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Evening star., 1946-07-14
Editor Priest Has Big Paper

Thomas Seminary in Denver and
was ordained in 1928 He acquired
considera BILE stock in the newspa per,
which he turned over to the diocese.
declaring an individual has no more
right to own a church newspaper
than a church.
His use OF boldface type and his
insistence on writing stories in
newspaper style did not win i'm
mediate approval, Some priests
considered him irreyerent, but the
Rev. Hugh L. MacMenamin, one Of
the original owners, backed him all
the way
His editorial fight against the Ku
KluX Klan in the 1920s brought
threats, and a bodyeuard followed
him wherever he went.
One night he found young Vom-
an in his room. spirited there in
an attempt to discredit him The
young priest instructed her in the
Catholic faith and later baptized
her
AS the Register began to attract
more readers, bishops of other do
ceses asked him to take over publi-
cation of their newspapers.
The expanding business called for
neWspa permen who knew the Cath
olic faith as we'll as how to write
story, so the monsignor started A
school of journalism. The students
study theology at St Thomas Semi
nary. rhetoric at Denver University
Methodist school, and Journalism
at the newspaper plant
Editors in each diocese send their
copy TO Denver News for the ma
tional edition is obtained from these
sources and by teletype from the
National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence In Washington.
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use for destructive purposes can be
devised. Truman -Attlee-King joint
statement. November IS.
The atomic bomb is signal for
reactionaries all over the world to
agitate for a new crusade against
the Soviet Union. A. Sokoloff in
the Moscow Times, November 18.
Atomic weapons can be
cheap atomic armament will
not break the back of any people
that want it."-Dr. j. R. Open
heimer, atomic scientist, November
16.
Il think the coming of the atomic
bomb will stop great wars. Maybe
Gen. Eisenhower was right when he
said it might blackmail the world
into peace. DIR. Vannevar Bush,
December 3.
Il am the author and the flnisher
of the atomic energy. I have
harnessed it."-Father Divine, De-
cember II.
People who talk of outlawing the
atomic bomb are mistaken-What
needs to be outlawed is war. Maj.
Gen. Leslie r. Groves, January 26.
The purpose of such an agree
ment should be destruction
of existing stocks of atomic weapons.
Efforts to undermine
the unanimity of the members of
the Security Council are incompati-
BILE with the interests of the United
Nations. ."-Andrei Gromyko. to
United Nations Commission. June
10.
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Loss Spead Around
When Others Are Involved

