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Evening star., 1944-05-20
HiIImon Denies Unlimited
CIO Political Funds

CHICAGO. May. 20 (P).-Sidney
Hillman, who was renominated
without opposition as candidate
for presidency OF the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America yes
terday declared statements that
unlimited funds" were being spent
by the CIO Political Action Com
mittee are fantastic.
Mr.. Hillman said that as chair
man OF the committee he has been
embarrassed that some voters have
retired some congressman"
He said after two members OF
the Dies Committee, Representative
Starnes, Democrat, of Alabama and
Representative Costello. Democrat
'of California, were defeated for
denomination, while Representative
Dies, Democrat, of Texas announced
he would not run, some of these
gentlemen have made fan.
tastic statements about the 'unlim.
tied funds spent by the CIO Pc.
litical Action Committee to accom-.
plish this"
Mr.. Hillman added, "As a matter
OF fact, I am quite certain that the
gentlemen would not be afraid II
all our activities were limited to the
spending of money. The thing thai
really scares them is that bringing
the facts to the voters has already
been, in large measure, responsible
for the things that have happened.
Evening star., 1944-05-20
Mrs. |. D. Cooke, Wife
Of Ex-FootbaII Star, Dies

Mrs. Lemuel D. Cooke, %, of 6732
North Twenty-f1fth street, Falls
Church, wife of 1t. Comdr. Lemuel
D. Cooke, former football star at
the Naval Academy, died yesterday
after childbirth at Garfield Hos
pital The child son survived.
Mrs. Cooke. whose husband Is
serving with the Naval Air Corps in
Florida, was the daughter of H. Lee
Hiett of the Falls Church address.
She attended Falls Church High
School and later studied interior
decorating in New York. She mar
ried Comdr. Cooke, an outstandig
passing back on the 1887 and 1888
Naval Academy football teams, after
his graduation in 1899.
Also surviving are sister, Mrs.
Julian Forrest; an aunt, Mrs. Jonas
Unverzagt, and her grandmother,
Mrs. Hiett, all Of Falls Church.
Evening star., 1944-05-20
is Men Convicted
OF PoIygamy in Utah
Plural Marriage Case
BY the Associated Press.

SALT LAKE CITY, May 90
Fifteen Salt Lake City men were
convicted today of unlawful CO.
habitation. concluding paper
trial' conducted without witnesses.
District Judge Ray Van Cott, jr..
who presided without a jury, an
nounced the verdict. This is the
first time any defendants in the
complicated polygamous marriage
case have been either convicted or
acquitted.
The Is men--among As persons
arrested March 7 in four Western
States in a Federal-State investiga-
ton of plural marriage practices
we're accused of living with IS
women not their legal wives.
Defense was based on assertions
that plural marriage constitutes a
religious belief of the "Fundamen-
talist' cult-to which all defend-
ants belong-and as such is pro-
tected under religious freedom
guarantees of the Constitution.
Cult members contend they are
following original teachings of the
Latter Day Saints rmon)
Church which in it's early years
authorized plural marriages but
outlawed them in 1890.
Defense Attorney Knox Patter-
son argued that to convict the Is
men would be to brand their chill
dren-and those of hundreds of
other persons doing the same
thing"-as illegitimate.
District Attorney Brigham e.
Roberts asserted that religious be-
lief does not excuse acts which
otherwise are illegal and said
this is not the type of thing that
comes within the protection of
State and national constitutions"
Evening star., 1944-05-20

Dor Party. Senator Wagner. Demo-
crat, of New York indorsed Presi-
dent Roosevelt for a fourth term at
the organizing convention of the
new party.
Senator Ball, Republican, of Min
nesota announced last night that he
intends to nominate Comdr. Stassen
at the Republican Convention and
demand vote on his candidacy
Pennsylvania Republican leaders
met in Philadelphia today for the
biennia' reorganization meeting of
the State Committee and a caucus
of delegates to the National Con-
vent,on.
Delegate w. Clyde Harer of Will
Transport issued a statement last
night demanding endorsement of
Gov. Dewey for the presidential
nomination.
Ii. Gov. Joohn c. Bell, ir., speak
ing at dinner of Republican
women county leaders last night,
declared that America can't long
endure leadership such as furnished
by Roosevelt, Wallace, Frankfurter
and Biddle.'
He said reelection of President
Roosevelt would mean the end of
the Constitution.
Evening star., 1944-05-20

