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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-09
Local Woman Killed byBus In Germany
 Wife of Former
 Americon G. !.
 Fought School

Only three days after Mrs. Lu- cille (Jones) Beerbaum, 30, arrived in Germany with her husband, AL fred W. Beerbaum, formerly of Wa terbury, she was hit. and instantly killed by a Red Cross bus at Salz- berg Castle near Frankfurt, &C., cording to a cablegram received here by Hans Beerbaum.
 The couple had gone to Germany to teach American children in the American occupied sector. The daughter of MT. and Mrs. Burr Jones, Plymouth, Mass, Mrs. Beer baum taught in France for two years after graruating from Colby College, Waterville, Maine.
 A native of Germany, MT. Beer baum came here 20 years ago. He was valedictorian of Wilby High School in 1892. The couple were married shortly after he was dis charged from the Army. Before sailing for Germany on Sept. 22, they visited his parents, MT. and Mrs. Paul Berebaum, Munson Road Wolcott.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-09
Discussions Stort Monday On Contract

Contract negotiations between the Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Company and Local 251, Mine, Mill & Shelter Workers Union, will be resumed Monday, The contract which expired Oct. l has been ex- tended, by mutual agreement, to Dec. l.
 The union seeks a joint contract covering the Waterbury and Thom- aston plants of the company. More than 1000 workers in the two fac tories are involved.
 Union employees of the Waterbury plant last night authorized their negotiating committee to hold a strike vote when and if" the com mittee feels that the firm is mot dealing as it should"
 Company negotiations are headed by Attorney William J. Larkin and William Briggs, assistant treasurer. Union spokesmen are International Representative Ovide Garceau, Carl Ortlieb, Waterbury shop chairman, and Charles Didsbury, Thomaston shop chairman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-09
Pastoral Conference Concluded This Noon

The second session of the New England Pastoral Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, meeting at St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Cooke Street, was begun with a devotion yesterday morning conducted by the Rev. August Scholz of East Hampton Mass, at g.
 The first essay of the day was presented by the Rev. Arlin Maas of Boston, Mass, on the proper de- corum of the pastor in the Sanctu- ary. Short discussions were held, the one being the Lutheran World Relief in which the conference was informed that the Evangelical Lutheran Church had up to date carried out the greatest European Relief Project in the present crisis Individuals as well as large groups have benefited by the financial aid and clothing collections conducted by the millions of Lutherans in this country.
 Valparaiso University at Valpa- raiso, Indiana, sponsored by the church as a school of higher educa- tion, it was reported, by the Rev. B. Jansen of Danbury, was erecting a dormitory at cost of $1,60O,0O0 and were compelled to turn away 1000 applications because of the shortage of housing facilities.
 The Rev. Victor Albers of Bel mont, Mass, reported on the Luth- eran Association for the Works of Mercy in New England which deals with juvenile delinquency and or phans. In conjunction with this, the Rev. William Witlenberg, institu- tional chaplain in the Boston area, reported on his work.
 The afternoon session was intro- duced with devotional period con- ducted by the Rev. w. Eissfeld of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-09
SAW IT IN A zoo

The first bison ever seen by a white man was not standing ma jestically in it's prairie domain, but in ZOO. In 1521, when Cortez ana his men visited in Anahuac, the Aztec capital of Mexico, they saw it in Aae menagerie of King Monte zlma.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Woman Often Visited
CIainos, Witnesses Say

