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Evening star., 1947-04-19
Receiving Home
Statement

The report OF Investigators
| Harold L. Beech and James j.
| Kerr, in the form OF memo
randun, to Mr.. Horan on the Re-
ceiDir1g Home, stated:
A routine inspection of the Re-
ceiving Home for Children was
made by the staff during the course
of the inquiry into the operations
of the Board of Public Welfare.
1t is the definite conviction of the
staff that this facility should be
closed Immediately. This conclu-
sion mas been reached by considera-
tion of facts set forth as follows:
| !. The Home, as presently oper-
ated, is a disgraceful reflection on
the Board of Public Welfare, the
Commissioners of the District of Co.
lumbia, and, in the final analysis,
reflects a serious lack of knowledge
by the Congress as to the use made
of appropriated funds. The admin
istration of the home is shocking
example of incompetency.
Lincoln Hall a Fire Trap.
2. Amy additional expenditure OF
appropriated moneys that would
permit the unwholesome conditions,
that presently exist in the home,
to continue for even "a hours longer,
would be unwarranted and without
justification.
3. The building known as Lincoln
Hall is a dangerous fire trap OBJ
viously unfit for use as domicile
for wards of public body. The
fire hazard is so great that members
of the staff feel that this building
should be vacated Immediately.
4. The practice of permitting
minor dependents of the Board OF
Public Welfare to be thrown into
the company of juvenile delinquents.
many of whom have acquired vicious
habits, without adequate or COM
petent supervision, is indefensible.
Apparently, however, this practise
cannot be corrected without physi-
cal transfer of the children to other
outside facilities.
Closing Recommended.
5. The investigators make the
following suggestions for your con-
sideration as possible immediate
remedial action:
ID Close the Receiving Home I'M
mediately.
(2) Transfer all dependent chill
dren of all ages to wards in GAL
linger Hospital, providing there
without cost to the hospital sufh-
cient matron and custodian staff for
security and care of these children.
80 Reimburse Gallinger Hospital
for all other expenses incurred by
this additional burden from the un-
expended balances in the accounts
of the Receiving Home
Would Retain Few Employees.
"a Place DR.. Scavsky at CALM
ger Hospital as the temporary ad-
ministrative officer in charge of this
operation, and relieve him of re-
sponsibility for the other activity
presently carried on at the Receiv-
ing Home.
(5) Transfer all delinquents to
temporary custody of the Industrial
Home School, utilizing Dunbar Cot
tage for the retention of white
delinquent girls.
t6) Place on indefinite leave all
other personnel of the Receiving
Home with the exception of the
nurses and three attendants, the
former being reassigned to the tenn
porary operations, and the latter
being retained as watchmen of the
vacated property of the Receiving
Home until further disposition is
raoHc
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Publisher Loses $340

William j. Connors. .jr., publisher
Of the Buffalo Courier Express, lost
a wallet containing s340 yesterday
near the Statler Hotel, according to
his report to police. He is attending
the convention of the American So
'ctety of Newspaper Editors.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Augusta Fire Under Control

STAUNTON. Va, April 10 R.-A
forest fire which raced over nearly
100 acres of Augusta County tim
berland in Estaline Valley was
brought under control early last
night by flrefghters who believed
its origin to be incendiary.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
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..
That's ecstasy you see on
six-year-old Larry Collins
face. He's got fish enough for
a small boys supper. The
proud papa is Shirley Collins
of Takoma Park, Md.
(Top center) Spring also
brought out the photographer
who begged a ride upstream
on the Harbor Police boat.
AS the boat chugged along,
the photographer snapped
these barefooted fishermen on
a rock near Dempsey's boat
house.
Evening star., 1947-04-19

QUEEN LIVES UP TO HER NAME-Moy Queen actually be-
came yesterday
High School The 8year-o pictured
was placed her head Nelson Ebrey Hampden
lane Bethesda president of the senior chap
step her friend Dick Nag avenue Chevy
Chase who also her official escort Miss lives at
8ao1 FernWood road, Bethesda. Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Claim Of Liquor Gifts
To Inspectors Stirs Probe

