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Evening star., 1943-04-14
Staying in Berth 13
Described by State
Surprise Witness
Store Manager Declares
He Saw Man Running
From Scene of Crime
BY the Associated Press.


ALBANY, Greg, April IA sur
prise witness who told of seeing Mrs
Virginia Martha James die was
introduced by the State today in
the Lower 13" murder trial of
Robert E. Lee Folkes, 20, colored
dining car cook.
The witness, Ralph Conner, Seat
tie store manager. occupied upper 9
of the Southern Pacifics West Coast
Limited, upon which Mrs. James
throat was cut January %.
Mr.. Conner's testimony corrob-
GRATED that of Harold Wilson, a
Marine Corps private, who occu-
pied upper 13, and who told of see
ing Mrs. James tumble from her
bunk seconds after man climbed
from the berth and ran toward
the rear of the train.
L was awakened by a scream -
heard Woman's voice cry out:
My God, he's killing me; I CAM
stand this any longerp
throug Oh the curtain. I saw man
wearing a long dark greenish or
blush overcoat run toward the rear
end of the car"
Describes Murder Scene.
Almost at the same time, he con-
tined, he saw Mrs. James tumble
from lower 13.
She was wearing a white night
gown with blood all over it from
a wound in her neck" the witness
said. Blood was gushing from the
wound.
She seemed to be struggling as
she fell backward, trying to hold
herself up by the curtain over berth
IA. Her eyes were right on me. 1t
seemed as though she was trying to
speak to me with her eyes. Then
Evening star., 1943-04-14
Strike al Cleveland
Failure, Official Says
Aircraft Ports Production
Reported Continuing
BY the Associated Press.


CLEVELAND, April 14.-Officials
of Thompson Products, Inc, major
producer of aircraft parts, reported
war production hummed today at
its main plant despite a strike by
CIO United Automobile Workers in
protest against the dismissal of IL
| men.
Ed Hall, CIO organizer, said only
400 or 500 day shift employees entered
the plant, but Raymond S. Living
stone, company vice president, said
more than 1000 reported,
Police, said an eight-man picket
line patrolling the plant entrance
made no attempt to prevent workers
from entering.
"The strike is failure due to the
common sense and patriotism of
people out here" Mr.. Livingstone
said.
The company, headed by Frederick
c. Crawford, president of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers,
said message had been sent to all
| employees, urging them to keep work.
ing. I'VE are going to see that your
right to continue at work is fully
protected" Crawford said he ad-
vised employees.
The regional War Labor Board
met to consider the strike, which
Hall said he called last night after
the WLB failed to protect our
workers"
The CIO organizer informed the
board r. j. Thomas, CIO-UAW
president, and SecretaryATreasurer
George. Adde's had authorized a
strike unless the board ordered the
reinstatement of IL dismissed en-
ployes and investigated their dis
charges or recommended that the
Government assume control of the
plant.
Evening star., 1943-04-14
Greentree Derby Hope
Works Mile in AT
BY the Associated Press.

Los lHe ASSOClAtcu FIeSS.
LOUISVILLE, KY, April IA
MONDAY Sun, Greentree Stables
Kentucky Derby eligible, went for
a mile workout over a sloppy track
today In LAT at Churchill Downs.
He was clocked for the half-mile
in 0:51 3-5 and the three-quarters
in 1:18.
Railbirds expected MONDAY Sun
would be Greentrees main Derby
threat after two of his stablemates,
Famous Victory and Four Freedoms,
were whipped yesterday by Count
Fleet.
Tall Tree Stables Sea Marriage, a
lightly regarded Derby eligible, was
clocked in 0:53 for the half and
galloped out flve-eighths in 1:W rs.
He was accompanied by Ball Player.
Evening star., 1943-04-14
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, April 14.-Plenty of
bones are assured Tuchun. a chow.
The late Miss Edith Grinnel Bow
doin of Park Avenue and Bar Har-
Dor, Me, whose estate was valued
at more than 100000 stipulated
in her will, filed yesterday, that
$4,000 trust fund be established to
provide for her pet and that $500
be paid annually out of the income
to Tuchun's caretaker.
She bequeathed Tuchun to the
joint ownership of DR.. Beeckman
j. Delatour, New York, her physi-
elan, whom she left $500, 900 outright
and 300 shares of American Tele-
phone & Telegraph Co. stock, and
Evening star., 1943-04-14
Lion MuuIs Trainer
As Other Beasts Watch

