Evening star., 1944-12-20
New York Company
Also Named as Buying
And Receiving Stocks

The Thomas Paper Stock Co.
which has offices here, and its pres
ident, Alvin E. Sandroff, today were
indicted on charges Of selling more
than 3,4o0 900 pounds of waste paper
at above OPA ceiling prices.
The International Paper Co., Fort
Edward, N. Y, and Earle Weaver
manager Of the firms purchasing
department, were indicted or
charges of buying and receiving the
paper at above ceiling prices.
The indictments state that the
ceiling price was $14 ton and that
the paper was sold by the one COM
pany and bought by the other TO,
prices ranging from $48 to 5000 pei
ton.
The indictment was among ap.
proximately so returned today by
the District grand jury before JUS
tice James W.. Morris.
Three Held in Gas Plot.
Conspiracy to violate the Secone
War Powers Act by seeking Il
acquire and control gasoline ratior
coupons was charged to three men
They were listed as Stewart Foley
Harvey w. Knight, jr., and Carl r
Magee. John L. Laskey, Distric1
IOPA enforcement attorney. sale
Foley had acquired the coupon.
while working as a foreman for thu
Penn Paper d Stock Co., where sur.
lplus coupons had been sent to be
destroyed.
Nathan A. Dobbins, colored, 9
lawyer who has practiced here fol
many years, was indicted on a tota
of SO counts accusing him Of embez-
zelment, larceny after trust anc
false pretenses in connection with
Iallegedly appropriating money to his
own use from the estate of an insane
colored man. The total sums In
volve more than $1,000.
Murder Indictments.
Murder indictments included: Let.
tie Mae Bean, 81, colored, of the
1700 block of Corcoran street NV.
charged with the first-degree slay.
ing Of Sidney l.. Alexander, 40, col.
ored, Of the same address; Johr
Clark, A, colored, of the 800 BLOCK
Of N street NE, charged with the
second-degree murder Of Harvey
Ellis, 43, colored, Of the 400 BLOCK
of Rhode Island avenue NV, ane
Joseph Byrd, Al, colored, Of the 90t
block Of M street NV. charged
with manslaughter in the death Of
Hasten Bennett, 43, colored, of the
HOO block of Tenth street NV.
John L. Sullivan, 80, described a.
business agent of Local No. IA. In.
ternational Hod Carriers, Building
and Common Laborers' Union, ,ane
William j. Fry, 2l,. were charged
with robbing Joe F. Smith, a unior
member, of the 500 block of G stree
NV. of a watch and $140 in cash
Chalmers H. Laubaugh. SO, said Il
have formerly lived in the 1400 blocl
of Rhode Island avenue NV, ane
Nelson o. Sipe, IS, were indicted or
charges Of conspiracy to violate
the Mann Act.
Embexzlement Charged.
Leonard j. Vanderburg, 20, wa!
charged with embezzling more thar
$500 from the Dawn Donut &
Baking Co., OF which he was sale
to be president. Laurence A
Miazza, 50, was charged with EN-.
bezzling more than 5000 while
working as a bookkeeper for two
firms, the w. M. Hillson Co., anc
the A. M. HAZEL Co.
-Four postal employees were charged
with abstracting contents of letters
in their care. They are Mary P
O'Connor, 20, of the 200 block O.
Third street NV; Robert A. Rosa
mond, %, of Hyattsville, Md
Harold Anderson. 18, of the l10l
block of Montello avenue NE, ane
Charles w. Logan, colored, of tn,
1900 block of Fifteenth street NV
The grand jury ignored a charg'
Of assault with dangerous weapon
in the case of Frank Williams, II
whose custer as financial al-secretary'
treasurer of Local "a Of the Inter.
national Hod Carriers Building ant
Common Laborers' Union, has beer
contested among union members.