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Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06

removed and made over TO copy-or
possibly even 10 set-the latest style
in hair-do. Lips and eyebrows receive
those final touches OF paint that will
stick by her until the patients next
visit.
Mshandling is responsible for
most injuries, but storms and hurri-
canes always bring in a flood of
business, since they break windows
and damage the unprotected models.
In one case, Laurence patched up a
lady whose papier.mache torso had
been pierced by bandits bullets.
The mannequins may be just as
dumb as ever-but they've got full
recharge of youth, glamour and sales
appeal when they're finally graduated
from this refiniShing school,
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06

cnce and his wife, careful hands lift
the arriving patient" from her ship
ping crate and carry her to an eXamin-
ing table where an expert diagnosis
is made of the lady's ailments.
Clipped or damaged fingers, toes,
arms and legs are repaired or re-
placed. Any holes or dents are filled
with plaster and sandpapered smooth.
After the body has been made
whole, painters take over. The man
nequin must be in the pink when she
leaves. Realistic flesh tints are ap-
piled. Other specialists give the hands
the appearance of an impeccable
manicure.
The closest attention is paid to
face and coiffure. The mannequin's
wig, unless it is just painted on, is
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
Cobra Man

~ ESPISE their long rule over In
dia, EnClishmen still bump into
49, plenty OF amazing things in that
mysterious land which they can't uH
derstand Take, for example, Brit
ish majors story Of his recent On
counter with an Indian soldier carry
ing a two.foot hooded cobra, one OF
the worlds deadlieSt serpents
1T was a hot day and this fellow
came along with a snake in his hand.
the major related Thinking the
creature was harmless, / started 10
touch il
ITO my horror the deviliSh thing
raised its head and that tclltalc hood
flared out. II was a cobra. And it
struck at me, but missed.
The scpoy held out his own hand
and let il bury its fangs in his palm
! expected him 10 keel over. but he
didn't. Instead. he merely moved like
a Zombie. He told me the snake -.
bitten him twice before, but that
had secret powers and the poison
couldn't harm him.
Il offered 10 take him TO the
medical officer, but he refused treat
;::?.cc:>:. ;:?c:>: J watched him for t7vo days,
but he's perfectly fit One OF us
would have died Immediately. Tn
canny exhibition, eh what?"
THE NNERICAN uEEkUN
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
Rebuj)dinQ
battered


Nv unending struggle
Y" TO make hers self beautiful
w and to stay that way has
always been a source of wonder to
man. Sometimes he laughs - dis
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06

These Shopworn toveiies Get
q Complete Reiuvenofion in
Their Unique Finishing School
and Go Back to Work os Mute
Iy GIomorous as Before
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06

ClOJnlnB ana JeWelTy ana uIdW
sighS of admiration from multi
tudeS of maids and matrons staring
from the other side of the plate
glass.
Despite their fresh compilations,
static waistlines and perpetual air OF
Sophistication, these models do need
a beauticians attention occasionally.
Even a junior miss becomes shop
worn. The paint job dulls, the Golf
fure looks slightly dated, or some
careless window trimmer scrapes a
gals bare shin or bangs her against
door, knocking off finger, toe
or arm.
Then it's time for the battered
beauty to go 10 a master rebuilder
such as New Yorks Gilbert Laurence
IN the studio operated by Mr.. Laur-
IL January q. 1916
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Jack Nichols Mother
Dies Here al Aqe of 86

Mrs, Mary C. Nichols. Sc. mother
of the late Jack Nichols. vice presi-
dent Of Transcontinental & Western
Airlines and former Democratic Rep
resentative from Oklahoma. who was
killed November in plane crash
in Africa, died today at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. Chico B
Spencer. 2802 Wisconsin avenue
NV. with whom she lived.
A native Of Illinois. Mrs. Nichols
lived most of her life in Oklahoma
and came to the District in 1888
after the death of her husband,
John A Nichols. She was an active
member of the First Baptist Church
and the Women's Democratic Club.
Surviving. in addition to her
daughter. Mrs. Spencer, are three
daughters, Mrs. B. I. Flatt. Colorado
Springs, Colo: Mrs. J. w. McCaffrey,
Hopkins, Mimi, and Mrs. George
Payton, Villa Park. Mo: three sons,
Clark Nichols, Washington; Waldo
E. Nichols, Arlington, Va. and
George E. Nichols. Los Angeles: IA
grandchildren and 9 great-grand-
children.
Funeral services will be Friday at
the First Baptist Church, the time
to be announced later. Burial will be
IN the family lot at Eufaula, Okla.
Evening star., 1946-04-03

