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Milford chronicle., 1950-10-06
Singapore Watches
Red Propaganda

SINGAPORE = CR - The Sing
epore government plans to stop the
flow of Communist propaganda in
the form of books and magazine
pouring in from Hong Kong ana
Red China.
A branch of the Chinese Secre-
tariau has been set up to check and
translate China produced publica-
tions. If considered necessary. the
emergency regulations pertaining
to publish works will be ertended-
ed to enforce a ban.
Milford chronicle., 1950-10-06
Syrians To Spread
Arabic

KARACHI. Pakistan -(P)- The
Syrian minister in Pakistan, Syed
Omar Bahauddin El-Amiri, has
pledged mis- country's support to
spread the Arabic language in Pan
fstan.
He announced plans to open Ara
bic reading centers in Karachi and
to obtain Arabic books from Dam
oscus to popularize the language in
Pakistan.
Machines have been devised that
not only will clean eggs but also
sort them as to size.
Milford chronicle., 1950-10-06
No Smallpox In
State In Is Years
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continued from nrst pager
FAINT be vaccinated between the
ages Of six months and one year.
It should be remembered, however,
that this single vaccination in in
fancy does not guarantee full pro-
lection for life. Proper vaccination
calls for another "shot" probably
at the time the child enters school
and additional shots every three or
four years.
Those who have never been vac
cinSted should get this protection
at once.
Milford chronicle., 1950-10-06
Gas Taxes Going Up

CHICAGO R) Il Twenty-seyen
states have raised their motor fuel
taxes since the end Of World War
IL. The reason, says the American
Public Work Association, SIS the
pressing need for funds to bring
highways, rural roads and urban
streets up to modern standards"
Milford chronicle., 1950-10-06
Israel Orchestra
To Tour u. S.

TEV AVN, Israel-(P)-The Is
'rael Philharmonic orchestra is go
ing on a long tour Of the United
States and Canada the coming win
ter.
It is scheduled to give SIS con-
certs in 80 different states and IN
Canada starting early next Janu-
airy. The orchestra's members are
to leave Teleaviv for New York on
Dec. %.
(V1.-sas = -. -o.
Milford chronicle., 1950-10-06
Road Hog Ruins Car

PADUA, Ill. = Up - A new au-
tOmobile struck $50 pound hog on
a highway. The results: The car
was damaged extensively. The hog
was killed.
Evening star., 1950-07-24

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Evening star., 1950-07-24
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Evening star., 1950-02-06
D. T.. Pastor Criticizes
Miss Bergman for
Letting Youth Down

A Washington pastor says In
grid Bergman has let a lot Of
young people down."
The Swedish movie star, who
gave birth to son in Italy last
week, was criticized yesterday by
DR.. Clarence w. Crawford of CAL
vary Baptist Church.
DR.. Cranford's sermon was on
shifting standards. He told his
congregation that Miss Bergman
was helping to shift" standard
set up in the Bible urging lone
husband for one wife for all of
life" ...
Miss Bergman, in Italy for the
last year making movie, has
announced plans to marry Film
Director Roberto Rossellini after
she divorces her husband, DR..
Peter Lindstrom of Hollywood.
Her new baby repeatedly will be
named Roberto.
Young people had come to as
sociate Miss Bergman with high
ideals, such as she represented in
Joan of Arc" DR.. Crawford said,
referring to one of the actresses
screen roles. She also played the
same part on the stage.
II feel that Miss Bergman not
only has jeopardized her own
career, but let a lot of young
people down." the Calvary pastor
told his congregation. For my
self, certainly never want to see
another picture with Ingrid
Bergman" he added.
DR.. Clyde w. Taylor. pastor of
Metropolitan Baptist Church, also
took the 34-year-old actress to
task. In a sermon last night, he
said her case is one dramatically
opposed to our established concept
of morality" He added, however,
that many persons today will tend
to think it normal thing. This
he deplored.
Some theater operators else
where have been reported cancel
ing showings of Miss Bergman's
movies. Her latest. "Stromboli."
Evening star., 1950-02-06
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Evening star., 1950-02-06
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Evening star., 1950-02-06

is due for release next week. II
will be shown here at Keith's. II
was directed by Rossellini.
Evening star., 1950-02-06
Civiton Speaker Named

Lawrence E. Gichner will speak
tomorrow at the Civitan Clubs
weekly luncheon at 1890 am. in
the Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star., 1950-03-27

