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impending death very hard" Father
O'Connor said. "The strain of wait
ing for death became more and more
apparent on Medley as the execution
drew near. He was nervous, but in
his last days he appeared to become
somewhat resigned to his fate.
"They all think something will
happen to save them at the last
minute, and I don't doubt that
Medley thought SO, too"
Defiant When Arrested.
Medley was defiant and belliger-
ent when Federal agents arrested
him in st. Louis hotel for the
Boyer murder, but his arrogance
was gone when he went to the elec-
trio chair.
Once a husky, 200-pounder, the
six-foot-one inch Medley weighed
a bare 140 pounds when he took the
short walk from his cell to the death
chamber.
His hair was shot with gray, and
there were deep lines in his face.
His steely-blue eyes were always
Medley,s most arresting feature.
They had lost none of their in
CONTINUED on Page B-l, Column ST.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
TeIeviision Hypnotism success
Induces BIC to Rule It Out

sleep and OF these, two hao 70 pe
awakened.
"But the most interesting point"
the BIC said, was that one person
in a party watching a television
screen in darkened room across
the corridor (at the time Of the
first test also fell under the hyp-
MOTTO influence although Mr.. Casson
was not then addressing the view
ing audience.
Because Of the success OF this
experiment, and the consequent
danger Of hypnotizing viewers who
might not have anyone at hand TO
wake them. it has now been decided
that q hypnotic television broadcast
would not be advisable"
Evening star., 1946-12-20
1000 Koreans Battle
Tokyo Police, Invade
Premier 5 Residence
Doors, Windows Smashed
As Crowd Riots Against
Jup Discrimination
By the Assoeioted Press

TOKYO, Dec. 20.-Twelve Jap
anese policemen and several
Koreans were injured today in
free -for-all fight at Premier
Yoshida's official residence as an
estimated 1000 Koreans forced
their way through a police cor
don. Doors and windows we're
smashed.
The Koreans, charging discrimi-
nation. demanded that the govern
ment protect the livelihood of
Koreans" After a mass meeting,
the crowd-men, women and child
ren-had marched to Yoshida S
home.
Ten representatives of the League
of Koreans residing in Japan. which
sponsored the meeting, went into
the Premier's residence to discuss
their demands with government
officials. The crowd became rest
less waiting and demanded admit
tance.
The police closed the gates to the
residence and tried to block the
crowd, but it surged through and
overwhelmed the club swinging Of
ficers.
American MP's End Battle.
The 35-minute battle ended after
the arrival of 10 American military
police and a contingent of metro
politan police who ordered the
Koreans to leave.
Tokyo police arrested 10 Korean
leaders.
Police said they fired four shots
into the air in futile effort to
disperse the crowd and charged
some Koreans also fired pistols.
The crowd assaulted the police
with bamboo poles, fists and the
sticks on which they were carrying
placards
Five hours after the battle, some
Koreans still remained around the
Premier's residence and another
crowd gathered at the imperial
plaza, about mile away, where the
mass meeting had been held.
The melee was the latest evidence
of smouldering = Korean-Japanese
feeling. It was the first battle since
Gen. MacArthur's May warning
that the Allies would intervene un-
less physical processes of intinli-
dation" were halted.
36 Ordered Deported.
Thirty-six Koreans recently were
given jail sentences and ordered de-
ported as the aftermath of a gun
battle with Japanese police in April,
when II were killed.
A resolution submitted by the
Koreans today charged the Japanese
II jvernment with distorting the
Cairo and Potsdam declarations and
expressed a feeling of dissatisfac-
tion and anger, and determination
for complete struggle"
It protested that Koreans should
not pay the same taxes as japanese
"since we were not responsible for
the war" It accused japanese OFF,
cials of maintaining a feeling OF
superiority toward Koreans and Of
stimulating Japanese masses racial
feelings" against them.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
By the Asseeioted Press

