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Evening star., 1946-01-03
Man Found Unconscious
After Fall in Theafer Dies

John w. Jennings, 30, book
keeper for DIV. Boomhower Co. for
the last II years, died yesterday
afternoon at Emergency Hospital.
He had been found unconscious
earlier at the foot of the stairs
leading to the mems restroom In
Keith's Theater, police said.
MIR. Jennings was found to have
suffered a fractured skull, and
homicide squad police said he ap-
iparently had fallen downstairs.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said he would perform an autopsy
today.
A native Of Harrisburg, Pa, Mr..
Jennings lived here at 1877 Riggs
place NV. He was unmarried, and
his nearest relative Is q married
sister in Harrisburg.
Evening star., 1946-01-03
ceArranged
In D. C.-Virginia
Truck Tax Fight
Action Will Await
Five-Stote PorIey
Here Next Week

A temporary truce in the pend
Ing tax war between the District
and Virginia over the operation OF
common and contract motor carriers
within the two jurisdictions was ar
ranged today after conference be-
tween District officials and Chair
man c. F. Joyner, jr., of the Vir-
ginia Reciprocity Board.
Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Joseph D. Arthur, jr., announced
after the session that the District
would withhold any action pending
the calling of a five-State confer
ence here next week by Traffic Di-
rector William A. Van Duzer to dis
cuss reciprocal agreements covering
operation of the carriers. The con-
ference will include representatives
from Maryland, Virginia, Delaware
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
While the Virginia plan to extend
a 2 per cent tax on the gross earn
ings in Virginia of District-owned
carriers became effective Tuesday
Col. Arthur said Mr.. Joyner agreed
that the State would make no de-
mands on District carriers before
April /.
Demands Would Be Retroactive.
Demands at that time, however, il
they are made, will cover the first
three months of this year, Col. Ar
thur explained. In the meantime
he added, the General Assembly will
convene January 9 and some action
might be taken there.
The controversy arose in October
when Gov. Darden of Virginia an
nounced his intention to resume
collection of 2 per cent tax on the
Virginia earnings of out-of State
companies.
Collection of the tax was aban-
doned during the war.
Mr.. Van Duzer replied at that
time the District would be forced to
invoke retailiatory tax measures on
Virginia carriers operating in or
through this city. Specifically, he
said, Virginia vehicles would be
forced to undergo motor vehicle in
spection here, take out title and reg
istration, become subject to District
personal property taxes and their
drivers would be compelled to have
District operators permits.
Commissioners Uphold Action.
This action was upheld by the
Commissioners last month and the
program was slated to become ef-
fective yesterday.
Col. Arthur was designated by the
Commissioners as spokesman for the
conference. Mr.. Joyner, on leaving
the session. said he had nothing
further to add.
Sitting in on this mornings meet
ing for the District were, in addition
to the Commissioners and Col. Ar
thur, Corporation Counsel Vernon
E. West. Highway Director H. c.
Whitehurst, Mr.. Van Duzer and rep
resentatives of the Police Depart
ment, who would have had to en-
force the District retaliatory meas
ure had it been invoked yesterday.
Evening star., 1946-01-03
Fuller rLosesPIea
To Throw Out
Seized Records
Engineers Group
Continues Efforts for
Directed Verdict

After overruling defense mo-
ton to throw out all records of
Engineers Group, Inc, District
Court Justice James M. Proctor to-
day proceeded to hear opposing
counsel argue motion for directed
verdict in the mail fraud trial.
Those on trial include Represen-
tative Curley, Democrat, of Massa-
chusetts, who is to take Office as
Mayor of Boston Monday, and four
other defendants connected with
Engineers Group, Inc.
The motion to suppress records of
the group on the ground that they
had been illegally seized by the
Senate War Investigating Commit
tee and turned over to the Justice
Department was made on behalf of
James G. Fuller, executive vice
president of the group, and one of
the defendants.
Not Act Of Corporation.
T. Emmett Mckenzie, Fuller's law
yer, told the court he thought
the defense was entitled to a hear
ing on the facts surrounding seizure
OF the records by the Senate COM
mittee about March, 1912.
Justice Proctor said that he was
assuming facts, as set forth in Mr.
McKenzie's brief on points of law
to be true. The jurist said that the
Groups papers do not belong to
Fuller, even though he filed his mo-
ton as an officer of the corporation
When viewed in the light of cir
cumstanceS, Justice Proctor said
Fuller's motion is for his own per-
sonal benefit and not bona fide
act Of the corporation, If it is still
in existence.
Opportunity Much Earlier.
The jurist observed that Fuller
had ample opportunity to make a
proper motion for suppression OF
this evidence long before this trial
opened, inasmuch as the papers
were seized more than three years
ago with the knowledge of the Off
GERS of the corporation.
Attorney William A. Gallagher
representing Donald Wakefield
Smith, former member of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board and
one OF the defendants, opened de-
fense arguments on the motion for a
directed verdict. He contended that
the Government has failed to prove
the charges set forth in the indict-
ment, adding that intent to defraud
has not been shown, and that II a
conspiracy really existed, then all
instead of few Of the officials OF
Engineers Group should have been
brought into court.
Evening star., 1946-01-03
D. {. Moves 10 Halt
Paying Board Of U. 5.
Prisoners Held Here

