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Evening star., 1947-12-20
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FORD, ANNIE B. In loving memory @
ago today, December 20, 1854.
Sunshine passes. shadows fall
Loves remembrance outlasts all;
And thoush the years be many or isx
LoviNd SON. ALFRED L. FORD; LOVING
HUSBAND. ALFRED FORD.
GRAY. MARY E. In sacred memory t,
Mother, mo Hav0isd MARY vi CRAY. who disd MINI
years ago today, December 20, 1898.
Silent and cold our lovea one lies,
Her bright eyes closed In dreamless rest
ll changed it is now.
How lonely the scenes once familiar ant
IoyHsSs oSyRHxsDcHfEbkER: HYEBkER' CHILDREN Asr
MEENEHAN: JOHN r IN loving mem;
year ago today, December 20, 1916.
Till memory fades and life departs,
vRb Kew VII live wiSE fSEevss XNp n eHfsEN ssf hisE1
MILBURN, ELLEN ANDERSON. In sac
SSnt but ovns msser ZEs # spsN asyesd MIL
ago today, December 20. 1913.
Time speeds on, four years have passed
Since death its slSom II It's shadow s,,cb cas-
And took from US shining light.
We miss that light ana ever will,
Her vacant place, there's none to fll;
Part Of our life lies very deep
gS HEST ov Ss sas AND Ehfe W.
EDITH TAYLOR AND VIRGINIA
RITTENHoUsE. ANNIE C. In sad bu,
loving msneFy 81 my b Gear mosher AHSnl fSn,
years ago today. December 20, 1943.
Deep in my heart lies q picture
OF loved one laid to rest.
In memory's frame I shall keep 1t,
Lov1se sss'qss qDsA5eAfsR 5ds fss SR&ss esrEs
srILLARDs, THEODORE. In loving
memory of our beloved brother. THEODORE
ago az 5D today December 20, 1e45.
We miss thee, dear brother,
we miss thee from thy place;
shadow Ger our life is cast.
We miss the sunshine OF thy face.
We miss thy kind and loving hand,
Thy fond and loving care,
Our home is dark without thee,
LOVING SISTERS AND BROTHERS.
srANGLER; ANNIE E. n sad butt but IOy;
sPANGLER, who passed away one year
ago today December 90 1946
Sweet be thy rest thy pain is Ger,
with God thou art blest to dwell evermore.
HER DEVOTED DAUGHTER, BESSIE.
WOOD, CORA JANE In loving memory
of our dear wife and mother, CORA JANE
n8 todsy, DecemBer snS Bf'sS 20. 1859. ' '' -''
Dear wife and mother. you are not for
gotten,
Though on earth you are no more;
Still in memory you are with US
As you always were before:
LOVING HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
Mrs. Martha MacLeish, 81,
Mother OF Poet, Dies
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Dec. 2O.-Mrs. Martha
MacLeish, 81, former president Of
Rockford Gll) College and mother
OF Archibald MacLeish, died yes
terday.
She had been hospitalized since
September. Spokesman at Presby.
terrain Hospital said death resulted
from complications of advanced age.
Mrs. MacLeish was active in
religious, educational and social well
fare work. Her husband, Andrew,
died in 1928 at 80.
Surviving are three children.
Archibald, former Librarian of Con-
gress and former Assistant Secretary
OF State who is noted as a poet:
Norman Hillard, a Chicago artist,
and Mrs. Ishbell Campbell of Gen.
eva. N. Y. Bruce MacLeish. Chicago,
a son of Andrew MacLeish by a
previous marriage, also survives.
Evening star., 1947-12-20