LONDON, Dec. 20.-The British
Broadcasting Corp announced today
that it had so successfully esper-
imented with hypnotism by tele-
vision that the feat would not be
tried on general broadcast.
The experiment was carried out
on closed circuit-not publicly
televised week by Peter Casson.
In the first test a dozen volunteers
from the BIC staff subjected them
selves to the hypnotist and five OF
them went into hypnotic sleep,
BIC said. IN second test, Casson
made a direct attempt to hypnotize
six persons watching the screen IN
! darkened room. -Four went to
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can be prosecuted Tor perjury, they
reported.
The subcommittee technically Is
in recess until "the call of the
chair" Chairman Mead indicated
he and his associates, Senators Fer
guson, Republican, of Michigan, and
Tunnel, Democrat, of Delaware
might reconvene December 80.
That will give them only a week
to file a report which may have
great bearing on the Republican
hope of barring Senator Bilbo from
his seat in the Eightieth Congress.
The public hearings which opened
December IL recessed on sensation
al note. A Treasury Department spe-
cial agent and War Investigating
Committee investigator testified
they were told by DR.. August j. Po-
desta of vicksburg, Miss, that he
received between $1,000 and $500
from John A. Carr, a 65-year-old
drug addict of Natchez, Miss. ~-
DR.. Podesta, they said, informed
them that at Mr.. Carr's request he
Evening star., 1946-12-20
BY the Associqied Press

LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y. Dec
2O.-Soviet Russia today rejected
a Canadian compromise pro-
posal, calling for action on the
principles" of the American
atomic control plan and de-
manded vote on her own pro-
posal for a postponement of any
decision on the American plan
at the present time.
The Soviet position was stated by
Andrei A. Gomyko, who blasted
hopes for rnanimity on the Cana
dian proposal, already accepted by
several delegations to the United
Nations Atomic Energy Commission
including the United States and
Great Britain.
Under the Canadian resolution, the
commission would vote only on the
principles" in the American plar
without deciding on the final word
ing.
Insists on Proposal.
Mr.. Gromyko said 1t would be use
less to take such action, since the
commission would have to decide
later anyway on the final draft d
the American proposals, which cal
for veto-free punishment for vic.
lations of atomic energy controls.
II insist on my proposal" Mr.
Gromyko declared.
Bernard M. Baruch, American
representative, who had indicated
earlier that he would press for ar
immediate vote on his plan. said he
was gratifled at the Canadian pro.
posal and that he would accept it.
British Delegate Sir Alexander
Cadogan and Australian Delegate
Paul Hasluck also supported the
Canadian plan.
Mr.. Gromyko had asked that q
vote be delayed for six or seven
days"
Mr.. Gromyko said he had not had
time to study the American resolu-
tion in relGtion to the measure
adopted by the General Assembly
last week laying down the basic
principles for a general arms re-
duction.
Cadogan was said to have received
new instructions only this morning,
advising him not to take any action
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Azerboijon Leaders
Reported Arrested
By the Associoted Press

LONDON, Dec. 20.-The Moscow
radio quoted dispatches from Tehe-
ran today as saying Iranian gov
ernment authorities had arrested
DR.. Salamollah Javid, former Aver
baijan governor general, and Presi-
dent Shbostari of the Azerbaijan
Provincial Council.
The pair are now being held in
the ,Teheran Jail, the broadcast said
The two officials were brought to
Teheran last week after government
troops had entered Azerbaijan Prov
ince for the announced purpose of
supervising the forthcoming parlia-
mentary elections.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Two-Panfs Suits Return
As Wartime Ban Ends
By the Associated Press

Two-pants suits are legal again.
So are vests under double
suits.
The four-year -old wartime ban
on the manufacture of those ward
robe items. was lifted today by the
Office of Temporary Controls.
So many mems and boys suits
are being turned out now, OTC
said, that the fabric-saving measure
no longer is needed.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Pilots Quick Action Saves IS
In Midoir Crash at Aberdeen
Averts FuII-Force Collision of Two Airliners
Bound for Miomi; CAB Is investigating

the last instant and scraped over
the top of the Universal plane, pre-
lirninary investigation showed.
There was a shock, described by
some passengers like that felt on
contact with an air pocket. The
passengers OF both planes were
shaken, but none was injured. Some
were not aware of what had hap
pened, but The pilots of both planes
knew trouble still lay ahead.
A 3-by-4-foot hole was ripped In
the tail section of the large plane,
while the Universal liner had a hole
driven into the upper portion of the
fuselage, its escape hatch wrenched
free and its hydraulic system DAM
aged.
The crash occurred in clear
weather, shortly after dark (6:07
p-m9. Henry Norris of Cambridge.
!
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Medley 'sDeath
Delayed 7 Hours
ByFinaI Pleas
Executed After Two
Other SIoyers;; Bid
To High Court Fails

