports indicated strong forces o:
guerrillas are marauding and loot
ing north of Philiates. One report
said guerrillas had forcibly recruited
140 men and As women from
Tsamandas, only a few miles from
the Albanian border.
Press dispatches from Thebes said
80 guerrillas were killed and 80
wounded in a clash east of there
with band which abducted Lukas
Koutsopetalos, q Liberal member of
Parliament, three days ago. Two
gendarmes were killed and five
wounded in an ambush south of
Nigrita and another clash was re-
ported north sof Drama near the
Bulgarian jIontier.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Planes Hunt Boat
20ff Miami
BY the Assoeiafsd Press

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 15.-A hotilla
'of Coast Guard planes, augmented
by Army and Navy Reserve units,
searched the waters south of Miami
today for the 30-foot cabin cruiser
10 Ann, adrift about 20 miles south
of Carys Foot Reef Light with two
men aboard.
The men were identified as Eric
Larsen, 50, of New York and Miami
and Lawrence Farley, 80, of Mat
tapoisett, Mass. They had enough
food and water fol" three days, but
no radio and possibly little fuel,
according to 1t. Comdr. Richard G.
Baxter, Coast Guard operations Of
ficer.
The 10 Ann was cast adrift late
Tuesday when a tow line from the
86-foot yacht Coconut parted in
rough seas while en- route from Cuba
to Miami. The Coconut made port
late yesterday.
Aboard the Coconut were Windsor
T. White, founder and former pres
ident of the White Truck Co. of
Cleveland, his son and daughter in
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Holden
White, also of Cleveland, and Roe
Emery, president of the Rocky
Mountain Motor Co., Denver bus
and taxicab corporation.
The Coconut, fitted up as lux
urious houseboat, was forced to
abandon the cruiser in very heavy
seas" after the line parted.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Army and Air Force
Gust ITO Officers in
Year for |nefficiency
By John A. Giles

A total of ITO Regular Army anc
Air Force officers were relieved o1
active duty last year because o1
general ineff1ciency, it was learned
today. 1t was the largest number oi
such dismissals for any single year
Most Of those removed were lieu
tenant colonies and colonies. There
were no general officers in the group
At the same time, it was disclosed
that 261 Regular officers, As Of them
in the Air Force, resigned their COM
missions during 1947 for various
reasons. This compared with 264
designations, 80 of them in the All
Force, In 1916.
Under an act Of Congress, officers
whose performance of duty, or gen.
eral efficiency, compared with other
officers Of the same grade and
length of service, is such to warrant
such action, or whose retention on
the active list is not justified for
other good and sufficient reasons
may be removed by the Secretary
of the Army or the Secretary OF
the Air Force.
Such removals must first be rec
commended by a board Of nota less
than five general officers. The Off
Ger has the right to hearing be.
fore such a board. There is no
appeal. .
officers removed from the active
list who have less than seven years
of commissioned service at the time
of removal merely get honorably
discharges, while those with seven
or more years service are given re-
tirement pay, which ranges up to
rs per cent of base pay for those
with 80 years service. :
Under the new selection system,
which was passed by Congress for
the Army and Air Force last year
which resembles that of the Navy,
an officer up for promotion may be
passed over twice before being re-
tired or removed. This system,
which became effective at the first
of this year, is expected to reduce
the necessity for removals for gen.
eral inef1ciency under the old law.
The designations, which always
strike a high in the latter months
each year, have been caused by lack
of housing in numerous cases, the
Army said.
Regulations do not require de-
tailed reasons for an officer tender
ing a resignation, but many officers
submit such reasons anyway.
Ability to establish themselves in
civilian life with attractive salaries
is one of the many reasons for resig-
nations. Another reason is the in
ability of families and dependents
to adjust themselves to being seLa-
rated from the officers for long
periods.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Dietz, 6 Others Are Fined,
Get Suspended Sentences

Fines totaling $1,000 and suspend
ed sentences aggregating eight years
were imposed today in Hyattsville
Police Court on William Jewboy)
Dietz, 40, of the 170o block of Hobart
street NV. and six other persons,
who admitted operating a lottery.
Dietz, described by police as the
"brains" behind the extensive lot
terry operations, drew the heaviest
penalty, a $1,000 fine and a two
year sentence in the Maryland
House OF Correction, The prison
sentence was suspended contingent
on good behavior for q period Of
two years.
All Of the defendants were appre.
hended by Prince Georges County
police in a New Years eve raid on
two establishments in Suitland, Md.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Historic Army War College
Becomes Fort Lesley J. McNair

