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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-29
Escaping Robber Runs
Through Glass Door

A thief who early today entered
the bedroom of home above the
Little Market at 902 Second street
NV, was in such hurry to get
away when discovered that he ran
through a plate-glass front door,
Benjamin F. Snyder told polices
Mr.. Snyder, who operates the
market below his home, said he
awoke to find a colored man in
his bedroom and chased him down
stairs through the store. The man
crashed through the store door and
escaped, Mr.. Snyder said. AppruHi-
mately $3.50 was missing from his
bedroom, he reported to police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-29
.Er &
Grain Highway.
- ssg~
1oGet Bypass
Ironing Kinks !
Rood-Stroightening.
Is Scheduled for
Upper Marlboro I

A plan to build a bypass around
the town of Upper Marlboro and
eliminate the worst bottleneck" on
the Grain highway was disclosed to-
day by the Maryland State Roads
Commission.
Bids for the construction OF the
new route, which will extend from
point south of the town to north
of Wells Corner, are to be sought
before the end of the year, it was
revealed by Robert M. Reindollar.
State Roads Commission chairman.
The Grain highway runs from
Baltimore to the Potomac River
toll bridge.
Stretch Narrow Now.
The stretch from about three or
tour miles south of Upper Marlboro
into and through Wells Corner, is
crooked, narrow and winding" at
present, Mr.. Reindollar said.
Elimination of this traffic con-
gestlon, Mr.. Reindollar explained,
should facilitate the heavy flow of
north and southbound traffic result
ing from construction of the Po-
tomac River Bridge.
The State Roads Commission
chairman reported that records.
taken by means of photoelectric
counter south of T. B., indicate
that traffic over Route 301 during
the first six months of this year was
alps per cent greater than during
the same period in 1945, and 1927
per cent heavier than a similar
period in 1941.
The bridge was first used on De-
cember Is, 1910.
Dual Highway Possible.
Future plans for the road from
the bridge to La Plata, now of mod
ern highway construction, may also
include a dual highway if traffic
warrants it, Mr. Reindollar dis
closed. He said the 24-foot concrete
road had been completely rebuilt as
a new highway on a new location.
From La Plata to T. B. and be-
yono to the section approaching
Upper Marlboro, the road is in good
condition, Mr.. Reindollar said. From
north OF Upper Marlboro almost to
Glen Burnie it was widened and re.
surfaced two years ago, he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-29
B. H. GriswoId, Jr.,
To Be Buried Today
BY The Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, July 2s.-Funera,
services were to be held today fc(
Benjamin Howell Griswold, IT., n
civic leader and senior partner in
Alexander Brown & Sons, invest
ment banking firm, who died Satur-
day.
Mr.. Griswold was chairman of t>
Board of Trustees of the Walters Art
Gallery and member of the Boarc
OF Trustees Of Johns Hopkins Uni.
versity, from which he was gradu.
ated in 1894.
He leaves his widow and foul
children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-29

1884 Seventeenth street NV, po-
lice reported.
Mrs. Leroy Hayes, 27, colored, OF
the TOO block of Corcoran street
NV, told police she was seated at
the driving controls while her hus-
band was making repairs to the rear
end of the car. Somehow, she told
police, her knee hit against the ig-
milton key, the motor started and
the vehicle began moving
Police charged her with driving
without a permit, reckless driving
and colliding. Her husband was
charged with permitting an un-
licensed operator to use his car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-29
Baltimore Pop Concerts
Halted by Beer Shortage

BALTIMORE, July 90. Blame
The beer shortage, Robert Paul lula
said yesterday in explaining why
the weekly pop" symphony con-
certs which began June 80, at Car.
Inns Park have been stopped.
Mr.. lula, conductor of q 50-piece
orchestra which began the series
said, There are hundreds Of Balti.
moreans, who think Strauss waltz
without beer is like terrapin with
out sherry"
Pop" concerts without beer, hi
said, don't pop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-29

WnarfS, were re.
ported recover
ing today.
A US us t A
johnson, 40, Of
316 Ell e v e n t h
street S.W., ar
Agriculture De-
partment engi-
neer, who owns
the $4,000 river
craft Gema, was
returning from,
a trip to Hams
Point with a
party of seven
friends W h e n
the first. eYnln-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-29
Body Token From River

