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Evening star., 1949-05-06
Exclusively Yours,

Rain or shine. cold or hot. the
best sign that summer Is prac-
tically here is the Sidney Graves
annual May party.
One has the feeling that an
earthquake might make the Capt.
tai shake, the Berlin blockade
might be lifted or fall again. but
whatever else happens the Graves
party will 60 on forever. It's a
May institution that draws hun
dreds of the same friends back
each year to the low. ivy-covered
stone house on Foxhan Road.
As new arrivals entered the
drawing room. they were greeted
first by the hostess. who was wear
ing a gay. multi-colored Powered
print, and then by her amusing
husband If he was still there. He
kept stepping out of line to fin-
ish conversation: he looked hen
pecked In it, he said.
After that the number Of faces
on all sides changed as fast as
the setting-from the drawing
room to the dining room to the
stone terrace to the grass terrace
to the stone walk to the big lawn
and back to the drawing room.
And just as rapidly there were
Gen. Omar Bradley. Senator Bur-
ton X. Wheeler. Lady Berendsen,
Mr.. John Childress. Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Conger Pratt, Mrs. Eldridge
Jordan, Mrs. Effingham Townsend.
Mr.. Mannix Walker. MIR. and Mrs.
c. j. Mack and seated in a row
Mrs. Peyton Gordon, Mrs. Loren
johnson and Mrs. Frances Dixon.
Associate Justice of the United
States Court Of Appeals and good
looking. blond. Mrs. Bennett
Champ Clark In a navy blue cock
tail dress. chatted with author
Stanley Kimmel. Mrs. Clark said
Evening star., 1949-05-06

that Mr.. Kimmel has a fascinat-
ing 3-story house In Georgetown
with only one big room on each
floor. His abode, Mr.. K. added.
was once written up by Ripley in
Believe II or Not" as the most
house on the least property.
The Lawrence Bakers had their
son Larry with them. He is down
from New York, he said. to get
health. Barbara and Ed Russell
were standing out In the cool of
the lawn. Ed, in a deep blue tie
and light blue shirt that matched
his eyes. was covering the British
situation with Christopher Bran
well. Ralph Snowden Hill was
nearby and glimpsed about were
Mrs. 7. r. Mann. Mrs. William
Maccracken, Ruth Buchanan. who
was recently named as one OF
Washington's better dressed wom-
en-; MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Burke,
Mrs. Randolph Huntington Miner
pouring tea and Lewis MacCracken
helping himself to some luscious
looking chocolate cake.
And the table was a dreamy
sight. Besides fresh shrimp, guam
titles of creamed avocado. chicken
and ham sandwiches, there were
fresh strawberries to dip in sugar
and two fayer cakes, an enormous
chocolate one and rich looking
pink one with almonds. Needless
TO say, the hostess has q fond
ness for sweets.
Good natured and distinguished
looking Alexis de Aminoff, who
is second In rank to the Swedish
Ambassador. explained his wife's
momentary absence. Il call her
the telephone queen" he grinned.
mo matter where she Ii, she al
ways telephones" This couple is
so much in demand that It's prob
Evening star., 1949-05-06
'by Betty Beole-

" &GtAF
ably Nine. de Amlnoffs only
chance of getting any telephonine
done.
Emma and Connie Bretsch were
there. Emma looking perfectly all
right despite stories heard the day
before that her gas stove had ig-
nited in her face and burned ner
arms and sinsed her eyelsshes.
Nary q SINCE was visible.
Marian and Bob Waggaman had
their houseguest with them. Ruth
Chagnon, who is on her way from
Florida to Nantucket for the sum
.mer. The John Waggamans were
on hand too and talking to Ed
Williams. one of the Capitals s
better dancers by the way, about
Sunday plans. A group OF them
are going to Nancy Bickelhaupt's S
farm for q picnic from about ?
o'clock on.
Mrs. Sidney Tsliaferro was hav-
ing a word with the Fred Hunts
who are finally settled here for a
year or two. They came up from
Martinique, Fred's last Foreign
Service post, In November but
have been in and out OF town
frequently since.
Evening star., 1949-05-06
New England
Dinner-Donce
Lost EveninQ

