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One Killed, II Injured
As High Winds Rake
Five Southern States
£ 0
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. A series of tornadoes blasted
across South Georgia and part of
Northern Florida yesterday and left
one dead and 11 injured. Hundreds
of travelers were stranded tempo
rarily. Communications and prop
erty were heavily damaged.
A tornado also hit at Hardee
♦ille, S. C., while high winds buffeted
such widely separated points as
Savannah, Ga.; Mobile, Ala., and
Biloxi, Miss.
Though water filled the streets
of Donalsonville in Southwest
Georgia, the town’s residents vol
unteered to remove all the passen
gers from the marooned passenger
train Southwind.
Freight Train Wrecked.
The “Southwind” had been halted
In Donalsonville when a 50-car
freight train was wrecked by a
washout 7 miles west of the town.
All the passengers were carried by
automobiles—bag and baggage—to
Saffold. Ga., 11 miles to the north
west, where they boarded a special
ACL train for Montgomery.
Rising waters gave the Donalson
ville citizens only time enough to
return home. The town soon after
was surrounded by water and motor
boats were operating in the main
street.
At Bristol, Ga., a tornado dam
aged or destroyed a score of homes.
A farmer, Nick Byrd, was killed
and his son Graydon seriously in
jured. Six other persons were in
jured.
Another tornado, striking near
Jesup, Ga., injured four persons.
High Water Blocks Roads.
Some Georgia towns reported 5
to 8 inches of rain in less than 24
hours. Many said surrounding roads
were impassable because of high
water.
From Chattahoochee, Fla., came
a report of high water which dis
rupted train travel between Talla
hassee and Pensacola and of the
evacuation of 11 persons from low
lands.
At Mobile 40-mile winds tore two
freighters from their moorings and
tossed them against the city wharf.
Keesler Field at Biloxi reported 10
plapes wrecked. Damage was esti
mated at $50,000.
- The storm which hit Hardeeville
Injured no one, but property dam
age was estimated at $40,000.
Butler, Executive Director
Of Forestry Group, Retires
Retirement of Ovid Butler, ex
ecutive director of the American
Forestry Association for the last 25
years, was announced yesterday by
Board of Direc
' tors. Mr. But
ler lives at 4713
Harrison street,
Chevy Chase.
He also retires
as editor in
chief of the as
sociation's mag
the group’s
azin£, Americah
, Forests.
He began his
career in 1903
with the old Bu
reau of Forestry
in the Agricul
ture Depart
ment. With the exception of two
years in newspaper work, he has
served American forestry contin
uously since.
A title. ,of executive director
emeritus has been conferred on Mr.
Butler. ' •
_LOST. _;
AIRPLANE, blue and yellow, small; lost
Thursday near Potomac, Md. Reward.1
Phone ORT 1965._;-4 |
BANK BOOK, on Thursday, downtown
Cat! BROWNE ME. 7050, or address 1422;
Mass. ave._n.w._I
BILLFOLD, red: on Chevy Chase busiine:,
containing money and door keys. Reward
for return. Call WI. 3545 days, TR. 7032
eveningx ____—2 |
BOXER, male, fawn color, name “Charlie.”
Reward. Phone FA.. 2430 or OX. 0103. 1
BRACELET, diamond and sapphire. Lost
early Sunday morning. Reward. EM
2131._—4
CAMERA (1), Rollaflex: lost at Hogates
Rpstaurant, March .30; reward. OL.
1079 —t
CAMEO PIN. on Columbia pike. Arlington;
on March 31. Reward. CH. 7500. Ext.
512._—3
CHESAPEAKE BAY RETRIEVER, male, all
brown; name "Brownie": vicinity 3rd and
E n.e. Reward. Hillside 7756. 2*_
COCKER SPANIEL PUPPY, about 2 mos.
old. green collar; lost Monday. Big- re
ward. Call AD. 8797 before 8:30 and
after 5 p.m._-—*
COCKER SPANIEL, male, bufT and white.
Call ALex. 8978. ’_^3 _
COCKER SPANIEL, red and white, male:
child's pet. answers to 'Nubbins." Re
Ward. Call UN. 4671.__ —3
COLLIE PUP. female. 4 mos , sable and
white: vicinity Takoma Park, answers to
name of "Blaze." Reward. Sligo 4429.
