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Evening star., 1945-08-18
|Oberon Fluoroscope
Sets a New Style
BY the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD.
Audiences are going to get the in
side stuff on Merle Oberon in "As It
Was Before"
While her exterior has always had
the interest and approval of film
goers, a microscopic shot of her
heart as she lies. an attempted sui
eide, on the operating table. will be
shown. The shot was made by
Cameraman Lucien Ballard, her new
husband.
Evening star., 1945-08-18

because he was out of practice or
did not know how.
Il suppose if you know how and
had merely forgotten, it would come
back very easily" he says.
johnson has made only two pic
lures in Hollywood, It's a Pleasure"
being the other one He is currently
headed for the legitimate theater as
soon as his vaudeville tour ends. He
will go back to Hollywood, however
when the stage play is over.
L like it there" he says. Life is
easier. / like it where life is easier.
was born in Baltimore and lived
around here all my life, but there
seems to be less competition over
everything in the west. Here everv
one seems to be looking for the main
chance. Out there, one can relax. 3"
johnson is under contract to no
motion picture studio at the mo-
ment, but that is not worrying him.
The play he is to do is musical
play, not musical comedy, and he
Is counting upon movie offers before
ne has to start worrying about them.
The Day Before Spring" a pleas
ant title, is the name of the produc-
ton In which he will appear. He
will sing the male lead John c.
Wilson is producing and Allen Ler-
ner and Frederick Lowe wrote the
book and lyrics. Johnson is happy
with the music and the story. The
former already is being touted as the
most promising of the season.
The story, he said, is about 10th
college reunion.
Some one suggested that he had
timed his own graduation in 1886
perfectly for such a play.
That's how they happened TO cast
me in it, he laughed.
X
One of the reasons johnson likes
Hollywood so much is that out there
he Is a farmer on a limited scale.
The scale is limited to l acre, but
johnson managed to stock it lightly
with animals and poultry. He took
care OF the farming and mainte-
nance himself, even to the slaugh-
terlng of couple of lambs. One
OF his major regrets about leaving
the place was that he had to give
up his Dalmatian dog.
He was the greatest excavator
In the San Fernando Valley" John
son says. HE was even better than
the gophers"
The dog, to establish his superb
ority, used to dig out the gophers
He got his nose bitten one day by a
gopher who did not like the intru-
sion.
"Otherwise," johnson recalls
fondly. "he was a quite intelligent
dog. One night we were playing a
bit of cards at the house and he
walked around the table looking at
the various hands. When he got to
Evening star., 1945-08-18
Good Businessmen
These Dancers
HOLLYWOOD

When Rosario and Antonio, Span
iSh gypsy dancers, completed their
work in RKO Radios musical PAN
Americana" they insisted on being
paid in cash
It's an old Spanish superstition Of
theirs. They like to feel the crisp
banknotes in their hands. A check
doesn't give them the same lift.
Till recently they never had a
bank account. Where they went
their earnings went Marcel Ven-
tura. their manager, vainly begged
them to let him open an account or
buy a heavy steel safe.
They yielded only after a suit
case containing $1,000 was emptied
of $1,000 in cash by an unlimited
visitor.
Evening star., 1945-08-18

Nearly 5000 persons in Fire are
now making boots and shoes.
Evening star., 1945-08-18
Maryland y. Grad Confesses
He Rehearsed Wolf Act
BY JAY CARMODY,

Bill johnson who PLAYED the role of the kind in
Keep Powder little
anybody ' o N"'
Bill graduated
BIS
considerable ehesrsn capivaed Lana Turner
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UNNECESSARY DEATHS

