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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-27
BY DEAN w. DITTMER


 Washington, Sept 27-(UP)-The 38th Parallel is something you may hear more about, but the Army cer- tainly hopes not. It may mean bad news if you do.
 That's the line dividing the Unit ed States and Russian occupation forces in Korea.
 About 10000 U. S. troops are sweating it out below the 38th Pa- rallel while Russia has from four to five times as many troops above the dividing line. The Soviet Union has not agreed to cut down the size of its occupation force.
 Koreans Don't Like Troops
 On top of that the Koreans don't seem to like the presence of foreign troops.
 One high-ranking army leader who doesn't want to be quoted by name said the United States has three possible moves in Korea: Sit tight and see what develops, pull out. or send in bigger force. With drawing our forces would mean turning the entire country over to the Russians, he said.
 It is generally believed in the Orient that Russia is attempting to spread her influence throughout the Far East as much as possible, and Korea, like China, is fertile field.
 No More Troops to Korea
 The high army officer said that the American public would not stand for sending more troops into Ko- req; such action might be termed an act of aggression, he said.
 The only thing to do, according to his way of thinking, is to let things ride as they are and hope that an agreement can be reached on permanent policy.
 The morale of American soldiers in Korea isn't good. I ate Army food from Alaska to the Fiji Islands and all over the Far East. Gener- ally, 1t was very good, but in Korea it was pretty bad. The troops also need more entertainment. Korea is one of the few places in the Pacific where American soldiers cannot get 8 sufficient supply of cigarettes and refreshments.
 The reason given for the poor food and lack of facilities is that Ko- req is on the tail end of the ship ping line, and everything has been picked over at other ports.
 An effort is being made to have food and supplies shipped directly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-27

from the United States to Korea without first making stops at other ports. That may improve the situa- ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-27
By EDWARD W. BEATTIE

Cologne, Sept. 26 - UP) - Ten years should be long enough to clear the rubble from Cologne, the first city to be rocked by a l,000- plane air raid.
 When the rubble has been clear ed, the skeleton walls of gutted buildings must come down. Then the real job of rebuilding can be- gin.
 Cologne is as spectacular a ruin as any of the 50 first cities of Ger many. It is more spectacular than most In additional to damage from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-27
HarUard Prepares Debut
 Of NeanderthaL Skeleton

Cambridge, Mass, Sept. 27 (UP)- Arthur from Jerusalem, considered the greatest international jinx and hoodoo since King Tut cursed, was drilled polished and slipped under glass at Harvard's Peabody Museum today in preparation for his $250,000 American debut in November.
 Arthur is the oldest and most expensive collection of human bones ever exhibited in this country, He is the most nearly complete of a group of twenty-six 0O,000-year-old Neanderthal skeletons unearthed at Jerusalem in 1882. His bones, which were dug out of solid rock with a dentists drill, are valued at $250,- 0OO
 He was nicknamed Arthur" by Director Hugh Hencken of the American School of Prehistoric Re- search who has had the job of wir- ing the heavy brow, the splintered ribs and the undershot jaw into an almost complete skeleton. That was simple, Hencken said, compared with trying to convince the world that Arthur isn't jinx.
 Arthur Carries Jinx
 T think" Hencken said, wiping a speck from Arthur's expensive shinbone, that since the skelton's arrival a lot of superstitious per- sons have been expecting the roof to fall in here"
 But the doctor admitted that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-27

Rice rationing in Japan now av- erages about cupful a day a per- son.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-27

Mexico has presented 100000 home lots to 100000 government em- ployes
Evening star., 1946-09-27
Convention Of ave
Opens Here Tonight

The first constitutional conven-
ton of the Greater Washington Area
Council of the American Veterans
Committee will open at17:15 o'clock
tonight in the Department of In
terror Auditorium.
Robert Nathan, former deputy di-
rector of the old War Production
Board. is scheduled to deliver the
keynote address Don Rothenberg,
chairman of the area council. will
welcome visitors, and the Rev. w. H.
Jernigan, pastor of Mount Carmel
Baptist Church, will offer the in
vocation.
Committee meetings tomorrow
morning will be followed by busi-
ness sessions at and pm. Officers
will be elected at the final session
Sunday.
A platform for submission to the
convention is expected to contain
expressions on such problems as
price control, housing and suffrage
In the District, convention officials
said.
About $50 delegates from % local
chapters are expected to attend.
Evening star., 1946-09-27
Bar Committee Name!
Officers for Inquiry
Info Auto Financinq

