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Evening star., 1949-11-20
MRS. SIMPSON.
Harris & EfDing Photo.

Harris q EfCfng PHOt0.
At 2 o'clock in st. Johns Epis-
copal Church yesterday afternoon
Miss Maxine Elizabeth Lytle of
Guilford. Conn, and Washington
was married to Mr.. James Ruff1n
Simpson Of Greensboro, N. c. The
Rev. C.. Leslie Glenn ofdciated at
the ceremony, which was followed
by a reception in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fay c. Squires OF
Arlington. The bride is the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Frank Allen Brown
and the late Mr.. Carl S. Lytle OF
Guilford; the groom, the son of
Mrs. Henry Clay Simpson and the
late Mr.. SimpSOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05
Chieoeo Grain

CHICAGO, .Apru 5 H1.-Prices worked
lower IN light, trading, alter an open
Nay n" oi a. he h ons e ,d to
above yesterdays close. but that contract
soon slippsd fractionalIy lower.
Pit traders SAID there was NO buyins
time antiI seeretary OF Asticuiiurs srsn~
nan appears before the Joint Senate HOUSE
Agriculture COMMITTEES THURSDAY.
=, Lssd and soy6es sn. which showed some
a. the start on yesterdays lower close OF
DurIns the FRS, hour wheat was un-
xss : hiEhsr to i loxsf May, ,sSts.
May. $50. soybeans were l. to IA
lower: May, sie: and lard was II TO 20
The visible 0' SUPPLY iy". Of corn decreased
79t 900 bushels last week TO total OF
"a 1897, 900 bushels. Shipments from the
country continued to lag and spot traders
say that price increases is the only thing
that will bring corn from the farms. To-
DAYS estimated track Eeceipts were placed
at - cars.
A, statement by President Ralph Triss
Of the Commodity Credit Corp. that wheat
taken by the Government on default of
loans April 80 or soon thereafter win be
turned INTO export channels attracted
A taperins of Of Ccc purchases has
been noted and II defaults are large q
considerable decrease in Government pur-
ehsses is anticipated Weather over the
winter wheat and corn areas is said 10
be generally fair with risins temperatures
Broomhall. British grain authority. re-
ports that European crop conditions are
not too favorable. while there have
lack OF adequate moisture Is causing some
concern, the report said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05
longshoremen Meet
To Study Link 10 Clio

SAN FRANCISCO Apsa
Harry Bridges eoAs,trs A.s Go
lonxsaors union - ie:f ~snK
called q closed Ses1>~ TO-DAY "a
daSaS il re.s,lcnsA2r ~3ts thr
cro
Mr. Rrsoses frequently has found
himself a. Gods vsin ra!lccA.
headquarters most recently n RS
opposition 70 TIE MsrshaIl FlAr
and his support Q: Henry wallace
But M Bridges. president q
The International Long >ssosrmen :
and WArehoQsmsnS tnson. SAs
reported in convention circles e
be insisting that the organization
stick within the Go trRmsp OK
despite the clash u1ih TOP Go
ofrciAls
The nwU Is holdfns ls esen.
NAL convention
Mr. BRIDGES told ns~Smrn thsy
would not oe admitted 70 the ses-
SION
We are soins 10 lake our hAlf
down and talk back TO eAch other
he said We don't want employ
ers 10 make a field GAY Of II
Leader Of the opposition to Mr.
Bridges Is James Kearney pred-
dent Of uWu Local 10 in San
Francisco.
In his report 10 the 200 dele
gates yesterday Mr. Bridges said
The National Go - engAgtng
IN arbitrary actions that directly
AFFECT the autonomous rights al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05
Chicuao Livestock

