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kidnapping Focuses
Attention On Book

CHICAGO lamp II kidnapping
Saturday night Of Edward P. Jones
millionaire policy operator, posi-
bly, for ransom or because of the
desire of white racketeers to take
over the lucrative business, has
served to focus attention on the
new book, 1.-THE Policy King, writ
ten by Lewis A. H. Caldwell, social
worker and probation officer.
Caldwell pointed out that the
petty racket had ceased to be pet
ty'' and had entered the realm OF
big business with syndicated oper-
atoms and a take based on the
hard-earned nickels and dimes OF
Chicagos ebony hued citizens
largely, running into the millions
of dollars annually
The dramatic Developments OF the
past weekend have tended to en-
nance the value of CaldWell's nov
ell as a social document in that it
stresses the effect of the racket on
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-05-25

the lives of those VINO play the
game.
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e for title bout June 10.
F"'->-'ri-e on finds Louis and Conn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-05-25
Preparing For
West Point

FORT BENNING, Georgia.
One of the members of the West
Point Preparatory Class at the
Infantry School here is Philip s.
Johnson, 20-year-old native of
Ner' Brunswick, New Jersey.
When johnson finished New
Brunswick Senior High School in
January, 1945, he was rated sec
ond in his class. Among the
awards given him at the compile
wick were a mathematics award, a
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-05-25
RADIO FAR AHEAD
NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDINGS

tAs of May Is, I946l
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-05-25

DR.. Robert +. i'u!lilove, mem
Der of the staff of Flint Goodridge
Hospital and a practjcing physi-
clan III New Orleans, is one of
the three or four Negro theological
specialists in the country. He is
a Diplomatic of The American
Board of Urology having passed
the examination in February.
DIR. Fullilove was born in Tupe-
10, Miss, and graduated from The
Howard University Medical School.
He interned at Provident Hospi-
tai in Chicago, The General Hos.
pital, Kansas City, Mo-, and Flint
Goodridge Hospital in New Orle-
ans.
He specialized in urology at
Massachusetts General Hospital in
Boston for a year and Freedman's
Hospital in Washington, d. c., for
six months on Rosenwald Eel
lowship.
Evening star., 1946-02-17

with white lilacs and baby's breath
The bride was given in marriage
by her father.
Miss Maxine Jordan, g wned in
blue marquisette and carrying a
bouquet of pink roses, was maid
of honor. Comdr. James H Willett
and Capt. Robert E. Willett, BROTH
ers Of the bride, served as ushers.
Following the wedding a recep-
ton was held at Wardman Park
Hotel, where the brides mother and
Evening star., 1946-02-17
"a Boys and One Girl
Get Awards Of Merit
AS Star Carriers

