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Evening star., 1951-09-05

A traditional white satin gown
was the choice of Miss Leonor
Piedrahita for her wedding Sat-
urday to Mr.. Guillermo Caycedo.
The marriage was performed by
the Rev. Paul A. McNally at Holy
Trinity Roman Catholic Church
A reception was held at the Hotel
2400.
Both the bride and bridegroom
formerly lived in Bogota Colon
bia. Following their honeymoon
in Montreal, they will make q
hon in New York City.
Evening star., 1951-09-05
CDA Meeting Set

Court Forest Glen Of the Catho-
Iiic Daughters Of America win meet
| at $3.50 pm. Monday at 81
IMichael's School auditorium il,
Silver Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-04-29

and by something else. :. Some
thing that turned her blood cold.
But she managed to reply: Il for
give you, Brian"
Il was terribly shaken. You see
- the poor devil died"
The poor dectI died.
Those four words, or the way
they were spoken, sent an icy
chill to Margaret's heart. She
stifed an impulse to spring up and
run - to escape. The ships siren
reared eerily -. Go -. slow"
the propellers mumured. GO :.
slow :"
The truth, the monstrous truth,
had dawned upon her. Somehow,
she contrived to finish her Man.
haitian without spilling any, de-
clined another, and went out.
FIVE minutes later. Captain
Weston, in the charthouse of the
Dnneansby Head, sat with one eye
on the radar screen and the other
on Margaret. His expression would
have been hard to define: but in
credulity formed part of it.
Il know it's difficult for you to
understand, Captain. and it must
be hard to believe. But apart from
the other things I've mentioned,
and his transparent lying, there
are mannerisms which a woman
who" - she hesitated - knows
man well, can never mistake. For
instance, trick of resting his left
hand on his hip, thumb forward.
like Winston Churchill. Brian
always did that. but he never fold
ed his arms. Lastly, his teeth"
What's wrong with his teeth?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-04-29

Martini? Pink gin?" he asked.
Margaret's theory about his
possible drug habits was confirmed:
for Brian knew very we'll what she
always drank. But she didn't want
to draw attention to the lapse, just
now. She wanted to put him at his
ease.
Manhattan, please" she said
quietly.
"Of course! Stupid of me!'
And as he stood, back to her,
bending over the table, she was
noting husky tremor in his voice,
noting, too. that his hands were
strangely unsteady. AS he mixed
the drinks he spoke without look
ing around. Il was called to an ur-
gent case on shore this morning.
The other doctor was away. When
he arrived, we had to perform an
Emergency operation" He came
over and put a Manhattan on the
edge beside her.
Couldn't you have called me,
Brian? You knew where | was"
Impossible, Margaret" He
went back to the side table. 1--WE
We're in a small house, mere
shack. out towards the entrance
to the harbor. There was no
phone"
However did you get there?"
<The police sent car down to
the ship. l was terribly worried
about you. but what could l do?"
He turned and faced her, a man
on trial. folding his arms and
seeming to await the verdict. He
even attempted a nervous smile.
Margaret became fascinated by
the folded arms - by the smile -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-04-29

with Brian's, nothing. They're
perfect. The man down there has a
gold filling in a lower molar.
assure you, Captain. he isn't Brian
Fairleyr
Captain Weston treated Mar
garet to a searching glance, and
then gave an order. The Third
Officer came in.
Call DR.. Farley, Mr.. Adams,
and ask him to report to me-"
Very good, sir"
The call was made, but there
was no reply.
GO down and find him and
bring him here" the captain
directed
He glanced again, uneasily, at
Margaret. He was thinking of a
typed memo which lay on his desk.
1t said, shall have to take Mrs.
Morley ashore when ship docks.
and along to Victoria Hospital.
Back in time for inspection of pas
sengers landing at Halifax"
Queer he hadn't thought of it
before. DR.. Farley never sent
typed memos to the bridge.
.DUsT then the Third Officer re-
turned to report that DR.. Farley
couldn't be found. Captain Wes-
tons heavy brows were drawn to-
gether. ''TakeQ uartermaster Jones
and search the ship"
But, even as the Third Officer
went rafting down the ladder,
both Captain Weston and Mar
garet knew that DR.. Farley would
be missing!
I'm terribly anxious, Captain.
Continued on page rs
Evening star., 1951-02-06

