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Evening star., 1946-01-25
Man Ordered Held
In Fight With Police

Sunday Anthony Manili, %. of the
400 block of Ninth street NV, today
was held for the grand jury by Mu-
nicipal Court Judge Ellen X. Raedy
on a charge of assault with a
dangerous weapon. following a gun
battle yesterday when four men at
tackled policeman in the vicinity
OF First street and Rhode Island
avenue NV.
The shooting followed an alterca-
ton that started when Policeman
Walter A. Schubring of No. 13 pre-
cinct attempted to arrest a Marine
on a disorderly conduct charge at
a restaurant in the 100 block of
Rhode Island avenue NV.
In an alley outside, it was charged
Manili pulled the policeman's gun
from its holster and ran. Policeman
Schubring gave chase and was Joined
by Policeman James A. Godbold,
also of No. 13. who called for the
youth to halt and fired. Policeman
Schubring captured Manili as he
attempted to jump oyer fence after
an exchange of two shots from
Manili and three more from Police
man Godbold, it was reported. No
one was hit.
Police said military authorities
have been notified the Marines
part in the alteration, during
which, they said, he struck Police
man Schubring in the eye and
broke his glasses. It was under
stood the Marine, Austin Smith, of
the 5100 block of Macarthur boule-
ward NV. has been transferred
from Paris Island to the West
Coast.
Also arrested and charged with
assault was Robert o. McKissick, 80
VINO gave no fixed address. His
case was continued for a Municipal
Court jury trial. An unidentified
man who also figured in the as
saIlt has not been apprehended,
police said.
Evening star., 1946-01-25
Tracy Quits Labor Posi-
After Five Years Service
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Truman last Yesterday
accepted the resignation of Daniel
w. Tracy as First Assistant Secre-
tary of Labor. effective today.
In an exchange of letters made
public by the White House, Mr..
Tracy gave no reason for stepping
out. He said he had served in his
present post more than five years
under Secretaries Perkins and
Schwellenbach and told President
Truman:
You have discharged your duties
with wisdom, courage and
decision, to the admiration of all
Americans. If YOU think I
can be of service in any emergency
you have only to call upon me-"
Mr.. Tracy is a former president of
the Electrical Workers Union. The
President told him he had been a
pillar of strength" in the Labor
Evening star., 1946-01-25
18-Day1ruckingStrike
Settled in St. Louis
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 25.-An agree
ment to end the 18-day truck
drivers strike, which has paralyzed
distribution and delivery service in
this area, was reached early today
at a conference of leaders of two
locals of the AFL Teamsters' and
Chauffeurs' Union and the st. Louis
Team and Truck Owners Associa-
ton.
Union leaders said every effort
would be made to get the 1,50C
drivers back to work today to start
moving goods that have piled up in
freight terminals and warehouses
since the strike began January Z.
Under the agreement, the drivers
will receive pay increases ranging
from $50 to $3.50 a week and vaca-
ton benefits. However, the work
week was not reduced from 48 to 40
hours, as demanded by the union.
The strike caused many businesses
and industries to shut down for lack
of supplies, resulting in idleness for
about $4,000 persons in the st. Louis
area alone Other thousands in
Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas and
Kentucky also were affected.
Evening star., 1946-01-25

situation surrounding uprisings in
Azerbaijan-the northern part of
Iran, occupied by Russian troops
"the organization is dead before it
has lived"
The Ambassador asserted that an
"eleventh-hour" attempt to stave off
the 1ranian appeal to the United
Nations Assembly had been made.
He said the British had proposed an
Anglo American Russian commits
sion to discuss Iranian problems.
But when the terms of reference
of the commission became known, ;"
Ala said, they were found to be a
glaring infringement of the inde-
pendence and integrity of Iran and
a direct interference in our internal
affairs"
Evening star., 1946-01-25

