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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-04

The consumer should know
something about the fibers used
in hose, how they are maunfac-
tured, and what kind of service
to expect from her purchase, Miss
Eva Legett, Extension specialist
is consumer education, recently
pointed out How to best take care
of the family hose supply is also
important, the specialist stated.
In accordance with the trade
practice rules for the hosiery in
dustry set up by the Federal
Trade commission, the fibers used
in a stocking must be named by
the part Of the stocking where
they are used. For example:
@.rayon reinforced in the foot
with cotton isle" or they may
be named in the order of their
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-04

Certain synthetic detergents In
the class which chemists call nom
ionic were found the most efh-
cient synthetic in the cotton laun-
dering tests. In soft water, they
were as effective as soap, and
they were twice as efficient as
most of the soaps in hard water.
Both the synthetic detergents
and soaps removed the dirt more
effectively in hot water than
lukewarm.
The amount of soil removed
from fabric can be measured with
accuracy in the laboratory. A
meter determines the amount of
light which the material reflects
both before and after washing,
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-04

The consumer should be parti-
cularly interested IN what KIND
of service she may expect from
the hose. Also, she should know
what quality of hose she is buy
ing.
She should find out if the
stocking has good elasticity and
stretch, especially at the top and
across the heel and instep. And,
the buyer will want to know II
the foot size and her leg length
are accurate and adequate for the
wearer. The stocking should be
well reinforced at points OF
greatest strain.
Be sure to find out what care
the hose need and if they Will
shrink. Stockings should be color
fast to laundering.
Consumers should read their
stocking labels and be able tc
understand the meaning OF them
Several women have asked the
meaning of the words "denier
and gauge.
Denier is the manufacturers
expression for the size OF rayon
warn used in knitting hose. The
higher the number, the coarser
the yarn.
Gauge refers to the number OF
needles used per square inch IN
knitting hose. Most stockings are
80. AZ, AS, 81 or 54 gauge HOW
ever. stockings are also found IN
higher gauge.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-04

because they can be baked in
half the time.
The study of thiamine retention
in homemade bread was suggest
ed by the program of enrichment
of flour adopted by the United
States during the war to improve
nutrition of both civilians and the
armed forces. Though the nation
al program was discontinued at
ter the war many states passed
laws requiring flour enrichment.
Because thiamine is sensitive
to heat, nutritionists considered
it important to know how well 1t
survives in bread during home
baking.
The tests indicate that large
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-04

proportion of the thiamine added
in flour enrichment may be re-
tanned in yeast breads, and tnat
baking time and temperature APP
pear to be most important In saw
ing it. Bread baked 40 minutes
at 400 F held the most thiamine;
More was lost in breads baked
more SLOWLY.
Whether bread was mixed by
the sponge-dough or straignt.
dough method made only slight
difference in the thiamine re-
tanned. The number of times the
dough was raised also had Little
effect on the thiamine.
Yysa The Closeifieds 1T PQY8
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-04
Thiamine In Breed and Rolls

Thiumine In Breed and Rolls
Bread and rolls baked quickly
until medium brown hold more
thiamine Zone of the B vitamins
added in enriching flour than
do bread and rolls baked slowly
until dark brown, reports the
New York State Experiment Sta
ton, as a result of tests made in
home economics laboratories at
Cornell university. The tests also
showed that rolls hold more of
this vitamin during the baking
process than bread does, probably
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-04

says Miss Furry. The more light
reflects after washing, the clean
er the fabric.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-04

Use The Clussifieds 1T Pays
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Western Union Office
Robbed by Patrons

Police today were searching 1of
two men who held up Western
Union Office at 729 Fifteenth street
Sc, last night after writing out a
telegram. They escaped with $14o
Robert Berry, %, of 524 Thir-
teenth street Sc, University OF
Maryland student and part-tlme
clerk at the office, told police one
of the men wrote out a telegram
AS he was getting ready to send it
he said, the other customer
flashed a pistol and told Mr.. Berry
10 "give me the money"
Both men, Mr.. Berry said, wore
Army overcoats and Army garrison
CAPS. An Official of the company
said the unsent telegram was to a
resident of city in Tennessee.
Police also were looking for any
one trying to pass eight old-style
one-dollar bills, which were taker
last night from the collection Of
Corpl. Sam Stickley, payroll clerk
Of the Metropolitan Police Depart.
ment.
The policeman said his house al
1924 r street NE, was entered BY
thieves who also took two rings, 800
Indian head pennies, 200 Lincoln
pennies and his service revolver.
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Judge Scott Allows
bondsman Extra Time

