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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
1O-fo-1 Nazi Reprisals
Are Described in Trial
BY The Asseeiassd Pres.

ROME, Nov. ia British wa,
crimes tribunal heard today that
10 Italians were shot in reprisal foy
each slain German on at least three
occasions In Rome before the Ar
deatine Caves massacre in which
1856 hostages were executed for the
deaths of 80 SIS. troops.
Testifying in the trial of two Ger
man generals accused of respons-
Utility for the Ardeatine atrocity
3d. 1t. Col. Herbert Happier said
the previous reprisal -executions were
for the Staying of -four or five" Ger.
man soldiers and had never beer
communicated. to the Italian press
Happier said that at least seven
actions against the occupation
forces In the open city" were car.
ried out or attempted by the Ro-
mans. including a frustrated at.
tempt to blow up the headquarter.
Of one Of the defendants, 1t. Gen
Kurt Maeltzer, who commanded
the Rome garrison.
Happier. who carried out the exc
cution Of the Ardeatine victims, was
given q searching examination BY
the bewigged legal member of the
tribunal, c. L. Sterling, to determine
the responsibility OF the other de-
PENDANT, Col. Gen. Eberhard Won
Mackensen. commander Of the Ger
man 18th Army.
In reply to one question, Happier
said he assumed" that If Field
Marshal Albert Kesselring, German
supreme commander In Italy, had
not given the final order for the
10-to-1 reprisal, at least 1t came
from higher than the 18th Army"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
Recreation Council
Holds Meeting Here

The Administrative Council Of the
American Recreation Society today
held its annual meeting in the office
OF the Washington Council of Social
Agencies 110l M. street NV
DR.. Harold z. Meyer, director of
the North Carolina State Recreation
Committee, was to be installed as
the society's new president. The
group expects to discuss plans for
the coming year, including q study
OF juvenile delinquency problems.
Wayne c. Sommer, recreation Sec
Rotary Of the local Council OF Social
Agencies. also is secretary of the
Recreation Society.
Other members of the Council are
Milo r. Christensen, superintendent
OF the District Recreation Board:
Charles Z. Brightbill, associate di-
rector of recreation for the Federal
Security Agency; Austin j. WEIGH,
associate director of community
facilities for the Federal Public
Housing Administration; Jack p.
Houlfhan of the Washington Com
munity Chest; George r. Sargisson
OF Wilmington, Del, and Okla r.
Hester Of Augusta, Ga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
AAF Heads Meetinq
On Budget Problem
BY The Associated Press

The Army Air Forces high COM
mand began q checkup yesterday
to determine whether its planned
postwar organization can be op-
Grated on the funds provided by Q
scale-down budget.
Present at an opening meeting o.
O conference with Gen. Carl SpaatZ
AAF chief, were heads of various
domestic and overseas AAFs con-
,lifands. They came here to Discus
not only the budget problem, ar
,AAF announcement said, but also tx
talk about such subjects as ~disci.
pHne, morale Of troops and on-the.
job training"
The AAFs postwar program con-
tenplated a force of about 419,00(
men and 70 groups of airplanes Of
all types totaling about $1,000 air.
craft.
This plan was under considera.
ton when the AAF budget request
stood at $1,199 500 900, exclusive oil
the cost of planes. The latest an.
nounced cut in that budget trimmed
1t to $1,139 SOC, 900.
Asked whether the AAF coulc
proceed with plans for an ais force
of the originally announced size un-
der the reduced budget figure, an
AAF spokesman said that that was
one Of the reasons Gen. Spaatz
called the conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
Hollywood Strike Leader
Charged With Conspiracy
BY the Assoeioted Prsss

