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Evening star., 1949-03-18
Cardinal Sends SIS Checks
To Families OF Strikers
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 18.-Gift
checks for $65 have been mailed
by Francis Cardinal Spellman to
each of the families of 275 workers
who struck recently at two Cath
olic cemeteries.
| Cardinal Spellman for a week
led young priests and seminarians
in digging graves at Calvary
Cemetery in Queens, where moro
than 1000 bodies accumulated
during the two-month strike. The
workers also struck at Gate Of
Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne,
N. Y.
Msgr. George E. Ehardt. man
aging director of the New York
Archdiocesan cemeteries, an
nounced the mailing Of the checks
today. He stressed that they were
gifts to the families" and said
they were accompanied by letters
in which the Cardinal said that
undoubtedly the period OF no work
has caused you and your family
many hardships"
The $65 is slightly more than
one weeks pay of $64.35 provided
in the agreement which ended the
strike March II.
Hundreds Of housewives phoned
DR.. Edith Summerskill, secretary
of Britain's Food Ministry, to pro.
test after she said it was not pos
sible to distinguish the taste Of
margarine from butter.
Evening star., 1949-03-18
Payne School Students
Give SIS 10 Symphony

Pupils of the Payne Elementary
School, Fifteenth and C streets
NE, today presented to Conductor
Howard Mitchell of the National
Symphony Orchestra q donation
of $25 for the symphony's sus-
tanning fund drive.
The first such donation from a
colored elementary school in the
orchestra's history. according to
Mr.. Mitchell, the money was
raised among the children them
selves at a special benefit movie
show at the school.
Fourth-g grader Richard Gather,
9, Is Seventeenth street Sc, son
of a disabled Army veteran, made
the presentation. Miss Edith
Lyons, director Of Division 13 OF
the public schools. also was
present.
Evening star., 1949-03-18
Shamrock Sellers
Held in Los Angeles
| Get Free Defense
BY the Associotsd Press

|, LOS ANGELES, Mar. Is
Four men were arrested here
for selling Shamrocks on st.
Patrick's Day.
The arresting officers were
not Clancy or Murphy but
r. r. Fusiler and j. L. La
Monica. The men were charged
with violation of a city or
dinance in selling on a side
walk without q license.
Attorney Patrick Joseph
Cooney, candidate for State
attorney general, Immediately
called 1t an outrage" and said
he would defend them free.
"The sacredness and OBJ
servance of st. Patrick's Day
and the dignity of the Irish
must be upheld ut all costs.
Imagine arresting men for
selling Shamrocks," he roared.
None OF the men arrested
has an irish name.
Evening star., 1949-03-18
7 2Ex-PoIicemen Get.
Storebreakinq Parole

Two former Arlington police
men have been placed on proba-
ton for five years for storebreak-
ing while on duty last November.
Circuit Court Judge Walter T.
Mccarthy of Arlington imposed
the penalties today on Louie L.
Lipptrap, "a. and Charles H.
James, %, both of whom are mar
ried and have children.
In placing the men on proba-
ton. Judge Mccarthy suspended
five-year Jail sentences imposed
on each man February 81. They
have been in jail since that time.
Judge Mccarthy suspended the
balance of the term subject to
conditions to be laid down by the
probation officer.
The judge told the men they
would find it difficult to follow
the conditions of their parole. He
sal dthey had caused a great deal
of trouble to their families, the
Police Department and the public.
Lipptrap and James pleaded
guilty January % to charge of
breaking into a grocery at Att
Lee highway November 16. They
were arrested after being found
standing outside the door to the
grocery about 4 am,
Evening star., 1949-03-18

not have enough strength tc
stand up against possible threats.
Mr.. Schuman emphasized thai
the treaty was purely defensive
and would be invoked only in case
of an organized aggression BY
some other government against q
signatory state.
A copy of the treaty was handed
to United Nations Secretary Gen.
eral Trygve Lie at Lake Success
last night by the American dele
cation.
In The Hague. Dutch Foreign
Minister D. U. Striker declared
the new alliance is "of the great
est Importance to the world" be-
cause for the first time the United
States and Canada have beer
willing to engage themselves ir
such q grouping.
He told a news conference the
Dutch government considers the
treaty generally completely sat-
isfactory" and added:
I'VE believe that the forces de-
veloped by all participant coun-
tires, including 100000 people
will be big enough to take away
any idea of attacking"
There was opposition in Britain
too. w. N. Warbey, Laborite
member of Parliament. said the
new alliance could only serve te
split the world in two land lead
the world into war" Phil Piratin
a Communist member of the
house, recalled the words Of Ne
vile Chamberlain 10 years age
when he returned from Munich tt
declare he had brought peace ir
our time"
IT believe" said Piratin. "tha1
this historic occasion will 60 doWr
in history to be as damned as thai
one was"
Evening star., 1949-03-18
Reaction
Continued From First Page.).