| "Ai' n"s"' Z. dIlu ETlSCllld
Neale Hamilton and was a direct
descendant of John Hamilton, who
came to Southern Maryland from
Scotland in 1874.
Entered Profession in 1892.
After private tutoring Mr.. Hamil-
ton attended old Rock Hill College
in Charles County. In 1890 he came
to Washington to study law in the
Office of his uncle, the late George
E. Hamilton, who was dean of the
Georgetown University Law School
for many years.
After receiving his law degree,
Mr.. Hamilton became a partner in
his uncle's firm of Hamilton and
Hamilton, with offices in the Union
Trust Building.
He was admitted to the bar on
December 10, 1892.
He was an active trial attorney
for the Baltimore & Ohio and
Southern Railways until 1910. For
many years Mr.. Hamilton was pro-
fessor of bankruptcy and real prop
erty at the Georgetown University
Law School and taught many of
the outstanding attorneys now prac-
ticing in the District.
In 1907 Mr.. Hamilton married
Mamie Kerr of Covington, KY. She
died last year.
Was Mortgage Firm Director.
He was a member of the American
and District Bar Associations. He
also was director and vice presi-
dent of the Capitol Park Hotel Corp,
director of the National Mortgage
g. Investment Corp. and a member
of the Chevy Chase Club.
Besides his son, John Hamilton,
an attorney in the law firm, he is
survived by daughter, Mrs. Victor
R. Alfaro of 4210 Forty second street
NV; sister, Mrs. Francis Mullen
Of Bel Alton, Md, and three grand
children, Colin Whiting Hamilton,
Ricardo j. Alfaro II and Nancy
Hamilton Alfaro.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
Police Aid al Birth;
Baby Doing Fine

Mrs. Catherine Manyette. 36, anc
her seventh baby were doing fine
at Gallinger Hospital today aftel
two policemen undertook doctors
roles for the first time yesterday
to assist at the birth.
Pvts. Ralph c. McGuffin and Will
liam A. Dize arrived too late at Mrs
Manyette's basement apartment at
48 I street NV, to take her to the
hospital. The two policemen and
James O'Donnell, driver and Harold
Laster, flrst-aid corpsman attached
to the ambulance which responded,
took over.
The infant, an s-pound girl, and
the mother then were taken tc
Gallinger.
The policemen responded in a
scout car on the emergency call
for an ambulance.
Pvt. Die said today the Job
wasn't as bad as I expected" but
that he hopes he won't get another
Il have had a lot of close calls
but this is the first time I ever got
caught" he said.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
Miss Mary 0'Farre|| Dies;
Resident Here SO Years

Miss Mary O'Farrell, II, Washing
ton resident for more than go years,
died yesterday Of a heart attack at
her home, 2602 University place
NV.
Miss O'Farrell was born in Hart
ford, Conn, and came to Washing
ton as a child. Her father, the late
Patrick O'Farrelk a Civil War vet
eran, was a patent and claims attor-
ney, with law Offices at 1925 New
York avenue.
Miss OFarrell was a graduate of
Georgetown Visitation Academy and
for many years was a member of
st. Paul's Catholic Church, Fif-
teenth and v streets NV.
Requiem mass will be said at st.
Paul's Church at 10 am. Tuesday.
Burial will be in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
Pearce's $4,000 Suii
For False Arrest NAV
Go 10 Jury on Monday

The District Court damage suit
trial in which Maurice C. Pearce
Justice Department attorney, seeks
$4,000 damages from the Hotel
Statler and two police officers on a
charge Of false arrest probably will
go to- the jury on Monday.
A Municipal Court Judge, an as
sistant corporation counsel and JUS
tice Department attorney yesterday
testified on what happened in NUM-
clpal Court in February, 1916, when
drunkenness and disorderly charges
against MI. Pearce were dismissed.
Judge Casey Testifies.
While the jury was absent, an at
torney for the hotel even recited a
poem on drunkenness, but Justice
Jennings Bailey observed that the
poem is not q part of the District
code.
Called in behalf of Mr.. Pearce
the plaintiff, Judge Walter D.
Casey, Of Municipal Court, who dis
missed the drunkenness and dis
orderly charges against Mr.. Pearce
on February IS, 1916, testified a
representative Of the hotel had
told the lower court he did not
know why he had Mr.. Pearce ar
rested on February 3, 1896
Statement Confirmed.
Ernest Branham, an attorney of
the Justice Department, who was
in Municipal Court as an observer,
confirmed Judge Casey's statement
regarding the testimony of the
hotel witness, said to have been
John F. Reardon, night manager.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Clark King testified, however, a
representative of the Statler, whom
he believed to have been Mr.. Rear
don, had said in Municipal Court
he had not had Mr.. Pearce ar
rested. ii
Mr.. Pearce contends he was
neither drunk or disorderly when
arrested. Besides the hotel, he
names as defendants, Detective
Walter E. Grove and Policeman N.
L. Richardson, arresting officers.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
Army Withho|ds Data
On Black. Marketing
Probe Pending Report

