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Evening star., 1946-04-29
Hanging Victim s'Death
To Be Certified as Suicide

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said he would issue a certificate OF
suicide today in the death of Her.
bert M. Corbett, 30, whose body was
found hanging from a steam pipe
last night in his basement room at
1926 Nineteenth street NV.
Police said the body was found
by another roomer, Miss Sarah E
McMArray. who had gone to sum-
mon Corbett to long distance tele-
phone call from his wife Jean in
Houston. Tex.
Corbett, recently discharged
merchant seaman, left his wife and
l0-month-old son at Houston a few
weeks ago and came to Washington
to seek employment as a house
painter. According sto police, he
told Mrs. Anna M. Parsell, pro-
prietor OF the rooming house, that
he wanted the room so he could
bring his wife and child here. Then,
several days ago, she said, Corbett
said his family was not coming. He
had appeared depressed" since
then, she said.
Police said they were holding a
note explaining that Corbett had
been having marital trouble.
Corbett was pronounced dead by
DR.. Robert L. Price on arrival with
an Emergency Hospital ambulance.
Men II to 30! The United States
now has the most powerful Navy
the world has ever seen. But II
takes men-and the United States
Navy needs men!
Evening star., 1946-04-29
i. ). Editor Praises
Army's Work in Reich
BY the Assoeioted Press

LONDON, April 29.-Paul Bellamy
one of IA American editors and
publishers who have completed a
tWo-week tour of the American
occupation zone in Germany, said
yesterday he was Impressed by
the job the Army is doing-from
the generals down to the kids in
the ranks"
I'm going home and preach the
gospel that America must see
through this job of occupying Ger
many and complete our commit
ments in Europe" Mr.. Bellamy
editor of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, said.
Twelve of the party arrived in
an Army plane at Bovington air
port yesterday afternoon. They are
scheduled to leave for New York
Wednesday.
Mr.. Bellamy said he felt the
occupation forces are too thin
through all of Europe for the job
we are trying to do"
The Germans we talked to were
whining and seemed sorry they got
licked" he said. Il don't pretend
to be an authority on the occupa
ton after this short tour. but
feel it is our job to keep Germany
subdued until there is a new gen.
GRAFTON. We cannot pull out in a
year.
I'VE must keep reminding our
selves of the atrocities the Germans
committed. Our natural American
tendency to be soft is DANGEROUS"
Evening star., 1946-04-29
End Of Single Nation
Veto Power in u. n.
Demanded by Ball
BY the Assoeioted Press

SYRACUSE, N. Y, April o.
Senator Ball, Republican, of Min
nesota declared yesterday that the
theological gulf in political think
ing between the democracies and
Russia" was the greatest obstacle to
world peace and justice and urged
elimination of the single nation veto
power in the United Nations.
In addressing the Syracuse Uni.
Verslty commencement exercises al
which he received an honorary de.
gree OF doctor of laws, Senator Bal
also advocated extension of selectivt
service, universal military training
and merger of many functions" o.
the Army, Navy and Air Force.
Citing difficulties which he sale
liberals" encountered in the Unitec
Nations, Senator Ball declared:
The fact appears to be that only
the United States, the nations Of
the British Commonwealth and 6
handful of other democratic states
really are devoted to the funda
mentals of democratic political pro-
cedure and to the freedom and dig
nifty of the individual.
China Faces Long Road.
Among the great powers, France
Britain and the United States dc
have this concept of freedom
democracy and liberalism, ano
China, although she still has Ions
road to travel, seems to be moving
in that direction.
However, one of the five great
powers, namely Russia, is devoted tc
the opposite political philosophy
from liberalism, namely authoritar-
ianism. The individuals freedom
dignity and rights count for little
or nothing in Russia, and the prin-
ciples, policies and programs de.
cided upon by small ruling group
count for everything.
L believe myself that the idealog.
ical gulf in political thinking be.
/ tween the democracies and Russia
is the greatest and most difficult
| obstacle in the path of maintenance
of world peace and justice"
Sees u. N. as Only Hope.
Senator Ball declared, however
that the United Nations offered 1.-The
only hope of firmly establishing in
ternational law and justice on firm
foundation of government. and for
that reason We should support ii
with all the influence at our COM
mand.'
The veto must CO." Senator Ball
asserted, "if we are to control ef-
fectively the threat of third worlo
war fought with atomic weapons.
He recommended that some system
of proportionate representation OF
nations must be devised"
Evening star., 1946-04-29
Commemordtion Rites Held
For Mrs. Mary A. Lerch

