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Evening star., 1949-09-14
Society News
FOREIGN OfficiuIs Hosts and Honorees
At Varied Entertainments Given Here

international Bank and Nine.
Onaran, and two Egyptian mem
bers of the Monetary Fund. Mr..
Ahmud Zaki Bey Saad and Mr..
Mahmoud Salah Ell Falaki.
The Assistant Secretary of State
for Near East and African Affairs,
Mr.. George c. McGhee and Mrs.
McGhee, were among those from
the State Department circle at
the party. Others included Mr..
and Mrs. Harlan B. Clark, Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond Hare, Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Hopper and Mr..
Wells Stabler.
The Lebanese Minister and Mrs.
Charles Malik were there and
from their Legation there were
the Counselor. Mr.. George
Hakim, the Attache, Mr.. Emile
N. Muttar and the recently ar
rived Military Attache and Mrs.
Houbby.
The Iraq Charge d'Affaires and
Nine. Bakr, the Egyptian Charge
d'Affaires, DR.. D. B. Chiati and
the First Secretary Of the Saudi
Arabian Embassy. Sheikh Ahmed
Abdul Jabbar, were included among
the guests.
The Counselor of the Syrian
Legation, Mr.. Husni A. Sawwaf
who now is with the international
Bank, was at the dinner and 9TH
ers included Mr.. and Mrs. John
IC. Henry, Mr.. and Mrs. Lothrop
Stoddard, Mrs. William Eddy and
Mr.. Cecil Hourani.
Salvador Envoy Host
The Ell Salvador Ambassador,
DR.. David Hector Castro. enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday at
the Metropolitan Club in honor
of the retiring Guatemalan Am
bassador, DR.. Don Ismael Con-
zalez- The host Is on
leave from his post at this Cap
ital and is serving here on special
mission and also is his country's
ambassador to the Organization
of American States.
The other guests at luncheon
were the Argentine Ambassador
to the OAS, Senor Don Enrique
". Corominas, who also Is chair
man of the Council of the OAS;
the Nicaraguan Ambassador, DR..
Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa; the
Costa Rican Ambassador, Senor
Don Mario Esquivel and the Hon
duran Ambassador. DR.. Rafael
Heliodoro Valle, who also serve as
ambassadors to the OAS; the
Uruguayan Ambassador to OAS,
DR.. Jose A. Mora; the Brazilian
Ambassador, DR.. Hildebrando Ac-
cioly: the United States Ambassa-
dor, Mr.. Paul c. Daniels and the
Mexican Ambassador, DR.. Luis
Quintanilla.
The Ell Salvador Charge DAT
flares, Senor Don Carlos A Siri;
the alternate delegate from Qua
temala to the OAS, Senor Don
Francisco Linares and the Second
Secretary of the Ell Salvador en-
bassy, DR.. Carlos Serrano Garcia
were there. Also at the luncheon
were members of special mission
in the Capital from Ell Salvador.
DR.. Jorge Sol, Undersecretary OF
Economy; DR.. Enrique Cardova,
Engineer Jacinto Castellanos.
Senior Manuel Melendez and
Senior Eduardo Cordova.
Evening star., 1949-09-14

Miss Carvel Hynson Breeding,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Earle
G.. Breeding, will be hostess at
luncheon tomorrow entertaining
at the Columbia Country Club
In honor of her cousin, Miss Lynne
Redgrave Kerwin, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Hugh Kerwin. The
20 or Is other guests will be
contemporaries Of Miss Kerwin
who shortly will return to their
college studies. Miss Kerwin will
resume her classes at Sweet Briar
College later this month.
Mrs. William Henry White has
returned to her Washington home
from Buck Hill Falls in the Pocono
Mountains where she spent the
summer.
DR.. and Mrs. Frederik Mellby
OF Norway were guests over Sun
day Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Ban
croft Epps, jr. in their Arlington
home. DR.. and Mrs. Mellby have
been In Annapolis since their
Evening star., 1949-09-14