DO placed him on the new subcom-
mittee, and then added Senator
Jackson, Democrat, of Indiana, so
as to preserve a majority for the
Democrats.
Earlier he had named Senator
Walsh. Democrat, of New Jersey,
as chairman of the housing bills
subcommittee, with Senators Ty-
dings, Democrat, of Maryland, Nc
Carran, Democrat, of Nevada, Bur-
ton. Republican. of Ohio, and
Weeks, Republican, of Massachu-
setts, as other members.
Burton Issues Statement.
Being left to finish out his hear
ings, which he opened last January,
while a new subcommittee was
named to decide the issues. was an
obvious shock to working Sem
ator Burton, but he came UP shortly
thereafter with the statement:
What I am after is the result.
I am not concerned about who is
chairman of the subcommittee to
report on the bills. but with what
is the solution to the blighted areas.
In fact, it may be good thing to
have an enlarged committee"
All four members of his subcom-
mittee now are named as members
of the new bills" subcommittee
along with three additional MEM
bers, Senators Walsh, Jackson and
Weeks.
There now are three rehousing
bills before the District Committee
The McCarran bill to extend the
life of the National Capital Hous-
ing Authority and provide it with
a $40, 100000 revolving fund, which
has the Endorsement of the Park
and Planning Commission; the
Tydings free enterprise" measure
to give private industry to full field
in future slum clearance and re.
housing work, which is favored by
numerous business and civic groups
and the Planning Commission bill
which permits both public and pri-
vate rehousing operations, but re.
serves to Government agency
projects that involve tenant rental
subsidies.
Evening star., 1944-05-20
Guest, Polo Star, TO GET
Commission Monday
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
PARRIS ISLAND, S. c., May 90
Marine Pvt. Winston Frederick
Churchill Guest. 81. second cousin
of Prime Minister Churchill and a
close friend of the Duke of Windsor
and Lord Louis Mountbatten will
be commissioned second lieuten-
ant in the Marine Corps Reserve
Monday, officials at Paris Island
disclosed today.
Rated as leading international
polo player, Guest played with the
late Tommy Hitchcock and other
prominent polo players here in the
States, in many South American
countries and in England.
Before enlisting in the Marine
Corps Pvt. Guest toured Latin
American countries for the Office of
CO-ordinator of Inter-American At
fairs.
His family lives in New York.
Evening star., 1944-05-20
Strikes
Continued From First Page \

of about 10000 employees who left
their jobs five days ago.
The settlement of the Chrysler
labor controversy would bring to q
virtual end the recent numerous
walkouts in Michigan war indus
tries. At the Buick Aluminium
Foundry in Flint 1.400 we're out,
300 remained away from their Jobs
at the Chevrolet transmission plant
in Saginaw and 900 at Muskegon
foundry did likewise.
The Michigan Labor Mediation
Board said that in April the State
experienced the largest number of
labor disputes and strikes since the
inception of the board in 1899. In
April there were IA strikes, affecting
$4,000 workers, compared with SO
strikes involving $4,000 workers in
March.
The labor troubles throughout the
country affected coal miners in Bir-
mingham, Ala. and Trinidad, Colo,
and the first work stoppage in the
buJCe tMont.) mines IN 10 years was
reported yesterday when 200 miners
walked out at Anaconda's St
Lawrence copper workings.
Fifty-six bus drivers in South
eastern Pennsylvania went on strike
in disagreement over bonus wage
plan, tying up the Schuylkill Valley
Lines, Inc, main transportation
company serving 100000 persons in
the Norristown district.
Several lumber mills were closed
lat Tacoma, Wash, after walkout
and Kenneth Gordon, district busi-
ness agent of the Lumber and Saw
mill Workers Union, said the union s
1000 members in the district might
remain away from their jobs. The
workers are protesting recent VILE
denial OF wage increases.
Evening star., 1944-05-20
BaItas BirkIe, Resident
OF D. {. Sc Years, Dies

Baltas Birkle. 70. a resident Of
Washington for 56 years, died
Thursday at his home, 1411 South
Carolina avenue Sc, after an I'LL
ness of six weeks.
Requiem high mass will be cele-
brated at am. Monday In the
Holy Comforter Church. Burial will
be in st. Mary's Cemetery.
Born and educated in Germany,
Mr.. Birkle came to this country in
1888. He was one of the first con-
tributors to the Holy Comforter
Church and was a member of the
Holy Name Society. For many years
he was employed in the brewing in
dustry here
Mr.. Birkle is survived by two
daughters, Miss Edith L. Birkle and
Mrs. Frederick j. Fischer of
Washington.
Evening star., 1944-05-20
Politics
Continued From First Page.

