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Evening star., 1951-02-03
BY The Assoeiafed Press

BEDFORD, Va. Feb. Sam
Horn tried to liquidate some assets
the other day and it got him into
an awful mess.
A Roanoke man visited the Bed
ford County farmers home not
long ago and said he had heard
Sam had a distillery he wanted
to sell. The prospective buyer
was shown the still. a portable
job that could be used on top
of kitchen stove.
A few nights later the Bedford
County entrepreneur was awak-
ened by the prospective buyer
accompanied by another man
Horn took them to his barn for
another look at the still. assuring
Evening star., 1951-02-03
Maryland Newsmen
Tour New Sun Plant
And Elect Officers
By the Asseeio,sd Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 3.-A sched-
uled election Of officers and a
tour Of the new, multimillion-
dollar Sunpapers plant today
climaxed the three-day meeting
of the Maryland Press Associa-
ton.
The MPA. representing weekly
publications throughout the State
held its sessions jointly with the
Chesapeake Association of the AS
sociated Press, representing dailies
served by the AP. -
Top prizes in the MPA's contest
for general excellence were
awarded at last nights banquet to
the Hartford Democrat of Aber-
deem, the Easton Star-Democrat,
the Maryland News of Silver
Spring and the Maryland Gazette
of Annapolis.
The Hartford Democrat, edited
by Wilmer j. Cronin, won first
prize for weeklies with circula-
tions under $500. The Calvert
Independent of Prince Frederick
was second and the News-Leader
Of Laurel was third.
In the class Of weeklies over
$500 circulation, the first prize
went to the Easton Star-Democrat.
whose general manager is Norman
Harrington. The Kent County
News of Chestertown and the Aegis
of Bel Air tied for second. The
Valley Register of Middletown and
the Hartford Gazette of Bel Air
tied for fourth.
Maryland News Shares Top Prize.
The top prize for suburban
weeklies was shared by the Mary
land News and the Maryland
Gazette. The Montgomery County
Record was third in that division
Featured speaker at the banquet
was Ernest (Tony) Vaccaro, a
White House reporter for the
Associated Press.
Earlier, an educator and an
Associated Press bureau chief told
the newspapermen that their read
ers are interested more in news
that directly affects them than
in that Of a sensational, impersonal
nature.
J. Montgomery Curtis, associate
director Of the American Press
Institute at Columbia University,
told a luncheon gathering that
research at Columbia showed that
readers were particularly inter-
ested in stories dealing with sleep,
children, health and living at
home.
Max Fullerton. chief of the Bal
timore AP bureau, addressed an
afternoon session. He said an i'm
portant mission of the newspaper
today" is the Interpretation of
Government actions and regula-
tions in terms Of how they affect
daily life.
Evening star., 1951-02-03
Waldorf Sailor Is Killed
lin Florida Auto Wreck

William Purcell Gardiner, jr.,
81, of Waldorf, Md, a Navy boat
swain stationed at Jacksonville,
Fla, was killed when his car
struck a power pole near Jackson
vile, it was learned here today.
Jacksonville road patrolmen said
a tire on Mr.. GARDENERS car ap-
parently blew out and threw it
of the road Thursday, the AS
sociated Press reported. Mr.. Gar
diner had been in the Navy nine
years.
Funeral services will be held at
$3.50 am. Monday at the HUNT
& Ryon funeral home in Waldorf
Burial will be in the cemetery of
st. Peters Church there. Mr.
Gardeners mother is Mrs. Arthur
Bean Of Waldorf.
Evening star., 1951-02-03
Defense Dealings Explained
To Virginia Businessmen
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 3.-A
Defense Department official told
Virginia businessmen yesterday
there's no easy way to do busi-
ness with the Government"
Comdr. P. F. ASHER GU. S. NJ
chief of the small business Office Of
the Munitions Board. appeared
before defense mobilization con-
ference, attended by some 500
businessmen from throughout the
State, to help them with their
problems and to orient them with
Government procedures.
Businessmen. he said, must Of
fer a specific product and sell to
the Government as they would to
any other customer,
Evening star., 1951-02-03
Virginion Fined SIS in Attempt
To Sell Inherited Whisky Still

