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Evening star., 1946-10-28
$1,000 Reward Is Offered
In JeweIry Store Robbery

A $1,000 reward has been offered
by an insurance company for in
formation leading to the arrest and
conviction of the bandit who last
Friday stole $l2.349 in gems from
the Runk & Seastrom Jewelry Store
on Connecticut avenue.
The announcement was made by
1t. Robert v. Murray, head of the
robbery squad, who indicated there
were no other new developments in
the case.
Meanwhile. police and pawnshop
operators of the Middle Atlantic
States were warned Saturday to
watch for the stolen jewels. A search
now is in progress for a man de-
scribed as about IS, with a sallow
complexion, drawn face and sharp
features.
Detective Sergts. August Helwig,
Carl Hayden and Joseph Hunt have
been assigned to the case.
Their only announced clue is a
gray hat found in a trash can in
the basement of 1907 M street NV
Ivory Green, colored cab driver who
was forced at gun point to drive the
bandit from the jewelry store to a
hotel near the M street address,
told police he thought the hat was
the one worn by the bandit. He
also revealed the man had run in
that direction after leaving the cab.
Evening star., 1946-10-28

campaign. Competition to choose q
safety keynote opened today.
AS proclaimed by the Commits
sioners, Traffic Safety Weeks will
run through December 8.
Drive leaders are hoping reduc-
ton in accident figures will result
They point out the Capital still has
a chance of overtaking Milwaukee
in safety standings before the enc
of the year. The Wisconsin city nov
is leading in the National Safety
Council competition for communi-
ties of more than 500, 900 population
A. Julian Brylawski, chairman o1
the TAB Education and Public In
formation Committee, announced
pledges of cooperation from news.
papers, radio stations, taxicab COM
panies, transit lines, theaters, mer-
chants and other groups.
He said all practicable media will
be used in bringing safety messages
to the attention Of Washingtonians
Of every age. Committee speakers
will visit schools. civic, business and
church groups, and special motion
pictures will be shown, he added.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Statue Of Field Marshal Dill
To Stand at Arlington Grave

tary officers served in the group.
The memorial also was financed
by the English Speaking Union
which is sponsor Of 100000 fund
for its Sir John Dill Scholarships.
Mr.. Haseltine made a life-size
model of the marshal's head from
photographs before starting work on
the equestrian model.
The finished statue is to be 20
hands high, about one-fifth larger
than life size.
Well-known for his polo groups
Mr.. Haseltine now is working on a
larger than life size bronze of
Man O. War and two matched mare
and stallion heads a foot high
to be cast in gold, decorated with
jewels and set in rock crystal-for
Barbara Hutton.
He has taken pains to obtain
genuine British cavalry equipment
and to achieve accurate seat and
hand positions in the rider.
The horse will be in walking posi-
tion-not, as Mr.. Haseltine was
quoted by the New York Times,
waving a sword or anything like
that, like most of those horrors in
Washington"
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Proposed Amendment
ONLY Grunts Power

Question: Does the proposed
amendment to the Constitution
require that Congress giue na-
tionM representation to the peo-
pile of the District?
Answer: No. It is simply an
enabling provision, which, added
to the Constitution, enlarges the
power of Congress and expressly
permits Congress to extend ma
tional representation to the Dis
trict. The time and manner in
which this would be done is left
to future Congresses.
Question Under the Constitn-
ton, the poWer of erclusiDe legis-
lation or ercluSiUe control, oDer
the District, rests ,oith Congress.
Does not the amendment conflict
aOith this po1Der and make such
control no longer exclusive?
Answer: No. The amendment
does not conflict with that
power. It still remains, unaf-
fected, with Congress. The
amendment rounds out the
Evening star., 1946-10-28
300 Surplus Army Vehicles
Go on Sale Tomorrow

