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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
Pedestrian Hit by Car;
Driver and Companion
Hurt in Bridge Crash

Willie Jordan, so. Of ill2 c street
Sc, struck last night by an auto
mobile as he walked across Penn.
sylvania avenue near Twelfth street
Sc, was reported in Satisfactory"
condition today at Casualty Hos
pital.
Police said Mr.. Jordan suffered
a fractured pelvis and shock when
struck by car driven by Alfred
Dove, 10, Of Monroe Hall, Va. Dove
was charged with speeding.
Miss Virginia Chopin, 20, of 25o1
@ street NV. was injured, police
said, when thrown from the car
in which she was riding when 1t
overturned at the Washington end
Of Chain Bridge early today.
Berkeley L. Simmons, IT., 30, OF
1888 woodland drive NV. driver Of
the car. also was treated for a cut
lip and released. Miss Chopin was
treated at Emergency Hospital.
Police said Mr.. Simmons was dry
ing north on Canal road at about
l:20 am. when. attempting to turn
on to Chain Bridge, his machine
continued across the road, hit
rock. bounced up on a bank, struck
tree and pole and overturned.
Children's Hospital reported that
Elsie Peacock. 8, of IS Fowlers Hill
NV, who was struck by a Cabin
John streetcar near her home Mon
day. was recovering from head in
juries.
The girl was on her way home
with some schoolmates from the
Hardy School. Foxhall road and
Volta place NV. when the accident
occurred. The side of the streetcar
struck her as she was walking along
the tracks, according to police First
reports of the accident had stated
enormously that the girl was accom-
panied by her mother
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
brouinette AWAITING
Sentence in Murder
OF Woman in Cabin
By Jerry o'Leory Jr.
Stor Stoff Coyrsspoodenf

LEoNARDTowN, Md. Sept. "a
Seaman l/c Joseph Daniel Brouil-
lette, %, today will be sentenced to
serve from 5 to 1s years in prison
FOR the second degree murder of Mrs.
Julia Katona. wife of naval officer,
after he was found guilty late last
night.
The broad-shouldered sailor from
Manchester, N. H., did not change
expression when the St. Marys
County Circuit Court jury returned
after two hours of elaboration. He
rose to his feet when the jury filed
back into the chilly courtroom at
l1:10 o'clock last night and stood at
attention in his white Navy uniform.
Seaman Brouillette shook hands
with his friends after the verdict
was read, but his mother, Mrs. Jules
Brouillette, who earlier had testified
that he was model son. burst into
tears. The defendants frail, blond
wife of five months, however. moved
quickly to her husbands side and
squeezed his hand.
Brouillette Testifies.
1t. Frank Katona, husband of the
slain woman, was one of the first Of
the several hundred spectators to
leave. His face betrayed no emotion
at the jurys decision as he quickly
threaded his way through the
crowds packing the corridors.
The jury went out at s:10 pm
after Brouillette took the stand for
two hours to tell how he and the
35-year-old Navy wife-mother of
twins-had been left alone after an
impromptu penny-ante poker game
at the Katona's Tall Timbers Md
home on the night OF July %.
Defense Attorney Paul j. Bailey
based his plea for Brouillette's life
on the fact that the war veteran
admittedly was very drunk" when
he and Mrs. Katona walked alone
to Bachelors Haven. cabin near
the Katona home, after the poker
party broke up.
Brouillette declared on the wit
neess stand that Mrs. Katona had
lied me on" .both at the poker
party she organized and later. when
the four other guests had departed.
Brouillette's testimony indicated he
had been drinking all day and had
climaxed his drinking when he and
Mrs. Katona consumed II bottles
Of beer some time after midnight.
No Denial Of Beating.
State Senator Bailey said Brouil-
lette's drunkenness precluded any
chance of generalization or malice.
At no time did the defendant deny
beating Mrs. Katona, but Breuillette
likewise never admitted killing her.
Mrs. Katona had not been GRIM
inally assaulted, the autopsy re-
vealed. The defendant testified
that after the pair reached the
cabin and Mrs. Katona resisted his
advances, she began to struggle
land I believe I hit her several
times" He denied choking her. He
said he was very drunk"
The defendant said he did not
learn that Mrs. Katona was dead
until naval authorities picked him
up at his barracks the next eve
ming.
Chief Judge William M. Loker
and Associate Judges John B. Gray,
jr., and Charles G. Marbury listened
intently as a parade Of Navy men
took the stand to tell of Seaman
Brouillette's good character" The
sailors characterized him as "a good
shipmate and the kind of fellow we
liked to have around" ,.-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
U. 5. Zone Reports Conflict
On Missing Premier
BY the Associoted Press