Municipal Court Judge Almond
w. Scott today gave William j.
O'Neil, bondsman, additional time
in which to produce the missing de-
fendant in a case which touched off
dispute between the judge and the
United States attorneys office con-
cerning bond forfeitures.
Earlier today, Judge Scott had
ordered forfeited 5000 posted by Mr.
O'Neil for the defendant, Daniel
Singleton, %, colored, accused OF
false pretenses. when the bonds
man failed to answer a call of the
case. Judge Scott set aside the for
feiture and postponed action until
March 9 after Mr.. O'Neil appeared
and said he had been attempting to
locate Singleton, a soldier, through
military authorities.
On February 16, Judge Scott ac-
cused the United States attorneys
Office of serving "the interests OF
the bondsman" by its mol pros OF
four of five charges against the de-
fendant. Mr.. O'Neil had stood to
lose the entire $1,000 he had posted
for Singleton If all charges had
stood and the total bond had beer
forfeited.
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay admitted his office hao
made IAN error in judgment" but
called on Judge Scott to prove OF
retract' his statement. Judge Scott
then pointed out he had not meant
to imply Mr.. Fay's office had acted
"collusiyely."
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Senate Group Closes
Hearings on Stephens,
Proctor Nominations

A Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
today completed hearings on nomi-
nations of Associate Justice Harold
M. Stephens for elevation to Chief
Justice of the Court of Appeals and
Associate Justice James M. Proctor
Of District Court to succeed Justice
Stephens on the Appeals Court.
Both jurists were highly indorsed
by leaders of the District Bar Asso-
citation. One witness appeared
against each of the nominees.
Senator Cooper. Republican, OF
Kentucky, subcommittee chairman,
said he hopes the committee can
act On the nominations on the re-
turn of Senator Fulbright, Demo-
crat, of Arkansas, committee mem
ber. who is expected back from his
home State tomorrow morning. Sen
ator Moore, Republican, OF Okla
homa, is the third member OF the
group.
Justice Stephens was praised by
Senator Ebert D. Thomas, Demo-
crat, of Utah; Senator Watkins,
Republican, of Utah, and three rep
resentatives of the District Bar AS
sociation, John Lewis Smith, Milton
w. King, both former bar assocla :
ton presidents, and Ernest l.. Will
kinson.
The only opposition to Justice
Stephens came from Edwin ]. Creel,
1870 M street NV. He asked the
committee to give him until next
Monday to file a statement IN re-
gard to a receivership case relating
to the Creel Bros. business here
He objected to Justice stephens
participation in a Court OF Appeals
decision dismissing a case IN Wnlcn
he was the appellant.
Justice Proctor was supported py
nine attorneys, including spokesmen
for the District Bar Association
They were: John Lewis Smith
Milton w. King, James A. COBB
Charles 8. Murray, Leslie c. Gar
nett. Richard E. Wexford, James G
wilkes, Roger Robb and John j
Sirica.
Opposition to Justice Proctor was
registered by Gordon v. Williamson
625 MARYLAND avenue NE, who con-
tended that the jurist's instructions
to the jury in. a shooting case many
wears ago had been injurious to
MIR. Williamson. He said hesWas
convicted, served time at Lorton Dut
was later pardoned.
Mr.. williamson attorney In the
old case was Mr.. Sirica and the
prosecutor was Mr.. Robb.
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Christians Reported
Aiding India Peace

Peace and stability in India will
be delayed by the death OF Mo-
handas Gandhi, Miss Hazel Shank,
former Baptist missionary in Burma
asserted here yesterday. She added,
however. that Christians in Burma
and India are contributing to peace
efforts there.
Miss Shank spoke at one-day
Bible and missionary conference IN
the First Baptist Church. The con-
ference was held by the District
Baptist Convention. Miss Shank
now is foreign secretary OF the
Woman's American Baptist Foreign
Mission Association, Northern Bap.
tist Convention.
She said Burmese and Indian
Christians are proving themselves
good citizens" and are not merely
following what some there call
"foreign religion" Miss Shank de-
clared there are now more Chris
tians in areas where Baptist mis-.
sions have been at work than before
the war. In Burma, one OF tht
oldest and largest Of Baptist mis-
sion fields, the native Christians
carried on mission work Wher
American missionaries withdreV
Eduring the war.
Miss Dorothy o. Bucklin, secre'
Itary of the Woman's American Bap'
tist Home Mission Society, also
spoke at the conference.
Evening star., 1948-02-24
City Heads Discuss
Choice Of Director
With Welfare Group

