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Evening star., 1947-03-03
breeches Buoy Take,
Crew Off Ship Broken
On Coast Of Maine
By tho Associated pr...

CAPE ELIZABETH, Me-, Mar.
3.-A Coast Guard breeches buoy,
bobbing and spinning over two
slender lifelines, today whisked
crewmen of the wrecked collier
Oakley L. Alexander over $50
yards of surf to the rocky shore
and safety.
The 395-foot ship, with cargo of
$500 tons Of coal and q crew of 36
aboard, broke in two a mile offshore
about 4:30 am. after hours of bat
tling heavy seas in a northeast
storm.
A huge wave struck the bow and
tore a 75-foot section away. The
broken ship struck on the rocks of
High Head.
There the Coast Guards, answer.
Ing an SOS from the craft, set ur
their breeches buoy, operating ii
from a jeep.
Coast sGuard Warrant Office,
Earle Drinkwater of Cape Elizabeth
station scored bullseye on the
Oakley in his first attempt to fire
the breeches buoy line nearly 1,OOC
feet.
Cheers broke from hundreds OF
spectators as Coast Guards and vol
unteers hauled the first drenched
exhausted crewman over the break
ers. Five hours later all had been
rescued.
Two other vessels were In trouble
of the New England coast. A Cape
Verde packet, the Lucy and Evelyn,
drifted helplessly in Buzzard's Bay,
OF Southern Massachusetts,, after a
towline put aboard by the cutter
Algonquin parted.
The S. S. Moveeoc radioed at 2
am. that a hatch had been swept
away and that she was taking
water about Is miles off Portland.
No other radio message has been
received. ...
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Six in Michigan Family
Killed as Train Hits Auto
BY the Associaisd Press

CARDINGTON, Ohio, Mar. s.
Six members of Michigan family
bound for wedding anniversary
celebration were killed and another
injured critically In grade cross
ing crash here yesterday.
The dead included Mrs. Wilma
Passby, "a, and her baby which was
born prematurely when Columbus
o-Cleveland New York Central pas
senger train ripped into the fam
ily's automobile In the center of
Cardington.
The other victims were: Mrs.
Ethel Peterson, SIS, mother of Mrs.
Passby; Miss Bonnie Peterson, 10,
a daughter; Lawrence Passby, 28
a brother-in-law of Mrs. Passby, all
OF Clio, Mich, and Miss Norine
COnen, 16. of Flint. Mich
Evening star., 1947-03-03
By rho Associated Press

CHICAGO, Mar. 3.-A third bod,
was recovered today from the debri.
[of an explosion that leveled three
story brick building in the Loor
yesterday. More than 80 persons
were injured. The blast would have
taken huge toll had 1t occurred or
10 business day.
The body, that Of man, was
taken to the county morgue, where
efforts to identify it were to be
made. One person had been miss
ing, and hremen believed the body
might be his.
He was Louis Pappas, who oper-
ated q restaurant on the ground
floor Of the building at Wells and
Van Buren streets. Police said his
wife. told them he had gone to the
building about two hours before the
explosion.
The other dead are Mr.. and Mrs
Harry w. Koons, Fort Wayne, Ind.
who were blown from the street te
the elevated structure of the Chicago
Rapid Transit tracks. Mr.. Rooms, q
taxidermist, and his wife had ar
rived in Chicago only about an hour
before the blast shook the area ano
shattered hundreds of windows ir
buildings over a radius of block
Only Three Hurt Critically.
Only three of the injured were
described as in critical condition and
Fire Commissioner Michael j. Cor
rigan said the city escaped a major
disaster only by the fact that the
blast occurred on Sunday. Had II
been on any other day, he added
hundreds would have been killed.
States Attorney William j. Tuohy
said he would begin an investigation
today.
Mr.. Corrigan estimated loss o1
the building and it's contents at
about $1,000,OO0 but Ray Crane
chief of uniformed police, said
potential loss" of property, includ-
ing exposed merchandise in nearby
buildings. might total $4,000 900 to
$15, 100000. Window damage alone
was estimated as high as $250,0O0.
Witness Describes Blast.
The building, which was un-
tenanted on the second and third
floors, toppled into a mass of smok-
ing ruins. Azel Cook of BeckIey
w. Va, was walking directly across
the street at the time of the blast
when 1t came it looked like the
whole building was in f1ames," he
said. II held on to an elevated
girder for a moment and then
started to run. I figured there
might be another explosion. I was
lucky was not hurt a Bit"
Michael j. Cody, deputy fire mar
shal, said cause of the blast had not
become evident, but that it could
have been gas. The ground floor
was occupied by a tavern, barber
shop, candy store, cigar store, res
taurant and shoe repair shop.
Most of the injured were treated
at hospitals for cuts from flying
glass and released. They included
William Gaygan, 80, Schenectady,
N. Y Henry Baldwin, "A, Wisconsin
Rapids, Wis; William Moretti, 4s,
Weehawken, N. j., and his wife,
HARRIET.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Third Body Recovered U. 5. Attorneys Press
In Chicago Blast Ruins For ReiriaI Of 16in
As Investigation Starts Mass Sediiion Case

