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Evening star., 1943-07-31
Mother Stays ) Children,
Kills Self in Dayton, Ohio
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DAYTON, Ohio, July 31.-A 2s-
year-old mother beat two of her
young children to death today,
drowned a third in a bucket, and
then hanged herself, Coroner A. P.
Mcdonald reported.
The victims were Mrs. Christine
Dickey. Roberta, 4: Harriet, s, and
James, l.
The bodies were found In the
family home by Earl S. Dickey, the
husband and father, about $3.50 am.
when he returned home from q war
plant where he works nights as q
guard. !. t..4- ...gI
Coroner Mcdonald said the body
Of one girl was found on the living
room floor, that of the other girl on
bedroom floor, and the baby
sprawled in his crib, beside which
stood a bucket Of water. The girls
had been beaten with hammer.
The body OF Mrs. Dickey was in
another room, hanging from a
clothes line.
Coroner Mcdonald, returning q
murder-suicide verdict, said he was
not able to discover 1 motive.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
Two District Youths Held
In $3.50 Larceny

Two Washington youths today
were being held by Prince, Georges
County police at Upper Marlboro
under $500 bond each on a charge
of larceny involving the theft of
$3.50 and watch.
The youths were arrested last
night after Montgomery County DO
lice at Bethesda received report
that two boys were displaying large
sums of money at Glen Echo Parl,
A search of the boys clothes revealed
a total of $721 hidden in shoes,
stockings and trousers.
Bethesda police said the boys sd-
mitted taking the money from a
Prince Georges County home. The
youths said they also had taken a
watch, which they had hidden else
where. They were then turned over
to Prince Georges County police.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
| Spinster Admits
| Killing Mother
| With Tomuhowk
By the Associated Press.

oS the ASSOCldteu fEeSS.
LOS ANGELES, July 31-Detec-
tive j. c. Dearman said today that
Miss Edna McCabe, 81, admitted
killing her 8l-year-old mother, Mrs.
Rowena McCabe, last night with the
head of an ancient tomahawk.
The daughter then attempted to
commit suicide by stabbing herself
so times with a hunting knife, he
said A charge of suspicion of mu1-
der was filed against her.
Detective Dearman quoted the
daughter as saying she had a sud-
den impulse, probably because of
the heat" to strike her mother, with
whom she had lived for 80 years,
land I think I hit her several
times; don't know for certain
Il loved her: 1 don't know why
did it, he said she told the officers.
Hospital attendants said the
daughters wounds. with one excep-
ton, were superficial. ", Officers. said
she tainted when she opened the
door to admit a physician she had
summoned.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
| Police Impound
| Parked Car
land Baby

Policeman Richard Bankert OF the
trafic division impounded baby
yesterday-much to his astonisla.
ment.
The policeman ordered car bear
ing Rhode Island license plates re-
moved from its parking place on
Pennsylvania avenue to clear the
street for the Civilian Defense
parade.
The driver Of the police crane
that moved the car discovered 4
sleeping baby on the. back seat.
There. was no indication to whom
either car or baby belonged.
1t. Dudley Welsh, u. s. a., TIT
Maryland avenue S.W., appeared at
police headquarters later in the
evening looking fof his automobile
and for IN infant named Allen.
The baby had been taken to Cal
ltnger Hospital after conferences be-
tween Policeman Bankert and the
Police Women's Bureau. 1t. Welsh
obtained his car after posting IS
collateral and was reunited with his
baby-sieeping at the hospital rn-
perturbed.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
Engagement of King Peter,
Greek Princess Made Official
YugosIovion Premier
Makes Formal
Announcement
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, July 3l.-The year-old
secret" engagement of Princess Al
exandra of Greece and King Peter
of Yugoslavia was announced for
mally today by Mimilos Trifunovic,
premier of the Yugoslav govern
7ment- -in-exile. .r'r.'~e ~ '7,ra.t
No date has been set for the we'd
ding of the two young royal exiies
Alexandra's mother, Princess As
pasta, explained that we want to
hear good news of the war before
anything else
The marriage, which has been ap-
proved by the Yugoslav government
and both royal families, is expected
10 be helpful in the solving of post :
war problems in the Balkans.
The Princess, a pretty, dark
haired girl, used to serve waffles
and coffee to American officers and
nurses over snack bar at the
London Red Cross club. There sna
met King Peter, a slender young
man in naval uniform who often
dropped in to listen to the music of
a United States infantry dance
band. s,-r
The vivacious Princess, a great
great-granddaughter of Queen Vic
toria and cousin of the Duchess of
Kent, works now at the Allied pris-
oners of war Office here. For nearly
a year she has been wearing huge
blue diamond engagement ring and
has been seen almost constantly
with King Peter, but. there was no
formal announcement until today.
King Peter will reach his 2lst
birthday September 6, He became
King of Yugoslavia in October, 1884,
when his father, King Alexander,
was assassinated at Marseilles and
assumed royal power in March, 1941.
Princess Alexandra is two years
older than the King. She was born
to royalty but was a year and a half
old before Greece formally recog-
nized her as princess. A year
later, however. she was in exile, an
exile that continued for 13 years
before her uncle, King George II,
returned to rule the country again
in 1885. In 1941 she became a ref
ugee again, fleeing first to Crete.
then to Egypt and finally to Eng
land.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
WASHINGTON c. SATURDAY JULY 81 1913
100000 Workers
IN ShipYairds Denied
Pay Raise by WLB
b the Associated Press.