mitteeman, trailed State Senator
Lew Wallace. Democratic National
Committeewoman Emily F. Edison
lost to Nancy Honeyman Robinson.
Mott Renominated.
Representative Mott, only one Of
Oregon's four Republican Congress
members opposed in the primary,
won denomination two to one.
Gov. Dewey's pledged and claimed
delegates were swollen to a probable
352 by the Oregon victory and the
disputed action of Alabama Repub-
licans in pledging their States del-
egation to him.
Although the Alabama convention
adopted a resolution instructing it's
IA delegates to vote for Gov. Dewey,
w. L. Longshore, a district delegate,
announced he would support Gov.
Bricker Mr.. Longshore said there
might be other Bricker votes, but
| Charles E. Robinson, State conven-
ton chairman, said he felt certain
all the others would back Gov.
Dewey
hldShd lilSbi uCUcu
their three delegates to support the
New York Governor
Utah COP Picks Delegates Today.
Dewey adherants also hoped to
pick up some additional support to-
day in Utah, where a Republican
State convention is scheduled to
pick eight. with leaders predicting
the majority will be for the New
York Governor, although they may
go to the Chicago convention un-
instructed.
President Roosevelt, who can have
denomination if he wants it, picked
up IA additional delegates in the
Oregon voting to increase his total
to 697 OF the $50 thus far chosen by
the Democrats. The President also
was pledged the support of a new
Liberal party organized in New York
last night by right wingers who
broke away from the American La
Evening star., 1944-05-20
3 COP Senators
Sponsor Amendment
To Outlaw Poll Taxes
BY the Associated Press.

by Inc Associated FreSs.
The poll tax issue turned up to-
day in new garb. with 80 of the
Senate's 81 Republicans co-sponsor-
ing a constitutional amendment to
ban such levies and Democrats
branding their action as political.
Senator Wherry. Republican, of
Nebraska, who introduced the
amendment bearing the signatures
of himself and 80 colleagues, talked
of getting action this session" to
bring the poll tax squabble before
the people.
Eight Southern States have poll
taxes. An effort to kill the levies
by legislation was unsuccessful last
Monday when the Senate declined
to limit debate and end fllibuster
Opponents of the anti-poll tax
bill, mostly Southern Democrats,
argued that Congress has no right
to interfere with State election laws.
Some of them conceded that con-
stitutional amendment would meet
that argument.
Senator George, Democrat, of
Georgia said he favored elimination
of poll taxes-but by the States
themselves.
Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat, of
Wyoming said the Republicans had
taken an obviously political step"
and had made "a play to get credit
for effort to repeal poll taxes"
The proposed amendment, which
would have TO be approved by two
thirds votes in House and Senate
and be ratified by three-fourths OF
the States before becoming effective,
declares:
Thee right of citizens Of the
United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United
States or by any State by reason of
failure to pay poll tax.
Congress shall have the power to
enforce this article by appropriate
leeislation."
Evening star., 1944-05-20
Miss Flora Shinn Dies;
Funeral 10 Be Monday

Miss Flora p. Shinn, q resident
OF Washington for many years, died
yesterday at the Washington Sani-
tarium after a long illness.
A native of Fairmont, w. Va, she
was the daughter of the late Anna
Fleming Shinn and Charles M.
Shinn. former city editor OF The
Evening Star.
Miss Shinn was a former drafts
man at the Forestry Service, De-
partment of Agriculture, retiring a
year ago because of i'll health. She
was we'll known in musical circles
here as a lyric soprano and sang in
church quartets and concerts. She
was a past regent of Thirteen Col
onies Chapter Of the D. A. r., and a
member Of the Sixth Presbyterian
Church.
She is survived by four sisters
Mrs. S. H. Bush, Madison, Wis.
Mrs. I. S. Childs. Miss Elsie M
Shinn and Miss Virginia Shinn OF
Washington; four brothers, Robert
c. Shinn, Lexington. KY; Capt.
Herbert L. Shinn, U. S. NJ, now sta
toned in New York City; Harry A.
Shinn, Hyattsville, and George C
Shinn of Washington; four
|nephews, 1t. Col Ralph S. Childs, U
S. A., stationed at Camp Howe
Tex; Tech. Sergt. Robert S. Bush
now overseas with the Army;
Charles c.. Shinn. apprentice sea-
man, U. S. N, stationed in Ana
costa, and Curtis Shinn, jr., Wash
ington, and two nieces. Miss Marga-
ret E. Bush, Madison, Wis, and Miss
Flora A. Shinn, Hyattsville.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. Monday at the Hysong funeral
home, 1900 N street NV, with the
Rev. J. Herbert Garner. pastor of
the Sixth Presbyterian Church. Of
ficiating. Burial will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-05-20
Argentine OfficiuIs Bon
Certuin Rudio Programs

