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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-10

Gen. Hugh s. Johns son.
"America's Fighting Thinker"
Writes Daily for the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-10
husband.

happiness Nth husbonds.l What
a status a rich girl should glue her
husband.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-10

class. who will appear in the
drama. include Jane Berteison'
Helen Quermhach, Don Pennell,
Genevieve Doll. Joe Thompson,
Laura Nichols and Bob Wheeler.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-10
Guitar Expert

UNFORGETTABE DANCE
yhythrs define the popularity of
Charles Costello. guitar expert,
and his orchestra, now a nightly
Evening star., 1941-07-29
Two Policemen Araigned
On Charqe Of Assault

Precinct Detective Harry E. Ham
ilton and Pvt. Calvin N. Green,
policemen charged with assaulting
Lisle T. Lipscomb at the tenth pre-
cinct on June 26, were arraigned to-
day in Police Court before Judge
Hobart Newman.
Both officers pleaded not guilty
and asked for a jury trial. Judge
Newman granted the request and
released the men in the custody of
their attorney, Charles E. Ford. No
date was set for the trial
Mr.. Lipscomb, who is "a, was ar
rested on traffic charges and was
taken to the precinct, where he al
leges he was severely beaten during
a fight with policemen.
Police Court Judge George D.
Nelson on July II found Mr.. Lip
scomb and companion guilty of
disorderly conduct charges growing
out OF the incident, but only after
police were accused by the jurist Of
having engaged in "a disgraceful
spectacle"
Following Mr.. Lipscomb's convic-
ton United States Attorney Edward
M. Curran authorized the issuance
of informations against Officers
Green and Hamilton.
Police Inspector Edward j. Kelly,
who was present throughout the
Lipscomb trial. attended today's
hearing.
Evening star., 1941-07-29
Mrs. Eleanor Pierson Makes
Bow as Mystery Fiction Author
Bank Heads Wife
Had Written Only
On TruveI Before

It's a big day in the life OF Mrs.
Eleanor Pierson, wife of the presl-
dent of the EXport-Import Bank,
and it is more than making up Tor
all those tea parties she gave up IN
the winter and spring. For Mrs.
Pierson is counting the first-day
sales of her first book and first at
tempt at fiction.
"Of course, 1 am thrilled" said
the new author, whose book was
published yesterday. Her husband,
Warren Lee Pierson, merely shakes
his head in wonder, she added.
Her first work is melodramatlc
murder mystery woven around IN
ternational intrigue involving the
Nazis in South America, where she
has been travelling with her hus-
band on his business trips iii the
past several years. Its title is "The
Good Neighbor Murder"
Current With News.
"At least, it certainly is current,
with all this talk of the Germans
having air fields and secret armies
all over South America" she COM
mented. I'm fact, it's almost too
current. They might think I really
know something about their plans" "
In a way, the book is just record
of her trip, since the murders-and
there are several of them-are
solved by the wife of an American
diplomat. She denies, however. that
it's autobiographical: mo, wasn't
shot at"
She confirmed reports that the
Nazis are well entrenched in the
business and political structures of
South American nations but thinks
the United States is making head
way with its counter goodwill pol
icies. She mentioned particularly
the work of Nelson Rockefeller's
Office of Cultural and Commercial
Relations with Latin America and
the circulation Of the Spanish edi-
ton Of the Readers Digest.
Evening star., 1941-07-29
f. Probe Of DC. Crime
To Be Arqued Friday

Hearings will open Friday before a
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on
proposals to authorize the Federal
Bureau of Investigation to partici-
pate in investigation of crimes in the
District.
Senator McCarran Of Nevada.
member of the subcommittee and
chairman of the Senate District
Committee, probably will be asked to
preside at the hearings, as Chairman
OMahoney of the subcommittee tas
other engagements next week.
Chairman Van Nuys of the Judi
ciary Committee said he understood
that neither ]. Edgar Hoover, head
Of the F. B. l., nor the Attorney
General favors the proposals to
bring the F. B. I. into the District
crime investigation field.
Some Senators, it was said, fear a
precedent may be established, and 1t
would be hard to refuse similar pro-
posals from other jurisdictions.
A bill to permit the transfer of
tough" boys from the National
Training School for Boys to other
Federal institutions was approved
yesterday by the Judiciary Commit
tee.
Evening star., 1941-07-29
Mclean Will Making
Large Bequests Is
Declared VaIueIess
Owned No Property
To Back Gifts, Family
Lawyers Report

