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Evening star., 1952-12-27
Big Citrus Group
Accused Of VIOLATING
Antitrust Laws
BY the Associated Press

The Federal Trade Commission
has accused a huge citrus fruit
marketing association in Florida
OF operating outside the antitrust
laws. a charge denied by the mar
keting group.
Named by the FTC yesterday
was Florida Citrus Mutual of
Lakeland, Fla, which the FTC
said had some 1000 members rep
resenting about IS per cent of the
citrus fruit grown in the State.
Florida supplies about half of
all citrus fruits-such as oranges,
lemons and limes-that Ameri-
cans eat, the FTC said.
Price Fixing Charged.
The Government complaint said
the non-profit marketing group
operates under a plan by which
it "does not handle, buy or sell
citrus fruits or citrus products,
but instead attempts to control
the purchase and sale of citrus
fruits and citrus products and
regulates the prices at which these
products are purchased and sold
through contract arrangements
with growers and with handlers" "
It also alleged the association
seeks to control prices and mar
keting of citrus products after
title has passed from the growers.
Charges. Denied.
Perry w. Murray, president of
the association, said in Frost
proof. Fla.
1--WE feel we have been comply
ing with the law and have never
stepped over the bounds of try
ing to control prices after fruit
mas passed out of the hands of
the grower.
"The Government has been at
tempting to stabilize some agri-
cultural interests by subsidies
Here we have a group of growers
trying to stabilize their industry
without subsidies and the Govern
ment criticizes it,"
| The FTC complaint itself sets
forth a tentative cease and desist
order which. the agency says
would allow the marketing group
to operate within the law.
The association is allowed &c
days to answer the complaint. A
hearing before an FTC examiner
is scheduled in Lakeland Feb
ruary 18.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
BY the Associated Press

LONDON. Dec. 81. - Britain's
movie industry has ranked come
dian Bob Hope and nine other
Hollywood stars as this country's
top international box Office attrac-
tions for 1852.
It was clean sweep for Holly
wood-not a single star under
British or European contract
showed among the big 10 money
makers.
Top honors for pulling in GUS
toners also went to an American
film, THE Greatest Show on
Earth" starring Betty Hutton.
Under Bob Hope, British film
exhibitors yesterday listed. respec-
lively. Gregory Peck, Betty Hut
ton, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis,
John Wayne. Mario LAMA. James
Mason. James Stewart. Doris Day
and Humphrey Bogart.
British actors Sir Laurence Oil
vier and Robert Donat, who usual
ly rank we'll up on the list, did not
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Four Estate Appraisa|s
Filed in Charles Town
TotaIing S50O,OOO
Special Dispotch to The Stor

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, Dec
27.-Appraisals of four estates
with values totaling more than
$500,000 were filed this week in
the office of the clerk of the
County Court for Jefferson
County.
The estate of the late C. D.
Scully, former Mayor of Pittsburgh,
shows a total valuation of
$197, ,840.96. OF the total amount,
$167.178.54 was in shares of cor
porate stocks and securities.
Monies and other Intangible per-
sonal property totaled $22 ,349.5
with real estate and tangible per-
sonal property accounting for the
balance. Mr.. Scully died at Shep-
herdstown some months ago.
Also on record is the appraisal
of the estate of Rosalie Scully,
widow OF c. D. Scully, who died a
few weeks after his death. Her
property was appraised at $134,-
$3.50. Her three-fourths undi-
vided interest in real estate in
Shepherdstown was appraised at
$13,500. Government bonds were
appraised at $1.258 and corporate
securities were appraised at
$1.31750. The residue consisted of
a trust fund created by her hus-
bands will which the appraisers
valued at $110,298.75.
An appraisal of the jefferson
County assets of the late Benjamin
F. Harris has been filed, showing
property here valued at $93, ,670.58.
"A 381-acre farm near Charles
Town was appraised at $62,3OO.
while personal property and ma
Ichlnery on the farm was valued at
$31 ,370.58. Mr.. Harris was a resi-
dent of Pittsburgh and the. local
appraisal shows only his assets in
this State, which, it is understood
constitute only small portion of
his holdings.
An appraisal of the estate of
Miss Gertrude Snyder shows total
assets valued at $213,874.O5. OF
the total sum. corporate stocks and
securities were valued. at $685.
$4,000. while Government bonds
were appraised at $85,136.38,
Other real and personal property
accounted for the balance.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Arlington School Boord
BUYS Truct for $4,000