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. ia GRIM
NAL conspiracy charge was lodged
yesterday against Herbert K. Sor.
rell, leader of the striking AFL Con-
ference of Studio Unions, and Is
others, as about 400 pickets arrested
last week abandoned a short-lived
hunger strike.
The complaints, issued by Munich
pal Judge Arthur S. Guerin at the
request of w. e. Simpson, chief
deputy district attorney, charge that
the defendants conspired to violate
various sections of the penal code,
including failure to disperse, unlaw-
full assembly, assault with a deadly
weapon and interference with order
~ administration Of the law.
There were no arrests yesterday
as 200 to 800 pickets paraded before
RKO studio. No court order re-
stricted the number Of pickets there.
Joseph D. keenan,, offered s25,-
000-a-year post as film labor arhiter,
returned to Chicago with the an
nolncement that "the leaders Of
ALL unions In Hollywood have
been unable to come to agreement
on a firm base for establishment
Of permanent arbitration machinery
for settlement of jwisdictional dis
putes without work stoppages."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
Early Inquiry Planned
On Veterans HOUSING
|By House Committee
BY The Associated Press

A congressional. investigation
OF the veterans housing program
to determine whether Govern
ment controls impede rather
than spur new building, today
was made the first business fol
the House Banking Committee In
January.
Representative Wolcott, Repub-
lican, of Michigan, who succeeds
Representative Spence, Democrat
OF Kentucky as committee chairman
told neWsmen the quick inquiry will
be aimed at uncovering the ''basic
faults" of the program. with the view
to speedy passage of remedial legis-
lation.
Describing the present program al
"outrageously bad" Mr.. Wolcot,
said, There is little time to lose.
The investigation must be the frs,
order OF business for the committee. .
The veterans housing program
passed by Congress last spring under
urging of President Truman, was
designed to provide almost 5000 ,O0(
houses for veterans in two years. /,
includes priorities on materials TO,
veterans and $500 900 900 in subsidie,
to increase the production of scare,
building materials.
There have been so many rumor,
about the housing program that the,
are crying for an investigation" Mr.
Wolcott said, adding:
I've heard that only about $50.
600 homes have been completed
and I stress the word completed
under the program administered b,
Wilson Wyatt (housing admins,
trator)..
I'm ls4I, the last year of com.
parative free enterprise, we bull
$1,000 housing units In this country
And If that $4,000 figure for til,
program under Government control
Is only half true. then the program
is begged down."
MIR. Wolcott said he expected the
investigation to take no more thar
week, explaining that he expect,
individual committee members II
make independent inquiries between
now and the converting Of Congress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
Brewster Foyors
BiHIe for Lioison
With Republicans
BY The A.soeint.eI Pas.

Senator Brewster, Republican, OF
Maine suggested last night that
President Truman appoint an "am-
bassador" TO the Republicans.
Under Senator Brewster's plan,
this man would speak for the White
House on legislation and would work
with the Republican majority in
Congress on means of cooperation.
He suggested Leslie Biffie, present
secretary Of the Senate, as good
choice.
"All Of us" said the Senator in
a talk broadcast over Station WINK,
applaud the Presidents desire to
bring about a sound working rela-
tionship with the Republican ma
jority.
"One way to do this, in my opin-
ion, is for the President to appoint
q White House administrative as
sistant to deal with the majority.
This individual should have the
power to speak for the White House
on legislative matters and to work
out with the majority effective,
practical means of cooperation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
Vote Today
On Coast Ship Pacts
BY The AssoeIossd Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. ls.-All
three maritime unions involved vot-
ed today on ratification of separate
agreements which would end the
seven-week West Coast shipping
strike possibly by tomorrow morn
ing. Ofncials said, however, that an
additional two days probably would
be required to get water front work
rolling and ships moving.
Last to reach q tentative agree
Ment was the AFL Masters, Mates
and Piolts' Union.
Federal Mediator Omar Hoskins
climaxed day-long negotiating ses-
sion yesterday with announcement
that the masters would submit to q
membership vote today o new pro-
posal by the Pacific American Ship
owners Association. He did not dis
close the terms.
Also balloting today on tentative
accords were the CLIO international
Longshoremen and Warehousemen,
and the CLIO Marine Engineers.
A rejection by any one Of the
three unions would prolong the ship
ping deadlock. The Masters, Mates
and Pilots are not ofiicially on strike,
but ships could not sail If they re-
manned ashore under their mo con-
tract, no work" policy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
Bobby SoxersM Mob
Stars in Crowd at
|BergmonO opening
BY Tho Assoeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-the bobby
soxers went ''legit" last night.
They stormed and screeched their
way uptown to lay siege to the Alvin
Theater where Ingrid Bergman was
making her stage return in Maxwell
Anderson's Joan Of Lorraine"
The youthful group played no IA
vorites, made no distinction between
the sexes, as the celebrities arrived
Myrna 10y was mobbed, her mink
coat torn from her shoulders and
her hairdo Jared loose before she
found sanctuary In the lobby.
Charles Boyer, screen lover, was
pulled out Of his car and passed from
hand to hand. He lost his hat tenn
porarily and his cigarette perma-
nently.
Jimmy Stewart entered back
wards, fighting of a mob of bowling
youngsters.
Others who braved the storm were
Producer Samuel Goldwyn, Come
dian Danny Kaye, Leila Rogers
mother Of Ginger Rogers; Paulette
Goddard, and Richard Aldrich
theatrical producer and husband OF
Gertrude Lawrence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
BY o ssaff corr.,pond.nt Of Tn. s,o,


