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Evening star., 1947-08-11
-Four Prisoners Escape Jail
After Taking Guards Guns
By the Associated Press

SALEM, Mass, Aug. 11.-Four
armed Observation-Disclosures as very
dangerous" us"-escaped from Essex
County Jail today after overpower-
ing two guards, taking their guns
and robbing them Of 500.
Using a pistol believed to have
been smuggled from the outside,
James w. Mcdonald, 20, of Worces-
ter, led the break when he held up a
guard who had opened his cell so it
could be cleaned. He then locked
the guard in the cell and released
the others.
Working silently and deliberately,
the four waited long enough to rob
the guards and to open small jail
safe containing property of other
prisoners.
Making their way through the
main Office Of the Jail, they held up
John Wilson, a steward, as he was
reporting for work and stole his car.
Escaping with Mcdonald, a re-
fornatory parolee being held for the
grand jury, were Richard Wysocky.
20, of Salem, held on a charge OF
assault with intent to rape; Joseph
|P. Bowers, 80, Of Salem, held on
charges of assault with intent to
murder, and Rudolph w. Limauro.
18, of Lynn, who is serving an 1s.
month sentence for larceny.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
By Thor HeyerdohI
North American Newspaper Alliance

RAROIA REEF, Tuamotu Is
lands, Aug. 7 (Delayed).- The
Kon-Tiki raft is on a reef, but
the six of us who are her crew
are safe and unhurt on an un-
inhabited island.
(The raft had been at sea about
100 days, drifting more than 4,100
miles from Peru, to show there
could have been an immigration
fronA Peru to the South Pacific
more than $500 years ago.
After three days of trying to gel
around long, low Raroia Reef, We
finally were drawn right In among
the coral rocks. As there was ne
choice left to us, we directed the raft
right into the roaring 25-foot wave!
which broke in the area. All mer
were ordered to cling to the basic
nine logs which form the body of ths
raft.
When 600 yards from shore W,
were grounded on a low half-sub
merged mass of coral. Giant break
ers came in and threw us onto tn
other rocks, each & little closer t.
the shore. But the raft was taking
an awful beating. Our hut wa
Evening star., 1947-08-11
laps 10 Be Permitted
To Use 1877 Millions
To Finance Revival
Seized Gold and Jewels
To Provide Assets for
Limited Foreign Trade
By the Assoeioted Press

The Far Eastern Commission
ruled in a policy decision pub
lished today that an Allied
seized stock of japanese gold and
jewels valued at more than
$137, 100000 might be used to help
finance a revival. of Japan's
peace economy.
The ruling was made my the IL
nation commission in a directive
covering Japan's foreign trade poll
cies for the immediate future.
It said that the previous metals
and jewels ultimately should be dis
posed Of as reparations, but added
In the meantime values of such
Japanese assets should be preserved
but such assets themselves may be
used as a means of acquiring for
eign exchange to aid in financing
production programs designed to
contribute to the revival of pro-
ductivity in a Japanese peace
economy"
Policy Adopted July "a.
The commission said that all
countries represented on the COM
mission should have an equal op-
portunity to acquire the assets in
return for acceptable currency.
The policy statement on interim
import-export policies for Japan
Evening star., 1947-08-11
$4,000 Ford Workers
Recalled After Layoff
By the Assoeioted Press

DETROIT, Aug. 1.-THE Ford
Motor Co. recalled $4,000 workers
to their jobs today. ending three
day layof caused by parts short
age blamed by officials on the con-
tinuing strike at Murray Corp. OF
America.
Another $4,000 employees in the
Ford Rouge, Highland Park and
Branch assembly plants remained
idle. They were to return to work
Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Federal Concil-
iation service set up a three-man
panel to attempt settlement Of the
Murray dispute, in which 1000
members of the CIO United Auto
Workers are demanding a clause
banning law suits for contract vio-
lations as allowed under the Taft
Hartley Labor Act.
Negotiations between the UAW
and Ford officials are continuing
on contract changes, particularly
q proposed $15.0oo,o0o pension plan.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Odom's 73-Hour World FIiqht
Sets Record; He'll Try Again

the trip, and extreme WEAKNESS,
Mr.. Odom, with his converted Army
A-26 bomber, the Reynolds Bomb
shell, broke all existing records.
These included the former solo
record set in 1888 by the late Wiley
Post, of 186 hours and 40 minutes,
and the previous flight of the
Bombshell with Mr.. Odom, Milton
Reynolds, Chicago pen manufac-
turer, and Flight Engineer T. Car
roll Sallee, which made the trip in
78 hours. SIS minutes last April.
Mr.. Odom's average speed for the
fight, including 9 hours and so
minutes on the ground, was ap-
proximately 269 miles an hour; but
during the SO hours and Is minutes
of flying time he averaged 310.59
miles per hour.
Franklin Lamb, Mr.. Odom's flight
manager, said the youthful airman
(See ODOM, Page A-30
Evening star., 1947-08-11
PoIicemon's Speedy Blood Gift
Saves Woman as Baby Is Born