Charles that American personne,
in Germany have engaged in black
marketing, customs violations ano
similar conduct were under special
Army investigation today.
The Army would neitfsr confirm
nor deny that a major general was
among those named in the charges
which are similar to those which
have been made in the past. Meth
er would it divulge by whom or when
the charges had been made.
Judge E. Earle Rives of Greens
boro, N. c., a special representative
of Secretary of the Army Royall
now is in Germany to investigate
the charges and on his return will
report directly to Mr.. Royal.
Judge, Rives will advise the secre.
tary on ANY corrective action which
has been or will be taken," the Army
added.
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, the American
military governor, has been advised
Of the allegations and has promised
to investigate them fully, the state
ment said.
Army Wives, General, Implicated.
Among the charges, 1t was learned
is one that Army wives bought un-
usually large quantities Of coffee ant
shortening for sale on the black
market: that a major general and
other high officers have been sup
piled inspection" stickers for ship
ments home in advance of those
shipments; that large amounts OF
cigarettes had been diverted from
post exchanges into the black mar
kets.
The charges, the Army said, were
parallel to charges received from
time to time in the past" A spokes-
man added that such charges were
always investigated as fully as
possible.
Judge Rives, a reserve lieutenant
colonel In the Judge Advocate
Generals ONCE, originally was sent
to Germany by Mr.. Royal to
examine the progress and present
status of the denazification program
and war criminal proceedings. His
schedule had called for his return
by Christmas. The Army had no
information today as to just when
he might get back.
FBI Screening Urged.
Meanwhile, an immediate SCREEN
ing by the FBI of all the American
military government personnel in
Germany was proposed by Rep
resentative Dondero. Republican, Of
Michigan.
"The entire setup should be in
vestigated from the standpoint of
the loyalty of certain individuals
who have wormed their way in," he
told the House yesterday. Those
OF doubtful loyalty should be dropped
Immediately"
Evening star., 1947-12-20
Col. }. l. Donovan Dies;
Soldier and Educator
BY the Asseeioted Press

SAN JOSE, Calf, Dec. 20.-Col
Joseph l.. Donovan, 81, veteran sol.
dier and educator, died yesterday.
He was member Of a famous
1ghting family, fought in the Span
ish-American War and was first
dean of the engineering department
OF the University of Santa Clara.
Many of his relatives were Army
men and Col. Donovan was gradu-
ated from West Point in 1891. He
served as lieutenant colonel with
the Fighting 69th Infantry Regiment
OF New York in the Spanish-Amer-
lean War.
Evening star., 1947-12-20

Bells in the casualty division of the
Adjutant Generals Office anc
among 80 families occupying the
same apartment house as Mrs
Jackson.
Bell was accused by agents OF
forging checks totaling more than
$500, payable to wounded soldiers
as insurance premium refunds dur
ing 1856, when he was employed
in the division.
Postal inspectors joined the Secret
Service in investigating the theft OF
six Government checks from mail
boxes in the apartment house oc-
cupied by Mrs. jackson. The woman
was specifically charged with forg-
ing missing $3.50 check,
Evening star., 1947-12-20
Handwriting Analyses Hold 2
In 81, 800 Check Forqeries

Handwriting analyses Of signatures
of more than 800 persons led today
to the detention for grand jury
action Of a man and a woman in
two unconnected forgery cases in
volving $500 in checks.
Clarence w. Bell, SO, colored, of
the 4300 block of Douglas street NE,
was ordered held under 81 900 bond
by Judge Almond w. Scott, while
Mrs. Florence Evelyn Jackson, 81,
colored, of the l400 block of w
street NV, was placed under $4,000
bond by Judge John P. Mcmahon.
Neither was able to make bond.
The Secret Service made the ar
rests after exhaustive handwriting
checks among 200 fellow employees of
Evening star., 1947-12-20
Missing Trim on Car:
Links Darby Ho!dup
with Acme Robbery

