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Evening star., 1946-12-14
; District Departments
To Be Moved 10 Center

Three small District departments
will move from the District Building
to the Municipal Center within the
next few days.
Oficials said the space Is being
made available through the evacua-
ton Of space in the, center by the
Veterans Administration.
The departments affected and the
rooms to which they will move in
the new building are:
Trees and Parking, even num-
bered rooms 1112 to 1118: Smoke
Inspection and Boiler Regulation
1911 and 1918, and the Division Of
Printing, ll17 and l119.
Evening star., 1946-12-14
Auto Crashes Into Tree
Just FeIIed BY Wind

A tree blown across the Rockville
pike near Bethesda just ahead of a
motorist early today caused crash
that slightly injured Gordon Henry
Miller, 81, of st. Ventura, Calf, ac-
cording to Montgomery County
police.
Mr.. Miller received first aid for
cuts on the face on the scene from
Charles Riggen of Pontiac, Mich,
who was driving In the opposite
direction and saw the accident. An
automobile ahead of Mr.. Miller's
passed the spot seconds before the
tree was blown down by Q high
gust of wind, police said.
Evening star., 1946-12-14
Silver Spring Trade Board
Honors Past Presidents

Presentation of gifts to two past
presidents featured the December
meeting of the year of the Silver
Spring Board of Trade at the Indian
Spring Country Club.
John r. Pagan was presented with
gold pen and pencil set for his
activities as leader of the trade
group in 1914, and William M.
Wright, who served as president in
1945, was given a set of fishing
tackle.
In preparation for the election of
officers next month five members
were named to a Nominating Com
mittee. They are Mr.. Pagan, Lee II.
Robinson, Mr.. Wright, Stanley Pear
son and Blair Lee, Sd.
Evening star., 1946-12-14
Baltimore Landlord Fined
S4,05O on Rent Charges
BY The As.oeiated Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 14.-Federal
Judge william G. Coleman yester-
day levied "a $4,000 fine on Paul
Liebegott after the landlord pleaded
guilty to rent overcharges on his
so houses in Baltimore.
Liebegott pleaded guilty to ~
counts of Federal indictment.
One accusation was that he forced
tenants to sell him their furniture
50 he could charge higher rental
for a furnished house.
The landlords attorneys said he
already had restored about $4,000 to
tenants and former tenants and is
in the process Of returning $1,000
more.
Evening star., 1946-12-14

Charles w. Ray, president Of the
Brightwood Citizens Association for
the past 80 years, was honored on
his retirement from Office at q meet
ing last night of the association at
Paul Junior High School.
Another veteran association men,
ber, Vice President John Clagett
Proctor, presented Mr.. Ray pen
and pencil set in behalf of the men,
bers. Mr.. Ray also was given a
cake. ..
Mr.. Proctor praised the retiring
officers long and faithful service to
the association and traced the
growth of Brightwood from 1916 to
1916. He outlined civic improve
ments he said had been brought
about largely through influence of
the Brightwood association under
Mr.. Rays leadership.
Evening star., 1946-12-14
Musons to Hold Rites
At Mount Vernon Todu,

Three Masonic lodges were to OBJ
serve the 147th anniversary OF the
death of George Washington with
ceremonies at Mount Vernon at 4
o'clock this afternoon. :.
Taking part in the program will
be Alexandria Lodge %, washington
Lodge 81 of New York and dele
CATION from the Fredericksburg
Lodge. After brief ceremonies at the
main entrance to Mount Vernon, the
Masons will place wreath on
Washington tomb.
Evening star., 1946-12-14
Star Staff Photo.