APPOINTMENT of a new public
welfare director for the District was
discussed without decision today at
a meeting of two of the Commits
sioners and Welfare Board dele
cation.
The group agreed to continue the
talk at 10 am. Thursday, when 1t
is hoped that Engineer Commits
sioner Gordon r. Young, who was
absent this morning, can attend.
The Welfare Board last Thursday
Nominated Raymond F. Clapp, nov
acting welfare director, to succeed
the late Ray Huff in the job. The
possibility OF a deadlock between
the Commissioners and the boaro
arose, however. when the city heads
failed to act promptly on the nomi-
nation.
The director is appointed by the
Commissioners, but must be noml.
mated by the Welfare Board.
Although neither the city head
nor. the welfare delegation woule
reveal the substance of the conver.
sation this morning, it was under.
stood the welfare group had made
it plain that the nomination Of Mr.
Clapp had the unanimous approva
of the board.
Those calling on the Commits
sioners today were Welfare Boart
Chairman Edgar Morris, Fred G
Kogod and A. j. Driscoll.
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Masons Re-eIect Arm
Memorial Group Head

\ DR.. Elmer P Arm of Dayton. Ohio,
1 was reelected president of the
& George Washington Masonic Ma
4 tional Memorial Association at a
business session yesterday in the
4 Masonic Temple at Alexandria.
\ Last night DR.. Arm and other Of
& ficers of the association were guests
Sat the Alexandria-W Washington Ma
sonic Lodge banquet in the temple.
& This is DR.. Arms 10th consecutive
STERN as president Of the association
{ The association also appropriated
R$250,000 to carry out its 1948 pro-
gram. This contribution came from
4Masons throughout the country.
d Other officers elected were:
& Allen M. Wilson, New Hampshire,
sfrst vice president; Bert S. Lee,
sMissouri, second vice president;
dewey H. Hesse, Michigan, third
Svice president; C. Vernon Eddy
Virginia, fourth vice president;
sThomas E. Doss, Tennessee, fifth
vice president; Frederick F. Schond,
washington, secretary and treas
surer.
I Directors elected for a term of
three years include: DR.. Arm, Wal
ster L. Stockwell, North Dakota; !;
Charles P. Eldridge, North Carolina;
Jewell P. Lightfoot, Texas; Alpheus
L. Orton, Kentucky; Edward W.
Spottswood. Montana, and Lloyd E.
wilson, California.
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Strike Of Teachers Closes
Schools in Minneapolis
BY the Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. Mime
apolis public school teachers struck
today for higher pay and a full
school year.
The strike was called by the AFL
Teachers Federation, which repre-
sents about half the city's 1900 pub
lie school teachers.
Pickets were posted before some
schools shortly before the am
strike hour. No attempt was made
to hold classes. The city's 81 ele-
mentary, junior high and high
schools have a total enrolment Of
65 900.
7 ast-minute efforts by Mayor
Humphrey and School Supt. Willard
E. Goslin to settle the strike failed
Mayor Humphrey arrived here
shortly before midnight aboard q
plane from Philadelphia, where he
had been attending the convention
of the Americans for Democratic
Action.
Mr.. Goslin said no effort woulc
be made to hold classes with the
aid of the more than 1000 instruc.
tors who are not union members
The strike question arose when the
school board recently voted to CLOSE
schools two weeks early in June ane
two weeks in December to save ar
estimated $1,000, 000-about one-hal1
| the amount by which the board sale
the system was exceeding its budge1
this year.
Charles E. Boyer and Margaret
r. Tupper, presidents OF the men!
and women's federations, said t1s
teachers, meeting to protest wha'
amounted to q salary cut for them
! had voted to press for increates.
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Bandit in Baltimore
Killed by PoIice1 an
By the Associoted Press

BALTIMORE. Feb. 24-One man
was killed and another wounded
last night when they attempted to
hold up a Washington boulevard
liquor store and walked into ponce
trap.
John C. Hucke, co-proprietor OF
the store, which had been held up
twice previously since the fret OF
the year, was slightly wounded,
The holdup men were shot by
Patrolman John Root, who had
been stationed in a room IN back
of the store since a holdup there a
month ago.
Patrolman Root reported the two
men, both colored, entered the store
and asked for some beer. After
paying for it, one of the men pulled
a gun and showed Mr.. Hucke.
Come on. come on" he said.
This is holdup."
At that moment, Patrolman Root
appeared. The holdup man pulled
the trigger three times, and three
times the gun clicked. The fourth
| time it fired, and the bullet struck
Mr.. Hucke in the arm.
Both men ran for the door.
lPatrolman Root said he fired four
shots and then, running to the door.
fired a fifth and one Of the fleeing
men staggered.
One of the men was found block
away, fatally shot. The other man
outdistanced pursuers, but was later
captured and hospitalized with
Ithree bullet wounds.
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Oil Truck|oad Limit
Threatens Navy Air
Operations Here