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 20.
authorities today
banned several radio programs which
have been presented regularly for
several months under sponsorship
OF firms and organizations sympa-
thetic to the United Nations.
Evening star., 1944-05-20
In Mrmnrtam

COLEMAN, PHILIP. In loving memory
Of our dear husband and father. PHILIP
COLEMAN. who left us seven years ago,
May 30, 1887,
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide,
The darkness deepenS, Lord. with me abide
When other herers fail and comforts fee
Help Of the helpless, oh, abide with me
HIS DEVOTED WIFE. EF. AND chill
DREN.
HALTON MARY V. tribute of love
to the n,emory of our dear mother, MARY
Y. HALTON, who died suddenly thirty
hFe years ago today, May 90, 1909
Today we turn back the pages
In the book OF memory,
And the face of a wonderful mother
again in our thoughts we see.
No fortune or fame can ever compare
70 a mothers love, or a mothers prayer:
And OF all GODS gifts, there isn't another
so precious and wonderful as you. deal
Mother.
HER DEVOTED CHILDREN.
RILEY. AGNES. In loving remembran nee
OF our kind loving. Self-sacrificing mother
AGNES RILEY, who passed away thirty
years ago today, May 20. 1914
HER CHILDREN.
RUPERT, FANNIE l.. In loving mem.
ory of FANNIE L. RUPERT. who departed
this life thirty-one years ago today May
20, 1913. THE FAMILY.
Evening star., 1944-05-20
Three Die When Fortress
FuIIs in Flames in Ohio

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 20.-A
Flying Fortress caught fire in the
air over Southern Ohio farmland to-
day and carried three crewmen to
their deaths after fourth para
chuted to safety.
Evening star., 1944-05-20
Vocational Leader Dies

MILWAUKEE, May 20 iP).-Rob-
ern L. Cooley, IS, director of the
Milwaukee Vocational School from
1912 to 1888, died yesterday. He had
been in i'll health for several years.
He was a past president of the
American Vocational Association
Evening star., 1944-05-20
83 Jops and Germans
Flown to Punumo Camp
BY the Associated Press.

IsF VIE NoSUNIdIF7I FItNS,
PANAMA CANAL ZONE HEAD
QUARTERS, May 20.-Eighty-three
Japanese and Germans arrived here
yesterday aboard 10 United States
Army transport planes from Bolivia
and were interned in the Canal De-
partnent camp.
The transfer was made under an
agreement with the Bolivian gov
ernment and was believed to be the
drst such mass movement by air.
Evening star., 1944-05-20
DrathH

BIRkLE, BALTAs. On Thursday. May
sro9s Is 9s4 are At his 1ssdfnes RsT1s a South
loved husband of the late johanna B
Birkle and father of Edith L, Birkle and
the above residence on Monday. May %,
at $40 am. REQUIEM mass al Holy Com
forter Church at q am. Relatives and
friends invited. 1nterment St. Mary S
Cemetery. u
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-07
.pM COMING TO ALASKA" WIRES MRS. WcKIBB0N;
 SHE'S ON HER WAY

When R. W. McKibbon, father of Al McKibbon, well known local fisherman, came to Wrangell a few weeks ago he had no idea of re- maining. However, fayorably taken with Wrangell and it's fishing op- portunities here, he has postponed his departure until his wife, in Portland, Oregon, apparently be- came impatient. This week the Wrangell McKibbons received a wire from her. It said: Pm coming to Alaska" MT. McKibbon immed- lately answered telling her to make haste.
 If she likes it as well as I do, and 1 have a hunch she will, we'll make our home here," MT. McKib- bon said. " I guess they can use an other fisherman"
 The score is another new family for Wrangell.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-07
TERRITORIAL TREASURY
 NOW OVER TWO MILLION

