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Evening star., 1946-10-28
PIebiscite

Edward E. Covert, corresponding
secretary Of the District Federation
Of Women's Clubs; Miss Lottie An.
derson, assistant recording secretary
| of the federation; Mrs. Luther
Lemon, federation chairman Of citi-
zenship; members Of the Pro Bonata
Club; and of the Forest Hills Gar
den Club, Of which Mrs. Leslie
Wright is president.
Thomas j. Groom, president OF
the Bank of Commerce g. Savings,
who is chairman Of the Plebiscite
Finance Committee told a radio au-
dience today from station WMAL.
that the population Of the District
of Columbia had increased by an
estimated so per cent since the last
plebiscite in April 1898.
"This is one Of the principal fac
tors" he said, which prompted the
Board OF Trade to sponsor another
plebiscite. 1t is time we had another
expression Of community opinion"
The trade body's plebiscite COM
mittee has not and will not CAM
paign either for or against national
representation or for or against
local suffrage" he enphasized.
In the 1888 plebiscite, he said, 87,-
082 voted for national representa-
ton; 82,977 voted for local suffrage;
{, 1882 voted against national repre-
sentation and 10,937 voted against
local suffrage.
Rabbi Norman Gerstenfield OF
Washington Hebrew Congregation
In an address yesterday over Station
WMAL called on his hearers to vote
for the franchise.
This plebiscite," he said, will
have no legal validity, but it will
have spiritual validity. It will be
powerful instrument of public opin-
ion to influence the sound men in
Congress so that steps can be taken
soon afterward that would as
sure American self-government in
Americas Capital.
THAT Is why" he added, "a week
this Tuesday all Of you above the
age of 81 should please 60 to the
polling places and vote for the right
to have q vote.
Every citizen of sound mind who
has done his duty has the privilege
and the responsibility Of choosing
the representatives who will be the
and executive tnstru-
ments Of the decision for all the
people.
Democracy Outlined.
American constitutional democ-
racy is based on the idea Of repre-
sentative democracy. The individual
does not rule directly, for he has not
the skill, but through his free choice,
by secret ballot, Of representatives
he deems competent. he delegates q
limited authority that permits him
to influence the new decisions Of q
changing community and q chang
ing world.
with every confidence In our
splendid District Commissioners,
men of honor, competence and serv-
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Keenan, Hints Early Trial
Of Jan MONOPOLY FomiIies

TOKYO. Oct. % P.-Chief Pros
ecutor Joseph B. keenan, indicated
today that additional Japanese
leaders. including some members OF
the Zaibatsu Family monopoly
groups), might be tried on war
crimes charges even before conclu-
sion OF the present cases against
former Premier Hideki TOTO and 2d
others under indictment.
Mr.. keenan, said the prosecution
was studying the war guilt of ban
kers and industrialists in line with
It's policy of trying those chiefly
responsible for planning, initiating
and waging aggressive war"
& The American Economic Mission
to Japan recently blamed the Zai-
batsu as one Of the groups primarily
responsible for the Pacific war.
Allied headquarters has prepared
q plan under which the industrial
banking monopolies Of four Zaibatsu
families-Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Sunni
tomo and Yasuda-are to be broken
up. There has been considerable
speculation, too, that Zaibatsu
leaders would be barred from par
ticipating in Japan's future economy
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Senator 0''Mahoney
Urges Ballot for
District Residents

Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat, oi
Wyoming, champion of better fiscal
relations between the District and
Federal governments, today strongly
indorsed the franchise Of voteless
Washingtonians. and the suffrage
plebiscite November 5.
The Wyoming Senator is CO.
author of the bill carrying for
mula for new system Of calculat-
ing the amount Of the Federal pay
ment toward the cost of running the
District government. The formula
is based on the amount of tax-free
land in Washington to the total area.
In telegram to The Star. Sena-
tor O'Mahoney, who is campaigning
for reelection, said:
"Of course, the people of the Dis
trict of Columbia should not be
deprived OF an Americans greatest
prerogative, the right to vote in both
national and local elections.
1T is the free ballot that dis
tinguishes the United States from
totahtarian countries. Let's make
the distinction perfectly clear to all
the world by extending to the citi-
zens of the Capital the complete
right of suffrage. indorse your
referendum" 81.
Other response to a telegraphic
poll by The Star:
Representative Edwin Arthur
Hall, Republican, of New York: 81
have always stood for the right of
residents of the District of Columbia
to use of the ballot, I think that
any referendum which gives them
voice to their opinions on vital sub
jects should certainly be conducted"
Representative Forand, Democrat,
OF Rhode Island: sI heartily favor
the holding of this plebiscite and
entertain a deep-seated feeling that
the people of Washington should
be permitted to vote for local and
national officers. Surely way can
be found to give these voteless
citizens an opportunity to take an
active part in their government.
Representative Outland, Democrat,
Of California:-"Am 100 per cent In
favor of national suffrage for Dis
trict of Columbia If a member Of
Both Congress will do all in my power
to work toward that end"
Representative Patterson, Demo-
crat, of California Wholeheart-
edly favor both local and national
suffrage for District of Columbia and
applaud aims of referendum being |
sponsored by Board of Trade"
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Deaths Reported

Mary W. Parsons, 80, 1853 Psrkwood pl
william N. Smith, jr, 81. 1914 Fairmoni
Florence T. yrcdic, IS, 4109 W st. NV.
Modestins. Sb, 565 l4th st. s;e.
George Findloter, "a. Troy, n.
George W; Gray, 73; 3414 d3th 81. NV.
Nellie NJ. Baumgartner, 90, 1l0l Massa'
Florence M. Young. s5, 210 R.. ]. ave. ne
Isaac Sirk, 80, Gaithersbur&, Nd.
Clarence P. Herbert, 81, 1928 st. Sc.
Albert =. Myers, 35, 361l 3 st. NV.
Ollie N. Patton, jr;, 81, Arl;neson, Va.
Garnett Kuhlman. 80, ~ 7th 81. Sc.
Infant Goodwin, 223 9th st. s.w.
Infant Dean, Alexandria, Va.
infant dottiieb, 1928 Saratosa ave. ne.
Infant Watson, Maryland.
Infant Martin. MARYLAND.
infant Howell, Arlington. Vs.
Infant Overend, Arlington, Va.
Alfred Washington, %, ct. Nisabeths Hos
pital.
Mary I: ssundsrs, Sos e4q 3 Ct nv, -
ADefs stn 45liiF g o g. oI oSg o6SSglgse e = nv
Rosa A. Cook, 46. 1907 New jersey ave
Lillian Brown. ~, sl5 9Th It, NV.
Evening star., 1946-10-28

He told Robert 10 Ne In the grass
and keep watch
"If anybody comes along, you
whistle" he said.
Robert lay in the grass and
watched the youth carry George
across q brook and disappear with,
him in the woods. Not long after.
ward Robert heard his friend cry
for help He hurried home on his
bicycle and informed his mother,
who told him to tell Georges father.
Mr.. Wanzor, looking for his son,
found crowd around the body. The
Wanzors have no other children.
Evening star., 1946-10-28

passenger when
t h e p / a n e
cr a S h e d and
b u r n e d early
y e S t e r d a y at
Phoenixville, Pa.
Pennsylvania
State Police said
Mr.. Osburn had
given rides to
several friends
in the afternoon.
At midnight he
returned to the
airport h er e
with David T.
r e Sc, 81, Of
Kis,al,onkoH IA
Evening star., 1946-10-28

