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U. N. Truce Official
Blames Both Jews and
Arabs for Violations
ly tbt Associated Press
HAIFA, Aug. 18.—The chief of
etaff of the United Nations
Truce Commission, Gen. A.
Lundstroem, considers the re
cent shooting affrays in Jeru
salem violations of the truce by
both Arabs and Jews, it was
> learned here today.
Gen. Lundstroem. it was reported,
has sent a report to that effect to
the United Nations mediator, Count
Folke Bernadotte, who is now in
Stockholm attending an Interna
tional Red Cross conference.
U, N. truce headquarters said one
of its planes was fired on this morn
ing while parking on Kauandia air
field. The report said four shots
were fired at the white-painted
craft from an area east of the field
controlled by Arabs.
(An Israeli army source in
Jerusalem today said Arabs
lobbed a number of shells to
ward Jewish positions around
Southern Jerusalem last night.
The informant added that ma
chine-gun duels toidk place in the
Damascus Gate area in the
northeastern section of the
town i
Observers Seek Truce.
U. N. truce observers are attempt
ing to arrange a "no fire period" by
both sides in order to enable observ
ers to visit Government House where
heavy firing has been going on.
A U. N. headquarters report re
ceived here from Jerusalem today
said the “Jews have agreed but no
answer has been received from the
Arabs as yet.”
In Jerusalem a Swiss nurse in
Hadassah Hospital told newsmen
yesterday she did not know how
many Red Cross representatives
were in Government House, former
residence of Britain's high commis
sioner.
(The Trans-Jordan govern
ment announced from the capital
at Amman late yesterday that
Government House had been re
possessed by the International
Red Cross and that all the Jews
had withdrawn. The Trans
jordan Legion requested the Red
Cross to take measures to pre
vent future attempts by the Jews
to reoccupy the building !
Includes Two Schools.
The zone is the last remaining
Jerusalem headquarters of the Red
Cross, which has evacuated two
downtown areas because of Arab
shell fire.
The zone includes two former
schools—one Arab and one Jewish—
which w'ere used by the Red Cross
as refugee centers.
U. N. truce observers informed
Count Bernadotte last night that it
was impossible to fix the blame for
the Jew'ish-Arab clash in Jerusalem
on August 14-15.
Brig. Gen. William Riley of the
United States Marines told the
Palestine mediator the truce was
broken by "general firing of all
weapons affecting^he whole of the
(Jerusalem front.T
Rive Jaifad Irgunists : 1
Begin Hunger Strike
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 18 (A3).—
Five Irgunists jailed since the Alta
lena Incident last June announced
from their cells today they will
begin a hunger strike tomorrow' "to
y»e finish.”
"The announcement was made
through Menachem Beigin. Irgun
Jvai Leumi chief, who commented:
“When they say it, they mean it."
The five men, now being held
by the Israeli government at Beisan
Prison, are:
Peter Bergson (Hillel Cook), co
president of the American League
for Free Palestine and Irgun’s rep
resentative in the United States;
Yaakob Meridor (Veniarskyi. Bei
gin’s chief military officer: Eli.vahu
Lenkin iBanjamin), Irgun’s Jerusa
lem commander and European or
ganizer; Amitzar and Moshe Hasson,
military officers.
They were arrested after Irgun
tried to run an arms ship, the Alta
lena. into Israel. The Israeli Army
blasted it out of the water.
Arabs Tell of Capture
Of Government House
AMMAN, Trans-Jordan. Aug. 18
M5).—Arab Legion headquarters said
today that nine Jewish soldiers who
surrendered on the steps of Govern
ment House in Jerusalem yesterday
claimed to be from at least three
foreign countries.
The statement said no Arab troops
entered the building itself out of re
spect for the Red Cross flag. It said
they withdrew from the grounds,
which formed a Jerusalem security
zone, as soon as a Jewish occupation
force which seized it the preceding
right had been mopped up.
The statement said the Jewish
prisoners reported that a majority
of the attackers were members of
Irgun Zvai Leumi (former Jewish
underground group), but that the
operation was under Hagana com
mand.
