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Evening star., 1944-05-22
Two D. {. Murder Trials
Deferred on Plea Of j. 5.

Two first-degree murder trials
which were scheduled to begin to-
day in District Court were postponed
until later dates at the request of
the Government.
The case of Sung S. Kuei, 28-year-
old Chinese, was continued until
June IL at the request of Assistant
United States Attorney T. Peter
Ansberry to permit him to bring in
another Government witness. Kuei
is charged with the fatal shooting
of Lum Tung, SO, foreman in a
noodle factory in the 1900 block OF
Fifth street NV, last February.
The other case continued was that
OF Angelo Miller, AZ, colored, of
Gum Springs, Va, charged with the
fatal shooting of Mary Grace Fag-
gart, 20, colored, said to have been
known also as Grace Miller, in
March, 1943. The shooting is said
to have taken place on Second street
Sc. near Virginia avenue. Miller
is now scheduled to be tried on
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
William CaIfee Painting
Judqed Best at Art Show

William Calfee, TIT Riggs place,
NV, was awarded first prize for
his painting, "Allegory." at the third
annual Summer Exhibition of the
Whyte Gallery by the three judges
Saturday, it was announced today.
First prize for a newcomer to
Washington since 194l went to En-
sign Charles MarloWe Shaw, 1881
South Thomas street, Arlington, for
his water color, Cock in the Corn, -
and first prize for prints was won
by Marguerite Burgess, 1871 Con-
necticut avenue NV, for Circle
In Summer Sarah Baker. 1928
Hillyer place NV, won first honor
able mention, and Robert Gates,
Mclean, Va, second honorable men
ton.
Judges of the 220 paintings en-
tered in the exhibit were Mrs.
Adelyn Breeskin, acting director of
the Baltimore Museum of Art;
Thomas Parker of the American
Federation of Art, and John Rich
ard Craft, director of the Washing
ton County Museum of Fine Arts,
HagerstoWn, Md.
The prize winning paintings will
be among so on public exhibit at
the Whyte Gallery from June to
June 80.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Red Cross Blood Gifts
TotuI Million Gallons

Donors have contributed approxi-
mately 100000 gallons of blood for
reduction to plasma through the
American Red Cross, members of
the Arkansas State Society were
told by Brig. Gen. Clark C. Hillman,
head of the Army Medical Corps
professional services. at their break
fast meeting yesterday at the May
flower Hotel.
Gen. Hillman, a native of Arkan-
sas, said the plasma was used on
widely separated battlefields. He
also cited the effectiveness of in
oculations against yellow fever,
tetanus and typhus in reducing the
number of cases.
udgJe Bolon B. Turner of the
Federal Tax Court was installed as
president of the society Several
hundred former residents attended
the meeting,
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Bethesda Flyer Brings
Mackenzie King Home
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, May 22-Prime Min.
lister Mackenzie King of Canada
returning from the conference o.
British Empire Prime Ministers
arrived in Ottawa last night after &
23-hour flight from Britain in &
United States Army Liberator pi.
loted by Maj. r. N. Read of Be.
thesda, Md.
The route followed by the 4.
motored plane was from London te
a northern United Kingdom all
base and then to the Azores, New.
foundland and Ottawa.
Thank you for a splendid trip,
the prime minister said to Maj
Read
Mr.. King was greeted at the
Rockliffe Airport by crowd oi
Icabinet ministers, members of Par
Lament, civil service officials anc
armed forces chiefs.
Maj. Read, whose home is at 6604
Clarendon road, Bethesda, wa.
named commanding officer of ths
26th Transport Group of the All
Transport Command at La Guardis
Field in January. Previously, he
flew supplies and headquarters staff
officers to Alaska and South
America.
A graduate of the Georgia Schoo
of Technology, he came to Wash.
ington as pilot for Pennsylvania.
Central Airlines and was stationed
at the Washington Airport. Hi.
wife, the former Miss Mary JANE
Bowman, was hostess for the air.
line. He was promoted to major
last August.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Bill Passed by House
Gives D. T.. Control Of
Fire Insurance Rates
Measure Is Substituted
For One Approved
Recently by Senate

