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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Dewey Is Expected
To Win New Support
In ; States Today
By the Associated Press.

Additional support for Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey of New York
for the Republican presidential
nomination appeared likely to
materialize today as Arizona,
Idaho and Virginia party mem
bers met to pick delegates to the
national convention.
Iowa Democrats expected to select
q delegation bearing 20 votes to be
cast for President Roosevelt for a
fourth term and q Democratic
Farmer-Labor fusion move in
Minnesota was scheduled to be
capped by the choice of a 24-vote
group from that State.
In Arizona definite move was re-
ported underway to climb on the
Dewey band wagon with that States
eight votes. There were indications
also that he would get the support
Of a major portion Of Idaho's II
delegates and share in Virginia's
quota Of 10.
Gov. Dewey apparently was the
beneficiary Of most of the support
that Wendell L. Willkie, withdrawn
candidate, had held in Connecticut.
although the Republican State con-
Yentton yesterday Endorsed Gov.
Raymond Baldwin as a presidential
Nominee. The announcement was
made that the Endorsement was not
considered definitely binding on the
States Is unpledged delegates.
Maine Republicans yesterday
elected 13 unpledged delegates, 3
of them with announced leanings
toward Gov. Dewey. One delegate
candidate supporting Gov. John w.
Bricker OF Ohio for the nomination,
failed to win place on the group.
"A final tabulation of last Tuess
PAYS, delegate choosing primary
IN Nebraska indicated that six
pledged to support Gov. Dwight
Griswoh of that State had been
elected, as well as six supporting
1t. Comdr. Harold E. Stassen and
three unpledged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Joseph |. Fox Dies
After Short Illness.

