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YOUTH FATALLY
ATTORNEY

shook their hands. Then, be-
cause they showed doubt, he
took off his shirt and ripped it
with his pocketknife in order
to convince them. He then left
for the Police Station.
While on his way to the sta
ton, a younger sister and sew
eral friends decided to see for
themselves. Approaching the
door the sister pulled it open,
screamed and slammed it shut
as she witnessed the ghastly
Sight of the girl lying in a pool
of blood, face forward, her
head half resting against the
door post.
A bloody hook indicated she
was attempting to escape. All
the house furnishings, includ-
ing bed lathes, pots and pans
were in an upset condition ap-
parently, a result of the strug-
gle. About 60 feet from the
house located at No. Ice Smith
Street, known locally as Mar
goe Alley, Sergeant Egbert
Thomas found the murder wea
, 1949-01-08
JOB PRINTING
JEWS SHOOT.

treaty that was invoked by
the government. It was point
ed out that the Israelis are be-
ing supplied with arms by
Czecho-Slovakia, a member of
the UN, while the Arabs are
receiving none from Britain,
an ally.
, 1949-01-08
NOTICE

The Christiansted Auto Ga
rage & Tire Shop Gasoline &
Tire Dept. excepted) will be
closed for the purpose of TAX
ing inventory from January 8.
to January 8. !
Erik r. Stakemann
Manager
, 1949-01-08

The SIS "ALCOA POINT
Err" is scheduled to sail from
New York January 7th, 1949,
and is due at Frederiksted on
or about January 18th, accept
ing freight for Guadeloupe,
Martinique, Barbados, Trini-
dad, Georgetown, Paramaribo.
STEAMSHIP CO., Inc
Rob't L. Merwin & Co., Inc.
Agents
, 1949-01-08

DAVIDSON.
will of the people of the Vir-
gin Islands will be considered
in any recommendation of the
Department for changes in the
Organic Act.
, 1949-01-08
SHIPPING NEWS

The SIS "JANNA" is sched-
eled to sail from New York
December 18th, 1913, and is
due at Frederiksted on or
about January 7th, 1949, ac-
cepting freight for St. Kits,
St. Lucia, Grenada, Trinidad,
Guanta, Puerto Sucre, Carl
pito.
, 1949-01-08
NOTICE

Owing to unavoidable delay
in the delivery of Motor Vehi-
Gle License Plates for the cal
endar year 1949, the 1913
plates will be considered valid
until further notice.
Christiansted, St. Croix
December %, 1948
r E. TAYLOR
Administration for St. Croix
Evening star., 1949-06-26

TIE SUNDAY STAR w&sh.-g.oc { A.,
Evening star., 1949-06-26
Ex-ArmyChapIainkiIIs
Wife, Self As One Of
Three Sons Watches
D. ssss Asss<ssess svsss

PALO ALTO. Caif.. June as
A wartime Army chaplain uner
ployed and sick with malaria
killed his wife and himself With
butcher knife today. while one
Of their three sons watched IT
horror.
The dead are Reed @, prohsi
IS. and Cleopha Proost, 90, Tns
tragedy occurred On the from,
lawn Of their bungalow N sub
urban Menlo Park.
Police Chief George Potter said
Probst chased his screaming wife
through the house and onto the
lawn and plunged an s-inch knife
into her back He then stabbed
himself in the throat. He died
with one arm over his wife s
shoulder.
Eight-year-old John. thei'
youngest son. saw II all Reed
jr.. IA. and Merrill, -. also
awakened by their mother 4
screams. ran out. Merrill pulled
the blade from his fathers throat
and threw 1t into the kitchen sink
Chief Potter said Proost served
80 months in the Pacific as a
Mormon chaplain with the rank
Of major. He had done only odd
Jobs lately while hoping 10 get
a chaplain's assignment a. the
Palo Alto Veterans Hospital. He
had been Ill and despondent from
a recurrence OF malaria.
Evening star., 1949-06-26
FOUND.

