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son Murphy, still lives in Wallace.
A brother, DR.. G. w. Murphy of
Asheville, N. c., is president of
the North Carolina Medical So
ciety. Another brother, R. B.
Murphy, a farmer near Durham,
is president of a fox hunters
club" as the appointee puts it.
Mrs. Murphy is the former Kate
Graham of Durham. There are
three children, Courtney, 16;
Westbrook. 8. and Elizabeth. l
year old.
Mr.. Murphy is a reticent man.
He has sandy hair, which is be-
ginning to thin, and wears glasses.
He says he has no hobbies.
II don't do anything much but
work." he commented.
Three years ago next month
MIR. Truman appointed him one of
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|Amputafion Still Undecided i,
Girl 70 Spend YuIe al Home
By the Assoeiafsd Press

BY the AsSociofed FfesS
BOSTON, Dec. 23.-Plucky
Betty Lou Marbury will be home
for Christmas.
But the winsome 10 year-old
Brownsville (Tenn.) girl won't
know for some time whether her
Infected right hand will have to be
amputated. The child, whose
appeal for prayers for her recovery
moved the Nation, was examined
yesterday by tumor experts at
the Boston Children's Hospital.
They said it would take some
time to decide whether Southern
doctors were right in their belief
that the hand will have to be am
putated.
They agreed, however, that 1t
would be all right for her to go
home for the holidays. She will
leave today accompanied by her
father, Clay Marbury, a carpen-
ter-farmer.
Betty's trip to the famed hos
pital was financed by a wealthy
New Yorker who heard Of q letter
she wrote to a Memphis news
paper asking the public to pray
for her.
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to Charles s. Murphy and re-
porters-that Mr.. Murphy would
succeed Clark Clifford, who is re-
signing to enter the practice of
law. 4.
After the news conference, Mr..
Murphy related to reporters that
his first Federal job was as q
laborer at 81, 800 a year in the
Wilmington IN. c. Post Office in
1928.
Later he worked In Durham
as q post Office clerk. In Durham
he attended Duke University and
the Duke Law School. He got
his law degree In 1884.
II came right out Of Duke to
Washington Mr.. Murphy related.
'I got a job in the Senate legis-
lative counsel's Office"
The next year Senator Truman
asked the Office to send some one
over to give him some aid.
Mr.. Murphy drew the assign
ment. After that, Mr.. Truman,
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Successor to Clifford,
Aided Truman in Senate Post

who liked Mr.. Murphy's ways,
called on him for a lot Of other
work.
It was Mr.. Murphy who drew
up the Senate resolution which
resulted in the creation of the
Truman War Investigating Com
mittee.
The work of that group spot
lighted Mr.. Truman and gave him
the prominence which is credited
with later putting him on the
national Democratic ticket.
Mr.. Murphy, who stands 5 feet
l. inches and weighs 185 pounds,
grew up in the little town Of
Wallace, N. c., where he was born
August 20, 1909.
He says he never was active In
Democratic Party work In his
State. When he was attending
Duke University he was working
nights to pay his way.
His mother, Mrs. William Fai-
Evening star., 1949-12-23
little Boy Lost"

When Hilary's wife was murdered
by the Gestapo in Paris during the
war, their baby vanished. Now, three
years later, the Englihman was
starting on 4 ''hopeless' mission:
seeking q son he'd seen only once
the day the child wos born.
January Readers Digest (now on
newstands) brings you a 4o-page
condensation from Marghanita Las
ki's absorbing story of Hilary's
search. Her book has well been called
''the most moving novel to appear
in England for years"
Get your Digest now: 86 articles
OF lasting interest, condensed from
leading magazines, current books.
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which LED to
an assignment
to help q Sem
ator from Mis-
souri,.
And on Feb
ruary / he will
be ON e the
$4,000 special
counsel. to that
man, now the
President of
the Unit e d
States.
p r e 81 d e n t
Truman yeSter-
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his administrative assistants at
the White House. The job then
paid $4,000. More recently the
pay was raised to $4,000.
During Mr.. Truman's vigorous
1948 campaign, Mr.. Murphy
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by the Associated Press

