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Evening star., 1949-08-23
Star Movies

Community movies, sponsored
by The Star, the Recreation De-
partment and the Film Center.
which have been postponed be-
cause Of rain, will be held tonight.
Programs of comedy, sports. car
toons and musicians will be shown
at the following Fairgrounds and
recreation centers:
Rosedale, Seventeenth and Gales streets
NE.
Carver, whittinsham and Lane streets
NE.
Garrison. Twelfth street between r and Q
streets NV.
Monroe, Georsia avenue and Columbia
road NV.
Douglass Dwelling, 1000 Alabama ave-
nue r.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Radio Station Manager Fails
To Pass Own 'Giveowoy' Test

1913 persons were able to supply
correct answers to the questions
asked. OF this number. II had
been listening to WARL and heard
the answers in advance, while 81
knew the answers without having
been informed before the phone
calls.
The FEC report said the station
manager expressed an opinion
that persons of average intelli-
gence with common knowledge
should be able to answer the ques-
tions used" The report added,
however, that during cross-exami-
nation at an FEC hearing, the
manager funked the test himself
He couldn't answer single one
of 81 questions taken from the
list.
Samples Show Why.
A glance at the report shows
why. Here are a few samples:
When was the American Battle
Monuments Commission created
by Act of Congress?
What was the National debt of
Liberia on January l, 1914?
How many square miles does
Rhode Island cover?
BY whom and in what year was
duterium discovered?
How many counties in Rhode
Island?
What is the area in square
miles Of Tibet?
Hold old was Julius Caesar when
he married Cornelia?
What is the area of Venezuela
Gin square miles, of course)?
What was the headline on the
newspaper extra called on the
streets the evening Of December
s, 1901?
In 1945, how many telephone
subscribers were there in Pales-
tine?
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Wo|fson Group Denies
'9harpshooter' Tag in
Transit Stock Deal

Louis E. Wolfson Of Jackson
vile, Fla. insisted today that he
and his Florida associates want to
acquire control Of the Capital
Transit Co. as a permanent in
vestment.
I'm not a sharpshooter." he
said. I'm not looking to make
a quick profit and get out. If
I'm to be tagged as a sharpshoot-
er, I'd rather not be in this"
The Florida group has pending
before the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the Securities
and Exchange Commission. ap-
plications for permission to buy
109,458 shares of Capital Trapsit-
stock from the North American
Co., a utilities holding concern.
The price is $2,189,l60.
Plans Outlined. -
J.A..B Broadwater, one of Mr.
Woifsoh eight associates in the
stock transaction, said that If they
are permitted to buy the stock
they intend to pay off the $9,00o.-
900 first mortgage bonds and build
up the working capital.
He pointed out that the $780,
000-a-year interest on the 4 per
cent bonds could be used for divi-
dends. The sum would amount
to $3.50 a share on the 100000
shares outstanding.
Practically all Of the tangible
assets Of the company are pledged
under the mortgage.
ICC Has Application,
Mr.. Wolfson and Mr.. Broad
water are here in connection with
the application before the 1CC.
With them were Mr.. Wolfson's
brother, Cecil Wolfson; Doran s.
Weinstein and E. C. Gerbert.
members of the group interested
in the Capital Transit deal, and
their New York attorney, John j.
Manning.
H. Grady Gore of Washington.
who brought the Wolfson group
and the North American Co. to-
gether in the stock transaction,
testified before the SEC that he
was moved by the belief that
somebody ought to be interested
in the thing Capital Transit) to
try to see that the stockholders
got something out of it.
MIR. Wolfson today said emphat-
ically that Mr.. Gore was not speak
ing for him. g..
So Return Sought.
He said that q return of 50
a share on the stock he has con-
tracted to buy at $40 is good
return. The stock paid 81 share
for five years. paid only so cents
last year because of the expenses
of q wage increase, and so far
this year has paid 81.
It was pointed out to him that
the company has a wage arbitra-
ton action pending and that
President E. D. Merrill has said
that 1-cent-an-hour increase in
wages amounts to $115.000 added
expense. On that basis as much
as a scent wage increase would
mean $575,0 q year, or more
than the company's net income
last year.
Mr.. Wolfson said he is conf
dent the company's management
could meet this problem.
Evening star., 1949-08-23

