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Evening star., 1949-11-30
War Freight Showed
Loss, Pennsy Says
In Protesting Claims
" the Assoeiotsd Press

The huge wartime freight traffic
handled by the railroads was an
improbable business, with costs
outrunning revenues, Pennsyl-
vania Railroad executive said yes
terday.
j. M. Symes, Pennsylvania vice
president for operations. was one
of several railroad officials who
protested to the Interstate Com
merce Commission against Gov
ernment claims for nearly $3,000,-
100000 in refunds on charges for
moving wartime military freight.
Swollen passenger business. not
the Governments military freight
traffic, was what enabled the rail
carriers to show increased net
earnings in the war period, Mr..
symes testified.
He added that much Of this
profit was taxed away by the Gov
ernment's excess profits tax"
Other Carriers Join Protests.
Other witnesses who supported
his contention that the Justice De-
partment has no basis for its
claims were Gustav Metzman,
president of the New York Cen
trail, and A. T. Mercier, president
Of the Southern Pacific.
Similar statements were filed
with the commission by Ernest E.
Norris. president Of Southern Rail
way; c. Med. Davis, president of
Atlantic Coast Line; Merrel P.
Galloway, board chairman of the
Central of Georgia Railway, and
Robert E. Woodruff, board chair
man of the Erie Roalroad.
The Justice Department con-
tends that because of the large
volume of military freight, the
Government should have had low
er rates than those quoted.
The rail officials replied that the
rates were lower than those quot
ed any private shipper and were
arrived at by agreement between
rail and Government representa-
tiveS
Freight Traffic Not Profitable.
Mr.. Symes told the commission:
Despite its enormous volume,
the wartime railroad freight traf-
fic was not a profitable business,
but was handled at great cost to
the railroads and great savings to
the Government"
He said that during the war
passenger revenues trebled while
passenger operating costs only
doubled. Freight revenues doubled,
he said, but freight expenses
more than doubled"
Mr.. Symes said the refunds
asked by the Government would
bankrupt the railroads"
Mr.. Metzman also said the
claims threaten the solvency Of
the industry. The New York
Central president said the rail-
roads air, highway and water
way competition all receive Gov-
srnment aid.
"As . result, one of the prime
troubles with the railroads, apart
from general business conditions,
lies In the fact that they are
met with subsidized and made
quately regulated competition" he
added.
Mr.. Mercier testified the Gov
ernment's wartime freight. given
preferred and special handling,
involved millions Of dollars OF
additional expense, for which no
reimbursement was received"
The head OF Southern Pacific
said that his road. in common
with others, took the view that
I'VE had q job to do that called
for moving this traffic as quickly
as possible. and that we should
not permit additional cost, loss
of other revenue or any other
factor IN interfere"
Evening star., 1949-11-30

he said. He added that he was
especially interested in that point
since his son Is stationed there.
AS for Europe, he added-in re-
ply to questions, the British Army
certainly will remain there" I"
However, he said there is no plan
to expand the British forces on
the continent.
Asked about the role of the
British Army under the North
Atlantic pact, Marshal Slim re-
piled that the functions will be
the same as for us all-our OBJ
jective is to avoid war"
When a reporter if the United
Evening star., 1949-11-30
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. ~ Alb


chasing small bands of bandits
Asked if the bands he referred to
included bandits or Communists,
he replied both"
The marshal refused to express
an opinion of whether the West
ern Powers should re-arm Western
Germany because it is entirely
a political question"
Evening star., 1949-11-30
British Army Intends
To Hold Hong Kong,
Marshal Slim SAYS

The British Army has every
intention of holding strategic
Hong Kong and plans to retain its
garrisons in force on the Euro
pean continent.
Field Marshal Sir William Slim,
chief of the British Imperial Gen.
Evening star., 1949-11-30
COLLEGE Head to Speak

DR.. Harold Taylor. president Of
Sarah Lawrence College, will speak
on "The Student in the Modern
World"at $3.50 pm. tomorrow in
the International Students House,
1926 r street NV, under the
sponsorship of the American
Friends Service Committee.
Evening star., 1949-11-30

