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Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30

gauges and fixtures were required
as well as many new buildings anC
extensions to existing facilities.
Trucks Sternly Tested
Additional expenditures were
made to provide more than three
years road testing for proving
the new trucks. The intensive
program included the track testing
i'll addition to more than 100000
miles of driving under all kinds of
operating, weather and road con-
ditions.
The new L-line is led by four
cla~ssifications of four-wheel model
trucks, ranging in gross vehicle
weight from 1920 pounds to 3d.
900 pounds. The new Information
al line further features new multi
stop units, product of the COM
pany's Bridgeport, Conn.,, plant; a
new group of six-wheel chassis
units ranging in GVW from $4,000
to $4,000 pounds, and a new group
OF cab-forward chassis units, rang
ing upward from $4,000 pounds.
The company's "West Coast"
trucks, manufactured in the
Emeryville, Calf, International
Harvester plant, include two high
way and four ff-highway vehi-
cies, ranging in gross weight from
10000 to 10000 pounds.
Scores of body sizes and styles
are offered in the new line.
New Chassis Dimensions
Dimensions of the chassis of the
new L-line have been engineered
to provide better load distribution,
greater maneuverability, shorter
overall lengths and improved en-
CINE accessibility. Biggest change
in chassis dimensions is in the
wheelbase, which have been short
ened as much as seven inches in
some models.
The shorter wheelbase, together
reproportioned c~ab-to-rear
axle dimensions and front-axle-to-
cab dimensions, have resulted in a
shifting of load weight, so that it
is in balance between front and
rear axles.
The shorter wheelbases and re-
arrangement of other chassis di-
mansions have made possible
shorter overall lengths with no
actual decrease in load-carrying
lengths. In some cases, greater
oad-carrying lengths ire available
the shorter overall lengths.
New Light Engine
The new Silver Diamond engine, I
Used in the company's light and
medium duty trucks, is a valve-in-
head, six cylinder power plant built
two sizes-the 220 cubic inch
displacement size developing 100
and the 240 cubic inch
power plant which develops 108
horsepower. Improved engines are
he Super Blue Diamond and the
Super Red Diamond, both incor-
,orating numerous engineering re-
The Super Blue Dia-
nond has a displacement of 260
.ubic inches and a horsepower rat
ng of 1908. Compression ratio is
20 to 1. The Super Red Diamond
5 available in three sizes. The
~ cubic inch displacement size
develops IA horsepower; the 406
ubic inch displacement size, 154
horsepower, and the $50 cubic inch
displacement size, 162 horsepower.
super Red Diamond compression
alto is 6.3 to L.
The L-line offers complete selec-
ion of transmission to meet every
requirement. Main trans
MISSIONS available include two
ICES of three-speed Syncro-shift;
four-speed sliding gear; a new
cur-speed Syncro-shift; four sizes
f heavy-duty, five-speed constant
nesh, with direct or overdrive in
fifth; and ~five-speed Syncro-shift,
nth direct or overdrive in fifth.
| number of auxiliary transmits
ions also are available.
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Animal Sanctuary

Mysterious Nepal, one Of the few
remaining animal sanctuaries in
the world, has yielded 1,500 bird
specimens, $50 mammals and q
large number Of fish to an Ameri-
can expedition sponsored by the
National Geographic society, Yale
university and the Smithsonian in
Stitution.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30
H:gh-LoW In New York

The Empire State building In
New York City is 1900 feet above
sea level. The lowest point in the
subway system is ITO feet below
the surface of the East river.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30
Stamps Out Grass Fires

Grass fires are extinguished by a
recently patented machine QUILTED
with flexible flaps attached at in
tervals on a roller. AS the roller is
pushed forward. the flaps stamp
out the flames.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30

C~HICAGO-Nov 30-Ne truck engineering and design providing
advances in performance, safety and comfort mark the 81 new
L-Line basic truck chassis models introduced by the motor truck
division of International Harvester Company. Light, medium and
heavy-duty trucks from the L-Line are shown here. The new line
features shorter overall lengths, greater maneuverabiity, better
load distribution and more economical operation. A new cab design
offers greater all-around visibility and provides more interior roomi-
ness, comfort and convenience. International Harvester also intro
duced with its heavy duty engineered -Line new, improved power
plants, transmissions.
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Agate

The f~ine-grained quartz rock
called agate is harder than steel,
although it is much more brittle.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Revenue Collector Reports
Threats After KIan Tax Suit
By the Assoeioted Press

