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Evening star., 1950-10-11

Philo, 710 Xenia street Sc. and
Marine Corps S/Sergt. Vernon
James Plummer, whose wife lives
at 1927 Simms place NE.
Maryland wounded include
Sergt. George B. Himelright. son
of Mrs. Ethel Himelright, 4913
Newton street, Bladensburg, Md;
1st. 1t. Robert H. Case, son of
Col. Robert Artel Case, Cobb Is
land; Corpl. Harold B. Amspacker,
son of Mrs. Cora Amspacker.
Westminster, and Pfc. Richard
Davis, son of Mr.. Edna L. Davis,
Cumberland.
Wounded from Virginia are
1st 1t. William M. Glasgow. jr.,
son of William M. Glasgow. 728
South Washington street. Alex
andria; Pfc. Leo N. Wolverton.
brother of Mrs. June w. Vanars-
dale, Winchester, and Pct. Bobby
c. Mongold, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles w. Mongold. Broadway.
Sergeant Reported Prisoner.
Injured is Sergt. Alfred Will
iams, jr., 20. brother of Mrs.
Rosetta Minor, Dunbar Hotel, and
listed as a prisoner of war Is Sergt.
Ernest M. Kelly. son of Mrs.
Blanch D. Kelly, Fort Belvoir, Va.
Sergt. Clay told of being
wounded in both legs and in the
left shoulder.
Pvt. Gill, who is 18, has been
in the Army one year. He left for
Korea the last of July. according
to his mother, just before he was
due a furlough.
Wounded on September 13, Pvt.
Gill wrote his mother:
Boy, it was hell up there. I'm
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to mean that Russia would insist
on serving.
3. Each U. N. member would
earmark units of it's armed forces
for service on call of the U. N.
Assembly or Security Council. .
Mr.. Vishinsky rejected this
fatty, calling it an attempt to cut
down the powers of the Security
Council. He said the Soviet Union
would introduce formal proposals
later to set up some sort of inter-
national army under Security
Council control.
4. A collective measures COM
mittee to investigate means of
strengthening the U. N. to oppose
aggression. Mr.. ViShinsky said
this was another deliberate at
tempt to cut down Security
Council powers.
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Hospital. His condition is not
serious, the hospital said.
1t. Glasgow, "a, who was with
the I'd Division and had been
overseas about two months. was
wounded in the chest on Septem-
ber 81. Now in a California hos
pital, he expects to be transferred
to a hospital in Colorado, his
mother said.
Attended Alexandria Schools.
Born in Alexandria, 1t. Glasgow
was educated in Alexandria ele-
mentary schools, attended George
Washington High School there
and was graduated from Fish
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One man reported killed in ac-
ton, 10 wounded, one injured
and one prisoner of war were
among those from the District
Maryland and Virginia on the lat
est Defense Department casualty
lists.
Marine Corps 1st 1t. Nathaniel
F. Mann, jr., whose wife lives in
Charlottesville. Va, was reported
killed.
District men wounded are /:
Sergt. James E. Clay. foster BROTH
er of Mrs. Louise Mason, 1920
Seventh street NV; Pfc. Ben
jamin F. Gill, son of Mrs. Arie E.
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Sergt. helIy. Sergt. clay.
burne Military Academy, Waynes-
boro, Va.
He enlisted in the Army eight
days after his 18th birthday, at
tended officers Candidates School
and was commissioned a second
lieutenant before year had
passed. Before leaving the coun-
try for Korea. he had served two
years in the Philippines and on
the West Coast. His promotion
to first lieutenant came on Au-
gust 81, his oath birthday.
Sergt. Williams, colored. who is
Is, was reported injured Septem-
ber II for the second time in two
months. He was wounded in
Korea on August II but returned
to active duty August % and was
injured again September II. No
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Demand for Custer
OF Secretary Acheson
Tops Legion Agenda
BY the Assoeiated Press

