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vember, l941, when he was an in
mate at the Florida prison. She
said she was asked by Hugh Gibson,
another inmate, to carry message
back to Mr.. Laughlin in Washing
ton
The woman told the jury that
Gibson asked her to tell the attorney
that IAN alibi has been arranged"
for Hilliard Sanders, who was being
held at the time in Baltimore in
connection with the Hyattsville rob-
berry.
Tells Of Seeing Laughlin.
Mrs. Steinberg said the day after
she reached Washington, on No.
vember 4, 194l, she called MIR.
Laughlins Office and told him she
had information about the Sanders
case. He asked her if he could call
back from another phone, because
MS wires were tapped, she testified.
Mr.. Laughlin telephoned about Is
minutes later, she said, and arrange
ments were made to meet on the
corner of Fourteenth and Euclid
streets NV. at 7:30 o'clock that
night, the witness said.
I told him that an alibi has been
arranged for Sanders to show he
was visiting in Raiford at the time
OF the robbery" she asserted,
What did Mr.. Laughlin say?" she
was asked by Mr.. Kenny.
I don't know, but he seemed to
be very pleased she replied.
Also Saw Sanders.
Mr.. Kenney asked if she had fur
ther contact with the attorney. Mrs.
Stelnberg said that Mr.. Lauehlin
called her the next morning and
asked her to 60 with him to Balti-
more to see Sanders.
Did you see Sanders?" Mr.. Ken
ney asked.
Yes, I did"
why did you see Sanders?"
Gibson asked me to see Sanders
after I saw Mr. Laughlin. Sanders
seemed pleased and hoped the alibi
would hold up"
l.. 3. Chapman, superintendent
OF the Florida prison farm, told the
court that when he testified for
Sanders at the first trial in January.
1912, he cid SO in good faith and be-
cause he believed the prison records
were accurate. 1t was not until a
year and a half later, he said, that
he dlscoverea the records had been
altered.
His first inkling of irregularity
came when Federal Bureau of In
vestigation agent told him that one
OF the prisoners who had been tried
with Sanders in the Hyattsville case
said he was approached for money
10 be given to L. A. Virgins, assist
ant captain of the guard at the
prison. Virgins was called into the
superintendent's office, Mr.. Chap
man said, and denied to the FBI
agent that the records had been
changed.
After several more interviews
with the FBI man, however. Wig
gins confessed he had changed the
record at the request of Steinberp
Mr.. Chapman said.
The prison superintendent said
he last heard from the Washington
attorney two or three months ago
when Mr.. Laughlin called him in
the middle of the night and asked,
What's going on down there?"
Mr.. Chapman said he couldn't
discuss the matter. whereupon Mr..
Laughlin aregedly told him, Il un-
derstand things are going on down
there"
Evening star., 1944-09-13

labor, but short time later, after
a vociferous floor battle, delegates
voted to shelve the no-strike reso-
luton until today.
In opposition to q majority report
which. If adopted, would reafIirm the
pledge until all hostilities have
ceased. number of delegates COM
posed q resolution asking for out
right and immediate resembling of
the pledge A compromise proposal
calls for reafYirmation of the pledge
now, to remain in effect until Ger
many's defeat and after that, until
Japan is defeated, only in plants
engaged in war production.
But while sharp lines were drawn
in the no-strike issue, delegates evi-
denced considerable more unity on
political matters by applauding gen.
erously an address last night by Sec
retary Of Interior Ickes supporting
the candidacy of President Roose-
welt.
Delegates Chuckle.
Mr.. Ickes was interrupted fire.
quently as delegates chuckled at the
ISecretary's satirical references to
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey as the can
dictate in the blue serge suit" and
public trembler No. l."
Gov. Dewey has been dizzy try
ing to keep up with the parade as
evidenced by public opinion polls, -
Mr.. Ickes said, and has had to re-
verse himself On almost everything. j."
Now, Mr.. Iekes argued, Gov. Dewey
is in agreement with the admins
tration on virtually all foreign and
domestic issues.
Critics of the CIO Political Action
Committees campaign to re-elect
President Roosevelt should be re-
minded, Mr.. Ickes said, that Gov.
Dewey gratefully accepted" a
$1,000 contribution from the CIO
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
while running for district attorney
in New York In 1887.
Asked Second Helping.
This was the largest contribu-
ton he received" he added, and
he liked it so well that he passed
his plate back for a second helping.
And who was head of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers in 1887?
Why. none other than Sidney Hill
man, who the Republicans are now
trying to pretend is an ogre so Is
to frighten children"
A charge by the Republicans pres
idential nominee that the Roosevelt:
administration did not intend to
demobilize the armed forces as
Evening star., 1944-09-13
On the Roll Of Honor
4D. c. Area Men Die in Action,
3 Wounded and One Missinu