The name, Army War College
passed out of existence yesterday
and the historic post at the juno
ture of the Anacostia River and
Washington Channel officially be-
came Fort Lesley j. McNair.
While icy winds whipped in of
the Channel, the widow Of the
general who was killed in the front
lines in Normandy in 1914 heard
the. official orders read and stood at
attention while troops passed in
review over the frozen parade
ground.
Also in the reviewing stand were
1t. Gen. J. Lawton Collins, the
Army's deputy chief Of staff; Vice
Admiral Harry w. Hill. comman-
dant of the National War College
and Brig. Gen. Edward B. McKin-
ley, commandant OF the Industrial
Evening star., 1948-01-15
BY the Assoeieted Press

ATHENS, Jan. 15.-Reinforcec
Greek government units held the
village of Arakhova today, after re-
capturing it in bloody battle In
which guerrilla forces suffered "ter-
rife losses" the War Ministry re-
ported.
The guerrillas, who swept into the
Pindus mountain village Tuesday
driving the government garrison out
were thrown out in turn last night
by reinforced troops under Maj.
Gen. Constantine Pappadopolous,
veteran mountain fighter.
Five Greek officers. were killed and
one wounded, the War Ministry said
but guerrilla casualties were not
listed, other than as terrific"
Gen. Pappadopolous, known as
"Papoose" (grandfather) to his men,
Is the hero of Greece's Sd Rinini
Brigade and has been continuously
In mountain fighting against the
guerrillas fr1np. Olympus to Pindus
for the past1sYo years.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
by the Assoeiotsd Press

LITTLE ROCK, Jan. 15.-Twt
persons were killed and at leas,
eight others injured today wher
two Rock Island trains collidec
head on at the western outskirts o1
Little Rock.
Dead were w. l.. Martin, about
So, North Little Rock, engineer o1
a westbound passenger train, and
an unidentified colored woman
passenger. Mr.. Martin was scalded
to death in the cab of his locomo-
tive.
Grady Herr, Little Rock, engineer
of an eastbound freight train, suf-
fered severe burns and G. w. May,
26, North Little Rock, Mr.. Herr's
fireman, suffered the loss Of his right
leg below the knee. j. c. Mcdaniel,
Mr.. Martins fireman, received minor
lacerations on the head. Both fire.
men jumped just before the impact.
The other injured apparently were
hurt less seriously.
The passenger train was the west
bound Memphis Californian, en-
route from Memphis to Amarillo,
Tex. The freight was eastbound
from Oklahoma City to Memphis.
The trains met on a sharp curve
on the Rock Islands main line at
the foot of long grade just opposite
Little Rocks Riverdale Country Club
golf course. A baggage coach, one
car back from the passenger engine,
was showed back into a car where
the most severe passenger casualties
were suffered.
The two all-steel cars telescoped
and II. was necessary to use saws to
extricate the injured. -....
The freight cars piled up behind
the freight locomotive, tumbling
crosSWiSe of the tracks
Evening star., 1948-01-15

College of the Armed Forces, both
of which are located at the fort
and Brig Gen. Hobart r. Gay
commanding the Military District
of Washington.
Sounding of a 15-gun salute and
music by the Army Band completed
the brief ceremony. A temporary
plaque naming the fort was erected
Col. Charles H. Owens is the post
commanding officer.
Troops of the 721st Service Unit
and 712th Military Police Battalion
and 703rd Military Police Battalion
from Fort Myer passed in review.
Gen. McNair, once stationed at
the post which now bears his name
was largely responsible for the speed
and thoroughness with which the
early expansion Of the Army's
Ground Forces was accomplished.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Missionaries FIeeinq
Communisf-Menaced
Chinese City by Air
BY The Asseeiafsd Press

