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Evening star., 1947-01-02
ADO. Boys Daring Chase Leads
To Capture of HoIdup Suspect

brought about was booked by po-
lice as Martin G. Geldner, jr.. 80, Of
the $500 block of T street NV. He
told police he was housepainter
and the father of two children un-
der Q years Of age.
Arraigned before United States
Commissioner Needham c. Turn
age today, Geldner pleaded not
guilty to charges of robbery and was
ordered held for grand jury action
IN 5000 bond.
The four shrinking youths
wrote an end to what police said
was Geldner's career Of crime ex-
tending back to June. The boys
were on their way to neighbor-
hood movie when they saw man
scufiiing with a colored woman in
the 1900 block OF Avon place NV.
Victim Of the attempted robbery
(See CHASE, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1947-01-02
By the Assoeioted Press

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. q
Warden j. Ellis Overlade said fouI
inmates of the Federal penitentiary
here slugged a guard while washing
dishes in the prison kitchen last
night and disappeared after twisting
away bars in a kitchen window.
The warden said it was thought
the fugitives were hiding in the
prison yard since the walls had been
checked without evidence of any one
passing over them.
The warden identified the escapes
as Ray Anderson, 20, of Assumption
Ill, serving three years under the
Dyer Act; william C. Owens, 20, OF
Sioux City, Iowa, serving four years
under the Dyer Act; Walter p
Szelepski. "A, Of Detroit, serving two
years for mail theft, and Ronald r.
Riser, a, of Stockton, Calf, serving
two years under the Dyer Act.
Mr.. Overlade said the guard, Roy
Guenzel. SO. Of Terre Haute. was
Evening star., 1947-01-02

Four teen-age scl1oolboys were
credited today with the cap
ture of a holdup suspect Satur-
day night and the subsequent solu-
ton of nine cases of robbery and
three other attempted robberies.
Neighborhood chums for years,
the four are David Martin, IA, OF
5000 Dent place NV; Robert Fain,
is, of 1862 Avon place NV; VIII
liam Disney, 16, of 3042 r street
NV, and Bernard Studds, Is, OF
1858 Avon place NV.
For their daring and enterprise,
Mai. Harvey G.. Callahan, police
superintendent. viii honor the boys
in a ceremony at his Office at 10
am. Saturday. To each he will pre-
sent s25 reward and police cour-
tesy card.
The man whose arrest they
Evening star., 1947-01-02
IL. S. Cofeterius Raise Prices
2 to 5 Cents Due to Pay Boost
Workers Expected to Approve Increase
Of8 Cents an Hour at Meeting Tonight

Government Services, Inc, to-
day announced increases of 2 to
5 cents in the prices of lunches
and dishes served in its So cafe
terias in Federal buildings, based
on wage increases granted its
per diem workers.
Increased prices announced by
GSI, which serves about 100000
Government workers daily, includ-
ed: From SO to 40 cents for the spe-
cial luncheon, from 80 to IS cents
for the vegetable luncheon, 8 cents
for salads and vegetables previously
sold for S cents, 10 cents for vege-
tables formerly sold for Z and 8 cents
and Is cents for a la carte meat
entrees formerly priced at % cents
While HsI did not reveal terms Of
the settlement other sources said
a threatened strike was averted wher
both sides agreed to accept a COM
promise 8-cent-aa- hour offer by thu
COMPANY. -
Evening star., 1947-01-02
James J. Davis
May Be Aide to
Senator LANCER

James ]. Davis, former Republican
Senator from Pennsylvania and
onetime Secretary of Labor, may
become administrative assistant to
Senator LANCER Republican of North
Dekota, it was learned today.
Senator LANCER told a reporter
81 can't say anything about it right
now but I'll have something to say
tomorrow morning."
Mr.. Davis could not be reached
Immediately for comment.
N The position of Administrative
Assistant; created by the Congress-
iona Reorganization Bill, pays up
to $4,000 a year.
MIR. Davis, who is 70, was born in
Wales but at an early age moved
with his family to Pittsburgh. He
was elected to the Senate for a short
term in 1880 and was reelected in
1882 and 1888. He was defeated in
a bid for reelection In 1914 by
Francis X. Myers.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Eden and Bracken Arrive
Aboard Queen Elizabeth
BY the Asseeioied Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-The Cunard
liner Queen Elizabeth, completing
an Atlantic crossing mar ed by high
winds and rough seas. docked in
New York Harbor yesterday with
2,261 passengers.
The giant liners passenger list
carried the names Of many digni-
taries, including Brendan Bracken,
former First Lord of the British
Admiralty; Anthony Eden, Britain's
wartime Foreign Secretary, and
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, president Of
the American Jewish Congress.
Mr.. Bracken arrived for visit
with Bernard NJ. Baruch on the
Baruch plantation at Georgetown,
s. G.
Mr.. Eden said he and his wife and
their 16-year-old son, Nicholas,
would leave today for . vacation in
Trinidad.
Rabbi Wise was returning from
the World Zionist Congress at Basel
Switzerland.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
NOCC O111IN12, Z oBC 1a-SUsI
Three Students Are Killed
Climbing New Zealand Alps
BY the Assoeioted Press

