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Evening star., 1949-09-09
Town Meeting Of Air
Touring World Finds
II Depressing Place
By the Associated Press

A band of Americans who flew
around the world found it a
somewhat depressing" place, one
of the travellers said today.
Almost everywhere they went
they were shocked and saddened
by the plight of displaced persons,
DR.. Guy Snavely, director of the
Association of American Colleges,
said.
And they were alarmed, partic-
ularly in the Middle East and
India, by smouldering national
hatreds and the threat of further
conflict.
"If we hadn't realized it before,
this trip convinced Us the world
| is in turmoil" DR.. Snavely told
a reporter.
"The trouble between the Hin
dus and the MoslemS, continuing
in the wake of the massacres at
the time of partition, has filled
the cities of India and Pakistan
with starving refugees.
Arab-Jew Conflict Cited.
"On a much smaller scale there
is the conflict between the Arabs
and the Jews.
And many nations are afraid
of the way communism may grow
if they cannot feed and clothe
the people"
DR.. Snavely is one of the first
of the 33 members of the globe
girdling Town Meeting OF the
Air" to return home.
Others are still on their way
back from Japan and Hawaii.
In IS days they broadcast de-
bates from IL capitals-London'
Paris, Berlin, Rome, Vienna,
Ankara, Tel Aviv, Cairo. Aarachi,
New Delhi, Manila and Tokyo
Other cities visited include Beirut,
Damascus, Bangkok and Hong
kong.
Major Accomplishments.
DR.. Snavely said the major &C.
complishments of the tour were:
/. It gave the American partici-
pants a much better understand
ing of world problems.
2. 1t stimulated interest abroad
in American practices and opin-
ions. The foreign press gave the
debates wide publicity.
Other observations by DR.,
Snavely on world travel:
Europe-Economic improvement
under the Marshall Plan evident
everywhere except England. Tur-
key doing especially well. The
British, he said, have dissipated
Marshall Plan funds in carrying
out naturalization and socializa-
ton programs.
The Russian sector of Berlin
Still the worst-looking place in
the world. Other Berlin sectors
are cleaning up the rubble.
Manila and Tokyo-ImpresSive
Job Of clearing away war damage
and putting up new buildings.
Asiatics generally Want to
know why they haven't been given
"a Marshall Plan of their own. but
are suspicious of American capital.
Evening star., 1949-09-09

agreed to make him an allowance
Of 5000 week, buy him a new
car and house for his mother.
Her complaint also asserted that
Mr.. Sylvio said that If she did
not comply "he would go to the
press and give out information
that would have a dire effect on
the guardianship of Margaret
|O'Brien."
Mr.. Sylvio. called by reporters,
denied the charges. He said he
would file an answer to the
amended complaint in few days.
Evening star., 1949-09-09
Marqaret 0'Brien's S Mother
Saws SyIvio Twisted Arm
By the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9.-Mrs.
Gladys O'Brien Sylvio, mother OF
Margaret O'Brien, the film juve-
nile, complains that her new hus-
band once twisted her arm when
she wouldn't give him money.
Mrs. Sylvio, in an amended di-
vorce suit against Don Sylvio, a
Evening star., 1949-09-09
1874 Midshipmen Aboard
In Flying Boot Cruise
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 9.-With 1874
midshipmen aboard, the giant fly
ing boat Caroline Mars took of
yesterday on the last of four sum-
mer air cruises from the Naval
Academy.
At Patuxent Naval Air Station,
the midshipmen separted into two
groups for flights to other bases
in the South and Middle West.
They will return in two weeks.
Evening star., 1949-09-09

n HARRIS jewelers. and Slversniths Since 1874
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-26
Hearing on Renewal
OF Freedom Train Set

