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Evening star., 1946-10-20
PIebiscite on Nov. 5
Gains Support Of
Many Legislators

Senator Capper, Republican, of
Kansas predicted last night that
victory for District suffrage in
the plebiscite here election day,
November 5 would prompt Con-
gress to approve the vote for
WaShingtonians without delay"
This declaration came from the
former chairman of the Senate Dis
trict Committee in a telegram to The
Star from his home in Topeka.
In a strongly worded message fa-
voring the franchise for Washington,
he declared mo good argument has
been advanced against it,"
Senator Capper is co-author of
the Sumners-Capper resolution pro-
posing an amendment to the Con-
stitution to authorize Congress to
grant the District representation in
Congress. It also provides for a Dis
trict vote in presidential elections.
Many kilograms Received.
His telegram was one of many
from Senators and Representatives
in response to wire poll of cross
section of Congress. They now are
scattered throughout the country by
their own political campaigns.
Differences Of opinion marked the
responses on some phases of suffrage.
But no objection was raised to the
unofficial referendum here Novem-
Der 5.
"Wholehearted" approval was
voiced by a large number as they
indorsed the move.
THE people of the District of Co.
lumbia," Senator Capper said, are
to be congratulated that they will
have an opportunity to vote on the
suffrage question on November S.
Il think it is of the utmost i'm
portance that an overwhelming vote
in favor of suffrage should be cast
by the people of Washington at that
time.
proposal Not New.
THE proposal has been before
the District for many years, and no
good argument has been advanced
against it. I do not hesitate to say
that the Congress believes that
taxation without representation is
un-American and cannot be de-
tended from any standpoint.
IF the Citizens of the District
will express themselves in popular
vote on November 5 as being in
favor of the suffrage proposition
there is not the slightest doubt in
my mind that the Congress will
ratify their action without. delay.
They are asking only a right that
has long been delayed"
Among the other responses were
these:
Senator Young, Republican, North
Dakota, member of the Senate Dis
trict Committee-"While I believe
Washington is as we'll governed as
the average American city, I do feel
that the people of Washington
should have the right to do that
job themselves by direct vote of
the people. have found as mem
Der of the District committee one
just doesn't have the time to prop
erly study all the questions of city
government that this committee is
called upon to decide.
Certainly a grave injustice has
been done to thousands of Wash
ington young men who are called
upon to defend their Nation, yet
are denied the very fundamental
principle that made this Nation
great-tfle right to vote in free
elections. Congratulations on your
Evening star., 1946-10-20
Progress
Reported in Settling
Maritime Strike
Many Points in Dispute
. Worked Out, Neeotiotors
Soy at PorIey's Recess
Nv the Assoeioted Press

Assistant Secretary OF Labor
John w. Gibson and United
States Conciliator Frederick Liv-
ingston announced last night
that very substantial progress"
had been made in adjusting diff
ferences between striking mari
time unions and ship-owner
representatives at a conference
at the offices of the American
Merchant Marine Institute in
New York.
The announcement was made as
negotiators for opposing factions in
the, 1s-day strike recessed briefly
talks begun at 10 m. yesterday.
The conference was scheduled to
resume later in the night.
Those at the conference included
Edward P. Trainer, chief negotiator
for the Marine Engineers Beneficial
Association, CIO; Joseph Curran,
president of the National Maritime
Union, CIO; Harry Bridges, interna-
tional president, Longshoremens and
Warehousemen's Union of the Pa
cific, CIO, and Frank j. Taylor,
chairman of the Negotiating Com
mittee for steamship companies and
agents of the Atlantic and Gulf
Coast.
Seattle Dispute Settled.
In Seattle. meanwhile. an agree
ment for resumption of disputed
Army ship loadings for the Pacific
was announced Jointly by the North
west Committee for Maritime Unity
and commanding officer Col. Fen
ton S. Jacobs of the Seattle port OF
embarkation.
The statement on settlement Of
the dispute said:
THE Army has agreed that 1t will
not ask the union to clear any ship
which is not operated 100 per cent
for the Army account. They will not
load cargo into ship unless it is
necessary to their minimum re-
ouirements to deliver such cargo to
its destination.
They will certify any ship which
they want to sail as for Army ac-
count and make the ships manifest
available to the local strike commit
tee for inspection Final determina-
ton as to essentially of the cargo
will be made by the Army. They
will cooperate with the union to
the fullest extent in keeping cargoes
to a minimum
Major Points Worked Out.
Army and union spokesmen said
Army ship loadings, including YES
sells operated for the Army by steam
ship companies, will be resumed to-
morrow.
Mr.. Gibson told reporters of the
New York conference that many
major points in dispute had been
worked out" but he would not say
to which of them-pay, preferential
hiring, night relief, and overtime
he was referring.
Thus far," he explained, "the sit
uation is still too delicate to specify.
But II the night brings an agree
ment to settle, the points will be
announced"
Spokesman for both sides ex-
planned, however, that membership
ratification of any tentative settle
ments would be necessary before
they became effective.
Conferees agreed that the Gov
ernment officials joint announce
(See MARITIME. Page A-3)
Evening star., 1946-10-20