directly from the records of the
earlier investigations in his subse-
quent questions. -
The prospect of winding up the
hearings within the February Is
deadline frightened as the commit
tee neared the end of questioning
Gen. Short.
With indications Gen. Short will
finish his testimony by tomorrow
one member, Representative Keefe,
Republican, of Wisconsin, said there
are only five or six more witnesses
he wants called.
Keefe Plans to Stay On.
1T is my desire to expedite the
hearings to conclude the testimony
by February 15," Mr., Keefe told
reporters, land I believe If we fol-
low the procedure adopted a few
days ago, we can do so by bringing
In only five or six additional wit
nesses to clear up certain points.
CThe procedure referred to was an
agreement to accept the testimony
in previous investigations of a score
Of Army and Navy officers who were
in the Hawaiian area.)
Il have other responsibilities 1
must give consideration to. but if it
develops that it is impossible to get
all the facts by February Is, I have
no intention of abandoning these
hea.ings, but will stay to the con-
clusion"
The witnesses he wants are officers
who were on duty in the War and
Navy Departments in Washington
in the fall of 1941 and who would
be questioned in greater detail on
how the secret information avail
able here was handled.
Mr.. Keefe said the officers who
could answer all the questions he
still wanted to ask are: Col. Rufus
Bratton, of the Army Intelligence
Headquarters here: and four naval
officers, Capt. A. D. Kramer, Capt.
L. A. Stafford, Capt. Arthur H. Nc
Collum, and Capt. E. M. zacharias.
Senator Ferguson, Republican, of
Michigan who will cross examine
later in the day, said he expects to
ask Gen. Short to give the commit
tee the circumstances under which
he was retired from the Army a
few weeks after the Pearl Harbor
attack. In earlier testimony, it was
brought out that Admiral Harold r
Stark, then chief of naval opera
tions, wrote to Admiral Kimmel
shortly after the disaster inform
ing him that Gen. Short had ap-
piled for retirement and suggesting
he might wish to do so.
Evening star., 1946-01-25
Connors
Continued From First Page. J

hours, was made in the absence of
the jury.
Charles B. Murray. assistant
United States attorney, argued for
the Government. He pointed out
that the statute requiring serving
of the list of witnesses is not strictly
followed in practice because, in ad-
dition to the list of witnesses, it calls
for list of jurors.
IF ever there was case in which
circumstances cried for liberal in
depreciation of the statute Mr.
Murray said, it is this one"
Thomas j. McEneaney, an ex-
prize fighter with a long criminal
record, who said he was an associate
of the late Dutch Schultz, yesterday
told his story of stealing Buick
SUPERB convertible coupe with Con-
nors from a mutual friend.
Jumped Into Car. ,
On March 13, he said, Connors,
having obtained duplicate key
jumped into the coupe parked in
front of Yonkers bar and drove
off. The witness followed in an
other car, he said. In a few minutes
they had changed the license plates
and they drove it to hideout.
The car was sold for $l,400 by a
man identified as Connors to Mr..
Barker on March 25-apparently in
good condition. McEneaney testified
that when the FBI was Investigate
ing the theft, Connors told him,
There's used car dealer in WASH
ington who could be a witness"
The Government contends that
this was Connors' motive for killing
Mr.. Barkert as well as robbing him.
Evening star., 1946-01-25

worked there with members of the
cabinet. National Assembly, the Su-
preme Court and leading business
and professional men.
During the Turner's internment,
Japanese authorities allowed them
to live outside the prison for a year,
during which they assisted the Fill
pinos by carrying on a relief pro-
gram and obtaining medical sup
plies for the native prisoners of
war.
Mr.. Turner will address the
World Service luncheon at the Gen.
trail Branch at 1890 pm. Tuesday.
DR.. Carson P. Frailey, "Y" president,
will preside. He will also speak at
the Lions Club luncheon Wednes-
day in the Mayf1ower Hotel
Evening star., 1946-01-25
Southwest Citizens Seek
More Colored Playqrounds

