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Evening star., 1944-11-07
testimony Offered
|To Back False Arrest
Claim in Sedition Trial
Motion Seek to Bon
Documentary Evidence
Against Defendant
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

ny OAn1Eh 0hOOhE JONES.
Chief Justice Edward c. Eicher
today was hearing, as the sedition
trial was resumed, testimony from
Robert E. Edmondson, defendant,
that he was arrested and his home
searched at Grass Valley, Calf .,
July "A, 1912, without display of a
warrant.
The testimony, started in the alb
sence Of the jury shortly before ad-
journrent last night, was offered
to support motion by Edmondson's s
attorney, Ethelbert B. Frey, to sup
press documentary evidence against
the defendant which the Govern
ment was about to offer. Mr.. Frye
maintained the papers were seized
Illegally.
Accosted by Marshal.
Edmondson said he and his wife
and two neighbors, returning home
in his car that night. found a
parked car. from which two men
stepped. One of the men, Wesley
Erich, Of the United States mar
shars ofIice, said he had warrant
for Edmondson's arrest, the de-
fendant said.
II asked him what the charge
was" Edmondson testified, land he
said seditious conspiracy. We en-
tered the house and talked about
bail"
Did he show you a warrant?r
asked Mr.. Frye.
No. he showed me three or four
typewriter lines which he said was
a telegram. I saw no warrant for
arrest or any search warrant. He
said 1t would be necessary to search
my headquarters and he and the
other officer did So"
Denies Giving Consent.
Justice Eicher asked If Edmond
son had not testified before Justice
Jesse c. Adkins, at a hearing on q
similar motion in l943, that he con-
sented to the search. Edmondson
denied he ever consented to the
search.
Justice Adkins denied a motion
to suppress documents which Chief
Prosecutor O. John Rogge de-
scribed as the same, and Justice
Eicher indicated he would not &c
into the matters brought out then
but would give Edmondson an op-
portunity to present any additional
evidence in support of a renewal OF
the demand.
Macmillan J. ST. George, counsel
for Joseph E. McWilliams, contended
that the previous Edmondson mo-
ton was heard in connection with
another indictment, not at issue in
this case, and SO the whole question
should be explored anew. Justice
Eicher did not agree.
Will Call Wife.
Mr.. Frye planned to call Mrs. Ed
mondson in corroboration of her
husbands testimony. The Govern
ment had started to question Mr..
Erich last night, but his testimony
was deferred until the court heard
from Mr.. Eyre and his client.
After SO hours oh the stand. DR.
Robert M. w. Kempner, Govern
ment expert on German law, for
merly a criminal court Judge in
Berlin. finally completed his testi-
mony yesterday. His cross examina-
ton had lasted nearly two weeks.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Celebrated Matteotti Case
To Be Reopened in Italy


ROME, Nov. THE Court o;
Cessation yesterday ordered reopen
ing OF the celebrated Giacomo Mat
teotti case, annuling the sentences
imposed by Fascist courts on those
convicted of staying the famed So
ciahst deputy in 1926. All were
pardoned under Mussolini after
serving brief terms.
The motion to reopen the case
was made by Mario Berlinguer, high
commissioner for punishment OF
Fascist crimes, who said Fascist
pressure prevented a fair trial at
the time.
Anti-Fascists have contended for
q generation that Benito Mussolini
himself was directly involved in the
Staying. It is uncertain when the
retrial will be held.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Russia
Continued From First pase.)