Fifteen Star carriers from Falls
Church and Mclean, Va, are pos
SCISSORS of the Certificates OF Merit
awarded by The Star for faithful
service. The awards were presented
yesterday by Gait Burns, circula-
ton director Of the paper, in the
conference room at the Star Build
ing.
The IA boys and one girl earning
the priced certificates were Mary M.
Gehres, Ellis Stearns, Robert Ma
guire, Allen Colby. Harry Tower,
Noel Lynn, LaRue Van Meter, John
Beverly Suddarth, Reginald Walters,
William Robertson, Leroy Cloud,
James Gehres, william Lawrence
Hand, Francis Shoemaker and Leroy
Hanrahan. Five youths received
the awards in absentia: William
Lanier, Richard Spencer, Logan
Smith, Peter McCrary and Gilbert
Calvert.
For the brother and sister team
Of Mary and James Genres, the
ceremony was a kind of farewell
to The Star and to Washington.
They are moving next month to
Chicago with their parents, and
Mary expressed regret at leaving
the District area and The Star
carrier job. She has been helper
to her brother for the past three
and one-half years.
Carries on Family Tradition.
Robert Bobby" Mcguire, a stu
dent at st. James School, Falls
Church, is carrying on a family
tradition started by his brother
Tom in 1910. Tom, now II and
student at Gonzaga High School,
delivered papers for The Star from
1910 to l943. Another brother, Will
liam Billy" Mcguire, worked with
Tom as carrier from 1910 to 1912.
He Is also student at Gonzaga
High School as is still another
brother, John. IS, who was a car
rier for The Star from 1912 to l945.
One Star carrier whose good luck
in winning a jeep given by the
Civitan Club Of Alexandria, Va, in
December was the topic Of CONVEX
sation by many of the group yester-
day Is Noel Lynn, student at Mad
ison School, Falls Church. Noel,
with The Star two years as a car
rier, said his parents sold the jeep
for $1,000 and put the money re-
ceived for 1t into the bank for his
college education.
Oldest carrier to receive the award
in point of service was Francis
Shoemaker, Mclean, Va. Francis
has been with the newspaper for
the last four years.
Distributor Present.
John F. Davis, jr,, Star distributor
for Falls Church and vicinity, was
with his boys at the ceremony.
The Certificate of Merit given to
each carrier said the award was "in
recognition of his efficient, con-
scientious and reliable performance
as carrier of The Evening and
Sunday Star newspaper"
Evening star., 1946-02-17

white taffeta with a finger-tip veil
and carried a bouquet of white
roses. Her maid of honor, Miss
Ethel Dorothy Kaighn, wore gown
of blue net, and the bridesmaids
Miss Marian Elizabeth Fits and
Miss Virginia Dorothy Neumann,
wore dusty rose and pale green. The
best man was Mr.. Frederick B.
Fits, brother of the bridegroom
and the ushers were Mr.. Richard
Hulme of Framingham and Mr..
Reuel Stewart Kraighn of Hart
ford, Conn.
Mrs. Fits attended the University
Of Maryland, and Mr.. Fits is a
graduate of st. Lawrence University
New York. He was recently dis
charged from the armed forces
after nearly four years of service
After a wedding trip the couple will
live In birmingham, Mass.
Evening star., 1946-02-17

Jackson, Mrs. William E. Leahy,
Mrs. William T. Magruder. Mrs.
Selforde M. Stellwagen, and Mrs.
Sidney H. Thompson Mrs. Charles
F. Creighton is chairman of the
"Old Curiosity Shop" Mrs William
T. Magruder of the Horn of
Evening star., 1946-02-17
Jenkins
Marriage Told

Mr. and Mrs. James T. Wiilett of
Takoma Park announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Mar
guerite Willett. to 1t. Albion U.
Jenkins, ir.. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. U. Jenkins of Newark, N. J.
The candlelight service took place
in Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church with the Rev. DR.. R. Paul
Shearer officiating. The bride wore
a white satin gown with a short
train, and her finger-tip veil of
white illusion was draped from a
tiara of seed pearls. She carried a
bouquet of white roses with a CEN
ter OF white gardenias, showered
Evening star., 1946-02-17

Plenty" Mrs. John Blake Of the
book shop, and Mrs. Raleigh Gill
christ of the Maid in America"
booth, which will feature crocheted
wash cloths, pot holders, aprons
and all sorts of useful mats.
"Of course" as Mrs Nichols puts
it, I'VE are hoping to arouse such
a pitch of enthusiasm for this cause
that members will not only comb
their cupboards and closets for
books and white elephants, but be
generous as well as with their knit
ting and crochet needles, and their
cherished sugar-all to lend a hand
to those who gave so much for their
country and us during the war"
Evening star., 1946-02-17
By Jessie Font Evons