FRANKFURT, Sept. 24.-Mystery
surrounding the whereabouts OF DR..
Rudolf Paul, missing Premier of
the state Of Thuringia in the Soviet
zone Of Germany, was deepened TO-
day by conflicting American state
ments on reports that he had turned
up in the American zone.
One high American source, who
refused to be identified by name.
said last night that there was mo
question that Paul is here in the
American zone and is being held
by certain American authorities"
This informant added that Paul.
who disappeared from the Soviet
zone September l with his wife and
an interpreter, was in custody in
the Frankfurt area.
Army intelligence authorities,
however, denied that the missing
Premier was being held by Amer
lean forces
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
Man Granted Mental Test
After Charge Of MoIestinq

V A request for a mental exan1ina
ton was granted man charged to-
day with simple assault in molest-
ing an 8-year-old girl and with dis
orderly conduct in alledgedly using
obscene language in a later tele-
phone conversation with the child s
mother.
s Judge George Nelson ordered the
report on John A. Antonelli, %, OF
the 800 block of Forty-ninth avenue,
Capitol Heights. after Prosecutor
Andrew J. Howard told the court
the man has a previous record OF
similar offenses. On Antoneln's re-
quest the Judge set October "a as
the date of trial in Municipal Court.
The defendant was arrested yes
terday on warrant charging the
offenses took place August ~. De-
tective Sergt Francis Burgess Of
the sex squad charged that Anto-
nelli, window shade worker. used
obscene and abusive language and
described himself as a police cap
tain when the girls mother phoned
him.
The defendants record shows a
conviction in Maryland three years
ago and in the District about a
year ago on similar charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
Press Liaison Officers
OF Services Named in
Unification Setup

The first tangible evidence of
armed force unification under the
National Security Act came yester-
day with the announcement of as
signments by Defense Secretary
Forrestal for three press liaison off,
GERS representing each branch Of the
armed services.
The Navy captain and Army and
Air Force colonies will coordinate
the public relations activities of
three services, serve as liaison off,
GERS between the Defense Secretary
and the three departments, and as
sist and advise the Defense Secre-
tary in matters relating to the press,
radio, newsreel and other news
media
Assigned to the new posts are:
Capt. E. John Long, USNR, a
native Of McKeesport, Pa, whose
home address is ST. Petersburg, Fla.
He lives in the Cosmos Club in
Washington. Capt. Long graduated
from Columbia University and at
tended oxford University and the
Naval Academy He is a former di-
rector. of the Navy public relations
pictorial section and assistant
curator of the Museum at Annapolis.
He has been a member of the edi-
torial staff of the National Geo.
graphic Magazine here.
Col. John L. Chamberlain, jr.,
USA, a native of San Francisco,
whose home address is 1913 M street
NV. A West Point graduate In 1925,
Col. Chamberlain served with the
Seventh Army, Sixth Army Group
and Headquarters, United States
Forces. European Theater In World
War II. Later he was attached to
the First Army He was chief of the
news branch. War Department In
formation Division from June, 1916,
until this assignment.
Col. Joseph c. Reddoch. jr. USAF.
a native of Luverne, Ala, lives at
1882 Sixteenth street NV. A grad
uate of West Point in 1888, Col
Reddoch commanded the Fifth
Bombardment Group in the Pacific
during the war The group often
was described as one Of the out
standing heavy bomber groups spe-
cializing in long-range missions. He
has been civil liaison oficer and
chief OF the plans and policy divi-
sion Of the AAF information ONCE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
New Housing Council
To Meet Here Today
BY the Associated Press

bp iNe HsSoSfoFeu FTeN
officials of the new National Hous-
ing Council meet for the first time
today to discuss ways to relieve
the housing shortage.
The council is a part of the Federal
Housing and Home Finance agency
set up by President Truman in a
reorganization plan approved by the
last Congress.
1t Is headed by Raymond NJ
Foley, agency administrator, and
includes representatives of the
principal housing bureaus and of the
Secretary of Agriculture. the Vet
Grams Administrator and the Recon-
struction Finance Corp.
Mr.. Foley said one of the principal
aims of the council will be to help
industry bring down building costs
although the group has no power
to force them down.
The cost Of producing housing
remains a number one problem he
said. 1T is necessary that overall
costs be reduced as related to the
ability Of the mass of the people to
pay."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
Mosher Who Ran Down
Victims Convicted
BY the Asseeiafed Pres,