District officials are studying plans
to remedy the situation under which
the District has paid about 100000
annually for the last 33 years te
board Federal prisoners confined al
the direction of the Attorney Gen.
eral in the city's penal institution
Auditor A. R. Pilkerton said yes
terday he was drafting recommended
tions to the Commissioners to END
the practice and Commissioner J
Russell Young told reporters:
IF he doesn't, I will"
Corporation Counsel Vernon E
West said his Office is looking into
the question of how many statutes
would have to be amended by legis-
lation to bring about the reimburse
ment by the Federal Government.
Set Up in 1912 Act.
The District appropriation bill for
1912 transferred to the Commits
sioners responsibility for support of
all prisoners committed to the Dis
trict Jail for offenses against the
United States, officials said Last
January the former corporation
counsel pointed out that the 1912
language relieved the Federal Gov
ernment of paying.
A similar reimbursement proposal
has been made by Howard B. Gill,
suspended general superintendent of
District penal institutions, who
pointed out that the District pays
about 100000 annually for District
prisoners confined in Federal insti-
tutions and also has to foot the bill
for Federal prisoners confined here.
The place of confinement Of Federal
prisoners is usually decided by the
Attorney General.
Officials pointed out that other
jurisdictions are reimbursed for
quartering of Federal prisoners and
that the District was up to 1912.
Jail Electric Eye" Sought.
Meanwhile, w. French Fleming,
acting in place of Mr.. Gill, met
yesterday with Chairman A. J.
Driscoll of the Institutions Com
mittee of the Board of Public We'll
fare to discuss, the possibility OF
obtaining at an early date a So
called electric eye" to detect i'm
portation of contraband goods, such
as hacksaws, into the Jail. Eight
of the hacksaw blades were found
on prisoners brought here Monday
from Virginia State Penitentiary.
Mr.. Fleming instructed John A
K. Wilkinson, chief engineer at
Lorton Reformatory and Occoquan
Workhouse, to look into the matter
with the idea of having a practical
demonstration at the jail later.
Mr.. Driscon said 1t was felt both
front and rear entrances of the jail
should be equipped with the de-
vices.
Arraignments Delayed.
Arraignment of James E. Doss, 81
Rutherford r. Patrick, 20, anc
Freddie F. Martin, 18, on charges o.
kidnapping, robbery and transporting
a stolen car was continued by Chic,
Justice Bolitha j. Laws in District
Court today until January IL.
The continuance was granted sC
that the defendants might obtair
counsel. Jail authorities said the,
discovered the eight hacksaw blade1
on Doss and Patrick when the thre,
youths were transferred here Mon
day from the Virginia State Peni
tentiary.
The trio is charged with kidnap
ing DR.. Janvier w. Lindsay, stat
physician, from in front of the Epis
copal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospita
last May. They are charged will
binding him with neckties and rob
bing him. He was later releases
near Accotink. Va
Evening star., 1946-01-03
Newspopermon Joins
Veterans Center Stuff

H. Sydney Heyman, 38. of 1921
Connecticut avenue NV, was sworn
in yesterday as an interviewer for
the District Veterans Information
Center.
Mr.. tHeyman, a former newspaper
man, is veteran of overseas service
and was chief clerk for the Allied
Information Center at Marseilles,
France.
Evening star., 1946-01-03
Three in Plane Shaken
As Croft Noses Over

Three employees of the Pennsyl-
vania Central Airlines were slightly
shaken up late yesterday when the
plane in which they were taxi
| ing along runway at National Air.
port nosed over as its forward
| landing gear collapsed.
| In the four-engined DC-4 were
Edward Gerber, pilot; Paul B. Duke,
co-pilot, and Ralph N. Read, in
! structor.
Evening star., 1946-01-03
Greyhound Strikers
Returning 10 Work as
Fact-Finders Convene