CHICAGO. Anrii . tspl---fusnA, sal.
s s1ts n" as-sS sishsr: 6u, tI.a. i "a.
and closed dsii with mos, sdsanes lost
and choice iso-e4o pounds. 90 90 20 30,
25O-27e pounds 1926; go on. 2so-3n.
scarce: few 3e5-375 pounds, So : -
good and choice soss undsr 400 pounds
scarce at fs 5a-iT ab: 425-50o pourox.
IL bo-1s.eB; heavier veiThf down to IA 30
for around soo-pound syersss, ,.
500; steers sradins sysraEs-ehc'e. a nc
less active. but mostly steady other kiil.
h ins Close. ssesss .roass pound FED .,..,,
scattered load. and lots sversss-to.hisn-
choice j a25- $50 pound weights. - 80
2s0s bulk medium TO lo.1sheses sts.rs r.
80 25- 20 Is. load ehotes pb@-poune isc
heiferS %. So IS 90: beef eess. 20 90
down. Gamers and cutters. o. $40
sausage bulls 80 So down: sood aDe choice
vealers. - 00-3i 90; top. II 90 EiefEIs
and feeders steady. two losts sooe 7e5-
pound feeding yearlings, Ease.
Salsbis xheep~-i 600 slauehtsr lambs
steady 70 weak; high-ehoiee kinds absent
good to choice woolsc lambs tonrrd o.
3d3s; three loads fed colorsoo' % 81
30 no; two los a. 81 outside crtcss slsashtfr
ewes 1900 down
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05
Stock Market Steady
A: Slight Decline
Revives Buying

NEW YORK. April 5-A small
decline in stock prices uncovered
enough demand 10 keep the mar
ket on steady footing today
Losses outw'e lehed gains by a
narrow margin but changes either
way we're mainly in small frac-
tons.
A fair amount Of business was
done The ticker tape. though.
frequently came 20 q fun stop.
Profit taking clipped the oil
group. which stepped ahead
smartly in yesterdays grading
Amerada lost around points and
smaller declines were posted for
Standard Oil New Jersey, Gulf
and Pure OIL.
Some stocks responded to Spe-
cifc news Developments. Texas
Pacific Land Trust. for instance.
reported net income for la4s bal
looned to s4.7l2.e22 from s2.4sl. =
706 In l947 and stock moved to a
new le49 peak.
United Cigar Whelan also
reached high for the year with
a fractional gain a. 3ss.
Others ahead were Chrysler,
United Aircraft. Consolidated Nat
ural Gas. Du Point. United States
Gypsum, Western Air Lines and
Texas Co.
On the losing side were Bethle-
hem Steel. Republic Steel. General
Motors. Montgomery Ward. J. I,
Case, Phelps Dodge Copper. West
inghouse Electric, Union Carbide.
J. c. Penney, Radio Corp. Amerl-
can Wooden, Chesa peake g. Ohio,
Nickel Plate. United Air Lines and
Paramount Pictures.
Corporate bonds moved narrow
ly. United States Government is
sues wobbled a bit in over-the.
counter dealings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05
New York Produce

NEW YORK. Aprtl 8 1T-Batier. s7ss.
p43. steady wholesale prices On ealk
cartons Creamery. hisher tssn ser
(AAl. sais cents; % trose tAl, soss; %
score tBl, 5eis-ses., 50 score &C.. sss.-
Cheese. es0.7:3, STEADY. prices I'm
wholesale esq prices we're sltxhtly kIsh.
sr today. receipts totsied 5i,sSs easss
Spot quotations follow.
Miowestsra, mixed roiors fancy hssvy
weights, 50-6l. extra ! iargs. ~ Extra .
large. 4E. extra ] medium. 4Tis. current
receipts 44-4s: cirtsss. 4s-4s; ehseks
43Ms,
Whites fancy heavy wsasnts, A3-s 10
extra isrse, 81 hs-51s extra : lsrgs, s9a4
extra l medium. SOFA
Browns, fancy hssvsvsishta sia4-ks
extra I arse. Sob; extra larss. %.
extrs l medium. skS
Nearby ftop quotations on nssrby shlis
and brown egTs represent hiErset vseis-
sale sesiirz prices fer N. krest marks
avaiisbis ana not payinK rrstes 70 Ere
oucers or shtppsrsi. u
whites, extra fancy hesv, vstshsA s.
So; farey heavy seiThts. Ss-ks: nsesurs-
5o-bi.
Browns. -xtrs fancy heayy w,isha So
s.. fancy hssvy setshss, $3.50 mscfuss1-
a. 30.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05
Produce Markets