NEW YORK, Sept. pa 26-year-
old mechanic. accused of twice
knocking down women with his
automobile, offering to drive them
to hospitals and then attacking
them, was convicted late yesterday
of KIDNAPPING. rape and assault.
A Queens County court jury de-
liberated an hour and 40 minutes
before returning the verdict against
Adolph Kulikauskas. a Navy vet
eran. Sentence will be pronounced
October Is The minimum sentence
is 1913 years.
Kulikauskas testified the first
woman did not resist his advances
He testified that at the time of the
second alleged attack, four days
later, he was home with his wife
Bertha. She corroborated his testi-
nony. They have a 3-year-old son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
Nistreating Refugees Gets
Germans Term in DIP Camp
BY the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Sept. 24.-Members
of a German family convicted OF
mistreating refugees billeted In
their home have been sentenced by
a German official to spend four
weeks in refugee camp, the United
States Army newspaper Stars and
Stripes reported today.
The unusual punishment was
melted by Willy Bettinger. state ref
ugee commissioner for Wuerttem-
berg Baden. to Wilhelm Rapp, a
baker, and his wife and two daugh-
tiers.
They will now have the oppor
tunity to experience the life of the
refugee at first hand" commented
Bettinger His sentence was ap-
proved by American Military Gov.
eminent,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
Gen. Ira Eaker Gets Job
With Hughes; Seeks Home


HOUSTON, Tex. Sept. Alt.
Gen. Ira G. Eaker. who recently re-
tired as deputy commanding general
Of the Air Forces. was ready to 60
house hunting here today.
The veteran of 80 years in the
Army yesterday became a vice presi-
dent of the Hughes Tool Co.. origi-
nal unit Of the widespread holdings
of Howard Hughes, aircraft manu-
facturer and Hollywood producer.
We've been looking for good men
and when we learned the general
was retiring, we Immediately con-
tacted him." Noah Dietrich, execu-
tive vice president of the company
said yesterday after a conference
with Gen. Eaker.
1t will be Gen. Eaker's first civil
ian job. He began his Army career
at the age of 20. He will serve al
Mr.. Dietrich's assistant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
Weather Unit Heads
Get Proposals for
World Convention

-Four drafts Of a proposed world
weather convention today were
placed before the conference of d.
rectors of the International Weathe,
Organization meeting at the State
Department.
One was drawn "p By the inter
national secre1arlat iii Paris wa'.e
others were submitted by the United
States, Great Britain and Canada
These will be considered in execu-
tive sessions and it is likely that
composite document will be
adop;ed.
Each Of the delegates has come
to Washington With plenlpntantiary
powers to sign the convention fol-
his government.
The objective. it was pointed Out
in the report of Sir Nelson johnson
British delegate and president of the
international organization, is tc
place exchange of weather informa-
ton between countries on a more
stable basis. For the last 10 years
there has been only a voluntary ar
rangement negotiated by the heads
Of the various weather services.
Among the proposals being consid-
cred is afiiliation of the 1nternationa,
Weather Organization with the
United Nations. Since some of the
nations in the weather organizat ior
most notably Spain-are not mem.
bers Of the United Nations, this pro.
posed affiliation may be difficult tt
achieve.
Approximately 500 resolutions
mostly dealing with technical ques.
tons of nomenclature and standard.
lied techniques, have been presented
to the conference They now are
being discussed In subcommittee
meetings.
The delegates were guests of Gar.
rison Norton. Assistant Secretary o,
State, at reception. at Blair HOUSE
| last NIGHT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
|ForrestaI .Shuns Role
OF 'Czar,' Stresses
Department Autonom,
By John A. Giles