The widow, Dlannc, %, house
wife escaped with sight injuries.
Her own hospital and medical care
came to only $50.
A cousin. Georgia, 10 waitress.
was shocked and bruised She laid
out SIS for ambulance, hospital and
medical charges and lost sl25 in
pay during the FIVE weeks she was
recupeTatlng
The damage To the caT-a total
loss-amounted to S8l0
The Browns. IN the final reck-
oning, didn't have to bear all these
costs.
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A MAN appeared before q
~ Midwestern deputy internal
~ revenue collector, snapped
his fingers and beamed:
"Doggone me. just happened to
remember $4,000 I failed to report
on my last income tax return
This story of a character actually
trying to get himself extra taxed
doesn't sound 50 unbelievable when
you hear officers of the Bureau of
Internal Revenues Intelligence Unit
tell It.
They say 1t is happening all over
the country-now that some 5000
new investigators and other pei
sonnel have been added to the staff
of w. H. Woolf, chief of the INTEL
ligence unit, to check up on lush
war profits.
Some cases are perfectly honest.
There always have been persons
who really forget certain sums and
wish either to foot their share of
the Nations expenses or avoid pen
alties.
But the intelligence agents trace
the furry to get under the line to
individuals who made big money
out Of the war and wanted to keep
It all.
Those who suddenly remember"
errors before being pounced on by
investigators are permitted to settle
for a 50 per cent penalty. plus de-
linquent taxes, plus interest. If the
agents get there first it's just too
bad
Pleas of guilt or conviction in de-
liberate tax evasion cases are bring
ing in tax dollars and fines rang
ing from hundreds of thousands to
millions" say the revenue men. Last
year internal revenue collected in
additional taxes and penalties S116,-
7s4,0l987 at total cost of s6,000,-
900 to the Government.
Intelligence officers say that if a
person makes less than $4,000 a
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personal bills and losses still mount
ed to s1,l95. Included were initial
hospital and medical fees of $50;
special treatments, $50, dental bills,
s285, and a salary loss of $500, The
bill she didn't have to pay in the
State-owned $540-boost-
ed the total in her case to Sl,735.
A brother, Michael, 27, an electri-
clan, died shortly after the accident,
His death ultimately resulted in a
tangible loss OF S6,425. The ambu-
lance charge was S25, and the ex-
pense Of his funeral was $500 In
addition, his widow suffered the loss
Of his income before she married
again several years later-a loss Of
S5 600.
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Chicago after attending a family
reunion in the country. The pleas
ant peace of a hot, clear summer
afternoon enveloped them.
They virtually had the road to
themselves. Somebody turned on
the radio, dialed in soft music. The
needle on the speedometer wavered
around the 65-mp.h. line. Every
body leaned back, comfortable and
contented, watching the fiat farms
slip past.
What Happened When
The Tire Blew Out
Then-pop peeeessshhh-the tire
on the right front wheel blew out.
The car twisted sharply to the
right. 1t rammed into a concrete
bridge abutment. The hood was
hurled into the air. The nose
crumpled The steering wheel crashed
through the windshield. The steer
ing column buckled over against
the instrument panel. The auto
skidded and sidled to stop
athwart the road.
A strange hush settled upon the
wreckage. It was relieved only by
an incongruous melody from the
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.HE Right Rev. Msgr. Mat
thew j. w. Smith is as
quick to spot misplaced
comma as a garbled Bib
lical allegory.
AS editor of the Catholic Register,
he heads one of the worlds largest
religious newspaper enterprises; it
sends one. of 33 editions into more
than 100000 homes throughout the
Nation each wek.
One copy goes by airmail to Vati-
can City for use in the Vatican
radios English language broadcasts.
Another goes to Tokyo for use by
Catholic chaplains in broadcasts to
American troops.
Except for the Roman collar of
the priesthood, the small. balding
55-year-old monsignor looks like
any editor behind a desk piled
high with papers. He edits and
pA AcOll ShGH tNti "OIt liIcl SOCS
into the national edition except
when he is away from the office.
The monslgnor was member Of
Francis Cardinal Spellman's party
for the recent consistory at the
Vatican, As priest high in the
Catholic hierarchy he was granted
an audience by the Pope. As a
reporter ne covered the consistory
for the Register.
The national edition accounts for
about une-fourth the total circula -
ton. The other three -fonrths is
made up by the 30 editions for
dioceses from his native Altoona
Pa, to California.
Soft spoken in conversation
Mser Smith pulls no punches in his
Evening star., 1946-07-14
Some F Famous Jewel Thefts of History

now belongs to Mrs. Evalyn Walsh
Mclean OF Washington and Is val :
ued at around 100000
Probably one of the most brazen
gem thefts of all time concerns an
other famous diamond-the Orloff
1t was stolen from the eye of a
temple god in India by a French
grenadier who embraced the Hindu
faith and professed sufficient piety
to be admitted to the temples inner
sanctum. The grenadier lost his
courage after prying out one of the
diamond eyes. He fed through the
jungle, sold the s45O,000 stone for
$4,000 and it was purchased later
by Prince Orioff, who gave it to
Catherine of Russia.
The Koh-i-noor. famous $500, 900
gem which ancient peoples believed
gave its owner the rule of the world.
wasn't exactly stolen, although it
did change hands without formal
bill Of sale or any currency transac-
tions. When Nadir Shah OF Persia
invaded India and sacked Delhi In
1879, the story goes, he learned from
a harem lady that Mohammed Shah,
King of Delhi, kept the stone con-
cealed IN. his turban. Whereupon
Nadir Shah invited Mohammed to
dinner, proposed the ancient and
friendly custom of an exchange of
turbans as sign of friendship, and
got the Koh-i-noor. When the
British annexed the Punjab in 1850.
they acquired the diamond, now in
the crown of the Queen of England
The English crown Jewels figured
in an attempted theft in 1871 when
a glib Irishman appropriately named
Col. Blood got away with the Kings
scepter, state crown and orb which
were kept under guard in the Tower
Of London, and occasionally exhib-
tied to visitors for fee.
Somberly garbed as parson,
Blood went to the tower with a
woman he introduced as his wife,
(see JEWEL THEFTs, Page C-3J
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Undercover Men

year and files his return in good
faith he likely will not be bothered
if his addition and subtraction are
correct. He'll likely never hear from
it If, in confusion over the complex
tax blanks, he either overpaid Or
underpaid.
This is not altruism-nor, say the
agents, an invitation to dodge a
dime of taxes.
It's just that checks on small
incomes are too much trouble except
in cases of excessive willful tax
evasion. The agents are after
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Family Loses $3.50
With No Lawsuits

