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Evening star., 1949-09-04
By the Associofed Press

The Treasury, biggest money
handler of all time, got going 16C
years ago this week end.
The Treasury story is primarily
one of enormous increase IN Il
nancial transactions, but its his
tory also by the operations OF the
"T-men" and by a love-triangle
Staying in the sedate old Treasury
Building itself.
The Staying, on January 80,
1865, was something of a national
sensation for two months before
the assassination of President
Lincoln.
Andrew j. Burroughs, a clerk in
the Office of the Controller Of the
Currency. was shot and killed by
an Iowa girl he had Tilted.
Burroughs and Miss Mary Har-
ris of Burlington, Iowa, were child
hood sweethearts. They were en-
gagged when Burroughs left Iowa
for his job. He fell in love with a
Washington girl and married her.
When word of this reached Miss
Harris she came here, waited for
him in a third-foor corridor of
the Treasury and shot him.
Miss Harris was acquitted at
her trial on a murder charge. The
"unwritten law" was the plea of
her attorney. Daniel Voorhees,, a
Representative and later Sena-
tor from Indiana.
While money handling is the
Treasury's main business, its six
law-enforcement agencies con-
stitute one Of the worlds biggest
networks of crime detection. The
"T-men" wage constant war on
the counterfeiter, the tax evader,
the narcotics peddler, the smug-
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Delegates Hampered
Getting Info Mexico
For Peace Congress
MEXICO PEACE CONGRESS
Has Moscow's Blessing. Page C-5
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 3.-Or-
ganizers of a peace congress
scheduled to open here Monday
are experiencing difficulties in
getting some Of the delegates from
the % countries invited into the
country.
About 1000 persons from Can
ada and the 81 American repub-
lies have announced they will at
tend, but some sponsors doubt
the number will be that large.
In Brazil some delegates said
they have had difficulty in get
ting passports. In other countries
organizers said, sympathizers lack
funds for the trip or are having
other troubles.
The gathering, designated the
American Continental Congress
for Peace" will hold a one-week
session In a building normally
used for wrestling matches. The
announced theme is "to free the
continent of a new war and to
promote sentiment against the
provokers of war;
Organizers deny the congress
will be communistic, claiming the
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Settlement House Coils
MEETING for September

Northwest Settlement House, a
Red Feather agency, will hold its
first fan board meeting at 5 pm.
September IL at the house, SIS
M street NV.
Mrs. Florence B. Thompson,
house director. will report on the
vacation school held at the house
during July. Presiding will be
Lawrence Gichner. president of
the board.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Anti-Soviet Red Chief
Calls for Reich Army
internationally Ruled
by the Assoeiotsd Press

BERLIN, Sept. 3.-Germany's
Russian-hating Communist leader
demanded today that new Ger
man army be created under in
ternational command to prevent
any Soviet aggression.
Karl Heinz Scholz, who heads
a new free German Communist
Party FKP) opposed to "imper-
ialist BolShevism" and favoring
Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, de-
clared that without such an army
We'll all be swallowed up by
Stalin's troops"
Scholz came out Of jail today
after serving an eight-day sent
ence imposed by French authori-
ties for carrying on political &C
tivities without a license. All
three Western occupation powers
have refused to license his new
anti-Soviet Communist Party.
Soviet authorities have offered a
reward of 10000 East marks
(about $700) for his arrest.
Stain No Longer Idol.
scholz, who waged an under
gr ind war against Hitler, said
in an interview:
II am playing the same role
again, but against Soviet domina-
ton. am an old German Com
munist and when we fought
against Hitler we built all our
hopes on Stain. He is no longer
the idol we once thought him to
be-"
Scholz claims 1000 underground
members for his party in the Rus
sion zone of Germany, and said
new units are being formed in the
Western zones.
The British licensed Sozialdem-
okrat reported it had come into
possession of note from West
German Communists to their East
zone comrades saying support Of
Tito's idea of Communism is more
and more spreading" among West
ern members of the party.
Many party leaders even ap-
plaud Tito's stand, the paper
quoted the note as saying.
RemilitarizatiOn Reported.
Germans Illegally crossing the
border into Western Germany
have been reporting various re-
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Man Who Led Rescuers
Admits Drowning Woman
eY the Associated Prass


