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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-05

of complete faith in the eventful
triumph of Communism to the
whole Of the Russian people. That
campaign is not the kind of thing
that can be put across overnight"
What effect may all this have
on the great issue Of peace or war
It is clear, if these opinions are
correct, that Russia is planning on
a lengthy period of peace. At pres
ent, the lines in Europe seem to be
pretty we'll established. Russia has
expanded about as far as she can
60. There is small chance of the
West making any Roadway in break
ing the orbit of countries which
surround Russia and whose govern
ments she dominates. So. to Stain
and other top men, this may appear
to be the proper time for correcting
grave internal weaknesses.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-05

Dorothy Parkington, famous Con-
over model, will be cool and
comfortable as can be this sum-
mer in this genuine Bemberg
crepe. Available at Penney's, this
sheer rayon number boasts swing
skirt, soft roll collar, short cap
sleeve and comes in a wide range
of colorful patterns. Sizes 1920.
, 1949-12-13
Dr.. hoorhsq9hede
Good Impression on
Pan Am.DeIeuates

A communication from. the
Acting Secretary of State to
the Secretary of the Inerior
in regard to the participation
of DR.: John S. Moorhead, Com
missioner Of Health for the
Virgin Islands who acted as
advisor on the United States
delegation to the meeting Of
Organization held in Lima
Peru, in October, Acting Gov
ernor de Castro revealed.
The Acting Secretary wrote
as follows: "Dr. Moorhead
made a definite and favorable
impression on both the United
States and other delegations.
Representatives of other coun
tries spoke of him in compli-
mentary terms and the mem
bers of the U. S. delegation
found him personally likable
and professionally highly com
petent. DR.. Moorhead's know
ledge of the health problems
of the Caribbean Area was
particularly useful to the U.
S. delegation"
To the above the Depart
ment of the Interior has add
ed its appreciation of the con
tribution which DR.. Moorhead
made to the meeting.
, 1949-12-13
Search Inc. Offers
To Establish Shoe
Factory Here in Y. |.

A proposal for the establish
ment of a shoe factory in the
Virgin Islands has been made
by Research, Inc. This COM
pany is willing to offer techni
Cal assistance in( the line of
special patents and processes
and also a source of material,
on condition that local private
enterprise make the neces-
Sary capital investment and
manage and operate tn e
shoe industry. With a tax ex-:
emption and industrial subsi-
dy law now inforce and effect
in the Virgin Islands, it seems
that this offer provides a
splendid opportunity for the es
tabliShment of a worthwhile
industry under local private
control and operation.
Research, Inc. has estab-
lished factories In numerous
small countries in Central
and South America. The COM
pany has developed a simpli-
fled technique which can be
easily learned by local work
ers.
This proposal, which was
made to the local government
Continued on Page q
, 1949-12-13
Appointees To
Exemption Bourd
Confined

The four names submitted
for membership on the Tax
Exemption Board for the Mu
nicipality of st. Croix by the
Governor have been confirm
ed, an Administration press re
lease states. They are: Manuel
Roman, R. Norman Skeoch,
Charles Emanuel and the Hon.
Ludwig Harrigan.
Ludwig Conrad, Assistant
Commissioners of Finance for
ST, Croix, who is ex-officio
member of the Board, to call
a meeting for organizational
purposes as promptly as pos
sible.
, 1949-12-13
Voter Comm. To
Ask New Workers for
Woterless Fridays

The Water Commissioner of
New York has appealed to
eight million residents to make
Friday a waterless day to help
conserve the water supply of
the city, which is fast dwindl-
ing. They will be asked to use
only for absolute necessities
from midnight Thursdays to
midnight Fridays.
While the Commissioner
would not make a flat request
for bathless Fridays he did
suggest that New Workers take
sponge baths or use very shall
low baths.
, 1949-12-13
Secretary Chupmun
Acknowledge Cong.
Message From v. |.