About 300 surplus Army vehicles
most of them in need of repair, will
go on sale to certified veterans at 8
m. tomorrow at a War Assets Ad-
ministration sale at Fort Belvoir
WAA announced that the sale
opened this morning but today's sale
is limited to purchases by Federal
agencies.
The equipment will remain on sale
the rest of the week for veterans
Some of the vehicles are being Of
fered for scrap at prices as low as
$40, it was explained.
WAA announced in Philadelphia
today that the Chamberlain Hotel
which the Government acquired at
Old Point Comfort, Va, for $500, ,000
and used for housing Navy officers
during the war, will be advertised
for sale November S. Former own
ers will meet with WAA representa-
tives at Richmond Friday to discuss
possible repurchase under the Sur
plus Property Act. Bondholders are
allowed to file intent to repurchase
any time within 60 days after the
property Is advertised for sale.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Legion Officers Meeting
Here on Rehabilitation

Fourteen field representatives of
the American Legion opened five-
day conference on rehabilitation
procedures today at the conference
room of the Normandy Building,
1926 K street NV.
The representatives are from Is
branch offices set up throug s.asA .he
country to correspond to lch
agencies of the Veterans Aominis-
tration. Personnel help veterans
with claims, insurance and other
administrative matters.
Paul H. Griffith, Legion COM
mander, will welcome the repre-
sentatives in a talk at II am. To-
days sessions will consider pro-
cedures for death claims, insurance
claims and liaison relations with the
Veterans Administration. Legion
officials to confer include Leonce r.
Legendre, assistant national adju-
tant, and T.. %. Kraabel, national
rehabilitation director.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Seven Sought by Army
In Fl. Meade JaiIbreak

Maryland State police and Fort
Meade military police continued
their search today for seven pris-
oners who escaped Saturday night
from the fort stockade.
A spokesman at the fort said the
prisoners sawed their way through
a barred window in their cell block
and overpowered sentry outside.
Another sentry fired at them, but
missed.
The sentry inside the cell block
who was overpowered was being kept
at the fort under detention" today
for questioning.
1t was believed the prisoners stole
a truck after they escaped and one
report was that the seven were seen
driving in the direction of Silver
Spring shortly after the escape.
The seven were listed as:
Jack Hall, %, Jordan, w. Va:
Dan G. Repass. 10, Bluefield, w. Va;
Donald M. Mcfarland, 20, Cass
Lake, Mimi; Charles L. Odom, %,
White Marsh, Md; George T. Willis,
20, LIE Roy, Mich; Fred T. Heinken,
10, Oklahoma City, Okla; Fred Okl-
son, 20, Buffalo, N. Y.
All seven were being held pending
court-martial. Two of them. Helm
ken and Willis, were being held at
the request of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation in connection with
the theft of two safes from the fort,
military authorities told State police.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Gaming Suspect Stays
Free as Case Is POSTPONED

Arraigned today before United
States Commissioner Needham G.
Turnage, William w. Wood, 40, of
the $500 block Of Twenty-sixth road,
Arlington, remained free on $500
bond on police charges of setting
up a gaming table, operating lot
terry and possessing lottery slips.
The case was postponed until Mo-
vember 13 by agreement of the
Government and defense lawyer,
Samuel F. Beach. Wood was ar
rested Friday in an extensively
furnished apartment in the 1000
block Of Fifteenth street NV, said
by police to "look more like q di-
rector's room in a bank than q
gambling joint"
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Safety Slogan Contest
The Commissioners Trafh

The Commissioners Traffic
Advisory Board is seeking a
slogan for use in the current
traffic safety campaign and is
Offering cash prizes. The de-
tails:
The contest is open to every
one. It closes at midnight, Mo-
vember 10. Slogans should be
not more than six words In
length. Entries will be judged
by board selected from men,
bership of the Advertising Club
of Washington. First prize is
s100; second is $50; third Is S25,
and there are five prizes of S.
each. A certificate accompanies
each award.
Entries should be mailed to
Traffic Slogan Contest, Room
1011, Municipal Center. 301 c
street NV, Washington l,
D. c.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Disease Laboratory at Bethesda
Dedicated to Martyr Scientists

