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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-09-14
Events In Brief....

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trip into northwest Canada,
where he was called to do some
appraising of cattle ranch hold
ings, preparatory to a sale of the
owners to an American group.
English bone china cups and
saucers while they last at $1.95
and $2.95. Snell's Gift Shop.
Mrs. Clifford Roll and infant
daughter are visiting her mother
in Van Mugs, Calf. They were
accompanied there by Mrs. Leila
Teel and infant daughter. also of
Van Mugs, they having been here
recently to visit the Roll family.
Mr.. Roll is an employee of the
Electric Coop.
, For sale-1948 Plymouth sedan.
Frank P. Sherburne.
| Mr.. and Mrs. John Gilbert are
home from Burns, Oregon, where
they had been visiting their SON.
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. S. Cooper. Mr.. Cooper,
a graduate of Montana State COL
lege, is an agronomist at the Or
egon Agriculture College Expert
ment Station at Burns.
Housewives! Get your CAM
ing supplies at bargain price s
this fall. SHELLS Grocery a nd
Gift Shop.
Sgt. Earl J. LaBreche. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil LaBreche, Sr.,
has been home on visit, having
stopped here for a few days
while on his way to Camp Kel-
mer, New Jersey, with the prob
ability that he will be assigned to
military duty in Europe. In
World War 2 he served as a ma
chine gunner, being in four ma
jor engagements, including Two
Jima. Sgt. LaBreche isn't "med-
al-happy,' although he is poss-
essor of medals that bespeak
his presence at some hot pow
derry spots in the Pacific War.
! A reward is offered for recov-
cry of right-foot rubber lost from
car, described as follows: Hunt
pac Lei n c h 5-eyelet Anklefit
sole, color olive drab. Angus
Monroe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Chattin
and son and daughter, Steve and
Helen, are home from an enjoy
able visit with Mrs. Chattin's
relatives in Valley City and Lu-
! Verne, N. Oak.
Leo Harris and Douglas Swing
ley returned this week from a
motor trip that took them into
northern Mexico. Leo said that
he plans to spend the winter in
Phoenix.
For sale-Over-shot hay stack
err. bullrake, harness and wagons.
Joe Love. Conrad. Mont, place
one mile south and one mile east
of Little America. 27-4p.
! Connie Teeples and Joan Pals
ley are leaving today for Billings,
! where they will enter the East
ern Montana College of Educa-
/ ton as freshmen.
! Lost-Lady's black purse con-
tanning cash and title to pickup
truck. Also other vaiuables. Re-
ward. Return to Avis Vielle Nc
Curtain, Browning. $3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gerard
returned from a visit with friends
in North Dakota last Sunday.
Several weeks ago Mrs. Gerard
went to Rochester, MINI. for a
health check-up at Mayo Broth
ers Clinic. On her return she was
met at Aberdeen, South Dakota
by Mr.. Gerard. They motored
from there to Valley City, where
they visited Mrs. June Fox, for
merly of Browning. Mrs. Ger
ard plans to wait several weeks
before resuming her duties as
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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-09-14
Bit of Brazil

Brazil is federal union of twenty
states, seven territories and one
federal district.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-09-14
Barrel Church

The church of our lady Of Mount
Carmel at Asst, CAL, is built to r.
semble a huge barrel.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-09-14

Gets In Your Eyes
The word perfume is derived from
the Latin Per fumum. which means
through smoke"
Evening star., 1951-02-09
Painter Awarded $4,000
For Broken Heel Bone

A 54-year- -old housepainter yes
terday was awarded $4,000 dam
ages in District Court for a brok-
en- heel bone he suffered in a
one-Story fall.
A jury sitting in Judge Alex
ander Holtzoff's court made this
finding for Charles B. Snodgrass,
formerly of 1922 Ninth street NV.
Ordered to pay were Robert, Will
liam and Charles Cohen. co-owners
of the building at 4816 Third
street NV, when the fall oc-
Cured in November. 1949.
Evidence adduced by Attorneys
A. j. Spero and Ralph Stein
showed that Mr.. Snodgrass was
hired by the Cohens, through a
contractor, to paint the build
ing they had acquired only week
earlier.
Mr.. Snodgrass was standing on
q ladder trying to raise a window
he was to paint when the entire
window came out of its frame. He
fell to the ground and the re-
sulting injury to his heel perma-
nently disabled him, Mr.. Snodgrass
declared.
Evening star., 1951-02-09
Court Upho|ds Seizure
OF ST. Million Stock
Held by Swiss Firm