-Four Washington area men have
been killed in action, three have
been wounded and one is missing
according to War and Navy Depart
ment announcements and informa-
ton received by relatives here.
Killed
Pfc. Davis O. Friday, Is. Marine
Corps, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Oswald
Friday, IS w street NV, was killed
in action on Guam July al, the Navy
Department disclosed.
A native of Larimer, Pa, the
young marine, who attended Nc
Kinley High School, enlisted In the
Marine Corps in January, 1943. He
had been serving overseas since July,
l943. Prior to the Guam action, he
participated in the invasion of
Princess Augusta Bay on Bougain-
vile.
Pvt. Edgar r. Myers, 80, infantry
man, was killed in action in France on
Evening star., 1944-09-13
Senate Delays Action
On Postwar Highway
Program Until Friday
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
The Senate postponed action to-
day until Friday on legislation lay
ing the groundwork for a &, ,375, ,250,.
600 postwar highway program, to
permit its Roads Committee to con-
slider a barrage Of proposed amend
ments.
Senator Hayden. Democrat, Of
Arizona requested the delay. assert
ing that the committee might agree
to some Of the suggested reyisions
and expedite final passage.
In the House, meanwhile, Majority
Leader Mccormack told members
the House version of the legislation
would not be taken up until after
the November election.
Senate proponents were monepHnr
ried about q sparse attendance than
they were over a militant opposi-
ton crying for economy.
The 35-to-18 vote by which the
hackers beat back an attempt to
postpone action until after the
election demonstrated strength for
the bill, but also the presence in the
Senate of only four members above
. bare quorum of 40.
The bill. carrying authority for
Federal contributions of $3.50 900 900
annually for three postwar years, to
be supplemented by the States on
the basis of a 90 per cent Federal,
40 per cent State payment, faces
barrage of amendments from the
floor.
Opponents, convinced they can
not defeat the measure, concentrated
their efforts on reducing the totals.
/ Senator Maloney, Democrat, Of
Connecticut said he would try to
reverse the ratio to require go per
cent State payment. Another
amendment, by Senator Byrd, DEM
| ocrat. of Virginia would preserve
the present $3.50 matching require
ment,
Evening star., 1944-09-13
Dr.. Walter Hughson,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Is Reported Missing
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Preks.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13.-Dr.
Walter Hughson, SO, nationally
known authority on the causes and
treatment Of deafness, is the object
of an eight-State search today after
he was reported missing to police
of suburban Abingdon township
yesterday.
Miss Eva Thompson, his secre-
tary told police he left for his home
in black coupe at $3.50 pm. Mon
day after complaining sof feeling ill
while working at his laboratory in
Abingdon Memorial Hospital.
Miss Thompson phoned police
asking that the report be kept from
the public, but called again later to
Evening star., 1944-09-13
Rain Due 10 End Tonight;
Warmer Tomorrow

