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Evening star., 1946-08-25

Washington Detective Sergts. John
l.. Sullivan, wounded slightly in the
Friday night affray, and Thomas
Harty, both of whom also shot the
fleeing gunman.
The picked squad, detailed to
catch Mclaughlin after the Rosen-
berg murder, under command of
1t. Hawes and 1t. Robert v. Muir
ray, was warned to use extreme
care in apprehending him. testimony
revealed. Word reached police. 1t.
Murray testified, that McLaughlin
had boasted he would shoot it out
with the cops" if they came to get
him.
Police witnesses told the court
they located the suspect through
informers who warned them that
was armed and full of
tight. Shortly before 10 pm. Friday
night, one Of the informers tele-
phoned that Mclaughlin was in a
restaurant in the 300 block of Fourth
street S.W., police said. BY the time
police arrived he was leaving the
restaurant.
Sergts. Sullivan, Greenwalt and
Harty spotted Mclaughlin on the
street when they arrived at the
scene and ordered him to surrender
They testified that Mclaughlin
opened fire and ran. Ten minutes
later he was dead, pierced by three
bullets.
The three officers were in tech
nical custody of Inspector Robert
j. Barrett, chief of detectives, until
cleared of blame at the inquest.
The coroner's jury decided the
policemen were acting in defense
of their own lives.
1t. Hawes told reporters reward
offered for the killer of the Alex
andria grocer presumably would go
to the informers who kept police
posted on the wanted mans move
ments. .la
Evening star., 1946-08-25
1odt' sSon, British Girl
Held in Yacht Theft
BY the Asxociuted Preka


DOVER, England, Aug. 24-An
attractive British land army girl
was charged today with stealing a
small yacht which carried her and
"a German prisoner of war, identis
fled as the son of Fritz Todt, Hit
ler's one-time master engineer, to
Calais in thwarted flight to Ger
many.
The girl is brunette Mrs. Doris
Violet Blake, 25 She was hustled
back to England by channel steamer
under police guard last night. The
yacht, the Lalum, and bronzed
Alexander Todt. "a, veteran of the
Afrika Korps, were returned today.
The couple met, police said, at a
farm where Todt was working near
Mrs. Bfake's Cambridgeshire home.
She lives apart from her husband
and is the mother of two children.
French police who arrested the
couple at Calais quoted Mrs. Blake
as saying she had fallen in love
with Todt and was trying to reach
Germany with him. They identified
Todt as the son of DR.. Fritz Todt,
builder of the German West Wall
Evening star., 1946-08-25
IripIets Born 10 Woman
By Caesarean Section
BY the Associoisd Pres.

DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 24.-Several
months ago DR.. Justus Loeb told
Mrs. Earl Mcclellan of Dayton to
expect a Caesarean birth of triplets.
Within a three minute period be-
fore noon today identical triplet
daughters were born to the 25-year-
OLD mother by Caesarean section.
The father, Railway Express Co.
employe, was too excited to COM
ment, but the mother had names all
ready and quickly changed the hos
pital names of "a" B" and &C" to
Karen Sue, Nancy Jane and Cheryl
Ann.
Each baby weighed five pounds.
The McClellans have one other
child, Larry Keith, 3, also Caesar
can baby.
Miss Florence Stewart, attending
nurse, said she recalled only one
other triplet birth by a Caesarean
operation in her Is years of obstetri-
cal upervision-that one in Chicago
in 1923.
However, spokesman for the
American Medical Association in
Chicago said he recalled q birth of
Caesarean triplets not so long ago."
Evening star., 1946-08-25
BY The Assoc;oted Pres,

BALTIMORE, Aug. 24.-The late
DR.. Walter E. Dandy, world famous
brain surgeon, in a paper published
posthumously today in the Johns
Hopkins Hospital Bulletin, said he
believed he had discovered in which
part of the brain the center of con-
sciousness lies.
DR.. Dandy, who died last April
described operations performed by
himself and other surgeons over Is
years as supporting a belief that
the mysterious entity called con-
ciousness-without which the body
becomes vegetative organisms
fixed in the corpus stratum.
This Is a part slightly in front of
the mid brain, almost in the center
OF the skull cavity. 1t lies on plane
level with the eyes and the top of
the ears, about even with the ear
tips.
II In its original sense, DR.. Dandy
said, consciousness implies the rec
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Claude D. Clayton Rites
|WilI Be Held Tuesday

