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Evening star., 1945-08-28
Youth, II, Admits Killing
Woman In 82-Cent Theft
BY the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, La, Aug. 28.-
District Attorney Dewey Sanchez
said he would file a charge of
murder today against q 17-year -old
Negro, who had confessed leaving a
7o-year -old white woman to burn in
her home after slashing her throat,
shooting her and robbing her of SO
cents. "
Kindness in lending $5 to the
youth, listed as Henry Riley, ap-
parently brought death to Mrs. Tai
Cheatham Stanley, Mr.. Sanchez
said, adding that his confession
mentioned arguments with the
elderly, aristocratic clubwoman over
the money.
Sheriff Newman de Breton said
he planned to move the accused
youth to another jail for safekeep-
Ing.
Riley's fingerprints, officers said,
were found on small jar In the
house.
ofiicers said Riley had shot Mrs.
Stanley through the screen door,
forced it open and slashed her
throat. and left her still alive and
moving on the floor, after setting
fire to her bedroom. =.
Sheriff de Breton said the elderly
woman apparently crawled to the
spot where her body was found, 40
feet from the back porch OF her
home,
Evening star., 1945-08-28
Woman Hurt in Gas Blast
In Serious Condition

Miss Norma Gilbert, 81, an en-
ploye of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, was in critical condi-
ton today in Emergency Hospital
after a gas explosion in her home
702 Allison street.
The explosion, which shattered all
the windows of her quarters on the
first floor, occurred about 5 pm
Yesterday, police reported. She was
found unconcious with her clothes
on fire and police said she was
severely burned. According to po'
lice, five gas burners in the stove
were open. The explosion evidently
had been caused by the fumes reach
ing the pilot light of gas refrigera-
tor in the room, police said.
Evening star., 1945-08-28
Mrs. Harry Bridges Denies
HabituaI Alcoholism
Ey the Associated Press,

Ey the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. .28.-Mrs.
Harry Bridges, testifying for the
first time in the divorce suit brought
by her labor leader husband, fatty
denied testimony depicting her as
drunken and cruel"
Both Bridges and their 20-year-
old daughter Jacqueline Betty last
week said in court that Mrs. Bridges
was an habitual alcoholic who mis-
treated her children and quarreled
with her friends.
Under direct examination yester-
day by her attorney, A. L. Crawford
Mrs. Bridges said she never in
dulged in riotous conduct, never
drank when she was alone, but fire.
quently was beaten by her husband.
None of the family's 10 changes
of residence had been due to her
actions or complaints of neighbors,
she testified.
Mrs. Bridges wept when asked in
cross-eXamination if her son by a
previous marriage had not once
knocked her unconscious.
Judge Frank T. Deasy then re-
cessed the trial until today.
Evening star., 1945-08-28
Gen. De GauIIe, Feted
ByChicago Officials,
To Make Tour Today
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 28.-Gen. Charles
de Gaulle, acclaimed by city and
State officials and feted at a ban
quet after his arrival from New York
last night, planned a busy day in
Chicago today before leaving for
Ottawa, Canada, and back to France.
The President of the French pro-
visional government was guest Of
honor at the Blackstone Hotel, where
Mayor Edward j. Kelly and Gov.
Dwight H. Green of Illinois Off
cially welcomed him and praised him
as a symbol OF the courage and the
devotion to freedom of the French
people.
The tall French leader, in reply,
asserted that II shall keep from my
visit to your victorious country the
most unshakable faith in the fu-
ture"
Gen de Gaulle, who spoke in
French, said that the French ma
ton wants to attain a degree OF
activity enabling her to play a role
much more important than before
in the economy and exchanges of
the world.
"The world will find no equilib-
rum, no happiness and no peace il
we let the level of general prosper
ity drop or even if we keep it stand
ing still"
Today's program for the general
included mass in Holy Name Cathe-
dral, visit to two war plants and
taking part in parade through the
Loop to the City Hall, where he will
speak briefly at a public reception.
Evening star., 1945-08-28
Office Spuce
Continued From First Page

