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U. S. Sues to Break Up
Boston Egg Exchange
To Halt Price Fixing
6 By Associated Press
The Justice Department to
day asked a Federal Court in
Boston to dissolve the Boston
Fruit and Produce Exchange on
the ground that it has been
used to control agg prices in New
England.
Attorney oenerai uiarx an
nounced the civil suit names the
exchange and 12 leading egg dealers
in-Boston as participants in an al
leged conspiracy to fix egg 'prices in
violation of the antitrust laws.
The exchange and the same deal
ers were named in a criminal in
di&ment returned by a Federal
grgnd jury at Boston last December
charging price-fixing conspiracy.
Effort to Restore Competition.,
The suit announced today is a
companion action, designed to put
the exchange out of business and
enjoin the defendants from engag
ing in practices alleged irl the in
dictment.
Herbert A. Bergson, Assistant At
torney General in charge of .anti
trust cases, said: "The purpose of
th|s civil action is to attempt to
restore price competition in the dis
tribution and sale of eggs in New
Ertgland.”
Mr. Bergson said an agreement
among the dealers had the effect of
keeping down competition and in
creasing the retail prices paid by
consumers.
Exchange Prices “Rigged.”
Mr. Clark said those named in
the injunction action are:
Boston Fruit & Produce Exchange,
H P. Hood & Sons, Inc., Berman &
Co., Inc., Bartlett Varney Co.,
Chapin & Adams Corp., E. F. Deer
ing Co., Inc., H. A. Hovey Co., Ken
nedy & Co., Inc., A. E. Mills & Sons,
Inc, all of Boston; Armour & Co,
and Beatrice Foods Co., both of Chi
cago; Brockton Co-operative Egg
Auction Association, Inc., of Avon,
Mass., and New Hampshire Egg Auc
tion, Inc., of Derry, N. H.
The Justice Department said the
complaint alleges that egg transac
tions on the produce exchange:
U) Are “only token transactions
among the defendants,*’ (2) Ac
counted for only a small fraction of
the actual purchases and sales of
eggs, and (3) That the “official" ex
change prices were “rigged.”
Greek Guerrillas Reported
Massing for Showdown
By the Associated Press
ATHENS, July 21.—A high Amer
ican military source said last night
that Markos Variades has summbned
guerrillas from all over Greece to
the Grammos Mountains. The fresh
troops are to support his depleted
forces which are preparing for a
showdown fight with government
troops.
The American source said about
4,500 Bierrillas are< on the move
from Thrace, Central Macedonia
and other regions into the rugged
battle zone south of the Albanian
border. ,■ ...
; The government said since thp
operation against Vafiades’ Commu
nist-led guerrillas began June 20.
1.062 guerrillas have been killed and
357 captured. An American officer
sail at least 4,500 guerrillas have
been wounfled,
Th GrertTHrmy's losses %e.re lisfcf*
ed as 360 dead, 1,952 wounded, and
SO missing.
Edward T. Dickinson Named
ECA Program Co-ordinator
ly the Associated Press
Edward T. Dickinson, jr.. New
York businessman, today was named
director of the new program co
ordination division of the Eco
nomic Co-operation Administration.
ECA Administrator Paul G. Hoff
man, who announced the appoint
ment, said the division will be re
sponsible for evaulating and rec
ommending ECA programs for the
participating Europeon countries.
Mr. Dickinson, 37, is on leave of
absence from Universal Pictures
Co., Inc., of New York, where he is
vice president in charge of educa
tional pictures. He was a Marine
in World War II and served with
the Office of Strategic Services.
Before entering service he was
research assistant to the chairman
of the board of United States steel |
and later executive director of thei
Planning Committee of the War;
Production Board.
After the war, Mr. Dickinson was;
one of the United States represent-1
stives on the Emergency Economic
Committee for Europe, predecessor
of the United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe.
Weather Report
District of Columbia—Considerable
cloudiness and humid with high near
92 this afternoon. A brief shower
likely this afternoon or evening.
Lowest tonight about 74. Continued
warm tomorrow with scattered
thunder showers.
