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Evening star., 1949-02-24
Bishlop0xnamAecepts
NChurchman Award
In Spite OF Threats
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Meth-
odist Bishop G. Bromley Oman
says he was threatened in an
attempt to make him turn down
the 1949 award of the Church.
man, independent Protestant
Episcopal weekly.
In accepting the award last
night at a dinner attended by
some 500 guests, the bishop said
efforts to get him to refuse it ran
the gamut from request, to de-
mand to threat"
He did not give details.
Previously, the Rev. Guy En-
cry Shlpler, editor of The
Churchman. claimed secret po-
lice" groups had tried to get
Bishop Oman to decline the
award and to persuade dinner
sponsors to withdraw.
Several did So.
Liberal Church Journal.
Theodore Kirkpatrick, former
FB1 agent. now managing editor
of the anti-Communist publica-
ton, Counter Attack said yes
terday he had sought to persuade
Bishop Oman to refuse the award.
The bishop, head of the Meth
odist Church in the New York
area, said the overtures to him
were aimed at "the destruction of
the Churchman, a liberal church
journal with more than a hundred
years of history behind it,"
Former Secretary of State
George C. Marshall refused the
award last year on the ground
the Churchman concerns itself
with international affairs, as we'll
as church matters.
The award for the promotion
of good will and better under
standing among peoples" has been
accepted in past years by Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower and the
late Wendell Willkie.
AssailS Catholics.
Bishop Oman, in his address.
called for a "brotherly confer
ence" of Protestant. Catholic and
Jewish leaders to draw up doc
trines of universal religious lib
erty.
The bishop criticized the Catho-
lie Church and some of its leaders
for what he termed "intemperate
utterances" and attempts to "cre-
ate hysteria" over the case Of Car
dinal Mindszenty. He said:
"A church that denies religious
liberty to others, when it has pow
er to do so, Is in an embarrassing
position when it creates the hys-
terra antecedent to war when
others deny religious liberty to it.
Criticizes Red Hysteria.
He said that when a church
insists upon being both state and
church, it's political activities as
state may seriously jeopardize
its liberties as a church"
The bishop assailed Commu-
nism, but said elements in this
country are capitalizing on "con-
temporary fear" of it.
This labelling of patriotic citi-
zens as Communist is new form
Of lynching," he added.
The bishop said, a proper de-
fense cannot be made against
Communism "by men whose minds
are confused by hysteria and
whose hearts are filled with
hatred"
Evening star., 1949-02-24

ceSSor has been
selected, off,
cials of the
Daughters Of
the American
r e v o | u ton
said.
| Mr.. Hand,
who lives at
5000 Connect
ut av e n u e
NV, was for
many years an
actor and the
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q. ger before
taking over the
Evening star., 1949-02-24
President Wants Bruce
To Return to Argentina
BY the Assoeioted Press

President Truman said today he
hopes James Bruce will return tc
Argentina as Ambassador.
Mr.. Bruce, who is now in Wash
ington for consultations. has ex-
pressed a desire to return to pri-
vate business. But he has said he
will do anything the President
asks him to do.
The Presidents comment was
in response to questions at his
news conference.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
School Club to Give PIuy

INDIAN HEAD. Md, Feb. "a
(SpeciaD The Glee Club of the
junior high school will sponsor
the Junior High Follies Of 1949"
in the auditorium Of Lackey High
School at 8 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Hand Constitutional
Manager, TO Retire

Fred E. Hand 81, managing
director of Constitution Hall since
it's completion in 1880, will retire
March /, he said today. No sue
Evening star., 1949-02-24

taxing over LIle "Ai'
managership of Constitution Hall.
A native of College Corner,
Ohio, Mr.. Hand came to the Dis
Evening star., 1949-02-24


OF
auditorium in
would
-APWV
Evening star., 1949-02-24

Uruguay looks for a lively 1949
tourist season, with many Argen-
tine visitors.
Evening star., 1949-02-24

