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Evening star., 1948-03-17
president Is Defeated
On Permanent Status
OF I Job Agencies
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

Two Federal job agencies may
have to wait until next year to get
a permanent boss.
Under a Government reorganiza-
tion plan proposed by President
Truman. the two agencies were to
be assigned to the Labor Depart
ment. But the Senate, by vote of
So to Is, yesterday joined the House
i'm turning thumbs down on the
Presidents plan.
Now Congress looks to a report
from commission headed by
former President Hoover before de-
Gliding who shall direct the United
States Employment Service and the
Unemployment Compensation Serv-
ice.
Due to Return to FSA.
The White House plan would have
placed the job-f1nding service per-
manently in the Labor Department
1t is there now only under emer-
gency legislation and will return to
the Federal Security Agency six
months after the official end of the
war.
Mr.. Truman also wanted to shift
the Unemployment Compensation
Service from FSA to the Labor De-
partment. Both agencies supervise
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Mr.. Werber began his 12-year base
ball career as third baseman with
the New York Yankees. Later he
played with the Boston Red Sox,
Philadelphia Athletics, Cincinnati
Reds and the New York Giants.
For the past two years, he has
been chairman of the Community
Chest campaign in Prince Georges
County and chairman Of the Boy
Scouts Southern Maryland district
The funds railsed during the cam
paign will be used to build a year
round camp near Washington.
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Little Sisters Of Poor
Dinner Called OF

The annual dinner and open
house of the Little Sisters of the
Poor, 200 H street NE. will not be
held this year, it was announced to-
day.
The home, housing about 800 per-
sons, is. being repaired and i'm
proved. 1t has been traditional for
the institution to hold an affair on
March 10 each year for its friends
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tional Capital
A e a Council
Boy Scout cam
paign.
Mr.. Werber, a
former e a g ! e
scout, Is a men,
ber of the exec
utive board of
the council. He
will direct the
campaign for
$125,OOO, to be-
gin late next
month.
A graduate of
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} Appeals Court Judges
Given Additional Duty

The three judges Of the Munich
pal Court of Appeals have been
assigned to two weeks additional
duty as temporary judges of the
Municipal Court to assist in dis
posing Of backlog OF civil jury
cases.
Chief Judge Nathan Cayton of
the appellate branch announced
yesterday he has assigned himself
and Associate Judges Andrew Hood
and Brice Clagett to continued duty
in the emergency program which
opened on February 16.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Roll Engineers Elect

CHICAGO, Mar. IT &c. H.
Mottier, chief engineer of the Illinois
Central Railroad, today was elected
president of the American Railway
Engineering Association. G. L. Sit
ton, Washington, assistant chief en-
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Rites for Is War Dead
Set in Arlington Today

Mass burials for returned World
War II dead are scheduled at Ar
lington Cemetery today, tomorrow
and Friday by the Military District
of Washington.
Among the 16 to be reinterred at
Evening star., 1948-03-17
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Evening star., 1948-03-17
Werber TO Direct Scout
Campaign for S125,000

William M. Werber, Washington
insurance counselor, and former
major league baseball player, has
accepted the post of general chair
Evening star., 1948-03-17

and patrons. The institution for the
homeless and friendless is sup
ported by voluntary contributions,
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Evening star., 1948-03-17

gineer Of the Southern Railway Sys.
tenn, was chosen vice president.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-05-06
n O N l.
II | 7 5
A OF
81
FRANCES
FORTENBERRf
Home Economics
Miss. Power
& Light Co