The Governments right, under
the Alien Property Act. to war
time seizure of $3.7 million worth
of stock owned by a Swiss hold
ing company was affirmed yester-
day by the United States Court Of
Appeals.
Judge Z. Barrett Prettyman
wrote majority opinion uphold
ing Chief Judge Bolitha j. Laws
year-old District Court ruling
against Uebersee Finanz- Korpora-
ton.
The involved proceedings
stemmed from the 1929 sale to
General Motors of virtually all
the stock of Wilhelm Won Opel,
the Henry Ford of Germany"
and his wife in the 100-year -old
Adam Opel. auto and bicycle max
ing firm.
Part Of the remaining stock
was transferred by the Opels in
a special agreement to their son,
Fritz, in 1881. At the time all
three were German citizens.
Fritz came to America that year
and sold those interests to Gen.
eral Motors and, with the pro-
ceeds. bought large blocks of stock
In the Harvard Brewing Co.,
Lowell, Mass. and in the Spur
Distribution Co., Nashville, Tenn,
which operates $50 gasoline sta
tions in Is States.
Fritz then transferred this
stock to the Uebersee outfit, which
was set up as holding company
in neutral Switzerland. He held
81 Of 100 shares making up Ueber-
see, whose holdings consisted
mainly of the American brewery
and filling station stock.
Switched Citizenship.
In 1889, Fritz paid $4,000 to
switch his citizenship to the in
dependent principality of Liech-
tenstein on the German-Swiss
border.
With the outbreak of war, the
American Government. in 1912,
seized control of the brewery and
filling stations. which in effect
deprived the Uebersee firm of vir-
tually all its holdings. According
to Justice Department Attorneys
Myron Baum and Joseph Laufer,
the Government took the view
that the elder Opels, who re-
manned German citizens, were
actual owners of the Swiss hold
ing company, Notwithstanding the
1881 parent-son agreement.
The Appellate Court rejected
Fritz Opel's contention that the
agreement established his as
owner of the Uebersee holdings
and that the United States had no
seizure rights because of his
Liechtenstein citizenship.
Evening star., 1951-02-09
Boxer Sonny Boy West
Left S2,392 Estate

Alfred (Sonny Boy West, form
er District prize fighter. who died
of head injuries after a New York
lightweight match in December,
left $2,392 estate, District Court
probate papers show.
His widow, Jessie. disclosed
Sonny Boys total estate came to
$500, but that his debts, mostly
grocery bills, totaled $1,307.
Mrs. West declared in a court
petition yesterday that her hus-
band left no will and that his sole
survivors are herself and their
two-year- old daughter.
The boxer, regarded as one of
the best to emerge from the Dis
trict, died as a result of a fight
on December 81 with Percy Bas-
sett.
Evening star., 1951-02-09

Oh, Cupid! Valentine hearts on Honkies, ST
os frivolous as cute as sweet Valentine as you'll
find delicate sheer white cotton botiste embroidered with
real little hearts, Above two rows of hearts, nIffIe Of
red-threoded net. Below frame all around Of heort-
wthin-o-heort embroidery
All these from Jellers famous Street Floor at Street
all also available at Jelles Bethesda, Shirlington,
Saver Spring and l473 Conn. Ace.
Evening star., 1951-02-17
SPeeiol pispoteh to The Star

BALTIMORE, Feb. 17.-Dis-
mayed numbers game writers here
are reeling under twin barrages
from the Bible and the Muse these
days, and plaintive are their
laments as they look to the city S
ordained ministers to save them
financially.
Their agony stems from the in
creasing number of self-appointed
bishops and "reverenos' who
buy radio time to reach followers
interested in purchasing a Biblical
blessing" The blessings" al
ways list three digits to refer to the
passage-Such as, for instance,
John 3:16.
The dangers inherent to num-
berS writer's in a combination of
the Scriptures and poetry can best
be exemplif1ed by what happened
this week. Police arrested a COL
ored woman storekeeper on
charges of being a numbers writer.
They were intrigued when they
examined her possessions to dis
cover she wrote poetry also. The
detectives furnished newspapers
with some of her odes and on
Thursday the following couplet
was widely printed in the public
press.
Went across town the other night,
People in line.
Bishop giving out dope on 329."
An omen of such profound i'm
port was not overlooked by the
omen-conscious numbers game
Evening star., 1951-02-17
Two Policemen Fined
On Several Charges