H6, cocker spaniel, all black, female
u, o681 AFTER IL an.
Evening star., 1949-06-26

international laws OF war would
provide a basis for any govern
ment to recognize the Communist
forces as having full belligerent
rights. This in turn could lead
to the recognition Of a separate
Communist regime in China.
Recognition No Problem.
However cagily Canton may
have acted in its antishipping or
der, it is obvious that any coun-
try which was deliberately look
ing for an excuse to recognize
the Chinese Communists could
declare the Nationalist order to
be a blockade, and go on from
there.
In the matter Of recognition,
informants said the situation is
a little less complicated. There
Is no Chinese Communist govern
ment now and none is expected
to be Set up-by the Communists
own announcements-before next
fall. Thus there is no govern
ment to recognize.
Nevertheless the United States
has been talking with Britain,
France and other governments
with Far Eastern interests on a
variety Of China policy questions.
including the adoption Of a COM
mon attitude toward the eventual
recognition issue.
Offlcials here said that no de-
cision had been reached and none
could be because 1t is impossible
to know now what conditions will
prevail when the Communists
proclaim an administration of
their own.
Evening star., 1949-06-26
Pennsy FurIough Continues;
B. & 0. LAYS Off 1,100

Continued furloughs for $4,000
Pennsylvania Railroad workers
and layofis Of 1.l0o Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Clerks was an
nounced last night as the result Of
declining revenues and the coal
mine vacation.
A Pennsylvania spokesman told
The Associated Press that the
$4,000 laid of June 13 because of
bushes conditions would remain
idle at least until the Nations s
coal mines are In full operation
again.
Baltimore & Ohio said it would
furlough one-fifth Of its clerical
force. starting next Thursday.
An official said the recent one
week mine stoppage cost the rail-
road about 10000 carloads of coal
traffic. and the current vacation
is further damaging business.
. The Reading Company. the Ma
tion's largest anthracite hauler.
said 1t would study bushes con-
ditions before laying of any
workers.
John Wesley. an Englishman.
composed more than 5000 hymns.
Evening star., 1949-06-26

John Wesley. an Englishman.
composed more than 5000 hymns.
Evening star., 1949-06-26
15House Republicans
Attack Refund DELAY
On GI Insurance
1y me Assseiotsd Press

Fifteen Republican House MEM
bers yesterday called the scheduled
January repayment Of $4,000, ,000,-
900 on veteran-held Government
war insurance "a scandalous polit-
ical performance"
The Is. all World War II vet
Grams. issued a statement accusing
the Truman administration OF
holding up the money to 10000
900 veterans until 1850 because
1t is a congressional election year. "
They called on Congress to sup
port resolution by Representa-
tive Keating, Republican. Of New
York. to start payments not later
than next October Is.
Carl Gray. administrator of vet
eran affairs. announced last Mon
day that disbursement Of sur
pluses from national life insur-
snce funds would start probably
about January.
Gray Believed Victim.
The Republican statement said
the signers hesitate" to blame
Mr.. Gray. preferring to believe
him the victim of political pres
sure by the higher ups in the
Truman administration"
1t continued:
THE Veterans Administration
describes the insurance refunds as
dividends This is deliberately
misleading and untrue. They are
not dividends; they are refunds
on an overcharge.
Imagine the speed in which
Mr.. Truman's Department of JUS
tice would swing into action II
private enterprise had overcharged
100000 people $4,000. 900, 900 on
their insurance policies"
The statement added that the
Supreme Court in June, 1913,
ruled the repayments should be
made.
Resulted From Surplus.
The veterans agency said Mon
day that the refund resulted from
surplus which resulted from the
fact that the insurance premiums
were based by law on standard
death rate tables which proved to
be higher than needed.
Republicans signing the state
ment were:
Representatives Boggs Of Della
ware. Nixon Of California. Davis
of Wisconsin. Patterson Of Con-
necticut, Sadlak Of Connecticut.
Ford of Michigan, Velde Of nli-
nois, McCulloch of Ohio, Phillips
of Tennessee, Norblad Of Oregon,
Van Zandt of Pennsylvania, Smith
of Kansas. Miller Of Maryland.
Latham of New York and Nelson
of Maine.
Evening star., 1949-06-26
Red. Haired Salesman Held
In S17,493 Bank Robbery
by ths Assoeiatsd Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. June as.
A red-haired salesman was
charged by the FBI today with
the Stab robbery Of the Bank
of Hackleburg, held up q few
hours before the arrest was made.
/ The salesman. Herman Grady
Jacob. 81, of Birmingham, was
placed under $4,000 bond at his
arraignment.
! G. D. King, FBI agent In charge,
said $1.732 and Q loaded revolver
were found in Jacobs car.
FBI agents arrested Jacobs last
night as he drove up to his home.
Mr.. King said Jacobs early ar
rest resulted from an FBI inves-
tigation several days ago Of q
man who aroused suspicion at
the Farmers g. Merchants Bank,
Montevallo. This man posed as
q lumber salesman, just as did
the robber at Hackleburg.
Hackleburg bank employees
identified Jacobs. Mr.. King said.
Evening star., 1949-06-26
Hoover Gets French Aword

