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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20
BY BILL CARR

II MBOLDENED by the
T. blow suffered by anti
fascist forces as a result of the
Superior Court ecision
against the Sentinel, liberal
Jewish weekly published here,
the men who hate democracy
have opened up on all prog
ressives.
The $500. 900 law suits filed
by Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling and
by Stephen Nenoff. another of
her ilk. against
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20

| QW dy.
AS Chicago progressives rang
doorbells and button-holed Christ
mas shoppers in order to make
the most of the short time re-
manning, the drive spread out to
embrace downstate mining, farm
ing, and industrial centers.
Downstate lea ders, forming
themselves into the illinois Citi-
zens for Wallace" laid plans for
gathering signatures in the Pc
oria, Springfield, East st. Louis,
Champaign Urbana, qand @ uad
City Brock Island) areas and IN
Macoupin and Montgomery coun-
ties.
They met at Springfield at the
call of George r. Cermak, chair
man of the Cook County central
committee of the Progressive
Party, which last week launched
the petition drive in the Chicago
area.
y = -.
CERMAK said that q, 1000 petit
tons are in circulation. They
must be returned to Progressive
Party headquarters here by Dec.
%.
The Springfield meeting sent
Wallace a letter, similar to one
dispatched to him earlier by the
Progressives here, asking him to
declare his candidacy and assur-
ing him of increasing support in
Illinois. They made no suggestion
as to the form of the Wallace
candidacy.
Reporting on the meeting, Ger
MAX declared:
"The committee found little
room for choice at the present
time between the two major par
ties. We believe that the people
of the United States have the
right to an alternative from the
present bipartisan reaction in
Washington. We believe further
that the Wallace program and
policies for peace and security
provide that alternative"
MEANWHILE meeting of 3rd
ward leaders in Chicago was told
by Earl B. Dickerson, acting ward
committeeman for the Progress
sives:
"The times we live in demand
a progressive party of the people.
Disillusionment with the old par
ties is growing, and it is vital that
the people have an alternative
through which to express their
protests"
Roy Thompson, chief steward
of the Armour local, United Pack
inghouse Workers of America
(CIO), stressed the significance of
Wallace's recent speaking tour
through the South, pointing out
that his stand against discrimina-
ton and segregation had met with
with tremendous response"
Richard r. Nocfhrookc .,Uas
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20


sary to take a look at the rec
ords of the four men who were
awarded $24,10 in damages
against the Sentinel.
THESE MEN - Lawrence
Dennis, Joe M C w I'LL a m S,
George Deatherage, and Parker
Sage-are old friends. They've
been working together for the
same cause for many years.
All of them were defendants
in the mass sedition trial held
in Washington in 1914. That
trial ended following the death
of the presiding judge.
What sort of America are
these men working for?
Let their records answer that
question.
LAWRENCE DENNIS, au-
thor of "The Coming American
Fascism," in 1896 made
grand tour of Europe, where
he was regally entertained by
Mussolini's Fascist and Hit
ler's Nazis.
The Italian foreign office,
then directed by Mussolini's
son-in-law, Count Ciano, plac-
ed an official car at Dennis
disposal because he was IAN
important American fascist"
the New York newspaper PM
later reported.
Dennis had an hour-long talk
with II Duce and then enjoyed
dinner with Count Ignazio Ia
hon de Revel, secretary of the
Fascist Party Abroad.
GERMAN fascists were just
as pleased to meet Lawrence
Dennis, who with Harold Lord
Varney founded the American
Fascist Party.
DIR. K. o. Bertling of the
Nazi strategy center for the
US, Amerika-Institut, had
lunch with Dennis. Afterwards
Bertling sent a letter to his
agent in the US, Manfred
Zapp, instructing him to see
Dennis and adding:
"All you have to do is to
contact him on the telephone
and mention that ] am sending
regards"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20
Ryun's Xn1us
gift: rent hike

With Michael Mann. regional CIO director. the
only dissenting member. the Chicago Rent Advisory
Board voted this week to stand by its gums for a
is per cent rent increase for tenants whose rents
were raised July l.
John Joseph Ryan. Governor Green's hand
picked board chairman. said the board would send
Tighe E.. Woods. federal housing expedition. regis
tered letter asking him what data is needed back
up its Recommendation. Ryan said Woods had NOT
replied to previous letter.
Mann failed the board for It's vote. and for
secrecy" of the meetings. with press and public
barred.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20
These are The victors
in The Sentinel Case