A study Of auto financing prac-
tices in the District was started
yesterday as special committee of
the District Bar Association set up
machinery for complete investiga-
ton into finance companies, credit
unions and banks.
Chairman Martin F. ODonoghue
said his committee had agreed to
make an overall study of existing
District laws covering auto loans
The committee will report its find
ings to the Bar Association, which
in turn will report to the Commits
sionerS.
Edward Leisure was designated to
check into banking methods of auto
financing while Elmer Cummings
will look into the credit unions and
finance companies.
Our idea is to see if the existing
statutes adequately cover the loan
business here" Mr.. ODonoghue
said. I'VE are not saying that any
thing is wrong"
Mr.. ODonoghue said the COM
mittee would be interested in talk
ing to any one who believed he was
overcharged in the financing of an
automobile. He emphasized, how
ever, that the committee was not
going to act as a collection agency
A meeting of the committee has
been set for pm. next Thursday
at the chairman's Office in the
Tower Building.
Evening star., 1946-09-27
Hotel Unions Here Ask
u. ). Aid 10 Bar Strike

Attorney Samuel Levine, repre-.
senting four AFL unions in Wash
ington's % hotels, today announced
that the Cancellation Service of thu
Labor Department will be asked tt
intervene in an effort to settle 6
/ threatened strike. The existing
contract expires Monday.
/ Meanwhile, two of the unions pre-
pared to take a strike vote today
They are Local 781, Walters ano
Mattresses, and Local 209, Cooks
Pastry Cooks and Kitchen EN-
ployes.
Local 80, Hotel Service Workers
by vote of 1887 to 81. yesterday
empowered union leaders to call 8
strike should negotiations fail
Local IS, Bartenders' Union, is the
fourth union.
Negotiations, which involve re.
quests for wage increases and i'm.
proved working conditions, were re.
cessed last night. Attorney JOSEPH
c. McGarraghy, who represents tn,
hotel owners, declared the confer
ence had been conducted on &
friendly basis. The time for re.
convening will be worked out latel
with Mr.. Levine, he said.
I'VE are going ahead in an at
tempt to iron this out" said Mr.
Levine in disclosing that the aie
Of the Cancellation Service is being
enlisted
The union attorney said that h,
hopes a temporary agreement car
be arranged, with employees re-
naming at work if negotiations pas
Mondays expiration time.
Evening star., 1946-09-27
Electric Contract Industry
Praised by SchweI|enbach
By the Associoted Press

An electrical contracting industry
statement boasting Of quarter
century of cordial relations with its
workmen drew praise from Secretary
of Labor Schwellenbach yesterday.
The occasion was the signing in
Mr.. Schwellenbach's Office of con-
tract establishing new industry
wiae pension fund. The agreement
was reached between representatives
of the National Electrical Contract
ing Association and the AFL Inter-
national Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers
The agreement provides for 60-cent
monthly contributions from the
100000 IBEW members and match
ing contributions from the more
than 1900 electrical contractors.
Union members can retire on $50 a
month on reaching IS years of age
and after 20 years union member
ship
The association said it had had
good cooperation with the union in
handling labor management prob
lens for more than quarter century
and added
The successful relations rest upon
q simple formula of getting the facts
of analyzing the facts, of arriving
at the nature of the problem, anc
then doing something about it joint,
with kindness and reasonableness.
Evening star., 1946-09-27
Capt. Durant Rests
Defense on Charge
OF Hesse Gem Theft
BY the Assoeio'ed Press

