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D.C. Heads to Get Final
List of 25 Draft Board
Members Tomorrow
District Selective Service officials
hope to submit a list ol 25 local
draft board members to the Com
missioners for approval tomorrow.
The list would round out member
ship for the final five boards and
clear the way for all 15 boards to
swing into operation for the regis
tration of the city’s youth on August
30. The city heads yesterday ap
proved the names of members for
10 of the five-man boards and three
five-member appeal panels.
They now go to President Truman,
for final approval and appointment.
Some Areas Expanded.
Instead of the 25 boards set up to
function during World War II, some
of the 15 boards will be expanded to
cover larger areas. These will be
areas to be covered by the five
boards the members of which are to
be named:
Board No. 8 will combine the areas
formerly covered by Boards No. 13
and 25. Board No. 10 will take over
former Boards 9 and 14; No. 11 will
take over former Boards 15 and 16:
No. 14 will take over former Boards
21 and 22 and No. 15 will take over
former Board 23
All young men between 18 and 25.
Inclusive must register at the
hoards between August 20 and Sep
tember 18. but only those 19 through
25 are eligible to be drafted.
Youths to Get Questionnaire.
Selective service headquarters
made public late yesterday an eight- j
page questionnaire to be mailed to
the Nation’s youth when registration '
gets under way. From the replies,;
draft boards will decide whether a
man should be called up.
No political or loyalty questions!
are asked in the questionnaire.
What the boards want to know is:
Are you a veteran, a student, a
minister or a member of the armed
forces?
Are you married, what is your job j
and what schools did you attend?
Are you a citizen? Are you a j
criminal? Are you a conscientious '
objector?
The questionnaires ask about
-physical conditions and give reg
istrants a chance to file affidavits.1
if they feel they are unfit fori
service.
Question on Placement.
Another space—which the reg-1
lstrant doesn't have to fill out if
he doesn’t want to—asks what clas-;
sificatlon he thinks he should be j
placed in.
Beside the four classifications
that were used during the war,
a fifth class will be used for men
who are 25 when they register, but
will pass the age limit before they
can be called to service. Starting
with the 25-year-olds, the ques
tionnaires will be mailed immedi
ately after the start of registra
tion
The Army still doesn t know when
It may put out the first call for j
men. officials said. The Army is
having its problem getting housing
ready, lining up doctors, drill in
structors. supplies and the many
other details needed for training.
Some officials do not expect peace
time conscription to get under way
seriously until early next year, with
draft calls probably light during
November and December.
Czech Foe of Reds
Taken Info U. 5. Zone
By th* Ai»ociot«d
FRANKFURT. Germany. Aug. 11. j
—Reliable sources said last night
that Dr. Peter Zenkl. former deputy!
premier of Czechoslovakia, had been,
hustled out of his homeland into
the American occupation zone. Thev)
said the daring •'kidnaping'' was
engineered by the Czech anti-Com
mumst underground.
Dr. Zenkl, a long-standing anti
communist. was deputy premier!
from May. 1946. to February, 1948.
He is a former lord mayor of Prague, j
The informants, connected with’
Czech refugees here, said Dr. Zenkl
came willingly and when he arrived,
told American authorities “it was
the work of Czech partisans." His;
wife accompanied him.
When the Communists seized
power in February of this year Dr.;
Zenkl was thrown out of the gov-,
ernment. Reports from Prague said
he was living quietly in the Czech \
capital.
Air Record Holder
To Lead Navy Jets !
At Maneuvers
By fh# Associated Press
NORFOLK. Va.. Aug. 11.—Col.
Marion E. Carl of Hubbard, Oreg.,
flying Marine who hold* the world's
official air speed record, will lead
b squadron of 12 Navy “Phantom”
interceptors in an amphibious as
sault on Virginia Beach August 20.
Col. Carl, who has flown an air
plane at a speed of 650.7 miles an
hour, and fellow Marine pilots of
the 122d Marine Fighter Squadron
from Cherry Point, N. C , will spear
head a total of 167 Navy. Marine
and Air Force craft in the landing
exercise.
