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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08
Pacific Veteran Found Dead
Of Gun Wound After Quarrel

Chief Gunner's Mate Bennett
Chapman, q, who returned here in
January from seven months over
seas service in the Philippines, was
found shot to death on the sidewalk
beside his home early today after a
newlyweds' quarrel with his wife
according to police.
The grief-stricken wife, Dorothy
81, mother of two children by a pre-
vious marriage, told Homicide Squad
detectives the fatal shooting took
place at about 230 am, after her
husband stormed out of the base
ment apartment at 818 North
Carolina avenue Sc, where the
Chapmans were having a small
party.
Mrs. Chapman said her husband
had quite few drinks" during the
evening before the quarrel started
She told police she and two Others
Chief Mineman Charles Malone OF
the Bellevue Naval Magazine ano
Miss Marjorie Lane, Mrs. Chap.
mans sister-did not follow her hus.
band when he dashed out of the
house.
Moments later, che said, a shot
rang out and the three found CHIEF
Chapman lying ON the sidewalk two
doors away, bleeding profusely from
wound in the mouth. A .22-calibel
automatic pistol was lying beside
him, Mrs. Chapman said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08
Former GNU Football Coach
To Head VA Athletic Service
Wortime Sports Chief
Of AAF Will Direct
Program in Hospitals

James E. Pixlee, former George
Washington University coach and
athletic director and leader of the
Army Air Forces wartime athletic
program, has been named chief oil
the athletic service of the Veterans
Administration, it was announced
today
In his new capacity Mr.. Pixlee
will organize and direct an indi-
vidualized physical training pro.
gram for all patients In veterans
hospitals and homes.
A coach and athletic director fol
81 years, Mr.. Pixlee in prewar days
guided his college football teams
to 149 victories. SO losses and ties
While coach at George Washington
he developed a number of individual
stars. fluffy Leemans was one OF
the outstanding players under his
tutelase.
During World War II, he created
an athletic program SO broad he
had leagues organized in II sports
and in one winter season, had more
than $500 basket ball teams op-
Grating on league schedules.
Mr.. Pixlee was director of ath-
letics and physical education and
head football coach at George
Washington from 1929 to 1888. when
he took years leave of absence
before becoming special assistant
to the university president.
He entered the Air Forces as d.
rector of physical training and ath-
letics in April, l94l. The program
he established included condition
ing, building of game skills and ac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08
School Head and Wife
Guilty in Morals Case
By IL. A.socio,.d Press

YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, Mar. 8.-The
headmaster of q private co-educa-
tional military school and his 81
year-old wife, accused OF indecencies
by score of their teenage girl and
boy pupils, were found guilty of Is
morals charges.
George w. Bales, jr., 80, founder
OF the Warminister Academy at near
by Three Tuns, was convicted yes
terday by a jury OF 10 women and 2
men on 10 counts, including charges
of statutory criminal assault, dis
rupting public morals, contributing
to the delinquency of minors and
adultery.
His wife, Laura, registered nurse
and mother of a 5-year-old girl, was
convicted on Ave counts of contrib
uting to the delinquency of minors,
aiding and abetting statutory crimi-
nal assault, corrupting public morals
and assault.
Both had denied the charges on
the witness stand, calling the chill
dren who accused them liars.
Judge Harold G.. Knight an
nounced he would delay sentencing
until March is to give defense at
torneys ample time to file motions
for q new trial.
Bales, specifically accused by two
girls-one IL, the other 14-of as
saulting them, faces a maximum
Jail term of 46 years and fine of
$40 500. His wife is liable to 81
years and a $4,000 fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08
J. 5. Knight Opposes
Churchill Proposal
BY the Associated Pres,

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 8.-An imme.
date military alliance between
Great Britain and the United States
as proposed by Winston Churchill
might nullify the United Nations
Organization as it now stands, &C.
cordmg to John S. Knight, president
of the American Society of Newspa.
per Editors.
Speaking before more than COZ
members and guests of the Rotary
Club here yesterday, Mr.. Knight
warned that the Churchill proposal
might drag this Nation into quar-
rels with which we have no con-
Germ"
The publisher said he was not
taking the viewpoint of an isola-
ZIONIST, but added that he believed
the UNO should be given every op-
portunity to solve the present diff
culties before any move is made
which might wreck it beyond hope
of recovery.
II had several conservations with
both Churchill and Hore-Belisha
CORNER British War Secretary
while they were here" Mr.. Knight
said. Their fear of Russia is ire
mendous. can understand and
sympathize with Churchill's plea in
his speech from Fulton, Mo-, but ]
cannot feel that such an alliance is
either wise or necessary at this
time.
England knows and history
proves that we never would stand
idly by while she became the VIC
tim of an aggressor, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08
U. S., in Sorrow, Bors Agency
Use of Mumbo Jumbo Orders