FRANKFURT, Sept. 27!-Former
WAC Capt. Kathleen Nash Durant
rested her defense today in her trial
on military charges of completely in
the theft of s1,5Oo,OOO worth of
Hesse family jewels from the Kron-
berg Castle.
Mrs. Durant refused to be ques-
toned on the theft charge and took
the stand only briefly to testify on a
companion count of being absent
without leave from her Army post.
, Her defense was completed in a day
, and half, and her attorneys asked
recess until Monday to prepare
final arguments.
Other Losses Are Cited.
A defense witness testified that
the Hesse jewels were not the only
valuables to disappear from the
castle after it became United
States Army officers club
Under the Army's lax system of
accounting, however, there is no
record of what royal furnishings
may have been looted, they said
because no inventories were taken
no receipts we're required when the
property was moved and no re-
strictions were placed on the au-
thority of officers in charge of the
castle to remove its contents.
Maj. R. @. Brown, former officer
of the headquarters command which
included the castle club. testified
that when the British royal librarian
obtained some documents from the
castles library he was not required
to give receipt for them.
1T was known that things were
disappearing from the castle" re-
lated one witness. "Silverware was
continually being carried from the
dining rooms" said another.
Had Authority to Move Property.
Mrs. Durant had authority to
transfer property from the castle"
testified Maj. Joseph Hartley, who
was her superior officer when she
was in charge of the club
But did that authority include
moving property to Hudson, Wis.,"
asked the prosecutor. Some of the
jewels allegedly were found in Hud-
SOM
."I would not say that-no,"
answered Maj. Hartley.
Mrs Durant is on trial before an
! eight-man military court. Her hus-
band. Col Jack Durant, and Maj
, David A. Watson await trial.
Evening star., 1946-09-27

provided that four hours constituted
a working day on Saturday but that
the Federal Bureau of Prisons had
"flagrantly violated this act of Con-
gress" from 1881 to 1s43 when GUS
todial personnel received overtime
pay under new legislation.
Mr.. WEIGH estimated that each
employe who worked in Federal
prisons from 1881 to 1943 would be
entitled to pay for rs full days for
each year.
Evening star., 1946-09-27
Union for U. 5. Prison Help
Asks 81, 1000, 900 Back Pay
BY the Assoeioted Press

ATLANTA, Sept. 27.-Representa-
tives of unionized prison employees
throughout the country yesterday
demanded the payment of almost
So 100000 Which they claimed is due
in back pay to approximately 1900
.custodial personnel employed in
Federal penitentiaries.
I'VE want to get paid for the
time We worked" j. F. WEIGH, chair
man of the National Council of
Prison Locals. CIO, said in explana-
tion OF resolution adopted at the
meeting.
Delegates said that a 1881 law
Evening star., 1946-09-27
Three Held in Beutinq
Of Couple With Bottles

George w. Painter, 36, and hi.
wife. Bernice, 25. of the 1000 bloch
Eleventh street NV. suffered hea6
cuts when beaten with beer bottle,
by three men during an argument
last night in restaurant in the
100 block street NV, according
to police.
Police said the argument started
after Mr.. Painter objected to re-
mark made to his wife by o,,e of the
men. The three men escaped in ar
automobila but later were arrested
near Eighteenth street and Colum.
bia road NV. and held on oper
charges, according to police.
Mr.. Painter and his wife received
treatment at Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1946-10-25
Kent Wins Verdict;
Attorney for Nurse
To Seek New Trial

A District Court jury last night
gave a verdict In favor OF Otis Beall
Kent, 81. wealthy tax attorney, who
had been sued for 100000 DAM
ages for alleged breach of promise
and slander by Miss Margaret
Buchanan, 46, a nurse.
The two women and 10 men on
the Jury deliberated approximately
eight hours
Lester Wood, counsel for Miss
Buchanan, said today he planned
to move for a new trial.
There were Is or l6 points dur
ing the trial to which took excep-
tion," Mr.. Wood said
During the trial, which began
October 8, Miss Buchanan said Mr..
Kent promised to marry her in 1910.
She became acquainted with the at
torney during the illness Of his
mother. When Mr.. Kent's mother
died in June, 1910, Miss Buchanan
said, Mr.. Kent asked her to stay
on at his downtown Sixteenth street
apartment. Mr.. Kent denied this.
The nurse said she had been
intimate with Mr.. Kent, but
he steadfastly denied it. Miss
Buchanan's counsel repeatedly
called Mrs. Frances M. Dolmage,
who at one time was associated
with him. The wife of Washing
ton dentist, Mrs. Dolmage In 1914
was accused of taking $4,000
gem collection from Mr.. Kent. She
was acquitted of that charge, but
later was. found guilty OF perjury
in her trial.
Judge David A. Pine presided at
the damage trial. Mr. Kent was
represented by William A. Gallagher
Evening star., 1946-10-25
U. S. Civilian Employees Defy
Army Order to Quit Rome Hotel