Women demonstrated what tow
ers of service they could be as vol
unteer workers during the war and
they only need worthwhile goals to
Evening star., 1946-02-17
Women Anxious to Continue
Volunteer Work, Leader Says

means of helping the hospitalized
service personnel here back to civil
ian well-being."
The roster Of Goth Century club
women assisting Mrs. Nichols in
this humanitarian effort is a no.
table one. 1t includes Mrs. Robert
Swami Townsend as general chair
man with Mrs. Cloyd H. Marvin as
co-chairman. Others are, Mrs.
Godfrey Creyke, Mrs. Ryland C..
Bryant, Mrs. Werner c. Boggs, Mrs.
Charles F. Creighton. Mrs. H. Lau-
RE Garrett, Mrs. Raleigh Gilchrist,
Mrs. Francis M. Goodwin, Mrs.
John Blake Gordon, Mrs. Virgil B.
Evening star., 1946-02-17
Col. L. H. Hewitt Named
To Beech Erosion Board

Col. Leland H. Hewitt, formerly
with the Pacific Division Of Army
Engineers, has been appointed resi-
dent member of the Beach Erosion
Board, succeeding Col. x. H, Price,
1t. Gen. Raymond, A. Wheeler,
Army Chief of Engineers, an
nounced. Col Charles L. Hall of
the North Atlantic Engineer Divi-
sion has also been appointed to
the board.
The board consists of four mill
tary and three civilian members.
They are charged with the study
of beach erosion on the oceans,
Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes.
Evening star., 1946-02-17
| |Wedding


In double ring ceremony yester-
day, Miss Helen Margaret Kaighn
became the bride of Mr.. George
Eaton Fits. Mrs. Fits is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Calvin Kaighn of Greenbelt, Md,
and Mr.. Fits is the son of Mrs.
Helen M. Fits of Framingham,
Mass.
The wedding took place in the
First Congressional Church, with
the Rev. DR.. Howard Stone Ander-
son officiating. The bride was
escorted and given in marriage by
her father. She wore a gown of
Evening star., 1946-02-17

continue their
efforts in other
S i 6 nj fl C a n t
C a u S S e S, de-
C ! res M r S.
H o W ard H
Nichols, presl-
dent of the Goth
Century Club.
Mrs. Nichols
knows whereof
she speaks for
she was chair
man Of t h e
Women's Divi-
sion of the D.
c. War Finance
q n, ~ 1 I
Evening star., 1946-02-17
New Standards Set
for Hearing Aids

By producing a high-quality, pre-
cision electronic hearing aid at price
well within the reach Of the average
person, engineers of Western Electric
and Bell Telephone Laboratories have
set new standards in the hearing aid
field.
The new instrument, known as the
Western Electric Model So, gives the
wearer "Full Color" hearing by pro-
viding a wide range of frequencies,
giving more of the tones and over
tones of speech and sound. Priced
at only $3.50 (extra for bone con-
duction receiver or nodded earpiecel.
Evening star., 1946-02-17

the bridegroom's mother helpsd re-
ceive the guests.
1t. jenkins enlisted in the Army
Air Corps in 1943, and served as a
Bit pilot in the 9th Air Force. He
has received the Air Medal with
Oak Leaf Cluster for services
abroad and a War Department
Citation for meritorious service as
member of the Message Center.
After a wedding trip to Mexico.
1t. and Mrs. jenkins will live at
Clark Hall, Middletown, Conn.,.
where 1t. jenkins will enter his
senior year at Wesleyan. University.
Evening star., 1946-02-17
En- enzenfs


