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Evening star., 1947-10-20
u. n. Delays Action
OF Indonesia Dispute
By the kssociotsd Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-The United
Nations Security Council postponed
debate on the Dutch -Indonesian
conflict today at the request ofNAn-
drei A. Gromyko 80 he could attend
q plenary session of the General
Assembly in an adjoining chamber
The Russian delegate said he
would be willing to have the Council
meet in night sessions "or at any
time when the Assembly is not meet
ing"
Warren r. Austin, United States
delegate, who had intended to sub
NIT new proposal to the Council
supported the Russian request.
Sir Alexander Cadogan, British
delegate and Council chairman for
October, adjourned the meeting
until 1890 am. tomorrow. He said
the meeting would be held at Lake
success provided there was no plen.
ary session tomorrow and empha.
sized that his ruling was subject tt
change.
Mr.. Austin was prepared to submit
new resolution aimed at accom-.
plishing an on-the-spot solution o1
the Dutch-Indonesian conflict. Thl
Council already has before it pro-
posals from RussiA Atastralia and
Britain. A.assa -
Evening star., 1947-10-20
Indictment Accuses
Suitor Of kidnapping
And Beating Woman

George P. Harding. SO, was in
oicted today on charge Of kidnap-
Ing Mrs. Alsace Lorraine Mccormick,
70. from in front of her home at "a
Eighth street NE. last September
and taking her into Maryland "for
the purpose Of inflicting bodily
harm" on her and also to obtain her
consent to marriage.
The indictment also accuses Har-
ding, whose address was listed in the
1900 block Of Fisher road, Prince
Georges County, of assault with q
dangerous weapon and assault with
intent to kill Mrs. Mccormick by
beating her with the pistol on Sep
tember 26, the day of the alleged
kidnapping.
He also Is charged with having
struck her in Providence Hospital
the following day. She had been
taken there for treatment.
In addition, the indictment ac-
cuses Harding OF assault against
Leon Guervitz, 2S, of 22l Fifteenth
street NE.
Mrs. Mccormick was said to have
been seated in an automobile with
Mr.. Guervitz when Harding alleged
ly forced her to get in his automo-
bile and accompany him into Mary
land. Harding was said to have
pointed a pistol at Mrs. McCor-
mick's escort.
Mrs. Mccormick was quoted as
telling police that Harding had re-
turned her to Washington after she
had told him she would marry him
as soon as q divorce had become
final.
The indictment was among "a re-
turned by the grand jury before
Justice David A. Pine OF District
Court.
These included the indictments OF
William Gustafson, 10, of the 800
block of H street NE, and Elmer L.
Edwards, n, of the 900 block Of
Seventh street NE, who were
charged with breaking into a build
ing Of the Ford Photo Supply Store,
800 block Of Market place NV.
and taking lenses valued at more
than 81 400 =
Evening star., 1947-10-20
Statue Of Washington
Is Given 10 Cathedral
By Masonic Council

A statue of George Washington
was presented to Washington Cathe-
dral yesterday by the Supreme
Masonic Council, Scottish Rite, OF
the Southern Jurisdiction, at cere-
monies In the Cathedral transept.
The gift was received in behalf
Of the Cathedral by the Right Rev
Angus Dun. Episcopal Bishop OF
Washington. 1t was presented by
John H. Cowles, sovereign grand
commander Of the Grand Council
The statue is Of white Vermont
marble. stands 7 feet and 8 inches
high and weighs two tons. The
sculptor is Lee Lawrie Of Easton
Nd.
Mr. Cowles said in his presenta
ton address the gift was the ides
Of the late Right Rev. James E
Freeman, Bishop of Washington
The statue will be the first to bt
placed in a planned Masonic Cor
ner" at the Cathedral, Mr.. Cowles
said. This corner will be compar.
able to the poets, doctors and his.
torian's corners in Westminster
Abbey. London, the speaker ex.
planned.
George Washington was a master
Mason and worshipful master o1
Alexandria Lodge, No. %.
The statue eventually will bt
moved from its location in thu
transept to the first bay on the right
side of the nave after the Cathedra.
is completed.
The Supreme Masonic Council vii
hold most of its meetings this weel
at the House of the Temple, Six.
teenth and 8 streets NV.
Evening star., 1947-10-20
Wallace Committee
Formed in Wisconsin
Ax the Axsoriafsa Press

