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Evening star., 1950-01-01
Another Record Year
Faced by Air|ines
And Plane Makers
By the Associated Press

Indications point to a second
consecutive record peacetime year
for both air transportation and
aircraft manufacturing in 1850.
The two industries which suf-
fered heavily in the postwar
shakedown will welcome another
profitable year. 1t should put
them solidly in the black by COM
pleting recovery of their severe
losses in 1916 and 1947.
But industry economists recon-
mend some caution in appraising
the new year. They say much
depends upon maintaining the
current high level of business
activity. They warn that econ
omy programs in the defense
establishment might seriously
affect aircraft builders; that acci-
dents or particularly long
stretch of bad weather might hurt
the airlines and that taxes might
affect either.
Airlines' Profits Boosted.
The airlines have an estimated
profit of around $25,000.000 for
1949, or IL times the 1948 profit.
Passenger, mail and freight busi-
ness set records. Air express was
off substantially, apparently re-
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flecting heavy usage of the newly
begun air parcel post service.
The aircraft manufacturers
have profit estimated around
$18, 10000, an increase of $2,-
100000 over 1948. Production of
military planes was up substan-
TALLY. Transport deliveries drop
ped slightly, and personal air
planes deliveries were halved for
the third consecutive year to a
figure about one-tenth the 1916
record year.
However, the industry does 80
per cent of its business with the
military and reacts more sharply
to changes in military spending
policies than to commercial de-
velopments.
Both industries must wait some
time for final profit and loss fig
ures. The airlines will be affected
by Civil Aeronautics Board retro
active mail pay decisions. The
manufacturers are concerned with
the renegotiation and profit -limi-
tations laws.
1850 Outlook Surveyed.
The facts supporting estimates
for aviation business records in
1850 are these:
Air transport: Continuing mod
ernization of aircraft fleets will in
crease the number of seats avail
able, speed up schedules and re-
duce unit operating costs; expan-
sion of air coach or low cost non-
luxury operations will offer econ
omy- conscious travellers more serv-
ices to more points than ever be-
fore; more equipment being con-
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verted to air freight will make it
possible to offer more service In
that growing field; more and more
bad weather flying aids will 60 into
service. contributing to improved
schedule dependability which
helped the 1949 picture; religious
pilgrimmages to Rome for the
Catholic year and the attraction of
cheaper currencies in Europe in
dicate by far the greatest trans
Atlantic travel in history.
Aircraft manufacturing: Plane
builders are just working up to the
orders placed in 1948 under con-
gressional demands for more mod
ern air power equipment; this,
coupled with orders for transports
already booked, indicates produc-
tion somewhat higher than in the
past IL months; there still is a
large untitled market for two-en-
gine transports. but new orders
are not likely to be reflected in
1850 deliveries; personal aircraft
production appears to be pretty
near the bottom of its decline,
while continuing the trend toward
larger size and higher unit value;
an early decision on Government
support for jet transport projects
promises a moral if not an i'm
mediate financial boost for the in
dustry.
The manufacturers recorded
about $1,000, 100000 in sales for
1949 with delivery of about 34,-
100000 pounds of airframe. The
1850 outlook is for about 1000, 900
pounds increase in airframe weight
produced. This contemplates an
increase of 100000 pounds of
military plane delivery to around
100000 pounds, and a drop of
l ,0000 900 pounds to 5,500,000
pounds in civil airplane weight.
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the first things the Senate will

the first things the Senate will
take up in the new year.
Labor's demands for pensions
from industry were spurred dur
ing the year by a Supreme Court
ruling. This was that employers
are required by law to bargain
with unions on pension matters
when the unions request it.
Later the Bell Telephone System
companies boosted the pension
plan for it's workers. On the basis
of the Supreme Court ruling, the
CIO Communications Workers
have challenged the Bell system
action because it wasn't done In
collective bargaining.
President Truman avoided using
the Taft-Hartley law in either the
coal or steel strikes. He took the
position neither reached the
emergency stage warranting the
use of TIL powers to seek court
1njunctions to stop them.
Administration Drive Failed.
Many times during the year Mr..
Truman restated his pledge to re-
peal Taft-Hartley. But the ad-
ministration lost its big drive to
do this.
Labor won a long-sought goal
when Congress boosted the mini
mum wage from 40 to Is cents an
hour for workers in businesses af-
fecting interstate commerce. This
law, effective in late January, is
due to give immediate pay boosts
to about 100000 workers. More
than half of them are in the
South.
But hardly had Congress set the
new minimum before administra-
ton leaders and labor unions
urged another hike to 81 an hour.
During 1949 the CIO began to
take decisive steps to rid it's ranks
of Communists or Communist
sympathizers. These activities
came to a head at CLOS annual
convention in October.
The CIO ousted two unions, the
Electrical Workers and Farm
Equipment Workers, and gave its
executive board power to remove
other left-wing unions.
AS the CIO turned openly
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Cigar Men to Expand
Brand Advertising
By the Asseeiofsd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 81. - The
cigar industry plans to expand
brand advertising and intensity
sales promotion in 1850 in order
to combat a small sales decline
predicted in some quarters. T.
Howard s. Cullman, president
of Cigar Institute of America.
said 1850 would be a promising
year" for the industry because
of the stepped-up advertising and
promotion budgets.
Sales in 1949 totaled about
S, ,700, 900, 900 cigars, the same as
in 194S,
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Replacement Demand
To Aid Tire Industry
Special Dispatch TO The Sior

