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Evening star., 1949-04-28

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Evening star., 1949-04-28
Dead Mother 'sLetter
Filed by Man Claiming
W. Fields as Father
Nv ,hs A.see;o,ed Pres.

by ths Asseciossd Press
LOS ANGELES, April ga
follies girls voice from the
grave" today accented o mans
claim that he is the son Of the
late w. c. Fields and entitled
Evening star., 1949-04-28

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r~~e41ec ftess Mira. W. e. F~aas
$50 fu taxing eas~ nf ws!as&rr
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Evening star., 1949-04-28
Toilefriss Reduced

IS ossss fsss Powder. dsseep-
ssnsed. Were 75c. now s1Ss
1S JsB Mssss. dtseorssnssed.
were &c, row e1ee
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Were 7Sc. ro~ lie
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Continued. Mere 7sc, rso~ clos
All PRICES Plus 2e~ Federal tar,
GoideHbeygs. Tofisfgtes,
Street Floor
Evening star., 1949-04-28
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We're nc Each

,395-Heoyy obsorbent queIity clear poids on
white in assorted eoors Minor imperfeetions will
gHot nor wear or oppedfonfe. Some ore soiled. 1
Goldesberfs Lisess. Street Floor
Evening star., 1949-04-28

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Evening star., 1949-04-28
REMNANTS
Pillow Tubing Remnonts, 1oe yd.
Was SIC Yard

Vas SIC Yard
2e8 yards of 45V heoyy unbleoched tubing l2s type
Viii wash white otter several wushngs Rennont lengths
of to yords. Seconds
Coldenbergs Donestcs Street
Evening star., 1949-04-28

Were NOW
10 Beby S~esfeo All WOOL Blue Size t~~~--~~~ 80 sse
- Tets csstsn Skirts Drnd styles pp'ed oy eoos LIS see
Bsby Bensst Royon heers ond oroondtss 30 sse
- Tets eesfe. sIessss. Whites with contrasting trim
Sizes 4 to iS9 Sse
II eoo Sizes TO So lis sss
ssssuekss Psjsmss Size only y---~-~----~- lis sss
~ Girls Rsysn Slips Slightly oied Sizes to TO- las sss
Cotton Sun SSi Fest eoIof Sizes and A. LIS sse
u infsas White embroidery LIS sss
Infans and Girls Wear. Second Floor
Evening star., 1949-04-28
FulI-foshioned NyIons, 5oc pr.
Were LIS tsir

IL pos of shee exfro sheer ard medium sheers
They're slight reouors of higher priced hosiery Sizes
from 6h to lOh included in this ics.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Reversible Summer Rugs
Reduced, ooc
Were I.ss

40 reversible coiryom Summer rugs sturdiy mode for
excellent wear 27"x54' size. Beautifully designed
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Boys Topeoots and Hots. s.
Were S.sS to 1923

81 priced for final ceoronce Smorsy toored styles in
part wool and oil wool fobrcs All fully lined Single ond
double breasted models Sizes to 10 yeor.
Wso NOW
ard ~oolsns - . ..>-. 50. se-~ s. sss 1y
DsysL Ssas. Sizes TO 1923 SIS
- Bsys Shss end shssss soms reouos- 3oe iss
81 Bsys sA;rs Fine quotsy os Os
1870
70 Bsy' Seem Shifts soken l7e sss
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20 Tvaka medium ord cree iSe 5os
IS cssa ovsssls Sonfodzed 50 1es
10 Whine Tse-Skifs Smnl rnsdyr large 90 SOC
II Dsys' Wsh sss. Sizes 10 29s Loo
Goidenbecs Boys Wear Street Floor
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Women's Arch Shoes, 2.77 pr.
Were S6 Pair
Were IS Pair

l7i-These snoortly mode heolth orch shoes ore in
block eobordine with potent trimmed pumps: open
toe and Cubon heels Sizes to 9 and A to c
widths.
Goldenbergs Shoes Street Floor
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Dress Goods Remnants. " off
25e to ooe yord

oo8 ~yords of cotton woois and royon dress good
rennonts marked holt or more off original price.
Desirable lengths in prints and solids
Goldenberg's. Fabrics Street Floor
Evening star., 1949-04-28

coldenDeres, Domf.tics, Street Floor
Evening star., 1949-04-28

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Evening star., 1949-04-28
Girls, Tots and Infonts' Apparel
Reduced 10 5oe each