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 20. - Forma
ton OF A wisconsin Citizens foi
Wallace" Committee which plans
the entrance of a full slate of dele.
gates in the spring presidential
preferential primary committed tc
the candidacy of Henry A. Wallace
was announced today by John
Gminski, who said he had beer
named the groups executive direc-
tor.
According to Mr.. Gminski. the
organization was set up by meet
ing Of labor. farm. cooperative and
colored leaders from both parties
who indorsed "the program enunci-
ated by Henry A. Wallace for peace
and q return to the policies of the
late President Roosevelt"
Mr.. Wallace has accepted an in
vitation to speak at the Milwaukee
Auditorium December 20, Mr.. Gmin.
ski added.
Prof. Elmer Haugen, chairman oi
the Scandinavian Languages De-
partment of the University of Wis
consin, was named a cochairman
Another will be designated at the
next meeting.
Evening star., 1947-10-20
Cab Drivers Aid Arrest
Of Burglary Suspects

Two taxi drivers were credited by
Mount Rainier police with the swift
seizure of three men who early to-
day were believed to have taken as
sorted electrical equipment from the
Mount Rainier Radio and Electrical
Appliance Store. One of the trio,
Beverly p. Davis, SO, of the TOO block
of Tuckerman street NV, was said
by police to be a brother of the
stores co-owner.
The other two men were identified
by police as Donald Murphy. "a, Of
the 1900 block of Underwood street
NV, and A. c. MacCrackern, 48, of
the 900 block of Shepherd street
N. w.
Police said the three men hailed
an operator of a District cab in
washington and asked to be driven
to the store The cab driver, whose
name was not known to Mount
Rainier police. reported the incident
to police after he noticed the men
kicking in the door Of the store.
The second cab driver, Michael
F. Picchione. %, driver of a Mary
land cab, later picked up the men
at the corner of Thirty fourth street
and Rhode Island avenue and took
them to the police station. There
they we're arrested by Chief Eugene
B. Plumer and Sergt. Walter Scott,
who reported finding quantity OF
equipment. including a radio, in
their possession.
Held in $1,000 bond each on
charges of breaking and entering,
all were to appear at preliminary
hearing in Hyattsville Police Court
on Thursday.
Evening star., 1947-10-20
Yehudi henuhin Reported
WED 10 London Actress
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Oct. 20. - London
newspapers reported today that
Yehudi Menuhin, 81, noted violinist.
and Diana Gould, "a, actress and
ballerina, were married here
yesterday.
Mr.. Menuhin was divorced from
his first wife, the former Nola
Nicholas, last month in Carson
City, New. The custody of their
two sons was awarded to the
mother, who was married last week
in New York to Anthony A.
Williams of New York.
The bride is the daughter Of
Lady Harcourt, wife Of Vice Ad-
miral Sir Cecil Harcourt.
The ceremony, the papers said.
was performed at a Chelsea regis
trar's office and the Daily Mail
commented that while Sunday mar
riages in civil offices in England
are quite legal, they are most
unusual"
The wedding was described as
secret, and radio listeners and q
large audience at Albert Hall heard
Mr.. Menuhin play scheduled con-
cert in the afternoon without a
hint that he had just been married.
Evening star., 1947-10-20
'NotionoI Trust Urged
For Historic Buildings

Foundation Of national trust
for preservation Of historic proper
ties will be discussed at meetings
Of the National Council for His
toric Sites and Buildings being held
at the National Gallery OF Art today
and tomorrow.
Maj. Gen. u. 8. Grant III, presi-
dent OF the council, is chairman
and the speakers will include
Thomas T. Waterman, historical
architect; Representative Andrews
Republican, of New York, and DR.
william 8. Webb, former director
of archaeological excavations in the
Tennessee Valley.
A dinner at the Hotel Statler
tonight will be addressed by Sir
John Balfour, John Nicholas
Brown, Assistant Secretary OF the
Navy. and Mrs. Francis B. Crown
inshield.
Evening star., 1947-10-20