Maryland and Virginia—Partly
cloudy and continued warm and
humid tonight and tomorrow with
a few isolated thunder showers.
;Wind velocity, 3 miles per hour; j
direction, south-southeast.
i River Report.
< 'From U. S. Engineers I
'Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
add muddy at Qrcat Falls. Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Yasterday— Pet Today— Pet.
Noon _«:« Midnight ... . 90
4 ip m. -47 8 a m. ..._88
8 JP-m. 72 1:30 p.m. ... 55
High and Low for Yesterday.
3ligh, 89. at 2:55 p.m.
.Low. 73. at 6:10 a.m.
. Record Temperature! Thit Year. i
.Highest, 95. on June 24
•Lowest. 5. on January ft>.
• t Tide Tables
fPurntched bv United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
HIJh _9.11 a m. 9:48 a m
Low -3:35 a.m. 4:18 a.m.
Hi*h-9:41p.m. 10:10 p.m.
Low - 4f15pm 4:53 pm
The Sun aad Moon.
Rises. Bets.
Sun. today _ 6:59 8:30
Bon, tomorrow_6.00 8.:29
Moon, today __ 9 22 p.m 6:06 a m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
•Monrniv precipuation in incne* in in*
Capital (current month to date):
Month 1948. Ave. Record
January _4.57 3 55 7.8a 37
Pibruary_ 1.67 3.37 6.84 ’84
March _ 3.66 3 75 8.64 ’91
April _ 3 05 3.27 9.13 ’89
MPT _ 8.87 3.70 10.69 *89
Jtttie _ 5.28 4.13 30.94 ’00
July _ 2.08 4.71 10 63 ’86
Ana u At 4 01 14 41 *28
September_ 3.2* 17 4ft ’34
Ogtober_ 2.84 8.81 '37
November _ _ 2 37 8 69 '89 j
December . 3 32 7.56 *01!
• Temperature* in Tariout Citiaa.
C* High Low. High. Low
BlbuQUeroue 89 63 Miami _ 85 74
JJlanta 94 75 Milwaukee 87 70
Allantic City 81 73 New Orleans 9S 76
Bismarck_71 58 New York.- 83 71
--85 Norfolk .91 74
88 67 Okla. City- 93 78
Pi 71 Omaha_ 90 80
-_ 80 89 Phoenix 101 80
.- 88 69 Pittsburgh - 83 69
_ 97 68 Po'ttand. Me. 81 60
._ P3 81 Louis. 88 74
- Sfi 68 Salt Lake C. 84 80
is. 82 70 San Antonio 98 78
ty 86 80 S rrancisco 73 S3
ts 78 62 Tampa_ 88 75
-- 80 71 -
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The Federal Spotlight '
Top Defense Officials Forecast
Shakeup in Intelligence Units
By Joseph Young
A shakeup in the Government’s various intelligence agencies
is due within the next few month*.
Top defense officials believe our military intelligence setup
! leaves much to be desired.
k Among the agencies involved are the Central Intelligence
Agency ana uie various intelligence
.units in the State and Army, Navy
and Air Force Departments.
A considerable shift in personnel,
as weu as or
| ganization. 1 s
' predicted by top
I defense officials,
j One of the com
plaints being
made i s that
some of the per
sonnel engaged
in top intelli
gence work do
not have the
1 necessary quali
fications and
should not be
entrusted with
the very re
j sponsible jobs
I they now hold.
Joseph Younr.
Another criticism oi tne lmeni
i gence setup is that it is top-heavy in
structure, with too much overlapping
and duplication in single intelli
gence units, as well as in the whole
Government-wide intelligence setup.
An investigation of the whole
Government intelligence structure
is being undertaken by a prominent
group of private citizens, headed by
Allen W. Dulles, one of the top of
ficials of the Office of Strategic
Services during the war The group
started its investigation at the re
request of the White House and De
fense Secretary Forrestal.
^ gr *
PAY—The AFL Government Em
ployes' Council, which represents 22
different unions with more than
500,000 Federal workers, has de
cided to press for another Federal
employes pay raise during the
special session of Congress.