Rainfall which measured 2.7 inches
this afternoon and flooded base
ments in the Southeast section will
end tonight. the Weather Bureau
predicted. Tomorrow will be mostly
cloudy and warmer.
The National Airport announced
resumption of flights to New York
after low ceilings had forced can
cellations at midnight.
More than half an inch of rain fell
during the forenoon. bringing the
months total to 333 inches. The
forecaster said the rain was the
aftermath of Gulf storm of last
week and had no connection with
the hurricane moving toward the
Carolina coast.
Evening star., 1944-09-13

this Western tour, to be broadcast
nationally. Some students of poll
tics believe the advent of radio has
made it imperative that candidates
for national Office give up the old
fashioned type of oratorical cam
paign, and submit their bid for elec-
ton in a few. carefully prepared
addresses.
They reason that. back in the days
of Bryan, a ver-tongued orator
could make a speech over and over
in different communities and 1t
would still be new and interesting to
different audience. Now, they say,
each major speech must sound a
different note, or Mr.. and Mrs. Voter,
sitting by the radio without the
distractions and fanfare of q polit-
ical rally, will remember having
heard it before, and begin to turn
the dial.
In the cities in which Gov. Dewey
has stopped the effect of the war on
political campaigning also has been
reflected in the street crowds. They
appear anxious to see the candidate,
and usually greet him with friendly
cheer at the railroad station and
at the hotel to which he goes for
conferences. But, with the excep-
ton of his home coming at Owosso,
Mich, the customary street demon
strations are being dispensed with.
Crowds Not Reliable Barometer.
1t was only natural that his birth
place would want to hang out the
flags and meet him with a band,
which they did by thousands.
In the principal cities of the coun-
try crowds are not a very reliable
barometer of the election outcome.
There have been colorful candi-
dates in the past who were swamped
by large turnouts as they cam
paigned across the country, but they
failed to win the election.
This year millions of men are
overseas, millions of others are in
war plants far from their home
States. Public interest Is centered
on the war and how soon it will be
over. Republican leaders would ap-
pear to be following the wise course
under the circumstances in planning
a campaign devoid of showmanship
and confined to a serious presenta-
ton of the issues.
Gov Dewey has only few Of his
A,,s- - L..
Western tour, namely: Elliott v.
Bell, superintendent Of banks of New
York, who is his chief consultant in
the preparation Of speeches; 1t.
Gen. Hugh A. Drum, U. s. A., re-
tired, commanding ofiicer Of the
New York Guard and chairman OF
the New York State Veterans Com
mission, and Paul r. Lockwood, the
Governors secretary.
Evening star., 1944-09-13
Groups Of Piekets Tour
West Virginia Coal Fields
By the Associated Press.