Funeral services for Claude D.
Clayton, u. retired District employe
who died Friday night after a short
illness at his home, 734 Longfellow
street NV, will be held at 1880
am. Tuesday at the Hines funeral
home. Burial will be in Rock Creek
Cemetery.
Mr.. Clayton, who was born in the
District, was an employe in the per-
sonal tax bureau of the District gov
ernment for more than 20 years.
Before working there he had been
associated with the old Washington
Times.
He was brother of the late Will
liam NICK. Clayton, who until his
death in 1912 was well known as a
lawyer and civic leader. His brother
was founder of the Federation of
ICftlzens' Associations.
Mr.. Clayton was a member of the
Emory Methodist Church.
He is survived by his widow Mrs
Molly l.. Clayton; brother. Harry
Lee. and a sister, Miss Bessie l..
Clayton.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Emergency Program
Only 'BIunts' Housing
Shortage, Wyatt Says
BY the Associated Press

SOUTH BEND. Ind, Aug. "a
The veterans emergency housing
program will only blunt the edge
of the housing shortage" Wilson
w. Wyatt, national housing admin
istrator, said tonight as he urged
housing war that will continue
until all Americans have decent
homes"
Mr.. Wyatt declared that at the
END of the Governments program
to start 2,7O0,0O0 houses and apart
ments by the end of 1e47 "the need
for housing will be just as great as
it was when the program began.
He said in addressing the National
Council of Catholic Charities that
the Nation faced a housing emer-
gency now because it had relied in
the past years on an economic sys-
tenn that resulted in building new
homes only for the comparatively
Well-to-do,
THE war did not force us into the
emergency he said, although this
emergency was aggravated by the
war"
Asks Council Support.
Mr.. Wyatt asked the councils sup
port for passage of the Wagner
Ellender-T Taft housing bill, passed
by the Senate but stymied in the
House. He described the bill as a.
"hard-headed, common sense, long
range program and said passage in
the House was defeated by groups
which believed poor people belong
in the poor house"
He asked also planning now" so
that the homes built under the two
year emergency program will be-
come liveable communities, and not
the blighted areas of tomorrow.
Too much of the public attention
to the veterans emergency housing
program has been concerned with
quantity" he said Quality is Just
as important. The Federal Govern
ment sets quality standards for the
individual house. That is as far as
it can go.
Can't Dictate Neighborhood.
"It has no power to order that the
neighborhood in which the new
house is built is planned to meet
life in 1916, to prevent it from blindiy
following a pattern that was old in
the days of gaslight and horse cars"
This year and the next are the
years OF crisis for American hous-
| ing" Mr.. Wyatt said. They are
the years which will determine
whether We build our communities
| in a newer or better pattern or
whether we repeat blindly the hous-
ing mistakes of the past The time
for planning action, is here
Evening star., 1946-08-25
War Probe Unit Seeks
Nazi S Testimony in
u. ). Defense Inquiry
BY the Associated Press

The Senate War Investigating
Committee has asked American oc-
cupation authorities in Germany to
hunt up Werner Plack, former Nazi
foreign Office official, for what SEN
ator Kllgore, Democrat, of West Vir-
iglnla says may be important testi-
mony" in an inquiry into prewar
defense construction.
Senator Kilgore said a subcom-
mlttee he heads wants to get Plack's
STORY Of his reputed association with
Hans Wilhelm Rohl, German born
naturalized citizen, who held con-
tracts on several military installa-
tons on the West Coast and in Ha-
wall before the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor.
The Kilgore subcommittee has be-
gun preliminary investigation into
the activities of Col. Theodore Wv
man, Jr., former Army district engi-
neer at Hawaii. 1t is acting on rec
tommendation of the House
Pearl Harbor Investigating Commit
tee for a further inquiry into the
failure to complete defense con-
struction work before the attack.
Yacht Parties Revealed.
Several previous investiga tions
have developed testimony that Col.
Wyman was chummy with RohI. at
tending parties on the latter's yacht.
There also was testimony that Rohl
associated with Plack, circum-
stance that Rohl denied.
Senate committee officials said
they had information that Plack.
who never has told his story. NAV
already be in custody in the Ameri-
can zone of Germany.
The Army Pearl Harbor Board
reported that Plack, wine sales
man, left this country in 1910 under
suspicion, of being. a. Nazi- secret
agent. 1t said he sailed with Fritz
Weldemann. former German coun-
sci general at San Francisco, for
Germany by way of Japan after the
FB1 had thoroughly searched his
baggage and found nothing that
would justify OBTAINING him.
Given Nazi Position.
The Army board report further
said that radio news commenta-
tor assigned to Berlin before Ameri-
can entry into the war reported
subsequently that Plack had been
installed in a responsible position
in the German foreign office.
If Plack is found in custody or
can be traced in the American zone
Senator Kilgore said an effort will
be made to obtain testimony from
him about his possible knowledge of
American defense projects before he
left this country with Weidemann.
Senator. Kilgore indicated the
search for Plack, along with efforts
to pick up other leads in the in
vestigation, may delay any public
hearings until late in the fall.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
) Former Officials Executed
By Hungarian Firing Squad
BY the AsSce;ofed pr..x

