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Evening star., 1949-12-12
Wonnen's
Clubs
Foreign Students
To Be Feted ot
YWCA Party

Foreign students in Washington
will be entertained at a Christmas
party to be given by the YWCA's
, World Fellowship Committee at
$50 pm. tomorrow al the YWCA.
Young people from approxi-
mately 80 nations will be received
by Mr.. and Mrs. Howard G. Mich
OILS, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson T. john
son, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph B.
Kennard, with other committee
members and their husbands.
Young women living in the
YWCA's Strong Residence and
girls In the Young Adult Depart
ment of the YWcA will act as
hostesses. Mrs. E. r. Mulcahy,
Mrs. William Beer. Mrs. Waldo E.
Smith and Mrs. Shoemaker de
Bruine will be in charge of ar
rangements.
Honor guests will be Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Enmons of the ORR
entation Center; DR.. Alan T. Del
bert, adviser to foreign students
at George Washington University,
and DR.. and Mrs. Leslie Johnson
of the International Student
House.
SpeeioI Librories Porty
The Christmas party of the
Washington Chapter of the Spe-
cial Libraries Association will be
given Saturday at the United Ma
tions Club.
Members of the association will
bring gift-wrapped toys. candy and
books for future distribution at
neighborhood house by the Com
munity Services Committee OF
which Miss Eva Lieberman is
chairman.
Mrs. Bertha Usilton, 5000 Six
teenth street NV. is in charge Of
reservations.
Another project Of the Com
munity Services Committee will be
the collection Of books for the
tuberculosis section Of Gallinger
Hospital.
The Program Committee of the
association will have a business
meeting at 6 o'clock tonight at
Brookings Institution to arrange
plans for the rest of the year.
Toy Grob Bog
A toy grab bag will be feature
of the Christmas dinner party to-
be given by the Jayncees, Woman's
Auxiliary Of the Junior Chamber
Of Commerce. at 8 pm. Wednesday
at Hotel 2400.
Members have been requested to
bring toys to be donated to the
Calvary Baptist Church's toy lend
ing library.
The Jayncees support of the
1nterdenominational Play Center
is one of its projects. According
to Mrs. Paul Hawkins. president Of
the group, the members have been
dressing dolls and mending worn
toys to be returned to the shelves
Of the library.
The dinner will be followed by
q Christmas program and carol
singing.
Theto Sig Buffet
The Nattoaal Capital Chapter
Of Theta sigma Phi, national
honorary psgsss,iona1 fraternity
for women n journalism, win
have Christmas party Saturday
evening at the home of Mrs.
Orville H. Kneen, COS North Lin
coin street, Arlington. A buffet
supper will be served at $50 pm.
Miss Frances K. Hunt will be
In charge of the meeting, assisted
by Mrs. Porter H. Hedge, Mrs.
Robert A. Marshall, Mrs. Faye
Johannes Marley and Miss Mar
garet Reckmeyer.
Annual Christmos Porty
The Progress Club Of College
Park will have its annual Christ
mas party at 2 pm. Wednesday
at the Episcopal parish house on
Dartmouth avenue.
The program will feature selec-
tions by students and teachers
from the music department of
the University of Maryland.
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HoIidoy Dance

The evening group Of the Ma
tional Council of Jewish Women
viii hold a holiday dance on De-
cember "a at the Hotel Statler
Proceeds will go to the groups
donor project.
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Seminar Set ByHudussuh

session. Mrs. Hyman z. Cohen,
education chairman Of the Upper
Northwest Group, and Mrs. Meyer
| Greenberg. president Of the Prince
Georges County Group, will be
the speakers.
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Club 40 Party

Club Forty will have q Christ
mas party at $50 pm. tomorrow
at Pierce Hall, Sixteenth apd Har-
ward streets NV.
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(For advice on domestic problems, In
close a self-addressed, stamped envelope
With your letter, addressed to Dr.. Paul
regDondence confdentfal.1
Evening star., 1949-03-13
ACME