pOSlt insurance CORP.
Mr.. Aiken formerly was connected
with the law firm of Donald M.
Lathrom and Ray L. Jenkins.
During the 1885 presidential cam
paign he was director of the Demo-
cratic Speakers Bureau and assist
ant to James A. Farley. He also
headed the speakers bureau during
the 1910 campaign and was assist
ant to Edward J. Flynn, then Demo-
cratic national chairman.
Mr.. Aiken was a lieutenant colonel
in the Army Air Forces during the
war and later was chief of the
political activities section, Office of
Military Government, in the United
States zone in Germany.
He is married and has three chill
dren. He plans to bring his family
here from Kansas as soon as he
can find a home.
Evening star., 1947-10-20
King Says Recovery
OF Britain Requires
International Effort
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

LONDON, Oct. 2o.-King George
vi. formally ending one of the
busiest parliamentary sessions in
British history. declared today that
national economic recovery cannot
be achieved without international
cooperation.
The Kings propagation speech
written by ministers of the Labor
government and read by Lord
Jowitt, the Lord Chancellor-re-
viewed the legislative year.
Tomorrow the King will appear
before a joint meeting of Commons
and Lords to open a new parliament
tary session, third since the Social
lists came to power in 1945..
Dollar Crisis Mentioned.
Though today's meeting was only
a perfunctory session clearing the
decks for tomorrow's ceremonies
the speech mentioned the dollar
crisis, suspension of convertibility
and other developments since par
lament recessed August 13.
Tomorrow's speech opening the
new session, also written by Labor
ministers, will outline the govern
ment's legislative program for the
year. Almost certainly it will call
upon the British people to endure
more privations, more austerity
higher taxes and to work harder te
speed national economic recovery
Labor informants said Prime Min.
lister Attlee's cabinet would decide
today whether the King will cal
for legislation tomorrow to scrap the
House of Lords.
Follows Ministers Advice.
The informants pointed out tha
the British monarch follows the ad
vice of his ministers and that tht
pro-Labor House of Commons almos
certainly would do the government
bidding.
The Attlee cabinet is known tt
have discussed possible action agains
the Lords in the past apd the Prim.
Minister has said repeatedly that tn.
upper house would not be per.
mitted to obstruct any Labor Part,
plans.
The House of Lords, consisting O.
some 800 peers. has defeated th'
government on minor issues in tn,
past, but always has fallen into line
on major legislation.
Evening star., 1947-10-20
Rev. MiIIard NeaIe Dies;
Once Comic Strip Artist
BY the Assotioied Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 2o.-Funera
services were held here today fol
the Rev. Millard Francis Neale, who
was one of the earliest comic strip
artists before he entered the priest
hood.
A requiem mass was said by the
Rev. Francis X. O'Brien, chancellor
Of the Diocese of Raleigh, N. C..
to which Father Neale was at.
tached
He died in Charlotte, N. c., Fri
day at the age Of 81.
Father Neale drew for the Puck
and Judge and created the strip
"Smilax the Cat" published in the
New York World.
Although born in Baltimore. ht
spent his childhood in East Orange
N. J. He studied for the priesthood
at Spring Hill College, near Mobile
Ala, the Jesuit novitiate at Macon
Ca, and at Mount st. Mary's
Emmittsburg. Md. He was ordained
in New York in 1898.
Evening star., 1947-10-20
LaureI's treason Trial
Opens In Philippines
BY The Assoeiatsd Press

MANILA, Oct. 20.-The long de-
layed treason trial of DR.. Jose Laurel
|puppet president of the Philippines
during the Japanese occupation
opened before a Peoples Court tri-
bunal today.
The prosecution placed a japanese
newspaperman, Koji Nakamura, on
the stand to bring out that Laurel
had embraced the Asia for the
Asiatics theology.
Chief Defense Counsel Claro B
Recto, Laurels former Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, asserted that the
late President Manuel Quezon had
not rejected that ideology. and that
ne did not intend to deliver the
Philippines to the Occidentals when
he subscribed to the Charter.
During the recess, Laurel smilingly
brushed aside as q ''misquota tom
reports that he would be a candidate
| for President in 1850
Evening star., 1947-10-20
Woman S Party Suit
lover Rival Officers
Goes on Trial Here