LEONARDTOWN, Md, Nov. 49,
Hope was abandoned this afternoon
for Mitchell Mattingly, 25-year-old
farmer trapped by a cave-in at the
bottom of new well, 6 miles east
Of here yesterday, but a party OF
eight men continued to dig for the
body.
A crowd that at one time during
the night was estimated at 1000
dwindled to $50, mostly friends and
neighbors, as the diggers moved
within 6 feet Of the bottom of the
25-foot shaft at noon.
The workers estimated it would
be midafternoon before they reached
Mr.. Mitchell, who was buried by
sliding earth as his 72-year-old IA
ther John, and brother Stanley
attempted to haul him to the sur
face about S o'clock yesterday. The
father suffered a heart attack and
was confined to his home today.
Digging machines furnished by
the Navy and State Roads Com
sion were used during the night, but
were abandoned when they were I'M
able to cope with the sandy soil.
The sides were shored with a cylin-
drical casing as the digging pro-
dressed by hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
Representative Hart
On 9. U. AIumniLi

A list Of Georgetown University
alumni who will be members of the
8oth Congress, published Sunday
inadvertently omitted the name Of
Representative Edward j. Hart
Democrat, Of New Jersey. The addi-
ton brings the total of alumni In
the new Congress to 16.
Mr.. Hart, a member of the Law
class of 1924, was one of eight
Georgetown alumni in the former
House who were reelected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
Labor Medical Care
Project 10 Establish
Headquarters Here

Headquarters for the new Labor
Medical Care Project Committee OF
the Cooperative Health Federation
OF America will be established here
soon, 1t was announced by Harry
II. Becker, committee chairman,
who Is president of Group Health
Association.
An office and full-time staff will
be selected shortly.
Establishment Of the project here
under seven point labor relations
program to operate throughout the
United States was authorized at a
recent two-day meeting Of the
Executive Committee of the fedora
ton in st. Louis.
Aims of Program.
The seven-point program was an
nounced as follows:
Il. To promote the interest of
labor groups in prepaid medical
services under effective consumer
control.
-. To provide an advisory service
to labor groups in the establishment
Of medical services and in strength
ening and improving existing plans.
g. To assist labor groups In as
sessing and evaluating existing
medical benefit and service pro-
grams.
=. To assist labor groups in
evaluating the adequacy Of COM
munity facilities and services In re-
lation to the needs Of union men,
bership.
IS. To serve as clearing agency
for information on various types of
plans and methods for provision of
medical benefits. l
Is To coordinate! with and slim
ulate cooperation between all
groups and individuals interested
and concerned with the development
Of medical services for labor groups.
~. To promote educational pro-
grams on health and medical care
needs. with particular emphasis on
the needs Of workers syapd their
families RaJ
Rural Program Planned?
The federation Executive Commit
tee also decided that such similar
program Is to be carried out for
rural groups. George jacobson,
|secretary-treasurer of the fedora
ton, and executive secretary Of the
Group Health Association in st.
Paul, Mimi. was named chairman
OF the rural program committee.
Its headquarters win be In st. Louis.
A third committee headed by
Harry Culbreth of Columbus, Ohio,
organizationA director Of the Ohio
Farm Bureau, was named to serve
the same purpose in forming and
educating other cooperative groups
to sponsor health programs similar
to those set up by rural and labor
groups.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
Palestine Rail Labor
Strikes in Protest al
| Lack Of Protection
by me A..oeie,sd Pres.