The maneuver is part of Operation
Camid III, a 12-day series of ex
ercises conducted to give West Point
cadets and Annapolis midshipmen
a taste of what amphibious war
fare is like.
The Phantom interceptors are the
first such Navy planes to attain
speeds in excess of 500 miles an
hour. First Navy fighters piloted
exclusively by jet propulsion and
designed for aircraft carrier opera
tions, the ships have a service ceil
ing of well over 7 miles. Power
comes from two axial flow turbo
jets rated at 1,600 pounds thrust.
Nearly 750 breweries are now
operating in Belgium.
New Money Draws Reich Goods
Back Onto Merchants' Shelves
fSecond of a series of stories
by a Star Staff reporter who re
turned from Germany last week.)
By W. H. Shipper), Jr.
It begins to look now as if the
Germans in the American zone at
any rate are back in business in
| a modest way.
In place of cigarettes, black mar
ket soap or Mickey Mouse money
; they're starting to use the kind rif
currency that persuades shopkeep
i er.s to get their stocks out from
| under the counter and back on the
1 shelves.
! Even more surprising, the rein
forced marks issued a month ago
can coax a smile to a farmer's face, j
• or inspire him to harness his cowi
ito the hay wagon and go rattling:
off to market with a load of pota
toes brought from hiding
The story is different in blockad
ed Berlin, where most, stores are:
’barren or closed entirely, and hun
| gry urbanites queue up for air
j borne rations. But last week in
Munich. Frankfurt and Wiesbaden
we saw signs of returning commerce
| obvious enough to astonish the vet
eran ooservers.
In shop windows newly-unboard
ed were long-awaited cooking
: utensils, table ware and china, some
| leather goods and silver trinkets, a
’ little clothing and whole racks of
pipes, but almost no tobacco or other j
luxuries. What the Germans will
| smoke in their pipes until things
get better is a mystery—a clue to
j which may be the cigarette and
\ cigar butts still collected by urchins.
Whatever the shortages, the shop
pers appeared as eager if not as:
well heeled as people in wartime
runs on nylon counters.
L:. S. Cigarettes Still Luxury.
American cigarettes, of course re
main a luxury, although rapidly los
ing their status as currency that
only a farmer with extra grain,
fruit or vegetables to barter could
afford to burn. The black market
price is no more than a tenth of
what it was in the old days and the
market itself shows signs of falling
apart.
With new marks backed by the
American dollar at a little over three
for one instead of 10 for one, the
internal economy is beginning to
function in a small way and pros
pects are brighter for at least a
minor share of world trade.
The revaluation of the mark, an
i old story in Germany, came at a
time when bumper crops of grain,
potatoes and fruit were being har
vested in the American zone. To
j the layman the whole countryside
appears vastly productive.
We flew low over hand-kept fields
and forests or drove in jeeps across
most of the zone.
Summer Days Still Long.
The gleaners bent and toiling over
fields for the last grain of wheat
seemed to indicate faulty distribu-,
tlon rather than lack of food. The !
real lack appeared to lie in farm
machinerv, commercial fertilizers
and live stock. There was, however,
no dearth of hard work and long
hours ior all the families on tiny
farms fitted so precisely together.
Heavy and continuous rains let
up just in time to save the bulk of
the grain crops some.two weeks ago
and there followed 10 days of hot
sunny weather for the harvesters. J
We drove through orchards so
heavily laden their drooping bows
were propped from all angles and.
cruised the Rhine between ter
raced vineyards ripening in the sun.
It would seem there is enough
food for all, but problems of trans
portation. distribution and cur
rency stabilization must be beaten
or hunger will be abroad again this
winter in a land of comparative
plenty, observers say.
Incentive for Worker.
The new mark with its purchas
ing power is an incentive for the
German worker accustomed to pa
per money that would buy next to
nothing, although the reform has
boosted the cost of living for our
occupation forces.