A whip welded by his blond
former wife has forestalled tenn
porarily execution of a court Or
der awarding him custody of their
two sons, John A. Moore, 43. of
Mount Airy. Md, told District
Court in a motion filed yesterday.
Mr.. Moore asked the court for
a contempt citation against his
former wife. Mrs. Rose B. Moore,
80. for allegedly refusing to sur
render the children to him.
Through Attorney Charles Pat
ton Henry. Mr.. Moore told the
court he went to his wife's home,
766 Princeton place NV, to get
his sons. James, 6, and John, IL,
on August Is.
Under an earlier court ruling
Mr.. Moore has custody of the
children except when they visit
their mother on alternate week
ends and from July / to August is.
Mrs. Moore first slammed the
door in his face when he asked
for the children. Mr.. Moore told
the court, and then returned with
a whip. After he had been struck
with the whip. Mr.. Moore ex-
planned. he withdrew because -he
did not wish to be a party to a
scene before the children.
Also pending in District Court
is move made through Attorney
Nicholas j. Chase. counsel for
Mrs. Moore, for a hearing on the
question of transferring custody
of the boys to the mother. At
torney Chase contends there has
been q change IN circumstances
since the father was awarded
regular custody. +
Last week. Attorney Chase filed
q paper in District Court, stating
the boys had refused to return to
their father at the scheduled end
of their visit with their mother.
Mr.. Moore has remarked since
being divorced from the boys
mother
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Pepco Seeking
toAbsorb
Braddock Light
PUG Studies Plan
To Merge Virginia
Subsidiary

The Public Utilities Commission
today took under advisement the
application Of the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co. for permission to
absorb its wholly-owned sub
.sidiary. the Braddock Light and
Power Co.
The Braddock company is q
public service corporation of Vir-
ginia and serves the Pentagon
and about 1000 other customers
in Arlington. 1t is not operated
directly by the Pepco primarily
because the Virginia constitution,
in effect, permits only a Virginia
corporation to operate a public
electric light and power business
in that State.
sec Approval Reported.
The proposed joint agreement
would give Pepco direct ownership
of the Braddock company and
would make Pepco a domestic cor
poration Of Virginia as well as a
District corporation.
Charles C. Drummond. chief ac-
countant of the Virginia State
Corporation Commission, said the
Virginia regulatory authorities al
ready had approved the merger.
John Connaughton, president of
the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations. speaking for the fedora
tion said he could see no objection
at present to the merger.
Expansion Is Objective.
Pepco has stated that because
of the lack of suitable sites in
the District. its expansion of plant
facilities must take place in Vir-
ginia. It's petition said the Brad
dock company has total assets
aggregating $18,186,539 and a
property and plant account ag-
gregating $17,450,145. Under
present plans it is expected addi-
tional facilities totaling $11.100,-
900 will be added to Braddock in
the next three years.
Since Braddock is owned by
Pepco, it has been necessary for
Pepco to advance all capital funds
required for Braddock's construc-
ton program. In order that
Pepco be in a position to bond
the proper properties. it is neces-
sary to acquire direct ownership,
it was stated.
The case for the merger was
presented by r. Roy Dunn of
Pepco.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Voted in
Omnibus Bill
House Measure Would
End Flood Threat
In BIudensburg

