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Evening star., 1946-07-25
Randolph Seeks
Truman Aid on
Reds us. Jobs
Will Ask Setting
Up Of Boord to
Poss on Loyalty

Chairman Randolph of the House
Civil Service Committee said today
he would ask President Truman to
set up an interdepartmental COM
mission to draw up plans for weed
ing out Communists and other sub
versive elements in the Federal serv-
ice.
The proposal that the commission
be authorized was made last week
by the special House subcommittee
investigating subversive activities in
the Government. The committee
pointed out that Mr.. Truman had the
authority to set up the commission.
Under the proposal, the commits
sion would De composed of officials
from the Justice, War, Navy, State
and Treasury Departments and the
Civil Service Commission. The de-
partments suggested were selected
because each has investigators
familiar with the problem.
The subcommittee report called
for the commission to submit to the
next Congress plan setting up per-
manent machinery to be established
Tor sitting present and prospective
employees to determine whether they
are giving greater allegiance to other
forms of governments other than our
own and if they favor oyerthrowing
the United States Government.
At present, loyalty investigations
in the Government have virtually
ceased because the Civil Service
Commissions lacks funds to conduct
them. The commission has asked
individual agencies to do the best
they can in conducting the investi-
cations, but most agencies have
neither the staffs nor the funds te-
do an adequate job.
Evening star., 1946-07-25

An ambitious firm in New York
the Douglas Lee Sky Advertising
Corp, has already bought six ships
and is negotiating for more. 1t is
understood it will lease Navy
hangers at Lakehurst and start
advertising trips over New York City
and other cities within the next few
weeks.
Hughes Seeks Another.
Howard Hughes, now fighting his
way back to health in a California
hospital, has bought one which he
has used for carrying giant adver-
tising placards over Texas and is in
the market for another.
The Goodyear Co. of Akron, which
made the blimps, has bought seven
and a private individual at the Uni
versity of California has bought one
Their prize 81" ship "a training
type during the war; will command
price of $500, and until the enc
of August veterans have priority ir
asking for it.
The ks" (used in anti-submarint
patroD will 60 for not more thar
| IS 900 because of their bulk ano
inferior condition.
Both prices are bargains when II
is realized that the ks" cost the
Government more than $3.50, 900 ar1c
] the Els" more than $115.000.
Evening star., 1946-07-25
By A. A. HoehIino

II you'll like to buy a dirigible
the War Assets Administration will
be glad to help you out-and at
quite bargain price too, for as
little as 5000.
1t now has on its hands 13 Navy
K ships f250-footers) and one Navy
L ship (about 1875 feet shorter.
But you'll have to hurry. Fifteen
blimps have been sold already, and
without the WAA even having to
drum up trade.
Their incest item in the current
lot is the 81" ship. All it needs,
according to. spokesmen at the
agency. is about $4,000 cubic feet
of helium gas and it's ready to fly
away from its storage hangar at
Moffett Field. Calf.
Mechanical Ability Needed.
The others are more or less"
complete ships, but parts are miss
ing here and there and you'd better
be pretty good mechanic as well
as seamstress and rubber worker
If you put in your bid for them.
They have nice roomy cabins,
though, and no matter If you have
10 or IL children in your family,
you could still pile them all in and
take your Sunday skyride.
Oficials both at the surplus office
and at the Navy admit. however,
Evening star., 1946-07-25
Kaufman Heads Sponsors
|0f Jewish War Museum

Appointment of Edmund I. Kauf-
mann OF Washington as chairman
OF the Sponsoring Committee for
the museum of American Jewry's
participation in the wars of the
United States. to be established by
The National Jewish Welfare Board
at 1887 Massachusetts avenue NV,
was announced today.
| A former president of the Zionist
Organization of America, Mr.. Kauf-
mann is chairman of the United
Jewish Appeals initial gifts division
Community leaders from all parts
OF the country will serve with him
the announcement said, in drive
to create "a concrete and vivid
method of depicting the unfailing
devotion and intense loyalty to the
cause of freedom and democracy
espoused by the Jews from time
| limmemorial."
Evening star., 1946-07-25