Are Issued

The Ambassador of Pakistan
and Mrs. Ispahani have sent out
invitations to a reception on Fri
day to meet the Hon. Ghulam
Mohamed,. Finance Minister Of
Pakistan. The 6-to-8:30-o'clock
party will be held at the Embassy.
A cocktail party will be given
Wednesday. September 81. by the
Ambassador of Israel and Mrs.
Elath. The fete will be given In
the west ballroom of the Shore
ham Hotel.
The Canadian Club of Washing
ton will honor Sonora de Poca-
terra at a party on Sunday, Oc-
tober 2 from 5 to Z O'Clock, at
1926 New Hampshire avenue.
Evening star., 1949-09-14
Farewell Luncheon

Attorneys of the United States
Tax Court were joint hosts at a
farewell luncheon given yesterday
at the Water Gate Inn for an as
sociate, Mr.. Aaron Resnik. MIR.
Resnik soon will enter the chief
counsels Office of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue in New York
Cifv
Evening star., 1949-09-14

Miss Margaret Agnes Cannon,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan
Cannon, and Mr.. William Law
renee Pritchett of Gainesville,
Fla, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
H. Pritchett of Lavaca. Ark, were
married Friday in the Sher-
wood Presbyterian Church, the
Rev. Richard Mussen officiating.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Path Appears Cleared
For Confirmation Of
Acheson on tuesday
Senute Committee Likely
To Consider Nomination
Of Webb at Some Time

With no signs of a floor fight
developing against Dean Ache
son for Secretary of State, his
appointment is expected to be
confirmed by the Senate Tues
day by an overwhelming vote.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Relations
Committee is expected to take up at
its next meeting Tuesday the NOM
ination of James E. Webb. now Bud
get Director, to be Mr.. Acheson's
Undersecretary Of State.
The 13 to 0 bipartisan vote by
which the committee approved the
Acheson appointment yesterday
apparently has discouraged any Or
ganized opposition on the Senate
floor by senators not on the COM
mittee.
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan,
former chairman of Foreign Rela-
tions and now its ranking Republi-
can, made known he is preparing a
brief speech in favor of Mr.. Acheson,
to be delivered Tuesday when Chair
man Connally calls up the appoint
ment for action.
Senator Capehart, Republican. of
Indiana said he does not know any
one who is planning to make floor
fight He was not ready to say how
he will vote, however.
Chairman Taft of the Republican
Policy Committee plans to poll his
committee, but said he does not
know of any opposition.
Mr.. Acheson put himself squarely
on record against the doctrine OF
communism in a statement which
the committee made public. The
prospective new Secretary said:
1T is my view that communism
as a doctrine is economically fatal
to a free society and to human
rights and fundamental freedoms.
Communism as an aggressive factor
In world conquest is fatal to inde-
pendent governments and to free
peoples"
Evening star., 1949-01-15
MarshaIIs Take Plane
To San Juan for Rest
By the Associoted Press

PINEHURST, N. c., Jan. 15-
Ailing Secretary of State Marshall
and Mrs. Marshall left by plane to-
day for a vacation in San Juan
Puerto Rico.
/ The general was in good spirits
as he left his resort home here. He
told friends, I'm going there fol-
a rest"
They boarded an Air Force Con-
stellation plane at Pope Field, Fort
Bragg, about 10 am. With them
were Sergt. Jim George, the gen.
erals attendant, and Mrs. Marshall's s
Chinese maid Anna.
Gen. Marshall is recuperating
from a recent kidney operation.
The Marshalls said they planned
to remain at San Juan for several
weeks. They will be housed at 10th
Naval District headquarters.
Arrangements for the vacation
trip" were made while the general
was a patient in Walter Reed Hos
pital last December. He said today
that President Truman suggested
the trip.
Only last Wednesday President
Truman made surprise flight here
to visit the ailing general. The
Presidents aides said at that time
it would be the last chance the
President would have to talk in
person with the Secretary before
the latter's resignation becomes
effective.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Forecast Put off
Until Tuesday
For inaugural

