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Laurel outlook., 1950-02-22
Nile Clubs Feted
By Bath Zabbia

Nile clubs throughout this area
were honored at a dessert luncheon
meeting of Bath Zabbia temple No.
81, Daughters of the Nile Thurs
day in the Masonic temple in Bill
lings. A patriotic theme in honor
of George Washington was used in
table decorations and guests re-
ceived cellophane corsages in red,
white and blue. The program was
presented by members of Billings
assembly, Order of Rainbow for
Girls.
Laurel members in attendance
were Mrs. Vinton Shay, president
of the Laurel Nile club, Mrs. o. R.
Burdett, Mrs. T. w. Evert and
Mrs. Nels Vordahl.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-22
CT SCHOOLS:
Abuse End Asked

The fantastic, preposterous. ele
ments in the CT school program
had just about run their course.
Ballroom dancing, bartending, ever
a lot OF individual flight training
by ex-GTs who would never own an
airplane or have occasion to need
one. were on the way out, apparent
ly. as part of the accepted CT
school training program.
NO LESS A FIGURE than Pres
ident Truman himself handed con-
gress a catalog of abuses under
this years 2.75-billion-dollar CT
education program and urged the
legislators to clamp down.
MIR. Truman asked specifically
for legislation to prevent ''infer-
ior" training of that type which is
likely to do the veteran little ap-
preciable good.
His report showed that 761 mil
lion dollars already has been added
to the estimated cost of the CT
schooling program for the current
fiscal year ending June 80, and
attributed this to increased enroll
ment for trade, vocational and
other schools below college level.
THE PRESIDENT declined to
say just how much might be saved
by a careful scrutiny of the pro-
gram, but limited at a billion dol
lars.
Among others, the report made
these points:
/. Enough poor-quality training
is in evidence ito warrant serious
concern"
2. The states-which under the law
have the say-so about approving
schools and courses-lack uniform
standards.
3. Some states approve schools of
a type which would not be approved
in other states.
AS an example, it is said that
some states qualify BARRIERS in IL
weeks, others require two years.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-22
Local News Items

Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Frickle
are parents of a son who was born
in billings Feb. II.
Jesse Long, Jr., and George
LantZ, of Montana State college,
we're home from Rczeman for the
week end.
Mrs. Lynne Galloway returned to
her jewelry store this week. She
had been a patient three weeks at
the N. P. hospital in Glendive and
after returning to Laurel she had
spent several days at home before
going to the store.
Mrs. Richard Otto of St. Paul,
Miss Florence Dotterwick and Mrs.
Fred Dotterwick and son Jerry of
Winona, Mimi, left for their home
Friday night. They had been called
here because of the death of their
relative, Gerald Early.
Mrs. j. w. Trower and Mrs.
Robert Dewing of Livingston were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.. Early
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnott Boyd re-
turned to their home in Laurel
Wednesday from California after
spending three months visiting
relatives.
Mrs. Oliver Void entertained at
luncheon at her home Tuesday.
Guests were bridge club members
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-22
BUILDERS DREAM
Mud Can Be Made Stronger Than Concrete

operations, newly built airfields
and roads for military purposes"
The technique was called an en-
tirely new approach"
The process, it was said, can be
used on soils containing up to 30
per cent water by weight, or enough
water 20 turn clay as soft a. bread
dough. Five hours after treatment,
the soil is elastic and has vast
tensile strengths.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-22

and Mrs. Marshall Huntington,
Mrs. l.. H. Dahl and Mrs. 1. N.
Smith. Prizes went to Mrs. Fred
Graft and Mrs. B. A. Sherrow
for members and Mrs. Huntington
for the guests.
Mrs. Clinton Anderson was host
ess to a double-header at her
home on Tuesday evening, honor
ing Mrs. Phil Nolan with a pink
and blue shower and Mrs. Neil
Baker with a going-away gift.
Bridge awards were won by Mrs.
John Tubman, Mrs. w. A. Nc
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-22
Crime
A -UP

