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Evening star., 1947-02-09
Edison's Famous Desk Opened,
Revealing Pills, Jokes and Notes

said censored" The note contained
a story his father had heard at one
time. Another piece of paper bore
the legend, when down in the
mouth remember Jonah, he came out
all right"
It was an impressive compilation
of Edisoria. Notebooks with the
half printed scrawl of the inventor;
diagrams of something on which he
was working; piece Of goldenrod
rubber on which he was experiment.
ing when he died; box Of ancient
cigars: maps of New Jersey, and
as indicative of the fact that the
genius Edison was just as human as
the next mana book of accounts
dated April, 1904. and still lying
in one Of the cubbyfoles.
There were two fountain pens
which Charles Edison opened to find
no sign of any message left behind
by his father. Two mediums had
said the pens would contain a mes
(See EDISON, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Justice Laws Wants
Veterans War Record
Produced al Trials
Jurist Declares Many
Crimes Are Result
Of Combot Shocks

If there's a chance a crime
committed by a veteran can be
traced to his war experiences,
Chief Justice Bolitha j.. Laws of
District Court wants q psychi-
artist to examine the veteran be-
fore he comes up for trial.
The importance of getting the war
record, Justice Laws told The Star
yesterday, was underlined recently
when a young veteran nearly went
to the electric chair for first degree
murder because his war experiences
were not brought to the courts at
tention.
Justice Laws believes the United
States Attorney should be response
Bile for getting the war record Of
every veteran facing trial.
If there is any indication that the
veteran is a victim" of the war,
Justice Laws added, the United
States Attorney should see that the
man is given an expert psychiatric
chdllllIldC4Ol pCAo1C 1lC SoA1Oo oP ASA
trial.
Many Crimes Laid to Shocks.
"I am thoroughly convinced" he
said, that number of crimes COM
mitted by veterans are a result of
shocks to their system because of
the war.
"In wartime, a man is taught to
seize, kill, assault, burn and de-
stroy. If he did a good job, he was
hero. Now for the same act, he is
sentenced to prison.
while many can adjust them
selves overnight, others cannot. We
should not wake up to find we have
drastically punished heroes for
acts brought on by their war ex-
periences.
Justice Laws told the story of
the young veteran with no previous
criminal record who was brought
into court on a first-degree mur-
der charge. After the trial started,
the defense counsel said the man
had been in the war and had
"blacked out" at the time of the
shooting. It was a general type of
defense and neither side introduced
psychiatrist.
The prosecution brought out that
when the man came home from the
war, he went back to his wife.
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Industries Not Liable for Claims
Before Last June 10, Picard Holds
Damages Refused
Pottery Workers
By Federal Judge
(Tert OF Decision ON Page A-6.)
By the Assoeiated Press

(TeTt OF Decision ON P1ge A-6.J
BY the Associated Press
DETROIT, Feb. 8-The mo-
mentous Mount Clemens Pot
terry co. case was thrown out of
a Federal Court today, but the
$4,8O0,0Oo,00O portal to portal
pay battle still continued.
Federal Judge Frank A. Picard,
ruling against portal time for the
pottery workers, dismissed the Mt.
Clemens case with denial of
damages.
Industry hailed the verdict.
But the immediate reaction of CIO
labor, mainly responsible for the
avalanche of portal suits across the
Nation, was that the fight wouldn't t
stop here.
Ahead also was a likely final de-
termination from the Supreme
Court, itself responsible for the Fed
eral courts attention to the portal
theory in the Mt. Clemens dispute
Portal Time Held Trifiing.
Judge Picard held the pottery
workers portal time was too trifing
for damages.
The court said further industry
should not be held liable for portal
claims prior to last June TO- That
was the day the Supreme Court set
forth the portal theory in the Mt.
Clemens case.
The National Association of Man
ufacturers, through President Earl
Bunting, said Judge Picard's verdict
presumably meant the vast major
ity" OF portal suits mo longer have
any standing"
At the same time, Mr.. Bunting
called on Congress for clarifcation
of the Fair Labor Standards Act to
avoid further confusion.
CIO Holds Its Ground.
On the other hand, the CLOS
United Auto Workers Union, which
alone has filed nearly $1,000,000, 900
in portal suits, held its ground.
Union Attorney Maurice Sugar said
the auto union would not withdraw
any Of its suits.
Mr., Sugar said Judge Picard's
decision wouldn't necessarily apply
to other cases." He also called at
tention. to the likelihood of q
Supreme Court test,
There was no immediate comment
from the automobile industry's "big
three"-General Motors, Ford and
Chrysler-from whom more than a
half billion dollars in portal suits
has been asked.
The Government, in entering the
Mt. Clemens case, said the suit
would be carried to the Supreme
Court no matter what Judge Picard
ruled.
Attorney Edward Lamb, who
brought the Mt. Clemens suit orig
inally, warned industry the issue
was not settled. He said the Mt
Clemens case was not truly por-
tal-to-portal case" in view of limit
ing facts"
Decision Called Far r-Reaching.
The Mt. Clemens case, Mr.. Lamb
said, was not comparable in the por-
tai theory with instances in steel
autos and other industry.
Today's court decision was de-
scribed as 'far-reaching" by Frank
E. Cooper, a pottery company attor-
ney. He said it clearly points out
that last June's Supreme Court
verdict furnishes no basis for the
many fantastic claims" by labor ir
portal suits.
Judge Picard's decision makes il
plain" Mr.. Cooper added, that the
Judgment of the Supreme Court dlc
not hold what some people were leo
to think had been decided"
Judge Picard held that workers
20 nnTnAI I1AN pann AT
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Representative GerIuch
Reported Improving