The Justice Department toda,
pressed efforts TO prosecute agar
the Is surviving. defendants in th.
mass sedition trial Of 1914.
Irving s. Shapiro, special assistant
to the Attorney General, said de.
Tense lawyers would be notified dur.
ing the day as to what parts Of thu
20, ,000-page trial record the Gov.
ernment will want printed in it.
appeal from District Court dismis.
sails OF the indictments last Novem.
Der %.
Defense lawyers, OF whom there
are many, will have five days tt
designate portions of the record
they will want printed.
The record Of appeal from the
District Court dismissal, which was
ordered by Chief Justice Bolitha
j. Laws, was filed in the Court O,
Appeals here Friday, the deadline
date, by Theron Lamar Caudle. as
slstant Attorney General In charge
OF the criminal division.
Attorneys have Is days from that
date to file briefs in connection with
the appeal, with arguments to follow
within the succeeding 60 days.
The Justice Department today had
no comment" on reports 1t plans
to try the defendants in relatively
small groups If the appeal is allowed
The % defendants, including two
who since have died, were tried in
mass trial which lasted eight
months in 1914. That trial was in
terrupted and a mistrial declared
because of the sudden death of the
judge, Edward G. Eicher. on No
vember 80, 1914. Indictments in
the case were returned In 1912.
The Justice Department said sur
viving defendants now are scattered
from New York to California, al
though several still are In Wash
ington. The two defendants who
have died are Elmer j. Garner and
James True.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Construction Workers
Prepare Strike Notice
JAS Negotiations Fail

Unskilled and semi skilled workers
on about 35 construction Jobs in the
District today prepared to file strike
notices while the Labor Department.
Cancellation Service attempted to
avert the threatened walkout.
The. strike notice was prepared
for fling with the Secretary Of
Labor and the National Labor Re-
lations Board by Building Laborers'
Local "A. AFL, after having been au-
thorized by vote of 470 to by the
local yesterday.
1t will be effective in 80 days and
will affect about $500 workers unless
settled, union spokesmen said.
The strike vote, they added, fol-
lowed the collapse of negotiations
with the Master Builders Associa-
ton, representing contractors by
whom the workers are employed.
Conciliator Named.
Intervention by the Cancellation
Service in the controversy was asked
last week and Commissioner James
Holden has been named conciliator
in the case, the Cancellation Service
said.
Officials Of the local said they are
asking increases of 371s cents an
hour in the wages of unskilled
workers and SO cents for semi
skilled. The present base for both
is $l.05, with differentials for semi
skilled groups.
The increases were rejected by
the Master Builders Association
which last week announced hold
the-line" policy on all construction
wages. The association member
ship includes about 80 contractors,
according to Randall G. Wyant,
secretary.
Would Amount to SOC Rise.
Mr.. Wyant said the increases
asked actually would amount to
about so per cent because of union
demand for creation of several new
semiskilled classifications, such as
mortar mixers and scaffold builders.
With the classifications pro-
posed" Mr.. Wyant said, virtually
all labor now classified as unskilled
would become semiskilled."
Present classifications of semi
skilled labor are plumbers laborers,
receiving SIPS an hour, and plaster
ers' tenders at $l.37h.
1T is the MBA contention" Mr..
Wyant declared, that the construc-
ton industry is paying all it can
in wages and still continue in busi-
ness. Our theory is that it is better
for every one, labor included, to
have many jobs under present wage
scales than to have a higher scale
with few or no jobs.
Even with present scales, huge
amount of construction work has
not been started because of building
costs. I don't know just how much
such work Is off the market, but
it is a great deal"
Despite the hold-the- Line wage
policy of the association, spokesmen
for both MBA and the unions in
volved said negotiations still are
open for renewals Of contracts with
union carpenters, expiring May /,
and with the Iron Workers Local
5, expiring June 16. Like the Build
ing Laborers local, they are AFL
aff1liates.
Carpenters are asking that their
present $1:921a hourly wage be in
creased tosS2.25. The metal workers,
now receiving $225 an hour, are
asking $3.50.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Grand Jury Returns
Is Bills, Indicts Man
On Charge Of Murder

