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Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
COP Asks Data
On Secret Probe

By RAY RICHARDS
Detroit Ilu,es Wsshi1ftoa Boffar

WASHINGTON Dec S Secret
findings of 08y, baaa Of an
ouiu, said 20 agqat E,a A4m
Kimmol q, completely 3D., E.u
Gen. short va, cleared nc
suppressed conclusions of tec
army board were called I'r fodN
by the Republican minority of rhe
Pearl Harh0r committee
AS in the case ut tho secret
findings oi thc airv botrt. fhc
minority described the navy data
aS placing an entirely different
complexion on Pearl Harbor Cul-
pability than was given i'm 'ho
public reports of either service
board in August
In the public reports only rHo
slightest degree of criticism WAS
directed % high Washington oin-
ca'don leaving Short and hm-
mel The commanders fu Hawaii
A. tho time of the japanese .ad
aS the SCapeRoatS
The suppressed findings how
ever. blamed the war department
and the 'poliCy-maklng officers
q Washington AS responsible tor
not alcrtng the Hawaiian defense
on the strength Of japanese war
plans known IN the capital The
navy report is said 70 ntUc only
Adm. Stark. chief of naval opera
tionS. in the failure TO send sde-
quate warning.
one reason the Republicans are
so anxious 10 get al the navy data
is that AZ the time OF Pearl liar.
bor. the navy department was
even more under the executive
direction of the White House and
the state department the prin-
Cipal pohcy-making offices. than
was the war department.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
DETROIT AND EXPORT
IMPORT MARKETS -.

In recent weeks We have beer
receiving responsible inquiries or
the financial aspects of export
import trade in greatly increasing
numbers.
While such trade is still
regulated by our own and
by foreign goVerumrnts,
changes and notifications
of such regulations have
permitted numerous alert
ttetfoit bTrns To engage ia
foreign trade. snoothly and
prohtably. While full vol
Iinie has not been achieved.
these alert industries are
fully prepared 10 take every
advantage of opportunities
as they develop.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10

.AF-NF'F- foHk-t aivin tyciidze. ~
uoops f,lading s55th AAG Bn 1915 oS
" Campbeu. $50 troops including s22d ord
HAM 20 } 5lsth ORD Meo Auto Main
Co 522d ord HAM Co, 527th Counter
ln'elu.en4e Curps Del, four WACS.
William Iev, lsI uoos including 45t,r
and db2d Old E,ac Co 254th ord IA =
co Lataps % misoellan o'1 troops Norman
4. Mack. 20.
LelAnd stanford 5ss John ilicesen. .. a.Ssl
mc. Muse nc's ~ als, 9l@ setn a'a
end 40 special troops. 3l1th In' Rra.
lo4ti EusincC-s combat Bo Al2ih li.id
Artillery 81. 9b ord Msin' Co ,'il
On a.. 10Th Cav Recon. Iroopr Andrc~
Iuruseth. $40.
Al SAN FRANCIsCo-BurlclEh. 50 navy
I "a miscellaneous army troops frederies
Funston. 54s navy patients Amy
/ navy New Orleans, 3A7 navy ODl VI, l7o
nayS. PCsss. II navy, quincy, G72 navy,
marines. 4 army.
Rockwall, - navy, ! 752 army, Suisun,
2a2. navy ma Inc Tacoms. navy, ?
marine Tulane victory, . navy. Winnred o.
smith . nAsv. 7gi army Valentine, II navy.
AT BOSrON-Milliam Mosley, a75 troops
Including utadquarters and Headquarters De
tachment of the 6sth Ordnance Battalion
with medlcs. l4lt QuaTtefmhster Truck
Company op0th and l0l4th Engineer Ttead-
Vay Bridge Companies and one medical OF
G. e Ny. victory, 544 troops Including
The military police platoon and the 3th
infantry Regiment OF The 7qth Infantry pr
vision diverted from New York
VI VI Guhln. SAC troops including TIC
5-Qfp AAA Automatic Weapon Battalion win
mUcI.s Justin Morin. 500 troops. i0Clncing
rr-rnIis'rog one Wedi ri officer and rireNt
nr1us troops Jonathan Edwards, h59 un
Urbnlon PiLe. SO Including sou Field
A-l1cry Bl with mediss KINGSTON victory
4q5 including ninth I'M Divisions Poga'
Grating Bn with medics Henry Gibbons
AT los NNGELLS--UossAtt Bay with 7
Officers 500 army enlisted mcn 20 navy
Tripoli. 80 officers l35 enlisted army
SAN Mstco Victory VITA - army henr'
blood, rariaer passengers unavailable
Al NTWPORr SEw>-Rollins Victor,
5O2 incl si9th Fngineer Bn. IN Port
CO US~R yictory. l 633 Incl siam On
Truck Groups ard 227th On. Battalion
Hl and Hq Dets., A0a2d ON Truck 60
4aTta ON Laundry CO 9so'h and 3iT5th
ON Service Cos. Jonathan Grout sos Inc
lo4th yield Artilley Bn James Jackson
10 Dat Oneida yictor, sos Incl a6tn
b 5T4th AAA Automatic weapons Bn
467rd ord Evacuation Co. 1892 Enginec
C-ilt'y Dei Robert Owen. 592 incl l7giN
Fic'c Artillery Pm. Emily Dickson. "a
woodrow wilson. 81. Manson Hourhtou, 2 3
AT ToCoMA-UsNr Chiffon with asa
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
State AFL Backs
Sedwdy Project