them it was in tip-top condition.
Sam and the buyers came to
terms-$10 cash.
At that moment Sans assets
became q liability.
The buyers were ABC agents
from Roanoke.
Sam was charged with selling a
distillery not registered.
The ABC agents told Trial JUS
tice Franklin Ratio in Bedford this
week that Sam did not have a
reputation as a whisky-maker. and
that he told them he had in
herited the still from an uncle
who died in 1926.
Sans inheritance cost him a
SIS fine and won him a 30-day
suspended jail sentence
Evening star., 1951-02-03
Anne Arundel Board
Votes 10 Reinstate
.0usted Police Chief
BY the Assoeiutsd Pres.

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 3.-John H.
Souers was reinstated as police
chief Of Anne Arundel County
early today by the county COM
missioners after a 12-hour hearing
The vote was to 2 and one
commissioner abstained from
voting.
A loud. prolonged applause and
cheering broke from the spectators
who packed the hearing room
when the vote was announced.
Many Of them had been there
since the proceedings opened yes
terday morning.
Dismissed January 10.
Chief Souers had been dismissed
by the county Board of Police
Examiners January 10 on charges
OF neglect of duty and or ineffi-
ciency."
He was accused by the exam
liners because he had no advance
knowledge of gambling raid last
December 81 by State police on a
house near Laurel.
At yesterdays hearing, Souers
attorney. Albert j. Goodman, ac-
cused the police examiners of bas-
ing the dismissal on hearsay evi-
dence rather than facts.
Elk" Attempt Charged.
He contended that Souers did
not have sufficient personnel to
cover every phase Of police work
completely. and therefore wasn't
negligent because he didn't hap
pen to know about one gambling
establishment.
County Manager William F.. Co.
burn. member of the police exam
liners, testified that Harry Maisel, a
contractor working near Glen
Burnie, attempted to "fix" him in
an effort to reinstate Souers.
Evening star., 1951-02-03
EVENING R-~so III In IIU ltIv
Strictlicensing
Of SIaughterers
Being Planned
Price Office Acts
To Keep Meat Supply
Flowing to Consumers
By MoIeoIm Lomborne. Jr.

by Moleoim Lomborne, Jr.
The Nations meat slaughterers
are heading for strict Government
licensing similar to that of World
War II, as the Office of Price
Sterilization prepares to keep
meat flowing to consumers.
Fully aware that it was the.
meat shortage that finally broke
OPA's back last time, OPS off,
cials are giving high priority to
working out series of steps that
will keep down black markets.
hold down prices and equalize
supplies.
The plan being worked on
would require all established
slaughterers to get special IL
censes and to make periodic re-
ports on the amounts Of livestock
slaughtered.
May Call for Quotas.
It may also call for assignment
Of definite quotas for stated pc
riods. and no slaughterer would
be allowed to exceed this amount
The plan would be designed to
discourage "hy-by-night" opera
tors who drained off some live
stock in the last war and pro-
duced an active black market In
meat.
Price officials were said to be
impressed by the gravity of the
meat situation stemming from
reports of Washington retailers
that wholesalers already have
started hiking the carcass price
of beef above what the retailers
consider the legal price.
Poultry Dealers Warned.
Meanwhile, the District price
Office disclosed late yesterday that
some poultry and egg dealers here
had the impression they were not
affected by the pirce freeze be-
cause the price of the two COM
modities is below parity.
District Director Vincent A.
Holmes warned such dealers that,
although poultry and eggs are
below parity, they are still sub
ject to the price regulation.
He further explained that they
are permitted, however. to pass
along any dollar and cents in
crease they may get as result Of
The producer hiking the price.
Once the commodities reach 100
per cent of parity, any increase
the producer may make cannot
be passed along by the professor.
He must absorb it.
Evening star., 1951-02-03
Trade Board Revives NostoIqic
Scenes and Tunes of the '2Os