A fact-finding panel to investi-
gate the Greyhound Lines wage dis
pute convened today at the Labor
Department as the first of the
striking employees returned to work
after So days of the job.
About half of the maintenance
men on the first shift, notified to
report to work at tbs am, arrived
at the shop, 1345 New York avenue
NE, to repair the buses so that
drivers can resume service Satur-
day.
Ralph Cooley. president of Local
1889, Amalgamated Associated of
Street, Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employees (AFL), said it
would take several days before all
the maintenance men could report
to work. Many took part time jobs,
while others are out of town, he ex-
planned.
Will Prepare Agenda Today
Out of SO men due this morning,
about 25 arrived, Mr.. Foster said
Other shifts resume work at and
IL pm. About 165 maintenance men
and more than 200 drivers in Wash
ington were affected by the Nation
wide strike. Local service between
Washington and Baltimore is sched-
uled to resume Saturday, while three
long distance lines start operating
Sunday.
| William Sinkin, chairman of the
fact-finding panel, said it would con.
fine itself today to preparing ar
agenda. The panel of five men, ap.
pointed by Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach, was ordered to re.
port February 2
The panel will have to decid
whether to make recommendation
for wage adjustments or to limit it
self to a finding of facts, Mr.. Sim
kin said. The question of whethe,
Greyhound profits would permit th'
company to increase wages probably
will come up early in the sessions
observers agreed.
1900 Agree to Return.
Members of the panel are o. Davic
Zimring, representing labor, Ear
Cannon, industry member, Sau
Wallen and Jesse Freidin, public
members. Mr.. Freidin was unable
to attend the first meeting.
-Four thousand union members EN-.
ployed by the Pennsylvania ane
Central Greyhound lines agreed t.
return to work after appointment
of the panel. Labor Department CON
ciliators reported that the union ane
the company reached an under
standing on the issue of retroactive,
pay and agreed to work out tn,
details later.
Secretary Schwellenbach recon
mended that wage adjustments b,
made retroactive to November /
The company refused, but its actor
was considered only a technicalit,
since the strike began on that dat.
and workers would not be paid fo
time off the job The Labor De
partment would not comment O,
what understanding was reached.
Evening star., 1946-01-03
Veterans Agency and FILA
Get 5000 Quonset Hufs

Five thousand Quonset huts de-
clared surplus by the Navy have
been acquired by the Veterans Ad-
ministration and the Federal Hous-
ing Administration to relieve the
housing shortage and for other uses
it was announced last night.
The Veterans Administration will
get 1,200 of the Quonsets. They
will be used for recreational halls
occupational therapy, canteens and
storage, as well as for housing at
tendants and nurses near hospitals
The FILA will set $500 huts in
areas of critical housing shortages
for use of war veterans and fam
lilies.
The location of the huts has not
been decided. The Quonsets are
the standard metal type used BY
the armed services.
Evening star., 1946-01-03
Gen. Eisenhower
Gets Virginia
Game License

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower Army
Chief OF Staff, is preparing a new
campaign. This time, however, 1t
will be In some Virginia trout
stream.
A resident hunting and fishing
license was issued the general yes
terday at the Arlington County
Court House, Clerk H. Bruce Green
said. The chief of staff qualities
for a resident license because he is
a member of the armed forces sta
toned in Virginia.
Gen. Eisenhower soon will take
over the quarters of Gen. George C.
Marshall, the Presidents special
envoy to China, at Fort Myer. An
aide said the general was merely
preparing for the future and
planned no immediate junket to
the woods.
Evening star., 1946-01-03

RESCUED FROM FIRE BY FATHER-Their hair little snged
Elizabeth Scates and her brother Charles held by their
parents Mr. and Mrs Joe Scates after the father pulled the
children from their burning crib during last night 72
street NV After exnguishng in their hair
the children to safety and called neghbor who turned
alarm The blaze confined to two the third
and caused considerable damage Fremen at Engine
Company said it started by children playing matches
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-24
Hunting ndEishing
 By GENE vALLoN