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officer, had already been the window
Moszee's warning the cry of wolf.
Just bit of that caution would have left Patrolman
Fred Hull welcome little kiddes scarcely out of
arms, and to cherish a wife who must bear her burden
alone; Paroman Ralph L. Osborne would be nursing
foot wound and Eugene Moszee's dream of chain of
filling stations would have remained unshattered and
bitterness left in the heart of surviving cousin.
EUGENE MOSZEE
Said to have operated filling stations his home in
Texas Eugene Moszee Seattle five years ago and
began the operation of the station which his
ment. Moszee dreamed of chain of filling stations He
had the reputation of being hard worker We
he purchasing the property adjacent his station
For several years he has been known foe of dis
elimination and fought it like demon, with without
aid AS such he frequently called iconoclast
crusader John Brown against discrimination wher
he found it. We police record clouds his life
in Seattle. None names him a convict.
Moszee died in a gun battle with police, his mission
unfufled AS laudabe it may appear, his methods
brought his harm than good
Moszees methods do not point the way.
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structive idealism. Youth could
well take for its creed today the
Oath of Citizenship which the
Youth of Athen took upon arriv.
ing at their majority.
ITO bring no disgrace to this
city by dishonest act; to fight
for the ideals and sacred things
alone and with many; to desert
no faltering comrade; to revere
and obey the city laws; to incite
respect and reverence in those
above us and who are prone to
annul or set them at naught. To
strive increasingly to quicken the
public sense of civic duty. To
transmit this city no less but
more beautiful than it was trans
mitted to u.s."
If the Youth of today would do
this, there would be no need for
fear for the future.
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one man committee to fight it in
all of its various and ugly forms.
To our mind his approach to the
solution of the whole problem was
wrong. On the other hand many
believe that certain police officers
have in the past and still have
no respect for the rights of Ne
groes and proceed upon the slight
est complaints against them to
beat up, m i'm and murder
Negro at will. There are many in
stances in the not too distant
past to justify their belief
While Police Chief Kimsey de-
clares such a condition does not
exist, the record of police bru-
tally against Negroes proves the
contrary.
Chief Kimsey is perhaps as de-
cent a police chief as Seattle ever
had, but he is part of the system
and like all other chiefs before
him, rises to the defense of his
men. He does not want them to
do wrong but when they do, he
defends them. The Inter-racial Ac-
ton Committee of Seattle brought
this matter to public attention i'm
mediately after the deaths of Of
ficer Hull and Moszee, but the
chief came back at once with a
vigorous denial. Wonder if the
chief ever heard of David Harris
field VII o m Former Patrolman
Gordy Jensen beat until every
tooth in his head was somewhere
in the interior of his stomach?
David Hartsfield was a young
Negro whom Gordy found in the
company of a white woman in q
south end hotel. Instead of ar
resting him, Gordy tried to kill
him and for doing so was justified
and applauded by the department.
Gordy is now serving a long
term for murder, unless he has
ben secretly released, as was the
case of Robert Burgunder. Jr., to
go his merry way and murder
someone else.
Wonder if the chief ever heard
of John Folings whom Fred Pasch-
al tried his best to kill? Or Barry
Lawson who Pat Whalen did kill?
Negroes don't quickly forget these
things, and therefore many of us
believe that the officers involved
in the Moszee case went to his
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DRAKE-CAYTON MAKE
SENSATIONAL DEBUT

st. Clair Drake and Horace r.
Cayton made a sensational liter
airy debut in New York City last
Thursday before a crowd that
packed and jammed the audito-
rum of the Schomburg Collec-
ton of Negro Literature of the
New York Public Library.
These joint authors of BLACK
Metropolis" which has been ac-
claimed as 'the race relations
book of the year" were the feature
attraction of a literary show
which included Richard Wright,
Bucklin Moon, Chester Hines and
other literary celebrities.
The forum was opened by DR..
L. d. Reddick who presided. Rich
ard Wright made a short speech
which emphasized the abrupt man
ner in which the Negro has been
telescoped into the midst of mod
ern white civilization. Wright
said the Negro was more integral
ed into American life in 1850 than
he is today.
At this point Horace r. Clayton,
in his witty style told how the
idea of the book had grown from
the seed of Chicago WPA prof.
ect which during it's history of
four and a half years gave en-
ployment to hundreds of univer-
sity students, many of whom since
have become prominent.
AS the final main speaker, Mr..
Drake gave an orderly analysis of
how he and his colleague wrote
the book.
In the lively question period
there were sharp exchanges on
such questions to how different
Chicago was from Detroit and
New York and whether the Negro
in the United States should think
of himself as an American with or
without an African heritage.
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Republican Party Asks /.
Ban on AppOintive Jobs