adequate space for the alcoholic
clinic, DR.. Rutland said, 1T is ex-
tremely unfortunate that in the
development and establishment Of
this clinic service we are still
further handicapped by the regret
table and uncharitable prejudices
of some people against this category
of the sick"
What the clinic hopes to do for
patients suffering from alcoholism,
DR.. Rutland said, is to deal with
those who feel sincerely that they
are in need of help. The clinic will
not interview a person while he is
in his cups" the health officer said,
but wants to see him when he is in
a better mental condition to discuss
his problem.
I'VE hope to discover the problem
in his emotional life that prompts
him to seek relief in alcohol, ans TO
resolve that problem" DR.. Rutland
said.
Evening star., 1945-08-28
Navy Would Preserve
Enterprise as Symbol
Hy the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
The "Galloping Ghost" which
was sunk" six times by the Japa-
nese radio, but went right on fight
ing, may be preserved as a symbol
of the Nays history in this war.
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal
told his news conference yesterday
that the Navy will recommend thai
the carrier Enterprise take a place
alongside such historic ships as the
Constitution, the Constellation anc
the Hartford, heroic vessels of other
wars.
The Enterprise, veteran of nearly
every major engagement in the Pa
ciflc, was damaged Is times by
japanese action, but still is a cap.
able fighting ship. She is home now
for repair Of damage inflicted by a
suicide plane May IA near Japan
Her skipper says she is out of the
battle line now, only because she j:
no longer needed.
The Navy, reporting the Enter
prise's latest damage yesterday, said
Is officers and enlisted men were
killed and 81 injured when the
kamikaze hit, The explosion blew
her forward plane elevator 400 feet
in the air and started several fires
Evening star., 1945-08-28
Imported Workers
Riot At Florida Camp;
N Are Injured
BY the Associated Pfess.

BY the Associated Press.
STUART, Fla, Aug. 28.-Sheriff
Richard Hancock said today that
about 2,200 imported colored farm
laborers from the Bahamas and
Jamaica, awaiting shipment home,
rioted at Camp Murphy yesterday
and law enforcement of,cers from
three counties were required to re-
store order.
Mr.. Hancock reported that 27
workers were removed to hospitals,
two with fractured skulls and an
other with broken back, and six
men were lodged In the Martin
County Jail at Stuart.
Rioters Seize Camp.
The sheriff said the rioting la
horers took over the former Army
camp now used by the War Food
Administration, swept through bar
racks welding clubs and destroyed
cots and furnishings.
A call for help from the camp
sent the sheriff hurrying there with
all available deputies, and further
assistance was summoned from
Palm Beach and Broward Counties.
Capt. r. G. Ray, Army officer at
the camp, said the cause of the
trouble had not been determined.
AS soon as the cause and amount
of damage have been ascertained
they will be made public, he stated.
Labor experts said, however, that
the probable cause was the laborers'
unWillingness to return to their
comparatively drab former exist
ence after sampling the high wages
and luxury goods during their en-
ployment in the United States.
State Police on Guard.
State highway pstrolmen were
standing by at the camp today on
orders from Gov. Caldwell.
Sheriff John Kirk of Palm Beach
and five deputies also were on hand
after hurrying to the scene yes
terday.
Sheriff Hancock said trouble had
been brewing for several days and
burst out yesterday with unexpected
fury.
The sheriff reported an enforced
quiet" at the camp today.
The outburst lasted three hours
and was touched off by the arrival
of 400 colored laborers who had
broken their contracts by misbe-
havior, Mr.. Hancock stated.
No Gunplay Reported.
With only War Food Administra-
ton employees on the scene to main
tain order, the laborers started what
the sheriff described as sporadic"
riots, with disorder breaking out in
spots until the entire camp was in
turmoil. There was no gunplay and
no white persons were injured.
Workers broke up furniture and
used its pieces as clubs to belabor
each other and create further prop
erty damage.
Herbert Spangler, VIA Official in
charge of the camp, withheld COM
ment pending investigation of the
trouble.
Evening star., 1945-08-28
Buffer Values Due
To Drop 10 Il Points;
Poultry Stocks 10 Rise