There is a new vacuum cleaner
in the White House, and there is
a new vacuum cleaner on the
Presidents yacht and if any
news homer than that has come
out of Washington lately, / should
like to have someone tell me what
it could have been.
Sounds like the rest of us,
doesn't it? Excepting the yacht
part!) And about that boat-evl-
IDENTIFY people can't get away from
dust even on the Potomac, OF
cruising along the sea coast!
l imagine the White House has
to be run with the precision and
efficiency of an institution. Guests
and visitors coming and going. No
telling who may turn up next. An
unexpected five or six for lunch
con. Twenty invited to tea. Aren't
you delighted that you can enjoy.
instead, the peace and quiet and
~restfulness of your own home.
You know: never an emergency
never sudden callers, never a crisis
is the kitchen! You understand!
Yes, the housekeeper of the Ex-
ecutive Mansion must face almost
as many responsibilities as a hotel
proprietor, and SO it gives us a
little feeling of kinship to reflect
that when it comes to dust some
n there goes about the cleaning
even as you and l." The vac is
used every day, which is smart
planning.
Other honey gossip comes out
Of the White House. An upper
corridor has been changed COM
pletely. 1t used to be just that,
a corridor. Now it is finished,
with chairs and touches in home
like little conversation groups.
White House guests can sit and
talk together there as they please.
And downstairs, too, something
has been added" something tanta-
LIKING for you to think about on
a hot day. Waiting, ready, always
is a freezer of chocolate ice cream!
Margaret Truman can bring a
crowd of her friends home any
time she pleases, and she knows
that her favorite flavor will be
there for them-all they can eat
But my thoughts keep going
back to that White House vacuum
cleaner. 1t seems to me it is some
thing for all of us to think about.
In this land of ours we all can
have the same comforts. the same
facilities. as we find in the most
famous home in our whole great
republic.
We make nothing OF it; we think
nothing about it. We take it all
as a matter of course. But we
should not. There is symbolism in
that vacuum cleaner whirring
away in the big white mansion in
Washington. and a vacuum cleaner
in your home and mine. and in
millions and millions of other
homes in this country. There is
no such state of affairs anywhere
else in the world today! Think a
little seriously about what ii
means to us, too.
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ton system will consist Of establish
ing various agent or agencies to
handle the output of the several
trade territories served by the plant.
The plant will sell to these distri-
hutors on a basis comparable with
the sales price from other plants.
The various distributing outlets
throughout the state will be provid-
ed an opportunity to make a reason
able distribution charge.
In the selection of the various
distribution units, the stock holders
in a given area or trade territory will
have the privilege of determining
just who will be the agent to handle
their distribution or whether they
themselves will set up a new agency
to do the job. The plant will not
make general plant deliveries.
1t is planned that the cost of fer
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-05-06

tillzer will be the same to all far
mers IN the State of Mississippi, re-
CARELESS of where they are located.
This will be brought about through
a freight adjustment which the
plant Will add to the cost of all fer
tlllzer and use to equalize the trans
p%ortation cost.
Funds In Trust
For use during the stock selling
campaign, a holding company or
corporation has been organized,
which company will enter into agree
ments with the prospective stock
purchasers and various banks in the
state. This agreement will be in the
nature of a trust, it being understood
that when farmers purchase stock
and pay in money to the corporation,
the money will be put in a local bank
and held there until such time as
the various commitments of the trust
agreement have been met, but in no
event later than December 81, 1913.
The foregoing agreement will be
substantially as follows: When a par
ent company has been organized and
a board of directors elected bv the
people who have put up the money
and whose money is being held in
trust, then the board of directors Of
this parent corporation can certify
to the several banks that the provi-
sions outlined in the foregoing para
graphs have been substantially COM
piled with regarding issuance of a
patronage dividend, the limitations
on the percentage of dividends of the
preferred stock, and also for any
bonds or debentures which might be
issued. Then the bank will release
the money which is held on deposit.
In the event sufficient funds are
not raised, the Committee on Nitro
gen Plant for Mississippi will return
the money to those who put it in
trust with them.
Must Incorporate
In the organization of the holding
corporation to serve as trustee to
SlItSl llltO Tic escrow agreement,
the existing state nitrogen committee
shall be used. 1t is contemplated that
the present committee will continue
to function in the same supervisory
capacity wherein it has heretofore
functioned. However, it is essential
that the committee enter certain
commitments and agreements. To
do this, it is necessary that the COM
mittee assume some type of corpor-
ate being.
The following members compose
the Committee on Nitrogen Plant
for Mississippi: Owen Cooper, jack
son, chairman; Ransom Aldrich,
Michigan City; Mrs. Dorothy Lee
Black, ~Stoneville; Jasper Blount,
Hickory; M. P. Clark, Carriere;
George L. Crawford, Madison; Billy
Duncan, Inverness; Harrison Evans,
~Shuqualak; ]. I. Hurst, Summit;
Hudson Kyle, Clarksdale; Charlie
Maddox, West; w. T. Mckinney, An
guilla; George Mclean, Tupelo;
Charlie Mcneil, Jackson; M. P.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-05-06