AKRON, Dec. 31.-The tire in
dustry can expect a five per cent
increase in 1850 in passenger car
replacement tire sales, John L.
Collyer. president of the B. F.
Goodrich Company, said today.
The replacement of wornout tires
on the millions of automobiles
produced in 1916, 1947 and 1948,
should be a major factor in this
increase.
Sales of replacement truck tires
probably will exceed 100000
units. an increase of four per
cent. Mr.. Collyer said, while five
per cent greater sales of replace
ment tires for agricultural use
is anticipated in 1850.
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Year Brought Labor
Major Victories, but
Taft Law Survived
By the Assoeioted Press

Organized labor had full and
busy year in 1949.
1t scored some major victories.
But it also took it on the nose.
High among the victories were
labor's pension and welfare i'm
provements won after some costly
strikes, the CLOS purge of Com
munists and the new 75-cent min
imum wage.
It's biggest; defeat was a political
one, it's failure to put over the
Taft Hartley law repeal drive.
There was no big round of pay
boosts as in the earlier postwar
years. Wage increases were small
and spread around fairly thin.
Labor unions still were testing
the political strength they dis
covered in supporting President
Truman in 1948. They claimed
a share of the Democratic Party's
1949 election victories. This en-
couraged them to make even big
ger political plans for 1850.
Year Full of Strikes.
The past year was chock full
of strikes. There were a lot of
little ones and good many big
ones.
Strike idleness in 1949 ran
about a fourth higher than in
1947. It was about three times
the prewar average. But it was
far less than the biggest strike
year of 1946.
The years worst labor crisis
came in October and November,
with the twin coal and steel
strikes.
A board named by President
Truman furnished the basis for
the steel settlement. 1t recon-
mended against any wage in
crease, but suggested an en-
ployer- financed pension and in
surance program for steel workers.
This formula was adapted to
many other industries as labor
contract settlements.
But the steel industry and Philip
Murray, head of the CIO and the
steelworkers, were unable to agree
on the board plan. Mr.. Murray
called a strike October /. Finally,
on October 81, one of the steel
industry's major producers, Beth
lehem, signed up. One by one
other steel companies did the
same.
Miners Out 81 Days.
The coal strike lasted So days.
John L. Lewis, leader of the min
ers' union, had called two shorter
strikes earlier in the year. They
were all maneuvers in Mr.. Lewis
attempt to wangle new contract
from coal operators. This dispute
continued as the year draws to a
close. Mr.. Lewis wanted wage
boost and a bigger welfare fund.
This dispute over old-age pen
sions prompted steps in Congress
to improve retirement benefits
under Federal Social Security. A
bill to do this sailed through the
House with only q handful Of dis
senting votes. It will be one OF
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against communism, there was
more cooperation In evidence be-
tween the CIO and AFL in the
international field, a trend that
is likely to grow.
Both organizations joined in
supporting formation Of a new
world labor movement opposed to
communism. Top AFL and CIO
officials journeyed to London for
the formation of the new world
group in December. However,
there seemed to be no evidence
the two were any closer to merg-
ing into a single American labor
organization.
Evening star., 1950-04-14
Three From D. T.. Area
To Become Priests
At Trinity Sunday
FATHER WALSH.

