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Evening star., 1947-09-01
Sailor Critically Hurt,
Girl S|ugged in Fight

An 18-year old sailor was in crit
ical condition at Bethesda Naval
Hospital today after a street fight
last night in which he and a girl,
according to police, were attacked
by an acquaintance.
James Peterson, a seaman first
class stationed at Anacostia, suffered
fractured skull when he fell
against brick wall. Police said
he was struck by Charles B. Ready,
81. of the 5000 block of Volta place
NV.
After hitting the sailor, Ready is
accused of having struck Miss Delma
A. Thorpe, 81, of the 5000 block OF
N street NV. Miss Thorpe was re-
leased from Georgetown University
Hospital after treatment for a black
eye.
Police said the three had been out
together Saturday night. Last night
Peterson had an engagement with
Miss Thorpe and the two met Ready
in the 1400 block of Wisconsin
avenue NV. 1t was then that they
had the alteration. police said.
Ready Is being held at No. pre-
cinct pending outcome of Peterson's
injuries. He was arrested shortly
after the fight.
Evening star., 1947-09-01

Reports that an oS-year-O@d COL
ored woman was placed in hearse
last night before she was dead were
disputed today by DR.. Christopher
y. Murphy, acting District coroner
after examining her body at the
Morgue.
A Freedmens Hospital doctor re-
ported that Mrs. Fanny F. johnson,
319 Fiftieth street NE, was still
alive when he examined her at
midnight, three hours after she
had been reported dead.
Taken to the hospital by an
undertaken for a routine certif1ca-
ton of death. Mrs. johnson was
formally pronounced dead Is min
utes after the physician opened the
coffin in which she had been placed.
placed.
DR.. Murphy, who examined the
body shortly before noon today,
said Mrs. johnson died of a con-
gested heart condition" He said he
did not believe she was actually
alive when taken to the hospital,
and had so informed the doctor
who examined her.
Miss Serena Johnson, a practical
nurse. found her mother uncon-
Evening star., 1947-09-01
McGory Begins
| Retirement From
Building Guards

Labor Day is just the beginning
of the holiday to which Owen A.
McGarry; Army veteran and long
time captain of the District public
building guards, was looking for
ward today.
Mr.. McGary retired Friday, his
10th birthday, after 81 years OF
service here.
Friends and associates at the
Social Security Building and other
buildings in which he had served
honored him on his retirement with
a birthday party and many gifts,
including a gold fountain pen, a
monogrammed wallet, a 500 bond
and a plaque with the signatures
of we'll -wishers.
Born in Boston, Mass, Mr.. Nc
Garry began his military career in
the Spanish American War, retiring
as warrant officer in 1925, when he
came to Washington to take a post
in the public building guards. He
lives at 1881 South Columbus street,
Arlington.
Evening star., 1947-09-01
d laps Suspected
OF War Crimes Freed
by the Associoted Press

TOKYO, Sept. 1.-Twenty-three
Japanese suspected as war Grim
inals-including TOTO cabinet min
lister and the manufacturer of some
of the country's best known war
planes-were freed today. But the
chief prosecutor was quick to en-
phasize the action would have no
bearing on the 15-month-old trial
of Hideki TOTO and other high
ranking defendants.
The prosecutor, Joseph B. Keenan,,
said there was ample Justification
fro arrest of the % but insufficient
evidence for their trial by an inter-
rational tribunal.
Those freed included Nagkage
Okabe. who became Tojo's Minister
of Education after the Pearl Harbor
attack. and Chikuhei Nakajimi
(The Nakajimi interests made
cargo planes, navy torpedo
bombers and reconnaissance
planes, army reconnaissance and
fighter planesD
Their release" said Mr keenan,
Of the %, has no significance in
cases of remaining suspects nor does
it in any way concern the proceed.
ings now pending before the inter-
national military tribunal for the
Far East
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Ferry Smoky Joe and Captain
Retire After Long Bay Service

ing, her salon furniture beginning
to peel, but her brass pinnacle shin
ing like new, disputed her retire
ment from active service with de-
fiant toot and a puff of black smoke.
Built in 1898, the ferry was brought
from New York and put on the
Baltimore-Love Point run across
Chesapeake Bay in 1881. She has
been put out of use by the Baltimore
g. Eastern Railroad Co. because her
operating costs have exceeded
revenues.
Smoky Joe, after completing her
last round-trip last night, will re-
main tied up at her berth for some
time. Capt. Taylor said, until the
company decides how to dispose Of
her.
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Woman Injured in Leap
From Roominq House Fire