pansion OF the National Cancer In
stitute and the actual treatment OF
cancer, an institute for research in
mental diseases and a national den-
tai institute. Also it is planned to
use the present industrial hygiene
department for cooperative studies
with the Bureau of Standards on
the use of radioactive isotopes in
medicine and such allied lines as
agriculture.
Infectious disease, 1t was stressed,
now offers radically new problems
with the rapidity of travel all over
the world. There is no longer any
reliance on an incubation period.
go Years of Research.
DR.. r. E. Dyer, director of the
National Institute of Health of which
the new laboratory will be a unit,
told of the history of Public Health
Service research for the last go
years, eliminating in the recent war
when the vaccine. used against ty-
phus was discovered and produced
here, and all the yellow fever vac
cine was manufactured at Bethesda.
DR.. Detlev Bronx, chairman of the
National Research Council, spoke on
the necessity of government-spon-
sored research to pioneer in new
fields. There we're greetings to the
Public Health Service from DR.. Vas
silly v. Parin, secretary-general OF
the Academy of Medical Science OF
the Soviet Union, and DR.. Seeming
SEE OF the National Health Admins
tration of China. Both men stressed
that scientific research cannot be
otherwise than international.
Invocation was by the Rev. Fran
els Fox of the faculty of Catholic
University, and benediction by DR.
Paul F. Douglass, president of Amer
ican University. The Marine Band
Orchestra played.
The laboratory will be open for
inspection by the public each week
day from November II through Nd
Yember, %. 60.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Two New Cases Of Polio
Brinq District Total 10 II

The Health Department today re.
ported four new cases of infantile
paralysis over the week end, two
from the District.
The four, all at Gallinger Hos
pital, are:
A 32-year-old colored woman
from the 400 block of Newton place
NV, a 10-year-old colored girl of
the TOO block of Fifth street Sc,
a 33-year -old man of the 1900 block
of Four Mile Run drive, Arlington,
and a 26-year-old woman from
Sterling, Va.
This brings the total number of
District cases for the year to 27, as
compared to 100 for the same time
last year. There have been 81 cases
of polio from nearby areas this year,
Is under the number reported at
this time in 1945.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
President Calls on U.S..
To Mark Thanksgiving
With Prayer Nov. 28

President Truman today pro.
claimed Thursday, November %, as
Thanksgiving Day.
In his proclamation he called
upon the American people ito OBJ.
serve that day by offering thanks
to God for the bounties vouchsafeo
us, and by rededicating ourselves tt
the preservation of the blessings
of liberty" envisaged by our fore
fathers in the preamble to the con-
stitution
The President also issued a proc
lamation calling on the people to
observe November II as Armistice
Day by reviewing their determina-
ton and their efforts to establish a
lasting peace"
The text OF the President S
Thanksgiving Day proclamation fol-
lows:
"At this season when the year is
drawing to a close, traditions sug-
gest and our hearts require that we
render humble devotion to Almighty
God for the mercies bestowed upon
us by His goodness.
"Devoutly grateful to divine Provi-
dence for the richness of our endow-
ment and the many blessings re-
ceived, may we continue to give a
good account of our stewardship by
utilizing our resources in the serv-
ice of mankind. May we have the
vision and courage to accept and
discharge honorably the responsible
lities inherent in our strength by
consecrating ourselves to the attain
ment of a better world
Now, therefore. I, Harry S. Tru-
man, President of the United States
of America, in consonance with the
joint resolution of Congress ap-
proved December 26, 194l do hereby
proclaim Thursday, November 28
1916. as a day of national Thanks
giving; and I call upon the people
of this Nation to observe that day
by offering thanks to God for the
bounties vouchsafed us and by re-
dedicating ourselves to the preserva-
tion of the blessings of liberty en-
visaged by our forefathers in the
preamble to the Constitution"
Evening star., 1946-10-28

A bigger than life size statue
Of Field Marshal Sir John Greer
Dill on horseback is being made ir
New York to stand at his grave ir
Arlington Cemetery.
Herbert Haseltine, noted eques-
trian sculptor, is close to finishing
a working model. He is using Cor.
don Wright, seated on an Irish
hunter from Scarsdale, N. Y, as 9
model.
The final statue, to be cast ir
bronze, is to be placed on granite
pedestal little higher than the
ground at. the British soldiers
grave. Field Marshal Dill died or
duty in this country in 1914, after
three years as chief of the British
Joint Staff Mission. He was buried
in Arlington at his own request.
His grave lies on a cedar shaded
rise in the national cemetery. II
is the sculptor's hope the statue
will appear almost lifelike among
the trees.
Money for the memorial was
raised by committee headed by
Robert Woods Bliss. Gen. George
G. Marshall, Admiral Ernest j.
King and other high-ranking mill
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Flowers Sent for His Wedding
To Be Used at Officers Funeral