By IHe ASSUCIuleu FIeSJ.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Sept. l3.-
Rowing groups of pickets toured the
West Virginia coal fields today in
sympathy with strike by foremen
which has closed 81 mines and five
more pits suspended operations.
The new shutdowns came while
a back-to-work movement was
under way at a dozen mines seized
by the Government in an effort to
halt the work stoppages voted by
supervisory employees seeking recog-
milton Of their new union. Forty
five pits, ~ In Pennsylvania and 1s
in West Virginia, now are Govern
ment controlled.
Evening star., 1944-09-13
Increase in Ceiling
On Pay Within Week
Forecast by Murray
BY the Associated Press.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept
ia prediction that the Little
Steel" formula would be revised
upward within a week was given
by CIO President Philip Muir
ray to delegates at the United
Automobile Workers (CIOD con-
vention today as they prepared
to vote on the controversial no.
strike pledge issue.
Mr.. Murray asked for tolerance
and understanding" at least until
Monday. when he said the outcome
of the Little Steel" formula case
would be revealed. The formula
limits general wage increases to Is
per cent above January l, 1912
levels
Il am satisfied the formula will
be changed" he asserted. TT has
to be revised in the interest Of our
country and people"
Fight Taken to Floor.
Speakers carried the fight to mod
ify or rescind the no-strike pledge
to the floor, while UAW President
r. j. Thomas pleaded with dele
gates to keep your feet on the
ground"
Victor Reuther, brother of Vice
President Walter P. Reuther and
sponsor Of resolution which would
limit the application of the no.
strike pledge to war plants after
Germany's defeat, urged delegates
to "be realistic" in their delibera-
itons on the issue .f,s,
Keep the no-strike pledge he
urged, but decide under what cir
cumstanees rs going to be binding.
With Germanys defeat, industry
will be in a powerful spot to smash
your union. Are We going to stand
helpless before the corporations
during the reconversion period while
we are still fighting Japan"
! Employers Accused Of Betrayal"
Ben Garrison. delegate from the
Ford Motor Co.'S Highland PARK
plant. demanded the pledge be re-
.scinded He charged management
had betrayed" labor by seeking to
undermine collective bargaining
processes while labor was keeping
its part of the no-strike pledge.
Il want the war to be over" he
said. but l want to be sure there is
union when the war is over"
His resolution called for a refer
endum on the no-strike issue, with
the unions entire membership par
ticipating.
Mr.. Thomas. who asked reaffir-
nation of the pledge, made his plea
in opening debate Oh the issue.
Murray Pleads for Units.
Declaring in convention speech
yesterday that some fairly well
entrenched interests are hell bent
on your destruction" Mr.. Murray
pleaded for unity in the ranks of
Evening star., 1944-09-13
Raj Drops Supplies
To Warsaw Putriots
ar the Associated Prexs-

By the Associated Press.
ROME, Sept. 13.-RAF Halifaxes
few 1850 miles through dense clouds
which left the planes encrusted
with ice and dropped more supplies
to Polish Patriot forces in Warsaw
Sunday night, the Mediterranean
Allied Air Force announced today.
Evening star., 1944-09-13
Rail Commissioners Ask
End Of Freight Increase
BY the Associated Press.

The National Associat ton of Rail-
road and Utilities Commissioners to-
day petitioned the Interstate Com
merce Commission to begin proceed
ines to cancel the Nation wide rail-
road freight rate increases author
lied March 2, 1912.
The 3 per cent to 6 per cent in
creases have been suspended since
May Is, 194S. The suspension order
expires, however. December 81, 1914,
and 1t is the hope of the NARUC
that the increases will be ended per-
manently.
Evening star., 1944-09-13

July rs, accord
ing to a War De-
partment tele-
g r a m received
by his wife, Mrs.
M a r 6 uerite X.
Myers, 1927 Hol-
brook street NE.
He was previous
ly reported miss
ing July 81.
Before enter
ing the service
in N ov e mber
l943, Pvt. Myers
w a & a fQrt0rv
r e p r esentative
for q cipar firm
Evening star., 1944-09-13
Wounded

