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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-12
|Housekeeper Faces
Murder Charge as
Body Yields Poison
BY the Associoted Press

MADISON, Ind, Aug. 12.-Jeffer-
son County authorities today
planned to exhume four more bodies
after finding mercury poisoning in
the viscera of a woman who died in
1945 while under the care of Mrs,
Lottie (ToD Lockman, 62-year-old
housekeeper. who has been charged
with murder.
Mrs. Lookman was arrested on
the murder charge last night after
Or. r. NJ Harger, State toxicologist,
reported finding the mercury in the
body Of Mrs. Minnie Mcconnell.
The woman already had been
charged with attempting to murder
Mrs. Mamie Mcconnell, daughter
in-law of Mrs. Minnie Mcconnell
and had been free on bond. Mrs
Mamie Mcconnell was found to be
suffering from mercury poisoning.
Prosecutor Donald Bear said today
he would ask Circuit Court Judge
Harry E. Nichols to impanel grand
jury this week to investigate the
case. Mrs. Lockman repeatedly has
denied any wrongdoing.
Il never harmed anybody" Mrs
Lockman told newsmen several days
ago. Il only helped them"
Coroner Sidney E. Haigh said that
he planned to exhume the bodies of
the following persons, all of whom
had been under the care of Mrs
Lockman in the last years of their
lives: Uncle Fred Giddings, a re-
tired farmer, who died at the age OF
80; Mrs. Hattie Calhoun, recluse
Frank Lockman, blacksmith hus-
band of the housekeeper, and his
brother, Wallace Lockman.
Mr.. Giddings and the Lockmans
are buried near the little town OF
Dupont, home of the principals ir
the case, and Mrs. Calhoun is buried
at Burlington, Iowa.
DR.. Harger's report said that
nearly a grain of mercury was
found in the liver and kidneys" Of
Mrs. Minnie Mcconnell.
The figures are typical of mer.
curry poisoning. While they are
typical, l am delaying final de-
cision until the pathologist com.
pletes his report"
Coroner Haigh said the mercury
found was sufficient to warrant
Mrs. Lockman's arrest"
Mrs. Lockman was rearrested by
State Detective Graham Tevis.
What is it this time?" she asked
Murder, Mr.. Tevis replied.
That's an awful thing" Mrs
Lockman said.
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Frankfurt
Continued From First PAGE

by virtue of that logic, can that
same American citizen be stripped
OF those safeguards when he is in
foreign land where they are OF
such greater Importance?
Under the court martial system
man is not entitled to counsel I'm.
til the case is referred to a courI
for trial. In this theater there have
been many instances of persons con-
nned eight or nine months before
their cases were referred for trial
During this period the accused is
not only deprived of counsel but is
kept in confinement and is com.
pletely helpless to prepare his owr
defense"
Capt. Carroll quit the Lichfielc
prosecution staff last February in
protest against what he described
as an effort to whitewash high Of
flcers.
Col. Owen Summers of Portland
Greg, commandant of the theatel
headquarters command, and Capt
Harold Chase of Salina. Kans., as
sstant staff judge advocate, de-
tended the court martial system
but said that a shortage of staff
lawyers and complexities in investi-
cations caused delays in some cases
Col. Summers, who interviewed
six of the compliments, commented
1t is unfortunate that these inves-
tlgatlons take entirely too long"
Capt. Chase said there were "rea-
sonable and probable grounds to
believe that these imprisoned indi-
VldualS have committed serious
crimes" He added. however. that
he did not know why Benson was in
Jail. Both officers said counsel
would be provided on request, but
Capt. Chase said the prisoners had
not been informed how to 60 about
obtaining legal help.
(, One prisoner, Irving M. Ayers. %.
of Harrisburg, Pa, jailed June II,
said he asked the prison officer to
get him lawyer. John M. Lodgson.
"a. OF Detroit. imprisoned June 10.
said he had asked the provost SER
geant for legal aid,
Others interviewed by Col. Sum-
mers were Henry E. Grewe, 43, of
Detroit, jailed July 9; Alvin F. Book
orader, "a. of Bowling Green, Ohio,
confined June %. and William c..
Mckinley, "a, of Bessemer, Ala. i'm
prisoned June %. All are former
soldiers, except Grewe. and remained
IN Germany to work as civilians for
various agencies.
Two of the prisoners charged in
the presence of several officers and
two newsmen that they were struck
by agents of the Army Criminal
Investigation Department.
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DecontroI
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ONeal replied. I'm saying to YOU
that the law of supply and demand
Will take care of the matter.
Mr.. O'Neal told the board, I'VE
believe that such controls are
unavoidable and cannot be en-
forced, that the best longtime in
terests OF the Nation will be served
II controls are not reinstated Au-
gust Il and if an opportunity is
given for free markets in these
products to adjust to normal levels. ~
Price Rises Admitted.
While conceding that the price of
some foods since July l have risen
more than most thinking farmers
would like to see" Mr.. O'Neal in
sisted that the increases have not
been as great as they first appeared
when due consideration is given to
removal of subsidies, the normal
seasonal variation in prices, and the
establishment of grade differen-
tials.
At one point In his testimony, Mr.,
O'Neal commented
Il am afraid that as Nation we
have become used to cheap food :;
through much of the 20s and espe-
cially in the 30s, the consumer re-
ceived his food at unreasonably low
prices-in fact so low that the
equivalent of one farm out of three
went bankrupt during the interwar
period
At the outset OF the hearing in
the caucus room of the Senate ONCE
Building, Chairman Roy L. Thomp-
son promised fresh, unbiased
viewpoint from the three-man
board and declared that this is not
a hearing for the presentation of
views by Government agencies. and
they have not been allotted time at
the hearing"
He added, however, that the
board had conferred and would con-
tinue to confer with representatives
of Government agencies and others
ito obtain such factual information
as we need to help us reach our
decisions.
Mr.. Thompson said that because
OF a large number of requests re-
ceived for appearance Thursday on
the subject OF milk and dairy
products. the board had decided to
take up this subject Wednesday
afternoon-the day originally set
aside for hearings on cottonseed and
soybeans. Tomorrow the board
takes up the problem Of restoring
controls on livestock and meat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-12
Last LichfieId Trials
Involve Two Majors
BY the Associoted Press