fro NFr In Michigan today
was on record officially as favor
ug construction OF The 81. Law
renee Waterway This action
followed an eieht-hour debate be-
tween Frank y Martel. Wayne
County AL leader, and Eman-
uel LaShover head of the sea-
mon y union
Delegates 20 The convention
adopted resolution iavorng the
project hv e two 10 one vote M
IHp closing sessions yesterday but
only after the ~eamen union
made several attempts TO give the
measure the old "hcave-ho
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
400 Women Selma
Christmas Seals

Four hundred women took ~
downtown posts today 10 sell tho
double barrel Christmas Seal Il
the Wayne County Tuberculosis
Society in It's 39th annual CAM
paign.
Sales booths will be established
in retail stores, office buildings
and theaters and hotel lobb.cs.
Seal funds are used 20 finance
the societys work of case
finding. X-ray examinations and
rehabilitation.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
War Record Spares
Drunk Driver Jail

Traffic Judge George r. Muir
ply today fined Maurice p. Cliff
ford. 50, OF 1872 Roselawn $50
with the alternative of 30 days
in jail for driving while drunk.
Instead Of sending you 10
Jail where drunk drivers 20 1
will impose a fine in view OF
your record and because YOU
are a Spanish-American War
veteran" Murphy said.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
I'D. III STATE
Vets .BObIeSS
Detroit lime. w.,bius,on Bur,au

WASHINGTON, Dee. S-Michi-
gan now has the third largest
number Of iObleSS veterans on sov-
eminent unemployment allowance
rolls of any state, the Veterans
Admins tration revealed today
In one week the number of
Michigan veterans requiring fed
cral unemployment aid jumped
from l0,S01 10 1S.4l4. while the
amount of relief given them in
creased from S271 .93S a week 10
Si65 ,527. Texas and Pennsylvania
are the two other states topping
MIChlran-
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
Secret Base Deals
Revealed bv 4. -.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 8 CUP) -
The United States has been con-
ducting secret negotiations for
landing rights for lis military
planes at strategic landing fields
in foreign countries. II was
learned on good authority today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
AGGRESSIVE BANKING
RELATIONSHIP ESSENTIAL

Our fully established, alert and
thoroughly informed relationships
with financial institutions through
out the world have been an i'm
portant factor in eKpediting and
facilitating these profitable opera
tlons. They viii be much more
important in the years ahead.
Obviously, banking and
business-aRgressiVe bank
ing and aggressive business
are intrrdependeut today
ct every stage of nanufso-
Iuring, distributiun and
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
Producer 10 Wed
CdroIe Lands Today