Under normal conditions, this was
the day the Weather Bureau might
have hazarded a f1ve-day, long
range forecast for January 20, In
auguration Day.
But when he was asked today, the
District forecaster said he preferred
not to express an opinion until Tues
day morning.
He promised a detailed prediction
at 10 am. that day instead of pm
as ordinarily would be done. He
claimed he was not dodging the
issue but didn't have sufficient in
formation to comment so far in ad-
vance on the meteorological situa-
ton with any degree of f1nality.
The temperature slipped briefly
below the freezing point early today
with a minimum Of 81 degrees at
7 am. in the city and unofiiciail
readings of % in some nearby Sec
tions.
Continued mild but increasinly
cloudy weather, accompanied by oc-
casional rain, is in prospect for
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
0usted Argentine Priest
Asks Pope 10 Restore Him
BY the Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 15.-Fathel
Jose Dunphy asked the Vatican TO-
day to restore him to the pastorate
from which Santiago Luis Cardina
Copello ordered him removed.
Father Dunphy, critic of the ad.
ministration of President Juan D
Peron, was ordered January to give
up his post as pastor of Corpus
Domini Church, pastorate he had
held for IA years.
Cardinal Copello, Archbishop OF
Buenos Aires, gave no reason for
the removal. Father Dunphy, who
aSsailed policies of the present Ar
gentine government from his pulpit
said he informed the Vatican Sec
retariat of State that his request
for formation of an ecclesiastical
court here to hear the case had been
ignored.
Evening star., 1949-01-15

Aplomb settled back over the
Inaugural Committee invitation
operations today after early
morning dispatches indicated a
London greengrocer had received
a formal invitation through a
poStman'S mistake.
An Associated Press story told OF
Arnold Walker, a Covent Garden
Market vegetable stall owner, re-
ceiving the invitation, explaining it
came from IAN American friend,
Melvin Hildreth
Mr.. Hildreth, chairman of the In
augural. when queried about the in
vitation, said it was intended for
Evening star., 1949-01-15

He has won the Pulitzer Prize,
the Raymond Clapper Memo
rial Award and was once voted
by his colleagues "the Wash
ington correspondent who does
the best all-arpund job"
He is known as a reporter
with a consistently good record
for hard, intelligent and con-
scientious work. A keen OBJ
server, he is a writer with a
crisp journalistic style, whose
chief interest lies in the effect
of national events and trends
on social objectives.
Mr.. Stokes column is already
familiar to many Washing
tonians. Others will find it,
on acquaintance, a desirable
addition to The Stars columns
of comment presenting various
points of view on the trends
Of the times in Washington.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Elite of Track World to Parade
In Second Star Games 7 Toniqht
70-Yord High Hurdles to Open Program
With 400 Tokine Port at Guard ArmoY

Was named athlete of the year.
will appear in the high jump and
with the Kiski Prep relay. But
there is no room nor time in an
indoor meet for his specialty-the
decathlon.
Matthias is expected to hit about
6 feet-1 or 6-2 in the high jump
and he will run with the Kiski Prep
relay in the Invitation Prep School
Relay event. The two events will
give Washington track fans a good
look at the youngster who is the
worlds greatest all-around track
and field star.
Matthias is one of nine members
of the American Olympic team
and one of two Olympic gold medal
winners, on tonight's program. The
other is Lorenzo Wright, the Negro
speedster from Wayne University
who was a member of the American
champion 400-meter relay team, and
figured in the celebrated contro-
versial baton exchange with Barney
Ewell.
Wright is an entrant in The Eve
ming Star Sprint Series, the only
combination of dashes on the indoor
track calendar with &c, 80 and loo
yard dashes scheduled-the winner
,Copt;p,,oG ~ pooc An CoI a.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
|ndonesians Reported
Routing Dutch Forces
From South Java Town
GuerriIIos SIoshed Into
Cheribon { Communications,
Republican Rodio Soys
BY the Assoeioted Press