Fifteen years ago young
North Carolina law graduate
came to Washington hunting a
job.
He got one at $2,100 a year,
Evening star., 1949-12-23

played q major role In gathering
material and preparing speeches.
He worked closely with Mr.. Cliff
ford in this work. riding the cam
paign train in the late stages Of
the fight.
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Barrett ( with Cyrus Thomp
made
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ADVERTISEMENT.
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TTuI1lan yeSCer-
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Top Ten Spot News
Stories of 1913

las selected by notions weekly
editors in Publishers Auxiliary poII.)
President Truman and Democratic
party score upset election victory.
Rvssions blockade Berlin, covsing
inauguration Of oirIift heishienins
The cold war"
Count Bernodotte ossossinoted dur
ing u. N. mission in Palestine.
Southern Democrats rebel 10 form
s'otes' rights or "Dixiecrot" party.
War in China neors climax with
Communist troops morehing 10 oppor-
emf victory and U. S. Officials refvs-
ing TO eront additional aid 10 Chiong
Koi-shek.
High cost Of living plaques Ameri-
cons and their business with fourth
round Of wage boosts seen in offins.
Oksono Kosenkino Loops from Rus
sion consulate window in desperate
effort to Escape impending return TO
nofive land, creating International
episode.
Mohondos Condhi ossossinoted by
Hindu extremist Terminating life Of
service 10 Indio and cause Of free
dom.
United Nations proceedings bring
into open many International prob
lens and emphasize conflict between
Eost and West.
Eiehtieth congress sets legislative
background for party positions dur
ing election campaign.
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FIRST AID to the
~A AILING HOUSE
by Roger c. Whitman

QUESTION: I have taken all
the paint eff wicker set down to
its natural color. Now l would
like to know what l can put on it
to preserve it, as it is very dry.
Should l varnish it or leave it as
it is?
ANSWER: If you have used
commercial paint remover to
clean off the old finish, you should
go over the surfaces with turpen-
tine in order to take off every
trace of the remover; otherwise
your new finish will fail. If you
like the color, you can finish the
pieces with spar or quick-drying
varnish. This should protect the
furniture, especially if it is to be
exposed to sunlight. Otherwise you
can use clear lacquer, which would
give a lighter finish.
QUESTION: My living room is
finished in natural wormy chest
nut that has been waXed. How can
I clean it?
ANSWER: There are many good
cleaning preparations on general
sale which should serve your pur-
pose. An alternative would be to
clean off the soiled wax with a
liquid wax that is meant just for
cleaning waXed surfaces. Still an
other method would be to go over
the woodwork with a cloth damp
ened with turpentine, then apply
a thin coat of paste wax, and when
dry polish thoroughly.
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YYe a r