NEW YORK. June IS tPl.--
Former President Herbert Hoover
today received a French award
for his many outstanding engi-
neering feats" and for leadership
in fostering international scientific
cooperation" The award came
from the Association des In
genieurs- Docteurs de France. an
organization of engineers and SCI
entists.
Evening star., 1949-06-26
Senate Blast at Policy
May Speed Acheson S
Full Report on China
honeymOOn
By John M. Hiehtower
As,ociotsd Press Sioff Writer

A slashing Senate attack on
the Administrations China policy
appears likely to speed a decision
by Secretary Of State Acheson on
whether to make a full public
report on postwar Chinese-Amer-
lean relations.
Such a report is known to
be under preparation. However,
there seems to be a division of
opinion whether it should be re-
leased in view of possible en-
barrassment to the Chinese Ma
tionalist Government.
Mr.. Acheson told a news con-
ference Thursday that the mat
ter Is under study and the COM
plete inside story may be told
soon.
The State Departments posi-
ton on the whole China question
has been spotlighted by Senate
developments. These consisted
first of a series of oratorical at
tacks on American policy toward
Nationalist China. and assertions
that the State Department hadn't
taken q strong enough stand
against Communists In the Far
East.
Truman Sent Letter.
The outbreak on the Senate
floor was followed by publication
of a letter to President Truman.
signed by Is Republicans and six
Democrats. They asked assur-
ances that the United States
would not recognize the Chinese
Communist regime and would
continue to support the National
ist Government.
Diplomatic authorities agree
that Mr.. Acheson faces three ma
jor questions:
/. Can the American Govern
ment now tell its side Of the post
war Chinese conflict without being
accused of pulling the rug from
under the battered Chinese Ma
tionalists?
2. Should the United States
recognize a Nationalist blockade
of the Communist-held China
coast and halt American shipping
to the affected ports?
8. Should the United States rec
ognize a Communist Government
in China?
Questions Studied.
State Department officials are
studying all those questions in
tensively.
On the blackade issue, experts
on international law say that the
Chinese Nationalist Government at
Canton need not be considered to
have declared a blockade in q le-
gal sense. The Chinese Govern
ment's notice Of June 20 never
used the word. It said rather that
q section of the China coast shall
be temporarily closed" and foreign
vessels violating the decision after
midnight of June Is would be sub
ject to prompt action by the
Chinese Government.
Nobody here questions that in
practical terms this Is a Nation
alist blockade against the Com
ports. Legally. how
ever. the Nationalist Government
is still the recognized government
of China. and it takes the position
that it has the right to shut of
any ports 1t wants to keep COM
merce from falling into the hands
Of rebels.
Establishment of a legal block
ade within the meaning Of the
Evening star., 1949-06-26
Execution Of CoIorudon
Stayed by Fronkfurter
by the Asseeiossd Press

A stay Of execution was signed
by Supreme Court Justice Frank
furter yesterday for Paul @.
Schneider. sentenced to die this
week for the murder of a Denver
filling station operator.
Justice Frankfurter ordered
that the execution be delayed
until an appeal has been handled.
Victim Of the killing was Frank
Ford.
Evening star., 1949-06-26

Los GOVERNOR REHEARsE
a tn pacuc
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Evening star., 1949-06-26
losT.