| BATAVIA, Java, Jan. 15.-Ar
underground broadcast today
said Indonesian Republican
guerrillas have slashed into the
communications network around
Cheribon and have driven the
Dutch from Patjitan on Java's
south coast.
The Republican radios claim was
not confirmed by official Dutch
sources. 1t was made day after
United Nations military observers
reported Netherlands troops were
proving insufficient to stem sabotage
! by guerrillas in North Central Java
or even to maintain order in the
towns.
Fighting Last Four Hours.
/ According to the Republican
broadcast, the guerrilla forces which
captured Patjitan, SIS miles south
east of Soerakarta. engaged the
Dutch in heavy fighting for foul
hours.
Other guerrilla units, operating
along the north coast in West Gen.
tral Java, gained control of Djati-
barang, a rail junction city 20 miles
northwest of Cheribon. the broad
cast said. Tjikidjing, Is miles south
of Cheribon, also was reported in
Republican hands. Farther south
the guerrillas took Malangbong west
Of Tasikmalaja.
Republican forces in extreme
Western Java suffered defeat, the
broadcast said. They attacked
Pandeglang. Al miles southwest of
Batavia, but were repulsed.
Dutch Action Deplored.
Native leaders of the Dutch-spon-
sored Federal 1ndonesian States,
gathered in Batavia to discuss their
political future, are voicing regret
over the Dutch conquest of the In
donesian Republic They seem will
ing, however, to throw in their lot
with the Netherlands.
These leaders are conferring with
Netherlands Premier William Drees
concerning their role in the Dutch
plan for United States of Indo-
nesia. They are saying privately
that the fallen republic should have
some representation in any such
federation or interim government
preceding it.
Only one federal leader has voiced
open approval of the Dutch con-
quest. He is Teungka Mansoer OF
East Sumatra-long an avowed foe
OF the Republic. Sultan Hamid II OF
Pontianak, powerful Borneo leader
is also reported to side with the
Dutch.
Heads of the oldest and largest
federal state-East Indonesia-are
pursuing a middle ground.
U. N. Group Flies to Bangka.
Belgian, American and Australian
members of sthe United Nations
Good Offices Committee flew today
to the island of Bangka, of
Sumatra. to confer with Republican
Premier Mohamed Hatta, whom
the Dutch captured at Jogjakarta.
Mohammed Rum, chairman of
(See INDONESIA. Page A-20
Evening star., 1949-01-15
By Merrell WhittIesey

Olympic heroes, national cham
pionS and world record holders
will be on parade tonight-in the
fastest parade ever staged in
Washington-the second edition
of The Evening Star-AAU games
at the National Guard Armory.
Promptly at o'clock the first of
the 400 flnely-trained athletes will
take their mark in the 70-yard high
hurdle heats, which will open the
26-event program, Conculrently
high jump and pole vault artists will
start a jumping warfare that is
expected to last two full hours at
Opposite ends of the mammoth in
door arena.
The greatest array OF big name
track and field talent ever to appear
here is expected to draw capacity
crowd of $500. The Star meet is
the first major event on the indoor
track schedule and will command
national attention.
Paradoxically, the biggest name
of them all here tonight will not
be a winner. Possessor of the Sui
livan Award, Bob Matthias, the 18-
year-old Californian who smashed
Jim Thorpe's Olympic records and
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Army Reaches Limit
On Reservist Officers
Above lieutenants
July ! Quotes for Force
Of GIT 900 Now Closed;
Medical Posts Open
By John A. Giles