June
e-George Evan Roberts. 90. director of
U. s. mint. 1898.1907 1910.1914.
1o-Lewis schwellenbach. So. secretary Of
July
-Richard Gerard Husch. 70. author of
Sweet Adelnes lyrics:
in her Hollywood home.
15-Gen. John J. Pershing. 81, commander.
in-chef of the AEF in World War and
only man holding rank of General Of
2s-David Wark Griffith. 70, pioneer film pro-
queer. and producer of birth of Ma
24+Mrs. Eleanor Medill Patterson, g. edi-
tor. publisher of Washington Times.
2s-James E. Watson, "a, senator from In.
diana. 1sl6.1933.
August
,s8-May Desousa. 66. former light opera star:
North Dakota.
1e-G George Herman tBabe) Ruth. So. the
sultan OF Swat" who set or tied 76
27-G i;l,a Evans Hughes. SO. former chief
September
tory.
l-Monammed Ali Jinnah. II. founder OF
MoSlem Pakistan.
15-Jacques Gordon, 40. violinist and con-
ductor. former child prodigy
30-Mrs. Edith Kermit CaroW Roosevelt. 81.
widow of President Theodore Roosevelt.
October
3-Thomas. Augustine DAILY. n, poet hui
morist: lecturer and journalist.
1o-Mary Eaton. 49, former New York mu-
steal comedy star.
13-charles F. Meyer. "a. former president
of Standard Oil Co.
27-Dr. Herbert Spencer Dickey. 70. Amer.
lean discoverer of the source of the
Orinoco river. In Huigra, Ecuador.
BINARY Nolan. AZ. film actress and Zieg-
field Folies beauty who won fame as
1mogene (Bubbles) Wilson,
November
9-Edgar Kennedy. So. film comedian. one
of the original keystone Kops." of can
Ger. in San Fernando. Calf
13-Roark Bradford. So. southern newspaper
man. author. of amoebiasis. in New
Orleans.
23-Lewis R. Hack Wilson, 48. all-time Ma.
tional league home run king. (56 for Chi
cago in l930). in Baltimore.
December
3-Carl Lorenz Hagenbeck. 40. head of lead.
ing German circus family. in Hamburg.
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ployes. winning innocent hourly raise.
1O-Air force reveals that rocket-powered
Bell X.l has been flown faster than speed
July
SGeo I. Hall. of New York. elected Grand
=, Ruler of BPoE in Philadelphia.
13-John L. Lewis and 10 steel companies
sign contract ending strike of 10000
18-President Truman orders all men be-
tween Is and IS to register August 30 to
September 10 for military service
3o-Combined navy. air force Smelling. bomb
ing and torpedoing sinks battleship Neva.
sl-Idlewild airportA.soo acres-dedicated
in New York.
August
6-First around the world flight by BIOS
is completed when two of the bombers
land at Davis. Monthan base. near Tucson.
at l43.4l4,oOo; as Of July l. 1947. SO per
90 cent higher than the 1910 census ..
treasury secretary. dies of heart attack.
He had denied that he was an ''elite
f tyss trayeeT in an &C.
17-Vanport; Ore. devastated by food May
30. is sold for salvage for S178.5sl. Orig.
inal cost. &c million.
September
l1-Miss America Of 1913 chosen in Atlantic
City: Beatrice Vella Shopp 10. Hopkins.
MINI.
13-Rep. Margaret Chase tR.. Me.) elected
to U. S. senate by record majority.
October
5-UMW announces beginning Of program
to guarantee all 100000 members and
families free medical and hospital serv.
ice
13-Capt Colin P. Kelly. Jr.. first U. S. hero
of World War II, is buried in his home
town, Madison, Fla.
14-U. S. Judge Luther M SWygert of In.
dianapolis holds the ALL. Int Typo.
Union in contempt.
November
4-Profs. Auguste Picard and Max Cosyns
abandoned plans to make wo.and-one-
half-mile deep.sea dives after their
special bathyScaphe was damaged off
the Cape Verde Islands.
6-White House was closed indefinitely to
SOCIAL engagements and sightseers until
extensive repairs to the mansion could
be completed
12-Trial of II top U. S. Communist leaders
ness of William 2. Foster. Communist
party chairman.
gu. S. air force ends effort to make rain
by seeding clouds with dry ice after nine
months of experiments prove inefficacy
of procedure.
December
7-Secretary of State George Marshall
undergoe5 appendectomy.
announce discovery of a new minor
planet travelling a route within l40 mill
lion miles of Earth.
22-Princess Elizabeth's son christened.
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CHRONOLOGY
sMYEAR 194o'
FLnohs
5S2Zy2yy22d|
January