HoxssSses in the congressional
CONTINGENT staged q Way Down
East party for lhslr leStsiattnx
husbands and their gnests hss
night when they ssss the lsst
dance Of the seascn al the Con-
gressaonal Club, The tese wss
In honor Of the members os Con-
gress from sew Engiand and .hssf
wfves and Pilsrtm Palmer ce<-
TUNES and square dsnrsns were
the order Of the evening Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Charles Nielsen
Of Maine appeared in tne Co.'S
TUNES OF real Maine fsherfesg
Fssslnet tahIecIoths. anchors
sails. spars. lobster polS and a
variety OF fishery eouipaee we're
included in the overall decor and
the menu vas sonething 10 slae
ger the imagination OF those
whose homes are in less rigorous
climates. There was clam chow
der. OF course. plus boiled din
ner. baked beans. brown bread
and strawberry shortcake.
Come Thursday. members OF the
club win be in Annapolis for a
day OF sightseeing ai the Naval
Academy and a reception al the
Governors Mansion.
Today the s0th Congress Club
gave its monthly luncheon at tire
Shoreham with Mrs. Ken Regan
and Mrs. Clark Thompson Of
Texas in charge Of arrangements
for a fashion show rs part OF
the program.
Evening star., 1949-05-06
Tea and Preview

Invitations have been issued
Jointly by the Watkins Gallery>and
the Art Guild of the American
University to a tea and preview
of an exhibition OF paintings and
sculpture by students and asso-
ciates OF the art department OF
the university. The affair will be
held Sunday from I to 8 o'clock
In The Watkins Gallery.
Evening star., 1949-05-06
Dances Planned

Capt. John Wheeler. special
service officer OF South Post, Fort
Myer. will be host tomorrow night
at g O'Clock In the Service Club to
men from Andrews Field. the Navy
Barracks, Quantico and the 260th
Group OF the District National
Guard and Coast Guard. Another
party la being held tomorrow at
the same time ct Fort Belvoir
when the Engineer Battalion VIII
give a buffet dinner and dance.
Evening star., 1949-05-06
Chappell-W Wilson

Announcement is made of tns
marriage al Mrs. MAbrl Ortan
Wilson OF kensington and Ntw
York 10 Mr. Ralph HuheT' Chap
pell also Of Kensnetnn Ths
ceremony took plare "Wednesday.
Evening star., 1949-05-06

st. Anthony's Church was the
scene of the marriage April % of
Miss Frances Bernadette Curran.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Bernard Curran, to DR.. John
Woods Troy. son of MIR. and Mrs.
William F. Troy. The Rev. Ray
nond G. Decker ofiiciated at the
ceremony and nuptial mass.
Evening star., 1949-05-06

Miss Margaret Ruth Casanagh,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs, John
r. Cavanaah OF Arlington. sas
married yesterday morning To Mr.,
Franklin Arthur Gibbons. tr., son
OF MFR. and Mrs. Gibbons The
ceremony took place in 81 Charles
Catholic Church. the Rev. Thomas
A. Seannell officiating.
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Record Of Rendezvous
10 Be Played al Trial
On Extortion Charges
By The Asseeiotsd Press

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15.-A
jury trying two women on extor-
ton charges expected today to
hear the tape recording of a
rendezvous between . business
man and q girl he brands as q
prostitute.
Ben H. Kekner, operator Of q
mail-order television school, al
ready has testified that the voices
to be heard In the recording are
those of pretty Helen Keller, a.,
and himself. :
Miss Keller and her roommate,
Toni Hughes, 20. are accused Of
extorting $4,000 from Klekner un-
der threats Of exposing him as an
adulterer.
Shouted Down Counsel.
Klekner spent six unhappy
hours under cross-examination be-
fore Defense Attorney Glenn Lane
laid the groundwork for the in
PRODUCTION of the recording. At
times Klekner shouted down the
defense attorneys.
The recording, which is in pos
session of the district attorney,
allegedly was made In Miss Kel-
ler's apartment last year. The
defense contends that in it Kick.
ner processes his love for Miss
Keller. Klekner. saying he does
not recall telling her he loved her,
explained to the jury that If he
did 50 state he was lying to her.
Klekner denied the suggestion
Of the defense that he tried to
effect an arrangemnt to have his
wife compromised 50 he could d.
vorce her.
Fears Kidnapping.
That's absolutely a lie," shouted
the red-faced witness. "You have
no right. counsel or no counsel.
to make such an insinuation
against me-"
Klekner said that the windows
Of his home were protected by big
spikes as q precaution against
possible kidnapping Of his chill
dren. He said that he always
considered there were others be-
hind Miss Keller and her friend,
Miss Hughes, giving her orders
about the demands for money he
said she made on him.
Klekner testified he told Miss
Keller that he slept alone in his
bedroom with chair under the
doorknob.
Told "Infiated Story"
He said that this was an Gin
f1ated story" he told the shapely
defendant because she was very
jealous Of my wife; she was
jealous because my wife was
cloaked with responsibility and
occupied my home. I tried to
assuage her by telling her didn't
have any relations with my wife
and that I put the chair against
my door,"
Then you didn't sleep with a
chair against the door?" asked
MIR. Lane.
"Of course not"
did you expect Miss Keller to
believe that story?"
II don't know" replied Klekner.
II was almost hoping she wouldn't
that she would finally see there
was no hope of my divorcing my
wife and marrying her. and that
she would throw in the sponge
and quit tormenting me for |
money" -.....
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Leak in Cos Line Forces
Shift in Big Inch
By the Assoeioisd Prsss
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ROYERSFORD, Pa. Dec. 15.-
A leak in a 20-inch gasline con.
Meeting with the Big Inch from
Texas forced a shift to a parallel
line while the damaged pipeline
was repaired.
Officials of the Texas Eastern
Transmission Co. said the break
near this Montgomery County
community yesterday was caused
by corrosion. No one was injured
and the only damage was to the
pipe.
The 20-inch line connects with
the 24-inch pipeline from Texas
at Eagle, Pa.
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Carol Service Planned
.Sunduy in Alexandra