It will mean fewer servants and
higher prices for our people in Ger
many and nobody seems to know,
what the eventual cost of backing,
American zone currency will be to
the taxpayers.
The initial cost probably will be
offset in the long run by putting
the Germans back on their feet.
Economists figure the Germans
could be an asset instead of a
liability.
Even Americans, hurt in their
own pocketbooks by the monetary
reform, are willing to admit that
anything the Russians detest so
heartily can't be too bad after all.
Late Car Registration
Brings 6 More Arrests
Police have arrested six more j
persons for failure to comply with
regulations covering the registra-,
tion of cars, bringing to 32 the
number arrested since the crack
down started Monday.
Traffic Director George E.
Keneipp, who instigated the drive
because he said violations were de
pnving the District of considerable
revenue, pointed out that the Dis
trict Title and Registration Act
gives the purchaser of a new or
used vehicle 120 hours after pur
chase to apply for proper registra
tion. As the tardy applicants ap
plied at the office of vehicles and
traffic, officials called the police
traffic division, who made the ar
rests.
The six arrested, all of w’hom;
forfeited *5 collateral, were listed
by police as:
Melvin J. Fletcher. 2728 Minne
sota avenue S.E.; William S. Proctor,
5350 Oxon Hill road S.E.; Willmore:
T. P*les, 1037 Irving street N.E.;
Alexander Martin, 412 M street N.E.: j
Francis L. McDuffie, 4615 Sleaford
road, Bethesda, and Grady Pitts,
1316 T street N.W.
Only one of the 26 persons ar
•rested previously decided to appear
in Municipal Court. The other 25 j
forfeited $5 collateral by not show
ing up in court after declaring in
tentions to fight the charge.
Girl, 6, Is Injured
In Second-Story Fall
A 6-year-old girl was taken to
Georgetwon Hospital this afternoon
after falling from a second-story
window at her home. 3940 Langley
Court. McLean Gardens, police re
ported.
The child. Pamela Smithies,
daughter of Mrs. Katherine
Smithies, was said at the hospital
to be in semiconscious condition.!
but appeared to have no external)
injuries. Police said the girl landed!
on concrete steps below the window.
SUSPENDED—Harry F. Alber.
chief of Gen. MacArthur’s
Price and Distribution Division
in Japan, was under suspen
sion today in Tokyo under
orders from Washington pend
ing the outcome of a loyalty
check. Mr. Alber told report
ers in Tokyo that he had
never been a Communist or
member of any “front” organ
ization.” —AP Wirephoto.
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Youngsters Organize
Own Bond Campaign,
Win Swimming Pool
fty tht Astocioted Pr«»s
OKMULGEE, Okla,, Aug. 11.
—The children of Okmulgee got
their feet wet in politics yes
terday but won't take the real
plunge until sometime next
summer.
They wanted a new municipal
swimming pool, so here's what
they did: -
Organized their own cam
paign for the bond election,
solicited funds to pay for news
paper and radio advertising,
held a big parade and operated
an auto service to take voters
to the polls.
They won the battle for the
$125,000 swimming pool by a
vote of 737 to 609.
Andrews Will Direct
Navy Chest Section
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Mark Edwin Andrews will head the
Navy Department section of the
Government unit in the Community
Chest Federation
fund campaign
this fall.
Mr. Andrews
was named to
the Red Feather
campaign post
by Assistant
Secretary of the
Interior C. Glr
a r d Davidson,
Governmftit
unit chairman.
The 20th annual
drive will enlist
some 20,000 vol
unteers to raise
$4,509,170 for the
Mr. Andrews.
1949 operations 01 more Ulan iuu
welfare, health and recreation agen
cies in the Washington area.
The Government unit will com
prise about 8,000 volunteers. The
Navy Department solicitors will ap
proach both uniformed and civilian
employes for gifts. Col. Chauncey j
G. Parker, director of administration
of the World Bank, is general chair
man of the campaign.