| CHENGCHoW, China, Jan. is.
Transport planes sped the
evacuation of missionaries from
this Communist-menaced center
today. Civil war fighting, how
ever, hid the fate Of an unknown
number Of Americans and others
who had sought safety in Laoho-
kow to the southwest.
Four have been killed in recent
days, three Of them slain by armed
Chinese who shouted, Americans
must die!" The fourth was fatally
injured by . grenade explosion In
Communist-government lighting.
As missionaries and other for
eigners gathered at the busy Cheng-
chow airport, one American said the
spread OF civil warfare and Of anti
foreign sentiment had convinced
him: "It's time for us all to get out
Of China again." CThere are more
than 500 in danger spots, mission
leaders said)
A missionary for many years, he
lived through the 1927 nareup Of
anti-foreign violence. when 5000
endangered missionaries were evacu.
ated from Central China.
Reds Reported Near.
Communists were reported within
8 miles Of Chengchow, but this rail
city 800 miles north Of Hankow is
strongly defended. Laohokow, 200
miles northwest of Hankow, was at
last reports under increasingly heavy
Communist pressure and evacuation.
plane pilots said they could not land
there without ground communica-
tons. @
Laohokow is near the scene Of the
three missionary murders January
II. Assailants, who Chinese wit
nesses said appeared to be Com
munists. stopped bus and shot
down Miss Martha j. Anderson,
Minneapolis; Miss Esther Victoria
Nordlund, Chicago, and DR.. Alexis
Friedrich Berg, tHelsinki, Finland.
The fourth death was reported
Tuesday, that of an American Men,
MONTE missionary, Miss Elizabeth
Degarnlo, so, Wauteta, Nebr. 1t
was believed an accidental result Of
CommuniSt-government fighting.
Marine Reported Killed.
(There are also reports-un-
confirmed that one Of five
American Marines missing In .
Communist sector Of North
China was killed in a clash with
the Reds. The five disappeared
while on a Christmas Day hunt
ing trip
Commercial planes are taking out
some of the Chengchow evacuees,
and the Lutheran mission plane,
st. Paul, piloted by Capt. Rob-
ert Conrath, Hollywood. Calf, is
beginning the 12-trip job of re-
moving 100-bed hospital. Equip
ment as we'll as the staff of the
big Southern Baptist Hospital here
will be flown to Hankow for rail
shipment to the safety Of Kweilin,
$50 miles farther southwest.
The staff Of q Luthern hospital
at Koshan, midway between Cheng-
chow and Hankow, escaped after
government troops beat back Chi
nese Communists who had reached
the hedges surrounding the institu-
tion. Residents and hospital build
ings were badly damaged by rifle
and artillery fire In the three-day
battle, DR.. Nathaniel Fedde Of
Brooklyn, N. Y, hospital director.
Evening star., 1948-01-15

cred by the .previous cotton list.
Long spectators are betting on
a price rise.
On the new list also was ]. E. Nc
Donald of Austin, Tex, with 300
bales long" in the speculative mar
ket. The Texas agriculture commits
sioner acknowledged, after publica-
ton of the previous list, that he had
been trading in cotton.
None of those on the new list was
identified by occupation. Thus 1t
was not known whether any were
publ oddcials.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Congress in Brief
Senate:

Scndtc.
In recess until tomorrow.
Foreign Relations Committee
hears European Recovery Plan tes.
timony from Secretary of the Army
Royal and Secretary of Defense
Forrestal.
House:
Continues consideration of bill
revising Army court martial pro.
cedure.
Foreign Affairs Committee hear!
Secretary of Defense Forrestal or
European Recovery Plan.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Burglar Spills Beans
(which Leud to Arrest
By the Assoeiofsd Press

HARLAN. Ky.-A burglar liter
ally spilled the beans" here and
his act led to the arrest Of man
on a robbery charge.
Chief OF Police John L. Greenlee
said the man was arrested for break
ing into the Caleb Powers grocery
after police followed a trail OF beans
from the store to his home.
A quantity of merchandise con-
sisting Of candy, snuff, cigarettes
and grocery items was found in the
mans home, Chief Greenlee said.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
by the Associotsd Press

PARENT, Quebec, Jan. 15.-
Canadian National Railways officials
said today that nine persons were
killed and IS injured in the wreck
age yesterday Of two passenger
trains near Wykes in the frozen
northlands.
Eight Of the dead were passengers,
all from Quebec, and the ninth was
q baggageman. Three of the more
seriously injured were flown to
Quebec City for disqualification.
The last wreckage was cleared in
weather which ranged to IS degrees
below zero, and traffic was moving
over the line again.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Increasing
cloudiness this afternoon with high
est near %. Mostly cloudy and not
so cold tonight with lowest about "a.
Clearing, cold and windy tomorrow
with colder Friday night.
Maryland and Virginia-Cloudy
and not 50 cold tonight. Partly
cloudy, windy and cold tomorrow
with snow squalls in the noun
tains and colder Friday night.
Wind velocity, 2 miles per hour;
direction, north. ''''+ 4 -
ROAD REPORT.
Qrom the American Automobile Associa-
tion.)
Roads in Maryland and West Virginia,
clear: mountain roads in West Virsinia
still icy.
River Report.
tFrom y. s. Engineers0
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and slightly muddy at Great Falls; Shen.
andoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Killed, 8 Injured When Trains
Collide Head On in Little Rock

