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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
Ban On Closed ShopHeld
Constitutional By Court
ANOTHER FIRST
PHILADELPHIA, Dec.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19.
- P) - A complete solemn
high mass will be televised
from the Cathedral of St. Peter
and Paul over televisiOn sat
ton WPTZ on Sunday Dec.
FL.
1t will mark the first time
in history that the entire cere-
mony of the holy sacrifice of
the mass will be seen and
heard on the air.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
FORECASTS:

Wilmington and vicinity: MOSTLY
cloudy and cooler today with occasion-
a light rains tonight; Sunday partly
cloudy and continued cool
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20

See PESSIMISM on Page Two
Evening star., 1947-08-05

know" chimed in Mr.. Roosevelt.
Then came this:
Meyer-Because it was establish
ing a contact, meeting people.
Roosevelt-Contact with Mrs.
Roosevelt? Does she run the air
contracts Of the United States?
Meyer-It's public relations. I'd
say public relations means contact
with people, meeting people.
Roosevelt-Which company would
benefit most with contact with
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Mr.. Meyer didn't answer.
Senator Pepper asked if any public
relations man would not Jump at
the chance" to go to Hyde Park as
a guest.
Jump at the chance?" Mr.. Meyer
responded Are you kidding? He
would have chartered private
plane instead of buying seven rail-
road tickets like I did"
Mr.. Roosevelt went on the often
sive the moment he returned to the
stand this morning.
Says He Protested Promotion.
Mr.. Roosevelt also heatedly de-
clared that the recommendation for
his promotion to brigadier general
during the war was sent through by
his superiors against my wishes
at time when he was absent from
the theater of operations.
The flareup started when Mr.
Roosevelt asked permission to re-
turn to the statement of Senator
Brewster yesterday that Gen
George c. Marshall, wartime Army
Chief of Staff, twice turned back a
recommendation for his promotion
to brigadier general, but decided to
let it 60 through the third time.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he was sure
Senator Brewster would not want
incorrect implications to 60 out that
might be construed as political, and
for that reason asked permission tc
Evening star., 1947-08-05

Senator Brewster, Republican o1
Maine, chairman of the full COM
mittee, once offered to call off the
hearing if he would agree to merge
Trans World Airlines, in which Mr.
Hughes has controlling interest
with Pan American. Senator
Brewster has denied that.
Mr.. Meyer reiterated that he put
Mr.. Roosevelt's name on his ex.
pense sheets because he was enter.
tanning friends of the President
son.
Senator Ferguson asked Mr.
Meyer if he entertained them "be-
cause you wanted to influence the
Colonel?"
The exchange went on:
Meyer-it was a matter of bust.
ness.
Roosevelt-What business? Die
you claim had any possible con-
nection with the Fill contract OF
that my friends could influence the
contract?
| dlull S5O llitO LlldU.
Roosevelt-Was my Importance or
account of the Hughes contract OF
because I had, say, public name
that was of some Importance to the
Air Force?
Meyer-That was possibly it.
Explains Hyde Park Visit.
Senator Ferguson asked if Mr.
Meyer would have gone to Hyde
Park with several officers, in 1914
if they had not been friends o.
Col. Roosevelt. With Mr.. Meyer
in the witness chair, the committee
developed yesterday that the Hughes
publicity man and group of Army
officers were guests of President anC
Mrs. Roosevelt at their Hyde Park
N. Y, home about the time of the
1914 election.
At Senator Ferguson's question tt
Mr.. Meyer, Mr.. Roosevelt broke ir
to say he gave returning Air Force
comrades a letter of introduction tt
his mother in 1914. He said thai
some sofficers had called his mother
and she had invited them and theil
wives up to Hyde Park for lunch.
He said that 1t. Col Clarence
Shoop knew that Mr.. Meyer knew
him and said:
Look, let us call Hyde Park anc
find out if we can bring you along
You have known Elliott and
don't think Mrs. Roosevelt woulc
mind"
Mr.. Roosevelt added:
And that is how Meyer got or
the band wagon. and went to Hyde
Park"
That's absolutely correct" Mr.
Meyer verified.
Questions Charge for Trip.
Senator Ferguson asked why Mr.
Meyer had charged off the cost ol
going to Hyde Park "as tax de.
ductable expense?"
That's what I would like t.
Evening star., 1947-08-05