"Aw, stop your kidding"
Evening star., 1949-09-07

forts in the common cause. But
do not let us forget Britain also
has done its share in helping
Others" ...-.
Mr.. Attlee said the aid given by
Britain to other nations amounted
to $1,000, ,00O, 900 and chided Win
ston Churchill for using these pay
ments as the basis for an attack
on the Labor government.
Lid Stays on Wages.
Mr.. Attlee warned British unions
that his Labor government is de-
termined to hold the lid on wages.
The Prime Minister said demands
for bigger pay envelopes without
a matching rise in output lead
straight to imitation"
Mr.. Attlee also appealed to the
British working man to:
/. Help rouse strong public
opinion" against the people who
"are abusing the social services in
such matters as sickness benefits
and the health service"
Q. Be on the alert against in
dustrial disputes stirred up by
Communists.
8. Back an all-out effort to pro
duce goods that in price and quail
ity will command a market in the
dollar area"
Evening star., 1949-09-07
NationaIized Transport
In Britain Shows Loss
BY the Associated Press

LONDON. Sept. 7.-Britain's S
nationalized transport system
ended its first year of operation
with a deficit of G4,732,s24 ($18,-
921 1866.
The British Transport Com
mission said today in a 424-page
report the situation in the year
ended December 81. 1948, was un-
satisfactory.
The nationalized transport sys-
TEN includes Britain's railways,
highway bus lines, inland water
ways and government-owned ho-
tells. The governments airlines
are operated separately.
The trend of traffic receipts
and expenditures in 1949 hold out
no hope that the immediate fu-
ture is likely to show better re-
suits" the report said" at any
rate with the existing levels of
fares, rates and charges"
Items in the deficit were a loss
of f1,714,618 ($6,858,472) in rev.
enue. G2.487,741 ($9,950,964 in
capital redemption payments to
former owners and f530,465 49,
191 $500 in special items" the
chief of which were homecoming
organization expenses, the report
said.
Evening star., 1949-09-07
Soviet Economists Hold
DevoIuotion Is Certain

MOSCOW, Sept. Z (P.-Soviet
economic writer's are convinced
the. British pound and other
European -currencies are going to
be devalued.
The government newspaper
Izvestia, in answer to a question
from a reader, devoted two col
umns today to showing the
inevitability of devaluation.
Today's Moscow newspapers also
published other stories on the
question, including comment from
an italian paper that the fate of
italian finances are being decided
in Washington"
Izvestia declared that the
United States, urged on by an
impending economic crisis, is striv-
ing to devalue not only the pound
sterling, but. also other European
currencies."
Evening star., 1949-09-07
FOUND.

SACHSHUND FOUND-Black with tan
marktngs. found In Silver Spring 81. 6709.
LIGHTER, sterling silver. owners initials.
"S. G. "; at 18th and N. Y. ave. Call
NELSON, at. Ma. 1470.
FOR LOST or unwanted animals. call
WASHINGTON ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE-
II o st. NV. NO. $3.50.
kEPORT ABANDONED ANNALS to THE
ABANDONED ANIMAL RELIEF DEPT. OF
1he Animal Protective Association, Axmtn.
Ster 1850 OF Lockwood 6-0s2s.
Evening star., 1949-09-07
Hidden Jap Explosives
Blow Up, Shake Tokyo
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO. Sept. 7.-Tons of gun
cotton stored in caves by the
japanese before their World
War II surrender blew off the
side of a hill today.
The blast was felt throughout
Tokyo. One injured Japanese
was hoSpitaliZed.
Scores of other Japanese liv-
ing within half-mile of the caves
on Tokyo's outskirts were slightly
cut by flying glass and debris.
Roofs were shattered on two
buildings of a nearby fertilizer
plant.
Allied intelligence officers said
they had no report of explosives
stored in that area. This is re-
quired under occupation regula-
tions.
Evening star., 1949-09-07
British
Continued From First Page.)

