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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-08-25

Fight
For Status

WA S TON (LPA) -
Yank railroaders who served on
the Siberian front in World War
l lost the final round this week
in a 3O-year battle to get recog-
milton of their service. The
House rejected, 242 to 81, a
resolution which would have
given them veterans status,
with right to use of veterans
hospitals.
Originally, over 800 enlisted,
at the request of the govern
ment lin the Russian Railway
Service Corps. Nearly all were
members of various Railroad
Brotherhoods and they came
from major American railroads
They were sent to Siberia IN
1918, after the collapse OF Rus-
STA, to aid in keeping open the
railroad to Vladivostok. as part
of the Allied effort to maintain
some pressure on the German
forces from the East.
They wore regular army uni
forms, were subject to military
orders, and at times were under
guerilla fire. Many months later
they discovered they had not
officially been put into the
army, but were classified as
paid civilian employees.
For years they tried to have
that situation corrected. SIX
times the Senate or House arm
ed services committees approved
resolutions to give them the
status of ex-servicemen, with
corresponding privileges, but
each time final action by Con-
gress was blocked.
At this session, the 124 sur
vivors, organized as the Asosci-
ated Veterans of the Russian
Railway Service Corps, made a
"do or die" effort to secure
passage of a similar resolution
sponsored by Congressman Jack
Anderson (R., Calif.). The mea-
sure was okayed by the House
Armed Services Committee, but
was bitterly opposed by Ameri-
can Legion leaders. The top
heavy rejection followed.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-08-25
I2-Cenf Package
Ends Pepper Mill Strike

GOUVERNEUR N. Y. (LPA)
The AFL Paper Makers and
Pulp Workers have gone back
to work here with a 12-cent
package after an eight-week
strike. The agreement with the
Rushmore Paper Mills provides
the $50 workers with an eight
cent general wage boost retro
active to June /; shift differ
e entail payments; three-week
vacations for 15-year employees;
and a company-paid medical in
surance plan. The unions origi-
nal demand was IL cents.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-08-25

Inquiries from workers are
treated confidentially when they
ask about their employers COM
pliance with the 75-cents-an-
hour minimum wage and other
requirements of the amended
Federal wage and hour law.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-08-25
Urges Greater Effort
ToRedueeO On Accidents

strated the need for such a pro-
gram now if we are to prevent
such an upSurge again."
Tobin said the nation now has
"a firm foundation for a CO.
ordinated approach to safety in
the existence of the Presidents
Conference on Industrial Safety
and the sound relationships that
exist between the Federal and
State departments of lab11.~
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-08-25
BIS Tables
Measure Work
Life Of US Men

WASHINGTON, DC. - The
s.. Labor Departments Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics report
ed a major statistical achieve
ment: the development of ac-
tuarial II bles showing how
many more years an average
American man can expect to
work.
The new Tables of Working
Life measure the growing gap
between the span of total life
and working life for men in
the United States.
The total life expectancy of
an average 20-year-old W hite
male worker increased 5R years
between 1900 and 1910, the
tables show, but his work-llte
expectancy rose only 2R years.
The number of years which he
could expect in retirement
doubled in this period - from
2.8 to ST years. If this trend
continues, BIS points out, the
gap between total life expect
ancy and work-life expectancy
will have tripled between 1900
and 1875.
The average 20-year-old
white rural worker in 1910
could expect to work almost 3
years more than an urban work
err, according to the tables. The
non-white 20-year-old worker
had an average future work
life expectancy almost 6 years
less than the white worker.
Motivated by he fact that
older people make up an in
creasing proportion of the popu-
lation, the Bureau began work
on its tables in 1945. 1t is now
developing work-life tables for
women.
In addition to use in studying
the economic problem of de-
tendency in old age, the tables
will h e p in assessing long
range employment opportunities
in various occupations. The
tables will also be valuable in
vocational guidance. BY esti-
mating the number of workers
who will probably die or retire
in specific fields of employment,
use of the tables will help chan
mel new workers into occupa-
tions with high replacement
needs.
The Bureau will soon publish
a bulletin on the Tables of
Working Life Oils Bulletin No.
1001). Also, beginning with the
August issue, a series of five
articles on the subject will APP
pear in the BIS Monthly Labor
Review.
Announcement of the tables
followed shortly after the clos
ing of the National Conference
on Aging, held by the Federal
Security Agency on August 13-
is. The conference was called
in response to President Tru-
mans request to explore { h e
problems connected with { h e
increase of older per-
in the Nations population.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-08-25