It's planned to ask for another
$300 or $400 pay increase for Fed
eral workers on top of the $330
voted them last month by Congress.
Union officials declare Federal
workers are still behind the eighf
ball, so far as living costs are con
cerned. and need another $300 to
$400 to be as well off in purchas
ing power as they were back in
1939 or 1940.
The chances of Federal employes
getting another pay boost during
the special session are practically
nil, and the council knows it. But
council officials, at least, want to
bring the matter to Congress’ at
tention so a full-scale campaign
lor higher wages can get rolling
at the time the 81st Congress con
venes in January.
In the words of William C.
Doherty, president of the AFL Na
tional Association of Letter Car
riers and one of the top men in
the Government Employes’ Council.
“Last month's pay raise wasn’t
enough to enable Government em
ployes—both postal and nonpostal—
to maintain a decent standard of
living. We consider the pay raise
[ inadequate apd will fight to secure
enough of an increase to keep pace
with'ttie' rfSe’ in living costs since
1939.”
Incidentally, the council is de
termined to win at least a $330
pay raise for District government
dttringr the spectatress*
DEFENSE—The Army, Navy and
Trading Gains Sharply
On Commodily Futures
ly th« Associated Press
Trading in farm commodity
futures increased sharply in the
fiscal year which ended June 30.
Futures trading was larger than
in the previous year in all but four
of the 19 agricultural commodities
in which such trading is conducted.
The Commodities Exchange Au
thority, reporting this yesterday,
said the biggest increases were in
grains, fats and oils, and by-prod
ucts and feedstuffs.
Transactions in grain futures on
all markets amounted to 12,298,
000,000 bushels compared to 8,840,
000,000 in the previous year. Wheat
futures trading in each of the
three principal markets—Chicago,
Kansas City, and Minneapolis—more
than doubled the previous year.
Chicago corn futures transactions
exceeded any fiscal year since 1831.
The cotton futures markets con
tinued to maintain the high volume
of business they have registered
since 1946. The total cotton futures
volume on the New York, New
Orleans, and Chicago exchanges
was 110,583,000 bales. This was
slightly larger than in the previous
year and the highest since 1929.
Trading in lard futures totaled
2,939,000.000 pounds, the largest vol
ume in any year for which records
are available.
Futures trading is the contracting
for the delivery of a commodity in
some specified future month at a
given price.
Paper Shortage Nears End;
Newsprint Still Is Tight
By the Associated Press
The Commerce Department re-;
ported last night the shortage of
paper and paperboard is almost
over.
Demand has leveled oft and “sup
plies of most grades are currently'
meeting market needs." the de-;
partment said in its pulp and paper
industry report for July.
The department said its field of
fice reports "Already point to plans
to shut down certain small high
cost. submarginal mills brought into
production during the war.
"Several other nonintegrated mills
are reported cutting back from a
six-day week to five or four days.:
! either because of high-cost pulp
! or for slackness in business.”
The department admitted that
!"reports from various parts of the!
country Indicate that the newsprint
market is still tight for small pub
lishers and printers." But dt also
said:
"The more numerous Tor sale
advertisements appearing in trade
papers indicate that spot or market
newsprint is more readily obtain
able than a few months ago.”
Newsprint imports, it said, have
run 209,000 tons or 14 per cent
higher in the first five months of
1948 than in the same period last
year. Imports furnished 84 per
cent of the American supply in
that period, it said.
Cuba expects to export 47.750,000
pounds of fresh vegetables this year.
♦
Air Force Departments are going
ahead with their plans to hire all
the additional personnel they need,
despite the request of the Budget
Bureau for them to limit hiring
as much as possible in order to
absorb some of the pay bill’s cost.
Defense officials say the interna
tional situation makes it imperative
that the military agencies achieve
the full strength in both civilian
and military personnel as authorized
recently by t Congressional appro
priations.
While they intend to make sav
ings wherever possibles operating
procedures, they do not intend to
skimp on the personnel needed to
carry out the national defense pro
gram. And these officials are con
fident the White House will back
them in their stand.