Rents are climbing in Costa
Rica, carrying the cost living
index up with them.
Evening star., 1949-10-24
Daughter 'sStorySpurs
|t1-State Search for
Philadelphia Woman
BY the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 24.-The
words foul play feared" in a
police teletype message today
spurred an 11-State search for a
40-year-old woman believed alb
Quoted from her home clad in
pajamas.
The missing woman, Mrs. Doro-
thy Forstein, disappeared last
Tuesday. Her husband - City
Magistrate Jules Forstein-Sought
police help Thursday.
One of the first persons ques-
toned was the blond woman's g.
year-old daughter, Marcy.
The little girl told police she
had seen a man carry her mother
Evening star., 1949-10-24

MRS. DOROTHY FORSTEIN
Missing from home.
-AP Wrephoto -.
from the Forstein home. At first
police doubted the child's story.
Then they took her to a psychia-
trist who reported Marcy "ap-
parently is telling the truth"
Saw Man Come in.
It was then that Detective In
spector George F.. Richardson
asked police in II States to join
in the search for Mrs. Forstein.
Inspector Richardson said Marcy
told him this story.
Il was asleep in the back room
(of the Forstein homeO I heard
the door open downstairs. I went
and looked over the rail. I saw a
man come up the stairs. He walked
right into mothers room in the
front of the house.
Mother was lying on the floor
on her face. She had been resting.
The man turned her over on her
face, picked her up and put her
over his right shoulder so that her
head hung over his back. She had
on pajamas.
'As he turned the steps I said:
What are you doing?' And he
said: Go back to sleep. little one,
your mother is all right
Heard Lock Close.
He patted me on the head. AS
he went out the front door, I
heard the snap lock close. I went
back to bed but could not sleep.
And IS minutes later my father
came in"
Inspector Richardson said the
little girl told him the man was
Evening star., 1949-10-24

A Is per cent raise in govern
ment workers pay failed to help
Honduras business.
Evening star., 1949-10-24

about 40 and that "he had a brown
cap with a peak. not pulled down
very far, and something brown in
his shirt"
There was no evidence of any
door or window being forced in
the house, nor was anything
stolen, the police inspector said.
In radio broadcast, Inspector
Richardson said Mrs. Forstein's
right shoulder falls out of place
without physical effort" adding
"she needs disqualification to have
this reset and this occurs about
three times a year."
The police official also said the
woman "is known to suffer from
a very high nervous strain" and
that she may use the names
Dorothy or Dora Cooper.
Evening star., 1949-08-06
World Harness Mark
Set by Grattan McK|yo
By the Associated Press

WESTBURY, N. Y, Aug. g.
1t had been predicted by the ex-
perts that Grattan McKlyo would
win the $4,000 Nassau 2-mile
pace and set world record. The
7-year-old gelding came through
on both counts.
Favorite over Is other veteran
sidewheelers at $3.50 for So, the
ebony-hued star was timed in
4:164s at Roosevelt Raceway last
night. He clipped four -fifths of
a second from the mark made in
the same classic last year by Goose
Bay, an absentee this time.
One of the rank outsiders got
within a nose of upsetting the
favorite. which represented Mrs.
Ben F. Owen of Omaha, Nebr., and
was driven by Neal Houslet.
Brother Harmony. owned by Har-
ry Eckert of Mount Vernon, Ohio.
closed with a rush to be second
and returned $3.50 for place.
Third position in the grand circuit
event went to Royal Man.
Grattan McKlyo'S time wasn't
the only record established. The
crowd of 29,619 failed to match
the 30,535 which attended Roose-
welt Raceway last May 81, but they
bet $1,076.601 for track mark.
The former high was the $1,067.-
389 of last September IL, date of
the 1948 Nassau pace.
Evening star., 1949-08-06
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. C.
z 'Ku K|ux' Negroes Jailed
Under Alabama Mask Law
BY the Associated Press