BAD NEUHEIM, Germany, Aug
l2.-The last of the Lichfield trial!
got under way today with arraign.
ment of Maj Richard E. Lubuont
of East Pittsburgh, Pa. and Mai
Herbert w. Bluhm of Chicago. &C.
cused of aiding and authorizing
cruelty to prisoners in the United
States Army's Lichfield England
guardhouse.
They were the last of Is defend.
ants to be brought to trial in the
series Of Lichfield courts-martial ir
which nine enlisted men and two
officers have been convicted. Mai
Lobuono was provost marshal anc
Maj. Bluhm was inspection Officer
in the 10th Replacement Depot a,
Lichfield.
Hearings were resumed today ir
the trials of Col. James A. Kilian Of
Highland Park, Ill. former depot
commander. and Capt. Joseph A
Robertson of Toledo. Ohio, former
commander of Lichfield guarc
company
1t. Col Gustav M. Bacharach
former depot training officer, testi.
fled in Kilian's trial that he saw M
mistreatment of soldier prisoner.
but acknowledged he spent little
time in the guardhouse and con.
coded under cross examination he
had no personal knowledge Of
what was going on in there"
Col. Bacharach was one of severa
witnesses flown here recently from
the United States at Kilian's re.
quest.
-Four former Lichfield guards ties.
tilted in Capt. Robertsons case tina,
prisoners were struck and other.
wise mistreated under instruction.
from officers. None, however. sale
he had received any such instruc.
tons from Capt. Robertson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-12
IVA Plant Officials
Aided Rioting Mob,
.Ex-EmpIoye Says

Mobs which raided the Negro dis
trict in Columbia, Tenn, last Feb
ruary included officials of the God
win tTenn) fertilizer plant of the
Tennessee Valley Authority, it was
charged last night by Jesse G
Owen, A, white crane operator
formerly employed at the plant.
Mr.. Owen described the incident
at an antilynching mass meeting
sponsored by the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People at the John Wesley
A. M. E. Zion Church, Fourteenth
and Corcoran streets NV.
When iva officials became aware
that he knew their identity, he de-
clared, they demanded his resigna-
ton, telling him that because of the
opposition he had expressed to the
anti-Negro riots, other employees at
the plant had threatened violence
against him.
Mr.. Owen charged that plant Of
ficials told him they could only
protect" him from possible attack
until pm. the following day and
on his continued refusal to resign
they told him he was fired"
The allegations made by the for
mer crane operator have been in
vestigated by the NAACP and will
be made in more detailed form
when he appears In court in
vestigation OF the incident, Mr..
Owen asserted.
A native Of Birmingham, Ala, Mr..
Owen went to work for the iva in
August, 1914 He is married and
has three children.
Other speakers at the mass meet
ing included George E. C. Hayes,
president of the District chapter of
the NAACP; Joseph Albright of the
Veterans administration, and Ed
ward O. Cassidy, official of CLIO
packing house union in Chicago.
The audience heard a transcript
of testimony by Isaac Woodland, a
colored veteran, that he had had
both eyes gouged out by policeman
at Aiken, S. c.. after a dispute with
a bus driver three hours after re-
ceiving his Army discharge.
More than $500 was contributed to
the NAACP antilynching fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-12
Three District Chiropractors
Al Toronto Convention