types, it was discovered that Police
man John A. Ronayne, of the Third
Precinct, had the proper 20" type
Pvt. Rorfayne is an old friend of Mrs
Grooms' er-in-law, who also is
stationed at the Third Precinct.
Mrs. Grooms' husband, a Star
printer, said the response of the
police department was overwhelm-
ing" THE hospital had to call us
back in a few minutes to cancel the
request for volunteers" he said.
DR.. John R. Dull, of 314 East Cap
itol street, who delivered the baby
said the quick response of the police
man probably saved Mrs. Grooms'
life. After the baby was born. the
severe hemorrhages began and
blood plasma was tried unsuccess-
fully, he said.
The Groomses have another child
a 4-ycar-old girl.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Truman Back, Confers
On Plans for Rio Trip
By the Associated Press

President Truman, refreshed after
a week end in the presidential noun
tain lodge "Shangri-La," near Thur
mont, Md, returned today to the
White House. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Truman.
The President will join aides in
working out plans for his forth
coming trip to Rio de Janeiro fol
the closing days of the Inter-Amer-
lean Defense Conference, which
opens Friday.
The President scheduled his usual
Monday conference with Secretary
of State Marshall giving them ar
opportunity to go over plans for the
conference. Gen. Marshall will heao
the United States delegation.
Nr. and Mrs. Truman went tc
Silangri-La Friday after the Presi-
dent had cleared his desk. of the
last of 1874 bills sent to him by
Congress. Overcast skies held the
President indoors nearly all OF
yesterday. He spent most of the
day reading, passing up his Gus
tomary walk and dip in the outdoor
pool
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Pictures on Page Az

A mother who suffered dangerous
hemorrhages yesterday after the
birth of her baby girl was alive
today because of the quick response
of Metropolitan policemen to an
emergency appeal for blood donors.
The mother, Mrs. w. Ralph
Grooms, 20, of 1927 U place Sc,
was reported recovering at Sibley
Hospital today.
When the need for blood donors
became imperative, Mrs. Grooms'
father r-in-law, Policeman William c.
Grooms, arranged with the Police
Department to flash the appeal for
volunteers over the teletype system.
Fifteen policemen rushed to the hos
pital.
After tests of the volunteers blood
Evening star., 1947-08-11
CAPTAIN Ordered Use
OF Gas-0iI. Mixture,
Firemen Say at Trial
james Denies All Charges
Counsel Protests Bowen
As Board Member
Lpictures on pdde Ri
pictures on Page BIZ

Two of the four firemen in.
jured July II in an explosion al
No. 18 Engine House testified
today before a Fire Department
Trial Board that suspended F!rt
Capt. William v. James gave
them orders to clean a boile1
there with a mixture of one-hal1
gasoline and one-half oil.
Chief Clement Murphy. in sus
pending Capt. James, charged
that such a mixture was imf1am'
mable and caused the explosion
He charged that there was a Goa
fire burning within 10 feet of the
boiler.
The trial began as counsel TO,
Capt. James protested the presence
of Battalion Chief N. E. Bower
as a member of the board because
the captain said he had mo con-
fidence in him in this matter"
Capt. James pleaded not guilty
to charges of being responsible for
the blast and that he had demon
strated a lack of regard for the
safety of his men.
Tells of Captains Order.
Pvt. Clyde Fletcher, 4S, of Mount
Rainier, Md, one of the injured
firemen, testified that he was in
structed by Capt. James to clean
the boiler with a mixture of "about
one quart of gas to about one quart
of OIL"
Under cross examination by de-
fense counsel, Pvt. Fletcher ad-
mitted- that the oil-gas mixture
had been used in the department
for many years but declared that
it was always used for cleaning
apparatus and not boilers.
Pvt. Fletcher, now on sick leave
from the department, also told the
board that it took from 16 to 2(
minutes to use a suction pump
known as the johnson pump" tt
spray parts of the boiler before
the explosion.
Pump Demonstrated.
A demonstration of the pump with
half-gallon of water took about
20 seconds to empty it, but Pvt
Fletcher pointed out that at the
engine house more time was required
because the nozzle had to placed
successfully in the boiler tubes II
order to clean them.
Pvt James K. White, q, OF As;
Mellon street Sc, another of thu
men who were injured, testified tina
he heard Capt James order Pvt
Fletcher to use the oil-gas mixture
The cleaning work was in progres!
when he went downstairs to thu
furnace room, he said. He admitted
that he had an unlighted cigarette
in his hand but testified under re.
peated cross-examination that HI
did not light it.
after they stopped pumping ant
the work was completed, there wa
(See JAMES, Page A-6,)
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office and two silver goblets he said
he sent to Paul Wakefield of Austin,
Tex, who, he said, was publicity
man for Mr.. Jones at the time.
Mr.. Birdwell disclosed he was
caAed at am. today by Francis D.
Flanagan, assistant chief counsel of
the Senate, War Investigating Com
mittee, and told to appear at 10 am.
as a scheduled witness for today's
hearing. He added that he had
been in Washington. since last We'd
nesday in response to a request from
Committee Counsel William P.
Rogers and Mr.. Flanagan that he
testify.
No subpoena was served on him,
because he notified the committee
officials he would appear voluntar-
lily, Mr.. Birdwell explained.
The libel suit, which Mr.. Birdwell
said would be filed by his attorney,
Charles D. Scanlon, in United
States District Court in New York
before Friday, drew out of testi-
mony before Senate subcommittee
last Thursday.
Mr.. Dietrich testified that al
though his duties did not include
examination of expense accounts,
he looked over Mr.. Birdwells state
ment of expenses for a trip to
1See RTRnWET pooa 40
Evening star., 1947-08-11
By the Assoeiofed Press