Twenty-Five indictments were re-
turned today by the grand Jury
before Chief Justice Bolitha j. Laws
of District Court.
Paul A. Toneman. 81, of the 1900
block of Sixteenth street NV, was
named in one indictment charging
embezzlement of $500, which a
downtown hotel manicurist said she
had entrusted to him for invest
ment in an automobile finance con-
Germ. He also was named in three
other indictments, charging false
pretenses for allegedly passing bad
checks totaling 5000.
Baxter Griffin, AZ, colored. 1900
block of Eighth street NV. was
charged with first-degree murder in
the fatal shooting Of Lee Hunter.
q, colored, of the 1700 block of
Ninth street NV, on February 8.
Indicted.
Other indicted and the charges
on which they were named were as
follows:
coGasd Gambling iaoo ehassesaAlbert h;n H. Frye a.
Louis Miller. SO, Of the 1906 block OF
Gallatin street NV.
HOUSEKEEPING and Iarceny-Richard L.
street NV; John brown %, sOea eolored. re- 900 go
block OF M street NV: Nathaniel c. Cole,
~, colored, first block Of I street NE.
Grand Iarceny-,Allen D. Gardner, Is,
q Street tfNs John 3 'ss0IsS g. young Fsf IT, o,Sse cox
ored, 1900 block of Canal street s.W
Re RRobbery-Alexander Parker. 81. eolored,
cases; Gene D. Royster, 21. coiored, 400
!;1s, :: SHAY, 1a' 81 ssisTsd. 100 Siost Of % TensS
ored, 1900 block Of Eighth street NV,
ored q ed LOO block Of Rhode Island avenue
ssss ssrist aofssR, W 80, eolored' 100 block Of
UnauthoIized use Of yehicIe-Eyerett A.
Wallacs vs1sea e. epoIsd so9 noc. Of Morton
ss hqrtc1 %NFas'' sts.st NV " e0l0red 7oe
roIn unauthSti5ed i MS: Of vshieie ssnd t.ad
a. Narcotic charEes--Charles F. Alexander
Attempted srlminsI q ahor sait@Ros s1ses smith.
3oi 3 II, colored, 800 block of Fourth street
IGNORED.
The following cases were ignored,
thus generating the persons of
charges under which their names
are listed. ages and addresses
are given where they appeared in
available records.)
Robbery-Ruth Wills. 80, colored; Louis
Adams, %. colored: Richard G. Wakefield
John D. Coleman, %, colored: Alfred O.
Stewart. 20, colored. 800 block of Fiji
teenth street NE.
Unauthorized use Of vehicIe-Solomon
Ross, 90. colored: Robert Lee Smith, 21,
colored, 400 block of Trying street NV;
George A. Hamilton, 90, colored, 1900
block of street NE.
HousebreakinE-Octav McDougal, 80,
colored
Housebreaking and larceny-Charles e.
Thornton, 35, colored, 1000 block of New
Jersey avenue Sc.
Grand larceny Audrey Coates, IS,
colored
EmbezzIement-Alton Farnsworth.
False pretenses--Ray G. Alvis, IS. 1900
block of Sixteenth street NV; Dale e.
Birdsell, "a
VA Assault u ,s1a4.d s1th dangerous we.pon-Lex
Assault with a dangerous weapon and
assault with intent to kilI-Joseph NJ.
MoIme.d MsIne.aey plse. 90 e the s4oo block of
Forgery charEe-Patrick Meehan, 40,
Of the 4100 block of Wheeler road Sc
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Morgan College Head
Stresses Brotherhood
Al Howard u. Rites