Moore, Senatobia; w. H. Morgan,
Morgan City; M. T. Reed, Belzoni; w.
H. Saunders, Grenada; Barron Smith,
Magee; Boswell Stevens, Macon;
John w. Taylor, Sunflower; George
Walker, Stoneville; w. A. Welshans,
Rosedale; Charles Wilmington,
Greenwood; John Sharp Williams,
Yazoo City; Oscar Wolfe, Duncan; F.
A. Anderson, ST., Gloster; and j. N.
Dunn, Alligator.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-05-06
by w. r. Sullivan. County Agent

Nitrogen Plant In State Is Farmers
Goal
The state committee on nitrogen
in a recent meeting in Jackson an
nounced plans to build a proposed
l3 million dollar nitrogen fixation
plant in Mississippi.
Owen Cooper, Executive Chair
man, announced the following or
g%anization plans:
Stock
The common stock will be issued
on a basis to pay a five per cent
dividend, if funds are available from
the company, the dividend to start
at the time that the plant goes into
operation. The corporation may issue
a limited amount Of preferred stock
with a maximum dividend of six
per cent.
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Patronage Dividends

Provisions will be made both in
the charter and in the bylaws of the
company for the payment of patron
age dividend. The patronage divi-
dend will be paid to the holders of
stock in proportion to the amount
of fertilizer their stock entities
them to purchase. In other words,
if a farmer is entitled to purchase
ONE TON of ammonium nitrate
and purchases that ONE TON of
ammonium nitrate, he will get a
patronage dividend on the ONE TON
of ammonium nitrate. If he pur-
chases two tons and has only
enough stock to entitle him to ONE
TON, he still would get a patronage
dividend on only the ONE TON.
In addition to being guaranteed
a certain amount of fertilizer in
proportion to the stock held, the
stock holders will also have first
claim on all fertilizer produced by
the plant in excess of that which
their stock entities them to purchase.
Thus, the stock holders can purchase
all the fertilizer produced by the
plant if they so desire.
Distribution
The plant will establish a complete
distribution system for handling the
output of the plant, This distribu-
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-05-06

If it seems advisable for the cor
poration to issue second mortage
bonds or debentures instead of pre-
ferred stock, these second mortgage
bonds or debentures may be with
an interest rate up to but not to
exceed seven per cent.
The common stock Of the com
pany will be issued on the basis
of five dollars per share, the pre-
fered stock on the basis of one hun
dred dollars per share.
Board of Directors
The corporation will be managed
by a board of directors composed of
approximately twenty five persons.
1t is anticipated that the original
board will consist of approximately
one person for each two hundred
thousand dollars worth of stock paid
in at the time of the organization
meeting. Hence any area which has
much as two hundred thousand
dollars worth Of stock paid in could,
by voting cumulatively, elect a
member to the board of directors.
ALLEGATION Of Nitrogen
The nitrogen to be produced at
the plant will be allocated on a
basis of the stock held. Seventy
five dollars worth of common
stock will entitle a person to pur-
chase one ton of ammonium nitrate.
One hundred and fifty dollars worth
of common stock will entitle a per-
son to purchase one ton of anhy-
drous ammonia.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-05-06

The plant will establish a complete
distribution system for handling the
output of the plant. This distribu-
Evening star., 1948-05-28