Divorce court testimony of a plas-
tering contractor that he gave Gin
spectors" liquor to stay off their bad
lists" has led to an investigation in
the District Building Inspections De-
partment.
Engineer Commissioner Gordon r.
Young said yesterday he ordered the
inquiry despite the fact that it was
not clear just what inspectors" were
involved in the original charges.
The contractor, Warren E. Dyson,
1900 block of Longfellow street NV,
made the statement Monday in Dis
trict Court in his answer to a ques-
ton concerning his accounting for
funds listed in l945 for entertain
meut." Mr.. Dyscn's wife, Dorothy
s., 4600sblock of Ellicott street NV,
Is asking separate maintenance, and
Mr.. Dyson, in a cross-complaint, is
charging her with cruelty.
Gen. Young told Robert H. Davis,
inspections chief, to look into the
matter, but emphasized 1t was a rou-
tine check.
II have no reason to believe one
OF our men was involved" he said.
THE inspectors referred to could
have been Federal men, insurance
officials, or almost anybody, for all
We know. I just want to be sure our
men aren't involved"
Evening star., 1947-03-12
IS Fined for Gambling.
Pay S715in Court

The Municipal Court cash register
yesterday rang to the tune of S725
paid in fines by IS persons charged
with gambling offenses.
/ The amounts ranged from $25 to
500. The convictions resulted from
the efforts of detectives of the
metropolitan police antigambling
squad during the last month or so.
The single $1o0 fine was paid by
Morris Slavsky, SO. of the 800 block
OF Tenth street NE. The $25 sum
came from Evelyn Hawkins, 10, col
ored. of the 500 block Of K street
Sc. Both as well as the following,
who paid $50 each, were charged
with possession Of numbers slips:
Edward Newton, 81, of the 200
block OF E Street S.W.; William H.
Davis, 32.g 1900 block OF Fourteenth
street NV; william H. Green, IS,
Of the 1900 block Of North Cameron
street, Arlington; Grady Franklin,
SO, OF the 1000 block of First street
NV; Fannie M. Glenn, 20, and
Alice M. Rice, 81, OF the 300 block
of Second street Sc; Charles S.
Key, "a. of the TOO block of Newton
place NV, and and Jo' I ]. Muir
ply, 63. Of the 1700 block Of D
street NE, all colored, and Mike
John Hasney, 54, of the 14o0 block
OF Morse street NE.
Robert Thompson, 40, colored, of
the 1900 block Of Corcoran street
NV. paid $50 for permitting
gaming table, while Melvin L. Chat
fin, q, 'colored, OF the 1400 block of
Meridian street NV, paid $50 each
on charges of possessing slips and
permitting gaming table.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
McNeur
Continued From First Page.)

to testimony Of strike violence the
committee had received, and Repre-
sentative Gwinn, Republican, OF
New York, blamed the whole affair
on the Communists who, he said
teach and advocate violence
treachery and every weapon to pro-
mote disorder"
He read two kilograms he said
were from local union heads pro-
testing the Unreasonable apd pro-
fascist proposal to outlaw the Com
munist Party" made to the commit
tee yesterday by Secretary Of Labor
Schwellenbach.
Representative Owens, Republi-
can, of Illinois, another committee
member, suggested that maybe
some one is trying to put labor or
the spot" and called for complete
investigation.
Representative Kersten, Repub-
lican, Of Wisconsin said, Here we
are confronted with a threat tt
an honored and respected member
Of this committee" adding tina,
such an incident was extremely
dangerous" indicating "that VIC.
lence has reached right up to this
committee and 1t must be smashed.
He referred to 'labor violence" an6
disregard for law and order"
Representative Klein, Democrat
Of New York, declared there wa.
no evidence that labor had any
thing to do with the McNear mur.
der, and pointed out that many
labor witnesses have testified here
how opposed to violence they are.
He added:
II don't think 1t Is q fair infer.
ence to draw that labor unions art
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Commons
Continued From First Page)