THE tie that binds" becomes
even more pleasant when it is ceI-
ebroted with one Of HEIDI's cakes
made especially for the occasion!
And made, as are all her cakes,
with "GIANT Top Notch AA"
butter, Seoltest honoeenized
milk and other choice ingredients.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Courts-Martia| Beqin
For 7 Key Officers
OF Mighty Mo-
By the Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va, Mar. 27.-Gen-
eral courts-martial were convened
today for the trials of two key
officers of the battleship Missouri
when she ran aground in Chesa-
peake Bay, January II.
They are Comdr. John R. Mil
lett, the Mighty Mos" operations
officer, and 1t. Comdr. Frank G..
Morris, jr., her navigator.
The Missouri's former skipper
Capt. William D. Brown, has been
ordered to stand trial by general
court but was granted a
postponement until Thursday.
Charges Against Millett.
Y AS the court which will try
Comdr. Millett convened, it was
disclosed he faces two charges:
1) neglect of duty" and CD
through negligence suffering a
vessel of the Navy to be hazarded.'
Charges against Comdr. Morris
it was disclosed, are: Cd "Cul-
pable inefflciency in the perfor-
nance of duty" and CD neglect
of duty"
Specifications in support of the
charges against Comdr. Millett
said the operations officer failed
to read documents given him by
Capt. Brown concerning the loca-
tion and markings of a secret
electronic range which the battle
ship was trying to run when she
grounded.
Other Specifications.
Comdr. Millett also failed, the
specifications said, to inform the
ships executive officer, COM
munications officer, combat opera
tions officer and others that the
Missouri was to run the range.
Another specification charged
that as the ship was approaching
the range, Comdr. Millett care
lessly and imprudently" advised
Capt. Brown that the vessel could
pass safely to the north of one
of the range buoys. The passage
of the ship was a hazardous
maneuver" as the buoy was near
the shoal on which she ran
aground.
Specifications against Comdr.
Morris contended that he:
Failed to give timely advice
and information" to Capt. Brown
ito cause the Missouri to be
successfully navigated" through
the electronic range.
Charge He Failed on Plot.
Failed to maintain an accurate
plot of the ships position.
Failed to keep Capt. Brown in
formed of the ships position "at
all proper times"
Failed to determine or at
tempt to determine" the depth of
the water through which the ship
was passing as she approached
the electronic range;
Failed to make available to
Capt. Brown on the forward part
of the Missouri's bridge a navi-
cation chart showing the plot of
the ships position, and
Failed to advise Capt. Brown of
a safe course to be steered at a
time when the Missouri was
standing in shoal water.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
DR.. Francis Spaulding Dies;
Ex-Amy Education Chief
BY the Associated Pres,

CENTER HARBOR, N. H., Mar.
27.-Dr. Francis T. Spaulding, SO,
New York State Education Com
missioner, died of a heart attack
Saturday night at his Moultonboro
Camp.
DR.. Spaulding, accompanied by
his wife. had gone to the camp
from Albany for a rest after the
close of the 1850 legislative ses-
sion.
DR.. Spaulding had spent "a
years in the field of education. He
was a veteran of both world wars
DR.. Spaulding became education
commissioner july /, 1916.
At the time of his appointment
he was chief of the Army educa-
ton branch of the War Depart
ment's information and education
division with the rank of Colonel
He had been on military leave
since 1912 from Harvard Univer.
sity, where he was dean of the
graduate school of education.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
DECORATED by Maurice!

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And he gives such prompt service too Your order phoned
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Evening star., 1950-03-27
Six Summer Workshops
Scheduled at CuthoIic u

Six workshops in specialized
fields have been scheduled at
Catholic University for this sum-
mer. DR.. Roy j. Defarrari, direc-
tor of the summer session. an
nounced today.
The subjects Of the special ses-
sions and the dates follow:
Discipline and integration in the
Catholic college; integration OF
the Catholic secondary school
curriculum: education for mar
riage AID marriage counseling; a
dynamic basic nursing curriculum
all June 9 through June 20; insti-
tute on youth and group work
June 8 through June 13. and
second annual workshop on crea-
tive writing. August Z through IL
Evening star., 1950-03-27

ment that Mr. baltimore has a
desk in the department.
Nobody in the department
seems to know where it u.s." Sena-
tor Tydings declared.
There was still no decision from
President Truman on whether the
loyalty files would be opened for
the investigating committee. At
Key West, where the President
is vacationing, it was said there
would be no announcement until
after Mr.. Hoover and Mr.. Nc
Grath appear before the commit
tee this afternoon.
Mr.. Richardson, who heads the
board that passes finally on all
loyalty cases, expressed his op-
position to opening the FBI files
in a television broadcast yester-
day.
Richardson Explains Views.
Mr.. Richardson said the FBI
must have the full confidence of
its informants, and he said that
confidence will be destroyed if its
files are released.
Newsmen questioning Mr.. Rich
ardson noted that some members
of the inquiry committee are also
members of the Congressional
Atomic Energy Committee and
have access to some of the Ma
tion's top secrets. Mr.. Richard
son was asked what harm there
could be in giving them look at
FBI data.
Whatever is disclosed to a
congressional committee sooner or
later becomes public information, {"
Mr.. Richardson replied, adding
that such groups are "the last
place in the world" to deposit
information intended to be kept
secret.
In reply to another question,
Mr.. Richardson said that since
the Government loyalty-check
program was set up about 2.8
million Federal workers have been
screened and that only between
$50 and ITS have been dismissed.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Senate Investigation
Very Funny Show
To Moscow Paper
By the Associated Press