Two acres of land adjoining
Washington-Lee High School that
are improved with three houses
and a store, have been sold by
Mrs. Emma r. Divine to the Arl-
.ington County School Board for
$4,000. The property is located
at the corner of North Washing
ton boulevard and North Quincy
street.
The sale was handled by Will
liam N. Brown of Yeonas Realty
of Arlington.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Hutchinson Chosen
To Head District IREM

The District Chapter, Institute
of Real Estate Management, re-
Gently elected William P. Hutch
inson as it's president for 1858.
Other officers of this affiliate OF
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards are the following
Vice President, Edward T. Of
futt; secretary. Wimbert M
Gardner; treasurer. Milburn j.
Donchoe jr.. members of the
Executive Council. William N
Grimes and Howard F.. Hum
phries.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Polish Spy Charge
Denied by Air Force
BY the Associoted Press

WE1SBADEN, Germany, Dec
T.-United States headquarters
here today denied a Polish charge
that American aircraft from Wies-
baden dropped two spies into Po-
land November 4.
THAT story is obviously fake" "
an Air Force spokesman said. He
added that there was not even any
record of a plane from here being
in the Baltic area near Poland on
that date.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
60-Acre Truct in D. c.
Is Sold for $3.50, 900

Two pieces of land totaling about
so acres within the District have
been sold for approximately $780,
900 to a syndicate headed by
Harry Sennett. Leo M. Bernstein
d. Co., which handled the trans
action, announced today. Joseph
Jolles negotiated the sale. Seller
was the c. A. Snow Co.
The tract is bounded on the
east by Sixteenth street. on the
south by Blair Park, Redwood
Terrace and North Portal drive;
on the west by Beach Parkway
and on the north by the District
line
The property will be subdivided
and will be known as Redwood
Terrace Estates.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
7 en- Hollywood Stars Outpu|I
Britons at Own Box Offices

appear in any new film during the
year and a relatively new come
dian.' Ronald Sinner. was lead
ing attraction. Anna Neagle held
her first position among British
actresses for the sixth successive
year.
In roundup of the most popu-
lar Western stars, Hollywood had
another clean sweep in this order:
Gary Cooper. Randolph Scott.
James Stewart. Roy Rogers, John
Wayne. Rod Cameron. Alan Ladd,
Gene Autry, jeff Chandler and
of all people-Clark Gable.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Spanish CurdinuI AssoiIs
Protestant Propaganda
BY the Asseeioted Press

SEVILLA, Spain, Dec. 27.-The
Archbishop of Sevilla, Pedro Car
dinal Segura, last night charged
Protestants in Spain with "com-
batting the authority of the Pope
and called for a grand crusade
against them.
The fiery church leader said he
had received reports from all over
of Protestants spreading propa-
Iganda leaflets. He demanded the
government halt this mortal
plague" and called on Catholic
faithful to combat it with counter
propaganda.
Evening star., 1952-12-27

effort to find a solid anchorage
for the hangers.
In many cases this sounding
process has been a failure be-
cause it is pure guesswork. In
other cases the householder has
thought that he had the right
spot, only to have the hanger or
nail tear out of the plaster and
let the mirror or frame come
crashing to the floor.
Now there is a positive way of
finding the studs. 1t is another
clever Yankee invention known
as a dowser ball. This gadget
consists of a plastic tube contain
ing two steel balls. one smaller
Evening star., 1952-12-27
By Douglas Tuomey

