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Evening star., 1946-11-15
|Columbians leader
Given Stay IN Suit
10 Revoke Charter
BY the A.seeio.sd Pies,

ATLANTAsNov. l5.--Emory Burke
president of the ayowedly anti Me-
gro, anti-SemiticS Columbians. Inc.
appeared in Superior Court today
and obtained q To-day stay in civil
suit by which the State of Georgia
seeks to deprive the organization of
its charter. as
The Columbians leader, who last
night shouted defiance against
Communists" whom he accused of
hurting tear gas into Columbians'
meeting hall, told Superior Judge E.
E. Pomeroy he needed time to pre-
pare demurrer. He was not rep
resented by COUNSEL
Burke left the courtroom imme-
diately after obtaining the stay and
walked downstairs to appear before
q Fulton County grand jury, which
Is investigating his organization
In the hall outside the grand Jury
room he conferred in whispers with
q half dozen brown -shirted Colum-
bians.
Bomb Shattered Window.
The State brought action against
the Columbians to revoke their
charter as benevolent and char
liable" organization.
A bomb shattered painted lover
window Of the second floor of the
orders meeting hall last night,
spreading tear gas over the room and
sending the audience scurrying down
a stairway to the street, their eyes
red and streaming.
Many women and children were
IN the crowd. No one was injured.
City policemen on duty at the hall
said they rushed TO the back alley
way Immediately after the bombing
but saw no one. Burke said the
officer in charge promised an In
vestigation.
Burke, who was speaking at the
time of the bombing, had devoted
most OF his hour long talk to an
attack on Ralph McGill, editor of
the Atlanta Constitution, who wrote
in. his column yesterday that he had
been threatened by two members of
the order.
Identifies Two Columbians.
Burke identified the two as Ralph
Childers and Lanisr Wall and said
Mr.. McGill had been scared" by
the visit.
He should be scared" Burke de-
clared, because the Columbians are
after him and his kind. We mean
business"
Wall said he and Childers only
asked him tMr, McGilD not to
print any more lies" about thes or
ganization, but did not threaten
him.
Evening star., 1946-11-15
BY the Assoeioted Press

COLUMBUS. Ohio Nov. l5.-The
Mrs. America" crown weighed
heavily on the Pollock household
today and presented this problem:
Should Mrs. Janice Pollock, "a
brunette beauty queen, retain the
title and make six-month tour OF
the country, or abdicate and stay at
home with her husband and four
children?
The husband, Marion S. Pollock,
a salesman, announced last night
after his wife few here from jack
son, Miss, where she won the honor
and $4,000. that she would abdicate.
This morning, however, he said
she might remain on the throne
after all. Burt Ttcomb, manager
of the contest in which Mrs. Pollock
was chosen, also flew here from
jackson and planned to go into con-
ference with the Pollocks. He ex-
Evening star., 1946-11-15

yesterday was nominated 10 be the
new president Of the organization.
He Is 50 far the sole nominee. No
District, Virginia orSMaryiand dele-
gates have BEEN nominated this
year for national posts. !
In a reshufiie Of vice presidential
regions, the District and Maryland
have been split OF from virginia
and regrouped so that the District,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, West vir-
ginia and Delaware will elect one
Of the nine vice presidents, and
Virginia. North Carolina, South
Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee
another vice president.
Evening star., 1946-11-15
Sewer Search for l'' Boy, 4,
Ends Happily in 'JaiI'
sy The A,soe;o,.d Pres,

BALTIMORE. Nov. 15.--A two
hour search through Baltimore's
storm sewers was at an end today,
and 4-year-old Jimmy Shockey, the
object Of the search, reported hap
PLY: ~. 49, = ?
Il was In jail. They gave me
ice cream and cake" & <
He was discovered in the Brook
rlyn Park section, some two miles
from his home, and taken to police
station late yesterday.
The, search began when q play
mate told his mother Jimmy had
walked into the concrete drain,
about four feet in diameter. Police
were guided through the sewer by
Billy Kerns, IL, who was swept near
ly mile through it by rain-swol-
len creek last July.
Jimmy had simple explanation
when the patrolman who found him
asked how he got SO far from home
II walked"
Evening star., 1946-11-15
6. O. P. Club Meets Sunday

