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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-08-18

II. ana MARY NSmltn) GSell
He was a member of the Clear
Spring Mennonite Church. Born in
the Clear Spring district, he had re-
sided in Maugansville for the past
IA years.
He is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Henry Farmer, Maugansville, and
several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Ella May Bennett widow of
James William Bennett, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Eva
Schlotterbeck, 207 West Side Az
enue, on August IS, after an illness
of several months, aged 86 years.
She was born and reared near
Summit Point, w. Va, the daugh-
ter of Michael and Elizabeth Mer-
Ger Pope, and was member of the
Methodist Church.
The following survive: four daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Samuel Belford, Allen
wood, Pa; Mrs. Charles Schlotter-
beck, Hagerstown; Mrs. Frank
Castle, Baltimore; and Mrs. David
Mellott, Williamsport; four sons,
James L., Henry c., Edgar o., and
Renner B. Bennett, all of Hagers-
town; At grandchildren; II great
grandchildren; nine great great
grandchildren; and one brother, Ed
ward Pope, Berryville, Va.
Mrs. Cora d. Hayes, wife of
Cyrus A Hayes, died on August IS,
at her home near WolfsvilIe, aged
rs years.
She was the daughter of the late
Denton and Rebecca (Forrest) Kuhn.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by the following children:
Lloyd D., and Mrs. Helen Pike,
Smithsburg; and Maclin M, Phila-
delphia; and one sister, Mrs. Ma
thew Tracey, Smithsburg.
Alvey Garfield SwOpe died at his
home in Cascade on August Is, aged
SO. He had been in failing health for
over four years.
Born in Frederick County, he was the
son of Dyson and Mary (Hurley)
Swope
Surviving are: his wife, Bessie M.
(Fox) Swope; two sons, Frederick,
Waynesboro, and Bernard, Chicago;
one daughter Mrs. Edgar Bittinger,
Mont Alto; three sisters, one broth
er and one grandchild.
Mrs. Fannie r. Frey died on Au-
gust II at the Washington County
Hospital, aged 73.
A daughter of the late Rooklyn |
and Ida (Shuf) Blickenstaff, she
lived her entire life in the VOLTS
vile area
Surviving are: her husband, En-
DRY Frey; four brothers, John, Johns
town, Pa; Thomas, Benevola; Ed
ward, Cavetown; and Hobart, VOLTS
vile; and four sisters, Mrs. Airy |
Kline, Wolfsville; Mrs. Victor Fox,
Lantz; Mrs Frank Gaver, Ladies'
burg; and Mrs Ruscsell Harshman,
Wolfsville.
Clyde Elias Grove died at his
home in Sharpsburg on August II,
aged 20 years.
He was son of the late Ohio and
Ella (Swain) Grove and was born
in Sharpsburg, where he had spent
his entire life.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Abbie
Grove, he is survived by: two sons,
Oliver, Keedysville and Allen, at
home; two daughters, Mrs. Henry
Carroll and Miss Genevieve Grove,
Hagerstown; two sisters, Mrs. Ed
ward Nose and Mrs. Byrd Delaney;
one brother, Oliver, of Sharpsburg;
also four grandchildren and one
great grandchild
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-08-18
Meal 1900 Years Old

Excavations in Armenia have I'M
earthed an unfinished MEAL, 900
years old. The digging has been
taking place at what is known as
cient Urart fortress. The unfinished
meal - preserved along with grain
$500 years old, some balls OF wool
en- thread AMI wooden utensils-was
the Kamir Flure, the site of an an
found in the palace section of the
fortress.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-08-18
ID. G. Institntes Sales lax

The District of Columbia has be-
gun collecting a sales tax from its
residents and its visitors Here is
the scale: Sales up to IS cents, no
tax; IA to SO cents, inclusive, l cent;
81 cents to $I.13, two cents; fer
each additional so cents of sale,
l cent more. Restaurant meals to-
falling more than SIPS are subject
to the tax.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

3
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, That tee
subscriber has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Washington
County, Letters Parliamentary on
the estate of
WILLIAM TRAMMELL SNYDER
late of said county deceased. All
persons having claims against said
deceased are hereby warned to ex-
hibit same with the vouchers there
of, legally authenticated, to the sub
scriber on or before the 9Th day
of March next; they may other
wise, by law, he excluded from all
benefit of said estate. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment
Given under my hand this 9Th
day of August AID, 1949.
NELLIE STACK SNYDER,
8-11-3t Executrix
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-08-18
More And Better Atom Bombs

