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Evening star., 1950-10-13
Legion Elects Cooke;
Washington Man Is
New Vice Commander

Erie Cooke, jr., 20, of Dawson
Ga. World War II veteran, anc
Herbert j. jacob, Washington
patent attorney and World War
veteran, were elected nationa
commander and national vice com.
rnander, respectively, of the Amer
lean Legion at its annual nationa'
convention in Los Angeles yester.
day.
Mr.. Cooke. son O. the president
of the Fulton National Bank ir
Atlanta, once faced a German fir
ing squad and survived-aftel
knocking down one of his would
be executioners.
Rufus G. Coldwell, So, of Fair
fax, Va, was elected a national
vice commander Of the 40 and
at its joint convention with the
Legion. Harold v. Haines of Cedar
Lake, Ind, was elected command
er OF Cne 4U ana b.
Mr.. jacob, a member of Ma
tional Cathedral Post. No. 10, here
is to arrive at Washington Ma
tional Airport at o'clock tonight
About 1000 local members of the
James Reese Europe Drum and
Bugle Corps and the National
Guard of Honor will welcome him
A native Washingtonian, Mr..
jacob attended George Washing
ton University, where he special
ized in engineering. He later
graduated from the Georgetown
University Law School.
During World War I, Mr.. jacob
served as an observation pilot
with the Army Air Corps. He
served in England, France and
Germany.
He has held every elective Office
of National Cathedral Post. No.
10. In 1914 and 1945, he served
as department vice commander
and was elected as department
commander for 1945 and 1946
Since that time, he has been a
member, of the National Veterans
Preference Committee. At the
time of the Los Angeles election
he was chairman of this COM
mittee.
Mr.. jacob lives with his wife
Hermione and two sons, Herbert
j., jr.. %, and Robert, 20. at 1905
Grammercy street NV. Herbert,
jr., works as a patent attorney
with his father. Robert is a stu
dent at Washington and Lee
University.
The new national commander
Mr.. Cooke. was captured and
escaped three times in four years
of combat. Just before he was
captured and led before the firing
squad, he was responsible for the
capture of 592 Germans.
For his exploits, Mr.. Cooke was
awarded the Silver Star. the
Bronze Star with clusters. the
Purple Heart with three clusters
and the French Croix de Guerre.
Mr.. Cooke spent IA months in
27 hospitals, undergoing II opera
tions for his wounds.
Mr.. Coldwell, an employe of the
Veterans Administration, was
elected sous chef de chemin de
fer. He was president of the
Mid-Atlantic Promenade in 1947.
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Briton Gets Rent Cut:
LondIody's Husband
Sleeps in Bathroom
BY the Associated Press

ROCHESTER, England,
Oct. 13.-British Army Corpl.
James Wood got his rent cut
yesterday because his land
lady's husband slept in the
bathroom.
Corpl. Wood told rent con-
troll officials he paid 80 shill-
ings ($4.20) weekly for two
rooms with bath. But he and
his family got little use of the
bath.
THE landlady's husband
sleeps in it for 13 hours every
night-from 9.30 in the eve
ming till 1890 in the morn
ing" Corpl. Wood complained.
The board ordered his rent
| reduced to IL shillings 6 pence
($1.75).
Evening star., 1950-10-13
McHueh Named to Head
Virginia Fisheries Unit
BY the Associoted Press

GLOUCESTER POINT, Va,
Oct. 13.-Dr., John Laurence MIC
Hugh, a marine biologist, will be-
come director of the Virginia Fish
cries Laboratory here next jan
uary.
Appointment of DR.. McHugh, a
veteran of World War II now con-
nected with The ScrippS Institu-
ton of Oceanography of the Uni
versity of California, was an
nounced yesterday by Charles M
Landlord, jr., head of the Virginia
Commission of Fisheries.
Evening star., 1950-10-13
FbI Arrest Breaks Up
Trial Run Auto Racket
BY the Associated Press

ALBANY. N. Y, Oct. 13.-One
man was in jail today and a sec
ond was sought by the FBI in
connection with a trial run
racket.
John L. Adair, 35, formerly of
Berlin, N. H., was arrested at
gunpoint yesterday near Lake
Pleasant.
The FBI said Adair and Ray
mond L. Paradise, 27, Of Swamp
scott, Mass, had stolen more than
eight high-priced automobiles in
New England in the last six
months.
Special Agent Robert Wall, in
charge of the Albany FBI district,
said the pair had made a prac-
tice of obtaining cars from sales
lots for trial runs" and then
disappearing.
Two women, who Mr.. Wall said
usually accompanied them, were
lin custody at Worcester, Mass.
Evening star., 1950-10-13

levity to the convention, just be-
fore it adjourned:
THE Los Angeles police chief
and the fire chief have told me
that this convention was more
orderly than the last meeting OF
the Ministerial Association"
Actually, there was not one sim
gle instance of violence on the
part of any OF the $4,000 regis
tered Legionnaires. no arrests, nc
property damage.
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Surprise Party