Mr. Andrews, appointed to his;
present post last January, was the
Navy member of the Procurement
Policy Board during the war and
helped to draft legislation on past
war procurement by the armed serv
ices.
He served three years as a naval
officer assigned to the executive of
fice of the Secretary of the Navy.
He held the rank of captain. He
went on inactive duty in August,
1946, and returned to his oil busi
ness in Texas.
Girls' Nation Group
Visits U. 5. Buildings
And Hears Bradley
The 100 high school delegates to
: the Girls’ Nation continued to visit
around Washington today finding
out how the Government works.
Today's schedule included a visit
| to the New House Office Building
l and a stop at the House Committee
on Un-American Activities hearings
to listen in on the spy and Com
munist-in-Government inquiry. Also
' scheduled was a tour of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
The girls are staying at American
I University during the six-day study
of the Government which they are
undertaking under the auspices of
the American Legion Auxiliary.
Yesterday they visited the Su
preme Court and the Pentagon. At
the Pentagon they were introduced
to Gen. Bradley, Army Chief of
Staff, who told them he did not
think women ever w:ould be drafted
for service in the armed forces on
the same basis as men. He praised
the part played by women in the
war. He said the Nation needs lead
ership and congratulated the girls
on having been selected to come to
Washington on the basis of leader
ship.
The group also met Col. Mary
Halloran, head of the WAC.
Tonight the delegates will hold an
Inaugural bail at American Univer
sity's Clendenen Gymnasium as a
climax to the mock government they
have been conducting between tours
around the city. The session will
close with a meeting at 10 a m. to
morrow at w'hich Mrs. Lee W. Hut
ton, national president of the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary, will speak.
U. S. Sued for $300,000
In Death of Atcheson
By the Associated Preu
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11.—The
United States Government is being
sued for $300,000 damages by two
relatives of George C. Atcheson, Jr..
Gen. MacArthurs political adviser,
who lost his life in the crash of a
plane in the Pacific August 16. 1947.
Mrs. Effie M. Atcheson, 83, the
diplomat’s mother, filed a suit in
Federal Court here yesterday asking
$50,000 damages Last Saturday the
widow filed suit in San Francisco
for $250,000 damages.
The mother's suit said her son's
death was due to “negligence and
carelessness'’ on the part of the
Government.
Mr. Atcheson. who held the rank
of ambassador, was one of 10 killed
when a converted B-17 Army bomb
er ran out of fuel and plunged into
the ocean west of Honolulu. Others
on the plane included hign-ranking
Army and Navy officers. There
were three survivors.
Postmaster Named
MARTINSBURG. W. Va.. Aug. 11
(Special).—L. H. Grabiel has been
named postmaster at The Levels.
Hampshire County, W. Va., suc
ceeding Thomas R. Emmart, re
signed.
Weather Repbrt
District of -Columbia— Partly
cloudy with change of brief scattered
showers this evening and again
tomorrow. Warm and humid with
[highest near 85 this afternoon. Low
j about 70 tonight.
Virginia—Partly cloudy and humid
tonight and tomorrow with a few
scattered showers. Slightly warmer
tonight.
Maryland — Partly cloudy and
rather warm and humid tonight
and tomorrow with a few scattered
showers.
Wind velocity, 13 miles per hour; ,
direction, southwest.
River Report.
'From United States Engineer* )
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear a?
Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet.
Noon _ - 6n Midnight ... •»
4 p.m. ....... 4fi 8 a m. - -- g> I
8 p.m. J_ .. 56 1 :30 p.m - 08
High and I,ow lor Yesterday.
High. *:i, at 3:02 p m.
Low. 0':, at 0:20 a m.
Record Temperature* This Year.
Highest, 95. on June 24.
Lowest. 5, on January 26.
Tide Tablet.
(Furnished by United States Coast and:
Oeodetlc Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High _ 1:47 a m. 2:36 a.m.