King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan
In a message to other Arab rulers,
has reported that Trans-Jordan is
spending nearly 250.000 pounds
(about $1,000,000) monthly for the
relief of Palestine refugees. The
message reminded the other rulers
of "what you have promised"
toward sharing the relief burden
His Letters Not Hot
FARGO. N. Dak. i^Pt.—A man with
a stack of letters in his hand
dashed from a fire-alarm box here
as six fire trucks converged at the
scene. Fargo firemen believed the
man was a Canadian. That country
has red mail boxes and two other
Canadians have also tried to mail
letters in fire-alarm boxes here in
recent months.
UNITED
direct to
LOS ANGELES
only 10hrt,
SAN FRANCISCO
only IThrt.
Mrs. Garner Dies at? 8 in T exas;
Last Rites to Be Held Today
Ex-Vice President
At Bedside of Wife
Called 'Right Hand'
By th» Associated Press
UVALDE, Tex., Aug. 18.—Mrs.
John Nance Garner. 78. Cactus
Jack’s “right hand,’ is dead.
The wife of the former Vice Presi
dent died at 4:30 p.m. yesterday in
the stately buff brick home her hus
band ’ built for Ettie’’ 28 years ago.
Death came peacefully to the in
separable companion of the South
Texas lawyer who became Vice
President in 1933.
*
Mr. Garner was at his wife's side
when she died. Others present in
cluded their only son Tully, a Uvalde
banker, and their only grandchild,
Mrs. John J. Currie of Amarillo.
Two great grandsons also survive.
Funeral services are to be held
today. Burial will be here.
The life of “Cactus Jack’’ Garner
since his marriage had been the life
of Mariette Elizabeth Rheiner,
whom he affectionately called "Et
tie.'’ That life began more than 52
years ago at Sabinal, Tex., when on.
November 25, 1895, they were mar
ried.
"Mv right hand" was what Mr.
Garner often called his vivacious
wife. She served as his personal
secretary and confidante.
She and her husband had been
living quietly on their nine-acre
town ranch since he stepped down
as Vice President in 1941. Mr. Gar
ner did not choose to run for a third
term with the late President Roose
velt.
The spotlight of public interest
focused again on the Garners when
they celebrated their golden anni
MRS. JOHN NANCE GARNER.
—AP Wirephoto.
versary in 1945 at the Uvalde home,
not far from her birthplace.
Mrs. Gamer personally did the
marketing for the anniversary cele
bration. "How much does it weigh
and what does it cost?” she asked
the butcher. Then she told him
“You and your wife must come to
our little party tomorrow.”
Returning home, she looked critic
ally at her husband. “Mr. Garner,
you need a shave;” she told him.
'•Go to town and get it or you will
be a grizzly bear tomorrow.”
Mr Garner pulled his old gray
felt hat down over his bushy eye
brows and left for the barber shop.
“I still listen to her and kiss hei
st least three times a day," he said
then.
She was his Ettie, his “right
hand.”
__A_I
Dewey Sees Martin
After Delaying Reply
To Truman Criticism
By thy Associated Press
ALBANY, N. Y„ Aug. 18—Gov
I Thomas E. Dewey booked a con
! ference today with House Speaker
Martin amid indications there will
be a Dewey retort to President Tru
man's criticism of the Republican
Eightieth Congress.
The Republican presidential nom
inee hinted, however, that he will
withhold his fire on that issue until
the campaign gets under way.
The matter came up at a joint
news conference the New York Gov
ernor held late yesterday with his
vice presidential running mate, Gov.
Earl Warren of California.
Has No Reply to Truman.
A reporter asked whether Gov.
Dewey had any comment on Mr.
Truman's statement that the Re
publican anti-inflation,bill he signed
this week was a •feeble response"
to his reo.uest foe. action against
'high prices. * '***!^t ~
• None," Gov. Dewey replied. Tl»n
he added with a smile: "Not now."
Gov. Dewey announced that
Speaker Martin would be his guest
at lunch today. Friends said the
I role of Congress in the campaign
' might be a topic.
Govs. Dewey and Warren Met
with reporters after they had woilind
| up two days of campaign strategy
! conferences.
Plan Extensive Campaign.
Gov. Dewey said he and Gov.
Warren plan to campaign "ex
tensively from coast to coast and
back again.” The details, Gov.
Dewey* said, will come later froiti
Republican National Committee
headquarters.