Secretaryo of the Interior De
partment Oscar l.. Chapman,
has acknowledged the congra-
tulatory message from Acting
Governor de Castro on the oc-
casion of his elevation to his
present post. In reply, Mr..
Chapman states: Il fully rea-
lie how difficult the task
ahead of me is, and l am
determined to devote my full
time and energy to carrying
out my responsibilities to the
very best of my ability. l as
sure you that at all times / will
do everything ] can to pro-
mote the best interests of the
Virgin Islands"
Mr.. Chapman was formerly
under secretary of the Int
rior Department. He succeeds
julius Krug, who resigned re-
Gently.
, 1949-12-13
OVER 200 MEMBERS
OF All CLUB TOUR
AGRICUL. STATION

Over two hundred members
Of the 4lH Club and eight loA
cal leaders toured the Agricul
tural Station grounds several
days ago, to get firsthand in
formation on the work and
operation of the station and
its personnel.
On arrival of the various
groups instruction was given
as to the purpose of the tour,
what was expected of the club
sters and their leaders, and
what was to be seen. Each per
son in charge of a department
at the Station was assigned a
group. At certain intervals the
groups were interchanged un
til all had a chance to visit
each department. Studies and
instructions were given in:
Horticulture, Cattle, Swine,
Farm Machinery and General
Farming. These Instructions
were conducted by Francisco
Santos, Austin Jackson and
John Rhymer.
Each Club with their leaders
just before departing, ex-
pressed their gratefulness to
the various department heads,
O. W. Nealy, Extension Agent,
who arranged and supervised
the tour, Mrs. Edith jackson,
Extension Home Demonstra-
ton Agent and R. L. Harmon,
Extension Agent In Charge.
, 1949-12-13
De Castro Urges
st. Croix Council To
Adopt Ordinunce

Acting Governor Morris F.
de Castro has urged the st.
Croix Municipal Council to
adopt legislation similar to
that which permits the SER
vice of summonses in lieu Of
arrests for violation of traffic
, 1949-12-13
B.V.I. ORG. SEEKS 70
BREAK IMMIGRANT
BARRIERS

Abolition of travel barriers
between the British and Ameri
can Virgin Islands is the sub
stance of a petition by the
British Virgin Islands Progress
give League presented to the
Caribbean Commission, now
holding its Ninth Meeting in
st. Thomas.
After pointing out that the
economy of the British is
lands is geared to that of the
islands of the United States,
the former supplying fresh
foods and unskilled labor in
return for imported products,
the petition asserts that no re-
cord of desired improvements
in the conditions of the British
and American Virgin Islands
can leave out the vexed ques-
ton of immigration from the
British to the American Vir-
gin Islands.
"The people," states the
petition, "are all of the same
stock, more or less. Families
in St. Thomas have relatives
in the British Virgin Islands.
st. Thomas needs British Vir-
gin Islands labor and domestic
servants. British Virgin Is
landers need an outlet for EN-
ployment. To have a frontier
between the American and
British Virgin Islands to keep
out the British Virgin Island
ers from their cousins and
other relatives in St. Thomas,
while it may be in accord with
general United States policy,
is out of line with existing cir
cumstances- and needs. Some
way should be found to give
genuine British Virgin Island
ers easier access to the Ameri-
can Virgin Islands, ev e n
Continued on Page ~
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Equestrienne Thrown
THROUGH Windshield

Jean Tibbetts. II. 1os3l Old
Bladensburg road, Silver Spring,
was seriously injured yesterday
when she was thrown through he
windshield of a dump truck which
struck a horse she was riding. \
The girl suffered head injuriess
a compound fracture OF one ankA
and severe leg and face cuts. She
was admitted to Suburban Hos
pital, Bethesda, where her cor
dition today was described as faiy.
The hrose. whose two front legs
were broken. was destroyed BY
Pvt. Robert Smithers Of the Mont
gomery County police force.
The accident occurred on Old
Bladensburg road when the horse
and its rider emerged from a
hidden driveway. police reported.
Police said the driver. Warren
r. Dumhart. 81. of Laurel, Md,
swerved in an effort to avoid the
horse and rider. No charges were
placed against Mr.. Dumhart.
The horse was owned by the
girls family, police reported.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Road Drainage Agreement
In Silver Spring Reached

Montgomery County Manager
Irving G. McNayr announced yes
terday that an agreement had
been reached between the county
and the Maryland State Roads
Commission for relieving drain
age problems along Franklin ave-
nue.. between Flower avenue and
Old Bladensburg road, Silver
Spring.
Mr.. McNayr said the county has
agreed to furnish the pipe neces-
sary to drain the area and the
work. - .
Mr.. Nayr said he and Edward
G. Duncan, district engineer for
the commission in Montgomery,
arrived at the solution after in
specting conditions there yester-
day morning.
Residents of the area had COM
planned to Gov. Lane and other
State and county officials about
stagnant water In bitches.
Mr.. McNayr said the work will
start as soon as proper. grades
are obtained. A survey will begin
Immediately. he said.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Deane Trial Set Nov. 3
In VIRGINIA Fatal Shooting
SpecioI pispoteh % The Sfor