LOS ANGELES, Oct. IA de-
mand that President Truman re-
place Secretary of State Acheson
will be brought before the Ma
tional American Legion Conven-
tion today.
This Is one of the top issues of
the 32d annual meeting, which
resumed business sessions after
staging a huge six-hour parade
yesterday.
The outgoing National Execu-
tive Committee has recommended
Mr.. Acheson's dismissal. And Ma
tional Comdr. George N. Craig
has said the State Department
chief should go because the
American people have lost conf
dence in him.
The proposed resolution, one of
300 dumped into the hopper, is
expected to come up in the COM
mittee report on foreign affairs.
Communism to Be Attacked.
Communism will be attacked in
reports today Of the Americanism
and other committees. Proposed
resolutions urge stricter control
Of subversives.
The convention also is expected
to back demand for uniform
State laws to require financial
responsibility of fathers who cross
State lines to desert their chill
dren.
Representative Edith Nourse
Rogers Republican. of Massachu-
setts) will receive the Legion's
highest award, the distinguished
service medal, for work in behalf
of veterans as member and for
mer chairman of the House Vet
eran's Affairs Committee.
Two Senators Speak.
Two Republican Senators. Ma
lone. of Nevada and Mundt, Of
South Dakota, criticized admins
tration policies in addresses to the
convention today.
Senator Malone, a former ma
tional vice commander of the le-
gion, declared: "Our foreign pol
icy, if one can dignity the con-
glomeration of crackpot ideas as
a policy is at the root of our
troubles.
There is no bipartisan foreign
policy" he asserted. There never
has been a bipartisan foreign
policy. There has been Truman
Acheson-Lattimore program, de-
cided upon and settled in every
instance before the Republicans
of the Senate were even informed
as to what was under considera-
ton"
The handling of the Korean
threat is but another instance
proving the unfitness of Mr.. Ache
son for his high position" said the
Nevada senator. His admins
tration has been wholly unsatis-
factory. It is important that he
be removed before other serious
blunderS are made"
Senator Mundt said, I'VE must
tougher up. clarity and put on a
positive basis our American for
eign policy"
For too long our military
leaders and our service men and
women have been winning victor
les which our diplomats and poll
ticians have been losing by their
blunderS," he said. Perhaps we
should have a West Point of di-
plomacy' to train citizens in the
conduct of international affairs
with the same thoroughness and
skill that our service academies
now train our military leaders"
Evening star., 1950-10-11
King and Queen Send
Birthday Greetings
To Woman of 7O8
RY the Associated Press

HASTINGS, England, Oct.
11.-For the second year in
succession the poStman
brought Mrs. Matilda Coppins
birthday greetings from Brit
aims King and Queen today.
She is 108 years old and be-
lieved to be the United King
dom'S oldest woman.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
Toy Market Declines

Italy complains that the Ameri-
can market for artificial flowers,
glassware, toys. dolls and some
other items has declined.
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details are available on his last
injury.
Sergt. Kelly, 36, who had been
reported missing in action July II,
is now listed as a prisoner Of war.
His family was notified September
80.
Born in Knoxville, Tenn, Sergt.
Kelly had been at Fort Belvoir for
about four years, where he was
chief of the message center. He
left Fort Belvoir May 81 and sailed
for Japan June 7 with an engineer
group.
Evening star., 1950-10-11

Fish can be frozen in solid ice
for long periods and still survive If
they thaW out gradually.
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Son of Marine Officer Qualities
First for West Point, Annapolis
District Student Leads
EIigibIes Here; Father
Died as Jap Prisoner