A S4,o3l ,ZUu PROJECT Tor ana.
costa River improvements. which
virtually would eliminate the re-
curing flood threat to Bladens-
burg and other Prince Georges
County communities. would be
authorized BY an omnibus" river
and-harbor bill passed by the
House yesterday.
The measure. approved on a
rising vote of 202 to l. now goes
to the Senate. It carries a total
of more than $1,000 900, 900 in au-
thorizations for navigation and
flood control works throughout
the Nation but appropriates no
money. It is intended to cover
a three-year program including
further work on number Of
projects already partially finished.
In addition to the Anacostia
River development, the bill would
authorize, in this area, a project
for eradication of the water
chestnut in the Potomac River.
This would be 15-year program,
estimated to cost $4,000, to
clear the chestnuts from the river
between Key Bridge and Mary
land Point, 48 miles downstream.
Later Action on Funds.
Money for all the projects in
the bill would have to be sought
in future appropriations meas
ures for the civil functions of
the Army.
Both Washington area pro-
posals have the long standing ap-
proval of the Army Engineers.
The Anacostia River project
consists of these two features:
!. Dredging of navigational
channel 80 feet wide with a depth
of eight feet below the low-water
level between Fifteenth street Sc.
and Bladensburg and with COM
mercial and recreational boat
basins of the same depth at
Bladensburg.
2. Flood-control installations at
Bladensburg, Edmonston. River
dale, Hyattsville, Brentwood, Cot
tage City and Colmar Manor.
consisting Of enlargement and re-
alignment of the channels of the
Northeast and Northwest branches
Of the river and levees, pumping
plants. a pressure conduit and
related work.
This program would eliminate
about 95 per cent Of the flood
damage in these communities,
particularly Bladensburg, during
heavy rains. according to the
Army Engineers.
'o!trt Rights-of-Way Needed
Mo- Federal funds would be
provided until "a responsible pub
lie agency" gave assurance all
necessary land and rights-of-way
would be furnished without cost
to the Government and agreed
to keep, the boat basins dredged.
provide moorings and supply ,facl-
ities and maintain the food-cor-
troll works.
The plan has been integrated
with projected extension of the
District park system up the
Anacostia River.
The water chestnut, regarded
a threat to public health, naviga-
ton, fishing, hunting and SWIM
ming could be banished from the
Potomac between Georgetown and
Maryland Point by the 15-year
cutting program, according to
Army Engineers.
There would be four years OF
cutting in heavily in
tested areas. with manual removal
of scattered plants; three years
of intensive patrol and manual
removal Of scattered plants; two
years of concentrated patrol dur
ing the growing season. and six
years of patroling the entire area
at tWo-year intervals,
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Cambridge Fair Is First
On Shore in Z Years
By the Assoefossd Press

CAMBRIDGE. Md, Aug. 49,
Eastern Shores first fair In q
dozen years opened here last
night.
Judging tonight is expected to
be the highlight of the six-day
fair as far as farmers are con-
cerned. More than $1,000 worth
of prizes and ribbons are at stake
in the 254 exhibit classes. Fire
works each night and daredevil
driving are on the program.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Church Guilds Plan Dinner

The annual fried chicken din
ner sponsored by the Ladies'
Guild and the Altar Guild Of st.
Barnabas Church, .Oxon Hill. Nd,
will be held tomorrow beginning
ct s pm. in the parish hall.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Concert at Walter Reed

The last concert Of the season
by the Army Band at Walter Reed
Hospital will be given at $50
o'clock tonight in the hospitals
formal garden.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
Service Groups on Sail

Fort Meade Service Club No. 3
and the cavalry detachment OF
Fort Myers are sponsoring
moonlight cruise at 8 o'clock to-
night on the SIS. Robert E. Lee.
Evening star., 1949-08-23
You Don't Have to Miss a Thing
When you go on vacation

vacation, you don't have to miss thmg.
You can relax and still get all the news
and features from home as published by
your favorite newspaper. The Star.
you can have The Evening and
Sunday Star mailed to you for only
$50 month.
The Star is also available at news.
stands or by carrier delivery at most
nearby summer resorts.
Arrange to have your favortte news
paper follow --ou wherever you go. Cau
alton d.,yery Of The Evening and Sum
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

of Canton was elected president
of the association to succeed Tom
Sudduth, Pascagoula, retiring
president. Mr. Sudduth was
named to the board of trustees.
Other officers elected were
Wesley Rankin. Corinth, vice
president and Glen O'Neil of Gulf
port vice president; Ralph w.
Loewenberg, V~icksburg. secre-
tary-treasurer; James Hart, BIZ
loxi, tiler and G. B. White, Can
ton, trustee.
On Sunday the annual Flag
Day ritual was held in Mobile
with the coast lodges participant
ing.
Among those attending the CON
vention from here were Mr., Sud
duth, past president of the Mis-
sissippi State association, and
Mrs. Sudduth; w. A. Moncrief,
past exalted ruler of the local
lodge and Mrs. Moncrief; c. P.
Humphrey, exalted ruler of the
Pascagoula lodge and Mrs. Hum
phrey; DR.. and Mrs. r. o. Cole,
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. J. Watts, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence MCGEE, Mr.. and
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
BY CLARKE BEACH