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand
Jan. 2.-Twenty survivors of party
of % university students caught by
mountain climbing accident in
the heart of New Zealand's Southern
Alps are spending their second night
with about 20 miles of glaciers and
rough country between them and
safety.
One of the four girls in the party
slipped near the summit Of High
Saddle. The whole snowface was
carried away, plunging the ropee
party down the mountainside.
Two men were killed outright
Five, including one girl, were seri-
ously injured.
One student made 30-mile jour-
ney to a sheep ranch with news OF
the disaster. He arrived exhausted
but left with a rescue party late
last night. Another party, with
medical aid and stretchers, left
today.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Planted Policeman
Shoots Man Trying
To Hold Up Grocer
Unurmed Intruder
Badly Wounded in
y
ScuffIe With Detective

A policeman, planted" in a
grocery at 1920 First street NV.
in anticipation of a holdup, to-
day shot and captured a bandit
who attempted to rob the store
for the second time in two weeks
The policeman, Pvt. Clifton E.
Davis, colored, 37, was in the store
when the man entered, he told re-
porters. From his hiding place be-
hind a liquor cabinet, Pvt. Davis
said he saw the bandit make a
threatening gesture, with his hand
in his pocket, to the owner, Benja-
min Yalom, who was the only other
person in the store.
"This is holdup! Put up your
hands!" the man said, according to
Pvt. Davis and Mr.. Yalom. The
policeman, former Army captain
who fought in Italy with the 92nd
Buffalo" Division, left his hiding
place, hurried around to the man
and ordered him to surrender, he
said.
Policeman Fires Once.
The bandit started to scufle with
him, Pvt. Davis continued. The
policeman drew his service revolver
and fired one shot, he told reporters.
The. hoidup man fell seriously
wounded with bullet in his left
side, just below the shoulder. A
search revealed the man was not
armed.
He was rushed to Casualty Hos
pital, where aides gave his name as
Ernest Lawson, 81, colored, Of the
2100 block of Eighth street NV.
Mr.. Yalom told police the man
robbed his store of $3.50 at pm
December %. It was this holdup
which caused police to set plants
in case the bandit would return.
Pvt. Davis said he had been in
the store only 80 minutes when the
attempted robbery took place. :
1t. Robert v. Murray of the
Detective Bureaus. robbery squad
told reporters the man answers the
description of a suspect sought for
holding up two Nisei grocers twice
&C. YJOT MP pooo CQ
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Demonstrating Students
To Garry Petition to
Gen. Marshall Tomorrow
By the Assoeioted Press

NANKING, Jan. 2.-One thou
sand Chinese students today
carried their demands for custer
| of American servicemen from
China to the United States En-
bassy and Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek's headquarters.
They said they would march to
the home of Gen. George c. Mar
shall, American peace envoy to
China, and to the Chinese Foreign
Office tomorrow with their de-
mands.
Chanting Americans 60 home
and ignoring Ministry of Educa-
ton order banning such parades,
the students carried petitions to
Gen. Chiang's headquarters and the
United States Embassy.
u. N. Council Aid Asked.
The petitions demanded with
drawal of American troops from
China, and requested that the
United Nations Security Council or
der American troops moved, and
that full details of the alleged Grim
inal attack on a Peiping girl by two
American Marines be published.
United States Ambassador John
Leighton Stuart was absent, but
Minister Walton ButterWorth re-
ceived the paraders' chairman and
the petition. He gave the students
DR.. Stuart's reply:
United States Marine authorf-
ties are proceeding with the case
as rapidly as the demands Of justice
and q democratic trial will permit. $
In Peiping, Marine officials are
preparing to put the charges before
court-martial They said, how
ever, that the Chinese police have
not co-operated in the investigation;
that one Marine denies any rela-
tions with the girl and the other in
sisted he had relations with her on
professional basis.
Demand Reds Also Leave.
Some students at Central Univer-
sity, Markings largest, participated
individually after group at a mass
meeting refused to parade unless the
demonstration also demanded with
drawal of Soviet troops from Chi
nese soil.
Russians control Dairen, declared
a free port in the August, 1945, Sino-
Soviet treaty, and Port Arthur
which the treaty specified should be
administered jointly by the Russian
and Chinese governments.
Shanghai was relatively calm to-
Evening star., 1947-01-02
HoIIeck and Royburn to Lead
Parties at Opening Session
Texon Elected Despite His Objections;
Dirksen Steps Aside in Favor Of lndionon
By Gould Lincoln