Without a dissenting vote, the
House today passed the bill of Rep
resentative Anderson, Democrat, OF
New Mexico to give the District su-
perintendent OF insurance power to
regulate rates on fire insurance writ
ten in the District, now fixed by the
insurance companies.
The bill was called up by Chair
man Randolph of the House District
Committee and was approved speed
lily after its terms had been ex-
planned by Mr.. Anderson, who said
experience in recent years showed
fire losses paid by insurance COM
panies mounted to less than 30 per
cent of the District fire insurance
premium dollar and that the buyers
of insurance should have the pro-
lection which would be afforded by
the measure.
Mr.. Randolph then moved that
the similar measure approved re-
Gently by the Senate be amended
by substituting the House bill for
everything after the enacting clause
of the Senate bill, and this was
done. The bill now goes back to
the Senate for action on the SUBJ
stituted House measure.
The principal difference in the
Senate and House bills is that the
Senate measure gives the super
intendent of insurance power to or.
der rate adjustments when he finds
that the profits are excessive, in
adequate or unreasonable, whereas
the House bill puts the test on the
reasonableness on the rates charged
rather than the profits resulting.
During the brief consideration ol
the measure on the House floor, 6
number of questions were asked b.
Representative Miller, Republican
of Connecticut, but action followed
quickly after brief statements BY
Representatives Randolph, Ander
son and Dirksen, Republican, O.
Illinois.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Star Staff Photo.

Representative Cole, Republican
OF Missouri admits he may have
lost his technique but not the code
That, he says, always stays with
you. He hasn't tapped a telegraph
key since the last war when he
served aboard a Navy gunboat on
submarine patrol.
Representative Mansfield, Demo-
crat, of Texas, however, goes back
the furthest Of the group in tele-
graph service. He delivered his last
message in Rosenberg, Tex, in 1883.
Sixth member of the group Is Rep
resentative Bradley, Democrat OF
Pennsylvania.
Actually. tapping out their mes
sages isn't what's worrying them
now. It's hard for member of
Congress to condense a commence
rative message to 10 words.
Evening star., 1944-05-22

Six members of Congress, all
one-time telegraphers, planned to
rehearse today for the big moment
Wednesday when they tap out 10
word messages on the same instru-
ment used by Samuel F. B. Morse
to send his What Hath God
Wrought" message to Baltimore 100
years ago.
They've been busy for days COM
posing messages suitable for their
part in the centenary celebration of
the telegraph service on Capitol
Hill.
Most of them haven't touched a
telegraph key for a score of years.
There's Senator johnson, Democrat,
of Colorado, who sent his last mes
sage in 1910 back in his railroading
days but he remembers he had a
good, strong wrist" vital to tele-
grapher.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Citizens Units Urged
To Volunteer Aid in
Fight Against Rats
Health Department Aide
Says Stoff Undermonned
To Press Campaign

An appeal for the Districts SO
citizens associations to aid the
undermanned rodent-control in
spection crew in the war against the
city's rats was made today by Am
brose P. Bell, Health Department
engineer.
MIR. Bell said that his six-man
crew, under the supervision of two
inspectors, was woefully inadequate
to press the drive against the pests.
All civic organizations must CO.
operate II the campaign is to make
any headway he said.
Harry S. Wender, president OF the
Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions, promptly pledged the aid of
the federation's member associa-
tions. "We'n do everything we can
to aid" he said.
Several years ago the aid of civic
groups was enlisted in similar
campaign, but the response was
handicapped by organization of
civilian defense work which was
Just getting started at the time.
Mr.. Bell expressed the hope that
this time the organizations would
have more time to give to the rat
campaign.
First step in the campaign will
be to determine what areas are in
tested with rodents. Under the plan
citizens groups will be asked to
name chairman to handle publicity
and appoint block managers"
The block managers will distribute
specially prepared questionnaires to
every householder in the block.
The answers received will enable
the rodent-c control crew and citi-
zen volunteers to distribute bats
and traps. Instructions on how to
use the bats will be supplied to
housewives, building owners and
others,
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Planners Reversed
Stand on Founder
House, Whitton Says
Commission Approved
Rozine Of Alexandria
Building in AZ, He Stote

The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, which voted
Saturday to request preservation of
the Snowden founder" house on
the Alexandria Hospital grounds,
approved its razing nearly II months
ago, Robert G. Whitton, hospital
administrator, said today.
Mr.. Whitton, who received the
Planning Commissions request to-
day, said a letter from the commits
sion dated November 2, 1912, stated
that while the agency regretted the
necessity for tearing down the house
it realized and approved the need
in considering the hospital protest
as a whole
Mr.. Whitton also pointed out that
the entire plan of the new hospital
addition was altered at that time
when the commission objected to q
proposed five-story wing on Wash
ington street.
In order to meet the commission's
objections the hospital purchased
st. Mary's Academy on Prince street
for use as school of nursing, anc
revised the plans so that only two
story wing now faces on Washing
ton street, with the larger addition
In the rear.
1t was to provide light for this
wing that the Board of Directors
decided that the Snowden house
must be demolished.
Mr.. Whitton said that work on
destroying the house has been tenn
porarily stopped, but that no change
in the plan for its ultimate destruc-
ton has been made by the Board OF
Directors.
The Snowden house was for a
number of years occupied by DR.
Richard Hartshorn Stabler, an early
president of the American Pharma-
ceutical Society.
Evening star., 1944-05-22