Corps, son of Mrs. Virginia l.. Cor
bin, whose address was given a.
1904 H street NV, has been listee
as wounded in action, the Navy De.
partment announced.
Pfc. Adolph L. A.. Vitale, 10. was
seriously wounded July 26 in Nor
mandy, where he was serving as a
member of an antiaircraft gun bat
talon. according to word received by
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gaetanc
Vitale, 1912 Fort Davis place Sc.
A graduate of Eastern High
School, Pfc. Vitale was a branch
manager of Western Union when he
entered the service in April. l943
He has been overseas since last
April.
Sergt. Edwin l.. Brown, %, of
Route l, Fairfax, Va, has been
wounded in action on Bougainville
He was a member of an infantry
unit and entered the service Novem-
ber 20, 1912. His grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Burch, live at the Fair
fax address.
Sergt. Brown attended Fairfax
High School, and prior to going in
the Army was employed as a grocery
clerk. He has been awarded the
Purple Heart.
Missing
Second 1t. Charles S. Borden
Army Air Forces. has been missing
in action over France since August
Is. according to word received by
his parents, DR.. and Mrs Daniel L
Borden, 29l0 Woodland drive NV
1t. Borden was stationed on Cor
Sica.
A graduate of st. Adams School
and Harvard University, 1t. Borden
won his wings last January.
Decorated
Col. Clifford v. Morgan, ~, Medi.
cal Corps, of 522l Connecticut ave.
nue. NV, now with the Genera
Purchasing Division in France, has
been awarded the Legion of Merit
the War Department reported.
Col. Morgan, before his overseas
assignment. was chief of the Com.
modities Division. resources branch
and member Of the Army and Nav,
Munitions Board, and was charged
with the responsibility of de.
termining needs of the armed forces
and essential industries and to in.
sure their ALLEGATION.
The citation said he contributed
materially to insuring supplies of the
vitally needed materials without
which the expanded war production
program would not have been &C.
complished."
Col. Frank b. Wakeman, Medical
Corps, who died last June after q
sudden illness. has been postum
mously awarded the Legion of Merit
for expanding the scope Of the Med
ical Department long before the
United States entered the war.
Col. Wakeman, the citation says,
laid the ground work for the nec-
essary expansion of all phases OF
Medical Department training.
AS a result of his insight into med
ical requirements and the execution
OF plans, the Medical Department
was able to expand greatly its train
ing activities following December 7,
l94l, and also, because of training
already given, to render an efficient
medical service to the Army during
the very rapid expansion that fol-
lowed the declaration of war"
Col. Wakeman's widow, Mrs. Mar
garet Wakeman, who formerly lived
at 63l1 Thirteenth street NV, now
resides In Valparaiso, Ind.
1t. Col. Thomas A. Lane, Engi.
neers Corps, OF 1894 Madison street
4
Evening star., 1944-09-13

in Tampa, Fla. He attended high
school in Bridgewater, Va, and had
been overseas about three months.
His mother, Mrs. Hattie Myers,
lives in Herrisonburg, Va. A
brother, Corpl. Rodney Myers, is
serving with the artillery in France.
Pvt. Myers leaves two children,
Donald, l3 years old, and Patricia, 8.
1t. Thomas Percy Laney, field
artillery, who previously was listed
as missing, has been reported killed
in action in France August /, .ac-
cording to word received by his
widow, Mrs. Martha Laney, former
ly of Washington, who lives in
Monroe, N. C.
1t. Laney, who attended George
Washington University, was a men,
ber Of the secretarial staff of Sem
ator Bailey. Democrat, of North
Carolina when he enlisted in the
Army in 1912. Prior to that he was
in the Office of former Representa-
tive Lambeth of North Carolina.
rCur prOtnerS OF the neld artillery
officer are with the armed forces:
Capt. George M. Laney, in France;
1t. Phifer Laney, Army Air Forces,
in Italy; Corpl. Frank D. Laney,
Army Air Forces, Madison, Wis,
and Seaman Robert Neal Laney
Navy, in England. His parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. Walter Laney, live in
Monroe.
1t. Col. Hector De Zayas, "a. of
Annapolis, Md, was killed by jap
anese fire on Guam as he led ma
rine assault battalion, it was learned
today. Col. De Zayas. who was
awarded the Silver Star for bravery
on Bougainville, was graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1882
His widow and 4-year-old son live
in Annapolis.
Evening star., 1944-09-13

quickly as possible was branded by
Mr.. Ickes false as any ever pro-
mulgated by Goebbels"
In his reckless quest for votes, :"
the Secretary said, Gov. Dewey has
stopped to pluck the heartstrings Of
every American mother, wife, sweet
heart and child of every soldier and
Evening star., 1944-09-13

Declaring in convention speech
yesterday that some fairly we'll
entrenched interests are hell bent
on your destruction" Mr.. Murray
pleaded for unity in the ranks of
Evening star., 1944-09-13