COLUMBIA, Pa. Sept. 3.-A
man who led a rescue party to save
a drowning woman admitted today
he killed her by holding her head
under water, Police Chief Eugene
McManus reported.
Jacob Buck, a 32-year-old in
dustrial worker in this Susque-
hanna river town of Eastern
Pennsylvania, was held on an open
charge in the death of Mrs. Mar
tina McComsey, rs, mother Of two
children. She was estranged from
her husband.
The drowning occurred Monday
afternoon. but 1t was not until
today that Buck was arrested,
when discrepancies were found in
his original story.
Evening star., 1949-09-04

militarization measures in the So
Wet zone. These reports say Ger
man workmen at Finow airfield
north of Berlin have been dis
charged. the field sealed off and
new types of Russian planes based
there.
Refugees have been evacuated
from another airf1eld at Burg
near Magdeburg, and the German
peoples police is being trained in
the use of Russian planes there
other reports from border crossers
said.
Yet other reports said the East
bank of the Elbe is being forti-
fed.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
By the Associofsd Press

BARRY. Wales, Sept. 3.-Tong
Full Ng, SIS, decided to sail 5000
miles to his native China in an
18-foot open boat.
The homesick little laundryman
loaded his frail craft with $50
pounds of personal effects. He
slowed away packet of cheap
jewelry for the wife and children
he left in Canton 13 years ago.
In the still of the night Tong
set sail. For a navigation guide
he carried a road map of Great
Britain c'must remember, turn
left at Lands End") and chart
of the Mediterranean torn from
an atlas.
For the first SO hours the voy-
age went nicely Then the wind
and the tide turned on Tong.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Truman Signs Bill Making
Mccain a Full Admiral
By the Associoted Press

BY the Associoted Press
President Truman yesterday
signed a bill giving an after
death promotion to the late Vice
Admiral John S. Mccain.
The bill directs the Navy to
change its records to show that
Admiral Mccain received the rank
Of admiral as of September 6, 1945,
the date of his death. The promo
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Edwin Butler in New Post

Edwin r. Butler, GALS Ridge
wood avenue, Chevy Chase, Md,
has been appointed assistant man
aging director of American For
est Products Industries. Inc, a
nonprof1t organization sponsored
by the lumber and paper indus
try. Mr.. Butler was formerly di-
rector of public relations for the
Southern Hardwood Producers.
Inc, in Memphis.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Carlton Skinner Plans
10 Leave Soon for Job
As Governor Of Guam

The first civilian to be named
governor Of the tiny but strate-
gically important Island Of Guam,
Carlton Skinner. So. special as
sistant to Secretary Krug and
director of information at the In
terror Department, is preparing to
leave shortly for his new post.
A White House announcement
that President Truman had ap-
pointed the former newspaper
man came yesterday as Rear Ad-
miral Charles A. Pownall relin-
quished the governorship. He is
to retire from the Navy next
month. Until the new civilian
governor arrives, the administra-
tive duties will be performed by
Rear Admiral Leon S. Fiske, who
has been deputy governor.
A sea-going lieutenant COM
mander in the Coast Guard in
World War II. Mr.. Skinner in
spected Guam with Secretary
Krug in l947 and Is we'll oriented
on problems that will face the
islanders after July l, 1850. when
jurisdiction will be transferred
from the Navy to the Interior
Department. Until then, both de-
partments will have a hand in the
administration. For that reason
it was necessary to get the Navy's
approval of Mr.. Skinner before
the presidential appointment was
made.
Was Correspondent.
Under Navy control since 1898,
Guam is to get a new deal under
the Presidents program of accord
ing civil government and a full
measure Of civil rights to the
residents of Pacific islands under
jurisdiction of the United States.
A graduate of the University of
California, Mr.. Skinner served as
correspondent here for the United
Press and the Wall Street Journal
in the early years of the New Deal.
He is a native of Palo Alto, Calf.
He became a Government ca
reer employe in 1888 when he went
with the Labor Department.
In 1910 he transferred to the
Maritime Commission as assistant
information director and in 194l
he went with the Coast Guard.
AS commander of the U. S. S. Sea
Cloud and the Hoquiam, he saw
much service in the North Atlantic
and Pacific. For considerable time
he was on weather observation
duty.
Returned to Commission.
He took part in the earliest
American action against the Ger
mans in 194l during seizure OF the
enemy's weather station in Green
land.
After the war Mr.. Skinner re.
turned to the Maritime Commits
sion as chief of the sales and char
ter section in 1945, and the next
year he was made special assistant
to the Secretary of the Interior
and Director of Information. He
also has been security officer and
a director of the Virgin Islands
Corp. under the Interior Depart
ment.
MIR. Skinner married a former
Wave, Miss Jeanne Rowe. With
their two children they now live
at 2029 Bancroft place NV. He
is a member of the National Press
Club and the American Legion.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington D. G. A-l5
4, 949

ton is an honorary one, involving
no financial 'readjustments.
Admiral Mccain commanded the
famous Task Force 38 in the Pa
cific during the war. He died in
Coronado, Calf, shortly after
witnessing the japanese surrender
in Tokvo Raw
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Comdr. TuyIor to Speak