after z am. from New York, where
their ship docked last night.
Mr.. Bevin said there that the
discussions starting today are
very serious" as they affect world
politics, adding that they are a
means to win the struggle for one
world, one world of free and dem
ocratic peoples"
American officials generally
agree with Mr.. Bevin's views on
the political Importance of reach
ing a constructive solution of
Britain's economic troubles. They
stress United States interest in
maintaining Britain as strong
partner in the cold war.
If measures based on continued
close Anglo American co-opera-
ton fail to solve the British crisis,
the British may have. to resort to
trying to develop a trade system
largely independent of the United
States, in the view of officials con-
cerned.- Such an economic split
would be a costly dividing element
in the cold war unity of the West
ern powers. -
v Mr.. Snyder and Mr.. Acheson
met with the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee yesterday as
part OF their program to keep
Congress fully informed OF con-
ference developments.
Senator Smith, Republican, of
New Jersey, said after the meeting
that the American representatives
were going into the three-power
talks with no clear-cut program
of what should be done. So
"The American position can be
described, as one of interested re-
ceptivity," Senator Smith said.
May Seek Easing of Restriction.
One thing the British are ex-
pected to ask is relaxation of ECA
restrictions to permit them to
spend Marshall Plan dollars any
where in the world.
Mr.. Abbott said at a news con-
ference yesterday that such action
would be very helpful. Told OF
this comment, Mr.. Bevin said lit
sounds rather good" -
. Other measures expected to be
discussed included increased Amer
ican stockpiling purchases of such
British Commonwealth strategic
materials as rubber and tin; as
sumption by the United States of
some Of the British economic bur-
den in other countries. of the
sterling area. such as India. and
elimination of much red tape in
American customs procedure to
Evening star., 1949-09-07
Glen Echo Heights Citizens
Protest on Sewage Disposal

Residents Of Glen Echo Heights,
Md, are fearful that the lack of
proper" public sewage disposal
facilities in the area may result
in an epidemic, according to the
community's citizens association.
In a letter to DR.. v. l.. Ellicott.
county health officer. the associa-
tion said more than half the
homes in the community have in
dividual sewage disposal systems
and that in some cases they over
flow on top of the ground.
Other homes, according to Phil
lip Thorson. chairman Of the
groups Sanitation and Public
Health Committee, have open
privies and their sewage is dumped
into nearby streams.
DR.. Ellicott is on vacation, but
Sidney I. Wolfson, his executive
assistant, said that so far as he
knew there is no danger Of an
epidemic in the area.
He said sanitation workers
maintain constant supervision
over the construction and opera
tion of septic tanks. ~
Evening star., 1949-09-07
Van Meier, Ward Debate
Falls Church Annexation
Star Staff Photo.

Falls Church City Attorney Ii
Rue Van Meter and Harold A
Ward, fremont civic leader, last
night debated the Falls Church
proposal to annex adjacent Fair.
fax County territory.
More than $50 persons heard
the two speakers at a meeting
sponsored by the Tyler Park Citi-
zens' Association in Odd Fellows
Hall.
The first year after annexation
Mr.. Van Meter declared, will be
difficult" financially for the city
but after that, he predicted, Falls
Church residents would get more
services for their taxes than they
are now receiving.
Mr.. Ward termed annexation
now "a serious gamble" When
the proper time arrives. he de-
clared, annexation will come
about naturally" Taxes of resi-
dents of the annexed area, Mr..
Ward declared. would increase.
Evening star., 1949-09-07
encourage more imports tro
Britain.
700 Picket British Group
Goinq Through New York

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (R).-
Shouting, sign-carrying pickets
dogged British officials last night
as they passed through New York
on their way to economic talks in
Washington.
The pickets chanted such slo-
gans as:
Get rid of those British pan
handlers
And: "There1l always be a Brit
ish empire as long as Uncle Sam
pays for it,"
About 700 pickets were on hand
at the dock as the British dele
CATION, including Foreign Minis
ter Bevin and Chancellor of the
Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps. de-
.barked from the liner Maureta-
mia.
The demonstrators said they
were American Irish minute
men,"
Evening star., 1949-09-07
Gasoline Truck Runs Dry

H. Dalby. car driver in East
London, South Africa, was
stranded when his car ran out
of "gas"-the car being a gaso-
line truck carrying 1000 gallons
that he could not tap.
Evening star., 1949-09-07
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. CO As


rikit Kitiyakara, daughter of the
Siamese Ambassador to Great
Britain. was disclosed here yes
terday. -
The Kings secretary said the
King and Miss Kitiyakara, who is
a student in Lausanne, have been
Evening star., 1949-09-07
Tired Doc Takes Taxi

Simon, a London spaniel be-
longing to the owner of a taxi
service, jumps into a taxi if he
is tired and stays there until the
driver takes him to the address
on the dogs collar.
Evening star., 1949-09-07
Siomese King Engaged
To His Enjoys Daughter
Nv fha Associnfad Rrass