The association unanimously
adopted a resolution commencing
Mr.. Rays service. A copy of the
resolution is to be bound in leather
and presented to Mr.. Ray.
The association commended re-
cent action of the Federation of
Citizens Associations in appointing
a committee to investigate the re-
port on racial segregation made by
the Council of Social Agencies.
It was voted to extend anual
membership to the captains of the
police and fire departments in the
Brightwood community, ministers of
all churches and principals of all
public and parochial schools in the
area. Ninety-five new members were
accepted last night. The meeting
was conducted by the new presi-
dent, Maurice N. Thompson.
Evening star., 1946-12-14

/ 1er at which he spoke last night
He said he had lunched with an
Ohio State fraternity brother (Delta
Chi) and had called on B. Carroll
Reece, Republican National Chair
man, at party headquarters The
Governor said he had not found a
house in Washington but that he
and Mrs. Bricker would stay at a
hotel for the start of the session.
Seems like I've seen everybody
today. said Mr.. Reece, who was
encountered a little later.
The Republican possibilities will
hear President Truman make an
off -the-record talk at the dinner to-
night.
Recalls Smiths Visit.
The situation is analogous to that
of Gridiron dinner in the 20s when
Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York
was a guest. It was his first trip to
Washington When introduced by
the chairman, Gov. Smith told of
his first trip to Albany as a newly
elected assemblyman.
He was with his political spon-
sor, Tom Foley, he said, and walk
ing from the station in q January
snowstorm they were passed by a
fur-coated man in a sleigh behind
a spanking team of spirited horses.
The new assemblyman asked who
that was.
That's the Governor" was the
answer.
AL Smith paused in the telling
and looked to the center of the
head table where President Cool
idge was sitting.
II said right then to Tom Foley"
he went on, "That's the job for
me-"
Editors Begin Arriving.
With President Truman on the
dais will be a number of Ambassa-
dors, the justices of the Supreme
Court and the members of the
cabinet. Among the guests will be
a former standard bearer of the
Republican Party, ALI M. Landon,
three Governors-elect, Thomas j.
Herbert of Ohio: Kim Sigler of
Michigan and William Preston Lane,
jr., of Maryland. Cows. Green of
Illinois, and Thye, of Minnesota,
also will be among the diners. The
Duke of Windsor will be guest.
Newspaper editors began arriv-
ing here yesterday for the event.
Among the EDITORS from out-of-town
at luncheon at the Hotel Statler
were Basil L. (Stuffy) Walters of
the Chicago Daily News, Roy Rob-
erts of the Kansas City Star, A. H.
Kirchhofer of the Buffalo Evening
News and Nathaniel Howard of the
Cleveland News. e..s.e
Evening star., 1946-12-14
Man, 80, Badly Beaten;
Police List Suspect

Frank Peterson, 80, an employe Of
the Top Hat Style Tailors of 1124
Seventh street NV, was severely
beaten this morning by colored
man shortly after he opened the
shop.
Mr.. Peterson was taken to Emerg-
ency Hospital, where his condition
is described as critical. Police are
searching for his assailant, whose
identity is known.
What caused the alteration u
not known BY police.
Evening star., 1946-12-14
fWhitslaIsf Appeak !
&r Extensive Study
Of Highway Program

