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Evening star., 1949-08-04
European Parliament
Creation Completed
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Aug. 4 (P.-Europe's
first Parliament has come into
being formally. the British For
eign Office announced today.
A Foreign Office spokesman an
nounced the seventh ratification
Of the donation Council Of Eu-
rope has been deposited here, four
days before the councils sched-
uled opening at strasbourg,
France.
The charter of the Parliament
provided that it would come into
being when seven instruments OF
ratification had been handed to
the British Foreign Office. Those
Of Luxembourg, Italy and Norway
arrived in the past "a hours, add
ed to the earlier ratifications by
Britain, Denmark, Sweden and
the Republic of Ireland. France,
Belgium and the Netherlands still
are to deposit their instruments.
Aides Of the 10 nations meet
in Paris tomorrow to study rules
and regulations for the Parlia-
ment. They will study a report
of the Parliament's Preparatory
Commission.
The Committee Of Ministers Of
the Council of Europe meets in
Strasbourg Monday and the As
sembly gathers Wednesday. Brit
ain is sending a 100-man team
to the first Assembly session.
Evening star., 1949-08-04

Mrs. Caroline Dawson Hayden
has been told that her husband
died just before a son was born to
her by Caesarian operation yester-
day at Bethesda Naval Hospital.
Up to last night, Mrs. Hayden,
~, Of 1903 Norton place NV,
had not been told that her hus-
band, Hugh Mccormick Hayden,
%, died Of a heart attack at the
home of his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Donald A. Dawson, 3629 S street
NV, after returning from visit
to the hospital Tuesday night. y
Capt. Reynolds Hayden. U. s. NJ,
retired, father Of Mr.. Hayden, said
today he had told Mrs. Hayden
last night, after a talk with the
doctor. that her husband was dead.
II think she anticipated it any,
way" Capt. Hayden said, because
she had expected a visit from her
husband yesterday afternoon"
Mrs. Hayden had been told
merely that her husband was i'll.
Both mother and baby, a six
pound, 131a-ounce boy, were re-
ported in good condition today at
the hospital. Her son tentative
ly" has been named Donald Angus,
after his maternal grandfather,
the late Brig. Gen. Donald Angus
Dawson, assistant engineer COM
missioner here from 1928 to 1882.
Funeral services for Mr.. Hay
den, who served as a submarine
Evening star., 1949-08-04
MiIlers Will Take Over
Al Times-HeraId October |

The Washington Times-Herald
will begin publishing under the ac-
tive direction Of its new owners
October /. instead of January /
as originally planned, it was an
nounced today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maxwell Peter
Miller. the youthful husband and
wife team placed in charge Of the
Times-Herald following its sale to
the Chicago Tribune Co., did not
reveal their reasons for this speed
up in planning. On Monday when
the sale Of the newspaper was an
nounced, Mrs. Miller, 28-year-old
niece of Col. Robert r. McCor-
mick, publisher Of the Chicago
Tribune. indicated she and her
husband would not launch their
careers in Washington until after
the end Of the year.
II think the paper has been rum
very WELL" Mrs. Miller told the
Associated Press. 1--WE frankly
have no thought Of any changes
at all We certainly hope they
(the employes) are going to stay."I
MIR. and Mrs. Miller have spent
the last few days in Washington
studying Times-Herald operations
and meeting their new employees.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Baby Suffocates in Sleep;
Father Fails 10 Revive Him

A 6-week-old baby suffocated in
his carriage early today despite
efforts Of his father, an Army
sergeant, to revive him, police re-
ported.
The infant was Craig Wright,
son of Sergt. and Mrs. Keith
Wright, 1880 Holbrook terrace
NE. Sergt. Wright, 81, is sta
toned at Fort Myer.
The baby was found by the
mother this morning lying face
down in the carriage where he had
slept during the night. Police said
the baby had crawled to a corner
of the carriage and apparently
was suffocated by the mattress.
Sergt. Wright said the baby had
a checkup only yesterday at Wal
ter Reed Hospital and was pro-
nounced in good health.
He said the child was sleeping
soundly when he and Mrs. Wright
went to bed. When the mother
found the child this morning, she
called the husband who attempted
artificial respiration.
The Wrights have another child,
Alexander, 18 months old,
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Liberals Ask Lehman
To Seek Senate Post
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-State
leaders of New York's Liberal
Party have formally asked former
Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, a DEM
ocrat, to accept the party's nomi-
nation for United States Senator
at the November election.
Mr.. Lehman, considered a likely
choice for the Democratic nomina-
ton also, has not announced
whether he will run.
The Liberal Party announced
today its Policy Committee, head
ed by State Chairman Adolf A.
Berle, jr., sent telegram to the
vacationing Lehman last night
urging him to accept the party's
nomination.
The telegram said "your pres
ence in the Senate would be the
greatest contribution this State
could now make in a difficult and
troubled time"
The senatorial seat to be filled
in November is held temporarily
by Republican Senator John
Foster Dulles, appointed by Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey after Robert F.
Wagner, the aged and i'll Demo-
cratic Senate veteran, resigned.
The senator elected in Novem-
ber. will serve out a little more
than a year Of Wagner's unexpired
term, with a successor for a full
six-year term being elected in
November, 1850, =
Evening star., 1949-08-04
I in Basufo Tribe Executed
For Part in Ritual Murder
By the ksseciotsd Press


JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,
Aug. 4.-Seven members of the
Basuto tribe, convicted of partici-
patton in a ritual murder, were
executed yesterday in the heavily
guarded Maseru Jail in Basuto-
land.
Among those executed were the
second and fourth chiefs Of the
tribe in the order of seniority.
Heavily armed police were
posted at the jail after authorities
discovered that other Basuto pris-
oners were plotting to rescue their
chiefs.
The murder for which the seven
were convicted grew out Of the
desire Of one of the chiefs to
strengthen his influence. He
sought the advice of a witch doc
tor who demanded living flesh to
make a special medicine.
A man was found who agreed to
sell his brother for f100 ($400)
The victim was seized, lips and
other portions Of the body were
cut off, and then he was strangled
to death.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Work on White House
Nav Not Start Till Fall

White House officials said to-
day it is hardly likely that actual
work of restoring the White House,
as ordered this week, will get
under way until fall.
The Public Buildings Admins
tration is expected to be in a posi-
ton to call for contracts in the
next five or six weeks, according
to Lorenzo s. Winslow. White
House architect.
The business of selecting a con-
tractor will be in the hands OF
Commissioner w. E. Reynolds OF
PBA. Because of the Importance
Of the work of restoration, the
procedure will not follow strictly
the usual course taken in award
ing contracts to the lowest bidder.
Architects and PBA engineers
have been working on bids and
specifications on renovating the
White House since last fall, when
the dangerous condition Of the
historic building was disclosed.
Although the Commission on
Renovation of the White House
decided officially last Tuesday that
the outer walls should remain
standing, it is understood bids
were being prepared on that
theory from the start.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
U. 5. Group Urges Easing
OF Curbs on Czech Trade
By the Asseeiotsd Pres,

PRAGUE, Aug. "A group of
four American educators and
clergymen suggested yesterday
that the United States relax its
restrictions on trade with Czecho-
slovakia in the interest of friend
ship and understanding"
The Americans spent eight days
here. They said they found the
country divided on the issue Of the
Communicated governments con-
troversy with the Roman Catholic
Church.
They observed that the gov
ernment had confiscated income
bearing lands of the churches and
now proposed to increase its sub
sides and pay the salaries Of all
priests and pastors.
Members of the group are:
Jerome Davis, former journalist;
Henry Pratt Fairchild, a prom
inent member of the National
Council for American-Soviet
Friendship: Benjamin Mays, pres
ident of Morehouse College at At
lanta. Ga, and Rev. George E.
Paine. listed on the register at
his hotel as from Cambridge,
Mass.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Political Big Guns Limbered
For Pennsylvania Election
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

,JOHNSTOWN, Pa, Aug. A.
The major political parties are
going to roll out their big guns
for the special election in Penn
sylvania's 26th Congressional dis
trict September 13.
The election will name the Sue
cessor to the late Rep. Robert L.
Coffey, jr., Democrat, killed in q
Jet plane crash last April.
His mother, Mrs. Robert Coffey,
is the Democrats candidate. The
Republicans, seeking the seat held
by their Harve Tibbot for five
terms until beaten last November,
have nominated John P. Saylor,
former Johnstown (Pa.) lawyer.
The Republicans plan to send
Gov. James Duff and Senator
Edward Martin into the three
county district on stumping tours.
Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr.,
New York, will head the Demo-
Gratis speech-making delegation.
The three counties-dndiana,
Armstrong and Cambria-have
143.327 eligible votes with the Re-
publicans holding q 78,080 to
IS PAT edge.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Boy Injured in Mountains
Flown Out by HeIicopter
By the Assoeiofed Press