Surprise Party
The Sunshine club gave a
surprise party honoring Mr..
and Mrs. Lloyd Carper on their
25th wedding anniversary We'd
nesday evening. May 81, at the
home of MI. and Mrs. Roland
Jones.
There were approximately IS
friends and relatives present.
The evening was spent playing
games, followed by a mock
wedding. Mrs. Jim Besel acted
as minister; Guy Van Cleve,
brides father; Mrs. John Olen-
TX, flower girl, and Ted Dumler,
ring bearer.
After lunch was served, the
couple were presented with a
beautiful silver carving set.
Birthday Party
On Wednesday afternoon, Mrs.
Keith Martin entertained at a
party in honor of her daugh-
ter Nancy'S sixth birthday. The
children invited to the party
were:
Cissy Lundberg, Penny Hell
mann, Marilyn Miller, Nadine
Stobaugh. Cleta Jean Morrison,
Gloria Jean Melville, Barbara
Raup, Jane Slattery, Ellen Scott
Elrick, Judy Martin, Mrs. NAL
colin Elrick and Mrs. w. A.
Martin. The little guests played
games during the afternoon and
shared Nancy's birthday cake.
Entertains Pinochle Club
Mrs Robert Dyckman enter
tanned the members of her pi-
nochle club at her home last
Thursday evening.
Mrs Donald Kalberg won high
prize, Mrs. Tavner Walker, low,
and Mrs. Harold Hammer, ira
vel. Mrs. Glen Helmann was a
guest at the party.
Will Hold Church Services
Rev. Martin Grisson of Fort
Benton, Mont, and Rev. Arnold
Moulton of Whitefish, Mont,
who are in Billings this week
conducting the vacation church
school at st. LukeS Episcopal
church, will be in Hardin to
hold the st. Thomas Episcopal
church services in the American
Lutheran church Sunday eve
ming at 1880.
Canasta Party
Mrs. Wilbur Fish entertained
a few friends at her home Fri
day evening at a Canasta party
in honor of Mrs. Della Thorpe,
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ted in marriage by the Rev.
Howard Parry, pastor, at the
Little Brown Community Bap-
fist church of Lodge Grass,
on Saturday, afternoon, June 3,
at 4 o'clock.
The ceremony was performed
in the sanctuary of the church,
with the following guests pres
emit: Mr.. and Mrs. George Glib
son, Mr.. and Mrs. John Gibson,
Miss Irene Donahue, brides at
tendant, and Fred RoSen, best
man.
Following a wedding trip
through western South Dakota,
the couple will visit Rushmore
Mountain Memorial Park, in
Guiding the Needles section,
! Cathedral Spires and Sylvan
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Alberta Shell, vice president;
Linda Blank, secretary; Nicole
Dyckman, treasurer and Con-
ME Warren. scribe.
After the meeting the girls
had a lunch and played games.
A farewell gift was presented
to Marilyn Mann.
RODEO PARADE
Camp Fire girls will have a
float in the rodeo parade this
! weekend and those not riding
on it will march, it was an
! nounced this week.
BluebirdS will be notified by
their leaders whether or not
they will march.
The seventh grade Camp
Fire girls are also planning to
enter a float, it was stated.
OTAWATEEA
Members of the Otawateea
| Camp Fire Girls discussed the
state camp to be held at Me
hart in August. They also work.
ed on their Trail Seekers note
book and made plans for tine
day camp to be held in June.
The girls voted to meet at 2
p. m. each Wednesday during
the summer.
OWA-KI-YA
The fifth grade camp fire
girls met May 81 at the home
of Helen Kuchera. They copied
EN- e n is for the Trail
Seekers rank in their note
books.
Booklets giving rules and reg
ulations for the state Camp
Fire girls camp were distribut-
ed.
Lunch was served by Shirley
Besel and Roberta Burns.
O-KI-HI
At a meeting at the Painter
home last week, Dorothy Slough
and Dixie New displayed arti-
cles they had ordered from the
Camp Fire catalogue. Most of
Vic SA1Ao "SAS P4|oSAAVCo "4VAA
tie slides.
Committees were appointed
for a bake sale held May 81.
Proceeds were to be used to
buy Camp Fire handbooks.
The girls voted to fine each
member five cents if she did
not wear her scarf to a meet
ing.
FIRST GRADE BLUEBIRDS
All the first grade, Blue
Birds met together in the city
park last Wednesday.
Jacque Ottun was elected
treasurer of her group to replace
Linda Hill, who will be out of
town this summer.
Plans were made to hold a
circus late in June, with all
members of the three first
grade groups participating.
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are under way for a float fol
this event.
OTAWATEEA
At their meeting on Wednes-
cay, May "a, members of the
OtaWateea sixth grade Camp
Fire group wrote the Indian
symbol stories. This is one OF
the requirements for the Trail
Seekers rank.
FIRST GRADE BLUEBIRDS
The First Grade Blue Birds
Of Mrs. r. E. Peterson and Mrs
David Hill, who will soon apply
for their charter, elected Off
GERS at their last regular meet
ing.
Judy Kawamoto was chosen
president, Stevie johnson, vice
president; Terry Holmes, secre-
tary, and Linda Hill, treasurer
The birthdays of Judy Ka-
Wamoto and Karen Torske were
celebrated.
PINE RIDGE BLUE BIRDS
Bonnie Frickle was elected
president of the Pine Ridge
Blue Birds May % at a meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Roy
Chambers.
! Other officers chosen were
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Rita Weibert; treasurer, Rol-
land Redfield; news reporter
and recreation leader, Betty
| SecreSt.
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WOLF CLUB

