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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-07-04

FIRST FhEOb Z IEhAEAIN OHUhOh
GAS .......................- Sunday School
HOO .................... Morning Worship
This coming Sunday is the closest
Sunday to independence Day, the
Fourth of July. and so we shall OBJ
serve it during our worship service.
The subject of the sermon will be
THE Price of Freedom"
CLAYTON M. SHOTWELL
Minister
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Boy Befriended in W0rrenton
Says He's Baltimore Runaway
Unhappy Home life
Blamed for Flight
By Amnesiu Feiener
Special Dispatch 10 The Star

WARRENTCN, Va, Dec. 2O.--
Jimmy Jackson" the 13-year-old
youth who has been the recipient
of numerous kindnesses from pub
lic-spirited citizens while he pre-
tended a lapse of memory, has iden-
titled himself as John Henry Wood,
son of Baltimore truck driver.
Sheriff w. S. Woolf said the boy
told him an unhappy home life was
responsible for. his running away.
When asked If he would like to re-
turn home for Christmas, the sher-
iff said the youth preferred to re-
main the guest" of Warrenton,
where he has been given room OF
his own in the Jail.
A number of citizens have taken
an interest in the case, and John,
apparently relieved that he had got
his story off his chest, tried out a
new pair of shoes a businessman
bought for him yesterday. He also
had haircut and ride in the
sheriff's car yesterday.
The sheriff's Office said it had
been unable to get in touch with
the boys father, Arthur Frederick
Wood, who drives truck. to New
York Wednesdays and is due to re-
turn today. In Baltimore, the Sun
quoted the boys mother as saying
she was at a loss to understand
Johns motives for leaving
John arrived in Warrenton De-
cember 9 on a girls bicycle, nearly
new. He had been reported missing
to Baltimore police on November Is.
He was picked up here when caught
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Zionist Group Expels
ziff for Statements
BY the Associosed Press

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 20
The Executive Committee of the
United Revisionist Party of the
World Zionist Congress announced
today that William B. ziff, Chicago
publisher and author, had been
ousted from party membership for
breach of discipline and for ,publi-
cation of statements without the
knowledge of the leadership OF the
party"
Mr.. Ziff told news conference
Yesterday that Zionist policies were
not drastic enough to solve the
Palestine problem and added that If
the present Jewish Agency Execu-
tive were reelected and collaborated
in the partition of Palestine lit
would be a signal for civil war"
A congress spokesman yesterday
described as full of stuff and nom
sense" letter which he made public
from former Senator Gillette Of iowa
to Dr.. Chain Weizmann, president,
of the World Zionist Organization,
proposing that the Jewish Agency
Executive ''be taken over by pro-
visional government which could as
sumo all the functions of govern
ment practiced during the war by
the various exile governments"
The Chicagoan estimated that re-
sistance forces in Palestine totaled
20, 1000 persons headed by men with
the true military genius and with
a well-organized intelligence"
The Rev1sionist Party's announce
ment of expulsion asserted that Mr..
Ziff had made statements for which
"the leadership takes no response
bility."
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Reds Say Kuomintona
u. S. Force Them to Fight

YENAN, Dec. 10 Delaye0-<P
Lii Shao-chi, vice chairman of the
Communist Party, charged today
that the combination of the Kuo-
mintang (Chinese Government
Party) and the United States. hao
driven the Communists to shoulder
arms and asserted, 1--WE cannot be
beaten. We will never surrender.
Ii. who is second only to Com
munist Chairman Mao Tse-tung or
the important party Political Bu-
reau, said:
please tell the people of the
United States we have not chosen
to fight. Our aims certainly are
neither dark nor forbidding. How
can any one criticise our demands
when they repeated almost word
for word President Truman's De-
cen1ber. 1945, statement urging
China to adopt democracy, unity
and peace?
IF we should surrender those
principles, what would the world
think? What would the miserable
down -trodden people of China
think?"
Evening star., 1946-12-20
by the A,,oeioteJ Press