wants the Excelsior quarters 1of the
families of high-ranking officers
expected soon in Rome.
Mr.. Magwood said the civilian
employees objected to the Nuova
Roma as "insanitary" and poorly
situated in "slum section of Rome. -
While one officer, wife and child had
three rooms with bath in each at the
Excelsior, Mr.. Magwood declared,
the Nuova Roma had almost no
rooms with baths and community
baths would have to serve as many
as Is persons.
Mr.. Magwood, like most of the
other "sit-in" strikers, is former
major. Some of his fellows were
enlisted men who served in Italy
and got local discharges. They have
sent cables of protest to Gen. George
A. Horkan, director of the Army's
Memorial Division, and Richard
OBrien, head of the Overseas Civil
ian Personnel Branch, Mr.. Magwood
said, adding that protests to Con-
gressmen also were contemplated.
Civilians pay $13 per month, plus
50 service charge, for quarters IN
Army hotels.
Evening star., 1946-10-25
Mccormack Gives May
Warm Endorsement
BY the Assoc;oted Press

PRESTONSBURG, KY, oct. 25.-
A letter from House Majority
Leader Mccormack, warmly indors-
ing the candidacy of Representa-
tive May, Democrat, for reelection
in the 7th Kentucky district, was
disclosed today.
Not only have you represented
your people ably and with loyalty =
Representative Mccormack said.
but you have represented them
with courage"
Mr.. May has been recovering from
a heart ailment which prevented his
appearance last July before the Sem
ate War Investigating Committee to
answer questions about his connec-
ton with a, wartime munitions
combine
A spokesman for Mr. May said
that thousands of copies of the
letter would be distributed in the
district
Evening star., 1946-10-25
0PARemoyesC Ceiling,
|0n Another LIST Of
Miscellaneous Items
By Malcolm Lomborne. Jr.

Price controls were lifted today
on another group of miscellaneous
items, including eye glasses, step
ladders and outboard motors, as
Deputy Price Administrator c. Dean
McNeal reported that many indus
trial products as we'll as some cloth
ing are scheduled for early decon-
troll.
Mr.. McNeal told reporters that
officials hoped to have a master
list" of goods to be freed from cell
ings ready by November /.
Tentatively placed on the list are
small radios, some linens and many
other items, Mr.. McNeal disclosed.
Today's action lifting certain
items from ceilings was based on
the OPA ruling that they were "un-
important in living costs"
Other Items DecontrOlled.
Other items decontrolled were
hand-wound monographs, finished
and semifinished lenses, frames and
mountings for eyeglasses, spectacles
and sunglasses; .manually operated
washing machines, carving knives
and kitchen knives and forks, non
electrical food choppers and juicers
lanterns, mantel lamps and hurri-
cane lamps that use oil, kerosene or
gasoline; amplifiers and loudspeak-
ers. and other devices using batteries
or electricity and binder and baler
twine.
In a separate action OPA removed
controls from all legume seeds-al-
falfa, red clover, alsike clover and
sweet clover.
Meanwhile, Ivan D. Carson, OPA
deputy administrator in charge OF
rent, told reporters that SO far as he
knows no change is contemplated in
the Government policy on rents.
Policy on Rent Unchanged.
He was asked whether OPA be-
lieves 1t possible to hold the line OF,
rent ceilings with most other items
removed from price control. Mr.
Carson replied: Il haven't been told
of any change in policy"
Questioned on the strike OF
Seattle landlords, Mr.. Carson said
he believed the great majority OF
landlords 'are not the type to par
ticipate" in such a movement.
He said landlords generally are re-
ceiving a net operating income 20
to IS per cent higher than before the
war, and insisted that continuing
OPA surveys show their operating
expenses have not risen.
Since 1912 OPA has granted about
100000 unit adjustments in rental
ceilings, and this is going on all the
time, Mr.. Carson said.
Evening star., 1946-10-25
Deck Officers Submit
Strike Settlement Plan
To East, Gu|f0wners
BY tho Associoisd Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Settlement
of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast
strike OF deck officers hinged today
on acceptance Of a new proposal
submitted to ship operators by the
AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots
Union.
While Capt. William Ash, CO.
chairman of the union Negotiating
Committee, would not disclose de-
tails of the proposal other than to
describe it as something that has
never been written into a contract
before" he said its acceptance would
settle the walkout.
Operators also would not discuss
the counterproposal, but promised
an answer at the resumption of
negotiations today.
Compromises Reached.
The masters and other deck Of
dcers originally sought 30 per
cent wage increase as we'll as prefer
ential hiring. Capt. Ash said COM
promises had been reached on the
pay raise and most other issues and
that the operators had agreed to
grant preferential hiring to mates
and pilots, but not shippers.
Meanwhile, CIO marine engineers,
who struck with the masters 25
days ago, tying up virtually all
the Nations. shipping, counted re-
suits of voting on ratification Of
an agreement reached earlier in the
week to settle the East and Gulf
Coast phases of their strike.
The huge New York local Of the
Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso-
citation, voted overwhelmingly to
accept the pact yesterday. The bal
loting result was sent to union head
quarters in Washington, where Sam
uel Hogan, president, is expected to
announce Nationwide results.
Is Per Cent Increase Reported.
Terms of the engineers settlement
have not been announced officially
but union spokesman said the
terms included a IS per cent in
crease as compared with an original
demand of IS per cent. He said the
contract also had preferential
hiring clause which would permit
hiring of nonunion engineers by op-
orators @but would state that such
employees would be expected to join
the union.
Evening star., 1946-10-25
Supreme Court Ruling
Expected Shortly on
Hatch Act CHALLENGE
By WiIIiom A. MiIIen