The tenth meeting of the
Wolf Mountain Al club was
held at the Davis Greek school.
It was called to order by
President Tommy Owen. Amer
lea" was sung and the All
Club Pledge was repeated. Roll
call was famous generals. Seven
members were present. Bonnie
Secrest gave the TreaSurer's re-
port. New business was election
of officers.
New officers are: president,
Donnie Weibert; vice president,
Bonnie SecreSt; secretary, Della
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mother of L. ]. Cool, who is
visiting in Hardin.
Others Attending the party
were Mrs. Col, Mrs. F. B.
Taylor, Mrs. l.. J. McAllister and
Mrs. Ira CochrA.
Dessert Bridge
Lest WEDNESDAY evening Mrs,
Nate Young and Mrs. N. A. ia
cobsen entertained at a dessert
bridge party fG three tables.
Prizes were von by Mrs. Carl
Edwards, Mrs. I. l.. Dehnert
and Miss Clenentine Sittel.
Donahue-G Giles
Mary T. Giles of Limestone
Mont, and Carter Clay Dona-
hue of Luther Mont, were uni
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Lake.
Upon returning from their
wedding trip, the couple will
make their home in the vicin-
ity of Limestone, Mont.
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CAMPFIRE
NEWS

TAKE PART m Pap.np

In FARADE
o,a an Camp Fire and Blue Bird
Mentp were represented in the
l Z has been announced that
e girls will also participate
IN the rodeo parade and mans
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are under way for a float TO
this event.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
An Ambassador Extraordinary

In addition to the personal charm and
urbanity of highly civilized man of the
world there were other more substantial
attributes which added to Sir Willmott
Lewis value to his country as an unofacial
ambassador to the United States.
One of these was his really profound
knowledge of the history OF this country
and the political patterns of thought that
1t had nodded. He knew more about the
United States, its sectional and economic
differences and interdependence than
many Of his American newspaper col
leagues. Into any discussions, OF this coun-
try or Of his own, he was able to inject
the wholly detached yet candid viewpoint
Of the genuine cosmopolite. His dis
patches to the London Times, which for SO
many years he represented with great dis
tinction in Washington, were i1terpreta-
tive in the best tradition OF sound
reporting. But 1t was in his conversation,
especially with his fellow journalists at the
Press Club, that he shone. For he inter-
larded his observations from store OF
anecdote and wit that made him the most
Evening star., 1950-01-06
MARYLAND Should Get in Step