music, but Jolson impulsively said
after the studio audience hao
cheered song, Wait a minute
wait minute . .. you amt heard
nothin' yet"
Lights of New York" was origi-
nally planned as tWo-reeler, Maj
Warner said. His brother, Jack
Warner, when he sailed for Europe
left instructions that If the picture
appeared good to do little more
than the two reels. The group work
ing on the picture wound up with
5000 feet of film. The company
first tried to cut the movie down
but finally decided it was good
enough to run full length, Mai
Warner explained 1t crossed more
than 100000.
New Influence Developed.
Maj. Warner said that with the
advent of sound pictures, "a great
new influence in world affairs came
into its own" He described the
medium as the most potent Ameri-
can ambassador of them all"
Pointing out that the talking
movies became an excellent medium
Of instruction during the war. Maj.
Warner also declared it is proving
to be the strong right arm of
humanitarian undertakings" in the
fight against infantile paralysis and
other scourges of mankind. He con-
cluded by asserting we must look
forward to the future of the screen
as medium of public service as
we'll as of public entertainment"
The Lights of New York" was
screened for the audience at the an
niversary observance.
Evening star., 1946-07-25
War Department Honors
Chicago Sun Writer

Griffing Bancroft, 80, Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Sun,
has been awarded the highest War
Department civilian decoration, the
Medal of Freedom.
The award was made in recog-
milton of exceptionally meritorious
conduct in the performance of out
standing services in the Mediter-
ranean theater of operations.
Mr.. Bancroft was given leave. Of
absence from the Chicago Sun staff
in 1943 to join the Psychological
Warfare Branch. He established a
newspaper association in the Medi-
terranean theater which provided
the only outside news source for
newspapers of North Africa, Sicily
and Italy.
Evening star., 1946-07-25

Perseverance and Just plain
luck" brought success to the Warner
Bros. when they ventured into
talking moving pictures, Maj. Albert
Warner, one of the brothers, re-
called yesterday at the Library OF
Congress during ceremonies COM
memorating the Goth anniversary of
sound movies.
Maj. Warner gave the Library a
copy of the Lights of New York, "
first all-talking feature-length NOV
ing picture. DR.. Luther H. Evans
librarian of Congress, accepted the
gift on behalf of the institution.
Maj. Warner also presented four
pieces of Vitaphone equipment, used
in exhibiting early sound pictures,
to the Smithsonian Institution. The
equipment, received for the institu-
ton by its secretary, DR.. Alexander
Wetmore, included a phonograph
disc turntable. a motor generator,
a voltage control cabinet and a
volume control unit.
Don Juan a Pioneer.
The producer related how Lights
of New York" accidentally became
the first full-length all-talking NOV
ing picture in 1927. The first
Warner Bros. sound feature pic
ture was The Adventures of Don
Juan" starring John Barrymore.
Premiered on August 6. 1926, sthis
picture was silent one scored with
music by the New York Philhar-
monic Orchestra. The first picture
with dialogue was The Jazz
Singer" with AL Jolson. The show,
which opened October 6, 1927, on
Broadway was essentially one OF
Evening star., 1946-07-25
Woman, 65, Gets Jail Sentence
For MARRIAGE Mail Frauds

number of men whom she had
promised to marry after sending
them Photographs, which she rep
resented as her own, of an at
tractive 22-year- girl.
On June II, she was brought into
court on a stretcher to enter her
guilty plea. and it was said at that
time she was suffering from high
blood pressure and heart condi-
ton. Today, however, she walked
into court.
In another case, Robert H. Pickett,
"a, colored, 300 block w street NV,
received sentence of from seven
to 81 years imprisonment for the
fatal stabbing of Eula B. Murray,
27, colored, on April s.
Evening star., 1946-07-25
Police Hunt for Intruder
Accused in Attack Attempt

Police were searching today for
a young colored man. who attempt
ed to assault woman in the 1000
block of New Hampshire avenue
NV. yesterday.
An expectant mother and wife OF
"a soldier with the occupation
forces in Germany. she told police
the man knocked at her door yes
terday morning and asked for a
drink of water. telling her he was
painting in the building.
The man returned few minutes
later, she said, threw a cloth over
her face and forced her to the
floor. After struggling and plead
ing with her assailant, she told
police she was released and the
man fled
Evening star., 1946-07-25
Teacher to Get Hearing
By Boord of Education

The Board of Education'S Com
mittee on Complaints and Appeals
will grant a hearing at l pm.
tomorrow to r. A. White, Jefferson
Junior High School teacher, who
is appealing from his unsatisfactory
rating received at the end of the
school year.
The hearing will be held in the
Franklin School Administration
Building, Thirteenth and K streets
NV. John H. Wilson, committee
chairman, will preside.
Evening star., 1946-07-25
1.-Two Mental Patients
Hunted by Police After
Break From Ga||inqer