81 the Associated Press.
Ruling that a general increase
could not be granted under its
wage stabilization policy, the
War Labor Board has denied a
request for "a pay boost to more
than 1000, 900 shipyard workers. /
The board recommended, however,
. study Of the wage rates and lob
classifications In the shipyard in
dustry. The review would be con-
Quoted either by the Shipbuilding
Stabilization Committee Of the War
Production Board or the WLB's
Shipbuilding Commission. -
The Metal Trades Department of
the AFL asked for a general wage
increase for the workers, while the
CLOS International Union of Marine
and Shipbuilding Workers requested
a 9 per cent raise and payment
OF $50 per cent Of a years wages
to meet higher living costs. (
Shipyard workers were given wage
increases Of 8 to 13 per cent an hour
in May, 1912, in the Gulf Coast area
and cents an hour in the Atlantic
Coast, Great Lakes and Pacific Coast
zones. -s
The WLB also reported that it
will reconsider the retroactive date,
previously set at July %, for wage
rates now being negotiated between
the Bethlehem Steel Co. and ap-
proximately $4,000 employees in the
company's eight Atlantic Coast
yards. <.-~.:. .t<
Granting a petition for reconsid-
Grafton by the, Industrial Union OF
Marine and Shipbuilding Workers,
the board announced that it is ex-
tending consideration of the effec-
tive date for the Bethlehem rates
to other shipbuilding cases involv-
ing new contract rates. t'
The previous contract between
Bethlehem and the union expired
June %, but was extended by agree
ment to July %, with WLB setting
the date of the expiration of the
extended contract period as the ef-
fective date for any wage increases
which might result from negotia-
tions for new rates.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
Neufrals Approached
BY Axis on Question
OF Haven for Refugees
BY BLAIR BOLLEs.