Marylands commissioner of motor We
, hicles, Arthur H. Brice, is right in warning
the State Legislative Council that authorl-
ties in other jurisdictions are losing
patience with Maryland over it's lack OF
an automobile inspection system. 1t is an
imposition on its good neighbors for
Maryland to continue to expect the Dis
trict, Virginia, Pennsylvania and other
Jurisdictions to let uninspected Maryland
cars run at large, while requiring their
own automobiles to undergo regular
checkups.
Mr.. Brice was not imagining things
when he told the council that Maryland
motorists face the possibility of being
barred from some States unless their cars
are inspected. The threat of an embargo
against Maryland cars was raised at the
last meeting of the Eastern Conference of
Motor Vehicle Inspectors. The District has
taken tolerant attitude toward the thou
sands of Maryland automobiles which daily
enter the District, in view OF the an
nounced determination of Maryland traf-
fic authorities to seek resumption OF
inspections. Maryland had an inspection
system before World War H. but dropped
it during the war and has never reinsti-
tuted it. The former motor vehicle COM
missioner urged the past session of the
Legislature to authorize resumption of the
system, but without success.
The District, while applying no general
embargo, has adopted the policy of inspect
ing Maryland automobiles which become
involved in accidents here. If a car is
found to be defective, a yellow sticker is
affixed to the windshield and the car Is
barred from further operation until re-
pairs are made. At the same time, local
authorities notify the Maryland commits
sioner of motor vehicles in each case But
Maryland should not have to rely on such
out-of-State inspections to eliminate It's
faulty cars from the highways. It is about
time that the Free State took this respon-
sibility upon itself as other progressive
States and q number of municipalities
have done
Evening star., 1950-01-06

crease in fare from the Capital Transit. It
amazes me to see that no one decides to
stop this abuse. that people here simply ac-
cept what the Capital Transit decides, with
out fighting back. Why is 1t they do not
use private cars to go to work for at least
week? If necessary use trucks, station
wagons, any vehicle available, but no Capital
Transit means Of transportation. Be sure
the company would realize that it then had
real $64 question on its hands
The last time they had an increase in
the fare, they promised better service. Any
one that rides their buses and streetcars
can see how much worse this service is.
People crowded like sardines in tin cans,
people standing in buses and drivers taking
curves like mad. Lots of times it Is very
hard for any one to hold on when the
driver happens to be on his last trip :.
v ell now here they come with another fan
tastic story of not being able to make ends
meet and they want another fare increase,
After they get this one (this is the second)
they will still give worse service and then
start paving the way for another one in
SIX montns. M. j.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
quotable and quoted member OF the press

quotable and quoted member OF the press
corps.
In the course OF an unusually full life,
he lived several careers. A Washingtonian
travelling in Japan, China or the Philip
pines fifteen years ago would meet constant
inquiry from all classes of men as to the
health and activities of Bill Lewis. At
national conventions and other important
political events in this country travelling
Washington correspondents felt their task
lightened when Lewis was a member of
the group. 1t is a great misfortune that
he never got around to writing the story
OF his life, as only he could have done it.
But it is more or less in keeping with a
memorable character that he never did
do it, for he was not aware of any pressing
deadline and he never took himself quite
that seriously. Others did, and he will be
remembered in Washington with an af-
fectionate respect seldom bestowed by his
brethren.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
The Small Thinqs of Life

DR.. Irving Langmuir, the 1882 Nobel Prize
winner in chemistry, has just seen At to
remind everybody of the Importance of
trivia in the life of the world. Asked to
make philosophical observation on the
occasion of his retirement as research di-
rector of the General Electric Company,
he has limited himself to the simple re-
mark that "It is impossible to predict the
future because so many small things may
influence the men who make history
things like their health; the way they
might feel at certain time" His point is
an old one, but since so many of us tend
to forget 1t when we wonder and worry
about what may happen between now and
the year 1000, his restatement of it is timely
enough to deserve some attention.
Consider, for example, small thing like
a womans looks As has been pointed out
in college bull sessions for generations past,
If Cleopatra had had a bulbous nose, a
poor figure or non-wayward outlook on
life, Caesar probably would never have
dallied with her, and the ensuing history
of the Roman Empire and Europe might
have been altogether different. Similarly,
bringing matters up to more modern times,
If Karl Marx had slipped fatally on a
banana peel in his boyhood, or if Nicolai
Lenin had been led by circumstances (such
as young love- into devoting all his energy
to poetry, or il Stalin's father had some
how stumbled on little pot of gold en-
abling him to emigrate to America and
send young Josef to Yale or Harvard Law
School, or If Hitler's first painting had
received enough acclaim to make him place
his art above everything If rela-
lively trivial accidents of that sort had
happened, the chances are that our world
today would be considerably unlike what
1t Is.
So DR.. Langmuir is very right. interest
ing as 1t may be to make guesses, we can
not predict the future with any sure
accuracy. A lot of little things can happen
to confound the best of seers and the finest
OF crystal balls. Twenty-Five years from
now, for instance, the top man in Moscow
conceivably may be creature of genuine
sweetness and light boyhood fall on the
head having In some mysterious manner
filled him with sense of humor and the
spirit OF charity. And by the end of the
century, enough of today's children may
have invented enough remarkable gadgets
and thought up enough brilliant ideas to
make all the leaders of all the nations real
peacemakers-so much so that everybody
will laugh then over our current fear about
blowingsup the world with super atomic
hydrogen -helium bombs OF course, the
trivia may work the opposite way. STILL it
Is nice and refreshing to think otherwise.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
No NationuI Police Wanted