nances ut the direction Of the coun-
ty commissioners.
Increase the salaries Of the Mont
gomery Board of Election super
visors.
Permit the Montgomery commits
sioners to fix the salary Of the
county controller.
Empower the Montgomery COM
missioners to take similar action
with regard to the salaries Of their
assistant clerks.
Judges Salaries Raised.
Increase the salaries Of the Mont
gomery County Circuit Court judges
from $4,000 to $12,500 q year each:
This also affects Frederick County,
which has one judge on the court.
Four Eastern Shore counties were
tackled to the bill in the Senate.
Authorize the Montgomery County
commissioners to increase the sal
aries OF the supervisor OF assess
ments and county assessors.
Empower the Rockville Mayor and
Council to make street improvements
on receipt of = petition signed by
the owners of 20 per cent Of the
property abutting the proposed i'm
provements.
Authorize the Prince Georges
commissioners to regulate and IL
cense trailer camps.
Fix the amount of taxes to be i'm
posed on new construction in Prince
Georges County.
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bill, in addition to State policemen
and mental hospital employees, are
workers in new classifcations Gre
ated since September l, 1916.
| There was no debate when the
measure, which originated in the
House, passed the Senate by a vote
of q to 0.
Some difficulty was encountered
by administration leaders in plotting
the s5o0,000 welfare bill through the
Senate.
Increase Voted by Committee.
Earlier yesterday, the Senate FL
nance Committee voted to increase
the amount to 81 1875 ,378. 50-haf the
sum sought by the Department OF
Public Welfare. When the commits
tee brought the bill to the floor,
several Senators made determined
fight for the new figure. -
They challenged Gov. Lanes con-
tention that the State could not
afford to give more than $4,000 in
additional public assistance funds
for the coming fiscal year. a.
But after more than an hour Of
consideration, the Senate rejected
the proposed increase and restored
the s500,000 figure. The measure
then breezed through the House.
Another administration welfare
proposal, calling for creation of a
15-member commission to investi-
gate welfare expenditures, went
through both branches of the Cen
eral Assembly without opposition.
Evening star., 1948-05-28
Czech Fugitives Declare
Present Regime Illegal
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, May 28.-Fugitive men,
bers of the Czechoslovak Parlia-
ment declared the present Com
munist-dominated government Of
their country illegal and invalid at
meeting here today.
BY resolution, they expressed
the opinion that next Sundays
single-ticket elections in CZecho-
slovakia will not be binding on their
people.
In another declaration they said
the draft of the constitution pre-
sented by the Communist leaders
of Czechoslovakia will have no legal
standing, even if it is approved IN
the elections. .-.
The meeting was conducted un-
der the dual chairmanship OF
Vladimir Kragina, National Social
ist leaders, and BlaZeg Vilim, secre-
tary of the Social Democratic
Party.
About 80 members of the Czech
Parliament and other political lead
ers attended.
Evening star., 1948-05-28
500 Expected 10 Attend
B'nai Birth Convention

More than 500 delegates are ex-
pected to meet tomorrow for the
72nd annual convention of District
Grand Lodge No. 5, B'nai Birth, in
the Hotel Statler.
Opening session Of the four-day
meeting will be at $3.50 pm, with
Commissioner John Russell Young
and Harry S. Wender, president of
Argo Lodge, greeting the delegates.
Sunday sessions will open at 1920
am, and Monday and Tuesday ses-
ions at 10 am, with an installation
banquet for new officers listed as the
concluding event at 7 pm. Tuesday.
Edward Rosenblum is chairman of
ARRANGEMENTS.
Evening star., 1948-05-28
Decrease in Arson Noted
IBy Fire Underwriters
By the Assoeiated Press

NEW YORK, May 2S.-A decrease
in criminal activity and in the num-
Der of fires set by irresponsible per-
sons in the United States last year
was reported at the annual meeting
of the National Board of Fire Un-
derwriters yesterday.
Investigation of 1858 fires during
the fiscal year ended April 80 showed
a majority had been caused by chill
dren and people who were mentally
irresponsible, the board said. Only
a few isolated cases indicated that
the motive for starting fires was the
collection of insurance, the board
reported.
Of 666 persons arrested after IN
vestigations of fires of suspicious Or
igins, only 430 were convicted, or
nearly 13 per cent fewer than the
previous year.
Evening star., 1948-05-28
Lucille Manners Wins
Uncontested Divorce
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

ELIZABETH, N. j., May 3d.
Lucille Manners, opera and radio
star, was granted divorce yester-
day from her former Air Forces
lieutenant husband on grounds of
extreme cruelty.
Advisory Master Herman E. Hill
lenbach awarded the decree, which
becomes permanent after three
months unless either reopenS the
case. The divorce was not contested
by the husband, william j. Walker
of New York.
Miss Manners received custody OF
their year-old son, William jr., while
Mr.. Walker was granted visitation
rights on Wednesday and Sunday
afternoons. She refused alimony
and was granted $40 week for
support of their son. She waived all
costs and counsel fees.
Evening star., 1948-05-28
| II Prince Georges,
Montgomery County
Bills Sent 10 Lane
Rx q stuff Corresnondsnf Of The Sfar