Several Greek defense witnesses
testified today at the District Court
trial of George A. Clainos, 20, of the
I100 block of Fourteenth street NV,
charged with violating the Mann
Act, pandering and assault.
The witnesses testified that Mrs.
Heddy Marie Croxton, alleged victim
in the case, habitually called on
Clainos at his restaurant, in the 900
block of New York avenue NV, and
that she used to quarrel with him.
The witnesses said Clainos and
Mrs. Croxton lived in room over
the eating place.
The Government late yesterday
rested its case Calvin Strong, a
cab driver, testified that he took
Clainos to look for Mrs. Crox-
ton last August IA. Assistant United
States Attorney Edward Molenof
said she had previously had him
arrested for stealing her pocketbook
containing ticket for Tennessee
because her Intention was to leave
him. He was out on bond when he
took the cab, it was said.
Mr.. Strong told the jury Clainos
found Mrs. Croxton in restaurant
near Eighth and H streets NV,
where she was waiting for her train
to leave. The witness said Clainos
put her in the cab and beat her.
She then either fell or jumped from
the vehicle, according to testimony.
Medical testimony disclosed she
had suffered four broken ribs, a
laceration of the eye and cuts and
bruises.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
'Qayam ReIinquishes
2 Iran Regime Posts
BY IN Associated Press

TEHERAN, Dec. 17.-Delayed)
Iranian Premier Ahmed Qavam to-
day relinduished the portfolios OF
Foreign Minister and Interior Min
|ister, apparently in response to
criticism by the left-wing Tudeh
Party, which had contended the
multiple posts placed him in. posi-
|tion to control the forthcoming
parliamentary elections
Two undersecretaries were named
temporarily to the, posts Of Foreign
Minister and Interior Minister nn-
til after the elections.
It was reported, meanwhile, that
approximately 20 members Of the
Tudehs Party had been placed under
arrest but government sources re-
fused to comment.
B At the same time the Teheran
newspaper Etelaat printed dis
patch from Tabriz, capital of Azer-
baijan province, saying the Russian
consul there had requested that
the Iranian Army assign guards te
the Soviet consulate and other Rus
sian property.
Iranian government troops, dis
patches to Azerbaijan to supervise
the elections there, occupied Tabri7
last week after brief fighting with
forces Of the semiaut tor1omous pro-
|vincial government, which Subse-
uuently collapsed.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Lester R. FinchaIn Dead;
Was U. s. PRIMER Foreman

Lester r. Fincharn, 81. Govern
|ment Printing once night foreman,
died last night in sibley Hospital of
complications arising from an emer-
|gency appendicitis operation two
weeks ago.
one OF seven brothers who were
veterans of World War II, Mr..
Fincham was District area resi-
dent for % years. He was born in
Savage, Md. He lived at the home
of his wife's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
John Shorb, 1916 Fenwick lane, Sill
yer Spring, Md. His wife. Mrs.
Lenore Shorb Fincham, died two
years ago.
He had been an employe of the
GPO for 10 years. He was a MEM
ber OF the American Legion.
Surviving him are his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayman E. Fincham;
a daughter, Miss Betty Jean
Fincham; five brothers, Louis M,
Alvin, Leonard, Weldon and Edwin
Fincham, and foster brother. Will
liam Martin, all Of whom were vet.
erans Of the war; two other brothers,
Aubrey and Charles Fincham, and
two sisters, Mrs. Ethel La Quay and
Miss Elsie Ffncham,
The funeral has been set tenta-
lively for pm. Friday at the Punl-
phrey funeral home, 8434 Georgia
avenue NV. Burial will be in
George Washington Memorial Gem
etery.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Murder Charge Dropped
In. BIudgeoning Death

An indictment charging three
colored men with first-degree mur-
der in the blundgeoning death OF
Boss r. Williamson, so, who was
found dead last March on the
grounds of Soldiers Home. was dis
missed in District Court today on
Government motion because of lack
of evidence.
The action clears the three men,
Wallace Hart, 81, listed as having
no local address; James G.. Jones,
.21, OF the 460O block OF Hayes street
NE, and William johnson, 1 who
Was an ernploye Of Soldiers Home,
Assistant United States Attorney
Cecil Il. Helm said the Government
sought dismissal because the only
evidence, he said, was vague
statement later retracted by the
man who made it. The case was
dismissed on the Government mo-
ton by Chief Justice Bolitha j.
Laws.
s Hart and Jones several months
ago were sentenced IN District Court
to serve prison terms In sconnec-
tion with housebreaking and larceny
in which safe crackings played q
leading part.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
United Nations cenfer
To Close Doors January 3