Police Capt Stuyvesant Pinnell
said the Haubold boy had been iden-
titled by Robert Harms, 8, who was
bicycling with George shortly before
his death. Capt. Pinnell said Rob-
ert gave the following account:
The two boys met stranger near
the wooded area who suggested they
60 into the woods to get some ducks.
Evening star., 1946-10-28

s t a b b ing of
George Wanzor
jr., IL.
District Attor-
ney James N.
G e hrig sal d
young Haubold
confessed h e
stabbed the boy
with a knife,
FIRST in the back
and then a num-
ber of other
times" " The slay-
ing occurred
Saturday in q
wooded area In
the vicinity of
Evening star., 1946-10-28

Hopping insiae an electric trans
former at Vauxbons, Haute- Marne,
France, a sparrow short-circuited
all the transformer cables, blew out
fuse boxes in many houses and
caused fires in three apartments, the
damage totaling $8,000-and one
sparrow.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Cafeteria Chief to Speak

Mrs. Kenneth w. IngwallSon,
cafeteria director for Alexandria
public schools, will speak at a meet
ing of the Parent Teacher Associa-
ton of the George Mason School at
8 o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Boy Admits Sfabbing
[11-Year-0Id 10 Death
~ the Assoeiated Prsss

MINEOLA, N. Y, Oct. 28.-Fif-
teen -year-old Henry j. Haubold,
IT.. of Bellmore faced f1rst-degree
murder charge today in the fatal
Evening star., 1946-10-28

Chinese individuals can buy no
more cars abroad this year, their
quota having been used up, the gov
eminent decreed.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
D. T.. Pilot and Friend
Killed in Plane Crash

A midnight flight in a plane not
equipped for night flying brought
flaming death to Connel Osburn, 38,
OF 2sl1 Sixteenth place NE, and a
Evening star., 1946-10-28
5000 Catholics View
Holy Name Ceremony
Al Sylvan Theaier

Nearly 10000 members OF Holy
Name Societies Of the Washington
area yesterday marched down Con-
stitution avenue as part Of the days
ceremonies paying homage to
Christ the King.
The marchers and an additional
5000 Catholics then assembled at
the Sylvan Theater on the Monu-
ment Grounds for religious serv-
ice commenaorating the Feast Of
Christ the King This was the
first observance Of the festival, in
stituted in 1925 by Pope Plus XII,
since before Pearl Harbor.
The Very Rev. Ignatius Smith Of
Catholic University told the gather
ing in his sermon at Sylvan Theater
we can maintain our country's
greatness only by continuing to
recognize God as the Author Of
human rights and Of the freedom
these rights demand"
Fight of Justice Urged.
Our Nation is doomed If power
and might instead Of justice and
right dominate management or
labor" and If "ungodly and undemo-
cratic racial and class discrimina-
tion continue to divide our people" !"
Father Smith declared. He urged
his listeners to fight against "indif-
ferentism, Communism, absolutism
and atheism"
Holy Name representatives OF
more than 50 parishes and missions
of the Washington area participat-
ed in the parade. Among the
marchers were altar boys in red and
black cassocks, friars in robes and
members of religious orders, each
dressed in the habit of his organ
ization.
Music for the parade was provid-
ed by nine bands, among them the
Metropolitan Police Department
Band and the Georgetown Univer-
sity Band. The Metropolitan Police
and the United States Park Police
served as escorts.
Bishop Keyes Officiates.
The Most Rev. Michael j. Keyes
titular bishop of Areapolis, oficiatee
at the benediction of the Mos
Blessed Sacrament. The Rev. vii.
liam E. Kelly of st. Martins Parish
served as deacon and the Rev. Fran.
els Carney as subdeacon. The Sui
pician Choir furnished the music.
Among those in the reviewing
stand were the Rev. Joseph Moran
spiritual director of the Holy Nam'
Societies; DR.. William H. Collins
Evening star., 1946-10-28

When the mayor of Yeovil, Eng
land, opened the towns first pre-
fabricated houses he tossed a hand
full of coins into the crowd "for
l1Ick"
Evening star., 1946-10-28
SompIe BoIIot