Police today were widening a
search for two patients who escaped
last night from an unattended psy-
chiatric ward at Gallinger Hospital
while third escapee was back in
custody of hospital officials.
The two still at large had been
apprehended here within the last
month following escapes from Vet
erans' Administration hospitals in
South Carolina and Illinois.
Robert D. Southwick, hospital dep
uty superintendent, said the men
escaped at about 8 pm. by kicking
loose barred window of their ward
and dropping eight feet to the
ground. the ward was left un-
watched for only about five minutes
while an attendant left to lock a yard
gate. he said.
Escape obviously Planned"
MS obvious the men were plan
ming the escape" Mr.. Southwick
said, but it wouldn't have happened
if we had more attendants The
method of escape also shows WE
aren't properly equipped to handle
psychiatric patients"
Mr.. Southwick explained that ths
entire window jamb had been loos-
ened from the brick building sum.
ciently to permit the escape.
Returned at about midnight was
Owen Cowan, Is, of Harlan County
KY. who was picked up by police a,
First and D streets NE, on his way
to Union Station. Cowan had beer
at Gallinger for four days.
Escapes Described.
Still at large this morning are:
Francis Barry, 81, 1904 Cleveland
street. Arlington, Va, an escapee
from Perry Point Hospital, Md. who
had been at Gallinger since July 5
He was described as 5 feet 9 inches
tall. weighing about las pounds, and
dressed in a blue shirt and blue
dungaree pants.
Charles Blaine, 50, 1910 TWENTY
third street NV, an escapee from
the veterans hospital at Downey
Ill. Described as feet II inches
tall. and dressed in white pajama
shirt and blue dungaree pants. he
was to be returned to the Illinois
hospital today.
DR.. tJoseph L. Gilbert, chief psy-
chiatrist at Gallinger, said Barry
was not considered especially dan
gerous," but warned that Blaine was
"unpredictable.
Ward Called Understaffed,
DR.. Gilbert said the psychiatric
section has only about half as MANY
attendants as we need-28 to cover
four buildings on three shifts"
With about $50 patients to care
for. that doesn't always average one
attendant for each ward" he said
The doctor explained that the sec
TONS function is to diagnose and
recommend disposition of patients
"as sort of clearing house for the
District" While average stays for
patients should be short, he added
we're often stuck for long periods
with court commitments and vet.
erans."
Mr.. Southwick said that after
CoWan was returned to his ward ht
said he had arranged to meet
Blaine at Union Station at 3 am
He left Barry asleep on a river bank
in Anacostia, he said.
The escape last night was the
third in less than two months. Mr.
SouthWlck asserted. Four patients
involved in the two other breaks
have all been returned.
Evening star., 1946-07-25
Georgetown Seismograph
Records No Bomb Tremors

Georgetown University's seismo.
graph failed to record the atomic
bomb explosion yesterday at Bikin
Lagoon, the Rev. Frederick w
Sohon, S. j.. director of the uni.
versity's seismological observatory
said today.
Although no special preparations
were made in anticipation of the
atomic blast, Father Sohon sale
the earthquake recording machine
was examined carefully last night
and again this morning without re-
suits.
Negative results also were obtained
on previous atomic bomb blasts.
Evening star., 1946-07-25