The Army has sufficient off,
GERS for a ,000-man force and
has called a virtual halt to its
program to bring additional re-
servists to active duty.
Maj. Gen. John E. Dahlquist, dep
uty personnel director, said today
that only Reserve Medical Corps
officers and Reserve second lieuten-
ants now were being sought.
The ceiling of 677000 officers and
men for the year starting July l
which President Truman set in his
budget message to Congress Mon
day already has been reached. The
figure includes approximately 10000
officers, the majority Of them re.
servists.
Before Mr.. Truman set the new
ceiling the Army was building to &
previously authorized total of 937, ,00t
officers and men and was waging s
concentrated campaign to bring
additional Reserve officers on active
duty. They were coming on active
duty at the rate of some 2,50C
monthly.
Lieutenants Are Wanted.
We've got to keep getting lieu
tenants" Gen. Dahlquist said, Ito
keep building up from the bottom
to take care of the attrition rate.
Otherwise, we'd soon have an over
age Army"
Even the cutback in overall
strength and a program of hospital
consultations and eliminations now
underway, however, will not wipe
out the shortage of physicians and
dentists, Gen. Dahlquist said.
The exact shortage in medical per-
sonnet has not been determined in
view of the changed conditions but
the surgeon generals Office reported
a lack of 1888 physicians, 1,178 den-
fists and 700 nurses on July l.
The Army has approximately 4,800
physicians and 900 dentists at pres
ent. 1t has 1850 nurses. The Army
furnishes medical care for the Air
Force.
Shortage of Navy Doctors.
The Navy also is faced with a
medical personnel shortage which,
officials said, will continue to exist.
The sea arm now needs 500 ply
sicians, so dentists and 1000 nurses
to augment its present force of g.
900 physicians, $50 dentists and g.
900 nurses.
Meanwhile, Brig. Gen. E. A. Evans,
executive director of the Reserve
Officers Association, said his group
now was in agreement with the
Army's promotion policy. Previously
the association had criticized the
policy as being discriminatory in
the extreme" to reservists.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
z Children Die, ) Others
Hurt in Minnesota Fire
BY the Associated Press

CAMBRIA, Mimi. Jan. 15-Two
small children burned to death and
three other members Of the Floyd
Roberts family of 10 were injured in
a fire that destroyed their home early
today.
Dead were jeanne, 7, and her
brother, Larry. Mr.. and Mrs.
Roberts and another daughter,
Nancy, 10, were hospitalized at Man
kato where attendants said none
was in serious condition.
The parents suffered burns and
cuts in breaking windows to escape
from their burning home miles
southeast of Cambria. The family
was asleep when the fire broke out.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Plant Seizure Threatened
# Tucker Fails on Rent
The AsSociofed Press

CHICAGO, Jan. 14.-The Federal
Government said today it will move
to seize the Tucker Corporation
plant If the quarterly rent of $125,-
600 Is not paid when due February l..
John P. Lulinski, assistant United
States attorney, made the assertion
in Federal Court before attorneys
for the automobile concern and a
group of dealers and Judge Michael
L. Igoe.
The lawyers had gathered to dis
cuss the dealers petition to restrain
the Government from terminating
a lease on the plant obtained from
the War Assets Administration.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Third Top Ruhr Communist
Arrested for Planning Rally
BY the Associoted Press

DUSSELDORF, Germany, Jan
15.-British authorities announced
today the arrest of third top Com
munist in connection with Com
munjst rally protesting against the
Ruhr statute.
A British announcement said q
summons was served yesterday on
Paul Salemka, Communist Party
secretary in the Ruhr, on charges OF
organizing a public political meet
ing without permission of the mill
tary government"
The announcement said this also
was the charge against Hugo Paul
party chairman in the Ruhr, who
disclosed last night that summons
had been served on him. The rally
was held January 2.
The two are to be brought to trial
before Control Commission Court
in Dusseldorf Tuesday.
The court also will try Max Rel
mann, Western German Communist
leader, arrested two days ago on a
charge of threatening German pol
iticians who cooperate with the
Western Allies under the Ruhr sta
tute, which provides for control OF
the iron and coal producing center
by the Western Allies and Germany
Evening star., 1949-01-15
InuuouruI Bid to London Man
Didn't Go Astruy After All =

