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Evening star., 1945-11-19
Police Probing
Officers Story
OF Car Incident
Action to Depend on
Identity Of Driver
Of Congress Auto

Police officials and representa-
tive of the Corporation Counsel's
once will meet this afternoon to
discuss an incident in which Traffic
Policeman Roy S. Bridges, Sc, said
he was dragged 40 feet and thrown
to the ground Saturday by car,
which he declared bore congress
sional tag. Mr.. Bridges said the
driver refused to stop after allegedly
violating traffic regulations.
The meeting, ordered by Col. Ed
ward j. Kelly, superintendent of po-
lice, will take place in the Corpora
tion Counsers Office. 1t will be at
tended by Inspector Arthur E. Mil
Ter, chief of the Traffic Division;
Policeman Bridges and Capt. Will
liam j. Cunningham.
Prior to the meeting, Mr.. Bridges
was to attend the Police Clinic for
treatment of arm bruises and con-
fer with Col. Kelly and the officials
mentioned in Col. Kelly's office.
No Official Report Received.
Col. Kelly said he had received
no official report of the incident,
and that any possible action by the
corporation counsel or the United
States Attorneys Office would de-
pend on whether Policeman Bridges
could identify the driver of the
automobile Capt. Cunningham
said the identity of the driver has
not been established
Mr.. Bridges, who lives at 130 U
street NE, said the car bore Penn
sylvania license tag No. HG-422, but
that he was unable to get its con-
gressional tag number.
According to Pennsylvania motor
vehicle registration officials, a IL
cense of this number had been
issued to Representative Eberharter,
Democrat, of Pennsylvania. Up to
1890 pm. today, Mr.. Eberharter
could still not be reached for a
statement.
Mr.. Bridges was directing traf-
fic at Fourteenth and H streets
NV, when, according to his state
ment, the car in question, driven
east on H street, attempted to make
a pr nibited left turn into Four
teench street against a red light
after narrowly avoiding collision
with car going west on H street.
Officer Describes Incident.
The officer said he approached the
driver and told him to stop when
he observed the car violating traf-
flc regulations. But the car kept
going, Policeman Bridges said, so he
put his right hand on the door
handle and again told the driver
to stop.
The officer declared the driver
refused. The policeman stated he
hung on until the car attained a
speed of rs miles an hour and then
let 60. One sleeve of his uniform
was nearly torn off. He said he
then commandeered another car
and followed the first car, which
stopped for a red light at I street.
At this point. Policeman Bridges
quoted the driver as saying, Nov,
what are you going to do about it?"
The officer said he replied, Il
don't suppose I can do anything"
The policeman then stated he took
the cars license number, and that
the car drove off before he could get
its congressional number. The Off
Ger then reported the matter to
Capt. Cunningham.
Evening star., 1945-11-19
Dr.. Maier Urges Lutherans
To Meet PeriIs FACING u. 5.

A call on Americans to stand firm
against six postwar perils threaten
ing the country was made last night
by DR.. Walter A. Maier, professor
|of Old Testament Interpretation
and history, Concordia College, St.
Louis, at Lutheran hour rally in
Constitution Hall The rally was
sponsored by the Lutheran Action
Council with Rueben Hogenson as
general chairman of the Committee
on Arrangements.
The st. Louis minister listed the
perils facing American life as de-
structive influences from European
radicalism, infidel and "anti-God"
education in many colleges, the
breakdown of the home augmented
by the highest divorce rate in our
history. conflicts between capital
and labor, an increase in crime and
growing attacks on the Christian
faith.
Dr. Maier declared the answer to
these perils lies in remaining stead
fast and unmovable in the Lord"
He added we should enforce this
point by helping others keep firm
faith in God. with all engaging in
supporting the church.
Evening star., 1945-11-19
.0D1 TO AIIot Plane Space
For Pacific Veterans