Whenever there is heavy
mirror to hang on a large picture
frame to be fastened to the wall
it is essential that the studs be-
hind the plaster be located.
Most homeowners have had the
experience of humping the wall
with a hammer or driving a thin
nail through the plaster in an
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Storm Neors Philippines

MANILA, Dec. 27 (P).-A trop-
ical storm with 50-mile- AN hour
winds at its center is churning
across the Pacific toward the
Philippine Islands. the Weather
Bureau reported today. 1t located
the storm 600 miles east Of
Mindanao Island.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Defense Housing Units
Reported $50 Complete
BY the Assoeioted Press

The Housing and Home Finance
Agency reported today that, of
98,029 defense housing units
planned for critical areas, 1888
were put under construction, with
24,697 of these completed.
The report said the 98,029 units
were programmed in 204 critical
defense housing units-73,915 for
rentals and 24,114 for sales. AS of
December II, it said, 43 per cent
of the total were under construc-
ton and Is per cent of the total
were completed.
Evening star., 1952-12-27


is not a stud behind the tube
the balls Jump apart.
With this device you can sound
over an entire wall and locate
every stud or wall beam behind
the plaster. There is no guess
work about this device as it is
based on the solid principle that
there is a certain amount OF
bounce or resiliency in the walls
of any frame house except where
the studs are located.
This invention has proved a
boon to building inspectors and
others whose business it is to
examine houses.
tReleaSed by the Bell Syndicate Inc,)
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Detroit Man to Head
Philadelphia Race Group
BY the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.-
George Schermer Of Detroit has
been named executive director of
Philadelphia's Commission on HUI
man Relations. it was announced
today The salary for the office
lis $4,000 a year.
Mr.. Schermer, who has been
director of the Mayors Interracial
Committee in Detroit for seven
years, succeeds Frank S. Loescher
whose resignation becomes effec-
tive December 81.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Red Conquest of Chino
Gives Singapore CopitoI
BY the Associated Pres.

S1NGAPORE.-The Communist
conquest. of China has caused
capital which formerly found its
way to that country to pour into
Singapore from all parts of the
world. says the British colony's
financial secretary, w. c. Taylor
The low rate Of interest and the
solid backing of sterling are fac
tors in the movement of capital
here. Although there is a slump
in the textile trade at present, all
other trades are thriving. Mr.. Tay-
lor reports.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Contract Let to Remodel
Stores in Georgetown

Historic Georgetown, Inc, a
corporation formed to buy and
restore the northwest corner of
Thirtieth and M streets NV, an
nounced this week it has let a
contract for remodeling three
tr~erooms on the property. A
small house at the rear of the
property will be razed to provide
an entrance to a rear courtyard.
Seven apartments over the stores
will be provided later.
Architect for the restoration is
William D. Foster of Howe, Foster
h Snyder. Teunis F. Collier, Inc,
viii handle the remodeling work
Evening star., 1952-12-27
COMMITTEES Named
For March Of Dimes
Drive in Leesburq
Speeiol Dispoteh 10 The Stor