STANDARDSVILLE, Va, Nov.
3.-Winfred Deane, under indict-
ment by a Greene County grand
jury for murder, will stand trial
in Circuit Court on November %.
The grand jury indicted Deane
on Tuesday for the murder of
H. G. Meyers. jr.. here on October
8. He also was indicted for mali
ciously wounding c. G. Miller on
the same date.
A petition requesting the custer
Of Sheriff George E. Morris fol
neglect Of duty in failing to arrest
Deane Immediately prior to the
fatal shooting of Meyers was pre-
sented Judge Lemuel F. Smith by
Commonwealth's Attorney r. N.
Early. A hearing was set for
November Is.
Judge Smith disqualified him.
self to serve as Judge In the case
against Sheriff Morris. The Vir-
ginia Supreme Court will be re-
quested to appoint a judge tt
hear the evidence.
Deane is charged with killing
Meyers at a service station here
Prior to the shooting. Sheriff
Morris and Deputy Bunnice Ep-
pard is charged with taking q
shovel and smashing windows ano
doors In Mr.. Miller's funeral home
before. asSaulting Mr.. Miller.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Five Students Interviewed
For Montgomery Jobs

Montgomery County officials
yesterday continued a search for
qualified county employees by in
terviewing five civil engineering
students of Virginia Military In
stitute for the county's DEPART
ment of Public Works.
The students were interviewed
at Rockville by County Manager
Irving G. McNayr and George
Papageorge, director OF public
works.
The conferences are part Of a
recruiting campaign started by
the County Personnel Board IN
an effort to staff new depart
ments. The plan not only is a
move to get young blood but
also is designed to get the best
qualified persons available, MIR
McNayr said.
He said he thought that under
the county's merit system, can
didates for such job openings
should not be limited to county
residents.
Mr.. McNayr said the selection
of Richard L. Black, research
assistant to the county manager
was the first instance Of hiring
an outside resident under this
plan. Mr.. Black, a former resi-
dent of Butler, Pa. attended the
Wharton School Of Finance a,
the University of Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1949-11-03

The immigration Service re-
fused them permission to come
ashore when the Aristocratis
docked. immigration officials be-
lieve they are not bona f1de sea-
men but are merely waiting an
opportunity to jump ship and
enter the United States Illegally.
Because this situation had aris-
en- several times and because the
four seaman had been agitators
in protesting recent pay cuts, the
ships owners decided to send
them back to Greece aboard an
other vessel.
That's when the one sailor dis
appeared and the other three
went up the mast. refusing to
come down and not letting any,
one else up. A spokesman for their
union said they're afraid they'll
be put in prison back home. or
worse.
Sympathetic crew members are
keeping them supplied with food,
drink and cigarettes.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Jury Ready 10 Hear
Gaming Case Against
Lewis, Is Others

A jury OF nine men and three
women settled down today to hear
the Government open its case
against William "Snags" Lewis
and l3 co-defendants, charged
with violating the Districts laws
against lotteries.
After the panel was picked yes
terday. Judge Matthew F. Nc
Guire set today for the opening
statement by Assistant United
States Attorney William Hitz.
The prosecution regards this as
the key trial to result from the
arrest of more than 80 persons
in anti-gambling raids staged last
spring by United States Attorney
George Morris Fay.
Raid in March.
Arrest OF Lewis and the 13
others named in tWo-count
indictment returned by a District
grand jury last April occurred in
a March Is raid On a house in
the 1900 block of Forty-sixth
street, Bladensburg. Md.
Attorneys for the IA have at
tempted unsuccessfully in recent
months to have the indictment
thrown out, some Of the seized
evidence returned, and a more
detailed bill of particulars by the
United States Attorneys Office.
Besides Lewis, the others who
occupy two rows of defendants
chairs in front Of the Judge are:
John r. Mitchell. Fulton j.
Mitchell, George P. Scott, Fred
Sutton, Lonnie Black, Anis Wycke,
Ralph Spottswood, Edward L.
Hinkle, jr.. Gregory Seger, Ster-
ling D. WEIGH, Dean Kennedy,
Bernard J. Del-Negro and Ellis
Solet.
Jurors Questioned.
Attorneys William H. Collins
and Bernard Margolius represent
Lewis. The others are represented
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Pep Rally Tonight Opens
Q. u. Alumni Homecoming