Joseph d. Medley, As, convicted
slayer, went to his death in the
District Jail's electric chair
early this afternoon after the
Supreme Court denied a last
minute bid for stay of execution.
He was pronounced dead at
l2:49 pm.
The legal maneuvering served only
to keep the slayer of Mrs. Nancy
Boyer alive about two hours longer
than the two colored murderers,
William Copeland and julius Fisher,
who were scheduled to die with
Medley just after 10 am. today.
Copeland, 81, killed his sitter -in-law,
Mrs. Dora M. johnson, while Fisher,
80, was convicted of the murder of
Miss Catherine Reardon, Washing
ton Cathedral librarian, in an argu-
ment over how he had cleaned her
desk.
Copeland died first, at 10.30 am,
followed within 10 minutes by
Fisher. Both colored men and Med
ley appeared calm and resigned to
their fate.
Prays While in Chair.
His head sllaven, his face pale and
drawn, Medley entered the death
chamber at 1912. With him was
the Rev. David O'Connor, Catholic
chaplain of the Jail, carrying a
rosary in his right hand and wearing
a scapular around his neck.
When he sat in the electric chair,
Medley's lips shaped the words,
Thank, you, Father" and a moment
later he said, God bless you ALL"
Father O'Connor uttered q prayer
and Medley responded with the
words of the rosary. Even after he
sat in the chair and the black mask
was adjusted, Medley continued to
pray and his lips could be seen
moving under the mask.
At .12:44 pm. the switch was
thrown and the electric current sent
into Medley's body. After two min
utes it was switched off.
Attorney Files Petitions.
Attorney James j. Mclaughlin
filed a petition on behalf of Med
ley with the Court of Appeals at
9:25 am. and shortly after, 10 am.
the Supreme Court received an
other appeal. His petition to the
Supreme Court asked that the high
est tribunal order the execution
stayed pending the Court of APP
peals' action.
It said affidavits relating to Med
Iey's sanity had been fled in the
appeals court. The petition to the
Supreme Court also carried copies
of psyciliatrists' statements filed in
the appeals court.
At 1880 the appeals court denied
the petition, leaving it squarely up
to the Supreme Court as Medley's
last hope. When the Supreme
Court met at noon, Chief Justice
Vinson announced an immediate re-
cess to consider the Medley matter.
Twenty-Five minutes later it was
learned that Medley's final plea was
denied, and the execution would
go on.
.Sleepless Last 72- Hours.
During the dramatic last hours, a
telephone line was kept open be-
tween the Supreme Court Building
and the jail. Within 20 minutes aft
er the petition was denied, Medley
was on his way to death.
Jail officials said Medley had been
sleepless most of his last u hours.
He spent much of the time writing
letters, including one addressed to
7See EXECUTIONS, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1946-12-20
treasury Back in the Red
After One Day Of Surplus
By the Associated Press

Government operations for this
fiscal year went back into the IA
miliar red today after one day in
the black.
A S496, ,231 ,606 interest payment
on the $3.50 ,097, 600, 900 national debt
sent expenditures so much higher
than receipts on the Treasury's
latest daily report-December 18-
that the previous days surplus of
$176, ,965, 600 was turned into de-
ficits of $69, ,445, 600.
The fiscal year ends next June 30.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
BY the Associated Press

President Truman called hi.
new advisory commission or
universal military training into
session at the White House to-
day to begin a survey of civilian
opinion on that hotly debated
proposal.
Mr.. Truman asked the nine men,
bers to consider not only the need
for such training but also various
plans for putting it in effect.
When its survey is completed, the
commission will submit recorn-
mendations to the President, who
asked Congress a year ago for
legislation of some sort to create q
pool of trained manpower.
The War Department already has
bill written calling for six months
of basic training. followed either by
another six months of technical
training or service in some military
organization.
Members to Pick Chairman.
In announcing creation of the
civilian commission yesterday, the
White House said the members will
select their own chairman. The
members are:
Joseph E. Davies, former Am
bassador to Moscow; Charles E
Wilson, president of General Elec-
trio Co.: Samuel I. Rosenman
former special counsel to the Presi-
dent; DR.. Daniel Polling, Boston
editor of the Christian Herald; Mrs
Hannah Rosenberg, New York in
dustrial relations expert; Truman K
Gibson, jr., Chicago lawyer ano
former civilian aide to the Secretary
of War; DR.. Harold w. Dodds, pres
ident of Princeton; the Rev. Edmund
A. Walsh, vice president of George
town University, and DR.. Karl T.
Compton, president of Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Universal training advocates ir
the War Department welcomed the
appointments.
Disciplinary Code a Problem.
One high-ranking Army official
said the War Department felt there
are good many details that neeo
study" by such civilian body.
A department official said one
problem is the establishment of q
disciplinary code for trainees. He
explained that because trainees
would not actually be in the Army
they would not be subject to the
articles of war, court martial action
or punishment by imprisonment in
a military prison.
In some Army quarters there is
a belief, too, that previously esti-
mated yearly cost of training about
5000 men for Army experience
and 250,000 for. the Navy would have
to be pared to interest an economy
minded Congress in the project
Figures mentioned so far have
ranged up to about S1,4O0, ,000, 600
a year.
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Atomic Commission
Approves u. 5. Atom.
Plan in Principle
Gromyko Withdruws From
Discussions After Move
For Vote Delay FoiIs
BULLETIN

LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y. R.-
The United Nations Atomic
Energy Commission today ap-
proved 'in principle" the
American atomic control plan
after Soviet Delegate Andrei
A. Gromyko announced dra-
matically that he was with
drawing from the discussions.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Truman Commission
On Military Training
To Begin Study Today
Nine Named Yesterday
Called Into Session
At White House
BULLETIN

President Truman today told
his newly appointed Advisory
Commission on Military Train
ing that a universal training
program is necessary for the
continuation of our form OF
Government" In an informal
talk at the commissions first
meeting Mr.. Truman said he
didn't want the group to view
the program purely from a
military aspect.
Evening star., 1946-12-20

(See U. NJ, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1946-12-20

lSee COAL, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1946-12-20

tSee CRASH, Page A-4)
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(See BILBO, Page ABB
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-19

sliced into thin strips and examined. Within five to 10 minutes, while the patient still is in the operating room, the surgeon knows whether he is operating for malignant or benign tumor.
 Surgical Biopsy Longest
 Type three is surgical biopsy. This is given when patient enters the center with a surface lesion. A small section of the tissue is clipped out and sent to the laboratory. Through chemical treatment, the results are known within 24 hours.
 The biopsy tests are made only on those persons who have suspicious growths or open lesions. All, how ever, are given the thorough physic- al examinations, including a series of X-ray photographs. Tn many in- stances, other diseases, such as dia- betes, heart ailment and tuberculo- sis, are turned up in these examin- ations.
 The biopsy is important in that 1t quickly discovers cancer, thereby giving both the patient and the doc tor that great time advantage be- cause in cancer every minute counts. Also, if the biopsy shows negative, the patient can forget his cancer complex, at least for the time being, although he should return for later examinations, just to make sure.
 When a patient has definitely been classified as positive, the re- port Is usually sent to his personal physician who then advises the pa tient where to take treatment.
 Treatment Varies
 The type of treatment varies; sur gery is done whenever possible; X- ray, radium or radon treatments are used when the cancerous growth may be in some part of the body not safely accessible by surgery.
 The conventional forms, however, may be on their way out if research into the possibilities of using radio active isotopes proves effective.
 Cancer experts now hope that by- product particles of atomic fission may be used both as "tracers" in cancer as well as in treatment. So- called radioactive carbon IA, a by- product of the atomic bomb factor ies, is one of the natural isotopes in which cancer scientists are deeply interested.
 They also are thinking of an elec- tron producing machine, even great CT than the atom smashing cyclo- tron, to be used against cancer. Their goal is to find some means to send the fast-traveling electrons in- to the core of the cancer cell without damaging the intervening or sur- rounding normal tissues of the body.
 It may also be that research will enable isotope treatment of cancer by the tracer" method-that is, in- ternal application of radioactive ele- ments in patient which will seek out and kill cancer cells wherever they may be-yet not so long-lived or toxic as to kill normal tissue.
 This of course, would be simplified when and if the scientists solve the great mystery of causes of cancer. This they expect to do.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-19
.JuniorMiss' Civic Theatre
 Premiere

