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Mrs. Durant Denied High Court Review of Gem Theft Conviction The Supreme Court today re fused to review the court-martial conviction of former WAC Capt. Kathleen Durant in connection with the $1,500,000 Hesse crown Jewel theft case. Mrs, Durant was convicted In 1046 and sentenced to five years in prison for her part in the theft. Her husband, former Col. Jack W. Durant, was later tried and sen tenced to 15 years in prison in the lame case. In September. 1947, Mrs. Durant won release from the Federal Re formatory for Women at Alderson, W. Va.. on a habeas corpus petition granted ty Federal Judge Ben Moore. Last May, however, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond reversed Judge Moore's ruling and ordered Mrs. Durant re turned to prison. The Supreme Court's refusal to grant her motion for a writ of re view closed the case unless the court Itself at some later time agrees to a review. In her petition. Mrs. Durant held •he was Illegally arrested, detained and convicted at the court martial because the Army lacked Jurisdic tion over her. She based this ar gument on the ground that she left active service and was on terminal leave when the Army recalled her lo active duty so that she could be court-martialed on charges of hav ing taken part In .the jewel theft. Youth Falsified Age To Get Beer, Police Say An 18-year-old Washington youth! yesterday was charged by Prince Georges County police with mis representing his age to obtain beer. Police said the youth. Robert L. Fleet of the 1100 block of South Carolina avenue S.E., admitted un-] der later questioning that he used a borrowed driver’s permit to estab lish his age as more than 21. He was arrested in a tavern on the Baltimore boulevar'd. Riverdale. by Roy E>. Bright. County Parole and Probation Officer, and Pvt. Emmett F. G. Gray of the countyi police, who were making a check of about 15 taverns Saturday night, j They ssid they learned Fleet’s correct age from his draft regis tration card. The youth posted $27.80 collateral pending a hearing in Hyattsville police court next Monday. Mr. Bright said the tavern was checking its patrons closely as they entered the place and was led to believe Fleet actually was more than 21. The drive started a week ago by Mr. Bright in an effort to halt illegal sales to minors has led to a “big decrease” in such sales, Mr. Bright said. Chemists Hear of Tesfs For Liquor Impurities Refined methods of determining the amounts of Iron, tin and copper In beer, fusel oil In whisky, and other minute Impurities in wines and liquors were discussed at the opening meetings of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists at the Shoreham Hotel this morning. New techniques of light absorp tion by the various substances found In beverages, It was Ocplatned, promise even more accurate analyses and eventually purer liquors for the drinking public. The association, composed largely of Agriculture Department Chem ists, Is concerned entirely with analytical methods and not with the effects of impurities. Other section meetings heard re ports on the present status of analyt ical methods for testing flour and fertilizers. Louis Bean to Speak Louis Bean, author of "How to Predict Elections,” will speak on “Pre-election Trends” at 8:15 p.m. tomorrow at 1751 New Hampshire avenue N.W. under auspices of the Greater Washington Area Council of the American Veterans’ Commit tee. The public is invited. Unemployment in Denmark is over double that of a year ago. BRITISH SHIP BURNS AT COPENHAGEN DOCK—Clouds of smoke rise from the British ship Takoradian of Liverpool as Danish firemen fight flames sweeping her from stem to stern. The 5.452-ton vessel caught fire at the Copenhagen dock while her cargo of oil cakes and palm seed was being unloaded. The crew of 47 escaped, but the ship appeared to be a total loss. —A. P. Wirephoto. Chest (Continued From First Page.! gan work on Read Feather Day Thursday. The Alexandria, Montgomery, Ar lington. Fairfax and Prince Georges units started last week. The busi ness units launched their drive September 30. Yesierday, churchgoers heard special campaign mesages in ob servance of Red Feather Sunday. Observance of the day was urged in a letter to some 850 Protestant ministers throughout the city by Bishop Angus Dun, president of the Washington Federation of Churches. The ministers were asked to "use the occasion for arousing the Christian conscious to a full realiza tion of the importance of the Red Feather to so many people who, except for our social agencies.1 might be "passed by on the other side.” To all Catholics of the Wash ington archdiocese, Archbishop Pat rick A. O’Boyle wrote: "On this first Red Feather Sunday since my coming to Washington, may I respectfully appeal to our Catholic people to give