Plentiful supplies of poultry within
a few days and lower point values
on butter by Monday were in pros
pect for consumers today as the
civilian diet began to show improve
ment under decreased military de-.
mands for food stocks.
Lower point values on a number
OF meat cuts are in store beginning
Sunday, along with a drop from 16
to IL points pound for butter. OPA
Will announce ration changes Thurs
day.
With processed foods of rationing
and Army buying dropping off
sharply, the Agriculture Department
Yesterday dropped all controls on
distribution and sale of fresh and
processed citrus fruits. Price con-
trols remain in effect, however.
The department also announced
termination of restrictions on sales
OF dried milk products and said con-
trolls restricting packaging and dis
|tribution of tea would be ended
Saturday.
Turkeys Next.
The good news on poultry came
with suspension of the depart
ment's set aside order on poultry on
IDelmarva Peninsula and II Western
States. Originally a 100 per cent
freeze was placed on these areas to
permit the Army to get supplies.
The Delmarva set aside was later
reduced to 10 per cent, but this
helped little in channeling poultry
into Washington.
For IA poultry dealers and process
sors here, the announcement meant
they could reopen shop in the next
few days. Only two Establishments
were able to stay in business during
the poultry shortage.
Turkeys may be the next to be re-
leased by the Government, which
would put them on the market in
abundance by Thanksgiving.
Free Trading" Back.
H. H. Rieck of Preston, Md, presi-
dent of the Northeastern Poultry
Producers Council, declared that
free trading is back again. I pre-
dict that the black market will be
promptly smashed, for there will be
enough poultry to go around the big
markets along the Atlantic sea-
board now for the first time in
months
Mr.. Rieck said there was a short
age OF eggs from hatcheries. but
within the last week he noted "en-
couraging signs that pullets are COM
ing into production"
Suspension of the Army set-aside
order will make 100000 to 1,750.-
900 broilers produced weekly in the
.Delmarya Peninsula available to
householders and restaurateurs, Mr..
Rieck said.
Evening star., 1945-08-28
Two Boys, IS, Capture
Armed Bandits After Fiohi
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 28.-Two Is.
year-old boys displayed little feal
for bandits guns last night. Patrol.
man Frank Feldhaus reported, al
they chased and caught two ALLEGED
holdup men and were punching
them into submission when police
arrived.
Patrolman Feldhaus said the boys
Jack Downing and John Bachanov
gave chase after the two men re.
portedly had attempted to hold up q
storekeeper. The men registered a.
Alex Bush, 81, of nearby wyoming
Ohio, and Bernie Bush, %, a brother
of Cincinnati. They were charged
with assault to rob.
Evening star., 1945-08-28
Todoy's War Story
Liechtenstein Is Independent,
But Bows to Swiss Red Tape

1 with all SOrtS OF gOOQS, cSptCldIly
fine Swiss watches and jewelry
But the only currency Is the Swiss
franc. There is no exchange rate
on any foreign currency. I tried
to buy Swiss francs at a bank by
cashing travellers checks. The
bank president had to call up Bern
There was a fiat refusal. I could
not have a single Swiss franc. Final
ly Father Frommelt called and
finally got permission for me to buy
$50 worth of francs.
Leichtenstein is In the Swiss
Customs Union. This has been the
case since the last war. Before that
it was a part of the Austrian Gus
toms Union. Switzerland controls
it's customs, its money, its immigra-
tion-and in return handles all its
foreign relations. Really Leichten-
stein is an independent country only
in its internal affairs and in main-
tanning its own postal service en-
tirely apart from the Swiss. This Is
considerable source OF revenue
The country does not maintain an
army any more-only a police force
of eight men.
It has been at war, however, fol
80 years, Count Strachwitz says
Back in 1865 with its army Of 80 mer
it declared war on Prussia as ar
ally of Austria. Austria was COM
pletely crushed. In the peace ne
gotiations Bismarck forgot all abou'
Liechtenstein, which never signed
any peace terms. In theory it still
is at war with Prussia.
Escaped War Damage.
The little country has escaped
from this war entirely unscathed
In March, 1899, an armed mob o.
Austrian Nazis attempted an an
schluss. Farther Frommelt mobi.
lized the country. Leichtenstein''
total manpower assembled at th'
Austrian border armed with all SORT
of weapons from rifles to sickles
The invaders hesitated to attack
The country appealed to her pro-
tector, Switzerland, and diplomatic
negotiations ended the affair
Liechtenstein escaped becoming 6
member Of the Axis.
Since then the little principally
has had only two physical contact.
with the war. Two years ago ar
American plane crashed almost ex-
actly in the center of the Rhine
The pilot got out alive. There was
a debate as to whether he should bs
interned in Liechtenstein or ir
Switzerland. Measurements showed
that the plane had landed about
feet closer to the Swiss shore
Probably the pilot was treated very
well in Switzerland, but it is hard
to imagine more pleasant way u
spending war than internment ir
Liechtenstein.
Then, at the close of the war
about 800 Russian refugees crashed
the border. Farther Frommelt pu1
them into an internment camp
They are still here, the most forti.
nate Of oil displaced persons. Thu
internment camp is almost q mode
/ for such institutions and Father
i Frommelt is very proud Of 1t.
Evening star., 1945-08-28
.Womon, 81, Cut on Chin
When Hit by Streetcor