There are more htan ESQ lakes
in Glacier National Park.
Evening star., 1949-03-29

realm of military ideas without such peo-
pie, without the competitive spirit they en-
gender, without certain measure of their
inter-service rivalry in the development of
such things as planes, our defense estab-
lishment might find itself becoming self
satisfied, conformist organization commit
ted to single strategical concept not good
for the security of the Nation.
Stated another way, our defense estab-
lishment, like the country itself, should be
unity flexible enough to accommodate
diversity of thought, sound argument and
healthy competition within itself-a con-
dition that serves as safeguard against
dullness, fixed ideas, stodginess or fatty de-
generation in any great enterprise. Judging
from his past impressive record in the field
of military preparedness, that is the kind
of unification Mr.. johnson will work for.
He will have the Nations best wishes for
success.
Evening star., 1949-03-29
Gray Ladies Appreciated

To the Editor of The Star:
The Red Cross drive is nearly over, but
have not read much of one of its branches,
the Gray Ladies.
When was in George Washington Uni
versity Hospital these ladies were a constant
JOY
Mrs Gladys La Porte was then chairman
of that section and Miss Ruth Prince one
Of her most constant assistants I learned
their names through q patient who was
neighbor of Miss Prince. always love to
know names and do'not agree with Shake
speare in his saying about the rose
The duties Of the Gray Ladies are varied.
Some work in the clinic, others in the main
Office Zone there typed once for mel, and
the rest work among the patients.
Those in attendance on the patients ar
range flowers, make patients more comfort
able write letters and phone for them, and
do their shopping
I was thrilled one hot day when Mrs.
La Porte presented me with a gay fan for
being the most cheerful patient IN that sec
ton. always wore gay ribbon or
flower In my hair and tried to keep up the
spirits Of other patients near me. Mrs La
Porte had my light arranged 50 I could
better read.
I am sure these I have mentioned and
other Gray Ladies assisted much in the
patients recovery.
More praise should be given our Gray
Ladies for their unselhsh, often sacrificial
labors. MABEL r. BENNETT.
Evening star., 1949-03-29
Remedying On Omission

The Star is glad to note that Senator
kefauver and others seem agreed as to the
necessity of writing into the home rule bill
q specific guarantee as to continued, an
nual support of the Capital by the Federal
Government. The omission of any such
guArantee-as in the draft of the bill pre-
pared for Senator Kefauver would be
enough to diminish greatly its chances of
acceptance by the people offfthis COM
munity. r.
We have always to remember that there
is continuing Federal financial obliga-
ton in support of this city that would in
no wise be diminished by any new form OF
local government, whether it is called home
rule or something else. One of the great
sources of this obligation is the Federal
Governments ownership of nearly half the
land area of the District not counting the
street area, in the form OF untaxed real
estate and improvements That ownership
alone places an increasingly heavy burden
of taxation on constantly diminishing
taxable area, largely to meet the increasing
expenses of great and growing modern
Capital City An excessive local tax bur-
den, in the circumstances, is inevitable.
And because this is the Capital City, the
situation cannot be corrected as other
cities might do by extending boundaries to
include adjacent taxable property.
Home rule in Washington would re-
establish, in sense, the sort of relation
ship between the community and Congress
that existed before the commission form
of government was adopted. And without
xs,;1 IS L. Ia 1oo;c
lation, committing the Federal Govern
ment to fixed financial participation in
municipal expenses, we would also have
return to the condition in which the Fed
eral Government took no part in sharing
municipal cost. 1t was this condition which
delayed for so many years the develop
ment of Washington as the Capital City
and which brought on municipal bank
ruptcy when the local community at
tempted to shoulder the task alone.
Evening star., 1949-03-29
SenseIess Annual Debate

Daylight saving is assured for Washing
ton for another year, as a result of the
action of the House in voting a one-year
extension of "local option" on the plan.
But if daylight saving was good for the
District during and since the war years,
and If it is good for the District this year,
why does the House insist on having Con-
gress 60 to the trouble each year of de-
Gliding question which District residents
already have decided for themselves? As
Representative Klein, Democrat, of New
York told the House, the people of Wash
ington want it-and that is the best
reason know to give it to them"
Since it has been amply demonstrated
in the past that Washington wants day
light saving time, year after year, there
is no sense in Congress debating the mat
ter, year after year. The Senate has recog-
nized this futility by approving bill to
give the District permanent authority to
invoke daylight saving when 1t sees it,
This bill will relieve Congress of the an
nual annoyance of going through the
motions of giving local residents the right
to choose the summer time which they
like. It is far preferable to the bill adopted
by the House. The Star hopes that the
conferees will scrap the House version and
vote in favor of the logical and democratic
Senate measure. BY so doing Congress will
have ended the time wasting annual re-
consideration of a question which the
people of Washington are we'll qualified
to handle without outside aid.
Evening star., 1949-03-29