CONTEMPT for the people
and admiration for government
run by the "elite" has been
openly expressed by Dennis,
who once declared:
II do not believe in democ-
racy or the intelligence of the
masses"
That became apparent when
some of his correspondence
was published a few years ago.
There were letters from Death
erage; from Ralph Townsend,
who was jailed during the war
for failing to register as a Sc
cret Japanese agent; and from
Gen. Van Horn Moseley, who
was selected to lead an abor-
tive march on Washington,
similar to Mussolini's march on
Rome, in the 1930s.
In the files of Friedrich Au-
hagen, later jailed as a Nazi
agent, was note:
Had lunch with LID; paid
him $50 on account"
1T WAS natural that Dennis
should correspond with George
E. Deatherage, h e a d of the
knights of the White Camellia
and the American Nationalist
Confederation. They shared
the same anti-democratic be-
liefs.
Deatheraee, whose news bull
letin carried a swastika and
the description, official organ
of the Fascist Party in Amer
icca," was on record as an ad-
mirer of fascism:
constitutional fasci m,
briefly, is nothing more or less
than an exalted patriotism
talias nationalism Fascism
is based on the principle of
America for Americans.
GAS it (the swastikO brought
Germany out of the depths of
despair, so it will bring us
The issues will be fought out
in the streets"
WHEN the war came, Death
erage worked in an Army ord
nance plant and a naval base,
but was dismissed on orders
from the government.
Wartime regulations put
crimp into his North and South
American Fascist Union, and
he was no longer able to Sc
cure for distribution here cop
les of Hitler's speeches.
But with the war over, he
again took the offensive-and
his old pals were still working
with him for what Deatherage
had called "a practical and
constructive plan Of govern
ment-the fascist state"
JOE McWILLIAMS was one
of the boys. As head of the
American Destiny Party, he
was ready with blueprint for
America:
I'D run this country like a
factory. I would appoint all
the key men and have absolute
control. There will be no Opin-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20


The hic a g o
Star are part of
that reactionarY
offensive TO 81
lence all anti
fascist voices.
To understand
the significance
of the decision in
t h e S e n t n e |
1a-4 - - ~1aAc
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20

ion but the American Destiny
Party opinion. This nonsense
about democracy and equality
Is through when I'm in power. ;,
Handsome Joe McWilliams,
the guy with the red, white,
and blue tie, isn't in power
yet. But the decision in the
Sentinel case makes the pre-
diction he voiced during the
trial more alarming:
81 still believe political
change is coming to America
that might change the social
picture considerably.
Prospects are very bright
that in three or four years
people of my viewpoint will
be very prominent in national
affairs, and I might even be
postmaster-ge general"
i
SHORTLY after organizing
the Christian Mobilizers, which
he himself called his "collec-
ton of strong-arm men," Nc
Williams made plain his hos
tility to democracy:
This is another revolution
la revolution for a national
list America &. It's revolu-
ton against the Jew first, then
against democracy, then
against the Republican and
Democratic parties We are
going to drive them both out
and we are going to run this
country with an iron hand, the
way Hitler runs Germany. -"
COMPARED to Dennis,
Deatherage, and McWilliams,
E. J. Parker Sage is small po-
tatoes- but he's caused a lot
of damage.
Head of Detroit's National
Workers League, which in
Guided many former members
in the Black Legion, Sage is
fanatically hostile to trade un-
ions, the New Deal, democracy,
the Negro people, and the
Jews.
In 1912 he was arrested on
suspicion that the anti-Negro
rioting at the Sojourner Truth
war housing project, in which
scores were injured, was his
handiwork.
LONG a pal Of Gerald L. X.
Smith, Sage was also >associ-
ated with Max Stephen, who
was sentenced to death for al
legedly helping a German flier
escape from Canada, where he
had been held in a prisoner of
war camp.
These are the stories of four
men who were awarded dam
ages against the Sentinel. Their
stories = and the example of
the Sentinel caseLsharpen the
point of a comment made years
ago by Hitler's propaganda
chief, Joseph Goebbels:
ut will always remain the
best joke made by the demo-
cratic system that it provided
its deadly enemies with the
means of destroying it,"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20

elected ward committeeman, John
Hackney, president, Mrs. Edmo-
mia Ewanson, executive secretary,
and Mrs. Lonnie Cooper, record
ing secretary.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20
Speed drive for
Wallace druft

