Evening star. [volume], May 14, 1951, Page A-20, Image 20

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Mrs. MacArthur Takes
'Window-Wishing' Tour
By tK. Associated Press •
NEW YORK, May 14.—Gen.
Douglas MacArthur’s wife spent
part of Mother’s Day “window
(Fishing” along Fifth avenue.
She strolled along the avenue
yesterday for about a mile, ac
companied by her husband’s doc
tor, Col. Charles Canada. Few
persons recognized her.
“I’ve only been window wish
ing,” Mrs. MacArthur said later.
‘There are so many things that
[ need that it will require a little
nore thinking before I actually
puy.”
Meanwhile, Gen. MacArthur re
portedly remained in the family’s
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel suite.
A member of his staff said he
pad no plans for public appear
ances today.
The general made his first ap
pearance in civilian clothes in 11
rears Saturday, when t\e went to
he Polo ground, with Mrs. Mac
Vrthur and saw the Phillies beat
he-Giants, 6 to 5.
2O-Year-Old Car
Still Hot, Service
Attendant Finds
ly th* Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn.,’ May 14.
—A 20-year-old automobile
backfired yesterday, set fire to
a filling station and sent
nearby apartment dwellers
into the streets in near panic.
The blaze was confined to
the service station area. No
one was injured. Service At
tendant J. C. Haynes said
flames shot from the car’s
exhaust pipe as the gas tank
was being filled, set the gaso
line hose afire, spread to the
pumps and then to the sta
tion.
Women's Federation
Conyenes; Theme to
Be Family Protection
Sy lha Aliociatad Pnil -
HOUSTON, Tex., May 14.—The |
General Federation of Women’s
Clubs will consider the protec
tion of families during mobiliza
tion at its 60th annual convention
this week.
The majority of the 750,000
women in the 14,500 clubs that
are members of the National Fed
eration are housewives and
mothers.
Two thousand delegates started
gathering here today. Their con
vention opens formally tonight
with a banquet.
A resolution on family protec
tion during mobilization is among
20 resolutions to be presented to
the convention.
The resolutions already have
been distributed to the various
clubs in the 48 States, the Dis
trict of Columbia and Alaska.
They will be presented to the
convention Wednesday.
On protecting the family, the
resolution declares that the “pre
sent and future strength of the
United States is dependent on the
proper training of our youth and
upon the protection of mothers
and youth in the home.’’ It asks
that recruiting for industry be di
rected primarily to women with
few homemaking responsibilities
Mrs. Hiram Cole Houghton, Na
tional Federation president, of
Red Oak, Iowa, welcomed Jthe
Junior Federation delegates in a
speech today with a reminder of
just how far women have pushed
back their horizons.
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Oil Barges Moving
CANTON, Mo.. May 14 (/P).
Forty-four barges, each carry inf
a million gallons of oil, whicl
had- been tied up in a Mississipp
River flood jam since last Wednes
day, began moving northward
through the reopened locks ai
Canton yesterday.
Freight Trains Longer f
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freight train in the United States
in 1918 hid 34.4 cars. The number:
has increased until the average
number now is 54.5 cars.
Philippine growers are predict
ing bigger coconut production this
year than last.
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