The new symbol of the Com
munity Chest Federation, National
Capital area, the Red Feather, will
be presented by Edward Everett
Horton, when he unveils a picture
of the Red Feather and the CAM
paign slogan, Wear Yours Proudly"
on the Treasury Department bill
board.
Miss Smith will be a guest Of the
Advertising Club OF Washington at
its luncheon meeting Tuesday in
the Gold Room of the Hamilton
Hotel. The luncheon will precede
the Treasury Department ceremony
which is scheduled for 2:30 pm.
The campaign Inauguration will
be broadcast over Station WTOR
washington clubwomen and vol
7Sna TEWST HaWe A-z0
Evening star., 1946-10-20
COP May Gain 6 Seat,
From Democrats in
Election in Illinois
Former House Member
Opposes Mrs. Douglas
In Statewide Race
By Gould Lincoln
Stor Sfoff Correspondent

CHICAGO, Oct. 10. Demo-
Gratis and Republicans in Illi-
nois are fighting today over the
election of 26 members of the
House in the new Congress
which assemblies next January.
AS Of today it seems entirely prob
able the Republicans will take at
least three of the House seats now
occupied by Democrats, and there
is strong possibility they may gain
three more.
The Democrats are striving not
only to hold the seats they now
have, but also they believe they
may upset the Republicans in the
18th and 23d districts.
Only one contest In Illinois this
year is state-wide-for Representa-
tive-at large. This race between
Mrs. Emily Taft Douglas, incum-
bent Democrat, and former Repre-
sentative William G. Stratton, Re-
publican, is attracting wide at
tention.
Served One Term.
Mr. Stratton, who served one term
in the House from January, 1941, to
January, 1943, as Representative at
large, was an isolationist. Some of
his speeches in Congress were sent
out, the Democrats stress, by George
Sylvester Viereck, Nazi propaganda
ist. The Republicans reply that Mr..
Stratton's isolationism was before
the Jap attack on Pearl Harbor
and that Mr.. Stratton is a veteran
of the recent war-a lieutenant.
Junior grade, in the Navy, with
services in the South Pacific. He
was nominated for Congress this
year while still in the Navy.
Mrs. Douglas has been a strong
supporter of the Roosevelt Truman
New Deal policies. A graduate of
the University of Chicago, she was
at sne time an organizer of the
Illinois League of Women Voters.
Her husband, a former professor
and city councillor, enlisted at the
outbreak of the Var as a private in
the Marine Corps, saw much service
in the South Pacific and came out
as a major.
Elected Two Years Ago.
She was elected to Congress two
years ago, defeating former Repre-
sentative Day, Republican also
dubbed an isolationist-by 191 PAS
votes. In the 1942 election Mr.. Day
had been elected, despite his isola-
zionist stand, by 1896. Mrs. Doug
(See LINCOLN pooe A
Evening star., 1946-10-20
Franco Police Arrest
5 Republican Leaders
BY the Associoted Press