Mrs. Frank w. Reinoehl of High
land, Howard County. Md, an
nounces the engagement of her
daughter, Elizabeth Reinoehl Nc
Adams, to Mr.. E. Brooke Adams
of Clarksville, Md. The bridegroom
elect is the son Of Mrs. Ernest N.
Adams and the late Mr.. Adams of
Clarksville. No date has been set
for the wedding.
The engagement of Miss Marjorie
Lee Shroyer to Mr.. Gordon H. Ben
ner has been announced by her
mother, Mrs. NJ E. Shroyer. Mr..
Benner is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
John H. Benner. The wedding will
take place March 9 at Western
Presbyterian Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-23
Network Radio Performers
Delay Strike Pending Talks
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. ga strike of
radio performers, set for midnight
tomorrow if new contract was not
signed before then, was postponed
early today by leaders of the Amer
lean Federation of Radio Artists
pending outcome of further nego-
tiations with the four major net
works.
The strike, which would remove
from the air such features as Jack
Benny, Fred Allen, Edger Bergen
and Charlie Mccarthy. was voted
previously by AFRA members in New
York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San
Francisco.
But leaders of the union and the
Inetworks-the National Broadcast
ing Co., the Columbia Broadcasting
System, the Mutual Broadcasting
System and the American Broad
casting Co.-decided to resume talks
tomorrow and to announce a def
mite decision Monday on terms of a
contract which is to replace one
which expired October 81.
ARA representatives said they
had received certain proposals from
the networks but did not disclose
them. They said a definite answer
to the dispute will be given Monday
at meeting at the offices of NBC.
Chief issue is the AFRA demand
that the networks refrain from sup
plying programs to local independ-
ent stations which have not signed
contract with the federation,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-23
Liberians 10 Take Part
In Mount Vernon Services

C. Abayomi Cassell. Liberals at
torney general and chief delegate tc
the United Nations Assembly. will
participate In memorial services
Tuesday afternoon at Mount Vernon
at the shrine of Bushrod Washing
ton, first president of the American
Colonization Society which spon-
sored the early colonization OF
Liberia.
Bushrod Washington, nephew OF
George Washington, was one OF the
first associate justices of the United
States Supreme Court. He died
November 26, 1929.
The services are scheduled for
8 pm. They will conclude with the
placing of wreath on the Bushrod
Washington monument by H. Fayette
Harmon, Liberian statesman and
delegate counselor to the United
Nations Assembly.
Earlier in the day. the Liberian
attorney general will present a
Liberian flag to DR.. Mordecai w.
johnson. president of Howard Uni
versity, in tribute to the university
by the Liberian government.
DR.. Rayford w. Logan. chairman
of the Howard University history
department, will preside at the
ceremony, scheduled to take place at
1890 am. in the university library
Hilyard r. Robinson, technical
director of the Liberian Centennial
Commission. will introduce the
Liberian diplomat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-23
1aber Raises Figures
On Budget Slash !
BY the Assoeioted Press

Representative Taber, Republican,
Of New York, who will be the next
chairman of the House Appropria-
tions Committee, raised his sights
today to a $12 ,000, 000, 900 reduction
in Government spending next year.
This is 5000 .000, 900 more than
Mr.. Taber estimated last week,
when he declared Federal employ
ment should be cut to 10000 and
expenditures 5000 600 900 below the
current SAL ,000, 000, 600.
After checking his figures, Mr.
Taber told newsmen yesterday he
has decided the Government can get
by on s29, l41 900 900.
This, he said, would permit paying
off of $4,000, 000, 900 of the national
debt and still leave margin for
slashing individual income taxes.
Moreover, Mr.. Taber declared,
there will be mo effort to impair
needed national defense"
IT intend to make every effort to
prevent duplication and waste in
Government" he said. Il already
have instituted inquiries along the
line of getting the proper informa-
ton and proper basis for proper
appropriation procedure. We do
not want any waste"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-23
Stock Market Extends
Recovery Fractions
To 81 or More
By Victor Eubonk
Associated Press Finoneici Writer