Fagan, walter Davis and Irving fsollhan carrying home the eve- nlng's prizes. (Wkether it's on the field or around the table. frv Fac gan always seems to winu up with Q prize).
 The waterbury Fish and Game Protective Association has the nucleus of Q good skeet team in Harry Mayo, Fred 8. Smith, John Kulmann, rrv Pagan and Frank Lewis. The club has big plans for the coming year. A skeet tourna- ment Is one of the foremost. This announcement should answer the question of one sportsman as to when this club was getting started on Skeet shoot. We'll here it Is fellows. Contact your writer or any of the above-mentioned members of this club for further inforna- ton.
 We printed Q rabbit story In yesterdays column end we met with quite Q varied reaction. We wound up the story with the chal- lenge "Can you top this onep" And early this morning it not only was topped but 1t was made to look sick with an experience that might have proved too fantastic for even gullible sportsman to swallow, wen tell 1t some day when we have Q bit more nerve.
 But for the time being, we would like to mention that we welcome any questions on the outdoor sports which we will gladly answer in our publications. A few experiences or stories might do also, but let's not try to make them too weird.
 And speaking of questions, our Tuesday night radio program will soon be open to general discussion of topics and questions sent In by the listening audience. Prizes of sport articles are expected to Dc given out in the future for the best questions which will be selected by a committee of judges.
 Drop us 6 line and we'll be glad to give your question or story due consideration in our daily column or weekly radio program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-24
By OSCAR FRAIIEY Ilniieh Presa EnnrNs Writer

New York, Jan. 2-(UP)-One chair on the dais was empty.
 It had an eerie effect on the an. nual boxing writers dinner. For down through the years it always was occupied by an erect little figure with parchment cheeks and snow white hair.
 They called him General" those guys with the tin ears, the bent noses and the marbles in their mouths. That was in honor of the days when he commanded the ''Flghting 00th" polyglot collection from New Yorks melting pot which won world wide fame in the heat of forgotten battles.
 Brig. .-Gen. John J. P1lelan waskhe official title, and 1t never lost its Iuster. They all missed him, men from the brawitng sport he loved and men from the other sports he loved to watch.
 Dapper and debonair Jimmy walker Mayor William o. Dwyer little Jimmy Johnston. graying Eddie Eagan |. Tony Galento burly Jim Far lev Benny Leonard Apt Attell little Willie Pep in a red tie Joe Balzsi flabby Jess willard light heavyweight champ Gus Lesnevich and suave Abe Greene, who always had crossed wordy swords with the nt-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-24
TODAY'S SPORT PARADE

tie man.
 He hadn't expected to be there, the general. He admitted 1t in q tele- gram delivered while the shell was growing cold.
 Due to the fact that I am re- covering from an operation, I will not be able to be present" he said. Please extend niS best wishes to all my friends"
 He knew he wouldn't ever make it again. He had known 1t c long time, for the general had been dy- ing ever since the green days of April. One half of him expired when word came from Europe that his son, Lt.-Col. John J. Pfelan, Jr., was killed in action. The other half fol- lowed when, 10 days later, there was another regret to inform" This was his stepson, Lt.-Col. Richard A. Mattern.
 The general took e lot of Jumps but that was just a bit too much. He never minded the ceaselesS torment, and even his antagonists admitted he was honest and sincere. Sure. he gave OuO Wlt1R HlUCU QOUDAC bt4lk d1lu lot of the guys along larceny lane thought he was a bit on the dodder- ing side. But he had died in the rorning and much of the old fun was stale as they gathered near that empty chair.
 The Boys had come to honor two men, Jimmy Walker and Manager Jimmy Johnston. But the rough, fight mob, accused of the willing ness to steal the proverbial pennies, stayed to honor three. They stood there. like bunch of kids kept after school. as the bell tolled the knock out 10 and you almost could see the fidgety little man smiling self-con- sciously in the empty chair.
 The past comes back strangely at moments like that. and a battered character who looked like a fugitive from a reform school reached into memory and remarked:
 What in life is worth winning but laughter and the love of friends?"
 Funny, sure, from a guy such as this. But even he knew that the gen. eral had won them both-and sud- denly, somehow, the chair didn't seem empty anymore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-24
Rhody
 Game SeIIout

Boston, Jan ak (Upl -nasketball, the sAmo that was invented n eprlnensld. Mas. ln ieel. finally will he adopted as a maiUr sport hy New England tonight when a sell- out crowd Of ts,eoo win attend a Boston oarden douhle.headcr with unaofeatod Holy Cross and hlgh- scoring Rhode Island State as fea- ture opponents.
 It will be the largest crowd ever Co sec Q hoop game ia this area where sports fans have warmed up gradually Co the game developed by James Naismith ct the Spring. field WHOA.
 Holy Gross, riding the crest of . seven-game winning streak, ruled a slight favorite over the Fire Horse Rhode Island quintet which has won three games by more than loo points this season, The Rams have been beaten once by St. Johns of New York.
 Coach Alvin r. (Doggie. Jullan's freshrnan-studded Crusaders will dencnd on George Rattan, Charlie nolllnRer and Dermott OConnell to rull un the score as they have In the past, The Rams, coached by shrewd, whlte.thatched Prank w, Keaney, have hiRh-scoring Bruce Blount and AIl.Amerlcan Ernie Calverley.
 m tonlRht's preliminary game, which will be played after the Holy Cross-R Rhode Island game to permit those players to return home early, Boston College meets Providence College.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-24
POLL