WASHlNGTON-The "Hoov-
er Commissions" report was a
plan of battle. 1t was drawn up
amid intense controversies
within the l2-man, bipartisan
commission itself - as revealed
by the many dissenting recon-
mendations = but the majority
did agree on a program for re-
organizing the executive branch
of the government.
Now the battle lines will form
in Congress. But much of the
program can be quietly adopted
by the President and his agency
chiefs if the President wishes to
do so. The Budget Bureau has
made a tentative analysis of the
commissions reports and has
estimated that they contain
about PIT recommendations. It
has figured that about SO of
them can be put into effect by
executive or departmental or
ders. Congress would have to
act on the rest.
BY passing the pending Reor-
ganization Act of 1949, about
Sc recommendations could be
adopted. The President could
make extensive shifts in the
present set-up. He could do such
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
Appointment OF
Ministers Read
AT Conference

Ministerial assignments for the
coming year were read by tn e
Bishop Marvin A. Franklin at the
closing assembly of the 18TH
session of the annual Mississippi
Methodist Conference which was
held this past week at the First
Methodist church in Gulfport.
The Rev. Harlan Hilbun was
reappointed as pastor of the First
Methodist church of Pascagoula
and the Rev. w. P. George was
appointed pastor of the Eastlawn
church. He will succeed the Rev.
R. E. Alsworth who will serve as
pastor of the Leaksville church.
The Rev. Norman U. Boone
who has served as pastor of the
First Methodist church of Moss
Point for the past two years was
appointed as pastor of the West
Park church in Jackson. He will
be succeeded by the Rev. H. c.
Castle, formerly of Tylertown.
Other appointments in the Sea-
shore district were as follows: o.
H. Scott, district superintendent;
Americas, M. w. Beadle: Bay st,
Louis, Bufkin Oliver; Biloxi, East
End, James Delmas (AS); Ep-
worth North, Winston O'Neal;
First T. A. Carruth. Bond Nc
Laurin, James Nicholson (AS);
Brooklyn, Roy Givens (AS): Bur
ton Memorial, st. Mark. J. H. Dill
lard; Carrier, Ben Goodwin, (AS);
Coalville, Roy Scott (AS); Colum-
bia, Van R. Landrum; East Co.
lumbia, Hub. S. B. Landrum
(AS); Escatawpa, j. A. William
son; associate pastor L. l.. Jack
son (AS); Gulfport First church,
c. H. Gum; Handsboro, j. A.
Bridewell; Hickory Grove, James
Howard (AS); Hurley. D. w. Ul-
mer CRS); Kreole, E. w. Scott;
Leaksville, r. f. Alsworth; Log
town, w. E. Jones (RS); Long
Beach, Red Thompson; Lucedale,
Frank E. Dement,, Jr.: Lakeshore
DR.. T. r. Heath (RS); Lumberton,
w. r. Murray; Ocean Springs, w.
H. McCraney; Vancleave, G. A
Broadus.
The conference voted to meet in
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
Contributions For
Redecorotion OF
Hospital Continue

The redecoration of the Jack
son County hospital is making
progress, Mrs. Elizabeth Brum-
field, superintendent, reported
this week.
Room number II which was
redecorated by the Odd Fellows
has been completed and has been
entirely refinished. The walls
were painted a soft yellow with
the ceiling white and the floor
resanded. The furniture has been
refinished and the chair reuphol-
stored.
This week the Gulf Coast Glass
company has contributed a glass
covering for the desk in the wait
ing room and Mrs. W. c. john
son gave a three piece set of
chrome furniture with red leather
upholstery to be used in the wait
ing room of the mems ward, hos
pital officials reported.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
Vangu LuSabe Is
Presented Award
At Convention

Miss Vanga LaSabe, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Van LaSabe of
Moss Point, was presented with
the state scholarship of the Ma
tional Foundation scholarship
fund of the Elks club at a ban
quet OF Saturday evening at the
Elks home in Biloxi.
The presentation of the schol-
arship which amounts to $500 and
the dance following were the
highlights on Saturday evening
of the three day convention of the
Mississippi state association which
was held last weekend.
The convention which started
on Friday was marked by the
registration of delegates and a
tour of Keesler Field. On Satur-
day afternoon the election of of
ficers was held when Otto Muller
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
Hoover Report Was Plan Of Bottle
Drown Up Amid Many Controversies