The Freedom Train-shall it roll
again?
Public hearings leading up to a
decision will be held before a House
Post ONCE and Civil Service sub
committee at 10 a m. tomorrow.
Bills introduced by ton
leaders in the House ana Senate
have proposed two-year renewal
of the recently completed 16-month
tour of the train bearing American
historical documents.
The bills will enable the Achivist
Of the United Stares to acquire and
operate the train with the help of a
Government commission. Sponsors
hope to send the train to at least
400 towns and cities, mostly in the
10000 to 10000 population class.
Floor Leader Mccormack, who in
troduced the bill, has been invited
to the hearing. along with Attorney
General Clark, National Archivist
Wayne c. Grover. Senate President
Mcclellan, Senate Minority Leader
Wherry, House Speaker Rayburn,
House Minority Leader Martin and
DR.. Luther H. Evans, Librarian Of
Congress, all of whom would serve
on the commission.
Representative Morrison, Demo-
crat, of Louisiana will head the sub
committee holding the hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-26
Truman Passes
Place, License
Director Says

One of the objections made to the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
against the renewal of the license
of Mrs. Mary Margaret Smith. 400
M street Sc, is that President Tru-
man passes the restaurant on his
way to board his yacht.
At a hearing yesterday, the Rev.
Everett w. Stevenson, pastor of
Simms Memorial Methodist Church
and president of the Van Ness
School PTA, objected 10 the re-
newal of the license to sell light
wines and beer for this reason. He
also asserted that, when the doors
are open, children can hear vile
Language.
Mrs. Smith, who has conducted
a restaurant at the M street ad-
dress for many years, said she was
amazed that the PTA should OBJ
ject to her license, because PTA
members frequently send children
into the restaurant to get lunches
for them. She said she runs an
orderly place and said no one had
ever complained to the ABC Board
about it.
The board took the case under
Amusement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-26

Children can eliminate IS per cent
of teeth, decay by thorough clean
ing Immediately after morning and
evening meals and by cutting out
soft drinks, chewing gum and candy,
according to District dentist.
DR.. E. Reed Smith, vice chairman
of the Oral Hygiene Committee of
the District Dental Society, said
these simple rules would prove far
more effective than the sodium
fiuoride treatment, which expert
ments have proved cuts decay by
more than 40 per cent.
The key, DR.. Smith told Parent
Teacher Association representatives
at the Adams Elementary School
yesterday, is for parents to make
certain their children clean teeth
Immediately after they eat, rather
than just after they get up and
before they 60 to bed.
In place of sweets for lunch he
proposed that parents put a raw
carrot or an apple into their chill
dren's lunch boxes. These fruits
are cleansing materials that take
the place of brushing with q
cleanser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-26
Two D. T.. Men 10 Gel
Treasury Gold Medal

Two Washington men are among
five Treasury Department employees
who this afternoon will receive the
Treasury's first gold medals for "ex-
ceptional civilian service" since the
awards were authorized in 1916.
The Washington men are:
Arthur E. Mills of the technical
staff of the division of disbursement,
who devised a machine to increase
the production of Treasury checks.
Mr.. Mills, who lives at 3549 Holmead
place NV, has been with the Treas
ury for Is years.
Peter j. Valaer, jr., an alcohol tax
unit chemist, who is being COM
mended for standardizing the manu-
facture and testing Of distilled and
fermented beverages, Mr.. Valaer
has been with the Treasury for AZ
years. He lives at 3211 Adams Mill
road NV.
The three other men who are re-
ceiving gold medals for "contribut-
ing to Government efficiency and
economy efforts" are:
Joseph w. Steel and william p.
Krause of the San Francisco mint,
for developing a machine to stamp
two coins instead Of one, and
Charles M. Milos, an associate
chemist in the New York Office of
the alcohol tax unit.
Mr.. Milos devised tests and pro-
cedures to determine the purity of
narcotic drugs and for detection of
heroin in the presence of other
alkaloids.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-26
Two Women, 8 Men
Named 10 Police Force