While putting three lions through
tricks during benefit performance
given by the North American Circus
in Santa Fe, Argentina, lion tanner,
popularity known as Capt. Julio,
slipped and was attack by an ILL
tempered brute named Neron.
Julio was badly mauled about the
legs before the beast could be driven
off. The attendants, in their ex-
element, forgot about the other
lions which sat calmly watching the
proceedings. The victim was taken
to the hospital for which the benefit
performance was given.
Evening star., 1943-04-14
Three Plants Crossed
For Oil Discovery

DALLAS.-Okra and hollyhocks
may boost the yield of vital cotton
seed oil.
J. A. Webb, Union City, Okla,
crossed cotton with okra and pro-
duced a plant that yielded more
cottonseed, Victor Schoeffelmayer,
agricultural editor of the Dallas
Morning News, reported.
Then he crossed the whole busi-
ness with hollyhock and got
slick, fat seed containing more oil.
Evening star., 1943-04-14
Cochran Selected FPHA
Actinq Commissioner

By the Associated Press.
r. L. Cochran, former Democratic
Governor of Nebraska, has been
named acting assistant commissioner
of the Federal Public Housing Au-
thority here in charge of adminis-
tration, it was disclosed today.
He succeeds John N. Edy, who
resigned to become city manager at
Houston, Tex.
Evening star., 1943-04-14
Army Speeds bikes
To Hold Back River
In Southwest Iowa
Missouri's Crest Recedinq
In Omoho Airport Area;
Hamburg Is Threatened

~ the Associated Press.
HAMBURG, Iowa, April 14.-Flood
fighters raced today to construct
dikes along 25-mile stretch of Mis-
souri River lowlands to protect
Southwest Iowa communities. The
swollen stream already has mum
dated IS miles of rich farm land in
this area and forced residents of two
villages from their homes.
McPaul, Is miles up the river from
Hamburg, and Payne, 6 miles north
OF here, were under water which
broke through hastily constructed
dikes yesterday. The Is families who
make up the combined population of
the two villages were removed safely.
Army engineers centered their ac-
tivity on increasing the height Of
new dixie here as bulWark between
the river and 200 food d-threatened
homes in the south part of Hamburg.
They toiled through the night to
keep the dixie higher than the flood
torrents, rushing down from Omaha
where the river covered the munich
pal airport and the nearby village OF
Carter Lake, Iowa, and then
started dropping gradually from a
crest of 2245 feet, 3.45 feet above
food stage.
1t. Col. C. E. Stahl of the Army
Engineers, who has directed much
of the work here, expressed concern
over the failure of many residents
to heed warnings to evacuate from
the threatened area of the town,
much of which is II feet below the
rivers normal level. He stressed the
danger should the dixie protecting
the southern portion of the city give
way.
At Pacific junction, Iowa, 20 miles
below Omaha, ITS men Sandbagged
the Pony Greek dixie that protects
the town of TOO from the flood wa
tiers.
Marooned at the Omaha Airport
Administration Building were 81 air.
port employees and members of the
civilian air patrol. Water ran
through the building feet deep.
One boat managed to get to the
building, but rescue operations were
ordered delayed until the water
calmed sufficiently to permit rescue.
A Salvation Army truck, last to leave
the airport before the dikes broke,
left enough food for the marooned
employees.
Evening star., 1943-04-14
Republican Committee
To Confer With Hoover
BY the Associated Press.

BY lhe ASSOCiaCed Fre5S.
Former President Herbert Hoover
will confer tomorrow night with a
committee of House Republicans
studying wartime food problems.
Chairman jenkins Of Ohio said
that Mr.. Hoover, food administrator
during the last World War, Is the
first Of number of men to be con-
suited by the committee in an effort
to improve marketing and DISTRICT.
ton methods Chester Davis, newly
appointed food administrator, and
Secretary Of Agriculture Wickard
will be invited to future meetings. =
Evening star., 1943-04-14
New York Womun's Will Allows
$4,000 Trust Fund for Doc
chard Scandrett, an attorney.

Richard Scandrett. an attorney.
She also directed that the CO.
owners have Tuchun humanely and
kindly disposed OF when they think
1t proper to do So"
Miss Bowdoin, who died March
Is at the age of "A, was the daughter
Of the late George Sullivan Bow
doin. member of j. P. Morgan & Co.
Bequests included one of $3.50, 600
to the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Evening star., 1943-04-14
1t. Anon Carter Is Prisoner

FORT WORTH, Tex, April "A lP.
ANON Carter, publisher of the
Star Telegram, was advised off,
cially today that his son, 1t. Anon
Carter, jr., artillery officer who has
been missing in action in Africa
since February IA, was prisoner of
var IN Germany.
Evening star., 1943-04-14