en- Europe politically and econom-
ically as well as militarily.
In Paris, French Foreign Min
lister Robert Schuman declared the
alliance provides France with an
effective shield against aggression.
I'VE are convinced" Mr.. Schu-
man told newsmen. that the pact
contains not only a moral but a
judicial engagement upon each
signatory to aid one another as
rapidly and as effectively as pos
sible in the manner each deems
best, according to its means"
The minister asserted Article
Three of the treaty requires each
member to augment its own de-
fensive potential, with the under
standing that economic recovery
holds priority over armament.
Denies Rearmament Plan.
A reporter for a Communist
paper asked the minister if it
would be excessive" to deduce
that the treaty implies a rearma-
ment program for France.
Mr.. Schuman replied it would
not, and added: "The pact would
not mean anything if the mem
Der nations did not have any
arms"
AT the present time" contin-
ued Mr.. Schuman, even if they
pooled all their equipment the
nations of Western Europe would
Evening star., 1949-03-18
By the Associoted Press

TEL AVIV," Israel, Mar. 18.-
An Israeli Foreign Office spokes-
man said today the main OBJ
stacles for signing an Israel
Lebanon armistice agreement now
have been removed.
1T can be expected that an
agreement will be signed at the
beginning of next week." he
added.
The armistice talks opened at
the border town Of Ras en- Naqura
on March /. There had been re-
ports that one of the sticking
points would concern the presence
of Syrian troops on Palestine soil.
The Israel -Trans-Jordan armis-
tice talks now going on at Rhodes
were reported snagged. Mean
while, on the presence Of British
troops at Aqaba. Aqaba is Trans
Jordan's Red Sea port and British
troops are there at Trans -Jordan's S
request, under a treaty tie. Aqaba
is only two or three miles from
ISraeli-claimed territory.
Evening star., 1949-03-18
81 Downtown Shops Begin
THURSDAY Niaht Hours

Fifty-one downtown shops in
augurated the return of Thurs
day night shopping last night.
An observer of the Merchants
g. Manufacturers Association said
reports from some of the partici-
pating shops indicated the volume
of business was at least satisfac-
tory and in some cases very brisk.
Crowds were spotty along the
F. and G street shopping district,
but it was anticipated the number
of shoppers would increase as
more people learned of the new
Thursday closing hour, which is
$50 o'clock in most cases.
The stores include most Of the
women's apparel shops in the
downtown area, furniture, linen
and other stores, but not the large
department stores or five an6
10-cent stores.
Evening star., 1949-03-18

ponents on Skeletonlzed civil
rights bill. Mr.. Truman comment
ed that the Oregon Senator is in
Washington and he isn't.
Philosophizing, Mr.. Truman said
that he simply makes recommen-
dations on what he thinks is good
for the country. This government
is made up of three prongs, he
continued-Executive. Legislative
and Judicial-and neither should
interfere in the work of the other.
Mr.. Truman said Winston
Churchill, former British Prime
Minister. will have lunch or din
ner with him next THURSDAY.
Will Speak at M. /. T.
Mr.. Churchill speaks at Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology
March 81, and will be followed
there the next day by the Presi-
dent.
Mr.. Truman said he would meet
Evening star., 1949-03-18
Russian Union Paper Hits
Norwegian Labor Party
BY the Assoeioted Press

MOSCOW, Mar. 18.-The Soviet
trade union newspaper Trud to-
day blasted what it termed the
new aggressive policy" Of Nor
ways Labor Party and called for
a Norwegian-Russian nonaggres-
sion pact to reduce tension in
the North" ..
Trud said the policies of the
Labor Party is lin contradiction
with the ancient friendly rela-
tions between the U. S. S. r. and
Norway"
The editorial discussed at length
the present situation in Norway
in relation to the North Atlantic
alliance.
It claimed the Norwegian peo-
pie wanted a nonaggression pact
with Russia and this is in fact
why the leaders Of foreign policy
hurried so to declare Norway read
iness to join the aggressive North
Atlantic pact"
Norway has turned down a Rus
sian offer of a nonaggression pact
on the grounds that membership
of both countries in the United
Nations made such q treaty un-
necessary.
Evening star., 1949-03-18
Two Investment Firms
To Fight Pepco Plan
On Bond Issue Sale