A woman was injured today in a
leap from a third-story window to
escape fire that broke out ip a
rooming house at 1927 Seventh
street NV.
Firemen said the woman, Mrs.
Loretta Carey, AZ. colored, leaped
from her apartment to first story
marquee overhanging Curley's Bill
lard Parlor. She was removed by
firemen and taken to Freedmen's
Hospital by Rescue Squad Ambu-
lance N. 2.
She suffered a burned back and
injured leg.
The fire broke out about 11:40
a m. apparently when an oil stove
exploded on the third floor, where
the flames largely were confined.
Eight persons live in the rooming
house, but all except Mrs. Carey
apparently reached safety unaided.
Two alarms were called before the
fire was under control about 1915
O'Clock.
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Devers Cites Danger
If u, ). Is Attacked
BY the Associated Press

LINCOLN, Nebr., Sept. IA warn
ing that only the National Guard
and the organized reserve would be
available for defense of the United
States itself in the event of an at
tack was made here by Gen. Jacob
L. Devers, Army Ground Forces
chief.
In an address at the opening of
the Nebraska State Fair yesterday
Gen. Devers painted a dark picture
of the situation in these nonregular
units.
He said that of an authorized
strength of $4,000 officers and men
in the National Guard, only 100000
have been recruited, and although a
million veterans are enrolled in the
reserve "only a small percentage of
them are assigned as members of
organized reserve corps units"
In the United States itself we
have only the 82d Airborne Division
at Fort Bragg, N. c., and the I'd In
fantry Division at Fort Lewis
Wash, and one regimental combat
team of the I'd Division at Camp
Hood, Tex he added, explaining
that most regular troops are on duty
overseas and the three units men,
toned would be required for rein
forcements and for our immediate
| counterattack
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Knight SIoyer's Communication
Leaves Second Awaiting Chair

publican, of North Dakota. Senator
LANCER said he had appealed to At
torney General Clark in Prout's
behalf when he learned from rela-
tives that Prout was not directly in
VOWED in the shooting and previously
had a good record.
During the trial. it was brought out
that Hawkins told police he pulled
the trigger.
II found out" said Senator
LANCER, that Prout won $4,000 on
a daily double at race track nearby.
He bought a $500 ring and a $500
car, quit his job and got into bad
company"
The Senator said Mr. Clark made
personal investigation of Prout's
record and the court trial and
sentenced before recommending
leniency.
Prout, who sat stolidly through
the court trial and stared straight
ahead when sentence was pronoun-
ced, caught his breath and acted
much surprised" when he heard the
news, MI Reid said.
Evening star., 1947-09-01

Laurence I. Prout, 81 <one OF the
two men convicted of the holdup-
murder of John Paul knight, was
moved out Of death row at the Dis
trict Jail an hour after word came
that his sentence had been COM
muted to life imprisonment, Jail
Superintendent Curtis Reid said
today.
Remaining in the jail's row of cells
for murderers awaiting execution
was Alfred L. Hawkins, %. con-
victed trigger-man in the Knight
murder. Mr.. Knight was shot during
hold-up at the Safeway Store,
1901 First street NV, in April, 1916.
The two colored men were con-
victed two months later.
Mr.. Reid said Hawkins will be
executed on October IS. BY that
time. Prout will have started his
life term at penitentiary which
has not yet been determined.
/ Word that Prouts sentence was
commuted to life imprisonment came
Saturday from Senator LANCER, Re-
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Book and Job Printers Win
Increases Averaging So

A new contract for book and job
printers here has been ratified by
Local No. 1O1 of the Columbia Typo
graphical Union, giving substantial
wage increases. Henry A. Bagel-
mann, chairman of the unions ne
gotiating committee, said today.
The contract. which runs for a
year and is retroactive to August II,
was adopted yesterday by the union
bv a vote of so to 4, he said. 1t in
wolves some 400 employees and was
negotiated with the Graphic Arts
Association.
The new scale sets out an hourly
day scale of $21025, night scale
of 1924 and a scale for the third
shift, operating from midnight until
8 am, of $685.. For 37h-hour
work week, this provides $79 for day
work, s84 for night work and $3.50
for the early morning shift, Mr..
Bagelmann explained.
James j. OConnor, president Of
the union, took leading part in ne
gotiating the contract. The new
wage increases average around nine
dollars a week
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Pastor, Ta|madge Foe, Calls
For Church 10 Lead Politics
Rx the Assoeiated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-The Rev.
Joseph A. Rabun, who resigned his
Georgia Baptist pastorate recently
at the request of his congregation
after he opposed Talmadge-spon-
sored white supremacy" legisla-
ton, said yesterday that the
Church should take the leadership
in politics and questions OF labor
and capital
Preaching as guest of Brooklyn's
Tabernacle Baptist Church, the
former McRae (Gao clergyman
said that by using Christian prin-
ciples I'VE could get along nicely
with Japanese, Hindus, Germans
and Russians"
Urging the church to relax Its
hands off" attitude toward labor,
capital and government, the war
time Navy chaplain said:
"If this is done the difficulties
that exist in Government and labor
and management will find an easy
solution, because the principles OF
religion are right
The supremacy" legislation,
sponsored by the late Eugene Tai
madge and his son Herman was op-
posed by the clergyman during
Georgias governorship dispute last
February.
Evening star., 1947-09-01