The Republican Uarty will ask
the people in 1916 to vote initiative
measures banning state legislators
from holding lucrative appointive
positions under the governor, ELI
minating straight party voting
and increasing compensation to
injured workmen rs per cent
These initiative proposals and
six other resolutions relating to
state and national government
were adopted by Republican lead
ers at the statewide meeting in
Yakima last weekend. The G.
o. p. pledged itself to correct the
deficiencies in veterans legisla-
tion, to create proper standards
for the selection of administrators
of penal and charitable institu'
lions. support the teachers re-
tirement bill, urge creation of
bipartisan state highway COM
mission, restoration of the BIZ
partisan character of other boards
appointed by the governor and
balancing of the national budget
and an end of deficit spending.
Four hundred party leaders
heard State Chairman ]. M. Daw-
ley of Olympia and Col. Edward
S. Shattuck of Los Angeles, re-
presenting the National Commit
tee, urge q more progressive and
close-to-the-people approach to the
1916 legislative and congressional
campaign.
Shattuck urged a "bill of rights
for labor" and Chairman Dawley
told his party it must face the
issues squarely on labor, veterans,
public power and other equally
important and controversial is
sues.
Women delegates organized the
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Washington State Federation of
Women's Republican Clubs, elect.
ing the following officers: Mrs.
Della Urquhart, Wapato. presi-
dent; Miss Ella Winter. Vancou-
yer, first viee-president; Mrs. Don
Baker, Seattle, second vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. Agnes Gehrman, Seat
tie. secretary, and Mrs. A. b. Ball,
Tacoma, treasurer.
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place of business on nothing more
than hear-say as to what he had
done for the purpose of beating
him up and perhaps manning or
killing him.
These facts are brought to light
with no intention of trying to turn
public sentiment against the police
department. Every one knows that
respectable people both white and
black need police protection, and
everyone knows that there are
many honest and efficient police
officers.
Without an efficient, swift NOV
ing, hard striking police force in
Seattle, in these times, we might
we'll all say our prayers and ask
the Lord to take us home.
Negroes hope that out of this
dreadful mess that cost two I'M
itSSCoSdiJ uCdlnos ludI ln0lt VIII
come better understanding be-
tween the Police Department and
Negro citizens to the end that
such thing will never happen
in our fair city again. We propose
to work to the end that our peo-
pie will at all times accord the
respect to a police officer that
is due him and to the end that
police officers will accord Ne
groes the same respect that they
accord to any other citizen. Mos
zee and Hull are dead. Nothing
will be gained by anyone trying
to confuse anyone else. Much can
be gained, however. by seeking
new light, new concept and bet
ter understanding of the problems
of life that confronts us.
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ability to produce something for
the good of all, for there will be
no room for parasites.
Youth has before it now the
task of preparing for the days
ahead, and II must prepare by
learning how TO think things out
and think things through 1t will
need initiative in order to plan
constructiyely. 1t will need re-
sourcefulness which must be gain
ed by practical experience. 1t will
need adaptability, which means an
ability to cooperate with its fell
lows.
But most of all it will need
idealism-but it must be a con
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Evening star., 1945-05-30

Unknown Soldier in London. The
American holiday was observed with
services in st. Margarets Church
Westminster.
France Joins Ceremonies.
In France where 62 American
cemeteries with rows of crosses mark
American participation in two wars
there were many ceremonies. Eight
Of the cemeteries contain the 81 .0OO
American soldiers killed in the
World War. The others contain
ll7.502 killed in this war.
At the Anzio beachhead in Italy
which under constant German ar
tillery fire. became a cemetery for
5000 Americans, 1t. Gen Lucian K
Truscott, commander of the 5th
Army, and 900 soldiers gathered to
honor the dead
At each of the ceremonies Lin
CONS words at Gettysburg were
read: That from these honored
dead we take increased devotion to
that cause for which they have given
the last full measure of devotion
that we here highly resolve that
these dead shall not have died in
vain
Former Postmaster General Frank
Walker, friend and an original
hacker CT Franklin D. Roosevelt, was
to speak at his grave at Hyde Park,
N. Y
Gen. Mark Clark and so heroes of
the 5tn Army in Italy were to arrive
in Chicago today for a 15-mile
parade through the Windy City.
Evening star., 1945-05-30
Data on Tides Is Ready
For Landing on Japan
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, May 30.-Rear
Admiral Leo o. Colbert said here
today data on tides, currents, and
other geographical aspects of the
coasts Of China and Japan is ready
for an assault landing.
Admiral Colbert, director of the
United States Coast and Geodetic
Survey, explained his organization
had calculated such essential data
for landings on Guadalcanal, Sal
pan. Tarawa and other islands.
THE same thing has been pre-
pared for any part of China or
Japan coast that may be attacked" +"
Admiral Colbert said. Preparation
has been made for whenever or
wherever the attack comes"
Admiral Colbert came here. as a
member of the Mississippi River
Commission which just completed
its annual high water inspection
trip.
Evening star., 1945-05-30
Poll Tax Issue May
Split House Democrats
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
The biennial poll tax fight bobbed
up today to threaten the harmony
that has marked House Democratic
ranks since President Truman took
office.
Penning the 218th signature to a
discharge petition yesterday threw
squarely into the chamber the issue
that is almost certain to split the
ranks of the majority party wide
open, arraying Southerners against
their Northern colleagues.
The petition, put in circulation
last January. relieves the House
Judiciary Committee of further jul
risdiction over the legislation. 1t
also circumvents the Rules Com
mittee. which could have sidetracked
the bill, even had the Judiciary
Committee approved it. The latter
group has refused to act on the
measure
Under House procedure, vote
on whether the legislation shall be
considered on its merits will come
June II. with showdown on pas
sage slated the next day.
Evening star., 1945-05-30