WI D. ouSdillld Till, %, OF Llle fUU
block of Irving street NV. who
pleaded guilty June II, to a charge
OF fradulently using the mails in
conducting marriage racket, was
sentenced today to serve from 20
months to five years Imprisonment
by Justice Matthew F. MCGUIRE in
District Court.
Her $4,000 bond on which she
had remained at liberty was re-
voked and she was Immediately or
dered committed to jail pending
transfer to penitentiary.
According to Assistant United
States Attorney George E. Mcneil,
she had been charged with obtain
ing several thousand dollars from
ton they might lose the entire
bill in conference. Some House
members had warned they would
never accept the Senate definition
which they believed gave too much
preference to public housing"
1t was widely reported that Rep
resentative McGehee, still in Mis-
sissippi, had left word to have the
whole bill killed if there was
danger" that the Senate definition
might be adopted.
Although some were not satisfied
with the House definition-which
undertakes to restrict low-rent
housing construction by the Govern
ment only to the submerged fifth"
Of the population, according to net
family income leaders were
content to let this issue work itself
out" 81
Some explained that reference to
met family income" was found in
both House and Senate definitions
and that actual performance would
depend to large degree on the
intelligence, reasonableness and OBJ
jectives of those named to consti-
tute the District .Redevelopment
Land Agency.
Five on New Agency.
| This new agency of five members
would take over all land acquisition
for redevelopment purposes and
have control over the specifications
in contracts for the sale or lease of
project areas to public or private
groups for development and opera
ton.
The plan and details of areas Sc
lected for redevelopment would be
determined by the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission and
the District Commissioners, follow
ing public hearings by the latter.
Details of contracts would be made
available to the public.
Two members of the land agency
would be designated by the Presi-
dent and three would be appointed
by the Commissioners, subject to
confirmation by the Senate. One of
the presidential appointees may be
an Official of the Federal Govern
ment and one of the selections of
the Commissioners may be an Of
fleial of the municipal government.
1t is provided that nonofficial men,
bers shall be residents of the Dis
trict for five years and during that
time must have been engaged In
private business or industry here or
in the private practice of a profess
sion. The members would serve
without salary. but would be paid
$40 day for each day of service in
agency work.
The bill is compromise between
earlier demands for a free enter
prise" bill and a competing one
which would have given preference
to public" housing. Sponsors say
the compromise leaves the door wide
open to both private and public work
on low-cost housing, with a first
chance given to private bidders.
Evening star., 1946-07-25
Pilots Body Is Recovered
From Deep Creek Lake

The body of Ray F. Ruff, %, pilot
for Riverdale CMdo plane ferry
ing firm, was to be taken to his home
today in Dayton. Ohio, for burial.
Mr.. Rufus body was recovered
late yesterday from Deep Creek Lake
near Oakland, Md, after the River
dale-manufactured plane which he
was plotting, crashed into the water
Tuesday apparently after hitting a
power line strung over the lake.
The plane, with Mr.. Rufus body
still strapped to one of the two seats,
was removed from about Is feet of
water, 25 feet from shore.
Evening star., 1946-07-25

'of duty, exceptional ability. fore
sighted planning, answering loyalty
and friendly diplomacy" Now the
ranking civilian employe of ODB,
Miss Smith has been with that
agency since its organization in
1912. Miss Smiths mother, Mrs.
Elinor Smith, also of the Seventh
street address, will be an honor
guest at this afternoons ceremonies.
Evening star., 1946-07-25

the Army Serv-
ice Forces Award
for meritorious
civilian service,
it was a announced
today. Col. Leon
ard H. Sims,
| ODB director, is
to present the
decoration at a
special ceremony
in Newark this
afternoon.
| Miss Smith
won the award
in recognition OF
her "outstand-
ing performance
Evening star., 1946-07-25
Bible School to Close

Final sessions of the daily vacation
Bible school at Zion Baptist Church
sponsored by the Washington Lu-
theran Inner Mission Society, will
be held at 8 pm. tomorrow at the
church, 337 F street S.W. Mrs
Rosalie Lewis is director OF the
school.
Evening star., 1946-07-25
Nozi Sub in U. S. Service

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July Is
fP).-The former German submarine
U-3008 has been placed in service
in the United States Navy, it was
announced here today.
Evening star., 1946-07-25
Army TO Honor Chief Clerk
Of It's Dependency Office

Miss Velma Wiley Smith, 6518
Seventh street NV, chief clerk of
the Office of Dependency Benefits
In Newark, N. j., has been awarded
The union times., 1946-04-27
AFL Will Garry Anti-AFM Bill ToSuprenneCOurt
General Counsel Padway To Fight Measure Before
 Highest Tribunal

WASHINGTON LPA) Con stitutionality of the so-called anti-Pe- tri1lo law passed by Congress and signed by President Truman last week will be challenged by the American Federation of Musicians, AFL Gen eral Counsel Joseph Padway declared here last week.
 Introduced originally by Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (R., Mich.) the legislation provides a 5000 pen- alty and up to a years imprisOn- ment for compelling brOadcasters to hire more employees than they claim are needed, pay for work al- legedly not performed, pay for us- ing photograph records, and pay for transcription brOadcasts.
 ,Padway pointed out that The bill permits employers to enter into an agreement with the union to perform those things which the bill prohibits. If an employer refuses to enter into an agreement with us we shall con tinue to exercise our economic strength by strike, picket or boycott. AFL officials indicated that the case would be carried to the U. s. Supreme Court If necessary.
The union times., 1946-04-27
 Deadlock Holds Up Vet Housing
House-Senate Conferees To Meet This Week After
 Recess