equipment to any firm inside our
outside Britain.
Mr.. Churchill declared the govern
ment has divided this nation in its
hour of serious need in a different
way from which it has ever been
divided in the many party conflicts
I have witnessed in the past.
I'm less than two years, our coun-
try has fallen from it's proud and
glorious position in the world to the
plight in which it lies today" he
said. There is no need for a nread
shortage and there was no need for
a breakdown in coal. These short
ages were merely marginal and
could have been provided against by
foresight and prudence.
"The British people today are un-
dernourished."
Government benches shouted
nonsense"
Attlee to Ask Backing.
Mr.. Attlee will speak tonight, ask
ing the House for approval Of both
long and short-range planning to
recoup British fortunes expended
during the war.
Labor's big majority in the House
of Commons has been split recently
by a sharp conflict over Prime Min
lister Attlee's decision to keep more
than 100000 men in the armed
forces, but one Of the chief critics
served notice last night that the
party ranks would be arm on q
showdown vote.
The voting is expected about 10
pm. q pm. EST.
The extent Of the revolt Of some
100 Labor "back benchers"-rank
and file M. P.'s-who oppose Mr..
Attlee's armed forces policy, was
shown during the debate last even
ing when Leonard Callaghan, fiery
Welsh Laborite, charged that the
maintenance of big military forces
during the grave manpower short
age were Gripping Britain's eco
nomic recovery"
Not even Mr.. Churchill's Con-
servatives expected the mo conf
dence" vote to pass in the face Of
the governments majority Of nearly
200 members. They have used the
three-day debate on the 1947 eco
nomic policies to charge the gov
ernment with failing to anticipate a
drastic coal shortage crisis and have
demanded halt to naturalization
Of industry during the recovery
drive.
Coal Output Increased.
All during the three-day debate
government leaders have said they
intend to press the naturalization
program.
Labor Minister George Isaacs yes
terday pointed to increased coal
production since the mines were ma
tionalized January / and said he
hoped to attract 100000 additional
men to the pits by better working
conditions.
Defense Minister Al. v. Alexander
evoked a storm from the Conserva-
tive benches last night when he
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Moves
Continued From First Page.)

a new proposal and a new set of
statistics.
He urged the ministers to set the
Control Council rigid schedule for
wiping out every vestige OF Ger
maays war-making power by De-
cember 81, 1s49.
As to statistics, he said that of
1857 plants in the western zones
earnarked for dismantling, only
three had been completely dis
mantled and 81 partially dismantled
Mr.. Molotov said things were diff
ferant in the Soviet zone. There,
he claimed, 676 out OF 1888 plants
had been completely dismantled.
Great war factories, producing
tanks, planes and arms of all kinds,
were being left intact by the Allies,
MI. Molotov said. In the British
zone, he observed, only Z per cent OF
them had been dismantled.
The Russian Foreign Minister was
talking about two distinct types of
factory. When he mentioned the
British zone he spoke of actual
war plants. But his figures for the
western zones as whole had to dc
with heavy industry plants, not pro-
ducing actual war material, which
were to have been taken apart and
shipped out of the country in form
Of reparations.
Last May the United States halt
ed such reparations shipments from
its zone.
Gen. Marshall wasted few words
In reply. He told Mr.. Molotoy
that plants could not be removed
from our zones for reparations, al
had been contemplated at Potsdam
until Germany was treated as one
economic unit, as had been contem-
plated at Potsdam.
This, he made plain, was because
Russian insistence that Germany
be operated economically in sep
arate zones so crippled the Ger
man economy as to make necessary
a higher level Of industry than would
be required if Germany were being
treated as one economic unit.
Progress Termed Satisfactory.
The American Secretary also said
the Control Councils report, which
the ministers were studying, showed
demilitarization was progressing
satisfactory. Mr.. Molotov had pro-
posed that the Foreign Ministers in
struct the Control Council to take
these steps:
l. Draw up before. July, l947,
plan for destroying all industr!
which might help Germany make
war, and carry out the plan ;befor'
1e49.
2. Destroy all Germany's arms ant
military installations before 1850.
3. Break up all Germany's mill
tary units, including auxiliary ane
service units, by July, 1947.
4. Eliminate all displaced persons
camps and send hcme everybody II
them.
Gen. Marshall offered the Min
listers more moderate resolution
In effect, it recognized substantia
Evening star., 1947-03-12
SNYDER
Continued From First Page.)