Arnold w. Walker, a prominent ex-
porter and importer whose address
also is Covent Garden.
In telephone conversation with
The Star, Importer Exporter Walker
said he had received the invitation
and would leave by American Over
seas Airlines tomorrow.
Furthermore, he has never been a
greengrocer nor owned a vegetable
stall.
Nor" he said, "do I know vege-
table stall owner named Arnold
Walker.
Mr.. Hildreth was relieved to hear
that the right invitation went to the
right man after all.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Committee Speeds Up
Mailing Of Tickets
For Inaugural Events
No More Mail or Phone
Applications Are Being
Accepted for Colo

Ticket clerks of the 1949 In
augural Committee, swamped by
telephone calls, were working
feverishly today to place in the
mail admission cards for the in
augural gala and ball and pa
rade grandstand tickets which
had been ordered by mail.
/ The approximately $4,000 parade
seats have been sold out for three
days, and the ball is an invitation
affair, but hundreds of telephone
calls inquiring about admission:
have slowed clerical work at COM
mittee headquarters in the Tariff
Commission Building.
The Inaugural Committee an.
nounced today also that all ticket!
have been sold for the gala concer
to be given Wednesday night in tn.
National Guard Armory.
Invitations Explained.
Meanwhile, Chairman Melvin D
Hildreth of the committee and his
aides were striving to straighten out
a misconception concerning the
privileges carried by the handsome
Ily engraved inaugural invitations
sent to Democratic leaders and
other prominent persons across the
Nation.
Mr.. Hildreth said it was regretable
a number of those invited presumed
the invitation meant admission to
all inaugural events was assured.
Actually, committee officials ad.
mitted, the invitations merely rep.
resent recognition that the ad-
dressee is somebody"
Asked About Participation.
The recipient was asked to reply
as to whether he would participate
IN the ceremonies. Ticket infor-
nation was sent to those who did
it was explained.
Faced with the prospect of hun
dreds of relatively distinguished visi-
tors arriving with their invitations
and expecting to get parade seats
tickets to the ceremonies at the
Capitol and ball and gala admis-
sions, the committee has been send
ing a form letter to invites explain.
ing that the invitation itself actually
is only testimonial" or souvenir
Mr.. Hildreth delivered an invita-
ton, together with two tickets fol
the parade reviewing stand and ar
official inaugural program, to Presi.
dent Truman yesterday.
Mr.. Truman wrote across the face
of the invitation:
Weather permitting, hope to be
present.
Truman Gets Medal.
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross. director
of the Mint, presented a gold in
augural medal to Mr.. Truman.
Bronze duplicates of the medal
now are being sold over the counter
at Inaugural Committee headquar-
tiers. They cost 81 each.
The American Trucking Associa-
tions warned truckers throughout
the East yesterday they should try
to avoid Washington on Inaugural
ton Day.
Through traffic should take routes
bypassing the Capital, and only "es-
sential commodities" should be de-
livered to Washington on the day,
the trucking group advised its af-
filiates.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
New York Plans Float
Despite Lack of Fund.-;
Democrats Meet Cost
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. l5.-New
York State will be represented
by float in President Truman's
inaugural parade though Gov.
Dewey says there are no funds
to construct one.
Paul E. Fitzpatrick, Demo-
cratic State Committee chair
man, said the committee voted
to sponsor construction of a
float.
1t will present three-dimen-
sional panorama of New York
State, from the Empire State
uilding in Manhattan to Niagara
Falls. 1t will cost approximately
$500.
Evening star., 1949-01-15
Russians Stymie Probe
.OfChiId's Fire Death
By the Assoeioted Press

LONDON, Jan. l5.-The Russian
Embassy invoked diplomatic i'm
munity today to prevent an inquest
into the death of a child in a fire
at the Soviet Consulate here yes
terday.
The victim was Ala Abranova, 4.
daughter of a consulate official. The
fire, which embassy officials said re-
suited from a gas fire explosion, did
little damage to the building. Cor
oner Neville Stafford said there
will be no inquest" since the Rus
slams requested immunity.