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DIAMOND RING—Gentleman's open work,
pold mounting; reward to finder. Write
Eox 1 SO-R, Star, pr phone ME. 7225. 4*
DIAMOND RING, dinner, Sun.. Dumbar
ton Oaks or Britannica Gardens. Re
ward, Cali HO. 92S7. —4
ENGLISH BULLDOG, dark brown and
black, white chest, weight, 65 pounds, Va.
tag No._1485C _ Reward. GL. 1962. —4 ;
FI RS. 6 skins, kolinsky fur piece. Reward. !
MI. 8825._ --2
FUR SCARF, kolinsky, 4 skins; in or near
Senate Ofllce Bldg. Reward. Falls Church
_0524.___—2 j
GLASSES, in black case. Wednesday, on
Chevy Chase or Bladensburg bus. Please
Shone Adams 1352. • * |
ID. AUTO TAG. No. 761-189. Finder call i
LI. 0353.___I
HANDBAG, lady's, brown, name and addr. j
on U. 8 Sayings Bond and insurance book; !
lost 10:15 a m. Frl. morn., bet. 49th st.!
and Minn. ave. n.e. Reward. AT. 67^84.!
PIN—Czechoslovakian o' -shaped rhiiie- ■
stone, lost in downtown -area, sentimental
value; reward. Atlantic 8021,'after 8:301
p.m. _ _i__ •
POCKETBOOK. small, with zipper: con-i
tained money: bet. 6 and 9:30. neighbor-;
hood 7300 Wis. ave. Bethesda. Reward.;
Finder please phone WI. 5869._ ___.
PURSE, alligator, lady s: in cab. March 31.
Reward. Write or phone. Box 453-R, Star i
__ _ ;
RING, lady's, gold, diamond cluster; Tues
day. Reward. Return to No. 3 police
station, Washington.__*
SCARF, mink, 3 skins; March 22i <an!
Arnold bus between Vermont ave. and K
st. n.w.. Washington, and Harrison st. and:
Wilson blvd. Arlington Reward. Call
CH. 8327 after 6:30 p m. —2
SIX ICED TEASPOONS, stiver; fraternity
seal. Reward if returned. 1322 Park:
rd. n.w.. CO. 1762._—3
STRTNG~bF PEARLS. Thursday eve., vie.
Ambassador Hotel and Capitol Theater.
Reward. Ambasaador Hotel. Room 514. *
SUITCASE, man's, black leather: lost out
of trunk of Diamond cab,. Union Station
or en route to Raleigh Hotel. March 28,
about 1:45 p.m. Reward. .Call NO. 0151,
lost and found dept., DIAMOND CAB, bet.
0 a m. and 5 P.m. —2
TOY MANCHESTER, black and tan. male,
wearing red harness, answers to name of
• Trixie." Tak. Pk. tag No 20. If found
please call 8H. 5821. Reward. —3 j
WALLET, containing money and papers.
•P. C. P.” on wallet: fn taxi.’ Reward.
1430 Belmont st. n.w., Apt. 209, CO. 0228.
WALLETTdark brown: lost in Washington,
theater; Monday. Mari* 29, contains1
papers of sentimental value. Reward,'
KM 9530._—3 I
WALLET, lady's, crocodile, name engraved,
containing money, checks to Edna Wil
liams. Thursday. Reward. EX. 1940, Ext.'
103; AD. 7902. '_|
WATCH—Seeland self-winding shockproof
watch, between King and Washington sts.,
Alexandria, and 16th and You sts. n w.,
wash., on the National Airport or S-2 C.a.
and Alaska buses: sentimental value. Re
ward. Temple 4375. _—r2 ;
WRIST WATCH, lady’s, Benrus: lost In
Rockville or Gaithersburg, Md.. Wed..
March 24. Reward. Rockville 3495—4
WRIST WATCH, man's Elgin; March 31;!
Initials "C. P. C.” and year 1940 engraved
an case. Reward. Please call Republic
MOO, Ext. 590. 3*
DONALSONVILLE, GA.—FLASH FtOOD WRECKS FREIGHT ing a flash flood yesterday. Another .train, the Southwind, was
TRAIN—The engine and 11 cars of this 50-car freight train were marooned between two washouts after the flood hit.
derailed when it hit a washed-out span of track near here dur- —AP Wirephoto.
U. N. Assembly Meets
April 16 to Act Anew
On Palestine Partition
■y the Associated Press
I LAKE SUCCESS, April 2.—The
i United Nations General Assembly
will -convene in extraordinary ses
| sion April 16 to reconsider Palestine
| partition. .
j 'The move, voted by the Security
! Council last night, leaves up In the
| air the future of the scheme to split
J the Holy Land into Jewish and’
Arab nations.