ATLANTA. Aug. 30.-The Col
lector of Internal Revenue for
Georgia has received numerous
threats. all by telephone, since he
filed suit last week for alleged un-
paid income taxes of the Associa-
ton of Georgia Klans.
Collector Marion H. Allen. who
slapped a 1882 tax lien on the
robed order last week. said one
caller identified herself as Klans-
mans wife. He, said she reported
she had heard plans to take him
for a ride.
II may be dumb. but I'm not
afraid of them" Mr.. Allen as
serted yesterday.
Il have no way of knowing who
the callers are" he continued.
Sometimes my telephone rings and
when l answer the caller hangs
up in my face"
Mr.. Allen told newsmen he has
not reported the threats to any law
enforcement agencies.
Mr.. Allen declared the investi-
CATION into Klan finances is con-
tinuing and that he will make
every effort to collect taxes the
Government claims for 1916, 1947
and 1948.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Rev. A. A. Az|ein 10 Take
Third Christian Pasforafe %

The Rev. Arthur A. Azlein will
take over his new duties Thurs
day as pastor of the Third Chris
tian Church.
Mr. Azlein, whose last pastorate
was at HarristoWn, Ill.,, will sue
ceed the Rev. Ernest r. Bryan,
5203 Massachusetts, avenue, West
moreland Hills, Md. Mr.. Bryant
recently was elected president Of
the International Christian En-
deavor Society.
Construction of a new church
building will start in a few days
at the corner of South Dakota.
avenue and Taylor street NE.
Until its completion, members are
meeting at Twelfth and Monroe
streets NE. 80
Mr.. Azlein, who is 80 years old,
served as a Navy chaplain for
three years in the Pacific theater,,
He received his bachelor of arts
and masters degrees from the
University of Kansas and his
bachelor of divinity from ths,
University of Chicago, where he
has completed resident work re-
quired for a doctors degree. :,
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Gambling Grandmother
Sent 10 Jail for Medicine
BY the Associoted Press

LONG BEACH, Calf. Aug. 80.
The Gambling Grandmother of
Gardena's poker parlors is taking
glutamic acid again. and this time
authorities will see that she keeps
1t up for at least six months.
She'll be in jail that long, under
the care of DR.. Marcus Graham,
jail physician. who thinks the drug
might cure her craving for gam
bling.
Mrs. Sula Bell Stimson, 40, told
Superior Judge Fred Miller yes
terday she didn't have the desire
to gamble as long as she took
glutamic acid treatments, but that
she had quit taking the medicine
after her release from jail in June.
Poker is legal in nearby Gar
dena. Mrs. Stimson. however, has
been passing checks, say police,
to cover her gambling losses. Her
passion for poker came on Mrs.
Stimson in middle age. DR..
Graham hopes glutamic acid will
restore her original personality
that Of a normal housewife.
Glutamic acid-a protein brain
food-has been used with some
success in similar cases. 1t tends
to replace deficiencies in the
cranial system.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Tobin Tells Meetinq
Ability Is By-Word
In Handicapped Aid

A new by-word in the national
employment picture will be "abil-
ity counts" Secretary of Labor
Tobin today told the annual meet
ing of the Presidents Committee
on National Employ the Physical
ly Handicapped Week.
The 225 members met in the
Departmental Auditorium to make
final plans for the Nationwide
observance set for the week of
October 2. More than Is Gov
ernors were represented by their
State committee chairmen.
The Presidents committee is
aimed at dispelling ignorance and
misunderstanding" ecretary
Tobin emphasized. Il firmly be-
lieve that when we have done this,
the slogan ability counts will fig
ure as prominently in labor as
collective bargaining and mini
mum wages
HVC CC1 Cl1ASdCCo Va l11C1l ~ WCl 2
presented to winners of the COM
mittee's essay contest in which
young students wrote on why
Not Hire the handicapped" The
winners were to be presented cash
prizes totaling $4,000 this after
noon by President Truman when
the committee meets at the White
House.
First place winner was John
Shankey Of Pittsburgh.
At the afternoon session the
following we're to speak: Earl
Bunting, managing director OF the
National Association of Manufac-
turers; Carl r. Gray, jr., veterans
administrator. and A. j. Hayes,
president of the international AS
sociation of Machinists.
A talk on the handicapped week
program was to be presented by
John L. Thurston. acting Fed
eral Security Administrator, for
Administrator Ewing. Vice Ad-
miral Ross T. McIntire is COM
mittee chairman.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Left-Wingers, Facing
Custer From Clio, 10
Map Strategy Tonight
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Aug. 30.-Left.
wing labor leaders, facing possible
custer from the CIO, meet tonight
to plan counteraction.
Philip Murray, CIO president
has ordered the unions to get in
step with CIO policy or get out
He is expected to force show
down at the Cleveland convention
October 81.
Some labor sources here looked
on tonight's conference at Man.
haitian Center as possible seed OF
a secession movement
Their argument is that the left
wing unions may not wait for Mr..
Murray to toss them out of the
CIO but may take the initiative
away from him by seeding.
This possibility was not raised
directly in call sent out to local
CIO officers, executive board
members. shop chairmen and
stewards.
But the conference call cited
growing disunity in the C1O"
and the possibility of a COM
pletely split" labor movement.
THE very life of your union,
the entire future of the CIO is at
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Automatic Election Device
Saves JET Pilots Life
By the Associoted Press