\COnLlnueQ from First PaQe)
the streets and on roads to the
northwest.
The Paris radio reported this
morning that Hungarian workers
had gone on strike In Budapest and
occupied the Manfred Weiss arma-
ment works.
Other reports bore out the picture
Of disintegration as the Russian
troops battered at the city. The
Rome radio also said 1t had heard a
free Hungarian broadcast calling for
q general strike.
Unconfirmed French and Turkish
radio reports asserted the Russians
had smashed into the southern side
|of Budapest, and that members
Of Nazi-supported Prime Minister
Ferenc Szalasis government had
f1ed.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
0,78O Lbs. Of Paper
Collected by Schools

Continuing heavy collections in
response to urgent pleas to obtain
.wastepaper so badly needed in the
war industries. schools cooperating
in The Evening Star-PTA Salvage
for Victory program yesterday
turned in 50,780 pounds to bring the
total of the drive up to 8,O88, ,733
pounds. .s,...s.>. ....
Schools turning in half to ton or
better were Sherwood. 5.40O; Deal
1910; Buchanan, 6,247; Bryan, A.
49S; Kimball, $500; Randle High
land, 1885; Beers, 4.274; Birney,
1,l90; Ketcham, 2,650; Orr, 1850:
Wallach, $3.50; Giddings, 2,774. Van
Ness, 1854; Greenleaf, 1898; Ran
dali Junior, 1888; Bell, 1900; Lud-
low, 1885, and Jefferson, 2,579.
Collections in the third district to-
morrow together with the five lead
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Transatlantic
Record Set by
Conodion Plane
y the Associated Press.

MONTREAL, Nov. IA trans
Atlantic record of 10 hours and 13
minutes-1 hour and l minute less
than the previous one set last jan
uary-was chalked up yesterday by
a Trans-Canada Air Lines Lam
caster flying nonstop from here to
Britain, it was announced last
night.
There were no passengers aboard
the record-setting Lancaster, but
the aircraft was carrying 8,03l
pounds of mail for members of
Canadian armed forces overseas and
2,036 pounds of priority freight.
Evening star., 1944-11-07

LlOn service, ell
fcctive Novem-
ber rs.
T h e resigna-
I'll on W as an
nounced before
the election re-
turns are count
ed, DR.. Steel
man said, so 1t
c ould not be
construed as be-
ing politically
inspired.
Secretary OF
L a Dor Perkins
received his let
Evening star., 1944-11-07
B moi Birth Federation
Elects Mrs. Gewirz

Mrs. Morris Gewirz, 310l Daven-
port street NV, has been elected to
head a new group of B'nai Birth
lodges from the District and Mary
land. The federation was organized
last week at a meeting held at the
Broadmoor Hotel.
The eight lodges represented at
the meeting were: Montgomery,
Southern Maryland, Hagerstown,
Greenbelt, Silver Spring. Baltimore,
and the Victory and Argo Lodges Of
the District,
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Variety Club Elects
koeod Chief Barker

Fred S. Kogod, owner of the
kogod-Burka theaters, vas elected
chief barker of the Washington
Variety Club at a meeting in the
Willard Hotel yesterday. He sue
ceeds John S. Allen, branch man
ager of Metro Goldwyn- Mayer.
Other officers elected were: j. E.
Fontaine, Paramount Pictures
branch manager, first assistant
chief barker; Nathan D. Golden.
chief of the motion picture unit,
Commerce Department, second as
sistant chief barker; Jacob Flax,
franchise holder of Republic Pic
lures here, property master, and
Sam Galanty, Columbia Pictures
Eastern division manager, treasurer.
On the Board of Governors, in
addition to the officers: c. E. Pep
piatt, Twentieth Century Fox
branch manager: George Crouch,
assistant zone manager of Warner
Bros; A. E. Lichtman, owner of
Lichtman theaters; Carter Bar
ron, Eastern division manager of
Loew's; Rudolph Berger, M-G-M
division manager, and Harry Bach
man, manager Of the Circle Theater.
Also on the board, as ex oflcio mem
bers, are the last five chief barkers-
Mr.. Allen. Sam Wheeler. Vince
Dougherty, Hardie Meakin and Sid
ney Lust.
National officers of the Variety
Clubs of America will hold a busi-
ness session in Washington Novem-
ber % to 26. The annual "Humani-
tartan Award" dinner will be held
on November "a at the Mayflower
Hotel and the local clubs first din
ner-dance since Pearl Harbor will
be held the following night in the
Willard Hotel.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Canada Accepts U. 5
Views on Temporary
World Air Routes
BY w. H. sHIPPEN, Jr,
Aviation Editor Of The Star.