CINCINNATI. Dec s (AP)-
Carole Lands. Hollywood movie
star. and w Horace Schmldlapp
29-year-old Cinclnnati-born New
York theatrical producer VIII be
married in New York City this
afternoon. Schmidlapp's mother
Mrs. Jean Maxwell Schmldlapp
announced here last night
II will be the fourth matrimo-
NAL venture for Miss Lands and
the second for the producer.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
Poinse+tia Day

ADRIAN. Dec. g Today has
been designated Poinsetua Day
by the Adrian unit of Mothers OF
World War II. Proceeds from the
flower sale will be used TO buy
folding wheelchair for Percy Jones
veterans
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10

shadow the present conclaVe.
One future meeting will be held
in Detroit early O. January to
implement demands by midwest-
ern states that they be given a
greater voice in COP party coun-
cilS. Attending will be Republic
can state chairman from IL re-
gions -- Ohio, Michigan. Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota.
North Dakota. South Dakota.
Iowa. Missouri. Oklahoma, Kan
saS and Nebraska.
sTASsEN, BRICKER LISTED
meanwhile, according 10
Jack Bell. Associated Press
political news editor, the names
Of Harold +. StaSSen of Mime
sofa and John w. Bricker Of
Ohio popped up most frequently
ir lobby conversations about a
194S COP ticket The discussion
OF potential presidential and
vice presidential candidates
went on despite the fact that
the official program had no
room for such conjectures. The
AP reported also that the name
of Coy. Dwight II. Green Of
Illinois also was widely men
toned for. al least a second
place spot on the l9iS tlcket)
MAP 1916 CAMPAIGN
II also was reported that the
Republican national finance Com-
mlttee would convene IN late Jan-
Gary To map plans for a vigorous
fight in the of-year elections IN
50. using a series of Lincoln Day
rallies as the Sprlngboard for The
opening Of the congressional cam
paignS next year.
The present meeting OF the na-
tional committee was called Ia
consider a platform. or statement
OF principles. drawn up by COP
members Of the Senate and House
in Washington Wednesday. The
declaration endorsed the United
Nations organization. called for n
strong rational defense setup. and
took issue with nearly every one
OF President Truman's domestic
policies.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
Air Crash Kills 3

HONOLULU. Dec. s CINS -
Rescuers today recovered The
bodies Of six persons killed in the
crash Of a Liberator two miles
from John Rodgers Airport,
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
FRAUD EXPLODED

That fraud has now been com
plctely exploded by this investi-
CATION.
Never has a secret been more
carefully guarded. The administra-
ton tried 10 keep it even after the
war ended and when the Japanese
were no longer p fighting force.
The pretense that the disclosure
Of the breaking of the codes was
a danger 10 security was the one
big weapon which the administra-
tlon had TO prevent any inNeSti-
CATION.
This is the reason why Mitchell
and GeSell are trying so hard 10
prove there is no truth i'm the
winds" message. which tipped
America off to the oncomlng
blow.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
REACTION FAVORABLE

The meeting was reported he
ing held in Moscow at Byrnos
suggestion.
United Press reports said
that reaction 10 the inclusion
Of Russia in the atom bomb
talks was generally favorable.
The news service quoted Sena-
tor Brien Mc0iahOn Cd of
Connecticut as representative
OF opinion, as follows:
("The decision TO initiate
face-t0-face discussion wi h
Russia and Great Britain on
atomic energy controls indi-
Gates commendable compre-
hension by President Truman
that this subject must have the
-hishest-priority five are to
have a permanent peace and Sc
CuritN"
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
Harmony in COP Ranks
January Parley
Set for Detroit

CHICAGO Dec. s tfNS1=The- Republican national
committee with an outward show of harmony TO wind
up two-day meeting here today by swift endorsement OF
platform for the 1916 congressional elections.
The conference ended even as plans were formulated
for one and possibly gatherings which may over
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
Hiding Pearl Harbor Facts:
Letter do HbeWeV
Reveals Motive
By JOHN T. FLYNN


WASHINGTON, Dec. S-The Dewey letter disclosed in
Cen Marshas testimony only incident in the long
story OF the administrators determination suppress the
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
Nationalize Power