Give one answer to each ques-
ton II you live In the District Of
Columbia and are 81 years Of
age or older.
l. Do you want the right
to vote for ofncials Of
your own city govern
ment In the District OF
Columbia? Yes RI
No q
2. Do you want the right
to vote for President
Of the United States
and for members OF
Congress from m the
District OF Columbia?
". .
No O|
Evening star., 1946-10-28

Nottingham, England, is produc-
ing curtains for the first time since
1041.
Evening star., 1946-07-02

the difficulties. They kept labor
quiet. They pretended not to catch
the name of any New Yorker. Even
the respectable Southern Conference
was not permitted to intervene.
But they are grateful for what
they got and they are not through
with Senator Bilbo if he wins. They
have laid pipelines into Mississippi,
and as 1t was in France, it was the
priests who led the resistance
Methodist ministers are their prin-
cipal helpers. This group has been
quietly gathering ammunition which
they hope and expect to fire in a
Senate challenge of Bilbo's quali-
flcations if that becomes necessary
Evening star., 1946-07-02

political folkWays carried the day.
The net, finally elected on the eve
OF the primary only a few hours
before Mississippians went to the
Evening star., 1946-07-02

COmmlCLee on DOTS F1eeson
Campaign Expenditures held tele-
phone booth poll and decided they
would not act lin the absence Of
complaints from within the State"
In the morning the Committee on
Privileges and Elections had passed
the buck to the campaign group.
In neither case did a Southerner
act as committee chairman nor a
Southern majority make the deci-
sion. Senators from States where
Negroes vote cast the die.
Thus ended day Of rumors that
G-men and Senate investigators
were being alerted to 60 to Missis-
sippi to help quell the anti-Negro
violence which has been feared as
the result Of Senator Bilbo's
speeches.
Senators unofIicially declared they
feared 1t would help Bilbo If they
gave him a chance to cry that
Northerners were trying to turn him
out. Their Southern member, SEN
ator Maybank Of South Carolina,
encouraged them in this view.
Mr.. Clark's brief statement
showed that he, a Texan, shares it.
He put 1t carefully that the Justice
Department would back United
Evening star., 1946-07-02
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

By THE HASkIN SERVICE.
@. How many battle stars and ci-
tations have been awarded to the
|, 9th Fighter Group?-P. L. E.
A. According to the War Depart
, ment. the 9th Fighter Group was
!, awarded a unit citation under Gen.
eral Order 1913, WD 1945. The 9th
Fighter Group received battle stars
for the following campaigns: East
Indies, Northern Solomons, Bis
marck Archipelago, Western Pa
cifc, Southern Philippines, Luzon.
@. With whom should one COM
municate In order to offer German
shepherd male dog to the Army for
the K-9 Corps?-L. w. P.
A. Persons who have dogs of this
breed, between the ages of l and
81 years, and wish to sell them to
the Army, may communicate with
Raymond C. Smith at Box 331,
Demarest, N. J.
@. What is the itinerary Of the
summer cruise of the midshipmen
Of the United States Naval Acad-
emy?-L. E. Y.
A. The battleships Washington
and North Carolina, which have
been assigned to the first and third
classes, on leaving Annapolis will
cruise to Newport, R. l., and thence
to Norfolk. Va. The course will be
set for Guantanamo. Cuba; thence
to the Southern drill grounds;
thence back to Guantanamo and
from there to Annapolis by way of
New York. The first cruise will be-
gin on July and the second on
August II. In the second cruise
Norfolk will be omitted and, instead,
the ships will put in to Cristobal,
Canal Zone.
@. Are all the veterans Of the
Spanish-American War eligible for
pension?-G. w.
A. Spanish-American War veter-
ans, honorably discharged from all
periods of service and with 10 days
service are entitled to receive a pen
sion. Various factors, such as age,
length of service, degree of disa-
bility, etc, enter into the decision
which is made by. the Veterans Ad-
ministration.
@. Which unit Of the United
States Army was actually the first
to enter the city of Manila during
the liberation of the PhiNppines?-
J. H. K.
A. According to the War Depart
ment, although four divisions and
the 9th Ranger Battalion made
landings almost simultaneously on
the island in the Philippines, the
1st Cavalry Division claims to be
the first American division to enter
Misunderstanding its dash to the
capital on January 81 after landing
at Lingayen on January II.
@. Is it possible for an infantry
veteran to obtain copies of the
large-scale maps used by his bat
talon, regiment or division in COM
bat?-E. G.
A. Many Of the maps used In
combat were prepared by the Army
Map Service, in this country. These
maps will be sold to the public. In
formation on them may be obtained
by writing to Army Map Service,
610l Macarthur boulevard NV,
Washington, D. C.
Evening star., 1946-07-02