Two police privates of No. "A
Precinct were fined a total of $3.50
yesterday, after separate hearings
before the police trial board.
Pvt. Charles H. Rawls. %, Of
4417 Georgia avenue NV, brought
before the board on three charges,
was fined $50 for being AWOL on
February 7 and another $50 for
neglecting and failing to report
to the proper police surgeon.
He was fined S100 on a third
charge of feigning illness. The
day after his illness Pvt. Rawls
reported to the police clinic and
the doctor there could find no evil
dence of sickness, testimony re-
vealed. Pvt. Rawls had complained
of a pain over his heart.
In the other hearing Pvt. Clinton
F. Brown of 5467 Twenty-th third
street Sc, was fined $25 for fail
ing to respond to duty on January
80 and $25 for not reporting to a
school crossing on the same day.
Pvt. Brown testified he had been
on sick leave for three days before
that date and was late because he
had taken a sleeping medicine
that caused him to sleep so sound
ly he did not hear the alarm clock.
He also testified he was on duty
at school crossing block away
from toe one he was supposed to
cover, owing to misunderstood
ing.
Pvt. Brown was also fined $40
for failing to report for duty on
February / at Blair House. He said
sleet, snow and traffic tie-ups pre-
vented him from arriving on time.
Evening star., 1951-02-17
Action Pushed 10 Set
D. {. Rent Office Funds

District and congressional Off
cials today were planning some
kind of quick action to provide
financing for the District Rent
Control Office until March 81,
present terminal date for city
rent curbs.
The % members of the staff of
Rent Administrator Robert F.
Cogswell now are payless, owing
to the failure of Congress to pro-
vide funds for operation during
February and March. -
Some District officials said a
deficiency request probably will
be sent promptly to the Budget
Bureau. Chairman Bates of the
District subcommittee of the
House Appropriations Committee
said he will be ready for a quick
hearing, as soon as Congress re-
ceives the request.
District officials, however, sug-
gested that a quicker way would
be for Congress to pass a joint
resolution permitting the District
to use $4,000 now earmarked for
payment of terminal leave for rent
Office employees.
Extension of both District and
Federal rent controls has been
proposed, in view Of the defense
program, but action has not yet
been taken.
Evening star., 1951-02-17
Youth Held in Housebreukinqs;
ST. 900 Cash Haul Reported

The youth was not wearing the
shoes when he was picked UP, but
police said they have been recov-
cred. and match the cast. Angel
was identified last night at a po-
lice lineup by Fred Zimmers, a
HOUSEKEEPING victim, of the $500
block of Fifteenth street NV.
Police said Mr.. zimmers caught
a glimpse of Evans near his home.
Detective Southcombe said
Evans last night admitted "a good
number" of housebreakings listed
in the precinct during the last
few months, He later added, the
detective said, that he was casing
the neighborhood for another jot
when he was picked UP. He also
told police a $100 job was his big
gest and that he gambled most OF
his loot away.
Evans now Is at the Receiving
Home for Children. where he will
remain, police said, until they
take up the situation with Juvenile
Court.
The three charges already
placed, police said, involve house.
breakings in the 1900 block OF
Fairmont street NV, the 1900
block of Harvard street NV, and
the 1900 block of Columbia road
INV
Evening star., 1951-02-17
Play on Scriptures and Poetry
Hits Hard at Numbers Writers

players. On Thursday the num-
bers game books were loaded with
play" on 329.
And that afternoon 329 "hit."
Police reported that several op-
orators went broke. All were hit
hard.
In desperation the gamblers
looked around for some means oi
breaking the unholy alliance that
was squeezing them.
They discovered that the Meth
Iodist colored ministers of Balti-
more had already organized "tc
seek the help of our brother min
listers of other denominations in
this crusade against religious
Iracketeers.
Complaints have been registered
with radio stations selling time tc
the enterprising evangelists who
traffic in numbers game prophe-
cies. One such freelance evangel-
ist already has been cut off the
air. Others are finding it more
difficult to buy time.
The colored woman whose
couplet spread disn,ay wooed the
muse again while she was await
ing iarraignmefit Before Judge
Joseph SherboW. This is one re-
suit:
"He don't know it. like I know it,
But he better get in straight,
Judge Sherbow will have him and
all the rest
Peeping through the gate.
Give them numbers up, Bishop.
Before it's too late"
Evening star., 1951-02-17