Every item plus ony not listed below Is from regular
stock. soiled. in broken sizes
Evening star., 1949-04-28

Goldenbers's. Rsgs. third Tloo'
Evening star., 1949-04-28

0oa1<.swvs, HOSIERY. sfrssf rlo0
Evening star., 1949-05-02
Michigan State College
To Honor 7 From D. {. Area

Two Washington area residents
will be honored on commencement
day. June s, at Michigan State
College, the Washington chapter
Of the schools Alumni Associa-
ton announced today.
Alumni awards for distinguished
service will 60 to DR.. Christopher
M. Granger. Of River road. Be-
thesda, United States Forestry
Service oficiai. and DR.. Charles
G. Woodbury.. 1901 Hoban road
NV. official of the National Can
ners' Association.
Evening star., 1949-05-02

no attempt TO operate and no dis
orders were reported.
On strike are all OF Ph!lco's pro-
duction workers in this area Of
fee employees. not organized. re-
fused to cross the picket lines 10
enter the plants,
The contract between Philco
and locals l0l and i02 Of the
United Electrical Workers Union.
cIO. expired last Saturday. The
CIO workers demanded q l5-cent-
an-hour wage increase and a pen
sion plan.
Evening star., 1949-05-02
Sofety Tok Set Thursday

Miss Anita Blair. 2T-year-oic
blind girl from e Paso, Tex, and
her seeing EYE dog. Pawn will
give q safety lesson 10 the Junior
Board Of Commerce al a luncheon
at 1880 pm. Thursday IN the
Burlington Hotel. Miss Blair Is
making q series Of safety talks
here sponsored by the Capital
Transit Co.
Evening star., 1949-05-02
PhHco Workers Strike
In Philadelphia Area

PHILADELPHIA, May 2 (P.--I
The $500 Philco Corp. workers in
the Philadelphia area struck for
higher wages today.
The Philco employees walked OF
their jobs at % plants and ware
houses at 6 am.
Massed picket lines Immediately
were thrown around most Of the
plants. The company was making
Evening star., 1949-05-02
ADVERTISEMENT. A
AUVkhTISEMEN
Ages 60 10 30 Accepted
For Life Insurance
Policy Builds ash.Lsan Values

for your dependents or help pay expenses
OF your last illness or burial Is now
written for men and women Of ages 90
assessable.
90. up IS you grow older. II 10 whole
Life policy With Increasing Benefits for
Eatufusl death Does not srminass nnssn: :r q. :,
payment plan.
You incur no oblisation In sending
for Free Life Insurance InformAtion----
Ages so 10 go" No salesman win call.
your ase) TO Old American Insurance
Company, Kansas City 8, Mo. Dept. l.
Evening star., 1949-05-02
;ruternity to Initiote 20

Twenty persons viii be initiated
into the Alpha Theta Chapter
Of ri Lambda Theta. honorary fra
tefnity, at their initiation lunch
con at noon Saturday in the gar
den of the Grace Dodge Hotel.
Evening star., 1949-05-02
GE Plans 10 Resist
Fourih-Round PAY
Increase Demands
sy the kssoeioisd Press