The Potomac Electric Power
Co.'S request for authority to issue
s37 100000 in unsecured bonds to
finance its new construction pro-
gram and refinance its funded
debt Is expected to encounter
strong opposition Monday when
the Public Utilities Commission
holds q public hearing on the
plan.
The company has asked the
PUG for permission to sell the
bonds to three large insurance
companies without bidding under
a waiver of a PUG rule requiring
competitive bidding in marketing
new securities.
The commission announced to-
day that two out-of- town invest
ment brokerage companies have
served notice they will attend the
hearing and oppose the waiver.
They are Halsey Stuart & Co.,
Chicago, and Otis & Co., Cleve-
land.
Would Be Sold to Insurance Firms.
Pepco's plan is to sell $13,O0O,-
600 worth of the debentures 10
the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co.. $12,000,000 to the Equitable
Life Insurance Co. and $12,000,-
600 to the Prudential Life Insur-
ance Co.
The company contends that
private sale to the insurance firms
Will realize more money.
The two brokerage firms, which
have appeared at hearings in
many cities to oppose private sale
OF utility securities to insurance
companies, say competition brings
lower financing costs.
Rules of both the PUG and the
Securities and Exchange Commits
sion provide for not less than
three bidders unless the commits
sion having jurisdiction believes
that money can be saved for the
utility by q private sale.
Economy Factors Stressed.
The PUB will decide from the
testimony whether closed or COM
petitive bidding will be more ad-
vantageous for the company.
r. Roy Dunn, treasurer for the
company, said the anticipated
economy through a non-competi-
tive sale would result from two
factors.
First he estimated the cost of
seeking bids would be about $780,
600. whereas the cost of arranging
non-competitive purchase of the
securities by the insrance compa-
nj es would be about $4,000.
Second, MIR. Dunn explained, if
o brokerage house were engaged
to market the securities all the
debentures would have to be issued
at once and interest would have
to be paid on the entire $1,000, 900
from the day of issue. The insur-
ance companies have offered take
down" privileges whereby part of
the securities would be isuued at
once and the remainder some
months later. saving part of the
interest.
The PUG recently permitted the
Washington Gas Light Co. to sell
securities on similar non-com-
petitive basis, but this is the first
time Pepco has sought exemption
asking for bids.
Evening star., 1949-03-18
fContinued From First Page.)

tCOnJlnueQ from F1rSC rage
ports quoting some Republicans as
saying that certain Democrats
saw eye-to-eye with them. Mr..
Truman wanted to know what
was new about that The same
condition always has prevailed, he
continued.
The President said he knew
nothing about a report that he
might call Congress back into a
summer special session to deal
with party measures which might
fail in the regular session. With
this Congress still at work, Mr
Truman thought that sort of spec
ulation premature.
Too Early for Speculation.
When a reporter referred to
statement by Senator Morse. Re-
publican, of Oregon, on a reported
agreement by administration op-
Evening star., 1949-03-18
II on Plane Reported
Lost in Bay Of Bengal
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

RANGOON, Burma. Mar. 18.-
Nine passengers and the two-man
crew are believed to have died
when a government-owned pas
senger plane plunged into the Bay
of Bengal Monday on a short
fight from Moulmein to Rangoon.
The planes British pilot was
Capt. H. p Sparrow. Others
aboard were Burmese, Indian and
Chinese nationals.
Belated reports from villagers
who said they saw the plane dive
into the bay gave the first clue to
fate Of the missing craft.
Evening star., 1949-03-18
Conodo's Government
| Stakes Life on O. K.
OF AtIontic Alliance
By the Associofsd Press

OTTAWA, Ontario, Mar. 18.
Prime Minister Louis st.
Laurent today gave the Cana
dian House of Commons the
draft text of the North At
lantic treaty and staked the
governments life on its gen.
eral acceptance by Parliament.
The Prime Minister gave
notice of a resolution approv-
ing it's principles and asking
the House to recognize the
proposed treaty as "of vital
Importance for the protection
of Canada, the preservation OF
peace and the development OF
political. social and economic
cooperation among North
American democracies."
Evening star., 1949-03-18
PIone With IS Aboard
Crashes in New Zealand
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
AUCKLAND, New Zealand. Mar.
ia passenger plane with Is
aboard was wrecked yesterday in
a hilly area 80 miles north OF
wellington.
Air search headquarters said it
had received reports the plane was
completely broken up and burn
ing. There was no immediate
word about the 13 passengers and
crew of two.
Evening star., 1949-03-18
Loaded u. :. Air|ift. Plane
Crashes at Berlin; ; Escape
BY the Assoeioted Press