Police have arrested a 17-year-
old youth they say admitted a
Northwest housebreaking tour
which netted' him about 81 1000 in
cash during the last few months.
The youth, Angel Evans. COL
ored, of the 1900 block of Potomac
avenue Sc, was charged yester-
day with three specific house
breakings.
But Tenth Precinct Detective
G. B. Southcombe said police will
present evidence of more than
80 other housebreakings to the
grand jury if juvenile authorities
waive jurisdiction over the youth,
who will be 18 tomorrow.
Detectives Southcombe and M.
r. Luebkert wound up a search
being carried on by all the pre-
cinct's detectives last Tuesday
night when they spotted the youth
standing at the intersection of
Thirteenth street and University
place NV.
The only evidence at hand, De-
tective Southcombe said-besides
description from several holdup
victims who had spotted the
youth-was a plaster impression
of footprints made by basketball
shoes, which showed up time after
time at the housebreakingS.
Evening star., 1951-02-17
9 More Clerics Appointed
To Carroll High Faculty

Nine Augustinian Fathers have
been named to the faculty Of
Archbishop John Carroll High
School, 1000 Hardwood road NV,
for it's first year starting in De-
cember, according to an an
nouncement from the Archdiocese
of Washington.
Together with the previously
announced appointments of the
Very Rev. Edward v. Sanford as
rector and the Rev. George F.
Burnell as vice rector. this COM
pletes the faculty. Both are mem
bers of the Augustinian order.
The new appointees are the Rev.
Thomas M. Mahoney. now at
Havana, Cuba; the Rev. James j.
Cain, the Rev. Edward L. Daley,
the Rev. John j. Meagher. the
Rev. Robert j. Steinman, all at
the Augustinian College at Cath
clic University; the Rev. Joseph
H. Fox and the Rev. James r.
both at st. Nicholas Of
Tollentine High School, the Bronx.
New York. N. Y; the Rev. Ben
jamin j. Herman of Villanova
Prep School, California. and the
Rev. William E. Devine of NAL
vern Prep School, Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1951-02-17
II Arrested in Gaming Raid
On Southwest Valet ShoD

Four men face gaming charges
and seven other persons elected
to forfeit S. each on disorderly
conduct charges as a result of
a police raid yesterday on Ray
mond Fishers valet shop in the
800 block of Fourth street S.W.
Capt. Roy E. Blick said his men,
investigating neighborhood COM
plants about the shop, conflscated
money and gambling parapher-
MALTA including telephone, add
ing machine and quantities of lot
terry books and adding machine
rolls.
Released in $1,000 bonds for a
hearing February % before United
States Commissioner Cyril S.
Lawrence on charges of operating
a lottery and possessing numbers
slips were Raymond B. Fisher. %,
owner and operator of the shop;
Roy Brooks, 48, of the TOO block
of Fourth street S.W.; Joe Battle,
SO, of the 800 block of Forty
eighth street NE, and James G,
Faulkner, 40, of the 400 block of
K street NV, all colored.
The seven other persons includ-
cd two women.
Evening star., 1951-02-17
Maybank Sees Extension
OF Rent Control Next on LisI
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

Chairman Maybank of the Sen
ate Banking Committee says that
extension of present limited Fed
eral rent controls lis our next
order of business"
Senator Maybank's committee
now is near the end of public
hearings on a SO billion defense
housing bill.
During testimony on that yes
terday President William Green
of the American Federation of
Labor asked for extension and
strengthening of Federal rent
controls ito prevent skyrocketing
of rents due to the continued
housing shortage"
1--WE are taking that up just as
soon as we get the present de-
fense housing out of the way
Chairman Maybank told Mr.
Green,
Evening star., 1951-02-17
Fec UphoIds Ban on Use
OF Hush-a-Phone Gadqet

The Federal Communications
Commission has made official a
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co. ban on use of the hush-a-
phone, which permits whispered
conversation.
The Government ruled against
the cup-iike gadget yesterday on
the grounds that its unrestricted
use could result in general de-
terioration of phone service.
An official of the phone COM
pany said it has forbidden hush
a-phone use here for some time
There have been some used
here from time to time, but ]
haven't heard of any in recent
weeks" John M. Howard, gen.
eral commercial manager. de-
clared.
He said that whenever one OF
the gadgets is detected on a phone
1t is promptly removed. s+
Evening star., 1951-02-17
Silver Spring Boy Hurt
Hammerinq Bullet

