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Evening star., 1949-12-26
z Maryland Counties AHacker Crushes Skull
To Cut River Pollution OF Girl Choir Singer
Inv 4 Sewer Projects In Carolina Home

Pollution of the Potomac and
Anacostia Rivers by sewage from
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties will be reduced sharply
with the completion of projects
for which the Washington Sub
urban Sanitary Commission will
seek bids tomorrow and next
month.
Commission officials said a
project in Montgomery County
is a 6,550-foot sewer line extend
ing along Cabin John Creek VAL
ley from Booze Creek to the
Chesapeake g. Ohio Canal Aque-
duct. The 24-inch line Is eX-
pected to cost $4,000. Bids will
be asked tomorrow.
The new line will connect with
a Potomac River intercepting
sewer running from Cabin John
Creek to Brookmont. Plans for
the interceptor are being pre-
pared and bids will be received
in the spring. A 1851 compile
ton date is expected, a commits
sion spokesman said.
To Be Completed Next Year.
Bids on one of four Prince
Georges County projects, all
scheduled for completion next
year. also will be sought tomorrow.
This is a 3,760-foot, 18-inch
sanitary sewer from Branchville
road to the Hollywood -on-the-
Hill subdivision.
| The three other projects, on
which proposals will be received
next month. are:
A 36-inch sewer, 1850 feet long.
running along the Northwest
Branch from Riverdale to Paint
Branch and estimated to cost
$145, 900.
Indian Creek Sewer Slated.
A 30-inch sewer. $500 feet in
length, along Indian Creek be-
tween Paint Branch and Branch
vile, estimated to cost $115.000.
A 30-inch sewer, 5000 feet long,
along Paint Branch between the
Northwest Branch and the Balti-
more boulevard, estimated to cost
100000
Evening star., 1949-12-26
4 Killed as House FuIIs
In Heavy Ruin in Israel
By the Assoeio,sd Press

TEL AVN, Israel, Dec. 26.-
Four sisters were killed in Jaffs
today when their house collapsed
after "a hours Of torrential rain
had flooded Israel's costal plain
crippling telephone lines and
halting travel.
Fire brigadieres were dis
patched to the affected area
where many homes were.in dan
ger of being flooded. Heavy dam
age was reported in several i'm
migrant tent camps. A number
of settlements were isolated by
the floods
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Virginia Revenues Gain
II Pct. in Five Months

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 26.-
Revenues for Vrginia's general
fund during the first five months
of this fiscal year ran II per cent
ahead Of the comparable period
last year.
A total of $24,532,610 flowed
into the general fund during the
july November period, an increase
Of $3,457,5 ST..
These indications that the State
Is well on its way to a good finan-
cial year-even before revenues
from increased income tax rates
are felt-came from the monthly
compilation of revenues prepared
by the Office of State Controller
Henry C.. Gilmer.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Boy, s, S|ashed 10 Death
While Awaiting Santa Clau,
By the Assoeiofsd Press

BY the Associofsd Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 49,
A 6-year- r-old boy was slashed to
death in his bed as he awaited
Santa's visit on Christmas eve.
The boy. Charles James Will
liams, colored, was found dead
shortly after midnight. His throat
had been ripped with knife.
Police arrested Willie Burch
40, colored, and charged him with
the murder. Detectives j. R. Nor
rell and G. v. Evans gave this
account:
Burch and the child's foster
mother, Luvenia Davis, separated
Saturday after an argument. The
three had lived together more
than three years.
The mother put the boy to bed
arranged his Christmas gift:
around the tree. then went to {
neighbor's house to make a tele'
phone call. Burch came to th'
house while she was away.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
|WaIter |. McC CIanahan Dies;
Gilman, PhiIanthropist
BY the Assoeiofed Press

BRUNSWICK, Ga, Dec. 26.-
Walter Lee McClanahan, wealthy
oil producer, of Sea Island, Ca.
and Grayling, Mich, died yester-
day.
The 59-year-old founder Of the
McClanahan Oil Co., which he
sold to turn to independent pro-
ducing again, recently brought in
several wells at GladWin, Mich.
A native Of Tennessee, Mr.. Nc
Clanahan captained the football
team at the University of the South
at Sewanee, Tenn, in 1912-14
when Sewanee was one Of the top
teams in the South.
Since he began wintering at
Sea Island in 1888, Mr.. McClan-
ahan acquired famed Buffers
Point, the homesite of Victorian
British actress Fanny Kemble.
A widely known philanthropist
both in Michigan and Georgia,
Mr.. McClanahan Is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Estelle McC1anahan:
his mother, Mrs. Ida McClanahan
Of Nashville, Tenn, and a daugh-
ter, Marie, of New York.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Compromise on Civil Rights
Urqed by Arkansan
lx the Asxociafsd Presa