DR.. James S. Ruby, executive
secretary of the Georgetown Uni
versity Alumni Association, is
sporting gold-plated deputy
sheriff's badge for Georgetown's
homecoming" this week end.
To keep the old grads in line
during the festivities, DR.. Ruby
was duly commissioned as an hon.
orary deputy of Providence Coun-
ty, r. l., by Sheriff Michael F.
Costello of Providence.
The Homecoming, featuring to-
morrow's football game with Viii
lanova. opens at 7 o'clock tonight
with a pep rally in the Ryan
Gymnasium on the Hilltop cam
pus. Head Coach Henry r. Mar
garita and the Hoya team will
be honored by the student body.
Alumni President Thomas C.
Nee. IT. of Providence. R. l., is
coming for tomorrow's program
which features a pre-game buffet
supper at 6 pm. in the Shoreham
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Stote Likely to Sue to Erase
Clerical Error on Bond Act

the act on the score OF that error,
though the matter is largely a
technicality.
So the State, Mr.. Hammond
said, will bring the matter to
court where he is sure of a ruling
that the bond bill actually passed.
The act creates a $4,000, 900
credit pool for school construc-
ton. The pool was to be estab-
lished through a State bond
issue to be financed by the sub
divisions. The idea was to give
the counties benefit Of lower in
terest charges possible through
issuance of State rather than
county bonds.
The slip-up prompted the legis-
lative council yesterday to recon-
mend that future bills be printed
on paper of different colors to
signify the House in which they
are introduced. Senator bills
would be printed on white paper
and House bills on blue-tinted
paper.
Evening star., 1949-11-03

toned yesterday about incidents
related earlier by his wife and
son. backing up the defense argu-
ment of Burgman's insanity dur
ing the war period. Asked about
the circumstances of his fathers
death. however, he replied:
MY father died on the West
Coast while I was overseas in
1918. He died as a psyche
path in a mental institu-
ton" His brother, he added, also
died in an insane asylum in
Canada.
While serving with the embassy
in 1899, he testified. the military
attache had instructed" him to
submit his application for retire.
ment because of complete dis
ability" which he explained was
mental disability. This applica-
ton was not approved at the
time.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 3.-A cleri-
cal slipup which put the legality
of the States $50.0o0,000 school
bond pool" act under a minor
cloud was disclosed yesterday.
Upshot of it is that friendly
court suit probably will be in
stituted to erase the problem. At
torney General Hall Hammond
said. What happened. he ex-
planned, was this:
The Senate Journal of the last
General Assembly session shows
that a House bill Of the same
number as the school credit meas
ure was passed by the Senate.
That bill, as matter OF fact,
never got out of committee.
What the journal should show
passage of the Senate version
of $5O,000,000 bond measure
isn't there.
Conceivably, a question OF
validity could be raised against
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Seckinger Emphasizes
Older People S Health
As He Takes Post

One of the principal aims OF
the administration of DR.. Daniel
L. Seckinger, who took the oath OF
Office yesterday as District Health
Officer, will be to concentrate on
the health of persons in middle
and old age.
Much has been done for chill
dren in past years, he said. and
this work will not be allowed to
lag. But at the same time more
attention will be given to the med
ical needs of older people. DR..
Seckinger said.
One of his objectives Is to push
the construction program at both
Gallinger and Glenn Dale Hospi-
tails. At Gallinger there is great
need for improved laboratory
services and housing for the per-
sonnel. Glenn Dale needs 400 ad-
ditional beds, which would relieve
somewhat the tuberculosis load at
Gallinger. There is need for ad-
ditional housing for employees
there also, he said.
Out-patient clinics are sorely
needed here, he said. in connec-
ton with the treatment of chronic
ailments in the home. Such work
now is being done on small scale,
in the Southwest Health Clinic,
but there is need for similar ia
cilities. particularly in the North
west section. to take the place Of
the Polk Clinic at Seventh and
P streets N. W., which has never
been satisfactory to the Health
Department.
DR.. Seckinger also plans to en-
large the dental work being car
ried on by the Health Department
under the direction of DR.. A. Harry
Ostrow, director Of the Bureau of
Dental Services. and the work now
being done by Cancer Bureau,
under DR.. Charlotte Donlan. In
the cancer field, he said, he is
Interested particularly in educa-
tional work so that persons suf-
fering from the disease can get
early treatment. -
Evening star., 1949-11-03