The presidential nominee said the
round of conferences had been “ex
ceedingly productive,” but that no
final decisions had been made.
A reporter wanted to know wheth
er the congressional investigation of
Communist spy activities would be
an issue. Gov. Dewey said it would
be one "aspect” of the campaign.
Autopsy Slated Today
In Death of Prisoner
An autopsy was to be performed
today by Deputy Coroner Christo
pher J. Murphy in the death of
Wilton H. Morris, 52. Norfolk, Va„
a prisoner at the central cell block
who w-as transferred to Gallinger
Hospital yesterday and pronounced
dead on arrival.
Morris, a pharmacist, was ar
rested on charge of intoxication late
yesterday at Union Station. He was
transferred to Gallinger about an
hour later after fie was found in an
apparent unconscious condition in
his cell, police said.
Two More Boatloads
Of European Refugees
Reach New World
By the Associated Press
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Aug.
18 —Two more parties of European
refugees have arrived in the New
World after perilous crossings of the
Atlantic in small vessels.
Seventy-five Estonians and Poles
arrived in St. John's late last night
aboard the 03-ton vessel Ostervag.
after navigating from Stornoway,
Scotland, by watch, compass and an
old-fashioned sextant. The crossing
took 12 days.
Another group of 15 Estonians
dropped anchor off North Carolina
after an eight-week crossing in an
auxiliary fishing craft.
Ship Cleared for Sweden.
The Ostervag party made the trip
against the advice of mariners and
customs officials in Scotland who
cleared the ship only for Sweden,
whence it originally sailed.
One passenger Said he had quit a
good job in Sweden ebcause of fear
the Russians would order the Swedes
to hand over Poles and Estonians,
whom they now consider to be
Soviet citizens.
The Ostervag carried 15 children.
It is believed the party will follow
the course of the Estonian motor
fishing boat Astrid, which arrived
in Quebec Saturday with 29 Eston- i
ians after stopping off here. The,
Astrid left Stornoway July 17.
The other refugee party dropped
anchor off Southport, N. C.. last
night after an eight-week Atlantic
crossing in a small auxiliary fishing
vessel. The 15 voyagers said they
w'ere seeking a new life in America.
Rather Die Than Return.
The refugees who landed at South
port were members of three fam
ilies. Through their skipper they
issued a statement that "we would
rather die than go back” to their
Russian-dominated country.
They said they had comfortable
homes in Estonia, "but we couldn't
stand it any longer.”
The Estonians were placed under
quarantine and were not permitted
to leave their boat pending a re
view of their case by immigration
authorities.
Gallinger Patient's Death
Investigated by Coroner
Deputy Coroner Richard Rosen
berg today was investigating the
death of Mrs. Margaret Jackson. 34.
colored, of 70 M street S.W., who
died last night at Gallinger Hos
pital.
Mrs. Jackson, a patient at the
hospital since May, 1947, was found
Monday evening, lying on the
ground beneath a window of the
second-floor ward where she had
been under treatment.
(Truman Will Invade
Vandenberg's Home
Town for First Talk
Plans for President Truman’s
campaign are beginning to take
shape, with announcement that!
the curtain-raiser on Labor Day,!
September 6, will be an all-day1
speaking trip in Michigan.
Western and Southern swings also
are being considered among the
"several trips" that Democratic Na
tional Chairman McGrath wants
the President to make .in his bid for
another term in the White House.
! Details of the Michigan program
iwere made public late yesterday
when Pr:ss Secretary Charles G.
Ross said the principal speech in
Detroit's Cadillac Square around
noon would be sandwiched between
morning talks at Grand Rapids and
Lansing, the State capital, and a
wind-up at Hamtramck, the popular
Polish area in- Detroit: Pontiac and
Flint, two big General Motors cen
ters.
To Leave Here September 5.
Leaving Washington by train on
the afternoon of Sepiember 5, the
President will reach Grand Rapids,
home of Republican Senator Van-;
denberg, between 8:30 and 9 a.m.
the next day. The speech there will
be in the public square, a couple
of blocks from the railroad station.
In midmorning he will make a back
platform address at Lansing, then
| move to Detroit.
The rest of the Michigan route
may oe covered by automobile, but
that still is to be decided.