S1AASA1O, NUV. f.-Oceklug tenn
porary instead Of treaty agreement
for an interim period in world avia
ton, the United States gained
point yesterday when Canada agree,
to this thought Gn principle at tn
international civil aviation confer
ence here.
Canada's restatement of her posi-
ton on the transitional period wa
interpreted by many authorities a
obviously following the American
view that interested nations worl
out agreements on routes between
themselves for the interim period
Such agreements would be In accore
with the ultimate multilateral con.
vention to be used In the future.
Canada's Statement.
The Canadian statement sale
that:
In order to provide for prompt
establishment of necessary air serv.
ices at the earliest possible date
there should be an agreed transi.
tional period during which States
would enter into such agreements
as may be worked among them
selves for the provision of inter-
national air services"
The Canadians wanted it under.
stood, however, that this would bt
a temporary arrangement. 1t woulc
cease to have effect as soon as ar
international authority could be rat
ified by the various nations and
thereafter services, routes and fire.
quencies would be entirely governed
by the terms of the authority "just
as If the transitional period had
never existed"
Delegates Take Time to Vote.
Canada was expected shortly to
follow the lead of the United States
and the Netherlands in announcing
the routes she wants to fly.
Convinced of substantial progress
after Canada's statement, q num-
ber of United States delegates were
making hasty trips to their home
States today to vote in the national
election.
Assistant Secretary of State Adolf
A. Berle, president of the confer
ence, few to New York to cast his
vote. The remaining delegates faced
a light schedule.
One Of the immediate tasks before
the conference is to promote inter-
American solidarity by finding a
formula acceptable in both North
and South America for establishing
the voting strength of the various
nations on an interim council to
supervise aviation during the transit
tional period,
U. s. Proposal Challenged.
Will great countries like the Brit
ish Empire group, the Soviet Union
and the United States have two
votes each with many lesser, coun-
tries lacking representation on the
council? Nineteen Latin American
countries opposed this United States
proposal yesterday as challenge
to their sovereign rights"
1t seems clear that a council con-
tanning one voting member from all
the 81 countries represented here
would be unwieldly and perhaps
even less representative than the
one suggested. = Il
While voting power probably will
not be assigned on the basis of the
stake Of the particular nation in air
operations, this principle seemed
sound enough to warrant at least
compromise.
United States spokesmen were
optimistic about reaching an agree
ment between the Americas on the
voting question. With many i'm
portant positions being outlined, it
was said, the conference is definitely
in the direction of "harmonizing
the various viewpoints"
Evening star., 1944-11-07
q Cigarette Smokers Fined

NEW YORK R.-The assembly,
line technique was adopted by a po-
uceman who stood at subway sta
tion escalator, arresting 23 cigarette
smokers as they came Oh the moving
stairs. In court each violator Of the
1onkmoking law was fined IS.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Jap Leader Calls Chungkine
II. S.-British 'Cot's-Pow'

BY the Associated Press.
The Chungking regime has become
an Anglo American "cat's-paw,'
and the recall of Gen. Joseph w
Stilwell has brought China much
criticism" from the "inhumane
United States and Britain" Japan's
Foreign Minister, Mamoru Shige-
mitsu, asserted last night
The Foreign Minister joined Pre-
mier Kuniaki Koiso and other jap
anese leaders in commemorating the
first anniversary of the so-called
Greater East Asia Charter" with a
propaganda bid for increased war
support from Asiatics.
A Tokyo radio broadcast, re-
ported by the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, said Shigemitsu
addressed a grand national rally
attended by 10000 persons in the
japanese capital. Among them were
puppet representative Of Japanese
dominated governments" including
Ambassador" Jorge B. Vargas of
the Philippines.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Blood Quote
cFor District, PentaEon and

Mobile Units.)
District quota per
week '------- $3.50 pints
Donations last week 1852 pints
Donations yesterday $50 pints
Today's appoint
ments ---- ISL persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center,
in the Acacia Building, 81 LOU
isiana avenue NV, by calling
District 5000 between 9 am.
and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
BY the Associated Press.