Three residents of the WASH
ington area will be among six
seminarians to be ordained to the
Catholic priesthood for the WASH
ington Archdiocese at 8 am. SUM-
day at Trinity College. Michigan
avenue and Franklin street NE.
They are the Rev. Francis K.
Walsh. Of 1922 Allison street NE:
the Rev. Charles w. Davis, Of 10s
Tennessee avenue NE, and the
Rev. Charles e. Cornell of Manas-
sas, Va.
Others to be ordained are the
Rev. Ramon A. DiNardo Of Hope
dale, Mass: the Rev. Arnold j.
Snyder of Yonkers, N. Y. and the
Rev. James II. MacMurren of Jer-
sey City. N. j.
The Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle. Archbishop of Washing
ton, will confer the Sacrament of
Holy Orders on the new priests.
He will be assisted by the Rev.
Walter Schmitz, Of the Theo-
logical College. Catholic Univer-
sity. Archbishop O'Boyle will an
nounce the assignments Of the
new priests.
Father Walsh is the son of Mrs
Annie M. Walsh of the Allison
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FATHER CORNELL.

street address and the late Thomas
D. Walsh. He is q graduate Of
st. Anthony's parochial school. St.
Charles College. Catonsville, Md,
and Old st. Mary's Seminary,
Baltimore. He completed his theo-
logical studies this year at St.
Mary's Seminary, Roland Park.
Md.
Father Davis is the son of Mrs.
Nora B. Davis of the Tennessee
avenue address and the late John
A. Davis. He received his early
education at st. Joseph's and Holy
Comforter parochial schools. He
is also q graduate of St. Charles
College. Catonsville, and took his
theological studies at Old St.
Mary's Seminary and st. Mary's
Seminary Of Roland Park.
Father Cornell is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles E. Cornell of
Manassas. A native Of Washing
ton, he attended St. Cecilia &
Academy here. He is q graduate
Of st. Charles College and OF Old
st. Mary's Seminary.
Evening star., 1950-04-14
Gen. ReyboId Gets Post
In Rood Builders Group

1t. Gen. Eugene Reybold. war
time chief OF the Army Engineers.
has been appointed executive vice
president Of the American Road
Builders Association.
Gen. Reybold succeeds Col. Z. r.
Needles, of New York City, who re-
Gently retired after "a years as the
a associations engineer director.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Democratic
WOnnen's Duv
Set byC|ub

The Women'S National Demo-
cratic Club will celebrate Demo-
cratic Women's Day at pm. on
September q with a tea at the
newly decorated clubhouse, 1926
New Hampshire avenue NV.
1t is hoped that the highlight
of the program will be talk
by President Truman in his an
nual talk to the women of the
United States over a nation-w wide
broadcast.
Miss Frances Perkins, Civil
Service Commissioner, will be the
guest speaker of the club and
will discuss women's progress
through the 80 years of suffrage.
Mrs. Walter H. Maloney and
Mrs. Florence Kerr will be in
charge of the program. The event
will give the members of the club
al opportunity to contribute to
the Women's Division of the
Democratic National Committee.
An intensified schedule is un-
der way to have the clubhouse
ready for the opening of the
clubs fall season. The new fire.
proofing of the headquarters is
practically completed and on the
opening day, members will be
able to criticize or admire the
face lifting" which will include
new paint. draperies and slip
covers.
Evening star., 1950-08-27

Bright warm sweaters, dolls,
cowboy kerchiefs, wallets, candy
and other gifts are on their way
to 100 displaced children of IL
nationalities in the orphanage at
Trogen near Zurich; Switzerland,
and to other orphans of the war
in children's villages in France.
The gifts are packed in the
luggage of the 80 women club
leaders. members of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs, who
will fly to Europe tomorrow to
visit the leading women's clubs in
England, Denmark, Belgium, the
Netherlands. France, Switzerland,
Germany and Italy. Eight other
members of the party who will
go to Europe by boat are also
carrying gifts for the children.
Nylons, scarfs. handkerchiefs and
compacts have been packed for
the club women.
p The federation headquarters in
Washington is sending IL presi-
dent pins, one for the president
of each European club on the
visitors list.
The women club leaders who
will tour Europe during the next
seven weeks on the world CO.
operation tour" of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs will
have plenty to talk about when
they meet with the leading club
women in the countries they visit.
Representative Of the type of
women who get things
done in their own communities.
the "a women are q cross section
Of American life. Headed by Mrs.
Hiram Cole Houghton. president
Of the federation, the travellers
represent 1S States and the
District.
Special interests and avocations
Of the tour members cover every
range Of civic and community
problems in the United States.
They are identified with church
and public education, societies for
handicapped children. politica.
clubs, the League Of Women
Voters. the American Association
Of University Women. civic fed
erations, library and hospital
boards and In Savings Bond
drives.
Two Of the women are experts
on the problems and affairs Of
the American Indian. One of
these. Mrs. Henry Roe Cloud of
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Visiting Club Women Take
Gifts to European Children