European neural countries 5al-
ready have received inquiries from
Nazi officials whether they could OBJ
tain sanctuary in; those countries.
President Roosevelt posed . problem
for. those countries yesterday with
his warning against providing Axis
leaders with asylum. .-...
I learned when I was in Sweden
recently that many Nazis and Ital-
ians had made preliminary inquiries
about flying to Switzerland or spain.
Hermann Goering and Alfred Rosen-
berg have communicated with
Sweden on the problem of refuge.
The most celebrated beneficiary
OF sanctuary was Kaiser Wilhelm,
who lived out his years in the Meth
erlands after the last war. The
British government sought. without
success to obtain his extradition.
Kaiser Fled Before Treaty.
A technical point respecting VIII
helm was the fact that he fed to
the Netherlands before the treaty.
Informal Dutch comment now Is
that his status might have been
different and his person deliverable
to the Allies II he had ned after the
armistice.
At one time he was a refugee, at
another he could have been con-
sidered a fugitive
The neutral countries jealousy
guard their privilege OF providing
haven for refugees. It is a generally
accepted principle, on which the in
ternational law is vague, that neu-
trails shall give refuge. Thus Sweden
has become the home of Norwegians,
Frenchmen, Poles and others who
there are beyond the reach Of the
Axis.
II any Axis representatives should
escape to a neutral refuge, interest
ing legal proceedings would begin.
Almost every government in the
world has an extradition treaty with
the United States providing for ex-
traditing all but political criminals.
1t is not to be expected that the
neutrals will sacrifice their attitude
easily. The question Is whether Axis
leaders would be viewed as political
criminals. Neutrals, have given no
signs that they will accept the basis
OF President Roosevelt's warning
that to provide sanctuary would
violate United Nations principles"
Judicial Trial Called For.
The basis for events leading up to
extradition already has been laid by
President Roosevelt and our British
and Russian Allies. Mr.. Roosevelt
almost year ago called for judicial
trial of the men responsible for the
crimes of the Axis. Judicial con-
demnation supposedly would provide
legalistic foundation for a demand
that whatever neutral was harboring
an Axis leader should give him up
under the extradition treaty's terms.
A widely held view on the Euro
pean continent is that no Axis lead
er will get out Of his own country or
live long enough to get to the ju-
dicial trial OF which Mr.. Roosevelt
spoke last summer. Nobody In Eu-
rope would be astonished If indig-
nant Germans destroyed their own
Nazi leaders.
Another widely held view In Eu-
rope is that the Axis purposely has
gone to great lengths to preserve
the neutrality of some countries so
that there would be potential refugees
for them.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
Edward J. Noble Buys
Blue Network Co.
For S8,oOo,o0O Cash
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 31.-Edward j.
Noble, New York businessman and
former Undersecretary of Commerce,
has purchased the Blue Network Co.,
Inc, Nation wide radio sta lion
chain, for $8,000,000 cash.
announcement of the sale agree
laent was made late yesterday by
David Sarnof1, president of the Ra-
dio Corporation of America, which
owned the hookup.
(The Blue Network outlet in
Washington is WMAL, owned and
operated by The Evening Star
Broadcasting co..
A statement from RCA said the
sale came "a year and half after
the Blue was organized as a sepa
rate coast-to-coast network and in
conformity with the new regulations
of the FEC relating to ownership OF
more than one network by any
single organization. RCA remains
owner of National Broadcasting Co.
which will continue to operate the
HeQ network.
The Blue Network was organized
by NBC January /, 1927, shortly
after formation of the Red hookup.
1t was separated from the parent
company and started on its own
with 115 stations on January g.
1912. 1t now has 159 stations.
Mr.. Noble Is chairman of the Life
Saver Corp. and president of the
board Of trustees of st. Lawrence
University, Canton, N. Y. He was
the first chairman of the Civil Aero
nautics Authority.
Mr.. Noble also Is owner of WMCA
a New York local station, which he
said he would sell as soon as q
buyer could be found.
He announced that Mark Woods
president OF the Blue, together with
Edgar Kodak. executive vice presi.
dent, would continue in ONCE alons
with the present staff. He added
that there would be no change in
policy.
Included in the $s,o00,O00 dea,
was ownership of Stations WIZ ir
New York and WENR in Chicago
both $4,000 watts. and Station KGC
In San Francisco. which were taken
with the Blue network when il
separated from the NBC Red net
work, l8 mqnthssago.A,ne,,s. 49,. ,.,.n
Evening star., 1943-07-31

first call on these properties, with
war veterans coming next.
The committee declared that the
rural population decreased by o.
100000 In the three years ending
with April and that there will be
100000 fewer farm workers available
during the peak of employment this
year.
The committee, whose general OBJ
jectives have. Mr.. Roosevelt's ex-
pressed approval; stressed the neces-
sity Of AL proper encouragement to
the development of private industry"
to facilitate the shift of the country
from a war to peace time economy
On this particular point. Senators
Burton, Republican, of Ohio, and
Radcliffe, Democrat, of Maryland,
suggested today that Mr.. Roosevelt
confer soon with business and labor
leaders to plan in detail for this con-
version. The Senators, in interviews,
urged in fact that the bulk of the
burden of finding jobs for returning
servicemen be carried by private
industry rather than the Govern
ment.
Urge Policy Shaping.
They said they believed policies
should be shaped under which the
Government would help private en-
terprise keep production lines going
and thus provide the jobs returning
soldiers will need.
IF you don't have the business
activity that produces the jobs, it
won't do a great deal of good to
provide social security benefits"
Senator Burton declared.
1T would be a wonderful oppor-
tunity for the President now to get
business and labor leaders together
for a discussion of plans for the
postwar period" Senator Radcliffe
said. "a great many of these men
already are in the harness working
for the Government in the war ef-
fort and they could contribute some
constructive ideas"
Plant Reconversions.
Senator Burton said he understood
that some progress already had been
made toward writing into war con-
tracts provisions under which the
Government will aid in. financing
reconversion Of plants and ma
chinery to civilian production. How
ever, he contended that a compre-
hensive study should be made soon
to determine what articles each
plant is best fitted to produces after
the war and to get some general idea
of the problems each will face in
regearing itself to that production.
Senator Radcliffe. a member OF
the Senate Finance Committee, said
it appeared obvious that some plans
must be formulated for readjust-
ment of the tax laws after the war
ends. He declared it might be nee
essary to create tax incentives to
encourage reconversion and subse-
quent employment, adding that
there would be little to gain in re-
tanning the high rates of the war
era if the threat of taxes stopped
business short.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
Baroness 1rapp Speaks
To Soldiers al GEORGETOWN