PARIS. Dec. s tINS)-A law 10
nationalize electric power plants
was considered today by the
Ercnch cabinet.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
Id From State
Reach Jones
Detroit Time, Battle Greek BurssU

Detroit Times Battle Creek burea0
BATTLE CREEK. Dec. 8-Lat-
est arrivals at Percy Jones Hos
pltal Center included three De-
troit war casualties and 10 from
outState.
DETROIT
EvANoFF. pfc CVetan aS2 p Ferrv
AERROW. & sgt Larry r, Z4S Coco
ROSS, Pvt Anthony lr 9 Mo1dI1Ae----
OUTsTAIE
ADAMS. IN II Eldon ~ Aims.
BtRDY lSt II Lyle N. Io1ia.
GOMEZ. Pic. Jose J Saginaw
rANNI Pfc Wilusml Bridgeport
KINSEL. s sgt. CLARENCE " Alrers
LESKELA pic John A. Lake Linden
NcCLELLASD % II. Douglas J Calumet.
MCMILLAN Pfc. Orland CharleyoiS.
SLEAMON, Pfc Robert A, Saginaw.
ZECCHINI. T 4 stephen f. Flint.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
BROTHER SAM THERE

Also in the courtroom was
HaryS brother. Sam, who is un-
der a prison term in the Hooper
case.
The sentencing of the five men
to a maximum total Of 2i0 years
IN prison took only 10 minutes.
Before entering the courtroom
Hartrick conferred briefly in his
chamber with each defendant and
defense attorneys, including Ed
ward Kennedy Jr., principal de-
fenSe counsel, who has Indicated
appeals for new trials will be
made next week
State testimony which convicted
the five came principally from
Henry LukS and Sam Abramo-
witt, Jackson prison convcts, who
said they participated in the rob-
berry which netted only $500 IN
stead OF the anticipated SIS, 900
or $50 600
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
All Peace Bids
Rejected by GIN
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mendations TO the conferen c Q
would be.
II will recommend that they
reject both the Presidents pro-
pOSai and GINS offer" Reuther
stated
"We're 1Si, cents an hour
ahead Of where We were when
the strike started. and that's
not enough tn bother picking up.
The corporation is going 10 give
more and more"
Negotiations between the COR
poration and the union Will be
resumed at 10 a. m Monday and
there appeared little likelihood
that any new nay increase offer
would be Forthcoming from the
corporation AZ that time.
After ycSter days meeting.
Harry w. Anderson. GM vice
president in charge of the person
mel. said:
There il no agreement as vet.
Our position i'm tOday'S meeting
was the same a. yesterday. The
union neither cepted or
rejected our offer of 1871
cent pay increase"
Anderson said that the corpora
tion negotiators had reiterated its
refusal 10 discuss its ability 10 pay
when the subject was brought up
by the union.
BECAUSE SAYS GM
I'VE also discussed illegal
picketing, hut no agreement was
reached" Anderson added
Thomas said no new wage offers
had been made by GM.
"We made a proposal 10 the
company in which We agreed
temporarily 10 discontinue talk
ing about prices and all those
other factors In the hopper II
they you'd he willing to discuss
pay increases on ability 10 pay,
but they refuse d." Thomas
asserted.
II asked them 10 give us a
good reason why they wouldn't,
and their only reply was, be
cause
Meanwhile. il was disclosed
through Thomas that Atty. Gen.
Clark was conducting an inpeSti-
CATION OF General Motors 10 deter
mine whether II was guilty OF any
violation Of the antitrust laws.
Thomas had requested such d
move.
Clark said IN a telegram 20
Thomas that his department has
been investigating several anil
trust cases OF the type YOU men
tion, among which is General Mo-
1ors." lie added the probe was
started SIX months ago .0ng bee
fore the JAWS complaint vas
Tiled
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
REDS TO AIR VIEWS

Secretary OF State ByIneS viii
leave early next week 10 meet
Foreign Minister BeNln Of Brit
tain and Foreign Comml>sar
MolotoV Of Russia.
The meeting viii afford the
first opportunity for top Anglo
American officials TO hear Rus
Sia'S views on atomic bomb con-
troll. 1t also will be the first
meeting Of ministers since the
breakdown of the foreign minis
terS council at London in Sep
tembcr. France and China were
represented there. but will not be
present at the Moscow gathering.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
How Soldiers
Come Home