and escaped through a crowded bus station.
Besides actual hitch-hiker crimes by known
servicemen. there are professional thumbers
who use uniform, or convincing remnant
of one, to get rides and free meals. Sherwood
tells of one case:
This fellow was on crutches Che didn't
need them). He wore part of an Army uni
form Che'd never been in the service). When
no one was around. he'd carry his crutch
under his arm. He told me he'd been on the
road three years, following warm weather
around, living off generous drivers"
20 Per Cent Are Croojrs
Mosr thumbers fall in the moocher class,
but an estimated 2Oper cent are crooks Some
are petty offenders, moving to keep ahead of
the law. Some are hardened criminals who
deliberately plan hitch-hiker robberies, with
murder if necessary.
Some drivers will tell you they are prepared
for any hitch-hiker who gets tough or pulls
gun. One motorist told me he'd simply jam
on the brakes at high speed. throwing the
crook against the windshield hard enough to
knock him out. In city. he'd deliberately
hit another car to bring the nearest cop. A
violent turn would throw the crook to one
side. when the driver could grab the mans
gun or knife One driver has a secret igni-
ton cutoff he can work with his heel,
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Thousands of motorists fall for these stories
every month.
During the war, it was considered a patri-
otic duty to give servicemen lift. Most
uniformed thumbers today are trustworthy:
they're merely saving the fare, though the
average one can well afford to pay Recently,
however, there has been an increase in hitch
hiker crimes by uniformed men, And what's
more, many of the uniformed hitch
mixers who have committed crimes On
the road turned out to be men who had
never seen any service.
In spite of this, some motorists still feel
a acompulsion at the sight of uniform. Robert
Stokes, a 37-year- old truck driver of Provi-
dence, R. l., was one of these - but he won't
be any more. Stokes, driving his own car,
with his year-and-a-half-old son beside him.
stopped at gasoline station near his home.
A hitch-hiker in a sailors uniform asked for
ride, explaining he was anxious to reach his
home at Richmond.
Il thought he meant Richmond. Rhode
Island" Stokes later told police. And since
he was sailor, thought it was safe"
But when Stokes stopped to turn toward
his home. the hitch-hiker pulled out club.
Alone, Stokes could have resisted But the
child was in danger of being clubbed, perhaps
killed. With this threat held over him con-
stantly, Stokes drove all the way to Rich.
mond. Va. where the hitch-hiker jumped out
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cause of their youth is fool About two thirds
OF the car thefts and over half the highway rob-
berries last year were committed by juveniles.
The ratio applies to most hitch-hiker crimes.
One official gave me this interesting point
OF view: It's the soft-headed drivers who are
to blame - not the hitch-hikers. They pick
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is about to have a baby; someone is desper-
ately i'll. dying; the hiker, rushing home to get
married. has only a three-day vacation. The
most common tale concerns new job: the
THUNDER is broke his family in need, but he's
been promised job at city along your route.
If he gets there quickly, all will be saved.
Evening star., 1949-03-13