On the way to Detroit, the Presi
dent will pass through Fort Wayne,
Ind , and Kalamazoo, Mich., but no
speeches are planned there.
The return half of the trip has!
not been mapped, but the President
(will be back In Washington Sep
tember 7.
! Halleck, Barkley Swap Attacks.
| On other points, there still were!
! echoes from the • battle between
President Truman and Congress.
House Majority Leader Halleck
put out a 10,000 word defense of
Congress ,and Senator Barkley of
j Kentucky, Democratic vice presi
jdential nominee, answered him in
'200.
Mr. Halleck tee*d off with the ob
! servation that "the overwhelming
majority of the American people’]
approve the record of the Republi-1
can Congress which, he said, had
saved more than $6,000,000,000 for
the taxpayers.
He accused Mr. Truman of "un-;
justified and vicious" attacks in!
which Mr. Halleck said "45,000!
propagandists on the Federal pay
roll" had helped to "garble, twist
l and belittle" Congress’ actions.
Hits Truman Spending.
1 Labeling the President as "the
biggest peacetime spender of all
: time." Mr. Halleck said the admin
istration, "infected by radicalism
and an easy prey for Communist
j spy rings, viciously attacked Con- j
gress for cutting spendthrift budg-l
ets, for cutting taxes, for passing
the fair labor-management act\
and for rejecting his efforts to
, bring back stifling OPA controls.”
Senator Barkley’s version was
different.
He said the Eightieth Congress
did pare the,adfpuJistration's spend
ing requests during the second and
special sessions by $1,309,000,000.
But, he added, that additional ap
propriations and authorizations
amounting to $1,821,000,000 will have
to be voted by next June.
That, Senator Barkley said, means
I that Mr. Truman's estimates will
j be exceeded by half a billion dollars.*
The Kentucky Senator said the
Republican housing bill "met every
demand of the real estate lobby,
but failed to appropriate one ceht
| for slum clearance or to provide
! low’-cost rental housing.”
He said Congress did not pass
Ian "adequate” anti-inflation bill,
j Noting that the special session
adjourned August 7, Senator Bark
ley added: “This action is properly
listed among its accomplishments.’
Senator Barkley didn't mention
the spy investigations in his state
ment, Jjut he told reporters in Chi
cago yesterday he doesn’t think,
these will be an issue in the cam
paign.
In' another exchange, Senator1
Murray, Democrat, of Montana said'
that all signs point to public ap-i
proval—particulary in the West—of I
the criticism that the Chief Ex
ecutive has been levelling at the leg
islators for failure to act on his
program, including anti-inflation
and housing. Senator Watkins, Re
publican, of Utah promptly disputed
this.
British Babies Set Record
LONDON i#"'.—The babies of Eng
land and Wales broke two records
last year. The highest birthrate for
26 years was recorded and a new
low for infant mortality and still
births was set up.
5 20^25
IN KASSAN-STEIN’S
Annual August Sale!
CUSTOM-TAILORED
Overcoats and Topcoats .
The Savings:
$75 O'coats & Topcoats, $55
$85 O'coats & Topcoats, $65
$95 O'coats Gr Topcoats, $75
And 20 ' savings on all coats
selling far SI00 and more.
KASSAN-STEIN
510 Eleventh Street N.W.
NAtional 1871
THE FABRICS:
• Fleeces
• Kerseys
• Worumbo
• Tweeds
f
• Twists
• Camel Hair
• Worsteds
• Homespuns
• Cheviots
• Coverts
• Gobordines
• Herringbones
• Diagonals
THE STYLES:
• Single Breasted
• Double
Breasted
• Chesterfield
• Sports or Dress
• Raglan or
Set-in Sleeves
• English Drape
• Conservative
Crackdown on 'Crazy Drivers'
Planned in Anne Arundel
•y the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 18.—A crack
down on "crazy drivers” will be
launched by Anne Arundel County,
State s Attorney James C. Morton,
|jr., said yesterday.
Because of an "appaling” death
1 rate, ne said he will seek maximum
I sentences of three years in jail and
a $1,000 fine for any drivers con
victed of manslaughter by automo
bile.
About seven or eight persons
have been killed on county high
ways in the past 10 days, Mr. Mor
ton said.