Troopships arriving in u. S.
hoUe ports today, compiled
from reports gathered by ms.
AP and UP, included the fol-
ioIDfno.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
UNo MAY GET CONTROL

(An International News Serv-
ice dispatch from Washington
asserted that the conference WAS
really "A preliminary 10 formal
proposals for turning atomic
bomb control over To the United
Nations. ms also said the par
ley would attempt TO break the
Stalemate Of diplomacy which
has confused all peace talk since
NJ-Day. Hey issues such aS the
Soviet proposal for Japanese
control council. the Iranian Situ-
alton and Capitalization 0f Ger
many were reported high on the
agenda.)
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
Big ; 10 Talk
Atom Control

WASHINGTON, bee. S APP
The Big Three viii make us first
iont approach 10 1he -omihnl.S
-ttbt-rt of stUuTTC control az a
meeting Of United States, British
and Russian foreign secretaries in
Moscow Dee. Is.
An official announcement by he
state department sand that "sn
exchange of views on The subject
Of The control of atomic energy
definitely would be- held. The sec
rctaric> also viii take up other
matters OF current concern 10
then gON crnmpntS.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
Funeral Monday
For H. {. Frick
Obituaries
Funeral services Wsre re-
ported TO the Times for:

HERMAN {. FRiCk at 10 a. m.
Monday m the Leonard Sullivan
Funcra. Home. 7543 Dexter,
Burial: Grandlawn. Mr.. Frick,
IS. prominent Detroit artist, died
suddenly Yesterday in his home
al 2553 ". Grand Blvd. Suryiy-
ing -Four sisters Mrs. Charles
Soukup of Cleveland and Mrs.
Ida Overturf, Mrs. Harry l.,
Maher and Mrs. Thomas Y. Smith
OF Detroit.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
VERA $. WAKEFIELD. for

OF Detroit.
VERA =. WAKEFIELD, for II
years a teacher at the Carstens
School. at . p. m. Monday at the
Verhcyden Funeral Home, 16300
Mack Mrs. Warfield, 80, died
Thursday in her home at 1917
T.. Outer Drive after an 1S-month
illness. She was born in Russia,
coming TO Detroit as an infant.
Survivors: Husband, Charles NJ.
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
Schdfer; sister, Mrs. Lydia Petit,
and brother. Edward Schafer.
Burial: Woodlawn.
MAX BIGELMAN. 90 at noon
tomorrow in Lewis Bros. Chapel.
John r and MarStone He died
yesterday in Womcns Hospital
after 10 days illness. Survivors
Wife, Anna; three sons, DR.. Leo,
Jack and Ira; a daughter, Mrs.
Florence Fuller. Burial: Work
mems Circle Cemetery.
PAUL T.. BRISCH OF 10 Sproat
at , p. m Monday in the A. II.
Peters Funeral Home, 12057
Gratiot. Burial: Lutheran Gene
terry. Mr.. Brlsch died yesterday
at his home after short Illness.
He was was associated with the
L. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co.
Survivors: Wife. Lillian; sister,
Bertha; brother. William.
GEORGE FORREST, 81. of
1851 Linwood at $50 a. m. Mon
day in his residence and at 9 a. m.
in St. Leo'S Church. Mr.. Forrest
who was born in Scotland and
lived in Detroit since 1887, died
Thursday. He retired in 1927 as
city freight agent for the Mich
igan Central Railroad. Survivors
A daughter. Mrs. Mary Frawley;
four sons. Gordon, Edward. Glenn
and Charles; nine grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.
Burial; Mt, Olivet
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
UNSURPASSED
ADVANTAGES -,