Representative Halleck of In
diana and Representative Ray
burn of Texas will face each
other across the center isle in
the House chamber when tEe
new Congress opens tomorrow
the first as majority leader and
the latter as minority leader.
Mr.. Halleck's election as ma ajority
leader, at a Republican House caucus
this afternoon, became certainty
today when Representative Dirksen
of Illinois Withdrew as a candidate.
Representative Brown of Ohio pre-
viously had withdrawn.
A fourth candidate, Representa-
tive jenkins of Ohio, is still in the
race, his Office said today, but Mr..
Halleck is expected to win out at
the caucus.
Mr.. Rayburn, who continues as
Speaker of the House until the
Eightieth Congress convenes tomor-
row at noon, was elected minority
leader at Democratic House caucus
Evening star., 1947-01-02

The agreement is subject to ap-
proval by members of the United
Restaurant and Cafeteria Workers
Union, Local All, which is to meet
tomorrow night. Expectation was
that it will be accepted.
The cafeterias today were serving
an emergency menu which had been
prepared for use in the event Of a
strike. Menus will go back to nor
NAL when canned and packaged food
supplies, bought for the anticipated
emergency, are used, which probably
will be tomorrow, GSI spokesman
said.
The company had maintained dur
ing the negotiations that any wage
increases granted would have to be
passed on to patrons.
The National Food Corp. Cafeteria
| in the Pentagon and Agriculture
Department buildings also were oper
for business today although th'
union has not reached finai agree.
/ (See CAFETERIAS, Page A-28.)
Evening star., 1947-01-02

this morning and promptly accepted.
Mr.. Rayburn previously had said he
did not wish to become minority
leader. and that he would sup
r,rt Representative Mccormack OF
ssachusetts, majority leader in
the expiring Congress, for the office
An eleventh. hour drive by the
Texas delegation to draft Mr.. Ray
burn for the leadership. which had
gathered speed rapidly during the
last two days, apparently persuaded
him to change his mind.
Mr.. Mccormack, whose attitude
had been consistently that he would
not seek the minority leadership if
Mr.. Rayburn desired it or would
consent to accept, placed Mr.. Ray
burn in nomination for minority
leader at the caucus, and he was
elected unanimously.
Other officers elected by the DEM
ocratic caucus were Representative
Foran of Rhode Island, caucus
chairman; Representative Mary T.
Norton of New Jersey, secretary, and
(See CONGRESS, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1947-01-02
DC3, Engine Dead, Lands
Safely With II Aboard

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Jan. 2 (P.-
With IA passengers unaware of their
danger, DC-3 Pennsylvania Cen
trail airliner made an emergency
landing at Allentown-B Bethlehem
Airport yesterday after one of its
two engines became disabled.
Capt. w. Lerowe, who had piloted
the plane over Allentown earlier in
the day on a flight from Newark to
Pittsburgh, brought his ship in for
a perfect landing. although a fire
truck and ambulances were stand
ing by for any eventuality.
The pilot reported the plane had
encountered strong head winds after
leaving Altoona, about $50 miles to
the west. A co-pilot and stewardess
also were aboard.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
AirIiner Hits House;
7 Occupants and Is
Aboard Craft Hurt
Head of Vaudeville Unit,
John coIvert, Was Pilot;
3 Children Escape
BY the Assoeiated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. a.
Eighteen persons were injured
last night when a DC-3 two-
engined airliner, cropping its way
into Nashville's fog-bound air
port, crashed into a dwelling.
Two occupants OF the dwelling
were hurt. and the 16 occupants of
the plane, members Of vaudeville
troupe, were injured.
The plane was piloted by John
Calvert of Hollywood, magician
and head of the troupe.
(Mr. Calvert has appeared sew
eral times at Washington Cap
itol Theater)
Mrs. Birdie Hill, who was visiting
her daughter and son-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. c. S. Sidler when the plane
struck the Slider residence, was
seriously injured. jeanette Slider,
her 4-year-old grandchild, was cut
on the face.
Children Escape Injury.
Most seriously injured of those IN
the plane we're Mr.. Calvert, and
Clifford Jones of Birmingham, Ala.
Both suffered broken legs.
Three other Slider children
escaped injury when the plane
rammed into the rear OF the home
and demolished the kitchen in which
Mrs. Hill was preparing supper.
The plane was smashed but did
not catch fire. Airport officials said
they had been advised of the flight
when the plane took off from Rich
mond, Va, and said safe landing
here virtually was impossible be-
cause of fog. All regular airlines
flights had been Cancelled.
Others i'm Plane Identified.
Other members of the troupe less
seriously injured included:
Red Cockburn, Greenwood, S. c..
the shows musical director; Jack
Kaplin, Reoding, Calf, the shows
manager; Richard Bennick, Colum-
bia, S. c.; Kenneth Calvert, Cincin-
natl, brother of John Calvert; Jean
Downey, Chicago; Patricia zentz
Baltimore; Mabel Refine, Burbank
Calf; Evelyn Perry, Burbank; Sybil
Miller, Panama City, Fla; Drane
Forrest, New York; Patty Myers,
Baltimore; Sue Richards, Baltimore;
Roberta Boggerman, San Diego,
Calf; and Dorothy Gardner, Los
Angeles,
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Rome Clash Injuries Three