Snyder was sane, based on examina-
tions made in January.
John r. Reeves Of defense counsel
moved for a mistrial after DR.. Pres
ton had been asked a question re-
lating to the boys possible emotional
stress at the time Of the crime. The
motion, which was overruled, came
after the. court had ordered the
question and answer stricken from
the record.
The trial was recessed little more
than an hour after 1t began when
only II jurors had been chosen from
a total Of 72 talesmen called. Forty
said they had formed opinions, Is
were challenged by the defense; !
was challenged by the prosecution;
3 said they had scruples concerning
capital punishment and 2 were
found to be under Is, the legal
minimum age for jurors in Mary
land.
5 TGlesmdn Summoned.
After the recess, during which i've
additional talesmen were summoned,
the 18th Juror was selected, after
the defense had challenged one
prospective Juror and another said
he had formed an opinion in the
case. The trial was before by
Judges Charles w. Woodward and
Stedman Prescott. q
The young defendant appeared
calm as he sat with hands folded
IN his lap beside his two attorneys
Mr.. Cissell, appointed by the court
and Mr.. Reeves. He was dressed in
a tan tweed jacket, brown Jacks and
q sport shirt.
The courtroom was crowded. They
included about 35 students of busi-
ness law classes at Richard Mont
gomery High School, Rockville, who
said they were attending the trial
as part Of their school work IN legal
procedure.
+. Raymond Is Jury Foreman.
Carl L. Raymond was chosen the
first Juror and thereby became fore
man. It is an all-male jury, as
required by Maryland law.
Others on the jury are Samuel B.
Briggs, Charles P. Lukens, jr.: Wal
ter w. Weidman, John M. Tregon-
ing, Walter P. Baliles, Louis A. Yost,
jr.; Guy L. Carter, Paul Burdette,
John A. Clilier, William r. Robert
Enyeart and Joseph D. HoWes.
Evening star., 1947-03-12

the interest Of one Of It's members.
The assistance focused public at
tention on the clinic. A bill was
passed by the State Legislature
authorizing its operation as war
memorial hospital under supervision
Of the county court.
The court will assume jurisdiction
july ] under q plan providing for
purchase Of the clinic, now free of
debt.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Washington Clubs Help
Saves Children 5 Clinic

! BERKELEY SPRINGS, w. Va,
Mar. l2.--The Kiwanis Club and
East Gate Lions Club Of Washington,
D. G., have been credited with giving
impetus to financial arrangements
that viii make possible the CONVEX
sion Of q crippled children's clinic
here into war memorial HOSPITAL.
The Kiwanis Club has been main
tanning polimyelitis patients at the
clinic, the Pines, for several years.
When its closing was suggested last
fan because Of reduced patronage,
the club began underwriting de-
ficits. Later, the East Gate Lions
Club began contributions through
Evening star., 1947-03-12
coroner's Jury Called Todo,
In SIoyinq of McNeor

PEORIA, Ill, Mar. u tP).-Mem-
bers of one group of the 13 railroad
brotherhoods striking against the
Toledo, Peoria q Western Railroad
appeared voluntarily before police
officials today but failed to offer any
important information concerning
the Staying Of George P. McNear, jr.,
the railroad president.
As a coroner,s jury was summoned
for an inquest into the mysterious
Staying of Mr.. McNear, an avowed
foe OF the rail unions In prolonged
strike against his short line freight
road, the City Council was on record
as pledging cooperation toward ap-
|prehension and conviction of the
slayer.
George P. McNear has been
wantonly and ruthlessly murdered, I"
an official council statement said.
Every citizen was shocked to think
that this could happen in Peoria." I"
Residents living near the McNear
home in the exclusive West Bluff
section were summoned to the in
quest. Some had reported seeing a
car near the scene where Mr.. Nc
Near was fatally shot as he was
taking walk. Six shotgun slugs
entered his body as he was fired
on. Detective Chief Fred Nussbaum
said there were nc witnesses to the
actual killing. Other police officials
said the slayer or slayers apparently
stalked Mr.. McNear for several days.
In their investigation, police dug
into the turbulent history of the
railroad and Mr.. McNear's unrelent-
ing fight with the rail unions. Fatal
shootings, dynamiting, fires and
lengthy litigation marked the long
dispute. The 239-mile freight line
has been virtually imperative for
the last II months by strike of the
Is unions. During wartime the
Government operated the line,
which normally handles transcon-
tinental freight shipments bypass
ing Chicago.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Irumun
Continued From First Page.)