Fowler and Justin Edgerton
brought admissions that DR.. Lowell
cooked breakfast for the children
and got them ready for school.
The wife emphasized that she has
been Ill for some time and that
she cooked lunches and dinners.
Mrs. Lowell was queried closely
on her philosophical and religious
beliefs, including her contacts
with Swami Premananda, a Hin
du born Christian who heads
the Self-Realization Fellowship
Church, 4748 Western avenue NV.
Attorney Fowler asserted that
he had no intention of deriding
the Swami's church or his lectures
which attract believers in many
religious creeds. The lawyer said
he wanted only to bring out Mrs.
Lowell's attendance of these lee
lures in the light of her relation
ship as the wife of a Methodist
minister.
Evening star., 1951-02-06

said the average Federal salary in
1899 was 81, ,949, and that, in terms
of equal purchasing power, the
average Government wage today
would have to be at least S3,551.
The average Federal salary now
is 1867, which is about 5 per cent
above what is needed to break
even, the report added.
In the matter of salary entrance
grades, present entrance wages
are far behind 1899 wages in terms
of purchasing power, the report
said. This discrepancy between
entrance grades and the average
Federal salary was explained by
the fact that present Government
workers have had their wages
boosted not only by four pay in
creases voted by Congress, but by
automatic within grade promo
tions as we'll as grade merit pro-
motions.
The present Federal entrance
salaries for new workers lags from
$44 TO $4,000 behind 1899 wages
in terms of reduced purchasing
power, the report said.
The report was requested by the
Senate Civil Service Committee
for study before it begins hearings
on, Federal pay raise legislation.
"
WHITTEN AMENDMENT -
There isn't much hope that Con-
gress this year will repeal the
Whitten amendment that bars
permanent promotions and trans
fers of Government employees.
Despite the request of the Civil
Service Commission that the rider
be repealed, Congress most likely
will turn deaf ear to the plea.
Chairman Murray of the House
Civil Service Committee says he
feels the Whitten amendment has
worked out very we'll and has
saved millions of dollars"
Mr.. Murray's views are extremely
important, since his committee is
the group in the House that would
handle any legislation to repeal
the Whitten rider. Since Mr.. Muir
ray feels quite strongly that the
rider should not be repealed. there
isn't much chance of the repeal
legislation getting anywhere.
Mr.. Murray says the Whitten
rider has helped avoid the mis-
takes made during the last war,
when Federal employees got two,
three and even four grade promo
tions."
The Tennessean also declared
that the Whitten rider also has
the Statutory" effect of keeping
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Governments Big Butter Surplus
Soon Nay Turn Into Shortage

as a result OF greater buying
power.
Last fall officials were casting
about for some method of getting
rid of the Governments huge
stock of butter before it spoiled.
Some was sold overseas at cut
rate prices for relief use. But the
bulk of it was sold to commercial
buyers to meet the increasing
consumer demand in this country.
The disappearance of the Gov
ernment stocks has been accom-
panied by advancing prices.
The butter supply situation Is
being aggravated by the fact that
consumption of whole milk is in
creasing, leaving less milk for pro-
duction of butter. cheese and
other manufactured dairy prod.
ducts. A similar situation during
World War II brought on ration
ing,
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Maryland
and
Virginia
Hughes Would Make
GombIinq a Felony
News in Brief

Delegate William r. Hughes,
Republican, of Prince Georges
County, is drafting legislation to
make gambling a felony instead
of a misdeameanor in Maryland,
which means that q convicted per-
son would face mandatory prison
sentences.
Mr.. Hughes. who was elected on
an anti-gambling platform last
year, said his aim lis to put all
convicted gamblers behind bars for
possible maximum term of five
years" He said the stiff penalty
would serve as a warning to out
of State gamblers ito stay out of
Maryland and Prince Georges
County in particular"
Evening star., 1951-02-06
McKeIdin on Paroles

Gov. McKeldin of Maryland
has come out in favor of pend
ing legislation to take away his
power of passing on all paroles
from the States penal institu-
tions and vest it in a reor-
ganized parole board.
The Governor said in a letter
to Director F. Murray Benson
of the State Board of Parole
and Probation:
II am strongly Of the opinion
that the other duties of the
Governor precludes his giving
careful. thought and attention
to applications for paroles which
each case deserves."-AP.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Cruelty 10 Children
Denied by DR.. Lowell
AtCustody Hearing