BUDAPEST, Aug. 24.-Three for
mer Hungarian officials were exc
cuted by firing squad today after
their convictions on war crimes
charges.
The most prominent was Gen.
Dome Sztojay, former minister to
Berlin who returned to his home
land with German troops who en-
tered the country in March, 1914.
He served as prime minister until
the late Ferenc Szalasi took over
in October, 1914, Szalssi was exc
cuted some months ago,
Also shot was Lijos Remenvi
Schneider, finance minister under
Szalasl, who was responsible for
shipping to Germany s32 900 900 in
gold which the Americans have lust
returned to Hungary.
The third person executed was
Lajos Szasz, minister of industry
under Szalasi, who was responsible
for the dismantling and shipping
to Germany of a large part of
Hungary's industrial equipment.
A crowd of approximately $500
witnessed the shootings and scream-
ed insults at the condemned men.
Remenyi-Schneller went to his
death smiling cynically: Szasz and
oztojay were near collapse.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
U.S.. Housing Program
Found Begged Down
In Realtors Survey

The National Association of Real
Estate Boards made public last
night survey among realtor-
builders which. the group said,
showed the Nations housing pro-
gram had begged down."
'Realtor- builders paint a
gloomy picture of the present and
future housing situation the as
sociation declared in reporting that
competitions of homes by private
builders during the first six months
of this year amounted to only 15.9
per cent of the units started.
Replies received by the association
totaled 1888 from $50 cities and towns
in A States.
Twenty-one per cent of those
replying reported no construction
of any sort under way, the associa-
ton said.
The 698 who are building started
1928 units in the first half of the
year, but had completed only 3,156
or l5.9 per cent. In addition, these
completions represented only IO.5
per cent of the 29,990 priorities for
building materials obtained under
the veterans emergency housing
program, the organization reported.
Shortages Major Reason.
Material shortage was the prin-
cipal reason given for inability to
complete units, with lumber, soil
pipe and plumbing listed as the
most difficult to obtain in that
order.
Government red tape" was listed
as the second major bottleneck, the
association said, with labor shortage
named as the third. but compara-
lively minor, deterrent.
Many builders estimated present
building time from six months to a
year. while one replied, eternity"
the association said.
The outlook for the future Is
just as dark, with 90 per cent of
the 698 predicting no improvement
in the second six months of the
year" the report stated.
VI " itshS IOF oINhnA fOucN.
Meanwhile. the Veterans of For
eign Wars announced it had asked
UNRRh Director General La Guar
dia for the relief agency's policies
on shipments of cement block ma
chimes to Russia, as well as transfer
of other building equipment to
foreign nations.
Joseph NJ. Stack, head of VFW,
wrote Mr.. La Guardia that the
veterans group believes any poll
cies of UNRRA detrimental to the
national housing emergency may
have been formulated without your
consent or knowledge
Commander Stack quoted a re-
cent Civilian Production Admin
istration announcement that when-
ever CPA finds that UNRRA exports
Of machinery and equipment would
seriously affect veterans housing,
then UNRRA is Immediately re-
quisted to postpone procurement of
those articles until domestic needs
are met"
The veterans officials added that
VFW would like to have the op-
portunity to clear with you, all or
any shipments of vitality needed
housing materials and equipment to
any foreign nation under the
UNRRA program"
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Mt. Alto Names BrownIee
Special Services Head

Appointment of Marion r. Brown
lee, former Denver University foot
ball star. as special service director
of Mount Alto Hospital was an
nounced yesterday by DIR. Charles
M. Grifhth, hospital manager.
Mr.. Brownlee, an alI-conference
center in 1892, has coached and
taught at La Junta and PUEBLO
(Colo) high schools. During the
war he served in the Navy as a
lieutenant in the athletic program.
Evening star., 1946-08-25