Joseph 7. Fox, Al, craftsman ir
the Illustrations Division of the
Agriculture Department, died yes
terday Of a heart attack at his resi-
dence, 1914 Thirtieth street NE.
after an illness Of three days.
A native Of Philadelphia, MIR. Fox
had lived in the District more than
rs years. During the World War
he enlisted in the Army and was
assigned to the Quartermastel
Corps and stationed in Washington
An excellent pianist he was written
up in local papers when he played
for "A hours straight as part Of a
recruitment drive on Pennsylvania
avenue.
After the armistice, Mr.. Fox en-
tered the Federal service and had
been q craftsman at the Agriculture
Department for about % years.
He was a member of the Agricul-
ture Department Post of the Amer
lean Legion and of the Builders So
ciety Of the st. Francis De Sales
Church, where he was a parisioner.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Ruth Thomas Fox; a 9-year-old
daughter. Patsy May; a brother,
Charles Fox and a sister, Mrs. Flor
ence Regensberger, both of Phila-
delpf1ia.
. Requiem mass will be sung at
am. at the st. Francis De Sales
Church, 2021 Rhode Island avenue
NE, with burial in Cedar Hill Gem
etery. ta*E ssa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Slayer Hanged in Kansas;
Second Execution Since 10
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LANSING, Kans., April 15.-Fred
L. Brady, IS. Of Arkansas City, died
on the gallows of State Prison early
today, the second man to be exc
cuted under a 1885 law re-establtsh-
ing the death penalty in Kansas.
Clark B. Knox, 2e-year-old COL
ored man, was scheduled to be
hanged on the same gallows before
sunset. Gov. Andrew Schoeppel
said he would deny second petition
for clemency in behalf of Knox, con-
victed of killing Edward Nugent,
Kansas City CKans) policeman.
Brady had climaxed four prison
terms by Staying Joe Williams, COL
ored, in an attempted holdup.
The first execution in Kansas since
1870 was that Of Ernest Hoefgen,
31-year-old Texas prison fugitive
hanged last March 10 for the hitch
hike Staying of Bruce Gibson Smoll,
18-year-old Kansas State College
student from Wichita.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Fish Voices Confidence
He Will Be Reelected
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, April 15.-Repre-
sentative Fish, Republican, of New
York, who again will be opposed in
the primary by Augustus w. Ben
net, Newburgh attorney, said in a
statement yesterday political con-
ditions this year are completely
changed and I do not anticipate
much difficulty in either the pri-
mary or general election"
Mr.. Bennett, who was the strongest
of three rival candidates to oppose
Representative Fish two years ago,
has announced he will run for the
nomination in the reconstructed con-
gressional district in Orange, Rock
land, Sullivan and Delaware Coun-
ties.
Representative Fish said that Mr..
Bennett, after being defeated in the
1912 primary, openly supported the
New Deal Democratic candidate for
Congress.
"Mr. Bennett refused to abide by
the rule of the majority and there
by relinquished all claim to Repub-
lican support" Mr.. Fish said. "A
campaign based on split milk and
sour grapes is no diet for Repub-
licans this year who want unity and
victory and will not compromise
with any one playing the New Deal
game - ="
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
a4-Bi|lion Navy Bill
Goes 10 Senate After
257-0 House Vote
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Assoctatec Press.
The Senate next week is expected
to receive the $32,647, 134, 1886 naval
appropriations bill unanimously ap-
proved by the House yesterday.
The largest fund ever voted for
the Navy, it is designed to build up
the Nations fighting ships to 6,623,
in addition to almost $4,000 support
ing and landing craft.
Meanwhile, the House got ready
for $4,000, o0o, 900 supply measure
for the Army.
Vote is 257 to 0.
The 257-to-0 roll-call that sent the
Navy bill to the Senate followed a
single day of debate highhghted by
praise of the Navy and expressions
OF determination to keep it the
worlds largest.
The measure boosts to approx
mately 1862 ,000, 10000 the obliga-
lions for war financing voted since
July i 1910, of which the Navy's
share IS estimated at SIZE, 900, 600, 900.
Should the new Army supply bill
come up to expectations, the war
outlay since July /, 1910, will mount
close to the half-trillion mark.
big Part Lies Ahead"
The new funds carried in the NAVY
bill are for use during the II
months starting next July 1, a pc
Rod during which, top Naval spoks-
men told the Appropriations Com
mittee, the war will be carried with
telling effect to the doorsteps Of the
enemy.
While the Nays "big part in the
war lies ahead" Chairman Shep-
pard of the Naval Appropriations
Subcommittee told the House the
outlook for the future is for "a
marked decline" in Naval expendi-
lures.
However, he warned, the war Is
far from over and "conceivably we
may be turned back" In some as
saults before achieving the final VIC
tory which Admiral Ernest j. King
said would be destruction of the
Japanese Empire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Superior Planes Credited
To Pooling Of Information
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Pooling Of technical informat ton
has enabled British and American
manufacturers to produce airplanes
capable Of outlying and Outright
ing anything that the enemy has
to Offer" according to r. p. Wright,
director Of the Aircraft Resources
Control Once.
Mr.. Wright and seven Army and
Navy officers have just returned
from England, where they spent
four weeks in joint conferences with
British technicians on aircraft de-
sign.
Stressing the value of co-opera-
tive effort between America and
Britain in all phases of the war, Mr..
Wright said such Joint discussions
contribute to the building up OF our
air forces in quantity and quality
which in turn will mean the ulti.
mate destruction of the Luftwaffe
and the resultant achievement O,
complete victory"
The present satisfactory state of
the production programs from the
quantity standpoint makes it ever
more appropriate now to emphasize
quality" he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Boy Found by Police
Treated for Rabies

Three-year-old Berry Glass, object
of a search by Maryland and West
Virginia police after it was learned
that rabid dog had bitten the
child before he left his home in
Lubbock, Tex, five days ago, was
taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, today for continued anti
rabies treatment.
The treatment was started when
the child was located yesterday at
Harrisville, w. Va.
Berry and his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Glass, were on their
way to visit the child's grandparents
DR.. and Mrs. William Wingood, In
Gainesville, Md, when his grand
father was notified by Texas health
officials that tests made after their
departure showed the dog was rabid
DR.. Wingood said the child was
taken to physician for the first
injection of the 14-day treatment as
soon as he was located by West Vir-
ginia police. He said the child and
his parents arrived at Gainesville
early today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Nominate Sfassen,
Ball Tells COP Club
Ry the Associststs prss.

~ the ASSoc1tseG Press,
NEW YORK, April Ex-senator
Ball. Republican. Of Minnesota has
asked Republicans to nominate 1t
Comdr. Harold E. Stassen for Presi-
dent and to stand unequivocally for
an international organization" en-
powered to shape ana maintain
peace. ss,sa.sssssess esaa<tssz rayv
Senator Bali told the New York
Young Republican Club last night
that Comdr. Stassen, former Gov
ernor Of Minnesota, was a firm be-
lever in an effective international
machinery to settle disputes be-
tween nations peacefully and to
stop future attempts at military
aggression"
Asserting that foreign policy was
the FIRST and foremost" issue, Sen
ator Ball said:
1T appears that controversial is
sues which already are arising In
this war are being settled, not in
the democratic pattern Of an inter-
national organization based on
principles, but on a sphere of in
huence basis, which is merely q new
and nicer word for power politics.
Beyond restating our fine objec-
lives, we seem to be doing little
about 1t. We are not even playing
the power politics game efIec-
lively"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Citizens Told Of Scout Aid
In Delinquency Eiaht Here