There were tunes that were
popular when mother was a girl.
But mother wasn't there last
night, because the first session of
the Washington Board of Trades S
annual, midwinter dinner-based
on the theme of Tin Pan Alley
was a stag affair for 900 men,
bers.
From it's top song writers to
itinerant pianists working for q
beer. Tin Pan Alley has been
dominated by characters in berets
and loose flowing ties.
So it was in the Mayflower Ho-
tel last night, and so it will be
tonight at $50 o'clock. when the
dinner goes on for another 900
members.
Through the courtesy of the
trade group, lyrical people mean
der through the promenade of the
hotel to provide dream atmos-
phere of Tin Pan Alley.
Backdr0p of the '20s.
The whole display is decorated
with backdrops suggesting World
War I years and the '20s.
Those were the days of "Over
There" 81 Told You Not to Do
1t But You Did," Under the
Bamboo Tree" and Give My
Regards to Broadway"
Any member over SO who looked
at the posters was pleasantly
waited back to the days of his
youth and reminded by the tunes
that he had come along in years
Every Washington radio station
did its best to bring back the
memories. of the last generation.
The lobby. prior to the dinner,
resounded with brass music; hula
hula girls danced to Hawaiian
tunes, and musicians dressed in
the striped jackets and straw hats
of 1920 Atlantic City played
ukuleles and guitars. Each sta
ton, through it's painted back
Evening star., 1951-02-03
Narcotics Dealer Gets
a Years in Baltimore
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 3.-William
Phillips, %, was sentenced to four
years in prison yesterday as a
wholesale dealer in narcotics"
Boyd Martin, head of Federal
narcotics forces here, told Federal
Judge William c. Coleman that
Phillips had 102 capsules of heroin,
some cocaine and marihuana
cigarettes when arrested.
Evening star., 1951-02-03
Worldwide Protests
Fail 10 Halt Virginia S
Plan 10 Execute ;
BY fhs Assoeioisd Press

RICHMOND. Va, Feb. 3.-Vir-
ginia went ahead today with plans
to execute the remaining three of
the "Martinsville Seven" on Mon
day despite protests from around
the globe.
There was not the remotest in
dication that Gov. Battle had been
swayed by any of the thousands
of appeals. including many from
Communists throughout the world
which began pouring into his
Office shortly before the first four
Of the Negro men went to the
electric chair yesterday. All OF
the seven have admitted the crime
The Governor himself was un-
available to almost all callers who
wanted to discuss the case. Bat
teries of secretaries were kept
busy answering phone calls and
opening kilograms, then relaying
the contents to Gov. Battle.
Robson Protests to U. N.
The case of the seven Negroes,
condemned for the 1949 mass
rape of a Martinsville housewife,
reached the United Nations yes
terday. Paul Robson, singer;
Howard Fast, author. and seven
other persons protested to the
U. N. that the death penalties
were imposed because the accused
men were Negroes.
From New York, the executive
secretary Of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement OF
Colored People. Walter White
wired Gov. Battle appealing for
a stay for the remaining three
men-Francis D. Grayson, 40;
John Clabon Taylor, "a, and
James Hairston, %.
Mr.. White urged the Governor
to exercise executive clemency
mot only as an act of mercy, but
also in the interest of national
security at a time when our coun-
try desperately needs the under
standing and support of non-white
nations throughout the world"
Meeting To Be Held Here.
Executed yesterday were Joe
Henry Hampton. Booker T. Mill
ner, Howard Lee Hairston, and
Frank L. Hairston.
Aubrey Grossman, secretary of
the Civil Rights Congress and
chairman of a committee to save
the men, said a memorial meeting
will be held at Vermont Street
Baptist Church in Washington to-
morrow afternoon with important
sponsors. After the meeting, he
said, a procession bearing four
cofhns will march past the White
House.
Grossman said similar meetings
are planned in Los Angeles, Chi
cago and Harlem.
"Open Season on Negroes"
The National Committee OF
the Communist Party of the
U. A. yesterday termed President
Truman's refusal to intervene
amounted to a declaration of
open season on Negroes.
From Amsterdam the Dutch
Communist Party cabled Presi-
dent Truman to protest "the cleo
trocution of four innocent Negro
boys" and demanded that he act
to "forestall another threefold
murder"
The CO m m mist newspaper
l'Humanite in Paris protested and
said it would lodge a protest with
the United States Embassy.
Evening star., 1951-02-03