Religion is the hope of the world
because basically 1t is brotherhood
DR.. Dwight o. W. Holmes said today
in exercises celebrating the S0th an
niversary Of Howard University.
DR.. Holmes is president of Nor
gan College in Baltimore and q
graduate of Howard in 1901. Re-
peating the words he attributed tc
an atomic scientist, he said, man
must be driven to brotherhood by
educators, because, If hate con-
tinues, there is weapon available
to destroy the world.
II love America because it is the
only great Nation founded on the
moral principle Of the equality OF
man." DR.. Holmes said. He spoke
OF the many minority races that do
not have freedom and equality, but
advised faith in the future.
Alumni Awards Presented.
Annual alumni awards for dis
tinguished achievement were pre-
sented to George E. c. Hayes, mem
Der Of the Districts Board Of Edu-
cation: DR.. Holmes and z. Alexan-
der LOBBY, Nashville attorney.
DR.. Mordecai w. johnson, presi-
dent OF the university, made the
presentations. Before introducing
DR.. Holmes, DR.. johnson spoke
briefly.
LET us never forget" he said,
referring to the founders of the
university, they sought to teach
US the truth so that we might be
free"
DR.. Holmes also paid tribute to
the founders and recalled Howard
University in the. last century when
he entered as freshman at the
age of Is.
Recalls University Founder,
He recalled a number of CONVEX
sations with Gen. @. O.. Howard.
the Union officer who was head of
the Freedmen's Bureau at the close
OF the Civil War and one of the
founders Of the university.
One of the guests at the exer-
cises who was introduced to the
audience was DR.. Watson Miller.
administrator of the Federal Sc
curity Agency.
A banquet will be held in Frazier
Hall at 8 o'clock tonight to con-
clude the days celebration. The
three recipients of the alumni award
will speak.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Princess Opens Dry Dock

EAST LONDON, South Africa,
Mar. 3 P. - Princess Elizabeth
opened today a new $10,0O0,0 900 dry
dock bearing her name. It was the
first official act in South Africa of
the heiress-apparent to the British
throne, visiting this dominion with
her parents and sister,
Evening star., 1947-03-03

The use of coal for iron smelling
was long delayed by the tendency
of carbon from the coal to enter
the iron, making it brittle.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Weather Report

District Of Columbia-Mostly sun.
ny, with strong westerly wind. Tenn.
perature about 81 degrees this after.
noon. Clear with lowest about
25 tonight, Sunny tomorrow with
temperature near 40 degrees ir
afternoon. "f e.
Virginia and Maryland-Fair, ex.
cept occasional snow flurries in the
mountains and continued cold
tonight. Sunny tomorrow, slightly
milder in afternoon.
Wind velocity Is miles per hour;
direction, due West.
River Report
lFrom the United States Engineers.)
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers cleal
at Harpers Ferry.
nd
Evening star., 1947-03-03

lations as giving the District con-
troll through the licensing provisions
of the locations Of coin machines.
Evening star., 1947-06-19
Busy Bee Club
OF a Raises $33
To Aid Hospital