The Rev. C. Stanley Lowell de-
MED in District Court today that
he ever kicked any of his three
children or administered more
than disciplinary spankings de-
spite his estranged wife's testi-
mony to the contrary.
DR.. Lowell. pastor of Wesley
Methodist Church, gave this tes-
timony in his fight to obtain Gus
tody of the children during liti-
CATION of his wifes limited divorce
suit. Judge Charles F. McLaugh-
lin is hearing the claims of both
the wife Eileen, SO, and the 40
year-old pastor on a temporary
custody motion.
Isolation Chief Method.
DR.. Lowell made this statement
when asked by his attorney. Henry
M. Fowler, about alleged kicking
and beating episodes:
Il want to make one thing clear.
I have never kicked my children
Oh any children. I could no more
kick a child than I could forge
check"
He explained that he has "just
whacked them where it would do
the most good, but never with a
stick" He assured the court,
"Oh, yes, I have disciplined the
children, you have to keep up with
them" But he emphasized his
principal disciplinary measures
involved "isolating" them in sepa-
rate rooms until they "quieted
down"
DR.. Lowell added that his wife
frequently asked him to be the
disciplinarian, explaining that
she has told him "she can't do
anything with these children !
you'll have to take over"
Two Children With Mother.
Mrs. Lowell has Kept two of the
children, Marilyn, 8, and Dean
Stanley, 8, with her at her present
address, 34o7 Morrison street
NV, since November. She seeks
custody of the second daughter. |
Sylvia. 3, who has been staying
with DR.. Lowell in his home, 3738
Jenifer street NV.
Under Attorney Jean Board
mans questioning, the small,
slender wife accused the pastor
of once having kicked Dean up
the stairs" in temper.
"One day" Mrs. Lowell added,
when little Sylvia spilled her
milk, he kicked her chair over and
she catapulted out"
Questioned on Beliefs.
Cross examination of Mrs.
Lowell by Defense Attorney
Evening star., 1951-02-06
By Ovid A. Mortin
Associated F,sss Stoft Writer

That butter surplus which was
turning official hairs gray a few
months ago soon may turn into
a shortage.
BY last fall the Agriculture De-
partment had bought and stored
up nearly 200 million pounds of
butter which could not be sold
to the buying public at producer
prices of about go cents a pound.
Now most of that butter has
been eaten up and officials say
there may be an overall shortage
before spring, when production
normally increases.
This abrupt change in the sit
uation largely reflects a growing
consumer demand for more butter
Evening star., 1951-02-06

down the number of permanent
employees in Government.
The Civil Service Commission
has said the amendment hurts
the defense program by discour-
aging non-defense agency work
ers from transferring to defense
agencies and has imposed in
justices upon many deserving
Federal employees entitled to per-
manent promotions.
CIVIL DEFENSE-The Govern
ment's personnel officials are
working on civil defense plans
for use by Federal agencies here
in case of enemy atomic attack
during the working day.
The Federal Personnel Council,
which is the official advisory group
to the Civil Service Commission
has set up subcommittee to pre-
pare plans. The chairman is Carl
Herrick, the Agriculture Depart
ment's chief of employe relations.
X X X
LEAVE - The bill introduced
yesterday by Representative Vur-
sell, Republican. of Illinois, to re-
duce Federal employees 26 days of
annual leave to Is days will be
followed by other leave-Cutting
measures, sponsored o. various
members of Congress. AS reported
here previously, there is a serious
drive on in Congress TO cut Gov
ernment workers leave privileges
particularly those of the tenapo-
rary-deflnite employees hired for
the national emergency program,
BE sure to listen at 6:15 pm.
eUery Saturday over WMAL,
The Star station, to Joseph
Young's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
neWS and vieUs of the Govern-
mental Scene.)
Evening star., 1951-02-06
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia - Mostly
sunny this afternoon, high in mid
die 40s. Cloudy and milder with
occasional rain late tonight and
tomorrow. Low tonight around 81.
Maryland and Virginia-Cloudy
and milder, some rain west portion
tonight, lowest in middle or upper
30s. Tomorrow cloudy and mild
with occasional rain. but turning
colder west portion by afternoon
or night.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
D. {. Educators Meet,
Discuss Civil Defense
Teaching in Schools