l2-Domnican DC-3 airlin.
SSI err crash between Santi.
EIGa ago and Barcelona. kills
NE 81 persons. including en-.
tire Santiago baseball
Thirty:two persons killed; including go; p
2-Army funeral ship. Joseph y: Connolly.
partly destroyed by fire. sinks while be-
so-Air Marshall Sir Arthur Cunningham. 81.
and 81 others killed in plane crash.
February
x@Two truckloads Of explosives are blown
up. devastating a three-block business
section in Jerusalem. . NJ
tional Always plane en- route from New
Delhi to London killed in crash.
March
fRThirty persons killed when Northwest
Airlines DC-4 crashes on Mt. Sanford.
Alaska. en- route from Shanghai to St.
B-Ten A. F. flyers killed when a Bog
crashes at MacDll field. near Tampa.
1s-At least ~ persons killed and more than
800 injured In a series of tornadoes which
struck nine states from Texas to central
New York.
April
13-More than 5000 families are evacuated
=. when Ohio river overflows. ~
1|Thirty persons 19 Americans killed
when PAW rI plane crashes in Ere es
iente. Peru. kills Al miners.
May
3-Tornadoes kill at least 90 persons in mid.
30-Flooded Columbia river claims % lives.
causes great damage in Oregon. Wash.
ington. Idaho. Devastates vanport City.
July
1-Series of earthquakes destroy about 70
per cent of the Japanese industrial city
Of Fukuk tpopulaton 85.oOO) and sur.
kTransport plane used by the Mexican.
American foot and mouth disease com.
4-Thirty.nine Killed When Swedish Dc.6
airliner 1872 aboard) colides with R "A F
York transport q aboard) near London.
In Princeton. Ind
August
12-Thirteen men killed when B-2e crashes
after tax, takf,otf near Roswell. n M
on Rota Island. so miles north of Guam.
sss CRASH at RAPID a c eGtse s. s. k''ieo
September
mt. Hibols volcano in Philippines erupts.
menaclne thousands on Camlguin island.
e. Labor Day holiday deaths from accidents
n the U. S. over three-day period total
407
1+Forty u s. soldiers killed and 60 injured
IN troop train wreck In Korea.
H-Floods in Japan leave Sal dead and 600
missing.
October
5-Hurricane causes II deaths and 10 mil.
lion dollars damage in Cuba. then does
great damage in Miami
"a B.29 bomber. struck by lightning. ex
plodes over Waycross. Ga. Nine killed.
3o.3l-Twcnty persons died and hundreds
were made ill. apparently as a result OF
smos blend of smoke and fog) which
blanketed Donora. Pa.
November
H-Search abandoned for Air Forces B-29
missing since Nov. en- route from Oki
naWa to Guam.
2S-ThanksgiVing Day accidents take toll of
ia lives. compared with 1913 in l947.
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@GS5= January
~ '-R Resa f so@i: M Sn%es 40.
|N - use o: Sugar BOWL
Bowl Bow q; sM Hl5' Is. PENN PENN
State 10; Orange Bowl: Ca. Tech. %.
K Wans 10. Shrine All'star' East 40.
s-Joe Louis signs with goth Century Sport.
ing club to defend his heavyweight title
In New York bout June % against Joe
12-Detroit Lions sold for about 5000. 900 to a
Detroit syndicate
$500 for signing high school pitcher Harry
Nicholas. The signing was nullifed.
February
7-Gilberrt Dodds runs, fastest indoor mile
2-Featherweight title is retained by Willie
Pep. who knocks out Humbert Sierra
27-Jersey Joe Waicott signs for a return
Joe Louis bout June %.
March
7-Willie Hoppe. 60. of Chicago. retains
worlds three.cushion billiard title, de-
f 1aalha Ezeauiel Navarro in challenge
25-Guy Lombardo sets u S. goldcup speed.
boat record Of ll3.2o8 MPH at Miami
April
2.3-Joe verdeur of Philadelphia sets new
world swimming record of two Minis 30.5
secs in the 220yd breaststroke at AAU
indoor championships in New Haven.
Conn.
l7-Harrison billiard sets world record of
1876 secs in l29.yard high hurdles and
Charles Fonville world shotput mark of
So #. A.inch in Kansas Relays. In Law
19-Maior league baseball seasons opens
May
15-Preakness Stakes t72nd annual. 1874. 800
is won by Calumet Farms Citation" in
Baltimore.
25-Ben Hogan. IS. Of Hershey. Pa. defeats
and G. in the finals Of the Professional
Golfers assn championship in St. Louis.
weight title by knocking out Rocky Ora
ziano 26.
12-Ben Hogan wins national open golf cham
pionship in Los Angeles. with 27a strokes.
25-Joe Louis. a. retains worlds heavy.
weight title by knocking out Jersey Joe
Walcott In 11th round.
July
3+Princeton's l5O.pound crew wins the
Thames Challenge Cup at the Henley
EE ngIand nes'''a o" fe'''eS on "a''eS'
l1-Lloyd Mangrum wins the $4,000 Coum.
DuS open POI championship.
29-King George vi formally opens Olympic
games in London's Wembley stadium.
August
9-Home pro Lloyd Mangrum wins S22. 500
IN prizes in winning the All-American
tourney Aug 6. world championship
event Aug. 7 and Tam O'Shanter profess
siona tournament Aug 9. in Chicago.
14-Summer games Of the l4th modern Olym-
piad end in London after a l6.day pro-
gram
September
Paul Mantz wins Bendix trophy third
time In air race from Long Beach. Calf.
to Cleveland. averaging 447 80 MPH.
l3-Rolland r. Free OF Hollywood sets world S
motorcycle speed record Of i5o 1856 MpH
October
2-Three.year old Citation" wins the
s SSa1 500 g gold Cup" race at Belmont
ia 40 victory in Boston gives the Cleve.
land Indians the 1913 world series cham.
pionship over the Boston Braves.
l3-National hockey season opens.
November
26-Rocky Graziano. former middloweight
Boxing association after he withdrew
from scheduled fight with Fred Apostoli
27-Undefeated Army and consistently de.
teated Navy fought to 21.2l tie In annual
football classic.
December
Chicago Cardinals defeat Chicago Bears
A-2l In seasons top pro football game.
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August