More Fairgrounds for 'colored chill
dren in Southwest Washington were
asked by the Southwest Citizens
Association last night, one of it's
purposes being to combat juvenile
delinquency in the area.
Need for the Fairgrounds was
agreed on at meeting with repre-
sentatives of the Southwest Civic
Association, the group was informed
Lloyd Jones, chairman of the citi-
zens associations special committee
on race relations, said the meeting
agreed the step would greatly i'm
prove race relations"
Mr.. Jones said colored children
appear to feel they have inadequate
space in some sections. Specifically
he cited the area of the Hoover
playground, at Second and N streets
S.W. To equaliZe this, he said, civic
association members suggested a
colored playground be provided at
First and P streets S.W.
On the suggestion of Hugh Stew
art Smith, principal of Jefferson
Junior High School. last nights ac-
ton recommended that a survey
and exchange of views by school and
recreation officials and citizens and
civic association leaders be under
taken before deciding on definite
locations.
In the interest of added recrea-
ton facilities, the group opposed the
plan to rebuild and expand the East
Potomac Park tourist camp.
Additional funds for District au-
thorities to combat juvenile delin-
quency were urged. Pressing the
groups support of the Summers
Capper resolution to grant the Dis
trict suffrage a committee was des-
ignated to visit members of the
Senate Judiciary Committee to urge
favorable action. y
Mrs. Peggy Melcher was elected
to succeed Daniel Melcher as the
groups president.
Evening star., 1946-01-25
Striking Union Asks
u. 5. 10 Stop Paying
|GE and Westinghouse
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-The CIO
United Electrical Workers Union.
representing 100000 workers on
strike against three major producers
of electrical appliances, today asked
the Government to suspend its busi-
ness with two of the firms until they
complied with a War Labor Board
ruling concerning women employees.
Albert Fitzgerald, union president,
in a letter to three Government
agencies, requested that procure
ment agencies stop work on termi-
nation OF war contracts with the
Westinghouse and General Electric
companies; withhold all payments
on terminated contracts and refuse
to award any new Government con-
tracts to either of the firms.
WLB Ruling Cited.
The letter was addressed to Sec
retary OF War Patterson, Secretary
of the Navy Forrestal and Secretary
of the Treasury Vinson.
The union head declared GE and
Westinghouse had failed to comply
with WLB ruling of last December,
which, he said, directed them to end
exploitation" of women workers.
The union said the women employees
were being paid lower rates than
men and the WLB ruled they should
receive wage increase of to 6
cents. an hour. About $4,000 women
are involved, the union said.
Negotiations Recessed.
Charles E. Wilson, president of
General Electric, said last night his
firm had carried out the ruling ito
some degree" adding: I'VE do not
intend to carry it out fully because
we don't agree with it. Wen be
glad to let the Government agencies
act on the matter themselves"
Release of Mr.. Fitzgeralds letter
followed by several hours a recess
of negotiations among the union,
Westinghouse and General Electric
for settlement of the strike, which
also affects the electrical division of
General Motors. The talks were
ended for possibly a week so addi-
tional information of an undisclosed
nature may be collected.
The union seeks a S2-a-day wage
increase.
Evening star., 1946-01-25
Rites for Mrs. McCord
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Kath-
crime Townsend McCord, so, widow
OF Col. James Benney McCord, U. S.
A., who died yesterday at her home,
POPS Hillyer place NV, will be held
at 10 am. tomorrow at Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial will be in Arling-
ton Cemetery.
Mrs. McCord is survived by a son
James B. McCord, Washington: two
sisters, Mrs. Ralph R. Stewart,
Washington, and Mrs. Charles G.
Plimpton, Boston, and a brother,
Henry c. Townsend, jr, Philadel-
phia
Evening star., 1946-01-25
New England Storm Sinks
One Ship, Grounds Another

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Jan. 25.-A small tanker
sank in Boston Harbor and a fishing
craft went hard aground In New
Bedford Harbor today during
northeast storm that blanketed New
England with snow and slush. The
two men aboard the tanker were
taken off by an Army boat shortly
before the craft went down.
Two Coast Guard cutters went to
the aid of the fishing trawler, but
were unable to get closer than 500
feet because of the shallow water.
A picket boat then was dispatched
to stand by, in event the fishing
craft began to crack up.
A 30-to-45-mile wind prevailed
over most of the coastal area during
the night.
Western Maine bore the brunt of
the overnight storm, with Rumford
recording an Official snowfall of %
inches, adding to the 8 inches al
ready on the ground.
Evening star., 1946-01-25
Hitler's Mental Collapse Begun
BY Bomb, Witness to Will Soys

ish security police several days ago
at Bad Godesberg, where he was
posing as law student at nearby
Bonn University.
He is believed by the British to
be the last surviving witness of
Hitler's last will and testament,
signed in the Berlin bunker on April
20, 1945. Propaganda Minister
Goebbels and Deputy Fuehrer Mar
tin Bormann, the other witnesses,
are believed dead.
Won Below told his questioners
that he was rendered unconscious
by the July, 1914, bomb explosion
and that afterward he saw Hitler
come out OF a doorway of the shat
tered conference room with his uni
form badly ripped but otherwise
save for a bruise on the
leg.
Evening star., 1946-01-25
By the Associated Press.