JUNEAU-There is $2,032,OO0 in the Territorial treasury, according to the quarterly report ending March 31, Oscar G. Olson reported this week. It is the first time in AL aska's history that there has been two million dollars in the treasury.
 Half million was received from regular tax on salmon in 1943 and the special tax of five cents a case imposed on salmon by the last Leg islature raised $225,O00 additional, making a total of $725,O0O from the fishing industry. Revenue from liquor stamps brought in close to a half million last year.
 This is a healthy condition of the Territorial treasury" said Treasurer Olson, and is reassuring to Alaskans in view of the opinion freely expressed at the last session of the Legislature that the Terri tory confronted a serious problem of possible inadequate revenue to meet the very necessary expenditures.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-07
TERRITORIAL SHOOT
 PLANNED FOR GUARD

Alaska Territorial Guardsmen may be given opportunity to prove their craftsmanship in the planned Gov Gruening Trophy Match, now being outlined by letter to the var ious Guard units by Lieut.. Col. J. P. Williams, Adjutant General.
 The planned match, according to information to Capt. James Lovett of the local unit, will include of ficers and enlisted men of the Guard. Competitor will shoot on his home range with official scoring by properly qualified officers with targets going in to Col. Williams for final scoring. Tentative dates for the first stage of match is May 1 to May 16. Medals and prizes will be awarded to winning individuals and teams.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-07
ALEUTIANS AND ALASKA CREATED INTO NEW
 17th NAVAL DISTRICT

SEATTLE Creation of a new Naval District, comprising Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, was an- nounced this week by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. The area will be known as the Seventeenth Naval District and will be com manded by Rear Admiral F. E. M Whiting, of Watertown, N. Y.
 Temporary headquarters will be established at Adak island with an additional office also maintained on the mainland.
 Admiral Whiting has been com mander of a Southeast Pacific force in command of a destroyer division. He served 38 to 40 years previously on recruiting assignments. He was born in New York City 5 years ago and graduated from Annapolis in 1912.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-07
GABRIELsON G SAYS NORMAL HALIBUT FLOW MUST
 REACH SEATTLE

WASHINGTON As the Pacific halibut fleet made ready to start it's fishing season at midnight April 15, pr. Ira N. Gabrielson, Deputy Coordinator of Fisheries said that the normal flow of halibut market must be restored by some means to Seattle, which city normally is the center of the U. S. halibut trade.
 The Seattle market took a sharp decline last year because price schedules which became effective in mid-season made it more profitable for fishermen to land their catches at Canadian and Alaskan ports near the fishing grounds.
 Last Friday the Office of Price Administration published new price schedules designed to bring about an equitable distribution. Fishermen bringing halibut to Seattle got 2 F cents more per pound than at Prince Rupert. Gabrielson said that if the new prices do not sue ceed in establishing the normal flow through Seattle his office may use other means to do so such as allocating certain weight fish to Seattle, forcing vessels to comply by withholding licenses.
 Fish and Wildlife Service said regulations would allow a catch of 51,OOO,OOO pounds this year.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-07
VICTORY GARDEN MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT AT
 8 P. M. AT FIRE HALL

w. R. Carter, University of Alas ka garden expert, arrived in Wran- gell this afternoon aboard an AL aska Coastal Airways plane and has called meeting for tomorrow night at p. m. at the Fire Hall for Vic tory Garden growers committee.
 All delegates appointed from the various organizations of the aown are asked to be on hand and MT Carter will appoint a master com mittee to carry on the work.
 Bigger and better Victory Gar dens is a nationa- wide drive spon- sored by the Department of Agri- culture and supported by heads of states and communities to interest people in growing more foodstuffs during the critical war period. Gov. Gruening has given support with a proclamation calling for more Vic tory Gardens
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-07
ROOSEVELT ALLOWS VOTING
 BILL TO BECOME LAW

WASHINGTON Presiden Roose- welt notified Congress this week that he is letting the service vote bill become law without his sigma ture although he considers it "whol- ly inadequate" in providing service men and women the~opportunity to vote.
 The President sent a message to Congress announcing his intention to- let the controVerted measure be- come law In it he appealed to the states to cooperate in making the bill. "as fully effective as it's de- fective provisions allow"
 The measure will let service men and women overseas vote on Feder- al ballots only if they have applied for state ballots by September 1 and haven't received them by October In addition, the governors of their states must have certified the fed eral ballot as being authorized by state law
 In a poll of governors, the Pres ident learned that at least 20 states plan to do nothing about au- thorizing the use of the supplement- ary federal ballots, 19l will permit their use or probably would and nine are noncommittal
 The President asked that the measure he allowed to become law without signing be amended to per init all persons in uniform who have not received state ballots by an appropriate date regardless o whether they have applied formally for them to use the federal ballot without prior express authorization by the states.