The Public Contracts Act re-
quires that goods supplied on a
u. S. Government contract in
excess of $4,000 be manufac-
tured or furnished under safe
and sanitary working conditions.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-08-25
CIOCan Now Speed More Help
To Israel Workers Thru care"

Increased CIO aid can now go to trade unionists in Israel
as the result of an announcement that the Israel government
doubled the number of CARE food packages that may be
sent to individuals and families during the month preceding the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-08-25

What we truly and earnestly
aspire to be, that in some sense
we are.
--Anna .Jamacou
Evening star., 1950-07-24
Miss N. N. Hammer,
VA EmpIoye, Dies.

Miss Margaret M. Hammer, 81,
a Veterans Administration en-
ploye for 80 years, died yesterday
at Prividence Hospital after a
short illness. She lived at 2123
I street NV.
Born of a Washington family
who came here in 1880. she was
the daughter of the late Charles
A. and Catherine Ryan Hammer.
Her father was in the construc-
ton business.
Miss Hammers entire Govern
ment career was spent in the VAS
regional Office. Much of that
time she was assigned to Mount
Alto Hospital. For her work with
veterans there she received sew
eral Government citations.
She was active in the Sergt.
Jasper Post Of the American Le-
gion Auxiliary, and belonged to
st. Stephens Catholic Church,
Twenty-f1fth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV.
Surviving are a brother. Ed
ward Ryan Hammer of the Ken
nedy Warren Apartments; a neph-
ew, DR.. z. Bernard Lloyd, a dental
instructor at Georgetown Univer-
sity, and a niece, Mrs. Katherine
Devlin, 1928 Reservoir road NV.
Funeral services will be held at
8 am. tomorrow in st. Stephens
Church. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-07-24
Bennehoff Graveside Rite.
Will Be Held Tomorrow

Graveside services for Rear
Admiral Olton r. Bennehoff, 81,
retired naval officer, will be held
at 3 pm. tomorrow in Arlington
Cemetery.
The admiral, who was on ships
torpedoed in both World Wars,
died last Monday at Arundel-on
the-Bay, Md. He was vacation
ing there at the home of friends
when stricken with a heart at
tack.
Admiral Bennehof, stationed
here in World War II, resided at
Imperial Beach, Calf. He was a
member of the Joint Logistics
Planning Committee of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff from 1943 to 1946.
Honorary pail bearers at the
services will be the following naval
officers: Retired Vice Admiral Le-
land P. Lovett; Rear Admirals
James Fife, jr., Ralph S. Riggs,
Earl E. Stone and Leon j. Huffe-
man, and Capt. James r. Pahl.
Evening star., 1950-07-24
'Dr. Alfred CUMMINGS,
Dentist, Dies at II

DR.. Alfred w. Cummings, 72, a
dentist here for nearly 40 years,
died last night at his home, 1854
Columbia road NV. He had been
Ill for five months.
DR.. Cummings was born in
North Dakota. He came here At
years ago and was graduated from
George Washington University
Dental School. His Offices were at
1925 I street NV.
DR.. Cummings was an active
member of the Fifth Baptist
Church and had been a deacon
there for Is years. He also be-
longed to La Fayette Masonic
Lodge No. 10 and the Old Fellows.
His only survivor is his widow,
Mrs. Edna v. Cummings.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Wednesday in the Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NlW. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-07-24
Carl A. Jones Dies at II;
BottIing Company Official
By the Assoeiated Press