days from the date of filing applica-
ton, disapprove the maximum price
as reported such price shall be
deemed to have been approved,
subject to nonretroactive written
disapproval or adjustment at any
later time by the Office of Price
Administration"
Before you beat your head against
the wall, take a gander of how the
thing should be written to make
sense.
You must wait three weeks be-
fore you can charge the ceiling price
you applied for. OPA can always
change that price. II they do, they
will write you a letter"
Not that the pamphlet itself
doesn't get complicated at times ir
its desire to make clarity a bywort
in government. Offering a sure.
fire. system by which Federal en-
ployeS can tell whether they are be-
coming too verbose, the pamphlet
sets up a mathematical formula.
You add, subtract, multiply, d.
vide. and then you conquer Git says
in the pamphlet. But it Is all Yer,
simple to figure out-again you'll
have to take the pamphlets word
for it.
Anyway. the commission hopes to
get sentences shortened to an ay-
erage Of II words, about personal
references per 100 words and $50
syllables per 100 words. This will
make everything perfectly clear and
lovely, the commission saws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08

Chief Chapman was rushed to
Casualty Hospital, where he was
pronounced dead on arrival by DR.
c. r. Smith.
Mrs. Anne Gardner, mother of
Mrs. Chapman, told reporters Chief
Chapman was subject to headaches
and kept seeing blasts
Chief Chapman, a native of Ten
nessee, was stationed at the Naval
Receiving Station, Anacostia. Mrs
Chapman received a final divorce
decree from Marine 1t. Allen Dou-
bleday last December, police said
and married the Navy chief petty
officer shortly afterward, according
to Mrs. Gardner.
Mrs. Chapman has two children
by the former marriage, Richard
Doubleday, 6, and Barbara, 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08
Old Delhi Rioting Ends;
Death Toll Placed al }

NEW DELHI, Mar. 8.-Quiet pre-
vailed in Old Delhi today after anti
British riots which marked the end
of government -sponsored Victory
Week" celebration yesterday.
The district magistrate said the
known casualties resulting from the
rioting were killed and IA hos
pitalized with injuries. Unofficial
reports previously had placed the
death toll at five or six and the
property damage at about $500, 900.
A curfew was clamped down on
the old city from 9 pm. to $50 am,
and the night passed without Incl
dent. Brig. Rudolph Vaughan, mill
tary commonder in the area, said a
considerable number" of British
troops had been brought in as re-
Inducements.
The troops, believed to number
more than a full regiment, were
distributed at strategic points
throughout the city early today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08
Latest Q Fever Alarm
Proves Appendicitis

The last person reported to have
come down with @ fever" at The
National Institute of Health al
Bethesda, was suffering from ar
attack of appendicitis instead, il
was learned today.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dodson, a nurse
was listed yesterday as the 9th
victim Of an epidemic which fol-
lowed laboratory work on the dis.
ease, so named because it was first
identified in Queensland, Australia
The real cause of her illness was
determined later in the day. She
was operated on last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08
Soldier Home Worker
Questioned in Death
|0f Veteran in SandpiIe

A 28-year-old colored employe of
Soldiers Home was taken into Gus
tody last night for questioning in
the death of Boss F. Williamson, 81
one armed Army veteran, and police
said other arrests may be made
soon.
Mr.. williamson body was found
buried in sandpile in secluded
section of the home Wednesday, his
skull crushed by heavy stone paw
ing block. The veteran had been
reported missing since February 5.
Investigators at first thought the
death OF Williamson might have
been accidental. However, absence
of the veterans wallet and large
sums of money he usually carried
led Soldiers Home police to the
theory that he may have been
murdered.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said an autopsy revealed that Mr.
Williamson died of fractured skull.
He is Withholding a death certifi-
cate pending results of the in
fCStlSdtlOIl.
After small boy discovered the
body Wednesday,, Soldiers Home
authorities said Williamson recently
had been rebuked for lending money
to other home residents at 20 per
cent interest. Mr.. Williamson was
known to carry amounts ranging
from 500 to 5000 with him, but
police said only few dollars in
change was found in his pockets.
The body was covered almost
completely with sand in the woods
near the home east gate. Soldiers
Home police said they did not think
the wind could have blown that
quantity OF sand over the body.
A paving block, stained with
blood, was found under the body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08