Director J. Edgar Hoover of the Federal
Bureau OF Investigation has reiterated MS
opposition to a national police force at
time when his sound stand deserves to be
re-emphasized. For it is becoming increas-
jngly popular in some quarters to demand
FBI intervention in police matters that
are none of its business. Mr.. Hoover mas
shown commendable determination In re-
sisting these demands
The latest attempts to induce the FBI
to enter the local law enforcement HELD
have come from CIO-United Automoblle
Workers headquarters. The UAW Is under
standably impatient with Detroit and State
of Michigan police authorities over their
failure to solve the mysterious attacks on
the Reuther brothers and the more recent
dynamite plot against the union. But the
failure of municipal or State peace officers
to solve non Federal crimes does not justify
the assignment of the FBI to take over
their jobs. Yet the Attorney General has
ordered the bureau to investigate the
dynamite incident on the tenuous ground
that some Federal law might have been
violated. Under this curious theory, the
FBI could be ordered to investigate almost
any crime under the sun, whether any
Federal angle was apparent or not. Such
. policy would soon bring the FBI into
conflict with State, county and city author
tiles in a most unpleasant way. Such
encroachment on States and local rights
would be justif1ably resented by nom
Federal police authorities.
Although he did not mention the UAW
case, Mr.. Hoover, writing in a recent
George Washington University publica
tion, summed up the situation admirably
when he said that America "has no need
for 4 national police system" adding:
"The present arrangement of national,
State and local law enforcement agencies,
each in turn responsible, directly or in
directly, to the electorate, is able to cope
with any situation that may arise"
Evening star., 1950-01-06
No Trumpets, Please

II the Presidents State of the Union
message was unchanged, 50 was the at
mosphere in which he delivered it. We'd
nesday's joint session only proved again
that no matter what our politics, in our
tradition we are incorruptibly republican
and democratic. Other governments con-
vene their Parliaments with great flourish
Of trumpets and professions of state. Ours
gets under way with all the cheerful
informality of county fair or clambake
We may try, but pomp and circumstance
elude us. An engaging air of amateur
ishness overlies the whole occasion, with
politics completely overshadowing ritual.
In the handsomely refurbished House
chamber Wednesday, the returning men,
bers greeted each other with the entf1u-
siasm of schoolboys back from a long vaca-
ton. Congressional children were spotted
here and there, all doing their share of
handshaking.
The successive announcements of the
arrivals of the Vice President and Sen
ators, the foreign diplomats and the
President were accomplished with jerky
bows from the chief doorkeeper who sew
eral times had to do little nervous wig
wagging to get the Speakers attention for
his verbal heralding. The procession Of
Senators became extremely ragged as they
stopped to greet their House friends The
sessions one note of complete ceremoni-
business was struck by foreign dignitary
who made small formal bow to the
Speaker as he went down the aisle. The
cabinet came forward all smiles, and the
President strobe in with the happy air of
man among friends.
During the reading of the speech, Secre-
tary Acheson was strikingly rapt and at
tentive. Senator Taft studiously followed
every word on the mimeographed copy such
as was provided for. all members of Con-
gress, many of whom did good deal of
fngernail scrutinizing and studying of the
new ceiling and tapestried walls.
The occasional was equally unimpressive
from the point Of view OF high cere-
mony The Presidents congressional es-
cort showed certain uncertainty as to
the order and time of reassembly and their
outward progress was impeded by more
handshaking all around The Vice Presi-
dent, a man with fair for flying colors,
had to displace small boy, who was
standing in the aisle. to make his exit. The
House members, left alone, readdressed
themselves to reunion, while two children
went up to Representative Roosevelt to
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Threnody

Too much toith US; the jostling day
That shoues US to,Dard the sums last
ray,
And the eper- -feuerish yearn to claim
Siluer soon spent as an enaber fame.
By far too much, the straining climb
Lest 1oe shall not attain in time
The highest rung phere fame iDill shed
Her tinsel glitter on the head.
We know 80 little OF the theme
OF country lanes ,Dhere cedars dream,
Wonder OF sno,Dy stars that shineI
Upon pour coat-sleepe and on n1ins.
ROSE MYRA PHILLfP&.