Trial of a suit involving a con-
test between two factions of the
National Woman's Party over rival
states Of officers was begun today
In District Court before Justice
James M. Proctor.
In the suit, filed last February
the National Woman's Party was
named as plaintiff and the petition
asked the court to declare a slate
of officers headed by Mrs. John l.
Whitehurst of Baltimore as the
legal officers of the party.
Mrs. Whitehurst was chosen ma
tional chairman at convention
held in the Mayfiower Hotel in
January. That late, however, was
repudiated BY the of11cers then in
power.
as Defendants Named.
The suit names Miss Anita Pol
liter Of New York, who claims the
office of national chairman, and n
other women as defendants.
Filed through Attorneys Spencer
Gordon and Charles A. Horsky, the
suit contends the defendants have
possession of the party's headquar-
ters in the 100 block of B street
NE. and seeks to oust them in favor
of the slate headed by Mrs. White
hurst.
The petition claims the election Of
Mrs. Whitehurst was at properly
called convention. It claims further
that the group headed by Miss Pol.
liter had met in indianapolis ane
suggested a convention to be hele
after the one held here in the May.
flower.
Recently a motion for prelimi.
nary injunction, through which tht
plaintiffs sought to prevent Miss
Pollitzer and others Of the party ir
control Of the headquarters from
turning over the property to any
others pending outcome Of the suit
was withdrawn.
Convention Cancelled
Withdrawal of the motion wa!
due to the Pollitzer faction havinl
agreed to cancel q convention, pend
ing outcome Of the suit. The in.
junction motion had been sought ts
prevent the property from beint
turned over to any other slate o
officers if an election were held
That possibility ceased, it was ex'
planned, when the defendant factor
decided not to hold the convention.
Early in the trial a general state.
ment OF the plaintiffs claims wa!
being given by Mr.. Gordon.
Evening star., 1947-10-20
Five More Churches Join
Campaiqn for Members

Five additional churches of the
Washington area today started
revival services with the opening of
the second and final week of a
Simultaneous Evangelistic Effort OF
Baptist churches here.
A total of 440 new members were
added to Baptist Church rolls here
during the first week of the evange-
listic services 1t was announced
this morning at a report breakfast
at the Petworth Baptist Church,
Seventh and Randolph streets NV.
A total of 100 new memberships
to the participating churches was
received at services yesterday, 1t
was reported. First Baptist Church
led WITH '40 additions. = = ''"
The five churches which have
Joined TO- campaign are the Brook
land Baptist Church. the Bethesda
(Md) Baptist Church, Brookmont
Baptist Church, the Luther Rice
Memorial Baptist Church and the
Takoma Park MD Baptist
Church,
Evening star., 1947-10-20
Housing Crisis Laid
TO Union Showdown
by the A,soeio,sd Prsss

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 20-Attorney
Jonn B. Nicklas, jr, representing
builders and property owners, today
told the start Of a congressional in.
vestigation of housing condition,
that the Pittsburgh district shortage
was due in large part to a "unio,
showdown"
Declaring the high cost of new
houses was partly due to the rapic
rise in wages" Mr.. Nicklas added:
Even more pronounced Is the
showdown and bonus system now be.
ing practiced by the unions in tn.
building trade. !" We have
been waiting In vain for our loca.
union leaders to break up this prac.
tice but they have not done So"
As an example, Mr.. Nicklas sale
the rate of laying brick had fallen tt
about 400 day, compared to pre-.
war daily rate of 1000 bricks.
Senator Mccarthy, Republican, o1
Wisconsin said his joint House-Sen.
ate subcommittee was making Pitts
burgh the first stop on Nation
wide tour to seek remedy for
housing shortages.
Evening star., 1947-10-20
IGHI Who Tilted
Veteran Weds on
IDeportotion Day
By the Assoeioted Press