Representatives of the entire
District educational system met
yesterday to discuss the problem
of teaching civil defense in
schools and to study a pamphlet
which has been prepared as a
basic text.
For what was believed to be the
first time in Washington school
history, the meeting brought to-
gether several hundred officials
of public, private and parochial
schools. as we'll as heads of COL
leges and universities. All are
expected to incorporate civil de-
fense teaching into their curri-
cula soon.
DR.. Hobart M. Corning, public
school superintendent, presented
the group with mimeographed
copies of pamphlet, prepared
under the direction of a commit
tee composed of public and pa
rochial school officials. The publi-
cation, "ABC's for Civilians" will
be used throughout the school
system.
1t approaches the problem Of
civil defense in three steps: Pre-
senting a few facts about atomic
energy, behavior rules for safety
in case of an atomic attack and
description of the civil defense
organization and the role Of the
individual citizen.
DR.. Corning explained that one
of the ideas behind teaching civil
defense in the schools is to "edu-
cate the parents through the chill
dren."
DR.. Corning also announced
that plans are under way to con-
duct practice air raid drills in the
public schools "as soon as it is
determined where we should drill
to" in terms of the safest areas
within school buildings. A sur
vey of school buildings by engi-
neer officials is being carried on
at present.
Another speaker at the meeting,
Acting Civil Defense Director
John E. Fondahl. said that I'VE
hear great deal about the need
for money to get civil defense on
its feet. But much can be done
without money in the way of
training and public education"
The meeting was shown a
film. entitled Pattern for Sur
vival," describing the effects of
an atomic explosion and the
safety measures required.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Redistricting Proposal

Democratic leaders in the Mary
land General Assembly agreed last
night to locate Maryland's new
or 7th-congressional district in
Baltimore City.
The Democratic plan would re-
move the Baltimore city fringe
areas from the I'd and 5th dis
tricts and put them in one of the
three new city districts and would
maintain the 1st eastern Shore)
and 9th CWestern Maryland and
Montgomery County, districts just
as they are.
The plan seemingly dooms a
proposal by Montgomery Repub-
lican Delegate Anders r. Lof-
strand, jr., to join Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties into
one district.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Old Tavern Sold

The Hungerford Tavern and
adjoining lots totaling more than
an acre in the heart of Rockville
have been sold to Washington
Patent Attorneys George P. Kim
mel and A. Henry Crowell for
probable development as a shop
ping center.
Mr.. Kimmel also announced
that he had bought two lots on
the opposite side of Washington
street from the Hungerford Tav-
ern, as well as nine lots in Falls
Church, including the Dardanelles
Restaurant.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Doctors State Plans

Arlington and Falls Church doc
tors will concentrate at Arlington
Hospital in case of civil defense
emergency. DR.. Thomas e. Hag-
gerty told the first meeting of
Falls Church civil defense officials
last night.
DR.. Haggerty said doctors has
discarded a proposal that they be
stationed at various aid stations.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Constantine Brown to Speak

Constantine Brown, foreign af-
fairs writer for The Star, will
speak at meeting sponsored by
the Rock Creek Women's Repub-
lican Club at 3 pm. tomorrow in
the auditorium of Woodward g.
Lothrop's store at Bethesda.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
TuIk on Tuberculosis

DR.. John r. Pate, medical di-
rector Of the Southwest Health
Center, will speak on tuberculosis
at a meeting Of the Jewish War
Veterans, Post So. at $3.50 O'Clock
tonight in the Jewish War Vet
eranS' Home, BAT Sixteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1951-02-06

p o W e + ngureS
we're based on
cost : of : living
S t q t i S t les for
N o v e m ber Is,
1850, and that
living costs un-
doubtedly have
increased since
then. It was also
noted that the
living cost fig
ures did not in
C ! u e tax in
creaSes sine e
1899.
Evening star., 1951-02-06

SOMETHING NEW IN MARDI GRAS ROYALTY-New Orleans
Replacing the traditional Rex Mard Gras this the
city will be ruled by king and from the armed forces
They will the king of Patria. Pata
Naval Hospital Corpsman Lindsay adjusts
of his WAC Corp Audrey Burke Mr.
Korean War casualty Both the king and from New
Orleans Their court of maids will comprised
members from other branches of the armed forces.
-AP WirephOtO,
Evening star., 1951-02-06