A Southern Congressman who
favors a compromise on the Presi-
dents civil rights program has
urged the Administration not tc
force the FEPC issue.
II learned with regret" said
Representative Hays. Democrat Of
Arkansas yesterday. that the Ad.
ministration has scheduled the
FEPC bill for immediate consid-
Grafton by the Congress and has
determined upon an all-out fight
for 1t"
MIR. Hays is author Of the So
called Arkansas Plan. This pro-
poses a compromise on the princi-
pal civil right proposals. including
the bill for a Fair Employment
Practices Commission, designed to
prevent racial or religious discrim-
ination in hiring.
Instead of a commission with
authority to enforce rules relating
to hiring and firing Of workers,
Mr.. Hays has proposed one to ad-
wise and counsel with employers
and employees.
He said he comedies that the
grievances and aspirations of the
racial and religious minorities "are
very real"
This issue is fundamental and
it must not be evaded either for
political reasons or through a de-
sire to avoid offense to those
pressing for this legislation" he
said.
While it is easy for the Admins
tration to make it's proposal, it is
very difficult for Congress to dc
q good job in the atmosphere
which the agitation has created
he said.
Progress is being made in the
South and elsewhere in solving
minority problems. Mr.. Hays add
ed, but "the Administrations move
threatens to interrupt that prog
reSS."
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Brown Cites Reporting
On Names in Blast al
Census Income Query

Representative Brown, Repub-
Ican, of Ohio, has written the Di-
rector of the Census that recent
stories about unusual names,
which appeared in The Star and
were distributed by the Associated
Press. are exceedingly interest
ing in view of the determination
of your bureau to gather intimate
income statistics from the people
Of America whose incomes are less
than 100000 in the next decennial
census starting in April"
In a letter to Philip M. Hauser,
acting census director. Mr.. Brown
wrote:
"As one member of Congress
who is determined to prevent such
prying into the financial affairs
OF the average American, I have
protested to you in writing that
such a series of questions not only
violates the liberty and privacy
guaranteed by the Constitution,
but that such information would
In all probability become public
information at the whim or
pleasure Of individual census
takers or possibly bureaucratic
higher-ups themselves.
Called Concrete Proof
1.-THE two news stories referred
to above offer concrete proof of
the danger which I have pictured.
These stories listed unusual names
which the Census Bureau had ac-
curnulated in its files and The
Star staff reporter noted that he
obtained this list Of oddities from
the bureau itself since its 1910
files now are open to public re-
search.'"
Mr.. Brown said these news
stories. obviously obtained with
Census Bureau cooperation. hold
up for ridicule and scorn" the
owners OF 81 names.
He asked Mr.. Hauser whether
the provisions of Federal statutes
were obeyed when the 81 names
of private citizens were disclosed
by the bureau to be held up as
the butt for jokes from coast to
coast"
Questions Legal Authority.
"If these names were made pub
lie without your permission as
set forth in the law" Mr.. Brown
went on, II wish to know what
steps you have taken to determine
whether a felony was committed
and whether any Census Bureau
employe should be prosecuted.
If the names were made public
with your permission, or If you
personally made them public.
wish to know the legal authority
for your action"
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Poultry Business Drop
Noted in Maryland;
Profits 10 Stay Same
BY the Associoted Press

Although Maryland's poultry
business crossed about $3.000,000
less in 1949 than in 1948 and the
decline is expected to continue,
profits in the new year will re-
main about the same.
This is the opinion of Harold
D. Smith, of the agricultural eco
nomics and marketing depart
ment, University of Maryland.
He said the cost Of production
also will be lower, so that the
two factors should balance out
each other.
About half of the 100000 de-
cline was caused by smaller in
come from broilers. Maryland
produced 10.500,0o0 more broilers
in 1949 than in 1948, but gross
income was lower because the
average price was 7 cents less.
Broiler feed prices averaged SO
ton lower during the last six
months of the year, compared
with year ago.
Income from eggs in the State
has exceeded $20,000,000 each
year for the last three years. The
1850 outlook depends to a great
extent on the Government price
support program. There is discus
sion under way to lower the sup
port price from 80 to IS per cent
of parity.
If this happens, egg prices in
Maryland will be lower next year,
Mr.. Smith said, unless the uncer-
tainty of price supports brings
decline on the Midwestern poul-
try front.
| Turkey prices may go down
| somewhat through the new year.
This may be affected, however, by
turkey raisers contemplating some
reduction and reducing the size
of their f1ocks in turn. Even so,
prices are still expected to be
lower than in 1949.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
By the Associated Press