tell what he knew about the matter
Senator Brewster interrupted te
assure Mr.. Roosevelt that he never
heard any question raised "as te
your personal qualifications, or youl
courage, but there are other quail.
flcations for brigadier general"
AS one of 8 or 10 Senators who
had voted against the promotion ir
the Senate, Senator Brewster sale
''it gave me pause" because he
learned at the time that there were
1000 graduates of West Point ir
the Army who had not risen that
high.
Cites Reason for Rejection.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he has been
informed by member of Gen. Mar
shallis staff that the promotion was
turned back twice, after it had been
sent through by Gems. Doolittle
Spaatz and Eisenhower, for the fol-
lowing reasons:
ut is very unusual for a man to
have as rapid a rise in rank, and in
view of the fact I was a son of the
President, he feared it would be en-
Evening star., 1947-08-05
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. SKA As


Robert A. Lovett, told him on a
visit to North Africa that the ground
as well as air force commanders
were dissatisfied with the kind of
photo-reconnaissance they were
getting, and that they needed a
much better type of plane.
Mr., Roosevelt said Mr.. Lovett told
him that he Roosevelt) would be
brought back to Washington to sur
vey the situation.
Il begged him not to do it," Mr..
Roosevelt said, because of the fact
of who I was. 1t would open the
President to great criticism if I sat
out the war in the Pentagon. I was
afraid it also would give his enemies
in Congress chance to smear him"
Nevertheless, he said, a cable came
through ordering him to return in
July, l943. to Washington to head
the photo-reconnaissance branch.
When he got back to Washington,
he said, Mr.. Lovett and Gen. Arnold
told him specifically" to look at
the Hughes plane. which was then
plywood model but was later re-
designed IN metal when the Army
contracted for its construction.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he never dis
cussed the FIJI (the Hughes plane>
with his father, although he thought
it was entirely possible he told the
President what he was doing back
in this country at the time.
Welcomes Chance to Answer.
AS he took the stand shortly
before 3 pm. yesterday, Mr.
Roosevelt told the committee he
welcomed this first public oppor-
tunity to answer chronologically
many charges leveled at him since
he first entered the Army as a
captain in 1910.
He spoke in a firm voice that
resounded through the room as he
promised to give the committee full
information on the specific issue
before it, namely, that he recon-
mended the Hughes reconnaissance
plane for the AAF after the techni-
cal stats of the AAF had turned it
down.
After being sworn as a witness,
Mr.. Roosevelt said there were
serious implications" in the testi-
mony given before" the committee.
He said that if it was true that ''for
the price of entertainment" he would
make recommendation that might
endanger the lives of the men under
him, or slow down the war effort,
that should be made known.
| Il know I'm not big enough or
important enough in this country,
or in the Army. to be responsible
for all the attention have received,
unless had some intimate relation
ship with the man in charge of the
prosecution of the war, the Chief
Executive" Mr.. Roosevelt con-
tinued. II am here to give you the
complete facts"
Mr.. Roosevelt's air of conf
dence and the clear tones in which
he spoke seemed to win the crowd
to his side as he began his testi-
mony.
Evening star., 1947-08-05
0'DanieI Selling Units
In Apartment House
He Bought for Self