lin Steel Co., which had been pend
ing five months.
Industry opposition to the board.
decision was led by Edward r
Burke, president of the Southern
Coal Producers Association, who
termed it very bad" and said il
would be fought by every resource
of the industry. Mr.. Burke added
he could see rather lengthy argu.
ment" on the issue.
There can be no divided loyalty
among all of these parts of man
agement We call foremen," he said
IF I am any judge of the Goa
industry, it will not be content tt
let the NLRB have the last wore
in this matter"
Mr.. Burke predicted that Jones &
Laughlin would carry the case tt
the lower Federal courts and then
to the Supreme Court If necessary
In Pittsburgh, John A. McAlpine
president of the UNIV supervisory
union, said, Peace in the coal in.
dustry now lies entirely up to the
operators"
The three-man NLRB decision
was split, with Gerard D. Reilly dis.
senting. Chairman Paul M. Herzoa
and John M. Houston found that
the Wagner Act directs that we
protect the right of employees tt
bargain collectively through rep.
resentatives of their own choosing
not our choosing"
MIR. Reilly, dissenting, said the de.
cision so seriously distorts the prin.
cipal detectives of the National La.
Dor Relations Act that unless it il
speedily corrected by legislative OF
judicial action it will have far.
reaching repercussions upon indus.
try and labor. = ."
I'm reaching this result, it is prob.
able that we have seriously impaired
the ability of the operators effec.
lively to manage their mines. 4
To me its impact upon the rank .ano
file is equally catastrophe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08
House Prober Says Spies
Did Not Get Aiem Secrets

Representative Thomas, Republi-
can, of New Jersey declared today
that foreign espionage efforts to
obtain atom bomb secrets have
failed both in Canada and America. !"
The ranking Republican on the
House Un-American Activities Com
mittee said in statement that the
group is ION the trail of something
big" in connection with these re-
ported efforts.
"The security Of the Nation is in
volved," Mr.. Thomas asserted, but
refused to discuss details of the in
vestigation the committee now has
under way.
Chairman Wood disclosed yester-
day that the committee plans pri-
vate hearings to examine informa-
ton already developed on the sub
ject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08
Suburban Hospital Asks
Plant, Shrub Donations

The landscaping committee of the
Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, has
appealed to residents of the Chevy
Chase Bethesda area to donate
shrubs and plants to the hospital.
Those who can spare something
from their gardens are asked to call
Mrs. John Miles Nader, at Wisconsin
4977, chairman of the committee,
who will make arrangements to pick
up the plant or shrub later this
month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08

tivities that had q direct bearing
on each airman's combat training,
such as water safety, life-saving
and parachute landings. He also
set up physical fitness given to
all new AAF men.
Mr.. Pixlee was a 1918 graduate
OF the University of Missouri. He
was all-conference end as a junior
and all-conference fullback as a
senior. He held number of coach
ing jobs after graduation and in
the World War was one of 10 ath-
letic directors who became War
Department civilian aides to set up
physical education programs for the
troops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08
Navy Officer Found Hanged
By Sheet From Hospital Bed

1t. Comdr. William Denton, IS
Of Dallas, Tex, died at st. Eliza
beth's Hospital at 10 am. today, an
hour and a half after attendants
found him hanging by the neck
from the foot of his bed in the
psychiatric ward.
Attendants said Comdr. Denton
who repeatedly served four years in
the Pacific on destroyer escort YES
sells, apparently hanged himself by
bedsheet.
He was admitted to the hospital
in June, 1945.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08
By Joseph YOUNG

In its own quiet way, the Govern
ment today came through with what
is probably the best news since the
invention of aspirin. Gently, but
firmly, it decided that the mumbo-
jumbo language in official Govern
ment releases and correspondence
was giving the public, business ano
even bureaucrats severe headaches
More in sorrow than in anger, IL
said that such practices must stol
and suggested a writing course OF
How to Make Yourself Articulate
in Words of Three Syllables or Less
Preferably Less"
Polysyllabic words, legal and abb
stract phrases, the 81 word-all
these are part Of the past as far as
Government correspondence, re-
leases and directives are concerned
the Civil Service Commission
hopes. To achieve this noble end
it has released for the edification OF
the erudite Government official a
pamphlet showing how much more
simply-oh, how much more simply
letters and directives can be written
Citing as horrible example No. ]
how Government directive should
not be written, the pamphlet offers
this ONCE of Price Administration
gem:
Unless the Office of Price Ad-
mlnlstration or an authorized rep
resentative thereof shall, by letter
mailed to the applicant within 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08
Beauty Contest, Dance
To Be Held in Lonhum