publican, of Oregon termlng Re-
publican National Committee gath
ering Monday night a grand flop" "
Senator Morse said in statement
that if the program its leaders an
nounced constituted Republican
policy in the next two years the
Republican National Committee will
re-elect Harry Truman in spite of
everything he is doing to defeat
himself"
Mr.. Reece commented that that S
Just one mans opinion" He dealt
at greater length, however. with
questions resulting from Harold E.
Stassen'S statement that it was well
known that l (StaSSen) do not ap-
prove Of Chairman Reece's stand on
many issues in the past
Mr. Reece declared that he did not
know of any one who would approve
in its entirety the record of any
individual through 25 years in
Congress.
Sees No Party Split.
He said he did not think Mr.
StaSsen'S remark and attitude would
cause a party rift. Nor, he said. did
he construe Mr.. Stassens words as
refecting on his selection as national
chairman. He said he welcomed Mr.
Stassen's offer TO cooperate in party
work
Told that Hannegan had addressed
Chairman Hannegan had addressed
an open letter TO him saying ne had
difficulty detecting Republican pol
icy, Mr Reece said he would under
take TO enlighten his rival. but did
not elaborate.
Evening star., 1946-04-03

strated his GOODNESS by casually call
ing Benjamin F. Reed, acting cap
tain of the guard, at 5 am, when
guards normally report in. Medley
said everything looked all right in
the death house.
Worked Feet Free.
Mr.. Botkn said the fugitives OBJ
tanned the bedsheets from their own
beds and from the utilities corridor.
When they were found, one of the
guards had worked his feet free and
was attempting to arouse two colored
prisoners sleeping in cells nearby.
Both guards still were gagged and
their hands were bound.
Not until 5:25 did E. G. Brown, a
guard reporting for work, notice the
sheet rope hanging out the window.
He sounded the alarm and about
the same time officers in a scout car
passing the Jail also noticed the
sheet and went into action.
Police described the uniforms
worn by the fugitives as follows
Regular blue trousers in each case.
Pvt. Sanderlin's coat was similar to
a sailors pea coat and carried
badge No. 612 Pvt. Davis blouse
was of summer weight and carried
badge No. "a. One coat bore No.
on its lapel and the Other No. 4.
In other death cells were William
Copeland, 20, colored, sentenced to
die for the murder of Dora M. John
son, colored, on February 4, 1914, and
Julius Fisher, convicted of the
murder of Mary Catherine Reardon,
librarian at Washington Cathedral.
Medley and Mcfarland were men,
toned prominently in the investiga-
ton of the escape of five prisoners
from the Jail November "a. Howard
B. Gill, superintendent of penal in
stitutions whose suspension followed
the break, said after the escape that
both were included in the original
plans for the jail break.
Only the fact that the conspiracy
was detected and the men who
ultimately escaped were shifted from
Evening star., 1946-04-03

Styip the Independent welfare
Board OF its powers were among the
issues raised in the hearings, re-
lease of the testimony today dis
closed. Cuts IN the building pro-
gram were indicated in discussion
Of inflated building costs.
Amount Held insufficient
Col. Joseph D. Arthur. Assistant
Engineer Commissioner, told the
committee it was his opinion the
prHpoSed new building at the Home
for the Aged could not be built for
the S1,200000 requested in the
budget. Construction costs have
risen steadily since the estimate was
made, he pointed out.
Chairman Coffee observed that, in
connection with construction items.
1t has almost inVariablY been men
toned that the estimate of costs had
been made, and necessarily SO. sew
eral months ago, and that under to-
days prices the appropriation re-
quested would be insufficient.
Shall those in need of facilities
to be constructed from tax funds be
deprived for the time being of such
facilities and the tax funds protected
and withheld until a more propitiouS
time" ne asked, "or shall the tax
funds be diSsipated in a very high
market?'
Tax sources in the District have
experienced no rise comparable to
the rise in construction costs and
there is no evidence they will in the
near future
Accusing the Commissioners of
doing "eVerything possible to further
their interest in having the Commis-
Sioners take charge of public well
fare in the District A Harding
Paul, a member of the welfare board,
asked for an investigation by
House committee to determine
whether the welfare board or the
Commissioners should administer
relief
Commissioner John Russell Young
retorted that subcommittee and a
full committee of the House already
have passed unanimously a bill to
make the welfare board an advisory
body and to place administration in
a department under the Commls-
sloners.
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Elevator Ascends 4 Floors
As Boy C|ings 10 Bottom
3, the Assoe;oted rress