A young Washington student
who simultaneously was nominated
to West Point and Annapolis to-
day attributed his success to
playing the angles straight
John Joseph He'll, 10. who came
out first on the lists of District
eligibles for both academies,
showed no indecision when it
came to his choice after receiving
the news yesterday.
He told reporters, who visited
him at his home. l719 Otis street
NE, he was going to pick An
napolis so he could follow in his
late fathers footsteps as a dis
tinguished officer of the United
States Marines.
The father, 1t. Col. John Joseph
He'll, died on a japanese prison
ship off Formosa in December,
1914. after being captured in the
defense of Corregidor.
Gets News in Class.
The youth was informed of his
success while at classes in Co.
lumbar Preparatory School, 1911
Biltmore street NV.
Last December he heard about
three pending appointments to
West Point and one to Annapolis,
which were open to District resi-
dents. He applied for both acad-
emies and subsequently passed
his physical and other require
ments.
Il never thought I'd get both, I"
he remarked in voicing his sur
prise.
John expects to start at An
napolis some time in June or July
OF the lists of eligibles he topped,
II youths were candidates for
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West Point and seven for Annap-
oils. All were from the District
John went to Taft Junior High
School and Mckinley High
School before going to the Co.
lumbian Preparatory School.
He lives with his mother, Mrs
Winifred He'll; brother, Michael
IA, and a sister, Miss Carolyn
He'll. 10.
West Point Nominees.
In addition to the nomination
of the He'll youth. the Commis
sioners announced their three
West Point nominees.
They are Barron Fredricks Sd
IT. of 1900 Mckinley street NV;
Jock Muir, 18. of 3401 Sixteenth
street NV, and Donald William
Frazee. 1S, 1902 South Capitol
street.
Young Fredricks is a student at
st. Johns College. Jock Mir
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. James W
Muir, recently was graduated from
Woodrow Wilson High School, and
Donald Frazee, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Maurice D. Frazee, is at
tending Su1liv Preparatory
School.
The Commissioners select their
nominees thr competitive ex-
aminations given by the Board Of
Education.
Academy Alternates.
Alternates for the Naval Acad-
emy nomination are Charles
Mayes Isbell, 1S4l Kilbourne place
NV: William G. Collier. 1854 N
street NV, and Allen Hobbs, jr.,
1881 Upton street NV, in that
order.
Alternates for the West Point
nominations, in the following or
der. are:
Richard c. Baughman, s1o5
Macomb street NV; Don .Isheu,
1841 Kilbourne place NV; Ed
ward NJ. Sylvester. 1716 Thirty
seventh street NV; Howard M.
Tucker. 1909 Twenty-e eighth street
NV; Conrad J. Grant, 1923 Fifth
street NV; Ronald E. Morris,
1888 First street NV; John DON
aid Galligan, 3505 Tenth street
NE; Landon M. Spilman, 2915
Porter street NV, and John
Joseph Madigan Sd. 1910 Delafield
place NV.
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Conference Drafting
Master Plan for Fight
Against Crime in u. ).

A master plan for a Nation wide
campaign against organized crime
was being drafted today in ac-
cordance with a resolution adopt
ed at the Attorney Generals crime
conference.
Federal State and municipal
law enforcement officials voted to
set up a permanent organization
to move in on the rackets" after
an all-day meeting at the Justice
Department.
Attorney General McGrath
promised vigorous support Of the
new organizations efforts to CO.
ordinate activities Of all law en-
forcement agencies in the drive
against crime.
+. Newton Named Chairman. 4
Mayor Quigg Newton Of Dem
yer, was named chairman Of the
continuing executive committee
appointed by Congress. MAY or
Thomas D'Alesandro, OF Balti-
more, was named chairman Of a
legislative committee to draft rec
concentrations which will be sub
mitted to Congress before April
Is.
Mayor w. Cooper Green Of Bir-
mingham, Ala, said the Legisla-
tive Committee was instructed to
draft possible new Federal laws
which would:
l. Bar interstate transmission
Of horse racing information for
gambling purposes.
2. Forbid interstate shipment OF
gambling devices into States
where they are illegal.
3. Require flngerprinting OF
social security registrants and
distribution of such prints to law
enforcement agencies.
Uniform Firearms Law.
4. Throw open the now con-
f1dential income tax returns OF
known criminals to law enforce
ment agencies.
5. Establish uniform firearms
registration and licensing laws.
8. Require identification OF
owners and users of gambling de.
vices, such as slot machines, fol
which Federal tax stamps mus
be bought.
7. Strengthen laws for revokini
citizenship Of foreign born Grim.
inals.
Mayor de Lesseps Morrison, o,
New Orleans, said that need fol
stronger citizenship laws is en-
phasized by complaints involvin.
Frank Costello whom he described
as "czar of the slot machin,
racket"
Senator Estes Kefauver, Demo
ocrat, of Tennessee, VINO ATTENDED
the conference, said recommends
tions of the conference will re-
ceive full attention from the spe
cial crime committee which he ex
poets the Senate to authorize mex
ueek
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Woman Put on Probation
In Mercy Killing Of Son
BY the Asseciofsd Press