Senator ODaniel, Democrat, Of
Texas, has sold six of nine apart
ments into which he remodeled
14-unit, four-story apartment build
/ ing at lis Second street NE, he
said today. He bought the building
for S52,500 on March 10, 1945, for his
own use.
The remaining apartments are for
sale through real estate dealer.
although the senator and his family
plan to occupy one until they buy
house, he explained.
The apartments are priced at
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Ownership of the building was
transferred to the Senate Apart
ments, Inc, new corporation, on
July 81, for $40 and other valuable
considerations" he said. Stock in
the new corporation-not yet issued
will go to purchasers of the apart
mentS so they can operate the
building on cooperative basis, he
explained.
After purchasing the building, the
Texas Senator notified tenants he
wanted them to move. Eviction hear
ings were held in two cases which
he won. In no case, however, was a
tenant put out on the street." the
Senator emphasized. "
Senator O'Daniel originally want
ed the property for his own use, he
said. Difficulties in having tenants
move and delays in obtaining >ma-
terials and workmen for remodeling.
plus changes in his own family
plans, led him to decided to sell the
property. he said.
The Senator said he had received
a great deal of unfavorable publicity
ip connection with the apartment
building which he attributed to an
attempt to smear" him because II
am standing up for true American
ISM"
Evening star., 1947-08-05
Meyer Warrant Issued
In New York Woman's S
Charge Of Paternity
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 5,-Special
Sessions Justice Frederick L. Hack
enburg has signed a warrant for
the arrest of John w. Meyer, pub
licist for Howard Hughes, movie and
aviation magnate, on the complaint
OF a night club cigarette girl who
says Mr.. Meyer is the father of
her 6-month-old son.
In Washington, Mr.. Never. who
has been testifying before the Sen
ate committee investigating Mr..
Hughes aircraft contracts, termed
the woman's complaint ridiculous
and said he never had been out
with her.
The woman, Patricia Miles, for
mer model who has been cigarette
girl at some of the most exclusive
clubs on the fashionable East Side,
said In her complaint that the child
was born February 2, 1947.
A court warrant officer holds the
order for MIR. Meyers arrest, pend
ing Mr.. Meyers return to the city
The warrant cannot be served out
side New York State.
In the complaint, Miss Miles said
that John w. Meyer, who resides
at 1000 Romaine, in the city of
Los Angeles, and who is employed
as publicity representative by the
Howard Hughes interests, Is the
father of the child.
Wherefore demand that John
w, Meyer be brought before the
Court of Special Sessions to answer
the charge that he is the father
Miss Miles attorney, Elvin I.
Unterman, said his client is seek
ing support for the child COM
mensurate to Mr.. Meyers income,
whicff, we believe, to be between
$4,000 and 100000 a year."
Evening star., 1947-08-05

"IS' UIcHHef. VIII aSSlSC MIS-.
Angus Dun, chairman of the residen-
tial unit
Long worker with the Com
munity Chest, Mrs. Gichner is a
member of the 1947 board of direc-
tors. For several years she has
been active as a volunteer speaker
of the Chest Speakers Bureau. She
Is graduate of Cornell University
and last year was president of the
Cornell Women's Club of Washing
ton.
A native of New York State, she
has lived In Washington since 1880.
Her home is at 6115 Thirty-third
street NV.
Evening star., 1947-08-05

Unit for the ap-
preaching Com
munity Ch e S t
Federation can-
paign, 1t was
announced to-
day.
This Is the
second year that
M RS. Gichner
has served as
vice chairman Of
the unit, which
is responsible for
door to door So
licitation of con-
tributionS. She
.x,slI --s-A AR-
Evening star., 1947-08-05
Clerics Quoted as Seeing
YugosIuv Free Worship
By the As.oeIated Press

BELGRADE, Aug. 4 Delayed -
Eight American Protestant clergy
men here to investigate religious
conditions were quoted in the Yugo-
slav press today as saying they were
convinced there is mo interference
in freedom of worship" in Yugo-
slavia.
The group, which few here from
America last week, met Premier
Marshal Tito in Bled. the summer
capital, yesterday and talked with
him for an hour.
Fire people expect to pay 80 cents
a pound for tea because ceylon has
raised taxes.
Evening star., 1947-08-05
Chest Names Mrs. Gichner
Residential Vice Chairman