CLEVELAND, Dec. 2o.--Starva-
ton in one instance and heart
attack in the other were advanced
by authorities today as possible
causes of the deaths of aged Mr..
and Mrs. william Madoc Roberts in
their decayed 20-room mansion
here.
The two were found on their bed
in the only room In the house which
gave any evidence of having been
lived in in some time, after neigh
bors reported they had not seen Mr.
Roberts, who was about 10 years
old, for 16 days.
Mrs. Roberts, who was about 83,
was said not to have been outside
the old house, which once provided
the background for the couple s
former splendor, in 20 years. They
had lived there 40 years.
Police entered the Cleveland
Heights home through window
after seeing the couple lying on a
bed. A dog, their only companion
trotted connplacently along with the
officers until they reached the bed
room. Then it had to be shot be.
fore entry could be made.
Mrs. Roberts, once gracious
hostess, was found unclothed, hel
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Meyer Praised for Work
As Head Of World Bank
By the Associoied Press

The work of Eugene Meyer during
his six months as president Of the
World Bank was praised by Secre-
tary of the Treasury Snyder and
Undersecretary of State Clayton in
a letter made public by them today.
Mr.. Meyer, owner of the Wash
ington Post, resigned the bank
presidency December 4, saying he
had taken it only on a temporary
basis to get the institution started
and that he felt the bank should
have a permanent head before
beginning actual operation.
Mr.. Snyder and Mr.. Clayton, In
their respective capacities as United
States governor and alternate gov
ernor of the bank, wrote Mr.. Meyer
that they greatly regret" his de-
cision to leave the bank and ex-
pressed appreciation for your labors
and for their fruits"
"You can leave your office in the
consciousness that you have lett
your mark permanently upon an
institution destined to play an i'm
portant role in world affairs IN the
years to come" the letter said.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Veterans Clinic 10 Get
Brain Wave Machine

The new medical clinic of the
Veterans Administration at 1925 H
street NV. soon will install brain
wave" machine as part of the agen-
cy's plan to install the. up-to-date
apparatus in virtually all large vet
eran hospitals and clinics, it was an
nounced today.
The brain wave" machine, tech
nically known as the electroence-
photograph. is used principally to
determine the location of brain tu-
mors and in diagnosis of neurology
cal disorders
. Work is now under way at the H
street clinic of the regional ofiice to
prepare special air-c o n d t.i o n d
rooms for the machine.
Veterans Administration physi-
clans will be trained in special
courses of electroence photography
The agency also announced a drive
TO obtain technicians to operate the
machines
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Metal Shortage 10 Cause
New Ford Shutdown
BY the Associated Press

DETROIT, Dec. 20.-The Ford
Motor Co. announced today that all
but a few operations will stop Tues
day afternoon and remain shut
down until January 2, affecting an
estimated 10000 Ford workers
throughout the Nation.
D. S. Harder, vice president, oper-
ations, attributed the closing to a
shortage of steel and malleable and
gray iron castings.
Four days of production will be
lost, as the plants normally are
closed on Saturday and Sunday and
on Christmas and New Year Day.
Salaried workers are not affected
and will work all except the two
holidays.
rAlthough we are producing steel
atsrecord capacity in our own plant,
weare going behind daily at our
present level of car and truck pro-
ducti4," Mr. Harder said. ~
we plan to operate our coke
ovens. blast and open hearth fur
naces and our steel rolling mill at
capacity during the plant shutdown
This will give us a chance to rebuild
inventories on some Of the scarcer
items"
Evening star., 1946-12-20
|Aqed Cleveland Couple Found
Dead in Decoying Mansion

body emaciated. Her husband, for
merly a music teacher, church
organist and choirmaster, was fully
clothed, even to hat and coat. They
had been dead about stwo weeks.
After investigating, the authori-
ties advanced the theory the woman
had died of a heart attack and
the husband of starvation.
Coroner Samuel r. Gerber
planned to examine both bodies to-
day.
Gas ard electricity had been cut
of in the stucco and wood resi-
dence for four years. Lately Mr..
Roberts had raid dollar or two
at time to keep the water running,
but police found the pipes frozen.
Two relatives said they had at
tempted to get utilities back into
the house a year and a half ago,
but were chased away by the Rob-
erts' dog.
Mr.. Roberts usually wore fiow-
ing Windsor tie, Prince Albert coat
and furry black felt hat and seldom
left the house except to meet the
mailman.
Candles and kerosene lamps had
been used for illumination and
their cooking for some time appar-
emily had been done over wood
fire in a fireplace.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
| Heads Of Seven Nations
| Honor Nobel Prize Winner
By the Assoeiated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Messages
from President Truman and heads
Of six other nations, and personal
tributes by DR.. wellington Koo and
DR.. Harry Emerson Fosdick, last
night honored DR.. John r. Mott,
Nobel peace prize winner.
DR.. Koo, Chinese Ambassador, and
DR.. Fosdick, pastor of the Riverside
Church here, spoke at testimonial
dinner for the 81-year-old co-winner
of the peace prize.
DR.. Mott, who has just returned
prize OF approximately SIG, 500, lives
from Oslo, where he received the
at Orlando, Fla, and is president of
the World Alliance of Young Men S
Christian Associations. The dinner
was sponsored by the YMCA, Fed
eral Council of Churches of Christ
in America and four world religious
groups.
President Truman's message, read
by Bishop G. Bromley Oman, for
mer president of the Federal Council
Of Churches, declared that perhaps
no man has labored more assid-
uously than you in the promotion OF
international good will
Others sending messages to the
dinner were w. L. Mckenzie King
Canadian Prime Minister; General
issimo Chang Kai-shek OF China
Leon Blum, French President-Pre-
mier; Pandit j. Nehru, head OF
India's interim government; DR.
Edouard Benes, Czechoslovakiar
Premier; President Manuel Roxas
Of the Philippines, Mod Zelewski
acting Foreign Minister of Poland
the Archbishops of Canterbury ane
Athens, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey OF
New York and Mayor William
ODwyer of New York.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Phone Rate Increase
Asked in Maryland;
Higher Wages Cited