his wife and two sisters.
A native of Washington, he was
educated at Holy Trinity School.
He also attended the Lewis Hotel
School here and about 20 years ago
entered business with his father at
1917 Forty seventh place NV. as
Henry J. Trilling and Son, caterers
About eight years ago they &C
quired Hubert's, Inc, and merged
the two businesses under the latter
name at 2001 S street NV.
Mr.. Trilling. a member Of the
Epicurean Club, is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Gladys Trilling, and his
parents. Other survivors include
three brothers. Joseph P, Edward j.
and Robert T.: and four sisters,
Mrs. Anna E. Wise, Mrs. Mary T.
HARRISON, Mrs. Edith T. Taylor and
Mrs. Margaret L. Masi, all OF
Washington.
Requiem mass will be sung at 9
am. Thursday in Our Lady OF Vic
tory Church, 4835 Macarthur boule-
ward. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Garbage Truck Drivers Call
Protest Strike in CHICAGO
By .he Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-The drivers
of Chicago's garbage trucks, street
cleaning equipment and asphalt
trucks voted unanimously yesterday
to remain away from their jobs
until the city rehires nine drivers 1t
recently laid off.
The drivers, members OF the AFL
Municipal Drivers and Chauffeurs
Union, labeled the stoppage as an
"of for overtime" vacation in what
they said was an effort to escape
any complication with labor laws.
The department said the nine
drivers were suspended when they
refused to make an overtime run
after completing their regular trick.
George w. Copps, secretary
treasurer of the union, said. "for
the last year and half the city
has ignored our verbal agreement
giving the men time and a half for
every hour of overtime worked. AS
a result the members of my union
have piled up total of 30,700 hours
of overtime due them"
Thomas F. Murphy in charge of
the city's garbage collection, said
the suspensions will stand.
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Britain Stops Buying
u. ). Food Because
OF Dollar Shortage
BY the Associoted Press

LONDON, Sept. because OF
the British dollar shortage, Great
Britain has stopped buying food
from the United States "for the
time being" Food Minister John
Strachey disclosed last night.
Speaking in Dundee. Scotland, a
few hours after 10000 Yorkshire
coal miners needed a plea by Fuel
Minister Emanuel Shinwell and
voted to end a walkout which began
three weeks ago, Mr. Strachey de-
clared:
I'VE can manage, if necessary, for
some time without buying food from
that source"
Cotton Imports to Continue.
Britain has depended on the
United States ever since wartime
days for a considerable variety Of
food, such as wheat, canned foods.
dried eggs and fruit, purchases have
been dwindling along with the So
$50 900 900 American loan.
Mr.. Strachey said imports of cot
ton, tobacco. machinery and some
other items from the United States
would continue.
Mr.. Shinwell, in his plea to the
Yorkshire miners said Bri-
tain was hanging on a thread"
IF anything else goes wrong in
Britain. the miners flve-day week
and statutory holidays with pay will
not be worth anything" he declared.
Others Continue Walkout.
Despite Mr. Shinwell's pleas,
however. 1000 other miners voted
to continue their walkout, which
the National Union of Mineworkers
has termed a wildcat affair. Those
who voted to stay out included
miners at the Grimethrope pit
where the walkout began when the
men refused to work % feet of coal
face a day instead of 81.
At the same time, another threat
to coal deliveries developed. The
executive council of the clerical and
administrative workers called a
strike for September 8 of its 10000
colliery Office employees. The strike
was designated as a protest against
Coal Beard delay in setting up
machinery.
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Little Effect on Prices
In United States Seen
BY the Associoted Press