With IA metropolitan newSpa-
pers taking a careful scrutiny Of
its operations, and the federal gov.
eminent opening a conference on
what to do about it, us. crime ap-
peared to have fallen on evil days.
Not for decades had the boys who
deal in shady enterprises has so
much publicity focused upon them.
Names we're being called, police
officials were getting the lifted
eyebrow treatment, wire services
were ripping telephones out of
bookie joints and, all in all, it APP
peared to be a real blow into which
the craft of crime was wallowing.
THE PRESS would be the real
instrument Of exposure, granted
that o~fficialdom in cities included
really wanted to clean up the I'M
desirable conditions. For example,
New York city's fabulous Frank
Costello. often called the king of
the rackets, was the first target of
the newspaper series. Costello was
referred to as a fellow so unbe-
lievable he might have been
dreamed up by a Hollywood script
writer" The story attempted to
link him with top-flight gambling
activities over most of the us.
One significant line in the first
Of the newspapers series was this:
Gambling can't operate for any
period unless the police let it op-
crate. Nor can the other rackets."
THAT was so obviously axioma-
tic that there could be no argument
with it, and honest cops over the
nation had to take the rap with the
hand-held-out boys when blame was
being shuffled around for lax law
enforcement.
The slot Northumberland vari-
ously the ''one-armed bandit" and
other unprintable names-was the
target for a special government in
quiry. It Vas indicated thai their
menace is so fully realized that the
federal government may step in to
help the state control them.
There is an ~ironical contradic-
ton here, however, because the fed
eral government licenses slot ma
chimes and accepts from
that source. If the federal govern
ment should outlaw them, it would
go a long way toward insuring eff
cient state control.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-22
GirLScouts

Troop No. 9 Girl Scouts had a
Valentine party Thursday at the
home of their leader, Mrs. John
Zoos. Sharon Micheal and Shirley
Brano had a surprise for the
others. The older girls in this
group are making quilts and the
younger ones are making sewing
boxes. Plans were made to take
part in the program at the an
nual banquet in March. A pitch-in
lunch was served.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-22
BUILDERS DREAM

Certain chemicals plus a sloppy
mud patch which, in "a hours, pro-
duces a firm soil pack that may be
a road stronger than concrete
should prove to be a contractors
dream. q.
The new technique was reported
by the Massachusetts Institute Of
Technology. 1t was reported the
process is especially needed to
"give a tough surface for landing
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-22
Visual Problems

Less than z per cent of all visual
patients need treatment for eye
diseases, according to Otis Wolfe,
MD. Most visual problems call for
glasses or scientific retraining of
vislAl skills.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-22
Crippen Resumes
Practice OF Law

H. C. Crippen, Billings attorney
and former president of the Mon
tana Bar association, has announc-
ed his resumption of the practice
of law in the Electric building, Bill
lings. He had been absent about
a year. The p~rotracted vacation
has been of benefit to his health.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-22
CARD OF THANKS

To our kind friends we wish to
express our deep appreciation for
their very great sympathy and
their practical assistance in the
hour of our recent great loss.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.. Early
and Pat.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-22
CARD OF THANKS

The Church of. the Nazarene
hereby wishes to express its thanks
and appreciation to the fine and
enthusiastic response to our bus
program. Especially everyone who
contributed so gladly and gener-
ously.
By action of the Church Board.
Mrs. Mary Scammon, Sec.
Laurel outlook., 1950-02-22

Cormick and Mrs. Mayo Lawrenz.
Travel prize went to Mrs. Harold
Price.
Evening star., 1950-06-03
Association.

the wartime Office Of Strategic
Services. complaining about two
investigators of the Senate sub
committee.
Mr.. Van Beuren charged that
the investigators-Lyon Tyler and
Robert L. Heald, former FBI in
vestigators-in questioning him
about the 1945 Amerasia maga-
zine case seemed primarily in
terested" in getting information
to contradict testimony of an
other witness rather than in
formation that would further the
investigation" The Senate is
looking into the Amerasia case,
which involved the alleged theft
of Government documents. as part
Of its investigation of the Nc
Carthy charges.
Edward P. Morgan. committee
counsel, said the Van Beuren
charge was IAN unmitigated lie''
and that the two investigators
did "a conscientious job" in ques-
tioning the former OSS agent to
unravel some threads of the case.
Evening star., 1950-06-03
be|gians Vote Tomorrow
On Return Of Leopold
ey the Associated Press