! The United States wants an in
I terim U. N. trusteeship put into
: effect without prejudice to any final
J settlement. Russia insists that the
U. N: stick to its 1947 partition de
| cision.
j Gromyko Withholds Veto.
Decision to hold the special meet
ing of the 57 nations—the second
i extra session on the Holy Land
I problem—was made on motion of
I the United States. Russia's Andrei
j A. Gromyko withheld his veto. He,
abstained along with the Soviet!
Ukraine to allow the proposal to!
pass, 9 t.o 0.
In a rare unanimous ballot, the
11-nation Council also called for a!
Jewish-Arab truce In Palestine. The
cease-fire appeal was presented by1
the American delegation- on direct
orders from President Truman.
Secretary General Trygve Lie’s
staff immediately began preparing
fgr the session, which officials esti
mated will run' three weeks and cost
$200,Q00. Plenary meetings will be
held at the old World’s Pair grounds.
in nearby Flushing. Committee «es- I
sions will be here at V. N. head
quarters. ,
Austin Calls Conference.
The special session resolution said
merely that the Assembly should
consider further the future govern
ment of Palestine. However, the
United States already has asked
substitution of trusteeship for the
Arab-opposed and Jewish-supported
partition plan.
After the voting, Warren R. Aus
tin, American chief delegate, in
vited the other Council delegates
to his Manhattan offices Monday
afternoon for an Informal confer
ence on trusteeship plans. American
sources said Mr. Austin would lay
proposals before the group then.
Summoning of the special session
left uncertain the future of the
Palestine Commission, created by
the Assembly last November 29 to j
carry out partition before October!
1, 1949. The five delegates planned
a meeting today to study develop
ments. Mr. Gromyko insisted in
the Council that the self-styled “five,
lonely pilgrims’’ go ahead with their
work.
Two Custodial Officers
Given Promotion Here
Donald Clemmer, director of the
Department of Corrections, today
announced the promotion of two
custodial officers to the rank of
lieutenant.
The men are Leon A. Parker, who
has been with the department for
10 years, and Kermit A. Weakley,
nine years service. The promotion
means a salary increase to both
men of about $750 a vear.
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Eight Named to Conduct
Census at Fails Church
Judge Paul E. Brown of Fairfax
Circuit Court yesterday appointed
eight persons to conduct a special
census of the town of Falls Church.
The census was requested by the
Town Council last month to deter
mine whether the town has the re
quired 5,000 population to become
a second-class city.
Those named to conduct the cen
sus are Mrs. Mary Ann Church, Mrs.
Dorothy C. Adams, Mrs. Elin T.
Dennis, Theodore Arrants, Mrs.
Katherine King, Mrs. Jewell Dunn,
John A. Flewelling. and Claude
Hegeley.
The work is expected to start next
week. The census is expected to
take 10 days to 2 weeks.
Phone Company to Spend
$82,000 in Bethesda Area
The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele
phone Co. of Baltimore announced]
today plans to spend $82,000 for
additional trunk facilities between
the Wisconsin and Woodley ex
changes in the Bethesda area.
The expenditure is to be part of
$2,484,000 earmarked for improving
the company’s facilities throughout
the State. Included also is $20,000
for cable facilities along the Crain
highway north qf Marlboro:
A total of $1,810,000 is to be spent
for routine, construction and main
tenance, the company said. Other
allotments' include $225,000 for ad
ditional conversions from manual to
tjial operations in Baltimore.
Sept. 28 Set for Appeal
By Dancer in Mee Case
* ly the Associated Press 1
HAVANA, Cuba, April 2.—The
Supreme Court today fixed Septem
ber 28 for hearing Patricia (Satira)
Schmidt's appeal from a 15-year
sentence for killing her lover.
Miss Schmidt, a dancer from To
ledo, Ohio, was sentenced last De
cember for shooting John Lester
Mee of Chicago gboard his yacht In
Havana Harbor. The shooting took
place on April 8, 1947. Mee died
five days later_I
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To Be Buried Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Augusta
H. Moor, «3, lifelong resident pt the
Washington area, will be held at
11 a.m. tomorrow in the Georgetown
Lutheran Church, Volta place and
Wisconsin avenue N.W. Burial will
be in Rock Creek Cemetery;
Mrs. Moor died Wednesday In
Georgetown Hospital after an illness
of a week. She lived at 7815 Mac
Arthur boulevard, Cabin John, Md.