drop, illustrated q special theme.
For instance:
WMAL, The Star Station-Mod-
ern television in operation. even
to cameras. And in front Of this
backdrop, Songstress Sherry Sher-
wood and Sports, Announcer Jim
Gibbons sang and chatted.
WRC-The backdrop depicted
the gas light era of the gay '90s.
WWDC-A Dixieland jazz band
played before a set showing the
old French Quarter of New
Orleans.
Songs Of Cohan.
VOL Patriotic melodies by
George M. Cohan, Irving Berlin
and George Gershwin. sung by
Charlie Bright. with Miss Mary
Ann Kerr playing Miss Liberty" :"
WGMS-The set depicted bill
boards Of popular musical come
dies.
WTOP-Miss Vivian Nicholson
gave her version of the hula dance
against q Hawaiian backdrop.
TV Station WTTG-Cuba, and
a backdrop which resembled
famed Varadero Beach. Cuban
musicians and rumba dancer
fostered the illusion.
The shortest speech of a prac-
tically speechless night was made
just before dinner by Frank A.
Leon, chairman of the general
committee. He said. Have a good
time, boys"
He and David c. Colladay.
chairman of the membership
committee. were introduced in as
short speech by Thornton w.
Owen. president of the trade
group.
After dinner the jeanette
Hockett Revue. imported from
New York by train, presented sew
eral acts, to the accompaniment
of Leon Brusilof and his orches-
ira.
Evening star., 1951-02-03
Safe With $500 in Cash
Found RifIed in Fairfax

A large safe containing about
5000 in cash and more than ST.
900 in checks was reported stolen
yesterday from the Edwin Ford
Motor Co., Inc. at Fairfax.
Police located the safe a few
hours later in an old stone quarry
at Centerville, where the robber
apparently had discarded it after
removing the contents. Also re-
covered were an automobile and
a truck stolen from the motor
company and apparently used by
the robbers in their getaway.
The robbery was discovered
when employees reported for work
Police. have made no arrest.
Evening star., 1951-02-03
Dr.. Greer to Give Talk
AT Madison College
Special Dispatch 10 The stor

HARRISONBURG, Va, Feb. 8.
DIR. I. G. Greer. executive vice.
president of the Business Founda-
ton of North Carolina. will speak
here Wednesday noon at q Madi-
son College assembly.
DR.. Greer has been with the
business foundation since it was
organized in 1916 to promote
better understanding between
business and education. His talk
is being sponsored by the Madison
College Business Club.
Evening star., 1951-02-03
Jobs Daughters Degrees

Degrees of advancement for
Jobs Daughters of Montgomery
County will be presented at pm.
tomorrow in the Board of Educa-
ton auditorium. 800 Montgomery
avenue, Rockville. Md.
Evening star., 1951-02-03
Virginia Ferry Condemned

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. Feb. 3
(P.-The Coast Guard has con-
demned the State auto ferry,
Sewalls Point. The ferry oper-
ated between Newport News and
Norfolk. - I
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-30