A 5-year-old Silver Spring boy
was injured yesterday when a
so calibre machine gun bullet ex-
ploded after he hit it with a ham,
mer while playing in mis- backyard.
Gordon Dodson. son of Mrs.
Mary K. Barton. 9737 Sligo Creek
parkway, was treated at Wash
ington Sanitarium for a cut on his
left forearm.
The boy told his mother that
he and a playmate found the
cartridge in a trash barrel. They
placed it on a platform that holds
the barrel, and the Dodson boy
struck it with hammer.
The Silver Spring Rescue Squad
took him to the Washington SAM
tarium, Takoma Park. where seven
stitches were taken to close the
wound.
Evening star., 1951-02-17
D. c. Man, Shot 4 Times,
Disurms Other, Calls Cab

After suffering four bullet
wounds during a fight in his home
last night, Manning Durant, SO,
colored, of the 1900 block of Ver-
mont avenue NV, disarmed his
assailant and called a cab to
take him to Garfield Hospital.
He was shot twice in the groin,
once In the left thigh and once
in the left ear.
Police charged Clay De
Vaughan, 27, colored, also Of the
1900 block of Vermont avenue,
with assaulting Mr.. Durant with
|a deadly weapon. Mr.. Durant's
condition is undetermined.
Evening star., 1951-02-17
Blackstone Honored
On His 8Oth Birthday

Zachariah D. Blackstone, dean
Of Washington florists. was hon.
ored on his 80th birthday last
night at party at the Hotel
Statler attended by 200 of his
friends and business associates.
Mr.. Blackstone, who is COM
pleting SO years in the florist busi-
ness here, was presented a silver
tray from the Wholesale Florists
Association and a reclining chair
by tn centre group.
Mr.. Blackistone's first establish
ment was a small shop he started
So years ago with an investment
Of $40.
The party was arranged by Her
bert M. Sauber, a leading whole
sale florist here who is a former
employe of Mr.. Blackstone.
Evening star., 1951-02-17
TrilmbIe Declares
Core Of Functions
Should Be Dispersed

Representative Trimble, Demo-
crat, of Arkansas said last night
"It is imperative that we have at
least a core of necessary Govern
ment functions dispersed at a rea-
sonably safe distance from WASH
ington.''
In a radio interview Mr.. Trimble
cited a statement by Gen. Hoyt S.
Vandenberg, Air Force chief of
staff. that there is no complete
defense against air attack, no way
of keeping at least some enemy
planes from getting through our
defenSes.
Since the development of the
atomic bomb, one plane getting
through will do as much damage
as 200 or 400 planes did before -
Mr.. Trimble said.
Mr.. Trimble is chairman of the
House Public Works Subcommittee
which has held hearings on the
Governments dispersal plan. He
said he considered it "a good
piece of legislation and that its
purpose is three-foh:
First and foremost, it is de-
fense measure to provide for the
continuity of Government in case
of an atomic attack. Secondly, it
provides for the orderly develop
ment of the areas adjacent to
the city SO we can avoid the
haphazard situation of the past.
Third. it will make it possible to
clear out the temporary buildings
in downtown Washington and
thereby alleviate the traffic con-
gestion which is strangling the
city.
"I think 1 should support the
legislation even If the defense
aspect were out of the picture
Mr.. Trimble added that the
removal of Congress from the
Capital is not contemplated.
Evening star., 1951-02-17
Man Charged in Assault
On Policeman With Knife

A Ninth Precinct policeman
early today charged a 28-year-old
bar patron with attempting to
assault him with a switchblade
knife after the policeman inter-
vened in an argument.
The arrested man is George c..
Burns. 5000 block of Benning road
NE. who was charged with assault
with a dangerous weapon. Pvt.
Harold D. Lyon reported he found
Burns welding the knife in an
argument with another man in a
tavern in the 1900 block of H
street NE, and was forced to
strike Burns with his club in self
defense after asking him to hand
over the knife.
Evening star., 1951-02-17
CDA Appoints Sobin
And Martin to Posts

The Civil Defense Administra.
ton today announced appoint
ment of Samuel H. Sabin as gen.
eral counsel and DR.. Roscoe C.
Martin as general consultant.
Mr.. Sabin formerly was associ-
ate general counsel for the Ma
tional Security Resources Board
DR.. Martin is chairman Of the
Department Of Political Science
at Syracuse University.