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CARTOONISTS CUT CAPERS IN CONGRESSIONAL UBRART —Comic strip cartoonists, in Washington to promote the sale of savings bonds, exhibited their skills last night before a crowd of 1,200 at the Library of Congress. From left to right: Rube x _ ' Goldberg of the elaborate inventions, who was master of cere monies; Gus Edson of “The Gumps,” Otto Soglow and his “Little King,” Carl Grubert, who draws “The Berrys” for The Star; Bill Holman with “Smoky Stover,” Ham Fisher and “Joe Palooka” and A1 Posen with “Sweeney & Son.”_ Arbitration ot Dispute Over Capital Transit Wages Postponed Arbitration of the Capital Transit Co. wage dispute, sched uled to start tomorrow, has been postponed until October 20 be cause of the illness of a mem ber of the arbitration board. Charles A. Horsky, Washington attorney who is one of the three impartial arbitrators of the five man board, said today that O. David Zimring telephoned him late yesterday from Chicago say ing he was ill and would not be able to be present tomorrow. Mr. Zimring, Chicago and Washing ton attorney, will represent the union employes on the board. The board's membership was completed yesterday with the se lection of Prof. Harry Shulman, who teaches labor law and labor relations at Yale. He takes the place made vacant by Charles Fahy, who withdrew when he was named an alternate representative of the United States to the Unit ed Nations General Assembly. The third impartial member is Alfred A. Colby, Washington at torney. The company will be rep resented by John Curtin of Phila delphia. The union, Division 689 of the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Mo tor Coach Employes, has asked a 25-cent-an-houv wage increase and fringe benefits amounting to 9 cents an hour. Lady Iris Mountbatten Denies'She's Penniless By the Associated Press NEW YORK, Oct. 4.—Lady Iris Mountbatten, a cousin of King George VI, deplored London re ports today that she was penniless and living on the charity of Amer ican friends. The trouble is English financial regulations and devaluation, said the blond, 29-year-old British beauty, who is well known in New York’s cafe society set. “My family is well off and so am I,” .Lady Mountbatten said, commenting on a London Daily Express story which reported her broke. “It’s just difficult in these trying times to get money out of the country, but I have not com plained.” “I’ll give you the facts. I get a little more than £1,000 a year on which to live. This was not much before the pound was devalued. It is less now. But I have neither borrowed nor grumbled.” Before the pound was devalued It was worth $4.03 and now is worth only $2.80. Declaring she now was “a legal resident of the United States and I hope to become a good citizen,’’ Lady Mountbatten revealed that she intended to work to supple ment her reduced allowance. Honduras Envoy Organizes Hemisphere Writers' Group Organization of the Ateneo Americano de Washington, a group to further “intellectual co operation among writers of this hemisphere,” was announced today by Ambassador Rafael Heliodoro Valle of Honduras. “It is the desire of the Ateneo,” Ambassador Valle declared, “to enlarge mutual acquaintance with the literary ’ values of the Americas.” Active membership is limited to writers living in Washington whose work has been a contribu tion to a better knowledge of Hispanic culture. Each of the American Republics and Puerto Rico is represented by one honorary and one corresponding member. ’ Formal inauguration of the or ganization will be held October 12 at the Pan American Union, with Dr. Alberto Lleras, secretary-gen eral of the Organization of Amer ican States nnd a member of the Ateneo, presiding. Ambassador Valle has been elected president of the group, with Jorge Basadre and Ermilio Abreu Gomez, both officials of the Organization of American States, as director and secretary, respectively. Alfred Crowell to Head U. of M. Department Alfred A. Crowell will become head of the University of Maryland department of journalism and public relations on January 3. Mr. Crowell comes to Maryland from Kent State University, where he was acting^ead of the Journal ism School. ® - T\&***##***' |l | fi \/&**•**$>' 1 ' . ‘ i President Truman became a model for the comic-strip artists when they visited the White House and here are two of the drawings of the President which resulted. The one at the left is by Gib Crockett of The Star and that at the right is by A1 Andriola, who drag’s “Kerry Drake.” —Star Staff Photos. Telecasts of V7siting Cartoonists Take Humor IntoHomesTonight A group of 40 madcap cartoon ists turned the full force of their talen loose on the city today. Ws ington residents were find ing themselves subjected to ses sions of high good humor, if they were at; 1. The Library of Congress ex hibit of “20.000 Years of Comics” between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. 