A native of Alexandria, Mrs. Moor
moved with her parents to George
town as a girl. For many years she
was cashier in the Dumbarton The
ater, 1349 Wisconsin avenue N.W.
She retired in 1922 after her mar
riage to William T. Moor, assistant
manager of the Hlser Theater in
Bethesda. They moved from Be
thesda to Cabin John a year ago.
Mrs. Moor was a member of the
Daughters of America. She attend
ed Georgetown Lutheran Church, j
where she was a member of the
ladies’ aid.
i Surviving, besides her husband,
j are a daughter, Mrs. Daniel J. Kiley j
of New York, and two brothers, Otto
|H. Fischer of Washington and Wil
lliam C. Fischer of Florida.
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Michael Rayens Dies;
Ex-Western Union Officer
. By th« Associated Brets
NEW YORK, April 2.—Michael!
W. Rayens, 85, credited with thej
idea of uniforming Western Union
messenger boys, died yesterday.
Mr. Rayens was general superin
tendent of Western Union in 1896
when he decided to put the mes
senger boys into uniform. He began
his career with Western Union as
a n^fienger. ’ , ., >
At his death he was vice presi
dent of the American District Tele
graph Protection Service.
Finn Delegates Return
To Talk to President
By fh» Associated Press
HELSINKI, Finland, April 2 —
Two of Finland's Moscow treaty
negotiators are expected back by
plane today for talks with President
Juho K. Paasikivi.
They are Dr. J. O. Soederhjelm of
the Swedish People’s Party, repre
senting .Parliament, and Dr. Urho
Kekkonen of the Agrarian Party.
Their plans were disclosed by the
Foreign Office last night.
. Mr. Paasikivi had been expected
to send new instructions yesterday
to the seven-man Finnish delega
tion negotiating with the Russians
on a treaty of friendship and
mutual assistance proposed by
Prime Minister Stalin.
He failed to do so. One well
informed source hinted that the re-!
| turn «f the two delegates was con
nected with the delay.
Speculation spread that the gov
; ernment and Parliament were in
deep conflict over the nature of the
instructions. Informed sources said
the government believed the treaty
could contain some military clauses.
Most parliamentary groups presum
ably were sticking by their stand
against such clauses.
Political circles said Mr. Paasikivi
was angry over reported leaks
abroad on the course of negotia
tions. The President was said to
fear "wild reports’’ might disturb
the Moscow talks, in progress since
March 22.
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Bay Bridge-or Tunnel
Decision 2 Months Away
ly Wm Auoctatod Prm
BALTIMORE, April 2.-Chairman
Robert M. Reindoll&r of the State
Roads Commission said yesterday a
decision on whether Maryland will
build a bridge or a combined bridge
and tunnel across Chesapeake Bay
still is two months away.
He said he saw little chance that
construction can start until late in
October or November.
. The Raymond Concrete Pile Co.
still is working on a series of test
borings in the bed of the bay to
determine whether a bridge or a
bridge-tunnel would be better.
Round-the-clock crews on two
scows started making the test last
fall, but they were considerably
hampered by ice and cold weather.
Kaylor fo Return to job
As Maryland Park Chief ,
•y Mw Associated Proas
BALTIMORE, April 2.—Joseph P.
Kaylor, on a leave of absence for
the last year, will return to his
job as director of the State Depart
ment of Forests and Parks next
week.
H. C. Buckingham, who was as
sistant director under Mr. Kaylor
and has been acting director since
Mr. Kaylor left-may be named to
the new po6t of State Forester.
John M. Nelson, chairman of the
Forests and Parks Commission, said
it would meet Monday1 to formalize
Mr. Kaylor’s re-employment and
vote on the Buckingham appoint
ment.
Mr. Kaylor left a year ago for a
year of educational work with the
American Forestry Association in
Washington.
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As Inspector Retires
Inspector Walter H. Thomas left
the Police Department yesterday
with the wishes of his former chief!
for a ‘ long and happy retirement.”
The former executive pfflcer was
told by Police Superintendent Rob
ert J. Barrett that he had been
“most helpful and loyal.”
“X°ur willingness to help out
when the going was rough was al
ways very encouraging to me.” MaJ.
Barrett wrote. ‘‘Your leyalty was
always unquestioned.”
MaJ. Barrett expressed the hope
that Inspector Thomas would soon!
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