MOSCOW, Mar. 81
Clowns from the Senate
are making themselves the
laughing stock of the world" :"
So commented Izvestia, Or
gan of the Soviet govern
ment, in a discussion of a
United States Senate sub
committee investigation into
charges by Senator Mccarthy,
Republican, of Wisconsin
that the State Department
is Communist-infeste
The Soviet paper said the
investigation is a cross be-
tween a group performance
by circus clowns and anna
teur night in an insane
asylum.
Evening star., 1950-03-27
Truman
Continued From First Page. }

the President, the conference
went on for Is minutes, discussing
principally foreign aid and other
appropriations.
The quartet also discussed, in
what was described as a general
way" attacks on the State De-
partment in connection with the
Senate loyalty investigation.
In this same connection it was
made known that President Tru-
man considers as pretty f1imsy'
the charges by Senator Mccarthy
Republican, of Wisconsin thai
Owen j. baltimore, one-timt
State Department associate, is the
top" Soviet agent in this coun-
try.
Writes to Vandenberg.
The President also wrote today
to Senator Vandenberg. Republi-
can, of Michigan thanking hin
for his consistent aid in the ad-
vancement OF this cOuntryS Tor.
eign policy, and telling the Sen.
ator:
Il sincerely hope that the Lore
will be good to this country ane
hurry along your physical re-
eovery."
Mr.. Ross said the President die
not make any particular reference
to Senator Vandenberg's just
advanced plan for an "unpartisan'
study of steps to be taken in the
~cold war" after the Marshall
plan ends. He spoke more gener-
ally of the Senator's bipartisan
approach to all foreign affairs
Mr.. Ross explained. The support
of the Senator for the administra-
tion's one-package foreign aid
program also was lauded. -
Evening star., 1950-03-27
John ). Service Due
Here Iodayto Reply
To Mccarthy Charge

John S. Service, veteran State
Department career officer, is due
to arrive in Washington today to
answer charges by Senator Nc
Carthy, Republican, of Wisconsin
that he is Communist" and
"a known associate of Com
munists."
Mr.. Service, recalled from a
diplomatic assignment in India,
arrived in Seattle yesterday after
a flight from Tokyo, where he
left ship taking him to India.
He was accompanied by his wife
and children and left by plane for
Washington today.
L have nothing to fear" he
told reporters in Seattle, land will
be very happy to get this matter
cleared up once and for all"
Stimson Attacks Procedure.
Meanwhile, there were these
other developments bearing on
the Mccarthy charges:
l.
of War in the Roosevelt admins
tration and former Republican
Secretary of State, wrote the New
York Times, without naming
names, that the method of the
present charges against the State
Department. directly and danger
ously impedes the conduct of for
eign affairs of our Government.
He added:
"It seems to me quite clear that
the real motive of the accuser in
this case is to cast discredit upon
the Secretary of State. This man
(the accuser) is not trying to get
rid of known Communists in the
State Department.; he is hoping
against hope that he will find
sorne y"
2. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, on
her weekly television show yester-
day. termed utterly ridiculous"
Senator McCarthy's charges
against Mrs. Brunauer and Miss
Dorothy Kenyon, a former Ameri-
can delegate to a United Nations
commission. Senator Mccarthy
accused Miss Kenyon of having
been affiliated with at least %
Communist front organizations
She called him a cowardly liar.
and made formal denial before the
committee.
Senators Denounce Tactics.
3. Three Democratic Senators
who were Mrs. Roosevelt's guests
on the television program de-
nounced Senator McCarthy's tao
tics and sharply challenged his
assertions.
Senator Green of Rhode Island,
member of the inquiry commit
tee, declared: The State De-
partment itself is practically be-
ing accused of being pro-Com-
munist. Nothing could be more
absurd" He called Senator Nc
Carthy's attacks reckless.
Said Senator Benton of Con-
necticut, former high State De-
partment official: Senator Nc
Carthy is bringing these innocent
people into grave trouble at home
and the entire United States and
its reputation is being blackened
throughout the world"
Senator Anderson of New Mex
leo praised Secretary of State
Acheson. who Senator Mccarthy
has said should be fired.
Mr.. Service, on his arrival by
plane from Tokyo, said .
Il will be glad to appear before
any board or agency -. charges
against me have been investigated
and reinvestigated and I will be
very happy to get this matter
cleared up once and for all
have nothing to fear"
He refused specific comment on
the accusations.
Evening star., 1950-03-27