Physicians at the Bethesda Naval
Hospital reported last night that
the condition of Representative Ger
ZACH, Democrat of Pennsylvania,
was improving.
The 51-year- House member
was taken to the hospital early yes
terday after suffering heart at
tack. His condition at that time
was described as serious
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Michigan Republicans
Still See Vandenberq
As Possible Nominee
Senator's Statement
Says He Doesn't Wish
To Be Condidute in '48
BY the Associated Press

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb
S.-While appreciative of the
compliment" Senator Vanden-
berg, Republican, of Michigan
emphasized to newsmen today
that he was not a candidate for
the Republican presidential
nomination.
"I am not a candidate for the
Republican presidential nomina-
tion," he said. "I don't expect to
be and have no wish to be, but
a man would be entirely numb il
he were insensible to the compli-
ment the suggestion implies"
Later, leaders at the Michigan
Spring Republican State convention
sidetracked a resolution hdorsine
the Senator for President. There
were reports, however, the leader
ship intended to keep the Michigan
delegation tied sub rosa for Senator
Vandenberg and place him in posi-
ton for. presidential maneuvering
The Vandenberg statement re-
garding the presidential question
preceded his address to the conven-
ton in which he made his first
speech on domestic issues in two
years.
Is Not Switch of Interest.
He emphasized to newsmen that
his return to the domestic stage
after long attention to foreign af-
fairs did not mean a switch of inter-
est.
"I can't be the senior Senator
from Michigan and president of the
Senate and continue intimate day.
to-day labor with the peace mission,
Senator Vandenberg said. "A mar
in my position is not needed or
routine matters, but at the major
| points and I'll still be there at the
major points" .s..r
There was a movement afoot te
elect Senator Vandenberg chairman
of the Michigan delegation at the
1948 Republican National Conven.
ton, a move which would increase
the Senator's strategic position
Normally, the States Governor
would be the chairman.
Senator Vandenberg declared ir
his address that international peace
is not likely unless America car
achieve domestic peace.
Hits Labor Management Strife.
"It is sheer suicide" he asserted
"for labor and capital to ever be
at each others throats; and it Is
wanton neglect of the public welfare
including the true welfare of every
man who tolls, to longer ignore the
need for rational progress in the Law
respecting labor-management rela.
tionship."
Suggesting the need for "some
(See VANDENBERG Page A-8.p
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Bus Hits Woman, 81.
As High Fur Collar
Obstructs Her View


A high fur collar raised for
protection against the cold pre-
vented Eta May Andre, 81, of
124 E street Sc, from seeing
a Capital Transit bus which
struck her last night as she
stepped into the street from be-
tween two parked automobiles
in front of her home, police re-
ported.
Her condition was reported as
critical in Casualty Hospital
from a possible skull fracture.
Police said Henry Williams, 36,
of 1243 Owens place NE, was
driving the bus.
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Father Of Three Slain
By Bandit Trying 10
Seize Store Receipts
Gunmun Runs Awoy
After Unsuccessful
Grub for Money