Baltimore quotations furnished BY the
united states Department Of Agriculture.
Cattle-2oo. Early sales confined TO odd
lols COWS; prices about steady with yest.r-
II nsF 20 fsT common .nnsr, .na medium COWS
49, ODD head. Eood ssusase bulls,
calyes-l25 Slow, mostly steady, with
early sales, GOOD and choice vealsrx, IS 90.
~ 90 latter price top and also top QUO
u. o1-20 90; But range Of prices. Is 10
HossI; 600 SLOW but ii HGI Tei & s. a ND
early sales. 5000 and choice tfueR tsd. in
I sFSs 4nH SIS pounds oS aS
3go pounds l7:1S.fs 90; 360-36o pounds,
i,Sd3-l7 90 S50-Io0 pounds, 1915
600 400 POUNDS and heavier. An
pounds, lse5-5o' l60-1so pounds, 20 90
400-450 pounds l400-25; $50 pounds
discounted 200 from price paid Tor same I'M,
welTht sows, outlet very marrow for few
sikef 10 gaGbasst.d hogs ssnsTay
same weieb1 Sr lIguhs from price paid Tor
sheep-25. Nothing in early; quota.
eSGs. 8ooaa .n Ssnee on.s seed and
better. choice wooIed ewes TO ls'So; lsIs
yyss tt 10 afternoon small lot good sprins
IHHINS' paw small lot cDOlce wOOleC
ewes, 1880. 30 above previous quota
ton; other common to good ewes 6 90.
Grain Market.
Flour-Receipts, $3.50 l0O-pound sacks
Wheat.Receipts, 6s,437 bushels: ship
m sm.nsi, III i634 bushels; stocks. sea:
domestic. 239 April, 2 30; No. rec
winter Earlieky. spot, 2.36
Corn--Receipts, 23p, 6o3 bushels: ship,
ments. none. stocks, l,566.0sS bushels
Oats Receipts 1,f0l bushels, ship
msnts, ncrss stocks. 6T3.I0s bushels NJ
auotations.Ss.3 1,ef :,
Barley-Receipts IS ao4 bushels, ship
ments' none; stocks, 252-2l0 bushels
Rye-Receipts, 6l,l12 bushels: ship
ments; none; stocks, 347.4s2 bushels
:, Soybeans Receipts, a4.2O5 bushels
shipments none; stocks, 1881 $50 bushels
Millfeed-Receipts. 4S6 tons.
Butter and EgEs.
EggsrM.; rket about unbalanced, Price,
not available
4eceipts-Esss. 1918 eases. butter
4. 25S pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05
American Security
And Peoples Drug
Shares Active
By Edword G. Stone

Peoples Drug and American Sc
eurity e. Trust Co. stocks figured
much more prominently in March
trading on the Washington Stock
Exchange than in any. other re-
cent month, the official summary
out today, discloses. Trading in
Peoples Drug totaled sos shares
and in American Security, 800
shares.
March trading in all issues
reached 25.272 shares against 25,-
4s4 in February and 14,304 In
March a year ago. Potomac Elec-
tric Power common again headed
the list with a turnover of 1920
shares, far above the February
total.
Virginia Electric Il Power COM
mon. with sales Of 2,756 shares,
and Washington Gas common
with a turnover Of 1924. were fol-
lowed by American Telephone
sales reaching LII shares. Gar
finckel and Hecht shares and
Lanston Monotype were among
the more active issues in a month
that saw some of the liveliest
trading sessions on record.
Hirsch Expands Office.
Hirsch & Co., members of the
New York Stock Exchange, today
announced the establishment in
the Washington branch at 1924 ]
street NV. of a mutual fund de-
partment under the management
of F. r. Chatfield.
Mr.. Chatf1eld was the originator
and president of the r. r. Chat
field Co. of Boston, and has had
20 years experience in the study
and sale of mutual fund shares.
He was born and educated in Eng
land, where these funds got their
start. The manager of the Wash
ington Office is Oscar Coolican.
Furniture Dealers Confer.
Leaders in the National Retail
Furniture Association held re-
gional conference at the Shoreham
Hotel today. Tomorrow Bust
ness" was the general theme.
Short luncheon talks were made
by Don Jordan, Roanoke; Walter
Schob, Philadelphia; James G..
Law, Bloomsbury, Pa. and John
w. Craig, Cincinnati. all manu-
facturers, who discussed THE
Home Goods Outlook"
Lawrence Clayton, member, Fed
eral Reserve Board. was to address
the afternoon session on "Regula-
ton W.; w. j. Lockwood. Housing
Authority, on Housing Prospects
and the Home Goods Industry"
and Dexter M. Keezer of Business
Week, on the Business Outlook. :"
Maury Nee will preside at din
ner this evening, with Senator
O'Mahoney as guest speaker.
Financial District Notes.
The McElfresh Agency of the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Co. today was host to Frederick
o. Lyter of Hartford. superin-
tendent Of agencies. The agency
is now 100 years old. having been
established in March. 1849. when
Zachary Taylor was President
Trading is expected to pick up
shortly in Pepco preferreds on the
Washington Stock Exchange as
these issues are not to be called.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05
Market AVERAGES
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, April tr.-cotton fu-
lures sarEed in forenoon trading today on
scattered hsdsinx and selling by local
traders. Only scale down trade support
was in evidence
Widespread rains reported In the South
we're expected to delay crop preparations
and plantings
Most traders held TO the sidelines pend
ins action by Consress on ECA funds and
decla RAJ ton by the Secretary Of Agriculture
Of his views on farm price supports
Noon prices we're + 10 ~ rents bale
lower than the previous close. Nav. 50 81;
July. 81 b: Octnher. IS IS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05
1 Business Briefs
Business Failures increased