Three Washington chiropractors
are in Toronto, Canada, this week
attending the golden jubilee con-
vention of the National Chiropractic
Association, which is celebrating a
half century of chiropractic as a
recognized profession in the United
States
DR.. William S. Lineweaver, DR..
E. NJ Gustafson and Dr. Robert J.
Jones are attending the convention,
scheduled to close on Friday, as
delegates from the National Capital
Chiropractic Society.
The District society explained that
1916 actually marks the 51st year OF
chiropractic, but that the golden
jubilee convention was deferred last
year at the request of the ONCE OF
Defense Transportation
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A-12**"THE EVENING STAR Washington D. c.
9Aucusr a.
Britain Will Reveal
Immediate Course on
Palestine Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Aug. 12.-Britain is ex-
pected to announce for publication
tomorrow morning her immediate
program on Palestine. A statement
will come from the Colonial ONCE.
Informed sources said previously
the statement would cover intensi-
fed land and sea action to stop il
legal immigration to Palestine, in
GLIDING the stoppage of immigrant
ships on the high seas and deten-
ton OF illegal immigrants on the
British island fortress of Cyprus.
The Foreign ONCE said today
Britain had not received any CON-
munication from the United States
on the Palestine question.
Action was delayed by Britain
last week in hope that President
Truman would announce his deci-
sion on the joint recommendation
of Anglo American experts for a
semipartition of Palestine.
Washington Compromise Reported
London newspapers reported g
compromise plan was being devel-
oped in Washington by State De-
partment experts in hope that il
would be acceptable both to Jews
and to Arabs.
Palestinian Arabs and Jews have
both rejected the original semipar-
tition plan announced in Commons
last month.
Speculation about the reported
American compromise was that il
would divide Palestine into two
zones, with the Jews given mini
mum of 1000 square miles as COM
pared to the 1900 square miles pro-
vided by the joint proposal; would
give the Jewish zone a greater de-
gree of self-government with COM
plete authority over immigration
and would require the United States
to finance most-if not all-of the
immigration and Palestinian de-
velopment programs.
Polish Help Promised.
A Foreign Office spokesman said
Poland had agreed to do what is
possible" to comply with a British
request to stop illegal Jewish immi-
grants for Palestine at their source
The request was sent also to Ro-
mania, Russia, Italy. France, Bel
GUM, Holland, CZechoslovakia and
Greece.
Five representatives of the Jewish
Agency Executive, who came to Lon
don yesterday for conference with
DR.. Chain Weizmann, ailing presi-
dent of the Zionist organizat ton, saw
him again today. DR.. Weizmann' S
aides said the five gave him prog
ress report" on the Paris meeting.
There was no information avail
able on reports that the British had
asked DR. Weizmann to confer with
Colonial Secretary George Hall prior
to issuance of the British oeclara-
ton.
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DecontroI Board Heads Family
Faces New Hunt for Home

Although she doesn't relish the
idea Of more house hunting in
Washington, Mrs Thompson said
she would move there if her hus-
bands duties kept him In the Cap
ital. because I'm not going to stay
here or anywhere else without him. .
Mr.. Thompson recently told
friends In Washington his wife had
registered many complaints with
him about rising food prices-before
he was appointed to the new top
price control agancy.
Today she warded of questions
about her own views on price control.
so far" she said, none of my
neighbors has given me any tips
about food prices that I should pass
on to my husband"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-12
Woman Killed, Is Injured
As Race Car Leaves Track
BY The Assecioted Pres.

