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Evening star., 1949-11-16
Margaret Mitchell
Hoped for Another
Day, Doctor Testifies

BY the Assoeiotsd Press

ATLANTA, Nov. 16.-Margaret
Mitchell while dying hoped like
her heroine, Scarlett O'Hara, thai
tomorrow would be another day.
The last hours of the famous
author of Gone With the Wind
were described yesterday by DR.
Charles A. Bowman, who treatec
her.
DR.. bowman testified at the
trial OF 29-year-old Hugh D
Gravitt, charged with striking
Miss Mitchell down with hi
motor car on Peachtree street
Gravitt is being tried for invol.
untary manslaughter.
Author Was Unconscious.
The author died at Grady Me.
mortal Hospital on August 16, five
days after she was hurt. DR.. Dow.
man said she was unconscious the
whole time, but in delirium kept
repeating.
"1'n take care of this in the
morning."
This thought was from the last
lines Of her book. There, Scar
lett, deserted by Rhett Butler
said:
I'll think of it all tomorrow al
Tara. - Tomorrow Is another
day."
Gravitt, a cab driver who was
of duty at the time of the ac-
cident, also was indicted for
drunken driving. speeding. driving
on the wrong side of the street
and failing to yield right of way
Policeman c. M. Wingo testi-
fed he smelled alcohol on Gravitt
and that the cabbie was thick
tongued and his eyes didn't
focus"
Doubts Driver Was Drunk.
Police Sergt. j. P. Eaves also
said Gravitt had been drinking
but added. II don't think the
man was drunk"
Another witness was John
Marsh, pale, gray-haired widowe,
Of Miss Mitchell.
Marsh said he never will be
able to forget the motor car bear.
ing down upon his wife as they
crossed the street on their way
to a movie. His voice broke al
he told of seeing 1t strike her ane
hearing her scream.
| He SAID he believed the machine
was travelling at mot less thar
so miles an hour" The cit,
speed limit is Is.
Evening star., 1949-11-16
Marine Corps Unit Insta|Is
In Indian Head Tomorrow
Special Dispufeh 10 The Star

INDIAN HEAD, Md, Nov. 49,
The charter presentation and in,
stallation Of officers of the Secre-
tary Forrestal Detachment, Ma
rine Corps League, of Indian Head
will take place at 8 pm. tomorrow
in the VFW post home.
Frank Cotrufo. ST.. will be in
stalled as commandant and other
officers include Stevenson Manor,
senior vice-commandant; James
Gore. James A. Jett, Gilbert v.
Bailey, Andrew J. Douglas, jr.,
nior-vice-commandants: Billy
Armstrong, judge advocate; Earl
Bailey, adjutant; Thearon Paulk
chaplain and Grady Cockcroft
sergeant at arms.
Departmental c o m m a n d a n I
Glen D. Russell will be the in
stalling officer.
Evening star., 1949-11-16

ings, Is stationed at the WASH
ington end Of Memorial Bridge
and at the approach to the Com
missioners' stand.
Scheduled to provide music along
the parade route are the Police
Boys Club, Anacostia, Roosevelt
and Hyattsville High School and
the Silver Spring Boys and Girls
Elks Bands.
Charles Stofberg, administrative
assistant to Commissioner Young.
is general chairman of the Citi-
zens' Committee for the reception,
and Edgar Morris is chairman of
the Reception Committee.
The Shah will spend tonight at
Blair House as the guest of Pres
ident and Mrs. Truman, who will
give a dinner in his honor tonight
at the Carlton Hotel.
He will move tomorrow morning
to Prospect House, the Georgetown
home of the late Secretary of De-
tense Forrestal, which has been
leased by the Government as a
guest home for distinguished for
eign visitors. His only public
speech here will be at an Overseas
Writer'S luncheon Friday.
Reception for Truman.
The royal visitor will give din
ner and reception for President
Truman at the Shoreham Hotel at
7:45 pm. Friday.
During his stay here the Shah
will visit the. Naval Academy at
Annapolis. Mount Vernon, the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
the Supreme Court, the Capitol,
the Library of Congress, the Ma
tional Gallery Of Art and Walter
Reed Hospital.
His schedule Friday includes a
call on Gen. Bradley and the Joint
Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon.
Saturday afternoon he will see the
George Washington GEORGETOWN
University football game at Grit
fifth Stadium.
On Sunday he will leave for
New York to begin his Nation wide
tour. during which he will inspect
automobile and airplane factories,
irrigation projects, and an aircraft
carrier, and have: a look at Fort
Knox. where Americas gold is
stored, winding up with a week at
Sun Valley. Idaho.
The Capital Transit Co. an
noinced that several Of its down.
town bus and streetcar lines
would be rerouted between 4 and
pm. to facilitate the motorcade.
Recruiting Schedule.
Streetcar and bus reroutings
from 4 to 5 pm. are generally as
follows:
No streetcars will operate on
Pennsylvania avenue between
Ninth and Seventeenth streets
NV. Westbound No. 20 Cabin
John and No. 80 Friendship
Heights lines will be rerouted via
F and G streets from Ninth to
Fourteenth streets and back to
their eastern destinations. East
bound 20s and 30s will turn back
to their destinations at Eighteenth
street, and No. 81 Fourteenth
street line will be rerouted over
F street NV.
The J. L, P, So and T-9 route
buses, which operate to the
terminal across Pennsylvania ave-
nue. on Thirteenth street will
turn back on E street between
Eleventh and Thirteenth streets
NV. @ ,-. @.,it
! Minor changes will be made in
the A. e. R-4. RS. ST. and U
and x bus routes. and in the 80
and 81 streetcar routes.
Evening star., 1949-11-16