NEW YORK, May 2.-The Gen.
eral Electric Co. says fourth round
wage increases and other benefits
sought by the cIO would stimulate
layoffs and unemployment In the
electrical manufacturing industry
GE. which traditionally sets the
wage policy In the industry, lab
elled the cIO program imitation
airy.
l. GE had indicated opposition to
wage cost increases even before
the CIO United Electrical. Radio
and Machine Workers Of America
announced its proposals last We'd
nesday. The union represents
about loo, 900 GE employees.
Repeating the company's posi-
ton, Lemuel r. Boulware, vice
president In employe relations.
said yesterday GE will resist the
union demands under current
conditions"
Union Wants Pensions.
The union, third largest in the
CIO, had said it would seek COM
binations of pay rises, pension i'm
provements. shorter hours and
other benefits equivalent to a total
Of $500 year more for each OF
100000 members in the industry
Mr.. Boulwsre. opposing the un-
ion proposal for a cut in hours
with nt loss in pay, said such a
plan would increase a manufac-
turer's costs considerably because
productivity would drop.
Higher prices would be called
for, he said. These. in turn. would
result in fewer sales. less produc-
ton and need for fewer workers
he added.
Sees Benefits Cancelled.
Another effect, Mr.. Boulware
said. would be to force marginal
and less efflcient producers out
of business. Direct wage increases
would have the same result, ne
declared.
Arguing that granting the de-
manded benefits would be inf1a-
tionary by increasing prices, he
said the value of the benefits to
the workers would be Cancelled by
damage to the Nations economy.
The union had said it was wor-
ried by layoffs in the industry. 1t
said that where necessary to
spread work it would concentrate
on demanding a shorter work
week without reduction in pay.
The union contends that profits
are so high that wages can be
raised and other benefits granted
without increasing prices.
James j. Matles. the unions
director of organization, said the
average wage is $3.50 an hour for
a 40-hour week.
Evening star., 1949-05-02
-undon School Musicale

The lower school OF the Landon
School for Boys will present its
annual musicale and art exhibi-
ton at 8 pm. Wednesday in the
lower school auditorium.
Evening star., 1949-05-02
Electrical Workers Strike;
Charge Speedup at Singer

I ELIZABETH, N. J., May 2 R.-
The Singer Manufacturing Co.
plant closed down today as 1000
workers went on strike demanding
q schange in what they charge Is
4 e"speedup~ system Of Incentive
payment. ,,.-.,...---. !
Although an estimated 5000 Of
the strikers attended q cheering
mass meeting at the headquarters
of their union, Local e401. United
Electrical Workers CIO, picketing
of the plant was orderly and there
were no incidents. - I
Special police details assigned
to the area as precautionary
measure had little to do.
The company said it would not
attempt to continue production in
the face of the strike.
Evening star., 1949-09-06
By Katherine M. Brooks

washingtonians always welcome
news of friends in the diplo-
matte set who have been trans
ferred to other posts. The
former Irish Minister and Mrs
Robert Brennan are back in their
Dublin home after a trip to France
where they Joined their son-in-
law and daughter. Col. Gilbert
Jarrold and Nine. Jarrold in Paris.
Col. Jarrold Of the French Air
Corps is on duty in Washington
with the French Military Mission
and with Nine. Jarrold was at
home on leave. Another daughter
of the popular Brennans. Mrs.
Svend Yort, Mr.. Yort and their
family, also live here while the
unmarried daughter, Miss Maeve
Brennan is an associate editor of
Harper's Bazaar and makes her
home in New York City.
Friends of the first Ambassador
Of Guatemala. DR.. Don Adrian
Recinos and Sonora de Recinos
enjoyed seeing the latter when she
was here through the early sum-
mer. Sonora de Recinos came to
be with her son and daughter-in-
law, DR.. and Mrs. Adrian Recinos
jr., and make the acquaintance OF
their young son who arrived q
month ago. She has joined the
Evening star., 1949-09-06