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-Friday,s
late stock market rally was extended
today with steels, motors, rails, rub
bers and utilities rising fractions
to more than points in relatively
active transactions.
The list got of to a rather hesi-
tant start in sluggish dealings.
Prices began to stiffen approaching
the final hour and the pace quick
ened. There were subsequent slow
downs and top marks were reduced
in most cases near the close. Trans
fers of around 100000 shares were
among the largest of the past two
months for short stretch.
Quick-turn buying and short COW
ering were said to have been based
mainly on the idea the market was
oversold after seven straight fall
ing sessions and was due for a SUBJ
stantial technical revival. Com
mitments also were reinstated here
and there with the hope that a
break In the coal crisis might event.
uate over the week end. Many skep-
tics, however, still held aloof and
selling for income tax purposes
again served as restraining factor.
In front were United States Steel,
Bethlehem, Youngstown Skeet, Gen.
eral Motors, Chrysler, Santa Fe.
Southern Pacific, Southern Railway,
Great Northern, Baltimore e. Ohio,
Goodyear, Goodrich, United States
Rubber, American Telephone, West
ern Union "a, Woolworth, Mont
gomery Ward, Douglas Aircraft,
Anaconda, Kennecott, American
Can, Du Pont and Texas Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-23
Soviet Police Activity
In U. 5. 10 Be Probed
Star Staff Photos.
BY the Assoeio.ed Pres.

The House Committee on IN
American Activities today docketed
for the next Congress the follow
through on charges that Soviet
secret police are active in the United
States.
Also left for the January session
was the decision on a request by
Representative Rankin, Democrat,
Of Mississippi, committee member,
for contempt action against DR..
Harlow "Shapley Of the Harvard
faculty. Mr.. Rankin complained that
DR.. Shapley refused to answer ques-
tons at a closed-door session last
week concerning organizations active
in the November 5 elections.
The committee adjourned late
yesterday soon after hearing a for
mer Communist leader express the
opinion that Russia is waging a
war of nerves" against the United
States. Members indicated the wit
ness, Louis F. Budenz, will be re-
called later for further questioning
Particularly. committee members
said, they want to know more about
Communist front" groups in this
country and about the activities of
the secret police which Mr.. Budenz
said are active.
Mr.. Budenz, for 10 years Com
munist and former editor of the
Daily Worker, official Communist
publication. told the committee he
would assemble detailed information
on both subjects for his next APP
pearance. He renowned commu-
nism and rejoined the Catholic
church last year and now is an eco
Monies teacher at Fordham Uni
vercitv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-23
Boat Operator Posts Bond
In River Traffic Case

Osborne M. Phillips, 1000 block of
H street NE, today was under per-
sonal bond after pleading guilty to
charge involving illegal operation
Of boat.
Mr.. Phillips. who previously had
pleaded not guilty in Municipal
Court and demanded jury trial,
changed his plea to guilty before
the trial started yesterday and gave
his bond before Judge Ellen K.
Raedy after imposition of sentence
was suspended.
Sergt. Roy A. Cunningham of
the harbor precinct said Mr.. Phil
lips was accused Of operating and
navigating a cabin cruiser, the Luel-
la Y, in such manner as to cause
1t to pass and cross ahead of
another vessel not at a safe dis
lance"
On June 20, Sergt. Cunningham
said, the cruiser cut around So
foot police launch that was towing
two rowboats in Washington Cham
mel near the Water Gate. The
police boat had to reverse at full
speed and the lines OF the row.
boats became so fouled that the
police launch had to be towed into
the harbor precinct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-23
Plane Climbs 10000 Feet
From Stop in 100 Seconds
BY the Assoeieied Press

CLEVELAND, Nov. 23.-A Navy
F8F-1 Grammar Bearcat climbed
10000 feet from a standing start in
an unofficial time Of 100 second yes
terday at Cleveland airport.
The same plane made a takeoff IN
q distance recorded unoficially as
lis feet
At the controls in each fight was
1t. Conadr. M. v. Davenport, test
pilot from the Patuxent naval test
center, Patuxent River, Md, demon
strating the effectiveness of the
craft as q feature of the National
Aircraft Show.
Present as official observer was
DR.. D. j. johnson Of the Bureau Of
Standards, whose certified figures on
the two tests will not be available
until after Photographic records. OF
instruments in the plane have been
developed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-23