Speaking to soldiers in the foreign
area and language course at George
town University yesterday, Baroness
Maria Augusta Won Trapp, Austrian
noblewoman who left her native
country to live in the United States,
gave the men a message for her
homeland.
When you 60 through the towns
OF Austria to free them from Hitler's
yoke" she said. throw kiss to the
mountains from the Trapp family"
Her audience, previously enter
tanned by the Trapp family singers.
included men studying for Haison
work with the armed forces.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
Parts Of President S Talk
Suppressed in Argentina
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES, July s1.-Por-
tions Of the text of President Roose-
velt's Wednesday speech referring to
the Fascist regime as criminal and
corrupt and the assertion that
Mussolini and his collaborators
would be punished "for their crimes
against humanity" were suppressed
by an Argentine post Office clerk, 1t
was learned last night. 3
The United States Embassy has
informed the Argentine Foreign
Once that the employe, press con-
troll attache, ordered q United States
news agency to make the deletions.
It was explained ofacially that the
censorship was the result of "exces-
sive zeal" on the part of subord-
mate despite earlier orders that the
speech should not be altered.
The speech later was released ir
full, except that the Argentine radio
as usual, was not permitted to quot.
textual excerpts considered offensive
to political leaders Of foreign gov.
ernments with which Argentina
maintains relations.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
Bazooko Reussures
Soldiers in Morale
BY the Associated'Press

BY the Associated Press.
WITH THE UNITED STATES
ARMY SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH
ERN ENGLAND-"The "Bazooka"-
the new. Army weapon that looks
like a piece of dolled-up rainspout
suitable for kids to play soldier with
is often called one of the Army s
best morale-bolstering weapons.
Almost every soldier who has fired
the rocket gun that has demon
strated extraordinary armor-pierc-
ing ability (the exact capabilities
are secretj has felt himself a match
for any German tank.
The Bazooka, just a tube for pro-
jecting TNT-charged rocket which
explodes on contact with the target
costs about So to manufacture and
its ability to infiict damage is COM
parable to a 37-mm. antitank rife
that costs in the neighborhood OF
$1,750.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
Former jailed in Refusal
To File Tobacco Report
uvt..A....,..,,.,.r

BY the Associated Press.
GREENSBORO, N. C., July 3l.-
A farmers refusal to file q tobacco
report under the AAA quota pro-
gram brought him a six months
prison sentence yesterday In United
States District Court here.
Judge johnson J. Hayes held the
farmer, Jesse G. Hill Of Forsyth
County, In contempt Of court. The
jurist's order commented that Hill
"obstinately" refused to inform the
court concerning disposal OF to-
bacco grown by him In 1910 ant
lS4l.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
Funeral Rites Held
For Robert E. Suyre
Special Dispatch to The Star.

LEONARDTOWN, Md. July 81
Funeral services for Robert Edgar
Sayre, "A. retired waterman of St
Georges Island Church. Burial was
were held yesterday In the St
Georges Island Church. Burial was
in the local cemetery.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Louise v. Sayre; two sons, Robert
of Baltimore and Edgar Sayre OF
st. Georges Island, and three
daughters, Mrs. Robert Briscoe. Miss
Mary Sayre and Miss Louise Sayre,
all OF St. Georges Island.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
Eggs Cost 81 Apiece
In 1850 Gold Rush Days
By the Associated rfsss.

~ INC AASOCleteQ k1ot&. 81 f-.s
SAN FANCISCO.-Rooms 5000 to
$500 q month: washing, $40 for =
dozen pieces; apples, IS each; eggs,
81 apiece: loaf OF bread, rs cents.
Don't rush to- the, OPA--those
prices were charged 6ack In 1850 In
the gold rush days.
The Chronicle printed the list
with a survey OF today's restaurant
prices.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
Tosti Made Press Chief
In Ituiy, Berlin Saws

LONDON, July 81. The Berlin
radio said today that Amedeo Tosti,
Foreign Once attache during the
Mussolini regime, has been appoint
ed director general OF the italian
press.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
Mules Replace Tractors

More than 1900 mules recently
were imported to the Mexicali area
of Mexico to replace farm tractors
which are becoming useless because
parts cannot be obtained during
Evening star., 1943-07-31
TypicuIIy Americon