The body of Raymond Gibbs, COL
ored, 800 block of Pendleton street,
Alexandria, was recovered last night
in the Potomac River near the, ma
val torpedo plant in that city. Police
said he drowned when he attempted
to swim from a boat to wharf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-29
HeotingPIont
Rising at Edge of Rock Creek
By Chris Mothisen

A ,7,750,000 furnace room is being
built at the edge Of Rock Creek
north of K street NV. This is the
west central heating plant, still only
an array of foundation work and
partial walls, but ultimately the
source of heating steam for the
western group Of Federal buildings.
When completed, the project will
be similar to the east central heat
ing plant at Twelfth and C streets
S.W. which has been in operation
for a number of years and which
will continue to pour steam into
the system of tunnels and pipes I'M
der downtown Washington.
Essentials of the plant are a
building to house the boilers, coal
receiving building, large paved and
walled yard in which to store coal,
and tunnels connecting with the
existing steam distribution system.
Passersby now can see the floor of
the coal storage yard with portion
of Its wall along Twenty-ninth
street. Beside this wall, just north
Of K street, is the exit of the big
coal tunnel through which fuel will
be brought by belt conveyor from
the receiving building across K
street. Because Of sewers and gas
mains in the vicinity, the tunnel
makes several turns, rises and dips
and at one point almost reaches the
pavement.
Hoppers Receive Coal.
On the south side of K street, four
large apertures can be seen at street
level. These are the hoppers of the
coal receiving building. Tracks are
to be laid across them, permitting
coal cars to be rolled into the struc-
ture to discharge their loads.
Big mechanical devices-a power
hoe and a skip hoist-operated by
one man in a control room will dis
tribute the coal within the yard and
carry it to bunkers over the boilers
as needed.
Various fittings are stored in the
ward now. The biggest are the two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-29
Alexander P. Gilbert Dies

RICHMOND, Va, July 20 P,.-
Alexander Pierce Gilbert, rs, gen.
eral traffic manager of the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railroad when he re-
tired in 1910, died at his home here
Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-07-29
Nine River Boat
Blast Victims
AreRecoveriinq
Two Explosions Occur
Off Maine Avenue:
Three Hurt on Boy

Nine persons, including five fire.
men, who were burned in two ex-
plosions last night aboard a pleas
ure boat at the Maine avenue
Evening star., 1946-02-01
Probation Officer Reports
Only 81 Veteran Cases

The average veteran returning to
Washington has settled down to
making an honest living and by
doing so has knocked the props from
under alarmists who have feared GI
Joe would engage in a postwar crime
wave. This is the opinion today of
Irving Cooper, chief probation Off
Ger of the Criminal Division of Mu-
nicipal Court.
He released figures which show
that only 81 veterans have come
through his Office since January,
l945. and termed the number very
nominal and certainly nothing to
worry about in view of the hum
dreds of cases referred during the
year.
Veterans who have been placed
on probation seem to be doing very
well in rehabilitating themselves. y
he said. They are reporting regu-
larly." His Office handles all Grim
lnal misdemeanor cases following
referral by Municipal Court judges.
OF the 81 cases involving veterans.
IA were brought up on intoxication
charges and II, including one wom-
an, on larceny counts.
Evening star., 1946-02-01
Devers Warns i. ).
To Keep Army Strong

If the United States is ever SUBJ
jected to an atomic or rocket at
tack soldiers must be available to
repel follow-up landing attempts,
Gen. Jacob l.. Devers, chief of Army
ground forces today told the Au-
gustus T. Gardner Post of the
American Legion at the Mayf1ower
Hotel.
Responsibility for the Nation S
security compels the War Depart
ment to advocate a full year OF
universal military training, he
added.
Following any atomic or rocket
attack, it is expected that the
enemy would attempt to land troops
on our shores either by air or sea
Therefore it is necessary that we
have trained Air Corps men to
attack their air fleets and a Navy
to repel seaborne invasions" he
said.
However, IS that enough when
actually the best defense is a good
offense? We would have to send our
own alrborne armies and amphibious
forces to the territory of the enemy,
to seek out and destroy their fac
tories producing their lethal weap-
ons and the cities from which he
was launching his attack against us. "
Gen. Devers decried the "hys-
terical rush" to get servicemen
home. eve are rapidly reducing our
Army from position of power to
one OF pitiful impotency. We must
devise some means to maintain our
power for our own security and for
our position of leadership in the
world" he said.
Evening star., 1946-02-01
New Cur|ey Trial Motion
To Be Heard Next FRIDAY