only two incidents of which I have
personal knowledge after my To-day
stay. A few days before my arrival
in Bilbao a member of the resistance
was beaten to death by the police
for shouting Basque nationalist
slogans. Another was so badly tor
tured in San Sebastian Jail while I
was in that city that he could not be
taken to Madrid, where he was
wanted for further interrogation by
the political police.
1t is my impression that British
diplomatic intervention in cases like
these has not been effective. If any
thing, the brutality of the security
forces is increasing
l discussed the question of eco
nomic sanctions. Every person whose
opinion I asked told me that 1t was
gross distortion to suggest that a
blockade of Spain would injure the
working people. They were ready
and eager to suffer even greater pri-
vations for few months If those
sufferings would lead to their liberia
ton: but in fact, those foodstuffs
which are scarce in Spain today Gor
example, oin are scarce precisely be-
cause they are being exported by the
Spanish government. If the export
of food ceased, the Spanish worker
would be better, and not worse, of.
Saw Resistance Leaders.
During my political interviews
70 of t1@-
group in Catalonia, the Basque
country and Spain proper. ranging
from Christian Democrats on the
right to the narchist-inspired
g. N. T, on the left. / found a
much greater degree of political
unity and much more effective or
ganization than I had expected.
In the Basque country, in order to
prove to me that their movement
did not exist merely on paper, the
local resistance council staged q
demonstration. For security rea4
sons l cannot give details of that
demonstration. But it proved COM
cluslyely that the resistance leaders
were in close touch with their peo.
pAS "A'd GAioh VAiSN LOuld 4ilOfC ldI RS
numbers Of disciplined men at short
notice in given area. !
I came out of Spain with feeling
of personal relief, but also a sense
OF great anxiety. The Spanish peo-,
pie, our first Allies against Fascism,
before World War II began, are,
waiting for our help. They are bafled
and disillusioned by our apparent
indifference to continued Fas-,
cism in their country. They are.
waiting for the. British, 10 take an.
initiative ca political. diplomatic,
and, perhaps as a final stage, an
economic initiative-in their libera :
tion {.
tCopyright, 1916, by the London News
Chronicle and Overseas News Agency
Evening star., 1946-08-25
pr. Dondy's L ost Paper Locates
Brains S Center of Consciousness

ognition and utilization of incoming
impressions, the only way of recop-
nizing consciousness Is by the out
going manifestations of speech and
motion.
DR.. Dandy reported on 10 cases
involving injury to the front section
OF the corpus stratum or deprivation
OF its blood supply. In each case
there was complete and immediate
loss of consciousness for periods
ranging from two to 81 days, followed
by death.
During the period of unconscious
ness the body was in a vegetatiye
state-all of the automatic functions
such as breathing, excretion, opera
ton of the heart and lungs con-
tinuing. But there was no sign that
the brain was receiving any impress
sions of the outer world and no re-
sponse to outer stimuli by speech or
movement.
He stated also that the center of
consciousness is certainly concerned
with sleep
Evening star., 1946-08-25
u. ). Union Officials
Invited 10 Argentina
BY the Assoeioisd Press

Argentina announced yesterday it
has invited representative of United
States labor organizations to visit
Buenos Aires Ito establish a close
relationship with the Argentine
working man"
DR.. Oscar Ivanissevich. new Ar
gentine ambassador to Washington,
told news conference that Presi-
dent Juan Peron approved the plan.
The envoy said the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and the Congress
of Industrial Organizations were in
vlted to designate representatives.
DR.. Ivanissevich said the party will
leave New York or Washington
about September in four -engined
plane of the Argentine merchant
fleet. The trip will last 30 or Is
days" and will include visits with
Peron and Argentine Labor Minister
Jose Maria FTiera in Buenos Aires.
AFL and CIO spokesmen could not
be reached Immediately for comment
concerning the invitation,
Evening star., 1946-08-25
War Surplus in Belgium
Available 70 U. 5. BUYERS
BY the Associoted Press


The United States will begin SELL
ing about half billion dollars
worth of surplus property In Bel
gium on September 2, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Maj, Gen. Donald II. Connolly.
acting foreign liquidation commits
sioner, said in statement the sales
will be conducted on the spot at
ordnance, medical. signal and en-
gineef depots scattered throughout
Belgium. 1t will continue to Sep
tember 80.
Individual purchasers, commercial
and Industrial firms in this country
and Latin American nations are
among those scheduled to partici-
pate IN the sale, Gen. Connolly said.
His Office will aid prospective pur-
chasers in obtaining passports and
air priorities, he added.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Howard U. Establishes
; Physics FeIIowships