up some kid who's never had anything. They
oangie car, money, suitcase full of clothes
In front OF him. It's a wonder more drivers
aren't murdered"
IN any case, most drivers are easily de-
celved by appearances. More than one tough
THUNDER has masked plan for murder with
boyish grin.
Donald Frohme, an l8-year-old Younps-
town, Ohio, youth, was one of these ginnine
killers. The travelling man who gave him a
lift was easily taken in. Later, wisecrackine
with the police. Frohme said the murder
robbery had been cinch; he'd sold the driver
completely with his boy scout" act. The
ill-fated driver in this case was helpinp to
break the state law against hitch-hikinp. So
was Carl Beach, in the Oklahoma case
Illegal in a States
You, too, are breaking the law (in some
cases you are held equally guilty. if you pick
up hitch-hikers in the District of Columbia
or any of these states: Arkansas, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana.
Iowa. Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio. Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina. Utah, Washington, Wiscon-
sin. and Wyoming. Nineteen states - mostly
In the South permit it; six leave it up to
counties and cities.
Probably all states will eventually ban
hitch hiking, but it will take wider public
support to bring about general enforce
ment. Colorado has shown the way High
way signs remind motorists that hitch-hiking
is illegal There, as in some other states, the
driver as well as the thumb -jerker faces a
penalty if convicted. But in most states the
law, even if enforced. is not enough. Here's
how it usually reads:
mo person shall stand in a roadway for
the purpose of soliciting ride from the
driver of any vehicle" Obviously, any hiker
can evade this by standing just back of the
curb or by acoosting drivers at parking lots
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for it? Beach hadn't hint - until he slowed
up for curve at lonely stretch in the road.
That's when the hitch-hiker pulled out his
gun.
The ex-con shot Beach six times. With his
girls help, he dumped the riddled body into
ravine. Then they drove off for spending
spree with the money from Beach's wallet.
The police caught them later. but that didn't
help Beach - or his family.
OF course, there are plenty of ''legiti-
mate hitch mixers who are looking for
no more than lift. But if you think the
criminal bitch-hiker is rare exception, listen
to the cynical admission of professional
''thumber" known to the American Auto
mobile Association as Alan Sherwood. For
years, Sherwood mooched rides, meals, lodg-
ing and money from motorists touched by his
hard-luck stories. Paid to reveal some hitch
hiker tricks for the benefit of AAA members,
he summed up bluntly:
Most hitch-hikers are either crooks or
buns, and the people who give them rides are
suckers. Often enough, the 'thumbers' are
out-and-out stick-up men. I've hitch-hiked
all over the country and know"
A few years ago, lots of poor -but-honest
students, migrant workers and others hitch
hiRed, but today things are different. The
amateur" hitch-hiker is practically thing
of the past.
If a complete stranger came to your house
or apartment. boldly asking to come in and
make himself at home, you'd probably shut
the door in his face. Yet many people will
welcome strangers into their cars, where the
risk of attack and robbery is far greater.
He Can Get Away
l HE hitch-hiker has an almost perfect setup.
He can wait to catch you off-guard at a
lonely spot. Driving off in your car he can be
miles away by the time you reach the police.
If he decides to kill you. he has good chance
of getting away with it. Vacationers and
travelling men may not be missed for days.
coroo<;r,oc ryoaLe d.
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SoAA$ SAAA~o WV Nhos Dy
then the trail is cold.
Hitch-hiker crimes are
usually headlined; thus
every driver must be
aware of the danger.
Why then docs a man
driving alone ask
strangers to ride with
him? Why does a
woman risk attack?
Here are some typical
answers:
He looked so honest,
and I wanted company
on the road"
Where l come from
we always pick up peo-
pie. It's just being
neighborly."
I'm pretty husky. l
thought I could take
care of myself - but he
got the drop on me-"
He had on a uniform;
l thought l ought to
help him."
He was such a clean
cut, nice-looking boy"
Most police officials
agree with Alan Sher-
wood that anyone who
picks up thumbers be-
cause of their youth is a fo'
OF the car thefts and over h
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anu ull1NR stations.
What we need is a law
with no loopholes.
The professional
thumber is quick to size
you up. A shrewd crook
will note your clothes,
luggage, how expensive
a car you're driving and
the number of passen-
gers. The petty thief
will look for chances to
lift a purse or some
luggage, if you let him
sleep in your car in lieu
of providing a room.
A 6ood Lie
l HE plain buns will try
to land easygoing drivers
who'll buy them meals
and lodging or give
them a few dollars on
hearing a tale of woe.
Don't fall for hard
luck stories," Alan
Sherwood warns. II
don't care how good a
story we tell. It'susually
a well-rehearsed lie."
Here are examples:
Going home for a fun
eral; the thumber's wife
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
LEGION CONTEST

Continued from first page)
Scott has been invited to speak
here on that date.
The program for the day will
begin at pne O'Clock in the after
noon with a band concert on the
court house lawn. This will be fol-
lowed by a conference of the West
ern District of North Carolina at
the court house. The meeting will
continue until five o'clock allowing
an hour of recess before the
Go-Getters banquet is held at the
community building.
The program will conclude with
the Division Oratorical contest to
be held in the Marion High School
auditorium. Students will be pre-
sent from 10 western North Caro-
lima counties.
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
LANDIS MEMORIAL CHURCH
Continued from first page)

pine paneling on the sides.
When this work is completed the
congregation can move in and util-
ize the building which will have an
auditorium and four rooms for
Sunday School. This work is being
pushed by DR.. J. E. Flow who is
serving as supply for the, Lands
Memorial and Conley Memorial
Churches. The Lands Church is To-
Gated in rapidly growing commu-
nifty and is the only Church in the
community. 1t should show a rapid
growth with proper leadership.
This Building is largely a Home
Mission project and is one of which
the people of Concord Presbytery
can justly be proud. THE CON-
CORD PRESBYTERIAN.
Marion progress., 1949-02-17

Advertising is good for business.
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
Funeral Services
Held For Mrs. Moody