Oregon, is the daughter and wife
of Indians. She is the American
Mother of 1850. Mrs. Houghtor
is the Iowa Mother of 1948 and
is serving her second term on the
Iowa State Board of Education
which has jurisdiction over all
the institutions Of higher learn
ing in the State.
The travellers believe that their
work in the immediate future
will be improved by exchanging
viewpoints with the women lead
ers overseas and will be another
step toward international under
standing.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Dorothy Dix
Many Women Feel No Obligation
To Practice CheerfuIness in Home

It depends entirely upon the atti-
tude of the woman at the head of
it. A gay and light hearted woman
can make a place Of enchantment
out of hovel. A dismal. weepy
woman can make a palace an
abode of woe that gives every
one who crosses it's threshold the
jitters. A cheerful. hopeful woman
inspires her children to do their
best and keeps them on their tip
toes.
Cheerfulness is the one and only
genuine follow -this-and- -you-can-
not-fail recipe for retaining a hus-
bands affection and mailing him
to his own f1reside. Beauty fades,
besides woman doesn't look good
long to her husband If she wears
crepe around the house. No man
wants as wife a woman who
looks ash she were pinch hitting
for the early Christian martyrs.
Men Have Hard Life
Life is hard on men. All day
they are bullied and badgered and
torn with anxieties and by night
they feel that they have had about
all the grief they can stand. They
don't want to hear the saga of
anybody else's troubles. They don't
want to hear Of everything that
has gone wrong in the home.
They want to be met at their
front doors by q wife who wears
the smile that won't come of, q
wife who laughs of misadven-
lures instead Of having mysteries
over them, a wife who has read
something funny in the papers
or heard a good joke. and when a
man finds a wife like that not
all the good lockers in the world
can drag him away from her.
Moreover, cheerfulness is first
aid to popularity. Gay people at
tract us and we just gravitate to-
ward them. We have troubles OF
our own that are all we can bear
and we shun those who are going
to add to them.
Women have always thought
that tears were their most effective
weapon. They are mistaken. A
woman with a laugh hung on a
hair trigger can always get whom
and what she wants.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Thrift Shop
Sets Openinq

Montgomery County Thrift Shop
volunteers are now busily restock-
ing counters in reparation for the
shops fall opening on September
s.
Mrs. Clifford N. Rodlun, who is
in charge of the opening, has an
nounced that donations will be
welcomed any time after 10 am.
on the opening day. Children's
clothes. small furniture and brio
a-brac are especially needed, she
said.
The Commission Department
will receive seasonable clothing
and household articles every Tues
day from 10 IN. to / pm. Twenty
five per cent of the commission
sales will further welfare projects
OF Thrift Shop agencies. The
customer will receive rs per cent.
The shop has also announced a
change in it's hours. On Thurs
days and Fridays, it will remain
open until $50 pm. Open every
weekday at 10 am, it will close
at 5 pm. on other days and at 2
pm. on Saturday.
Located at AIS Hampden lane,
in Bethesda, the Thrift Shops
profits are distributed to four
member agencies, including the
Planned Parenthood League of
Montgomery County, the Women's
Board OF the Montgomery County
General Hospital. the Chevy Chase
Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. and the
Women's Auxiliary of Suburban
Hospital in Bethesda.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Won0en's Clubs
Ashton Heights Clubs Art Program
Keeps Boys Busy During Summer

"Cops and robbers" cowboys
and Indians" and Skin the cat"
have been forsaken for art this
summer by a group of Arlington
boys.
Under the leadership of Mrs.
L. G. Whitney. the Women's Club
of Ashton Heights. 413 North
Irving street. Arlington, is cur
rently sponsoring an art class for
boys. None Of the boys had
claimed much artistic ability be-
fore Mrs. Whitney invited them
to paint at her home. Very soon,
however, they began to feel as
much at home with charcoal sticks
or paint brushes in their hands
as they do with. baseball and
glove.
The clubs art department has
at least half a dozen projects
under way throughout the year
and the boys art class Is the
latest venture.
In conjunction with the art
class, a short elementary approach
to photography is taught the boys
by Mrs. o. r. LIE Beau, also mem
ber of the Ashton Heights Club.
At Buzzard's Point, where the
boys usually paint, they chose the
angle from which they paint the
boats and then shoot" the same
scene with their cameras.
Mrs. Whitney received her art
training at Otterbein University
and the Dayton Art Institute in
Ohio. Home decoration, clothing
design and music are other hob
bies that occupy her interests.
She is chairman of the Fine Arts
Committee of the club and was
named recently as the fine arts
chairman of the Fourth District
of the Virginia Federation of
Women'S Clubs.
Evening star., 1950-08-27