It’s expected that at least 7,000
jobs in military agencies will open
up in the Washington area during
the coming months. Nation-wide,
the total will be over 150,000.
* * * *
UPWA—Roy Eldean, the newly
elected vice president and chief
of the Federal division of the CIO
United Public Workers of America,
arrived this week to take charge of
UPWA’s Washington office.
Mr. Eldean is a Post Office De
partment career employe in the
Chicago post office. He has taken
a leave of absence to assume his
new duties here.
Incidentally, UPWA played a con
siderable part in winning the right
to a hearing for Government em
ployes accused of disloyalty and
separated from their jobs in a rou
tine reduction-in-force programs.
* * * *
HEAT—Some hot weather relief
is due Federal employes who work
in nonair-conditioned Government
buildings here.
The White House Is expected to
issue an order soon, advising Fed
eral agencies housed in nonair
cooled buildings that they can dis
miss employes on unusually hot
days. Of course, the order does not
apply to those lucky people working
in air-cooled buildings.
The directive sets up a uniform
policy in which the humidity will
be the most, important factor. And
it will be the degree of humidity in
the building that counts—not neces
sarily the humidity outside.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP — Govern
ment officials are commenting these
days about the good work that the
Federal Personnel Council is doing
in formulating Government per
sonnel policies. Under the leader
ship of Henry F. Hubbard and
Frederick M. Davenport, the coun
cil plays an important behind-the
scenes role in determining what the
Government's various personnel
policies shall be. The council is part
of the Civil Service Commission and
{receives relatively little publicity...
tTfie Commerce Department's Wel
fare and Recreatton Council is sppn- j
soring an inter-bufeau Potomac;
River boat ride on Friday. Tickets
are $1.
Additional news of Govern
’ affaire and-\ personahft&l\~
I nu9m, UP Joseph Ybang's bread* -
! casfyersion of tfi» fdttxnlt ^potr '
light at 3:15 p.m. every Sunday
on WMAL, The Star station.
Savings Bonds Division
Officials Confer Today
A two-day conference among State
directors and national officers of the
United States Savings Bonds Divi
sion to map out a sales promotion
program for fall is scheduled to
begin today, the Treasury Depart
ment announced.
Leon J. Markham, sales director
of the division, will preside at the
meeting.
The Treasury Department re
ported that 7.500,000 wage earners
now have savings bonds payments
deducted from their payroll.
Reception to Be Given
Bishop, Mrs. Medford
Bishop and Mrs. Hampton T. Med
ford will be given a reception at
the John Wesley A. M. E. Zion
Church, Fourteenth and Corcoran
streets N.W., at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
The occasion is Bishop Medford’s
recent election to the episcopacy of
the African Methodist Zion Church
at the quadrennial conference in
Louisville, Ky.
Bishop Medford was pastor of the
church here from 1924 to 1928, and
for the past 20 years, he has been
secretary of the Department of For
eign Missions of the church.
Rites for J. I. Lewis
Of State Department
To Be Held Tomorrow
Funeral services for James Thomas
Lewis, 45, State Department em
ploye who died Sunday while vaca
iti'oning in New Hampshire, will be
neia at z:3U p.m.
jtomorrow at
I Gawler’s Chap
i el, 1756 Penn
sylvania avenue
N.W. Burial will
be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Mr. Lewis died
at the Wolfe
boro Memorial
Hospital at Os
sipee, N. H„
where he had
been under care
for a week after
suffering a
heart attack. He
Mr.*Lewis.
was accompanied on his vacation
trip by his wife, Mrs. Helen Klock
man Lewis, whom he married five
years ago.
An employe of the State Depart
ment since 1941, Mr. Lewis had been
attached to its office of foreign ac
tivity correlation for the past three
years. He acted as a liaison officer
with the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation in the security clearance of
State Department , employes.
He first came to Washington in
1937 and was employed by the Rail
road Retirement Board until going
to the State Department.
Mr. Lewis was a native of Turtle
Creek, Pa., a few miles outside
Pittsburgh. He studied, at night at
the University of Pittsburgh before
coming here.