UNION, S. c., Dec. ga young
girl choir singer whose skull was
crushed by a mysterious assailant
was under the care of a brain
specialist today.
Visiting relatives discovered Vir-
ginia Grace Eubanks, is, uncon-
scious Christmas Eve beside pres
ents she had been wrapping.
Police said they had found no
motive for the attack and no
weapon.
She was taken to Charlotte,
N. c., hospital and was reported
still unconscious this morning.
Her uncle, r. P. Gossett. who
operates a dry cleaning plant in
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Arrests of Drunks
Eused for Christmas

Washington police practiced q
little unofficial charity Christmas
eve and Christmas morning, ar
resting only 81 drunks instead of
the normal 200 picked up over a
week end.
Although an official amnesty
policy" was not proclaimed by
Police Department officials, the
beat men were little more lenient
because Of Christmas. Instead of
being hustled off to a cell, most
drunks were put in cabs and sent
home.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Grant
Continued From First Page.)

'SUIltlIluco C1OuI II ot dSC.'
news to Hollywood. The couple
have been seen together frequent
ly for the last 18 months. And Mr.
Grant made no secret of the fact
that he had marriage in mind.
Mr.. Grant previously was mar
ried to Virginia Cherrill. later the
Countess of Jersey in 1884. They
were divorced in 1886. Next he
married the former Barbara Hut
ton, dime store heiress, now the
Princess Troubetzkoy, in 1912.
They divorced in 1916.
The actor, star Of such films
as Arsenic and Old Lace" and Il
Was a Male War Bride" was born
In Bristol, England. He came to
this country in 1920 and became
naturalized in 1912.
The bride, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlos Drake, prominent in
Washington, New York and Chi
cago Society, was born in Paris
and came to this country wnen
she was 7. She Is an American
citizen.
Miss Drake currently Is work.
ing on a picture and her studio
said plans for an extended Money
moon will have to wait.
Miss Drake lived for a short
time in Washington. where she
attended the Kingsmith School
She transferred later to Miss
Madeira's School and made her
home with her aunt, Mrs. Charles
Howe of Mclean, Va. Her moth
er is the former Ann Keith OF
20 irfoy
Evening star., 1949-12-26
US. Completes Arms Aid
Plon for Philippines
BY the Associated Press

MANILA, Dec. 26. All details
of the United States military aid
program for the Philippines have
been completed, President Quirino
said today.
Mr.. Quirino refused to disclose
how much money the islands will
receive and how it will be spent.
Reports from Washington have
estimated about $4,000 will be
used here from funds voted by
Congress for use in the Far East
at President Truman's discretion.
Evening star., 1949-12-26

Government and public affairs.
How we'll the institute sue
ceeded may be seen from the fact
that hundreds Of its students now
occupy top executive jobs in the
Government.
The oldest of them isn't much
more than 36, which means that
eventually some of the Institutes
graduates may reach even greater
heights in public service.
SET PATTERN-The institutes
work had even greater significance
than in just training it's own stu
dents.
Even more important, it pro-
vided Government agencies and
departments with blueprint on
how to go about training and
schooling their most promising
young employees.
AS a result, many Federal agen-
cies now have their own executive
training programs in operation,
based largely on the methods
learned at the institute. In addi-
tion, the Civil Service Commis-
sion conducts several executive
training programs a year.
All this made the Institutes
officials feel that their objective
had been reached and that from
now on the Job Of training young
employees should be left to the
Governments departments and
agencies.
STAFF-A great deal of credit
for the institutes success belongs
to Frederick M. Davenport. chair
man of the Federal Personnel
Council, who was the institute S
president since its inception;
Karl E. Stromsem. its educational
director since 1945, and Henry
Refining. jr.. educational director
from 1885 to 1945. Incidentally,
Mr.. Stromsem now is in charge
Of management training at the
Interior Department.
i i
WORK AHEAD-The objective
Of singing out and training the
most promising young persons for
top Government positions still has
not been fully attained.
While many agencies have de-
veloped programs along this line,
there are some that have not.
But the fact that the program
has progressed as much as it has
speaks well Of the institutes
achievements. And there are in
dications that the tagging xagen-
cies plan to fall in line.
++
WHO'S WHO-The list Of the
institutes trainees who now hold
important Federal jobs reads like
a Who's Who in Government.
Just to select few names, here
are some Of the trainees who now
hold important Federal positions:
Charles B. Stauffacher, 80,
Budget Bureaus assistant direc-
tor in charge of its division of ad-
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Lion Eots Birth Cords