Extensive study of the district
highway engineerngS program by
appropriate Washington Board of
Trade committees was urged by
Highway Director H. C. Whitehurst
yesterday.
{ Capt. Whitehurst spoke at a
luncheon meeting of the boards
Traffic Committee in the Willard
Hotel shortly. after the long-range
plan was made public.
He suggested establishment of
special committee, composed of rep
resentatives of the standing COM
mittees concerned with highways
and related matters. Executive Sec
retary William H. Press said these
would be the committees on traffic.
highways, transportation and city
planning.
Hearing Slated in March.
Capt. WhitehurSt said members OF
the special group could report back
to their respective committees and
the views then could be assembled
for presentation as Board of Trade
recommendation at q public hear
ing on the program in March.
Chairman Lee D. Butler of the
Traffic Committee assured him the
program would be studied carefully.
Engineer Commissioner Gordon r.
Young, who submitted the engineer
ing proposals to the full Board of
Commissioners yesterday, was among
guests at the luncheon.
Traffic Director George E. Keneipp
paid tribute to Assistant Traffic Di-
rector M. o. Eldridge, who is retir-
ing at the end of the month.
Mr.. Keneipp recalled Mr.. Eldridge
had stayed on six months after his
original retirement date because he
had been asked to do so.
Tells of Improvements.
Mr.. Eldridge remarked he had
noted encouraging improvement in
traffic safety conditions during his
more than 20 years with the depart
ment.
Driving has improved, but we're
certainly still weak on driving" he
commented. There still are too
many poor drivers"
In 1925 there were 86 traffic fatali-
ties, he told the committee. Despite
great increases in traffic volume and
population, the total was only 81 last
year, he added.
The Board of Trade Highways
Committee will hold a luncheon
meeting and afternoon conference
January 10 in the Willard Hotel. it
was announced.
Evening star., 1946-12-14
Davis Search Pressed;
New Clue 10 Killing
Reported Near Scene
BULLETIN

A warrant charging Bruce
Davis with the murder of Mrs.
Florence McAllister was OBJ
tanned by Detective Corp.
James M. Anderson from JUS
tice of the Peace J. B. Doten,
at Silver Spring, Montgomery
County authorities announced
today.
Search for Bruce Davis, 81, Of
Laurel, Md, wanted in connection
with the hammer Staying of Mrs.
Florence McAllister at Burtonsville,
Md, early this week, was continued
in East Tennessee today while
Montgomery County. authorities in
vestigated other angles Of the kill
ing.
Mrs. McAllister's car was found on
the farm of Thomas j. Davis, father
of Bruce Davis, in Sullivan County,
Tenn, yesterday, Sheriff Charles G.
Combs telegraphed Detective Lieut..
Frank Lane Of the Montgomery
County police. But a widespread "a
hour search through the hilly coun-
try thus far had been futile.
States Attorney Joseph B. Simp-
son, jr., of Montgomery County had
indicated that new evidence nearer
the home of the slain woman had
been found, but what this was and
the results of his investigation were
not disclosed.
Believed Headed This Way.
The automobile discovered on the
Tennessee farm about 2 am. yes
terday was reported registered in
the name of Mrs. McAllister's hus-
band, Edgar A. McAllister, from
whom she had been estranged.
McAllister is serving a 2o-year term
in Atlanta penitentiary for assault
on a woman in Germany, police say.
Sheriff Combs said he found in the
car woman's personal effects, and
an olive drab blanket with dark
stains that looked like blood"
Davis, his father and another man
were missing from the farm. Neigh
bors reported they left in another
car. A highway patrolman reported
the men were believed to be on
their way to Washington or Balti-
more. Highway lookouts were broad
cast. Bruce Davis was seen around
his fathers farm Tuesday afternoon
with companion.
Police said they learned Davis had
been keeping company with Mrs.
McAllister. They formerly worked
together at the Engineering 81 Re-
search Corp, Riverdale, Md.
1t. Lane reported that warrant
had been issued charging Davis with
larceny of the automobile.
Divorced Wife Tells of Visit.
Mrs. Lena Cloud. Davis divorced
wife, told Tennessee officers that
Davis visited her earlier this week
at her log cabin in Lee Valley. Davis
told her, the Associated Press re-
ported, that after he visited "a girl
he had been dating in Maryland, -
three men Jumped him and beat
him" Mrs. Cloud also quoted the
missing man as saying he bought
the car from Mrs. McAllister for
81 900.
Mrs. McAllister, 20, q pretty bru-
nette, was found beaten to death
Tuesday in her family's home. Her
skull had been crushed with four
blows from carpenters hammer.
Relatives and friends crowded the
Liberty Grove Methodist Church at
rBurtonsville yesterday afternoon at
funeral services for the murdered
woman. Burial was in Union Gene
terry, Burtonsyille.
Evening star., 1946-12-14
Clarke Named President
of Belle Haven Club