Hotel. Several hundred alumni
already have made reservations
and many more are expected.
The homecoming game at Crit
fifth Stadium will start at $3.50
pm, and all GeorgetoWnians from
the Very Rev. Hunter Guthrie.
university president. down to low
liest freshman. are expected to
attend.
Saturday morning the univer-
sity will keep "open house" for
all visiting alumni. with buffet
luncheon scheduled in the college
dining hall. The Hilltop fresh
men will play the LongWood
School at 2::30 pm.
Climax of the homecoming will
be an all-Georgetown dance at
$3.50 pm. Saturday in the Hotel
Statler. For alumni remaining
over Sunday, the Rev. Richard
Law of the college faculty will Of
fciate at an II am. mass Sunday
IN Danlgren Cnapel, OH IIle
campus.
by Attorneys Charles E. Ford and
Myron Ehrlich.
Selection of the jury, including
nine white and three colored per-
sons, required more than an hour
and a half. Six prospective men,
bers were excused on defense
challenges, three on Government
challenges and one by Judge
Mcclure.
Lawyers for both sides asked
jurors whether they knew any Of
the more than 100 persons. COM
panies or establishments that
have some bearing on evidence In
the case.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
AP Managing
To Hear Mclean al
Convention Today ".
By the A.soeioisd Press

FORT WORTH, Tex, Nov. 3
Robert Mclean, publisher of
the Philadelphia Bulletin and
president of the Associated Press.
speaks today before the 18th an
nual meeting of the Associated
Press Managing Editors Associa-
ton.
Arriving here last night, the
58-year- old Mclean called the
managing editors which
brings the working newspaper
man closely in contact with the
management" - the most i'm
portant development during the
Is years he has served with the
AP. Mr.. Mclean has been presi-
dent OF the AP since 1888 and a
director for Is years.
Senator johnson. Democrat, OF
Texas addressed the convention
last night, telling the delegates
THE American people expect the
Associated Press to be depend
able"
"The people are accustomed to
making decisions and forming
opinions on the basis Of what
the AP reports" the Senator said
at a dinner at Shady Oak Farm.
More than 800 newspapermen and
their wives were dinner guests Of
Anon Carter. publisher OF the
Fort Worth Star Telegram.
you have within your hands
the power to mould the will Of
the Nation" Senator Johnson
told the editors. You have a
power that can be greater than
the power Of the Government,
Yet the people have no voice in
what you do or how you operate
so it is your responsibility to
serve the people as surely as
elected officials in public office
must also serve the people.
"The people will protect the
freedom Of the press If the press
protects the freedom OF the
people"
Evening star., 1949-11-03
Beoins New Term

c. S. Harvey has begun another
three-year term as supervisor OF
the Allegany County Soil Con-
servation district.
He was reappointed by the
Maryland Soil Conservation Com
mittee, which also approved the
nomination of these three COM
mitteemen to new three-year
terms in the Catoctin District Of
Frederick County: G.. Millard Derr
of Middletown. Cecil K. Hotter,
Jefferson, and c. M. Stottlemyer.
Evening star., 1949-11-03
BY the Associoted Pres.


BALTIMORE. Nov. 8. The
three Greek sailors on a nautical
sitdown strike so feet up the
aftermast of the freighter Aristo-
Gratis may win their skirmish
with the United States Immigra-
ton Service but it looks as though
they'll love their battle to steer
clear Of their homeland.
A shipping firm spokesman said
the vessel will sail to the Orient
by way of the Suez Canal instead
of via the Panama Canal and
the three seamen will be put
ashore in Greece. The ship is
scheduled to sail Sunday with a
cargo of fertilizer.
The trio climber aloft early
Tuesday morning to thwart ef-
forts to deport them. The three
seamen. and a fourth who has
disappeared. are members Of, the
Greek maritime union OENO
which was outlawed by the Greek
government in 1947 as Commun-
iSt-led.