LEESBURG, Va. Dec. 81
Harry S. Sommers, Loudour
County campaign director for the
March of Dimes drive, today an
nounced the general committee
district and local chairmen fo1
the drive, which begins January 2
They are Hugh Grubb, jr., and
George Hammerly. advisory COM
mittee: James L. Mcintosh. treas
urer; Mrs. Harry C. Wanner. pub
licity; the Rev. Frank Moss, jr.
churches: Mr.. Grubb, dances; A
L. Hutton. schools, and John
Diedrich. sports and special
events.
The district chairmen are Loren
Pope. Broad Run: Holmes
Thomas, jefferson: Horace Hal
lett, Leesburg; Robert Myers
Lovettsville; John r. Dudley
Mercer. and w. Norris Welsh
Mount Gilead.
Local chairmen are Clyde Tren-
Iary. Arcola; Rudolph Harding
Ashburn; Mrs. A. c. Echols, Blue
mont; Mrs. Richmond Ely, Ham
ilton; Miss Ardeth Grim, Hills
boro: Miss Shirley Mullen. Lou.
doun Valley; Mrs. John Keister
Lovettsville; Mrs. Matthew Kohl
hoss. Lucketts: Mrs. H. G. Tayloe
Ijr., Middleburg: James r. Myers
Purcellville: Mrs. Robert James
Round Hill: Mrs. A. j. Muvaney
Sterling, and Mrs. B. F. Johnson
Waterford.
A bronze plaque in memory OF
the late Harry Taylor Pancoast
former president of the Loudour
County Hospital, has been in
stalled on a wall of the corrido,
near the hospital Office.
The plaque reads: In Memor,
of Harry Taylor Pancoast. 1871
1851. Benefactor and Forme
President of This Hospital"
Miss Joan Sprague, Purcellville
has been elected to head th'
Loudoun All Honor Club TO,
1853. Other officers chosen are
Kenneth Rollins, Leesburg, vic,
president; Miss Frances Carnes
Leesburg, secretary; Phil Marshall
Arcola. treasurer; Miss Anna Ma,
Fields. Purcellville. reporter; Mis-.
Janice Buck. Aldie, song leader
and Edward Utterback. Purcell.
vile. sergeant at arms.
Fourteen members of the Luck.
etts junior baseball team, win.
ners of the county championship
have been presented with trophies
They are Benny Kline. Jimmy
Athey. Herbert Cockrell, Jimm.
ICockrell. Jimmy Sutphin, Tommy
Hef1in. Lenney Lindsay, Bill!
Wrenn, Clarence Saunders, Clin.
ton jenkins. Franklin Redman
Wayne Fox, Charles Rollison anc
James Carnes.
The Fairfax Chorus of 40 voice.
will sing THE Messiah" at the
union service in Leesburg Metho.
dist Church at 8 pm. Sunday
Soloists for the presentation will
be Betty Sweiger. contralto; Frank
Abel, bass; Vera Mutt and Mar.
garet Davis, soprano, and Stephen
Gray. tenor. jeff Baker is di-
rector of the chorus.
The dining room at the Leesbure
Inn will be reopened January /
S. w. Keesee, owner, announced
today. It was closed last August
and has been completely redeco.
rated. Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Darnley
of Bristol. Va, have been appoint
ed managers of the hotel opera
ton.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Cleaner Uses Rudios

DUBL1N.-A Dublin dry clean
ing firm has equipped all its trucks
with two-way radios. When a
customer calls the company. an
operator radios the truck assigned
to that area, and a pickup is
made within a few minutes.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Obscure EngIishmen Got Patent
On Plan for Jet Plane m7867