narrowly escaped death last Febru-
ary when a would-be assassin. re-
portedly associated with that
party, shot at him five times from
close range. One shot hit the
Shah in the cheek, another in the
side and three went through his
hat.
His majesty's associates long
have been concerned about his
security. Described as very demo-
cratic in his ways, he likes to walk
unguarded about the streets and
mingle with the people. One
American who recently visited Iran
was greatly surprised when the
Shah drove his own car Is miles
out into the country from Tehran
for a picnic, with no sign of any
guards.
Long Known as Persia.
His country long was known to
the Western world as Persia and
its language is properly called Per-
sian. But the people for centuries
have called themselves Iranians-
from the same root word as Aryan.
Several years ago they asked other
nations to call them what they
called themselves, instead Of Per-
slams. Most Of the world has
complied. but to Great Britain
Iran still is Persia.
The visitors title. Shahinshah,
means king of kings" Iranian
authorities say it is perfectly all
right to shorten the title to Shah.
When his father was deposed,
he came to power in September,
1941. and was quoted then by the
Associated Press as saying he
hoped to visit the United States
after the war to gain guidance to
help him make his country a real
democracy"
Brothers Educated in u. S.
He must have heard much about
America from members Of his
family, as we'll as through official
and other sources. One of his
brothers now is a student at the
University Of Michigan. Another.
now in charge Of the seven-year
economic improvement plan, is a
Harvard graduate. A younger
brother got into the headlines
two years ago when he played
hockey from an American school
and caught a plane to Paris.
The Shah's twin sister, Princess
Ashraf Pahlavi, was in Washing
ton two years ago. especially to
visit welfare agencies to gain In
formation to help in her own
social welfare work in Iran. She
now is in Hollywood-but not to
break into the movies.
The Shah is said to have great
deal of religious mysticism about
him. A devout Moslem, he is said
to feel the basic human decencies
comon to most religious provide
the key for preventing wars.
Evening star., 1949-11-16
Bands Along Route.

American and Iranian flags
and welcome" posters are being
displayed and the Fire Depart
ment's inverted "" bearing greet
Evening star., 1949-11-16
Snyder's Party Flying
To Tokyo From Alaska
BY the Associated Press

JUNEAU. Alaska, Nov. 16.-Sec-
retary of the Treasury Snyder and
his party took of from Junea yes
terday on the first lap of a trans
Pacific flight.
Adak is the first scheduled stop
Of the official plane on the cabi-
net members flight to Tokyo, Ma
Mia and Guam.
Rear Admiral Merlin O'Neill,
who has been nominated as COM
mandant Of the Coast Guard, with
headquarters in Washington, is
flying with Mr.. Snyder.
Evening star., 1949-11-16
Former Wins Prize

F. Voller, 80, of Peaslake. Eng
land, won a $12 prize for the
longest service-67 years-with
one farmer, at the Surrey Agricul-
tural Associations Hath annual
show.
Evening star., 1949-11-16
Banker Lists Factors
In Unstable Economy
As'Hearing Is Started
By J. A. O'Leory