OSWEGO, N. Y, Aug. IA light
racing car went out of control or
a dirt track yesterday, killing one
woman and injuring at least i;
other spectators as 1t crashed
through the guard rail.
Mrs. Louise Farrell of Oswepo
mother of three children, dice
shortly after being admitted t.
Oswego Hospital
Richard Badum, 26. Rochester
N. Y, driver of the car. escaped
with minor injuries.
Police Capt. James A. Donovan
quoted Mr.. Badum as saying thai
the accident occurred when tn.
steering mechanism failed to Cd.
crate. The stripped-down racinf
car tore out about As feet OF fence
and then swung broadside into about
100 spectators along the rail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-12
Russia Asks Turkey
For Joint Protection
lover DardaneIIes
BY the Associated Press

ISTANBUL, Aug. 12.-Informed
sources said today that the Soviet
Union had proposed that the OAR
danelles be placed under the joint
defenses of Russia and Turkey
The proposal, these sources said
was contained in a Soviet appli-
cation for modification of the
Montreaux Convention which was
discussed at a lengthy session of
the Turkish cabinet yesterday.
The Dardanelles have been under
the sole protectorship of Turkey
under the provisions of the l0-year-
old Montreaux Convention, and
Turkey is expected to reply quickly
to Moscow on the proposal.
Other proposals in Russia's ap-
plication were said to go far be-
yond" the present provisions in
the convention, but no details were
disclosed.
Foreign Minister Hasan Saka
refused to comment on the appli-
cation, reported to have been re-
ceived Friday. Selim Sarper. Turk
lsh Ambassador to Moscow, now
home on leave, likewise refused
to discuss the matter.
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U. built Cemeteries
Impress Jap Skipper

NAGOYA, Japan, Aug. 12.-Twc
neat, American-built cemeteries fol
japanese war dead, with brass tab.
lets proclaiming here sleep Jap.
anese soldiers greatly moved q
Japanese skipper who visited 1--we
Island recently.
Capt. Koichi Komatsu commented
today upon his return on an LIST:
I'VE were greatly impressed ano
moved when we saw the plaque anc
japanese graves. Two Jima is a.
desolate as ever and / couldn't SET
sprig OF green there. Bitterly
contested Suribachi stood with it,
battle scars unchanged"
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One Prisoner Wrote
Mother of 3I-Doy Stoy

BOWLING GREEN. Ohio, Aug
l2.-Mrs. Emma Brockbrader dis
closed last night that her son
Alvin wrote her July Is from Frank
furt, Germany, that he had beer
held at that time without a hear.
ing for 81 days for using vile
language" but urged her not tc
worry.
'At Frankfurt, Capt. Harold
Chase. assistant staff Judge ad-
Vocate, said Brockbrader was
being held in connection with
alleged currency control viola
tions.)
The youths letter contained nc
critical remarks against the ARMY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-12
BY the Assoeioted Press

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Aug
12.-The Pilsener beer that first ap-
peased and then CALLED the La
Guardian palate still ranked the
UNRRA director today as he de-
parted for Geneva.
If edible grain was used, can't
understand it, Fiorello H. La
Guardia told reporters. THE use
of hops is O. K. because l don t
believe any one has been able to
make bread out Of hops Remember
we in the United States are shar-
ing our grain and our own brewers
get five days supply monthly
The beer stein denouement hap
pened Saturday. Welcoming Czechs
at the sweltering Prague Airport
met Mr.. La Guardia's plane and
handed him stein of pilsener. He
smacked his lips, slipped and then
remembered. He stopped slipping
abruptly. Shortly he issued a pro-
nouncement:
This country is making a great
recovery. I don't think they'll need
any more grain when the director
general is met at the airport with
a glass of beer. Whoever planned
that made great mistake" He
said he would institute resurvey
of Czechoslovak grain needs, with
the likelihood that supplies would
be reduced"
The stunned CZechs asserted that
no wheat was used in the brew, only
substandard barley.
Mr.. La Guardia said today he was
exercised also by prices fixed by the
Czechoslovak government, whose
Prime Minister Kelement Gottwald
is a Communist, for UNRRA foods
sold to the public. He reported a
small can of fish was sold for Sc
cents. and said this was too much
for workers earning $40 a month.
I'VE aren't giving this stuff away
to supply a luxury market here,
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PoIond Wins Oder Control

WARSAW. Aug. IL (P.-The Po-
fish Soviet mixed demarcation COM
mission announced yesterday that
administration and control of Oder
River waterways had been turned
over to Poland.
The commission has been studying
minor notifications of Poland's
western frontier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-12
lndions Hit Portuguese

WARDHA, India, Aug. 12.-The
Congress Party Working Committee
adopted a resolution yesterday ex-
pressing the hope that Portugal
will be denied membership In the
United Nations" and assailing the
Portuguese administration of the
territory of Goa, on midas Arabian
sea coast as the worst form of Colo
NAL rule"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-12
Seventh CovoIry Officers
Practice Sword-Weorino
BY the Associated Pre,s