A missing piece of chrome from
the right running board of a pea
green sedan today convinced police
that one or more of the same ban
dts participated in the payroll hold
up at the Darby Printing Co. YES
terday and the daylight robbery of
the Acme Supermarket on Sep
tember q.
The sedan, 1916 Plymouth, was
found abandoned yesterday by two
f1remen of the Mount Rainier VOL
unteer Fire Department, Babe Moore
and Richard Valentine, near the
haywood Theater in Mount Rainier
District police today started going
over the car for fingerprints. Ac-
cordlng to police, the car. which
bears a Virginia license plate, was
stolen IN the District September 12.
Chrome Strip Missing.
In the Acme robbery, witnesses re-
ported the getaway car had a missing
metal strip. Police got the same
description in the payroll holdup
yesterday and found the strip of
chrome was missing on the aban-
doned car in Mount Rainier
Meanwhile, a Nationwide man
hunt got under way for Mack Will
son Fierst, 37-year-old paroled
convict. suspected to be one of the
holdup men in the Darby robbery
A warrant had been issued earlier
Tor Flerst's arrest in connection
with the Acme robbery.
Police reported late yesterday that
William Webster, Darby Printing
Co. assistant controller who gave
up the 1898 payroll at gunpoint,
and Allen Sidney, chauffeur who
followed the getaway car, both
picked Fierst's picture out of the
rogues' gallery as the man they
thought had done the holdup.
FBI Enters Darby Case.
The Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tlon was already looking for Fierst
on charge of unlawful flight to
avoid prosecution. FBI agents
promptly came into the Darby case
F1erst, whose police record dates
back to 1880, was sentenced to prison
for six to II years in 1889 for the
s9,40O payroll robbery of the Tomp-
klns Construction Co.
He was released from Atlanta
Penltentiary on parole July /.
F'lerst, who also goes under the
names OF Joseph Smith and Little
Make" was described as 5 feet III
weighing $50 pounds, with blue eyes.
medium brown hair graying at the
temples.
Second Lookout Issued.
A lookout also was issued for a
man about SO years old, 5 feet 9. of
slender build, who wore a gray
double-breasted coat and appeared
to have been drinking" at the time
Of the printing company holdup.
Police described the driver of the
getaway car as wearing white coat
similar to butchers jacket.
Mr.. Webster told police he was
held up by two men brandishing As
caliber automatics as he entered the
Darby Printing Co. plant at Twenty
fourth and Douglas streets NE.
yesterday morning. MIR. Sidney, who
was sitting in Mr.. Webster's car,
gave chase when he saw the bandits
run out of the building with the
He said he followed
the getaway car for six blocks be-
fore returning to the company's
Office.
In the Acme robbery, a bandit
through the crowded store
on a Saturday afternoon, flashed
a As caliber automatic and took
$4,000 from the store manager
Francis Feagan.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
John J. Hamilton Die,
Prominent Attorney
Here for Years

John j. Hamilton, 78, prominent
Washington attorney for the past IS
years, died last night at Laurel San
itarium.
Mr.. Hamilton, who had been in
Ill health for several years. retired
Evening star., 1947-12-20

from practice in
1945. Since the
d e a t h of his
wife last year.h
had lived with
his son, John L.
H a m IL t on, at
7400 B r a d ! e y
boulevard, Be-
thesda. He was
admitted to the
sanitarium sew
eral months ago.
A native of
Charles County,
Md. he was the
son of Francis
Evening star., 1947-12-20
Midshipmen Bring Gifts

Nearly 200 midshipmen from thu
Naval Academy, scheduled to arrive
in Washington this afternoon, will
present truckload of gifts to Bill
Herson at the WRC Doll House al
Eleventh and G streets NV. fol
Christmas distribution to Washing.
tons needy children through the
Council of Social Agencies.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
School Crowns Queen