BARCELONA. Oct. 19.-General-
issimo Francisco Frances police have
arrested all five members of the Su-
preme Council of a Spanish Repub-
lican armed forces organization
here headed by former army lieu
tenant colonel and seized numerous
documents dealing with Republican
forces in this section of Spain, it
was reliably reported tonight.
Evening star., 1946-10-20
Strike of Croupiers
HoIts Gambling in
Monte Carlo Casino
b. the Assoeioted Press

MONTE CARLO, Oct. 49,
Gambling was stopped at
Monte Carlos Casino today as
croupiers started a sit-down
strike, asking a 25 per cent in
crease in salaries.
Gamblers went in the bac-.
carat and roulette rooms but
could not bid any stakes under
the nose OF idle croupiers.
Evening star., 1946-10-20
PRAYERS for Rain Ordered

VATICAN CITY, Oct. 10 P.-
Pope Plus XII ordered prayers in
all Rome's churches today for rain
to relieve Southern Italy's prolonged
drought.
Evening star., 1946-10-20

Radio Proeroms, Poge CO
Complete Index, Pose AZ
Evening star., 1946-10-20

1See PLEBISCITE, Page AID
Evening star., 1946-10-20

(See LINCOLN, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1946-10-20

(See BRITISH, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1946-10-20

1See VANDENBERG, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1946-10-20

(See REACTION, Page A-6D
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-19
NEW PEST, ALFALFA
WEEWL, COMES HERE.
Severe Damage Is Reported In
Seven COunties-Ways TO
Control Insects Suggested

BOzeman, June 19.-Because al
falfa weevils are doing extensive
damage in seven southeastern Mon
tana counties, o. B. Hitchcock, as
sistant state entomologist at Mon
tana State college, suggests ways
of controlling the insect and urges
growers to take immediate action
tc prevent permanent injury to al
falfa stands.
The alfalfa weevil is Comparatively
new in Montana and this year
marks the first serious outbreak
of the pest. Counties in which the
pest is causing sever damage are
Yellowstone, Carbon, Saltwater, Big
Horn, Rosebud, Custer, Powder Riv-
er and Treasure.
The weevils burrow into the buds
of the alfalfa plants and also de-
stroy the foliage. Since it is diff
cult to see the insect without close
inspection, the general appearance
of an alfalfa field is usually the
first evidence of weevil infection.
Infested fields when seen from a
distance appear to have a grayish
or brownish color, and some grow
ers who were not aware of the
weevils suspected that frost or dry
weather had affected their alfalfa
To control weevils, Hitchcock re-
commends spraying with calcium ar
zince arsenite or ~arsenate
of lead mixed at the rate of 21a to
3 pounds to 100 gallons of water.
One hundred gallons of the mixture
will treat about one acre of alfalfa.
Infested fields may also be dust
ed with calcium a~rsenate with an
material such as prophylite
)r tale.
Either spraying or busting should
De done on a clear day and the
.ype of treating equipment to use
will depend by what is available
the locality. Besides controlling
weevils, the sprays and dust
recommended will also help in the
control of grasshoppers.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-19
OF FORMER
RESIDENT IS FRIDAY

The body of Mrs. Frances H.
Penny, who died in Leadville, Colo,
is being brought to Billings for
funeral services and burial Friday.
Mrs. Penny, SO, is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Tintinger of
Billings, former Laurel residents.
Her husband, Kenneth P. Penny,
was discharged from the navy in
November and the couple had been
living in Leadville where he man.
aged a J.. c. Penney store.
Besides her husband and her par
ents she is survived by one brother,
Theodore r. Tintinger of Ketchum,
Ida, and two sisters, Miss Ara
nina Tintinger of Vancouver, B. c.,
and Mrs. John G.. Ross of Grand
Coulee, Wash.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-19
LAUREL PEOPLE ATTEND
COM MUN|TY PICNIC