BY the Associofsd Press
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Feb.
16.-A 43-year-old woman who
testified she killed her son to spare
him the agony of epileptic fits was
released on probation yesterday
after being convicted of man
slaughter.
Mrs. Agnete Soendergaard said
she carried out the mercy killing
by turning on a gas jet while her
17-year- son slept in the
kitchen. The next morning she
called the police.
She said she decided to kill the
youth, who had spent most of his
life in mental institutions, after
seeing his agony during an epi-
leptic fit.
Mrs. Soendergaard was SEN
fenced to two years In prison but
was Immediately released on pro-
baton. Under terms of her pro-
baton she will not have to serve
the prison term unless she COM
mits another major crime during
the five-year probationary period
Evening star., 1950-02-16
Fungus Threatens
All Oaks in Nation
By the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. ia
fungus disease which is spreading
at the rate of so miles a year
threatens all the Nations oak
trees, according to prominent
botanist.
DR.. Wendell H. Camp, curator
of experimental botany at the
Academy of Natural Sciences. said
yesterday the disease may bring
about the worst situation this Ma
htion" ever has faced.
DR.. Camp said in addition to
denuding forests the disease can
result in disaster to hundreds of
communities. 1t can, he said,
bring floods or erode soil, quickly
choking rivers with rubble and
threatening water supplies.
The disease already has reached
into Wisconsin and Illinois and
is spreading to Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky,
he said.
Control of destruction of in
fected trees now appears to be
impossible in view of the spread
of the scourge," he said.
He described the disease as a
comparatively new fungus known
botanically as "chalara quercina. ;"
Agriculture Department Forest
Pathologist Curtis May here said
the infection has not been found
in this immediate area. He said:
1--WE do not know of any east of
Indiana. Horace Wester, plant
pathologist of the National Cap
ital Parks, said no evidence of the
disease has been found in the park
system. He said it is now strictly
MidWeStern disease"
Toxic bait and 1913 hand spray
ers are being used to combat Par
! aguay'S locust invasion.
Evening star., 1950-02-16
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Evening star., 1950-02-16
Girl Wins Scholarship

Miss Claudette E. Leveque. II,
has won a four-year scholarship
to Dunbarton College of the Holy
Cross, Sister Mary Frederick. col
lege president announced. Miss
Leveque, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leon P. LeveQue, 6207 Fourteenth
street NV. Is . senior ct st.
Paul's Academy.
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soldiers desires and vacancies in
the Army, an assignment to one
of the branches of service is made.
Next come the shots and vac
cinations, discussion of benefits
that may be obtained in the SER
vice, an explanation of allotments.
and the low-price insurance that is
available and other administra-
tive matters. Records show that
80 per cent of the personnel are
taking out the maximum amount
of insurance.
During the time the soldier Is
not busy processing he is encour-
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aged to participate in all types
OF athletics that are available, and
rs taught the basic principles of
military courtesy. This about
covers the most important details
OF time spent at the reception Gen.
ter.
The soldier is then notified of his
duty assignment, and he leaves the
reception center for basic train.
ing somewhere in the united
States. The place he will take
basic training Is governed by the
branch Of service he has been as
signed.
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Lite Of SeIectees
At Comp Choffee
Is Described