Harry Switzer, District Boy Scout
field executive, speaking Thursday
night before the Congress Heights
Citizens Association, told of the part
that organized Scouting Is playing
in the fight against juvenile delin-
quency.
Pointing out that considerable de-
linquency was caused by lack of
parental care, Mr.. Switzer spoke of
the "l5 out of "A hours" when boys
are out OF school and of the efforts
being made by Scouting to put those
hours to good use.
Edward r. Carr, Builders Asso-
citation representative, the other
speaker Of the evening, declared the
recent report on housing filed for
the Federal Housing Authority ad-
mitted that politics was beginning
to work its way into the housing
field"
The meeting, held in Congress
Heights School Auditorium. was
presided over by the association
president, J. Louis Goldman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
J. A. Krug 10 Accept Post
As Lieutenant Commander

]. A. Krug, vice chairman of the
War Production Board and director
|of the ONCE Of War Utilities, who
announced several weeks ago that
he planned to enter the armed serv-
ices, will leave Washington in few
days to accept q commission as lieu
tenant commander in the Navy, It
was announced today.
Mr.. Krug will be succeeded as
head of the utilities office by Edward
Falck, deputy director, but the WPB
vice Craftsmanship has not been
filled. Sd
Mr.. Krug, SO, was known to have
been discussing the Navy assign
ment for some months. Recently It.
was disclosed that he had requested
that no draft deferment be sought
for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Lewis Says Miners
Are Growing Angry
Over Back Pay Delay

United Mine Workers Presi-
dent John L. Lewis says the Ma
tons soft coal miners are be-
coming increasingly angry" and
want prompt payment of retro
active underground travel pay
totaling an estimated $18, 900 600.
He demanded the payment last
night in a letter to Secretary of the
Interior Ickes, custodian of the
mines, making the estimate of the
amount due on q basis of $40 q
miner, the terms on which he agreed
to write on the underground travel
time for last April, May and June.
A UNIV contract with rs per cent
of the operators, embracing these
terms, now is awaiting War Labor
Board action.
Mr.. Lewis said the operators have
collected the $18,0O0, 900 through the
sale of coal at advanced prices and
are using this money to operate
the industry in lieu Of their own
corporate funds.
Certain groups Of Southern coal
operators and the War Labor Board
are in conspiracy to continuously
delay and void the payment Of this
guaranteed back wage claim. +" .
mo Government agency has taken
any affirmative step to redeem the
honor of the Presidents word and
direct the several bitumious coal
companies now under Government
control to lquidate this obligation. Z"
Except for his reference to the
anger Of the miners, Mr.. Lewis
letter did not hint that any new
crisis in the industry was ap-
preaching but union press release
accompanying the letter said the
miners were becoming FESTIVE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Housing
Continued From First Page)