WORCESTER. Mass. April s.
William c. Klunk. jr, l4-year-old
Office boy. clinging to the bottom OF
an elevator by his hands. was car
ried from the fourth to the eighth
floor of downtown building yester-
day and hauled to safety Just as he
was about to lose hold and plunge
110 feet to the shaft bottom.
He escaped with slight bruises.
The boy told police he had taken
the elevator from the third floor tc
deliver package. At the fourth
floor he stepped off and turned
around to pick up his package But
the elevator had continued to rise
and the boy found himself knocked
of balance by the descending floor
gate
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Qudds Born 10 Widow;
One Dies After Few Hours
BY the As.ociotsd Press

LONGVIEW, Wash, April 3.-The
excitement over the ouadruplets
born in nearby Kelso was dampened
by the death of one of the babies
shortly before midnight last night.
The infant boy, listed only as &C.
on the hospital birth chart, was the
third born of the three boys and one
girl Earlier in the evening, he had
been reported as very weak" and
plans were made to place him in a
separate incubator.
Attendants at st. Johns Hospital
here say the remaining three chill
dren have a pretty good" chance
to survive.
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Welfare Budget Slash
OF Three Million Cuts
D.C.Bui|dingProgram
By julio Edwords

The Districts l947 welfare budget
suffered the heaviest cut of any
municipal agency today when the
District subcommittee of the House
Committee Topped
off $3,222,617 from the record re-
quest for $13,17l 300
The bill, postponing for a year
most of the postwar building pro-
gram of the Board of Public We'll
fare, left S9,949, 1873 for welfare oper-
ations in the fiscal year beginning
July l.. The recommended total is
just $46,163 more than appropria-
tions SO far made for the current
year. The Commissioners had re-
quested an increase of $108,0 900 alone
to raise fees paid for foster care.
The biggest cuts were Sl,200,000
for new building for the Home for
the Aged, s1OO6.O0O to replace the
District Training School, $600000 to
replace the Industrial Home School.
Public Aid Funds Raised.
The subcommittee recommended
81 008, 500 for public assistance and
children's services. This is 1888 300
more than was appropriated for
1916 but 1925 900 less than the well
fare board sought.
For child care, the bill provides
S688, l40, Sl10, ,460 more than for l946
but 1880 less than the Welfare
Board requested.
The subcommittee action eli
NAKED extensive hearings where
many explosive issues over adminiS-
tration, controls and responsibilities
were aired
Chairman Coffee repeatedly ques-
toned items in the proposed budget
and constantly reminded witnesses
for the Welfare Board of the linn
tied funds available to the District.
Controversy over administration
Of relief and proposed legislation to
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Gas Office Workers
Seen Ready 10 Vote
Strike Notice Tonight

Office Workers of the Washington
Gas Light Co. were expected today
to follow the example of the COM
pany's chemical workers and vote
tonight to file 30-day notice of strike
with the Wage Sterilization Board.
The office workers, represented
by Office Employees International
Union, Local No 2, AFL, were sched-
llled TO meet at o'clock tonight at
1927 Wisconsin avenue. Chemical
workers, represented by Interna-
tional Chemical Workers Local No.
63, AFL, voted to file the 3O-day
notice at a similar meeting held last
night in Labor Hall, 523 New Jersey
avenue NV.
The office workers number about
200 while the chemical group has a
membership Of about ll00.
Both unions are attempting to
negotiate increased pay in a joint
contract
The two locals originally asked
for hour increase. The
company started by offering 10 cents.
IhlS has SINCE been increased to IA
cents, a figure so far unacceptable
to the union.
Union officials indicated today a
figure somewhere between IA cents
and 81 cents would likely be &C
cepted by the unions.
James D. DingWell, jr assistant
vice president in charge of personnel
for the gas company, expressed
satisfaction today that the unions
are proceeding in an orderly manner.
He said the 14-cent raise which
the company has offered is the
highest that can be made without
creating probability of an eventual
increase in gas rates. The possibility
o. a rate increase, he said, exists in
the l4-Cent offer.
Evening star., 1946-04-03

though he had been an actor for
years, Mr.. Royce received only small
parts, Suddenly, he disappeared
When he returned to Vienna he had
dyed his hair and beard blond and
pretended to be a Tyrolese peasant.
Seeking out Max Reinhardt. he
told the producer he had never been
in theater. but wanted to act. He
succeeded in getting an addition and
played the mad scene from Mac
beth"
He 50 impressed Mr.. Reinhardt
that the producer proclaimed him
the find of the century. and his sue
cess on the stage led Louis B. Mayer
TO sign him and bring him to Amer
lea. He appeared in several pic
lures. among them Marie Antoin-
ette" with Norma Shearer and Ty-
rome Power.
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Guards
Continued From First Page.)