An Office of Defense Transporta-
ton spokesman today confirmed
reports that certain percentage"
of space on eastbound commercial
airlines will be taken over to bring
returning Pacific veterans. home
from West Coast ports, but details
Of the plan are yet to be worked out.
Plans to provide more air trans
portation for veterans, the ODT
spokesman said, are being discussed
at series of meetings today, to
which airline and Army representa-
tives have been invited.
In addition to deciding how much
space will be needed for the vet
Grams, it was explained, decision
also will be made on whether the
priority system will be put in effect
again. Some of these details will be
left to the airlines once ODT has
made the decision on space.
1t was reported unofflcially In
San Francisco over the week end
that ODT plans to commander 10
per cent Of all eastbound airline res
ervations from Pacific Coast ports.
Evening star., 1945-11-19
More Funds Urged
1oAid in Public Works

Appropriation of additional funds
to aid municipalities and other
local governing agencies to plan
public works was advocated today
by Federal Works Agency Ad-
visory Committee.
A report to Maj. Gen. Philip B.
Fleming, Federal Works administra-
tor, pointed out that Substantial
good" can come from expanded pub
lie works during a period of depres-
sion and indicated that deferrine
OF public works was not necessarily
called for "at the crest of an up
swing in the economic cycle"
Replying to E. Lawrence Chand-
Ter, committee chairman and Wash
ington representative of the Amer
lean Society of Civil Engineers, Gen
Fleming said FWAs own studies
bring us essentially into accord
with the reports conclusions.
1T Is important Gen. Fleming
said, that we have started early on
careful consideration of the aues-
tions involved in this particular
problem because the best time to ex-
ercise timing Judgment is in ad-
vance of the submission of programs
to Congress.
Evening star., 1945-11-19
Buptist Home Children
To Be YuIe Purty Guests

The Bethesda Chevy Chase Lions
Club has completed plans for its
annual Christmas party, December
28, for the children and staff Of
the Baptist Home.
The party, to be held at the Ken
wood Club, will include a dinner
and a program of entertainment.
A Christmas tree will be supplied
and trimmed by Kenneth Trunnell.
The annual Charter Night party,
which will honor T. Girard Lee,
immediate past president, will be
a dinner dance at the Kenwood
Club December 8.
Evening star., 1945-11-19
Senators Sound Out
Byrnes on Palestine

A Senate Foreign Relations sub
committee discussed with Secretary
Of State Byrnes today resolutions
pending in the Senate concerning
Jewish immigration into Palestine.
Senator Green, Democrat, Of
Rhode Island, chairman Of the
group, told reporters the Senators
were seeking the State Departments
views on the resolutions.
Besides Senator Green, the group
included Senators Hatch, Democrat
Of New Mexico; Tunnel, Democrat,
Of Delaware; Austin, Republican, OF
Vermont, and Wiley, Republican, OF
Wisconsin. Senators Wagner, Demo-
crat, OF New York, and Taft, Re-
publican, OF Ohio. sponsors Of one
of the pending resolutions, accom-
panied the subcommittee.
Evening star., 1945-11-19
| Man Loses Barn
| ByFne and
| $50 in Robbery

Henry Allen, owner of the old
Cashell farm near Layhill, Md, suf-
fered two losses last night when his
barn was destroyed by fire and $50
was stolen from his house, Silver
Spring police reported today.
According to police, Mr.. Allen was
counting his money preparatory to
making a bank deposit today, when
he saw his barn was afire. After
moving his car. parked in a shed
adjacent to the blazing barn, he re-
entered the house and saw a. man in
what he described as a soldiers uni
form picking up the money from a
table in the living room.
He yelled at the man, who ran
through the kitchen and escaped
through the back door, he told po-
lice. The barn was destroyed.
Evening star., 1945-11-19
H Street BuiIdinq
is Ordered Vacated
For New Theater
By ROBERT ]. LEWIS.