The will OF Edward Beale Mclean
filed yesterday in District Court
was declared valueless today by John
J. Wilson, court-appointed commit
tee for Mr.. Mclean.
Mr.. Wilson said there is not suf-
ficient property to take care of be-
quests made under the will of the
former publisher of the Washington
Post, who died Sunday at Towson,
Md The bequests included $500, 600
to Rose Davies. sister of Marion
Davies of Hollywood.
Mr.. Wilson's assertion bore out
statement issued last night by the
law firm of Hogan & Harrison. rep
resenting the Mclean family, in
which it was said:
The paper filed in court purport-
ing to be Edward B. McLean's will,
made in 1881. is utterly ineffective
for the simple reason that Mr.. Nc
Lean had no property of any kind,
that he could leave to any one by
will.
Income for Life Only.
Mr.. McLean's father John R.
Mclean. who died in June. 19l6)
left to his son an income for his life
only. Upon the death of the son last
Sunday that income ceased.
Edward B. Mclean had no inter-
est in any properly whatever in ad-
dition to the life income he received
from his fathers estate. As that
ended with his death. it follows that
the persons named as beneficiaries
in the published will can get
nothing"
Attorney George B. Fraser, who
long represented Mr.. Mclean. had
the will filed under his direction.
Mr. Fraser was one of the benefi-
ciaries under the will.
District Court Justice Bolitha J.
Laws some time ago appointed At
torney Wilson as committee for Mr..
Mclean, VINO previously had been
declared mentally i'll.
Father Set Up Trust Fund.
John r. Mclean set up a trust
for his only son, Edward B. Mclean,
and his grandchildren living at the
time of his death, and those who
might be born afterwards. The
elder McLean's will providec that
upon the death of Edward B. Nc
Lean. his children (John r. Mclean
ID, Edward B. Mclean, jr., and
Evalyn Washington McLean) be
paid the income from the trust untn
their deaths, and that their children
share equally with them. Under the
terms of the will. the trust is not
to be terminated until 20 years after
the death of the last survivor Of
the three children of Edward B.
Mclean.
The will of John r. Mclean con-
tanned the remarkable "spendthrift
clause" which has been used eX-
tensively as model in law schools
throughout the country.
The American Security & Trust
Co. of this city has charge of the
trust funds left under the elder
McLean's will.
Evening star., 1941-07-29
Mckenzie Denies
Assault Charge,
Produces AIibi
Court Hears Woman
Victim Positively
Identify Defendant

James R. Mckenzie, colored. 81,
on trial charged with criminally
aSsaulting and robbing a 26-year-
old married woman clerk on June
"a in a cleaning and dyeing store
in the 34OO block of Fourteenth
street NV, today took the witness
stand in District Court and told
Federal Judge T. Whitfield David
son and a jury of II men that he
knows nothing about the crime,
having been at home at the time
of the alleged attack.
The defense proposed to put other
witnesses on the stand to substan-
tiate McKenzie's alibi.
The government brought its case
to a close this morning with the
production of medical testimony.
Identified by Victim.
The complainant positively identi-
fed" Mckenzie from the witness
stand yesterday for Judge Davidson
and the jury, pointing him out in
the courtroom as the man who rob-
bed and attacked her.
She told of identifying him, after
riding around with police and an
other woman for some seven hours
at George avenue and Hobart street
NV, on June 26. She said she was
robbed of three sticks of chewing
gum, a package of cigarettes and
$40 and in addition property worth
$28.68, belonging to the store.
The Government asked for the
death penalty and placed on the
witness stand in conjunction with
various phases of the case. Capt.
Floyd A. Truscott of No. 10 police
precinct. Miss Frances M c. Bird
of the Women's Bureau. who took
the complainant to Gallinger Hos
pital for examination after the al
legged attack; Dr.. Joseph M. Coci-
mano. who examined the woman,
as we'll as Detective Sergts. Daniel
H. Jones and Elmer F. Lewis of
the Detective Bureau, who rode
around with the two women in an
effort to point out the alleged as
sailant. Police said Mckenzie at
first named a colored girl he was
with at the time of the alleged
crime, but later changed his story.
Jury Locked Up.
Judge Davidson ordered the jury
locked up for the night and escorted
to and from their meals in the
custody of deputy United States
marShals.
The Governments last witness
yesterday afternoon was Miss
Katherine E. Harper, who rode in
the car with the complainant and
the two policemen when Mckenzie
was placed under arrest. She said
she identified Mckenzie as the man
who held her up on June % in
store at 1845 Fourteenth street NV,
belonging to the Palace Laundry
Dry Cleaning Co, and taking S44. OF
for which he is under another in
dictment, not being tried at this
time
Although Judge Davidson limited
the scope of the defense inquiry of
Miss Harper, the defense contends
that she was mistaken in her identi-
fication of Mckenzie as the man
who robbed her. Representing Nc
Kenzie are John H. Wilson and
William A. Powell.
Evening star., 1941-07-29
Man Shot in Thigh as Gun
Drops From His Pocket