WASHINGTON (FP)-A dead lock between House and Senate rep resentatives assigned to compromise the differences between the two yer sions of the Veterans Emergency Housing Bill has delayed the vital measure for at least another two weeks, while members of the House are at home in an Easter recess.
 The conferees are expected to meet again shortly after the House reconvenes April 30, and to con- tinue their work. Major points of difference are over the Senate's in- clusiOn of authorization for $6OO.- 100000 as premium payments for production of scarce building ma- terials, of price ceilings on new homes, and of guaranteed market for prefabricated houses. Only if these are in the measure, Adminis- tration spokesmen insist, can the nations goal of 2,7OO,OOO homes for veterans in the next two years be reached.
 Members of the conference com mittee on the bill H.R. 4761 are: from the Senate, Barkley, Murdock, Mitch ell, Buck, Capehart; from the House, Spence, Patman, Brown, Barry, Vol colt, Gamble, Crawford. Supporters of strong bill are counting heavily or pressure from veterans and their families and friends on hostile mem bers of the House during the period when they are home, to change their minds.
The union times., 1946-04-27
TRANSFERS MEET

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (FP)- Delegates from 101 locals of Intl Bro. of Teamsters went on record here for 5-day workweek in the milk and dairy industry.
The union times., 1946-04-27
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

CONN. locals of the Trolley X Bus Drivers Union have turned down the retirement pension pro- pOsal offered by the Conn. Co.,, be. cause of the company's refusal to make it part of the contract. Ac. cording to Samuel F. Curry, busi. ness agent for Division 281, if no agreement is reached on this sub. ject, it will become a matter for arbitration.
 STATE seems kind of depopu. lated this week, with carpenters To. calls all having representatives at the carpenters convention in Flor. ida.
 EXECUTIVE BOARD of the Conn. State Building and Construc. ton Trades Council meets at New Haven Labor Temple Wednesday May l at II AM. Plenty of busi- ness coming up, says Secretary Treasurer Jim O'Kane.
 WINNER of this months draw ing by the New Haven Labor Tenn pie Mortgage Liquidation Commit tee was Joseph Casanova, James St., New Haven, who works at the Ad- ley Express Co.
 
 SATISFIED smiles and well-bred whOOps of glee blossomed on Wall Street last week when the House gave its kiss of death to OPA.
 News of each successive crip- bling amendment-decision to kill OPA in nine months, guarantee a reasonable profit' on every item of trade, end subsidies-sent the stock market higher and higher. By mid-afternoon the ticker on the New York Stock Exchange reached new high of 2O9.36. Then trad ing dropped a little. Maybe the magnates began to feel sheepish when the amendment-crazy House almost adopted that final sorrowfuI clause slipped in by a price con- trol supporter = Rep. KoppIeman of Conn.,: ''We express our sympa. thy to the American people,"
 Atoms to atoms,
 Dust to dust,
 It looks from here
 Like one world or bust.
 FIRST known case of its kind was won in New York this week when an arbitrator ruled that a vet eran could not be deprived of the right to reapply for his old job if strike was in progress for longer than the 9O-day limit set by the CI bill of rights.
 The decision by Arbitrator Max
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The union times., 1946-04-27

the Prospect Avenue and Loomis Place area was given by the dele gates, after a request from Joseph M. Rourke, Electricians Union, in order to permit the planning to go forward on the largest private housing project in Connecticut Rourke, who is work ing with the American Veterans Com mittee on the project, said the zoning measure had already been before the Board of Alderman The Council au- thorized letter to Mayor Celentano and Alderman Demenstein urging the change.
 BACK POLICE LOCAL
 Backing Police Local No. 53O, the Council delegates approved the request of K. W. Shaw, police rep resentative, that all locals write letters to Mayor Celentano, stating the following: that your local is in- terested in the progress of Police Local No. 53O, that their requests are reasonable and have the ap- proval of your local, that the griev- ances of local No. 53O be adjusted as quickly as possible, that you urgently request the Mayor to favor
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