ANNAPOLIS, May 2s.- Eleven
bills affecting Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties today were
awaiting Gov. Lanes signature.
They were passed last night rs
the special session Of the General
Assembly closed.
One Calvert bill would legalize
slot machines If approved at q
referendum June %. The other,
which authorized the Board OF Edu-
cation to provide transportation for
parochial school students, created
a furry of debate when brought up
for final House action.
Two Bills Affect Commission.
Two of the II Montgomery
Prince Georges bills dealt with the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, which serves both
counties. They would:
Empower any master plumber
registered in the Washington Sub
urban Sanitary District to make
sewer and water house connection
with permission of the commission.
Exclude the commissions sinking
fund of nearly $4,000. 900 and a ST.
0O0, 900 bond authorization of last
fall from the sanitary body's bonded
Indebtedness limitation of "A per
cent of the districts assessable basis.
The latter measure originally
would have excluded the commits
sion's water bonds as well as the
sinking fund from the bonded in
debtedness limitation.
Delegates Agree to Change.
Members of the Montgomery and
Prince Georges delegations agreed
on the change in the final draft on
the ground it would enable the COM
mission to issue approximately
$40 100000 worth Of bonds until
the 1949 session of the General As
|sembly.
At that time, according to the
delegates, the matter could be
studied further. The commission
said the present law practically pro-
hibits 1t from issuing additional
bonds, since it is already very
close" to the IA per cent limitation.
The remaining nine bills dealing
with the two counties would:
Authorize the Montgomery Coun-
ty public utility agent to enforce
taxicab regulations and other ordi-
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As **THE EVENING STAR washington, D. c.
Companies K, H, 6
0fWestern Take Top ;
Cadet Drill Honors

AS has been the case since 1941,
Western High School today holds
top honors in the annual high school
company competitive drill, which
was held yesterday in Griffith
Stadium.
Companies K, H and G of Western
yesterday walked away with first,
second and third places. These same
companies won the same places last
year, and Company K has taken first
place for the last three years.
As the entire brigade OF more than
1900 students stood at attention in
the stadium, Capt. Eugene E. Paro
of the winning company strobe for
ward to receive the Allison Nailor
Medal from Maj. Gen. Anthony c.
McAuliffe, the hero of Bastogne, who
was once a cadet at Eastern.
This was only one Of the six
awards to the top company.
Craigie Saber Awarded.
Mrs. Wallace E. Craigie presented
the captain with a saber in honor
of her late husband, former pro-
fessor of military science and tactics
for the public schools. Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle, president OF the
Board of Education, gave the first
and second lieutenants of Company
K the Inter-high Council Medals.
DR.. Hobart M. Corning, Superin-
tendent of schools, placed silk flag
in the hands of the company's guide
sergeant, and Mrs. Phillip S. Smith
of the board gave red ribbons to the
members of the company.
Medals from the American Legion
were awarded to Capt. William T.
Rogerson and Capt. Joseph H.
Reynolds of the second and third
place companies.
The bands which had been blast
ing lively marches during the Judg-
ing Tuesday and yesterday also re-
ceived awards. First place band
was from Roosevelt, with Anaco5tia
and Central taking second and third
place honors.
20 Companies Compete.
The competition began Tuesday.
Final judging was postponed from
Wednesday to yesterday because of
rain. Each of the 20 companies
went through a routine Of "a ma
neuvers. These included marching,
the manual of arms, and combat
drill, during which most OF the
running scouts slipped on the damp
grass.
Other awards yesterday we've to
the most distinguished ncn-com-
missioned officers Of the brigade
and to Col. Howard j. Wilson,
brigade commander from Anacostia
High School.
The top non-com, as well as the
second and third place ones. were
picked by elimination in the eXecu-
ton of the manuel of arms. Ten
outstanding sergeants, one from each
high school, lined up abreast on the
field and snapped through the man
ual. Four were eliminated and left
the field. Then three more were
sent out.
Remaining were Sergt Robert
Reinke of Central, first place; Sergt.
Clifford Leroy of Tech, second, and
Sergt. Ernest Fox of Bell. Norman
j. Nelson of the Board of Education
pinned a medal on each.
The brigade commander, Col. Will
son, was given saber by Cornelius
Ryan, who represented the Society
of the First Army Division of Wash
ington. The saber was N honor of
the war dead of the First Division.