The Civic Theater is planning four plays for the 1946-47 season, opening Nov IA and IS with Junior Miss" Mrs. John S. P. Castle made the announcement last night.
 H. Everett Moll. director for the season, has called try-outs for the opening play on Oct 1 and to be held in the theater workshop at 7:30 the Womens Club, Central Avenue.
 Juvenile aspirants are needed for the roles in Junior Miss" since 12 characters are between the ages of 12 and 18. There are also six adult roles in the play.
 Other plays that are planned during the season are. "The Vine gar Tree" Jan. 30-31; "The Late George Apley," March 6-7; and "Ten Little Indians" May 1-2.
 The Civic Theater Membership drive will start Monday, Sept. 23, continuing through Oct. 4. Frank lin Warren, chairman, has an onunced the goal is TOO subscription members. He will be assisted by the following team captains: Joan Keiser, Richard Fenton, Charles T. Lynch, Jr., Mrs. Dorothea Walling, Sudie Adams, Don Chadwick, Ed ward McGrath, Betti Doyle, Joseph Datelli and Eleanor Dodd.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-19
'47 Railway Costs Billion
 OverTotoI of '39

Washington, Sept. 19-(UP)-1he Association of American Railroads estimated today that 1947 railroad operating costs will be $2,176,O0o,OOO greater than in 1889.
 The estimate was given by J. H. Parmelee, director of the Railway Economies Bureau of the Associa- ton of American Railroads, to the Interstate Commerce Commission. He said that $l,655, ,0O0, 900 of the total reflected higher labor costs such as increased wages, vacation allowances and increased payroll taxes.
 Parmelee appeared before ICC in support of the request by the na- tion's railroads for 25 percent hike in railroad freight rates to offset sagging incomes ad rising costs:
 Shippers, the Agriculture De- partment and the OPA have at |Is"iA4 the request on grounds that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-19
Cancer Diagnosis Speedy; May Take Only , Minutes

New York, Sept. 19-(UP)-Diag- nosis of cancer in some cases can be made within five to 10 minutes, and in others usually not more than A hours.
 That speedy and effective system often times has caught cancer in time to permit an effective control or cure.
 The laboratory test, in medical terms biopsy, is one of the most important functions of the preven- tive clinic of a cancer center. It is given to persons who have suspici- ous growths or tumors and is an ad- dition in such cases to a thorough physical examination.
 Recognized
 The biopSy now is generally recog- nized for its reliability. There are three types of biopsy.
 One is the test by aspiration, pio- neered by Memorial Cancer Hospi- tai here, when a small amount of secretion from suspicious growth is extracted by needle and placed on microscopic slide.
 Results of this test can be deter mined within 15 minutes-whether the growth is positive or negative.
 By using the aspiration test, there is less chance of causing a cancer ous condition from spreading to the blood stream.
 Type two is the frozen section test. In such cases. the patient usually is on the operating table for the re- moval of tumor. The surgeon may discover suspicious tissue. A section is sent to the laboratory where it is quickly frozen by carbon dioxide,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-19
Passenger Liner America Given To US. Lines

Washington, Sept. 19-(UP)-The passenger liner America has been chartered to United States Lines to furnish immediate first class pas senger service across the North Att laa1tic, the Maritime Commission announced today.
 The America, which accommo?- dates 1000 passengers, is the largest merchant vessel ever built in the U. s. She served during the war as ga Navy troopship under the name West Point.
 She is one of the first large liners restored to passenger service "in a bid for a large share of the North Atlantic travel" the commission said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-19

it would increase shipping costs and consumer prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-19
Settlement Made In S2,5OO Suit

The $2,500 civil action brought by Michael J. Wood, Naugatuck salesman. against Ms. Margaret F. Perry, also of Naugatuck, was withdrawn today from the Common Pleas Court docket. The litigation was based on personal injuries Sus- tained Feb in a collision on Pros pect Street, Naugatuck.
 The complaint stated that car owned by Mrs. Perry and operated by her 20-year old son, Robert, struck the plaintiffs car from the rear, just as he was about to turn into the yard of the Prospect Street School. Settlement terms were not disclosed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-19
Hogono to Battle Extremist Canes

Jerusalem, Sept. 19-(UP)-The Hagana underground movement broadcast today a pledge to con- tinue to fight against any purpose less" extremist activities on the part of the Irgun Zvai Lseumi and stern gang groups.
 Simultaneously. ecaut ionary measures were taken by Palestine authorities and the Jewish agency against any action by the extremist organizations.
 The Jewish Agency's palatial building in Jerusalem now Is guard ed by police with flood lights Hum mating the perimeter of the head quarters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-19

The St. Louis Cardinals scored