force recruiting station in Altoona,
had been decorated many times In
connection with his 56 missions as
pilot in the 9th Air Force.
His father, Peter Tomasello, jr.
once Speaker Of the Florida House
of Representatives and whose home
is now in Atlanta, Ga, will accom-
pany the body to Washington. He
was expected to arrive at 5 pm. to-
day. The captains mother is stay
ing with friends in the 800 block OF
Bashford lane, Alexandria.
The fiancee, Miss Catherine Criss-
man Mcfarland, Hollidaysburg, Pa.
will travel to Washington with Sie
officers brother Jerry, who was In
Altoona for the wedding.
Services will be held In Fort Meyer
Chapel at 3 pm.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Questions and Answers
On
National Representation
For the District of Columbia
(Second of q Series)

| power OF Congress over the seal
of government by giving Con-
greSs a new poWer-the power
to admit the people Of the Dis
trict to voting representation In
Congress and in the elections fol
President and Vice President
This power is already possessed
by Congress with regard to every
foot of territory belonging to the
United States, outside the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Question: Just ho1D iSsthis pro-
poSal stated?
Answer: Here is the exact Ian
guage of the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution:
"The Congress shall have power
to provide that there shall be In
the Congress and among the elec-
tors of President and Vice President
members elected by the people Of
the District constituting the seat Of
the Government of the United
States, in such numbers and with
such powers as the Congress shall
determine. ALI legislation hereun-
der shall be subject to amendment
and repeal"
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Housing Emphasized
|At Symposium Of
Ministerial Union

The churches should get together
to help families solve the housing
problem. DR.. Edward B.. Willing
ham, pastor of National Memorial
Baptist Church, declared today at
a meeting of the Washington Min
isterial Union at Calvary Baptist
Church.
DR.. Willingham, speaking at a
symposium of District clergymen,
declared the housing situation was
of utmost Importance to churches
as families are identified with this
problem He pointed out that
there were houses where children
are not wanted and said. What is
the church going to do without
chlldren?"
Other issues facing the church
were noted by DR.. Willingham as of
world relief and rehabilitation, and
to conservation of members in the
churches. He also called for greater
cooperation among the different
Protestant groups.
Peace and Food Are Tasks.
DR.. Seth Brooks, pastor of Uni
versalist Memorial Church, told the
gathering that guarantee of life
liberty and safety for every human
being" was imperative in a world
which considers human life its
cheapest commodity. He added te
the list of the churches tasks those
of ridding the earth of war and pro-
viding food for people everywhere
DR.. Brooks declared the church
should do its part in solving the
question of hatred and greed.
A call for religious instruction
during the week as means of com.
batting the spiritual illiteracy o
our generation" was made by tn,
Rev. Paul Schearrer, pastor of Ia
koma Park Presbyterian Church
DR.. Schearrer also said it was q;
pity 80 few Protestant minister
are invited to address labor unions.
DR.. Charles Lowry, rector of Chev,
Chase Episcopal Church, deploret
the drift toward secularism in con
temporary British and American life
DR.. Crawford Opens Meeting.
The Rev. L. Ralph Tabor, pastol
of Luther Place Memorial Church
acted as moderator of the sym.
postum DR.. Clarence w. Crawford
president of the Ministerial Unior
and pastor of Calvary Baptis1
Church, opened the meeting.
Former Navy sChaplain A. J
McKelway, now with the Veterans
Administration, told the gathering
before the symposium that Justice
and kindness are by-products of re-
ligion and peace can come only
when justice and kindness are ir
the hearts of people" We might
of necessity have to make a make
shift peace based on force, but we
must not be deceived that that Is
the peace which God means, Chap
lain McKelway added.
Evening star., 1946-10-28

Capt. Peter Tomasello III, %,
fatally hurt in an automobile COL
lision in Altoona, Pa, only eight
hours before he was to have been
married at noon Saturday. will be
buried with full military honors to-
morrow in Arlington National Gene
terry.
According to friends of the family,
the flowers which were to have been
used at the wedding will accom-
pany the body to Washington.
Capt. Tomasello died at am
Saturday in an Altoona hospital
shortly after the car In which he
was returning from a prewedding
party was struck by another car at
a midtown intersection. The o1icer,
who was on active duty with an air
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Montgomery Liquor Board
PAYS County S236,500