A motion for a new trial for Rep
resentative Curley, Democrat, of
Massachusetts,. found guilty recent
ly by District Court jury of using
the mails to defraud and conspiracy
Will be heard next Friday.
Justice James M. Proctor, who
presided at the trial, granted a
weeks delay for the hearing, origi-
nally slated for today, to permit de-
tense counsel additional time to
study the lengthy record of the
seven-week trial
A guilty verdict was returned by
tie same jury against Donald
Wakefield Smith, former member
OF the National Labor Relations
Board, and James G. Fuller. The
Government contended that Mr..
Curley, who is also Mayor of Boston.
was president of Engineers Group.
Inc; Smith was treasurer and
Fuller was executive vice president,
and through this consulting service
the organization mulcted victims
out of $4,000.
Evening star., 1946-02-01
ASNE Offers 10 Make
State Department Survey

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Feb. John S
Knight, president of the American
Society of Newspspe Editors, yes
terday telegraphed William Benton,
Assistant Secretary of State, that
the ASNE would be glad" to under
take a study of the State De-
partment's international activities
abroad
The telegram said that Mr.. Ben
ton had indicated a willingness for
an independent review" and the
ASNE would be glad to have its
standing committee on world free
dom of information undertake such
study.
Mr.. Benton asserted Monday that
competitive rivalry" had led the
Associated Press and the United
Press to discontinue news service to
the Governments international
Short-wave program.
Evening star., 1946-02-01
Truman Stresses That He Sets
Foreign Policies for Country

President Truman, and not the
State Department, shapes this coun-
trys foreign policy, and the Chief
Executive seemingly wants that
point made clear.
When a reporter at Mr.. Truman's
news conference late yesterday
started a question with Mr.. Presi-
dent, 90 you support the State De-
partment's policy" the President
broke in abruptly to assert that the
State Department doesn't have a
policy unless he supports it.
Then, with a smile, he told the
reporter to finish his question, but
reiterated that the State Depart
ment carries out the policy laid
down by the President.
The reporter explained that he
wanted to know if the President
agreed with the department that
the United States would not sign
Evening star., 1946-02-01
Bill for New Hospital
Brightens Garfield
Future, Castle Says

Although Garfield Hospital now
is operating under the handicap of
an old, "disintegrating" plant, pros
poets Of a new building, through
pending legislation, makes the
future look bright" according to
William R. Castle, president of the
institution.
There is more hopeful prospect,
he told the annual meeting of the
Society Of Garfield Memorial Hos
pital yesterday, because we have
the hope of modern, up-to-date
buildings; we have a medical staff
which is unsurpassed both in it's
technical efficiency and its loyalty to
the hospital, and our nursing staff
although depleted, is excellent. We
also can congratulate ourselves on
having loyal and vigorous group
of women in the Ladies Aid"
The bill providing for a new 1900
bed hospital to house Garfield,
Emergency and Episcopal Eye, Ear
and Throat Hospitals is now before
the House District Committee.
Despite the fact his report for
l945 showed a fairly satisfactory
account of operation Mr.. Castle
warned that I'VE face a hard year
in 1916"
DR.. F. j. EiSenman, hospital super
intendent, said in his report that
labor troubles, reconversion prob
lens and delay in disposal of sur
plus goods have contributed 10 a
scarcity of supplies and equip
ment." The hospital, however, has
on hand a healthy inventory" OF
about S95,000 worth of supplies.
Several repairs were made to the
plant during the year, with diff
Guilty, Mr.. Castle reported, due to
material and labor shortages.
Henry Grattan Doyle, dean of
Columbian College of George Wash
ington University, was elected a
new member of the society and of
the Board of Directors. The fol-
lowing also were elected to the
Board of Directors for three years:
&c. A. Aspinwall, Mr.. Castle. G.
Thomas Dunlap, DR.. H. C. Macatee.
Mrs. A. Camp Stanley and Walter
Tobriner.
A bequest from Mrs. Louis D.
BrandeiS, widow of the Supreme
Court justice, from the residue of
her estate may total $15OO0O> or
5000 900, Mr. Castle said.
Evening star., 1946-02-01