generously and whole heartedly to the current campaign of the Community Chest Federa tion.” He pointed out that many Catholic charitable organizations and institutions have received aid from the Federation (jrithin the last 19 years, and the goal set for this year’s campaigrj will cover only min imum needs of the community. . Jewish congregations here will re ceive messages about the Chest drive in synagogues and temples through out the city on Wednesday, which is the day celebrating the Jewish Feast of the Atonement. The Rev. Charles W. Lowry of All Saints Episcopal Church in Chevy Chase, Md., was among the ministers to devote their entire sermon yester day to pointing out the basic Chris tian ideals behind the work of the Community Chest and its membeA agencies. Cites Divine Example. He said the example of Christ’s life should be a major force in over coming public apathy in the face of this Christian duty, and quoted His words: “Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye did it unto me." The Rev. Dr. E. H. Pruden urged generous participation in the drive by members of his congregation at First Baptist Church, Sixteenth and O streets N.W. “Surely no one needs to comment further on this all-important com munity enterprise, which has come to mean so much in the life of the community,” he said. ^m/insist on genuine ... or new decorator beauty in any style you wont-lawson, Chippendale, Regency Chesterfield, Duchess of Windsor, Duncan Phyfe, Sectional or Modern ot slight additional «DSt. 15 MONTHS TO PAY! PHONE STERLING 3512 FOR A FREE ESTIMATE (Estimates given in nearby Md. and Va.) Custom odds beauty, comfort and livability to your home! 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The honorary memberships went to Dr. Henry S. Graves, dean emer itus of the Yale University School iof Forestry; Senator Capper, Re publican, of Kansas; Tom Wallace, editor emeritus of the Louisville <Ky.) Times; J. N. “Ding” Darling, cartoonist, Des Moines Register, and Robert B. Goodman, Marinette, \Vls., forester. Thaxton Church Burns THAXTON, Va., Oct. 11 </P>.—The Thaxton Baptist Church in Bedford County was partially destroyed by fire a few hours before the Sunday morning service yesterday. Dam age was estimated at between $12,000 and $14,000._' Patterson (Continued From First Page.) they came under the provision for oontinued annuities to certain friends. The other names were either mentioned in the will or were | listed in behalf of various charities. The infant listed among the secret beneficiaries is Cissy Smith, whose address is given as care of Mrs. Edward J. Smith at “Melwood,” Upper Marlboro, Md. Mrs. Smith and another infant, Darnell Smith at the same address, were listed as beneficiaries in the will itself. The list of 17 who had been re ; ceiving annuities from Mrs. Pat terson and were to continue to receive these payments under the will follows: Cissy Smith. Wladyslaw Tyszkiewicz, Quebec, Canada. Robert W. Patterson, Coronado, Calif. Mrs. Robert W. Patterson, of the same address. j Mrs. Isabel Morris, New Philadel phia, Ohio. Madame Maria Gorska, 231 Chan ning street N.E. Miss Maud E. Blanchfleld, Bar Harbor, Me. Lady Broderick, "Kenah HID, Dublin. Miss Pattie Grimshaw, Pensacola, Fla. Forney Cole, Jackson, Wyo. C. E. Carrington, San Diego. Calif. Harry Nelson, 934 New York avenue N. W., Apartment 1. Joseph Locke, 2551 Seventeenth street N.W., Apartment 305. Marion Kollenberger, 203 Second street S.E. Mrs. Northcross, Bloomfield, N. J. Paul E. Switzer, 1719 Lincoln road N.E. 1 Henrietta Hall, 224 H street N.W. Two Youths Sentenced For Robbing U.N. Aide In Rock Creek Park Two 19-year-old youths were sen tenced today in District Court for robbing George Salnt-Pol. a United Nations attache, last May and also for other offenses. Robert E. Walton, jr., 400 block of Eleventh street S.E., was sen tenced to serve from four to 13 years and Walter M. Kendall, for merly of the 100 block of Eighth street 8.E., was sentenced to one to three years. The sentences were by Judge Jennings Bailey. At the time of the robbery, Mr. Baint-Pol told police he had been lured Into Rock Creek Park by a girl who said she was having car trouble. Two men, identified as her friends, were picked up, he told police, and they then robbed him. The girl was released In custody of her parents. Admit* Car Theft In addition to the robbery of Mr. Salnt-Pol, Walton pleaded guilty to stealing the U. N. official’s car a tew days after the park robbery. The keys obtained In the robbery allegedly had been used In the car theft. The two youths also were sen tenced on housebreaking and lar ceny charges, the terms to run con currently with the robbery sen tence. One sentence was for the theft of clothing valued at more than $1,600 from the Palace Laundry and Dry Cleaning Corp. Sentenced in Extortion. In