Evening star., 1949-04-14

vents DWIng "ee'
waee level rather than a cents-per-hour law as
Labor Secretary Tobtn told q Senate Labor sub
outdated as a 1888 model tank or airplane in an
atomic era.
Maryland -vireinio News
An open sewer large enough to trap 5-year-
old child" was covered with an iron grating by
Montgomery County authorities. after residents OF
the Alta Vista subdivision protested they did not
want repetition Of the tragedy that befell little
Kathy Fiscus in California.
| ruling in Montgomery County Circuit Court
cleared the way for Samuel Bogley Bethesda real
estate operator to establish small shopping center
at Old Georgetown and Greentree roads Bethesda
suit TO block the shopping center was dismissed.
/ Three women fed to safety when fire destroyed
/ their two-story frame house the Old Indian Head
were Mrs Sarah Edelen. 50: her daughter. Miss
Eva Edelen. 80. and roomer. Mrs Lucy Arnold. TO
Taxicabs operating in Montgomery County will
be equipped with meters In the future. Albert
z. Conrads. County Public Utility Agent viii confer
with cab operators Tuesday at the Bethesda County
Service Building to discuss their operating costs
preliminary move toward fixing meter rates.
| A barking Boston bulldog was credited with
saving the lives OF four persons when fire virtually
destroyed their home In Bethesda. Those who es-
capped are Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Evans; their son.
Roger. 8. and Mrs. Evans mother, Mrs. Claudia
Nine. of Gormania, w. Va. The dog perished IN
the flames.
| Fifty-one cows were saved In a fire that
destroyed the dairy barn on the Joseph Wilson
farm on Sheriff road near Brightseat Md.
BALTIMORE R,-Mrs. Alma Preinkert Of
College Park was installed president and Mrs
Robert ]. Dannemiller. Chevy Chase. vice presi-
dent of the Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs
Telegraph News
| Associated Dispatches.
NEW HAVEN Conn-Dr Charles Seymour, "a
announced his intention to retire as president OF
Yale University on July /. 1850. He has held the
post since 1887 and is Yale's 18th president.
/ NEW YORK-Mabel Boil, the blond Queen
Of Diamonds" Of the roaring 20s. died In State
mental hospital. Her attorney said he was told a
stroke ended the life Of the one time glamour girl
NEW yoRK-James NJ Fitzpatrick, 10, who
served as Democratic Representative in Congress
from 1927 to 1s45 died here.
DETRoTT-George g. Booth "a. founder of
the Michigan Booth chain Of newspapers died
after an illness Of several weeks.
Foreign News
Prom Associated Press Dispatches
N. -
lister Carlo Sforza made strong plea for return OF
Italys prewar African colonies before the United
Nations He said Italy would strive to prepare the
old colonies for independence at the earliest possible
moment
BELGRADE-The third Congress Of the "Peo-
pies Front" of Yugoslavia formally condemned what
1t termed the campaign Of "es and slander directed
by the cominform against Premier Marshal Tito
and his government.
| MUNICH.-American military police used tear
gas to break up q demonstration against what
leaders Of the crowd called Russian persecution
Of churches" The demonstration ended with an
attempt to break into building housing Soviet
| liaison mission.
fcoPENIA0EN-German mustard gas. sunk
to the bottom of the Baltic Sea after the last war
has sent seven Danes to the hospital Doctors said
they were poisoned after eating cod roe from fsh
caught In the contaminated waters. ~@
Moscow.-A Soviet delegation Of SO persons,
including Composer Dmitri Shostakovitch will 60
to the World Peace Congress scheduled for April 25
in Paris.
vIENNA.-Jara Benes, composer Of II operet-
tas and So hlm scores. died here. He was native
of Prague but no relation to the late Czech Presi-
dent.
TUESDAY, APRIL II
locul News
The District Commissioners decided to try to
"recapture" 10000 square feet of office space in the
Central Library Building which they have promised
| to the Public Buildings Administration.
Because Of Easter egg-r'olling festivities Police
Supt. Robert ]. Barrett Cancelled any days OF due
policemen on Easter Monday.
| Scientists meeting at the Agriculture Depart
ment reported new evidence Of the e-hghting
powers Of the most recent wonder drugs"-aureo-
mycin and chloromycetin. Two groups reported
both drugs can reduce drasticay the time Of acute
sickness In undulant fever-cauSed by drinking raw
milk from infected cows.
The Nation must produce two-thirds Of a ton
Of steel year for every man. woman and child to
keep employment full Louis Beam Agriculture De-
partment economist. told the Economic Action Con-
ference.
Gallinger Hospital may be forced to curtail
visiting privileges because Of the increasing number
| of visitors Large crowds are special problem
Sundays. officials said.
The House Public Works Committee concluded
hearings on bill to turn over to the Once Of Ma
tional Capital Parks two Federal highways from
Washington to nearby Maryland-the Baltimore
Washington Parkway and the Sutland Parkway
| David Rand Lee. 81. print shop foreman here.
was held for removal to Baltimore on mail fraud