The Virginia White Speel Repub-
lican Club will meet at pm. Sun
day at 421 T street NV. All men,
bers OF the women's organization
are urged to attend the meeting.
Evening star., 1946-11-15
Legion Post AMniory
Holds Buzuur Tomorrow

A prehohday bazaar will be held
by the auxiliary Of American Legion
Equality Walter Reed Post No. 28A
all day tomorrow at the Gold Chev-
ron Club. 1919 K street NV.
The selection of articles for sale
will include Christmas cards, wrap
pings. stationery, flowers, food anc
novelty gifts. Proceeds will be used
for welfare work at Mount Alto
Hospital and for service activities
among other veterans.
Evening star., 1946-11-15
Hawkes. Asks Realtors
10 Use RestraMiin
Rent Raise Campaign
By Robert J. Lewis
Reel Estate Editor Of The Stor

/ ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 15.-sen-.
ator Hawkes., Republican, of New
Jersey today warned the closing
session of the convention of the Ma
Itional Association of Real Estate
Boards to use restraint in its ef-
4 forts to have rents raised.
/ Speaking at the session which
flater today will elect new officers
land adopt resolutions as guide to
Government in its relations with the
real estate industry, Senator Hawkes.
also cautioned landlords against
holding housing off the market in an
effort to force rent increases.
II hope the owners of rental
property well never resort to
landlords strike" he said, "and
show they are willing to injure 9TH
ers in seeking to get justice for
themselves.
15-Point Program.
What right does the striking
landlord have to criticize the rack
eteering labor leader, who is willing
to shut down vital industry to the
Injury Of others, in order to obtain
benefits for himself?"
| Submitted for convention action
this afternoon was 15-point pro-
gram. the main objective of which
lis termination Of rent control on
lany property when a landlord gives
Tor offers to give" lease ending
January /, 1948, at a rental increase
iof not more than Is per cent.
i Whether or not such leases were
entered into. under the proposal,
iall properties would be decontrolled
mot later than January /, 1948."
Other Resolutions.
Other resolutions introduced
sought removal of other wartime
lcontrols over the industry, opposed
public housing, assailed Government
"hoardingD of materials and asked
flor removal of @subyersive" Federal
land State employees.
The convention was expected tc
demand "a quick decision" from OPA
on recommendations of the OPA
House Rent Advisory Committee fol
dii 1IIuifCQldtc 10 per GcIit lilCIcdSc
Association President Boyd T
Barnard Of Philadelphia said today
he would personally move" that the
convention call for early action on
, the recommendation which OPA
announced wednesday it had taken
under advisement."
Advised on New Construction.
The price agency disclosed the
!, Advisory Committee had petitioned
also for immediate elimination OF
, rent ceilings on new construction
and decontrol Of units the landlords
of which offer tenants years lease
. at a rental increase of not more
than Is per cent Of the present level
i Attending the convention, which
opened Monday. are about so real
. tors from the District area.
Morgan L. Fitch of Chicago
l..
Evening star., 1946-11-15
District Teacher Tests
Slated Next Month

Examinations for teacherssof non-
academic subjects and stenographic
clerks in the District colored schools
will be held next month, Howard H
Long, chief examiner for Divisions
10 to 13, announced today.
Written examinations for the
teachers at senior, vocational ano
junior high levels as well as the
elementary grades will take place
at Dunbar High School at $3.50 am
December 4.
Physical examinations for the
clerks will be held at $3.50 am. De-
cember 13 at Banneker Junior High
Evening star., 1946-11-15
Shirt Store Here Agrees
To ETC SoIes Ruling

The Federal Trade Commission
announced today that Bernard ane
Bertha Goldberg, trading as Longs
73l Seventh street NV, have
agreed to discontinue nisrepresen.
tations in connection with the sale
of hats and shirts"
Under the stipulation, the pro-
prietors Of the store will stop de-
scribing ready-made shirts as GUS
tom tailored or representing that
they have the latest styles in hats
unless such is a fact, FTC said.
Evening star., 1946-11-15
Columbia opero PIons
Rehearsal on Monday