The net amount Of the expenses
and losses Of the family was s7,650
1t was Just another accident
but the total cost to all concerned
was $9,910.
And there was no litigation as
a result Of this accident as is the
case IN many crashes The Ma
tional Salty Council estimates that
a conservative average cost of liti-
cation in traffic accident cases Is
between $4,000 and $4,000 in addi-
ton to all other types Of expense.
II YOU think these are surprising
sums take a look at some staggering
statistics from tae National Safety
Council.
The aggregate loss because Of
motor vehicle accidents last year
was sl4500O 900 This repr resents
the loss resulting from 28 $500 deaths.
100000 injuries, and millions of
accidents in which there was only
property damage
Evening star., 1946-07-14

Iu0n J. WdnleSS, chief,
prelin1innry-design section.
technical division. United
States Maritime Commits
sion.
AS chief of the preliminary de-
sign unit of the commission's tech
nical division, Mr.. Wanless first
went to work to make the ugly
duckling" Liberty ship into reality.
And subsequently he saw to the
drafting of plans for OUR other
famed wartime cargo ships, trans
ports and tankers-the &C" and CT
classes.
All the while plans for dream
ships were in the back of his mind
super-streamlined passenger liners
which would cross the oceans at a
speed faster than that off the Queen
Mary. carry nearly as many passen-
gers and yet be only half as large.
Contract Let for 2
For South American Line
Today the plans are hlueprinted
and contracts for the construction
of two of them, for the South
American service. are about to be
let, while bids have been advertised
for two more for the Pacific service
So luxurious will the four be that
breakfast in bed and luncheon in
deck chairs will be the order of the
day.
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w WITHIN month, two
AA/ spectacular Jewel thefts
wv have come to light that
make noted gem pilfer-
ings of the past look like shoplifting
from the five and dime.
The theft of the Hesse crown jew
els in Germany, of which three per-
sons are accused, yielded s1,500000
or better in one haul.
A mysterious japanese colonel is
said to have preempted 10 trunks
and five crates of jewels. gold end
cash, worth some S30.000000 from
the Netherlands East Indies. Most OF
history'S most ninble fingered
crooks worked a limetime without
getting half as much.
Probably the only recorded gem
theft that compares with the none
tary value and super Hollywood set
ting of the Hesse case was the loot
ing of the French crowd jewels from
the Garde Meuble (the Royal
Treasury in Paris in 1892 Three
famous diamonds - the Regent,
Sancy and Hope-brought the value
of that robbery up to 81 900, 900, &C.
cording to present day evaluation,
and other items probably accounted
for at least another half million.
1t took more than 80 thieves SIX
successive nights to pull off the
Garde Mueble job. Some of the
gems were recovered after part OF
the gang was caught, but the most
valuable disappeared, including the
Regent, originally taken from
mine by an Indian slave in 1701. The
Indian had slashed a hole in the
calf Of his leg to secret the diamond
conflded his precious cargo to an
English sea captain, and, of course,
never survived the voyage.
Some Is months after the Garde
Meuble robbery, the $625 900 Regent
was found IN Ahole under the tim
Evening star., 1946-07-14

Biggest and best knotirr OF the
United States Government latU-
enforcement agencies is the FBI.
WAh all due credit to the FBI
and It's n-deserped reputation,
other United States agencies are
doing quiet, efficient jobs, TOO.
Many OF them hare found their
pork snotrbdlIed by ne1U postwar
t1ptsts on crime. Here is the first
OF series OF articles on these
less knoUn undercoper agencies.
Others ,otU tolloaD on these pages
from time to time
Evening star., 1946-07-14

Lillians stay in the State owned
hospital cost the taxpayers $40.
Insurance companies paid out
81 $50.
Henry's employer, who paid his
wages of $3.50 during the time he
was off the job, was out that sum.
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editorials or in calling down an
erring writer.
Recognition of his work has come
from two Popes, Plus XI and Plus
XII, the latter describing the news
paper as "one Of the great apostle
lates" of the church.
The little monsignor, modest
about his position in religious Jour-
naliSm, likes to talk of his early
newspaper days
As child in Altoona he read Sir
Walter Scott and Shakespeare along
with Horstio Aleer. Answering a
want ad for proofreader on the
Altoona Tribune. he was picked by
w, H Schwartz. editor, and f, L.
Everhart city editor. as guinea
pig" for an experiment.
Evening star., 1946-07-14
Here Is the Price You Have to Pay for Smashup

against backdrop deaths mounting q
the American traffic tragedy the Nation suffers tremendous annual
addition to the human grief nUoDed At
pestion c. editorial wrer Memphis
erca1 Appeal the complete has been assembled
typical runot road accident Except
tuition OF all facts and figures actual The financial
accounting by National erpeJ
Evening star., 1946-07-14
By William J. Conway
Associated Press Stoff Writer
CHICAGO.
t,f-