A Christmas carol service will.
be held at 1880 pm. Sunday al
the Fairport Baptist Church
Seminary road and Crestwood
drive, Alexandria.
Carols will be sung by the choir
under the direction Of Millard
Nochtway. The Rev. j. Grady
Hutchison, pastor, will speak.
Evening star., 1949-12-15

LIGHTS FOR HOLY FESTIVAL-BArry Modin H. of 1918
Allison street NV rehearses for the traditional candeghng
ceremony which will inauguate Hanukka tonight for Jewry
Hanukkah joyous period lasts eight days and known the
Feast OF Dedication Feast of Lights" inaugurated
in 1855 to the publication the altar of the temple of
Evening star., 1949-12-15

UCI UOd1CI1I d1VCI q pagan UCoCC
are Cleft to right Herzel Dob
kin, 7, of $3.50 s street Sc;
Harriet Maisel, 7, of 1919 Un-
derwood street NV, and
Sharon Engleberg, 7, Of 843
Crittenden street Me-,
Star STAFF Photo.
Evening star., 1949-12-15
New BuIIston Meeting

The New Ballston Citizens' As
sociation Of Arlington will meet
at 8 pm. Monday at the Ballston
Fire House., Oil North Stuart
street. Officers will be elected.
Evening star., 1949-12-11

ARRANGEMENTS CHRISTMAS DANCE
of
Evening star., 1949-12-11
| Barbara Rhe0
| 7oB Be Bride
| ||nFebruury

Capt. Ralph Dunstan Woods,
U. S. NJ, and Mrs. Woods an
nounce the engagement Of the
latter's daughter, Miss Barbara
Lee Rhea. to Mr.. Fernando Walk
er, son Of Mrs. Josefina Vial de
Walker and the late Mr.. Arturo
Walker Of Santiago. Chile. The
wedding will take place In Feb
ruary.
Miss Rhea is the daughter Of
the late 1t. Fitzhugh Lee Rhea,
U. 8. NJ; granddaughter Of Mrs.
Ellen Lee Rhea Of Coronado.
Calf. formerly Of Alexandra. and
the late Gen. James Cooper Rhea,
and great-granddaughter Of Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee. former Governor OF
Virginia. She was graduated
from Miss Turnbull's School In
Norfolk, attended Chestnut Hill
College in Philadelphia and the
University Of California ct Berke-
ley. She made her debut at the
Victory Ball in San Francisco IN
1946 and is q member Of The
Spinsters and Gamma Phi Beta.
Mr.. Walker attended the Chilean
Naval Academy and the Catholic
University Of Chile and presently
Is q student at the University Of
California at Berkeley. where the
couple will make their home fol-
lowing their marriage. He is the
nephew Of Sonora Carmen Vial de
Senoret, former Chilean Consul
in Boston, Cultural Attache at the
Embassy in Washington and Min
lister to Holland. who will be mar
ried in New York shortly.
The bride-elect is home for the
holidays and will be Joined at
Christmastime by her hance.
The Valley settler., 1949-01-21