Two natives who arrived at
Gaberones. South Africa, without
identity certificates, said they
had come upon a full grown lion,
while walking in the bush on the
outskirts of town and had lost
certificates and blankets in their
| fight,
Evening star., 1949-12-26

The institute
was started In
1884 with the
o b J e c t We Of
taking promis-
ing young men
and W o m e n
fr ON various
coll e G e S and
universities and
the lower levels
OF FEDERAL ana
private employ
m e n t a n d
training them
for executive
.L t. 49,
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Gen. Grants Nephew, 86,
Dies in California
By the Assoeiofed Press

ROSEMEAD, Calf. Dec. Co.
U. S. Grant Sharp, 86-year-old
nephew of the ex-President and
Civil War leader, Gen. Ulysses 8.
Grant, has died.
The retired merchant died the
day before Christmas. He was q
native of PerriS, Mo.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Man Finds Gifts on Road,
Traces Three Children
By the Assoeiofsd Press

INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. ga
University of Michigan law stu
dent home for the holidays played
the role of Santa Claus for three
young children yesterday.
Al Reed, %, found a suitcase on
a road North of Indianapolis. The
bag contained gayly-wrapped
presents with cards addressed to
Virginia, Winston and Diana.
There were no last names on the
tags.
Mr.. Reed called State Police
to see if troopers could aid in
restoring the packages in time for
Christmas. Troopers alerted news
papers and radio stations.
Last night, Curtis w. Hunter
a neighbor Of Mr.. Reeds, called
| the indianapolis Star. He asked
if any one could help him find
some lost Christmas packages fol
his three children. Winston Lee
7; Virginia Ellen, 5, and Diana,
months.
Mr.. Reed, Mr.. Hunter and the
three children got together al
Mr.. Reeds home, and the young
sters still got the presents or
Christmas. The gifts were from
| the youngsters aunt and uncle
Mrs. Mary Berry and En1sley w
johnson, jr.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Weather Report

District OF Columbia and vi
cinity K Cloudy with occasional
light rain and high near so de-
grees this afternoon. Cloudy and
mild tonight and tomorrow with
occasional rain likely. Lowest to-
night about As degrees.
Maryland and Virginia-Occa-
sional rain and mild tonight and
tomorrow. Low tonight from As to
so degrees in the interior and SIS
degrees on coast.
Wind velocity, S miles per hour;
direction, east.
River Report.
From United States Ensineers.)
Potomac River clear at Harpens Ferr,
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah cleal
ut Harpers Ferry
Humidity.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Public Affairs Institute Closes;
Placed Many in Top U.S.. Posts
By Joseph YOUNG

that Is supplied the Government
with hundreds of executives from promising young
has quietly a close.
the of
Evening star., 1949-12-26

ministrative management; Johr
Watts, 36, acting personnel direc-
tor of the Air Force Department:
R. Gordon Arneson, 33, specia,
assistant to Undersecretary o1
State James Webb; Miriam Camp
33, special assistant in State De-
partment; Harlan Cleveland. 81
executive assistant to Assistant
Deputy Administrator of the Eco
nomic Cooperation Administra-
tion; Julia j. Henderson, "a, CHIEF
financial officer of the United Ma
tions; and Joseph Henderson, IS
assistant personnel chief of the
Army Department.
There are hundreds of other in
stitute alumni who occupy i'm
portant Federal jobs.
r X +
HOLIDAY GREETINGS May
we take this occasion to wish al
of our readers and their familie!
a merry Christmas.
(The Federal Sn0tli0ht rndjo
Evening star., 1949-12-26

(The Federal Spotlight radio
program featuring additional
neWs and Oie1Ds OF the Govern
ment is heard each Saturday at
Gas pm. oDer WMAL, The Star
StatiOn.J
Evening star., 1949-12-26

Swiss hotels are asking govern
ment aid, following the effects OF
other countries currency devalu-
alton actions on Switzerland's
tourist crop.
Evening star., 1949-12-26