The United Nations Service Cen
ter at 500 North Capitol street is
going out Of business January 8,
it was announced today by the War
Hospitality Committee.
Opened october ~, 1943, the Cen
ter has provided inexpensive hotel
service and recreation to more than
100000 men OF all branches Of the
service. The dwindling numbers of
military personnel that now pass
through Washington make, 1t finan-
cially impossible to operate the
center any longer, the committee
explained.
The War Hospitality Committee
has operated the center through
Recreation Services, Inc, under a
lease with the Federal Works
Agency, which owns the property.
Among the many services offered
at the center are sleeping facilities,
meals, laundry, barber and valet
shop and recreation.
A record day at the center was
September 10. 1945, when 1875
military personnel passed through
its doors. Eight hundred volunteers
week werE needed to staff all
services Adequately throughout most
of the war years.
Recreation Services, Inc, was set
up to operate the center so that
neither loss nor profit would be
realized. Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle
is its president. Past presidents have
been Floyd d. Akers and Joseph C..
McGarrapfy.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Truman ProcIaims Pact
On U. S.-PhiIippine Trade

President Truman has proclaimed
the preferential trade agreement be-
tween the United States and the
Philippine Republic, which will be-
come effective the day after It's pro-
clamation by Philippine President
Roxas, the State Department an
nounced today.
Based on the Philippine Trade Act
passed by the last Congress, the
agreement was signed at Manila
July by President Roxas and Paul
". McNutt, American Ambassador.
It's provisions include free trade
between the United States and the
Philippines for eight years. and a
subsequent 20-year period of declin-
ing customs preferences during
which United States and Philippine
tariff rates will be increased grad
ually until 1878, when the prefer
ences will be eliminated and full
duties applied by each country.
Mr.. Truman's proclamation, issued
yesterday, took cognizance Of ac-
ceptance of the agreement and en-
actment of supporting legislation by
the Philippine Congress.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
{. |. Strohecker Is Sued
By Wife for Maintenance

Edward L. Strohecker, of the 1000
block of Vermont avenue NV. des-
'cribed ais q real-estate broker, is
named defendant ia 3 maintenance
suit fled In District Court hy his
vie, Hazel, who charges that al
though she gave him most OF $40 900
she inherited, he now refuses to
support her.
Mrs. Strohecker, who lives In the
$500 block Wisconsin avenue NE,
said she and her husband we're
married In Philadelphia In April,
1920, and have two adult children.
She said that after Ave years of
happily married life she gave her
husband most of the $4,000 to
establish himself in business. She
said they separated several times,
the last time about three years ago,
when he agreed to pay her $50
monthly maintenance However
Mr.. Strohecker has now stopped
paying this sum. %
Mrs. Strohecker said her husband
now derives a very substantial in
come from the business and. that
she has been advised he recently
boasted he was worth $3.50, 900.
The suit was filed by Attorneys
Louis B. Arnold and Irene Kennedy
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Hyde, Ex-FederoI Aide,
Gets LequI Writing Prize

Award of the $500 James Barr
Ames prize for legal writing to
Charles Cheney Hyde, professor Of
international law at Columbia Uni
versfty, and former, solicitor for the
State Department here, was an
nounced today by the Harvard Uni
versity Law School.
DIR. Hyde, former Washington
resident, was judged co-Winner with
Randolph E. Paul Of New York City
for ..the most merftorious law book
or legal essay in the English Ian
guage." Title of DR.. Hyde's prize
winning work is international Law
Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied
by the United States. =
He was State Department So
licitor from 1923 to 1925.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Army Prisoner Reeoptured
After Escape From Train

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 10 R.-A
pistol-Weilding military prisoner who
made drama packed escape from
a moving train was back in custody
today after a few hours of freedom.
The prisoner, identified as Pvt.
John S. O'Brien of Rome, N. Y, was
captured in Kansas City by two
patrolmen.
Corpl Gerrit De Bondt, one OF
O'Brien's guards, said the prisoner
grabbed his gun early yesterday as
their train neared Sibley, Mo-. and
forced him to unlock his handouts.
O'Brien obtained another gun from
a second guard, warned passengers
to remain still and finally leaped
from the train, Corpl De Bondt said.
Later Mark Stoner, a farmer, re-
ported that he was forced to drive
+O'Brien to Kansas City.
The prisoner was being returned
from Indiana to Fort Leavenworth,
Kans., where he escaped three
months ago, Coryl De Bondt said.
/ He was serving five-year sentence
for desertion. the FBI reported.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Pefworfh Group Opposes
Fare Raise Pending Study