In attendance at the picnic in
Billings Sunday sponsored by for
mer residents of the Ashland COM
munity in southeastern Montana
were Mrs. Alice Shy and her sister
in-law, Mrs. Vest Shy and daughter,
Violet of Forsyth, Mrs. G.. L. Gass
and daughter, Jerry Ann, Mrs.
George Mote and Mrs. Juanita
Foley. The picnic, held at Pioneer
park, was attended by 100 persons
among whom were three families
represented by four generations
which included the Shy families,
who came to the Ashland area IN
the 1905.
Mrs. Louis Trusler, who came to
Montana as a child on a steam
boat plying the Yellowstone river,
would probably have been the ear
Hest settler of the group had she
been able to attend. She was rep
resented by her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Templin of Billings. Mrs.
Fred Yonkee of Sayle, Powder river
county, came the farthest distance.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-19
URGE RANCHERS TO
BUY, STORE FEEDS
Advisory Committee Of Depart
ment OF Agriculture Adives
RancherS' Immediate Action

Helena, June 19.-Quick action on
the part of livestock growers to
assure a winter supply of concent-
ratel feeds is urged by the state
feed advisory committee of the de-
partment of agriculture.
Ranchers are urged by the COM
mittee to place orders for feed i'm
mediately and to take the feed to
their ranches and store it as soon
as it is received. The reason for
this, the committee explained, is
that ALLEGATION made to the states
and to individual dealers for single
months at a time cannot accumu-
What is not used in one
month is gone and cannot not carry
over into the next month.
From all protein meals manu-
featured in the nation at present,
10 per cent is set aside by the
government for ALLEGATION among
the states. Out of each states
share the manufacturers must pro-
vide for each rancher through the
dealers.
Ranchers cannot follow with safe
ty their old custom of buying feed
when needed. Accordingly, all live
stock men are urged to make in
ventories now, and buy and store
their feed.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-19
Mckinney ELECTED
POSTS COMMANDER
Installation Set For Sept. IL
Select Delegates To At
tend State Convention

Officers for the ensuing year,
to be installed Sept. II, were elected
Thursday evening, June 10, by Am
erican Legion post No. 123. Charles
E. Mckinney was named command
er.
Other officers selected were S.. S.
Bliss, first vice commander; Alfred
W~arfield, second vice commander;
Grace Warfield, adjutant; C.. H.
Royalty, finance officer; Rev. C. o.
Anderson, chaplain; Loren Webster,
sergeant-at-arms; Oliver Void, his
torian; R. B. Packard, Fred w.
Graft and G.. w. Fenton, members
of the executive board, with Com
mander Mckinney and Adjutant
Warfield as ex-officio members.
Delegates to the state convention
July 81, % and % at Missoula
are Commander Mckinney and Ad-
jutant Warfield, and a~lternates are
Alfred Warfield and R. B. Packard.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-19

had known the slain woman's
mother.
Young Mrs. Rupe was the daugh-
ter of Albert and Della May, both
of whom died several years ago.
Mrs. May was the adopted daughter
of Mrs. William Fly of 720 North
Twenty-fifth street, Billings, who
with her husband lived many years
in Laurel before moving to Billings
ver two years ago. Mrs. Rupe as
Miss May often visited her foster
grandparents when they lived here.
Young Mrs. Rupe was slain dur
ing a discussion on whether to send
Aylene, the slayer's ~13-year-old
daughter, to a Billings hospital for
treatment for a leg injury, accord
ing to Hardin officers, who said
Rupe shot her above the heart with
a shotgun at short range as she
stood on a porch at the Rupe home.
Some three hours later the body
of Rupe, father of seven children,
was found about three-fourths of a
mile south of his home, with a %
calibre rifle lying near.
The elder Mrs. Rupe was the only
witness to the shooting of the
young woman, the authorities said.
Young Mrs. Rupe is survived by
her widower, Charles E. Rupe, en-
route to Japan to serve with the
army of occupation; a two and a
half year-old daughter; two sisters
and a brother.
The Red Cross has succeeded in
making contact with the widower,
who was at sea and who will be
returned to the States.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rupe
be conducted Friday afternoon
1t 2 o'clock at the Congregational
church in Hardin.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-19
SCHEDULE.
FOR MONTH IS GIVEN
League Reduced To Six Teams
Playing Twice Weekly-New
Diamond Is Constructed