A dress rehearsal by the Columbia
Light Opera Company of Sigmund
Romberg's "The New Moon" will be
held at 7:30 pm. Monday at Lisner
Auditorium.
The musical, which opens the 10th
season of the local opera company,
Continued buying Of u. s. Savings
Bonds can 60 far to prevent boom
and bust.
Evening star., 1946-11-15

will be- presented at 'thisner at $50
O'Clock nightly fromsi November 40
to %. sa5 Ies o. II
The. production Is sponsored by
the District Business and Profess
|sional Women's Club and will be
directed by Miss Ethyl Manning,
who organized the light opera COM
|pany in, 1887.
Evening star., 1946-09-17
Capt. Edie Dies al IS;
Served in Two Wars

Capt. John Rufus Edie, IS
U. s. NJ. retired. 4of 1923 Sixteenth
street NV, died today at Doctors
Hospital after four-month illness
A native Washingtonian, he was
the son Of Maj. John r. and Julia
Macauley Edie. Maj. Edie was on
Gen. George G. Meade's staff dur
ing the Civil War. A graduate OF
Washingtons secondary schools
Capt. Edie graduated from the
Naval Academy in 1890.
He served in the Spanish Amer
lean War and was retired in 191L
During the World War he was as
sistant to the naval attache in Paris
from 1917 to 1919 and was in the
office Of naval intelligence. In 1943
when 70, he asked to be returned
to active duty in the war, but the
request was denied.
He was q vestryman and life
long member Of st. Johns Episco-
pal Church. He was also a member
Of the Metropolitan Club. His first
wife, Mrs. Caroline Hilles Edie, died
in 1918. Capt. Edie's second mar
riage was to the widow of Col. Carl
Boyd, member Of Gen. Pershing's
staff, Mrs. Ann T. Boyd. in Paris
in 1920. She died in February, 1945.
The only survivors are a niece,
Mrs. Harry W. Baltazzi of Wash
ington, and two nephews, John c.
O'Donnell of Newport, r. l., and
Charles Carroll O'Donnell of Ore
gon.
Funeral services will be held at
St. Johns Episcopal Church at 10
am. Thursday. Burial will be in
Arlington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1946-09-17
Mass 10 Be Said Today
For Mrs. Mary Walsh, IS

Requiem mass for Mrs. Mary C.
Walsh, IS. who died Sunday at her
home. 1876 Harvard street NV.
was to be held today at the Shrine
Of the Sacred Heart Church, Six
teenth street and Park road NV
Burial was to be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Born in Dushore, Pa, Mrs. Walsh
came here with her parents when
she was 8 years old. Her father,
Maurice Murphy, who was a cap
tain In the Union Army, was a
contractor here. Her husband, John
James Walsh, who died in 1919:
was a West Virginia coal mine oper :
ator.
She served on the Board of Di-
rectors OF Trinity College, was q
member of the Christ Child Society
and a member of the board Of st.
Joseph's Home and School. She
also was a charter member OF the
Women's City Club.
Mrs. Walsh was the last of her
family.
Evening star., 1946-09-17
Mrs. Margaret Armstrong
Dies at Home Of DAUGHTER

Mrs. Margaret Chamberhn Arm
strong, s6, died yesterday at the
home Of her daughter, Mrs. Boyce D
Kitchings, jr., of 5000 South Six
teenth street, Arlington, Va, after
a f1ve-month illness.
A native of Chattanooga, Tenn,
she moved here about five years ago
when her son-in-law, 1t. Col. Kitch-
ings, was ordered here to duty in the
Office of the inspector general.
She is survived, in addition to her
daughter. by a. son, Col. Wesley H
Armstrong, U. S. A., reserve, of
Chattanooga and two sisters. Mrs.
T. P. Duffy, Chattanooga, and Mrs.
r. B. Burton, Memphis. Tenn, as
well as three grandchildren. Funeral
services will be held Friday at the
Centenary Methodist Church in
Chattanooga. with burial in the
Forest Hill Cemetery there.
Evening star., 1946-09-17
Mass for I. J. FitzwiIIiam
Will Be Said Tomorrow