The zeal for social justice, the
growth Of collective bargaining
and the rise of the United States
to world leadership are factors
contributing to economic insta-
bility, Joint House-Senate Eco
nomic subcommittee was told to-
day.
Alfred H. williams, president
of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphia, said he is concerned
over current persistent tenden-
cies toward inf1ation," and added
that they are derived partly from
these movements.
He was the first witness at hear
ings into the fiscal policies of the
Government, presided over by
Senator Douglas, Democrat, of
Illinois.
Flanders Urges Budget Cut.
AS the hearings got underway,
Senator Flanders, Republican, of
Vermont, urged Congress to take
steps in January to head off an
impending $5,50o,O00.000 Federal
deficit next June by cutting exist
ing appropriations and avoiding
heavy new undertakings.
When MIR. Williams mentioned
zeal for social justice" as one of
five basic inf1ationary factors, SEN
Ator Douglas inquired whether he
was expressing fear that social
welfare legislation will exert a
STEADY inf1ationary pressure?"
The witness said that was a fair
statement.
Welfare Plans Stressed.
"Of course, 78 per cent of our
present budget goes for items re-
sulting from past wars or future
national defense made necessary
by unsettled world conditions,
Senator Douglas responded. And
was wondering if you would not
add that as one of the factors"
Senator Douglas went on to
point out that specific welfare
programs comprise only $780,
100000 out of the current budget
Of $43,500. 900 900.
Mr.. Williams readily agreed
that the expenditures growing out
of past war and preparedness are
a factor. and are wasteful except
to the extent that they provide a
feeling of security.
Senator Douglas said he merely
wanted to keep the record straight
so that "the so-called welfare state
would not be charged with full
responsibility for unbalancing the
budget"
Must Push Stability.
Mr.. Williams conclusion was
that 1--WE have got to redouble
our efforts to achieve stability at
high levels of production and rea-
Sonaply stable prices.
Administration officials esti-
mated recently the Treasury will
be $500. 600, 900 in the red by
June 80. but Senator Flanders said
1t still will be possible. for Con-
gress to bring the budget for this
fiscal year into balance when it
returns in January.
I'VE must cut two, three OF four
billions of that" said the YER
monter, referring to the deficit.
land think we can, although it
comes hard, for every Senator has
something he thinks money should
be spent for"
Would Cut European Aid.
Asked how he would approach
the cutting job, the Senator said:
Take something off European aid
and military expenditures and
avoid going deeply into new under
takings."
Senator Flanders told reporters
he thought any attempt to raise
taxes as means OF meeting the
deficit would be going the wrong
way. He conceded the Republican
tax reduction law of two years
ago was a mistake because of the
form it took lowering income
rates..
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Aroentino Seeks Tourists

Argentina has increased hotel
accommodations fivefold to attract
tourists, and government-admin-
istered hotels now can receive
yearly $4,000 travellers for an
average stay of seven days.
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Bidau|t Threatens
To Quit Over Budget
By the Associofed Press

PARIS, Dec. 15.-Premier
Georges Bidault's coalition cabi-
net told Parliament yesterday it
would resign unless it gets the tax
increasing budget it wants.
The cabinet decided to let Mr..
Bidault ask for a vote OF conf
dence whenever he thinks 1t nee
essary In the forthcoming budget
debate.
The question of confidence is
equivalent to an ultimatum from
the cabinet to Parliament: Give
us a majority vote on this point,
or we will quit"
A resignation like that would
open the way to new parliament
tary elections. These could be
ordered by the outgoing cabinet,
If President Vincent Auriol agreed,
without the deputies themselves
having to vote to risk their Jobs.
So far, the cabinet and the AS
|sembly's Finance Committee have
failed to reach their usual agree
|ment on the budget bill before 1t
goes to the floor of the House for
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Macarthur Approves
jap Art Tour Of i. ).
By the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Gen.
Douglas Macarthur has promised
his hearty support" to a plan
for bringing Japanese art treas
ures here for exhibit.
Gen. Macarthur wrote to ap-
prove the plan after receiving a
letter from Pearl Buck, the au-
thor, and DR.. Harry Emerson Fos-
dick, pastor emeritus Of Riverside
Church.
The letter also was signed by
DR.. John Dewey, DR.. Lyman Bry-
son of the Columbia University
Teachers College Institute OF
Adult Education, and DR.. John
II. Mish, chief of the Oriental
Division of the New York Public
Library.
They are members Of the spon-
soring committee for a proposed
loan exhibition of japanese works
principally those Of the 18th Gen.
tury master, Sesshu.
They asked that the paintings
first be shown publicly in Japan
and then be sent to American
museums.
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Steel
Continued From First Page.)