Dy the ASsoeiofed PresI
BERLIN. Mar. ia fully
loaded American airlift cargo
plane crashed at Tempelhof Air.
field early today and all three
crewmen escaped unhurt.
The plane, a four-engined C-54
tipped over in a ditch on the snow
covered field. Berlin had expert.
enced its heaviest snowfall of the
winter during the night. Blu
ground crews had most of 1t re-
moved from the big field by th'
time of the crash.
The pilot, co-pilot and enginee,
were shaken up but otherWis'
escaped injury. the Air Force said
Officials said later the plan.
overshot the runway. 1t wa
loaded with 10 tons OF coal anc
other materials for German in.
duStry.
Evening star., 1949-03-18
Continued From First Page.)

in history linking the two con-
tinents.
In addition to the key provisions
concerning a possible armed at
tack, major provisions of the
treaty would pledge the participat-
ing nations to:
1. Separate and joint action
now to maintain and develop
their individual and collective ca
pacity to resist armed attack" by
means of continuous and effec-
tive self help and mutual aid"
2. Establish Immediately a de-
tense committee" to recommend
practical measures for carrying
out these pledges.
Eight nations-the United
States, Canada. Great Britain,
France, Belgium, the Netherlands,
Luxembourg and Norway-have
agreed to sign the treaty here dur
ing the first week Of April, prob
ably on April 4. They have in
vited Italy, Denmark, Iceland and
Portugal to join them, and those
countries are expected to do 50.
Before it becomes effective. how
ever. the treaty would have to be
ratified by the United States Sen
ate and by q majority of the other
nations signing it. including Can
ada and the five Western Euro
pean Union countries. It would
remain in force for at least 20
years, with provision for review
after 10 years in the light Of con-
ditions then If any member re-
quests it.
The area to be defended under
the alliance is limited to North
America. Europe, Algeria in North
Africa and the Atlantic Ocean
north Of the Tropic of Cancer.
which is 23 degrees. ~ minutes
north latitude. In this area
an attack on any Of the
alliance members. their occupation
forces in Europe. their Atlantic
island possessions or their ships
or airplanes would be regarded as
an attack on all.
Consultation Provided for.
Under a general provision, the
treaty calls for joint consulta-
ton If any member believes its
territorial integrity, political in
dependence or security" is threat
ened.
Mr.. Acheson emphasized that
this consultation provision is much
broader in scope than the article
providing for action to meet an
armed attack. He said any de-
velopments anywhere in the world
which a member of the alliance
considered affected it's security
would require consultation.
The treaty neither obligates the
members to take any action, nor
limits their possible action, con-
Icerning any security threats ex-
cept an armed attack in the speci-
fed North Atlantic area, Mr.. Ache
son pointed out.
Definition Is Impossible.
He told questioners it was i'm
possible to define what would be
considered an armed attack" in
all circumstances. He said he be-
lieved an attack on one Of the
American planes flying the airlift
to Berlin over the Soviet sone
would be 50 considered.
It might apply also, he said, to
revolutionary activity in one Of
the nations q party to the treaty
| if that .activity was assisted from
the outside-such as the Com
munist warfare against the Greek
government. But purely internal
revolutionary activity would not
be an armed attack" although 1t
might require consultation, he
added. -
Mr.. Acheson said there may be
some areas where United States
obligations would overlap in the
North Atlantic treaty and in the
inter american defense pact,
Evening star., 1949-03-18
Terms of Alliance Made Public