NEW YORK, July 24.-Carl A.
Jones, 71-year-old bottling COM
pany executive from Bristol, Va,
died Unexpectedly here last night
while dining at hotel.
Mr.. Jones was the president of
the concern which publishes the
Johnson City (Tenn.) Press
Chronicle. He collapsed during a
dinner party and was pronounced
dead by DR.. Oscar Green, hotel
physician.
Born in Bainbridge, Ohio, Mr..
Jones was president of the Dixie
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Bristol,
Va.-Tenn., and was a director
and part owner of the New York
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. He was a
director of the American Associa-
ton of Bottlers of Carbonated
Beverages.
Survivors include his widow, a
daughter, two sons, two sisters
and two brothers.
Evening star., 1950-07-24
1r Mrntnriattt

FOLEY, RALPH. In loving memory Of
our dear son and brother, RALPH
FOLEY, who departed this life twenty
one years ago today, July "a, 1929.
A token of love and remembrance
OF one we shall never forget,
His memory to us is a treasure,
His loss a lifetime regret.
And in Gods heavenly garden
Where grows his fairest flowers,
We know that we shall have again
This dear, sweet bloom of ours.
HIS LOVING MOTHER AND DADDY,
SISTER DOROTHY AND TWIN
BROTHER RAYMOND.
FOLEY, RALPH. In sad but loving re-
membrance Ct my. beloved grandchild,
RALPH FOLEY, who departed this life
twenty-one years ago today, July "a,
There is an open gate at the end Of
the road
Through which each must go alone,
And there is light we cannot see
Our Father claims His own.
Beyond that gate lies happiness and rest
And there is comfort in the thought
That a loving God knows best.
GRANDMOTHER FRANK, q
Evening star., 1950-07-24
Capt. Ernest Egeert
Dies al IA; Directed
Naval Ship Building

Capt. Ernest Frederick Eggert,
"a, a retired naval officer with
more than 40 years of service, died
Saturday at Arlington Hospital.
Capt. Eggert, who had been i'll
for several months, lived on Route
u, Vienna, Va.
For many years a member of
the Navy's Construction Corps,
Capt. Eggert was stationed here
at the Navy Yard from the late
1920s until his retirement in 1898
During that time he was engaged
in the building and testing of
ship models.
Born in Saginaw, Mich, Capt
Eggert attended the Naval Acad-
emy and then served in the Span
ish-American War. He later was
stationed in the Philippines and
directed ship construction at vari-
GUS naval bases in this country
Capt. Eggert was in charge OF
Navy ship construction at Newport
News in World War I. He lived
in Arlington a number of years
before going to the Fairfax County
town, three years ago.
Capt. Eggert's first wife, Mrs
Ethel Jones Eggert. died in 1882
Several years later he married
his wife's sister. the former Miss
Edith Jones, who survives him. A
son by the his first wife, Samuel
J. Eggert, also lives in Vienna. and
a sister. Miss Auguste Eggert, lives
in Saginaw.
Funeral services will be held at
$3.50 pm. tomorrow in the Ives
funeral home, 2847 Wilson boule-
ward, Arlington. Burial will be in
Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Ar
lington.
Evening star., 1950-07-24
Ii. Col. 5. {. Leasure
Dies at Walter Reed

1t. Col. Shelby c. Leasure, 70,
70, retired Army officer, died
Saturday at Walter Reed Hospital
after long illness. He lived at
1901 Connecticut avenue NV.
A veteran of more than 80 years
in the Army, Col. Leasure retired
October 80, 1929.
Col. Leasure was born in Illi-
nois. He enlisted in the Army
during the Spanish-American War
and served with the 28th In
fantry Regiment, United States
Volunteers. He also took part in
the Veracruz Expedition of 1914.
Col. Leasure in World War I
organized the 5th Machine Gun
Battalion. the first machine gun
unit to leave the United States
for France. He later served on
the staff of Gen. Pershing.
From 1921 to 1924 he COM
manded the 21st and 9th Regi-
ments in Hawaii.
Col. Leasure was an honor
graduate of the Infantry Cavalry
School in 1905 and later was
graduated from the Command and
General Staff School, Fort Leaven-
worth, Kans., and the French
general staff college. He was a
member of the Army and Navy
Club and the Military Order of
the Carabao.
After his retirement he lived in
Palo Alto, Calf, and Key West,
Fla. He came to Washington Is
months ago.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Katharine Leasure: a daughter,
Mrs. Francis M. Hickey of the
Connecticut avenue address, and
a son, 1t. Comdr. Shelby c..
Leasure, jr.. supply officer aboard
the heavy cruiser Des Moines.
Three sisters also survive.
Funeral services will be held
at 1890 am. Wednesday at Fort
Myer Chapel. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-07-24
Australian Truck Driver
Can't Take Wife AIono