Appointment of 10 persons, two Of
them women, to the Metropolitan
police force has been approved by
the Commissioners.
The city heads also authorized re-
tirement of six other policement and
resignation of another.
The retirements include that Of
Acting 1t. Clyde o. Rouse, Al, who
was seriously injured in an auto
mobile crash while on duty on No.
rember /, 1916. 1t. Rouse, who
lives at 1853 R street Sc, has been
a member of the Police Department
almost Is years.
The other retirements authorized
include those of 1t. William r.
Lutes, 48, of the United States Park
Police: Pvt. Myrl T. Clark, A,
policeman for Is years; Pvt. Francis
w. Springfield, 80, policeman for
six years; Pvt. James B. Waddle,
Al, a policeman for % years, and
Pvt. Everett S. Kirkpatrick, IS,
policeman for six years.
The Commissioners also accepted
the resignation of Pvt. Paul c.
Perry, assigned to the Juvenile
Bureau.
The two women accepted for serv-
ice as policewomen are Virgie c.
Thompson, Is, and Evelyn S. Pat
terson. The women are the first
Negro women appointed for uni
formed service in the precincts.
The eight new privates are: Dam
lei D. Pittman, 81; Julian M. Robin
son, "a: John w. Mckinney, "a:
Edgar J. Swart, %; Fred Ellinger,
jr., %; Carl Kalafatitch, "a; Robert
C.. Ferguson, 81, and James E.
Williams, %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-26
Public Hearings Likely
On Proposed Laws 10
Ban After-HeursC Clubs

Public hearings may be held soon
in the District Building on pro-
posed new legislation to eliminate
the AFTERNOONS bottle clubs" from
the Washington scene.
Commissioner John Russell Young
said he probably will call the hear
ings after Police Supt. Robert j.
Barrett and Corporation Counsel
Vernon E. West complete investiga-
lions of the clubs and inform him
of their findings.
The public, the club management
and licensed liquor sellers, as well
as city officials, would testify at the
public hearings.
Both Commissioner Young and
Commissioner Guy Mason long
have known that new legislation
would be necessary if the bottle
clubs" are to be put out of business
or curbed. The difficulty has been,
according to Commissioner Mason,
that it would be difficult to know
where such legislation should end
so as not to include clubs like the
Variety Club, the Press Club, the
Metropolitan Club and other So
called legitimate establishments.
Corporation Counsel West has
suggested the Missouri law as a
working model. In Missouri, law
bans the sale of set-ups and con-
sumption Of liquor between 1870
am-the regular closing time for
licensed places-and am. Hotels
and clubs may remain open after
100 am. but all liquor, no matter
whose. must be locked up.
Such law in the District probably
would run the bottle clubs" out of
business. These places are presently
outside the pale of District law be-
cause members, who pay annual
dues, bring their own bottles of
liquor to the clubs. The club sells
the members setups for their drinks.
Existence of the clubs has been
under a heavy attack by liquor in
terests and restaurant and night
club groups here. The police have
been raidnig some of the clubs from
time to time but have no jurisdiction
over them unless liquor is sold to a
or unless there is EVIL
dence that the clubs constitute a
public nuisance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-26
Mrs. Florence Kinney,
EVA Worker, Buried

Funeral services for Mrs. Florence
L. Kinney, 80, retired Veterans Ad-
ministration official, who died Sat-
urday at Long Beach, Calf, were
held there yesterday. Burial was at
Long Beach.
Mrs. Kinney. who has been in
Long Beach for the last II years,
began work with the Veterans Bureau
when it was started here imme-
diately after World War I. She
retired in 1888 as a clerical section
chief.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Alice K. Dreis of Long Beach,
and Mrs. j. N. Hutchinson, st. Paul,
Mimi; son, Cleveland c. Kinney,
Los Angeles; two grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-26
Colonel and Private
To Be Reburied Today

Two World War II victims, whose
next OF kin live in this area, were
to be reburied in Arlington Cemetery
this afternoon. in addition to those
already announced.
The two are 1t. Col. Arthur e.
Dewey and Pvt. James E. Harris,
both members of the Army Quarter
master Corps.
Col. Dewey, a Regular Army Of
flcer, was a veteran of World War I.
He served as quartermaster at the
Army War College here from 1885
to 1899. He died of a heart attack in
Britain July 8, 1912, two weeks after
he had arrived there from the
United States.
The colonel was a native of Cos
hen, Ind. His closest relative is Mrs
Eleanor E. Hechmer, 400 North
George Mason drive. Arlington.
Pvt. Harris was the husband of
Mrs. Mittie Harris of 802 Second
street NV. He died in the Eu-
ropean theater on July 2, 1914.
A native Of Waterloo. S. c.. he
was a farmer in Gray Court, S. c.,
before entering the Army in 1912.
He was sent overseas after eight
months service here.
Besides his widow, Pvt. Harris is
survived by his parents and three
brothers, who live in Gray Court
and a sister, in New York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-26
Star Calendar Entries
Indicate AZ Contest
Equal 10 Last 7 Years