tCOnJlnueQ FTOm rUSG FdecJ
less than three months since a
Federal fact-flnding board con-
cluded that in the light Of the tre-
mendous steel profits, price reduc-
tions-not ncreases-were in or
der"
The fact-finding board had been
appointed by President Truman to
recommend a solution to the steel
contract dispute. The three-man
board recommended pensions and
insurance plans to be financed by
the companies, but said a fourth
round postwar wage increase IN
the steel industry would be DAM
aging to the economy.
On the basis of that report, Mr..
Murray dropped his wage de-
mands and concentrated on pen
sions and insurance, which the
steelworkers achieved after a long
and bitter strike.
Mr.. Fairless would not say
whether most products would be
raised in price or lowered, but he
said the increases would have to
be made because of higher costs.
Another big steel company, In
land Steel, said it has had no plan
to change prices. But j. L. Block,
vice president in charge Of sales
added, well study United States
Steel's prices when they are is
Steel's prices when they are is
sued and make our own deci-
sions."
Mr.. Block said Inland Steel be-
lieved some change would have to
be made in prices to Offset in
creased costs.
Discussing the pension plan, Mr..
Fairless said the liability incurred
by the company under its terms
was colossal" He advised news
men to "Just let 1t go at that"
Pension costs are a greater LA
bility than wage increases, Mr..
Evening star., 1949-12-15

jr., 80. were taken into custody
after a fracas in Reuben's restau-
rant. Police said fists started
flying after a patron expressed
doubt that Brickley was the 1912
13 Harvard grid great.
THAT happens all the time,
Brickley, now So and an advertis-
ing salesman, told the magistrate,
Fame is very fleeting."
Brickley's lawyer. Walter c. B
Schlesinger, said his client de-
finitely was the one time football
star.
Both Brickley and his son were
paroled in the lawyers custody
for hearing December % on dis
orderly conduct charges.
Evening star., 1949-12-15

Fairless said. Wage increases
vary with the rate Of operations OF
steel company. but pension costs
stay constant even when opera
tions decline, he explained.
Mr.. Fairless said that at present
steel business was "Very, very
good" He said the company ex-
pected capacity or near capacity
operations for the first six months
Of 1850. After that, he thought
operations might sag to IS per
cent of capacity.
Good Business Anticipated.
General business also should
continue good during the first six
months Of 1850, Mr.. Fairless said
He said he hesitated to say what
conditions would prevail beyond
then, but said he thought there
would be nothing drastic" in the
way of an economic let-down.
Concerning current coal negoti-
ations, Mr.. Fairless said, I'VE be-
lieve it is essential that the COM
mercial operators make a contract
satisfactory to them before we
negotiate with the United Mine
Workers"
Mr.. Fairless added. 1--WE are in
full accord with the position OF
resistance to the UMW's demands
which the major commercial coal
operators are taking"
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Du Mont Challenges Patents
On Te|evision Held by RCA
By the Assoejofed Press

WILMINGTON, Del, Dec. 15.-
The Allen B. Du Mont Labora'
tories, Inc, has challenged the
validity of certain television pat
ents owned by the Radio Corp
of America.
In a declaratory Judgment suit
filed in Federal District Court
yesterday the Du Mont firm said
RCA has charged infringement
by television receivers manufac-
tured and sold by Du Mont under
nine different models and the
cathode ray tube made and sold
by Du Mont.
Du Mont denied infringement
and alleged the patents are in
valid "to the extent that they
may have colorado revelancy" to
Du Mont equipment.
Du Mont has charged RCA has
conspired with others to monop-
olize and restrain trade in the
television receiver. cathode ray
tube and radio equipment field.
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Asiutic Aid
CONTINUED From First Page0