August
displaced persons commission to admin.
istrate the DIP act. under which 200, 600
persons are to be admitted to the U:
that U. S. furnished 1872 billions in post.
war foreign aid to Jan. /.
7-Congress adjourns Its two-week extra
STU signs with Publishers association
of New York representing IL metropol.
posing room Workers s. weekly raise.
l9-u. S. demands custer OF Jacob Lomakin.
Soviet consul general in New York.
September
2-West coast ports paralyzed when Clio
Init. Longshoremen'S union go on strike.
6-Presdent Truman launches his re-elec-
ton campaign.
man. is married to Stephania Saja. %.
coal miners daughter.
18-Sen. Alben W. Barkley. President Tru.
i5:speech tour of eight eastern states states"
October
estimated at 14s. 900 by u. s. census
4-Rairoads grant lo.cent hourly wage in.
crease to railway conductors and train
l1-Former interior secretary. Harold
Ickes. and Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt en-.
dorse President Truman for reelection
16-Presdent Truman orders reserves
brought up to full strength.
November
2-President Harry S. Truman. a. Demo.
crat. astounded the political world by
defeating Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. AZ. Of
New York. for reelection. The Demo-
Gratis also swept back into control of
both houses of congress and won 20 out
of 30 governorships.
4-Rep. J. Parnel Thomas tR., N. J.) in.
voked his constitutional rights and re.
fused to testify before federal grand
jury on charges that he had padded
his congressional Office payroll and col.
lected kckbacks.
7-President Truman arrives in Key West.
Fla. for a two-week post-election vaca.
ton.
l5-Publc hearings are held on the used.car
business.
l8-First major blizzard of season sweeps
through north central states. killing Is
persons.
25-Striking Longshoremen on both coasts
return to work as shipping strike ends.
December
3-Microflm copies of secret state war and
navy department documents found in
hollow pumpkin Maryland farm are
introduced as evidence in house un-Amer.
lean activities committees spy investi.
cation.
l0-Whittaker Chambers. confessed former
Communist courier and key figure in
Communist espionage probe. resigned
his position as senior editor of Time
magazine.
COP Sen. Arthur Vandenberg is men.
toned as possible successor to aling
George c. Marshall as secretary OF
state.
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I'll WI ing relations.
8-CharleS Nicholson, 70,
publicity director of the Democratic ma
tional committee. l929-43.
Is Josephus Daniels. IS. World War ! navy
secretary.
80 Mohandas K Gandhi. 10. spiritual leader
of the Hindus: slain by Hindu nationalist
in New Delhi.
so-Orville Wright. 76. co-inventor of heavier.
than.air plane.
February
9--Burns Mantle. drama critic. N. Y Daily
News editor of early collection Of best
90 br John Robert Gregg. 80. inventor OF
Gregg system of shorthand.
"a viii Irwin. a. newspaperman. novelist
and playwright.
% Robert MCGOWAN harrington Ward, 81.
London Times editor since 194l.
March
s-Emily P. Bissell. SO. founder of U. S.
Christmas seal drive In 1907.
25-Adm Jose Reeves, IS. commander.in.
chief Of U S. fleet. i934.36.
April
s-Mrs John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 70.
7-Rep. .Orville Zimmerman. 81 ID. MOI.
member Of house since 1895.
is-ManueI Acuna Roxas; So. first president
D. Tom Breneman;, %. star Of radios
breakfast In Hollywood"
May
IS Msgr Edward Joseph Flanagan. 81.
founder Of Boys Town.
27-Rudolph H. Wurlitzer. u, ex.president Of
the musical instrument company.
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November
January