MARCH AIR BASE, Calf, Aug.
80. - An Air Force pilot was
thrown clear of his spinning jet
fighter and parachuted to safety
in what is believed the first COM
bat-condition use of an F-86 jet
plane automatic election device.
Second 1t, Robert E Farley. Is,
of Selah. Wash. told officers at
this base that his plane developed
trouble yesterday in a vertical
dive. The cockpit election mech
anism hurled him free of the
ship. He pulled his ripcord only
1000 feet from the ground, receiv-
ing only deep feet and face cuts.
1t. Farley was stranded on top
of 3,200-foot peak in, the San
Bernardino Mountains, 81 miles
east Of Palm Springs. He made a
tent of the parachute to protect
himself from the 115-degree des-
ert hNat and later was rescued by
an Air Force helicopter.
His plane, which he was flying
on an instrument training flight,
disintegrated in the air.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Is RPM. Record Players
S|ashed 509d by RCA
By the Associoted Press

CAMDEN, N. j.. Aug. 30.-RCA-
Victor Division of Radio Corp. OF
America yesterday slashed by
nearly SO per cent the price of its
45-r.p.m. record player. a
j. B. Elliott, RCA-Victor vice
president, said the record player
Model 9YU will be sold for $12.95
starting September 30. 1t origi-
nally was listed at $24.95.
The new 45-r.p.m. 7-inch records
were introduced last March.
1t is the latest phase in RCA's
battle to gain the market advan-
tage in the sale of records. The
standard record Is 78 rpm, made
by all the major companies. Co.
lumbia has produced a record that
plays As minutes continuously.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
British Inquest Decides
j. ). Oil Man Was Suicide
BY the Associated Press

SEVEN OAKS. England. Aug
30.-A coroner's inquest decided
today that Hiram Norcross, A.
year -old American Gilman, COM
mitted suicide by cutting his
throat with a penknife.
Mr.. Norcross was found dead in
ditch last Friday between Hever
and Edenbridge. Kent, where he
lived with his wife. and two small
daughters.
He was q research chemist and
had been vice president Of the
Shell Development Corp. since
1912.
DR.. Joseph J. Coulthard testi-
fed Mrs. Norcross told him the
week before her husbands death
that Mr.. Norcross was in a 'fit OF
depression"
Maj. Robert Denne. a neighbor,
said Mr.. Norcross was born in
Kansas. He arrived in the United
Kingdom last December.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
First Civilians Enrolled
Al National War COLLEGE
BY the Associated Press

The National War College and
the Industrial College of the
Armed Forces began their 1949-50
academic year yesterday with
civilians admitted to the indus
trial college for the first time.
The enrolment for both schools
included 229 officers from the
Army, Navy and Air Force and 81
key civilians from Government
departments. .
The Industrial College studies
factors involved in mobilizing the
country's economy in time of war
The object of both colleges is to
train selected individuals for i'm
portant command, staff and plan
ming assignments.
Evening star., 1949-08-30

OF FerCn AHDOy, N. d., 10 Sdlu W
be president.
I have no recollection of ever
having heard of any company by
that name. Nor do I have any
recollection of knowing or ever
meeting a person by the name
of Harold M. Ross.
1t is, nevertheless, entirely pos
sible that I might have made a
telephone call to the Department
of Agriculture making an appoint
ment or addressing a routine in
quiry in a matter affecting the
company. AS I made clear earlier,
I have made hundreds of such
routine calls on behalf of persons
whom did not know. To remem-
Der the occasion or the names OF
more than a small fraction OF
those for whom I performed these
services would be humanity i'm
possible.
Denies Threatening Official.
I will, therefore, assume. even
though I have no recollection OF
the incident, that I spoke by tele-
phone to some representative or
representatives of the Department
of Agriculture at the instance OF
company named Allied Molasses
Co. Beyond that, however, I can
not go. Most emphatically. I can
not concede that I made the state
ments attributed to me by Mr..
Herbert c. Hathorn who, incl
dentally, is unknown to me.
It just doesn't make sense that
would suggest to Mr.. Hathorn or
to any Government employe that
would get his job" if he refused
to grant a request which he sim
cerely regarded as improper or
that I would be instrumental in
rewarding him for betraying his
public trust. I. therefore. must and
do deny that I urged Mr.. Hathorn
to adopt any particular course OF
action in the matter of Allied Mo-
lasses Co. or that I made any
threats to him.
lean only say that the Hathorn
tale is an out-and-out fantasy
insofar as it relates to me. Wheth-
er there was a misunderstanding
by Mr.. Hathorn or whether some
one impersonated me in a tele-
phone conversation with Mr..
Hathorn, I do not know.
There is nothing to conceal in
my record as a public servant. I
will answer any questions you may
wish to ask. I have discharged
my duties honestly and to the best
of my ability.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
957 Interior Emp|oye,
Honored for Work in
Western Snow Relief