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Sept.
THE engagement of 21-year-
old King Phumiphon Adulet Of
Thailand (Siam) and Miss Ski
Evening star., 1949-09-07

engaged since July 10. No date for
the wedding has been set.
The King has been studying law
at Lausanne University.
Neon is an element present in
the air only to the extent Of IS
millionths of / per cent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-25
20 YEARS AGO {yiT {fHE EMPIRE
NOVEMBER 25, 1929

NOVEMBER 1929
 The Interior Department offered to missing ice bound where on searching parties had been dspached rom Nanuk the Siberian Coast but no report accompanied by Borland mechanic
 Georges greatest statesman died in Paris arrived from Seattle and B D. the for Juneau oNe fiscal office of the Forest Service vacation in Ogden, Utah. to visit
 arnan visiting south for month returned to her home in Juneau.
 Florence Shop returned rom Seattle where business and pleasure Depere struck rock was paeo al towing to Seattle
 R. arrived her first trip to Souheas' Alaska from Cydebank Scotland and was urosly equipped convniences Scores teo the ship port the to Skagway
 Weathe report rain
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-25
VERY DANGEROUS

When the American wife complains about her lot let her consider her British counterpart, who still is subject to several pieces of absurdy antquated bits of legislation. For instance:
 British husbands permitted by law to beat their wives but with instruments no bigger than a thumb.
 The British husband may sue his wife for saving any of housekeeping money for her own purposes He can also demand that she give back JeWelry ana .rnkets received from him unless she can prove that they were out-and-out gifts
 These laws are silly. Chances are nobody pays much attention to them, but they still are on the statute books However, if Lady Helen Nuttmg' heao of the British Married Women's Association has her way the laws will repealed, for she believes that the British wife is no than a chattel m the home.
 More power to the militant noblewoman we are strongly with her in this business, especially Ill the part about the wife beating with an instrument no bigger than a thumb.
 Very dangerous.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-25
Daily lessons in English v. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MsUsED QUITE RIGHT is common, phrase QUITE and ALL RIGHT are oen- tical QUITE RIGHT ALL RIGHT
 OFTEN NdISPRONOUNCED Elixir Pronounce eTlk7ser rst as in ME unrd second in HER accent second syllable. ,.t.,ef 1 lf
 OFTEN MISSPEILED: Indelbe; IBLE not ABLE
 liking resh predectlon tiality
 WORD STUDY: word three times and 1t yours Let us
 eose m vocaburv by mastering Todays word DISCRIMINATE differences between We must ocr nate betwee wrong"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-25
HOSPITAL NOTES

Walter Krebs, James Klingben, Mrs. Alowe Gay and Mrs. Albert Lobo were admitted to St. Ann's Hospital Wednesday. George Brou- illette, Ernest Smith, Mrs. John Doegan and Arthur Davis were ad-
 mitted to St. Ann's yesterday. N. Perry Hobbs. Vivian Paddock and
 Ernest Smith were discharged from St. Ann's Wednesday. Mrs. Louise
 Martineau, Mrs. Arthur Knight and
 Mrs. Alfred Horton and twin girls were discharged from St. Ann's yesterday. -....-......---.-.. ..
 John Picco, 56, who was born in
 Italy, died last night at 7:30 o'clock at St. Ann's. The remains are at the Charles w. Carter Mortuary
 Emma Howard of Tenakee was
 admitted to the Government Hos-
 pital over the holiday, and Bert
 rand Bennett of Hoonah was dis charged
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-25
THE DARK SIDE

It is usually true that every progressive step we take economic and social system has it's adverse features This will be true of the trend toward re- rement pensions in industry. Intrnsicaly it is cer- tainly very good thing All of want security after our years pl oductive labor finished. That is the deep popular demand which underlies the entire social security program It also is the driving force back of recent major strikes.
 But if the great bulk of industrial corporations adopt old age pension plans, new and very difficult problem will arise To handle pensions on a sound actuarial basis companies must lay up reserves to meet pension payments. That creates mighty in vestment problem. Any company now can ina abundant securities for investing such reserves But if all companies follow the same plan-to take the extreme case-they would swamp the lnvestmen. market
 Commenting on this problem Business week notes that secondary effect of pension programs would De
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-25
Thanksgiving Idea