The Laurel softball league has
been reduced to six teams which
will play twice a week, with games
scheduled every day except Sun
day.
Scheduled for the remainder of
June games are
Thursday, June 20 (doubleheader),
Palace Bar VS.. o. NJ. Void Co. at
5 p. M; B.R.C.A. vs.. Board of
Trade at $3.50.
Friday, June 81, Tubman Food
Mart VS.. Palace Bar, 6:3O.
Saturday, June %, Greening
Chevrolet VS.. o. NJ. Void Co.
Monday, June "a, B.R.C.A. VS. o.
M. Void Co.
Tuesday, June %, Greening Chew
rolet VS.. Palace Bar.
Wednesday, June 26, Tubman
Food Mart VS.. Board of Trade.
Thursday, June 27, B.R.C;A. VS..
Palace Bar.
Friday, June %, Tubman Food
Mart VS.. Greening Chevrolet.
Saturday, June 20, Board of
Trade VS.. o. NJ. Void Co.
Each team listed will be allow
ed 20 players after two weeks, and
will be required to use its own
men. Caps and jerseys are being
purchased by the sponsors. A good
diamond has been constructed on
the north end of Alder avenue and
some good ball can be expected.
Playing Monday evening, June II,
Tubman Food Mart defeated the
B. R. C. A., 6 to 3.
r H +
Tubman Food Mart .......--...6 7 4
b. r. C. A. .--...3 Z 5
Batteries: Tubman Food Mart
Herbert, Gunter and DeFrance.
B. r. C. A~.--Fuerbacher and Pewitt.
Strikeouts: Herbert 2, Fuer-
Dacher 8. Two-base hits: DeFrance
|, Oswald l.. Three-base hits:
F~uerbacher /.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-19
MASONIC LODGE PLANS
EVENT HON0R|NG 7 OF
ITS RETIRED MEMBERS

Seven members of Corinthian
lodge No. 70, A. F. & A. NJ, are
to be honored Monday evening at
a dinner program at the Masonic
temple. Six are retired railroad
men and the seventh is a retired
merchant. All have been members
of the lodge many years.
The railroad men who have re-
tired after long periods of service
are H. E. Smith, M. R.. Walton,
w. T. Weichert, T. w. Evert, E.
H. Lawrenz and r. w. Davis. Davis
is a resident of Park City where
he was station agent before going
or the retired list, Smith was a
locomotive engineer; Walton was a
machinist; Weichert was road fore
man of engines; Evert was assistant
roundhouse foreman, and Lawrenz
was a blacksmith.
The retired merchant is c.. L.
Morris, founder of the Laurel Trad
ing company in 1906. He sold the
business a year and a half ago.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-19
LAUREL YOUNG PEOPLE
ARE GIVEN DEGREES At
THREE UNIVERSITIES

Evanston, ILL.,, June 19.--More thar
1850 degrees and diplomas, a e
per cent increase over last year
were awarded today at Northwest
ern University's eighty-eighth com
mencement exercises in Deering
Meadow.
Hon. Evan A. Evans, senior just
ice of the U. S. circuit court of
appeals, Chicago, was commence
ment speaker. President Franklyn
B. Snyder conferred the degrees and
delivered the charges to the grad
uating class.
James Oliver Durham of 313 East
Fifth street, Laurel, was awarded
the degree of bachelor of science
in education.
Los Angeles, June 19.-With Eric
A. Johnston, president of the Mo-
ton Picture Association of America,
delivering the commencement ad-
dress, graduating ceremonies of the
sixty-third annual event for $50
seniors of the University of South
ern California were held Saturday,
June Is, in the Los Angeles Col
iseum.
Chancellor Rufus B. Won Klein
Smid ~officiated in the bestowal of
degrees.
Hugh V. Phelps of COS East
Laurel, received the degree
of bachelor of engineering.
Among prominent alumni attend
ing the event was DR.. Thomas Nix
on Carver, nationally known econo-
mist and only surviving member of
the class of 1891.
Stanford University, Calf, June
19.-Billee Rae Miller Of 300 First
avenue, Laurel, received the A. b.
in social sciences Sunday at
Stanford U~niversity's fifty-fifth an
nual commencement.
Speaking before 975 students in
,aps and gowns and an audience of
about 5000 Ordway Tead, editor and
educator, was the commencement
speaker.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-19
j. NJ. MILLER DIES OF
HEART ATTACK MAY 80

Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. James
M. Miller, former Laurel residents,
learned this week of Mr.. Miller's
death on May 80 at his home in
San Diego, Calf. He succumbed to
a heart attack as he was preparing
to eat his evening meal at the Mil
lers' home, 4440 Logan avenue In
terment was in a ~mausoleum.
Mr.. Miller had been at work at
North Island where he was an in
voice man for the navy. He ap-
peared to be in usual health when
he returned home late in the after
Don and did some work about the
premises before being called to din
ner by Mrs. Miller. He was put
ting food on his plate when he
slumped forward on the table.
Since Mr.. Miller's death, Mrs.
Miller has been staying with her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lyle Ward, who live in San
Diego.
The Millers and Wards came to
Laurel several years ago from In
gomar, where the two men had a
garage. They purchased a garage
business here from Harry Pennin-
ger, which they operated first on
West Main street in the present
Greening Chevrolet location and
later at 401 East Main. During
the war they moved to California.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller celebrated
their forty-first wedding anniver-
sary last April a.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-19
CONDUCT FUNERAL
FOR G. k. FRANK, Is
Native Of Russia Came To Lau-
rel In 1907-Burial Is
Tuesday Afternoon

Funeral services for George K.
Frank, 70, were held Tuesday after
noon at the German Congregational
church. He died at a Billings hos
pital Saturday. Services were con-
Quoted by Rev. Theodore C. Strobel.
Mr.. Frank vas born July ID,
1872, in Russia where in 1889 he
was married to Mrs. Mary Kath-
crime Fox. The couple moved to
Lincoln, Neb., in 1905 and to Lau-
rel in 1907 where they resided
until 1918 when he became an en-
ploye in a sawmill at Tacoma,
Wash. They returned to Laurel in
1943.
Surviving are the widow; three
sons, George and Philip of Tacoma
and Henry of Huntley; a daughter,
Mrs. Elizabeth Muntz of Tacoma;
a stepdaughter, Mrs. Fred Bangert
of Billings; two sisters, Mrs. Philip
Fox and Mrs. Margaret Reiter of
Laurel; a brother, Philip of Silesia;
% grandchildren and Is great
grandchildren.
Music for the funeral was fur
nished by the church choir. Pail
bearers were two sons, George
Frank and Henry Frank; two nep-
hews, Alec Reiter and Henry Reiter,
and two grandsons, Alex Bangert
and Fred Bangert.
Burial was in Mountview ceme-
terry at Billings.
Laurel outlook., 1946-06-19
F|REMEN GET NEW
TRUCK THIS WEEK
Specially Equipped Unit Has
Pumper, 200-GallOn Tank
Is Delivered Wednesday

Resplendent in red paint and gold
lettering, Laurel firemen took de-
livery of the city's new fire truck
Wednesday afternoon. That even
ing the department members and
city officials saw the outfit put
through its PAGES in a demonstra-
ton conducted by a representative
of the company which made the
sale several months ago.
Outstanding new feature is a
pumper or booster unit which sup
plements the pressure in city water
mains and adds some 200 additional
feet to the length of the stream
coming from a hose nozzle. An
other item is a 200-gallon tank,
equivalent to about four barrels, for
small fires. Also on the truck are
powerful lights, colored lights and
the usual siren. The outfit rep
resents about $4,000 as an invest
ment to reduce fire losses. 1t may
also bring a lessened insurance rate
on properties. Representatives of
the fire underwriters are to inspect
it soon and watch it in a test oper-
alton.
The truck recently came off a
manufacturers assembly line in the
east and was taken to a point in
Ohio where it was specially equip
ped for fire service.
A request has been received for
permission to display the new unit
at a meeting of state firemen which
is to be held in Billings.