There is nothing IN the Atlantic
treaty. however. he said, to in
crease obligations Of the Latin
American nations which earlier
Joined this country in the hem
isphere pact.
He evaded any specific answer
about whether Spain might be IA
vored as a member of the North
Atlantic alliance. The treaty pro-
vides that original SignerS may by
unanimous agreement invite. any
other European nation "in a posi-
ton to further" its principles and
contribute to the security of the
area to accede to the pact. Treaty
principles include democracy. in
dividual liberty and the rule of
law" He said he supposed there
could be much debate about Spain
in relation to such principles.
Mr.. Acheson emphasized at the
outset Of his news conference that
the treaty is purely defensive in
character, pointing out that the
very first article reaffirms determi-
nation of the participating nations
to settle any international disputes
in which they may be involved by
peaceful means.
Aim to Strengthen U. ".
DrafterS of the treaty took great
pains to make clear it is designed
to strengthen rather than to
weaken the United Nations. The
United Nations or its Security
Council are mentioned specifically
nine times in the IA articles of the
proposed pact.
Alliance members will be
pledged to refrain from using
force or the threat of force "in
any manner inconsistent with the
purposes Of the United Nations" !"
To back up the "self-help and
mutual aid" concept of the treaty,
the State Department is preparing
legislation under which Congress
will be asked to authorize Pres
ident Truman to provide American
military equipment to help build
up the armed forces Of the Eu-
ropean alliance members.
This program Is expected to cost
more than $1,000, ,OOO, 900 for the
first year. although no official
estimate has been made yet. The
State Department explained that
the aim for the first year will be
to equip fully existing military
forces Of the European members,
with building up Of additional
forces to be considered later.
Evening star., 1949-03-18


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Evening star., 1949-03-18
Eastern Stur Tea Tomorrow

The annual benefit silver tea Of
the Home Board. Of Esther Chap
ter, No. 5, Order of the Eastern
Star, will be held from 3 to 6
pm. tomorrow at the home of
Mrs. j. Harry Phillips, 1885 In
graham street NV.
Evening star., 1949-03-18

[r. Truman said he would meet
Evening star., 1949-07-10
Richard Clark II
To Wed in Spring

Mr.. and Mrs. C. Firman Trow-
bridge of Merton, Pa, announce
the engagement of their daugh-
ter Patricia Hermina to Mr.. Rich
ard Anvil Clark II. son of Mrs
j. Bert Saxby, jr., of Santa Bar
bara, Calf, and Mr.. Morris r
Clark of Washington.
Miss Trowbridge attended Fair
fax Hall Junior College, Waynes-
boro, Va. Mr.. Clark is student
at the University of Virginia.
They will be married some time
next spring.
Evening star., 1949-07-10

mony taking place recently in st.
Marks and Incarnation Lutheran
Church with the Rev Henry J.
Manken officiating. The bride
groom is the son of Mrs Kontner
of Dayton, Ohio.
Evening star., 1949-07-10
Announcement

Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. SchWeitzel
announce the marriage of then
daughter, Miss June SchWeitzer,
to Mr.. Chandler Hargett, the cere-
Evening star., 1949-07-10
Is Engaged

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert w. Blan-
chard of Indian Head announce
the engagement of their daughter
Helen Vesta to Midshipman Or
lando Joseph Manci, jr., son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Manci of Bay Min
cite, Ala.
Miss Blanchard is an employe
in the Office of the Secretary OF
the Air Force at present and form
erly was with the War Depart
ment in Berlin.
Midshipman Manci studied at
Marion Institute in Marion. Ala.
and will be graduated next year
from the United States Naval
Academy.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-11-04
BY Jack Hancock
W deep is an oil well?

How deep is an oil well?
Without being too faeetious or
CHASING this with the old " how
high is up?" gag, drillers will tell
you seriously that it depends on
where you're drilling.
In Mississippi, for instance,
wells drilled in l948 average the
deepest of all so-called deep
drilling states - which means
that the Mississippi average is
deepest in the United States.
According to tabulations Of a
recent issue of an oilmen's mag
azine. taken from official records.
Mississippi wells average 7.4sl
feet; this in spite of the fact that
Mississippi has never held the ma
iional or worlds deep drilling"
record. That record is currently
held by Wyoming; still the aver
age depth of Woming wells is
only 4.005 feet and Wyoming. is
one of the eight states which lead
Mississippi in oil production.
Drillers declare that this depth
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-11-04
Garden Club Selects
Local Theme For
Coast Pilgrimage

The Pascagoula Garden club
decided Wednesday TO feature
the Singing River legend locally
during the Gulf Coast Garden
Pilgrimage in the early spring.
Other plans concerning the pill
grimage were discussed at the
meeting.
The chair was occupied by Mrs.
d. r. Peele. A. M. Pelham, guest
speaker, talked on wildlife con-
servation.
Mrs. Charles w, Smith of the
club spoke on Flowers of the
Month
Prizes were won by Mesdames
Smith, George F. Fiske and Cyril
Vlamynck.
Refreshments carrying out a
color scheme of orange were
served from a lace covered table
centered with an arrangement of
marigolds which matched the can
dies. in attractive holders. Host
esses for the afternoon we're Mes
DANES w. X. Bosarge, Fiske and
Robert F. Carter.