1t. Comdr. John L. Taylor OF
the Navy's Office of Island Gov
ernments will speak to the Asso-
citation of American Geographers
at 8;15 pm. Friday on Americas
Responsibility in the Pacific" The
meeting will be held in the fifth
floor auditorium of the National
Archives building
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Five GSI Pools Close
Season Tomorrow;
Race Issue UnsoIved

The five public swimming pools
currently being operated by Gov
ernment Services, Inc, will close
for the season tomorrow, leaving
still unsolved by the Interior De-
partment the controversial racial
question which closed the sixth
pool at Anacostia Park.
Overall attendance at the five
pools showed an increase Of II per
cent over last year, Robert r.
Ayers. general manager Of GS1,
said.
His attendance report did not
include the Anacostia pool, which
was shut down because OF racial
disturbances when colored SWIM
mers tried to use the pool. The
Anacostia pool. until then, had
been used by white persons only.
Thus, the swimming pool issue
is over apparently until next
spring when the Interior Depart
ment will have to face the ques-
ton of what to do about Anacostia
pool. 1t was closed on the per-
sonal order of Interior Secretary
Krug. which put the question on
the secretary level" and it re-
quired word from him to reopen.
The Interior Department has
had a policy of non-segregation in
the six pools for several years. But
in practice, only Banneker and
Francis were used by colored SWIM
mers while Takoma, East Potomac,
Mckinley and Anacostia were used
by white persons.
At the beginning Of the sum-
mer, colored swimmers began
using both Mckinley and Anacos-
tia pools. Anacostia was shut
down within a few days while
Mckinley now is used mostly by
colored persons as white swimmers
stopped going there.
The Interior Department and
the District Recreation Board have
been negotiating sporadically all
summer to reach terms under
which the six pools could be turned
over to the Recreation Board. The
Recreation Boards last offer-to
operate Mckinley and Banneker
as interracial pools and the others
as before-was turned down by
Mr.. Krug.
The five pools which remained
open showed a total of 301 .421
patrons through last Sunday, Mr..
Ayers reported. OF that number,
98,466 were boys and girls who
enjoyed the free morning periods
sponsored by the District Recrea-
ton Board.
In spite of the overall increase
in attendance, only East Potomac
and Takoma showed increased
patronage this year. Mr.. Ayers
said. Mckinley pool, which served
So ,298 patrons last year, reported
only 26,071 swimmers this year
with the drop mainly attributed
to the smaller number Of colored
swimmers who used the pool after
the white swimmers stopped at
tending.
Attendance figures for the other
pools were: Takoma 130,519 this
year as compared to 1888 last
year .{attributed partially to the
closing of Anacostia): East Po-
tomac, 82,679 this year as COM
pared to 1926 last year; Ban
neker, 43,187 as compared to A.
551 last year and Francis, 1885
as compared to 20,131 last year.
Mr.. Ayers said the Hains Point |
Tea House will remain open until
September Is and the boating
concession on the Tidal Basin will
continue in operation until Sep
tember 20. Other recreation ac-
tivities operated by GSI, including
tennis courts, Hams Point speed
boat, snack bar and rowboats at
Great Falls and sailboat Marina,
will remain open until some time
in Hcfohor
Evening star., 1949-09-04
ReuchIin Exhibit Set

An exhibition of paintings and
graphic arts by the Dutch painter
Henriette Reuchlin, will open
Thursday in the National Collec-
ton of Fine Arts at the Smith
sonian Institution, and will con-
tinue through September %.
Evening star., 1949-09-04

WE'D go YEARS-Mr. and Mrs.
James C. Dulin, 4523 Fessen-
del. street NV, are celebrat-
ing their Goth wedding ami
versary today with a quiet
family reception at their
home. Both were born in the
District and have lived their
entire lives here. Mr.. Dulin
has been a custom shirt maker
for "a years. They have three
children, two grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.
Evening star., 1949-09-04

The attorney general was not a
member of the Presidents cabinet
until 1914,
, 1949-06-28
NOTICE