The Mormon Church adopted a Thanksgiving Day idea which larg- CT church groups, or even those af- filiated with no church, might want to adopt.
 The Mormons went without one full meal at this time of the year and donated the amount they would spend for that meal to some one who couldn't afford Thanks giving dinner In many cases they gave the money to the community chest.
 Behind this Mormon gesture is not only the idea of helping ones fellow man, but also the idea that the hunger bangs of one who goes without a meal makes him think a little more about the sufferings of others.
 Perhaps in Washington, D. C., where the people of the capital of the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world have not been able to fill their community chest quota, it might be a good idea to take a leaf from the Mormon's book. If everyone gave up one meal during the week and contributed the equivalent to the community chest, the barometer of community generosity would shoot up to near the boiling point.
 Amateur Diplomats
 Most people have the idea that diplomacy is something to be left to those trained in foreign lang uages, international problems, and the niceties of the social salons. But 24 negroes from Howard Uni versity have just done great thing for their country by touring
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-25
Wall Street Brushoff

Wall Street bankers are in for 8 big brushoff when Cameron s. Cob
 bold. President of the Bank of Eng land, visits the LISA. early next month for a discussion of world
 trade and monetary problems. In the past, Montagu Norman,
 Lord Cato and other Bank of Eng land tycoons always dealt directly with Wall Street when they had business in the United States. They ignored Washington except for so- cial teas.
 However, the British Government has instructed Cobbold to give Wall Street bankers the go-by on this trip and do his talking with the Federal Reserve Board in Washing
 ton. He will make only token,
 courtesy call in New York after his
 business in Washington is finished,
 Federal Reserve insiders report
 that the British banking official
 is not coming here for another
 handout for his Government, but to exchange ideas on how to stimu-
 late trade by a freer exchange of
 currency and of private investment
 capital between the U. $. and Great Britain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-25

to discourage employers from hiring workers above age 40 45 They would require much heavier allot- ments to pension funds And there none too many openings for the middle-aged group
 All this should not be regarded a valid argu- ment against industrial pension plans. It is merely to take note of the fact that awkward prob lems will descend on when pensions for industrial workers become the standard practice It is not toe soon to begin studying these penalties that with progress better be able to handle them without serious national maladustment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-25
Benton's Final Triumph

my opinion" Truman told his sub- ordinate.
 Benton's Final Triumph
 Benton also had a tough time with certain Congressmen, especial fly penny -pinching John Taber of New York, who cut the heart out ot his appropriations. It is interesting to note, however, that Congress later came round to the realization that Benton's propaganda program was one of the most important things the State Department was doing. In fact, most of the things Benton crusaded for have now re- ceived full recognition.
 Despite this, General Marshall, on becoming Secretary of State, asked for Benton's resignation, and the tough-talking former advertis- ing executive retired to Connecticut where he kept busy with the En- cyclopedia Britannica, which he OWLS, dIiu MuHoh, eiiS SOAAPAJ which pipes music into hotels and restaurants all over the United States.
 If Governor Bowles carries out his present intention of appointing his close friend to the Senate, Ben- ton will now vote on the appropria- tions of State Department officials who once conspired to fire him. However, Benton bears no grudges, and when the Democratic Party was having tough time raising money in 1948, he came through with a contribution for the Presi- dent who once eased him out of Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-25
I'll HESE DAY s
 --B Y GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY
 ANYCUrS VNARn
ANGUS WARD

On Mary 31, the State Depart ment notified Angus Ward, the Am7 erican Consul General in Mukden, to close up shop and come home. The Chinese Communists or the Russians would not permit, him or his wife or any of the other of ficers of the consulate to leave. On June 23. Angus Ward managed to notify the State Department that he had made contact with a Con- missar of Red China. On October 24, it was announced by Soviet China over the radio that the Am. erican Consul General, Angus Ward, had been arrested for slapping, a Chinese, a former employee of the American consulate.
 The charge of skipping does not sound real. After all, Angus Ward is 56 years old. He has long and important career in the service of our government since he weht to war in 1917. He has been in China, on and off, since 1925. He knows the customs of that country and the habits of the Chinese. It is not likely that such a man would slap a Chinese, except in self defense or to protect his wife or to keep a swine from splitting on our flag. It had to be a dire provocation, if it happened at all For look at this mans career
 He was born in Canada but lived as a youth in Chassel, Michigan. He joined up when we went into World War I, serving as First
 lieutenant, 1917-19. He then be- came attached to the American Re- lief Administration in Finland and Russia under Herbert Hoover. When