You can place = want ADJ in
The Evening Star as late rs II
o'clock tonight. At the business
counter. or II you have . telephone
call MA. Sooo.
The Michigan chronicle., 1943-10-23

City-Tuskegee highway here Sun
day morning.
The dead men are Pfc. Earl F.
Wallace, Is. OF 900 Union avenue,
ST. Louis. and Pvt. Raymond Z.
Lawson, %. OF 400 Third street.
Lake Wales. Fla. Wallace was as
signed to the student training reg
iment here, while Lawson was with
truck regiment.
The car, which was driven by
Pvt. Lawson, was said to have been
travelling at a terrific speed when
the accident occurred. Wallace suf-
fered a rupture of the liver and
shock and was dead on arrival at
the Post hospital at Fort Benning.
Pvt. Lawson suffered contusions,
laceration of the brain and a frac-
tured skull.
Pvt. Lawson is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Myrtle Lawson and a
mother and father. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Lawson of Rochelle, Ga. Pfc.
Wallace is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Mamie Wallace. The bodies
were shipped to their respective
homes by the Sandy D. Allen COM
pany of Columbus.
The Michigan chronicle., 1943-10-23
Lescot Promises
Haiti S Support
To United States

WASHINGTON. (ANP) Never
can we be indifferent at whatever
concerns the United States Of
America" declared President Les
cot of Haiti. in an address before
the senate Friday.
The height of Haiti's ambition. y
he said. would be to send its sons
to take their places side with yours,
to share the sacrifices they are so
generously dedicating to the cause
of right and justice
The course of events, however,
has been shaped in such manner
that it is not expedient for every
one to be in the line OF combat
Nevertheless. il is an uncontested
fact that final and complete victory
over the barbarian forces of totali-
tarianism depends on the full mo-
bilization of all the industrial and
agricultural resources at our dis
posal.
I'VE the sons. those who took
part in the expedition Of Georgia
in the seige OF Savannah. leading
to the surrender of Yorktown. have
answered present at the roll cal
made necessary by the infamou:
attack of Pearl Harbor. and so we
are at your side today as yesterday
our forefathers were.
Never can we be indifferent Il
whatever concerns the Unitet
States OF America. Our pact o
friendship having been signed b.
the blood of our ancestors shed o
the same fields of battle"
The Michigan chronicle., 1943-10-23
HERO'S MEDAL
TO Be AWARDED
RACE SOLDIER
Saved Life Of w hite
Officer Injured In
Wreck

Not all heroes are born in battle.
Sergeant Willie B. Goodson. Ne
gro. Fairfield. Ala, who is stationed
at the Army Air Forces school OF
applied tactics. Orlando. Fla. will
soon be awarded the Soldiers
Medal for heroism by Brig. Gen.
Hume Peabody, commandant Of
AAFSAT, for risking his life TO
save that of an officer.
Sergeant Goodson. whose mother
is Rosie Lee Taylor. Oneonta. Ala.
is being awarded Soldiers Medal
for, rushing into telegraph poles
falling from a railroad flatcar and
dragging 1t. Donald p. Rush. Bos-
ton. construction officer Of Good
sons unit, from beneath the pile
where he was trapped.
1t. Rush had climbed to the top
Of the flstcar to release the braces
holding the poles in order to un-
load them.
In leaping from the car, the lieu
tenant slipped. was struck by a
pole and suffered a broken ankle.
Before he could drag himself free,
other falling poles began to pile
up on him. i.
At great personal risk. Sergeant
Goodson ran to the lieutenant's
side. secured him beneath the arms
and dragged him to safety
The Michigan chronicle., 1943-10-23

time into international politics
through a period of years"
When war did come the United
States invoked its neutrality act
which prohibited trade with the
belligerents by American concerns
in certain so-called materials Of
war" that did not include oil. cop
per. trucks. tractors, scrap iron and
scrap steel. .Secy. Hull felt con-
strained to point out TO the Ameri-
can people that while these items
were not included under the banned
articles. that this class of trade was
nonetheless directly contrary TO the
policy Of the government of the
United States.
Hull Refused To Bulge
The Italian ambassador took ex-
ception 10 these statements regard
ing trade and said that his gov
crnment considered them as I'm
friendly act" Secy. Hull refused to
bulge from his position. and the
United States never recognized
Italian sovereignty over Ethiopia.
Adds Ababa fell on May 5 and
soon dfter.. the wSr''w ~ oV1el. Ss...
conflict, however. broke out in
Spain in July. 1886. and Italy found
itself supplying men and materials
to the forces of Franco. Later the
yell for Corsica and the handwrit-
ing was on the wall. all as Amb.
Long had predicted with regard
to ltaly's ambitions should she be
victorious in Ethiopia.
The Michigan chronicle., 1943-10-23
Says y. S. Knew Italy
Would Attack ETHIOPIA