pany will pay me all right, I know
that, but will 1t believe me? Do in
surance companies ever believe
anyone? I have seen so many
movies, usually with Edward G..
Robinson enacting the role of the
cynical insurance sleuth who be-
lieves every man is crooked. that I
am afraid to put in my claim.
I don't want to live the life OF
suspect. I don't want man in
derby failing me around the
streets. or jumping in the cab be-
hind mine and telling the driver,
Don't lose that bird-keep him in
sight" Neither do I want a hard
looking character peering at me
over the top of his newspaper when
take a rest in a hotel lobby. What
peace could have If my telephone
were tapped? And a dictaphone
under ones mattress doesn't make
for peaceful sleeping.
Proof Positive.
The claim form, which I have by
me as write this, is proof positive
that the insurance company doesn't
trust me nickel's worth. 1t doesn't
come right out and say that should
be behind bars making mail sacks,
but it comes close to it. One Of the
demands made Of me is this: Give
q detailed account OF the robbery.
Hoping to trick me into admitting
guilt. eh, insurance company? Hop
ing I'll slip up and tell you just
how it happened, when 1t happened,
and the hour and place.
Hoping, I guess, that I'll fill the
space with something like this:
cat midnight, while the moon was
obscured by cloud. short, middle
aged man with thinning red hair,
wearing a double-breasted suit, and
whose initials are H. Mel, busted
in the back Of the car, grabbed
everything in sight and ran like the
devil. Sold the hot stuff to fence
and spent the dough on a slant-eyed
babe in a nightclub named the
Platinum Pelican. Now hiding out
in backroom in Brooklyn under
the alias Of Frank (The Kid
Baldone."
Remember the Price:
The claim form also requests that
list every item stolen, plus the
day, month, year 1t was purchased,
and the price. Oh, ye of little faith,
I defy the president Of my insurance
company, or Of any other insurance
company, to remember the purchase
price. and all that other rigamarole,
of his possessions.
One of the items stolen was two
piece seersucker suit with a slight
tear in the seat. What kind of a
world would this be, what hope for
progress would there be, If men had
to clutter up their minds remember
ing the city in which they bought
a torn seersucker. the price they
paid for 1t, the clerks name who
handled the deal, and the day,
month and year of purchase?
Also. one of the things stolen was
a mashie niblick. 1t so happens that
I stole that club from Byron Nelson,
years ago. Nelson has so many clubs
he never missed 1t. But, how will
the insurance company take it if I
tell it one of the items I want to
collect for was stolen by me from
Nelson? Very badly, I fear. I'm
not SO sure Nelson would like it. He
might put in claim with his in
surance company for the club and
start a fight between two great Or
ganizations. with me in the middle
I guess the best thing for me to
do is to take my loss like a little
man and forget it.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc. }
Evening star., 1946-07-02