LONDON, Dec. q (NANA-
kemnews).-If there is one tale
more fanciful in the annals of
British discoveries that that about
the man who claimed to make
gold from wheat, it is that of the
two long-forgotten inventors who
propounded a plan for jet air.
craft and never lived to see them
fly.
On a quiet day in 1867, in the
middle OF Queen Victoria's reign,
these two men must have walked,
with a diffident manner, into the
newly opened rooms of the patent
Office and told their unusual story
The clerk who saw them was
a civil servant, and treated them
in the same mildly curious. but
polite, way that was doubtless
adopted II years later to the man
who could make gold.
He told them how to file their
patent. and then lost their names
from his mind. The two men
walked out into the streets of
London, and went back to their
homes in the West End.
Plans Shown as CuriO.
They were James William But
Ter, of 19 Savile row, and Edmund
Edwards of % Buckingham street.
The existence of their potential
jet plane is suddenly made pub
lie for it's plans stand prominently
in the exhibition of curios which
have been arranged at the patent
office library to mark it's CEN
tenary.
The man who rediscovered their
existence is Bernard Benson, for
mer London University man who
has been with the patent Office
for 80 years, and is one of its
examiners.
The patent they got for "im-
provements in apparatus for float
in, and travelling through, the
air" predicted the delta wing and
jet plane with remarkable &C
curacy.
Invention Described.
They described their invention
long before the Wright brothers
and even longer before Sir Frank
Whittle, the modern pioneer of
aeronautical science. as follows:
1T consists of making wings or
inclined planes. as light and strong
as possible, covered with some
strong light material. Each wing
must be triangular, or nearly so,
in shape, and two are joined to-
gether.
ITO give movement we use (a)
flexible wings. or (b) the reaction
of a jet of compressed air, steam,
or of the explosion of a mixture of
inf1ammable gas and air, such gas
being generated in any suitable
way, the jet issuing in a direction
contrary to that in which the
apparatus Is moving; or sometimes
two jets;
"Or (c) sometimes we could use
screw propellers instead of jets to
obtain the same results"
A third wing" hung down be-
low their projected aircraft,
rather like the body and under
carriage of a modern plane.
Originators Forgotten.
BY now their names are for
gotten and nobody knows who
they were-whether they were
scientists or egineers, or just two
ordinary citizens who had a novel
idea and patented it.
They got the same treatment
probably being dubbed "cranks, "
as the South London clerk, Harry
Fell. who in 1884, patented his
method for getting gold from
wheat.
If anybody wants to make money
quickly here is how he says II
can be done.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Here Is q 'Gismo' That HELPS
You Locate Studding in Wall

than the other. One end of the
tube has a triangular f1ange on
which there is small knob.
This f1ange is set firmly against
the wall and held there by press
ing the other end of the tube with
the thumb OF your left hand. With
the ball Of your right hand you
give the wall alongside the tube
a firm thump. If the tube is
directly over stud, the two balls
remain closely together. If there
Evening star., 1952-12-27

Since storm sash usually will
prevent windows from Jogging
and thereby deprive you of fair
warning. it's a good idea to open
an inside window to see if the
storm pane mists over. If con-
densation occurs, recommended
limits Of humidity are being
exceeded.
Three steps to prevent excessive
humidity are to eliminate, isolate
and Ventilate.
Elimination means to get rid of
moisture at its source. Use venti-
lating fans in kitchens. laundries
and baths. Isolation means con-
inning moisture to prevent its
circulation through the house.
Ventilation, perhaps the most
basic. means to let the moist air
escape out of doors and be re-
placed by dryer fresh air. This
doesn't take long and your heat
loss will be negligible.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Windows Steam Up!
Walls Perspire!
Better Watch Out!
By Dovid 6. Boreuther