CHICAGO
automobile crused along
l ribbon the prairies of Northern Illinois.
Il There six people in the But there for
them in the ample 1yearold. twodoor
them the three
AL the named
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radio. The six Browns didn't hear
it. They were unconscious.
The driver lay with his feet in
the car and his head and shoulders
on the road. The three Browns who
had been in the rear seat were
draped, iackknife dive fashion, over
the back of the front seat. The
front-seat passengers were hunched
beneath them.
A farmer summoned doctor and
two ambulances. One of the victims
died. The others remained in hos
pitfalls for periods ranging from a
couple OF days to four months.
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Atomic Anniversary

% :;
wear of this scientific discovery
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Had $4,000 Debt
And $500 Subscribers

They required him TO read az
least one work by every English
and American writer who had
made the grade in literature. ="
This amounted to 1000 hours of
reading, and when it was completed
he was awarded a degree in jour
nalism by the editor.
The family went TO Colorado
where young Smith became tele-
graph editor of the Pueblo Chieftain.
He became editor of the Denver
Catholic Register in 1919. A busi-
ness manager was the other half
of the staff of two.
A decrepit typewriter, two desks
two chairs. mailing list OF 1900
subscribers and a $4,000 debt were
handed to the 22-year-old editor.
The modern plant today is valued
at 100000 and the staff totals l40.
The young editor entered ST.
Evening star., 1946-07-14
When All the Bills
Were Counted

This much of the story you can
read almost any day under the COM
monplace caption, One Killed, Five
Hurt in Auto SmaShup.' 1t carries
the details of the accident and the
implications of pain and anguish
There is another part of the story
the economic cost-but it can't be
told until the dead have been buried
the injured have recovered, and all
the bills have been paid.
The total cost of this accident was
s99l0.
The Browns, burroWing back
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through their records to the time
of the accident in August, 1888, sup
piled the basic information. and it
was tabulated by Alvan D. Battey.
senior statistician of the National
Safety Council.
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should in a few years have
the kind of personal satisfaction
which few people experience-his
dream boats will become an &C
tuality.
He is 36-year-old Ivan j. WanleS
top naval architect of the Maritime
Commission, who. like all in his pro
fession. has dreamed since schoo.,
days of super-ships with super-line
When he went to work with tt
commission shortly before Pres
dent Roosevelt and other executive
were already beginning to drear
of more practical type Of shi
than usually stalks through a Sc:
lovers reverie.
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Wartime Designers Dream Boats to Become Luxury Liners

tllt llIltIS MI "dllcSS IlOIcS IlSSt.
Indoor and outdoor swimming
pools.
Air conditioning throughout.
Theaters and chapels.
Indirect lighting and divans in
cabins which can be made into beds.
Unlike the average preWar ship,
these vessels will not have Glasses"
Every one will share the same public
rooms and deck space-the price
of passage will vary only in &C
cordance with the degree of luxury
of the stateroom,
Greatest innovation will be their
speed. The long journey to Japan.
for example. will be made via the
northern great circle route in only
eight days time from San Fran
cisco. To do this the big liners will
have to average at least 80 knots
tthe America, our largest ship now.
cannot do much better than 22).
o20-Foot Boats
To Garry l,200
The two for the Pacific service,
considerably larger than those
destined for South America, will be
o20 feet long talmost 200 feet longer
than the America. will carry 1900
passengers, a crew of $50 and will
displace upward of $4,000 tons.
Mr. Wanless and others at the
Maritime Commission are somewhat
hesitant about being too specific
about the ships-and for obvious
reasons.
The British, because of more and
better passenger ships and cheaper
wages for their crews, have put this
country to a disadvantage in oceanic
competition.
These four new vessels-and
others to follow them in the trans
Atlantic service-will be far superior
to anything afioat, 1t is hoped, so
that travellers will gladly pay rates
even higher than on British liners
for the privilege of riding on them.
Young Naval Architect
Came From Michigan
Mr.. Wanless is a rather shy but
intense man who likes to talk about
ships ga. these geared turbine
engines for the new ships, hghtest.
most efficient engines ever 'D
at inexhaustible length, but who
doesn't talk much about himself.
However. his official file says he
was born in Bay City. Mich, and
received his B. S. in naval archi-
lecture and marine engineering in
1890 from the University of Michi-
gan.
The same year he joined the staff
of the New York Shipbuilding Corp
and later worked in the ship
design section of the Navy Depart
ment before joining the Maritime
Commission.
He is rushing continually from
Office to Office in the big, spacious
Department of Commerce Building,
showing executives plans or talking
projected plans with them-and it's
almost impossible to track him down
if you're in hurry to see him.
At home it isn't much better. His
four children keep him pretty well
occupied.
But once In a while. maybe .
couple Of times a year" he admits
little tiredly, II get OF to sea for
q trip"
Evening star., 1946-07-14
By Tom Alden