Low -_ 8:43 a.m. 9:43 a.m.
Hiah - __ _ 8:0(1 p.m. 2:57 pm.
Low _ 8:56 p.m. 9:55 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sur.. today .. 6:17 8:09
Sun. tomorrow . 6:18 8:,|7
Moon, today.. _ 1:50p.m. midnight
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date':
Month 1048. Ave Record
January ... 4 5. 3.55 ,83 3,
February - 1 07 3.3, 6.84 84
y£ -3:32 2:1! HI:3? -US
July ..4.31 4.71 J 0.63 -86
August* . 4.40 4.01 14.41 28
September- 3..* 1>.*H
October -- 2.84 8.81 3, |
November ... — - ?.3« 8 0? ,5»,
^c'lempgraturaa )n various cities
High Low High Low
Albuquerque 92 71 Miami - ?5 5g I
Atlanta 84 69 Milwaukee 87 0,
Atlantic City 75 68 New Orleans 92 <4
Bismarck .. 83 53 New York.. 81 64!
Boston 81 00 Norfolk 83 6,
Buffalo 82 62 Okla. City. 94 ,0
Chicago RR rtP OmihR ... (}•>
Cincinnati 87 0g Phoenix 3 05 81
Detroit _ 81 02 Pittsburgh 80 0.):
El Paso .300 72 P’land Me. 80 oO
Galveston R1 St Lou»# R< »w
Harrisburg Js Salt L. City #1 5-*
Indianapolis RO San Antonio 10._, *•*>
Kansas City 85 08 S Francisco 6.> 55
Los Angelas S3 59 Seattle > } }J
Louisville 90 68 Tamoa 9. .4
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New York City Victory
For Truman Ticket
Predicted by O'Dwyer
A prediction that the Truman
Barkley ticket would carry New
York in November came today from
a onetime leader in the Democratic
“drop Truman" drive, as the Presi
dent continued to canvass election
prospects with members of his party.
I Mayor William O'Dwyer of New
lYorlf, who was one of supporters of
the draft-Eisenhower movement
before the Democratic National
Convention, told reporters at the
White House that the national
ticket had excellent prospects in
New York City and he thought
there would be enough support!
there in the five boroughs to swing
the State.
The Democratic ticket tradition-]
ally depends on a majority in New:
York City to overcome the Repub
lican majority upstate.
Mayor O'Dwyer was in Washing-!
ton lor the signing of the United
Nation loan bill. /
Meets With Club Members.
The President’s principal political
conference today was with members
of the Truman-Barkley Club, whom
he entertained at lunch after a
White House conference.
In the meantime, there was in
creasing activity along the whole
political front.
With Senator McGrath of Rhode
Island, Democratic national chair
man, reporting "progress" in plan
ning, it appeared likely that Presi
dent Truman would open his formal
drive for four years more in the
White House with a bid for the
labor vote at a Labor Day cele
bration in Detroit September 6.
On the Republican front Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey was in conference
at Albany today tfTth Representa
tive Hugh Scott, jr., of Pennsyl
vania, Republican national chair
man, and the Executive Committee
of the Young Republican National
Federation, discussing speaking
dates.
Wallace Rally Planned.
From the camp of Henry A.
Wallace came word that the Pro
gressive Party wrould swing into ac
tion at Bridgeport, Conn.. August
21, w'hen the former Vice President
and Cabinet officer speaks at a rally.
State's Righters were in Houston
mapping plans to capture the
South's 127 electoral votes which
traditionally go to the Democrats,
and the Socialist Party headquar
ters in New York announced the
ticket headed by Norman Thomas;
would be entered in 35 or 36 States
as compared with 24 in 1944.
Chairman McGrath was at the
White House for more than an hour [
yesterday and expressing satisfac-j
tion with the headway being made!
on campaign planning, said that;
President Truman would take sev
eral trips around the country and
that he was urging acceptance of]
the Detroit date, w'hieh would top
the list of Truman speaking en
gagements.