In order to find out what hap-
pens to a Holmes county selectee
who has been indicted into the
Army under the Selectiye Service
Act, Colonel Herbert R. McGehee
and Major Frank Greco of the U.
.. Army and U. S. Air Force Re-
cruiting Service, which is also in
charge of the induction station for
the state, made a trip to Camp
Chaffee, Ark. last week.
Camp Chaffee, located near Fort
Smith, Arkansas, on the Oklahoma
border. is an Army Reception
Center and headquarters of the
9th Armored Division, command
ed by Brigsdier General c. B. Fer
enbaugh. 1t is the first station for
selectees after they leave the in
duction station located in jackson.
At this station, new recruits get
their first taste Of Uncle Sans
Army, and as Colonel McGehee
stated. 1T should be a good taste
because on my visit saw how the
men were treated. They are treat
ed as gentlemen and soldiers, not
pampered, but given individual
attention in order that each one
Will have an opportunity to do
his best while in the service"
The Colonel had high praise for
the officers and enlisted men who
worked in the center. They are
stern, but in a courteous manner.
and all are efficient and well
trained in their jobs. Neatness
was noteworthy, not only of the
personnel, but buildings and
the grounds.
The average length of time spent
at the reception center is four to
five DAYS. all of which is spent in
processing.
To give an idea Of what process
sing means, the Colonel explained
the routine that occurred at the
camp. Men leaving the induction
station in Jackson have a ten to
twelve hour bus ride to the center
The bus unloads at the front en-
trance Of the reception building
and the recruits are taken inside,
seated, and explained the events
that win take place during their
stay.
II it has been q few hours since
their last meal, they are taken
across the street and given q COM
plete hot meal, disregarding the
time Of day II might be. The Col.
added that the food was excellent
and that he ate with the recruits
during his visit at the camp.
After elbow" Is over. which Il
completed without "the hurry up
and wait" attitude the Army has
been accused of, the soldiers re-
turn to the reception building for
the next processing steps that will
take place. First, the individual
turns in all valuables for safe
keeping, for which he is. given q
receipt in order that he may be
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sure to get them back when he
leaves the building.
AS he starts in the line he i,
issued towel, a barracks bag and
a raincoat, all to be used at some
stage of processing.
Next comes a hair cut, not the
Gl" crew cut, but one to the
soldiers liking - and not one at
all if he doesn't need it.
Then for a shower, q bath for
all and the soldier places his clo
thes in the barracks bag and after
the bath puts on the raincoat to
wear during the coming physical
check (the raincoat is provided in
order that the soldier will not be
moving from room to room COM
pletely nude).
During the physical check his
blood type is taken and he is is
sued Identification tags on which
is his name, serial number, and
blood type.
his next stop IS the supply room
where he will draw an issue of
clothing amounting to approx
mately $4,000. Each garment is
fitted to be sure of proper size.
Those that don't fit are measured
and tailored. The boots and shoes
are fitted over both heavy wool
and light socks in order to be sure
of a proper fit.
After clothing is received, the
recruit dons pair Of fatigues and
his new uniforms are taken to the
pressing shop, so that when he is
assigned to a training unit after
his four-day processing, he may
leave in a neat, well-fitting uni
form.
The processing so far has taken
three to four hours and except
for eating, has taken place in one
building.
Upon leaving the supply room
he is assigned a section leader.
who will conduct the activities for
the remaining stay at the camp.
Next on schedule is a welcome
address by the commanding gen.
eral of the camp given at nearby
theatre. His speech is followed
by a short talk by a member of
the Red Cross who stresses one i'm
portant item, that in the event |,
soldier is needed at home because
Of some emergency. his folks
should contact q local chapter Of
the Red Cross which will make all
necessary arrangements. A short
talk IS also made by the chaplain
noting all church services avail
able and urging each to write
home.
After q good nights rest, apti-
tude tests are in store for the next
day. This is a battery of twelve
tests designed to find out how
much education a man has and is
given in order to assign a man
to job that he is qualified to per-
form. It might be noted that tests
are given before any shots or vac
cinations and before any training
is started so that each may be able
to do his best.
In taking the test, If a certain
score of higher bracket is reach
ed on the first three, the soldier
is then given test for Officers
Candidate School. If he passes
that, he is then urged to attend
OCS, but attendance is not man.
datory.
After the test comes an inter-
view and council as to potential
field Of service the individual will
enter. Each man is interviewed
separately and after consideration
of test scores, past experience, the
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-12-21
VALUE OF FORESTS

Wood is the raw material for
one-sixth of the manufacturing in
dustry in the South. It furnishes
jobs for some 445, 900 persons who
work in these industries, or one
fifth of all workers engaged in
manufacturing industries in 10
Southern states.
In their pay envelopes these en-
ployees take home SOS, 600, 900
annually, or one-sixth of the
South's industrial wage.
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Won't you motorists and ne.
destrians, as well, cooperate with
the Patrol and not let this happen
this year,"
L. c. Hicks, Chief of the High
way Patrol, stated, "All DAYS off
and vacations for Patrolmen have
been cancelled for this holiday
period, and every available man
will be patroling the highways a
round the clock, working extra
hours for the protection of the
public. The Patrol is going to do
their part to make the highway.
safe and will attempt to prevent
traffic accidents and death and
suffering on our highways. Please
cooperate with US and do your
laws"