Representative White, Democrat,
of Idaho also was a railroad man.
He has a telegrapher's uncanny
memory, can tell you the first name
of an engineer who died in train
collision. He had delivered his
message to a train, he explained,
but the telegrapher who was sup
posed to warn the other train of a
changed meeting place failed to do
so. All that happened before 1907,
the last time Representative White
touched a telegraph key.
Representative Stefan, Republic
an, of Nebraska learned the dot
and-dash business as a Western
Union messenger. He served in the
telegraph division of the constab-
ulary at Cavite during the Philip
pine insurrection, once taught tele-
graphy over the radio and still keeps
his hand in with an occasional ses-
sion before the key.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
|Cut in Medical
| Discharges From
| Army Ordered
BY the Associated Press.


The War Department has issued
instructions to its unit commanders
and physicians to make every effort
to assign observation-disclosures
personnel to less arduous tasks in
stead of granting medical discharges
the Army and Navy Register report
ed yesterday.
"The discharge Of an enlisted man
for physical reasons because he is
incapable of serving in a physically
exacting position when he may rem
der adequate service in a less exact
ing assignment is a waste of military
manpower," the Register quoted the
instructions as saying.
THE discharge of men who can
render effective service is prohib-
ited," the quoted regulations con-
tinue, adding, however, that reten-
ton of men unable to perform a
" reasonable days work is wasteful.' u
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Landing Craft Production
7 Pct. Ahead Of Schedule
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An April increase of IS per cent
In production of landing craft
pushed the 8o,000-vessel program 2
per cent ahead of schedule, the Wa1
Manpower Commission reported yes
terday.
Attributing much of the rise above
March figures to a labor recruiting
drive by the United States Employ
ment Service. VINO said deliveries
of LIST tank landing ships moved
ahead of schedule for the first time
"Of the Is types of landing craft
being built, production was equal to
or ahead of schedule in all but two
and they were only slightly behind,
WINGS report stated.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Bus FaeCase
Held Important
10 War Effort
Navy Counsel Says
ICC Has Duty to
Act on Problem

Speaking at an Interstate Com
merce Commission hearing on its
order lowering some bus fares be-
tween the District and Federal
buildings in Virginia, a Navy coun-
sci said today that the ICC had "a
responsibility" under its war powers,
ito exercise jurisdiction over these
interstate carriers" because the case
was important to the war effort.
The counsel, 1t. q. g. Martin
Norr, declared that the national
transportation policy required that
transportation service be adequate
for national defense" and that "the
worldwide offensive of the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps, now under
way, is involved" because of the
military work being done in the Vir-
ginia buildings.
The Importance of Navy and Ma
rine Corps work done in the Ar
lington buildings was stressed by
1t. Comdr. j. Edwin Sunderland,
assistant administrative officer Of
the Bureau of Naval Personnel, and
by 1t. Col. Miles S. Newton, an
administrative officer at Marine
Corps Headquarters.
Cites Work Done in Virginia.
Comdr. Sunderland said the Bu-
reau of Naval Personnel in the Ar
lington Annex was responsible for
the procurement, training and as
signment of the 2,700,0O0 men and
women of the Navy. Col. Newton
said most of the activities of Marine
Corps Headquarters was concen-
trated in the Arlington Annex.
The commission reopened hear
ings on its order despite the fact
this order was recently held invalid
by District Court here.
A motion to dismiss the commits
sion's order calling for the rehearing
was presented by e. Barrett Pretty
man, on behalf of the Capital Tran
sit Co. Counsel for three Virginia
bus lines Joined in the motion, ar
guing that District Court had settled
the matter and that the ICC has
no jurisdiction. The motion was
taken under advisement.
Brig. Gen. Otto l.. Nelson, assist
ant deputy chief of staff, estimated
earlier that about 10000 persons
worked in the Pentagon Building
and that most of the War Depart
ment functions left in the District
were routine"
More Evidence Sought.
The hearing is based on an order
in which the ICC. proceeding on
''our motion" asked for additional
evidence on two points:
The extent to which, If any, the
Capital Transit Co. is engaged in
performing intra-State service in
Virginia and the extent to which
the Arlington and Fairfax Motor
Transportation Co., the Washing
ton, Virginia and Maryland Coach
Co., Inc, and the Alexandria, Bar
croft and Washington Transit Co.
are performing intra- District serv-
ice.
The commission seeks to learn
whether the application of the In
terstate Commerce Act to the trans
portation embraced in this pro-
ceeding Is necessary to carry out the
national transportation policy"
The Army and Navy were given
until June to file briefs, and the
carriers were given until June Is to
file briefs in reply.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Woman Thrown by Horse
Suffers Spine Fracture