A 48-year-old father of three
children was shot and killed by
a bandit outside a Northeast gro
Gerry last night, but was able to
save the days store receipts
which he was carrying to his
waiting car.
Milton Ellsworth Lowe, 1926 Neal
street NE, was pronounced dead at
Gallinger Hospital of a bullet wound
in the throat is minutes after the
shooting.
According to police, the man be-
lieved to be his assailant, had spent
two hours before the shooting in the
grocery, Giant Food Store at 1924
Minnesota avenue NE. They saio
this man spent the time negotiating
for food concession.
Money Placed in Bag.
Witnesses gave police this version
Of the events leading up to the
shooting:
Mr.. Lowe was in the habit of driv-
ing his brother -in-law, James S.
Funk, to the store on Saturday
nights and picking up the days re-
ceipts. Mr.. Funk who lives at 1880
Neal street NE. is manager of the
store, where Mr.. Lowe worked be-
fore taking more recent job as
carpenter at National Airport.
After spending several hours in
the store, Mr-Lowe started to leave
the store alone. The manager had
counted the receipts and put the
checks and cash in a small bag
which Mr.. Lowe was carrying. Mr..
Loves car was parked outside the
store.
A few seconds after Mr.. Lowe
left the store, to get into his car
Mr.. Funk heard a muffled sound
which seemed to be a shot and ran
outside.
He found Mr.. Lowe lying on the
sidewalk. The bag of money was
discovered on the floor in the back
of the car. Police said Mr.. Lowe
apparently had pitched the bag into
the car when he was attacked.
Mr.. Funk said he saw man run
ming down an alley beside the store
and across nearby railroad tracks.
In Mr.. Loves car, police found
a brown hat which Mr.. Funk be-
lieved was the one worn by the man
who had tried to sell the concession,
When police arrived they didn't
wait for an ambulance but carried
the wounded man to Gallinger in
a scout car. He was dead by the
time the car reached the hospital.
Mr.. Funk told police he had never
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Arlington Youth Dies
After SIeddinq Accident

An injury received while shedding
near his home in Arlington, Va, last
night led to the death, two hours
later, of 18-year-old Lawrence Pad
dock, 2318 North jackson street.
The youth was thrown from his
sled into a ditch on Lorcum lane
near North Twenty-third street.
Returning to his home, he COM
planned of feeling nauseated and a
private physician, DR.. Leroy Dunn
was summoned. DR.. Dunn recon-
mended immediate hospital treat
ment, but the youth died en- route
to Georgetown Hospital.
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Girl, Ia, SIoys Father in Auto,
Wreckinq Cor Killing Boy, 13

Reardon was dead on arrival at
hospital. The girl suffered lacera-
tions.
st. Louis County Coroner Arnold
j. Willmann quoted the girl as say
ing she shot her father with .25-
caliber German Mauser automatic
pistol which young Darcy had
brought along.
IT couldn't go back home be-
cause knew my parents would put
me in girls school. I used to go
there and I didn't like it, the
coroner quoted Mary as saying.
No charges have been filed against
her.
The coroner and other officers
gave this account of the tragedy:
About 8 O'Clock last night, Mary
(See SHOOTING, Page A-4o
Evening star., 1947-02-09

thawing out frozen radiators in the
mid-week cold wave.
Cab companies reported their
drivers were rushed more than usual
on Saturday night-another indica-
ton that pleasure cars were being
kept off the streets Capital Transit
officials said they were sure business
was below normal, but could give
no indication of how much.
Florida vegetable and citrus grow
ers were warned to expect low tenn
peratures of II to 38 degrees this
morning, according to the Associ-
ated Press. An unexpected freeze
(See WEATHER, Page A-5O
Evening star., 1947-02-09
tsee LOWE, Page A-41
Boby CrowIs From Crib
Dies of Cold in Yard
By the Associcted Press

PRINCETON, H., Feb. 8.-The
frozen body of 15-month-old Kelly
Powers, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
Powers, was found in the yard of his
home early today.
The baby apparently had left his
crib during the night and crawled
outdoors into the near-zero cold.
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Fort Dix MP. Admits
He May Be Murderer
Of Los Angeles Girl
Signs Statement Telling
Of Blank Spells After
Evening With 'DohIio'
BY the Associated Press