The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. of Baltimore City today
applied to the Maryland Public
Utilities Commission to increase its
telephone rates throughout the
State to yield an additional $780,
600 gross revenue annually
The company serves all of Mary
land, including Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties.
At the same time, the utility
asked that if more than 80 days
are required for the PSC to act, an
emergency raise be allowed pending
final decision. s
The company said the $500 900
additional gross revenue required
would provide S2,110,000 in addi-
tional net operating income annu-
ally.
No Increase Since 1886.
There have been no increases
since the PSC reduced rates in 1886.
The present application is the first
in 20 years filed by the company for
a general increase
The proposed increases in the
counties would largely be based
upon the increase in the number
of telephones in the various ex-
changes
The company declared in the petit
ton that its current annual pay
roll represents 10 per cent OF its
total operating expenses each year,
exclusive OF taxes. and that this
payroll was 288 per cent higher than
in 1886.
The company declared there has
been an increase Of lis per cent in
the number of employees IN the last
10 years and the increase in the
average weekly pay per worker OF
81 per cent in 1916 as compared
to 1895
New Baltimore Rates.
Increases in Baltimore City for
residents service would be from SIS
to SIS rs: two party residential serv-
ice from 81 to $475; individual line
service, messenger rate, $3.75 to 81;
two party line under the same serv-
ice $3.50 to $2.75.
There would also be increases in
business service.
The proposed increases would oe
accompanied by extensive re-organ-
izations in exchanges. Toll rate In
creases also are projected
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Chang Aide Warns
u. ). Of Communism
i NationaIists Fall
BY the Associo'ed Press

PEIPING, Dec. 90 - Gen. l.
Tsung-jen, director of Generalissime
Chang Kai-shek's Peiping head
quarters, declared today "a stabi-
lized, prosperous China would bene-
fit Russia.
Many people in the United States
think that by giving active support
to the (Chinese) national govern
ment the United States would an-
tagonize the Soyiets. That is not
likely. We hope the Russians do
not think we are trying to unity
China to the detriment OF the So
Wet Union
Gen. Lis comment was provoked
by President Truman's restatement
of American policy toward China,
news of which reached him during
this interview.
Needs Economic Help Now.
He warned that unless the United
States now helps China to establish
a democratic government, she later
will face half a world controlled by
Communism. If the National Gov
ernment of China collapses, Chinese
Communists will take over.
China needs help now, especially
economic. The United States is the
only nation in the world that now
can offer economic aid
Gen. Ii said the $500 ,000,0 900 loan
President Truman - -conditionally
promised China would be well
spent"
Government leaders in Nam
king remained reticent to ex-
press official reaction to Tru-
mans policy statement. presum-
ably on instructions from Gen.
Chang. However, Yu Yu-jen,
one of the Kuomintang-govern-
ment party-leaders, said Mr..
Truman's policy conceded exactly
with that of Gen. Chang for
building democratic, unified
China.
(The governments Central
News Agency said: "We should
express our gratitude toward such
good intentions and earnest de-
sires on the part of our ally.o
Reds Near u. S. Airfield.
Meanwhile, Chinese Communist
guerrillas, smashing at the Peiping-
Tientsin railroad, pushed within
threatening distance of .Peiping's S
South Airield, United States
Marine air base.
Government reinforcements rushed
into action as two Communist regi-
ments closed within less than a
mile of Huangtsun, which is II miles
southeast of Peiping and very near
the South Airheld. Other Com
munists closed in on Weishang-
chuang, two miles further southeast.
Gen. Ii told interviewers he did
not regard the guerrilla fighting as
great threat against either Peiping
or TientSin.
Railroad authorities said service
between Peiping and Tientsin had
not been disrupted.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Boy Scouts to Hold
IWorId Jumboree
By ,he Assoeio,ed Press