Mrs. Harriet Marinda Moody, 80,
died Monday in the home of a
daughter, Mrs. Leila Moore, Marion,
Route 1, following long illness.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday in Harmony Grove Baptist
Church with the Rev. Dewey Hodge,
pastor, officiating, assisted by the
Rev. J. E. Floya and the Rev. Clyde
Fender.
Surviving are the husband, N. H.
Moody; four daughters, Mrs. Moore,
Mrs. Ella Gates of Hazelwood, Miss
Ida Mae Moody of Marion and Mrs.
Charlie johnson of Valdese; two
sons, Wiley Moody of Hiawassee,
Ca, and Lem Woody of Nebo; 81
grandchildren and number of
-grandchildren
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
SCOUT COURT

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Frank Whisnant, troop 5, Marion
Rod Brown, Tommy Brown, Billy
HollifieId, troop I, Ashford; Larry
Crawford, Earl Crawford, Earl
Sawyer, Bill Strickland and Aun-
draI league, troop l, Old Fort
First Class: Dean Kanipe, troop
5, Marion.
Merit Badges
Airplane structure: David Patter-
son, troop 4, Marion.
Architecture: Norman Melton,
troop l, Sugar Hill.
Book binding: Jack Brown, troop
1, Ashford.
Carpentry: Jack Murray and JIM
my Lonon, troop 4, Marion.
Cooking: William Jaynes, CharI-
es Burgin, troop 1, Sugar Hill.
First Aid: Robert Parker, Billy
Rowland, F. H. Hughes, troop 8.
Bennie Byers, Jr., William Jaynes,
Charles Burgin, Sugar Hill.
Home Repairs: Sam Yancey, Jr.,
Billy Wilkinson, Johnny Cooke,
Frank White, Howard Ward, Don
aid Seagle, Frank Harklerode,
Franklyn Helms and Horace Smith.
Horsemanship: Franklin Austin,
troop 2.
Masonry: Robert Parker, troop /,
Sugar Hill.
Metal Work: James Laughridge,
troop 6.
Pathfinding: Billy Byers, troop
6; Guy Foxx, troop A.
Personal Health: Eugene Hawk
ms, troop S; Johnny Pyatt, troop 5;
Joseph Lytle, troop 5; William
Rowland, troop 3.
Pioneering: Gene Gross, troop 6,
Marion.
Public Speaking: F. H. Hughes,
troop 3, Marion.
Scholarship: Arnold Pyatt, troop
6, and Harold Sartain, troop 5.
Swimming: Herman Elliott, troop
5, Marion.
Woodwork: Norman Melt o n,
troop 1, Sugar Hill; Guy Foxx,
troop 4, Marion.
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
Fishing Licenses
Now On Sale

Executive Director Clyde P. Pat
ton Of the North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission has announc-
ed that the 1949 fishing licenses are
now on sale. Licenses may be pur-
chased from sporting goods dealers,
other business firms, and local
game and fish protectors through
out the state.
Patton also announced that ex-
tracts of the 1949 fishing regula-
tions have been printed and dis
tributed to license dealers over the
state. Persons who are unable to get
copies of the extracts locally may
write to the North Carolina Wild
life Resources Commission, Box
1919, Raleigh, for free copies.
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
Population Gains
Seen Years Ahead

Washington, Feb 13-The Cen
sus Bureau forecast today gains in
population and school enrolment
for years to come.
By 1860, the bureau estimated
s4,091 900 will be enrolled in ele-
mentary and high schools of the
nation. This is "a jump of almost 40
per cent from the 24,546,000 of
l947.
The bureau forecast a population
of 154, ,669,O0O in 1866; and by
making a net allowance for immi-
grafton, 155, 5,745,OOO.
Starting with 18,269,O0O enroll
ed in elementary schools in 1947,
the bureau predicted an increase
each year until 1857. In that year
it forecast an enrolment in grades
one to eight of 26,594, 4,O00-nearly
46 per cent above 1947.
The bureau commented that the
rise in elementary school enroll
ment has been foreshadowed by the
relative large number of births in
the early 40's and the depression
sD's.
A slight decline in high school en-
rollment until 1851 is in prospect
with sharp increase after that.
High school enrolment in 1947
was figured at 6,277,OOO. By 1850
it is expected to be 6,122, 2,000-an
Increase of 29 per cent.
The S c h o o age population
{roughly 5 to 17) is expected to
jump more rapidly than the total
population between 1947 and 1855.
The increase in the number of
the aged (65' and over) is estimated
at about l9 per cent between 1947
and 1855 by which time it will con-
stitute about 81 per cent Of the
total population.
The longtime trend of increase
in the median age of the popula-
ton is expected to continue so that
by 1855 half of the population will
be at least 500 years old. The me-
dian age shown by the 1910 census,
was 29.0 years.
The July I, 1866 population fore
cast of 155, 5,745,OOO compares with
the 1910 census of 131 $4,000 and
the 1948 estimate of 146,221,000.
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
OUICK-THINEING