Final rites of commemoration for
Mrs. Mary Ashby Lerch, 95, who died
April IA, were held at Rock Greek
Cemetery Friday afternoon, with the
Rev. Canon G.. Freeland Peter off,
ciating.
Mrs. Lerch was a daughter of
John Jay and Mary Ashby Hol-
lister, born in New York City in
1851. She married Milton J. Lerch
and came to Washington with him
as bride. Their only child, Alice
Hollister Lerch, a photographer spe-
cializing in the study of rare books,
survives.
Other relatives of Mrs. Lerch are
her sister, Mrs. Adams, widow of
DR.. Samuel Adams; a nephew. DR..
F.. bennett Adams of Boston; three
nieces, Mrs. Fairfax Downey of New
York. Mrs. William Ayres Borden,
wife of Brig Gen. Borden, and Mrs
c. H. M. Roberts, wife of Col. Rob-
erts, both of Washington.
|. Mrs. Lerch's home was at 2205
California street NV.
Evening star., 1946-04-29
More Than 5000 Due
To Reach u. ). Today
Aboard 6 Troopships
BY the Assceioted Press>

More than 5000 servicemen are
due to arrive today at New York,
San Francisco and San Diego
aboard six troop-carrying vessels.
Three ships with 1920 war brides
and children also are due at New
York. They are the Vulcania from
Naples. Christobal from Southamp-
ton and John Ericsson from South
ampton.
Ships and units arriving:
At New York-Blue Ridge Victory
from Bremerhaven, l 1897 troops, in
cluding Headquarters Battery, Bat
teries C. and D, 398th Antiaircraft
Artillery Battalion; Headquarters
and Headquarters Battery, Bat
teries A, B and c, 4S2d Antiaircraft
Artillery Battalion. Marine Raven
from LIE Havre, 1926 miscellaneous
troops. Joseph Gale from LIE Havre
(no troop information.
At San Francisco - Laurentia
from Pearl Harbor, 3 Navy; Rock
ingham from Pearl Harbor, 533
Navy, A Marines.
At San Diego - Barracks ship
Kingman, 81 Navy.
Ships and units arriving yester-
day:
At New York-George Washing
ton from LIE Havre. 1858 troops, in
Guiding 4l4st Quartermaster Service
Company, 562d Quartermaster Rail-
head Company, 3871st Quartermas-
ter Truck Company, 784th Tank
Battalion; La Crosse Victory from
LIE Havre, 649 troops. including 93d
Ordnance Motor Company and
1llth Ordnance Motor Maintenance
Company.
At Seattle-Gen. w. E. Hase from
Yokohama. 1893 Army, IS Navy.
At San miscellaneous per-
sonnel on following: Destroyers
Perkins, Rogers, Duncan and Tucker
from forward areas with 204 Navy
Marine and Coast Guard. A small
craft with Navy.
At San sco-Miscellaneous
personnel on following: John Land
from Samar, 1886 Navy; David
Shanks from Australia, Al Army, 1a
Navy, 422 war brides.
Evening star., 1946-04-29
Congress in Brief
Senate.

Senate.
Resumes debate on $3.50 900 900
loan to Britain
Banking Committee hears addi-
tional witnesses on price control
extension.
House,
In recess until tomorrow.
Supreme Court-Opinion day ses
sion.
Evening star., 1946-04-29
Hart and Bridges Call
Army-Navy Merger
Bill 'Mi|itaristic'
BY the kssociofed Press