another sentence today Judge Bailey gave Merle Revell, 42, from 20 months to five years on charges of attempting to extort $25,000 from a beauty parlor manager and for twice representing himself as a po liceman. Revell was found guilty of at tempting to extort the sum from Miller L. Wlmer of the first block of Channlng street N.W., by threaten ing to malign his character. When Indicted last May. Revell’s address was listed as being in a downtown hotel. Mission (Continued From First Page.l forlegn policy,” and ’‘wholehearted ly and vigorously support the labors of our bipartisan delegation at Paris and specifically its insistence on a prompt lifting of the block ade of Berlin.” While the New York Governor would not say so publicly, reporters assigned to his campaign were given to understand that Gov. Dewey re gards the Vinson incident as a desperate blunder. More direct Republican criticism came from Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, speaking in New York later last night. The chairman of the Senate For eign Relations Committee told his listeners the United States has "just had a narrow escape” from “inde pendent action” on the Berlin situ aton in a "recent dangerous hour.” Senator Vandenberg went on to say that this Government must avoid any move not taken in con cert with its close allies—principally Britain and France. While Senator Vandenberg thus directly linked the Vinson mission plan with the Berlin crisis, state ments issued here Saturday night by President Truman and Gen. Marshall tied it instead to Mr. Truman’s reported concern over the refusal of the Soviets to accept an atomic energy control plan which the Western powers would regard as satisfactory. Sunday Meetinga Held. The President and his Secretary of State had two conferences on Saturday and met briefly again yes terday. Yesterday, too, Oen. Marshall spent several hours at his desk in the State Department, where he oonferred with Secretary of Defense Forrestal. No 0100*01 information was given out about their talk. It was be lieved, however, that they reviewed the state of readiness of this coun try’s armed forces to support a strong American foreign policy and probably also talked of the develop ing plan tor an American military aid program for Western Europe. Authorities said military aid for Western Europe is still in such an early stage that there is not yet even a reasonably good guess of the coat of such a program. Oen. Mar shall, however, presumably would be interested to know what the planners consider this Nation may be able to do and how well Ameri can and European military men are co-operating in planning the project. Capper Sees No Pact Hope. Meanwhile, Senator Capper, Re publican, of Kansas said an authori zation of $2,000,000,000 to rearm Western Europe may be asked of the next Congress. In a radio broadcast, Senator Capper added: "I think the pretensions that a deal for peace could be negotiated between nations of the Western world and Russia are Just about to be officially abandoned.’’ Home Show Exposition To Offer Quiz Contest Spectators at the National Capi tal Home Show Exposition, which opens Saturday at the National Guard Armory, will have a chance to win thousands of dollars of mer chandise for right answers to ques tions by the "roving quizzer.” William J. Tobin, director of the National Association of Home Build ers' labor department, will be the “quizzer” who will pop questions "machine-gun fashion” to the spec tators from 10 am. to midnight, the hours of the show. Certificates for merchandise, donated by 150 exhib itors of the home show, will be awarded for the right answers. October 22 is the deadline for en tering a photograph and letter de scribing personality and activities of a candidate for the home show queen contest. More than 100 Washington women already have entered. The contest is open to women, regardless of age, and the prize will be a $3,000 all-aluminum Cottage, equipped and furnished. Photographs and letter should be mailed to the Home Show Queen Contest Committee, 426 Investment Building, Washington 5. The show closes October 24. The average adult opossum weighs nine pounds and is about the size of a house cat. He likes to make his home in hollow logs. .... __. _______ START TODAY Helping Your Child Grow Bigger end Stronger 8 Ways! I » With Amazing Growth and Energy-Promoting Wonder Breads (In The Interest of Yonr Chid, Rood Ewry Word Printed Hero) d Here’s How Wonder Breed Helps Build Bigger. Stronger Bodies I Weysl * Wees e Meal end a Sandwich dally Sere* a. muku. Aa much Protein aa a aerving of road au-loin of beef. 2. MNM * TCCTM. Aa much Calcium (oi bone* and teeth aa contained in a helping of cottage cheeea S. BODY CILIA. At much Photphorus for cell mettbolitm w l egg. 4. BLOOD. 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