YOSEMITE, Calf, Aug. "A
12-year-old boy with fractured
skull was brought out of one of
the widest areas of the Sierra
Nevada by helicopter today.
Terence (Kayo) Halliman, son
Of a prominent San Francisco at
torney. had been. lying in a sleep
ing bag, near Benson Lake since
he was hurt when he fell off q
horse last Sunday.
Test Pilot Jay Demming Of the
Hitler Helicopter Co., flew at $500
feet on the rescue mission. A
similar effort failed to reach the
boy earlier this week.
The boys condition was report
ed as good. His parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Vincent Halliman, had taken
a rugged pack trail to be with him
at the lake. The boy was treated
there by a doctor, who advised
against carrying him over the
trail.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
u. 5. Colonel Dies Of Polio;
4 Others Stricken in Reich
BY the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug.
Alt. Col. William j. Wynn of
Little Falls, Mimi, died in an
Army hospital Tuesday night Of
poliomyelitis.
There are four other Americans
i'll with polio in the Frankfurt
Army hospital. One Of them is
Col. Wynn's 8-year-old son Frank.
Hospital officials said all the
polio victims, including Col. Wynn,
arrived in Germany recently from
the United States.
Col. Wynn came here three
weeks ago from 9Th Army Head
quarters in San Francisco. He
was assigned to the adjutant gen.
erals division Of the Army's Euro
pean headquarters.
His widow and two other sons
live in Heidelberg.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Infer-American Group
Seeks Caribbean Peace
ey the Associated Press

The Inter-American Peace Com
mission, taking a serious view OF
recent disturbances in the Carib-
bean and Central America, decided
yesterday to ask the 81 American
Governments for their suggestions
about the problem.
The move was taken at the
initiative Of the United States at
a special meeting Of the commits
sion at the Pan American Union.
In itself, the action was con-
sidered q preliminary to some sort
of concerted action, possibly q
foreign ministers conference, to
stop the feuding in the Caribbean
Zone.
United States Delegate Paul c.
Daniels, it was learned, told the
commission the current situation
is dangerous and a threat to the
peace. He pointed to the attempted
invasion Of the Dominican Re-
public from Cuba in 1947, a
Dominican-Haitian dispute, the
Costa Rican- n-Nicaraguan affair and
the more recent attempted inva-
sion of the Dominican Republic.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
SmeIter Workers 10 Return
With Reduction in Pay
Rv the Associofed Press

PICHER, Okla, Aug. 4-Union
employees of the Eagle-Picher
Mining and Smelling Co. voted
last night to return to work tomor-
row after a month-long layof-at
a cut in pay.
The vote was 102 to 50. Union
officials expressed disappointment
in the turnout.
Five hundred members Of the
AFL's United Cement, Lime and
Gypsum Workers were eligible to
attend the special election meet
ing.
Bobby Huddleston, international
representative Of the organization,
said he would sign a contract with
the company today.
BY approving the Eagle-Picher
offer, workers voluntarily accept
ed an average daily wage reduc-
tion of $3.08. Their scale before
the general tri-state shutdown
June 80 ranged from 81 an hour
for some miners to $1.38h cents
for machine men.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Engraving Bureau Employe
Refires After 81 Years

Marden B. King, 68, who went
to work for the Bureau Of Engrav-
ing and Printing when he was, II,
has retired after 81 years Of
service.
Mr.. King was honored at a
banquet in the Continental Hotel
Tuesday night, with about 40
fellow employees present. i.
He was custodian of vaults In
the bureaus stamp book and coil
division, q position he held for
many years. The Washington ma
tive. went to work for the bureau
in 1898 as a paper cutter and
later worked in the binding d.
vision.
He lives at 4110 Branch ave-
nue., Silver Hill, Md, with his
wife, daughter, son-in-law and
two grandchildren. A son, Mar
den Bruce King. is a Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing employe
Of 81 years service.
Evening star., 1949-08-04

Mr.. Briganti graduated from
Woodrow Wilson High School
here in June. He was a first lieu
tenant in &c" company, 9Th Regi-
ment, Washington High School
Cadet Corps. This past summer
he has worked as an ordinary
seaman on a ferry on Long Island
Sound.
Mr.. Striker received his prepar-
atory training at the Hilder
School here. Previously he had
attended a Chattanooga, Tenn,
high school, where he was a sec
ond lieutenant in the ROTC.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
1949 Federal Manual
Now Is Available