The Atomic Energy Commission
announced recently that it is max
ing ION an industrial basis" new
and more effective atomic bombs.
The commission also said uraniu r
and plutonium for bombs and other
atomic energy uses are being pro-
duced Sin greater quantity than ev-
er before
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-08-18

Clinton III. GselI died at his home
at Maugansville on August IA, aged
81 years.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-08-18

In the century after their discovery
in 1878, the Hawaiian islands pop
uplation decreased from 100000 to
about $1,000, according to the En-
cyclopaedia Britannica.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-08-18
DEATHS

Charles A. Gehr died on August
16 at his home near Clear Spring
on the Williamsport Road, aged 80.
He was a member of st. Paups
Reformed Church.
Surviving are: wife, Marguerite
A. Gehr; a son, Charles, Jr.; his
father, W. Russell Gehr; a sister,
Mrs. Mary L. Freeze, Thurmont; a
brother, Joseph W. Gehr, Big
Spring, and grandfather, William
M Gehr, Thurmont.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-08-18

Joseph Herman Kisner died sud-
denly at his home near Indian
Springs on August 16, aged 68 years.
He is survived by: his wife, Mrs.
Daisey Kisner; a daughter, Thelma,
and brother, Benjamin Kisner, of
Hagerstown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-08-18

Caroline M. Knauff, 337 West
Washington Street, died on August
IA at the Temple University Hos
pital, Philadelphia, Pa, after an ILL
ness of one year, aged AZ years.
She was the daughter of Charles
A. and Sally (Stoner) Bentz.
She is survived by: two children,
Donald, Hagerstown, and Carl E.,
Tyler, Texas; two step-children, AL
gott and Lloyd, Chambersburg: five
brothers and sisters, Mrs. Paul Deck.
Mercersburg, Ri. l; John Bentz, Ha-
gerstown; George Bentz, Green
castle, Ri. 2; Mrs. John Bear,
Waynesboro; and Mrs. Oscar Kite,
Roanoke, Va; and one half-sister,
Mrs. Frank Reed, Chambersburg.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-08-18
World Wide Briefs
OF The Past Week
Lightning Rod Controversy

Ben Franklin's discovery of cleo
tricity is disputed by the Czechs,
who claim Prokop Divis used a
lightning rod six years before Frank
lin reported his experiments.
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10, OOOExpected to- See johnson
Succeed ForrestuI Tomorrow

|. Chief Justice Vinson will adj
minister the oath. Specially in
vited high military and Govern
ment officials will attend. Per-
sons assigned parking space on
the Mall entrance to the Penta-
gon. adjacent to the Defense Sec
retary's Office, have been advised
to move elsewhere tomorrow Ito
accommodate visiting dignitaries
and honor guests"
An announcement describing
the plans said color guard com
posed of two representatives of
each military department and a
detail of one officer and so en-
listed men from the Bird Infantry
will participate along with the
Marine Band.
After the swearing in Mr.. john
son and Mr.. Forrestal then will
inspect the troops and the latter
will dismiss them.
Women members Of the armed
services will be ushers.
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7 Downed U. 5. Flyer,
Located in Arctic

EDMONTON, Alta, Mar. 26-
A Canadian rescue plane late to-
day located seven United States
Air Force filters marooned on the
icy coast of Ellesmere Island since
Thursday night when their C-82
cargo ship crash-landed.
Previous radio messages received
from the flyers said they are un'
hurt and Gin excellent condition
The Royal Canadian Air Force
dropped survival equipment to the
men and planned to evacuate then
tomorrow in a ski-equipped ca
transport.
The downed plane: was sighted
on the coast of Ellesmere Islanc
on Smith Sound, between Baffir
Bay and Kane Basin. about 85(
miles north Of the Arctic Circle
The filters will be taken to Thule
on Greenland. where they will bt
picked up by a Bit Flying Fort.
ress for a return flight to Goose
Bay, Labrador.
The C-82 was forced down when
1t became lost and ran short oil
gas on a 1,100-mile flight north
from Frobisher Bay on Baffin
Island to Resolute Bay on Corn
wallis Island.
Two Canadian Dakotas were
dispatched today to search for the
Americans.
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supported her claim that she was a
good American. Yet both groups
judged her disloyal. Presumably
there was nothing more to say.
In the interrogatory she re-
ceived last fall-the beginning of
her troubles-the principal charge
against Miss Bailey was: THAT
you are or have been a member of
the Communist Party or the Com
munist Political Association: that
you attended meetings of the
Communist Party and have as
ISOLATED on numerous occasions
with known Communist Party
members.
In her reply, Miss Bailey said
she had never been a Communist;
had never associated with known
Communist Party members" and
that, so far as she knew. none Of
her friends or associates were
members of the Communist Party.
She admitted having attended
a Communist meeting. When she
was a graduate student at Bryn
Mawr College in 1882. she related,
her social economy seminar was
assigned to a comparative study of
the Republican. Democratic, So
cialist and the Communist plat
forms. They attended meetings of
all four parties. hearing speeches
by each of the presidential cam
didateS.
This" Miss Bailey told the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-27
Man, 46, Dies After Fist Fight
With Stepduuqhter's Husband