Joliet, Ill.-When Henry Adams
car stalled on the railroad tracks as
he was going to work, Adam, who
is a railroad brakeman, grabbed
his brakeman's lantern and tagged
down the approaching train. The
big Diesel engine slowed and just
nudged Adams car, pushing it off
the track. Todal damage: one dent
ed fender.
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
STAPLE FOODS

The cost of seven staple food it.
ems-a loaf of bread, a dozen best
grade eggs, a pound of top-grade
butter, a quart Of grade A milk,
a pound of pork loin, a pound of
leg of lamb and pound of chop
ped steak GU. S. No. ~ in thir-
teen cities across the nation has
dropped an average of 81 per cent
from the level of a year ago, accord
ing to a recent survey.
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
MISS TAYLOR
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European countries.
Last summer, Miss Taylor was
one of the young people selected by
her church to tour European coun-
tries as good will gesture from
the Christian people of America.
She spent several weeks in France,
Belgium, Algiers, and other coun-
tries overseas.
During the course Of her address,
she pointed out that the conditions
of the different peoples of Europe
varied in many respects. 1t was
quite evident that the majority Of
these people had not lost their
Christian hope but needed encour-
agement and support from outside
sources.
A pathetic note was discernible
in her discourse as she spoke of
hunger and disease among the chill
dren and young people of the coun-
tries she visited. She stated that
many of these people looked to
America for leadership and guild
ance in reaching a lasting peace,
and for the rehabilitation of the
economy of their countries. She en-
couraged her audience to accept
this responsibility in spirit of hu-
mility, and stated that Individually
and collectively groups like the Ma
rion Kiwanis club, and similar or
CARNATIONS, were in position to
make a definite contribution to the
cause of peace, Christianity and
humanity in the world.
A short business session was held
by the Directors following the ad-
journment Of the club
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
BAND CONCERT
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nature of an innovation.
There are few people in this sec
tion unfamiliar with the folk song
and dance "Skip To My Lou. This
tune has been slightly dressed-up,
furnished with some special modern
harmony in spots and should be of
interest to the audience Also in
cluded on the program are: "Mum-
mers" piece descriptive of a Nardi
Gras parade, and "The Syncopated
Clock'' the musical story of fan
tastic clock.
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
LONDON BRIDGE is FALLING
DOWN

London-Remembe that nur-
sery song, "London Bridge Is Fall
ing Down" The bridge, now almost
120 years old, has dropped several
inches at one point on its south side.
City officials aren't worried how
ever, because they say the bridge is
perfectly sound"
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
PHILIPPINES

Indicative of the economic re-
covery of the Islands, the United
States Philippine war-relief office
has been closed after distributing
voluntary American contributions
to some 100000 Filipinos in. a
threeyear program. Supreme Court
Justice Frank Murphy, former high
commissioner of the Philippines
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
Marion Wonan's
Father Dies

Funeral services for the Rev.
Isaiah Thomas, father Of Mrs. Rich
ard Nelson of Marion, were held lin
Spruce Pine last week. He died af-
ter brief illness.
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
PLEASANT GARDENS
BOY SCOUTS

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meetings, the boys have shown re-
newed interest in their work by i'm
proving the cabin. The banner is
now displayed and adds to the gen
eral appearance.
Clark has "a boys in his troop
most Of them in line for promo
tions last Friday at the Court OF
Honor.
In addition to the regular week
ly meetings, the Scoutmaster also
meets his Scouts in the gymnasium
where wholesome. games are enjoy
ed
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
RED CROSS SERVICE

The Red Cross Service to Com
munity Camps and Hospitals re-
Gently sent 200 magazines to veter-
ans at Moore General Hospital.
They also sent 800 Valentine cards
for the use of veteran patients.
Marion progress., 1949-02-17
headed the organizations board
of directors.
TRICKY FEAT

Judge Ito witness): "Was your
friend in the habit of talking to
himself when he was alone"
Witness: "To tell you the truth
Your Honor, I never was with him
when he was alone.