| ROME, Jan. 2 P--The italian
news agency Ansa reported today
that three persons were injured by
pistol fire last night when a group
of approximately 100 Communists
|clashed with adherents Of the right
wing Uomo Qualunque party at
Bara, near Naples. Police inter-
|vened and broke up the battle, Ansa
said.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Rising Temperature
Seen Easing spsrIs
In District Traffic
Occasional Rain Expected
To Keep Driving Slippery
But No Ice Is Foreseen

Rising tie mperature today
promised to ease snarled traffic
and transportation conditions
here despite the forecast OF oc-
casional rain during the day,
tonight and tomorrow.
While driving will continue to be
hazardous, officials reported, the ex-
pectation of ab6ve-freezing weather
through at least the next 36 hours
promised to hasten the return to
normal.
However, the l pm. temperature
of "a degrees was only 3 degrees
above the overnight minimum, but
rise to SO degrees this afternoon
was forecast. A minimum of "a is
predicted tonight.
Perilous driving conditions re-
suited in one traffic fatality in the
area. While there were no fatalities
within the District, IL accidents dur
ing the "a hours to 8 am. today re-
suited in injuries to 13 persons, none
serious.
Schools Back to Normal.
District schools were reported
operating on approximately normal
schedules. Local radio stations
broadcast at 7 am. Supt Hobart
M. Corning's announcement that
classes would be resumed, bringing
an end to the Christmas-New Year
holiday. The superintendent had
deferred decision on the resumption
of classes for last-minute obserya-
tion of weather conditions.
Maryland and Virginia schools
also resumed except in Prince
Georges County, Md, where they
are not scheduled to reopen until
Monday.
All airline flights were Cancelled
this morning, continuing the con-
dition which has prevailed since
yesterday, but there was a possi-
bility that schedules might be re-
sumed during the day. National
Airport runways were being cleared
of snow and ice at noon.
However, q special Weather Bu-
reau forecast of to 10 inches Of
a 117YTy5T1 ~ - a 90
Evening star., 1947-01-02
House Probers Report Chinese Take Demand
Widespreadvio Iaiions For U. 5. Withdrawal
0f Campaign Gift Law To Chang and Envoy
List Of New York Unions
And Corporations Sent
To Attorney General
By the Associated Press