A man in Queensland, Australia,
may carry pigs or calves in his
truck but may not take his wife
with him without breaking the
law. This became evident when a
truck driver was fined IS for CIV
ing his wife and her mother a lift
home. Queensland issues two types
of truck license, one for carrying
freight and passengers and one for
freight only.
Evening star., 1950-07-24
In mrn1nrta,,t

FOWLER. MARY E. In sad but loving
rremembrsnce Of my devoted mother.
MARY E. FOWLER, who departed this
lie fifteen years ago today. July "a,
Loved in life. remembered in death.
DEVOTED DAUGHTER, BERTHA. I"
FREEMAN. DR.. HENRY W. In sad and
loving memory Of my dear husband, Dr.
HENRY w. FREEMAN, who entered into
rest one year ago today, Sunday. July "a,
Beautiful memories of your love and
noble character will always live in my
DEXoTED WIFE, LENoRA WEST FREE
KING, MARY JANE. In sad, but loving
remembrance Of our dear one, MARY
JANE KING, who entered into eternal
rest twenty-fve years ago today, July
Loved and remembered then, now and
HATTIE, PARKER, TEAaLE. .
KUTTNER, FANNIE WENGER. In low
FANNIE WENGER KuTTNER, who 'sse. de-.
parted this life eighteen days ago today,
July "a, 1882. Anniversary mass at
st. Teresa's Church.
SISTERS AND BROTHER. .
McKERNAN, S. 1/c JOSEPH E. Killed in
action on Guam, six years ago today,
July "a, 1914, S. 1/c JOSEPH e. NC
Somewhere on Guam in a sailors grave
He, never Stunned his country's cali
But gladly gave his life. his all:
He died the helpless to defend,
A faithful sailors noble end
HIS SISTER AND NEPHEW JIMMY. .
Evening star., 1950-07-24

tail during the terms of Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
and Harding.
He transferred to the Justice
Department and worked on some
of the Nations biggest cases for
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton. One was that of CASTOR B.
Means, famous Swindler.
Evening star., 1950-07-24