Meritorious service citations
were presented to 957 Interior
Department employees today for
their contributions to last winter S
relief operations when blizzards
blanketed much of the West.
The citation, signed by Secre-
tary of Interior Krug, said OF the
employees, Their acts sum up a
stupendous and heroic perform
ance above and beyond the call
Of duty.
The spontaneity of response
and self1ess devotion of the en-
ployes engaged in this unique op-
Grafton were called forth by no
expectation of reward but solely
by the plight of people beset by
misfortune"
The awards went to $40 en-
ployes in the field while II were
made to workers in Interior Offices
here. The latter are.
William E. Warne, an assistant
secretary; William ]. Dougherty
who represented the Secretary ir
Arizona; D. Otis Beasley, assistant
director of the budget division;
Robert H. Officer, budget officer;
A. c. Gamma and Milton w. King
both budget examiners, and in the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, William
Zimmerman, jr., associate commits.
sioner; John H. Provinse, assist.
ant commissioner and their staff
members. Lawrence N. Stevens
Fred H. Daiker, Miss Lucille Alma.
wake Hastings, M. E. Beaupre
Fred H. Massey and J. NJ Brown;
in the Buerau of Land Manage.
ment, Marion ClaWson, director;
Roscoe E. Bell. associate director;
T. w. Mermel, assistant to the
commissioner of reclamation.
At the same time, SO awards
were made to employees of the Mis-
cellaneous Service Division of the
Interior Department for their in.
genuity in devising new work
methods.
Evening star., 1949-08-30

stake" said a statement by spon-
sors of the conference. They i1ls
clude local or regional officers
from the following unions:
American Communications AS
sociation, United Electrical Work.
ers, Food, Tobacco and Agricul-
tural Workers; Amalgamated Litfl-
ographers. National Union of Ma
rine Cooks, Industrial Union Of
Marine and Shipbuilding Workers.
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers;
United Office and Professional
Workers, Transport Workers
Union, Joint Board Fur Dressers
and Dyers, United Furniture
Workers, United Packinghouse
Workers and United Shoe Workers.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Mississippi Election
Made C|ear-Cut Test
OF States Rights Issue
BY the Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss, Aug. 30
Mississippi States Rights Demo-
Gratis laid down a ballot-box chal-
lenge to pro-Trumanites yesterday
and were promptly accepted-with
a stipulation.
The States Fighters called for
special election to name State
committee from tickets of their
own and the pro-Truman element
Gov. Fielding Wright, 1948 States
Right candidate for Vice Pesi-
dent, agreed to the election with
clearly designated tickets to make
the issue clean-cut.
I'VE will be glad to accept" said
Clarence C. Hood. pro-Truman
leader-''if the elections will be
free"
The election challenge came
from the present State Committee,
made up of States Fighters. The
committee also openly defled the
National party organization by
unanimously re-electing the Ma
tional committeeman and commit
teewoman expelled last week by
the National Committee.
j. B. Snider and Mrs. Hermes
Gautier were ousted by the Ma
tional Committee for failure to
support the Truman-Barkley tick
ct last fall.
Their custer was branded at the
State committee session as high
handed. bootlicking" and a
bid for "the Negro vote in the in
dustrial East" This description
came from w. w. Wright. Jackson
industrialist attending as proxy.
THE lines are now clearly
drawn" Mr.. Wright also said. I'VE
are in a fight to keep our place
in the Democratic Party"
Gov. Wright said that before the
special election he will stump the
State in support of the present
committee. The election date will
be set later.
Co-leader with Mr.. Hood of the
Pro-Truman forces is Mrs. John
Clark. These two have been desig-
mated as acting" National COM
mittee members by newly-elected
national chairman, William Boyle.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Colombian Government
Will Fete MiIIerTodoy
by the As,ocioted Pre,s