The campaign to get 100000 signatures petitions
urging Henry Wallace for President in 1913
speeded this week the Dec % deadlne doomed week
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Evening star., 1947-02-20
Requiem Mass Saturday
For Mrs. Thomas Foley

Funeral services will be held Sat-
urday for Mrs. Elizabeth C. Foley,
rs, lifelong resident of Washing
ton who died Tuesday at her home,
1922 Eighth street NE.
A requiem mass will be said at
9 am. at the Holy Name Church,
Eleventh and K streets NE, with
the Rev. James Caulfeld officiating.
The mass will be preceded by serv-
ices at $3.50 am. at Mrs. Foley's
home. Burial will be in Mount Oil
vet Cemetery.
A native of Ireland. Mrs. Foley
was brought to Washington by her
parents when she was less than a
year old. She was the widow of
Thomas F. Foley, sr., a plumbing
contractor.
Surviving are four daughters and
three sons. They are Mrs. Cath
crime C.. Blackwell, 1149 Neal street
NE: Mrs. Elizabeth A. Wilcox, 42l9
Thirteenth street NE; Mrs. Marie
Kheun, Woodmoor, Md; Mrs. Mar
garet Haislip of the Eight street ad-
dress; John j. Foley, Seat Pleasant,
Md; Joseph j. Foley, 1109 Holbrook
terrace NE, and Thomas F. Foley,
jr., 1914 Staples street NE. Also
surviving are Is grandchildren and
3 great at-erandchildren,
Evening star., 1947-02-20
Ernest KnaebeI Dies;
Retired Court Aide

Ernest Knaebel, IA, retired official
reporter of the Supreme Court, died
yesterday at the home of his sister,
in-law, Miss Caroline Park, in West
Boxford, Mass. according to the AS
sociated Press.
Mr.. Knaebel, native of Manhas-
set, Long Island, N. Y, lived at 3707
Morrison street NV, until he went
to West Bedford last summer. He
had retired because of poor health
from the Supreme Court in Decem-
ber, 1874, after serving the court for
27 years.
He served as special assistant
to the Attorney General from 1907
to 1908, then organized the Public
Lands Division of the Justice De-
partment in 1909. He was in charge
of the division until 1916, conduct
ing many land fraud prosecutions.
His duties in the Supreme Court
included the editing of 80 volumes
of the "U. S. Reports" bound, Off
cial reports of the tribunals deci-
sions.
Mr.. Knaebel was a member OF
the American Bar Association, the
Cosmos Club and Yale Club and
served on the Board of Governors
of the Washington Lawyers Club:
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Cornelia Park Knaebel, who is
seriously ill in West Boxford; two
sons, Charles P. Knaebel of Montana
and John B. Knaebel, who now is
in South America, and a daughter,
Mrs. Katharine K. Bowen, Hanover,
N. H. Funeral services will be held
in Boston.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
Action on Radio Tower
In ChiIIum Heights Delayed

The Commissioners deferred &C
ton today on the petition of Richard
Eaton, 1900 Ti1den street NV, for
permission to erect a 310-foot radio
tower in the Chillum Heights area
at Riggs road and First place NE.
The action was taken at Mr..
Eaton's request to give the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission time to consider the pro-
posal. He said the planning group
is scheduled to take it up tomorrow.
Mr. Eaton, radio commentator,
has asked the Commissioners to
waive a zoning law limiting the
height of any structure in the area
to 80 feet. The tower, he explained,
would serve WOOK, new 1000
watt radio station here. He said
permission to operate the station has
been granted by the Federal Com
munications Commission.
Protests against erection of the
tower have been lodged by at least
four citizens groups, including the
Chillum Heights Citizens Associa-
ton
Evening star., 1947-02-20
Mrs. Margaret A. Dampier
Rites TO Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret
A. Dampier, 90, who died Tuesday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Grace Dampier Wade, 5822 Third
street NV, will be held at pm.
tomorrow at the Hines funeral
home, 2901 Fourteenth street NV.
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Mrs. Dampier, a native of North
field, Mimi, was a resident here for
As years. She was the widow of
Arthur w. Dampier, Census Bureau
employe for 80 years. She was q
charter member and past matron of
the Sheba Chapter of the Order of
the Eastern Star.
Surviving, besides her daughter,
Mrs. Wade, are four sons. Scott r.
and Charles H, both of Washington,
Adelbert A. and Karle E. Dampier,
both of Silver Spring, Md; another
daughter, Mrs. Kathryn D. White,
of Philadelphia; five grandchildren,
and four great-grandchildren.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
Mrs. Russell J. Funk Dies
After Illness Of 8 Months