The marital tribulatiOnS OF a
young estranged couple culmi-
mated in tragedy last night when
the stepfather of the 2l-year-old
wife died after q fight with her
husband.
The dead man, James E. NC
Keever, As. a plumber at Mount
Alto Hospital. had interviewed in
a quarrel between his stepdaugh-
ter, Mrs. Patricia Ann Kelley, 81,
and her husband, Robert Franklin
Kelley, "a, a floorwalker at a
downtown department store, who
lives at 1912 Decatur street NV.
1t. jeremiah Flaherty OF the
Homicide Squad said witnesses re-
constructed the tragedy as follows:
Mr.. Kelley went to the NC
|Keever home at 904 Hamilton
street NV. to seek a reconcilia-
ton with his wife. They have a
15-month-old child and have been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-27
LPIdns for Festival
Pushed as Warm
Weather Arrives

The warmest weather of the
year is moving on Washington
from the South, the Weather Bu-
reau said yesterday, and officials
of the Cherry Blossom Festival
fastened final preparations for
a colorful three-day welcome to
spring this coming week end.
The temperature will 60 to 80
today, the forecaster said, with
showers late in the afternoon or
evening. Tomorrow will be fair
and not quite so warm, he said.
1t will be ideal growing" wealth.
err. The cherry trees which fringe
the Tidal Basin began to show
faint tinges of color yesterday.
Horace Wester, National Capital
Parks plant pathologist, said the
trees may burst into bloom late
today and most certainly will be
in full beauty early this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-27
Army Conducting TesI
OF Synthetic Wonder
Drug in Malaga
NoturoI ChIoromycetin
Effective Against Scrub
Typhus, Spotted Fever
By the Associated Press

The Army announced yesterday
it is testing in Malaga a man
made counterpart of the wonder
drug chloromycetin - medicine s
best bet against some of human
ity's worst diseases.
Development of synthetic
product matching the natural
drug that is derived from a mold
in the soil was announced coin
cidentally by Parke, Davis g. Co
of Detroit.
The natural drug already has
been hailed as ranking in i'm
portance with penicillin ano
streptomycin. It has been effec-
tive against a class of germs re-
sistant even to pencillin anc
streptomycin.
Chloromycetin was the frs
drug found effective-and at the
same time completely satisfactory
to use-against devilish crew OF
bugs called "rickettsiae" which
are midway in size between viruses
and bacteria.
Cause of Spotted Fever.
They cause such diseases as
epidemic and scrub typhus fevers
and also Rocky Mountain spotted
fever.
Prior to chloromycetin, the onl!
drug available for treating any O.
these was para amino-benzoi'
acid, but its use was not complete
ly satisfactory. Recently, another
wonder drug''-aureomycin-ha!
shown promise against Rocky
Mountain spotted fever.
The Army said a service research
team. working in Malaga, will Seel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-27
Senator'S Offer Boosts Hopes
For Rent Agreement Tomorrow
Conferees Settle All Issues in Bill
Except Provisions for Possible increases

due to expire Thursday night, OBJ
servers were confident the con.
ferees would bring out tomorrow
the final draft of a bill, extend
ing Federal control for Is months
or through June 30, 1850, the
agreement will have to be ap-
proved by both Houses.
The District of Columbia has
its own separate rent law, which
also expires Thursday night. A
bill extending the District law
has passed the House, and will
be called up in the Senate early
this week. The local law also is
expected to contain a 15-month
extension date. District rents will
be regulated, therefore. by what
ever terms are finally written into
the local bill.
The Senate conferees agreed a
noon yesterday to the straight Is
month time period adopted by tn,
House in the national bill. TIL,
(Tortippod M Dooo Al ~ol Q
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League for Peace and Democracy
which resulted in the finding
against her. The President
order states the standard shall be
reasonable ground for
belief that the person involved is
disloyal to the Government. "
Loyalty board officials have re-
peatedly emphasized that present
loyalty is the test. Miss Bailey
testified that during her member
ship in this pacifist group, there
was no indication, as far as she
was concerned, that it was "radi-
cal" or a Communist front"
She said so far as she knew it was
perfectly respectable" She said
her first intimation that it might
not be came from the newspapers
after she was no longer a men,
Der.
No Specific Charges Made.
The charge of Communist Party
membership. made by FBI inform
ers. is quite another matter.
From beginning to end. on this
issue, as Miss Bailey and her law
yers fought to clear her of sus-
picion, it was simply her word and
the word of her friends and asso-
ciates against that of the FBI's
informants. AS is usual in loyalty
inquiries. Miss Bailey was unable
to secure any identification of the
persons who accused her. She
and her counsel never were told
Continued on Pig. AS. Column }
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-27
Pilot Crashes to Death
As Fiuncee Looks On
BY the Assoeioied Press