~ tic hsooeldttu
HEREFORD, Germany, Jan. 25.-
Bomb shock suffered in an attempt
on his life July 20. 1914, started
Adolf Hitler on the road to mental
deterioration, Luftwaffe Gen. Nice-
iaus Won Below disclosed today.
Gen. Won Below, a witness to Hit
ler's will, escaped from the Reichs-
chancellery bunker in Berlin the
night before the Fuehrer and Eva
Braun entered their suicide pact.
AS Hitler's adjutant, the 38-year-
old Won Below was with the Fuehrer
when the bomb exploded in the July
plot and he told British interrogat-
ing officers that Hitler showed signs
of shock after the blast which led to
deterioration of his nerves and mind.
Won Below was arrested by Brit
Evening star., 1946-01-25
Head Cold Sufferers
Warned Against Hard Blowing
Serious Ear Infection May,
Result, Authorities Say

Medical authorities warn that hard
blowing Of the nose during q head
cold period not only aggravates nasal
soreness but by q bacling-up proc
ess may lead to serious ear infection.
When nostrils are clogged, the appi-
cation OF . medicated nasal-unguent
offers quicker and safer relief.
Mentholatum snuffed back helps thin
out thick mucus and makes breath.
ing easier. Soothing Mentholatum
has been clinically tested and found
effective by . group Of nose and
throat specialists. Jars, tubes. a0e.
Evening star., 1946-01-25

branCn OF Cne
"Y," 736 G
street NV, at
6:15 pm. Mon
day on Life
and Death in
the Philippines" !"
Mr.. Turn e r
a n d is wife
were prisoners
in Manila's i'll
famed s a n t o
T ON as prison
camp.
Mr.. Turner, a
veteran of 25
x,aorc' ovD covu-
ice in Manila,
Evening star., 1946-01-25
Atlantic Steel Firm
Provides Stove to
Keep Pickets Warm

ATLANTA, Jan. 25 fNANA).
Company officials and strik-
ing union workers at the Allan
tic Steel Co. here may disagree
over wage and hour policies but
other relations are on a warm
and congenial basis.
Pickets of the United Steel
Workers are now keeping warm
at a stove provided by the
company. W. H. Crawford,
director of the unions district
5. reciprocated by promising
the union would "condone no
violence or drinking of intoxi-
cants by picketers."
Evening star., 1946-01-25
Steel
Continued From First Pageo

are told 1917 cents or else. One
member company reported that the
response of the union representa-
tive was: You pay 181s cents or you
go out of business
The Ford Motor Co. announced it
was threatened with "a complete
shutdown unless the steel strike is
settled speedily" A spokesman said
$4,000 workers would be laid off to-
night, another $4,000 in week.
Benjamin F. Fairless, president of
United States Steel Corp, which is
the tacitly accepted bargaining
agent for most of the steel producers
and fabricators, as well as ore mines
and aluminium plants, reiterated
his stand that Is cents an hour is the
highest raise the industry can pay
President Truman rejected a sug-
gestion from Mr.. Fairless for an all
industry wage conference at the
White House and reiterated his be-
lief that management should grant
the striking steel workers an 49,
|cents-hourly wage increase he had
recommended previously. Mr.. Fair
less did not comment on the Presi-
dents statement.
Seizure Believed Not Practical.
The President said he believes it
is not practical to seize the industry
at this time, but disclosed the Gov
eminent is considering operation of
It's big steel plant at Provo, Utah.
From Henry j. Kaiser, West Coast
steel producer, came a suggestion
that the steel strike could be solved
by granting workers an increase of
approximately 1872 cents an hour
plus an incentive bonus for high
production.
Mr.. Kaiser has accepted the l8b-
cent figure for his Fontana Calf }
plant. Mr.. Kaiser's statement un-
derscored the word approximate"
in speaking of the 18a-cent raise,
but added the words, provided a
bonus clause based upon higher pro-
ductivity is included"
Tax Bill introduced.
Legislation which might have an
effect on the strike was introduced
in the House yesterday by Repre-
sentative Eberharter. Democrat, of
Pennsylvania. 1t was bill intended
to deny tax refund claims by corpo-
rations for the time their plants
were closed by strikes.
Mr.. Eberharter declared the United
States Steel Corp. lied the rest OF
the steel industry in thumbing its
nose at the President" in rejecting
his 18la-cents hourly wage proposal
and added:
Under our present tax laws, il
the arrogant rule or ruin attitude Of
the steel industry results in the
production in 1916 of not a single
ounce of steel, the Treasury of the
United States may be called upon tc
deliver to the steel companies in the
form of tax refunds amounts esti.
mated to run as high as $145, 900 900.
Legislation of the sort offered BY
Mr.. Eberharter was called for in q
recent utterance of Philip Murray
president of the CIO-Steelworkers
Evening star., 1946-01-25
AWVS Offers Glasses
In Hospital Routine