Arlington Hospitals campaign
fund is $3.50 larger today because
of activities of the Busy Bee
Club" an organization of three Of
ficers and one member, ages 6 to 8.
The BUSY Bees" conducted a
house-to-house canvass on their
own initiative and collected the
$3.50, which they presented to cam
paign officials yesterday at the hos
pital. se. ...
Carol Anne Van Landingham, 7,
Of 1912 South Sixteenth street is
president of the club; Patricia May
McCrea, 8, of 2001 South Courthouse
road, treasurer, and Nancy Ann
Guin, 8, of 1705 South Pollard street
is secretary. The member is Betty
Lou Anderlot, 6, of 1916 South Six
teenth street.
Evening star., 1947-06-19

couple came to visit the grand.
mother that afternoon and were
incensed at her statement that
Irnla had thrown her out Of bed
they said.
1t was this report that brought
Walter Trego up from Nokesyille
and it was reported that he visited
No. II Precint Station to obtain a
paper for his mother to sign In
the hospital, although warrant was
never signed by the patient before
she died.
Held for Grand Jury.
Yesterdays inquest was attended
by a dozen neighbors Of the Tregos,
and 1t was evident their sympathies
were strong one way or the other.
Despite Mrs. Trego's denials and
Mr.. Trego's story, however, the cor
oner's jury believed she might have
been responsible. It ordered her
held for the action of the grand
jury, which will carry out its own
Investigation and either indict the
mother of two children or order
her freed.
She was defended yesterday by
her husbands long time friend, At
torney James A. McMenamin. An
hour after her arrest he arranged
for her release, and she hurried
home to husband and two chill
dren, who didn't understand "all
this"
Evening star., 1947-06-19
Unusual Writ Filed to Close
Hearings on Arlington Eviction

Judges of the Arlington County
Court would be prohibited from
holding further hearings in an evic-
tion case which was ss"kd early
this month if an application for a
writ of prohibition, requested by an
Arlington attorney, is granted by
Circuit Judge Walter T. Mccarthy
The application for the writ, an
extraordinary legal remedy so sell
dom used that Arlington court at
taches cannot recall a previous one,
was filed yesterday by Attorney Les
ter r. Conley.
According to a petition, Mr. Con-
ley was notified Tuesday that the
eviction case, in which he represents
the plaintiffs, had been set for a
further hearing today by Trial Mag
istrate Hugh Reid of the County
Court. Under the law, the petition
states, a Judgment for the plaintiffs
entered by Judge Reid on June
Evening star., 1947-06-19

became final Monday, since an ap-
peal was not made within 10 days
from that date.
To prevent holding of the hearing
today, Mr.. Conley asked Judge Nc
Carthy to grant an order suspending
the hearing until decision could
be reached in the application for a
writ of prohibition. Judge Mccarthy
granted the Suspension order yes
terday and set the hearing for
June 26.
The writ, if granted, would re-
strain Judge Reid or any other trial
magistrate, from taking any further
action in the eviction case.
Mr.. Conley represents Morgan D.
Roderick and his wife, Mrs. Wal
terrene P. Roderick. The Roder-
icks sued to evict Fred S. Glenn
erfts from house they own at sol
South Wayne street. The Rodericks
are living in one room at 4311
North Pershing drive.
Evening star., 1947-06-19
Final Graduafions Set
For Today as $4,000
Begin Vacations Here
(List of Graduates on Page A-1sJ