He called a meeting, probably
this week, of county trial magis
trates, County Police Chief John
H. Souers and Annapolis Police
Chief William Curry to map a cam
paign against traffic violations.
Mr. Morton made his statement
to reporters at a scheduled hearing
before Trial Magistrate Samuel J.
Macaluso for a motorist charged
with manslaughter by auto in the
death of a passenger.
The hearing was postponed be
cause of the absence of a State's
witness.
"Crazy drivers who just will not
abide by the law" are responsible
for most traffic fatalities. Mr. Mor
ton said. “They are a menace to
life and limb."
Mr. Morton said “it broke eur
heart" when a driver recently con
victed of manslaughter by automo
bile was given only a $610 fine.
21 Washington Hotels
Agree to Pay .Raises,
Group Insurance Plan
Pay increases and an emplo.ver
; paid group insurance plan have been
agreed on by the managements of
121 of Washington's leading hotels in
; a new two-year contract signed with
the Hotel and Restaurant Employes'
Alliance and the Bartenders Union
(AFL i.
More than 6.000 employes of the
hotels will benefit under the contract
1 which goes into effect on Friday,
j according to Joseph C. McGarraghy,
lawyer representing the Washington
Hotel Association.
Raises Listed.
The wage raises under the new
contract are:
Employes who receive no tips and
who make less than $40 a week, a
5 per cent raise; those making be
tween $40 and • $55. a $2-a-week
raise; those making more than $55
a week, a $3-a-week raise.
Tip receiving employes were con
tinued in the new contract on the
same wage scale as before, receiving
j no increase.
The group insurance will be paid
| entirely by the hotel managements.
It provides for death, sickness, ac
cident and hospitalization benefits.
J Provides for Mediation.
Another provision of the contract
calls for employe-employer disputes
to be referred to the Federal Media
| tion and Conciliation Service. Pre
viously a three-man board, ap
: pointed by the management and
1 union, handled disputes.
Hotels that signed the new con
tracts were the Ambassador, An
napolis. Burlington. Carlton, Con
tinental, Hamilton, Harrington, Hay
Adams, Houston. Lafayette, Mar
I Unique, Mayflower, New Colonial,
i Raleigh, Roger Smith. Sheraton.
jShoreham. Statler, Wardman Park,
j Washington and Willard.
) The employes were represented in
i the negotiations by the joint Execu
! five Board of Local 781, covering
| waiters and waitresses; Local 80.
covering maids, elevator operators,
housemen, bellmen, telephone op
j erators. laundry employes and all;
! other service workers; Local 209, !
covering cooks, pantry workers,
dishwashers and'bther kitchen em
ployes, and Local 75, covering bar
tenders.
In Elizabethan England, news re
. porters worked exclusively for great
noblemen whom they kept informed
of matters of- interest. — - 1
Keech Expected to Act
Today on New Stay '
Of Patton Execution
District Court Justjce Richmond
B. Keech was expected to act today
on a move to delay the execution of
Jesse James Patton, 22, convicted
murderer, which was scheduled for
Friday.
As was done in the case of Regi
nald J. Wheeler, 26, scheduled to die
with Patton for the hold-up murder
of Maurice L. Bernstein at his drug
store in the 1700 block of Florida
avenue N.W. in June. 1946. a peti
tion for a writ of habeas corpus
was filed in court yesterday.
Execution of the two men. both
colored, has been postponed nine
times, pending appeals and a plea
for executive clemency, all of which
I failed.
Justice Edward A. Tamm refused
to issue a writ in the Wheeler case,
but signed an order providing that
i Wheeler’s custody remain undis
turbed. pending action on appeal
from his refusal to issue a writ.
The Patton petition, like that
filed in the Wheeler case, contended
that a statute requires the chief
justice of the United States Court
of Appeals to sit in at hearings on
all appeals. It said this was not
done when Patton's appeal was acted
on and his conviction affirmed by
the appellate court. The chief jus
tice then was D. Lawrence Groner,
since retired.
The petition for Patton was filed
through Attorneys Wesley Williams
and Curtis Mitchell. Attorney
James J. Laughlin acted on behalf
of Wheeler.
W0IC Names R.D. Compton
As Technical Director
Robin D. Compton, television
engineering consultant, has been
appointed technical director of
Station WOIC, scheduled to take
the air next January 1 as Station
WOR’s television outlet here, it was
announced today.