ARMY SreC1rcQ)
Of 2810 Thirty-sixth place NV;
a daughter. Mrs. Blossom Reed of
Blue Ridge Summit; two grand
daughters, Mrs. Charles Royce,
wife of Col. Royce of Fort Riley,
kans., and Mrs. j. K. Monro, wife
of DR.. Monro, an English surgeon
on duty in Singapore and three
great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Reed. whose life spanned
nearly century of the Nations
great development. shared in the
early years of her married life the
primitive frontier life of an Army
doctors wife.
After his graduation from the
medical school of the University
of Virginia, DR.. Reed accepted al
commission in the Army Medical
Corps and soon thereafter was
married.
First Station in Arizona.
His first station was Fort
Apache, Ariz., and DR.. Reed pro-
ceeded to his new station alone.
Mrs. Reeds journey from her
home in North Carolina to Fort
Apache required five weeks of
travel by train, boat and armed
convoy. She went by train to
San Francisco, thence by boat to
San Diego, and from there by
Dougherty wagon. a military stage
coach drawn by four mules, to
Fort Apache.
After DR.. Reeds death in 1902,
Mrs. Reed watched his fame grow
as one of the worlds great
scientists. She also saw her only
son rise to the position of In
spector- General of the United
States Army.
During the nearly five decades
since DR.. Reeds death, Mrs. Reed
lived in virtual retirement in
Washington and at her Blue Ridge
Summit home. She was a wide
reader.
Born in North Carolina.
Born in Murfreesboro, N. c.,
Mrs. Reed was Emile Lawrence.
the 9th of 9 children of John and
Hannah Rea Lawrence. Both the
ReaS and the Lawrences settled in
this country in the early years of |
the Eighteenth century and moved
soon after the Revolutionary War
from Massachusetts, into North
Carolina.
DR.. and Mrs. Reed removed to
Washington Barracks, now Fort
Lesley j. McNair, in 1881. A few
months later the entire military
personnel of the post was evacu-
ated to Gaithersburg, Md, because
OF a severe malarial epidemic
which ragged in the swampy low
lands Of Southwest Washington.
In 1891 DR.. Reed was assigned to
duty with the Army recruiting Of
flee in Baltimore so he could study
bacteriology and pathology at
Johns Hopkins University. Two
years later he was appointed pro-
fessor of bacteriology and pathol-
ogy at the Army Medical College
here and at Columbian College,
now George Washington Univer-
sity.
In 1899 DR.. Reed was assigned to
Cuba to study the causes of a
malarial epidemic there and after
recommending removal of troops
from swampy area into the high
lands Of the island. he received
new orders to remain in Cuba and
study the causes of yellow fever.
His findings in that field resulted
in the elimination in the Western
Hemisphere of that dreaded dis
ease. He returned to Washington
In 1901 and died in 1902 after an
operation for appendicitis.
PallbearerS for the funeral to-
morrow will be:
Mai. Gen. Raymond Bliss, Maj
Gen. George Armstrong, Brig. Gen.
Albert Love. Brig. Gen. S. F. See
ley. Col. Joseph F. Siler, Col.
Austin Lowry, Maj. Gen. Merritt
Ireland and Brig. Gen. Jefferson
r. Kean.
Evening star., 1950-07-24
Eorl c. Sans, 66, Dies;
j. c. Penney Chairman
Bv the Assoe;o,ed pye.s

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, July
24.-Earl c. Sans, Sc, chairman
of the board of the j. C. Penney
Co. department store chain, died
yesterday at New Rochelle Hos
pital.
A native of Simpson, Kans., Mr..
Sans joined with the chains
founder, j. C. Penney. in opening
the company'S first store in 1907
at Kemmerer, Wyo. He served as
president of the Penney company
from 1917 to 1946, when he be-
came board chairman.
Evening star., 1950-07-24
Woman Bites Photographer

A woman bit a news photog-
rapher when he tried to take her
picture in Melbourne, Australia,
the other day. She chased him
from the street into a magistrates
court building, tripped him and bit
him on the leg. He limped away
with deep abrasion on his calf
and lipstick on his trousers.
Evening star., 1950-07-24
W. Dub. Brookings,
Official Of Chamber
OF Commerce, Dies