State Senator Andrew w. Clarke
Of Alexandria has been elected
president Of the Belle Haven Coun-
try Club, it was announced today.
Other officers are Jack Howard,
vice president, and Frank Young,
secretary-treasurer. New board
members are Col. Ben A Schriver.
Eugene Olni. Mr.. Howard and Ralph
Davis. Members reelected to the
board are Mr.. Young, Richard
Marshall, Dabney Waring, John
Mcpherson, Jack Robinson and
Harrison Emhardt.
Evening star., 1946-12-14
Woman Is Sentenced
On Check Charges
Involving I Persons

Another step in the action against
q group Of seven persons indicted
in September on check charges was
taken yesterday in District Court
when Justice Henry A. Schwein-
haunt sentenced Mrs. Mabel M
Pritchard, %. of the 700 block of
H street NE, to serve 20 months
to 5 years in prison. =
The sentence against, Mrs. Prit-
chard was based on a trial and
conviction in one case ana guilty
pleas in others. The offenses in
volyed forging signatures and cash.
ing Government checks and, bonds
totaling approximately $500.
Justice SchWeinhaunt also, SEN
fenced John E. Pritchard of the 200
block of Fifth, street Sc, Mrs.
Pritchard,s brother-in-law to serve
from u to 3 years on a single
forgery count.
OF the total of seven persons, one
man previously was acquitted and
another given probation. Sentences
against two still are pending and
one is awaiting trial. Howard
w. Pritchard, 1S, of the 2700 block
of Hartford stree Sc, one of those
awaiting sentence, has pleaded
guilty to theft of bonds and forgery
The check cases were prosecuted by
Assistant United States Attorney
John p. Burke. -
In another District Court SEN
tence yesterday, Chief Justice Bo-
litha j. Laws sentenced Lille B
Booker, 80, colored, to a term OF
from months to 3 years or
charges of arson for starting fir,
in a room where she lived in tn,
1000 block of Eight street NV.
She was convicted Of burning fur
niture in an effort to defraud al
insurance firm.
Assistant United States Attorne!
Sylvan Schwartz, who prosecuted
the Booker woman, said damage to.
tailed several hundred dollars.
Evening star., 1946-12-14
Fellowship to Give PIuy

The Youth Fellowship OF Potomac
Methodist Church will present the
play, "The Youngest Shepherd" at
s pm. tomorrow at the church. The
program will include q vocal solo by
the church pastor. the Rev. Gloyd E.
AIMS. :.
Evening star., 1946-12-14
COP Victory Boil PIonned

Montgomery County Republicans
will hold victory ball in the Silver
Spring Armory December 20, viii
liam U. Weis, chairman OF the Com
mittee on Arrangements, announced
today.
Evening star., 1946-12-14
Church Youth to Give Play

The Young Peoples Service League
of st. Georges Episcopal Church,
Arlington, Va, will present Booth
Tarkington's play, Clarence" at 8
o'clock tonight at the parish hall,
Ninth and North Nelson streets.
Proceeds will go toward the pur-#
chase Of land for q new church.
Evening star., 1946-12-14


Advised by the director of the
Budget Bureau that the President
will not recommend Federal appro-
priation for the Commission for the
1948 budget, the commission in
structed it's executive committee to
make further efforts to secure Fed
eral assistance. Last year the budget
provided $4,000 for the commits
sion.
Taking steps to make the residents
of the basin aware of the work of
the commission, a speakers bureau
will be set up to provide lecture
facilities for organization through
out the Potomac River area. The
bureau win include u speakers
qualified to discuss the problems OF
basin development.
The commission also viii sponsor
short schools for sewage
plant operators in the member
States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-08
LINE HOLDER
Labor Leaders Demand
Productivity Increase