The 1949 Government Or
ganization Manual has just come
off the press, DR.. Wayne c.
Grover, archivist Of the United
States, announced today.
The new edition, 725 pages long,
portrays the organization Of
the Government as Of July
and includes the newest agency.
the General Service Administra-
ton, under which the National
Archives now operates. It may be
bought for 81 a copy from the
Superintendent Of Documents at
the Government Printing ONCE.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Air|ift Force Starts
Home as First Plane
Leaves With IS Men
BY the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany. Aug.
4.-The Berlin airlift force started
flying home to the United States
last night.
The first plane to be redeployed
left here carrying 18 airlift vet
erans-all but two Of them happy
that their job Of supplying Berlin
by air is ended.
The flight started a homeward
exodus which will end October 81,
when the gradually reducing air
lift will come to a complete halt.
"I'm glad I was in this airlift,
but I'm glad it's over and mighty
glad to be getting back home, {"
said 1t. John L. Dunn Of Elsa,
Tex, co-pilot Of the big C-54
which started the homeward
movement.
More VIII Follow.
More planes will follow at the
rate of four to eight every day
until the bulk Of the big transport
fleet numbering nearly 300 planes
Is gone.
Each home-nying plane will
carry about 18 men.
Yesterdays initial group came
from the 317th Transport Com
mand Group at Celle, which
dropped out Of the airlift opera
ton last Sunday. Today the only
two Navy squadrons in the airlift
will start home.
It was a happy smiling group
which climbed aboard the first ship
out. The only two who said they
were sorry to leave Germany were
M/Sergt Penn N. Thorpe, Ardmore,
Pa, and T/Sergt. Frank F. Lew
ter, 4815 Russell avenue, Washing
ton. 1--WE like it here" they said
Some War Veterans.
Even though happy to end their
grinding daily flights to Berlin
most of the others, too, had kind
words to say about the airlift.
For many of the group, it was
their second redeployment home
from a big overseas job. They
were war veterans like the pilot
Capt. George l.. Peabody of Seat
tie and 1t. Robert w. Dowd OF
Miami.
In the war they dropped bombs,
in the airlift they carried coal
10 tons a trip.
Among others in the first group
were T/Sergt. Leo l.. Buda, Hamp-
ton, Va, and S/Sergt. Paul B.
Goble. Chatsworth, Ga.
Sergt. Lewter, the first Wash
ington airlift veteran to return,
has been in the Army since 1887.
He will celebrate his 29th birth
day tomorrow. He flew the hump
in the China-Burma- India Thea
ter during the first part of World
War II and later served in Japan
and In this country. He is a
flight engineer and holds the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross.
Sergt. Lewter, who has been in
Germany since last Christmas,
makes his home here with a Sis
ter, Mrs. 1nez Widmyer Of the
Russell avenue address. He also
has hve other sisters and brothers
living in the Washington area, in
cluding Police Pvt. Nathan Lew
ter Of No. IL Precinct.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Research Centralized

Hungary Is going all out for
industrial research, Budapest re-
ports. Institutes, laboratories and
committees will be established in
all industrial branches where ad-
ditional knowledge seems neces-
sary. Already, a Geological Insti-
tute. a Geophysical Institute and
a Mineral Oil and Natural Gas
Research Institute are operating.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Petoin's Wife to Live
In Fort Near Husband
By the Assoeiefsd Press

LIE DYEU, France. Aug. A.
The wife of former Marshal Henr.
Philippe Petain has been giver
an apartment in the fort here
where her husband is serving 9
life sentence. Authorities said the
Petains would be allowed to have
luncheon together every day.
Marshal Petain has been a pris-
oner here since his conviction o1
collaboration with the Germans
four years ago. He was head OF
the French government at Vichy
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Britain, BroziI to Trade
|256 Million in Goods
BY the Associated Press

BY the AsSoeIofed PT0sS
LONDON, Aug. 4.-Britain and
Brazil have reached a trade agree
ment to exchange $256, ,498, 900
worth of goods this year, the Board
Of Trade said today.
Payment in sterling, under the
agreement of May 81, 1948, will
remain in force.
Evening star., 1949-08-04

Those whose
a p p ointments
we're confirmed
were Dan H.
B ri ganti, II,
son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank H.
Briganti, 1923
F ty = ninth
street NV, and
A r t h u r M.
Striker, 19, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. F.. Striker,
1415 North Edi-
son street, Ar
lingtOn.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Two From Area Appointed
To Coast Guard Academy

Two Washington area men
have received appointments to the
Coast Guard Academy at New
London, Conn.,, the Coast Guard
announced otday.
Evening star., 1949-08-04
Charlottesville Picks Wood

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va, Aug.
a @.-L. w. Wood, common
wealth's attorney Of Charlottes-
vile for 80 years. won renomi-
nation in the Democratic pri-
mary over Allan N. Splitter, 2.l70
to 1,134.
Evening star., 1949-08-04

New sugar mills have brought
Colombia's theoretical milling ca
pacity for this year to 155. 900
tons Of sugar.
Smyrna times., 1949-08-25
LATEST FACTS
ABOUT POLIO
Answers to Questions Asked
By Parents About
Disease
BY BOARD OF HEALTH