Government agricultural experts
said last night they saw little indi-
cation that the recess In British food
buying in this country would have
any material effect on prices here.
Those who could be reached were
unanimous in the opinion that the
effect would be slight. All said they
based their judgment on the small
proportion of United States output
that has been going to the United
Kingdom.
For example one specialist in ex-
port operations said total grain ex-
ports last year ran about $4,000 900
tons of which Britain's take was
837, 900 tons in wheat and -four plus
about 5000 tons in other grains
such as corn and oats.
That British total of less than L.
900 900 tons makes only small dent
in American output. forecast this
wear at 1,427, TAT 900 bushels of wheat
and 2,65e, ,949 900 Of corn. plus other
grains.
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Coroner Doubtful Woman, 80,
Game to Life inside Coffin

SclouS and apparently deao at Cnelr
home about 9 o'clock last night.
Police were notified, examined the
woman at her home, and also be-
lieved her dead.
The L. E. Murray funeral home
was called to come for Mrs. john
sons body, but after inquiries were
made with the coroner's office, the
undertakers were told she would
have to be pronounced dead by a
physician.
A hearse was dispatched to the
johnson home, picked up Mrs.
johnson and proceeded to Freed
mems Hospital. arriving there about
midnight.
DR.. William H. Conyers, on duty
in the hospitals emergency room,
was called on to pronounce her
dead.
She was in the casket in the
hearse," DR.. Conyers related.
when it was opened and the hood
taken off, I felt the woman and
she was alive. She died about 25
minutes later"
After she was officially pro-
nounced dead, Mrs. Johnson's body
was taken to the District morgue
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Church Theft Suspect
Held for Grand Jury

A suspected church burglar today
was placed under $1,000 bond and
held for grand jury action after
Municipal Court Judge George D
Nelson had been informed the de-
fendant is being investigated for a
possible link with the recent wave
of church burglaries here.
Willie Jones, 33, colored, of the
400 block of New York avenue NV.
pleaded not guilty to a charge that
he broke into the Church of God
and Saints of Christ, in the same
block, and stole three cases Of soft
drinks.
Evening star., 1947-09-01

Hall in 1882 as part of the George
Washington hicentennial celebra-
ton. From 1898 to 1910. while CO.
operating with the National Com
mittee for Musical Appreciation, he
gave more than 300 lectures on
American music in all parts of the
country.
DR.. Barnes has one son. The fam
ilv spends each summer at lodge
at Riva, Md His Washington home
is at 7018 Taylor terrace, Landover
Hills, Md.
What will the retired music di-
rector do now?
L don't know how I'll keep busy,
he said. Il intend to lecture and
continue my work with the Wash
ington Musical Institute. I'll miss
the public school work"
Evening star., 1947-09-01
sx the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. with the
saga of Smoky Joe memory now,
Ferryboat Capt. Norman c. Taylor
was ready today for landlubber's
life after Is years sailing Chesapeake
Bay.
Capt. Taylor took the Ferryboat
Philadelphia. more affectionately
known to Marylanders as Smoky
Joe. on her last run from Baltimore
to Love Point last night.
Like any other seafaring man
I'm kind of looking forward to
settling down on shore Capt.
Taylor said. I'm playing around
with the idea of starting up a
little country store"
Smoky Joe. her red paint crack
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Body Brought to Surface
By Fish Line Identified

A body hauled to the surface Of
the Potomac River by the line of
boy fisherman yesterday was identi-
fed as that of Albert r. Bryan, AZ.
Albert w. Bryan of Baltimore
identified the body at the District
Morgue as that of his son. Deputy
Coroner Christopher j. Murphy at
tributed death to drowning
A boy, fishing in the Washington
Channel near Twelfth street and
Maine avenue yesterday, fled from
the scene after his fish hook snagged
the clothing and brought up the
body.
Evening star., 1947-09-01

da on a vaca-
ton trip.
Mr.. Trilling,
who Ii We d at
1900 Twentieth
street NV. was
stricken Friday
evening with a
cerebral hemor-
rllage in h i S
Motel room, re-
ports fro m
Walterboro said.
He was making
t h e trip b Y
automobile. ac-
Conpanied b Y
Evening star., 1947-09-01
News Vendor Killed
Seeking Bird Food
On Railway Tracks
BY the Associated Press