SANTA ANA. Calf, Mar. 26-
Pilot Norman F. Lee crashed to
his death today while His fiancee
looked on from another plane.
Mr.. Lee, a 25-year-old Civil Air
Patrol pilot. brushed wings with
the craft in which his f1ancee,
Barbara Brown of Long Beach,
was a passenger. His light mono
plane plunged out of control
The other ship was piloted by
Rosalee Bentley, also of the CAP
She landed safely.
Mr.. Lee died instantly when his
ship struck a hillside in the
Lemon Heights district near here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-27
Owners Charge Lewis
With 0verspending
|. Mine Welfare Fund
Crisis Seen as Companies
Plan Royalty Cut Fight;
Men Return Tomorrow
By Jones Y. Newton

John L. Lewis huge miners well
fare and retirement fund is in fol
serious financial difficulties, il
was predicted last night by Goa.
industry officials who said the
money is being spent considerably
faster than it is coming in.
This information was received
as the hard and soft coal mines
prepared to resume production to-
morrow at the end of the two
week memorial" shutdown. The
work stoppage was called by Mr.
Lewis in an unsuccessful protest
against the appointment of James
Boyd as director Of the Fedora.
Bureau of Mines.
Just how many of the, mines
will reopen tomorrow was any
body's guess, but the operator!
expected production to be ex.
tremely spotty and said signs in.
dicated output would be about 81
per cent of normal. The pit!
must be inspected for gas anc
other hazards after a shutdown
This work, a long process in tn.
big mines, is done by union safety
committees set up at each mine
Operators said that in many area!
the miners were in no hurry K
take care of the preliminaries.
Contract Battle Due Soon.
The men have been ordered tt
report" for work by Mr.. Levi.
in a belligerant letter which
warned the miner to tighten his
belt" and stand prepared for 8
tough battle with the operator.
for a new contract. That battle
will begin in the next month OF
two since the contract expires
June 80 and may be reopened at
any time on 80 days notice. Many
operators believe the Lewis let
ter was intended as notice OF
termination of the present agree
ment.
The welfare and pension fund
now stands out as a major issue
in the coming negotiations. 1t. is
supported now by a 20-cent pei
ton levy on all coal produced
Mr.. Lewis was quoted as Saying
the tax is not enough. Operators
are preparing to battle for a re.
duction, claiming they find it in.
creasingly hard to bear as the
industry enters a period of eco.
nomic doldrums.
Some industry sources said the
fund-which is fed approximately
$50, 100000 a year-will be bank.
rupt by July !. The statement
could not be confirmed, but the
total cost of the benefits for dis.
ability, death, medical and hos.
pital care and pensions was sale
to be running at a rate of about
(See COAL. Page A-8,)
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By John A. Giles

Louis A. johnson will succeed
James ". Forrestal as Secretary
Of Defense tomorrow in what
probably will be the most elab-
crate swearing-in ceremony ever
staged for a cabinet officer.
1t also will mean that Mr.
johnson, confirmed by the Sen
ate only last Wednesday. will re-
place Mr.. Forrestal three day.
earlier than planned.
The event, replete with rufaes
and fourishes, will start at II am
in the center court Of the Pen
tagon. An official announcement
estimated that 10000 persons
would attend. All Pentagon en-
ployes who can be spared from
their work have been urged to
attend.
If Indictment weather forces the
ceremony indoors, it will be held
in the Pentagon's central con-
course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-27
Wallace Wants China
Used as Test Tube
In Abundance Plan
Urges Tolerance From Both
Reds and Catholics in Talk
At Peace Conference
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 2e-Henry
A. Wallace proposed tonight that
the United States and Russia use
China as a test-tube for a pro-
gram of abundance for all
peoples"
Addressing the Cultural and
Scientific Conference for World
Peace at the Waldorf Astoria
hotel, the former Vice-President
said the problem in China and
elsewhere is to create abundance
for all people"
Neither communism nor CAPT.
talism can solve this problem, he
said, until both, by agreement
get rid Of the spirit of intolerance
catholicism has not solved this
problem in Italy, Spain or Latir
America-where the church is
strongest and where the rank ano
file of the people have continu-
ally suffered from lack of educa-
ton and poverty" he said.
Truman Stain Talk Urged.
Mr.. Wallace addressed a confer.
ence panel amid demands by Other
conference speakers that Truman.
Stain talk be held to end the colo
war.
T. o. Thackrey, editor and pub.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-27
By J. A. O'Leov