CHICAGO, Aug. 11.-Pilot Bill
Odom said today that he would
try again after setting a new
record for the fastest trip around
the world.
The ~ year -old veteran flyer
broke all previous globe circling
records as he buzzed the Douglas
Airport control tower yesterday just
73 hours. S minutes and II seconds
after leaving Chicago Thursday on
his 19,654-mile solo trip.
"The Good Lord was taking care
of me for while last night" Mr..
Odom said, explaining that he had
dozed of from fatigue over the
mountains of Western Canada and
awoke to find himself flashing to-
ward a 19,000-foot mountain peak.
Despite failure of an automatic
pilot, lack Of gas near the end Of
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Comintern Sent EisIel
To U. 5. in '33, Sister
Repeats in Court
First RebuttuI Witness
For Government as Trial
Enters Fifth Week
By NewboId Moves, Jr.

Ruth Fischer, estranged sister
of Gerhart Eisler, returned to
the District Court witness stand
today to repeat that her brother
was a representative of the Com
munist International when, he
first came to the United States
in 1888.
She was the first of a series ol
rebuttal witnesses through whom the
Government seeks this week tt
bolster its case against Eisler, al
legged backstage impressario oi
American Communism, who is
charged with passport fraud.
With added embellishments, Miss
Fischer described for the jury the
setting in Paris in which Eisler, ir
June, 1888. told her he was on his
way to America ito teach the stupic
Americans how to run a Com
munist Party.
Subject of Family Quarrel.
The existence of this meeting has
been the subject of an Eisler family
quarrel during the trial, involving
not only Miss Fischer and Eisler
bitter political enemies since 1927
but also their brother, Hams Eisler
Hollywood composer.
Hams Eisler, appearing as a de-
tense witness, testified last week
that while it was true that his
brother passed through Paris in
June, 1888, he was headed for Ger
many rather than America, and die
not meet with Miss Fischer, although
he said she was in Paris at the
time.
The Eisler trial entered it's fifth
(See EISLER, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Bars Freed Of LiabiIit
When Minors Drink
In Adults Company
West Says ABC Board
Misinterpreted Low;
Further Ruling Due