The House Campaign Commit
tee today reported widespread
violation" of the election laws
and sent to the Justice Depart
ment a list of unions and II cor
porations it said had made cam
paign contributions which zap
pear" to violate the Corrupt
Practices Act.
In its final report of an inyesti-
CATION of the November 5 congress
sional election, the committee also
asserted the Communist Party had
failed to file a report of receipts
and expenditures as required of po-
litical parties. Attorney, General
Clark was asked to look into the
matter.
There also was evidence, the
committee said, that some of the
congressional candidates themselves
violated the law by failing to file
required reports of their expend1-
lures. The candidates were not
named.
! The list of unions whose names
were turned over to the Attorney
General contained So specific cases
of contributions ranging from $3.50
to S., 900, and totaling about $50 900.
IN some cases the same ,lIlions made
several contributions either to the
Greater New York Political Action
Co-ordinating Committee or the New
York County American Labor Party
Campaign Committee.
"World Government" Gifts.
The corporations, most Of them in
New York, were listed as having con-
tributed to Americans United for
World Government"
Chairman Priest told reporter
the committee had asked the Justice
Department to take whatever action
it believes necessary.
Mr.. Priest said the unions and
corporations were cited to the de-
partment for violating the law pro-
hibiting any corporation or labor
organization from making a con-
tribution in connection with an
mittee:
Union Contributions Listed.
The following unions were cited
by the committee as making con-
tributions to the greater New York
Political Action Co-ordinating Com
mittee:
Laundry Workers Joint Board
Amalgamated Clothing Workers OF
America, $610; New York Joint
Board of the ACWA, $4,000; New
York Clothing Cutters, ACWA, ST.
$50; Laundry Drivers Local 324,
ACWA, $3.50; Local u, ACWA, $22;
Local, 284, ACWA, $3.50; Locals $50
and 253 New York, ACWA, $500;
Local 1853, New York, ACWA, $3.50;
Local $40, ACWA, $500; Local 239,
ACWA, 1884; Local 430 of the
United Electrical, Radio and Ma
chinist Workers of America, $500;
Local ATS, New York, UERMWA,
1924; Local 1927, New York,
UERMWA, $674; Newspaper Guild
of New York, $210.50 and $3.50;
United Public Workers, $500; Pack
ing House Workers of America, $151 !;
Joint Council No. Is, Shoe Workers,
(See ELECTIONS. Page AID
Evening star., 1947-01-02
a Escape Prison Under Warden
Who Revumped District Jail

badly beaten by the Tour ana tnen
locked in a garbage room. He was
taken to st. Anthony's Hospital in
Terre Haute.
Warden Overlade was called to
Washington last May to revise the
prison system in the District after
the sensational escape of Joseph D.
Medley and Earl Mcfarland from
the District Jail.
He was called from Terre Haute
by Director of Prisons James v
Bennett and ordered to set up a
system patterned after the Federal
prisons. He replaced Howard B.
Gill, who had been discharged by
the Commissioners after charges OF
incompetency, inefilciency and in
subordination had been made by the
Welfare Board. The penal system
then was under the supervision of
the board.
He remained here until August
when he returned TO his post at
Terre Hauts.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Dixie Tighe Is Buried
In Yokohama Cemetery
BY the As.oeioisd Press

TOKYO, Jan. 2-Dixie Tighe, New
York Post correspondent who COW
cred all of the worlds battlefronts
the past five years, was buried in a
Yokohama cemetery late today. She
died Tuesday of a brain hemor-
rhaoe
Evening star., 1947-01-02
New Palestine Violence
Is Threatened by Jroun

JERUSALEM, Jan 2.-The threat
of new violence hung over the Holy
Land today as Irgun Zvai Leumi,
rejecting an American Congress
members plea for truce, promised
lSee PALESTINE. Pape A-2al
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Financial Review

Summary of 1916 stock
market transactions and finan-
cial review, Pages APO to
A-2S.
Evening star., 1947-01-02

(See BILBO, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1947-01-02

(See CHINA, Page A-28D
Evening star., 1947-01-02

(See ELECTIONS, Page Az
Evening star., 1947-01-02

(See HOLDUP, Page A-28o
Evening star., 1947-01-02

(See WEATHER, Page A-28)
Evening star., 1947-01-02

See PALESTINE, Page A-28.)
Evening star., 1947-01-02
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Striking Telephone
Workers Resulnillg'
Pickcting III City

Strf hing telephone company
employees resumed picketing Of
the Southern bell Telephone of
flee here this morning after hav-
ing been called off thes picket
lines about 1880 pm. Saturday by
union officials.
D. D. Wilson, job steward Of
the Association Communications
Equipment Workers, Local %,
said that he had received orders
from the Miami union headquar-
tiers to resume picketing. Satur-
day he received orders to stop
picketing, following an injunction
brought by Southern Bell in Jack
sonYille aimed at preventing pic
keting throughout the state.
Half a dozen girls were hand
ling the picketing assignment
this morning. They were men,
bers of the Southern Federation
of Telephone Workers, Local l07,
an operators union. The other
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Trieste Cause
Of Dispute Al: At I.
Big 4 Session

ssasi(By The Asseclated Rrssn)
/. MOSCOW, April II. Russian
COmmissar Molotpv today COM
planned about the United States
rendering assistance to Trieste,
but, Secretary Marshall said that
residents of that city were in
need of more fo0dstuffs.
Ernest Bevin, Great Britain's
foreign minister. said that there
was q shortage Of $5,0O0,000 in
Trieste after the first quarters
operation of the internationalized
government.
Molotov suggested that eco
nomic conditions in Trieste
should be turned over to the
United Nations for adjustment.
Further action on the subject was
deferred by the Big Four.