WOIC's tower has been completed
at Fortieth and Brandywine streets
N.W. The station will be linked by
coaxial cable and micro-wave felay
with WOR-TV in New York, to
form the nucleus of the eastern re
gional Mutual television network.
Mr. Campton, who has more than
20 years of television and radio
engineering experience, was a con
sulting radio and television engineer
with offices in Norristown, Pa. Pre
viously he had been with the Na
ional Broadcasting Co. for 12 years.
Final Sale!
The last week of
our Clearance!
Featuring Selected Groups of
Tropical Worsted Suits
Gabardine Suits
Worsted Fall Suits
Unfinished Worsted Blue Suits
Sports Jackets & Slacks
Topcoats & Overcoats
Tw eed & Gabardine Topcoats'
Full Dress Suits
Imported English Trench Coats
Summer Slacks
Men’s Fine Haberdashery
Imported English Rib Wool Hose
Bathing Trunks & Tee Shirts
Sw im Sets
Terry Cloth Beach Jackets
Tuxedo & Fancy Shirts
Long & Short Sleeve Sports Shirts
Neckwear
Pajamas & Pajama Shorts
Wash, Woolen & Foulard Robes
Sweaters & Lined Gloves
White Linen Handkerchiefs
Leisure & Cardigan Jackets
Straw Hats, Panamas & Leghorns
Felt Hats for Fall Wear
French, Shriner & Urner Shoes
California Casual Shoes
Women’s Tailored Suits & Coats
Lewis & Thos. Saltz
1409 G Street, N. W.
Executive 3822
Not <onne<ted with Still tin lac.
J
Husky Man Disarms
Policeman, Flees After
Attempt to Arrest Him
A search was under way today for
a husky man who disarmed and
threatened to shoot a policeman at
tempting to arrest him for tamper
ing with an automobile.
The incident began about 12:40
a.m. in front of the El Salvador am
bassador's residence at 2142 Wy
oming avenue N.W., and ended with
a score of policemen searching Rock
Creek Park for the fleeing man.
He was described as a 6-foot, 190
pound colored man wearing dark
brown clothes.
Seized Near Car of Envoy's Son.
The policeman. Pvt. Louis Deeb,
of the thirteenth precinct, said he
saw him acting suspiciously near
the car belonging to Dr. Hector
Castro, a dentist, and son of the
Salvadorian Ambassador, Hector
David Castro.
When the man fled, Pvt. Deeb
fired one shot that brought him up
short. But as they started for a
police call box at Connecticut and
: Wyoming avenues, the suspect
dashed away and was collared after
a 110-foot chase.
Seconds later the man started
struggling and both fell to the
! ground, with the policeman on the
! bottom. Seizing the pistol, the sus
pect fled again, with Pvt. Deeb in
pursuit. When the policeman al
most caught up at Twentv-third
and Bancroft streets, the fugitive
warned him to stop or he would
shoot.
Throws Club at Fugitive.
Instead, Pvt. Deeb threw his club
at his quarry and continued to
chase him until he was outdistanced
at Twenty-second and S streets.
Altogether, the chase Involved
nearly 10 blocks.
A witness to the early part of
the episode was Miss Maria Castro,
18, daughter of the El Salvador
Ambassador. She was reading when
she heard an argument and looked
out the window as the shot was
fired.
8 Polio Cases Raise
Virginia Total to 196
By th« Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va„ Aug. 18.—Ad
dition of eight new cases has raised
Virginia's 1948 polio total to 196,
according to the State Health De
| partment.
The newest victims Include two
; from Arlington and one in Alex
; andria, Roanoke City, Warwick
County, Chesterfield County, Eliza
beth City County and ' Norfolk
Ccunty.
The two Arlington County vic
tims are a 30-year-old man and a
7-year-old boy. The Alexandrian is
a 20-year-old youth.
1 The Norfolk County youth, that
locality's 18th victim of 1948, died
i today. He was the State's 10th polio
• fatality.
Past records show that the polio
rate may rise in August and Sep
tember, which are annually tfce
heaviest months for infantile pa
ralysis in the State.
Young on Vacation
Joseph Young and the Fed
eral Spotlight are on vacation.