Mrs. Harriet Manning West, g.
Laurel, Nd, suffered a lacerated
chin today when struck by street.
car as she was walking across New
York avenue NV at Eleventh street,
police reported.
She was taken to Emergency
Hospital by Fire Rescue Squad No.
and admitted for treatment. The
streetcar was operated by Everett
MCGOWAN, 80, of 3lo3 Columbia pike,
Arlington. Va, police said.
Evening star., 1945-08-28
Killed

Killed
Richard Lee Kerr, 10, aviation
ordnanceman SIC, son of Mr.. ano
Mrs. David I. Kerr, 5400 st. Barna-
bas road Sc, was killed in a plane
crash in the Philippines June 40
the Navy has informed his parents
A acknowledgements on a Navy
Liberator, he enlisted in the Navy
November l, 1943.
The co-pilot of his plane wrote his
parents he performed his duties in
a manner greatly exceeding that US
ual in one of his age and expert
ence. He had been overseas three
months.
His wife, Mrs. Aylene Moore Kerr,
lives in Memphis. Besides his wife
and parents he is survived by Eis-
ter, Mrs. Frances Kerr Latimer
1884 Branch avenue S.E.
Sergt. Frank E. Ii Calzi, son OF
Mrs. Katherine Ii CALI, 3105 Doug
las street NE, was killed on Oki-
nawa, the War Department an
nounced today. A story on his
Evening star., 1945-08-28
Crop Losses Force Sole
OF Forms, Symons Says
By the Associated Press.

Bs the Associated PFess.
As a result Of the crop losses from
the July rains, Dorchester County
farmers are reported selling their
property, Or. T. B. symons, head
Of the University Of Maryland TX
tensison Service, reported.
Damages from rains in the State
totaled more than sal 900, 900. H.
w. Beggs, Dorchester County agent,
told DR.. sym6ns that many farmers
could not harvest single cash crop.
Unable TO meet their loan payments,
they were selling their farms, he
said.
Evening star., 1945-08-28
Mrs. Ring Lurdner, Jr.,
Is Awarded Divorce

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2S.-Ring
Lardner, jr., movie writer son of the
late humorist, was divorced yester-
day by Sylvia Schulman Lardner.
She testified he stayed away from
home so often that he became more
or less visitor in the house"
and that his conversation ran to
"carping"
Under property agreement, Mr..
/ Lardner will pay half of his gross
earnings for support of his wife and
two children. Married in 1887, the
/ couple separated last April.
Evening star., 1945-08-28
Wounded

Wounded
S/Sergt. Louis A. Mitchell, jr., 80
was wounded last May while man
ming a gun abroad ship en- route to
Pacific base, the Army has in
formed his parents, who live at 1751
T street NV. The sergeant, a men,
Der of the 568th Engineers Dump
Company, was in charge Of his out
fits equipment while in transit from
its staging area to an advanced bass
when the transport ship was at.
tackled by several Jap planes, &C.
cording to an Army dispatch. Sergt
Mitchell Immediately ran to hi,
antiaircraft gun station. He suf.
fered two wounds during the at.
tack, the dispatch said.
Born in New York, Sergt. Mitchell
lived in Washington most of his lift
and attended Dunbar High Schoo
here. He was employed in Phila.
delphia before entering the service
Sergt. Mitchell has returned to duty
his family said
Pfc. Lewis Scroggins, 25, was
wounded in the Pacific, the War De-
partment announced today.
The son of Joseph Scroggins, 1888
Rosedale street NE, Pvt. Scroggins
according to his father, was not
wounded seriously.
Missing
John Murray James, 10, aviation
machinist's mate SIC, is missing in
the Pacific, the Navy Department
announced today.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond r. James, 5531 Sherrier place
NV, he had been overseas since
July. He was reported missing On
August 8 when his plane failed to
return to Okinawa.
He enlisted in the Navy in July,
1914, while in his senior year at
Woodrow Wilson. He has four
brothers in the service
Evening star., 1945-08-28
z Dispositions Studied
By House Probers in
Elliott Roosevelt Loans
BY the Associate Press.