Mrs. Henry Gichner. past presi-
dent of Adas Israel Sisterhood of
Washington, has been appointed as
vice chairman of the Residential
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what she was doing she was sitting
in the middle of the floor. She had
slowly but surely pulled her chair
forward every minute until she was
almost a floor show herself.
Also Mary Collins and Bradford
Bernard gave forth with their fine
vocal talents.
Joyce King came dressed in q
Harlem costume, Margaret Girls
som was a gypsy, Miame Of Mime
apolis (who by the way won the
contest for the best masquerade
came dressed as a witch, and last
but in no way least, Willie Brown
came dressed as an Indian (many
people believed that she should
have won first place., But really
wouldn't know.
Congratulations to Patricia Har-
ris and Dean Species who were re-
Gently engaged.
Lovely Donna Williams was join
ed in holy wedlock to Roy Bradford
last Saturday at St. Phillips
Church. Donna was a stunning
bride in a beautiful blue satin gown,
That's all for this week. Catch
you at the Costume Ball dance at
Norway Hall on Halloween night.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-31

Les LaisseE Nous Fare met Sat,
urday, Oct, %, at the home of Mrs
NJ. h. Mcknight, $50 Fuller Ave
Prizes were won by: first, Mrs
Manuel Mason; second, Mrs. Ear
Brent and third, Mrs. Ollye Gum
Miss Junauld Brown was a guest Of
the club.
The Oak Leaf Art club met Mon.
day afternoon, Oct. 27, at the HON,
of Mrs. Lydia Brown, 500 St. An.
thony Ave. An election Of officers
was held. The reelected officers
are: president, Mrs. J. Harris; vice
president, Mrs. Violet Sanders
secretary, Mrs. Ophelia Wooten;
treasurer, Mrs. Lydia Brown, anG
publicity chairman, Mrs. A. Guth.
erie. The next meeting will be Nov
10, with Mrs. lone Brown of Min.
neapolis.
The Crediafawn Social club, Inc.
met Wednesday, Oct. 20, at the
Elks Rest in St. Paul. Hosts were
Mr.. and Mrs. LaPercell Green and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Taylor. On
Saturday, Nov. l, the club will en-.
terrain at a pow-wow at Minnehahg
park.
The Entire Nous club met Friday
Oct. "a, with Mrs. Ray Whitmore
$50 W. Central Ave. The mex
meeting will be with Mrs. Bessie
Clemens, 800 N. Western Ave, al
which time an election of officer.
is planned.
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Mrs. Alma WOOdson. SIG Lyn-
dale Ave. No, and Mrs. P, NJ.
Wright, 5l4 Lyndale Ave. No, sis
ters, visited in Muskegon and
Grand Rapids, Mich. on their vaea-
ton. They went because Of the sick
ness of their cousin, Mrs. Dorothy
Mason.
Birthday Party: Little Miss Ann
harad Griffin celebrated her fourth
birthday Monday, Oct. "a in the
Social Room Of Sumner Field Hous-
ing Project. Refreshments were
served which further carried out
the Halloween decorations. Guests
were: Shirley and Gloria Wither-
spoon, Jean and David Lewis, Quin-
Ian Martin, JRcquelyn Combes, Will
liam and Jacquelyn Anderson, Mar
cha Grigsby, Donna SmallwOOd,
James Smith, ]. d. and Ann Car
lyle, Penny Anderson, Carolyn Will
liams, Esther Mae and Marjorie
Suduth, Renney Fraction, Prince
Tyler, Deleroy Calhoun, Margaret
Ann and Elmer Childress. Those
who sent presents were Lucille
Ledells and Wanda Bolts. Mothers
who assisted at the party were
Mines. Celesta Griffin, Gladys
Grigsby, Ewlyn Combs, Helen CAL
houn, and Margaret Lewis.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Walker,
1916 Fourth Ave. So, returned
Tuesday from a trip to Chicago and
Detroit. In the Michigan metropolis
they visited their daughter and
son-in-law, DR.. and Mrs. Mott Ram.
In Chicago the Walkers were house
guests Of Mrs. Laura Carter and
visited with Mr.. Walkers brother,
P. A. Walker and his brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
Walker.
Return From Hunting Trip:
Messrs. John Baldwin, John Nc
Graw and Herbert Glanton, all
rabid hunters, returned Oct. %
from Mr.. Baldwin's farm near Nor
ristown, s. d. The hunters got the
limit in pheasants and grouse.
The Birthday Club will meet Sun
day, Nov. 2 at the home Of Mrs.
Barbara Strawder, 2SlS Chicago
Ave.
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Deep Are the
Roots" Drama
Opens Wednesday