01QTA0USKl VQLLEY fARllERS1
 COOP nO7ES MANAGER or AMcA" COOP VISITS MVfCA
 L.c. Peters, Manager of the Aaska Native Industries Cooperative As SOC fat ion, vi s1 to cd tho lWFCA on Thur sday of this week and exchanged ideas with Jin Wilson, MVFCA Ma1ager.
 Mir. Potors is manager of A5 native Trading Posts in Alaska. He has his hoadquartors in Seattle where he handles the products from those Posts such as furs, carved i ivory and noccasi ins. Ho also is tho ir buy or for staple products for their storos. HOW MUCH DID WE PRODUCE ? Tho production she ct shows the following figures for tho year ending November 30, T Milk ------2, ,732,e37 lbs. Celery 1o,o5e# Eggs ------ 5o;6l6 dog. Lettuce 5o;766# Cabbage ----- 79 1896 lbs Carrots 1o,4ee#
The Valley settler., 1949-01-21

The BJ 6 L.lIon'c .,:;:' Girls' teams will be in Pa1r2or this Saturday night to ncot the S,,c:rocl7s end the Rockets (Girl9' toarc) ir a double header at the Community Hall at 7:5O D.n. J;Icuary 22. T:is promises to be a good 0 ovoni ing of entert ainrent for all basket ball fans. Don't miss it. The Rockets (Girls' toan) plan to go to Cor dova on Friday the 2eth for game vitl tho Cordova Girls. Extra seats on the plano ri II be on sale this next uoek if you are intoro sted in ac corpanying tho tear1. Soc ono Of the Rockets for tickets early this xt ueek.
The Valley settler., 1949-01-21
T4TAnINK4 Va[LEy FH}1ERS- CQOPERAZL-H ESSQ<

OUR VQLLEy .CREOIT Uf1|01
 By--F.Ls Kerzie, CPA (Vash.)
 The more or less Alaskan weather and the closing of books and the auditing operfr tions have made it inadvisable e to have for nally launched the credit union operations before this. As the publ ic has been told, the credit union has received the Federal Charter and it's do ings are to cover the whole Mat anuska Valley. To moan that it is not organized just for tho Coop renbers and tho ir employees, but for tho benefit of tho whole community in this Valley.
 To repeat again, FcderaI Credit Union is not bank. It is cooperative assoc ia- tion organ ized to promote thrift anon it's members and to croate a sourco Of credit for usofu1 purposes. It is chartered and supervised by the Federal Government through a branch of the Earn Credit Admin istrati on uh2ch oc cupies itself exclusively with the setting up and supervising of credit un ions all ovor the us. and it's territortos. s. It is se1f-he1p ar1ong poop1o Uho find it hard est to obtain reasonable credit anywhere else, but do run into circumstances Uhore credit must be had on a hu1an1y' ac copt tablo basis. Banks do not dish out such credit, at least not eeS of tho tine, besides such business does not pay tho banks and they do not invite it. Hence, credit union is coGpctit ion to cornorci al bank, rather it is of advantage to any banker to promote credit unions because credi t~un ions must 1nlD the ir deposit in Q corrlorcia1 bank provided it is secured by membership in the Federal Donosi it IT. arance Corpora tion. That is, credit unions must do the checking part of their business through corrercial banks. Cont. on pp.
The Valley settler., 1949-01-21

No bottlos-No milk has becor1o a n slogan of tho Croamery---
 BASKET BALL SATURDAY
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-10-28
Strike Ends Bell Aircraft
Accents Arbitration

PITTSBURGH GPA)-Theres big hole in the steel
curtain
of thousand striking members OF
to their jobs the Cop
perweld Glaspor Pa; under contract thai
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-10-28

gives the union everything the
Presidential fact-finders recon-
mend - and then some.
The agreement C lis for the
company to pay all the costs of
a 10-cents-an-hour welfare pro-
gram - four cents for insur-
ance, six for pensions, as the
fact-finders suggested plus
three more cents which the
workers themselves had been
contributing under a previous
agreement. Presumably, officials
of United States Steel and Beth
lehem held up their hands in
horror.
Just before the steel strike be-
gan on October /, Copperweld
indicated that it would agree to
the unions demands. However,
the union struck when doubts
arose concerning the company's
exact intentions.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-10-28
Real Security
For Old Age
BY Walter Murphy