MART1NSBURG, w. Va, Dec. 2C
(SpeciaD Miss Martha Frances
Warden was crowned Queen War
densville W. at Wardensville High
School In Hardy County this week
as a climax to an annual jamboree
sponsored by the school.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
Mrs. Studebaker Dies;
Mother Of Commissioner

Mrs. Mary Studebaker, 86, mother
of John w. Studebaker, commits
sioner of education, died Thursday
night at Presbyterian Hospital in
Chicago, 1t was learned here today.
Mr.. Studebaker, who lives at the
Shoreham Hotel, was in Chicago at
the time.
Mrs. Studebaker was the widow
OF Thomas Henderson Studebaker,
former editor of the North Iowa
Times, McGregor, Iowa.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
4tturiltttn

SHAPIRO, FANNIE. dwelling Of the
monument in memory of the late FANNIE
SHAPIRO will be held, at ohev Sholom
Cemetery, 1901 18th pl. Sc. on Sunday
December 2l. 1947, at 1890 pm. Rela-
tives and friends are invited to attend.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
Damascus Class Plans Dance

The senior class Of Damascus
MD High School will give a
dance at 9 pm. Tuesday at the
school
Evening star., 1947-12-20
CEMETERY LOTS,

SACRIFICE-2 crypts at It. Lincoln Nam
soleum. 81 900: present value, $3.50; psy
S235 and SIS monthly; leaving town.
UN. 1863. IT
Evening star., 1947-12-20

The first kerosene was distilled
from coal shale and hence was called
coal oil,
Evening star., 1947-12-20
MRS. MARY H. BROWN, President.
MRS. GERTRUDE FOREMAN, Rec Sec.

WILLIAMS, CHARLES WESLEY. Sud
asny at bs S9me on IhH5Sday December Is lg4
WESLEY WILLIAMS. beloved husband Of
Winifred NJ Williams father Of Mrs. 6.
Williams, and brother of Ada M. Williams
Of Washington: D. C., and Frank I. Will
liams of San Francisco, Calf Mr.. Will
liams rests at the Warner e. Pumphrey
Funeral Home, .S434 Georgia ave. Silver
Spring, Md, where services will be held
on Monday, December %. at II am.
lnterment ROCK Creek Cemetery. q
Evening star., 1947-12-20

BRALoyE, BESSIE. On Saturday, De. DLee.
cember 20, 1a47. at her residence. the
Rroadmoor, BESSIE BRALOVE devoted
mother Of Bernard R. Richard S. and
Allan L. Brslove. She, also Is survived
by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Brill;
a sister Mrs Rose Rappaport, and two
brothers, Leon Brill, ir, and BENJAMIN H;
Brill. Remains resting at the Bernard
Danzansky g. Son Funeral Home. 350l
l4th ST. NV. Notice Of funeral later
Evening star., 1947-12-20

klCkS. LUCY Z. On Friday, December
pg;cvl9 81; vl947, in Roanoke, Va, Lucy e
funeral later. Arrangements by Trazi.rs
Funeral Home, Inc. ''
Evening star., 1947-12-20
POWELL, MARIE J. On Wednesday

versity Hospital. MARIE J. POWELL oi
a304 RIVER rd. NV, the beloved wife OF
Walter H.. Powell, daughter OF Mrs. Mary
and Mrs. Earl Inscoe., Services at Cham.
bers' Georgetown Funeral Home, 3O12 M
st. NV. on Saturday, December 90, at 3
Evening star., 1947-12-20