DR.. John r. Steelman, the New
Deals handy man" in labor dis
putes, has quit his $500 job as
chief OF the United States Concilia-
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Mission Is UNCHANGED
|By StiIweII 5 Recall,
Sultan Tells Troops
BY the Associated Press.


NEW DELHI, Nov. Lit. Gen.
Dan I. Sultan. In his first speech to
American troops as their commander
in the India Burma war theater,
said today that recent develop
ments" such as the recall of Gen.
Joseph w. Stilwell, have changed
neither our mission nor our STRAIT
egy."
"Our mission remains an impor-
tant one" he declared. 1T is one
of making a positive contribution
to the war in the Pacific.
"The Chinese Army in China has
tied up numerous Japanese divisions
which would be used and could still
be used against our forces in the
Pacific.
Our job. therefore, is to open the
Burma road SO heavy equipment
impossible to move by air, can be
gotten to the 14th Air Force, so that
artillery may be gotten to the Chi
nese armies, so that we may make a
last concerted rush, shoulder to
shoulder with Gen. Macarthur and
Admiral Nimitz to end the reign
Of the Jap once and for ALL"
Gen. Sultan, former District En-
gineer Commissioner, commended
the soldiers who had bombed Burma
and fought their way along the
Ledo road, saying:
Through all the trials and tribu-
lations OF long service in a hot alien
country you have griped and cursed
you have sworn to return to the
United States and never leave, but
through it all you have done youl
job. At times you have accom-
Iplished miracles considering the
lack Of resources at your disposal.
Evening star., 1944-11-07

Mrs. Sallie T. Coontz. Purcellville
Va, was included in the War De-
partment's list of those wounded
in the European theater.
Pvt. Robert Nussey, 80, OF sll
Crittenden street NV, was
wounded in action in France Oc-
tober 10, the War Department has
informed his wife.
Pvt. Nussey worked at the Army
War College before entering the
service last March. He went over
seas in September. A resident, OF
the District more than IL years
he is a native of Fredericksburg
Va.
Pfc. Robert b. Jenkins, U. S. M. c..
husband of Mrs. Robert B. Jen-
kins, 1924 Thirteenth street NV.
was wounded in action, according
to Navy Department announce.
ment.
The names of four other Wash
ington area men were listed today
by the War and Navy Depart
ments as wounded in action
Stories have previously been car
ried in The Star after the next OF
kin had been notified. They were:
PfcA lack E. Smith, U. s. M. c. r., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Elliot F. Smith
1896 Eighteenth street NV; Pvt
Robert j. Jameson, husband oi
Mrs. Margaret NJ. J. Jameson
40l6 Forty-seventh street NV;
Pvt. Eugene c. Laurie, son of Mrs
Eva G. Laurie, 1925 Rosedale
street NE, and Pvt. Charles L
Shimek. husband of Mrs. Justine
K, Shimek, AIS Illinois avenue
NV.
Master Tech. Sergt. Robert Shea
Marine Corps, was wounded last
February in the Marshalls campaign
but has returned to active duty
and awarded the Purple Heart. He
is the son of Mrs. Mary Ann Shea
1920 Window place NV.
Sergt. Shea, %, attached to the
4th Marine Aircraft Wing, has been
overseas IA months. He left George
town Preparatory School in 1912
to join the marines.
Corpl. Myer Koonin. 81, infantry,
was wounded September Is on
Peleliu Island, Palau, the War De-
partment informed his wife, Mrs.
Mollie Koonin, All Kennedy street
NV. He has received the Purple
Heart at the 9th General Hospital
on New Caledonia.
A native of Washington, Corpl.
Koonin was graduated from Central
High School and Columbus Univer-
sity. He practiced law here six
years before entering the Army in
August, l943. He was shipped to the
Pacific last May. He has a 2i-
month-old daughter.
Missing
'Sergt. Malcolm r. Smith, ~,
armorer-gunner OF Flying Fortress,
has been missing over Germany
since October 18, the War Depart
ment has informed his parents, DR..
and Mrs. Frederick E. Smith, 1911
Delafleld place NV.
Sergt. Smith was center on the
Central High School football team
and graduated in 1941. He was en-
ployed by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation before he entered the
Army in January. 1912. He was
sent overseas last August.
Sergt. Smiths plane was forced
down in Belgium late in September
He wrote that several crew members
bailed out and one was killed. An
ankle he broke while playing foot
ball again was injured and Mrs.
Smith thinks he might be hos
pitalized, though his crew is listed
as missing.
His uncle, John M. Smith, is SUPER
tntendent of the postage stamp di-
vision of the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing DIR. Smith works as
a pharmacist In the bureau lab
oratory.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-16