| Nashville for q dislocated shoulder
asked Gen. Marshall to furnish him
with complete figures on exports
and imports Of newsprint since the
end Of the war.
3 Killed in Quebec Wreck,
Canadian National Soys
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stead's relatives. Mr. Hamstead is a
son of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour
Hamstead, who We're former resident, 5
of this area.
The Gro. Glass Of the Maple
Spring Sunday school held their regu-
lar monthly class social Wednesday
evening, October -, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilmour Fike, of near
Eglon. The Peace Caravans had
charge of the program. There were
seventeen members present. A very
enjoyable evening was spent in wor-
ship and fellowship together
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Winters, Of
Clarksburg, were Sunday guests at
the Drs. Miller home, Eglon. NJ"
Winters brother, Claude, and family
are remaining in the home during the
erection of a new building on their
farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Life, os
Virginia, spent the weekend at the
home of Mrs. Lies father, Rev. EZ-
ia Fike, of Eglon. They were accom-
panied by the Misses Barbara Judy.
of Delaware, and Eleanor Judy, o.
Eglon, both students at Bridgewatcr
college, who spent the weekend at
the home of the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Judy. The Judy girls
fathers are twin brothers and their
mothers are sisters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Byrd and little
son, of Brandywine, We're Weekend
guests at the home Of the formers
parents, Rev. and Mrs. r. L. Byrd,
Eglon.
All ;r+oro.+oJ ,,.o,,,o,, f A. I,1-,,
community are invited to meet at the
school house Monday evening, October
Is for the purpose Of organizing a
Farm Women's Club.
Rev. and Mrs. Walter VanSickle, of
Hazelton, visited Mrs. VanSickle's
sister, Mrs. Ira Harsh and family on
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-10-21
INFANT DEATH

Marshley Lynn Fernando. infant
daughter of Benjamin NJ. and Bar
bara Martin Fernando, died on Satur-
day, October Is, in Memorial hospital,
Cumberland She was born September
10, 1913, in the hospital and had been
patient there since that time.
Surviving are her parents, her
patelnal grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
b. f. Perando Deer Park; her ma
ternal grandmother, Mrs. Lillian
Wright, Los Angeles, Cal; her pa
ternal great grandfather, Nicholas
Fernando, Kitzmiller; and her mater
nal great grandparents, Mr. and MIS-.
NJ. l.. O'Haver, Gray, Pa.
Funeral services were conducted on
Sunday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock
from the Bolden Funeral Home, with
Rev. FIR Michael Carney, of ST.
Peters Catholic church, officiating
Interment was in Deer Park ceme-
terry.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. Joe Lavinn and son Jimmy, of
Cumberland, spent several days last
week with Mrs. Lavinn's parents, NJ
and Mrs. John White, near town.
Mr.. and Mrs f. C. Wilson have re-
turned from Little Sandy, w. Va,
where Mr. Wilson had been engaged
in building a garage for S. I. Dodge.
Dr.. and Mrs. E. l. Baumgartner
plan to leave Friday for Miami, Fla,
where they will spend two weeks. The
former will attend the sessions of the
Southern Medical association.
Mrs. Andrew Wolfe gave a surprise
birthday party for her son, William
Wolfe, last Friday evening, the oc-
casion being his 18th birthday ami
versary. Eighteen were present for
games and refreshments.
There will be an executive board
meeting of the county council Of
homemakcrs clubs in the extension
office, Oakland, on November ., at
1890 a. m., it was announced by Miss
Eleanor X. Dearborn, home demon.
stration agent.
Sgt and Mrs. Richard p Tulney
announced the birth Of a son, Richard,
Jr., on Sunday, October 10, at Brooke
General hospital, Fort Sam Houston
Texas. The paternal grandparents are
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Turney, of
Mt. Lake Park.
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90 Marriage Permits
Granted During Week

Sixty marriage licenses were issued
from the office of Richard L. Davis,
clerk Of the Circuit Court, during the
past week ending Tuesday about
noon, bringing the total for October
thus far to 1874. Eight of those issued
were marked don't publish"
Edward Lewis Blosser, 25, miner,
Brett, W. Va, and Josephine Rock,
10, seamstress, Greer, w. Va.
Herman Cordier, 55, hookman, near
Tarantum, Pa and Elsie May Laugh
rey, As, near Swanton.
Roy Carl Shaffer, 81, army, ana
Bertha Elizabeth Martin, u, both
Grafton, w. Va.
Harold Francis Cochran, 81, miner,
and Georgene Savage, %, waitress,
both Morgantown.
William Lowe Miller, 25, railway
clerk, and Gloria Eloise LaRue, 10,
stenographer, both Tunnelton, w. Va.
John Thomas Shreve, %, farmer,
and Velma Pearl VanMeter, 81, both
Smoke Holes, w. Va.
Charles William Tinney, 2S, stu
dent, near Weston, w. Va, and Eliza
beth Victoria Snyder, 10, student,
Valley Bend, w. Va.
Thomas Wade Lahman, 20, (pal,
ent's consenD miner, and Oleda Ger
trude Wilson Wilhelm, Is, clerk, both
Albright, w. Va.
Edward Scott Hutchinson, 25, cleo
trio welder, and Helen Purkey, IS,
clerk, both Elkins, w. Va.
Russell Franklin Buda, %, laborer,
Star City, w. Va, and Juanita June
Montgomery, 81, Dellslow, W. Va.
Carl Edward Shelton, 26, miner,
Cassville, w. Va, and Villa Mac
Thomas Coffee, 33, domestic, Mona,
w Va. both Negro.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-10-21
You'd Pay the Bill!