Now that foreign trade. upon
which international goodwill de-
pends 80 heavily, is being resumed.
our resources, experience CO and con-
nections will provide unsurpassed
advantages to firms engaged in or
contemplating overseas trade.
The collection OF bills OF ex-
change and drafts on foreign
countries, the issuance OF CONNER
cial and travellers letters of credit,
remittance by draft and cable.
etc. are important, Of course, and
We have every facility and many
years Of experience in handling
them. But of much greater i'm
portance are the facts concerning
financial responsibility and ex-
perience Of those with whom you
viii deal throughout the world.
particularly during the early
stages Of any relationship.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10

sales, whether domestic ~
international. as never be-
fore.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
Hood|unns Get
Long Terms
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ties and who were heavily bearded
after night in Jail. had little
comment. What was said was
whispered aside TO reporters.
'Tll never live that long"
commented Fleisher, who is ~
and who along with Mahoney
and Selik are under five-year
prison terms for plotting the
murder of State Senator War
rem G.. Hooper.
UNFAIR SAYS SELIk
"This il unfair" said Selik.
ITS too many wears, and any
how we aren't guilty"
Mahoney leaned over and shook
the hand of Special Prosecutor
Kim Sigler, remarking dryly,
"Goodby, Kim"
ChivaS is the youngest of the
five. being %. Davidson is 33,
Selik is 32. and Mahoney is the
oldest, ~
All five men were denied bail
after their conviction yesterday
and defense attorneys said they
will go to the state supreme court
next week IN an attempt 10 win
their freedom on bond
Although the courtroom was
packed there was no demonStra-
ton as the sentences were pro-
nounCed.
In the courtroom were Sellk'S s
younger brother, HNman, who
wears the Purple Heart and who
was released recently from the
army
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
THEN SHUT THE DOOR

Then they closed the doors On
the word-including Congress -
and refused all access to the facts.
thus convicting Short and Kim
mel without a hearing.
The ground on which they eX-
cu,cd this was that an open IN
veStigatlon would give essential
information 10 the enemy, namely,
that We had broken the codes.
What they really wanted 10 do
was 10 conceal a fact, thee un-
known. but now known by every
body. thanks 10 this investigation.
The President had told the world
that the government was surprised
by the Japanese attack. That wa,
a falSchood.
The President StimSon. Knox.
Hull. Marshall and Stark all knew
and had known for al least 10
days that the Japanese we're about
10 strike. bat they had withheld
these facts from Short and KIM
mel.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
DETROIT %ssTtMES

-Ptiir44-l+.ti- FNerk- Day Evening ana
sunday Morning by the Times PubiSAing
Company at 1925 Times square, Detroit 81.
Michigan.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
truth about Pearl Harbor.

truth about Pearl Harbor.
1t must never be forgotten thai
The President the secretary of wsl
and The secretary OF the navy
named three separate commission,
10 uNe,tigare Pearl Harbor and
that these three bodies abSolVed
tho men who appointed them and
put the blame first on two men
Gen. Short and Adm. kimmel--
and later on several others.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-10
LOCAL. NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL

Our banking services have
always been local, national
and northumberland the
worldwide phase Of our serV-
ice will be more important
and more helpful, as Detroit,
interruptions notWith-
standing, moves TO its dee
tined place in world trade
and world economy.
Hal Y. Lemon,
Wee President
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-10
SPECIAL VENIRE
CALLED IN TRIAL

RALEIGH, July g. Up Judge
Clawson Williams of Sanford today
summoned a special 125-man ven
ire to report in Wake County Su-
perior court Wednesday for pos
sible jury duty in the trial of Harry
C. Harrison, youthful ex-Marine, on
a charge of murder in connection
with the death of Mrs. May V.
Higham.
The special venire is in addition
to the "a petit jurors serving for
the regular term of Wake Court.
Solicitor William Y. Beckett said
that examinations of the veniremen
for selection of a 13-man jury prob
ably will take all of Wednesday,
and that testimony. in the case will
begin Thursday.
Mrs. Higham, a prominent Ra
leigh clubwoman, was found deac
in the charred ruins of her home
here Easter Monday morning. Hell
body was badly burned and hel
skull was fractured. Harrison, {
native of Scotland Neck and dis
tant cousin of the wealthy widow
was arrested two days later ane
charged with murder and arson il
connection with Mrs. Higham'
death. Police said they recovered
a quantity of Mrs. Higham'
ljewelry from Harrison's person AM
from his automobile when they al
lrested him.