He had worked as freight solici
'tor and chief clerk of the Reading
Railroad's Pittsburgh office and was
a member of Dallas Masonic Lodge,
No. 508, there.
Mr. Lewis graduated from South
eastern University Law School here
in 1941 and was a member of the
District bar.
In addition to his wddow, he is
survived by his father, Abner Beem
er Lewis of Turtle Creek, and four
sisters, Mrs. Kenneth Freeman of
Turtle Creek, Mrs. Albert Moore of
i Aspinwell, Pa.; Mrs. Herbert Merri
man of Wilmerdmg, Pa., and Mrs.
Minnie Sammon of> Wilkinsburg, Pa.
Suicide Certificate Issued
In District Clerk's* Death
Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald!
has issued a certificate of suicide in;
the death of a District Water De- j
partment clerk who was found!
hanged by a rope from a beam in
the basement of his family’s home
late yesterday.
The deadman, Luther H. Barley,
38. who lived at 29 Franklin street
N.E., left a note to a brother, Char
les R. Barley, 21, University of
Maryland student, giving him his
possessions and exhorting him to
’be good,’’ investigating police said.
Mr. Barley, who had missed sev
eral days of work this month, had
been despondent since his wife
divorced him four months ago,
detectives said. She now is living
: in Florida, it was said.
The body was discovered by The
brother, Charles, at fhe home at
^52lp^Jorth Capitol straffi^-f
Man Threatens Policy
SfB»f Flatiron, Is Shop
• JL man shot by police wheft he
allegedly threatened two scout car
officers with a hot flatiron was?
undergoing treatment at Gallinger
Hospital today.
Police said Pvts. Wyatt Roy and
S. N. Gough of the 14th precinct1
answered a call to 5089 Sheriff road
N.E., yesterday afternoon. The
policemen reported they found
Stanley R. Roberts, 26, colored,
beating his wife.
When the officers told Roberts he
was under arrest, they said he
grabbed a flatiron. He swung it
about his head, the policemen said
and threatened Pvt. Gough. Pvt.
Roy told Capt. William Murphy of
the 14th precinct he then shot Rob
erts in the right hip.
Charged with assault with a
dangerous weapon, Roberts was re
ported to be not seriously wounded.
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British Ambassador
To Decorate 65 Today
At Embassy Ceremony
Sixty-five members of the United
States armed folfces during World
War II were to be decorated by
British Ambassador Sir Oliver
Franks in ceremonies at the Em
bassy this afternoon.
Seven of the awards are post
humous and were to be received by
relatives of the deceased officers.
Heading the list are three war
time leaders honored with the
award of Honorary Knight Com
mander of the Military Division of
the Most Excellent Order of the
British Empire (R.BJ!.). They are:
Admiral J^in H. Towers, wartime
deputy commander in chief of the
Pacific Fleet in the Pacific; Gen.
Alexander A. Vandegrift, U. S. M. C.,
retired, former head of the Marines;
and, posthumously, Vice Admiral
Howard L. Vickery, wartime vice
chairman of the Maritime Commis
sion, in charge of ship construction.
Mrs. Vickery, who lives at the
Westchester Apartments, was to re
ceive the award for her husband.
Among those on the list are Maj.
Gen. Floyd L. Parks, U. S. A., for
mer War Department Information
chief, now stationed at Fort Mc
Nair; Lt. Gen. Daniel I. Sultan, de
ceased, U. S. A., former Engineer
Commissioner of the District (award
to be received by Mrs. Sultan, his
widow, 3133 Connecticut avenue
N.W.), and Brig. Gen. Wallace H.
Graham, U. S. A., White House
physician, 7109 Fourteenth street
N.W.
Gen. Parks and Gen. Sultan were
designated honorary companions of
the Military Division of the Most
Honorable Order of the Bath, and
Gen. Graham was named honorary
companion of the Distinguished
Service Order.
D. C. Man Held in Slaying
In Row Over Children -
William C. Porter, 34, of the 1600
block of Church street N.W., yes
terday was held for grand jury action
in the fatal shooting Monday of
Russell Sykes, 32, colored, of 1627
Church street.