These ore the Days
when oil America must be
tuned TO the Aftoek!
Not Just our eoUntrY's fighting
forces, but every man Of O mochine-
every farmer roisins Victory crops
every housewife conserving vitolfood
every yovnssier collecting wosie
poper and meioI-is por Of our eovn-
hy's front line. These ore the Days
when yov-ond oil AmeTieo-mUsi
be oEmed with Viiomin c.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-16

Even in the tangled wlIds Of remotest Asia,
where secret roods creep closer every doy 10 Toko.
our men must be ormed with vi'omin c. And 50
omong those rotioos Jungle knives end rifles poro-
choted from the skies cons Of Forido grapefruit
vice-rich sources Of viiomn ihoi never foil
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-16

There is one Of our eountrY's foVorite
feods-Florida sropefruii iUiee-so
exiro rich in Vi,omin c ihoi Uncle
Sam sends millions Of cons 10 our
fighting men oversees. And TO help
forify you on the home front with
red-blooded health osoinsi weakness.
infections and eolds-unele Som hos
mode sure thot sufficient remoinS 10
provide q supply for you.
Soiodoy, and every rnorkeiins doy,
put Florida eonned grapefruit juice on
your marketing Iisi-ot the very Top
ofyovr marketing Iisi-where grape
fruit juice ond Viiomin c ond red
FLOODED health belonsl
HosDA orRus COMMISSION tol.loos tieooo
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-11
CoNFEssEs CRIME

Saginaw Mich. July LAP
Saginaw authorities today were
puzzled by a reported confession
OF an Is year old killing which
Sheriff Louis \. Johnson OF ALE
gan said was made by Conrad
Walter, II. OF Kalamazoo. Sher-
in Johnson said yesterday that
Walter signed the confession while
en- route to Southern Michigan Pri-
son Sunday to serve a life term,
under the states Habitual Grim
inal Act, as fifth offender. Wal
ter was quoted by the sheriff as
saying he hit the grocer, who was
about % years old but whose name
he could not remember, with a
blackjack during a robbery in 1926.
but did not intend TO kill him Of
ficers in the police department here
said they were unable TO recall
such killing
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-11
YOU CAN GET
a $50 LOAN

Need cash2 Get a loan Of $50 to
$500 at Household without secu-
rty. ASJO loan repaid in II month
ly instruments OF S503 costs SlO36
If repaid in 4 monthly install.
ments. the cost is only S3s4 No
tice that the sooner you repay the
less your loan costs. We also make
car and furniture loans. See table
for many payment plans No sig
natures Of friends, no endorsers or
guarantors are required. Pay
ments shown include principal and
all charges. Come IN, write or
phone today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-11
Carver Center Second i'm League

me pitching OF Barney Hughes
5. Johns led 10 l going into
the last half OF the sixth inning,
but a splurge started by Firstbase.
man John Ma1's four base hit gave
the Lodgemen 6 TO advantage.
In the seventh frame C.YO. took
the lead 7 20 6 on four walks and
three hits by Catcher BERNARD
StachleWitE. Lefthelder Jim HelI-
ermsn, and Cfnterhelder Mike
O'Hara.
Behind again the, Lodgemen, ni-
ter Nellie Carrier had lined out %
Shortstop John Kelly combined
one base hits by Shortstop Harold
Ziegler. Thirdbaseman Fred era
dy, Max and Catcher Jerry Sehef
fler TO produce the tying and win
ming runs.
Summaries
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-11
Husband of Ann Arbor .
Woman Receives Medal