The Montgomery County Liquor
Control Board today announced it
has turned over to the county COM
missioners check for $3.50, 500.
The liquor board said this repre-
sents one-half its estimated profits
for the fiscal year ending June 80.
1947.
The board also stated it had ad-
vised the county commissioners last
May it would be able to realize a
total profit for the year OF $473, 900.
During the fiscal year which
ended June 80, 1916, the liquor
board said, its net profits totaled
$402, ,728.48.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Arlington Group to Hear
2 Campaign Speakers

Charles r. Fenwick, Arlington
County Democratic leader, will
speak for Edmund D. Campbell,
county board candidate, at meet
ing of the Courtland Civic Associa-
tion at 1407 North Wayne street
at 8 o'clock tonight.
Daniel A. Dugan. independent,
who is opposing Mr.. Campbell in
the November election, also will
speak.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Safety Slogan Contest
Opens 6-Week Drive
|0n Traffic Accidents

The Commissioners Traffic Ad-
visory Board today began a six
week effort to increase traffic safety
consciousness here and boost the
Capital to top position in national
safety standings.
Traffic Director George E. Keneipp
was looking forward to first entries
in the slogan contest being spon-
sored by the board as part of the
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Two Women Testify
For Union in Battle
OF StatIer' Case

Mrs. Helen Roland, secretary ol
Local 246, Milk Drivers and Dairy.
mems Union, testified in the Dis
trict Court sequence of the battle
of the Statler" today that former
Navy 1t. Randolph Dickins, jr., took
her by the arm during the affair
and demanded:
who are you fore"
Mrs. Roland, who lives at 914
Eleventh street Sc, said she re.
piled to 1t. Dickins, whom she iden-
tilted in court, I'm for Roosevelt.
She said 1t. Dickins replied te
her, I'm not. He's no good"
Bankers Wife Testifies.
Mrs. Frank Lee, 1908 Sixteenth
street NE, wife of vice presiden,
of the City Bank, told of being with
Mrs. Roland at the time of the in.
cident.
They were among the early wit
nesses today for the defense in the
5000, 900 libel suit of 1t. Dickins
against Daniel J. Tobin, president
of the International Teamsters
Union, and the union, which grew
out of the September %, 1914 fight
Alvin Roberts, president of the
teamsters' local union OF Lone
Beach, Calf, testified he saw 1t
Dickins and a companion in uni.
form after a dinner given by the
teamsters.
Roosevelt Spoke at Dinner.
He said President Roosevelt spoke
at the dinner. When he saw the
two Navy men, MIR. Roberts testified
they were using uncomplimentary
language about the late Chief Exec.
utive. He also quoted the two mer
as having said ''the Navy is fol
Dewey"
The second defense witness wa.
Leo Asher, head~>of the Clevelans
Cab Drivers Union, who also sal,
he heard the two Navy men speal
abusively about President Roosevelt
Both Mr.. Asher and Mr.. Robert.
said they had voluntarily made affi
davits concerning the affair. Theil
afndavits were published in the un'
ions magazine. Articles and af1i.
davits in the teamster's magazin,
have ibelled him, 1t. Dickin!
charges.
Before the defense began to cal
its witnesses today, James E. Chinn
former Washington Post reporter
now public relations director for tn.
Distilled Spirits Institute, was callee
by Thomas c. Bradley, counsel fo,
Mr.. Dickins.
Pamphlet Identified.
Mr.. Chinn identified a copy of {
pamphlet circulated by the team.
sters' union which he said he had re.
ceived while employed by the Post
The pamphlet contained descrip.
ton of the battle of the Statler."
In a separate action former Nav
1t. James Suddeth, also filed libe
action against Mr.. Tobin and tn.
union. He has since withdrawn hi.
suit.
Mr.. Tobin and the union are rep.
resented by Elisha Hanson ane
Joseph A. Padway. The latter j.
general counsel Of the American
Federation Of Labor. Justice Jen.
- sgs Bailey is presiding.