Republican Senators Hart of Con.
necticut and Bridges of New Hamp.
shire today criticized the Senate
Military Affairs Committees Army.
Navy merger bill as "militaristic'
and IAN administrative monstros.
ity."
The former Admiral Hart com.
manded the Asiatic Fleet at the
time of Pearl Harbor. Both he anc
Senator Bridges are members o1
the Military Affairs Committee.
In a minority report they set out
13 specific objections to the bill
which provides for a secretary OF
common defense with cabinet rank
under which Army, Navy and avia.
ton would have separate identities
in a single department. They would
be headed by secretaries who would
not be in the cabinet.
Instead of working out "a con-
structive compromise. the subcom-
mittee adopted the Army's pro-
posals practically unchanged" Sen
ators Hart and Bridges contended.
In handing the Navy sop in
the form of puppet secretaries Of
the Army, Navy and air, the sub
committee simply embroidered the
bill with unsubstantial trappings
and tinsel of compromise" they
said.
They declared the emphasis should
be on unity and not on unifica-
ton" adding that the bill woule
lead to more conflicts and con-
fusion than have ever existed"
The bill. approved by majority
of the Military Affairs Committee
will be given another going over
probably beginning this week, by
the Senate Naval Affairs Commit.
tee.
Evening star., 1946-04-29
Founder Of Gross Of Fire
Party Is Dead in Paris
BY the Ax,ocioted Press

PARIS, April 29-Col. Francois de
la Rocque, SO. founder of the once
powerful Gross of Fire" political
party, died in Paris hospital yes
terday after a major operation.
Col. La ROGUE, an aristocratic re-
tired soldier, formed the Gross of
Fire" as rightist, nationalistic
movement, and was frequently men
toned in the 1930s as a future
dictator" of France.
In 1884, the party forced former
Premier Edouard Daladier out OF
power by staging riots. Col La
Rocque said at that time that his
followers were opposed to the pres
ent rotten parliamentarianis but
not to the parliamentary system of
government.
Always an enemy of the Nazis, he
was arrested by the Germans in
Paris in 194l, but later released. He
was again taken into custody in
l943, this time accused of espionage
and removed to an internment camp
in Germany from which he was lib
Grated last year.
Evening star., 1946-04-29
British Soldiers Barred
From Palestine Areas
BY the Assoeiotsd Presi

JERUSALEM, April 2s.-All Jew
ish settlements and a number of
other towns in Northwestern Pales-
tine were declared out of bounds for
British troops today after a series
of incidents over the week end in
which British soldiers were involved
British military authorities said
several persons were injured and
some property damaged Saturday
night by a group of soldiers lied by
hotheads" who entered the settle
ment of Ber Tuvia, near Tel Aviv.
Another incident involving British
troops also was reported in Nath-
anya in Northern Palestine, but de-
tails were not announced officially.
A Reuters dispatch from Jeru-
salem today said posters of uncer-
tain origin had appeared in Tel
Aviv declaring that the Stern
Gang" a Jewish terrorist group, &C
knowledged responsibility for the
Staying of seven British soldiers in
an attack on a military car park
last Thursday. The posters said the
attack was aimed at seizing arms,
ammunition and equipment and de-
MED allegations that the British
troops were unarmed.
Evening star., 1946-04-29
Socialists Seek IS Seats
In Senate, SO in House
BY the Associoted Pre-,

IT '''0 't5soe'uFtu
New York, April 29-The Socialist
Party reported yesterday it will have
at least IS candidates for the
Senate and SO for the House ir
the fall elections.
The National Executive Commit
tee announced the party's 25th ma
tional convention will be held May
3l-June 2 in Chicago to plan "a
vigorous campaign"
Evening star., 1946-04-29
Opposition Party Enters
Eqyptiun Vote Protest
By the Associoted Press

CAIRO, April 29.-Leaders of the
opposition Wafdist Party protested
to Premier Sidky Pasha today that
police had prevented many of their
followers from voting yesterday in
elections to fill AZ vacancies in the
Egyptian Senate.
Unconfirmed reports reaching
here said two voters had been killed
and several wounded in one out
lying district when police fired into
a crowd
Premier Sidky himself was elected
to fill one of the vacancies by a
vote officially announced as 24,779
to 189 for his Wafdist opponent.
Evening star., 1946-04-29
LOST