District bars and taprooms
hereafter will not be prosecuted
under the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Act when a minor ac-
companied by an adult drinks
on the premises.
In an opinion given to the Com
missioners today, Corporation Coun-
sci Vernon E. West said the Alco-
holic Beverage Control Board has
been in error in taking the position
that because a minor drinks on the
premises the holder of the license
to sell liquor is at fault.
This means that a boy or CIR
may go into a bar with an adult
and drink provided the drink !.
neither sold directly nor served di.
rectly to the minor.
If a man buys drinks, has then
served to him and then pushes on,
across to minor, the liquor licens
! holder is absolutely in the clea1
Mr.. Vests opinion said.
Law Intentionally stated.
He said the control act intention
ally stated the law this way.
It would require an army Of de
tectives," he said, to catch ever
minor who consumes drink bough
by an adult. 1t would place al
impossible burden" on licens,
holders, he added, to hold them re-
sponsible for drinking by minors
that did not involve actual sale o.
serving.
Many parties are given where
drinks are served to everyone alike
Frequently large number of guests
are minors, he explained, especially
when it comes to school and college
dances and debutante parties.
But the ABC Board, he said, has
been constituting the act so license
holders are liable for any drinking
by minors whatsoever.
Opionon on Old Penalties Due.
The board had asked for his opin-
ion, he said. after the Mayflowe1
Hotel had filed a motion to dismiss
a case before the board involving
a minor who was given drink paid
for by an adult.
Whether the opinion means that
license holders who have been prose-
cuted and penalized in the past fol
drinking by minors who got Their
drinks from adults now are in q
position to claim damages reaching
back to the passage of the act was
not at once clear.
Mr.. West was expected to give
an opinion on this later in the
day.
Allen Payne, chairman of the ABC
Board, said he had not yet seen g
copy of Mr.. Vests opinion. He sale
the board had been constituting sec.
ton 20 of the act to mean "service
to a minor in any manner"
He said there had been 'gooe
many" license holders prosecuted fol
allowing minors to drink ever
though they had not been served o.
sold to directly. Penalties in some
of the cases involved suspensions
of licenses.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Wedemeyer Visits Formoso

NANKING, Aug. II N.-Lt. Gen.
Albert c. Wedemeyer carried his
fact-fnding tour of China to the
island of Formosa today where he
was expected to spend two days be-
fore flying to Shanghai and Can
ton. A spokesman said he would re-
turn to Marking by the end of this
week and hoped to complete the
China phase of his tour by August
"a, when he is scheduled to fly to
Korea.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Paraguay Is Reported
Transferring Capital
After Rebel Attacks
Morinigo Government
Earlier Had Claimed
RepuIse of Insurgents
BY the Associofed Press

BUENOs AIRES, Aug. 11.-El
Mundo said today foreign diplo-
mats accredited to the Para
guayan government are reported
on the frontier to be leaving
Asuncion. The regime of Presi-
dent Higinio Morinigo was pic
tured in these reports as arrang-
ing to transfer the capital from
Asuncion to Pillar, city of fewer
than 10000 persons, ITO miles
southwest of Asuncion.
Several diplomats were reported
to have arrived at the Argentine
town of Formosa, near the Para
guayan border.
Earlier President Morinigo's gov
ernment said it had beaten back
an insurgent attempt to penetrate
Asuncion's southern defenses.
The wife and children of Para
guayan Defense Minister Ramon
Martino were among the 564 refugees
who arrived on Argentine territory
yesterday. Arrivals also included
relatives of other government leaders
and politicians.
Fighting Seen From Shore.
Fighting could be seen from the
Argentine shore around the Asuncion
suburb Of Lambare.
Refugees said insurgent planes
bombed military posts in the botan-
Iical gardens south of Asuncion and
Campo Grande, northeast Of the
capital. This indicated the battle
for Campo Grande, chief garrison
post around Asuncion, was con-
ltinuing. The refugees said the rebels
1ad captured the military and civilian
air fields which are part of the
Campo Grande military reservation.
Those fleeing the war said the
government had mined the river
front off Asuncion as protection
against rebel gunboats and was pre-
pairing final redoubt in the center
of the capital around Uruguaya
Plaza and Caballero Park. They
said no fighting had actually taken
place yet within the city.
63 Reported Captured.
A communique yesterday said
that in quelling the effort, the
government forces took So prisoners
and many weapons and killed at
least three revolutionist lieutenants
One of these was identified as
1t. Raul Pereira Aquinaga. He was
among several naval officers who
earlier in the five-month-old civil
war, captured Alberdi and who
when the government won the
town back, turned guerrilla.
News dispatches from Formosa,
Argentina, across the Paraguay
River from Paraguayan territory
and about rs miles south of Asun-
cion, said insurgent gunboats had
preached government defenses on
the river and passed Formosa on
the way north.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Burmo Assembly Votes
Stute Lund Ownership
By the Assoeioted Press

RANGOON, Burma, Aug. 11.-Ar
amendment favoring State owner
ship of all land in Burma and for
bidding large land holdings by pri-
vate individuals "on any basis what.
soever" was passed unanimously to-
day by the Burmese Constituent
Assembly.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Palestine ToIks Reported
Called by King Ibn Soud
BY the Associated Press

JERUSALEM, Aug. II. - Arab
sources said last night King Ibn
Saud of Saudi Arabia, source of oil
for the United States, had requested
a meeting of leaders of the Arab
states to consider the Palestine
problem.
Evening star., 1947-08-11