Guard from Treasury to Com
merce; or place the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corp, the Export
import Bank and the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp. within
Treasury. The commission rec
commended these changes.
The Reorganization Act has
passed the House. The House
bill exempts certain agencies
from any general reorganiza-
ton plan, but provides that
each plan as submitted by the
President shall go into effect
within so days if not disap.
proved by both Houses of Con-
gress. The Senate version, now
pending on the Senate calender,
contains no exemptions, but pro-
vides that a resolution of dis
approval by either of the two
Houses can kill any plan sub
mitted.
The Budget Bureau analysts
believe that II of the PIT rec
concentrations would require
appropriation legislation. AS
for the remaining 105 recon-
mendations, in the opinion of
bureau experts Congress would
have to pass laws dealing spe-
officially with them.
Under this heading would
come the commissions propos-
al that an accountant general
be established to supervise all
accounting in the executive
branch; the creation of a new
welfare department, and the au-
thority for department heads to
appoint postmasters and other
officials under the rank of as
sistant secretary without Senate
confirmation.
Many bills r now being pre-
pared by executive agencies to
provide the legislation required.
The staff of the Hoover Com
mission itself is drafting about
IA bills to provide the legisla-
ton it believes necessary. The
commission also is in favor of
the passage of the Reorganiza-
ton Act, although it wants no
agencies exempted.
These Hoover Commission
proposals, among others, are
expected to arouse fighting
fury:
/. Creation of an accountant
general, allowing the eomptrol-
Ter general only a power of re-
view over his decisions concern
ing accounting practices with
in the executive agenies. TIL
comptroller general is the agent
of Congress. The President has
no control over him.
2. Transfer of most hos
pitfalls of the armed services and
the Veterans Administration to
a new agency, the United Med
ical Administration. Veterans
Organizations. already have
raised an uproar, and the armed
services are not expected to like
the idea.
3. Transfer of the work of the
Army's Corps of Engineers to
the Interior Department. This
would be part of a plan to give
Interior full authority over all
water development work and
public power planning. The
highly controversial public
power and reclamation issues
are involved here.
4. Giving the Secretary of
National Defense full power
within his department, deny
ing the secretaries of each of
the armed forces their present
right of appeal to the White
House. In the original unifica-
ton plan, the Navy insisted on
this right of appeal.
5. Turning the Civil Service
Commission into a policy maxi
ing body, with administrative
agencies doing most of their
own hiring and firing. Oppon-
ents see this as a return to the
spoilS system,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

Mrs. Leo Trehern, Walter Gulley,
ST., Malcolm Dunawsy, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. E. Krebs, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Canarella, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Clark and Frank McDon-
aid.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

Sandwich and cake plates made
of eolorful plastic are overlaid
with deposits of sterling silver
in leafy designs.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

The Republic of Brazil is
bounded by all except two Of the
south American republics as well
as the three Guianas.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
SON BORN

Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Greer of
%Pascagoula are the parents of a
son who was born June % at $3.50
a. m.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
WILKIE STUART NUPTIALs

OF interest here will be the
marriage of the Rev. J. l.. Stuart,
former pastor of the Eastlawn
Presbyterian church and Mrs,
LYDIA Black Wilkie of Summit,
which will take place at the Pres
byterian church of Summit on
Monday.
DR.. Warren H. Stuart of Airing
ton. Va, uncle of Rev. Stuart,
will perform the ceremony. DR..
Leighton Stuart, ambassador to
China, has cabled that he hopes
to arrive in time to attend the
marriage of his son, in which
event he will perform the cere-
mony.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

dIIIIId pIdIIIo UNIUIb % tHN
orchid family.
1850 at the Galloway Memorial
church.
The Rev. Harlan Hilbun, pas
tor of the First church of Pasca-
goula, was recognized by tn
Bishop Franklin and commended
by his record during the past
year of gaining new members. He
stataeo that the First church sur
passes every church in the Mis-
sissippi Methodism in the num-
Der of new members received by
profession of faith.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

If free of bacteria, milk will
keep almost indefinitely.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

Vanilla plants belong to the
orchid family.