OZARK, Ala, Aug. 6.-Two
self-styled Negro Ku Klux Klans-
men were sentenced to Jail after
pleading guilty yesterday to
charges of violating Alabama's
new anti-maSking law.
They are the first to be charged
and convicted under the statue.
which became law five weeks ago.
A third Negro, Raymond Nc
Clendon, 20. is scheduled for trial
this afternoon.
Those convicted yesterday are
Tommie Johnson. 10, and Robert
E. Lee Miller, 21. They testified
they formed their own Klan with
McClendon and three other Nc
groes. The defendants said they
donned white sheets to frighten
two Negro girls whom they ac-
cused of misconduct.
Mayor Douglas Brown sem
fenced johnson to six months in
Jail and Miller to so days. The
anti-masking law. enacted after
widespread f1oggings and other
violence by hooded hoodlums, pro-
vides for fine of up to $500 or II
months in jail.
Evening star., 1949-08-06
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Evening star., 1949-08-06
Dawson Is Substituted
For Ring HeadIiner

A fight between Freddy Dawson
and an opponent yet to be signed
will be the next boxing attraction
at Griffith Stadium. 1t will be
on Monday night, August Is, and
will substitute for the Manuel Or
tiz-Jimmy Cooper match which
has been postponed until August
29 because of an injury to Ortiz.
Dawson. a lightweight contend
er from Chicago, originally was
signed for the August 20 date. but
consented to having his booking
moved up. Chick Varona, Sugar
Costna, Paddy DeMarco and
Doug Ratford are among those
being approached by Matchmaker
Gabe Menendez as he seeks an
opponent for Dawson.
Dawson is listed by the National
Boxing Association as top con-
tender for Ike Williams light
weight title. He lost a split de-
cision to the champ year and a
half ago. Dawson also is making
good among the welters, having
recently knocked out Bernard
Docusen, a high ranker. and holds
two wins over Kid Gavilan, the
logical contender.
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Evening star., 1949-08-06
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Evening star., 1949-08-06
" Perfect Skeet Shooters Tie
For Lead in AN-Gduge Event

two of the three professionals or
industry shooters were Texans.
Mrs. Ann Martin of San An
tonic, Tex, defending Women's
all-gauge champion. set a new
mark for women shooters yester-
day, breaking 99x10O targets to
run her string to 1863 targets for
all-gauge guns.
Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Louise
Camp of Ocala, Fla, tied for the
lead in the Women's devision. Mrs.
Janice Mason of Dallas had 97X100
to retain her lead in the Women's
high-overall class.
Texas defending five-man team
champion led this event, while Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Camp Of Ocala
held a three target lead over Dr.
and Mrs. j. j. Brown of Wichita,
Kans., defending \husband-and-
wife champions. The Camps fired
99-99-198 yesterday.
Evening star., 1949-08-06
ey the Associoted Press

DALLAS, Tex, Aug. Given
ty-seven shooters were deadlocked
with perfect scores today in
skeet's No. l event-the all-gauge
championship.
Twenty-four amateurs and three
professionals cracked 100 straight
targets yesterday and have anoth-
er $50 to go.
Defending Champion Sergt.
Glen Van Buren of Carswell Air
Force base, Fort Worth, Tex. was
one of the 27 with perfect scores.
A record number of entries, 548,
were on the books as the Week-long
national tournament entered its
final two days. An entry of 469
in the all-gauge event also set a
new record.
There were seven Texans among
amateurs with perfect scores and
Evening star., 1949-08-06
Mother Wins 4-Year Fight
To Keep 'Test-Tube Baby
By the Associoted Press

OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. GA
four-year battle centered around
a test tube" baby ended happily
for Mrs. Julie Strand, in District
Court here yesterday.
Judge Clarence Mills granted
Mrs. Strand. 80. custody of her
6-year- -old' daughter, Antoinette
in granting her final divorce de-
cree from Antoine Strand, New
York. She charged cruelty.
The couple was married Decem-
ber %, 1941. Mrs. Strand saio
after she learned her husband was
incapable of becoming a father
she submitted to artificial insemin-
alton and became pregnant.
She said she did so with his per-
mission.
She charged her husband be-
came jealous and later took the
child to Czechoslovakia. She and 8
brother then flew to Europe. They
found the daughter in Prague and
escaped with her to Austria anc
then returned to New York. The
past year Mrs. Strand has made
her home with relatives here.
Evening star., 1949-08-06
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Evening star., 1949-08-06
Ta|bet Plays Mu||oy
In Top Net Match
BY the Associated Press