Infantile Paralysis or polio,
scientifically known as poliomyelit-
is, is a disease which is of great
concern to both doctors and par
ents especially during the summer
and early fall months.
The State Board of Health, in an
effort to keep the latest develop
ments before the public, has COM
piled answers to the most import
ant questions that have been asked
by parents and other interested
groups.
@. What is the incubation per-
iod?
A. This has not been definitely
established. The period usually
given is Z to ID days. 1t may be
as short as 8 days or as long as 50
days.
@. How is poliomyelitis spread
A. At present this question
cannot be answered specifically.
There are three commonly held
theories regarding the spread of
polio: that it may be spread by a.
contact through discharges from
the mouth, ~ fecal discharges,
(3) flies. Most evidence suggests
that close association with infected
persons accounts for a large por-
tion of the cases. Frequently these
contacts are made with persons
who, though infected, are not suf-
fering from a clinically recognized
attack of the disease. Although
flies may carry the virus, there is
no reliable evidence of the spread
of polio by insects, water, food or
sewage.
Q. How long does the virus re-
main in the human body?
"A Virus has been found as
early as 2 weeks before onset of
Smyrna times., 1949-08-25

and participate in the festivities.
Events scheduled on the program
started at HOO AN. upon arrival
of the southbound special train and
ferry from Norfolk. Everyone as
sembled on the P.R.R. dock for a
basket lunch at the tables erected
there. Immediately following the
lunch and musical entertainment,
drawings for the various prizes and
special awards took place at 100
Pm. At 1:30 PM, the crowd split
up to enjoy the various features
arranged for the remainder of the
afternoon, which included: cruise
on the Chesapeake Bay aboard the
steamer elisha Lee; baseball
game at Patton Field; golf tourn-
ament at Northampton Country
Club; as well as swimming, games
Continued on Page Nine)
Smyrna times., 1949-08-25

the illness and as long as several
weeks, and occasionally months
after.
@. What is the age distribution
of poliomyelitis?
A. Children from l to 16 years
of age are more frequently attack
ed than adults. Older children and
young adults constitute a higher
proportion of the reported cases
than formerly.
Q. Are there any specific mea-
sures to be taken in order to pre-
vent polio?
A. No. General measures OF
hygiene and sanitation should be
followed. 1t should be kept ir
mind that during an epidemic in q
community, infection is highly
prevalent. Only a small fraction
of the cases is clinically identiff.
able. For every one known, it is
estimated that there are betweer
10 and 100 additional cases with in.
apparent infection.
Q. During what period of the
disease is communicability great,
est?
| A. Apparently the period Of
greatest communicability is cover.
ed by the latter part of the incu,
baton period and the first week Of
acute illness.
Q. Are there different types Of
poliomyelitis virus?
A. There are at least three
groups of strains of the virus, in.
fection by any one of which may
or may not render the individual
immune to attack by the other
two.
Q. Are there second attacks OF
Ipoliomyelitis?
A. Susceptibility to infection is
general. Immunity is acquired by
infection which may have beer
clinically inapparent. The duration
of immunity is unknown, but Sec
ond attacks are rare.
@. Are there any drugs, vac
cines, or sera known to be effective
in the prevention or treatment of
the disease?
A. There are as yet no vaccines,
drugs, sera, or antibiotics known
to be of value.
Smyrna times., 1949-08-25

Q. What is the prognosis for
paralytic cases?
A. rs percent of the victims
who are left with a paralysis can
be made completely or nearly COM
pletely independent through proper
treatment. The remaining 25 per-
cent may have paralysis to such a
degree that it will be necessary to
supply braces and, or surgery in
their rehabilitation. Full use should
be made of the state rehabilitation
services and the state Crippled
Children's Services to procure
necessary assistance in the train
ing and preparation of the individ-
ual requiring such help in over
coming physical limitations.
@. Is there a relationship be-
tween activity and the paralytic
form of poliomyelitis?
A. Apparently fatigue IN the
early stage of polio may influence
adversely the extent of the paraly-
sis. 1t is wise to prevent children
from becoming over-fatigued, but
they shouldn't be restricted in or
dinary activities.
Q. Should children be permitted
to go bathing?
A. There is no objection to
swimming or bathing; however, it
! is advisable to avoid crowds and to
prevent chilling and fatigue.
@. Should children be allowed
to travel during the months when
polio is prevalent?
A. 1t is unwise to take children
from a community relatively free
from polio to visit one with a high
incidence of the disease. In general
travel is permissible provided that
children are protected against
fatigue.