T'I47
 appropriate 4th of July costume, Boys--$ $500 25O Most appropriate 4th of July costume Girls 800 25O sustained character, Boys 800 2oO character, Girls 50O zoO Rect Decorated Bicycle Bows .. 500 25o Rest Decorated Bicycle Girls ..-...~~ 500 25o buggy, Girls 300 25o wagon. tricye Boys 500 zOO Rest Marching turnout Bows organization 4a~ 1000 Best Marching turnout, Girls organization 1000 Boys girls least marchers in line of march to be considered for prize money.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-30
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PLAYERS PICKED
 IN JULY FOURTH
 BASEBALL SERlE5

Three big baseball games a special Fourth of July series will get fans out for the Sunday. Mon day and July schedule.
 The players, picked from the three Gastineau Channel League ball teams. are the best and promise keen competition.
 Ray G. Day, league manager, an- nounced today that all season tickets will be honored for the Fourth oi July baseball series.
 Tentative lineup of the picked teams follows.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-30
HAMMERS KEEP ON
 WINNING
By Associated Press

With the Pacific Coast Leagues halfway point only five days away the Seattle Rainiers are looking like a convincing animation of ancient baseball saying which prophecies:
 The team that leads the league on the Fourth of July will win the pen nant.
 The Rainiers rang up their fourth straight triumph last night, beating Oakland. 3-2, quicker than you could say Al Lyons. Lyons, in fact, did the job almost single handedly. He drove in all three runs, the last one yay of a bases loaded single in the ninth inning.
 Los Angeles slumped to sixth place by losing both ends of night dou- ble header at Portland, 3-2 and 6-l.
 Hollywood, meanwhile, remained in second place, three games behind, by polishing off Sacramento, 7-2, be- hind Johnny Lindell's five-hit pitch ing and the batwork of Outfielder Dino Restelli
 San Diego took GA triumph over San Francisco in the battle for last place.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-30
DODGERS
 LOSING
 GROUND
By Associated Press

Who stole the music to the Dodger Pennant. Waltz? The Ebbets Field organ has been hitting clinkers lately.
 A week ago the Brooks breezec along with a 61s game lead. They sould be no wrong. Then came 'ittsburgh.
 Even a double loss Sunday to the olrates was charged off as one of hose things. But you couldn't laugh off losing two of three to the New York Giants. Last nights 3-2 de- feat by the Phillies sounded the alarm bell.
 Drop Five of Six
 Panic is not the word for club with a 4is-game lead. But by drop ping five of their last six, the Dodgers let the pack close in.
 The runnerup Giants, rained out of night game at Boston, picked up a. half game when the Phils knocked off the Brooks behind Robin Roberts five-hit pitching.
 Six-Six Game
 St. Louis and Chicago struggled through nine innings for 6-6 tie in a game called to let the Cubs catch a train for Cincinnati. Because they played the full nine innings, this is not a suspended game" but will be completely replayed at a later date.
 The Pittsburgh-cincinnati game was postponed because of wet grounds.
 White Sox Win
 They all played in the American with the Chicago White Sox pro- tecting their precious half-game lead by pumping St. Louis l0-3, for the Browns ninth straight loss.
 Vic Raschi kept New York right on Chicago's neck by disposing oi Boston with three hits, 2-1, in a night game won by Joe DiMaggios eighth-inning double. It wa Raschi's 18th win, high in the American league.
 .u Senators Dumped
 Philadelphia. just escaped frop sthe stellar two weeks ago, moved within a half game of six-place Washington by dumping the Sen ators in both ends of a twilight night doubleheader, 3-2 and 1l-5.
 Bob Lemon pitched Cleveland to a Al edge over Detroit with a six hitter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-30
AMERICAN LEAGUE
LEADERS IN B. B.