I once heard a small child ask
his mother why she never laughed
as Mrs. A. did, as a jolly peal
of mirth came from neighboring
window. Before she could answer,
her husband exclaimed: II would
give a thousand dollors to hear
your mother laugh like that just
once" to which the woman replied
by signing and saying self-righte-
ously that she was not Of the vul-
gar and noisy type.
The little episode made me
wonder why it is that among
women cheerfulness is a dis
credited virtue and one they feel
that they are under no obligation
to practice in the home. Yet it is
the one thing that their families
crave of them above all others.
the one thing that would do more
than anything else to make them
successes as wives and mothers.
When a conscientious woman
tries to do her sacred duty by
her family, she keeps her house
clean and orderly, she serves
scientifically balanced meals that
contain the proper vitaminS. she
looks after her husbands and
children's physical wants, but she
only too often overlooks their need
to be popped up and she fails to
realize that they would rather she
made good Jokes than good pies.
Eosy- Going Type
For proof of this we have only
to observe the women among our
personal acquaintance. All Of us
know some woman who is q slack
housekeeper, whose windows are
never as clean as they might be.
whose meals are never on time,
whose children generally need a
patch or a darn or to be washed
behind the ears, who wastes her
husbands money, but who is jolly
and easy-going and whose house
always rings with laughter, and
invariably she is adored by her
husband and children and her
home is the gathering place fol
all the youngsters in the neigh
borhood.
A happy home does not depend
upon the material comfort In it
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Mrs. LIE Beau received art train
ing at Ohio State University but
her photography has come the
hard way as it does for many
amateurs.
During the coming year the club
plans to continue to sponsor its
two orchestras and to offer courses
in china painting. aluminium craft
and silver craft. A project which
appeals to all members is the
Grafton School in the mountains
of Southwestern Virginia to which
the club sends clothing, school
supplies and holiday treats. Mrs.
A. j. Borton, welfare chairman of
the club, is in charge of the Grat-
ton project.
The Ashton Heights Teen-Age
Club was originally organized by
Mrs. Harold Heller. The youngsters
use the clubhouse for parties
which are held twice month in
the winter and special features in
clude folk games and dancing.
The Ashton Heights women lend
a hand in many community pro-
jects such as the Red Cross, Cancer
Fund, Infantile Paralysis Guild,
county tuberculosis work and the
Arlington County Hospital. Re
Gently, they gave a wheel chair to
the children's division of the hos
pital and are planning series of
bridge benefits for the hospital
during the coming club year. The
club is represented at the Arling-
ton County Civic Federation and
also at the County Federation of
Women's Clubs of which Mrs. Ivan
Booker. one Of its own members,
is president.
Mrs. E. j. Stocking is president
of the Women'S Club of Ashton
Heights.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Miss Burke Enooqed

Announcement is made by Mr..
and Mrs. Justin J. Burke of Du-
buque. Iowa, of the engagement of
their daughter. Miss Mary Mar
garet Burke of Washington, to
Mr., James Henry Gnam of Alex
andria, son of Mrs. Anna Mae
Gnam of Carroll. Iowa, and Alex
andria, and the late Mr.. Henry
w. Gnam. The wedding will take
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Alpha Chi Omega
Party I tomorrow

The first in a series of parties
to be given by Alpha Chi Omega
Sorority will be held tomorrow
night at the home of Mrs. Bern
ard r. Linkins, 9017 Bradford
lane. Silver Spring, Md.
Young women planning to at
tend Washington College In
'Chestertown. Md, will be guests
OF honor. Mrs. Ralph D. Quinter
jr., is in charge of arrangements.
Evening star., 1950-08-27

place September % in st. Thomas
the Apostle Church.
The bride-elect attended Clarke
College and Bayless Business Coll
lege in Dubuque and George
Washington University. Mr.. Gnam
attended Iowa State College and
George Washington University.
He is a lieutenant commander in
the United States Navy Reserves
and served five years on active
duty in World War II.