Deep Are the Roots" sensa-
tional drama about racial hatred in
the South which recently completed
record-breakinR run on Broad
way, will open next Wednesday
evening, Nov. 5, at the North Star
Playhouse, for a run Of eleven per-
formances, as the second Offering
on the Minneapolis Civic Theatre
season.
James Edwards, New York star
who was featured in the leading
role of Brett Charles when the play
appeared in Chicago, arrived in
Minneapolis this week to play the
same role here. He will be supported
by a cast Of outstanding Mime
apolis actors and actresses, includ-
ing Kathie Bye, Kay Kneip, Avis
Carter, Cora Moore, Herbert Gaia
gan, and Ray Borne. Deep Are
the Roots" will be staged by Dean
Norton, the North Star Drama
Guilds brilliant new associate
director, with stage setting design
ed and executed by Herbert Gaia
gan.
The play, which had a tremen-
dous New York run and played in
several leading American cities,
has been heralded as one Of the
most courageous and fortnight
statements Of the problem Of racial
prejudice ever presented in the
American theatre. Written by
D'Usseau and Cow, authors Of an
other hit, Tomorrow the World,
Deep Are the Roots" will be given
its Midwest premiere by the Guild,
Deep Are the Roots" will be pre-
scented for nine evenings and two
Saturday matinees, Nov. 8 through
Is. Seats may be purchased at the
Downtown Ticket Office in the N.
W. Bank Building, or may be re-
served by phOninR Lincoln 1859.
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Social and Personal
. MINNEAPOLIS Q

Mrs. B. s. Smith. formerly 81
100 e. 25th St. and now residing at
727 st. Anthony, was taken 70
Fairview Hospital, Tuesday Oct.
%.
Mrs. Ada Irene Johnigan, 2s1o
Clinton Ave. So, left Tuesday, Oct.
% for Grand Rapids, Mich, 10 visit
her mother who is seriously III in
the hospital.
MIR. and Mrs. o. B. Williams,
4445 First Ave. So, left Sunday
evening, Oct. 20 to spend q week in
Atchison, Kansas, with Mr.. VIII
liams' mother.
A eablegram was received this
week by Mrs. Anne Thomas, 1909
Olson Highway, from her daughter
in-law, Mrs. Harriet Thomas, say
ing Mrs. Thomas and daughter
Judith Ann arrived safely in Copen-
hagen, Denmark, and were met BY
Mrs. Thomas husband, John.
Dinner Guests: Mrs. Halle
Ewing and Mr.. Fern Ewing were
the dinner guests Of Mrs. Solomon
Hughs and family, 2sls Elliot Ave.
Sunday, Oct. 20.
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Woman SwindIe Suspect Would
Write Book to Protect Suckers