LOST.
POCKETBOOK. lady's, Mount Pleasant st
car, April 26; S140 in envelope and papers.
Reward. CO. 5000. 800
PURSE, blue felt, gold button fastener
red leather wallet with name, address;
silver rosary beads: great sentimental value:
compact papers: Reward. Please return OF
mail to STAR PARKING PLAZA. 10th and
E sts. NV. 3O'
PURSE, black leather. with shell top. lost
between 240O block of 10th ST. and Provi-
dence Hospital, Sun. about 4 pm, prob
ably in cab; contained 2 small change
purses, door key and diamond ring. Re-
ward. Call MI. 1882. 80
RED IRISH SETTER, male, age 2N; April
rs; vic. Hyattsville; license 1893; tattoo
left ear &C. w. S." Reward. WA. 7O6O.
REWARD-Lost Thursday night, coming
from Uline Arena, brown purse, contain l.
Ing slasses, papers, etc. Call Jackson
1o1o. DUNCAN. -29
SUITCASE, brown, left in tourist home in
ne ne! or Sc. area. Saturday. Reward. Box
WALLET. S11 and important papers, Fri
DAY night. Benning I'd. and Minnesota ave.
ne. Finder keep money, return papers.
FRANK FRANK LORE. 405 4sth ave. Capitol
Evening star., 1946-04-29
Wife Wins Relief
From Neuritis Pain

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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07

al Sack, maestro on the Ann
Sothern starring series, ''Maisie",
won so much comment with hts first
record album that he has been
signed to record another, corllpris-
Ing eight sides to be titled Latin
Moods" Incidentally, "Maisle" shifts
to o new day and time over CHS on
March Q, when II will be heard Fri
days ct 1880 p. m, EST.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07

The browning entertainment event
Of the year In Hollywood-the an
nual presentation OF the Motion
Picture Academy Of Arts and
Sciences Awards c'Oscars'O will be
broadcast in its entirety again this
year by WATR-ABC tonight (after
midnight), from 1890 to 1880 a. m.
Originating from the stage OF
Grauman's Chinese Theater, the
broadcast again will feature the
"cinemontage," which was employed
last year with such telling effect for
the announcement OF nominations.
Representative scenes showing
the actors and actresses in the pic
lures for which they were nominate
ed will be flashed on the screen,
with the sound tracks being heard
on the air programs. As the scenes
OF each awards event are concluded,
the name of the winner will be an
nounced, the lights in the theater
win go on, and the award presented.
Nominations for this years awards
are: Best Picture-MCM's Anchors
Aweigh," RKO's 1.-THE Bells Of st.
Mary's," ParaInounts "The Lost
Weekend" Warner Brothers mil
dred Pierce" and United Artists
''Spellbound'; Best Performance by
an According Crosby, Gene Kelly,
Ray Milland, Gregory Peck and
Cornell Wilde; Best Performance by
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07
WAC Puzzled

Washington, March 7-(UP)-For
Q while I thought I'd have q dis
patch today about the parsimonious
Army issuing pajalnas In halves to
the ladies Of the WAC: Pants to
some without the Jackets and
jackets to others without the
pants).
As for the $3.50, 4sO.24 worth Of
CT. two-way stretch girdles the
Army bought, but never got around
to wrapping around the curves Of
the female Army, they have lost
their snap. They won't stretch in
any direction. They are loose, limp
and total loss.
Let US, with Sen. James M. Mead
Of N. Y, consider first the night
clothes Of the lady warriors. He had
before him the official figures Of
the Army Quartermaster Corps,
showing that 64,li5 pairs Of wom-
ems summer pajamas worth $94,-
94l.42 stin are in the warehouses,
waiting the Surplus Property boys
to sell 'em.
How about thisp" demanded
Senator Mead, as chairman Of the
Senate's War Investigating Com
mittee. Why haven't you sold these
pajamas?"
Go by Piece
well sir" replied Frederick w.
Stewart Of the War Assets Corpora
ton, these pajamas were issued q
piece at a time to the individual.
Some would get just the coats;
other would get only the pants"
"What?" cried Senator Mead.
"Yes SIR" replied Stewart. That
was the trouble. If somebody had
a chest wound, no pajama coat was
issued. If the leg was hurt, no pants
were needed. So here we were,
handed thousands of pajama coats
in one place and thousands of pants
in another, with no relation as to
size, or color, or anything"
Senator Mead said that was a
peculiar way to treat the ladies in
the Army.
'Ladies?" exclaimed Stewart. II
thought you meant flannelette pa
jamas for men,"
Depends ON Elasticity
Senator Mead said he was talking
about ladies. Stewart said he didn't
know about 'em. He said he'd find
out.
How about these, er. girdles,"
the Senator continued. For ladies.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07