Summing up these demands, they mean that
these union leaders seek to force the railroads
to give one million employees an annual raise
Which vouId average $500 per employee
The total cost of this would be no less than
IL billion dollars per year, which is more
than twice the expected net income of the
railroads this year.
You'd pay the bill, because if these in
creased costs are forced on the railroads,
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Railroads Run for Everybody
Not EMPLOYEES Alone

The railroad industry must serve not one but
many groups-producers businessmen, ship
pers, passengers and the general public
night and day, every day of the year. These
unions are proceeding in utter disregard of
this important difference between railroads
and other industries Industrial plants can be
shut down over weekends and holidays, but
freight, mail, express and passengers must
continue to move Everybody Who enters rail-
road employment knoVS this.
Strike Threat
On September IS, 1948 the leaders of these
16 unions began taking strike vote. But the
threat of a strike will not alter the opposition of
the railroads to such unreasonable demands!
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they must have still further rate and fare
increases.
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Revival Services Scheduled

Revival services will begin at the
White Methodist church on Monday
night, October 25th, at 1870. There
will be special music each evening and
the pastor, Rev. R. E. Hitler, will
preach.
Services at Kurtz Chapel on Sun
day morning at 1870 and at Bethel
chapel, Mt. Lake Park, 1920 a m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-10-21
DEER PARK

Mr.. and Mrs Russell Shank have
announced the birth Of daughter,
October IA, at Potomac Valley Hos
pital, Keyser, w. Va.
Miss Helen Deutsch, a representa-
tive of the Oriental Missionary So
ciety, gave an interesting message at
the Methodist church on Sunday even
ing. Miss Deutsch plans to return to
China as missionary in the near
future.
The regular P.-TA. meeting was
held at the school Tuesday, October
10. Miss Martin, County P.-T.A. presi-
dent, gave talk.
Mrs. Anna Clatterbuck, local post
mistress, is attending the National
Postmaster's Convention at New York
this week
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-10-21
IL Billion Dollar Road Block |!

RAILROADS MUST OPERATE around the clock
every day and night of the year.
Although they know this, leaders of 16 rail-
road unions are demanding ive-day, Mon
day through Friday, week for one million
railroad employees.
They want 48 hours pay for 40 hours work
in itself 20%6 wage increase.
They also demand a minimum of II hours
pay for any work performed on Saturdays,
and 16 hours pay for any work performed on
Sundays and holidays.
On top of all this they want an additional
increase of Csc an hour for every employe!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-10-21
2.279 Get Security Aid

The Cumberland office of the
Social Security Administration re-
ported 2,278 persons receiving bene-
fits under the social security act are
paid a total of S39428 monthly.
Monthly benefits distributed to Gar
go ,ouH y re '-ots total $3,741 for
rs. rs are pensioned
wage e1lne.- ....."lng $3.50; eleven
are widows drawing SOS; wife of %
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Entered at the Postoffice at Oakland,
Md, as second-class mail matter.
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Sunday. Mrs. Harsh has been i'll since
July 10.
The Eglon Aid has quite a lot of
work on hand and they hope the at
tendance will increase.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darwin Ringer and
son Jimmy and Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Jeffries, all of LenoX, were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Gilmour Fike
and family, Eglon.
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Demands Unreasonable

These employees have had substantial raises
during and since the war. Their average week.
ly earnings are higher than the average weekly
earnings of workers in manufacturing indus
tries. They have more job security than the
average worker in American industry. They
also enjoy paid vacations, retirement sys-
tenn and other advantages more generous
than the average worker receives.
In contrast with the demands of these Is
unions, which add up to the equivalent of 4Sc an
hour, the Conductors and Trainmen recently
settled their wage request for an increase of Ice
an hour.