The column will be resumed
August 24. The Federal Spot
light radio program will re
sume on Sunday, August 29,
over WMAL at 3:15 p.m.
Young Republicans
To Meet Saturday
ifie Montgomery County Young
Republican Club will hold its outing
at 2 p.m. Saturday on the Anders
R. Lofstrand Farm, Rockville.
In an account of Monday night’s
meeting of the club, The Star er
roneously stated yesterday that the
outing would be Sunday.
Weather Report
District of Columbia — Mostly
sunny, with highest around 85 this
afternoon, followed by scattered
brief showers this evening or to
night. Lowest tonight about 68.
Tomorrow, fair with little change
in temperature.
Maryland and Virginia—Partly
cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms tonight and possi
bly along the coast tomorrow morn
ing followed by general fair to
morrow with little change in tem
perature.
Wind velocity, 11 miles per hour;
direction, south-southeast.
District Medical Society ragweed
pollen count for 24 hours ending
9:30 a.m. August 17—1 grain per
cubic yard of air.
River Report.
From United State* Engineer* )
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Fails; Shenandoah cloudy
at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet
Noon -m Midniaht 88
4 P.m.-53 8 a m. . 97
8 p.m. - 70 1:30 p.m. . _58
Hifh and Low lor ltalerday.
High. 82, at 3:28 pm.
Low. 64, at 6:02 a.m.
Record Temperature* This Yaar.
Highest. 95. on June 24.
Lowest, 5. on J*nu»ry 26.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished hy United 8tates Coaat and
Geodetic Survey.)
... . Today. Tomorrow.
High - 8:lu a.m. 8:49 a m.
L°w - 2:29 a.m. 3;15a.m.
Hisdl - 8:40 pm. 9:17 pm.
Low -- 3:05 p.m. 3:47 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
_ Rises. Sets
Sun. today _ 6:24 7:59
Sun. tomorrow __ 6:25 7:58
Moon, today 7:66 pm. 4:59 am.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-halt hour alter iunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation In Inches In thp
Capital (current month to date):
Month 1948. Ave. Record
January _ 4.57 8.55 7.83 ’3T
February_ 1.67 3.37 6.84 '84
March _ 3.68 3.75 8.84 '91
April - 3.05 3.27 0.13 '8#
May _ 8.87 3.70 10.60 '8»
June _ 6.28 4.13 10.94 '00
July -4.31 4.71 10.63 '86
August - 6.90 4 01 14.41 '28
September __ 3.24 17 45 '»4
October __ 2 84 8 81 *37
November _ 2.37 8.60 '89
December __ 3.32 7.56 '01
Temperatures In Various Cities.
High.Low . High Low
Albuquerque 95 69 Miami 89 70
Atlanta 81 64 Milwaukee 80 59
Atlantic City 74 07 New Orleans 70
Bismarck 94 55 New York 73 65
Boston 78 61 Norfolk _ 76 64
Buffalo 84 64 Okla. City _ 70
Chicago 80 61 Phoenix 84
Cincinnati.. 86 68 Pittsburgh 74 62
Detroit _ 84 66 Portland Me. 72 59
El Paso 93 72 St. Lout* 90 72
Galveston 88 75 Salt L. City 93 72
Harrisburg 80 6.7 San Antonio 99 71
Indianapolis 84 63 S Franetaco 69 *6
Kansas City 95 69 8eattl* _ 91 59
Los Anxeles 84 59 Tampa . 86 75
Louisville 89 68
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ONE DAY
ONLY!
Thursday, August 19
Selected Group of
MENS
SUITS
Were *50 and *55
■29”
100% All Wool Sharkskins, Coverts and
Worsteds from our Regular Stock of $50 and
$55 Suits—ON SALE Tomorrow Only!
[IT 37 i it ■ 39 [ 40 I 42 \ 44 | *6
Regular_I 3 2 j f912J j 18p9 TTfT
, Short_| ! 3| 41 11 2! 2! I
Long _! I ~ | 41 31 5| 5j"2|~2
NO C.O.D.'t—NO ALT IK AT IONS—NO KFFUNDS
ALL SALIS FINAL
HERZOG’S
F STREET AT 10th N.W.
TO CALL THE CTAR
DIAL O lERLING 5000
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