Several announcements OF en-
gagements in nearby Virginia and
Maryland are being made today
Social circles in both States will
be interested in the announcement
of Mrs. George A. Triplett OF
Alexandria of the engagement OF
her daughter, Virginia Ellen, to
Mr.. Benjamin j. Linthicum III
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah F
Linthicum of Cambridge, Md.
Miss Triplett studied at Black
stone Junior College and will be
graduated in June from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute. The bride
groom elect, who served three
years in the Pacific with the Navy
was graduated last June from the
same school.
The wedding will take place
during the Christmas holidays.
Howord-Porter
In Takoma Park announcement
is made by Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Kenneth Howard of the engage
ment of their daughter, Betty
Jane, to Mr.. Bennet Allen Porter,
jr., son of DR.. and Mrs. Porter,
also of Takoma Park.
Miss Howard attended Gunston
Hall and now is senior at the
University of Maryland and a
member of Alpha Delta Pi.
Mr.. Porter is a student at
George Washington University
Medical School.
Roberts -Purdum
The engagement of her daugh-
ter. Evelyn Jane, to Mr.. Roger l.
Purdum is announced by Mrs
Charles Roberts Of Millbrook
N. Y. The bridegroom-elect is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. James E.
Purdum of Gaithersburg.
A graduate of Strayer College,
the bride-elect is on the clerical
staff In the Office of the Secretary
of Defense. She is the daughter
Of the late Mr.. Roberts.
Mr.. Purdum also Is strayer
Evening star., 1949-09-06

The following letter brings up
a question which I have long
wanted to clarity: my own
father is not living and I'd like
my mother and stepfather to
send my wedding invitations
worded their daughter" think
my stepfather would be particu-
larly pleased about this as he is
very good to me, and is paying
for the wedding. Mother is re-
luctant, however, to give her
consent because of my own
fathers family. She suggested
we consult you first"
Nothing could be more i'm
proper and more cruel to your
fathers family. You are not your
stepfather's daughter no matter
how much you love him. The in
vitations are, of course, sent out
by your mother and stepfather
together. but worded "her daugh-
ter" (not necessarily Mrs. Jones
daughter)
Dislike for Food
Dear Mrs. Post: Whatever can
I do about my inherent dislike of
milk? It seems that wherever my
husband and are invited some
thing is served us-often the
main. dish-that is creamed. !
relish it about as much as a dose
Of medicine. Please tell me what
to do to avoid being conspicuous
and causing embarrassment. but
don't suggest my refusing invi-
tations as that would be unfair to
my husband.
Answer: The only solution is
not to help yourself to anything
that is creamed. If on the plate
when served to you. leave it. II
you are casual about not taking
this dish as many women are
about not taking breads, I don't
see why the fact need be en-
phasized or any one embarrassed.
In time your friends who invite
you often may become aware of
Evening star., 1949-09-06

graduate and a member of Sigma
Eta Sigma. While serving in
Europe with the Army he studied
at the Biarritz American Univer-
sity in France.
Groves Walters
Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Groves
of Glenn Dale announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Ruth
Virginia, to Mr.. Ulysses r. Walters
jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walters
of Pinetown. N. c.
The wedding will take place
next summer.
Oden -Loneorio
Also Of Gaithersburg interest is
the announcement of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy A. Oden of the engage
ment of their daughter, Gladys
Leona, to Mr.. Luis Federico Lon
goria, jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs
Longoria of San Antonio. the
wedding to take place in the fall
Miss Oden is a Montgomery
County employe and the BRIDE
Evening star., 1949-09-06
Society News
CopitoIites Welcome News From Friends
Formerly in Diplomatic Circle Here

! former Ambassador IN their Qua
temala home.
Through members Of her family
and old friends here news has
come from Nine. Hurban, wife OF
/ the former Czechoslovak Ambas-
sador, DR.. Vladimir Hurban, who
are In Prague. The former Olga
Boor of New York and Pennsyl-
vania, Nine. Hurban has written
a rather discouraging account OF
DR.. Hurban's several serious ILL
nesses since their return to
Czechoslovakia when he retired
from the diplomatic service.
From Mexico comes word OF
Nine. Boncesco. wife of Mr.
Georges Boncesco, former Com
mercial Counselor of the Ro-
manian legation. She went to
Mexico City early in the summer
to continue her studies in art
She expects to join Mr.. Boncesco
in their home at 4741 Fulton
street where they moved from the
Broadmoor when the apartments
there were offered for sale.
Mrs. r. j. Massey, who as Betty
Squires was such a favorite when
she was on duty at the Australian
Embassy, will be in Washington
for a brief visit this week. She
is coming to this country for the
marriage, September "a. of hel
son, Mr.. Christopher Squires. tc
Miss Patricia Cody. The wedding
will take place in Gardner, Mass
Mrs. Massey is accompanied by
her daughter, Miss Rosemary
Squires, who was a classmate OF
the bride at Vassar and who will
be one of her bridesmaids.
Mr.. and Mrs. Massey live al
Plumtrees, their place at Stunning
dale in Berkshire, England. They
spent a fortnight fishing and sail
ing In the waters off Cornwall ano
another two weeks at Norfolk
England.
Evening star., 1949-09-06
Emily Post