Opposition to any increase in fares
by the Capital Transit Co. was ex-
pressed last night by the Petworth
Citizens Association.
y In resolution, the group asked
that present fares be retained, at
least until a study has been made
of transit rates in other cities OF
comparable size.
E. D. Merrill, president of Capital
Transit, who addressed the meeting
called attention to the fact that the
cost of transportation per mile has
risen as much as 10 per cent In some
instances.
THE cost per mile" he said, was
largely due to the sharp wage in
creases. The hourly rates In the
last six years, has risen from 70
cents to $1.18 in one category. He
also brought out that new streetcars,
which cost 5000 In 1910, now cost
$40, 900.
Ernest F. Henry was reelected
senior delegate to the Federation OF
Citizens Associations.
The meeting was held in the Pet
worth Library, Georgia avenue and
Upshur street NV, with Harvey o.
Craver, presiding.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Tickets for Installation
OF Bishop Available

General admission tickets for the
ceremony installing the Right Rev
Henry Knox Sheriff., Bishop Of
Massachusetts, as presiding bishop
of the Protestant Episcopal Church
at the Washington Cathedral on
January IA are available, Canon w
Curtis Draper. jr., of the Cathedral
chairman of the Ticket Committee
announced today.
Written requests must be made for
the tickets, Canon Draper said
Each request will be allowed two
reservations. An acknowledgment
with the date the request was re-
ceived and its order number noted
on the return slip, will be made
The tickets will be mailed during
the week of January 6.
Half of the Cathedral seats will
be- held for reserved ticket holders
These will include representatives OF
every Episcopal diocese and mis-
sionary district throughout the coun-
try, representatives from other de-
nominations, Government officials
and diplomatic corps members. The
remainder of the seats will be set
aside for the general admission
ticket holders.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Mrs. Maxwell 5. Cooley
Dies After Iona Illness

Mrs. Grace Bogart Cooley, II, Of
$ East irving street, Chevy Chase,
Md, died yesterday in Suburban
Hospital after a long illness.
A Washington area resident for
A years, she was a native Of Elnfra,
N. Y. Her husband, Maxwell S.
Cooley, is a retired Navy Depart
ment engineer, formerly with the
Bureau Of Yards and Docks here.
Mrs. Cooley was an active member
of the Chevy Chase Women's CLUB
and the Women's Auxiliary of All
Saints Episcopal Church until her
illness.
She is survived by her husband.
son, Jesse B. Cooley of New York
City; a daughter, Mrs. George w.
Welker Of Chevy Chase, Md, and
three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at All Saint S
Church. Burial will be in Elmira,
NJ Y
Evening star., 1946-12-18
4N4 = &. :
Father MoeIIer, "a, Dies;
Believed Oldest |. |. S. Jesuit
~ fhs Assoeioied Press

~ 3. hl
CINCINNATI, Dec. 18-The Rev.
Ferdinand A. Moeiler, "a. said to be
the oldest Jesuit priest in the United
States, died last night at Jesuit
novitiate in neighboring Milford.
A native of Cincinnati, Father
Moeller was nationally prominent as
founder of the Catholic Deaf Mute
Conference, a section of the National
Catholic Education Association.
Father Moeller was ordained to
the priesthood in 1885 and, as q
Jesuit, taught at ST. Mary's fKans.)
College. st. Ignatius College, Chi
cago: the University of Detroit ano
! Xavier University, Cincinnati.
Funeral services will be held here
Friday with burial at the Jesuit
Cemetery in Milford.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Five Teachers Added
AT Dunbur High School