Mrs. Margaret c. De La Rosa, 49,
of 210l Varnum street NE, suf-
fered fractured vertebrae yesterday
when thrown from horse while
riding in Fairlawn Park.
Mrs. De La Rosa, a graduate of
Holy Gross Academy and now a
claims analyst in the General Ac-
counting Office, was riding with her
husband, o. A. De La Rosa and
their 12-year-old son, Martin. Her
husband said the horse slipped and
stumbled to his knees, throwing
Mrs. De La Rosa over its head.
She was taken to Providence Hos
pital
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Hood to Hear Crawford

FREDERICK, Md, May % (Spe-
ciaD.-The Rev. Clarence w. Gran.
ford, minister of Calvary Methodist
Church, Washington, will be the
baccalaureate speaker at Hood Col
lege's 51st commencement Sunday
morning. DR.. James Francis Cooke
president of the Presser Foundation
Philadelphia, and editor of Etude
Magazine, will deliver the com
mencement address,
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Grease Bluze Causes
Damage to Restaurant

Grease beneath the grill in the
Blue Bell System Restaurant, 1011
D street NV, caught fire about
7:2O am. today and resulted in an
Undetermined amount of damage.
D. H. MCGEE, manager OF the
restaurant, said the fire started as
he was setting the grill in order. He
called firemen who quickly extin-
| guished the flames.
Evening star., 1944-05-22
Save This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack of waste
paper to convert into cartons
for Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
of old newspapers and maga-
zines is needed. Telephone your
nearest school or notify some
school child in your block ito
have your paper picked up.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-26

Mrs. Keith Kendall and son Don.
aid have left for San Francisco
Cal Her husband Ia Al the Navy
station at Treasure Island She
was accompanied by Mrs Robert
Royal. who will visit her brother.
Walter Macarthur. Jr. a Marine at
Mare Island, and friends
Those attending the American
Legion and Auxiliary meeting OF
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-26
More Donors
be Needed

Many more blood donors can be
accommodated at the Methodist
Church on Blood-Donor Day. Aug
1, due TO the number on vacations.
This week many opportunities to
register will be available. On July
-. the registration desk At Char
les McKenny Hall will be In charge
OF Mrs. Robert schrepper. On
July 27.1s from Is there will be
a registration desk al the post OF.
flee, Mesdames Clarence Bottom
ley. Charles Power. and Percy
Woodward will be In charge there.
On July IS, the public address
system under the direction OF Glen
Touse acting on the War Service
Committee OF the Ypsilanti Junior
Chamber OF Congress will remind
all loyal citizens from is TO so OF
this opportunity for service. Reg
istrations upon that day may be
given 10 Mrs ID. h. South or Mrs
Leslie A. Butler. Those who have
not donated for ten weeks are
again acceptable. II this Ia the
first donation, the head registrar
Mrs. ID. r. South, or Miss Esta.
brook Rankin. the general chair
man OF Blood Donor work for the
American Red Cross should be no
titled.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-26

the district we're Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Moehn. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Macarthur, Mr.. and Mrs. Doren
Hunt and Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Dell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur T. Bailey,
Youngstown, o., visited Mrs. Bessie
Collins and son Charles for a few
days. returning Monday.
Mrs. James Livingston and Miss
Zoa Nichols. HIGH d Park, were
Sunday visitors OF Mrs. Luells Par
sons
Mrs Rose Woodbridge and
daughter, Mrs. Dale Noble. and
daughter Joanna. who are visiting
here from Washington. ID. C.. visit
ed relatives In Ontario over the
week end.
Mrs. Luella Parsons, Miss Jean
Parsons. Mrs. Randall Coates and
Miss Katherine Briggs attended q
sh ,wer for Mrs. Rollin Hughes, Ro-
mulus, In Ann Arbor.
Mrs. julius Underestimate IN.
derwent an appendectomy At Uni
versity Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jakad are
moving from the Henderson apart
ents into the Niethammer apart.
mPnt.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-26