A Belgian packet-boat has re.
ported spotting a floating mine
in the English Channel.
Evening star., 1950-03-27

Jade takes a silky, oil smooth
finish when polished.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
TELEvisIoN TODAY

6:45, WOIC-At Home Show: Kyle
MacDonnell is guest.
500, WNBW-Television Theater
August Dabney and Leslie Nelson
co-star in 1.-The Fourth Step"
500, WTTG-Baseball: Washing
ton Senators VS.. St. Louis Browns.
$3.50, WOIC - Stage 10: Richard
MacMurray is featured in Mid
summers Eve"
900, WMAL - Wrestling: Henry
Piers meets Hans Herman.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
OTHER AM STATIONS.

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WBCc-i,i20 KS Am. to e:45 pm.
WN-t,220 Ke.-e:46 am. to e:46 p.r
W00K-t,5q0 KE-e am. to 6;45 pm.
Evening star., 1950-05-03

$50, WTOP-Bing Crosby Show
Al Jolson and Ella Fitzgerald visit
Bing.
1900, WTOP-Burns and Allen
Show: Dinah Shore drops in on
George and Oracle.
1890, WMAL-On Trial: Should
We Take the Lead in Calling for a
Conference With Russia?" is de-
bated by former Assistant Secretary
of State A. A. Berle. jr,, and Attor-
ney Bethuel M. Webster.
1890, WTOP-A House of Hope:
Faye Emerson stars in documen-
tary dramatizing the State of Min
nesota's progressive program to meet
its mental health needs.
Evening star., 1950-05-03

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Evening star., 1950-05-03

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Evening star., 1950-05-03
TODAY

We'd, May J, Iy5U.
PM. Pm
Evening star., 1950-05-03
RADIO-TELEVISION PROGRAMS
Features on
the Air
RADIO TODAY

500, WRC-This Is Your Life .:
Ralph Edwards reviews the life of a
freight truck driver.
8:25, WWDC-Baseball: Washing
ton Senators VS.. st. Louis Browns.
$3.50, SH-FM-Freedom Sings
Margaret Piazzo Is guest soloist.
Evening star., 1950-05-03

Evening news broadcast, di-
rect from The Stars news
room, Monday through Satur-
day over Stations WMAL and
WMAL-FM; 6 pm.
Evening star., 1950-05-03
coMlNG ATTRACTIONS

Jack Carson, now in New York
the movie comedy, Mr.. Uni
verse;" is also busy with televiSion
plans According to his manager,
Mr.. Carson will make "one of the
biggest TV tests on record" when the
film is completed. Apparently it
will be sponsored and an on-the-air
trial run. The comedian, long hav-
ing felt his radio scripts and direc-
ton were not always fitted to his
particular talents, will produce the
TV show himself, as well as per-
form in it. Beyond this, not much
Is being said about the Carson tele-
vision effort except that he feels he
has a lively formal, not a routine
one. The show will not be, he
promises, collection of vaudeville
acts with Jack Carson as master of
ceremonies.
Tonight's broadcast of Ralph Ed
wards This Is Your Life"' CWRC-
8 PM will be its last on NBC. Next
week it will move to CHS (WTOP)
to be heard Tuesday nights at $50.
The change at CHS will move
Johnny Dollar" to 10 and Phillip
Marlowe" to 10:30 Tuesday nights,
with Pursuit" going off the air.
Fridays broadcast of the popular
Bonita and Ronald Colman show
Halls of Ivy" will be it's last in
that spot on NBC. Next week MAY
10I it moves into the Wednesdays at
8 niche being vacated by the Ed
wards program.
Evening star., 1950-05-03

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Evening star., 1950-06-08
Harold r. Chrisman.
BY Charles E. TroceweU

Least fertile composer knows where he
can go to get tune.
At first blush this may seem wrong, but
on consideration one may think, why
not?"
A theme is theme, no matter where
from: from the throat Of bird, or heard
from the mouth Of street crier Of straw
berries or old rags.
Musical themes are not like literary
themes. They are more free. just as the
bird is free; they are only a few notes
in length. The secret Of such themes has
never been solved. We do not know Just
why one theme strikes the heart as ap-
pealing and the mind as good, or why an
other leaves both mind and heart cold.
Is it because the good theme, the su-
perior melody. somehow manages to be
closer to love, the eternal?
If this is 50. then the deep. heart of
suffering Is found more often in the good
musical theme than In the Indifferent
one. The sadness Of life tempers the
gladness thereof: the magic of tears miti-
gates the Stiffness Of joy. It Is the eternal
conflict. the day and night of sound. the
godhead and the devil, the good and bad,
between which every man must choose.