With skyscrapers, broad boule-
wards, and traffic problems caused
by rapid growth, Sac Paulo, Brazil,
is now called "the most North
American city in South America.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-11-20
TEACHERS
IN INKSTER
FORM CLUB

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-11-20
Answer these Questions and
make a good laxative choice

Cues. Can any Laxative be- Of help
when You feel lisiless. logy, or have
coated tongue? Ans. Yes. II those
conditions are the result Of cons'i-
patton. Que>. Why has Black
Draughi been such an ouisiandingly
popular laxative with four genera
tiousg Ans. because 81 Is purely
herbal. and usually prompt. thor
ough. and satisfactory. when direc-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-11-20
TO AppRESS LAMYERS

BALTIMORE amp II. S. At
iorney Gen. Francis Blddle and
Marylands Governor OConner
arc listed among ihe principal
speakers az 'he National Bar as.
sociaiinn scheduled ~ meet here
Nov 26-27. announced Chairman
William J.. Fitzgerald n the
Monumental City (Baltimors) Bar
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-11-20
Giving Credit
Where H. Due

Writing on the subject ~
Whiihcr our Manners tn The
Detroit News Or Edgar Dewitt
Jones bad this 70 sag about
colored street car conductor Il
observed a Negro conductor whose
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-11-20

n Your Merchant Uses
Tribune Advertising then he
Wants Your Support - See
That He Gets Il.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-10-30
1000 Gas
Books Have
Been Sent:

More than 1000 y" car gasoline
ration books have been mailed al
ready 10y the local ration board il
Ma said today at the boards office.
and 4 few have been returned for
TACK "i proper address.
Renewals axe beng issued and ,.r
being mailed daily us fast ., rncv
can be handled. II WAS said that tho
BOARD expects t. have al! pew ~"
books IN the hands OF car owners bv
November 6. with exception of an
piIci''"uS reaching the board after
today. which WAS The dradljuc inr
u.uG rrmcWu. applications.
Tn" board is handling ~ the u~-
l'1. routine manner applications for
tH-hC, classification OF ration cards
Tor gasoline.
t"ilHwIu, names ut persons Whose.
books H1sc hryu .,rUrurd Ir,. -.uro.
H'' ,ud"".. .rrr they ar,, .,...ri -.
call ~ the board offices a., once.
l.. -. .hN~.",. 1T. -. ilvrd .,,u.
Jones t.. H.wen. itt. /. HENDERSON.
II. & N.csU.Nu. ~. |. Nurlla. =
II. N'v-un. H. =. Nol1mg: T. y
Strickland. L, :. Nvudcr. -: Thomas
IT. g. liCHdrr>uu.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-10-30
ASSOCIATED AND CENTRAL PRESS
Goal Is Near
In Campaign
For War Fund

The goal OF Sl9.7O3 Tor Vance
county's United Wan Fund drive WAS
IN sight today. but definite figures
were not available for announce
mcnt. Mrs. ". Il. Daniel. office man
aGrr al headquarters IN the Amcri-
can Legion hut. said. She rXprc>,cu
confidence that the lull amount
would DC raised when all prospects
had been seen and al reports were
turned in.
y further appeal was made for
these reports t. be gwen as uulcklv
as possible. Two rural townships.
on" of them rclcd upon Tor It sub
StautIh contribution. had no, report
cd since tie campaign began. bat
We're expected during rnc day.
II WAS also stated ina, q uunnrr
OF workers IN the city uuyr not 10
ported results OBJ! them efforts. and
THAT some advance GlI' committees
cN"" had not vet been heard l.rw.
The campaign began tv.o weeks
ago when adv aucc Git workers rc-
G,n 'J!lluG uu prospects, Conceal
solicitation W.,s started last Monday.
TIE campaign has been headed t.p
by GCucr1l J. ". Jenkins.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-10-30
Recorders Court
Has Three Cases
OF Minor Nature

y nOllr pros was taken before Re-
c"rd"r Il. f.. Clements today ON
charges against IAN Lee Pierce.
white man for speeding II WAS
shown tina; he had gone into the
armed service. lie WAS Il driver for
motor truck line.
Calvin Riley. white WAS charged
with being drunk. and given thirty
days on the roads. suspended on pay
mcnt of the costs and being sober
and al good behavior fuv twelve
months.
William Pough. ColOrcd, was
charged with careless and reckless
driving. and operating Il motor vc-
hlclc without q license. Prayer for
Judgment was continued until No
NcmDCr |.