your refusals and perhaps avoio
serving creamed dishes-but this
cannot be expected.
Bride Pay?
Dear Mrs. Post: Is it proper
for the bride to pay for the
dresses worn by her bridesmaids
and maid of honor?
Answer: If her family is un.
usually well-to-do it is neither
improper nor unheard of to buy
the dresses for the bridesmaids
but very few families can do this
Mrs. Posts booklet, No. sol,
weddings" describes 1uedding
limitations and announcements,
as weH as the brides clothes
and also explains Who pays
the expenses. TO obtain a copy
send 10 cents fcoin preterred)
and a Scent stamp to her, care
The EDening Star, P. o. Bor
80, Station G, New York 10,
N. Y. Mrs. Post is sorry she
cannot ansWer personal mail.
Evening star., 1949-09-06
Enqoqements of Interest Announced

groom elect is in the Navy and
stationed at the Naval Hospital in
Bethesda.
Turner -Crump
Announcement is made by Mr.
and Mrs. Kemp Reynolds Turner
Of Silver Spring of the engage
ment Of their daughter, Helen Rae
to Mr.. Ben Hess Crump, son of the
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Melvine Whit
aker Crump Of Washington.
The bridegroom-elect has been
studying at the Great Lakes Col
lege in Detroit,
Evening star., 1949-09-06

Miss Carrie Elizabeth Yeats,
daughter Of. Mrs. B. r. Yeats Of
Dry Fork, Va, and the late Mr..
Yeats, was married August 20 to
Mr.. Ashby Weldon Barbee. son
Of Mrs. Molly v. Barbee Of Har-
risonburg and the late Mr.. Barbee.
The wedding took place in the
home of Mrs. Yeats, the Rev. DR..
H. B. HardaWay officiating.
Evening star., 1949-09-06

Miss Christine Sheppard. daugh-
ter of Mrs. Esther M. Sheppard,
was wed August ~ to Mr.. Ralph L.
Baum, son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Baum. The Rev. Thomas B. Ehlers
of Brightwood Park Church Of
flcated at the ceremony, which
took place in the Hamline Method
iSt Church.
Evening star., 1949-09-06

Miss Betty Jane Wilson, daugh-
ter of MIR. and Mrs. William H.
Wilson of Silver Spring, became
the bride August Is of Mr.. Guy
Hansen Watkins, son of Mrs. A.
G.. Watkins of Rockville and the
late Mr.. Watkins. The Rev. Otto
c. Schuetze ofhciated in the Christ
Lutheran Church in Bethesda.
Evening star., 1949-09-06
In the Bridal Procession

Rock-Croven
The Shrine of the Blessed Sac
rament was the scene of the we'd
ding recently of Miss Ruth Craven
daughter of Mrs. John F. Craven
and the late Mr.. Craven, and DR..
George D. Rock. The Right Rev.
Msgr. Thomas Smyth officiated.
Evening star., 1949-09-06
Miss Read Wed

The Union Methodist Church
1T Palmer Springs, Va, was the
scene Of the marriage. Of Miss
Ruth Haywood Read, daughter OF
MIR. and Mrs. William Henry Read
Evening star., 1949-09-06
Bennington -Dybine