Savings Bank Book No. c
$40 having been reported lost
or stolen, the holder thereof is
hereby requested to present it
to the Blank within twelve
12) weeks from this date, as
otherwise, the Book will be
cancelled and a new one is
sued in its place at the expira-
ton of this period.
May 26, 1949
Virgin Islands Natl Bank
Christiansted Branch
, 1949-06-28

in life, right at home & could
mt see it, & but for the vision
he might never have seen it.
Like Sir Launfal, too many
of us, in the past, have follow
ed the Grail and been carried
away from home. We have
wandered, like the aged Sir
'Launfal of the vision, into far
places and like him, we have
come back to find a stranger
in our stead. But by realizing
that our Grail is found right
here, we become more aware
of our opportunities, and so
work to make the most of
them.
Let us make the most Of our
opportunities. Use the nipple
ments and tools that are about
us and at hand, and let us stop
worrying about what is on the
other side of the fence. If
others can come in and find
their Grail here, why do we
have to 60 elsewhere to find
ours? Let us realize, with Sir
Launfal, that the Grail is
found here in our easiest.
Croix. Knowing that, we can
then each find out what it
means for each of us, and by
working at it bring about a
better st. Croix-of-tomorrow.
THE ValedictorY Of the FJHS
will appear in tomorrow's is
sue.)
, 1949-06-28
ToDAY'S THOUGHT

Quiet minds cannot be per-
picked or frightened, but go
on in fortune or misfortune
at their own private pace, like
a clock during a thunder
storm.
Robert Louis Stevenson
, 1949-06-28
SALUTATORY r 1949
by Marsarita Romero

Mr.. Chairman, Administered
tor Taylor, Madame Superin-
tendent of Education, Madame
Supervisor of Education, Hon!
ored Guests, Fellow Class
mates, Ladies and Gentlemen:
1t gives me great pleasure
to welcome you here tonight,
on behalf of the Class Of 1949,
to our Commencement Exer-
cises, and I hope our evening
will be one of pleasure and
satisfaction to all.
Each one of us fortunate to
be here tonight isshere because
of sacrifices made for us by
our parents or guardians. We
are here because they wanted
us to get what, in many cases,
they did not receive. We want
you to know that we are CRATE
full to them, to you, and to the
. Municipality of St. Croix.
During the year just passed,
our class studied a poem by
James Russell Lowell called
"The Vision of Sir Launfal".
In that poem, we saw the
youthful Sir Launfal prepar-
ing to go on a knightly quest
in search of the Holy Grail.
But before he goes on his ira
wells, he has a vision, and in
that vision he sees clearly
that the search for and finding
of the Grail are something's
more difficult than he had ex-
pected. He found too, that he
had been more interested in
the show and the ceremony
of the search than in the ac-
tual hard work it would take.
Finally, he came to realize
that the search for the Grail
was a symbol of mans search
for peace and happiness and
goodness here on earth. So
that at the end of his vision,
awakening he exclaimed: The
Grail is to be found here in
my castle He realized then
that his aim in life was not to
ride over the face of the earth
in an impossible quest, but to-
remain at home; become al
better landlord; help his ten
ants to make a better living;
rndl1r0 fhoir tovoc OIL E;~y ho+
, 1949-06-28


ESTABLISHMENT OF ELIGIBLE LISTS
The Division of Personnel announces the establishment of
eligible list for:
Assistant Auditor Virgin Islandsl -.
Accountant
Sanitation Inspector I
Switchboard Operator
obtained from the Division of Personnel, and postmarked by
midnight June %, 1949.
Relative position on the eligible lists will be determined by,
an evaluation of ~ educational background, and a. exper-
fence in specific or related fields.
ASSISTANT AUDITOR; Salary $4,000 b. az Under direction,
performs responsible work in examining, adjusting & auditing
all accounts and claims pertaining to the revenues and expend
lures of the Municipal Government.
Graduation from recognized college or university with ma
jor work in accounting or business administration is desirable;
ratification as a certified public accountant.
ACCOUNTANT: Salary $2,s16 p. a. Duties include response
bilty for accounting functions in the Accounting Division of
the Department of Finance.
Graduation from a recognized college or university with ma
jr work in accounting or business administration is desirable;
experience in bookkeeping~or accounting work.
SANITATION INSPECTOR /: SALARY $1O56 .. a. Duties in
volve the performance of general health inspection activities
and the application and enforcement of the sanitation rules
and regulations.
Desirable qualifications include the completion of the twelfth
school grade; some experience in investigational or other(
work involving public contact.
~SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR: Salary ($1O56 p. a. Employed
will be expected to perform routine work in the operation of
q central telephone switchboard and related clerical tasks.
Completion Of the twelfth school grade is desirable; some ex-I
perience in operating a moderately-sized telephone switch
board.
INC L.
Director Of Personnel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-04-16