mans over period Of time as
charged by the prosecution, but
oontended that the money was not
intended for paying OF graft.
Seventeen members OF the 1899
legislature who are co-defendants
in the trial have rested their
cases. 13 OF them taking the stand
to testify that Hemans swore falls
ely when he said he had bribed
them.
Six finance company officials
originally were charged In the con-
spiracy warrant, but one OF them,
Ernest j. Prev OF Detroit, pleaded
guilty and gave states testimony
against the other five.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-26

r. Lspdrlgan, assistant controller
for the utility.
The city has demanded that the
company should reduce its rates
TO eliminate necessity for paying
federal excess profits taxes The
hearing resulted from state SUI
preme court decision criticizing
the commissions failure to adjust
all utility rates to a point where
the companies would not be sub
ject 10 the tax.
I.andrigan testified Monday,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-26
Charges of
Graft Denied

Mason, July 26-AP-D Defendant
Finance Company officials In the
legislative graft trial pressed a
point-by-point attack Tuesday on
states testimony by Maj. Charles
r. Hemans, a lobbyist, that they
hired him to bride members OF
the 1889 Michigan legislature.
Defense counsel, in an opening
statement to the jury. conceded
that the finance company defend
ants were active in raising a ST.
$50 fund which was paid to He
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-26
IGNORE ORDER

Detroit, Mich, July 20 Hotel
ststler's 700 employees, on strike
since Thursday, Tuesday ignored a
War Labor Board order to reutrn to
work Immediately. The order, Is
sued in Washington Monday by
Philip L. Garman, assistant dis
putes director. charged the EN-.
ployes with violating the mo strike
pledge" The dispute. Garmsn said,
has been certified with the WLB
but no action will be taken until
the employees return TO work.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-26
CHAPTER THIRTY-Two

ChAPIEh Ihlhl ~ NJ
Ellery almost chuckled as he
leaned back and gave his whole
mind TO the man before him. The
very first pertinent question re-
assured him-Bradford was on the
trail -.
do you recollect, Mr.. Smith,
that we found the three letters in
the defendants handwriting as
result Of Mrs. Haight's hysterieal
belief that you had told US about
them7"
"Yes."
-Do you also recall two unsue-
,eessful attempts on my part that
day to find out from you what you
knew about the letters?"
"Quite WE'LL
Bradford said softly: "Mr. Smith,
today you are on the witness stand,
under oath to tell the whole truth.
I now ask you: Did you know Of
the existence of those three letters
before Chief Dakin found them in
the defendants house?"
And Ellery said: "Yes, j did
"When did you first learn about
them"
Ellery told him, and Bradford's
surprise turned into satisfaction,
"Then you knew Mrs. Haight
was in danger from her husbsnd?"
"Not at all. / knew there were
three letters saying SO by implica-
ton"
"Werl, did you. or did you not,
believe the defendant wrote those
letters!"
Judge Martin made as IL to OBJ
ject, but Mr.. Queen answered, Il
didn't know"
"Didn't Miss Patricia Wright
identify her brother-in-law's hand
writing for you, as you just testi-
fed"
"shs did. But that did not make
It So"
"Did you check up YOURSELF"
Eyes. But I don't pretend to be
. handwriting expert"
"But you must have come to some
conclusion, Mr.. Smith,"
objection" shouted Defense
Counsel Martin, unable to contain
himself. "His conclusion"
"Strike out the question:" d.
rected Judge Newbold.
Bradford smiled. "You also ex-
amined Edgcomb's Toricology, par
ticularly the part devoted to arsen-
lie, with certain sentences marked
in red crayon?"
81 did,"
"You knew from the red crayon
marking in the book that, If a crime
we're going to be committed, death
by arsenic poisoning was indi-
eated?"
"We could quarrel about the dis
Nnction between certainty and
probability" replied Mr.. Queen
Sbut 10 save srgument-let's say
knew; yes"
"It seems to me, Your Honor"
said Eli Martin in a bored voice,
shat this is an entirely improper
line of questioning"
"How so, Counsel7' inquired
Judge Newbold.
Because Mr.. Smiths thoughts
and conclusions have no conceiv-
able bearing upon the facts at
issue"
Bradford smiled again, and when
Judge Newbold asked him to limit
his questions to events and CONVEX
stations, he nodded carelessly, as If
1t did not matter.
"Mr. Smith, were you aware that
the third letter of the series talked
about the death of Mrs. Haight as
If it had occurred on New Years
Eve?"
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