An increase of five teachers on
the Dunbar High School staff was
reported by Robert G. Mcclure, jr.,
president of the Dunbar school
alumni, at, meeting last night at
the high school.
The alumni started campaign
in November to increase the STAFF
of teachers from As to 81, as the
number necessary to take care of an
enrolment of more than 1,500
pupils.
More than 100 members attended
last nights meeting, at which a
committee was elected to conduct a
membership drive.
Officers of the alumni were re-
elected at the meeting.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Grafton Tyler, Is, Dies;
Retired District EmpIoYe

Grafton Tyler, 75., retired District
government employe, died yesterday
at his home, 3435 Oakwood terrace
NV, after an illness of several
months.
A native of Georgetown, where his
family had lived for three genera
tions, he was retired five years ago
as a clerk with the water registrar S
Office of the District government
He had been employed there for 80
years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Maude Mann Tyler. and two daugh-
ters, Miss Virginia Evelyn Tyler
and Miss Barbara Mann Tyler, al
of Washington.
Funeral services will be held al
2 pm. tomorrow at his residence
Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Six Insane Prisoners
Flee Valley Forge,
EIude Army Search
BY the Associated Press

PHOENIxVILLE, Pa, Dec. 3D.
Six crin1inally insane Army life
term prisoners, who forced a window
to escape from Valley Forge Gen.
eral Hospital, eluded capture in
Eastern Pennsylvania today.
Police units hunting the fugitives
called on civilians in radio broad
casts to help by reporting imn1e-
diately any trace Of the men. They
warned the six were dangerous and
should be approached with caution.
Heavily armed and equipped with
torchlights, civilians and military
police searched dense1y wooded sec
tions and lonely country lanes in
the hospital vicinity after the escape
was reported shortly before last
midnight.
But there was no trace of the fugi-
tiyes or any clue as to the direction
in which they fed. Police said the
six, committed for crimes ranging
from criminal assault to murder,
escaped through a window Of their
ward and possibly were aided in the
quick getaway by an automobile.
The hospital said the men were
not armed when they fed from their
ward, but that it was possible they
obtained weapons later A previous
Statewide police alarm had stated
the men were armed.
The public relations Office identi-
fled those at large as:
Joseph Bruno, %, Staten Island.
N. Y; Howard Boggs, %, Hunting
ton, w. Va; Curtis L. Fogarty, "a,
address unavailable: Harry F. Keller,
Is, address unavailable; Frank L.
Lotion, 26, colored, Saginaw, Mich.
Gerald Brant, who was admitted
yesterday, could not be fully de.
cprihpI
Evening star., 1946-12-18
DpathB
rRAPP. IoHN r. on y

TRAP. JOHN T. On Wednesday, De-
ssnIs CEN s 1854 oAN = % seoyea
Of Sadie G: Trapp and the late John T;
Mrs. James c. Chaney. Fureral from his
DseemSer Dec resi.' e. al e $50 "a am. REQUIEM e mass
ives & s. and friends invited. intermsnt Glen
TYLER, GRAFTON. on Tuesday, De-
cember II, 1916, at his residence, 3435
oakwood ter NV GRAFIoE TYLEHE, .a Horson son
q beeysa sG hasbana q and MS
Tyler. father Of Miss Virginia. Evelyn and
barbara Mann Tyler Services ct the
es1 At pm. ins Interment M private. Please omit
flowers. IS
WHEELER, DORA SCOTT. On Wednes-
I7s4 eth s, NV; DORA scoTT WHEELER
s s q 4 M s. sis e.. .fEan5 asn1s wss es Jennie s
Mrs - violet & West West MIS- MIS- Flora ora Martin 'ns and
sses asd iresds asS Soss d
later. ARRANGEMENTS by W. Ernest Jarvis
eeSes oop Is L9SIs qs4s oTs 81 Woop Il Pc Pc
brother N q Lavinia Ridse,ey and Sihs SrotSsr.
funeral later. Arrangements BY Malyan
& Schey.
ber 1Ss II. Is46 % FANNIE ~ zuCKSR. ucIsSfs beloved
mother of Mrs. Mollie Aaron Of 80 Hawaii
ave. me-, Mrs. Estelle Gin Of BROOKLYN. N.
r. and Mrs. Sidney Fucker Of New York
City. She also is survived by one brother,
Ben Delueas of New York City, and one
sister. Mrs. Ella Wanger, last heard of
when released from q concentration camp
and now believed to be In Bucoyina, Serv-
ices and interment THURSDAY, December 10,
in New York City. Arransements by the
Goldberg Funeral Home.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Clifton H. Luce Dies;
Washington Attorney