2. The National Press Club at its regular Tuesday luncheon. Z 3. The lobby ofjhe Hotel Statler whenever the cartoonists passed through to or from engagements. Later today others will get a chance to share the hilarity by watching television from Station WTTG at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.; from Station WOIC at 7 p.m., or WMAL TV, The Star’s television station, at 8:30 p.m. WMAL-TV’s usually serious pro gram, “District Viewpoint,” will be invaded by A1 Andriola, who draws “Kerry Drake”; Carl Gru bert, who does “The Berrys”: Jo Fischer, creator of “Nine to Five,” and Frank Beck, who draws "Bo.” Promote Bond Sales. The cartoonists, most of whom are familiar to newspaper readers throughout the country, are in Washington to promote the sale of Savings Bonds. They are also doing an excellent job of selling themselves as highly talented and amusing persons to those who are seeing them. A typical selling job was that done by the cartoonists last night when they gave two extra-length versions of their “sketch and pat ter” show for 1,200 persons in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Li brary of Congress. Rube Goldberg, illustrator of thousands of weird inventions, was master of cei%monies. And the show began with Mr. Goldberg sketching one of them. It was a “practical application” of atomic power. A hammer hit a man, he fell on a spring board, knocking a fish into the air. The flsh gulped a minnow, which pulled a lever and pushed a button. Mr. Goldberg explained each step. When he reached the point where the button was pushed, there was a puff of smoke, and up on the auditorium’s rising stage came Gus Edson, Otto Soglow, Bill Holman, Ham Fisher, Mr. Grubert and A1 Posen. Or, in the order of the characters they draw —the Gumps, the Little *King, Smokey Stover, Joe Palooka, the Berrys, and Sweeney and Son. They sketched their creations, then six more cartoonists did the same. All the illustrators showed how they drew their characters before the show was over, but in between the show was broken up such items as: A portrait-drawing race be tween Milton Caniff, creator of “Steve Canyon,” and Mr. Edson. Their model was Miss Jean Eyres, from the Conover Agency in New York. Mr. Caniff’s picture looked like Miss Eyres. Mr. Edson's looked like the maid in the Gumps. Bob (Little Iodfeie) Dunn said every show needs one sock trick to succeed. He was a magician and knew one sock trick. He waved a scarf. It turned into a sock. Mr. Goldberg kept up a rapid comment throughout the show. Shorter versions of this show— with fewer cartoonists participat ing—were to be performed during the cartoonists’ public appear ances. Argentine Peso Cut Seen Hitting British By tht Associated Press LONDON, Oct. 4.—The new Ar gentine rates of exchange may strike a crippling blow at Anglo Argentine trade, informed British sources said today. A leading banker said the slid -ing scale of exchanges announced yesterday in Buenos Aires means in effect that an additional tax is being levied on both exports and imports. Treasury spokesmen said the whole question of Anglo-Argentine trade and the new exchange rates is under ocnsideration by the British government which will discuss it with Argentina. They said it may be taken for granted that Britain will resist Ar gentine efforts to up meat prices by 40 per cent. ■& Present studies-of the situation will take some time, a spokesman said, and no date has been set for the forthcoming discussions. He added that it is not known yet where and how the talks will take place. The spokesman said no indica tion can be made at present of what arguments the British will use to fight the Argentine de mands. Passer of Worthless Check For $49 Gets Six Months Judge Hugh Reid of Arlington County Court yesterday ordered a man to serve six months in jail for passing a worthless $49.12 check. A detective testified that Thurs ton N. McIntosh, 30, of no fixed address, purchased about $3 worth' of merchandise from Bobb’s Hard ware, 5803 Lee highway, on April 26, and received approximately $46 in castulgle signed a fictitious name. ^ Helicopter Pilot Killed, 'Chute laves Passenger ly the Associated Press MOORESTOWN, N. J.. Oct. 4.— The pilot of a helicopter was killed when his machine crashed in an orchard yesterday. A passenger in the craft parachuted to safety. The dead pilot was J. David Driskill, 52, of Manteo, N. C. Mr. Driskill supervised tests of the XR-8 helicopter in 1945 at the Kellett Aircraft Corp. at Central Airport, Camden. The Civil Aeronautics Authority, which issued to Mr. Driskel the first license to operate a heli copter ever given to a civilian, praised his expert handling of the craft in experimental flights in 1945. Charles Daugherty, 30, of.Col lingadle, Pa., parachuted from the machine and was not hurt, police said. Moorestown police said the plane went into a spin with its engine backfiring. Mr. Driskill and Mr. Daugherty parachuted from the. plane at 