Mrs. Helen S. Funk, 81, died yes
terday at her home, 1851 Jenifer
street NV, after an illness of eight
months.
Mrs. Funk, native of Washing
ton, attended the Thomson School
and was a graduate of Roosevelt
High School, then known as Busi-
ness High School. She worked as a
secretary before her marriage.
Surviving Mrs. Funk are her hus-
ban, Russell J. Funk; three children,
Patricia. Robert and 10 Anne, and
her mother. Mrs. Beatrice L. Myers,
all of the Jenifer street address.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. tomorrow at the Chambers fu-
neral home, Thirty-first and M
streets NV. The Rev. Howard S.
Anderson, pastor of the First Con-
gregational Church, of which Mrs
Funk was a member, will officiate.
Burial will be in Union Cemetery,
Leesburg, Va.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
French Constellation Flies
500 Miles on Two Engines
By the Associoted Press

PARIS, Feb. 20.-An Air France
Constellation that made a safe
emergency landing with II passen-
gers aboard was reported reliably
today to have flown nearly 500 miles
with only two of its four engines
functioning.
The big liner, bound from New
York to Paris, got in trouble soon
after leaving the Azores late yes
terday, dropped part of its cargo in
the Atlantic for lightness and
headed for North Africa, closer than
it's destination. 1t came down at
Casahlanca at 8:21 pm. 1921 pm,
EST, with a Maj. Lechevalier at
the controls.
An Air France official who re-
fused to be identified said that the
propeller of one engine had come
off and damaged the adjoining en-
gine and that the plane had gone
on flying for three and half hours
on only two engines.
The company public relations Of
flee would confirm only that two
engines had failed. Members of the
operations staff at Orly Field said
they were under orders not to dis
cuss the flight. Air France head
quarters professed ignorance of the
details. A company communique
last night said only one engine was
damaged.
The passengers of the grounded
plane are expected at Orly Field to-
night on the lines regular Dakar-
CaSablanca-Paris flight.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
Mrs. Marie H. Thomas
Funeral Rites Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Marie
H. Thomas, So, one of the first
colored members of the Women'a
Bureau of the Police Department,
who died Tuesday at her home, 1129
Columbia road NV, will be held
at 1:30 pm. tomorrow at the Cal
vary Episcopal Church, Eleventh
and G streets NE. Burial will be
in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
Mrs. Thomas, a native of Wash
ington, was a member Of the
Women's Bureau for % years. Her
work consisted chiefly of investiga-
tions of women and children. She
retired in June, 1916. A graduate
of Miner Teachers College, she
taught in District public schools
three years before entering the
force.
Surviving are her husband, DR..
Raymond B. Thomas:f son, DR..
Raymond B. Thomas, jr.; her
mother, Mrs. Jennie D. Hurd, and
a sister, Mrs. M E. Dorsey.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
William L. Snow Rites
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for William L.
Snow, 50, of 226 Randolph place
NE, who died Tuesday at his home,
will be held there at pm. to-
morrow. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
MI. Snow was a native of Des
Moines. Iowa, and lived in Caroline
County, Va, before coming to Wash
ington So years ago. He was en-
ployed by the Capital Transit Co.
for 90 years as an operator of the
horsecars and later a streetcar
motorman. He retired in 1929
He was the oldest active member
of the Third Christian Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Anna C. Snow; two daughters, Mrs.
Bessie L. Engel and Mrs. Isabel
Ladd; two sons, Guy M. and William
w. Snow; seven grandchildren and
10 great-grandchildren, all of
Washington.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
Fathers and Sons Solve
Problems in PTA Panel