Canadian foreign and finance
ministers to seek a long-range
solution to Britain's economic
plight.
The British representative is
Sir Leslie Rowan, onetime Ma
tional Planning Board chief.
A report of the working party's
talks is going to be debated by
commonwealth foreign ministers
who meet in Ceylon January g.
The British source said the
conference may be asked to de-
eide on specific proposals-with
the idea of putting a definite plan
to the United States.
The British'argument reportedly
is this:
Britain almost alone now Is boil
stering hard-pressed India and
Pakistan against looming Com
munist shadows.
Her support since the war has
taken the form of machinery and
goods urgently needed by the two
commonwealth governments.
These goods are not being paid
for in cash. They are being marked
against the two countries wartime
sterling balances.
Britain would like to keep her
markets in the Indian subconti-
nent but at the same time she
wants American help to pay of
these sterling debts. Her idea Is
that the United States should keep
on sending Britain free dollar
goods as long as Britain keeps
sending India and Pakistan the
goods they need.
Britain would like this idea to
take in other West European
countries, like the Netherlands
and France, which have holdings
in Asia. This, she has told the
United States and Canada, would
consolidate the Western hold on
Asia.
The informant reported the
British government does not fore
see or seek any swift fulflllment
of this project.
Results Seen in 1882.
Instead, it sees the idea bearing
fruit just about the time the
European Recovery Program ends
in 1852.
Therefore, the sources said, the
British are not urging that nego-
tiations should begin soon. They're
lust planting the seed now.
They seem to think, too, that
the American Government, Con-
gress and people probably would
rather wait until they see how
next years British general elec-
tions turn out.
However, a meeting among the
three countries foreign and
finance ministers on the whole
question is expected to take place
next spring or summer.
The sterling balances involved
are about 10 times what Britain
is receiving in Marshall Plan aid
this year.
Britain owes total Of about f3,-
800, 900, 900 (S9,24O,O00,0 ,000) worth
of sterling at the moment. About
half is frozen.
India's share is about f650,000,-
600 ($1,720,0 100000. Pakistan's
about f150,000, 900 ($420,000,000)
Egypt's about f25O. 100000 ($70O,-
100000 and Iraq and Burma
about f25,000,0O0 ($70,000,000)
~,
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Five More Rescued ,
II Believed Lost in
Dutch Ship Explosion
By the Assoeiotsd Press

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 15.-Thirteen
survivors of the Dutch motorship
Doros were safe today but it was
feared the remaining II crewmen
had perished.
Five men were picked up by the
SIS Williamsburg last night. They
reported the ships cook had died
and was buried at sea.
Eight others were brought here
earlier in the day after being res
cued from a lifeboat by the Amer
lean tanker Sparrows Point.
The Williamsburg radioed that
it had picked up the men just be-
fore midnight about 35 miles due
North of San Salvador, a little
South of where tragedy overlook
the 921-ton Doros Monday morn
ing.
Plane Reaches Area.
One Coast Guard plane took off
early today to search the area
about 300 miles due East Of Miami
where the Doros, bound from New
York to Haiti, exploded and
burned.
The Coast Guard cutter Mo-
coma was at the scene, but there
was little chance that the 10 men
unaccounted for had survived, the
Coast Guard said.
The Williamsburg planned to
question the five survivors it had
aboard to learn If there was a
possibility some others might still
be alive.
The five men were reported in
good condition and the Williams
burg was expected to continue to
Philadelphia. arriving there Sat-
urday. The sea was rough but
the ship was making about IA
knots, the Coast Guard said.
The Williamsburg quoted the
men as saying the cook, identified
by representative of the Royal
Netherlands Steamship Co., as
Bruyn Van Rosenburg, died and
was buried at sea.
Five Others Identified.
The five others were listed as
Charles Durham. Antonia Skippi,
Thomas Williams, Lucian Pastel
and Franklin Misick.
Roelf Helmers, 81, chief en-
gineer from Amsterdam. and seven
West Indian crewmen were
brought here by a Coast Guard
mariner plane and hospitalized.
Mr.. Helmers said he believed
the captain, chief mate, second
and third mates, apprentice elec-
trician, second and third assistant
engineers and the steward were
lost.
The Doros was carrying general
cargo. What caused her to ex-
plode may be determined by a
Board of Inquiry.
Evening star., 1949-12-15
YugosIovio Denounces
Kostoy's Death Sentence

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Dec. Is
R.-Yugoslavia today denounced
the Bulgarian trial and death
sentence of former Vice Premier
Traicho Kostov as "f1asco."
An official government spokes-
man scoffed again at the charges
brought out in the trial that Kos
tov and his 10 co-defendants
plotted with Yugoslavs to turn
Bulgaria over to Premier-Marshal
Tito.
The spokesman said 1t was "a
peculiar kind of court which SEN
tences to death a man who denies
the charges against him and then
lets off with less than the death
penalty the defendants who admit
the charges"
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Police Break Up Scrimmage
OF Former Harvard Star
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Charles
G.. Brickley, Harvard's famed
drop kicker Of pre-World War I
days, wound up in police court
yesterday after a pre-dawn scrim-
mage that nearly a dozen police
men had hard time breaking up.
Commented Magistrate Charles
F.. Murphy: II know they need a
10-man line for Notre Dame but
I didn't expect they'd need 10
man line for Harvard"
Brickley and his son Charles,