Registrations for entry in the
third annual Student Calendar Art
Contest conducted by The Star in
the junior and senior high schools
Of Washington and the Metropolitan
Area are beginning to come in at
"a rate indicating that this third
contest will attract at least as many
entries as the previous two.
Last year and the year before
about 500 pictures were submitted.
After the April deadline for sub
hitting pictures committee of
judges will inspect the pictures and
select six to appear in The Stars
1850 calendar. The students whose
work is selected each will receive a
500 United States Savings Bond.
Works of merit will receive honor
able mentions.
The contest is open to all students
who have completed their work
prior to graduation from high school
and prior to reaching the age of 10.
Entries will be accepted from public,
parochial and private schools in the
District, Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties in Maryland, and
Arlington, Fairfax and Alexandria
IN Virginia.
The young artists are given great
latitude in their work. Only two
restrictions of Importance apply. The
work must be original and it must
be in color. The selection of the
medium is left to the student and
the field of subjects is completely
wide open.
1t is urged that all pictures be 20
inches wide and is inches deep.
After all pictures have been re-
ceived and judged, the work will be
displayed two weeks in the lobby Of
the Department of Commerce start
ing May /.
Students may apply for entry
blanks, registration cards and rule
pamphlets by writing to the Art
Contest Editor, Room 724, The Eve
ming Star Building, Eleventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-26
Cost Of floods
Falls 9.7% From,
'48 in 13Cities
Women's House Wear
Down 24.5%; Mems
Shirts OFF 7.5%
BY the Associated Press

The cost of seven staple food
Items in IS cities across the Ma
ton has dropped an average of
81 per cent from the level of a
year ago, an Associated Press
survey showed today.
Women's cotton house dresses are
down an average of 24.5 per cent
and nylon stockings are 1873 per cent
under the retail prices of a year
ago.
Men are paying about rs per cent
less for shirts, but mems and wom-
ems shoes and mems suits cost about
the same as they did in January
1913.
Those are overall figures for the
entire list of items in all Is cities.
San Francisco Shows Rise.
The residents of San Francisco
weren't quite that lucky. The price
of food items checked there showed
an overall increase of about one
half of per cent.
And quart of milk was the
only one of the staple food items
that was higher priced generally.
The survey was based on the cur
rent retail price of these seven
staple food items "a loaf of
bread, a dozen best grade eggs,
pound of top grade butter, quart
of milk, pound of pork loin, a
pound of leg of lamb and a pound
Of chopped steak u. S. No. u.
The comparison was the cost of
the same items year ago. The
prices were the average in each of
13 cities from coast to coast.
Des Moines Has Greatest Drop.
Nationally marketed lines of we'll
known popular brands were sur
veyed for the clothing price figures.
The total cost of the food items
this year in San Francisco is s4.09;
a year ago the total was s407.
Residents of Dies Moines enjoyed
the largest price drop-21.4 per cent
from a year ago.
The total cost of the seven food
staples in Des Moines is 1929 and
. year ago it was $4.19.
Totals From Other Cities.
The total cost of the food staples
In the other cities surveyed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-26
Victor Howard Named
Troll Club President

Victor A. Howard, secretary of the
District Personnel Board, last night
was elected president of the Potomac
Appalachian Trail Club at meeting
In the District Building.
Mr.. Howard, who lives at 6l03
Fourth street NV. succeeds Dr.
Egbert H. Walker, president for the
last two years. Other officers elected
are: Fred G. Blackburn, first vice
president: Miss Anna Michener,
second vice president; Harris Shet-
tel, superintendent of trails; Miss
Leola Stahl, treasurer; Miss Thelma
Dreis, general secretary; Miss Violet
Morling, corresponding secretary;
Miss Mary Judy, recording secre-
tary; Miss Florence Nichol and Miss
Marjorie Dexter, assistant secre-
taries, and John Burlew, councillor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-26
toothbrush, No Sweets Halt
Decay, Dentist Tells Parents