FORT DIX, N. j., Feb. 8.-The
Army's criminal investigation
division tonight announced it
was holding Corpl. Joseph
DUMAS on a charge of suspicion
of murder after he signed a
statement saying "it was pos
sible" he committed the mutila-
ton Staying of attractive Eliza
beth Short (the Black Dahlia) in
Los Angeles. So.
No request has been received
from Los Angeles police to hold
DUMAS on any charge, the Army
said.
Announcement that DUMAS had
signed the statement was made by
Capt. william H. Florence, head of
the criminal investigation depart
ment through Maj Cornelius T.
Morris, post public relations officer.
Mai. Morris said DUMAS 29-year-
old former combat infantryman who
has been serving as a military po-
liceman signed statement which
included 50-page document
scrawled in his own longhand and a
lengthy series of questions and
answers bearing directly upon the
Staying.
DUMAS Initials Each Page.
The two papers were combined
into a single statement to which
Mai. Morris said DUMAS affixed his
signature after initiating each page.
DUMAS stated, Maj. Morris said,
that he was with the slain girl
January 10 five days before her
body was found in California. The
soldier insisted throughout that his
mind 'blanked out" while drinking
with the girl and that he remem-
bered nothing until he found him
self in New York's Pennsylvania
Station some time later.
Maj. Morris said records at Fort
Dix showed definitely that DUMAS
was at the Army installation, on
January 10, II and IL. Then there
was a lapse of four days, during
which time there was no trace of
DUMAS. But on January II the
records again show DUMAS at the
fort.
Had Blood on Clothing.
The Claremont IN. HI soldier
had been questioned for almost a
week following his apprehension on
an embezzlement charge.
DUMAS statement, Maj. Morris
said. declared he had known Miss
Short since 1912 and had several
dates with her.
When arrested last Monday on
the charge of embezzling several
hundred dollars entrusted to his
care while he was on duty at a
Fort Dix gate, DUMAS told Capt.
Florence of his connection with
Miss Short, Maj. Morris said.
There we're clippings of the case
| in his pocket and bloodstains on
his trousers. Analysis showed, Maj.
Morris said, that the blood was
possibly ABB type" the same type
of blood Miss Short had.
Maj. Morris said the DUMAS
statement told how he had "blank
spells" in previous dealings with
women when he had been drink
ing heavily.
Admits Becoming Brutal.
The statement included remark
by the soldier that when with a
girl and drinking, his Craving and
passion became uncomfortable" He
said he became rough and brutal.
Maj. Morris released the following
questions and answers to which he
said Damais signed his signature:
"Question-Is it possible, while
being with Betty and drinking that
you could have gotten into one Of
Evening star., 1947-02-09
France Plans New Cut
OF so in All Prices
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Feb. g. Frances war
against imitation went into its Sec
ond stage tonight when Premier
Paul Ramadier announced in a
broadcast to the nation a second
5 per cent cut in all prices and fees,
effective during the course of the
coming week."
The first such price cut was de-
creed by the government during the
administration of Interim Premier
Leon Blum little more than a month
ago.
Evening star., 1947-02-09

Rodio Programs, Pg. C-S
Complete Index, Ps. AZ
Evening star., 1947-02-09

(See SOLDIER, A-8.l
Evening star., 1947-02-09

(See COAL, Page A-8)
Evening star., 1947-02-09

(See LAWS, Page A-4o
Evening star., 1947-02-09

(See PORTAL PAY, Page Al
Evening star., 1947-02-09

(See SHOOTING, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Weather Forecast

Weather Forecast
Sunny, continued cold and windy with
high in middle 20s today. Clear, not SO
cold tomorrow.
Temperatures yesterday: High, 80, at
1901 am; low, IA, at 10 pm.
Gull Report on Page A-29
| United States weather Bureau Report.
Evening star., 1947-02-09

The prosecution brought out that
when the man came home from the
war, he went back to his wife.
Evening star., 1947-02-09