this way can we truly honor our
dead"
Unknown Soldier Honored.
Earlier An Unknown Soldier
known But to God' was nonoreu
again with the placing of the Presi-
dents wreath on his tomb.
Col. Don Lowry, a military aide
to the President, placed the wreath
and stood at salute while a Marine
Corps bugler played taps. The
tomb was f1anked by a guard Of
honor of II soldiers with fixed bayo-
nets. American Legiornaires in
white uniforms and red. overseas
caps also stood as guard of honor.
A crowd of more than 500. more
than half women, lined the wide
stairway before the tomb and filled
the space between the tomb and
the amphitheater.
Herbert K. Allen 4. dressed in a
smart khaki uniform, placed a
wreath from the Children of the
Confederacy, and stood at salute.
He is the son of 1t. Col and Mrs.
William Allen, jr., Arlington. Va.
The Presidents tribute was fol-
lowed by those of veterans organ
izations. Haywood N. Saunders of
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing, former department commander
'of the American Legion, acted as
master of ceremonies.
President Truman was aboard
the presidential yacht Potomac pre-
pairing his speech for the closing
of the United Nations Conference
in San Francisco.
Holiday Has New Meaning.
The holiday had meaning to more
Americans than ever before in its
history. The weekly casualty list
to be released tomorrow is expected
to place total casualties at 100000
and killed and missing at more
than 100000.
A dispatch to the Baltimore Sun
revealed that the 29th Division
originally comprised of National
Guard troops from the District,
Maryland. Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania, had suffered 2O,668 casualties
since D day. The casualty total
was 100 per cent of its average
strength. Dead and missing totaled
3,168. Every sizable Maryland and
Virginia community was represented
in the roll of the dead.
The American holiday was OBJ
served all over the world.
18th in Holland.
The 29th Division held its cere-
mony in military cemetery at
Maastricht, Holland, where many of
its dead were buried. Maj. Gen.
Charles H. Gerhardt, its command
er, took part.
There were similar ceremonies
from Northern Ireland to the Tu-
nlsian tip of North Africa where
few American soldiers remain on
duty. but where many are buried,
and in the islands of the Pacific.
Ambassador John G. Winant
placed wreath on the tomb of the
Evening star., 1945-05-30
Senator Wagner Sees
Continuance Of Food
Rationing Until 1850
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Food rationing until 1850 was
forecast today by Senator Wag-
ner, Democrat, of New York.
The chairman OF the Senate Bank
ing Committee told reporters that
controls on prices and volume of
edibles would be necessary until
that time.
Senator Wagner's committee yes
terday approved legislation contillu-
ing the Government agency han
ding those problems-OPA-until
June 80, 1916.
Senator Wagner said he reasoned
that perhaps another year of so
would be required to defeat Japan;
then, to avoid a disruption of the
Nations economy, the Government
would have to keep a clamp on food
controls for another three years
or So.
Depends on Future Events.
Senator Wagner noted, however
that an unexpected foldup OF Japan,
or some other unforeseen set of cir
cumStances necessarily would change
this line of reasoning.
The price-control extension for
another year was voted, 10 to 5, in
the committee. BY the same margin,
the group voted down a proposal
by Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
to keep controls in effect only an
other six months.
The action was taken after a day
OF closed-door testimony by Price
Administrator Chester Bowles and
Economic Sterilization Director
Davis. They said, in effect, that the
food situation would be improved
soon.
Members of the committee, QUOT
ing Mr.. Bowles and Mr.. Davis, said
the key to shortages now is the
meat black market. Two factors
were advanced as helpful for the
future. One is the Treasury's an
nounced campaign to hit black
market operators through their tax
returns. The other is drive to line
Evening star., 1945-05-30
U-Boats Hit Landing Craft
In Preinvasion Exercises
By the Associated Press