will be applied to Italy in suffi-
cient strength to stop its bold ven-
ture and to impose upon it def
mite defeat at arms. In this case
there would no doubt be terrible
trouble in Italy. Whether the fas-
cist regime could continue is quite
speculative but even il il did con-
tinue il would be with an increas-
ing lack of confidence and with
trouble. Nevertheless. in case there
was imposed a crushing military
defeat. il would leave the eastern
Mediterranean and Africa in its
| present status and would simply
place Italy without the pale of
friendly association with other ma
tions in Europe.
The other premise is that Italy
proceeds to attain her objectives
/ in Ethiopia. In this case there is
only trouble for the future. There
can be nothing else. Those who
| consider this TO be the high ex-
preston of fascism and the end Of
| their ambitions are entitled To no
confidence. II the regime in Italy
were successful in this venture IL
would but embolden them to pro-
ceed TO other ventures. II the
Suez canal assumes an importance
as great as il has today when Italy
has south of the canal $50, 900 SOL
diers, how much greater signifi-
canoe would il assume in case Mus
solini had south Of the canal $780,
900 people1
Italians Had Air Base
There is no doubt in my mind
that shortly after Italy. should she
become settled in Ethiopia. would
begin program TO establish COM
munications between Libya and
Ethiopia. The oasis Of Cufra in the
southeastern part OF Ethiopia has
already been largely developed by
the Italians as an air base"
Mote: The locating OF Cufra IN
Ethiopia is obviously an error since
at the writing the invasion OF Ethio-
pia had not come. Cufra is in
Libya and was taken by the Free
French forces Of Gen. DeGaulle on
March !, 1917
Anb. Long arrived at certain
conclusions in this dispatch. He
said:
Sought Italy'S Defeat
The inference I draw from Il as
10 the future is that Italy must
either be defeated now and pre-
vented in the realization OF her am
bitions in East Africa. or the trouble
will continue on through for gen.
Grafton as an additional irritation
10 European politits ana an adth4
tional menace to world peace. And
il she is not defeated now il fol-
lows that we will have the menace
Of a highly organized and militar-
lied state threatening the eastern
Mediterranean and from its SYM
chronized bases in Africa challeng-
ing the British empire. with the
turmoil it will bring from time to
The Michigan chronicle., 1943-10-23
Says EreedomF For
Italian Colonies
MustBeDecIared

NEW YORK. (ANP)-The former
Italian colonies in Africa - Libya,
Eritrea and Italian Somaliland -
should be declared free by the
united nations now. asserted DR.. L.
D. Reddick. He was discussing the
implications for Africa of the re-
cent declaration of war on Ger
many by Italy.
Such a move. he continued. is
needed TO show that the united
nations armies are intact armies
OF liberation for colonial peoples.
This step must be made now il
we are to take the ball away from
the clever Japanese enemy. Japan
has proclaimed the independence OF
Burma and the Philippines, former
colonies Cor dependencies) Of Great
Britain and the United States.
The desire for self-determination
on the part of the inhabitants OF
North and Northeast Africa does
not preclude assistance from the
United Nations in setting UP the
machinery Of self-government or ir
dealing with the problems Of re
habilitation, DR.. Reddick pointet
out
The Michigan chronicle., 1943-10-23
SMUGGLEDN
ASKS NAACP TO
HELP INMATES
$50 Pound Guard Beats
Negro Then Cuts
Him With Axe

FLORENCE, S. c. tANP)-While
his mouth and nose ran blood fol-
lowing brutal whipping on Octo-
Der 5 by 250-pound Florence
county prison guard at Effingham,
S. c.. fellow prisoners OF Leo Mich
OILS. moved by pity. appealed to
James NJ. Hinton. president OF the
South Carolina state branch o. the
EAACP to seek some kind Of So
luton to the penal problem still
plaguing this state.
A letter written by an eye-wit-
ness OF the beating. whose name is
withheld for reasons OF security
told In a letter dated October S and
smuggled out of the Florence coun-
ty prison camp. how guard A. B
Colcutt had beat Nichols. who is
serving a five-year sentence. with
a pitch fork handle and topped off
the whipping by inflicting a severe
cash on Nichols hand with bush
axe. Nichols had been whipped for
nothing" the prisoner wrote. add
ing. this boy. Leo Nichols, is in a
bad shape. We are rubbing him
now. His mouth and nose are bleed
ing very had at this moment"
The prisoner said that at Camp
No 2 they whip them with a strap
three inches wide. one-fourth inch
thick and four feet long. They the
prisoners) are out across barrel
and hit so 10 IS licks." At E!fing-
ham. the prisoner said. I'VE are
unable to get a parole from this
county" adding that the men arc
severely whipped and their good
time" taken away. compelling them
10 do their full sentence. He said
they were fed corn bread and beans
ut every meal No meat gyits or
Iiour is fed them. '' ''N'
The age. Of Nichols was listed as
"a and the guards weight at be-
tween 240 and $50 pounds.
The Michigan chronicle., 1943-10-23
BY ERNEST A. JOHNSON