DENVER
.HE Right Rev Msgr. Mat
thew J. w. Smith is as
quick to spot misplaced
comma as garbled Bib
Evening star., 1946-07-14
By Frank |. Weller
As.eeioted Pres, Staff Writer

Assoclofed PFsss Sfoff WFlfeF
Il: :::;: III; :;;
his fingers and beamed:
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that. In every respect these will
be the safest, most comfortable ships
afoat."
Among the dream" qualities of
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By Arlene Wolf
Associosed Press Stoff Writer

w WITHIN a month, two
\A/ spectacular Jewel thefts
w have come to light that
make noted gem pilfer-
Evening star., 1946-07-14
By A. A. HoehIino

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08
INKSTER
JOTTINGS
BY DORIS ODOM

Inkster High school held It's an
nual Baccalaureate service Sun
day, June 2. at AIS pm. in the
Carver school auditorium. Rev.
w. n Amos was the main speak
er on the program. Other speak
ers were Rev. z. j. Wong, Rev.
E F. Lee and Rev. S. A. Sea.
The seventh grade chorus sang
The World is Waiting for the
Sunrise. and THE Prayer from
Hansel and Gretzel'.
The Paul Laurence Dunbar La
dies Auxiliary closed their popu-
larity Contest Saturday. June /,
at the home OF Mrs. Eddie Mae
Plunkett OF Harrison Rd. Mrs.
Grenell won first prize. a hand
bag made by Mrs. Plunkett As
second prize. Mrs. Mary Roland
won a bottle OF perfume. After
wards refreshments were served
and two games of Bingo we're
played with Mrs. Viola Posey and
Doris Odom as winners.
The community was surprised
10 hear OF the death OF Mrs. An
derson of Walnut St, early Sun
day morning.
The st. AIMS Solidarity Club
of lnkster will sponsor card
party on Friday, June 7 at the
home OF Mrs. Major Foster. nu-
rand court. The general public
is invited to attend.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08
TO HOLD MEET
AT MARYGROVE

The Catholic Interracial Coun-
eli will hold its summer meet
,ng AZ Marygrove College on
sunday June l6. The meeting
vii he featured by series OF
meetings 10 discuss various as
meets ~ the race problem.
The conference will open with
the celebration OF Mass in the
college chapel by the Rev FIR.
Robert McGinn. spiritual direc-
tor n the council A breakfast
meeting in the cafeteria will be
addressed by Rev. Fr, Alvin
Deem. pastor of Our Lady OF
Victory mission.
The council is making prepare
lions for testimonial to work
ers in the race relations field.
The affair is sponsored by Luth-
er c. Keith.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08

THE veterans bonus should lie
paid in Michigan and paid imme-
diately" is the opinion OF Fred
erick Yates, candidate for State
Representative. Democrat. in the
June is election IN his recent
press release.
There should be no lending out
in small loans OF the $4,000 coo
the State of Michigan has set aside
for bonus. II should be a gift.
pure and simple.
Vow is the time 10 pay the
bonus. The treasury is better able
TO stand payment now. II there
is any danger Of initiation because
OF immediate payment, payments
should be scattered over a longer
period OF time with those in sery-
ice longest receiving their check
first and so on down the line until
the entire bonus is paid
ITO the enactment OF laws 10
facilitate the early payment OF the
veterans bonus will be my first
concern Il elected Attorney Yates
stated. This can best be guaran-
teed by going 10 the polls June IS.
choose a Democratic ballot and
mark an Y after No. 325-Fred-
erick Yates he added.