BUSINESS Failures increased 10
216 In the week ended March 81,
largest total since May 81. 1912,
and compared with 166 in the
previous week. 81 in the like 1948
week and $40 in the like 1889
week-Dun IL Bradstreet.
Member Firm Borrowings ex-
banded to $500. 341, 730 on March
81 VS.. $313,20S,979 a month earlier
and $272,317,195 a year earlier
New York Stock Exchange.
Bush Terminal Building Co.
stockholders rejected a manage
ment proposal to split common
shares 20 for /.
Appalachian Power Co. asked
SEC permission to borrow $lS.-
900 900 from four banks.
General Public Utilities Corp.
asked SEC permission to offer 49,
ga shares of its common stock
holdings in New York State Elec-
trio 81 Gas Corp. to General hold
ers at $4l a share.
National City Bank of New York
reported net income for the first
1s4s quarter was $4,761 ,005 or II
cents a share VS.. s4,567 1922 or 70
cents a year earlier.
Kroger Co. sales in four weeks
ended March IS totaled S64, $780,
OIL or 80 above a year ago.
Southern Pacific Transportation
System had a deficit of $l,304 1877
in two months ended February %
VS.. net income of 81, 325,772 or $1.15
a share in the same 1948 period.
Tide Water Associated Oil Co.
earned $38,618,000 or S6.o4 share
in 194s VS.. 500 $3.50. 900 or s4.57 in
the previous year.
West Penn Electric Co. and sub
salaries had net income of $10,-
9o6, 1877 or 1888 in 1948 VS.. So
49,, 889 or $3.07 in 1947.
General AniIine g. Film Corp.
earned $8,604,919 in 1948 VS.. So
333,250 in the previous year.
International Cellucotton Prod
ucts Co. profit for 1948 was ST.
100, 6s6 or $5.97 VS.. S3,787, 535 or
1919 in 1947.
Anaconda Wire & Gable Co
earned s7,009, 1876 or $3.50 in 194e
VS.. s8,480,513 or $10.05 In the
previous year.
bravo Corp. net income for 1s4e
was s4,1s5,825 or 1928 VS.. So
e3s,s31 or $40 in 1947.
Stone g. Webster, Inc, earned
s6,4e4,59s or $500 in 1913 VS.. ST..
56S,7o2 or s1.22.
Colonial Mills, Inc, profit fol
three months ended February q
was $685., 352 or s1.o8 VS.. $2.2s2 ,22s
or $3.50 a year earlier.
Peter Paul. Inc, earned $685.
$40 or $4.97 in 1948 VS.. $2,6S2, ISL
or 1894 in the previous year.
Climax Molybdenum Co. net fol
1s4s was s2,61s,460 or $1.04 VS.
$2.432.210 or 81 cents in 1s47.
Eastern Air Lines, Inc, earned
$2,346.871 or SO cents in 1s4s VS.
III ,259, l96 or oS Genus.
Warner Co. net for 194S was 81
27S,Ss7 or SAFE VS.. 81 ,580.535 Of
$3.50 in 1947.
A. Stein d Co. earned S2.046,37'
or $4.33 In 1913 VS.. $l.967 ,o23 o.
SALT In the previous year.
United States Printing & Lith
sgraphing Co. profit for 1948 wa
SI.s56,433 or $11.12 VS.. $2,720, 76'
br 1854 in 1947.
United Stores Corp. earned ST.,
s42,3s7 In 1913 VS.. 81 1888. 22e il
the previous year.
/ Buffalo Bolt Co. net for 1874
was 81 ,S62 ,31s or $4.59 VS.. 81 ,666,
90 or S4.16 In 1947.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05