WASHINGTON CAMP The
United States government was in
formed by its ambassador at Rome
more than a year before the out
break of hostilities that Italy was
planning a venture against Ethio-
pia. and that its success would mean
that trouble would continue on
through for generation as an addi-
tional irritation TO European poll
tics and an additional menace to
world peace"
The state papers and exchanges
between Secretary Cordell Hull and
Amb. Breckenridge Long dealing
with the development o. events
that ultimately led TO war between
Italy and Ethiopia are contained in
the documented white paper"
called Peace and War" released by
the state department two weeks
ago. The volume OF 853 pages is TIE
story Of United States foreign poll
cy in the l0-year period from 1881
10 l94i.
II was on Sept g. l943. that Amb
Long reported 10 Secy. Hull that
rumors were current that Italy con-
templated war against Ethiopia and
was making extensive preparations
to this end. On Oct 3. 1885. Italian
armed forces. invaded Ethiopia.
Reported Troop Movements
Troop movements in Italy were
reported to Washington in Febru'
ary, 1885. and the department wa.
told Of the methods of camouflagt
that were being used TO disguise
these movements. Yet il was not
until July 10. 1895. that Secy. Hull
made any representations whatso-
ever. On this date he called in
Amb. Rosso and told him that the
United States government earnest
ly hoped that Italy and Ethiopia
might resolve their differences pa
officially. Five weeks later Presi-
/ Ucilt hOOStNClh SCiih d kNi SPiAdA iiNc
sage 10 Premier MuSsolini telling
him that an outbreak OF hostilities
would be world calamity the
consequences Of which would ad-
versely affect the interests OF all
nations
Twenty days before the actual
invasion Amb. Long filed a lengthy
dispatch in which he pointed out
the hate campaign which had de-
veloped against Great Britain in
the Italian press. and that while the
italian people had no particular
stomach for the Ethiopian venture
the inspired dislike for the British
vas z AsEis.e4~'a that
Offered Long Range View
In this same communique Amb
Long stepped upon "the delicate
ground q! speculation" and offered
this long-range view:
ANY consideration Of the effects
which the present situation will
have on the future must be based
on one or the other OF two premises
The first supposition is that force
The Michigan chronicle., 1943-10-23
DETROIT MAN PROMOTED

Calif.-James H. Rippy, "a. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Rippy. Cam
eron street, Detroit. was recently
promoted from private to corporal
at the air base here.
Since his entry into the service
in January. l943. Cpl Rippy has
attended an army service school at
Fort Warren. Wyo. He is at present
serving as first cook with an avi-
alton squadron.
The Michigan chronicle., 1943-10-23
StimsOn Admits Bomber
Training Is Delayed
Tluo Soldiers Killed
In Ga. Train Wreck

COLUMBUS, Ga. tANP) - Two
soldiers stationed at Fort Benning.
who were en- route back to camp
following a visit at Tuskegee in
stitute, were instantly killed when
the automobile in which they were
riding overturned on the Phoenix
The Michigan chronicle., 1943-10-23
BENNIE LOCKET PROMOTED

Colonel Morris Marcus, COM
manding officer 9th Cavalry. Fort
Clark. Texas. this week announced
the promotion OF Pfc. Bennie Lock-
EFT to the grade Of 18th grade.
T.-5 Bennie Lockett is the son
of Mrs. Villa Mae Lockett OF 1920
Leland street, Detroit, Mich.
The Michigan chronicle., 1943-10-23
IN ANTT.AIRCRAFT SCHOOL

Resident of Detroit, Mich. 1t.
Edward NJ. Martin IS attending the
Antiaircraft Artillery school, Camp
Davis. North Carolina. His local sd-
dress is l0275 Cardoni street
The Michigan chronicle., 1943-10-23

Four cents worth Of every IS
cent food purchase is wasted by the
average family in the United States.
according to the October number OF
Consumers Guide. a War Food Ad-
ministration publication.