TSS
The First English Lutheran
Church in Baltimore. was the
scene recently Of the marriage of
Miss Denise Dybing, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Dybing of
Presho, S. D., to Mr.. Orchard
Bennington, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Bennington of Alexandria.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

Myth" says he died believing him
self q failure who would be for
gotten.
The scholars agree pretty well
that when he was about so, Con-
fucius set out on is years Of wan
dering, teaching and looking for
a ruler to put his theories into
operation. He finally went back
to Lu and worked with his dis
ciples until he died at 10 or r..
The experts are still arguing
whether his student followers
numbered about 20 or into. the
thousands.
There is argument also over the
type Of rule he sought. Some
have termed him q reactionary
who was looking back to the "old
days" others insist he was trying
for q "bloodless revolution" and
Evening star., 1949-08-21

women were not permitted tc
work after 6 pm. But none o1
the plants seeking proximity to
markets or raw materials were
concerned by this fact.
Southern labor. according to the
authors, came to be recognized
curing the war as able to staff
plants requiring skills = long
thought to be peculiar resource
of the older industrial regions.
Moreover, the great advances In
training techniQues during the
war makes 1t possible to train
green workers quickly.
In the judgment Of nearly all
of the companies covered in this
study, labor Productivity in the
South Is equal or superior to that
in the North" the authors state.
This is not only a matter Of skill,
but also Is due to less absentee
ism. less turnover, better selec-
tions from the large labor supply,
q cooperative attitude on the
part Of workers and fewer labor
disturbances. both sympathetic
and direct.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

changes had been widely expected.
The White House and labor un-
ions worked for repeal. Senator
Taft, Republican, of Ohio himself
tried to make some changes
Though not nearly enough to suit
labor unions) in order to clear up
unavoidable or obscure. provisions.
When his program won in the
Senate, labor leaders and Demo-
cratic Party leaders suddenly lost
interest.
Rather than allow Senator Taft
to improve the law-with a Re-
publican bill that kept injunctions
and other big Taft-Hartley fea-
tures-they chose to let it stand
until they can drum up enough
strength to crush out all or most
of it. They hope to do this In the
1850 congressional elections.
The non-Communist provision
Is perhaps the most thoroughly
interpreted part Of the Taft-Hart-
ley Act.
Union officers must sign non
Communist oaths or else q union
can't charge an employer with an
Evening star., 1949-08-21
. Spoak's Career Co|orfu|
Europe Council Chief
Has Had His Share
OF Adventure
By ChurIes Reid

LONDON.-Paul-Hepri Spaak.
former Prime Minister of Belgium
and newly-named president of the
Consultative Assembly Of the
Council of Europe. reached emf
nence after much tacking and
changing of course on the political
waters This is not unusual in the
case Of statesmen who truly cap
ture the public imagination.
In 1884, already nearing middle
age, he was still a militant Social
list. With q red flag over his
shoulder he led demonstrators
through the Brussels streets and
with his own missiles broke the
windows Of q Catholic newspaper
whose politics offended him. Little
more than q decade later he had
achieved international respecta-
bility and laurels as first president
of the United Nations General
Assembly, an appointment which,
significantly enough, was doggedly
opposed by Russia's Gromyko and
a cluster of Russian satellites. His
socialism is now q mellow. un-
perturbing thing.
Often Courageous
Toward foreign menace M.
Spaak's attitude has been alter
nately courageous and realist. AS
a schoolboy he escaped from oc-
cupied Belgium in the hopes OF
joining Belgian troops fighting
on the User. He was captured and
spent two years in q prison camp.
Twenty years later. as Minister
for Foreign Affairs. he engineered
Belgium's release from the Locar-
no treaty and from the French
military alliance. This was because
Hitler had been allowed with i'm
punity to march into the Rhine
land.
But when the fatal hour struck
he spoke with the right note OF
high defiance and hope. On the
morning of May 10, 1910, four
hours after the German invasion
had begun, the Nazi Ambassador
entered M. Spaak's room with a
paper in his hand and prepared
to gabble Hitler's justification OF
the fait accompli. M. Spaak held