1908, Justice Daniel Thew Wright
of the District Supreme Court SEN
fenced MIR. Gompers to one year In
prison; Frank Morrison, AFL secre-
tary, to nine months, and UNIV
President John Mitchell to six
months. The sentence was appealed
On November %, 1911, Justice
Wright overruled a motion of the
three labor leaders to dismiss the
proceedings on grounds the statute
Of limitations had run its course.
In the same year the company
made peace with the AFL and with
drew the injunction. The appeal
was before the United States SUI
preme Court, which dismissed the
contempt proceedings.
Nevertheless, Justice Wright re-
sentenced the three labor leaders
for the original contempt. Again
the sentences were appealed. The
Court Of Appeals reduced the sem
fences to fines. The Supreme Court
held in 1914 that the sentences were
null and void because the contempt
was not criminal but civil and that
the statute of limitations applied to
civil contempt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-23
California Gaming Ship
Seized by Government
BY the Asseeioted Press

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23.-Uncle
Sam owned the gambling ship
Bunker Hill today.
Federal Judge j. F. T. O'Connor
ordered the barge, operated by Tony
Cornero Stralla, forfeited to the
Government on the ground 1t was
used for gambling and not for
coastal trading for which 1t was
licensed. Stralla's counsel did not
disclose appeal plans, if any.
The courts decision noted that
the Bunker Hill showed SITS, 900
profit for its first three days of
operation. The' ship anchored of
Long Beach August 5, drew heavy
patronage despite efforts OF mu-
nicipal, county and State officials
to stop its operations, and was
seized by the Coast Guard Sep
tember II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-23

unlighted windows and signs would
reduce visibility in business areas.
Inspector Arthur E. Miller, head
of the Police Departments Traffic
Division, emphasized the added
dangers to pedestrians on darkened
streets.
Leave a little early and allow
more time to reach your destina-
ton" was the advice of 1t. William
j. Liverman, head Of the Police
Departments Accident Investiga-
ton Unit. as
Capitol Dome Dimout Hit.
One of the first places dimmed
out was the Capitol dome, and 1t
brought q rebuke from Hugh Rus
sell Fraser, chairman Of The Com
mittee on American History.
Recalling that President Lincoln
would not permit construction of
the dome to be halted even during
the Civil War, Mr.. Fraser said i:
And now we darken it for John L.
Lewis
He said Lincoln regarded the
Capitol as a symbol of continuity
Of the United States.
"As long as there is a ton of
coal left IN the United States the
dome should remain lit" he said.
Flocdlights on the Washington
Monument and Lincoln and Jeffer-
son Memorials also were victims of
the dimout. The latter memorials
will remain open until 8 pm, but
the Lincoln Museum will close at
dusk instead of 8 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-23
Chicago Dean Gets 10 Days
For Offering BaiIiff $500
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Nov. 23.-For at
tempting to tip bailiff $500 in the
court where he was seeking a di-
vorce, Dorph Brown, Dean of Herzl
Junior College, was sentenced yes
terday to serve 10 days in jail and
forfeit the $500 as a fine. Earlier
Judge Leonard G. Reid had SEN
fenced the dean to 80 days in Jail
for contempt, then granted delay
Of commitment pending an appeal.
After consultations with the
Judge, it was agreed that If the
sentence were reduced and a fine
imposed, Brown would not appeal.
On November l Brown handed
Bailiff Bernard Waters $500 and a
note saying mo alimony, no attor-
ney's fees, pay 1000 as per written
agreement, divorce" In answering
a contempt citation he said friend
advised him Its always customary
to tip the bailiff."
Judge Reds ruling said he was
convinced Brown sought to "pur-
chase favor"
Brown't attorney, however. said
his client was "a misguided and
misinformed victim"
Brown Originally had appeared in
court as defendant in a separate
maintenance suit brought by Mrs.
Louise Brown, an Ottawa, Ill, school
teacher, to whom he has been mar
ried twice.