F (List of Graduates on Page A-19)
Some 10000 boys and girls were
beginning their summer vacations
today, following the closing the Dis
trict's public schools.
" Three graduation ceremonies were
scheduled for today, however-two
at the teachers colleges in the sys-
tenn and the third, Coolidge High
School. School officially closed yes
Eterday afternoon after the students
finished the days work.
| The exercises at Miner Teachers
College, held this morning in the
auditorium of the Armstrong High
School, saw the awarding of degrees
to SO seniors. The commencement
address was delivered by DR.. Horace
Mann Bond, president of Lincoln
College, Philadelphia. DR.. E. A.
Clark, president of the school, pre-
sided.
Fulbright Will Speak.
At the graduation of 80 seniors
of Wilson Teachers College at $3.50
o'clock tonight in the Wilson High
School auditorium Senator Full
bright, Democrat, of Arkansas, will
discuss the foreign policy of United
States. School Superintendent Ho-
bart M. Corning will present
diplomas and DR.. Walter E. Hager,
president of the college, will preside.
The Coolidge High School COM
mencement exercises will take place
at 8 o'clock tonight at the school
auditorium. John F. Brougher,
school principal, will present the 278
members of the senior class and
diplomas will be awarded by
Miss Jessie LaSalle, associate super
intendent.
Ends Commencement Week.
When this ceremony is over, COM
mencement week for the District
high schools and junior high schools
will be concluded, with more than
5000 boys and girls having received
diplomas.
The graduations were held by
II high schools, five vocational high
schools and 10 junior high schools.
Meanwhile, approximately $4,000
students in AZ Montgomery County
schools will attend the last day of
classes before the summer vacation
tomorrow.
The schools will reopen September
10 with an expected enrolment of
about $4,000.
One new school-the Kensington
View Elementary-is expected to be
completed by September to accom-
modate about $50 students.
Evening star., 1947-06-19
10 Start
Summer ]! Recreation
Program Monday

Plans for the summer recreation
program in Montgomery County
and appointment of staff personnel
We're announced today by g. Brooke
Lee park commissioner of the
Maryland Natiorial Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
The program begins at 9 am
Monday and will continue for 10
weeks. The programs will be con-
Quoted from 8 am. until S pm. each
week day except July 4 and the
larger centers will be open each Sat-
urday morning except July S,
through August 20.
The programs will include base
ball. softball, tennis, track and
field, volley ball, badminton and
archery. There will be games for
smaller children, story hours, group
singing and dramatics.
A field meet for boys and one for
girls will be held in mid August
Inter center competition In all
sports and all youth age groups will
be carried on throughout the sum-
mer. Supervised swimming is plan
ned each week.
A child may participate in a part
OF any daily program. leave the
recreation center and return for a
later program.
Tennis will be coached by Leonard
Hines, who coaches the team al
Calvin Coolidge High School. Al
bert w. Bender, of the faculty OF
the Bethesda Chevy Chase Senior
High School, will direct the arts and
crafts work, assisted by Harvey
Kreuzberg, of the Takoma Park
Junior High School faculty, and
Arnold j. Croddy, of the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Senior High School
faculty. These courses will include
metal work this summer for the first
time in addition to groups of all
ages in woodwork and clay.
Evening star., 1947-06-19
A. B. & W. Bus Drivers
Study Company's Offer

Representatives of bus drivers OF
the Alexandria, Bancroft & Wash
ington Transit Co. today were
studying contract proposals made by
the company.
The proposals were submitted at a
meeting of company officials and the
negotiating committee of Local 1131
Amalgamated Association of Street
Electric Railway, and Motor Coach
Employees.
The present wage scale for drivers
is 81 cents an hour for beginners,
$l.02 after the first six months
experience and $1.15 after one year.
The union is asking the same
scale for beginners and $1.15 and
$1.50 for the other two classes.
Evening star., 1947-06-19
BicycIist, Is. Injured
In Crush With Parked Bus

Edward Batcheler, Is. of 61s South
Fairfax street, Alexandria, suffered
a brain conclusion, cuts and bruises
yesterday when his bicycle struck
the rear of a parked bus at King
and Royal streets.
His condition was reported fairly
good" at Alexandria Hospital today.
Evening star., 1947-06-19
Marine League to Meet
In Arlington Tonight

The Arlington Detachment of the
Marine Corps League will meet
at 8 o'clock tonight in the Radio
Building, 2030 North Sixteenth
street, Arlington.
H. A. Watts was elected comman-
dant recently. Other officers are
Staff Sergt. Richard w. Moo, jr.
senior vice commandant; T/Sergt
William M. Russ, adjutant; John
H. Dillon, paymaster; T/Sergt
James. P. Sedinger, sergeant-at-
arms, and o. L. Warrington, acting
chief of staff.