censorship IN connection with relic.
distribution.
The House voted the restriction
In welter of fervid oratory. Rep.
resentative Dirksen, Republican, o
Illinois, author of the amendment
declared the time had come to stoI
"appeasing" Russia and other
echoed his sentiments in equally
brave language. Protesting the ac'
ton, Representative Cannon, Demo.
crat, of Missouri, chairman of th7
Appropriations Committee, asserted
There's no assurance that blooe
Of million boys won't be shed il
this amendment is agreed to. If we
proceed gratuitously to insult g
nation, accusing it of something oi
which it isn't guilty, I ask you te
what 1t will lead?"
Due to Die in Senate.
But the House voted the freedom
OF the press" amendment and passed
the problem on to the Senate
There, 1t appears likely, 1t will meet
the same fate that a similar pro-
posal met last fall. The Senate
will kill 1t.
The likelihood Of the Senate kill
Ing 1t again is increased by the
other happening mentioned In the
flrst paragraph. This is the revela
ton that Russia contains its own
share Of poor, weak sinners like
ourselves.
A dispatch from Moscow, obvious
ly uncensored, relates that a whole
raft of factory managers, directors
engineers and bookkeepers have
been fired and fined for taking in
dustrial production figures, misap-
propriating factory funds and dis
tributing bonuses Illegally. Further
more, factory officials have been
charged with converting public
property to their own uses and
shipping unfinished or below stand
ard goods to their customers. The
skulduggery has not been confined
to any one industry or section of
the country. 1t has been occur
ring all over the place.
NU DCttCT ludH we are.
This puts the Russians in a differ
ent light. 1t makes them human
They cease to be mechanical robots,
operated by strings in the hands of
Stain and his lieutenants. They
are not even, at least not all of
them, consecrated Communists liv-
ing in a mysterious mental and
spiritual world beyond our ken.
They give thought to their own per-
sonal interests and have their quota
of common greed.
Moscow should have opened this
hole in the iron curtain sooner. 1t
would have gone far to alleviate
American fears. For we Americans,
like other people, are disposed to
fear what we cannot understand and
We never could understand the Rus
slams as they are usually pictured.
There has seemed to be something
uncanny in their very patriotism,
their -for-all- and -all-for- one
ness, their everything for the state
attitude. We could understand
some people being like that, but
not a whole nation of 180, 900 900
people.
Now, happily, we learn differently
The Russians, by golly, are no better
than we are. Not that we condone
the things the factory managers
Evening star., 1946-07-02

are accused Of doing. We don't
condone things like that in our
country; We just know that they
sometimes happen. And we are able
to sympathize with the Russian
people who are the victims of the
misbehavior described.
All in all, this news is good news.
1t might be the beginning of 4
beautiful friendship.
Evening star., 1946-07-02

States attorneys within the State.
He pointed out that the Supreme
Court made this position mandatory.
In conclusion, he stressed that he
only made the statement in answer
to inquiries.
Hard Wrought Phrases.
Hours Of conference preceded
those hard-wrought phrases. Not a
kind word was said for Senator Bilbo
in any Of them.
The outcome was disappointing to
the small group of Southern liberals
who worked under cover to enlist
Federal pressure. They realized all
Evening star., 1946-07-02

polls, was Mr..
Clark's 75-word
pledge of full
support to the
announce m e n t
Of the two Unit
ed States attor-
neys Of Missis-
sippi that quail
fed egro e S
were eligible to
vote.
Phone Booth
Poll.
An hour pre-
viously members
Of the Senate
Evening star., 1946-07-02

formation con-
cerning the use
of UNRRA sup
plies and free
dom to file un-
censored dis
patches on the
subject. That,
of course, means
Russia, which
has refused to
waive its right
of censorship,
although the
State Depart
ment has said
there has been
M cop,r,loipf of
Evening star., 1946-07-02

ago ana maQc
away with an
assortment of
clothes, luggage
and golf clubs.
M y firs t
thought, when
I discovered the
theft, was how
fortunate I was
to have had the
foresight to take
out insurance
a a st just
such q thin ne,
but now I'm not
so sure. The in
Evening star., 1946-07-02
Mclemore-
Victim Of Robbery,
He Writes OFF Loss
By Henry McLemore

NEW YORK.-Some master crook
using nothing but his hands, a crow
bar and 4 sledgehammer, broke
into the back Of my car few days
Evening star., 1946-07-02
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