Clifton Hadley Luce, AZ, Washing
ton attorney, died yesterday of a
heart attack at his home, 3 West
Grove drive, Alexandria.
A native of Boston, he was a grad
uate of George Washington UniVer-
.sity He was Washington represen-
tative of the John n. Ivory Co. of
Detroit. IA
Mr.. Luce was past master of Con-
gress Masonic Lodge No. 81.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Ellen o. Luce, and brother, Rich
ard T. Luce Of Birmingham, Ala
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Old Paper Collections Get
$4,000 Pounds in One Day

More than $4,000 pounds of old
newspapers and magazines were col
lected yesterday in the second dis
trict of The Evening Star-P IT. "A.
paper salvage campaign, bringing
the grand total of the drive to 26,-
526, ,067 pounds.
B The collections were as follows
lexington. 525; Gage, 1880: Morse,
$40; Twining, 1,167; Bladensburg,
E275; Thomas, 9o0; Lovejoy, so; JET
ferson, 5.153; Van Ness, 1,089; Gid
dings, 1.798: Wallach, 1889; Ed
munds, 480; Brookland, 1.623s Lang
don, 1876; Woodbridge, 3,865 Bur-
royghs. 1,275: Bunker Hill, 2,585;
Noyes, 2.376, and Emery, $50.
The collection schedule for tolnor-
row in the fourth district, together
with the leaders. are as follows:
Evening star., 1946-12-18
|Murconi Associate Dies

LONDON, Dec. Is Or. M.
Vyvyan. 20, who assisted in estab-
fishing the first wireless stations
on the American and Canadian side
Of the Atlantic, died today. He
was an associate of the Italian in
ventor Guglietlmo Marconi, and at
one time was engineer in chief of
thes Marconi Co.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Sermon Series Announced

A series of sermons will be de-
,ivered by DR.. n. Framer Smith OF
Philadelphia at the Cherrydale
Baptist Church, Lee highway at
North Quebec street, Arlington.
starting today at 8 pm. and con-I
inuing nightly through Sunday.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Darn nj Chunks

sMALLWooD. DONALD JACKSON, JR.
We wish to express sincere thanks to the
Rev Edward Fl. Pruden. First Baptist
Church, and the Rev. Freeley Rohrer. East
ern High School, associates, neighbors and
friends for the lovely floIal tributes, cards
and all other expressions of sympathy at
the passing of our loved one, DONALD
JACKSON SMALLWOOD, Jr
Mr.. AND MRS DONALD j. SMALLWOOD,
Evening star., 1946-12-18

CHRISTMAS SEAL ADYOCATES-The Duke and Duchess Of
Windsor while their recent visit to Washington took time
Christmas greetings to friends throughout the world
and made sure that envelope Christmas Seal
They shown in the British Embassy Canada and England
using the United States again this year help in the
fight against tuberculosis while Bermuda using similar seal
Harris a. Ewing Photo
Evening star., 1946-12-18

DIGGINS, HATTIE. On Sunday, De-
cember ID, 1916, in Gallinger Hospital,
HATTIE DIGGINS of PAPA N St NV,
mother of Alice Shelvey. She also is sur
vived by one grandson, Roland Shelvey; one
great-grandson. one granddaughter -in-
relatives and friends. Remains resting
with L. E. Murray 81 Son, 1887 10th st.
NV. Funeral services Thursdaye December
19, at i pm, at Metropolitan Baptist
Church. Rev E. C. Smith officiating. In
terment In Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.