BY tne Associated Press.
WEYMOUTH, England, May 30
German submarines slipped into the
English Channel and torpedoed
several landing craft laden with
American troops during a prein-
vasion exercise here last spring, the
United States Army disclosed yes
terday.
No details of the incident were
given, but it recalled the. many set
backs and hardships that had to be
endured during the gigantic prepa-
rationS for the invasion.
The submarine episode was re-
vealed in an Army announcement
that it was, discontinuing its acti-
vities at the twin ports of Wey-
mouth and Portland. which served
AS the main embarkation points for
the D day assault on the Normandy
beaches and as bases of supply.
Evening star., 1945-05-30
General Motors Plans
$4,000 Curs This Year
~ the Associated Pres

By the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON, Del, May 3d.
General Motors Corp. will produce
about $4,000 cars under the 200 900
quota established by the Govern
ment for the last three months Of
l945 providing the materials are
available, Alfred P. Sloan. jr.. chair
man, said at the annual meeting
yesterday.
He said he believed materials
could be obtained without too much
difficulity. The cars will be modi-
fed 1912 models.
General Motors will not produce
a brand new postwar car for about
two years, Mr.. Sloan said, adding
that the public cannot expect a $500
automobile The price of the new
Chevrolet will be kept as low as
possible, he said.
Evening star., 1945-05-30
Kidnapping
Continued From First Page.)

spector Barrett. accompanied by
Detective Sergts Richard Mccarthy
George Cooper and Otto Fuss, left
for Lynchburg.
Kidnapped Yesterday.
DR.. Lindsay was kidnapped by
three men around 1:30 am. yester-
day as he stepped from his car and
started to enter the Episcopal Eye,
Ear and Throat Hospital, 1147 Fiji
teenth street NV. He had left the
institution earlier to obtain blood
plasma for a child patient. The
trio drove him through Rock Creek
Park, robbed him of a billfold con-
tanning SIS, bought gasoline with
the doctors own coupons and later
abandoned him near Accotink, Va
So far as can be learned, the
blood plasma. badly needed by DR..
Llndsays child patient, still is in
the car. When The Star asked
Lynchburg police whether the con-
talner was found in the car there
they said they had not examined
the machine carefully as District
police had asked them not to.
fearing that they might obliterate
The Stars first information as to
the finding of the car came from
Fairfax County police who had seen
a report of it on the Virginia State
Police teletype. Shortly afterward
a Star reporter talked to police in
Lynchburg and learned of the arrest
OF the three men. At am. the
developments were announced here
by Inspector Barrett.
DR.. Lindsay, prominent in WASH
lngton medical circles is director
OF the Warwick Cancer Clinic at
Garfield Memorial Hospital. He
lives at l Worthington drive, West
moreland Hills, Md. He was not
injured during his abduction
Evening star., 1945-05-30
Eisenhower to Visit
kunsus in Month
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 30.-Gen. EisenhoW-
er Is expected to leave within a
month for the United States to
visit at his home in Abilene, Kans.
1t is believed his departure has
been delayed because of negotia-
tlons with the Russians. The fact
that he is planning the visit soon
appeared to indicate that if nego-
tlations still are unsettled they
have advanced far enough to war
rant his absence.
Evening star., 1945-05-30
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Fair and
rather cool this afternoon and to-
night, low tonight near so. Some
cloudiness tomorrow with brief
shower likely; cooler at night.
Maryland and Virginia-Fair and
rather cool tonight. Some cloudi-
ness tomorrow, with scattered show
ers, followed py clearing and cooler
by night.