JERUSALEM, Nov. l9.--Rail trafiic
In Palestine was paralyzed today in
% sudden strike OF rail workers, 80
per cent Of them Arabs, protesting
what they called lack of adequate
protection against Jewish terrorism. .
More than so trains have been
attacked In the last three months,
and police said most of the attacks
were in the form Of mines placed by
Jews. Seven railway men have
been killed.
In the port area of the all
Jewish city of Tel Aviv, a Jewish
detective was shot to death early
today. Police blamed a Jewish ter
rorist mob" for the staying, latest
LOT more than a score in Palestine
this month.
Gunfire from q passing car felled
the detective as he walked up to a
bus stop, and stray bullet wounded
q nearby civilian slightly, the public
information ONCE said.
Nine persons suffered injuries re-
|quiring disqualification in Tel Aviv
last night when police and soldiers
made what authorities called .'re-
|prisal raids" in the all-Jewish city.
Police said Tel Aviv was quiet today.
In Jerusalem, the King David
Hotel, which houses the government
secretariat and military headquar-
tiers. was evacuated after receipt OF
telephoned warning from woman
that the building had been mined
No explosives were found in an
exhaustive search Of the structure,
which was blasted July 20 with q
loss Of nearly 100 lives.
Hagana Issues Warning.
A new note was injected into the
situation by warning from Hagana
last night that 1t would take "any
means at our disposal" to halt acts
OF violence by other Jewish under
ground groups.
The warning was contained in a
broadcast by Hagana's secret radio
station, 1.-THE Voice of Israel" and
was directed at the so-called stern
Gang" and Irgun Zvai Leumi, which
has boasted openly of dynamiting
trains and other acts of violence.
Threatening strong measures,
Hagana asserted that ''the time for
persuasion Is now over" The broad
cast also charged the British, how
ever, with unfair retaliation against
innocent Jews for extremist violence.
In London q Foreign Once spokes-
man said Britain must be prepared
for shooting" In Palestine no mat
ter what solution was worked out
In impending British-Arab-Jewish
conferences. Any settlement, this
source said, probably would have to
be imposed on whichever side felt
aggrieved, which likely would resist
with force.
Asked to comment on Jerusalem
reports that the British already
were Strengthening their Palestine
garrison estimated variously at from
$4,000 to 100000, the spokesman de-
clared Britain would make ''neceS-
sary arrangements to carry out her
maximum political commitments. Z"
The Jerusalem reports said $4,000 to
100000 more troops might be sent
to Palestine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
d. {. Bapiisis Warned
|0 Negative Attitude
Toward Government