CARY GRANT WEDS YOUNG ACTRESS -Holywood-Cary
film and Betsy Drake film actress pause
airport where they boarded plane and
by Howard Hughes private ranch Phoenix Ariz
their wedding They married by the Rev. Stanley NJ
Smith 1t Mr. Grants third marriage and the brides first
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Carlos Drake prominent in
Washington York and Chicago -AP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1949-12-26

which was financed by the ROcke-
feller Foundation. has closed its
doors, satisfied that it has fulfilled
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Driear returned
Tuesday evening from a vacation
trip of several days to Poison,
Charlo, and Missoula visiting rela-
tives and friends. In Charlo they
visited at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. E. Vaughn.
AL Club meets at the home of
Mrs. Kenneth Card, 217 l. Lincoln
Blvd, Wed, Nov. 8, 8 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Hargreaves and
Mr.. and Mrs. P. V. Kitley were
'sockeye fishing at Woods Bay Sat
urday. They went on to Poison
Sunday, where they joined the chink
hunt.
Methodist Church November Food
Sale, Monday, the 10th, 10 a. m.
Parker's- Studio. 1c
Judge c. H. Belmont of Eureka,
was in Libby Tuesday attending the
county school board meeting and
teachers institute, and attending to
other school business. Judge Bel
mont is Clerk of District IS, at Eur
eka.
Methodist Church November Food
Sale, Monday, the 10th, 10 a. m.
Parker's Studio. 1c
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03
Libby News Items

Mrs. Freida Kammeyer is in the
Deaconess hospital in Spokane, un-
der surgery. This is her second
major operation within the past six
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Gotfredson
had as week end guests in their
home, Mr.. and Mrs. John Vertrees
and children, John and Nancy, of
Hungry Horse. Mr. Vertrees is
Chief Inspector of the Hungry Horse
Project. He was also concrete in
spector at the Coulee Dam construc-
ton in Washington State.
Adkins Grocery has installed this
week, new supply of the latest
chrome-plated Shopping Buggies, .
replacing all the old type previous
ly used.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Savage
drove to Missoula Sunday to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Savage's cous-
in, Mrs. Leo Meister, a former Troy
resident.
R. N. A. will hold Initiation Wed
nesday, Nov 9.
Al Club meets at the home of
Mrs. Kenneth Card, 217 E. Lincoln
Blvd, Wed, Nov. 9, 8 p. m.
Two names omitted from the
Boothman successful elk hunt were
Mrs. VIM. Boothman and Floyd
Cole. Three elk were taken by the
party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Sturm were
Horse callers Monday.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03
Thursday, November 3, 1949

Mr.. and Mrs. Arley Thompson
and Mr.. and Mrs Raymond Bleich
went Chink hunting over by Poison
over the week end, going down Sat
urday and returning Monday.
FOOD, CANDY SALE AND BA-
.ZAAR, Saturday afternoon, Deem
Der 10, given by the Episcopal
Ladies Guild at DR.. A. NJ Brock
ways office. 25-2c
The teachers booklet on Modern
Trends in Montana Music will here
after be obtainable at the County
Superintendent office in the court
house instead of The Western News
Office as was previously announced.
Mrs. Ray Pival and frankie &C
companied the hunters to Kalispell
Saturday, where they visited over
the week end at the home of Mrs
PivalS parents.
w. L. Hilbird, patient at Fort
Harrison, is reported to be improv-
ing nicely and appears to be feeling
better. He states he would like to
hear from all his friends. His add
ress is in care of the v. A. hospital
Fl. Harrison, Mont
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03
1850 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CONVENTION JANUARY 1921

Gerald J. Skibbins, Manager of
the Montana Chamber of Commerce,
announced today that the theme of
the Chambers 1850 Convention will
be Individual Liberty"
The Convention will be held in
Billings on January 20 and q.
Skibbins said he is inviting ma
tionally prominent speakers to
present unusual viewpoints on this
nations planned destruction of its
citizens individual liberty. Evidence
of Federal transgression of the Bill
of Rights and the Declaration of
Independence will be presented to
Chamber members and guests
In selecting this theme for the
Montana Chambers Annual Con-
vention, Skibbins said, THE Ten
Commandments, the Bible. the Life
of Christ, the teachings of all great
religious leaders, the human success
stories of the march of civilization
and the consciences of men stand
witness to the truth that in the
market place, in company with his
family, his fellOw-men and in the
sight of God, each individual must
T OA HIMSELF choose between
good and evil, wisdom and impro-
suffering the penalties of
his mistakes and reaping the har-
vest of happiness from wise, pro-
ductive and virtous behavior"
NO law or government can pro-
tect man from the consequences of
his moral, economic or political
The present actions of the Brit
ish, Russian and United States Gov
ernments in setting up so-called
Welfare" and Security" programs
are actually nothing more than leg
allied theft from those citizens who
work in order to support and obtain
the votes of those who will not
work. The size of the thief does
not justify his crime"
Skibbins concluded, Modern poll
ticians who fancy themselves as
twentieth century Robin Hoods
should read the 7th and 9th of the
Ten Commandments given Moses"