(See BRITAIN, Page A-6)
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(See HUGHES, Page A.
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(See BIRDWELL, Page A-4)
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(See JAMES. Page A-6.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-21

battle with gusto and tenacity.
Most of the opposition had come
from entrenched greed or igno-
rance, for clinics cost money and
child labor can be highly profitable
to- those who employ it. Miss
Lenroot has battled so successfully
that the opposition has striven
more and more to avoid direct
fighting with the Bureau in late
years.
Today, she seldom has to face
the ruthless treatment her great
predecessor, Julia Lathrop, often
received. Not that Miss Lathrop
ever quailed before the storm.
There is a famous story about a
hearing at which a hostile Con-
gresham sought to bait her about
her spinsterhood.
s'Miss Lathrop," he jibed,
tthave you ever been a mother?"
''No," she smiled sweetly,
81 haven't. Have you?"
Typical of Congress- present
day attitude toward the Bureau
was the strange sight to be seen at
the hearing on the 1947 budget.
Conservative, economy minded
Senator Robert Taft of Ohio and
New Deal Senator Claude Pepper
of Florida actually joined forces to
persuade the Senate to double the
Bureaus appropriation!
Her Work Pays Oh
Miss LENRoor's work takes her
all over the country. She often
travels for weeks at a stretch,
making speeches, visiting clinics,
comforting with field workers.
In Washington she is unknown
to the cocktail-hour set, is never
seen in the right places" She
lives in a simple apartment hotel,
gets down to her Office every
morning by $50. Seldom taking
more than Is minutes for lunch,
she often sees 20 people a day in a
series of clockwork appointments.
Two secretaries have all they can
do to keep up with her. Every
night she takes home a huge pile of
work.
Her Spartan devotion to her job
has paid off richly for the nations
mothers and children. Over the
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years, she and her staff uncovered
facts which clearly demonstrated
that neglect was the biggest factor
Observation-Disclosures. Eventually,
the Bureau got funds to help the
states develop maternity-health
programs. Public health nurses
have become familiar figures, max
ing rounds to teach mothers how
to take care of themselves and
their babies. Clinics have been set
up for expectant mothers.
Thousands Saved
/ oDAY, as a result of this public
health work, coupled with the
advances in medical science, thou
sands of lives are saved annually.
The fundamentally rate has been
reduced from one out of every 10
to fewer than four per 100. Deaths
of mothers from causes related to
childbirth have been cut from 81
per 10000 births to Fl per 10000.
Staff pediatricians and PSYCHE
artists, in co operation withprivate
practitioners, have produced a
series of readable, highly infor-
native pamphlets on the physi-
cal and mental development of
children. Widely distributed, these
have helped millions of parents
understand their children better
and rear them more intelligently.
On the child-labor front the
Bureau, working with various citi-
zen groups, has won other great
victories. Publicity generated by
its findings helped abolish the
cruel practice of indenture. To-
day, Bureau-sponsored pro-
visions of the National Fair
Labor Standards Act have es-
tablished Is as the minimum
age for the types of employ
ment covered by the Act. Laws
in one third of the States supple
ment this by setting Is as the
minimum age for all factory work
and for work during school hours.
Recently the Bureau has brought
to light some appalling figures. 1t
has found that more than 500, 900
U. S. children suffer from rheu-
matte fever. An equal number have
tuberculosis. Nearly 100000 are
Continued on page IS
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-04-02
ZION TEACHERS MEET

DR.. Viola Therman, assist
ant Professor in Education at
Northwestern School of Edu-
cation was the speaker of the
evening at the regular meet
ing of the Zion Teachers AS
ISOLATION which was held at
the Manor House, March rs,
at z p. m. She has had a very
wide experience and brought
to the group many helpful and
inspiring ideas.
Mrs. Beth Keene presided
at the business session. Miss
Ruth Hacker was chosen dele
gate to the Lake Shore Divi-
sion of the I. E. A. and Boyd
Hart as alternate. Several
amendments to the bylaws
were read by Miss McCabe
and passed by the association.
Mr.. Lundahl again showed the
Importance of continued eff
fort on behalf of the educa-
ton program before the state
legislature this winter. Mrs.
Charlotte Peckman gave an in
teresting report of the dinner
meeting of the Women Teach
ers Division of the I. E. A.
which she with several other
teachers from Zion had at
tended. Plans were laid for
the selection of a group of
teachers to work with the
Board and the architects in
planning our new buildings.
The next meeting of the Asso-
citation will be held May 9Th.