Police today were planning to
question a 30-year-old colored man
who was shot through the thigh
when a pistol dropped from his
pocket as he was crossing Seventh
street NV, in the 1900 block, about
2:45 am.
The man gave his name as Vernon
Lee Judd. 1400 block of Florida
avenue NV. He was reported in a
serious condition at Freedmen's Hos
pital. Police said a trick knife with
a 3-inch blade was found on the
man.
Judd had hired a taxicab and
was crossing the street, he said, to
get change for $40 bill when his
hat blew off. AS he stopped to pick
it up the pistol fell from his pocket
and went off. He was taken to the
hospital by the cab driver, Roy
Vaughn. Ills Michigan avenue NE.
Judd told police he was en- route
to a poker game when the accident
occurred. The officers said, however,
they found no $40 bill on the man.
Evening star., 1941-07-29
Appeals Court Denie,
Release Of Warrino
In Contempt Case
Ex-Numbers Operator
Loses Actions Against
CoIpoys and Huff

The United States Court of Ap-
peals today refused to release
Emmitt R. Warning, erstwhile num-
bers operator here, now serving time
at the Lorton tVa.l Reformatory.
The tribunal upheld District
Courts discharge of two writs of
habeas corpus. filed on behalf of
Warning. and said the Indeterminate
Sentence Act does not apply to
criminal contempt case. Warning
was sentenced on February "a. 1889,
upon pleas of guilty to four criminal
contempt charges, for alleged jury
tampering, by Justice Bolitha j.
Laws in District Court
The United States Court of Ap-
peals decided two Warning cases
today-both favorable to the Gov
ernment-one of which the former
numbers operator brought against
United States Marshal John B.
Colpoys and the other against Ray
L. Huff, general superintendent of
District Penal Institutions.
Representing the Government in
the cases were United States Attor-
ney Edward M. Curran and Assist
ant United States Attorneys John
w. Fihelly, Charles B. Murray and
Dennis Mccarthy. The decisions
were written by Associate Justice
Fred M Vinson, who heard the
cases with Associate Justices Henry
w. Edgerton and Wiley Rutledge.
Warning contended that the con-
tempt sentences were void. The
court in its opinion, touching on
the Indeterminate Sentence Act,
pointed out that second-degree
murder is felony, but that the act
does not apply to it, because it is
impossible to take one-fifth of the
maximum sentence. life, to obtain
the greatest minimum sentence
under the 1ndeterminate Sentence
Act. Warning argued that the
Indeterminate Sentence Act should
have applied, rather than giving
him straight sentences.
The court today declared that
law is not a pure science" adding
that law loses its vital meaning
if it is not correlated to the organic
society in which it lives, that law
is a present and prospective force.
that law needs some stability of
administration. that the law is
all the law there is, that law is
more for the parties than for the
courts, that people will rely upon
and adjust their behavior in ac-
cordance with all the law be it legis-
lative or judicial or both"
Evening star., 1941-07-29
Six Buildings Are Destroyed
In Fire at Prince Frederick
Blaze Causes 100000 Damage
And Threatens Entire Town

Mr.. and Mrs. Goldstein were or
dered to bed by their physician be-
cause of nervous exhaustion after
viewing the fire at its height.
Blaze Spreads Quickly.
The blaze broke out shortly after II
o'clock last night in the rear of
grocery store. 1t spread quickly TO
the two-story department store and
then to a small structure occupied
by law Offices of John B. Gray, jr..
one of the county Democratic lead
ers. The flames were halted there
by a brick sideWall of the Calvert
Hotel. but ate their way to the rear
raZing two stables and warehouse.
Six horses and several COWS were
led to safety from the stables.
Cause of the fire was undeter-
mined.
All six razed buildings were owned
by Mr. Goldstein. A son. Joe. l8,
said the store and warehouse were
bullying with large early purchases
for fall and winter trade. Much
of the loss was covered by insur-
ance, he said.
Mr. GoldStein has been in busi-
ness here for more than 40 years.
One of his sons. Louis, is member
of the Maryland House of Delegates.
Establishment of fire-hghting IA
cilities in Prince Frederick has been
championed by William w. Duke,
long active in Democratic circles in
the county. The need was empha-
sized February %, when two frame
buildings. also on the main high
way, were destroyed by fire One of
them housed the plant of Mr..
Dukes newspaper, the Calvert
Journal.
A volunteer fire department was
organized several years ago, but it
remained in existence only short
time.
Evening star., 1941-07-29
BY . stsn Correspondent Of The Star.