Major Unions to Take Part,
According to Chairman McGrath,
both CIO and AFL will participate
in the Detroit celebration.
The chairman Jokingly told re
porters that the President a cam-1
paign would be waged by "train,
plane and maybe Mississippi River
steamboat,” indicating that Mr. Tru
man plans thorough coverage of
the whole country along the lines
of the 18-State "non-political" tour
he made in June.
Dewey-Warren campaign plans
for Ohio were studied here yesterday
by Herbert Brownell, GOP National
Campaign Manager and Ohio’s Gov
ernor Thomas J. Herbert. The lat
ter predicted that Ohio would go to
the Dewey column again. The New|
York governor took the State from,
President Roosevelt in 1944. !
Hunt for D. C. Doctor Lost
In Plane Widens in Canada
By the Associated Press
EDMONTON, Alberta. Aug. 11.—A
Royal Canadian Air Force transport
yesterday joined six other air force
and three civilian aircraft in the
search for Dr. Vance B. Murray of
Washington, missing since Saturday
in his Cessna 140 plane.
Dr. Murray was en route to
Grande Prairie, Alberta, about 250
air miles northwest of here, when he
disappeared. His eventual destina
tion was Fairbanks, Alaska.
Baroda Maharajah to Fly Home
To Meet Abdication Demands
The Maharajah of Baroda, Pratapsinha Gaekwar is pic
tured here with his wife (smoking a cigar), the Maharanee.
Princess Slta Devi, as they stopped at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
in New TOrk last February. —AP Wirephoto.
/ _
By th« Associated Pfesi
LONDON. Aug. 11.—The Mahara
jah of Baroda, en route to London
from New York, refused today to
say whether he would accede to
demands of his Legislature to ab
dicate as ruler of one of India's
richest princely states.
Reached aboard the liner Queen
i Elizabeth by radio telephone, the
Maharajah scoffed at charges by
i his Legislature that he misused
($10,000,000 of his state's public treas
ury. He is one of the richest men
in the world.
j “Some one must have put this
rumor out about me." he said. He
■ added he plans to fly to India soon
after his arrival in England. He
i is due at Southampton tonight.
The London Star said the Maha
rajah will fly back to Baroda in a
personal plane, a silvery DC-3 equip
ped with powder-blue armchairs, a
desk, a bar and a kitchenette. The
newspaper said he will be accom
panied home by his second wife and
their young son who have been stay
ing at a country home in Surrey.
The Maharajah refused to say
when he would leave or whether he
would take the maharanee and
their son.
The Maharajah, reputed to have
an Income of some $8,000,000 a year,
said he had “nothing to say'’ on
complaints from his realm against
his horse racing activities in Eng
land.
He said he had not heard any
criticism of his reputation as an
owper of one of the leading racing
stables in Britain.
The Maharajah owns My Babu.
which w'on the 2.000 Guineas classic
at Newmarket this year. His Sava
jirao was second in last year's Derby.
My Babu, favorite in this year's
Derby, came in fourth.
The Maharajah was in England
for the Newmarket race and saw his
entry win.
Bombay Papers Support
Move to Oust Maharajah
BOMBAY, Aug. U IIP).—Bombay
newspapers unanimously supported!
today the Baroda State Legislature's)
demand that its Maharajah abdi
cate.
The thickset prince is accused by
the legislature of misusing nearly
$10,000,000 of state funds in a six
weeks’ round offplqasure last spring
while “famine is staring us in the'
face." The lawmakers carried the
appeal to the Dominion of India.'
with which Baroda is affiliated, and
asked that a regency be instituted.
The 42-year-old Maharajah was
said to have “forfeited the people's
confidence.'’
iThe Maharajah was weighted
heavily with jewels when he
sailed from New York. He said j
he couldn't place a value on any ,
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stone he wore and didn't even
remember where he got a gold
luck charm wet with nine precious
stones.
i He said he never thought in
terms of money. He asserted his
state is the most progressive in
India, that no famine was in
prospect there and that the peo
ple were happy and contented
with his government. He arrived
in New York with a secretary
and spent a week there visiting
friends.)