The Departments of the Army,
Navy and Air Force will remain as
autonomous as possible under the
gradual program OF unification,
Defense Secretary Forrestal said
yesterday.
Under questioning at his first
press conference, Mr.. Forrestal re-
fused repeatedly to be led into a
statement that he would be Gear"
of the armed forces, issuing edicts
and rules.
There can always be improve
ment. Of course" he said, but l
regard the three organizations as
exceptionally well run. They could
not have won the war otherwise.
My conception of my job = is
that I should not get into detail
organization, I will do business with
people and not by paper"
Silent on Powers.
Asked II he had the authority
to override the decisions of the
individual departments. Mr.. For
restal said that would depend on
specific questions and that he
would rather meet those issues
when they arise"
I'VE have a team working for a
common end" he said.
The unif1cation process will take
many months and maybe years"
the Secretary said, adding that he
hoped to disappear as quickly as
possible from the public eye" to de-
vote his full time to this work.
I regard the preservation of in
tegrity Of the services as most i'm
portant," he said. The services will
continue to act as their own spokes-
men, he added.
Il expect no difficulty with my as
sociates and I might add that re-
gard them as my associates and not
my subordinates,' he said, in re-
ferring to Army Secretary Royal,
Navy Secretary Sullivan and Air
Force Secretary Symington.
Hopes to Achieve Economies.
He could offer nothing but the
general and pious hope that we can
achieve economies and become more
eficient," adding that If he had any
definite ideas on economies he would
be foolish" to define them at this
time.
Asked about the establishment of
joint Army and Navy hospitals, ad-
vanced by proponents of unification
as method of huge savings to the
taxpayer, Mr.. Forrestal said he ex-
poets to get the facts and merge
activities-medical, airplane, ETC.
wherever practical" as long as it
does not dilute the quality of the
service"
Specifically Mr.. Forrestal said
that:
The question of moving the Navy's
high command from Constitution
avenue to the Pentagon is under
study, but no decision has been
made. He added that he regarded
bringing the services close together
as a move toward greater efficiency.
The Army and Air Force already
are In the Pentagon.
U. s. Command Studied.
A proposal that the armed forces
return to the prewar practice OF
allowing personnel to work in civil
ian clothes has been under study. He
added, however, there is the very
important question" of whether they
can AFFORD to buy civilian clothes at
present-day prices.
The question of unified command
for the United States is under study
The departmental budgets will be
much the same as they were this
year, since there have been little
time for separation of the Army and
Air Force appropria lions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
Two Policemen RESIGN
In Montgomery County

The Montgomery County commits
sioners yesterday accepted the resig-
nations Of two policemen. John W.
Cole, desk clerk at the Silver
Spring station, and Pvt. Edward F.
Hid of the Bethesda station.
The commissioners also accepted
the resignation of Claude w Hunter
an associate engineer in the county
engineers office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
One Of Two Civilians Hurt
In Lakewood Blast Dies
BY the Asseeioted Press

lockwood, Md, Sept. "a
One of two civilian employees in
iured yesterday in an explosion at
the Army's chemical center died
five hours later.
He was Lester H. Blevins OF OAR
lington. Md. The public relations
officer at the center said he died
of shock and burns. Philip G.
Luongo of Edgewood was reported
in favorable condition at the sta
ton hospital He also suffered
shock and burns.
The explosion was in chemical
center plant where materials are
mixed for colored smoke bombs. A
board OF inquiry Is seeking the
cause of the accident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24

March of 1916 he was appointed
law clerk to Chief Justice Laws
and has served with him since that
time.
Mr.. Reifsnyder is a graduate OF
the George Washington University
Law School. He Is a past president
Of the George Washington chapters
of the Phi Delta Phi legal fra
ternity and Sigma NJ fraternity
and was a member OF the George
Washington University Law Re-
view. He is bachelor and lives at
2l38 Wyoming avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
Red Strike in Trieste
Only Partly Successful
As $4,000 Leave Jobs
BY the Associoted Press