 Now playing at the Loew-Poll Theatre is the captivating musical The Harvey Girls" This entertain ment treat Is the story of the pretty waitress imported West by Fred Harvey and his now famous "eating houses" Filmed in Tech nicolor against the picturesque frontier background of New Mexico of the l890's, The Harvey Girls" offers unlimited scope for the dramatic, comic, and song-and- dance talents of a dazzling array of talent headed by Judy Garland.
 Miss Garland follows her dis tinguished work in Meet Me In St. Louis" and The Clock" with a return to a song g-and-dance role, as the perfect heroine for this story of the past century. What she did vocally for the trolley car. she re- peats in the interest of the steam- train in @ hit number, "The Atchi- son, Topeka and the Santa Fe" written by that top team of tune. smiths, Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer The entire score was com posed by them and contains a host of other tunes of Hit Parade cali- Der.
 John Kodiak is the Biz Bad Man whom Judy Garland subdueS in this musical-western. The nim- ble-footed Ray Bolger, the lovely star-bound Angela Lansbury, and Preston Foster, Virginia OBrien, Kenny Baker, Marjorie Main and Chill Willis are also in the out standing cast.
 Johnny Mercer and Harry War ren have given the pictures rich musical score replete with hit tunes divided between the talents of Miss Garland, Miss Lansbury, Miss O'Brien and Cyd Charisse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-24
STRAND

Gorgeously alive with authentic Mexican background, music by Gabriel Ruiz and a galaxy of love ly dancers, Republics "Mexicana" co-starS Constance Moore and Tito Guizar in the seasons most lavish musical now at the Strand.
 "Mexicana" is the first picture to be produced at Republic by Alfred Stantell, the distinguished director and writer who brought the un- forgettable ''Winterset" to the screen, among many other notable pictures. Now under long term contract with the studio, Santell pooled all of his artistry and "know-how' is guiding "Mexicana" to triumph.
 While he played and sang the delightful Ruiz compositions, Tito Guizar was basking in the acclaim being accorded his previous musical, Brazil" in which he co-starred with Virginia Bruce. Miss Moore, more radiant tha ever as an Ameri- can stage beauty on 8 tour in Mexi- co, was still being hailed for her recent hit in Republics Earl Car rol Vanities," with Dennis O,Keefe.
 The balance of the sparkling cast is equally to afford delightful en- tainment on the screen.
 Playing featured roles that come alive in action and smart dialogue, are Leo Carrillo Estelita Rodri- guez. the Cuban buzz bomb" Jean Stevens, Steven Geray, Howard Freeman, Guy Zanette, Phyllis Herrin and others, including a spectacular chorus wearing authen- tive Mexican costumes of marvel ous beauty. Tn addition there are special numbers by the famed St. Luke's Bovchoir, of Long Beach,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-24
Bert Bell Owes Franklin Field 1,50O Yards, But He at Least Knows Pro Football Problems
ffe was captain in 'i9.

He was captain in 'i9. An old whusze about Bell is that he owes Franklin Field i,50O yards, but he was crazy about the S1ame and the other players were crazy about him. He was one col- lege player who bet sizeable sums on himself and teammates.
 To give Bert something to do his father purchased Philadel- phia's Ritz Carlton Hotel, which kept his favorite son busy for more than ten years, during which time he also was Q partner in e brokerage firm.
 As Penns backfield coach from 1920 through '27 and Temples from '29 through '3l, Bell was always inventing hidden ball plays calculated to make touch- downs, but which rarely were good for first down. He got as much amusement out of them as every body else.
 With Lud Wray and others, Bell bought the Philadelphia Eagles in 1893, coached them for several years, got precisely nowhere. The club managed to get out of the red one season. Bell sold his stock to Alexis Thompson in 194l, and with the proceeds brought an inc Lerest in the Pittsburgh Steelers who also managed to get into black ink one season.
 After coaching the Steelers one season, he agreed with his partner Art Rooney, that they needed s coach.
 As Q football commissioner, Bel at last lands a post to which he can apply himself.
 Were 1t not for football, Der Bell would dry up and blow away which perhaps is the biggest thinl in his favor in his new job.