plan to reclaim the Districts slums
"at less cost and lower rents" than
under public housing program
Mr.. Ihlder replied that the NCHA
intends to present testimony that
will effectively answer" the basis
Of the resolution.
Mr.. Ihlder defended the housing
authority's practice of amortizing
the cost of its housing developments
over a Cougar period, and of es-
timating that the developments will
have a 20 per cent salvage value at
the end of that time. This NCHA
policy has been criticized as "un-
sound" by private builders who con-
tend that the cost should be COM
pletely amortized in 80 years.
The NCHA official presented fig
ures from the 1910 census to show
that of 1926 dwellings in the Dis
trict, approximately one-fifth were
more than 40 years old, many were
more than so years old and 1926
had been standing in excess of GO
years.
Rentals Remain High.
Despite their age, more than half
these old houses had rental values
OF $50 and over per month, Mr.. Ihl-
der said, Monthly rentals of more
than 500 were charged for 1913 of
the dwellings and an additional
l sos rented for $75 to 500.
Mr.. Horad told the subcommittee
that restrictive covenants land
community agreements" are pri-
mary causes of the serious slum
conditions here.
Pointing out that the District S
population has increased approx
mately 80 per cent in the last three
years, Mr.. Horad said that white
residents have been able to find
adequate living quarters by moving
into outlying areas. Colored fami-
lies have been restricted from NOV
ing into new neighborhoods by
covenants and community agree
ments and the increase in popula-
ton has forced them to "go into
attics or Easements of existing
houses in colored areas.
Would OUTLAW Pacts.
He asked that the subcommittee
recommend legislation outlawing
the restricted covenants. Thou
sands of white persons here who
are parties to covenants are ready
to sell their land, he said, and COL
ored people like any other citizens
should have the right to buy homes
wherever they have means to do So
Better homes for our people," he
added, will tend to build better
race"
Mr.. Horad expressed the opinion
that both private builders and pub
lie housing agencies should be en-
gagged" to relieve the present over
lcrowding and slum conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
neweyCalIs New York
Regime Progressive;
Hits Bureaucracies
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, April 15.-Decry.
ing centralized bureaucracies, Gov
Thomas Z. Dewey in q radio report
to the people" last night summarized
what he called the genuinely com.
petent and progressive" government
Of his 16-month administration.
The Governor, leading all others
mentioned for the Republican Presi-
dental nomination despite his stat
ed position that he is not a candi-
date, in a Statewide broadcast said
his administration Of state affairs
has been dedicated to establishing
and maintaining "a genuinely COM
petent and progressive government =
This, he added, is Gin sharp con.
trast with that type Of personal
government which talks fine phrases
of liberalism while seeking to i'm
pose its will and its whims upon the
people through centralized bureauc-
racies issuing directives from q dis
lance"
Three Purposes Listed.
Three immediate and fundamen-
tai" purposes have animated his
administration, Gov. Dewey said,
listing them as first, to win the
war; second, to prepare for a rapid
and smooth readjustment to peace
full pursuits, once complete victory
Is won; third, to preserve and de-
velop that freedom at home for
which our young men are fighting
abroad"
Reviewing his administration of
State affairs and accomplishments
of the Republican-controlled 1914
Legislature. Gov. Dewey cited par
ticularly the freezing of q $163, 000,-
900 State surplus for postwar recon-
struction and employment; creation
of q State commission to draft leg
islation against racial and religious
discrimination, and establishment
of what sponsors claim to be the
first State school of industrial and
labor relations in the United States.
Vote Law Called Simple.
"Our State will be strong to meet
the great problems after the war
ends" he declared. "It will be clean
of the poison of hatred or prejudice.
1t will be set on its course toward
full peacetime production and en-
ployment for all the day the war
ends" >'~@ess
Gov. Dewey sketched New York's
1914 soldier-vote law briefly, termed
1t simple, workable formula for
soldier voting" and said the State
soldier ballot will not be the blank
piece Of paper which was sponsored
II Washington"
Nor will it, as the national Gov
eminent tried to do, deprive the SOL
der Of his constitutional right to
vote for every Office to be filed" the
Governor continued. "It viii give
every man and woman In the armed
services, by the simple act of signing
his name once Ito an application for
q BALLOT, valid vote for every
candidate from President down to-
the local officers in his home town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Insubordinotion Trial
Of 9th Jap Private Opens

Ey The Associated Press
FORT MCCLELLAN, Ala, April
15.-Pfc. Harold C. TSumehara, one
of % Japanese American soldiers
arrested at this Army center on
charges of refusing to take infantry
training, was on trial today before
a court martial board.
Tsumehara is the eighth member
of the grolup to stand trial. A
seventh, Pfc. Ben Ogawa, was con-
victed yesterday and sentenced to
Is years in prison. The six others,
all privates, were found guilty earlier
this week and given prison terms
ranging from to 80 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Georgetown, Eastern
Bow GIovers Score