PRINCE FREDERICK, Nd, July
"a fire which threatened the
entire town for several hours was
brought under control here early
today after it had leveled the Prince
Frederick Department Store, prin-
cipal business establishment of the
community, and five other frame
structures. Preliminary estimates
placed damage at more than $780,
900.
Work of bucket brigade" and
absence of wind resulted in confine-
ment of the blaze to properties of
Goodman Goldstein on the mail
highway. Owners of buildings adja-
cent to the fire area had removed
their merchandise and furnishings.
however. fearing further spread Of
the flames.
A general alarm was turned in by
telephone on arrival of the North
Beach Volunteer Fire Department
Companies from Mechanicsville,
Galesville, La Plata. Upper Marl-
boro and West Annapolis responded
They we're obliged to run long hose
lines to small pond and stream.
MechanicSville' new pumper went
into action. but the buildings were
beyond saving.
Until the North Beach equipment
reached the scene, citizens frantic
efforts with pals and cans pro-
vided the only fire-fighting method
Prince Frederick, seat of Calvert
County, has no fire department.
Telephone Poles Burned.
Most of Prince Fredericks tele-
phones were cut off when flames
licked their way up telephone poles
in front of the blazing buildings
Power company poles also were
burned, and emergency crews were
dispatched to make repairs.
Mrs. Joseph Shepard, a daughter
of Mr.. Goldstein, narrowly escaped
injury when she dashed into the
smoke filled department store to
salvage records from the safe. A
skylight fell behind her as she ran
out of the building.
There were no serious injuries.
The Upper Marlboro Rescue Squad
treated three men, one for heat eX-
haustion, another for taut muscle
and third for lacerations.
Evening star., 1941-07-29
Methodsfor Savinq
Fuel Oil Expected
To Be Adopted Soon
Van Duzer Committee
Instructed to Druft
Specific Plans

Methods by which oil burner
owners can help to conserve fuel oil
consumption in the District will be
considered by the District Petroleum
Conservation Committee at its next
meeting. 1t is expected that recon-
mendations will be adopted for con-
sideration and action by the Com
miSSioners.
This move was reported as Secre-
tary of the Interior Ickes, the Pc
troleum co-ordinator. warned that a
more general shortage of oil and
gasoline will develop soon, and called
on consumers to make voluntary
reduction of 331a per cent in the use
of petroleum products Immediately
to delay arrival of the impending
shortage.
Speaking on the National Radio
Forum last night, Secretary IckeS
declared that the American people,
accustomed to an extravagent and
even wasteful use of petroleum and
its products" have paid little at.
tention TO warnings of the impend-
ing shortage. If voluntary saving
is not undertaken, he said, then We
can only conclude that our many
exhortations have fallen on indif-
ferent ears and that it will be neces-
sary to put into effect some system
of involuntary rationing."
(Text of Mr.. Ickes' address on
Page A-12J
Committee Reports.
The local Conservation Com
mittee, at meeting yesterday
afternoon in the Office of Traf-
flc Director William A. Van
Duzer brought in a report on the
question, but because no specific
recommendation were included, the
report was referred back to the
special committee.
Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Beverly C. Snow. head of the Pc
troleum Conservation Committee
directed the committee to submit
specific proposals designed to effect
a saving in fuel oil consumption
The subcommittee will report at the
next meeting. date for which has
not been selected.
Misunderstanding Suggested.
In his report, Mr.. Van Duzer said
the committee had concluded that
substantial reductions could be made
by greater use of weather. stripping
storm doors and windows and in
sulation in homes and buildings and
through periodical cleaning of flue
chambers and adjustment of the
burners.
The report also pointed out that
a reduction of degrees below 7C
for night temperatures will reduce
oil consumption about 3 per cent
while there is an increase of 3 per
cent per degree in a temperature
over 10.
The subcommittee reported it had
received a letter from the Washing
ton Gas Light Co., stating that the
firm has made arrangements to SUBJ
stitute powdered coal as fuel, which
will effect a saving of about 7 200, 600
gallons of oil a year.
Evening star., 1941-07-29
Medical Group Holds Outing

The annual outing of the Medico-
Chirurgical Society is being held
today at Highland Beach, Md. A
program of swimming and outdoor
sports will end with a shore dinner
at 4:3O o'clock. The Outing Com
mittee is composed of DR.. w. Henry
Greene, chairman; DR.. Paul E. Piper
and DR.. Ethel M. Sutton.
Evening star., 1941-07-29
Yeuqer to End Series