A -to-man talk between IA
theirs and sons at Gordon Junior
High School last night may have
some good results for all concerned
Sponsored by the Parent Teacher
Association, the forum panel of five
sons and five fathers came up with
these conclusions:
Sons conceded they should help
with the housework. study lessons
each night and go to bed early
Fathers agreed that car-Washing
should be paid for and that jiye
session at home should be tolerated
on occasion.
Students on the panel were John
Scoville, Jack Gill. John Miller
Charles Popenol and Jim Kendrick
The fathers were r. L. McCloud
w. H. Gill, r. L. Thompson, l.. F
Ribnitzki and Irving Stultz.
The panel agreed the best way to
combat delinquency IS for parents
to get together more often with their
offspring and lead them in family
social activities.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
Rites Scheduled Tomorrow
For Mrs. Henry SneIIinqs

Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow for Mrs. Florence
c. Snellings, 81, lifelong resident
of Washington who died Tuesday
at her home, 345 Tennessee avenue
NE.
The Rev. j. Lloyd Black of the
Ninth Street Christian Church will
ofciate at the services at the Mat
tingly funeral home, 131 Eleventh
street Sc. Burial will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, Henry
Y. Snellings, a retired Navy Yard
machinist; a daughter, Mrs. Flor
ence G. Garner, 1914 sherwood
street Ne, and a sister, Mrs. Jennie
c. Hooks, 316 Farragut street NV.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
HIT Mrntnrtaltt

BROWN, BERNICE v. A tribute Of love
and devotion TO the memory of my dear
husband, BERNICE " BROWN, who en-
tered into eternal rest two years ago today,
~ ~ HIS WIFE, MABELLE. I.
CARDIFF, RUTH ETHEL. IN loving
memory Of our darling sister RUTH
February 20, 1947. who departed from
Our family circle is now broken.
A voice we loved is stilled;
A place is vacant in cur midst
Which never can be filled.
Gone is the face we loved SO dear.
Silent the voice we loved to near;
'Tis sad but true, We wonder why,
The best are always the first to de-
We, who loved you, miss you sadly,
As there dawnS another year;
In our lonely hours of misery
Thoughts of you are ever near.
rTis sweet to know we shall meet again.
Where parting is no more,
And that the one We loved so dearly
Has only gone before.
DEVOTED CARDIFF FAMILY, PARENTS
BROTHERS, SISTERS.
DANIELS, HENRY J. In loving remem-
brance of our husband and father. HENRY
! DANIELS, who departed this life two
years ago today, February 20 l945.
Just loving thought,
Just silent tear;
lust a beautiful memory
OF the one we loved SO dear.
God called you home, 1t was His WILL
But in our hearts we love you STILL
Your memory is as fresh today
As in the houre you passed away. .
LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
Palmer Christian Dies;
Widely Known Orgonist
BY The Assoeioted Press

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Feb. 90
Palmer Christian, 81, University of
Michigan organist and widely known
in Midwest musical circles, died of
heart disease at his home here last
night.
Mr.. Christian had been with the
university since 1924 and was pro-
fessor of organ in the school of mu-
sic. A native of Kankakee, ILL.,, he
received his advanced musical train
ing at the American Conservatory
in Chicago and In Paris and Leipzig.
He had made guest appearances
with several of the country's lead
ing symphony orchestras.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
IKniahts TempIor Officer Dies

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 20 (R).-
Adrian Hamersley, 10, grand re-
corder of the Grand Encampment
of Knights Templar of the United
States for the last "a years, died
yesterday in his Office here.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
Cattle Bill Approved

The House Rules Committee yes
terday approval bill authorizing
the Agriculture Department to work
with the Mexican government in
curbing a foot-and-mouth disease
outbreak in that country.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
Darn nf Thanks

PENNER, MARY JoRDoN. The family
of the late MARY JORDON PENNER ex-
press their deep appreciation to. Rev. Bur
rell, tents, organizations and friends Tor
their kindness. flowers, cards and sympathy
during their recent bereavement.
ROBERT II. PENNER, SON.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
John G. Sumter Dies

r. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20 (P.-
John Calvert Sumter, SO, treasurer
of the Board of Christian Education
of the Presbyterian Church in the
U. S. A. for is years, died Tuesday
in Graduate Hospital. He was a
native Of Manchester. England.
Evening star., 1947-02-20

New York consulting Industrial en-
gineer and brother Of DR.. Israel
Weinstein, New York health COM
died yesterday.
Evening star., 1947-02-20
Alexander Weinstein Dies

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 (R.-
Alexander Weinstein, SIS, former