Tenants of the 40 Offices in the
4-story Maryland Building, 1410 H
street NV, have been notified to
vacate by December l, it was learned
today, to clear the way for imme-
diate construction of a 1,500-seat
theater by the Trans-Lux Radio
City Corp.
Excavation for the three story
theater building is scheduled to be-
gin between December l and Is, it
was explained.
The theater will be a separate
building behind the present Trans
Lux newsreel theater, and will show
feature productions. The newsreel
theater will remain standing and
Continue its present type of show
ings. e
Office Building Planned.
The new theater will be part of
a project to include an abutJing
12-story Office building with 1885,
foot frontage on New York avenue,
it was said.
Louis M. Denit, attorney for the
Trans-Lux interests here, today
said District Court Justice Brice
Clagget last Wednesday rendered a
judgment upholding the theater
firm in its suit for possession of the
site for the Office building The
site now is leased by the Detroit
Service Parking Corp. and is used
as parking lot.
Construction of the office build
ing. it was said, will begin when
possession is cleared and materials
are available. The site formerly
was owned by Mrs. Evalyn Walsh
Mclean. who instituted suit for
possession last year.
An original judgment in favor of
Mrs. Mclean later was set aside
and the theater firm continued the
suit, Mr.. Denit said Involved in
the suit was the parking firm S
claim there existed an oral agree
ment for a reduction in rent.
Subsidiary of Trans-Lux Corp.
The Trans-Lux Radio Corp. is
designed as subsidiary of the
Trans-Lux Corp. of New York,
headed by Percy NJ Furber of New
York. Operator of the present
Trans-Lux Theater here is the
Trans-Lux Washington Corp, also
subsidiary of the New York firm.
The Maryland Building, assessed
for total of 1887, $40, was purchased
about a year ago by the Trans
Lux interests from the Mutual
Benefit Life Insurance Co. of New
ark, N. j., at the same time it pur-
chased the Mclean property 'front.'
ing on New York avenue. The
two sites make a plot stretching
from New York avenue to H street
behind the present Trans-Lux
Theater.
Under plans discussed at the time
OF the purchase, the firm said it
also would build two-level garage
beneath the site, with elevator serv-
ice to the new theater.
Evening star., 1945-11-19

responsibility as citizens of a COM
munity than to purchase Christmas
seals.
The National tuberculosis Asso-
citation has set Nation wide goal
of SIS 100000.
Edward K. Funkhouser, executive
secretary of the District associa-
ton, said its principal aims are mass
X-ray surveys to find unknown
cases; health education to reach all
groups with information on tuber-
culosis prevention and control
medical and statistical research and
rehabilitation of the patients in the
four local tuberculosis hospitals.
Ninety-flve per cent of the money
raised in the local drive will be
spent in Washington, with the re-
manning per cent going to the
national association.
AS an opening campaign event,
Station WINK will present a half
hour radio program of entertainers
at 7:30 o'clock tonight from the
Glenn Dale Sanatorium.
Evening star., 1945-11-19
Taxi Driver Sought
For Questioning in
Stabbing Of Soldier