tContlnued From FIRST PaeeD
disrespect to his superiors. He was
fined $50.
Pvt. Oscar c. Sanderlin, the other
guard who figured in the escape to-
day, was a railroad clerk before he
joined the force January !, 1914, and
since that time has served at No. 6
precinct with good record. Both
policemen had been serving inter-
mittently as extra guards at the jail
since the first of the year.
Pvt. Sanderlin lives at 1926 Here
ford place, Silver Spring, Md, and
Pvt. Davis at 9 Fowlers lane, Lam
ham Heights, Md.
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Probe
Continued From First Page
organization of the police force
Representative Kebert said.
Escape Called "a Farce"


Escape Called "a Farce"
when murderers can walk in and
out of the Jail with apparent aban-
don, the Congress which controls
the District of Columbia should ac-
cept its responsibility and perform
its duty" he said The mockery
of the whole situation is the fact
that these conditions have been pub
lie knowledge for many months
The irony of it is at the present
time the responsible head at the
time of the last sensational jal.
break is now the subject OF a pub
lie hearing"
Representative Dirksen. Republi-
can. of Illinois described the escape
as "a farce and demanded that
the District Committee accept It's
responsibility to find out who is tc
blame.
AT the request of Representative
Dirksen, the committee also agreed
TO call the superintendent of the
District Jail. C. o. Botkin
Corporation Counsel Vernon E
West pointed out that there is
a bill before Congress to strip the
Board of Public Welfare of its pow
er to administer penal institutions
and noted the committee had de-
cided not to discuss the situation
pending completion of hearing or
charges against Howard B. Gill, sus-
pended penal institutions superin-
tendent.
We wait while the prisoners walk
out of the Jail Representative
Dirksen said.
The committee decided to hear the
Commissioners and Welfare BoarC
members in executive session al
1890 am. tomorrow. and to decide
then whether to launch a full f1edgee
investigation.
Chairman Bilbo of the Senate
District Committee who was reached
at his Office shortly after 8 O'Clock
had been advised of the break, but
had only this comment:
1T is in the laps of the District
City Commissioners. one of them lS
up for confirmation right now" he
said. That's their job and I don't
intend TO attend to another mans
business
Evening star., 1946-04-03
MedIey's Escape Was Second;
First Stirred MICHIGAN Probe

Joseph D. Medley's escape to-
day from the death cell block in
District Jail made him the object
of a brief search today for second
time. His escape from Michigan
State Prison near Jackson in No
vember, 1914, and his murder of Mrs.
Nancy Boyer here, made him the
high priority fugitive of that period.
The FBI termed him one of the
most dangerous criminals on their
wanted list He is powerfully
built man of As with strong arms and
bull neck who manages to give
himself the appearance of business
man by careful grooming
But that appearance had deteri-
grated in Medley's year in the Dis
trict Jail as his execution was post
poned again and again due to delay
by the Court of Appeals in hearing
the appeal from his conviction.
Medley escaped from Michigan
State Prison on November II with
s70O of the prisoners money in his
pocket and killed at least two women
in four month tour of American
cities, staying at the best hotels.
Both women had red hair.
Escape Caused Investigation.
His escape there caused an in
vestigation of the prison situation
by the Michigan Legislature. The
investigators released a picture of
Medley in white summer clothes
with eight or nine other men con-
victed of violent crimes grouped
around sport car belonging to one
of their custodians. All were trus-
ties and they were on an outing.
Medley left rather than escaped
the Michigan prison. He was chair
man of the prisoners War Bond
Committee He told the warden he
needed posters and literature to
put over a bond-selling campaign.
A lieutenant of the cuStodial force
drove him to Jackson and dropped
him off at an Office building while
the lieutenant parked the car Med
ley had S700 for the purchase of
bonds. When the lieutenant re-
turned, Medley had disappeared.
Medley was serving 80 to so years
for armed robbery, but under the
Michigan system he would have
been eligible for parole in year for
good behavior. He had been SEN
fenced to four to five years in 1927
in Arkansas for larceny.
Womans Body Found.
On Christmas eve in New Orleans
the body OF Laura Fischer, %, a
New York garment worker vacation
ing in the Southern city, was found
nude in a hotel bathtub. 1t was de-
termined that Medley was the man
who had registered with her and
had disappeared.
Eight weeks later the nude body
of Mrs. Blanche Zimmerman, 38, a
red-haired telephone operator, was
found in Chicago hotel room
rented by man later identified to
Chicago police as Medley Her
death, however, was listed as acci-
dental following an extended in
quiry.
On the night of March 8, 1945,
the body of Mrs. Nancy Boyer, an
attractive red-haired woman who
had passed SO, was found shot twice
through the head, in the kitchenette
of her apartment at 2120 Sixteenth
street NV.
On checking Washington hotels
Evening star., 1946-04-03