The Rev. w. II. Tribble. pro-
fessor at the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, today told
the District Baptist Convention,
The church must not follow a
negative or isolationist attitude
toward the Government"
DR.. Tribble, addressing delegates
to- the seth annual meeting. said
the principle of separation of
church and state must be MAIN
tanned. This, however, does not re-
move the responsibility of churches
to interest themselves in the life
OF the community through educa-
ton, community welfare projects
and other forms Of public relations,
he said.
The convention, meeting In the
First Baptist Church, adopted a
1947 budget of $3.50, 900, following
the budget report by the Rev. Ed
ward Q. Clark, vice president of the
local convention and pastor of
Chevy Chase Baptist Church.
The 1947 annual meeting will be
held at Grace Baptist Church at a
time to be announced later, DR.. Ed.
ward B. Willingham, pastor of Ma.
tional Memorial Baptist Church.
announced. The midyear session
Will take place June at the Ia.
koma Park Baptist Church, the Rev.
Herbert w. Baucom, pastor of First
Baptist Church, said.
DR.. Trtbble told the gathering
the three seminaries of the SOUTH
ern Baptist Convention Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary.
Louisville; Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Fort Worth.
and New Orleans Baptist Theologi-
cal Seminary-have q total enroll.
ment Of 2,347 students, of whom
1882 are studying for the ministry.
The need of new headquarters
Tor the District convention was
pointed out today by DR.. M. Chand.
Ter Stith, executive secretary of the
convention. He also listed other OBJ
jectives for the group as a building
extension fund to aid hard-pressed
congregations, the development of
facilities for assembly ground pur-
poses at Great Falls, Va, and funds
Tor the repair and Improvement Of
the Baptist Home for Children.
The grounds at Great Falls given
to. the convention last year by Mr..
and Mrs. George Fraser. Mr.,
Fraser Is a former president of the
District Baptist Convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
ALI BalIoisin Nine
Precincts MISSING
In West Virginia
BY the Assoeieted Press


BECKLEY, w. Va, Nov. 1s.--Al
ballots from nine west Virginia pre-.
cincts were found to be ,missins
yesterday after State police super
vised inventory of. ballot boxes
opened and rified by thieves.
Harry Anderson, Raleigh County
Clerk, made the announcement,
after the three-member county,
court concluded a day-long ex-
animation. Originally six boxes
were found unlocked and their con.
tents removed shortly after it was
discovered that a window had beer
broken and a courthouse room
entered early Saturday.
Among witnesses during the in.
ventory was w. A. Thornhill, jr.
an apparently defeated Democratic
nominee for State Senate who
waived preliminary hearing Satur-
day and posted $4,000 bond an a
charge of breaking and entering
and of stealing lone lot of ballots. y
Prosecutor Defers Comment.
Prosecuting Attorney Ned Rag
Land announced that his Office could
take no action or comment further
on the case until a complete study
has been made of the facts, and
until he has had time to confer
with Criminal Court Judge w. A.
Rifle on the possibility of a special
grand jury to consider evidence.
The missing ballots were from
four precincts in the city of Beck
ley and one each in the coal mining
communities of Sophia, Tams, Kill
larney, Dry Greek and Pine Knob.
Omcially canvassed returns
showed about 1900 votes were in
volved. The county courts canvass
also showed that all but the Kill
larney precinct were carried for the
most part by Republican candidates
Recount to Begin.
Meanwhile county officials said
they would begin scheduled re-
count of the ballots in behalf of
Republican Senatorial Candidate
Thomas B. Sweeney and a number
OF other candidates, including
.Thornhill, tomorrow.
The results compiled in the recent
ofacial canvass will be used in pre-
cincts where the ballots are missing,
members Of the county court said.
Held on the same charge as Thorn
hill is James Edward Simon, "A,
colored courthouse janitor, while
William Henry Lilly of Beckley,
named In a similar warrant, also
waived hearing and was released
under $500 bond.
In the West Virginia senatorial
race the latest officially canvassed
returns gave 273,062 for incumbent
Senator Kilgore, Democrat, against
269, 521 for MIR. Sweeney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
Flyer Who Set Mark
In PIone Spins Dies
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

TORONTO. Nov. &c. r. (pat)
Patterson, Toronto airman, who
was credited with setting a worlds
record by spinning o plane 81
times, died yesterday in Toronto
General Hospital after q short ILL.,
mes. He was general manager OF
the National Aeronautical Associa-
ton of Canada at the time of his
death.
Surviving besides his widow and
a daughter Roberta are his mother
Mrs. M. M. Patterson Of Detroit
and three brothers, Clifford, Earl
and ALIVE, all of Detroit.