TOKYO, Aug. IL. - The United
States 7th Cavalry regiments Of
ficers will wear swords, for the first
time In many years, at Wednesdays
victory parade in Tokyo--on the
first anniversary OF Japan's sur
render offer.
The seventh is mechanical, with
heavy strength in tanks and other
armored vehicles. Swords were dis
carded during the war. For the
past week, officers have been work
ing two hours daily polishing up on
| sword drill
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District Jury lndieis
Handkerchief Trick
|5windIing Suspect

William w. HaSkins, %, colored
Of Baltimore, today was indicted on
three charges of grand larceny of
funds totaling 1908 which he was
said to have obtained from victims
through the handkerchief trick. .
Allegedly working with confed-
crate in two instances. Haskins was
reported to have left his victims
holding handkerchiefs which were
supposed to contain pooled funds
to be held for safekeeping while
Haskins and the confederate went
elsewhere. according to police. In
each instance the victim would find
himself with handkerchief which
contained cigarettes. Haskins al
legedly got $461 from one victim,
$340 from another and 500 from
the third, all colored men.
The indictments were among IS
returned today by the grand jury
before Justice Alexander Moltzoff
of District Court. The cases were
presented to the grand Jury by AS
sistant United States Attorney
Sylvan Schwartz.
Murder Indictments.
Arthur Owens. 20. colored, OF the
1000 block of Fourteenth street N W..
was charged with second-degree
murder in the fatal stabbing of
Odell Heath, "a, colored, of the 1900
block of New Jersey avenue NV, in
June
Another colored man, Earnest r.
Bethea, 43, of the 100 block of
Fourth street NV. was indicted on
charge of manslaughter in the
fatal stabbing of Patrick Henry
West, n. colored. of the 1900 block
of Thirteenth street NV, during
an alleged alteration in a restau-
rant in the 1900 block of Seventh
street NV. last June.
-Four colored persons were charged
with promoting the numbers game
and illegal possession of numbers
slips. They we're Mary Thompson
so, of the 100 block of K street NV;
James H. Coates. 50. of the 20OC
block of Eighteenth street NV:
Louis Smith, 40, of the TOO block
of Ninth street NE, and Robert r
Gidney.
Robbery Charged.
Robert w. Congress, IT, of Airing
ton, Va, was charged with breaking
into three dwellings and stealing
from two of them. His loot was
said to have totaled $l8 and a knife
Charles E. Crawley 18-year-old
colored youth. of the 1900 block OF
Calvert street NV. was indicted on
Ave charges Of robbery in alleged
pocketbook snatchings His loot
was said to have included more than
$40 in cash, three fountain pens and
a pair of eyeglasses.
Loretta I. Bryant. IS, colored. OF
the 900 block of M street NV, and
Frank Campbell. %. of the 1000
block of M street NV, were charged
with breaking into and stealing 40
pounds of butter. $500 packages of
cigarettes, 48 pounds of ham and 800
pounds of sugar from grocery store
in the HOO block of Thirteenth
street NV James E. Love. A, COL
ored, of the 100 block OF Ninth
street NV, was charged with re-
ceiving stolen property for allegedly
receiving the cigarettes and butter.
Ada v. Nichols. Al. of the 900
block of Fifth street NV, was
charged with grand larceny of $3.50
from a mans wallet which she al
legedly said she would watch while
he was away from a table in a
cafe.
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with Washing
ton officials on
territorial prob
e m S W 1 t h
French In d o.
China.
Siam applied
for United Ma
lions member
ship last week
and has indi-
Gated a desire to
present its ter
ritorial dispute
to the U. N. Sc
.curity Coun c i !
for settlement.
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DR.. Goines Will Address
Phi Beto Kappa Session
Special Dispo,eh 10 Tn. s,or

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Aug. IL
A talk by DR.. Francis Pendleton
Gaines, president of Washington
and Lee University, will highlight a
three-day meeting of the United
Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa Coun-
Gil beginning September 9 at the
College of William and Mary here.
DR.. Gaines will speak at a dinner
meeting September 10 and is one
OF four speakers who will address
the sessions, marking the first gath
ering of the chapters of the honor
airy scholastic fraternity since 1910.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-12

nee "a"' Accompanying
the group here on an Army Trans
port Command plane was Kuang
Aphaiwong, former Prime Minister
and leader of the political opposition
OF the present Siamese government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-12
Siamese Delegation Arrives
For Farley on Indo-China
BY the Associosed Press

A l2-man Siamese delegation
headed by Prince Wan Waithaya-
kon arrived early today at National
Airport from Bangkok to confer