Flight operations at the Naval Air
Station here and at II other Navy
fields were being threatened today
by action of Maryland petroleum
truckers in ordering most Of their
oil trucks off Maryland highways
in protest against a load limitation
order of the State Highway Com
mission.
Navy spokesmen in Baltimore
said the fields received their avia-
ton gasoline supplies by truck and
had stocks sufficient for only two
days operations, according to the
Associated Press.
A Naval Air Station spokesman
pointed out aviation gasoline had
been a critical" supply item for
some time. Since all gasoline used
there was delivered by truck, stocks
would be exhausted quickly If truck
service were interrupted, 1t was
stated.
The spokesman pointed out the
station had been maintaining "a
rather heavy operational schedule"
since activation of the Naval Air
Reserve unit there.
j. Thomas Kennedy, District fuel
co-ordinator, said he did not expect
any immediate effect on the Capitals
fuel oil supplies from the truckers
action. He pointed out the State
Roads Commission had assured him
last Saturday trucks bound fol
Washington carrying certificates is
sued by him would not be halted
He added, however, he would MAKE
check to determine whether thu
truckers planned to withdraw then
trucks from the Baltimore-Wash
ington run. .
Their protest was aimed prlnci
pally at stoppages beyond Baltimore
where several hundred drivers hat
been arrested.
State Fuel Co-ordinator Emor,
H. Niles called a meeting for thi
afternoon to discuss the situation
with representatives of the Nav,
Department, the State Roads Com
mission and the carriers.
The commission placed an emer
gency load limit schedule in effec
in an effort to prevent excessiv
damage to roads during the perio'
of alternating freezes and thaws.
The limits are 10000 pounds gros
weight for two-axle trucks ant
&c, 900 pounds for three-axle trucks
with an allowance of up to 45,0O
pounds for coal trucks and her
metically sealed milk trucks ant
49 900 pounds for three-axle ol
trucks.
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Defective Wiring Believed
Cause Of Optical Firm Fire

Detective temporary electrlcal
wiring probably was the cause OF
yesterdays three-alarm fire in the
Hillyard Optical Co. Building, I'll
G street NV, the District fire mar
shal's Office said today.
It was emphasized the finding
was preliminary and was based
principally on concentration OF
charring in the vicinity of a juno
ton box being used during remod-
cling operations caused by pre-
vious fire in December in which q
fireman was killed.
Inspectors said the front wall Of
the building, braced yesterday, ap-
peared safe, but added check
would be made on a steel joist
within the wall.
Meanwhile, owners of the firm
withheld an estimate of their loss
pending appraisal of the damage
by their contractor. They said the
premises would be rebuilt and busl-
ness resumed as soon as possible
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Archbishop 0'BoyIe
Honored by K. Of {.

Washington's new archbishop, the
Most Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle, spoke
last night at a Knights of Columbus
banquet in the Mayfiower Hotel
honoring members who received the
organizations patriotic fourth de-
gree on Washington's birthday.
William H. Collins, master OF the
Districts Calvert Province. directed
the exemplification of the Rev. Will
liam E. Kelly class of 140, headed by
Archbishop O'Boyle. Father Kelly
is pastor of st. Martins Church.
Other members at the banquet
last night included Father Kelly
and the Right Rev. John K. Cart
wright, rector of st. Matthew'S Ca
thedral. More than 1900 attended
the exercises Sunday and the ban
quet last night.
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Fire Sturts at School
During Recess for 42o

Fire broke out today in an annex
under construction at the Logan
School, Third and G streets NE.
while 429 pupils in an adjoining
school building were in the yard for
the 10:30 am. recess.
The fire was quickly extinguisheo
after arrival of Fire Department
units. No fire alarm was sounded ir
the school. The children returned
to their classes in good order after
the recess, Mrs. c. L. Pinkett, prin-
cipal, said.
The fire was caused, Mrs. Pinkett
said, by the heater which keeps
newly-poured cement from freezing
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Joint Committee Formed
To Process DC. Rent Bill.