PARIS, Dec. 20.-Boy Scouts OF
the world will hold an international
jamboree next August at Moisson,
west Of Paris, it was announced last
night. Because of the war 1t will be
the first such meeting since i941.
Fifty thousand boys from A ma
tions, including $500 from the
United States. are expected to at
tend the jamboree. Work already
has begun on the camp site.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Negro Council Honors
Dr.. james Lowell Hall

sDr. James Lowell Hall, retiring
Superintendent of Freedman's Hos
pital, has been presented "a testi-
naonial scroll by the National Coun-
Gil of Negro Women.
i The presentation was made by
Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune, found-
er-president of the council, who
had been. aided by DR.. Halls work
ID aakrgiN. &
hsYour rrlinistrationsI have strength
ened the health of the entire COM
munity," the scroll reads. Your
learned research and unselflsh serv-
ice in the field of allergy have
brought relief to many Of us who
suffered
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Widow of Gen. Kennedy
To Be Buried Mondoy

GraveSide services 1or MRS. Eilz-
abeth Jewett Kennedy, 10, widow OF
Mai. Gen. Chase w. Kennedy. VIII
be held at 1880 am. Monday in
Arlington National Cemetery. She
will be buried at the side OF her
husband.
Mrs. Kennedy died yesterday at
the home of her niece, Mrs. c. D.
voorhies, Portland. Me.
Mrs. Kennedy, whose father, Col.
Horace Jewett, fought in the Civil
War. was born In Harrisburg, Pa.
She lived here when her husband
was stationed here several times
and after his retirement. from 1922
to 1887
Widely known in Army circles,
Gen. Kennedy commanded the 18th
and then the 85th Divisions in World
War I. The latter unit he led over
seas. Two years prior to his re-
tirement he was the commanding
general Of the Panama Canal De-
partment.
Mrs. Kennedy s survived also by
another niece, Mrs Samuel D. Stur-
gis, wife of Brig. Gen. Sturgis,
engineer in the Air Force.
Evening star., 1946-12-20

taking a blanket from truck to
wrap around himself to sleep out-
doors.
When taken into custody he told
the story of having been lost from
his parents in a Washington de-
partment store. The family, he
said, had recently moved from Bos-
ton to place in Northern Vir-
ginia which he could not identify.
The boy is not sure just where
he picked up the bicycle IN Wash
ington but thinks it was on Four
teenth street, near N street NV.
The bicycle is blue and equipped
with two headlights and a speed
ometer.
Sheriff Woolf said John was un-
usually well behaved and had re-
vealed his true identity because so
many people had been kind to him."
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Patterson Aide Says
Meader Report Gave
Distorted Picture
By Nelson IA. Shepard

Marcus H. Ray. civilian aide to
the Secretary Of War. who. has just
returned from world tour OF Army
installations, charged today that the
Senate war Investigating Commit
tee had been given a distorted and
erroneous picture of the behavior
of Negro troops in Europe.
He referred directly to the re-
cent report of George Meader, the
committees chief counsel, who had
castigated the behavior of Negro
troops generally. This report, Mr.
Ray said, was based on "unsworrl
testimony and hearsay evidence
ard was resented by the Negro
troops.
Mr.. Ray, who handles Negro af-
fairs for Secretary Patterson, said
reports of the determination of Ne
groes with German frauleins was
exaggerated. He saw no reason, he
said, for singing them out for spe-
cial criticism.
Mr.. Ray said he had recon-
mended to Gen. Joseph T. Nc
Narney, European commander, that
colored military police companies be
created to bring about better de-
gree of discipline. He also sug-
gested that colored soldiers be given
duty in the newly formed constab-
ulary.
Mr.. Ray conceded that Negroes
were convicted in as to SO per cent
of the courtS-martial cases involv-
ing troops in Europe, although they
constitute only II per cent of the
total strength He also verified re-
ports that the venereal disease rate
among Negroes was six to eight
times that of white troops. He
blamed that situation on low inteli-
gence levels, but claimed the Army
was trying to eliminate as many OF
these as possible from the service.
He said Gen. McNarney has nc
intention OF removing Negro troops
from Europe.
On the whole. the adviser said
the morale of Negro troops in Eu-
rope was below that of other the
aters. White troops in Japan. he
said, were spreading propaganda
against the Negro soldiers 9'1n0"
the japanese, but he pointed out
that the Army was attempting to
correct this situation.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Richmond Mon Killed,
Plant Damaged in Fires
BY ihe A.soeioied Press