800 feet. Cor oner Donald S. Belton of Burling ton County said the helicopter’s propeller apparently hit Mr. Dris kill in the face, severing his chute lines and killing him in the air. U. S. Ends First Quarter $1,758,214,000Behind '48 ly tH» Auociotad Frm The Government finished the first quarter of this fiscal year $1, 758.214.000 worse off than at the same point a year ago. The figures are for the three months ended September 30. Gov ernment business runs on the basis of a fiscal year starting July 1. Fiscal 1949 ended with a $1,811, 440.000 budget deficit for the year. The Treasury reported today the Government went $1,756,321, 000 in the hole during the first three months of fiscal 1950. Last year it wa* $1,893,000 ahead for the first q®rter. Medina Dismisses Red Defense Motions To Throw Out Case iy th« Asiaciottd Pr#u NEW YORK. Oct. 4.—Federal Judge Harold R. Medina today dismissed a series of motions through which the defense sought to throw the Communist con spiracy case out of court. The motions, made last Thurs day and taken under advisement by the court, included requests for a directed verdict of acquittal, dismissal of the indictment and one for a mistrial in the case against 11 top Communist lead ers. Judge Medina announced that another motion to strike out cer tain portions of prosecution testi mony and exhibits still was under consideration. Summations Begin Thursday. The court granted a motion to permit the defense to make cor rections in a long list of requests for inclusion in the judge’s charge to the jury. However, Judge Medina said he denied a part of the same motion which requested permission to submit additional requests for inclusion in the charge. Judge Medina said that sum mations probably would begin Thursday and that the court will sit for a full day Friday. Previ ously during the more than eight months of the trial the court has recessed shortly after noon on Fridays. Judge Medina also said that he expected to continue the court sessions through Columbus Day on October 12. At the conclusion of the court’s announcements, Benjamin J. Da vis, city councilman and one of the 11 defendants, protested Judge Medina’s ruling yesterday denying Davis permission to deliver his own summation. Davis said he had dismissed his attorney, Harry Sachet. Says He Can’t Accept Sacher. Judge Medina told Davis that when the application was made last week the court said that if it was denied Mr. Sacher auto matically would resume his status as Davis’ attorney. "I cannot accept Mr. Sacher as my attorney and I refuse to ac cept,” Davis, a Harvard Law School graduate, replied. The court told the defendant he believed his action was “the un* wise thing to do.” In his ruling yesterday Judge Medina held that Davis’ move was “merely another one of many maneuvers by the defense” to cause “disruptive and disorderly incidents” in court. British Labor Paper Sees No '49 Election By th« Associated Press LONDON, Oct. 4.—The Labor ite Daily Herald threw cold water today on talk of a close-at-hand British general election—but con ceded changing political condi tions might bring an early vote. Ernest Jay, political correspond ent of the Labor Party’s organ, wrote: “On the known facts and cir cumstances of the situation, both home and international, there will be no general election this year.” But Mr. Jay added that “un foreseeable circumstances” might arise which would make an early election desirable. The Labor Government’s full term does not end until next July, though the government can call a general election at any time. Talk has been current in Eng land recently that Labor might call such a “snap” election soon, hoping to secure another term before rising commodity prices— expected in the wake of currency devaluation—could turn the voters against the ruling party. Mr. Jay declared the chief ar gument against an election this fall was that two Important meas ures now going through Parlia ment would be lost, at least tem porarily. These are the bill to nationalize the steel industry and anotherweducing the power of the House of Lords to delay legisla tion fro&^two years to one. Baruch May Be Asked To Suggest Plans to Cope With Bomb Blast Ky tht Associated Pross Senator Knowland, Republican, of California proposed today that the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee ask Bernard M. Ba ruch how this country ought to get ready for any possible atomic fitt&cko The California Senator told a reporter he thinks Mr. Baruch's suggestions would be invaluable for the committee, which is due to go into the civilian defense question in closed sessions later in the week. Mr. Baruch, who helped write the American plan for interna tional control of atomic energy, said in a statement in New York last night that the Russian atom ic explosion makes it imperative for this country to set up a stand by mobilization plan. Re-examination Urged. He said the United States should re-examine its