The shooting, It was testified came
after an argument over their chil
dren. According to testimony,
Porter's son broke his arm Sunday.
Porter was told the accident oc
curred when one of Mr. Sykes’
children struck the Porter child with
a stick. »
Porter, who is colored, admitted
the shooting in a statement to
police, it was testified by Detective
Sergt. George W. Cook.
The shooting occurred in the 1600
block of Church street. Mr. Sykes
died an hour after being admitted
to Emergency Hospital. Porter, it
was said, gave himself up at No. 13
Precinct Station immediately after
the shooting.
Seaboard's Silver Star
To Be Year-Round Train
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad
will begin operating the Silver Star
on August 1 as a year-round train
between New York and Florida via
Washington, Edward Flack, assistant
general passenger agent, announced
today. • smnn'*’=)r
Originally established last Decem
ber as a seasonal winter train, it
operated until May. It will have
reserved coach seats, without aiddi-i
tional cost and sleeping care.
The train will leave New York at
10:05 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
and Washington at 2:50 p.m„ arriv
ing in Jacksonville, Fla., at 5:10 am.
and Miami at 12:59 p.m. North
bound, it will leave Miami at 12:01
p.m. and Jacksonville at 7:35 p.m.,
arriving in Washington at 9:55 a.m.
RETIRING GENERAL GETS SCROLL—President Truman and
Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, only Negro general officer in the.
Army, hold a scroll which the President presented to the general
yesterday on his retirement after 50 years’ service. Standing on
the White House steps are (left to right): Mr, Truman, Gen.
and Mrs. Davis; second row: Defense Secretary Forrestal and
Army Secretary Royall, and third row, James Evans, assistant
to Mr. Royall, and Col. Campbell C. Johnson of the Selective
Service._ ' —AP Photo.
R. L. Morris, Furniture
Firm Official, Dies
Ralph L. Morris, 38, vice president
of the W. D. Campbell Co., office
furniture concern, died yesterday at
Doctors Hospital of head injuries
received last Friday when he fell
down the stairs of his home at 804
South Barton street, Arlington. He
had been under treatment at the
hospital since the accident.
A native of Dyke, Va., Mr. Morris
had been with the Campbell firm.
1014 Fifteenth'Street N.W., for 22
years. He started as a salesman
and had been vice president about
eight years.
Mr. Morris had spent most of his
boyhood in McLean, Va., and was a
graduate of McLean High School.
He attended Sttayer Business Col
lege and National University Law
School.
He was a member of the District
bar, although he did not practice
law, and also belonged to the Wash
ington Boards of Tr#de. He was
a member ot Andrew Chapel Meth
odist Church, Vienna, Va.
Mr. Morris is survived by his
widow, the former Marian Day of
McLean, to whom he was married
in 1937; a daughter, Ann, and a son,
Thomas; two brothers, Ray E. and
Floyd T. Morris; a sister. Mrs.
Stella Mohr, and his mother, Mrs.
Ella Morris, all of Arlington.
Funeral services will be held at 1
p.m. tomorrow at the S. H. Hines
funeral home. 2901 Fourteenth street
N.W. Burial will be in Andrew
Chapel Cemtery.
TWA Increases,Fares
10% on Domestic Lines
By th« Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 21. —Trans
World Airline announced yesterday
an increase of approximately 10 per
cent in fares on its domestic routes.
The new tariff, to be filed with
the Civil Aeronautic Board, is to
become effective September 1.
Warren Lee Pierson, TWA presi
dent, said the fare Increase was
made necessary by rising costs in
labor and supplies.
Appalachian Power Sues
Co-operative for $100,000
By th« Associated Press
.ROANOKE, Va., July 21.—A libel
suit was filed In Hustings Court
yesterday by the Appalachian Elec
tric Power Co. against the National
Rural Electric Co-operative Asso
ciation and its executive secretary,
Clyde T. Ellis.
The power company is seeking
$50,000 damages from the associa
tion and another $50',000 from Mr.