Leaders in the major leagues thru Friday games are.
 American League
 Batting (based on 150 times at baD Minoso, Chicago, .367, Fain, Philadelphia, .351.
 Hits = DiMaggio, Boston, 93; Fox. Chicago, 91.
 Home runs = Zernial, Philadel- phia, IT; Robinson, Chicago, 16. Pitching (based on five decisions) Gumpert, Chicago. 7-1, .875; Teller, Cleveland, 1O-2, .833; Dobson. Chi cago and Nixon, Boston, 5-1, .833.
 National League
 Batting = Musial, St. Louis, .370; Robinson, Brooklyn, 358
 Hits Ashburn, Philadelphia 96; Dark, New York, 92. Home runs = Hodges, Brooklyn 24; Kiner, Pittsburgh and Westlake St. Louis, IT.
 Pitching = Brecheen, St. Louis, 50, 1000; Roe, Brooklyn, 10-1, 909.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-30
5poris Briefs
 ~

Oakmont, Pa. 7 Chandler Harper, the defending champion, was elimi- mated in the PGA championship.
 Reading, Pa. = Betty Jameson of San Antonio shot 32-38-70 to take first round lead in the eastern wonen's open.
 Wimbledon, England - American champion Art Larsen of San Le- andro, Calf, advanced to the quar- ter-finals of the Wimbledon cham pionships.
 Philadelphia The Justice De- partment told the University of Pennsylvania it had ordered an in vestigation of televising college football games.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-30
FIGHT DOPE

Fights last night resulted as fol- lows:
 Boise, Idaho = Harry Kid" Mat thews, 177. Seattle, knocked out Bill Petersen, 209, Chicago, A.
 Hollywood, Calf. Lauro Salas, 126, Monterrey. Mexico, and Fabela Chavez. 125. Los Angeles drew, 12.
 Richmond. Va. - Bobby Lee, 149. Baltimore, outpointed Gene Burton, 153, New York 10.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-30
B. B. STARS

Batting - Ralph Caballero, Phil lies tripled home Willie Jones in ninth with deciding run in Philadel- phia's 3-2 victory over Brooklyn.
 Pitching, Vic Raschi, Yankees pitched New York to 2-1 three-hit victory over Boston for his 12th victory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-30
LACK HUMAN BETTER

Friends of Jack Altman will be glad to know that he is rapidly recovering .- from a serious oper- ation at St. Ans Hospital here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-30
JULY 4ih
10:30 am. GRAND PARADE.

lO3Oam. GRAND PARADE
 will assemble opposite Alaska Steamship Dock Parade should be position later than 020 o'clock will promptly at l030 proceeding Ad Way Street Turn left Cowngs left Alaska Coastal At Coastal will left Woughby and repeat circle above
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GAMES

Scores of WILL games played Fri day are:
 Wenatchee 12. Spokane 8. Salem 5, Tacoma 3. Victoria IA, Yakima 2. Vancouver 5, Tri-City 4.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-30

paradng up Marine Way Admiral Way Franklin Street. Front reaching Woghby turn right and proceed on Woughby pas park, right and proceed 10th right again and proceed directly into ball park
Evening star., 1951-08-23
JoTn z T1enE
A Firm Step After Tip-toeing
Action to Be Taken Next Month to Bring Turkey o
Into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Aside from the Creek Turkish
matter the second priority sub
ject for the Ottawa Council ses-
sion will be the economics and
financing Of European rearm-
ament.
Only in recent months have
the European members, in va
'rious stages Of postwar economic
recovery, really tackled the
problem OF turning a substan-
tial portion of their energy and
resources into rebuilding their
defenses. All of them face the
major problem of diverting in
dustrial capacity from income
earning utilization into the ster-
lie and costly production Of
armaments. Unpopular budget
requirements raise doubts as to
financing capacity and new
threats Of currency instability.
The necessity Of starting their
rearmament virtually from
scratch in order to assure mod
ern and effective materiel. rath-
er than building on a creeping
obsolescence as was the pre-
war practice, has added sub.
Stantially to cost requirements.
The Ottawa session probably
will receive also some interim
reports on German participa-
tion in the defense picture and
the negotiations for a five-
power combined European. army.
More tangible progress on these
matters is expected before the
October meetings in Rome.