There's nothing new about these
suggestions, said DR.. Smith. 1--WE
been making these recommendations
for years"
1t also is essential, he added, to
knock out this Victorian idea of
most parents that they don't have
to worry about small children be-
cause they will lose their baby
teeth" Aside from oral hygiene, he
said, what they forget Is that bad
teeth can harm the entire system of
children.
DR.. Smith, who is a staff member
at the Georgetown Dental School,
said children could be allowed a
small amount of candy, but that it
should be in the form of dessert,
which would be followed by i'm
mediate cleaning. He urged that
each child also receive six ounces Of
orange juice. two eggs and a quart
Of milk a day.
In addition, however, DR.. Smith
said he felt that every child should
have the sodium fluoride treatment"
which now is being offered to a
selected number of District elemen-
tary schooichildren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-26
Legis|atorsStudy
Record Budget
Filed by Lane
$130,846,152 Sought
For Next Fiscal Year:
TotoI May Be Raised
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. ga record
one-year budget for Maryland, sub
mitted by Gov. Lane last night, was
being studied by the Finance Com
mittees of the Legislature today.
Gov. Lane told the General As
sembly he proposed budget for the
fiscal year beginning next July l
that totals $130,846,152. Before the
Legislature adjourns April /, it prob
ably will be even higher.
The higher cost of living, reflected
in the amount of money State agen-
cies requested for their upkeep, is
one main reason.
In the current fiscal year, which
began last July, appropriations
totaled $118,073,073.
To round out the proposed budget
Gov. Lane said he and his fiscal
advisers had to white $9,072, 726
from what the various departments
asked.
Opposes Unbalanced Budget.
II am unalterable opposed" he
declared. to an unbalanced budget. j.
The States income next year,
Gov. Lane said. would consist Of:
General funds, S73,375 ,285.25. This
includes small budgetary transfer
from retirement system funds.
Special funds, S57 ,673,352.75. These
come from special levies. like the
scent gasoline tax, and are tagged
for special purposes, such as road
building. Special fund budgets are
based entirely on estimated receipts
OUTLAWS from the general fund,
as proposed by the administration,
would total s73,172, 300. Subtract
kickbacks from agencies in appro-
priations they do not spend, and
costs would be s72,972,8OO.
This would leave a one-year sur
plus of s4O2,4S5.
The State already anticipates a
surplus of some SOS. 539,325 when
this fiscal year ends June &c.
Unnecessary to Issue Bonds.
Gov. Lane proposed a use for the
huge treasury deposit: Eliminate
the required 100000 working
fund" and spend the rest for capi-
tai Improvements. or new buildings
at State institutions.
This would make 1t unnecessary
to issue bonds, he said. 1t also
would reduce the State real estate
tax from slightly more than II
cents to 6l4 cents per 500 and in
augurate a "pay-as-you-go pro-
gram"
The State treasury is in an ex-
ceedingly strong condition." he told
the Assembly, land it is our joint
responsibility to so maintain it,"
The administration budget con-
templates raise in public school
funds to SOS, 294671. With assess
ments climbing in the counties, hove
ever, the building incentive fund was
chopped almost $4,000 to 81 BIT 1924.
County tax receipts determine the
extent of State aidls
Spokesman for several organiza.
tons, including Western Shore
county commissioners, have asked
that this fund be quadrupled. The
problem may be noted in the sup
plemented budget.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-26
Senator Holland to Talk
On D. G. Citizen RIGHTS

Senator Holland, Democrat, of
Florida, will speak at $50 pm. to-
morrow at a. meeting sponsored
by the independence Lodge of B'nai
Birth in the Jewish Community
Center, Sixteenth and Q streets
NV.
The Senator will speak on the
topic, what Should Congress Do
TO Secure the Democratic Rights
Of the Citizens of the Nations
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