d i s e a S e. M r.
R o y c e " a S a
member of the
USO show "Ro-
S a lin d "a His
wife was with
him when he
died.
1t was through
one Of the great
est the atrical !
hOaXeS in the
history OF tne
European stage
that Mr.. Royce
became Vienna S
reigning m a ! e
star in 1884. Al
Evening star., 1946-04-03
luck Says Vepco Draft
Got 50-to-1 BACKING
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, April 3.-Hun-
dreds of letters and kilograms from
all parts of the country have flooded
the Office of Gov. Tuck since he
drafted Virginia Electric & Power
Co. employees into the unorganized
militia last week in the unprece-
dented move to avoid interruption
of service by a threatened strike,
now called off.
AS he thumbed through the stacks
of mail, the Governor estimated that
his action was commended by a
ratio of about SO to l.
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Wife and Daughter to Go
With Truman to CHICAGO

President Truman's wife and
daughter, Margaret, will accompany
him to Chicago for his Army day
speech there Saturday, the White
House announced today.
The presidential train will leave
at 4:25 pm. Friday and return to
Washington at l0:40 am. Sunday.
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Boost in Jail Funds
Makes No Provision
For Improvements

No funds for structural improve
ment of the District Jail, from
which two murderers escaped early
today, are included in the District
budget made public today by the
House Appropriation Committee
but official concern was shown by
an increase of S125,667 for the ad-
ministration of penal institutions,
The $l25,667 increase over the
1916 appropriation would bring the
total of District expenditures for
the custody of those sentenced by
the courts to sl873,4 ,407,
In the hearings on the budget,
Chairman Coffee recommended that
the District charge the Federal Gov
ernment for the housing of Federal
prisoners in District penal institu-
tions and complained that local tax
payers too often must pay for what
is purely a national function.
Testimony Released.
The dispute over conditions at
the District Jail was among. the
issues raised in the hearings. release
of testimony today disclosed.
Noting the budget does not in
clude funds for improvement Of the
District Jail, Mr. Coffee suggested
that Ray L. Huff, welfare director,
state for the record that the well
fare board is not inSensible to crit
icism directed at the physical struc-
ture and the operation Of the Dis
trict Jail" but that funds just are
not available
Il do not think we should get un-
duly excited about the situation" ="
Mr.. Coffee commented. because
many people are very maudlin when
it comes to displaying an overgen-
erous attitude toward prisoners.
believe in treating prisoners with a
reasonable degree of humanity. but
I do not believe in feather bedding
them either"
MI Huff observed that causes con-
tributing to the escape of five pris-
oners from the Jail November "a can
be corrected by additional custodial
officers and certain structural,
changes Estimates OF the cost
now are being considered by the
proper authorities, according to his
statement.
A request for s28.S3S for Is new
positions at the jail would provide
only for return to the 40-hour week
and would not permit the jail to re-
lease II police officers assigned to
the Jail after the escapes, Thomas
R. Sard, assistant superintendent,
explained.
S50,000-a-Year L. S. Aid Urged.
Mr.. Coffee advised the Commls-
sioners to submit to Congress a bill
which would require the Federal
Government to reimburse the Dis
trict roughly $4,000 a year for the
support of Federal prisoners in Dis
trict penal institutions, a recon-
made originally by How
ard B. Gill, suspended penal super
intendent.
Although Mr.. Coffee said he in
tended to avoid discussion of the
Welfare Boards efforts to remove
Mr.. Gill, the case came up when
A. Harding Paul, Welfare Board
member, accused the Commissioners
of ignoring their responsibility to
decide the matter in appointing an
inquiry board to hear charges
against Mr.. Gill.
Commissioner Guy Mason insisted,
I'VE have to take the final action.
We cannot pass the buck. We have
to pass on it, and we merely wanted
them to sit as masters in chancery. -
1T is best for all that public
hearing be given in the case. and
let the chips fall where they may,
Mr. Coffee agreed.