Lie young DdCClerS OF George
town and Eastern Branch Boys
Clubs took top honors in the Junior
Golden Gloves final last night in
the Eastern Branch gym. George
town scrappers piled up As points
to lead the open division, and East
ern Branch took over the novice
championship with so points.
High spot of the evening came
when Billy Reiche, Eastern Branch
110-pounder, KO'd Eddie Crane,
Alexandria, in 40 seconds of the
first round.
Novice Class
6O-pound class-Earl Draper (Alexsn-
dria) decisioned Archie Crawford ALEX
65-pound class-.Richard Hughes mount
Raipier) decisioned Forrest Fuller (Mer-
7b-pound class-James knight Eastern
Branch) decisioned Matthew Binns,
s0-pound class-Eddie King George
town Branch decisioned Alva Thompson
s5-pound class-Lester Allison Eastern
Branchl decisioned Frank Tavenner
s0-pound class-Bob Reese faeorgetown
Branch) decisioned Roy Adams George
town..
10O-pound class James Hannaway
| eastern Branch) decisioned Jack Lynch
| (Merrick)
110-pound class-Billy Reiche Eastern
Branch) knocked out Eddie Crane ALEX
andria) in 40 seconds of first round
| 120-pound claSS-Eddie Herndon EAST
ern Branch) decisioned Pat Landolt Mount
Rainier)
130-pound class-John Sturges Mount
RainieD decisioned Donald Eddings (Alex
| andria).
| Open Glass.
| 65-pound class--Jim Hamburg (Merrick)
| decisioned Earl Simpson Eastern Branch)
| 75-pound class-Dsle Larson Eastern
Branch) decisioned Bunky Frazier (Mer-
| rick).
| s0-pound cass-Mack Hamburg tMer.
rick decisioned Barry Allison eastern
| Branch.
| S5-pound class-Jack Fleming (Merrick)
decisioned Walter Blair Eastern Branch)
90-pound class-Billy MARBLE (Georse.
town. decisioned Max kushner George.
town..
100-pound class--Chsrles carhart Cast.
ern BrAnch) decisioned Billy Nichols
I12-pound class---.Jimmy Binns toeorss.
town) deeisioned Blaekis selwyn tCentra
Branch).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Britain Bans Heating
Until After October 81
BY the Associated Press.

bs tHe ASS0clhttd Press.
LONDON, April 15.-The Ministry
OF Fuel today prohibited the use of
any kind Of fuel for the heating OF
shops, offices, places of entertain
ment and industrial establish
ments for the next six months.
The restrictions, which also cover
the use of electricity for heating
are due to depleted coal supplies
cut by recent strikes-and western
front requirements. The ban is eff
fective from April II to October 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Stettinius Will Confer
with Eden and Winont
BY the Associated Press.

Hy the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 15.-United States
Undersecretary of State Edward r
Stettinius, jr., will confer with Brit
ish Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
and United States Ambassador John
G. Winant during the week end
with the discussion likely centerine
on efforts to reduce or eliminate
Germany's outside sources of min
erals through pressure on neutrals
At the halfway point OF his mis-
sion, Mr.. Stettinius called his aides
together last night for reports on
separate conferences on a variety
|of problems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15

az VIC tAAAA0 "a tlic odkalcSc AttAC8
on Pearl Harbor.
Testimony Called Essential.
The motion, filed by Attorney
James j. Laughlin, said ut is essen
tial that he CNoble) have these wit.
nesses available and that their test
mony is material and that he can
not safely 60 to trial without them"
The motion also said Noble Is with
out means to pay the cost of the two
witnesses.
The motion added that Noble
wants to show by such witnesses
that the administration at Washing
ton and the Government of the
United States knew that an attack
was imminent and that the peace
and security OF the United States
Government was in danger, but that
the officials Of the United States
Government turned . deaf ear to
the pleas of Gen. Short and Admiral
Kimmel and told them that the
loathesome government Of Japan
had no designs on the United
States. ="
There was still another develop
ment when Justice Eicher ordered
James v. Bennett. director of the
Federal Bureau of Prisons, and E. A.
Green, superintendent Of the Dis
trict Jail, to appear Monday to an
swer contentious by Noble that his
mail had been interfered with while
in Jail.
Noble Convicted In 1912.
Noble, described by the Justice
as an organizer Of the
Friends of Progress" was con-
victed in July, 1912, on charges OF
violating the California sedition
law and sentenced to five years i'm
True Is described by the Justice
as head of James True
Associates and publisher of Indus
trial Control Reports.
Those whose counsel filed a mo-
ton to appear in connection with
the Court of Appeals procedure in
clude Gerald B. Winrod, Wichita.
Kans., publisher of the Defender;
Garland Lee Alderman, E. j. Park
er Sage and William Robert Ly-
man, jr., all of Detroit, and de-
scribed by the Justice Department
as officers of the National Workers
League which published the Ma
tionalist Newsletter; Charles B.
Omaha, described as edi-
tor and publisher of America in
Danger and Frank X. Ferenz, Los
Angeles, said to have been active
in the Friends Of Progress.
The sedition indictment against
the 80, returned January 8, charges
them with conspiracy to set up .
Nazi form Of government Ia the
United States.