the proposed inter- American mu-
tual defense treaty with the present
Argentine government participating
Mr.. Truman said he did not know
exactly what preliminary decisions
had been made on the treaty, but
that he would support the State De-
partment.
When he was acting secretary
Undersecretary of State Acheson
said on several occasions that the
United States codld not and would
not sign the treaty with the present
Argentine government, which it
often had charged with repudiating
its international obligations.
In response to another question
Mr.. Truman repeated that Ambas-
sador w. Averell Hartman, now re-
turning from Moscow, had been
seeking to resign since the wal
ended. He said the post had not
been offered to any one.
Evening star., 1946-02-01
Gen. Chang Indicates
He May Quit Now That
China Is Unified
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Feb. 1.-The
emergence of China's millions,
from civil strife into a day of
full freedom for all political
parties was viewed today by
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek
as possibly foreshadowing an
end to his leadership.
The man whose one-party rule has
continued for 18 years said frankly
that from now on the heavy task of
rebuilding the nation rested not
alone On the Kuomintang National
ist parity and much less on me as
an individual"
Whether in the government or
out OF it, he told last nights closing
session of the historic Political Con-
sultation Conference, he would sin
cerely work for peace and solidarity
He pledged that all the far-reach-
ing decisions of the unity conference
would be carried out. These includ-
ed: Free and open activities by all
political parties, naturalization of
the army, nationwide compulsory
education and economic reconstruc-
tion.
Reds to Reduce Army.
Chou En-lai No. Communist
who helped reach the unity con-
ference accord, today expressed full
confidence that there will be no
more civil strife in China. He
said that apart from minor clashes
in Shantung and the east river
district of KWantung, near Canton,
peace prevails throughout the, coun-
try.
He affirmed that the Communist
party is prepared to carry out
fully all agreements reached at the
conference.
Chou said Communist forces
would be reduced to 20 divisions,
which would entail rehabilitation
of about three-fourths of its army.
He added that the military commit
tee of three dealing with reorganiza =
ton of China's army would settle
down to serious business soon.
President Truman's envoy, Gen.
George c. Marshall, is a member
of the committee, which also in
cludes government and Commu-
mist representatives.
Bridge to Constitutionalism.
Gen. Chang personally regarded
the program as affording "a most
| fitting bridge to the period of con-
stitutionalism'
The generalissimo stressed two
| points:
| l. The repeal or amendment of
all existing wartime laws conflicting
with freedoms of the people.
2. Guarantee of freedom of learn
ing, with religious beliefs and po-
litical ideologies not allowed to in
terfere with school and college ad-
ministration.
Government and Chinese Com
munist representatives whose armed
forces had been fighting for control,
particularly in North China, heard
Gen. Chang say:
Our immediate task is to make
all troops IN the country, of what
ever party and in whatever region,
obey the government and its COM
mand."
Evening star., 1946-02-01
May Says Legislation
Is Needed 10 Send GI
Families Abroad Free