BY me Associated PresS
CHICAGO. Sept. 1.-As re-
lief from his job as a newspaper
vendor, Robert M. Alsen, %. fed
birds.
Police said he took his usual
bicycle ride yesterday along the
South Side tracks of the Penn
sylvania Railroad. searching for
grain fallen from passing
freight cars with which to feed
his birds.
Apparently he did not hear a
boxcar being shunted along a
siding.
Police found his body cut In
half
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Mostly sun
ny, not so warm, high around 68
degrees. Fair, low about 68 degrees
tonight. Tomorrow cloudy, slightly
warmer.
Maryland-Partly cloudy, not so
warm tonight. Cloudy and warm
tomorrow with afternoon thunder
showers IN mountains.
Virginla-Partly cloudy and con-
tinued warm tonight and tomorrow
Scattered thundershowers in noun
tains tomorrow afternoon.
Wind velocity, m,p.h.; direction,
northeast.
District Medical Society ragweed
pollen count for "a hours ending
$50 am. September /: l08 grains
per cubic yard of air.
River Report.
tFrom United States Engineerso
Potomac River clear at HaTpers Ferry
and muddy at Great Falls; Shenandoah
-
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Henry J. 1riIing, L.,
Caterer, Dies at Al

Henry J. Trilling, jr.. Al. secre-
tary and treasurer of Huperts, Inc,
Washington caterers. died yester-
day at Waltersboro, S. c., while en-
Evening star., 1947-09-01
The Sun and Moon.

one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Evening star., 1947-09-05
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c. ~ At
SEPTEMBER s

Kronberg Castle, Germany. Her
husband, former Col. Jack w
Durant, was sentenced to Is years
Judge Moore emphasized he was
not ruling on Mrs. Durants guilt
or innocence, but said the court
martial lacked jurisdiction" because
Mrs. Durant was IAN officer on
inactive duty"
Recalled Day Before Leave Ended.
Testimony at her habeas corpus
hearing July IA said Mrs. Durant
went on terminal leave March 8
1916; received a War Department
telegram, recalling her to active
duty, on May 20, one day before
her terminal leave expired May 80,
and was arrested by military police
June 3, 1916.
Her attorney. Hugh Obear, argued
that "the Army has the power to
recall officers from an inactive status
but that power may not be used
to recall an officer for court
martial"
Judge Moore said petitioners
terminal leave orders were never
effectivly revoked and that by their
self-executing provisions she was
finally and formally separated from
the service on May 80, 1916"
In Washington. T. Vincent Quinn,
chief of the Justice Department.
criminal division, said Mrs. Durant's S
case, which up until now has been
handled entirely by Army authori-
ties. has now been taken under ad-
Evening star., 1947-09-05
IBM and AAR Sponsor
Preserve Units Under
Army Training Plan

Two organized Reserve Corps units
under the War Department service
unit affiliation program have been
sponsored by organizations here.
A machine records unit has been
sponsored by the Office Of the Inter
national Business Machines, Inc.
here and headquarters and head
quarters company, 4th Military Rail-
way Service, by the Association Of
American Railways.
Almost every type of business or
industry may sponsor unit for al
most immediate call in the event Of
a war. The program has met al
most universal acceptance from
businessmen and industrialists, off,
cials said today.
IA Units Sponsored.
The type of affiliated or sponsored
unit may range from mortuary to
a Hollywood movie studio, and al
ready railroads. truck lines, business
machine manufacturers and even a
nortuary college have been signed
up among the IA units announced.
A total of $500 is being sought.
There were 500 units during the last
war.
The program rs under the De-
partment's Organization and Train
ing Division of which 1t. c. P.
Hall is director.
Depending on the type of unit
involved, responsibility for contact
ing potential sponsors and for COM
pleting the afhliation agreement
rests with the chiefs of the depart
ment's technical and administrative
Evening star., 1947-09-05
services and the commanding gen.
araI of fhe Air Eorre

services and the commanding gen.
eral of the Air Force.
Types Of Outfits Sought.
Drawing on its experience in the
last war when it was never able to
provide sufficient number of service
units to support tactical units
adequately, the department is seek
ing the following types of outfits:
Chemical, engineer construction,
engineer fire fighting, engineer util-
ity, military police, military govern
ment, strategic research and analysis,
general and evacuation hospitals,
ordnance, quatermaster, laundry.
bakery, graves registration, signal,
postal. railway, and air service
groups.
State highway, public works, fire,
police. and public works departments
as we'll as colleges and universities,
hospitals and medical schools, and
United States Railway post Offices
will have the affiliated units.
Under the program, started May
27, the sponsor has a choice of
several types of training. ranging
from weekly meetings or drills" and
two-Week summer field training to
quarterly meetings and no summer
field work. Sponsoring concerns or
organizations are expected to furnish
most of the officers and men for the
units from their own personnel.