y January
4 ~ l-Blng Crosby named top
IL ~ money-making star for
FrH<- 9th consecutive year.
tfrs=s-- n-IBest Years Of Our
poll as the best ls47 picture.
A-California observes Tooth anniversary OF
discovery of gold by Jas, NJ Marshall in
Cooma
26-Cen Omar Bradley formally nominated
by President Truman to succeed Gen.
staff.
27-Bovla IS put in stage of siege because
Of alleged revolutionary plot
30-Joint commission on atomic energy ap-
proves giving weapons priority over
peacstime developments in U S. atomic
energy production
February
Eric Johnson reelected president OF
Association Of Motion Picture Directors
9-Presldent urges congress to continue
for two more years the 500 milion-a.
yea, programs of federal aid to states
19-A:my reports that World War II cost
Y S. sc53235 1000 ts2 $50 secondI
2s-Pope grants ex King Michael Of Ro
Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma
March
s-House grants S2O0,OoO to IN. American &C.
Invites commit ee by a 337-37 vote
10-B-29 drops a 42.OOO.pound non.exploslve
bomb bomb 1lliFet ever made. in test at
April
5-President Truman names Paul Gray
Hoffman. president of S'udebaker corpo.
ration. to supervise ERP
United Auto Workers bndlv wounded BY
unidentified assailant
2+Commi ssion of the Churches of lnterna.
tionaI Affairs is established in New York
CITY
Ma,
3-Columbia breaks of diplomatic, relation.
with Russia
5-Gov Dewey of New York stumps Oregon
8-Nearly 5000 paratroops jump at Camp
Campbell. KY, In Operation Assembly"
l8-Presldent Truman invokes Taft.Hartiey
law TO avert long-distance telephone
strike
3sLChrysler ends its l7-day strike. Grants
Iac hourly raise.
june
3s-senstoI Tan Of Ohio tours North Caro-
lima In election campaign
1C.IO. Packinghouse Workers tn Chicago
ends its az-day strike Of 5000 Wilson en-.
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. George McCoog, schoolboy of
Paterson, New Jersey, had cancer
of the thigh in 1888. Today, thanks
to prompt, effective treatment, he
Is cured. II YOU think you have
cancer, see your doctor at once.
Early action can return a priceless
dividend years Of healthy 1v-
ing to come.