economy betokens a high price
economy"
Green's direct appeal in a mes
sage to American workers" was
accompanied by statistics compil-
ed by the ALL monthly survey to
show that war plant productivity
increased 81 per cent in less than
four years. The increase normally
would require Is years, it said.
The survey added that productive
ity in civilian industries between
1912 ard 1945 increased less than
two per cent and called for i'm
mediate action to improve the
record. 1t said that civilian plants
productivity did not rise as rapidly
during wartime because they lost
skilled workers to war production
and armed forces and were I'M
able to replace worn machinery
and equipment.
The ALL survey said that in
creased efficiency does not mean a
speed-up in the anti-labor sense OF
lowering working standards.
1t estimated that 0 1000, 900 work
ers had received wage increases
since the end of the war last Aug
list.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-08
LINE HOLDER

WASHINGTON, July T. W.D -
The ALL and CLIO tonight urged
that labor productivity be increas-
ed to hold down prices in case Con-
gress fails to revive OPA.
Both organizations continued to
urge prompt restoration OF con-
trolls on prices and rents for at
least n year.
ALL President William Green
said in a statement that wage
carriers can best stabilize their
wage dollars by helping to increase
volume of production which can
wipe out scarcities and the danger
of runaway initiation"
"Our safety lies in getting
through this period of transition
with no major increases in costs
or stoppages of production" He
wrote in the AFL monthly survey.
The CLIO position was revealed
bv Lee. FRESHMAN, General Coun-
sci. in a speech presented yester-
dav to the National Lawyers Guild
in Cleveland.
Prsssman said that Sin the i'm
mediate postwar period, there is
every indication that the techno-
logical improvements" fostered
| during the war will increase man.
hour productivity and decrease
unit labor costs faster than ever
happened in peacetime.
The first world war saw in the
four postwar years an increase in
output per manhour at the rate of
10 per cent a year." He said. The
factors operating then and now
give every reason to expect at
least a similar phenomenon in the
years Immediately following world
war H."
FRESHMAN asserted that produc-
tivity has more than kept pace
with wage rises between 1923 and
1914. He said this fact gives the
lie to the notion that a high wage
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-08
PICTURES
OF BlKINI LOST
Army Reports Loss o.
Theft o. Practice Run
Film Reels

Aboard U. S. S Mckinley, off
July 7-U.H- The loss or
theft in the United States OF secret
color motion pictures concerning
the atom bomb was confirmed Sun
day, but Army officers said the
pictures would not disclose any
atomic bomb secrets to anyone.
Col. T. j. Belts, intelligence CHIEF
for Operation Crossroads, said tina.
the film was lost or stolen some.
where between Binghamton. N. Y.
and Washington, D. C.
"Our bunch is that the film prob
ably was in a brief cast which wa.
lost or stolen" he said.
Belts said that the pictures were
taken on practice runs before tn;
bomb vas dropped on July l. Tn;
film was flown to the Marshall Is
lands in care of a special courie:
for laboratory processing. The film
had been processed and the cour
Ter was taking it to Washington
when it disappeared.
The pictures on the film wer'
taken for technical study and wer
classified as a state secret. How
ever, they did not include shot
of the bomb burst, and Belts sal,
they would be of little value to any
body seeking atom bomb secrets
I'VE are not too worried abou
it," he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-08
Snag Allen And 0 h n n y
Edens Star With Bat AT
Hampstead Diamond

The Masonboro Ramblers took
the definite leadership in the sec
ond half of the Eastern State
League, Sunday, taking their
fourth straight victory owe the
Hampstead club, 8 to 6.
Snag Allen and w. A. Brown
teamed up to bring the win home
to Masonboro at the Hampstead
diamond, where an estimated
crowd of 1000 fans packed the
%grandstand for the contest. Be-
cause of Whiteville's walking off
the field at Southport, the Ram
blers broke the first place dead
lock with the Comets, and now
are on top.
Snag Allen led the rollicking
Masonboro outfit at ba: with three
hits for three trips to bat-one of
which was a double. Johnny
Edens, of Hampstead, who just got
out of the service, topped the los
ers' hitters, banging out n sim
gle, two doubles, and a triple for
four times at bat.
Another big event in the contest
was Bernie Covington making his
first error at first base in two
years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-08
Southport Wins When
Comets Leave Field