Walter Dubois Brookings, II
for "a years manager of the Natu-
raj Resources Department of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce, died yesterday at George
Washington University Hospital
He had been i'll for two months.
Mr.. Brookings had lived in Alex
andria since 1925 when he bought
Menokin, a historic home on Sem
mary Hill.
A lumber executive for many
years in California and Oregon
Mr.. Brookings came here in 1921
as manager of the Chamber OF
Commerce Natural Resources De-
partment.
During his tenure he served as
secretary of numerous special
committees, including those on
Mississippi Flood Control, Nationa
Forestry, National Water Power
Development and Public Domain
Policies. He wrote many articles
on the problems of the natural re-
sources industries before he re-
tired in 1945.
Major in World War I.
In World War I Mr.. Brookings
served as a major in the goth En-.
gineers, American Expeditionary
Force. His assignment was to OBJ
tain timber lands and help direct
numbering operations in France tc
supply the American armies.
AS representative of Herbert
Hoover, he took the first shiploao
Of relief food to the Baltic region
He landed in Libau, Latvia, ir
March, 1919, and remained there
until August of that year.
Born in Iowa.
Mr.. BrookingS was born in Keo-
kuk, Iowa, the only son of John
Emory and Emma Du Bois Brook
ings. He was graduated from
Phillips Exeter Academy in 1891
Harvard College in 1895 and Har-
ward Law School in 1898. With
clasSmate he wrote Briefs fol
Debate" published in 1896, a
pioneer textbook in its field.
In 1899 he became secretary
treasurer of the Brookings Lum-
Der & Box Co.. in Highland, Calf
From 1912 to 1917 he was Secre-
tary-treasurer of the Brookings
Land & TownSite Co. and the
Brookings Timber & Lumber Co.
in Oregon.
One OF his hobbies was raising
German shepherd dogs. Five OF
them he had given to Seeing Eye
Inc, for use as guides for the blind
Member of Cosmos.
He was member of the Cosmos
Club, the Harvard Club of Wash
ington and the Army and Navy
Country Club.
His first wife, Mrs. Marian Kin
ney BrookingS, died in 1926. Three
years later he married the former
Martha N. Brooks of Gloucester,
Mass, who survives him.
Also surviving are three sons
Comdr. Robert S. Brookings III
U. S. NJ, now with the American
Mission for Aid to Turkey; w. Du
Bois Brookings, jr.. of Falls Church
and H. N. Kinney Brookings
Shreveport, La: a daughter, Mrs
Walter c. Irmie of Alexandria, and
a sister, Mrs. George S. Henry
Vista, Calf. A granddaughter and
five grandSonS also survive.
Funeral services will be held at
1870 pm. Wednesday in the I'm
manuel (EpiscopaD Church-on-
the-Hill, at Virginia Theological
Seminary, near Alexandria. Mr..
Brookings was a vestryman there
from 1914 to 1947. Burial will be
in Ellington Cemetery.
The family has requested that
instead of flowers contributions be
sent to the American Cancer So
ciety here.
Evening star., 1950-07-24

s u m m t, Pa,
early yesterday.
Funeral serv-
ices will be held
there at $3.50
pm. tomorrow.
She W i'll be
buried beside
her husband in
Arlington Gem
etery.
SIle leaves a
son. Maj. Gen.
w alter Law
r e ce Reed.
United States
Evening star., 1950-07-24
Mrs. Walter Reed,
Noted Army Doctor S
Widow, Dies at "a

Mrs. Walter Reed, 94-year- -old
widow Of the famed Army doctor
and conqueror of yellow fever,
died at her home in Blue Ridge
Evening star., 1950-07-24
Lucien c. Wheeler Dies;
Once in Secret Service
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, July 24.-Lu-
Glen c. Wheeler. 73, who headed
the White House Secret Service
staff during the tenure of four
presidents, died yesterday.
Born in Mechanicsville, Iowa,
Mr.. Wheeler was a star athlete
at Notre Dame where he took a
law degree. He entered the Secret
Service in 1907 and was in charge
OF the White House security de-
Evening star., 1950-07-24
Wet Putch' Dries Out

The "dry"-minded government
Of Madras, India, has extended
prohibition to Sandue, "the only
wet patch" of Madras State.
Evening star., 1950-07-24
Joseph M. Hill, IS, Dies

BONNEVILLE. Ark, July a
P.-Joseph M. Hill, IS, former
Arkansas chief justice, died yes
terday at the State tuberculosis
SanitoriurA. He helped found the
sanitorium and for many years
was chairman Of its board. He
was the son Of 1t. Gen. Daniel
H. Hill of the Confederate Army.
An average motorist takes
three-fourths of second to react
and apply his brakes when he
sees the necessity to stop.
Evening star., 1950-07-24

HUDDLEsToN, JAMES E. Sr. All members
- of Columbia Lodge No. 10, I. o. O.
3 6
~ F. and other Oddfellows are re-
w quested to assemble at the Lee
A Funeral Home, 4th and Massa-
chusetts ave. ne, Monday, evening
V July "a, at 7:30 pm, to conduct
~ services for our late brother JAMES
" z. HUDDLESTON, Sr. By order of:
W CHARLES L. COMBS, Noble
RALPH z. MICHEL, Recording secre-
tary. "A