Requiem mass for Thomas j. Fitz-
william, rs, retired Government
Printing ONCE printer, who dieo
Sunday at Garfield Hospital after q
two-week illness, will be said at s
I'm. tomorrow at st. Paul's Catholic
Church. Fifteenth and v streets
NV. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Born in New Orleans, Mr.. Fitz-
william came here in 1899 from Gal
weston, Tex, where he spent his
youth. He entered Government serv-
ice that year and remained in the
GPO until 1923, when he left for
private employment. He later re-
turned to round out Is years service
and retire in 1888.
He was a member of the Interna-
tional Typographical Union and a
member for ~ years of the Colum-
bia Typographical Union. At the
time of his death, he lived at 2514
Fourteenth street NV.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary
J. Fitzwilliam, and two brothers,
Denis j. Fitzwilliam of Washington
and John B. Fitzwilliam of Calves
ton and BaStrop, Tex.
Evening star., 1946-09-17
Miss MeIIisa F. Jones, "a,
Retired u. ). Worker, Dies

Miss Mellisa F. Jones, "a, retired
Government Accounting once audi
tor, died yesterday at her home. 1869
Upton street NV. after a brief i'll
ness.
Born in Decatur. ILL.,, she came to
the District in 1898 and entered
Government service. She was in the
employ of the GAO from 1906 to
1882 when she retired. She was an
active member of the Wesley Meth
odist Church. Connecticut avenue
and Jocelyn street NV.
Miss Jones is survived by a sister,
Mrs. v. H. Stone, Lander, Wyo.
nephew. Robert T. Highfield, presi-
dent of the Mount Vernon Mortgage
Corp. with offices in the Massa-
chusetts Building; a great-niece ant
great-nephew as well as q great
great-nephew.
Funeral services will be held at
8 pm. tomorrow. at the Chambers
funeral home, 1400 Chaplin street
NV.
Evening star., 1946-09-17
Sir James H. Jeans, Scientist
Who Weighed Earth, Dies at SO
Briton Predicted End
Of World in 10
TriIlion Years
BY the Assoeio,ed Press

LONDON. Sept 17.-Sir James
Hopwood Jeans. SO, astronomist and
author, died yesterday at his home
in Dorking.
He served as professor of applied
mathematics at Princeton Univer-
sity from 1905 to 1909 and was secre-
tary of the Royal Society from 1919
to 1929. He was president of the
Royal Astronomical Society from
1925 to 1927.
Jeans applied mathematics to
many branches Of physics and as
tronomy. Outside the field of astron-
omy, he worked principally in the
field of kinetic theory of gases and
radiation.
He proved incorrect a previously
generally quoted theory on the orr
gin Of the solar system, and studied
the effect of gravitational motion
Of the stars.
He also wrote papers on the for
nation of binary stars, on his theory
of giant and dwarf stars, on the
nature of spiral nebulae, on the
source Of stellar enegy and on the
evolution and radiation of gaseous
stars
More than two decades ago Jeans
Joined the school of scientists who
believed life existed on other plan
cts and stars.
His studies led him to venture
statements. among others. that the
earth weighs six sextillion tons
that the universe will come to enc
in 10000, 900 ,000, 900 years, that space
is finite and that comets are crazy
lunatics in space"
In 1907 he married Charlotte Tiff
any Mitchell of New London, Conn.
Evening star., 1946-09-17