The Evening and Sunday Star Is
delivered by carrier in the city and
suburbs at 90c per month when 4 :
Sundays; $1.00 per month when 5
Sundays.
Telephone Ma. 5000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17

year-old Holly Hill youngster to-
morrow Saturday, Dec. 13).
"But it wasn't soon enough.
The boy lost his fight with a
rare heart disease at $40 last
night FRIDAY, Dec. 12) and the
brightly wrapped Christmas
presents remained unopened and
unnoticed in the small Holly
Hill home where he died.
BILLY came ito town in an
ambulance Wednesday to see
Santa Claus before he went
home. Doctors figured that see
ing Santa Claus and the Christ
mas lights would be the, best
medicine for the ailing child.
"The boys death marked the
end of tireless vigil for his
father, Charles Faraldo, of 1873
Flomich avenue. An automobile
painter and part-time photog-
rapher by trade, Faraldo has.
spent almost every night since
last August at Halifax Hospital,
sitting by the boys bedside:
Friends say they don't know
when he slept, and that he col
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17

which he denied that he had ia
vored the back-stab attack on
Pearl Harbor on December z,
1941.
He said that he had opposed
any surprise attack on the Unit
ed States, but that he had been
double-crossed by the japanese
navy high command.
After he had argued against
the attack with the command, he
said he was assured by its MEM
bers that they would not make
the. attack without warning the
United States.
TOTO declared further that the
first ne knew that the Japs had
struck at Pearl Harbor without
warning was when he. heard the
radio announcement from the
United States about the attack.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17

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There are very few persons
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
lapsed last night when Billy

lapsed last night when Billy
died.
"The yo1agster had been ill
since last May Iand hospitalized
since August. News of his incur
able condition spread from his
sympathetic neighbors, but it
couldn't be printed in the paper.
Billy was an alert reader of the
newspaper, and it might have
caught his eye.
"In addition to his parents,
Billy is survived by two sisters,
Angela and Juanita; and two
brothers, David and Johnnie"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
Faraldo
Dies OF Rare
sDiseaseFriday
SEVEN YEAR OLD YOUNG
ESTER OF FORMER KEY
.wEsTER PASSES AWAY IN
EDAYrONA BEACH. FLA.

Billy Faraldo, seven-year-old
SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Far
aldo, of Daytona Beach, died Fri
day, December IL, of a rare dis
ease resulting from rheumatic
fever.
4.Charles' Faraldo is a former
Key Wester, and is the eldest
BROTHER of the family, Ralph,
George and Jacob Faraldo and
ola sister, Mrs. George E..
Knowles.
The Daytona Beach Evening
News featured picture of Billy
looking at the laughing Santa
Claus in Daytona Beach store
windows on the front page of
their issue of Thursday, Decem-
Der IL.
The next day the newspaper
had the following to relate:
Death was moving fast on
Billy Faraldo, so his parents
planned Christmas for the seven
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17

who have applied for the occupa-
tional licenses as yet" said Will
son. Until December 81, there
is no penalty. After january !,
a full 10 per cent is levied"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
TOTO Denies
He Favored
Back Stab
Inv m. Atrocities Press,

TOKYO, Dec. II. = Former
Premier TOTO today submitted
a 3,eoO-word statement to the
military committee that is try
ing Japanese war criminals. in
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17

Before the time of Columbus
the western Atlantic was known
by European sailors as the Sea
of Darkness"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17

48 per cent of the total num-
Der of students in American col
leges and universities this fall
are veterans, it is estimated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17

Finland gave women equal
political rights with men back
in 1906.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
Do You KnOaU That

In World War 2 there were
489,999 U. S. Marines in SER
vice.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-17
Better Pay Your
Taxes I'm Dec

Anyone who doesn't take out
his county occupational license
during December will have to
pay a 10 per cent penalty dur
ing January, County Tax Collec-
tor Howard Wilson warned to-
day.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-03-28
Tournament
Slated April 3, 4, 5th

Dates for the Columbus county
boy boxing tournament are set for
April 3, 4, and 9Th.
Entries for the county boxing
tournament are beginning to come
in at rapid pace now, G. d. Pic
keral, entry committee chairman,
announced today.
The tournament proceeds will
be used to purchase recreational
equipment for the youth of the
county. Any town or community
in the county will be allowed to
use the equipment so long as the
use will be under proper super
vision. The committee in charge
hopes that as result of this tour
nament other activities SUCH
as swimming and track for both
boys and girls will be part of the
recreational program. Winners
in each event, the school boy and
the open division, will receive APP
propriate rewards and will be-
come a member of the Columbus
County Recreational Association
Lee J. Greer, Clerk of Superior
Court and County Juvenile Judge,
one of the promoters of the tour
nament, feels that this and other
allied activities will go long way
towards the reduction of juvenile
delinquency problem in the coun-
ty. ,,
Entry blanks can be obtained
by contracting G.. ID. Plckeral'