years her senior and was away from
home n show business before she
''nut II wasn't uhtli he began
20 make q biz name for himself
that the family would admit ne was
Ii show business" Virginia said, The
family, which had q lot Of Metho-
dist preachers IN is history, was
sort Of old fashioned about such
things and Il was some time before
they would admit that Charlie was
doing anything besides 'Lyceum
work.. ff Il hadn't been for him,
Of course, never would have got
ten into acting, &c least not with
the pnternal blessing"
Miss sales repertoire Of American
types Just sort Of grew out OF pri-
vate extenporaneous entertainment
Of friends. She's been doing her
one-woman shows increasingly for
the last four years and for the
time being he's given up motion
picture and radio work which have
been her chief interest for some
II years. This week was The first
time she ever gave the show IN New
YORK.
She and her husband, Sam Wren,
who used TO be q popular stage actor
hereabouts, plan TO make their
headquarters In New York for sew
eral months while she fills engage
Ilents. They have placed their
i0-year old twins, Christopher and
ulnny, In q co-educatlonal board
ing school up at TnrTytown fof
the time being. Tho name Chris |
topher Wren, by the way, Is no |
accident. Sam Wren traces his
family back to the great English
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07
WAC Puzzled
Army Girdles Total
Loss-Mo Elasticity

The books show that the Army has
turned over to you l25 ,7O3 girdles,
which you still have not taken from
the supply depots, Is not there o
demand for theTn?"
Stewart said he wasn't to be con-
sidered an expert on girdles, but
that he understood these were gar
ments which depended for their
usefulness on their snap, like rub
Der bands.
and these were brought two
years or more ago." he said, land
they seem TO have deteriorated.'
"Deteriorated?" the Senator
asked.
Everything Confused
Lost their elasticity" Stewart
explained. There seems to be lit
tie demand for q glrdle which has
no elasticity"
"You mean they must be sold at
a greatly reduced price?" Senator
Mead asked.
IF they are sold at ALL" Stewart
said.
The subject changed then to SUR
plus socks, wool, heavy, 9l7,387
pairs, some new and some used, In
GLIDING "a pairs Of used ones in
Boston.
Stewart said the Army's socks
were in mess; they needed to be
sorted: and when finally they were,
they either were too big or too
small. He expects to have his
troubles selling them, too, He and
his associates are having numerous
troubles.
The Army has handed them near
" $1,000 900, 900 worth Of civilian
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07
VELETS
By BILL HARRINGTON

an actress-1ngrdd Bergman, Joan
Crawford, Greer Carson, Jennafer
Jones and Gene T1erney.
Bank robbery and romance COM
bine to mix up the life Of Bill Dun
lap, young and ambitious stock
broker, in the hectic comedy, bill
Meets judy" to be dramatized over
WATR-ABC on CURTAIN TIME
tonight at 10 p. m, EST.
Bill runs into the bank robbery
when his boss sends him to see q
client in the country. He meets Judy
when she offers to sell him gas fol
his stalled car and he runs into
trouble when he flashes $1,000 bills
in payment. Bill will be portrayed
by Harry Elders and Jane Eliot will
play Judy.
Secretary Of Commerce Henry A.
Wallace will be one Of the particip-
ants when AMERICAS TOWN
MEETING discusses the question,
What Must We DO To Help Feed
EuropeP" tonight from $3.50 to $3.50
p. M, over WATR-ABC.
Joining Secretary Wallace will be
one Of the nations leading food
packers-H. J. Heinz, II, president
of the H. J. Heinz Company-and
two national legislators - Sen.
Claude Pepper 3D., Fla) and Rep.
Stephen Pace 3D., Ga), chairman
of the House Food Investigating
Committee.
The second half Of the broadcast,
as usual, will be given over to ques-
tons posed by the Town Hall audi
ence. The impromptu questions are
addressed to members Of the speak
ers' panel after all four have aired
their views.
Two current hits are the musical
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07

Back In the u. 8, after q visit 10
Bermuda, Bob Burns reports that
he knows why EngllshTnen wear
monocles. THAT way" he says,
when their eyeglasses get steamed
up from oil that tea they drink,
they still got one eye TO see with"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07

Here's job security for you'll When
Nels Keller Joined Fred WarIng as
trumpeter, he was just out Of coll
lege. This week, Keller became q
grandfather and he's been
with Waring oil that time Keller,
veteran Of more than 20 years
with the PennsylvanianS, heard
mornings over NBC, became the FIRST
grandfather In the orchestra, when
his daughter gave birth to Q baby
girl,