Ellis based on a purported letter
and speech by Mr. Ellis in which
he allegedly accused the power com
pany or attempting to "swindle"
members of the Craig-Botetourt
electrical co-operative.
The Applachian offered in May
to buy the co-operative property
for $620,000 and give its customers
power company rates, but at a
meeting at New Castle the mem
bersip elected a board of directors
pledged to reject %he offer.
Autopsy Scheduled Today
In Sleeping Pill Death
Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald
scheduled an autopsy today in the
death of Mrs. Allie Orndorff, 36,
who was found unconscious yester
day in her home, 226 Jefferson
street N.W.
Discovered In bed by a sister,
Mrs. Betty Day, Mrs. Orndorff was
pronounced dead after fire rescue
squad attendants ha.4 trjjd un
successfully to revive her.
According to a brother-in-law, G.
A. Kramer, of the same address,
Mrs. Orndorff called Mrs. Day’s hus
band, Larry Day, professional at the
Anacostia golf course, shortly after
noon and said she was going tq;
take some sleeping pills. Mr. Day
then notified his wife.
Mrs. Orndorff's husband, Prestcn,
is with the American Red Cross in
Germany, Mr. Kramer said.
New Zealand's population is now
1,823,000, an increase of 204,000 in
the last 10 years.
Gen. Davis Is Given
Scroll by Truman at
Special Ceremony
•y *h« Aiioclated Frau
Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, the
Army's only Negro general officer,
was praised by President Truman
yesterday for. his "remarkable
record."
i Mr. Truman presented the 71
year-old general with a scroll signed
by himself. Secretary of the Army
Royall and Gen. Bradley, Army
Chief of SUIT. f
The scroll was read by the Presi
dent in a ceremony in the White
House rose garden attended by Gen.
Davis’ family and Government of
ficials. Secretary of Defense Por
restal was present.
TeHs of Career.
Turning to newsmen, Mr. Truman
said Gen. Davis entered the Army
as a temporary lieutenant during
the Spanish-American War. After
being mustered out, he rejoined in
1899 as a private and worked his
way up in the ranks. Gen. Davis is
retiring after 50 years service.
“When Gen. Davis was made an
officer in the Army,” Mr. Truman
! said. “There were only five Negro
officers in the service. Today there
are more than 1,000.
"That is a higher proportion than
ever before in history, even in time
of war.”
i The scroll read by the President
said:
“It is a genuine pleasure to sign
this special testimonial of the ad
miration and esteem of your host
I of Army comrades.
Has Son in Service.
“You are one of the select few
! who have devoted a half century in
the active military service to the
defense of the United States of
America and the Ideals of freedom
and justice for which this country
stands.
“You have exemplified by your
distinguished accomplishments in
places of great trust and responsi
bility, too numerous to recount here,
all that is best in a soldiar of the
highest type.”
The Davises have a son in the
service, Col. Benjamin O. Davis, jr„
commanding officer. 332d Fighter
Wing, Lockbourne, Ohio.
Federal Judge Rules ASCAP
Theater Fees Are Illegal
By tha AstociaUd Pratt
NEW YORK. July 21. —Special
music fees that composers collect
rrom movie theaters are not legal,
according to Federal Judge Vin
cent L. Leibell.
He ruled yesterday that the fees,
levied by the American Society of
Composers, authors and Publishers,
i violate the antitrust laws.
The suit, brought by 200 metro
politan theaters, Involved license
fees exacted by ASCAP from movie
houses showing films containing
ASCAP music.
Judge Leibell advised the theater
owners to seek an injunction against %
the practice.
He held that ASCAP has con
spired with movie producers in get
ting exhibitors to agree to obtain
an ASCAP license as a condition to
showing pictures.
"Almost every part of the ASCAP
structure, almost all of ASCAP’s ac
tivities in licensing motion picture
theaters, "involve a violation of the
antitrust laws,” Judge Leibell said.
He said ASCAP controls between
80 and 90 per cent of all copyrighted
music suitable for motion picture
use.
The Judge, however, denied the
theater owners’ plea for money dam
ages, on the ground they had failed
to prove they had suffered any.
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