In the wake of charges that
the families of enlisted men are
being Disseminated against,
Chairman May of the House
Military Affairs Committee said
today that Congress would have
to change the law to permit
wives and children of all en-
listed men to join their hus-
bands overseas at Government
expense.
His statement came after Repre-
sentative Pace, Democrat. of Georgia
introduced a bill extending the
privilege of free transportation to all
CT families.
"At the present time" Mr.. May
said, the Army does not have law
full authority to provide transporta-
ton for enlisted mems families.
That being the case, we'll have to
change the law"
Would Provide for All.
Mr.. May added that If anybody
is entitled to have their expenses
paid, it ought to be the families of
the privates and let the officers pay
their own way. They make higher
salaries. But if it's feasible, we
ought to take care of all who CO."
Several members of Congress
raised a question about the effect on
CT morale of the Army's announce
ment yesterday that some wives and
children will be allowed to Join
servicemen abroad. The War De-
partment said the Government was
authorized by law to pay for the
travel of dependents of officers, the
three top grades of noncommis-
stoned officers and certain civilian
employees of the War Department.
The War Department announced
later that even if families of en-
listed men in the lower grades could
afford to pay their own way they
would not be permitted to join the
GIS overseas at present due to the
housing shortage.
The department added. however.
that plans making it possible for
families of GIs to go overseas later
are now under study. AS the law
IS written now, these families would
have to pay their own way.
Senator Lucas, Democrat, of Illi-
nois told the Senate the War De-
partment ought to treat everybody
alike.
Instead of building up morale
by the plan,' he said, this will tear
it down"
Senator Hatch, Democrat, of New
Mexico suggested that all enlisted
men be put on the free list. The
same thought was expressed by Mr..
Pace in introducing his bill to amend
a 1912 pay and allowance act for the
armed forces.
John H. Stelle, national COM
mander of the American Legion,
SAID it was the ''lowly paid privates,
prlvates first class, corporals and
duty sergeants" who needed help
and encouragement, not the higher
ranking personnel.
He added that the War Depart
ment was making the same ridicu-
lous mistake in handling this mat
ter as it had in the handling of the
point system of discharges"
Congress will have a little time to
straighten out the family transpor-
tation problem. The War Depart
ment said travel of dependents to
the European theater will not start
until April l and the movement of
families to the Philippines, Japan,
Korea and Ryukyus will start after
Nav ].
Evening star., 1946-02-01
French |temize Charges
Against Il Top Nazis
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NUREMBERG. Feb. /. - The
French prosecution gave an itemized
account today of charges against the
% former Nazi leaders on trial be-
fore the International Military
Tribunal, and urged that all defend
ants be convicted of violating the
rules of war
French attorneys also asserted
that the Nazi design for living called
for the Axis rule of all Europe and
Africa, and the division of the world
into four neatly packaged zones.
Charles Dubost, French assistant
prosecutor, accused each of the de-
PENDANTS of either direct or indirect
esponSibility for assassina tions and
other inhuman acts.
Evening star., 1946-02-01
Homma' S Eyes fearful
Al Witness Praise
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, Feb. Lit. Gen. Masa-
haru Homma cried today at his war
crimes trial as character witnesses
testified that ne was kindhearted
and that Filipinos were very sorry
when he left"
Tears welled to the eyes OF the
Immediately dressed former Philip
pines commander when Hidemi Kor
told the American military tri-
bunal of Hommas "kindheartedness
.oward the Filipino people"
Kon. civilian formerly attached to
the japanese Army information
section, said Homma was removed
because of opposition by militarists
to his administration Of the Philip
pines "along cultural lines"
Homma is charged with RESPONSE
bility for countless atrocities.
In another atrocity trial japanese
1t. Gen. Hikotaro Tajima was SEN
fenced today by an American mill
tary commission to hang and /;
other Japanese officers drew lesser
sentences for the execution of three
American Navy flyers in November
1914, on Bataan Island off Northern,
Luzon.
The American flyers, whose names
were withheld, were bayonetted ano
oeheaded.
SINGAPORE, Feb. 1 tP).-Japa
nese 1t. Nakamura Kaniyuki was
sentenced today to be hanged fol
beheading an Indian prisoner Of
war. The sentence closed the first
war crimes trial in the Southeast
Asia theater. Eight other Japa-
nese received prison terms of from
2 to II years.
Evening star., 1946-02-01
Edwin 6. Pau|son Dies;
Remington Rand Official

Edwin G. Paulson. 50, assistant
sales manager of the Washington
tabulating machine division of Rem
ington Rand. Inc, died yesterday at
his home, 3ll9 Patterson place NV.
A resident of Washington for the
last five years. Mr.. Paulson lived for
many years in Cincinnati. He was
a native of Sibley, Ill.
He was a veteran Of the World
War, a member of the American
Legion and a Mason.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Ruth Paulson; two sons. 1t Edwin
@. Paulson, jr. and T/Sergt. Ray
mond c. Paulson, and a daughter
Miss Barbara Jean Paulson, all of
Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
4 pm. tomorrow at the Hines
funeral home, 29Ol Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in Cincinnati.
Evening star., 1946-02-01
BrYIawski 10 Head Group
For Veterans Housino Aid

A. Julian Brylawski, Warner Bros.
executive here. was named by the
Commissioners today to head COM
mittee of citizens to work with pri-
vate interests in improving housing
conditions for veterans.
Mr.. Brylawski, president of the
Motion Picture Theater Owners of
Washington, will recommend ap-
pointment of other members of the
committee. The committee is the
outgrowth of a conference at the
District Building January % on the
housing shortage as it affects vet
Grams.
Evening star., 1946-02-01
Nationality Debated
For Jap Baby Born
On u. S. Rescue Ship
BY the Associated Press.

oS the ASSOCIdleu fTtSS,
SHANGHAI, Feb. /. - The
Shanghai Evening Post and
Mercury devoted two full COL
umns today to an involved le-
gal discussion of whether a
Japanese baby born aboard an
American Navy cargo ship is
American or japanese.
The baby was born in the
hold of the Brevard, 60 miles
off the China coast, after his
parents were rescued from a
sinking repatriation vessel.
The paper concluded that
the japanese baby - named
Brevard after the rescue ship
still is japanese.