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June g.
Belgians are being called on once
again to decide a question that
/ is beginning to weary them
Shall they return exiled King
Leopold to the throne?
Notably apathetic over the
question that has threatened tc
split the country in two, some
5 million eligible voters will elect
a new Parliament tomorrow.
The makeup of that Parliament
may settle at last the fate OF
the monarch who surrendered his
country to the Nazis.
Pro-Leopoldists hope for q
strong majority Of Social Chris
tians who could move to bring
the King back Internationally
But the people are certain that
such a Leopold victory would
bring a wave of strikes and DEM
onStrations sponsored by the So
cialists who bitterly oppose his
return.
Leopold. now living in Switzer-
land, made it known yesterday
that he is willing to be returned
by an all-Social Christian gov
ernment strong enough to over
ride the opposition alone.
Evening star., 1950-06-03
Reds Ask u. n. Probe
OF Marshall Plan
Az the Associofad Presa

GENEVA. Switzerland, June 8
Russia formally proposed to the
United Nations Economic Com
mission yesterday that the U. N
investigate detrimental effects
of the European Recovery pro-
gram.
A resolution submitted by Soviet
Delegate Amasasp Arutiunian also
urged that the commission de-
mand the abolition of "the United
States policy of compelling certain
Western European countries to
discriminate against Eastern Eu-
rope) in the field of trade"
The Soviet delegate said the
United States IS increasing its
pressure on West European coun-
tries aimed at a strict prohibition
of trade between Eastern and
Western Europe"
Rejection of the resolution by
the Western majority on the COM
mission is certain.
Western delegates disclosed that
Western Germany will in the fu-
ture be able to make long-term
contracts for the shipment of Ger
man coal to foreign buyers, for the
first time since the war. This coal
hitherto has been allocated to Eu-
ropean nations by the commits
sion's Coal Committee whose allo-
cation functions are now termi-
mated.
Evening star., 1950-06-03

The referendum resulted from
a petition by 100 members. They
included former Senator John A.
Danaher. Republican, of Con-
necticut; George Maurice Morris
past president of the American
Bar Association: Thurman Arnold,
former judge of the United States
Court of Appeals; Solicitor Gen
eral Philip Perlman; Gerard D.
Reilly. former NLRB member;
former Assistant Attorneys Gen
eral Wendell Berge and Samuel o.
Clark. jr.; James McInerney, As
sistant Attorney General for the
Criminal Division; Melvin Hill
dreth; Frank Nash, William A.
Roberts, Edgar burlington, Leon
Tobriner, Nicholas Chase, Fred
rick A. Ballard and Randolph
Paul.
|. Colored attorneys here have an
organization comparable to the
association, the Washington Bar
Association.
Evening star., 1950-06-03
Former Memphis Mayor
Fatally Shot in Home
BY the Assoeioted Press

MEMPHIS. Tenn, June g.
Former Mayor James j. Peasants
AZ, was shot and fatally wounded
in his home late last night ir
what police said apparently was
an accident.
Night Police Chief Buddy Dwye,
said Mr.. Peasants was shot in
the side with a .38-caliber revol-
yer. He died shortly before mid
night at Methodist Hospital.
Mr.. Peasants resigned as
Mayor of Memphis January Is
1949. and took over the post OF
city attorney. He was a long
time stalwart of E. H. Crump's
Shelby County Democratic organi-
zation.
Chief Dwyer said full details of
the shooting were not yet known,
but that it appeared Mr.. Pleas
ants was cleaning the gun when
it went of.
The former Mayor had just re-
covered from a serious illness.
Evening star., 1950-06-03
Senate 0Ks 4 Nominations
And Receives Another
BY the Associated Press

The Senate received one impor-
tant nomination from the White
House yesterday and approved
four others offered earlier.
President Truman sent up the
name Of Harold I. Baynton of
Nevada to be an Assistant Attor-
ney General. Mr.. Baynton has
been acting director of the Office
OF Alien Property Custodian. He
has been in Government service
since 1884.
The Senate confirmed the NOM
nations of Roy Blough to the
Presidents Council of Economic
Advisers, and Edward L. Norton
to the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System. Mr..
Blough is a professor at Chicago
University: Mr.. Norton is a Bir-
mingham (Ala) investment bank
er.
The Senate also confirmed John
A. Marzall of Illinois to be Com
missioner Of Patents and Myron
Weiner of New York to be a men,
Der of the War Claims Commits
sion.
Evening star., 1950-06-03
BY the Assoeiesed Press