sales-
oi.idsnd IA Rata. 90 o. HIN Log. lis. es he.
Rooisorth "a Ia asa AS xs -
yALE&TWNEis ana zoss aoss u
YORK Corr q - 81 80 ssA
YORK CO Of ah Ss - s. : "A
Ynsst sn hTs II ssss SPA ssss Il
ZENITH iae soAS JosS zoe 60 y
Zonite Pro ieg IL BE 81 80
Hsuriy Sales On the Eaehanss Tsda,s
{ 10 n a 100 600 t.,sft4 $50 600
I 90 m 500 600 aoanm 600 oos
tJnit Of trading 10 shRrss sfn eanE-
under me Bankrurte, Act Or secnri. ses
assumed es such companies Rates Of CIV.
sdends IN the fcregcins table are annual
disbursements BASED On the last quarterly
= ssmi:s nnuaI aselarstion unlsss ether.
wise noted special or extra oiyicends are
not included cid Caned 3 In dividend
IT II rights Alse extra OF extras pius
last gear fPsyahie IN stock. estimated
cash sahs % e1-eiytcsnd dsts De-
eiared or laid % far this year b Deslaree
n paid after stoek DIVIDEND OF split-uD
& Declared or rAid aais rear. IN acrHfr gsa.
tive issue with dividends n arrears. Paid
.his year isvtcend omitted eeferre6 o. Ne
set!cn taken ~ last dtvieend meefing
: Declared 1913 cayshis In 1919 Liaui-
DATING dividend q Parable 20 stcck. sxaes
eash vaius undsterminsd 90 dselafStson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05
Industrial Scrap Prices Cut
So "a Ton More al PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH. April s-ind9x-
trial scrsp prices t4moaec ts q
ton TODAY n The Pittsburgh dis
trlct as dealers me-; steel industry
demands for further reductions
The latest price drop Was re
portecly made in q wei-ton Steel
Co. purchase at SIS a ton 70. 5 900
tons Of No : dealers heavy melt
ina I, MAS the largest order
placed in Sve-A months and cut
The s3l week end price
The drop marked re6ue tons
totaling SIS since January. when
the price waS s&7
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad han
died 56.933 cars OF freight In the
week ended April 2 VS.. 44,el7 in
the previous week and $1,000 in
the like 1913 week.
Evening star., 1949-12-03
Turkish Paper Reports
Alliance With u. ).
~ fhs Assoeietsd Press

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. 81
The Istanbul newspaper Tan said
today that Turkey is signing a
military. alliance with the United
States. Foreign Minister Necmed-
din Sadak's own newspaper, Ak
sam, quoted Mr.. Sadak a short
time later as saying the Tan story
was unfounded from end to end.
Tan's story was published q day
after George McGree. American
Assistant Secretary Of State, spent
two hours with Mr.. sadak and one
hour with President Ismet Inonu
at Ankara.
Tan said political circles re-
ported an understanding between
the two countries had been
reached along the general lines Of
turkeys alliance with Britain and
France land preliminary docu-
ments already are drawn"
Tan said the alliance would pro-
vide these three points:
l. The United States will auto
matically intervene II Turkey is
invaded.
2. Turkey win protect and help
the United States when the lat
ter's interests in the Eastern Med
iterranean and Middle East are
endangered.
8. The pact will be valid as soon
as ratified by Congresses Of both
countrieA -
Evening star., 1949-12-03
Fellow House Member Named
By Rep. Hoffman in Libel Suit

address q rally Of striking en-
ployes Of the Shakespeare Com
panies. shortly after a union raid
on. two Shakespeare plants. "A
story on the speech was carried
in the Kalamazoo Gazette.
They said I was worse than
Hitler or, In other words. that
was disloyal," said Mr.. HOFFMAN
In filing the suit. +
Mr.. Lesinski, at his home Ia
Dearborn, said he was surprised
by Mr.. Hoffman's action.
Il explained on the floor, Of
Congress that ! was misquoted In
the kalamazoo Gazette and I
thought that satisfied him." Mr..
Lesinski said.
I A one-man grand jury inyesti-
gated the unions dawn raid, De-
cember |, 1o48. In which seven
persons were injured and plant
property was destroyed. Both Mr..
Hoffman and Mr.. Lesinski went 10
kalamazoo TO conduct .independ-
|ent congressional investigations
Iof the raid.
Evening star., 1949-12-03
Dawson Warns Lewis. !.
Those Spending Fund
Do So at Their Peril
Seating Of Former Judge
As Welfare Trustee Again
Blocked by UNIV Chief
By jones Y. Newton