students Of history who have not read Of the
caustic comments made In the Congress con-
corning Seward's advocacy Of the purchase
Of Alaska; Jefferson's arrangement for the
Louisiana Purchase; and many other debates
on which we now know to have been wise
legislation.
Mr.. Mellett dwells upon exploitation Of the
Southern people and assigns this as cause
for their poverty. That poverty in the South
continues is true. Yet statistics show that
tho general standard Of living in the South,
especially in the industrial areas, has risen
more in the past decade than in any other
section Of the country, except California.
Diversified farming is no longer mere talk.
It is making astonishing progress. Those
Southerners who have developed increasing
initiative are not satisfied or self compla-
cent. There are now in effect hundreds of
organized community and urban activities
effectively designed to enhance the progress
they are making not only economically but
in the traditional attitude of racial intol-
erance. Mr.. Mellett should read the March
issue of the National Geographic, which de-
votes many pages to depicting industrial
progress in the South. H. j. ARNETT.
Evening star., 1949-03-29
Publicity and Propuqundoz

There is section OF the 59O-page
printed report of the Hoover Commissions
"task force" on public welfare that should
be required reading for all of the Gov
ernments many publicity men. The Sec
ton, entitled Government Propaganda"
deserves the special attention of congress
sional committees concerned with pre-
venting improper use of departmental
appropriations. For the task force (the
Brookings institution found that some
agencies, especially in the public welfare
field, do not seem to understand the
difference between objective publicity and
bureaucratic propaganda.
Here is an excerpt from the report: AL
though this (propaganda) situation has
always presented some difficulties, it has
become increasingly important in recent
years with the advent of new PHILOSOPHERS
as to the functions of the state in relation
to economic and social policies. In the ad-
ministrative branch, both in political and
In permanent civil-serviee positions, are
substantial number of employees consider
ably to the left of the majority of the
members of Congress, Some of them
appear to have conviction that it is their
duty to attempt to influence Congress and,
In interpreting and applying laws, to go
as far as possible in achieving the reforms
In which they believe. They are not salts
fed to act and administer within the
intent of Congress. The experts in the
executive establishments according to this
philosophy know more and are better
equipped than the Congressman, and the
3s al hot he
should be on tap but not on top. Such
attitudes affect both the research work
and the publications Of some governmental
agencies. The most common manifestation
is to give wide publicity to the material
that will popularize program and lead
to its expansion and to play down the
material that might raise opposition to it."
That is a serious charge by competent
investigating group. The report backs up
the allegation by citing some OF the re-
search activities of the actuarial office OF
the Social Security Agency. 1t is asserted
that although the actuarial office has pre-
pared studies showing ultimate costs of
old-age and survivors insurance of such
magnitude "that they may have pro-
found effect on the economic and social
system" the sSA publicity emphasis has
been on the benefits of the system and
the need for extending and nberalizing it..
This tendency of Government press
agents to emphasize only the favorable
aspects of the work of their respective de-
partnents is not new or confined to the
welfare field of course. It is the natural
inclination of a public relations man to
encourage good public relations for his
agency. But the Hoover Commission is
correct in viewing the tendency toward
suppression of unfavorable facts and pub
icizing of the favorable as a real danger
to democratic government. AS the Brook
ings report comments, it is anomalous that
the Government should tolerate mislead-
ing advertising by some of its own branches
while condemning false advertising in pri-
vate industry. The best curb on biased
Federal publicity is unbiased congressional
Evening star., 1949-03-29
The Sun, the Sun

Ho,D skiufully the suns gold lancet carues
A,Day the in-clouds hanging in botol,
While naeaSureless across the sky, Dtde
sc1rUeS
From bolts of fo,Ding, silken blue unroH!
Like poppies blooming In the leatless elm.
Tpo cardinals match indigo unspool;
A last small cloud boat, breaking at the
helm,
Goes do,Dn toithin tangled, silken pool.
A cloudless hour-con,e suddenly 50 tair
The eyelids quiUer In the FURNISHED light
OF sunshine like strained honey In the
The hands up-curue to hold an houf 80
bright!
All grayness, whether mist or dull hsart-
break,
Seems far avay In this blue-golden ,odks!
SARAH NJ. HOWARD.