BOGOTA, Colombia, Aug. 30
Edward G. Miller. jr.. recently
appointed Assistant Secretary of
State for American Republic af-
fairs, yesterday called on Presi-
dent Mariana Ospina Perez and
Foreign Minister Eduardo Zuleta
Angel.
Mr.. Miller is touring Latin
America. The government will
give him a banquet today and
the American colony is giving a
luncheon in his honor. He will
fly back to Washington tomorrow.
stopping en- route in the Canal
Zone.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Herbert Hoover Becomes
"A Greut-Grundfuther
By the Associoted Press


PALO ALTO. Calf. Aug. 30
Herbert Hoover is a great grand
father.
A 7-pound, 4-ounce boy was
born yesterday to the wife Of the
former Presidents grandson,
Herbert Hoover III.
The child will be named steven.
The mother, the former Mere
dith McGilvray. and the baby
were reported doing nicely at the
Palo Alto Hospital.
The grandparents are Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Hoover. jr., of Pasa-
dena, Calf. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Malcolm McGilvray of Palo Alto.
Great Grandfather Hoover is
in New York.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Rites Held in Annapolis
For Mrs. EdeIyn Johnson
Speeioi Dispatch 10 The Star

SPeefo' 1'SPoiS'i W iHe S'o'
ANNAPOLIS. Aug. 3O.-Funeral
services were held today at the
Naval Academy Chapel for Mrs
Edelyn Tilley johnson, wife OF
Commodore. L. P. johnson. USN
retired, former resident of Wash
ington and Annapolis. She died
last Friday in Newport. r. I.
Her father, Rear Admiral Ben
iamin F. Tilley, who died in 1907
was the first naval governor OF
Samoa and was captain of the
cruiser Newport in the Spanish
American War.
Besides her husband Mrs
johnson is survived by a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Emily Price of Newport
and a brother, Comdr. Benjamin
F. Tilley, jr., USN retired. of Cali
fornia.
Burial was in the Naval Acad-
emy Cemetery.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Gen. Vouohon's S Statement to Senators

sumption of business after the
war. Such action by American
businessmen was urged by the
State Department and has been
part of this Governments official
policy in the postwar years-not
only without substantial criticism,
so far as I know. but with warm
support in Congress and else
where. I am sure this committee
would know more about that than
II do; but that is my under
standing.
I have been advised that the
following are the facts in con-
nection with the European trips
of representatives of the Ver-
ley Co.
Complied With Requirements.
The Verley company complied
with such requirements as the State
Department laid down for expe-
diting the business visits of Amer
lean businessmen to Europe. Two
of the fundamental requirements
were that the companies seeking
transportation must have main
tanned prewar business relations
with Europe and that the business
to be helped in Europe would aid
the rehabilitation of Europe.
The Verley company fitted those
requirements; its business dealings
with Europe had been known by
the Department of State as far
back as 1926 and the re-establish-
ment of the production of essen
tial oil in Europe would provide
employment for a large number
of people. The expectation of this
product would improve Europe's
dollar position.
The priorities for the trans
portation the Verley company re-
ceived from our Government in
the postwar period corresponded
with similar facilities made avail
able to many American business
corporations during the same Pc
riod of time-among them some
of the best-known corporations in
America.
With respect to John Maragon.
I have known him since 1941
when he was employed by rail-
road company to assist in obtain
ing transportation for members
of Congress. have had no busi-
ness connections with Mr.. Mara
gon. I have never authorized him
to represent or speak for me, or
the White House. in any matter
pertaining to my duties. Upon
his request, I have given him
assistance in matters when it ap-
peared to be entirely proper to
do so.
Denies Attempt to Influence.
AS for the Tanforan matter,
these are the facts as I recall
them. William Helis, whom I have
known for many years. asked me
to make an appointment for Eu-
gene Mori. an associate Of his,
with the Office of the Housing
Expediter. I made that appoint
ment and sometime later, Mr.. Helis
asked me to make an appointment
with Tighe Woods. the acting
housing expediter, for Mr.. Mori.
I made this appointment also.
When Mr.. Mori arrived in Wash
ington, I went to Mr.. Woods Office
to introduce him to Mr.. Woods and
left shortly thereafter. At no time
did attempt to influence the de-
cision of these Government OFF,
cials.
come next to the testimony
before this committee concerning
my alleged" Intervention with the
Department of Agriculture In a
matter involving Allied Molasses
Co., of which one Harold M. Ross