Hearings on the proposed years
extension of District rent control,
scheduled for March 3 at 10 am,
will be conducted by joint COM
mittee of the House and Senate
District Committees, it was an
nounced today.
The House will be represented
by Representatives O'Hara Of Min
nesota, Mcmahon of New York and
Allen of California, Republicans;
and Harris of Arkansas and Abern-
ethy of Mississippi, Democrats.
Senators Buck of Delaware and
Cain of Washington, Republicans,
and Umstead, Democrat, of North
Carolina will represent the Senate
Committee,
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Symphony Drive Gifts
Urged by Trade Board
AS Good Business

Public support for the $165, ,00o
fund drive of the National Sym
phony Orchestra was asked today
in statement by the Board OF
Trades Cultural Development Com
mittee calling for contributions
from all Washingtonians in the in
terest of good business"
The statement was issued by
George r. Titus, Cultural Commit
tee chairman.
Declaring that the National Sym
phony is a symbol of Washington's
increasing prestige as eultural
center" the statement asserted 1t
sis Just good business" for Washing
ton to maintain the orchestra.
Pointing out that the orchestra,
through its tours. is one Of the city's
"best ambassadors of goodwill" the
statement declared that without 1t
Washington would be relegated to
a minor role in the musical world"
Need of a resident orchestra to
provide student concerts for WASH
ington children was among reasons
listed for public support.
The Trade Board Committee said
it had studied the symphony's 1948-9
budget breakdown and had found ut
meets sound business practice"
The 10 prizes being offered in the
symphony's current $4,000 Voice OF
Symphony" contest were to be dis
played today at report luncheon
in the drive at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Included among the prizes are a
Mercury sedan, a television receiver,
jewelry and a radio-phonograph.
The prizes were donated by Wash
ington merchants.
Contestants must identify a voice
broadcast over radio and television
stations and explain in so words
why Washington should support the
symphony. Entries must be mailed
in by midnight Sunday to Cam
paign Contest, National Symphony
P. o. Box 7617, Washington 4, D. c.
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Two Jail Guards
Conviction in
Escape Upheld
Appeals Court Rules
Davis and SunderIin
Were Properly Tried

The United States Court of
Appeals held today that the two
policemen accused of negligentIy
permitting two murderers to
escape from District Jail in
April, 1916, were properly tried
and convicted in District Court.
The policemen, Hubert c. Davis
and Oscar c. Sanderlin, were found
guilty of permitting Earl MacFar-
land and Joseph D. Medley to escape
from the death house on April 3,
1916.
Both MacFarland and Medley
were recaptured and later executed
for murder.
The policemen were convicted by
a District court jury last May for
the common law offense of "negli-
gent escape" The maximum pen
atty on the charge is a fine of
81 900, not more than five years in
prison, or both. Justice Alexander
Holtzof ordered an arrest of judg-
ment, holding that the policemen,
acting in the capacity of guards or
watchmen, were not subject to
prosecution for the offense under
the common law. The Government
appealed Justice Holtzoff's ruling.
Setting aside Justice Holtzoff S
order, the appellate court today de-
clared:
1T would be distinctly unreason-
able in our view to say that the
superintendent of the Washington
Jail was alone responsible to the
Government for the escape of pris-
oners occasioned by the negligence
of police officers regularly assigned
as guards at the jail"
Common Law Cited.
The opinion said the offense re-
mains a crime in the District by
virtue of a District code provision
that the common law and all Brit
ish statutes in force in Maryland
in February, 1901, shall remain in
force, except insofar as they are
inconsistent with, or are replaced by
subsequent legislation of Congress.
The escape Of Medley and Mac
Farland touched off a congressional
investigation of conditions at the
District Jail. climaxed by removal
of the superintendent and wholesale
reorganization of the setup there.
The court ordered the arrest
judgment set aside and the case re-
manded for entry of Judgment on
the verdict. The case was heard
by Justices Henry w. Edgerton,
Bennett Champ Clark and Wilbur
K. Miller and Justice Clark wrote
the opinion.
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Dr.. Fitzgibbon Named
To D. G. Dental Board

The Commissioners today appoint
ed DR.. David Fitzgibbon to the Dis
trict Board of Dental Examiners for
la fve-year term, beginning July IT.
He will succeed DR.. Henry A. Swan
son. whose term expires on that
date.
DR.. Fitzgibbon was indorsed for
the position at a meeting Thursday
|of the District Dental Society.