John I. Lewis second front"
fight, the battle over operation
of the United Mine Workers Wei
fare and Retirement Fund, ragged
on today with the man named by
the mine operators to represent
them as q trustee warning Mr..
Lewis that any persons spending
fund money do so "at their peril" !"
The warning was given by
Charles I. Dawson of Louisville,
KY, a former Federal Judge.
whose seating on the welfare
fund trustee board was blocked
by Mr.. Lewis for second time
yesterday. The miners chieftain
contends Mr.. Dawson cannot
serve because his predecessor as
the operators representative, Ezra
Van Horn. never officially quit.
AL Of that happened at a heated
meeting Of the trustees.
There was no new development
in Mr.. Lewis main battle with
the operators. the dispute over a
new work contract for the miners,
which caused the union head to
order . three-day work week for
all of the coal industry. starting
Monday. There was no sign Of a
resumption Of contract negotia-
tions, broken on by the operators
in October.
At the trustees meeting. Mr..
Lewis did not recognize Mr.. Daw-
sons vote. He voted against the
Evening star., 1949-12-03
Congress May Probe Charge
Hopkins Gave Reds Uranium
Ex-coptoin Alleges
Secret Documents
Also Were Shipped
BULLETIN

Chairman Mcmahon Of the
Senate e-House Atomic Energy
Committee said today he had
asked the committee staff to
inquire into the charges by a
former Air Force officer that
Russia obtained secret Amer
ican documents and material
during the war.
Possibility of a congressional
investigation arose today from
charges by former Air Force Of
ficer that secret United States
documents and atom bomb ma
terial were given to the Russians
during the war with approval of
a high American official.
Senator johnson. Democrat. of
Colorado, a member of the Joint
Atomic Energy Committee. said
of the statement by G. Racey
Jordan. one-time captain as
signed to a lend-lease route from
this country to Russia:
'They are serious charges and
should be cleared up or explored
by Congress.
Senator johnson would not say
whether he thought the Atomic
Energy Committee. or some other
branch OF Congress, should go
into the matter.
Evening star., 1949-12-03
Queen Elizabeth 5 Nephew
Accused Of Drunk Driyinq
BY the Asseeiassd Prsss

PERTH, Scotland, Dec. s.
Queen Elizabeth's nephew, the
Earl of Strathmore, was accused
of drunken driving today.
The 81 year old ex soldier
pleaded not guilty.
The exact charge was that he
drove a jeep while under the in
fuence OF drink to such an extent
as to be incapable of having
proper control of the vehicle.
The offense was alleged to have
taken place last night on the road
between Perth and Forfar. about
s miles from here.
The court fixed next March 10
for trial. The earl, whose name
is Timothy Patrick Bowes-Lyon.
was not held.
The earl's address was given %
Glamis Castle. This is the ancient
seat Of the Strathmore family.
Princess Elizabeth and Princess
Margaret spent much Of their
childhood there.
Evening star., 1949-12-03
Baby -Sitter, ID, Escapes Man
With Knife in Attack Attempt
AssoiIont Flees;;
Girl Slightly Cut
Fighting Him OFF

A14-year-old baby sitter escaped
early today from q knife welding
intruder who attempted to attack
her in the bedroom Of an apart
ment at 1901 Olive street NE. !.
The girl. Norma Lee Scruggs,
46l0 Addison road. Kenilworth,
Nd, ran screaming to an upstairs
apartment. but the man escaped
before police arrived.
She was slightly cut on the neck
where the man held the knife
against it. s.
A friend and regular baby sit
| ter for Mr.. and Mrs. William l..
Mcdaniel, the girl agreed to watch
the Mcdaniel children. Patty, 3.
and Billy, 2 months, while the
parents attended i dance at the
Hotel 2400.
She reached the Mcdaniel home
at S:45. p.m,. and after putting
the children to bed In separate
bedrooms. fell asleep herself In
the living room. .s
About 8 am. she was awakened
by a mans voice. At first the girl
believed the voice was that Of Mr..
cDaniel, but she saw standing
over her q colored man, about rs
to 30 years old and S feet II
inches tall. {.
Don't scream; I'm not going
to hurt you," she said the man
cautioned her.
Then he pulled her into q bed
room, and holding . knife to her
throat, repeated the warning.
With his other hand he reached
to put out the bedroom light.
The man was thus Of balanee,