One day while she and Zillie were
chopping at the end Of a row, a
Ford car with two men in 1t
stopped. The two men made friends
with the girls, promised to come
back a few nights later and take
them to New Orleans. They kept
their promise.
First Pair of Shoes
II was in New Orleans that
Gladys had her first bath in a tub,
wore her first pair Of shoes. The
first time she attended u motion
picture show, the fighting on the
screen frightened her so badly she
crOuched down between the seats,
terrified. II was also in New Or
leans that Gladys began to learn
the swindle game. One Of the men
taught it TO her. She learned so
we'll, she finally was able to teach
the racket herself.
Nothing to Show for Crime
Willie Mae Maddox, alias Gladys
Johnson, claims she knows every
angle of the con racket and swindle
game. She wants to tell someone
about il so that il can be put in a
book to warn 1.-The suckers" Satur-
day, she said she had absolutely
nothing to show for the years OF
operating outside the law.
II made money for the other
fellow. | never got nOthin' out OF
il. There's no use me lynn and
sayin' | did" Gladys admitted.
I've seen the time the police
couldn't get anything out Of me.
This time just laid my cards on
the table. I'm gOin' to get on the
stand and tell the truth"
Meanwhile, one of her partners
in crime isn't approaching Gladys
change of heart. According to the
matron, the other lady makes quite
a hubbub in her cell, heckling
Gladys nOisily.
Gladys hearing is going bad in
one ear. She would like TO get
book written so that she can have
a small nest-egg to start over on
again. She says she's tried TO get
legitimate jobs (she's a good seam
stress) but as soon as her prison
record was discovered the result
would always be the same. Then
times would get hard and she'd go
back into the racket.
81 didn't want to do it," she said
about her experience in St. Paul.
my mind wasn't made up to do it.
I've seen the time | wouldn't care,
but now it's different"
A detective interested in Gladys
story called Ruth Alternately Of the
St. Paul Council on Human Rela-
tions. Mrs. Alternately contacted
this writer. We both heard Gladys
story last Saturday in the matron's
quarters. Even the matron, who
hears many a sob story and is natu-
rally cautious and skeptical, is
sympathetic.
As she said when she closed the
barred door behind US Saturday:
1--WE never heard anything like it
in my life"
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lettings
By GEORGlA russell


Hi, Everybody! Hope you're feel
ing tip top. While browsing around
for this weeks poem for my column
came across the following one
which I'm dedicating to the follow
ing brides-tO-be, Donna Williams,
Willie Brown, Maureen Coleman,
Edith Price. dumping sea-hsh, but
have you seen the beautiful spark
Ter she's been sporting. It's a dilly)
Also Cecile Saunders, Harriet
Brown, and Alice Lawson.
Here's to you lucky gals:
Loves bright guiding star
will shine
Through all life's darkling
fears
And vows that steadfast
hearts exchange
VIII last throughout the
years"
First Of all | want to thank Char
lotte Perfect on the swell job she
did Of handling my column last
week. Who knows but within a
couple Of years she may be another
Hedda Hopper.
Seriously though It was really
good and received a lot Of eompli-
mentary calls about it.
Attention, Attention. Lovers of
good, wild and weird music. The
Loafers have done the unusual
again. They are the sponsors Of the
Battle of Bands dance at the Stem
Hall, Monday, November 10. With
Percy Hughes, ex-Navy band and
the Merry Men battling out the
music. Should prove to be quite an
affair.
Halle @. Brown football team
tied Hilex team tt at McMurray
field last Sunday for first place.
Bowling at the Robert St. Bowl
ing Alley-Monday night found the
st. Paul Mems Bowling Club really
tearing down the joint with such
scores as 19O-Ralph Graham
1859 and Robert Graham 179. Rob
ert is becoming noted for always
bringing in the highest scores)
It's rumored that Joe Louis of
Minneapolis has gone into hiding
these days. Could one of his ex-
girl friends presence in town once
again have caused this sudden
alternating?
Harry Miller, Hollywood Sepia's
basketball team, would like a royal
scrimmage with the Halle @.
Brown basketball team-any time
or place. (Well, boys, here's a chal-
lenge for you from the Sepias.
Can you take it!) II accepted, call
Phyllis Wheatley for arrangements.
Breezed down to the Windy City
last weekend, so therefore missed
the well-publicized masquerade ball
at the Treasure Inn last Friday.
Heard it was well attended, even
though only six girls came dressed
in costumes. Dickie Mayes' fendi-
ton Of widest Gal in Town" and
81 Want To Be Loved" had all the
girls swooning. (But no kidding,
heard that all the girls brought the
house down the way they applaud
ed him. While he was grooming,
Dolores Of St. Paul, was so inter
ested and taken out Of this world
with his voice, that before she knew