A taxicab driver was sought by
police today to supply information
in the stabbing of a Fort Meade
soldier, found bleeding and uncon-
scious yesterday morning on va
can't lot at Fourth and Neal streets
NE.
Identified by fingerprints as Pvt.
Frank H. Roberts, 80, of Hoschton,
Ga, the soldier was fighting for his
life in Walter Reed Hospital, his
head, neck and body stabbed and
slashed more than 80 times.
Reviving only momentarily from
coma, induced by loss of blood and
shock, the soldier informed police he
had attended a party Saturday
night in the 400 block of Fourteenth
street NV.
Sailors, Girl Located.
On that clue, homicide squad men
led by Special Investigator David
Ennis and Detective Sergt. A. D.
Clarke. found two sailors and a girl
who said they had left the party
with Pvt. Roberts.
They hailed a cab at Fourteenth
and Taylor streets NV, near the
party. at about 1890 am. Sunday
and rode to a coffee shop on Four
teenth street NV, south of Thomas
Circle, where the sailors and girl
departed and left the soldier in the
front seat with the cab driver, police
said.
The driver was wanted for ques-
tioning as the last person known
to have been with Pvt. Roberts be-
fore he was found at II am. Sunday
Cuts on Throat, Face.
Wearing only a regulation Army
shirt, Pvt. Roberts was suffering
from shallow wounds over the face
head, throat and body, apparently
inflicted by knife. Police said his
throat was cut from ear to ear and
another slash appeared on his ab-
domen.
Adding to the mystery was the
fact that the soldier still wore his
wristwatch, causing police to doubt
robbery was the motive.
The soldier was found by Johr
Hudson, 1884 Thirteenth street NE.
a cab driver, and Gordon T. Ward o1
Crisfield, Md. They told police they
were attracted by the feeble move.
ments of the man.
Other Clothing Located.
Police who answered their sum.
mons found the soldier lying fac,
down in a patch of weeds. Abou
$50 yards from the scene a pair O
bloody Army trousers was fount
along the Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks near the New York avenu,
overpass.
A few feet from the soldier wer,
a pair of khaki socks and blood,
shorts. A fountain pen and blood
stains found on Fourth street nea
the body led police to believe ;
struggle had taken place there:
At Walter Reed Hospital, wher,
Pvt. Roberts still was unconsciou
in an oxygen tent, it was said h
had a $3.50 chance to survive.
Evening star., 1945-11-19
Skiskowski Puts
Blame
On Slain Man
Denies He or Quinn
Participated in
$24,600 HoIdup

Charles J. Skiskowski, 43, charged
with driving the getaway car in the
s24,600 holdup of National Bank of
Washington messengers last March
80, took the stand in District Court
today in his own defense.
okiskowski said the robbery was
carried out by Joe McCann, who was
killed in New York April 20 by FBI
men.
The defendant. who described
himself as McCann's ''lobbygow," or
messenger boy, said he himself was
touring around Washington in an
automobile when the crime was
perpetrated. McCann told him
later, he said, that Jimmy Horan
and Frank Schwartz were in on that
job" Neither man was further
identified.
Denies Quinn Was Involved.
Skiskowski denied that his CO.
defendant, Michael Quinn, had any.
thing to do with the robbery.
Skiskowski said that he met Nc
Cam in Newark, N. j., late on the
night of Good Friday, March 80,
the day of the crime, after driving
there from Washington. He said
McCann gave him revolver and
package to keep for him, as there
were lot of girls frying up a lot
OF stuff for Easter" at his sister,
in-laW's house, where he (McCann)
was staying, and they did not know
he was doing anything out of the
way.
SkiskoWski later told of his mis-
adventure with two Newark detec-
tlves, who chased him from the au-
tomoblle in front of the house
leaving the package on the front
seat. The package contained s4,70O
and $500 of this was in new 81
bills of the same serial numbers as
money taken from the bank mes
sengers. He went to Joe McCann.
he said, and told him what had
happened.
He called me all kinds of names"
Skiskowski said He quoted Nc
Cam as saying, You put a lot of
people on the spot. How did you
do stupid thing like that?"
Saw Evil Intentions"
SkiSkowski went on. From the
talk 1 had with him I gathered he
had evil intentions as far as I was
concerned"
/ Justice James M. Proctor had to
aomonlsh spectators against laugh
ter in the court.
| He was going to bump you OFF,"
SklskoWski was asked.
That was the Implication" was
his answer.
SkiskoWski told of meeting Nc
Cam one night during the next
week at the southwest corner of
Central Park in New York.
He wanted me to walk through
the park, Skiskowski said. Il told
him I had an appointment later
and let's so into Child's instead.
i wouldn't go into the park with
him"
He told of his arrest and of con-
tlnued questioning by FBI agents
before he signed a confession in
Volvlng himself and Quinn.
They didn't hit me-" Skiskowski
said. They wore me down mem
tally"
At the conclusion of Skiskowski's s
testimony the defense rested with
out putting the co1defendant, Mi
chael Quinn, on the stand. John
w. Fihelly, assistant United States
attorney, summed up briefly for the
Government. The case is expected
to go to the jury after defense sum-
nation later this afternoon.
Evening star., 1945-11-19
DsiwRstioninq
&Reminderea