SOUTHPORT, July THE
Whiteville Comets walked off the
field in the third inning of an
Eastern League game with the
Southport club this afternoon and
the game was awarded the Bruins
wick club on a 9 to 0 forfeit.
Billy HARRISON, playing manager
of the Comets ordered his club
off the field after an argument in
the last half of the third inning.
The discussion came, after the
Southport club had scored two runs
in their half of the inning, on a
close play at home plate. The
Columbus team was leading at
this point by the score of 3 to 2.
Jiggs Powers, business manager
of the Comets said last night that
he urged his club to finish the
game but they refused. Powers
resigned as manager, he said last
night. Powers is secretary-treas-
urer of the Eastern circuit.
POWERS SdlQ last HlSnL THAT He
understood the Whiteville club was
withdrawing from the Eastern
league and that a meeting, to which
he had not been invited, would
be held by the members of the
Whiteville club to determine the
future status of the club in the
league. The meeting, he said, will
be held Wednesday night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-08
C0ERlNC SOUGHT
INVESTMENT HERE
Former Reich s marshal
Wanted To Sink Fifty
Millions In u. S.

FRANKFURT, Germany, July 7.
|PE Investigators for the U. S.
Justice department have uncover
ed a pre-war plan by Former
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering tc
sink $50, 900, 900 in U. S. industry.
Goering has admitted the scheme
in his cell at Nuremberg and sup.
piled additional details of the ar.
rangements, which were broken of
by outbreak of war with Japan, il
was learned Sunday.
Asst. Atty. Gen. John Royce, who
prosecuted the sedition trials il
Washington in 1914, has returned
to the U. S. capital with this infor
nation, in a report to Atty. Gen
Thomas c. Clark.
Gets On Trail
Royce got on the trail of Goer
ing's plan when he was questioning
high Nazis at an internment camp
on the outskirts of Frankfurt. HI
pursued the leads to the scene o
the international trials now nearing
their conclusion in the old Nuern
berg courthouse.
Rogge's report is expected to say
that Goering's agents carried or
conversations about the invest
ment with several Americans il
Washington. including a prominen'
labor leader. This leader is identi
fled in the documents.
Two-Fold Purpose
Goering had a tWo-fold purpose
it was reported: to spread Germal
influence with dollar diplomacy
and to guarantee a personal in
come for himself against the da,
he would find himself out in tn
cold in Hitler's scheme of things
AN eventually the Reichsmarshs
always foresaw. Most of the none
was intended for investment in 0
holdings.
When Investigators first heard {
the plot, their information was thu
Goering wanted to invest abol
IS, 900, 900 or S. 900, 600. They wei
to Nuremberg and got the help
an attorney who holds Goering
confidence. This attorney visite
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-08
BY MORRIS WADE

DUNN, July - Things are real
ly popping in the Tobacco State
League - Only two clubs had not
changed managers since the season
started. Clinton and Dunn-Erwin
has yet to make a manager change.
Latest playin manaer to get The
exit notice was Paul Dunlap, An
gier-Fuquay pilot. Doc Smith. vet
eran manager and a resident OF
Angler, took over the reins on July
5, right after the holiday double
loss the Bulls suffered at the hands
of Smithfield. Smith will be 3
bench manager.
Gather Riley, recently cut adrift
at Sanford when Zeb Harrington
veteran Spin skipper and also Sc.
cretary-treasurer of the club. de.
clded to take over played a week
at Angier-Fuquay and then replac.
ed Mickey Balla as skipper of the
Smithfield club. Balla has remain.