Selection of Miss Greater Lam
ham, will feature dance sponsored
by the Bryan-Toole Post 172, Amer
lean Legion, Lanham, Md, at 9 pm
next Friday at the Lanham Hall.
Entries in the beauty contest may
be filed with any of the local Legion
naires or at the Lanham Tavern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08

A poll Of people who have been
buying United States Bonds on the
payroll savings plan shows that
only ~ per cent think they would
save as much II they couldn't buy
bonds that way. in easy, regular
installments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08

DETROIT-RENEWS SEARCH FOR MISSING SON-Paul Jeva-
hrian ef discharged Army veteran comforting
Frank Sevidge private investigator he the hunt
Tor his baby son. kidnapped three The baby Paul.
disappeared few days before his first birthday
maid At that time the Army the young private 7day
1urlough from his Texas station
the futile hunt for the hdnaper Then Paul. ST.
duty and subsequent action in the battle Oknawa
-AP Wrephoto
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-08
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Evening star., 1946-04-10
Red Tactics in Jupun

An OtnerWlSe decOrOuS political
campaign for the choosing of new
Parliament has been enlivened by
the ebullient tactics of the japanese
Communist party. This, in itself, is
a novelty, because under the old re-
gime Communism was illegal, and
any one proved to hold communistic
ideas was promptly Jailed for the
most dangerous kind of dangerous
thoughts"
One of the first acts of the Allied
occupation under the leadership of
General Macarthur was the freeing
of political prisoners. This put in
carcerated Communists into political
circulation, and the newly consti-
tuted Communist party, as an or
ganization legally above board, was
soon strengthened by the return of
exiles from China, the Soviet Union
and elsewhere.
In the current electoral campaign
which ends today when the Japa-
nese voters flock to the polls, the
Communists have been making lot
OF noise. Their first political bomb
shell was demand for the elimina-
tion Of the Emperor. This aroused
great furore, some Communist can
didates at rallies being attacked and
beaten by their infuriated opponents.
Nevertheless, the Communists con-
tinue to stage spectacular demon
strations, especially in the big cities,
where the bulk of their followers are
to be found.
The target of these demonstra-
tions in Tokyo, the capital, has been
Premier Shidehara. Last Sunday
riotous mob of some 10000 Commu-
nists and their sympathizers staged
a march on the Premier's home,
throwing rocks and otherwise con-
Quoting themselves violently, until
their riotous behavior provoked the
interference Of American military
police, who broke up the milling
mob. Yesterday a large deputation
headed by the secretary general of
the Communist party demanded an
interview" with the Premier. When
received, the deputation demanded
the immediate resignation of his
"undemocratic" government, punctu-
ating their demands with shouts,
screams and volleys of abuse.
What the effect of these sensa-
tlonal tactics will be on the electoral
chances of the Communist candi-
dates can be disclosed only by the
returns from the ballot boxes. The
general opinion is that the Commu-
mist party has lost rather than
gained by its campaign methods
However, a straw ballot sponsored
by the Tokyo newspaper Yomiuri
Hocht shows two Communist candi-
dates in the lead. This surprising
result may have been Influenced bv
the fact that the straw votes had to
be mailed in at the voters own ex-
pense and by their individual ini-
tlative. Communist organizationaI
activity may account for their show
ing In total of only $4,000 ballots.
Evening star., 1946-04-10

the ASsemblys directive. The COM
mission is charged with making pro-
posalS for extending between all ma
tions the exchange of basic scientific
information for peaceful purposes,
for proper control of atomic energy,
for the elimination of atomic weap-
ons, for effective safeguards by way
of inspection and other means to
protect complying states against the
hazards of violations and evasions.
These proposals are to be imple-
mented by stages, while the pro-
poSals themselves are to be sub
mitted, not to the General Assembly,
but to the Security Council, which
will decide what parts of the COM
MISSIONS confidential reports can be
released for publication.
1t is to be hoped that the secre-
tary generals admonition will result
in a speedup of activities on which
so much depends and in which the
entire world has SO vital an interest.