Meats, Fats, Etc.-Stamps FL
through XII good through No
vember 80. Stamps LII through
Q-1 good through December 81.
Stamps RI through vi good
through January 81. Stamps
WI through Z-1 and green stamp
N-8 good through February 28.
Points for Fats Your meat dealer
will pay four red ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp 38 good through De-
cember 81. Next stamp valid
January /.
Evening star., 1945-11-19
Talks Resumed
Avert New
Transit Tieup
ConeiIiotors Also
Attempt to Settle
Two Other Disputes
BULLETIN.

After a morning session at
lie Wardman Park Hotel, ne
gotiators in the Capital Tran
sit Co. wage dispute recessed
until 10 am. tomorrow. A
union meeting of transit
workers at Turner's Arena to-
morrow midnight, it was an
nounced. will be "a hours
ahead Of the deadline for the
two-Week truce for negotia-
tions which both union and
company officials regard as
being midnight Wednesday.
Faced with the possibility that op-
orators of Capital Transit Co
streetcars and buses might tie up
mass transportation here again on
Wednesday, negotiators for the COM
pany, the union and the Labor De-
partment's Cancellation Service re-
sumed their efforts to settle the wage
dispute at the Wardman Park Hotel
today.
The operators went back to work
after the recent 36-hour tieup of
transit lines with the understanding
that the negotiators were given two
weeks to reach an agreement on
the wage issue. The deadline is
midnight tomorrow, at which time
the union will hold another mass
meeting at Turner's Arena.
w. F.. Simms, president OF Local
689, Amalgamated Association of
Street, Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employees, called the meeting
but refused to say whether it might
result in a continuous meeting"
such as the one which took all opera
tors of streetcars and buses two
weeks ago. He expressed the hope
that the wage dispute could be SET
tied before the deadline.
O'Connell Presides.
Martin J. O'Connell of the con-
ciliation service is presiding over
the negotiations.
The Labor Departments Concilia-
ton Service also took measures to
arbitrate deadlock and to stave off
another threatened walkout.
Howard Colvin, assistant director
of the Cancellation Service, said
Commissioner r. w. Goodrich was
attempting to schedule a meeting
between the striking Local 639, In
ternational Brotherhood of Team
sters (AFL) and the District Truck
ing Association.
The truck drivers struck against
II trucking concerns October Is for
wage increases and new classifica-
ton brackets. With thousands OF
dollars worth of goods tied up in
freight depots, the disputing parties
discontinued attempts at settlement
two weeks ago.
No Progress on Greyhound.
Mr. Colvin said nothing had beer
accomplished toward settlement ol
the Pennsylvania Greyhound bu!
strike which has disrupted traffic
to the north since November !.
I ShAtotAANi JdIllCS n
Holden, has been assigned to tn,
threatening strike of Local All
United Cafeteria and Restaurant
Workers (CIO) against 81 Fedora
cafeteriaS, Mr.. Colvin said.
meeting between the parties ha
been scheduled for 2::30 pm
Wednesday in an effort to forestal
a strike vote planned by the work
ers early next month.
Meanwhile, Government Services
Inc, operator of the cafeterias. ex
planned that managers, assistan
managers. supervisors, clerks, cash
iers and checkers were not union
lied and would not participate il
a strike should it occur, contrary t.
what the public seemed general,
To believe
Evening star., 1945-11-19
.Byrd's Apple Orchard
To Have Puckinq Plant
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, Nov.
19.-Materials are being assembled
for the construction of an apple
packing plant in the orchard Of
Senator Byrd, 2 miles south of here,
lit was learned today.
The new building will be con-
structed on the Norfolk g. Western
Railway and siding will be in
stalled.
The Senator's orchard here COM
prises approximately 1900 acres,
with more than 1000 acres just be-
ginning to bear.
Evening star., 1945-11-19
Gen. Waller to Speak