The last in a series of four sum-
mer lectures at George Washington
University will be given at $3.50
pm. tomorrow by Willard Hayes
Yeager. professor of public speak
ing His subject will be wit,
Humor and Anecdote in American
Oratory.- The talk will be held In
the Hall Of Government.
Evening star., 1941-07-29

Asked about the Japanese in
fluence there, she said 1t was very
strong in Brazil, where she and
her husband spent most of their
time on their last three-month trip,
from which they returned in May.
However, Brazil now has agreed to
sell certain strategic materials only
to the United States, she said.
Her first book was just a starter
and since returning she has written
another about official Washington,
Her only earlier writing was few
travel articles about South America,
some of which were published in the
travel section Of The Sunday Star
q year or 50 ago.
Evening star., 1941-07-29
Bund Concerts

BY the Soldiers Home Band at the
bandstand in the home at 7 o'clock
tonight. John S. M Zimmerman,
bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assist
ant.
By the Navy Band at the District
War Memorial, West Potomac Park,
at 7:30 o'clock tonight. 1t. Charles
Benter, leader; Charles Brendler, as.
sistant.
Evening star., 1941-07-29
Nurse Ordered to Duty

Second 1t. Mary Belle Revels, Re-
serve nurse, 2025 I street NV, has
been ordered to active duty with
the Army, Sd Corps Area head
quarters announced yesterday. She
will report to Fort Sam Houston,
Tex.
Evening star., 1941-07-29
July, 1910
July s July l7lJuIy Is July 2s
. . . .

In July. Beware OF:
l. The hours between $50
and $50 pm. All four OF the
persons killed in traffic in July,
1910, were fatally injured within
this three-hour period.
2. Crossing a street at a point
other than a crosswalk. Two
pedestrians met death by this
action in July last year.
The two other traffic victims
were fatally hurt while either
crossing a street at an uncon-
trolled intersection or driving
an automobile.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
.PhiICO' S 1912
Line EmbOdies
Many Styles

No longer will a housewife who
has furnished her home in tradi-
Itionally Eighteenth Century style
furnishings be content with a
Inondescript radio cabinet any
more than the first lady of home
furnished in Swedish modern will
put up with period piece to
house her radio set.
To conform with the varied
styles of home furnishings in this
therefore, the 1912 line of
.Philco radios embody an array of
different cabinet styles, George +.
ParShall, general manager of
Philco Distributors, Inc, reported
Saturday.
ParShall, who just returned TO
Detroit from the annual National
Radio Sales Convention of dis
tributors and dealers just held at
Atlantic City, N. j., revealed that
his company's 1912 line included
modern. Hepplewhite. Eighteenth
Century Empire, Georgian and
Sheraton designs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
Fit All Type Homes

ain designing the 1912 models,
the PhilcO designers kept up
permost in mind the need for
making Phiicos fit into all types
OF homes-thOse with spacious
and those with limited floor and
wall roOm." Parshall declared.
"Highlighted among the out
standing improvements of Phil
cos 1912 line was the announce
ment that a new FM or Free
quency Meditation Sys I e m,
based entirely on an entirely
new circuit arrangement. For
the first time in the history of
I'M the exclusive PhilcO FIRE.
quency Meditation Syste I'm
makes possible the use Of every
tube In the radio set for stand
ard. shOrt-waye and frequency
meditation broadcasts. There
are no wasted tubes and each Is
n working tube OH all bands"
ParShall pointed out that the
l942 Philco radios offering FIN
incorporate a newly perfected
built-in aerial especially
tuned 10 the FM-channel,- The
operation of this aerial is entirely
being switched in wher
the receiver is set for the En-
hand
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
Hits
Graft in Talk
Realtors

Former public officials indicted
by the Ferguson graft grand jury
were described as "Judases who
sold their oaths Of office for 80
pieces of silver" by Prosecutor
William f. Bowling in a speech
last Wednesday before the brok-
ers' division of the Detroit Real
Estate Board.
1T IL a sad commentary on
our democratic system when
elected public officials allow
themselves 10 be drawn into q
maelstrOm of graft" the prose-
cutoS declared.
Describing the workings and the
functions of the prosecutor Of
flee to the assembled realtors,
Bowling said a prosecuting attor-
ney should be man Of common
understanding. who is able 10
appreciate the value of your
problems"
II don't think that you want
q prosecutor who will prOmiscu-
0usly recommend warrants. Tho
prosecutor Is a quasi-iudieial Of
ficer. He owes IL to you and
other citizens TO 20 into all the
facts before warrant IL
issued"