strategy for keep ing the peace and stand firmly on its insistence for “nothing less than a truly effective interna tional control of atomic energy.” Mr. Baruch said this country can’t wait until the bombs begin to fall before it decides what to do about mobilizing its Industries and assigning its population to war tasks. Senator McMahon, Democrat, of Connecticut, chairman of the Senate-House Committee, said it will discuss civilian defense mea sures with the Atomic Energy Commission later in the week. The congressional group has been re viewing the atomic program in the light of the Russian development. Tomorrow, however, it will take time out to tackle the problem of making a report on its lengthy investigation into the "incredible mismanagement” charges leveled at the commission and its chair man, David E. Lilienthal, by Sen ator Hickenlooper, Republican, of Iowa. Senator McMahon told news men he is going to force action in this session on some kind of a re Dort. Insists on Report. “There will be a report if I have to get up in the Senate and make it as my views alone,” he said. Senator Knowland told report ers he is willing to have the com mittee make a report, but is cer tain that a majority won’t accept without substantial changes a pro posed draft circulated by Senator McMahon last week-end. That draft, representing the views of Senator McMahon and Vice Chairman Durham, Demo crat, of North Carolina, said Sen ator Hlckenlooper’s charges against Mr. Lillienthal could not be proved. It generally praised the work of the AEC. President to Ask Doubling Of Bomb Output, Paper Says NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 4 UP). President Truman will ask Con gress to double the Nation’s atom bomb production program as an answer to Russia’s possession of that weapon, the Nashville Ten nessean . reported today. Mr. Truman, at the request of the Atomic Energy Commission, will ask for emergency funds be fore Congress adjourns, the paper said in a copyrighted Washington dispatch. The AEC, the article said, wants the President to ask Congress to double its 1950 appropriation of $378,000,000 and to okay $30,000, 000 to $60,000,000 for construction during the present fiscal year. Ulale Backers Win Costa Rican Election By the Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Oct. 4.— The National Union Party, which supports President-elect Otilio Ulate, won undisputed control of Congress in national elections Sunday. Nearly complete, unofficial re turns gave the National Union 30 seats out of 45. The prificipal op position parties. Constitutional and Social Democratic, won nine and three seats, respectively. Three regional parties won one seat each. They are the Cortesista Democratic, Alajuelense Democra tic and Cartaginesa Union par ties. National Union won the two vice presidencies without opposition. It was the first time that Costa Rican vice presidents have been chosen by popular vote. Hereto fore the posts were filled by presi dential appoinment. Alberto Cre amuno Flores and Alberto Volio Mata are first and second vice presidents, respectively. Vote totals were as follows: Na tional Union, 51,347; Constitution al, 11,541; Social Democratic. 5,848; Cortesista Democratic, 1,731; Alaj uelense Democratic, 1,170, and Cartaginesa, 1,287. The new congress will meet No vember 8, when President-elect Ulate will be inaugurated as first constitutional President since the revolution which overturned the Teodoro Picado administration early last year. The revolution broke out when a hostile congress annulled the election of Mr. Ulate._ Woodlin PTA to Meet The Woodlin Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association will hold its first fall meeting at 8 o’clock tonight in the school, Luzerne and Louis avenues, Silver Spring. | SMITH BROTHERS NEW WILD CHERRY BIG HIT! | I t Millions hail delicious new ft drop taste sensation | U jEh HyiSN \ ft Something new in cough relief is ■ IK Cl k'-f I taking the U.S. by storm! 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The bill up for consideration would extend social security to 11,000,000 more workers, making the total 46,000,000. It would in crease benefits, create a new dis ability insurance and raise pay roll taxes to finance the expan sion. Republicans proposed a substi tute bill. It resembles the admin istration bill in many respects, but proposes a slower increase in taxes and would delete the proposed new insurance payments for workers who become totally and permanently disables. They can call for a vote on the substitute even in the face of the, no-amendment rule. The Ways and Means Commit tee, in presenting the bill, voiced hope it might soften labor’s de mands for special pension plans financed wholly by employers. In the Federal insurance program the costs are shared equally by work ers and their employers. Pleasant View PTA Meeting The Pleasant View (Md.) 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