TRIESTE, Free Territory, Sept.
24.-Some 10000 workers left
their jobs today in response to a
general strike" order issued by
the Communication Sin
dicati Unici Union in protest
against Allied military govern
ment suspensions of six of it's
members.
The strike appeared only partly
successful Half of the stores were
open and half of the streetcars
were in operation, protected by arm
ed Venezia Giulia civil policemen.
The Allied military government,
which declared the strike order last
night to be "the first Communist at
tempt to hamper the essential life
of Trieste" arrested nine union
members at 3 am. on charges of
assaulting and intimidating workers
who refused to strike.
Will Face AMG Court.
The accused will be arraigned be-
fore an AMG court. They included
Andrea Turcovic, president of fac
tory committee at the San Marco
shipyards, and Giglio di Patriotic,
secretary of the same committee.
The charges grew out of alleged
beating of members of the moderate
Camera del Lavoro union who re-
fused to participate in strike
called to protest the nachine-gun
killing of an 11-year-old girl in Slav-
Italian rioting at the birth Of the
free territory.
The beatings originally led 70
AMG suspension of the six Sinda-
cati Unici members, which resulted
in yesterdays general strike order.
AMG police yesterday arrested 10
persons after a bomb was thrown at
a trolley car. injuring a passenger,
and took into custody another II
persons accused of intimidating
workers who wanted to 60 to their
jobs.
Strike Is Political.
Renato Rizzotti, president of Sim
dacati Unici, admitted today that
the work stoppage was political
strike
He said in an interview 1t was
called to protest "the attitude Of
partially shown by AMG in favor
of Fascist elements. as well as a
protest against living conditions in
Trieste"
Rizzotti charged AMG with EN-
couraging incidents which resulted
In violence"
Communists and Yugoslav SYM
pathizers were arrested and held for
months without charges. he asserted,
while Fascist elements" found their
bombs and tommyguns In their pos
session we're released almost i'm
mediately.
Meanwhile, AMG said there was
nothing new to report concerning
the American officer, 1t. William
van Atten of East Orange. N. j.,
and two enlisted men who fell into
the hands of Yugoslav patrol
Monday No reply has been re-
ceived to the American military
authority's request for their return,
1t was said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24

by District Court
Chief Jus t | c e
Bolitha j. Laws.
Mr.. Reifsnyder
q, came to the
District Court in
1913 after a
five year term
at the Federal
Housing Admin
/ S ira lion. He
served as court
room clerk until
he became sec
rotary to Justice
T. Alan Colds
borough in jan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
Ickenberry Heads Shepherd

SHEPHERDSTOWN. W. Va. Sept
"a (SpeciaD DIR. Oliver S. Iken-
berry. 80. dean of Salem College at
Salem. w. Va. was named yesterday
by the State Board of Education to
the presidency of Shepard College
here to succeed DR.. w. H. s. White,
who asked to be retired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24

reSLdIS once,
Mr.. Only, So,
a native of New
York City, for
merly was asso-
ciated in the
w ar Depart
ment with Sec
rotary Robert
Patterson. H e
will assist Mr.
FORE S t al in
maintaining la
ison with the
National Secur-
ity Council, the
National Secur-
ity Resources
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
Italy Bids Mackenzie Kina

ROME, Sept. "a (P).-An italian
Foreign Once spokesman said to-
lay that Canadian Prime Minister
w. L. Mackenzie King had been
invited to visit Italy during his
scheduled trip to Europe in No
vember.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
John H. Only Is Named
Assistant 10 ForrestaI

John H. Only of 2722 N street
NV, yesterday was appointed one
of the three $lo,00o-a-year assis-
tants in Defense Secretary For
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
Reifsnyder Takes Oath
As Assistant u. ). Attorney

G. Frank Reifsnyder. District
Court attache for the past four
years. was sworn in yesterday AS
an assistant United States attorney
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24

Board and the several agencies
within the National Defense Estab-
lishment. He will be secretary Of
the War Council.
w. j. Mcneil and Marx Leva al
ready have been designated as as
sistants to Mr.. ForreStal. 4.
Mr.. Only. a graduate Of williams
College and Harvard Law School,
was lawyer in New York before
coming to WASHINGTON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-24
Report

District Of Columbia-Cloudy, and
cod With occasional rain. this alter
noon. Rain with strong northeast
winds tonight and tomorrow morn
ing. Lowest tonight about a. de-
grees. Winds becoming westerly and
clearing slowly tomorrow afternoon
Virginia-Rain with srrong north
east winds this afternoon and to-
night. Rain ending tomorrow morn
ing with winds becoming. westerly
and clearing In the afternoon.
Wind velocity, IS miles per hour;
direction, northeast.
District Medical Society's ragweed
pollen count for "a hours ending
$50 am. September 24-2s grains
per cubic yard Of air.
River Report
qrom United States EnSineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferr,
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah elesr a
Harpers Ferry.