Glasses in hospital routine are
being offered by the American
Women's Voluntary Services to train
women for volunteer work in hos
pitals under supervision Of the
nurses.
The 6-hour training course is
given by a graduate nurse at AWVS
headquarters, 1920 Twenty-second
streetsN. W..
Evening star., 1946-01-25
Fuel Oil Price Increase
To Consumers Set Toduy

The price of fuel oil went up 0.3
cents gallon here today and in
other sections of the country as the
OPA granted refiners an increase
as an incentive for making more
heating oil.
Fuel oils numbered 2, 3 and 4
were affected by the change. OPA
allowed a half-cent-a-gallon in
crease In kerosene and No. fuel
oil December 10.
All price increases are being
passed on to consumers.
Evening star., 1946-01-25
50 Russians Executed
As Treat for HimmIer,
Trial Witness Says
Fey the Associated Press

6S Tie Associated Press.
NUREMBERG, Jan. 25.-Fifty
Russian officers and political com.
missars were executed as a special
treat for Gestapo Chieftain Helm
rich Himmler at Mauthausen mur-
der camp in September, 1914, and A
American and Dutch flyers were tor
tured and stoned to death the same
month. a former inmate testified
today before the International Mill
tary Tribunal.
The witness, Maurice Lampe. a
Frenchman, telling a particularly
graphic story of the beatings and
stonings of the flyers. said the Amer
leans and Dutchmen arrived at the
camp the morning of September s.
Barefooted and dressed only in
their underwear, the flyers were
taken before the SIS commandant
and told they were condemned to
death for trying to escape.
When one of the American officers
requested the privilege of dying "like
g soldier" he was beaten and then
the entire group was led, still bare
footed, to the bottom of stone
quarry
Loaded With Stones.
Each man was then loaded with
stones and had to go to the top
OF the quarry-up all 1856 steps"
Lampe related.
That first trip each man car
ried Is to 80 Kilograms (55 to 65
pounds) OF stone. They were beaten
all the way. They had to run back
down again.
"On the second trip, the loads
were heavier still. The blows on
them were redoubled and stones
we're hurled at them. The same
process was repeated the whole day.
That evening the party in which
1 was working came from the quarry
and climbed the steps which were
covered with blood. I almost stepned |
on the jaw of a man.
IWenty-one bodies were living |
there and the 26 others died the
following morning"
Watched Russians Go to Death.
Lampe said he was in the block
mouse opposite Mauthausen's ILL
famed deathhouse and crematorium
the day of Himmleris Roman holi-
day and watched the assembled
Russians, kiss. one another farewell
before they were marched one by
one down the steps to the execu-
ton chamber.
The executions went on all after
noon," he testified. Each victim
was compelled to wait on the steps
and hear the shot which killed his
predecessor. Every shot reached
our ears"
-Lampe's testimony was part of
the French case against the % de-
PENDANTS.
Nazis Show Shame.
AS the story of savage tortures S
Nazi defendants were un-
able to conceal shame over the ac-
tions of the regime of viii n they
were part.
Franz Won Papen, pale and
shaken, ripped the earphones from
his head and sat thereafter with his
hands covering his face. Hjalmar
Schacht and Joachim Won Ribben-
trop also cast off their headphones.
Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz sat
woodenly with his chin on his chest
as though unable to face the court
room.
Prison physicians announced that
an electrocardiograph test on Julius
Streicher, who collapsed from III
neart attack in the prisoners dock Il
three days ago, revealed no gross I
abnormalities.
The general condition of Ernst L
kaltenbrunner, who has missed all
but half dozen sessions of the
trial because of a cranial hemvl- !
rhage, was said by the physicians to 3
be- gradually inproyinp