Wind velocity at 11:30 o'clock
this morning, miles per hour;
direction, south.
Five-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, January ell.
Temperatures will average to
4 degrees above normal, which, for
Washington, is maximum AZ, mini
mum 27. Colder Thursday and
Friday, but warmer again Satur-
day and Sunday. Rain likely again
Evening star., 1951-02-06

expected tonight in the upper Western Plains the
upper middle Mississippi Valley and eastward into the interior
sections Western Pennsylvania Rain will
fall Mississippi Valley and northern parts OF the
northward into the LOwland Plains and the Ohio
Temperatures will be higher the Eastern States but
1t will be colder from the Mississippi Valley southwest
-AP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Fay 10 Prosecute 3
For Contempt Despite
Decision for Russell

ernment late yesterday in trial of
the first recent contempt of Con-
gress cases, United States Attorney
George Morris Fay promised wig
orous" prosecution of % other
persons indicted on charges of
contempt of Congress.
District Court Judge F. Dickin-
son Let's yesterday threw out so
contempt of Congress charges
against Harry Russell, SO, of Chi
cago and Miami, holding that
Russell had right to refuse to
answer questions before the Senate
Special Committee to, Investigate
Organized Crime in Interstate
Commerce.
Judge Let's granted a defense
motion for judgment of acquittal
for Russell on the ground the de-
fendant had right to refuse to
answer the questions of the Senate
committee for fear the answers
might possibly incriminate him.
Probe Background a Factor.
In upholding the defense motion
for acquittal. made by Defense
Attorney William H. Collins, Judge
Let's further held that Russell had
a right to refuse to answer the
questions asked by a subcommittee
of the Senate group last Septem-
ber in "the light of the back
ground" of the Senate committees
investigation. The background,
Judge Let's pointed out. had been
given last week by the prosecu-
tion's only witness, Alfred M.
Klein, associate counsel for the
special Senate committee.
Regarding Russell's right to re-
fuse to answer the questions be-
fore the committee, Judge Let's
said:
He must have had in mind
that the committee regarded him
as a big shot in interstate gam
bling" Judge Let's added that
Russell may well have felt that
the committee was unfriendly'
toward him.
Trial Began Wednesday.
Judge Let's also said that,
whereas some of the individual
questions themselves might not
have led to Standardization
Russell might have believed that
the general pattern of the go
questions would have.
Trial of Russell began last
Wednesday before a jury of six
men and six women. The jury
was excused temporarily on
Thursday, when Defense Attorney
Collins made his motion for a
judgment of acquittal.
Assistant United States Attor-
neys William Hitz and Charles B.
Murray said they will proceed
with the % other contempt of
Congress cases. Mr.. Hitz was
prosecutor in the Russell case.
H0ey and Mundt Disagree.
There was senatorial disagree
ment today about the effects of
congressional investigations of
Judge Let's decision.
Senator Hoey. Democrat, of
North Carolina. chairman of an
Investigations Subcommittee. said
he did not think the decision
would unnecessarily hamper"
inquiries. @ 2
But Senator Mundt, Repub-
lican. of South Dakota, a member
of the subcommittee, said that if
the decision stood, he feared Sen
ate and House investigating COM
mittees might as well shut
up shop"
In the words of Chairman Ke-
fauver, the Crime Committee felt
it had "a patent case" against
Russell and was banking on a con-
viction to help persuade other wit
nesses to testify.
The Senate already has voted
contempt citations against eight
other witnesses who pleaded pos
sible self-incrimination and baked
at answering numerous questions
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Women Dies in Crush

HALETHORPE, Md, Feb. 6 up.
Mrs. Dolores Mary Davis, %, was
killed near her home here last
night when her car hit retaining
wall on the Baltimore boulevard.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Citizens Meeting Called

The District 2 Citizens Associa-
ton of College Park, Md, will meet
at Parish Hall at 8 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Buying Power ofU.S. Pay Upheld
Since IS, Report Tells Congress
By Joseph Young

The Budget Bureau Civil
report to Congress declaring that purchasing
average Federal nploy salary has been
In made public last Service
Committee the Administration Government salary
Evening star., 1951-02-06

has increased 83 per cent since
1889. compared to a 1871 per cent
increase in the cost of living.
Administration officials noted,
however, that the purchasing
Evening star., 1951-02-06

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, II. on January 10.
Lowest, 13, on February 3,
High and Low of Last "a Hours.
High, Al. al 3:45 pm.
Low, 90, at G;05 am.
Tide Tables
Evening star., 1951-02-06

River Report.
(From U. S. Engineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah cloudy al
Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1951-02-06

over the week end: with total pre-
cipitation for the period about
one-holf inch
Evening star., 1951-02-06

Humidity.
tReadings at Washington Airport.)
Evening star., 1951-02-06
The Sun and Moon.
Precipitat tion.

Monthly precipitation In inches in tn
Capital tcurrent month to date):
Evening star., 1951-02-06

Furnished by United States Coast ant
Geodetic Survey)
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-01-05
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