three major speeches-Mexico City,
Waco and that today-within the
space Of 10 days.
Leahy May Go Along.
As was the case when he spent
a week in Key West In November,
the President viii occupy the quar-
ters of Capt. w. A. Saunders, COM
mander Of the Key West submarine
base, during his visit. He will land
at Boca Chica Airport.
Accompanying the President will
be Mr.. Ross, the military and naval
aides, Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan
and Rear Admiral James H. Fosk-
EFT; Clark Clifford, counsel; Secre-
tary william D. Hassett, and per-
haps Admiral william D. Leahy,
the Presidents personal chief OF
staff, and John r. Steelman, presi-
Dental assistant
Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham,
the Presidents physician, who
ordered the trip reinstated after Mr..
Truman completed work on his
message to Congress yesterday, said
it would be the forerunner Of fire.
quent brief excursions for the Chief
Executive to keep him in top
physical trim.
I'm not prescribing long vaca-
tions for the boss" Gen. Graham
explained, but only brief rests
which put him at the top of his
physical energy. He gets restless If
he stays at one place too long"
Gen. Graham said Mr.. Truman
weighs 173 pounds, or only one
pound more than he did after his
last visit to Key West. J
Describing the President as re-
markably fit for a man of his 81
years, Gen. Graham declared:
Il want to keep him that way.
The best way to do that is to make
certain that he gets frequent, if
brief, periods of rest and sunshine.
The grind a President goes through
requires that he take the best of
care Of himself"
Evening star., 1947-03-12
zoo Jewish Refugees
Hunted in Palestine
:Affer Vessel Grounds
gy the Asseeiotsd Press

Z JERUSALEM, Mar. 1.-TWO
hundred illegal Jewish imn1i-
grants disappeared into South
ern Palestine near the barren
Negev fsouthern desert) early
! today after escaping from a
refugee ship which ran the Brit
. ish blockade and drove aground
near GAIA.
I. The British Army announced that
. 400 Of the estimated 800 refugees
aboard the vessel were rounded up
on the beach and placed in hastily
erected compound near Isdud, few
miles from Gaza, while another 200
was sold to be still aboard thu craft,
identified as the .Ro-ton Susanna
out of Italy. =
Authorities said those held would
be trucked to Haifa during the day
and trans-shipped tonight to Cyprus
retention camps. Extraordinary pre-
cautions were taken to guard the
route to Haifa in order to prevent
a possible attempt 70 free the i'm
migrants.
Towns Cordoned OFF.
Unofficial sources said every Jew
ish settlement In the area bordering
on the Negev had been cordoned
of to prevent the refugees still at
liberty from finding their way into
those settlements. The Army was
continuing its search for those who
escaped.
A source in Tel Aviv said the He
brew name of the beached ship was
Shabetai Lojinsky, in honor of a
Jewish settlement worker from
Atarot, near Jerusalem, who was
killed in road accident near Rome
six weeks ago while on q mission
to q 0splaced-persons camp in
Europe.
There were reports that the Brit
ash Navy had overtaken the vessel
at sea during the night and put a
boarding party on her, only to have
1t thrown off by the passengers, but
this was denied officially. Also de-
MED was a report that there had
bSSA4 ohA Al1lollCS USVWCCll al dUS llP .
ing in the area and some OF the
escaped Jews.
Headquarters Attacked
Five or six Jews using machine
guns and revolvers attacked head
quarters of the Jerusalem martial
law area an hour before dawn, kill
ing British soldier and wounding
eight, three or them seriously.
-Four other incidents occurred dur
ing the night, in which another SOL
dier was injured.
Police reported that "two or three
armed Jews fired tommyguns into
an army camp at Karkur," midway
between Haifa and Tel Aviv, just
before midnight. Two hand gren-
AIDES were tossed and sentries fired,
but there was no casualty.
The communique said three rifle
men fired on an army truck near
Tulkarm. Another vehicle was at
tackled by .Bren gunners south of
Haifa and Dit was there that the
soldier was injured. A military jeep
was blown up near Sarona, on the
outskirts of Tel Aviv.
Authorities searching the San
hedriya quarter of Jerusalem ar
rested 18 Jews in quizzes concerning
terrorist activities. One was q
woman.
Evening star., 1947-03-12

charged that I'VE were led into the
war by the Conservative Party"
Turning to the Labor critics who
demanded sleeper reductions in the
armed forces, Mr.. Alexander said ut
Is essential that the fruit Of seven
years intensive war effort should
not be thrown away by an ilI-con-
sidered jettisoning Of defense re-
sponsibilitieS
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Chinese Movie Turns
To Modern Drumu

The first Chinese language color
MIN, now In production in Hawaii
by olivery Pang, island cinematog-
rapher, will be q modern drama, its
Shanghai sponsors report.
It viii depart, for what is asserted
Evening star., 1947-03-12
School to Present PIoy

What a Life" Henry Aldrich
play, will be presented by the Tako-
ma Park (Md) Junior High School
Dramatic Club at 8 pm. Thursday
and Friday.