many Washington neWspaperiheii chose to ignore the facts.
 Both Mrs. Roosevelts are private individuals and their husbands do not hold and have not held pupilc office. What they do affects only three or four people in their lm- mediate family. On the other hand, the Secretary of National Defense is the most powerful member ci the Cabinet whose decisions directly affected two million men in the armed services, and indirectly the reace of the world. His mentai equilibrium. his sansness ms scundness of judgment are of lm- oortance to almost everyone.
 Most newspapers have held that when a man holds public offlce- even minor public office-then the right of privacy cannot apply And the higher the position of puphc trust, the more important 1t IS to know conditions of health ana soundness of mind.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-04-16

out of the House with minimum of debate The Senate has passed it and the bill now awaits the Presidents signature. twgF .s FswN
 The installation of warning system, with sta- tons placed at intervals around the periphery of the continent is only the first step in providing complete protection. Crews must be recruited and trained Presumably system of coordination of flight infor nation will be worked with the airnes and with governmental agencies with which civilian fers file information of their flight plans.
 While radar is deadly accurate in spotting and tracking planes that within of it's scanning ravs there is still way of positively identifying friendly from hostile plane without special equip ment.
 It is possible that regulations regarding in- formation on flights out of the country will be needed It should be necessary to restrict movement or cur tail any of the normal freedoms civilian airmen enjoy This is little enough to ask in the light of todays facts of life.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-04-16
Senator Graham
(Wa ashington Post)

Washington Post
 The State of North Carolina is to be congratulated on it's new Senator designate, President Frank L.. Graham of the University of North Carolina He Will take the seat briefly occupied by the late senator I Melville Broughton, whose term would have run to 1855 Dr Graham's appointment however, will last only until the next general election 195O
 Whether Dr. Graham will then run to succeed himself we do not know and probably he does not either That is matter still in the future. The point to be made today is that Governor Scott has selected as the interim appointee man who for a nunper of years has unoffciay represented the State Of North Carolina outside it's borders Indeed for many years he has voice of the liberal forces of the entire South He is man without political tles who can look beyond parochialism and serve ms State if only for short time by serving the broadest national interest.
 To be sure Dr. Graham is joiner and sponsor of many organizations, not all the members Of which have been 100 per cent in their concern for 1ree dom and democracy. This does not in any measure diminish our confidence in his own loyalty. Indeed, we think him sounder spokesman for and as a frmer supporter real liberty than are his detracors
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-04-16
EYE THAT NEVER CLOSES

What may turn out to be of the most im- portant of the current projects for defense n thls country has been given the light by the senate This is the bill to provide radar screen around the whole country. Through cooperation With Canaoa' the network will be supplemented by string o1 poar radar stations. In effect the nations oeense iieas ures will be strengthened by the addition oi an eye that never sleeps
 The project. as defense projects go, is relatively inexpensive. The initiative expenditure is limited to sa5 ooo 900 but ultimately the will be Sl610O0OOO or more The bill authorizing the expenditure came
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-04-16
NEW FISHING BOAT BE LAUNCHED TODAY,
 JUNEAU MARINE WAYS

At the o.-.cau Marine Co.,, the new combination halibut-troller, Dolores, owned by Orin Addleman, will be off the cradle at high tide this afternoon. The boat is rigged for halibut fishing.
 The boat is equipped with radio phone, fathometer, and automatic pilot. Overall length is 42 feet, eight inches, beam 12 feet six in- ches, and it draws six feet four inches. The Chrysler Royal Ma rine motor is rated at 143 horse power with four and half to one gear reduction.
 Leaving on it's first trip April 29 off Yakutat, the crew in addi- tion to Addleman is Dill Odell, skip per, Harry Sperling, Jr.. and Err ling Oswald.
 At the same shop tine Mayflower, owned by Gus Swanson. and the Neld, owned by Eli Johnson. were put in the water Thursday after complete overhauling. The Ace owned by Doug Wahto, is in for a new stern post, and the Avona, owned hy Axel H. Nelson, is on the ways for repairs. Both boats were pulled up Friday.