forces, he attacked the Turk posi-
tions in the Gallipoli Peninsula. On
the night of June 80, 1915, while pro-
ceeding to the advanced dressing
! stations to visit the wounded, a
Turkish shell threw him into the
air, tore his right arm and broke
both his legs.
How long will it take to patch
up my arm?" the general asked the
surgeon as soon as he regained con-
sciousness.
Three months" they replied.
IF you cut it of, how soon can I
get back to the front?" he persisted.
Two months" was the answer.
Cut it off, then" ordered
Gouraud.
After convalescence. followed by a
trip to Italy on a military mission,
Gen. Gouraud was given command
of the 4th French Army. His army
took the brunt of Ludendorff S mem
orable offensive of July, 1918, on the
Champagne front. His defense had
been carefully planned and he ap-
piled for necessary reinforcements.
The AID American, the famous
Rainbow Division" was sent to him.
The Germans went over the top
at am, July Is, in the midst of the
counterbarrage of artillery Gen.
Gouraud had laid down the night
before, the cannonade being so fierce
1t was heard in Paris. BY 4 pm. the
last of the Germans great offensive
had been shattered.
Three days later the Allied armies
took the offensive. Gen. Gouraud's S
army, including the I'd and 36th
American Divisions, on September
26 crashed into the German front in
Champagne, fortified to 10 miles in
depth. The advance continued until
October 10, when the Germans re-
crossed the Aisne.
Gen. Gouraud led the first French
troops into restored Alsac and he
declared the moment of his entry
into Strasbourg, amid the cheers of
the populaee, was the most moving
of his career. He was giving the
military governorship of the lost and
retaken provinces and remained in
Strasbourg until the fall of 1919
when he took over the high COM
missioner's post of Frances man.
dated territory in Syria. After diff
culties, he pacif1ed the country and
in 1922 returned to France to occupy
a seat in the Superior War Council.
Visited U. s. in 1923.
Gen. Gouraud visited the United
States in 1928 as the guest of the
Rainbow Division association, trav-
cling over the continent and ar
irving in washington just in time
to represent the French republic at
the funeral Of President Harding.
On his return to Paris and during
his occupancy of the military gov
ernorship Of the city, he was much
sought after as guest of honor
at the patriotic celebrations OF the
American colony.
Gen. Gouraud came back to the
United States in 1929 to the annual
reunion of the Rainbow Division in
Baltimore and again in 1880 to be
the guest of the American Legion
at their convention that year in
Boston. Received with formal well
comes in New York, he was ac-
claimed on both occasions by thou
sands OF the men whom he had
commanded in the desperate strug-
giles in the Champagne district,
Evening star., 1946-09-17

1~NA AiNN SSCA oCPAC CoSCd SlilCe
getting out Of the service early
this year. He was married in
Florida while in the Army and
later divorced by his wife, the
mother said.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said today he would issue a certifi.
cate of suicide.
The body of the former Army
Air Forces corporal was discovered
about 1890 pm. by Alfred Denney
IT, and his brother, Guy Denney
81, of Hyattsville, while drivins
through the park.
Taken to Gallinger Hospital, hi
was pronounced dead shortly after
midnight.
| Mrs. Buckingham, who is the
assistant personnel director Of The
Star, said her son had been under
treatment by Veterans Administra
tion doctors intermittently since his
discharge.
when he came out of the Army
he was in such nervous condition
he could not hold job," she said
However. with the help of a doctor
from the Veterans Administration
he had improved a great deal anc
was able to complete the summer
term at American University.
thought he was getting along much
better"
Served in Pacific.
A graduate Of Mckinley High
School, he enlisted soon after Pear
Harbor and saw several years duty
in the Pacific.
Surviving besides his mother are
brother, Kenneth Buckingham. %
Navy machinist mate &c sta
toned in Japan, and a sister
Janice, 10.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed Mrs. Buckingham
said.
Evening star., 1946-09-17
George Dudley 1iIIey Dies;
Collector Of Rare Birds
By the Assoe;o,sd pr...