SOUTH ORANGE, N. j., Aug. g.
1t will be Top-seeded Billy Tai
bert of New York VS.. Fourth-seeded
Gardnar Mulloy of Coral Gables,
Fla, today in the semifinals of
the Eastern grass courts singles
championships.
Winner of this match will meet
Art Larsen, eighth-seeded San
Franciscan, tomorrow in the title
match at the Orange Lawn Tennis
Club.
Larsen scored one of the biggest
upsets of the tourney yesterday
when he whipped pint-sized Felis-
imo Ampon, giant killer from the
Philippines, in five gruelling sets
1913, ST. 1-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Doris Hart of Jacksonville, Fla.
and Shirley Fry of Akron, Ohio
will meet in the final of the
WOmen'S singles tomorrow.
Evening star., 1949-08-06
Bog|eyMeets Reed, Seeded 4th,
In SenifinoI at Kalamazoo

Francisco, Ga, Ga. The Chevy
Chase youngster also advanced to
the doubles semifinals with Dick
Squires of Bronxville, N. Y. as
they eliminated Jack Turpin. Dali
las, Tex, and Julian Oates, Waco,
Tex, Ga, 6-4.
Play in the boys singles also
is running pretty much true to
form, with top-ranked Jack Frost
of Monterey, Calf. getting past
John Fraser of st. Augustine,
Fla, 6-3. 6-3 yesterday. Two
unseeded boys doubles teams up
set the two top-ranking duos yes
terdaY
Evening star., 1949-08-06
Cerdan and La Motta
Fight Again Sept. 28
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-Marcel
Cerdan of France will get his
chance to win back the world mid
dleWeight title from Jake La
Motta on September % at the
Polo Grounds.
The International Boxing Club
made the announcement yester-
day that the champion from the
Bronx. who took the title from
Cerdan by a knockout last June
16 at Detroit, will defend his
crown at the home of the New
York Giants.
Cerdan is expected to return
here August 19 to train at Loeb
Sheldrake, N. Y.
The Frenchman injured his
shoulder in the June fight, but re-
ports from abroad say that all
ment has entirely disappeared.
Evening star., 1949-08-06
Wilson Third as Airmen
Enter Final Golf Round
By the Associated Press

DAYTON, Ohio. Aug. 6.-Col
Jimmy Wilson of Air Force Head
quarters, Washington, seems GER
tain of a place on the Air Force
golf team that will play in the
inter- service tournament to be
held soon in Alabama. The low
scorers in the Air Force tourna-
ment that winds up today will
make the team, and Col. Wilson
entered today's round in third
place only four strokes off the
pace.
Col. Wilson, low amateur in
The Washington Star Open, fired
a 73 yesterday for a 54-hole total
of ZIG. Tied for the lead were
Capt. Fred Moseley of Ports
mouth, Va, and TfSergt. Harold
Ridgley of Haverton. Pa, both of
whom fired Ills yesterday for 2l2
totals
Evening star., 1949-08-06
Rider Left at Post,
But Not Horse
BY the Associoted Press

CHICAGO, Aug. GA horse
acted up and left his jockey
hanging on the starting gate in
the eighth race at Washington
Park yesterday.
Mrs. w. Tannenbaum's
Weedyone reared and placed
Jockey Orvie Scurlock on the
starting gate just as Starter
Roy Dickerson dispatched the
field. The horse was left with
out rider. The jockey was
not hurt.
The Washington Park Jockey
Club refunded all money wag-
cred on Weedyone, totaling
$7,227. Big Buster won the
race
Evening star., 1949-08-06
MarIene Bauer Wins
Junior Golf Crown
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Marlene
Bauer, Is, pretty Los Angeles high
school sophomore, held the wo-
mems Western junior golf cham
pionship today.
The Los Angeles miss defeated
Pat Leith, IT, of Elgin, ILL.,, 6 and
4, in the 18-hole final yesterday
at the OnWentsia Country Club in
suburban Lake Forest. She was
at her best, shooting four under
women's par for the IA holes of
the match.