Fate L'p to State's Ministry.
The Times of India reported ,a
mixed reception in Baroda state
to the Legislature's action.
Commenting on the Legislature's
Accusation that the Maharajah
“misused and misappropriated'’ $10.
000.000 from the public treasury,
the National Standard said: •
“His highness may have his own
conception of enjoyment, but the
awakened people of Baroda can
not countenance vagaries,’’ includ
ing racing in England.
ihe Stui.es Ministry in New Delhi
will decide the Maharajah's fate.
Vice Premier Sardar V. Patel, head
of the ministry, has been responsible
mainly for the accession to India of
nearly all the 500-odd princely states
except Hyderabad. The Nizam of
Hyderabad is the only Indian rated
wealthier than the Baroda Mahara
jah.
Privy Purse $1,000,000.
The Legislature's resolution, de
manding abdication, said the people
“tolerated the Maharajah in the;
hope that once responsible govern
ment was introduced, it would be
possible to bring about an improve
ment in the public and private
conduct of his highness."
The Legislature said that the
Maharajah's privy purse wras more
than $1,000,000 and that he took
large loans from the treasury and
asked the treasury to write them
off.
The first Maharanee has eight,
children, who are with her in Baro- j
Youn$ on Vacation
Joseph Young and the Fed
eral Spotlight are en vacation.
The column will be resumed
August 24. The Federal Spot
light radio program will re
sume on' Sunday. August 2$,
over WMAL at 3:15 p.m.
Soap Box Champion
Leaves Tomorrow for
Akron National Finals
Jack Broyles. 1948 Washington
Soap Box Derby champion, will
leave National Airport at 8:35 a m.
tomorrow for Akron, where he will
compete Sunday with 153 other city
champions for the All-America Soap
Box Derby championship.
The 15-year-old Paul Junior High
School atudent will be accompanied
by his mother, Mrs. Joan E. Davis.
Both will te guests of The Star.
Jack, who lives at 1233 Madison
street N.W., barely nosed out Alfred
Ashton, 12, when their gravity-pow.
ered cars competed in the final event
of the city race, held June 26.
Racer Shipped to Akron.
Jack's sleep, black racer already
has been shipped to Akron.
A crowd of more than 60.000 is
expected to gather at the site, next
to the Akron Municipal Airport, for
the 10th running of the race. The
final events will be broadcast here
over radio station WTOP from 4:30
to 5 p.m.
The winner will receive a four
year college scholarship. The run
ner-up will be given a new car.
During his stay at the rubber
capital, Jack will live with the
other champions at "Derbytown.”
a complete summer camp on the
outskirts of the city.
Entertainment Planned.
A full schedule of entertainment
and recreation Is planned for the
champions, topped off with a ban
quet Sunday night.
The nearest Washington youth
has ever come to winning the na
tional championship was In 1941,
when Gene Bean, also a Paul Jun
ior High School student, came In
third in the big race.
Alexandria Boy, 15, Held
On Bad Check Charge
A 15-year-old boy was arrested In
Alexandria yesterday on a charge of
passing $234.50 in bad checks.
The boy, who was turned over to
juvenile authorities, said he found a
checkbook and, pretending it was
his, went on a buying spree, accord
ing to police. He cashed eight checks,
police said, and his purchases In
cluded wrist watches for himself and
his girl friend, clothes, a fishing rod
and reel and an automobile spotlight.
Pvt. Shreck Rites Set
CHARLES TOWN, W. Va„ Aug 11
iSpecial).—Reburial services, with
full military honors, will be held
here Saturday for Pfc, Howard W.
Shreck, 24, who lost his life in Ger
many February 18, 1945.
da. The second Maharanee also
has children. The Maharajah was
criticized for marrying her In 1943
because she previously had mar
ried and divorced a Moslem.
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