The Supreme Court is expected
soon to hand down written opinions
on just how far Federal and State
employees may participate in politics.
The court considers this question
to be so Important Mat,jt recently
reheard arguments efSke the full
bench. 8 #
One case, brought by the United
Federal Workers Of America (CIo)
and a dozen Government workers
against the members of the Civil
Service Commission, contends that
part of the Hatch Act violates free
dom Of speech. The law generally
bars public workers, paid in full or
in part with Federal funds, from
political activity.
The workers and the union argue
that section ga of the act Is un-
constitutional and violates the First
and Fifth Amendments to the Fed
eral Constitution.
This section provides: mo officer
or employe in the executive branch
Of the Federal Government or any
agency or department thereof, ex-
cept a part-time officer or part
time employe without conmpensa-
ton or with nominal compensation
serving in connection with the ex-
listing war effort, other than in any
capacity relating to the procure
ment or manufacture of war ma
terial, shall take any active part
in political management or in politi-
cal campaigns"
A three-judge constitutional court,
consisting of Chief Justice D. Law
renee Groner of the United States
Court of Appeals and District Court
Justices Jennings Bailey and James
w. Morris on September 26, 1914,
dismissed the complaint of the union
and workers and upheld the legality
of the section.
Those contesting the act want
the right, as private citizens, to
write articles for candidates for pub
lie Office, make speeches, solicit
votes, transport workers to and from
the polls, post banners and posters,
aid in political parades, distribute
leaflets, circulate petitions and per-
form other campaign chores.
Another case, from Oklahoma,
challenges the right of the Federal
Government to interfere with State
employees under the Hatch Act. The
Supreme Court was told the Civil
Service Commission threatened to
have taken out of Federal road aid
funds to Oklahoma twice the salary
of State Highway Commissioner
France Paris unless he were re-
moved from Office in 80 days. He
was accused of violating a section
of the Hatch Act.
The Civil Service Commissions
right to interfere with State en-
ploye's political activity was upheld
by the lower courts.
Evening star., 1946-10-25
| All Men in 7 own
| Will Serve as
| Street Cleaners
BY tho Asxoeiotsd Press

PRESTON, Md, Oct. 25.-Tomor-
row most of Preston's 4l6 able
bodied male critizens will roll up
their sleeves, grasp brooms and dust
pans and do solid job of street
cleaning in obedience to a town
charter ordinance
But since tomorrow also will be
the towns Tooth anniversary, the
laborers will be rewarded with an
OK roast, an oyster feast and all
sorts of historical pageantry.
Most of the men and their wives
who'll watch from the side lines
will don 1845 costumes. Therel II
even be a policeman for the day,
though Preston ordinarily gets along
without one.
j. Phil Wright, the appointee,
promised rigorous enforcement of
the ancient ordinance which pro-
vides that:
Every bodied man shall give
one day out of the year to the
maintenance of the town streets.
He may send an alternate or pay 81
to the Town Council. If he declines
to do either, he may be thrown IN
Jail until the requirements are met"