BY Dovid 6. Boreuther
Jack Frost is now getting busy
painting ferns and forests on win
dows across the country. In places
where it isn't cold enough for him
to finish his artistry he manages
to fog up our windows and spill
water in puddles. !
All OF this is enjoyed by the
youngsters and their flngertips.
But it worries the oldsters, whose
letters to this department show
how serious it all can be.
We've just moved into a house
four years old" writes Mrs. G: H.
of Tacoma. Wash. land we find
the windows steam up to such an
extent the frames are rotting and
the plaster is being ruined. Plaster
behind the beds and in the closets
mildews quite badly. The mop
boards will have to be replaced" !"
R. G. of Detroit writes: II have
an old house and in winter the
walls and windows sweat. Would
. vapor barrier prevent this?"
j. r. E. of Florence. S. c.. and
Mrs. D. E. w. of Findlay, Ohio,
are among many others wanting
to know more about vapor bar
riers. 1T is impossible to keep
paint on my house." Mrs. D. E. w.
says.
B. P. H. of Fairfax, Va, has
"a large amount of moisture col
lecting on the rafters and under
side of the roof" And Mrs. D. E.
B. of Hoquiam, Wash. has WIN
dows sweating so badly "it ruins
the window sills and drapes :.
it seems to be worse at night or
early morning. When we get up
the windows are all wet. except
the double glazed ones. Our house
Is one year old"
y y
TO BE BLUNT, it's a good
thing these readers can see the
moisture on their windows, walls
and rafters. If they couldn't see
it, much more serious damage
might be done before remedial
steps could be taken. An engineer.
well qualified on this subject. says
we ought to regard these windows
as built-in barometers-they show
us how much humidity we have
in our homes and exactly how
much ventilation is needed.
Frost or dew on a window pane.
this expert says, indicates a rela-
tive humidity which should be
corrected quickly. He is Frank
E. Parsons. engineer for the Ma
tional Mineral Wool Association.
His organization has been working
with several colleges and research
bodies to explore causes and cor
rections Of excess moisture in
homes.
Moisture control is important
to every home" Mr.. Parsons says,
1T is a simple proeess-just a
matter Of watchfulness and easy
to-take precautions.
X + + +
Vapor barriers never would
have been needed if the air in
houses could have been kept as
dry as the air outdoors. These
barriers usually take the form of
unbroken sheets of aluminium foil
between the plaster and any insu-
lation in the walls. However, a
tight coat of paint on the walls.
or under wallpaper, also can be
an effective vapor barrier.
Both of these measures prevent
moisture from condensing on cold
surfaces in the walls.
The safest procedure is to keep
as much moisture as you can out
Of the air in your house. The
University of Minnesota expert
ment station recommends these
percentages of relative humidity
for indoor air at 10 degrees:
outdoor Indoor
Temperature. Humidity.
10 or below Not over 1870
20 to -1O----Not over 2OTo
10 to O----Not over $50
0 to 10-----Not over $50
Above Not over 40%
Evening star., 1952-04-27
EE363(I|3IR8} E!E!3&!I3|3I3}38}

That's why so many boys and girls,
also adults, use KLEEREX at the
first sign of a pimple or blackhead.
For KLEEREX is not a messy cream,
but a stainless, soothing, medicated,
flesh-colored liquid that helps pimples
and blackheads disappear fast. Amaz-
ing KLEEREX hides your pimples
as it dries them up. Ask druggist for
Kleerex-only 49t. Triple size 98e.
Evening star., 1952-04-27

Nearly everyone is tempted by
favorite foods that cause acid indi-
gestion. But with Tums you can
make sour stomach worries a thing
of the past. Pleasant-tasting Tums
neutralize excess acid almost
instantly. Yet Tums contain no
baking soda or other water-soluble
alkalieS. Can't over-alkalize-
Evening star., 1952-04-27
But WHY?

THERE's a perfectly logical
Il reason behind every action
no matter how strange. The
drawback is that some people
seem to use a system of logic all
their own. And the highly indi-
vidual reasons given below help
to prove it.
One-Sided. In Sweden, radio
owners are taxed about $50 a
year to support their commercial
free radio stations. Recently, a
farmer asked the Swedish broad
casting corporation to grant him
his radio license at half price.
Why the reduction? He's deaf
in one ear.
aptitude Test. Police arrested
a Bradford, Pa, man who set a
forest fire. 1t seems he thought
forest rangers would give him a
job if he helped put it out.
Face of a Nation. A Picasso
drawing of Stravinsky on its way
to an exhibition in the Near East
was once held for two days by
Balkan customs officials. They
insisted it was a plan of their
frontier fortifications.
Foreigner. In Maplewood, N. J.,
a two-year-old boy answered a
telephone call one day when his
mother was in another part of
the house. A little later a mes
senger delivered a telegram bear
ing this apologetic note: 1--WE
tried to telephone this message
at 1905 today, but there was
no one there who could speak
English"
On the Level. When a clerk in
a Milwaukee store went into the
dressing room where a customer
was trying on a bathing suit, she
found the woman sprawled out
on the floor. The customer ex-
planned:
"It's all right. I'm just trying
to see how it will fit when I'm
lying on the sand"
Temper, Temper. In Cairo,
Egypt, a Belgian Congo native
in the British Army crashed a
five-ton armored vehicle into a
laundryman's hut with malice
aforethought.
Why did he do it? His shirt
was not ready in time for his
guard duty. SHEILA ROSEN