Lounge for Conferences.
There is lounge car for holding
conferences and baggage car
equipped with temporary dark
rooms for the photographers.
The car used by Gov. and Mrs.
Dewey Is named the David Liv-
ingstone. It is of the same type
generally used by presidential can
didates. One railroad man recalled
that President Roosevelt has used
1t several times. 1t contains four
rooms, small dining room and
lounge space.
The Republicans are fortunate
this year in having a candidate
with a good radio voice to compete
with the long-recognized ability of
President Roosevelt in delivering
his fireside chats. Gov. Dewey un-
derstands voice modulation. When
he Is ready to drive home q telling
blow at the administration he turns
on enough volume to give it empha-
sis. But he doesn't make the mis-
take of trying to keep the audi
ence tense on every line. After he
has delivered one verbal punch his
voice subsidies to conversational
tone until he reaches another sali-
ent point. The Republican nominee
once studied voice culture. In
fact, he once won a scholarship for
singing lessons and met his wife
while studying at a Chicago music
school.
Reflects Changing Times.
This may be another reason why
Gov. Dewey has planned the limited
number Of seven major speeches for
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-28
Polish Premier
To Confer In
Washington

London. Jan. % - (Apj - Polish
Premier StaniSiaw MikUJCzayk will
leave early in February on his de-
laycd trip To- Washington where he
is expected To- confer with Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary OF
State CordclI Hull ON the RuSSian-
Polish border dispute.
The leader Il the Polish govern
mcnt in exile mad planned the trip
six weeks ago. bat delayed il when
the dispute was brought into the
foreground again as Russian forces
crossed Poland'S prcwar eastern
boundary ~ pursuit vi ro;rCatinG
Germans.
It was believed here that renewed
efforts to improve relations between
Russia and Poland will DC made nj
'ThC hlGhCs, level" meaning Mr..
Roosevelt and prime Minister
hurchill-although Moscow only
this week rejected an American Of
fer 10 mediate the dispute.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-28
Isolation May
Threaten Japs
OnNewGuinea

Advanced Allied headquarters
v,y Guinea. Jan. 2&-(NPD-Thc
Allies cxprnding aerial might ~
;hc southwest Pacific has been
Turned on the strategic Admiralty
ISLANDS in Bismarck sea and threat
ems ,o bring yirtual isolation 10 In"
.Japancsc defenders of New Ounce.
AIumotc airdromc. on" Of IN" Two
GOOD airs'lips in the islands. was
mastered with bombs. II was tn"
,hird heavy blow in three consccu-
tive days on the airdronc.
Increasing pressure against IN"
Admiralty group may spell virtual
isolation Of the enemy defenders Of
Wcwak and Mad"nG, New Guinea.
approximatcIy 225 miles TO thc
southwest and south. respectively.
Both Of these important japanese
bases rely largely on supply limo
from Truk( = supply line voter which
the Admiralty islands hold COM
mandnG position.
on the northeastern coast of New
Guinea. Australian forces have dri-
ven the japanese farther north Of
$40 and have narrowed the gap be-
,wccu them and sou'h-driving
Americans At Saidor. Tho Japa-
nese die .gspped N the middle.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-01-28
Voting Rules
lobe Adopted

Raleigh. Jan. 28-(Ap) The
State board of elections Will meet
here February (WCdncsdav) 10
adopt rules and regulations for the
registration and voting of service
men and women in the coming pri-
mary and general election. Col. w.
/ J"yncr. beard chairman. said to-
IhC meeting, which will bc held
IN me hall of the House of Rcpro-
SCh,a,i'cS at the capital. was call
rd following Attorney General Har-
~ McMuilan'S recent r,rlirg ;b.t
service men orc eligible 10 register
I"t me primary. Earlier il had been
established that they were eligible
|" register for the primary. Earlier
.,.,,. n'o b%Gn established that they
were cIigiblC 10 vote IN tho priu,ary
ana to register and vote !, ~,
i.'. election. under laws passed
by IN" 1913 general assembly