Ann Arbor, July ll-Lieut. John
=. vivian. husband OF an Ann Az.
Dor resident, the former Sara
Greayes, has been awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross FOR
heroism and extraordinary achieve
ment in aerial flight. the Navy
Department has announced. Lieut.
vivian Is the son OF John p. vivian.
St, New Rochelle, y. y and q
former student In aeronautical en-
gineerinE at the University OF
Michigan. lie enlisted in the Navy
in July. 1899, and received his
wings and commission al Psnsa-
cola. Fla, In May. 1870, where he
remained as instructor for three
years lie was sent 20 the Pacific
Theater in April, 19i4
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-11
BY Eery Queen
ysometnfng m Dakin's eyes that DIS
couraged company.

something m Dakin's eyes that DIS
couraged company.
Ellery did not see Patricia Wright
until they all gathered in the same
untidy room at ten o'clock on the
morning of New Years Day -. all
except Nora, who was in her bed
in the other house, guarded by
Ludie. DR.. Willoughby had already
seen her this morning, and he for
bade her leaving the room or even
setting foot out Of bed.
Ellery waylaid Pat on Nora 5
porch. Before we go in" he said
quickly, II want TO explain"
81 don't blame you, Ellery." Pat
was almost as sick-looking'as Nora.
at might have been worse. 1t might
have been -. Nora. 1t almost was. -
She shivered.
"I'm sorry about Rosemary" said
Ellery just before Pat went inside.
Ellery fingered on the porch. 1t
was a gray day, like Rosemary
Haight's face: a gray day and cold.
Emmy DuPre ehittercd by.
stopped, studied Chief Dakin's car
at the curb, frowned i. d. walked on
slowly, craning at the two houses.
A car drove up. Frank Lloyd
jumped out, then Lola Wright. They
ran up the walk together.
Mora! Is she all right" gasped
Lola. Ellery nodded. Lola dashed
inside.
81 picked Lola up said Lloyd.
He was breathing heavily, too. "She
was walking up the Hill" There
was a damp copy of the Wrights-
vile Record in his overcoat pocket.
"Did Lola know" asked Ellery as
they walked into the house.
"No. She was just taking a walk
she said. Nobody knows yet"
"They will" remarked Ellery
dryly, when your paper hits the
streets"
"You're a snoop," growled Lloyd,
"but sometimes like you. Take my
advice and hop the first train out. F"
al like it here" smiled Ellery.
"Why?"
Because this is dangerous
town"
How so?"
-You'll see when the news gets
around. Everybody who was at the
party last night will be smeared."
Lloyd shook his heavy shoulders. 81
don't figure you"
"Why bother? For that matter,
you're not simple sum in arithme-
tic yourself"
You'll hear plenty about me-"
81 already have"
al don't know" exclaimed Lloyd
savagely, why | stand here in the
foyer gassing with a nitwit" He
shook the floor striding into the liv-
ing room.
"The poison" said DR.. willough-
by, sis known generally as white
arsenic"
They were sitting in q rough
circle, like at a seance. Chief Dakin
stood at the fireplace, and asked,
"What else did you find? That poi
son parts right. We checked in our
lab during the night"
ats used in medicine mostly as
as an Alternative or tonic" went on
the doctor tonelessly. "There's no
way of telling from the dregs Of the
cocktail-at least with accuracy
but judging from the speed with
which the poison acted, I'd estimate
there was n deadly dose in that
glass"
prescribe any Of that stuff re-
Gently for anyone you know,
Doc?" muttered Carter Bradford.
mo"
"We've established a bit more"
said Chief Dakin looking around.
Most probably it was plain ordi-
nary rat poison. And no trace of il
was found anywheres except in that
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-11
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