FRONT ROYAL, Va, Nov. 10
(SpeciaD Brig. Gen. S. Gardner
Waller, Adjutant General Of Vir-
ginia, will speak at meeting of
the Front Royal Chamber Of Com
merce at the Warren County court
house at 8 pm. tomorrow. His topic
will be "The Reorganization Of the
Virginia National Guard"
Evening star., 1945-11-19
Head Of Gronqe Reelected

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 10 (P.-
Albert S. Goss. master of the Ma
tional Grange, was reelected to
that position today as the 10th
meeting of the organization went
into the sixth day.
Evening star., 1945-11-19
Truman Family Enjoys
Sunday Potomac Cruise

BY the Associated Press.
President Truman and his family,
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Wallace and their two children,
went for a brief cruise on the Po-
tomac River yesterday.
Mr. Wallace is Mrs. Truman S
brother.
The trip was made aboard a So
foot day cruiser, described by the
Navy as small, 'runabout" motor
boat. The new presidential yacht,
ths Williamsburg, is on a shake
down cruise.
Evening star., 1945-11-19
Mrs. Smith to Speak

Mrs. Clarice' O. Smith, director
OF neighborhood Fairgrounds in the
District, will speak on recreation at
meeting of the District Congress
OF Parents and Teachers at 1890
am. tomorrow in Adams School
Nineteenth and California streets
NV.
Evening star., 1945-11-19

Ryan, the father, who served in the
Navy in the World War.
Contributions received thus far
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-06
FEPC Without Funds
Still Being Kicked
Around in Congress

WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA
Wire)-The FEPC today was right
back where it started three weeks
ago so far as an appropriation is
concerned. The only difference is
that three weeks ago it was an
operating agency on funds appro-
priated June a year ago. Now the
fiscal year has ended, and the
agency, awaiting congressional &C
ton, is dead.
The House Rules committee re-
fused by a tie vote to report the
Senate-amended war agencies ap-
preparation bill containing two hum
dred fifty thousand dollars for the
FEPC to the House for considera-
ton and vote. The Rules committee
vote was five-fve.
The measure was then recon-
mitted to the Appropriations COM
mittee, which by a vote of twenty
twelve sent to the House new ap-
preparation bill without the FEPC
included. This new bill must now
go to the Rules committee, which is
expected to send it to the floor so
gagged" that an amendment plac-
ing FEPC in the measure cannot
be accomplished without suspen-
sion of the rules requiring a two
thirds vote. The heavy represen-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-07-06

Shown above is 1st 1t. Harold
Brown, recently released from a
German prison camp. He is at home
on a 60-day furlough.
An army pilot in the goth Fight
er Group with the 332nd Fighter
Squadron stationed in Italy, 1t
Brown, now wearing a service
medal with three oak leaf clusters,
was forced to bale out of his plane
near Bruck, Austria, on March IA.
He landed on a mountain-side in
snow up to his waist to find him.
self completely surrounded by
Nazis. He says he was treated
fairly we'll during his capture and
return to the camp.
His brother, Sgt. Lawrence
Brown, critically injured in an acct
dent in France a few weeks before
the Lieutenant's disappearance, is
also here on furlough. The lieuten-
ant visited his brother in hospital
in France just a few days before
he went out on the eventful mission.
Both boys are at the home of their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown,
COS Olson Blvd. They say they feel
fortunate to have met again SO
soon, and this time back home.