Recently we have seen group
of banks in Toledo join hands
with the National Association of
Manufacturers and the National
Chamber of Commerce in a
grand splash of snti-labor propa-
ganda; and attacking pension
plan that would provide $1,000
per month TO workers upon re-
firing from employment in pri-
vate industry.
Did these same people rush to
protect "your interests when the
banks closed their doors few
years ago, or are you one of the
many thousands that lost their
life's savings?
Where are they getting the
money for all of these full page
adds in your daily newspaper?
Why are they so excited about
our Pension Plan, could it be
that they know as we'll as we
do that all such Pension Plans
have to be approved by the
United States Treasury Depart
ment and that our Plan gives
the worker q REAL SECURITY.
Would these same employers
force you to quit your job upon
reaching the age of forty or so
without any pension or retire
ment pay? They are the very
same employers that did this
very thing in 1884 before we
organized ourselves into Union.
Do these same people want
you to retire at the age of 65
with a pension of $4,000 per
month? That is the average So
cial Security payment now and
these same people have main
tanned a lobby in Washington
fighting any attempt to increase
it. l might add they are also
the one that have gone to Court
here in Ohio to prevent the in
creased payment in your unem-
ployment insurance-that is why
a lot of you have had your
checks held up.
Our Pension Plan would add
$1,000 per month to your Social
Security Benefit, coming a little
nearer to meeting the present
cost of living so that upon re-
tiring you would not have to
sign over your property to the
State and live as pauper the
rest of your life as a ward of
the State.
If misfortune should knock on
your door tomorrow to the ex-
tent of a $1,00000 hospital or
doctor bill etc. for you or one
of the members of your family,
it would really set you back in
life would it not? Under our
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-10-28

Plan your bill would be paid and
in addition you would receive
$500 per week for the weeks
you were out of work due to
such illness etc.
Just what is wrong with a pen
sion plan that provides for de-
cent living wage for those retir-
ing from employment in private
industry; thereby making an
opening for the youth of Amer
lea to be gainfully employed?
Maybe the correct retirement
age is something less than IS
years of age, but only the future
will tell us just what the proper
age should be wherein the Youth
of America can be absorbed in
private industry.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-10-28
Review Board Decision
Favors Ex-KIopping Workers

has obviously been defeated.
The aforesaid statute contains
an enabling clause bestowing
discretionary powers in the event
claimant is at fault in the
matter of overpayment of bene-
fits to which he is not entitled
under the law. Accordingly, re-
payment may be required in cash
or the alternative of withholding
the amount of overpayment from
any benefits to which he is
otherwise entitled. The decision
under consideration does not re-
quire cash repayment of the
claimant but the alternative of
making restitution by withhold
ing benefits to which he might
be otherwise entitled the same
as if he was at fault in the mat
ter of the overpayment. No eff
feet is given to the last or mod
flying clause which has for it's
purpose the rendering of the
next prior or enabling clause
ineffective in the event the
claimant is not at fault in the
matter of payment of benefits
to which he is not entitled.
In view of the foregoing, it is
the opinion of the Board that,
although claimant received bene-
fits in the amount of $63.00 to
which he was not legally entitled
but concerning such payment he
was without fault, restitution
shall not be required of him
either in cash or by Withholding
the aforesaid amount from any
benefits to which he is otherwise
entitled"
The opinion was signed by w.
T. Roberts, Chairman, and Ralph
w. O'Neill, Member. Don w.
Wiper, one of the members of
the Board dissented.
w. T. Roberts, Chairman of
the Board of Review is the labor
member of the Board and is well
known for his humanitarianism
interpretations of the Unemploy-
ment Compensation Act.
Attorney Lowell Goerlich who
represented the claimants is
counsel for Local IL, UAW-CIO.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-10-28
Steel. Cool
Sfolemofed

WASHINGTON LPA) - De-
spite a flood of rumors, there
was no definite break in sight
in either the coal or the steel
strike at the end of last week.
At White Sulphur Springs, w.
Va, the northern and western
coal operators abruptly broke
off negotiations with the United
Mine Workers on Oct. 81, NOV
ing Thomas Kennedy, UNIV
vice-president, to charge the op-
orators were deliberately fore
ing government Intervention. In
New York, where he was con-
ducting exploratory talks with
officers of the US Steel Corp,
Cyrus S. Ching, chief of the Fed
eral Mediation Service, said he
had not invited the UNIV and
the coal operators to further
parleys in Washington. But the
rumored that he soon would.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-10-28

PART ONE-Retirement Income
A. For Age
Eligibility Amount
( At after normal ID per month, but not
trement age" Gage 65) S10O including
and after 80 years of OASI primary benefit"
credited service
(2) At after normal (2) pension equal
trement age" (age $50 to S2.27 for each of
and after 10 % years credited service.
of credited service.
(3) At after age so and (3) monthly pension equal
after years of cred actuarial equiva-
tied service lent of $40 at 65.
B. For Incapacy
() On nernoanen and total (2 permanent total
,:.L,.. ~. On disability after 20 to 20
"'ooni'S ei'ei 'O 'eo10 of credited service.
OF creolted service. (2) A monthly benefit of $50
c. For death after retirement
(D On death after retirement ID Retirement benefit
for disability will be continued
for IL months to bene
ficiary