A dispute over how to define
fair net income for landlords
deadlocked House and Senate
conferees on Federal rent con.
troll last night, but the outlook
was bright for a final agreement
tomorroW-just three days before
the present law expires.
Senate spokesman offered tc
abandon the two automatic 5
per cent increases in the Senate
bill in return for a more specific
definition of the Houses fair re-
turn proposal.
The Senators and Representa-
tives parted company. however
at 7 pm. after more than five
hours Of argument without having
found words that would satisfy
both sides to describe the factor:
to be taken into consideration ir
arriving at met" income.
That was the only stumbling
block left, and, with rent contro
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separated for about q year and
a half.
Mrs. Kelley was not home when
her husband arrived and he de-
cided to wait for her on the front
porch. In about half an hour she
appeared in an automobile driven
by the husband of a girl friend
whom she had been visiting in a
hospital. He drove on after she
alighted from the car.
Angry words were exchanged
soon after the young couple faced
one another on the porch and
Mrs. Kelley was slapped on the
face by her husband.
Mr.. McKeever emerged from the
house and soon was engaged in a
fight, with Mr.. Kelley. The men
struggled down the steps to the
sidewalk where Mr.. McKeever col
lapsed after Mr.. Kelley punched
(see FIGHT, Page A-2)
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26 Die, Scores Hurt
As Tornadoes Sweep
a Southern States
Arkansas Toll Mounting;
Two Mississippi Towns
Reported LeveIed
BY the Associated Press

Devastating tornadoes ripped
through four Southern States yes
terday and last night, leaving at
least 26 dead, scores injured and
heavy property damage.
Arkansas was the hardest hit
in the latest series of hedge
hopping windstorms. There were
Is known dead in that State and
70 injured. However. the unoff1-
cial estimate of casualties was
much higher.
At least IL Arkansas commu-
mites were hit by the storms, but
the actual number was uncleal
as late reports began to filter in
Mississippi, where the storms
started Thursday. was hit agar
last night. and the Nationa
Guard reported that two tiny
towns in the northeast part Of the
State were blown away
Col. Sam H. Long of the Tupelc
unit of the National Guard said
Belden, eight miles northwest, and
Chesterville, four miles southwest
of Belden, were practically lev
eled."
Col. Long said a Negro baby
was killed at Belden and there
were unconfirmed reports that a
Mrs. Mary Tucker was killed at
Chesterville.
Oklahoma Town Hard Hit.
Oklahoma and Texas had been
belted by tornadoes earlier yes
terday. Crowder. Okla. was the
hardest hit in those States. 1t
reported 2 dead and 20 injured.
The toll in Texas was l dead and
26 injured.
Six had been killed and 80 in
jured in the storms in Mississippi
Thursday.
In Arkansas the tornado swept
across the State in northeasterly
direction.
Whelen Springs first was hit
Then in rapid succession, Spark
man, Scott, England, Hazen
Beedeville. Cotton Plant. McCrory,
Harrisburg and Clear Lake were
reported struck.
There were IA known dead in
the England Scott area, 20 miles
southeast of Little Rock; one
known dead at Whelen Springs,
little lumber mill community 80
miles southwest of Little Rock;
and one dead near McCrory.
The injured included: England
Scott vicinity 46 ct in Little Rock
Hospital, nine in Pine Bluff !;
Whelen Springs II: Balch-Beede-
Vile 16 az treated at Newport,
four in Jonesboro hospitals; Nc
Crory vicinity. six.
WAelen Springs is 80 miles
southwest of Little Rock; Eng
land-Scott is 20 miles southeast;
McCrory 70 miles northeast and
Beedeville 80 miles northeast.
The tornado carved a swath five
blocks wide through CroWder
Okla, after hitting two places in
(See TORNADO, Page A-3D