PARIS. June 3.--A five-yea:
plan to succeed Americas Euro
pean recovery program when il
expires in 1852 was adopted last
night by foreign ministers oi
Marshall Plan nations.
The five-year plan. announced
by the Organization for European
Economic Cooperation. provide:
that Europe must make available
to backward areas large quaint.
ties Of capital equipment and con-
sumer goods within the compass:
Of its resources" il Europe is Il
maintain its world position"
The committee Of foreign min
listers, upper house of the Council
OF Europe, is meeting here u
make further plans for European
unity. The council. sometime:
called the Parliament of Europe.
has no official connection witt,
OEEC. The ministers are pre-.
pairing for the next Council ses-
sion in Strssbourg. France. Au-
gust Z.
OEEC officials said that in prac.
tlcal operation the five-year plar
calls for all Is Marshall Plar
areas to harmonic their economic
policies 80 as to avoid contradic.
tions and the waste of resources
after the Marshall Plan ends.
1T will only be possible to re.
store the social and political bal.
ance Of the free world If tn,
development of economically back
ward areas proceeds rapidly" tn,
proposal adopted by the Is min.
listers declared.
An OEEC spokesman said tn,
longAterm plan will require Euro
pean nations to expand produc
tion steadily and maintain a higl
level of investment. in order t.
achieve the objective of a unified
Europe.
The 18 ministers instructed theil
Executive Committee to find ou
from each member nation detail!
of its proposed objectives for tht
next five years. Each nation will
be asked to state its policies "ir
order to insure the greatest pos.
sible development and best pos.
sible use of its productive re.
sources while preserving interna
financial stability"
Evening star., 1950-06-03
D. &. Bar Association Votes
7oRetdin Ban on Neqroes
From Yesterdays Last Edition.

From Yesterdays Last Edition.
The District Bar Association
has rejected, by a vote of 673 to
614. a change in bylaws that
would admit colored attorneys to
the group.
Action on the recent mail poll
of 2.172 voting members was an
nounced to the Board of Directors
this afternoon by Justin L.
Edgerton, association secretary
and chairman of the Committee
of Tellers.
A two-thirds majority of those
voting was needed to alter the by
laws. Nearly go per cent of the
voting members responded to the
ballot-the first time the question
has been put to the membership.
The question was whether the
bylaws would be changed to read
"all" instead of white" in defining
what District attorneys in good
standing were eligible to associa-
ton membership,
Evening star., 1950-06-03
Gamblers Selected Judges,
Philadelphia Jury Charges

PHILADELPHIA, June 3 (P.-
Through manipulation of papers
held by bondsmen, gamblers in
volved in 80 of 116 cases were able
to select the judge before whom
they wished to appear for trial,
the May grand jury says.
In a presentment returned to
Common Pleas Judge Joseph L.
Kun yesterday, the jury said the
gamblers frequently escaped prison
sentences with payment of flnes.
The jury. however, did not criti-
cize the jurists involved.
The grand jury said the 116
gambling cases listed in the prison
court during the Is months ending
last May involved 212 indict-
ments and 215 defendants.
The presentment said the gam
blers apparently manipulated their
bail papers because of their knowl-
edge that Judges vary among
themselves as to proper punish
ment in any type of criminal case.
Particularly is this true of
gambling offenses.
THE gambling fraternity are
an acute group. living by their
wits and preying, particularly in
lottery cases. on the NOR and
ignorant. They are fully aware
OF the predictions of judges
through their knowledge of SEN
tences in prior cases.
'They utilize this knowledge to
their own advantage and by ma
|nipulation have their cases
brought before those judges who
invariably impose light sentences" /"
Evening star., 1950-06-03
2Injured in Walking
Into Moving Autos;
3 Hut in Collision