by me AsSoctofeo TJesS
RICHMOND, Va. Dec. 20.-Le-
land r. Brown. 34-sear-old war
veteran died in one of four fires in
Richmond yesterday. The other
fires resulted in damage of more
than $4,000 to the plant of the
Carter -Venable Co. at Tenth and
Canal streets, destroyed kinder
garten in Ginter Park, and sent a
mass of fire equipment to hospital
where a small blaze already had
been extinguished
Police expressed the opinion that
Mr.. Brown fell asleep while smoking
In bed at his home and that smoke
and fumes from the smouldering
mattress probably suffocated him
before the bed burst into flames.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Hendricks Probably
Will Begin 1O-Year
Sentence Tomorrow

Homer Hendricks, 46. Washington
tax attorney, is expected to be
taken to the Maryland Peniteatiary
In Baltimore tomorrow to begin
serving lo-year sentence for man
slaughter in the fatal shooting OF
his wife, Gertrude, AZ.
He was given the maximum SEN
tence late yesterday in Montgomery
County Circuit Court at Rockville
after a group of friends, including
Attorney General Clark, had taken
the witness stand in an attempt to
obtain leniency for the convicted
attorney.
Members of the county Sheriff's
Office said they were unable to take
Hendricks to the penitentiary today
but hope to complete arrangements
by tomorrow.
The grand jury had indicted Hend-
lricks for murder after the shooting
which occurred October 2 in the
bedroom of their home at 5514
Hampden lane, Bethesda. A Circuit
Court jury found him guilty OF the
lesser offerlse OF manslaughter, how
ever, December IL.
Listens Calmly to Sentence.
The attorney, who had pleaded
self defense and temporary insanity
at his trial, listened attentively and
remained calm as Judge Woodward
imposed sentence.
Judge Charles w. Woodward said
he and the other two members OF the
court, Judges Stedman Prescott and
Patrick J. Schnauffer, were of the
opinion that the defendants insan-
| ity plea was completely frivolous
and had been submitted in an at
tempt to befuddle and confuse the
jury.
He added that there was no ele-
ment of self-defense in the case.
THE evidence" Judge Woodward
asserted, showed that your wife
drank and that you contributed ma
terially to her condition by drink.
ing yourself.
The court believes the jury was
very charitable in not finding you
guilty OF higher degree of crime.
You do not deserve any leniency
out deserve the maximum sentence
possible.
College Mate Of Clark.
Appearing as character witness,
| ATTORNEY General Clark said he had
known Hendricks for the past n
years He said the two met at the
University Of Texas and were men,
bers of the same fraternity.
Mr.. Clark described Hendricks as
"bookwormish" He said he had
never known him to violate the law
and was shocked when he heard of
the shooting
Others who testified on behalf OF
the defendant included Robert N
Miller, senior partner of the WASH
ington law firm of Miller g. Che
Waller, of which Hendricks was a
member. George C. Gross, who de-
scribed himself as historian: Col
Albert S. johnson, an attorney from
Dallas, Tex: Amos r. Ash and Leon
Tobriner, Washington attorneys, and
DR.. George Cannon Of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania Medical
School.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Catherine BeIIew Gets
Divorce in Reno
By the Associated Press

RENO, New, Dec. 20.-Mrs. Cath
crime Moya de la Poer Bellew, 33,
great-granddaughter of Financier
Jay Gould and the daughter OF the
late Lord and Lady Decie of Great
Britain, divorced Patrick H. Bellew
in a brief hearing here yesterday.
She was married to Max Wilhelm
Johannsen, 81, New York physician,
Immediately after the hearing.
Mr.. Bellew, former officer in the
British and American armed forces,
is the brother of Lord Edward
Bellew of London. He now lives in
New York,