BY the Associated Press.
House investigators wound ur
their first formal inquiry into
Brig. Gen. Elliott Rooseyelt's
business affairs without getting
to Gen. Roosevelt's own account
And it was not clear today when
they would.
Members Of the House Ways anc
Means Committee said a deposition
from the late President Roosevelt'l
son was on file, but that yesterdays
session was devoted entirely to 9
study Of two other statements.
These were from John Hartford
president Of the Great Atlantic &
Pacific Tea Co., and Jesse Jones
former Secretary of Commerce.
Late President Consulted.
Several committee members, while
asking that their names not be used
quoted Mr.. Hartford's deposition al
saying that:
The late President was consulted
by the grocery chain head before
the latter loaned young Roosevelt
100000. Mr.. Jones later settled
this loan for $4,000.
While approving OF the loan in a
telephone conversation with Mr.
Hartford, Mr.. Roosevelt assumed nc
financial or moral obligation ir
connection with it. COMMITTEES
members quoted Mr.. Hartford al
saying that the late President ex-
pressed the view that the loar
would be a sound investment.
Mr.. Hartford made the pei
cent loan In connection with young
Roosevelt's radio chain develop.
ments on strictly business basis
expecting no favors from the Pres
ident In return.
Mr.. Jones statement, according
to the committeeman, said he made
the settlement with Mr.. Hartford
out Of his personal funds after Mr.
Roosevelt asked him to straighter
out Elliott's financial affairs. Mr.
Jones was quoted as saying that
the $4,000-and $500 in connection
with another settlement-had not
been repaid, but that he was con-
fldent he would be reimbursed.
Foresee Debt Allowance.
Some committeeman expressed
the opinion that the Internal Rev
enue Bureau will allow Mr.. Hartford
the $4,000 bad debt deduction
claimed in his 1912 income tax re-
turn as a result of the $4,000 settle
men of the 1899 loan.
The bureau, operating under the
Treasury Department, began study
Of Elliott's financial affairs on in
structions from the House commit
tee after newspapers published re-
ports OF the Hartford transaction
Information already filed with the
committee by the bureau deals only
with the Hartford loans, but Chair
man Doughton said the inquiry
would cover reports of other loans
In New York, Randolph Paul
Gen. Roosevelt's attorney, said his
client would have no statement "un-
til he sees the committees report
ii he Is allowed to-"
Denied Father Gave Aid.
Gen. Roosevelt recently was placed
on the Army's inactive list at his
own request. On August ! he issued
statement saying any implication
that his father promoted or assist
ed" his business affairs was lie.
Several committeeman said they
expect all the material before the
committee to be made public when
1t Is completely assembled.
The committee, called to Wash
ington ahead of the reconvening OF
Congress to consider liberalization
of unemployment benefits, did not
indicate how soon it will be able to
turn to the Roosevelt matter again
Evening star., 1945-08-28
Gen. ChennuuIt Arrives
In Miumi From D, c,
Ey the Associated Press

Ey the Associated Press.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Aug. %
Maj. Gen. Clair c. Chennault, once
leader OF the famous Flying Tigers
and later head of the 14th Air Force
in China, arrived in Miami Beach
yesterday by plane from Wash
ington.
The purpose of his trip was not
announced.
Evening star., 1945-08-28

Tolleson) and he told me to get the
babies over right away. l took them
to his place and then went to St.
Monica's Hospital with them. We
haven't seen or heard of them since
except for what photographer told
ns