Two persons who suffered Sc.
we're injuries when they walkec
into the sides OF moving automo.
biles were in undetermined con.
ditions at hospitals here today
police reported.
Still unconscious at Gallingel
Hospital was a colored man who
police said. last night walked intC
the side Of a car driven by Robert
L. Gay. IS. colored. Of the 60C
block Of Acker street NE. The
accident occurred at First and X
streets NE. Only clue 10 identity
Of the man was a piece OF paper
IN his pocket bearing the name
Preston Caldwell. police reported
In the other mishap. Mrs. Nina
Taylor so. Of the 1900 block OF
Noshey street NV. suffered frac-
tures [. n eft le. and right
colidrDone. scalp cuts and possible
head injuries. She is at Emergency
Hospital.
FOur Unhurt IN Crash.
Police said Mrs. Taylor walked
into the side OF a car driven by
Vernon jackson. "a, colored, OF
the $500 block Of Eleventh street
NV. as IL was passing her home.
Eight persons were injured last
night In a headon crash on the
two-lane section OF Shirley high
way. about IL miles south OF
Washington. -Four others escaped
unhurt.
All Of the injured were released
after treatment at Alexandria
Hospital. They were listed as:
Charles Brown. 30; William
Bergman. 10; David Nichol, 90;
Henry Wendell, l9; William A.
Ross, q. and Lindo Agosti, 81,
all Navy enlisted men from the
u. s. s. Constellation, Norfolk,
Va: Mrs. Mary Chapman, 81,
colored, 800 block of Dixon court
S.W., and Mrs. Mary Roots, 10,
colored, of the 1900 block of
Fourth street S.W.
Driver Faces Charge.
Fairfax County police said Rob-
ert E. Chapman, %, colored, of
the 400 block of K street S.W.,
driver Of one of the cars, was re-
leased under $500 bond pending
a hearing June Z on a reckless
driving charge.
An Upper Marlboro girl and her
escort were hurt last night in a
trafflc accident at Marshall Hall
Md.
Miss Peggy Young, II, and Mil
ton Cox. %. Bristol, Md, were ad-
mitted to Prince Georges General
Hospital. Miss Young was said to
have head injuries and face cuts.
Her condition was listed as fair
Mr.. Cox was reported in good con-
dition with broken nose.
State police said details of the
accident were not available.
Evening star., 1950-06-03
Petition Being Circulated
For Pardon for Prichard
By the Asso.ioted Press

PARIS, KY, June 3.-Reuben
Arnsparger, sheriff of Bourbon
County, confirmed late yesterday
that petition was being circu-
lated here, asking a presidential
pardon for Edward F. Prich-
ard, jr.
Prichard. former. 'boy wonder
OF the New Deal" has been sen.
fenced to two years in prison
on charges of election frauds ir
connection with ballot-box stuff
ing in the 1948 general election
in Bourbon County. The SEN
tence has been upheld by the
United States Circuit Court oil
Appeals.
The Supreme Court has been
asked to review the case, and
Prichard is at liberty under $4,000
bond.
Sheriff Arnsparger said the pc.
tition. which he had signed, was
being circulated by Bourbon
county Attorney William T
Baldwin.
Mr.. Baldwin denied any knowl-
edge of the petition, however.
The petition asked President
Truman to pardon Prichard on
two grounds: That if his con-
viction stands, he would be de-
prived of the means of earning
a living assuming he would be
disbarred and second, that two
other persons named in the Fed
eral Bureau Of Investigation re-
port on the frauds were not
punished.
Prichard's law partner,
A. E. Funk, jr., was acquitted
of vote fraud charges. No one
else has been brought to trialD
Evening star., 1950-06-03
Allies Studying Appeal
OF West Germany for
Federal Police Force
by the Assoeioted Press

The United States, Britain and
France are studying a West Ger
man appeal for permission to
establish Federal police force OF
Is 900 men.
Advance indications, are that
the United States is definitely cool
to the idea.
But responsible officials told q
reporter the United States, in a
move to counter Russia's arming
of an East German police force
may agree to strengthen police
units now controlled individually
by the II West German states.
The State Department reported
yesterday that the West German
request came in letter several
weeks ago to the three govern
mentS from Chancellor Adenauel
of the West German Republic.
Press Officer Michael j. Nc
Dermott said the problem has been
handed to the American, British
and French high commissioners
to settle in Frankfurt after discus
sions with German leaders.
No Decision Reached.
Secretary Acheson. he said, dis
cussed it with French Foreign
Minister Schuman and British
Foreign Secretary Bevin in Lon
don last month, but mo decision
was reached"
Informed officials said afterward
the United States very likely will
turn down the German suggestion
mainly because any centrally di-
rected German police force will
arouse fears of German rearma-
ment.
Such a move, they said. might
also open the way to Russian
propaganda attacks of the type
the West already has directed at
Moscow for rearming an East Ger
man police force.
On May % the three govern
mentS sent separate protests to
Moscow denouncing Russia for
creating a 50.000-man police force
with "the character of an army
Need to Maintain Order.
officials said Chancellor Aden-
auer based his plea mainly on
what he said was the need to
maintain order in West Germany
protect internal security more
adequately, and enforce Federal
legislation.
American officials said the total
West German State police units,
including those in Berlin and spe-
cialized law enforcement officers,
amounts to about 10000 men.
The Russians, on the other
hand, have about 100000 men in
their East German police force
including the 50.000-man para
military" they said.