DARIEN, Conn, Sept. II, -
George Dudley Tilley, "a, ornithol.
ogist, died yesterday at his bird
farm here. A family physician said
death was caused by a heart attack
An exhibitor of birds since he was
16. Mr.. Tilley was one of the most
active collectors of rare birds in the
world. The activities of his 16-acre
farm were described recently in an
eieht-page article in a national
magazine.
The farm was stocked regularly
with about $500 birds. Mr.. Tilley
made. Is trips abroad to procure
hard-to-get live specimens for many
State and national parks, motion
picture companies, ZOOS and large
private estates.
One of his most recent acquisi-
tions was a rare whooping crane
which he said he sold for $500.
Survivors include his widow and
two DAUGHTERS.
Evening star., 1946-09-17
Gen. Henri Gouroud, Frances
Lion of Champagne Is Dead
One-Armed Stroteeist
Helped Smash Germun
Offensive in 1918
BY the Associated Press


/ PARIS, Sept. 17.-Gen. Henr
Gouraud, 78, one of the out.
standing military figures o1
World War I and commander o1
the 4th French Army which
helped smash the great German
Ioffensive in July, 1918, died yes
terday at his Paris apartment
He had been in poor health fol
several months.
the one-armed Lion of Cham.
pagne" assumed command OF thu
10th French Division early in Worlc
War /, while it was operating east
of the Argonne. He later command.
ed the French expeditionary force;
at Gallipoli and lost an arm as the
result of wound sustained there
the night of June 80, 1915.
Born in Paris, Gen. Gouraud was
the son of a doctor. He graduated
from st. Cyr Military School as q
second lieutenant and was ordered
off TO Africa in 1894.
The Lion of Champagne" Gen
Gouraud, was one of the most in
trepid of Frances colonial fighters
and administrators, as well as dis
tinguished commander in the great
war.
The rugged warrior of the African
wildS, Morocco, the Dardanelles, the
Rheims region and the Argonne, the
grizzled veteran with the empty
sleeve and limping walk, was ad-
mired by the population of his
native Paris, where he exercised the
functions of military governor.
His life was succession of mill
tary achievements. in which he was
wounded on several occasions.
Major at Age of 81.
Wounded thrice in the course OF
expeditions against the Sudan rebel
chief. Samory, whom he finally
captured after a perilous chase
through country inhabited by can
nibals, Gouraud won his major
stripes and the Legion of Honor at
the age of 80. A successful pacify-
ing expedition in the Nigar and
Lake Chad region followed. He be-
came governor successfully of the Sd
Military Territory, the Chad region
and Mauritania, all involving COM
bats with the desert tribesmen un-
der climatic difficulties.
In 1911. Gouraud was in Morocco
fighting the tribesmen. Marshal
Lyautey made him commander OF
Fee the following year, and later
he was promoted to brigadier gen.
eral. BY the spring of 1914, as COM
mander of the French forces in
Western Morocco, Gouraud had ef-
fected liaison between Morocco
and Algeria through Taxa, the last
of his hard-won fights occurring
July 26, just before the mobilization
order for the European conflict.
Gen. Gouraud was appointed to
command the 10th French division
then east of the Argonne. He led
his m<.l into the forest and early
in 1915 one of his shoulders was
pierced by a German bullet.
Sent to the Dardanelles in COM
mand of the French expeditionary
Evening star., 1946-09-17
lin Mrntnrtattt

APPLEBy, CORDELIA IRENE. In loving
memory of my dear mother. CORDELIA
IRENE APPLEBY. who passed away thres
years ago today, September II, 1943.
Let us think of her today,
Resting, sleeping, just away;
Resting where no shadows fall.
In perfect peace she awaits US all.
FRANK.
CATION. FRANCIS, G. In memory OF oul
beloved brother. FRANCIS @. CATION who
passed away two years ago today, Septem-
ber IL, 1914.
Midnight stars are cleaning
Upon a lonely grave.
Where sleeping, but not dreaming
Lies the one we could not save.
Dear is the spot where he is laid,
Sweet Is the memory that will never fade
Part of our life lies very deep
Under the sod where our brother sleeps.
His weary hours and days OF pain.
His troubled niGhts are past,
And in our aching hearts we know
He has found sweet peace Mt last.
Oft to our hearts comes a bitter cry,
Why, oh, why, did our brother de.
Then comes the answer so soft and sweet
He is not dead, he is only asleep.
YOUR LOVING SISTERS. ADELE, ELIZA.