Three fellowships, totaling $4,000
Tor students in physics have been
established by the Graduate School
or Howard University, it was an
nounced yesterday.
The fellowships have been made
possible by a grant of $500 from
the Research Corp. of New York,
university officials said. The grant
was made to support cooperative
research In physics and chemistry.
$1,000 fellowship will 60 to a per-
son with experience in war research
and two $500 fellowships will be
awarded to students without regard
to war research experience.
Evening star., 1946-08-25

ton him in the Rosenberg Staying
Detective Sergt. Russell Greenwalt
of the Alexandria Detective Bu-
reau was eXonerated by the jury S
verdict. Testimony revealed it was
a bullet from his revolver which
killed Mclaughlin.
Evidence pointing to Mclaughlin
as the killer of the 51-year-old
Alexandria grocer appeared over
whelming, police said. 1t. Russell
A. HaWes of the Alexandria police
testified that fingerprints matching
McLaughlin's were found in the
Rosenberg home few hours after
the Staying.
Another witness. Inspector John
H. Fowler, the Metropolitan Police
Departments ballistics expert, tes-
tined that tests definitely proved
the .22-caliber pistol used by the
fugitive in the battle with police
Was the same used in the murder
df Mr.. Rosenberg. rF ss
Also cleared by the verdict were
Evening star., 1946-08-25

man DeHeVeQ 10
have murdered
Nathan Rosen-
berg Wednes-
day in Alexan-
dria.
M c L a u ghlin
was S h OF to
d e a t h on a
porch at 912
Sixth sire e t
S.W.. after a
running ngnt
Friday night.
He had opened
fire on detec-
tiveS who at
tempted to ques-
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Weather Report

United States Weather Bureau
forecasts issued at 1000 pm.
District of Columbia-Continue
fine cool weather with highest
temperature about 70 today. To-
morrow, partly cloudy and little
change in temperature.
Maryland-Continued fair and
cool.
Virginia-Continued fair and cool.
River Report.
Prom u s Engineers
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry.
Temperature and Humidity.
Readings at Washington National Airport
Temperature. Humidity
festerday- Degrees. Per cent.
Noon ----------- 72 81
pm. ------ 7b 40
Evening star., 1946-08-25

and Siegfried Line, who died In a
l942 plane crash.
Accused of taking the yacht from
Its owner, William Rowley William
son. Mrs. Blake replied police said:
We took the yacht. We were 60
ing to send the money back. 1t may
sound crazy, but It's true"
In a brief court appearance she
heard the charge read and then was
ordered held for q hearing next
Thursday.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
British Lowmoker Describes
Secret Tour of Spain
Capt. NoeI-Boker Sees No Chance
Of Revolt Against Fronco Regime

Capt NoeBaker, member OF Pnrta-
ent and OF Minister OF State p j.
Spain illegally smuggling himself
He lped for 10 days NTH the underground
nhtch he pted Madrid
cities and talked m Spanads OF all ooutng
article teephoned from the frontier to London
and reloyed to this country Capt NoBdker describes
he tound
Evening star., 1946-08-25

A coroner's jury returned a YER
dict of justifiable homicide yester-
day IN the police killing of William
Henry Mclaughlin, 26, colored gun
Evening star., 1946-08-25

EXAMINE DEATH GUNSDeputy Coroner Christopher Murphy
Qefb inspects pistol used by William Henry Mclaughlin
coored gnman in the Staying last Wednesday
enoerg Alexandra Trapped nights later Mcaugh
lin died in battle after by Detective serp
Russell Greenwa with the pistol held by Inspector John
Fowler (right), ballstcs expert Star staff photo
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Tide Tables

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 80, on July 20.
Lowest, IL, on January %.
The Nome nugget., 1946-06-28
FINAL VOTE COUNT FOR SECOND DIVISION

Official returns from Shungnak were received yesterday, as fol- lows:
 Bartlett 30, Olson 30, Johnson 29, Sharp 1, Cross 29, Lyng 28, Whaley 2, Anderson 30, Madsen 6, Mcdonald 29, Porter 27, Wal lace 28.
 There were no Republican votes cast.
 Although returns from all pre- cincts are in, Akulerak returns have not yet been officially con- firmed.
 The complete return totals are as follows:
 Democratic
 E, L. Bartlett 806, Oscar c. Ol- son 743, K. C. Johnson 398, Wal ter Sharpe 329, Bess Cross 579, Howard Lyng 668, Frank Whaley 3l4, Edward Anderson 669, Geo. Madsen 528, Vim. Mcdonald sos, Wallace Porter 667, Esther Wal lace 361.
 Republican
 George Grigsby 167, Amer Pet erson 2l6, Cash Cole 258, Leon- ard Soholt TYP, Henry Benson 331, Chas. D. Jones 282, M. s. Nitro witch 189, Wm. Munz 313, C. Dewey Anderson 320, wv. Laws 366, Chester Milligan 294, L. E. Ost 367.