BLOOMER, WILLIAM JESSE: On FIJI:
day, December 10, 1947, at his home, sol
Eastern ave, Silver Spring, Nd. WILLIAM
JESSE BLOoMER, beloved husband OF
Kate S. Bloomer and father of William
.Jesse Bloomer. jr. Mr.. Bloomer rests at
the warner E. Pumphrey Funeral Home
s434 Georgia ave, Silver Spring, Nd
where services will be held on Monday,
December %, at 2:30 pm. lnterment Fort
Lincoln Cemetery. Il
Evening star., 1947-03-24

ken down and appear hopelessly
deadlocked.
On top of this, Is the threat of a
strike by $4,000 Western Union en-
ployes which might run stimuli
taneously.
Although some Of the NFTW
afiliates whose contracts do not
expire at this time may not partici-
pate directly in a strike, long lines
telephone service would be affected
everywhere. Practically all sections
of the country, with the exception
Of the New England States and some
West Coast sections, would be hit
locally.
Another matter before the Policy
Committee is whether to proceed
with plans to create the Communi-
cations Workers of America, which
would supersede the NFTW as q
step toward industry wide bargain
ing. The aim of the proposed or
ganization is to represent the entire
union membership at the conference
table with the entire industry.
The companies thus far have
shown no disposition to arbitrate.
But the United States Cancellation
Service has mobilized its top COM
missioners to move in" on the mat
ter and exercise every resource to
avert a strike. Last year similar
threat was baked in the last rs
minutes after John w. Gibson, As
sistant Secretary of Labor, had held
an all-night conference.
Locally, there has been no move
by either the company or unions to
Evening star., 1947-03-24
| Phone Union Leader,
Ponder Strike Call;
Early Decision Seen

A 9-member committee on whose
decision hinges a potential national
telephone strike, today heard pos
sible alternatives outlined by Joseph
A. Beirne, president Of the National
Federation of Telephone Workers.
There was reason to believe the
committee. backed by strike senti-
ment from the locals, might wait
no longer than this afternoon or
tomorrow to vote on the strike ques-
ton.
Thus far, none of the 80 units
whose contracts are about to expire,
has reported an anti-strike vote.
Action Course Explored.
Mr.. Beirne used the first two
hours the meeting at the Annapolis
Hotel this morning reviewing un-
successful contract negotiations and
exploring possible courses of action
He mentioned the. possibility OF
arbitration as advanced by Senator
Morse, Republican, of oregon. The
committee will go deeper into this
recommendation later.
A strike would disrupt long-dis-
tance and some local service with
the walkout Of $4,000 workers.
As the 49.man committee went
into session, an official of the parent
organization, the National Fedora
ton Of Telephone Workers, said
voting was running about Is to l
favoring a strike in the SO locals
where contracts are about to expire.
Date Set Tentatively.
Since the committee last Noyem-
ber tentatively set April 7 for a
strike date, not one Of the locals
has negotiated e new agreement
with management. The NFTW set
out to gain $12 weekly across
the-board wage increase and nine
other improvements on a national
scale, with the ultimate aim of
bargaining on an industry-wide
basis
In Washington the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. has offered
to extend present contacts for sew
eral months and continue bargain
ing efforts. Negotiations have bro
Evening star., 1947-03-24
O'NiII Hits Negro Bor
To The Icemun Cometh'

A stement by Playwright Eu-
gene eleill opposing racial discrim-
inati0 and asserting he will de-
mand uarantees against discrimi-
nationin future contracts will be
presend tonight to pickets and
memhs of the cast of "The Ice
man smeth" in front of the Ma
tional heater.
Mr.. r.o'Neill telegraphed the Rev
Wilfre Parsons, S. j., of the Cath
olic Ier-racial Council yesterday
that ] more of his plays will ap-
pear Washington unless Negroes
are united in the audience
Fathe Parsons will give the tele-
gramo pickets and cast members
in frat Of the theater at Sac
o'clocl
Evening star., 1947-03-24

troll of rents "at one fell blow" but
suggests this program:
/. An immediate Is per cent
across board increase in rents.
2. Termination of all rent controls
not later than April 80, 1948.
3. Immediate removal of rent con-
trolls on new construction and con-
versions.
4. No controls on properties which
have not been rented since February
/, 1916.
|. 5. Immediate decontrol of accom-
modationS renting over $225 q
month.
6. Evictions to be brought under
local law.
7. Courts of local jurisdiction to
award triple damages or $500 which,
ever is greater, to tenants in the
event Of owners violation.