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Oct. 90
Blond Amalia Salamone, 19-year-
old Sicilian beauty, whose mail was
filled with proposals Of marriage
after the breaking of her engage
ment to the war veteran who
brought her to America, was
married today to Carmello j
Catanio, %, of Enfield, Conn.
Had she not been married today
she would have faced deportation
A6 am. ceremony resulted in dis
appointment to the crowds who
thronged to Mount Carmel Church
two hours later in the belief the
couple were to be married at 8 am
Miss Salamone. native OF
Palermo, came to the United States
last summer as the prospective
bride of Michael J. Biarrio of Ar.
lington.
News of the broken engagement
Immediately brought go proposals o1
marriage, largely from war vetel
ans. Sympathetic immigration
officials twice extended her origina
30-day stay in this country bu
today was the final deadline.
Evening star., 1947-10-20
Plot Dedicated as Site
OF Memorial 10 Jews
BY the Associated Ptsss

NEW YORK. Oct. 2O.-A little
plot of land in Riverside Drive.
of Eighty Fourth street and over-
looking the Hudson River, was dedi-
Gated yesterday rs the site of a
memorial to the 100000 Jews re-
portedly slain by the Nazis, and an
estimated $4,000 persons stood In a
light rain for the ceremonies.
Mayor William O'Dwyer. who laid
the cornerstone for a monument to
be erected, said it will be an "ex-
preston of the sorrow of America
for the victims of the greatest
tragedy in history"
European diplomats and repre-
sentatives of various religious faiths
delivered messages denouncing anti
semitism and expressing hope for
establishment of Jewish homeland.
The American Memorial to Six
Million Jews of Europe. Inc, will
sponsor erection of the monument,
to be designed by Sculptor 10
Davidson.
Evening star., 1947-10-20
George '. Malone Dies;
Congressional Aide
~ %h> As.or;o,sd prsss

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Oct. 90
George v. Malone, So, who servee
as secretary to New Jersey Congress
members in Washington for 81
years, died here yesterday. He hae
been i'll for six months.
Mr.. Malone. a native Of Hoboken
first went to Washington with
Representative James A. Hamill
stayed with his successor, John ]
Eaean: then served with Oscar L
Auf der Heide and Edward ]. Hart
all Democrats.
During World War I he served in
Copenhagen, Denmark, with United
States Minister Maurice Francis
Egau.
Evening star., 1947-10-20

Truman, Mr.,
Aiken succeeds
to t h e pos t
which Gael Sul-
livan vacated
last February
when he be-
came executive
director of the
Democratic Ma
tional Commit
tee.
Mr.. Aiken, 81,
has served as
special counsel
and assistant to
the chairman OF
the Federal De-
Evening star., 1947-10-20
Judge Found Dead in Car
Is Declared Suicide
BY the Asseeioted Prsss

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 2o.-Judge
g. Malcolm Mcdonald, so, Of the
Allegheny County Common Pleas
Court, was found dead from carbon
monoxide poisoning yesterday in
the rear seat of his automobile
parked in a garage behind his home,
Coroner William 3. McClelland
reported.
The coroner, who gave a suicide
verdict. said the car engine was
still running when the jurist's body
was discovered. A hose, attached
to the exhaust pipe, was extended
through window into the automo-
bile.
A Democrat, Mr.. Mcdonald was
elected to a 10-year term in l84l.
Surviving are his widow and two
children.
Evening star., 1947-10-20
Jewel Theft Charges
Against Sailors Dropped

Charges Of stealing $4,000 in
jewels from a hotel room. which
had been placed against two sailors
from the Patuxent River Naval Base
were dropped in Municipal Court
today.
On Friday the complainant, Mrs
Edith M. Lewis. sos Eleventh street
NV, did not appear in Municipal
Court to press the larceny charges
An attachment was issued to as
sure her appearance today. Charges
were dropped after she had con-
ferred with the United States at.
torneys.
The sailors were Keith Rice, ~
and Raymond Simmons, 23.
Evening star., 1947-10-20
D. 6. Sailor on Mercy Ship

Seaman 1Jc Stanley A. Atkin
son Of MIR. and Mrs. Phillip Atkin
slS Madison street N.W,.. was serv-
ing aboard the destroyer James G
Owens when 1t assisted the destroyer
Douglas H. Fox, which struck q mine
September 40 in the Northern Adri-
attic en- route to Trieste from Venice
The Owens returned the injured
to the Army base at Trieste and
escorted the Fox to drydock In
Venice.
Evening star., 1947-10-20
London Dock Workers
Vote to End Strike
By the Assoeiofed Press

LONDON, Oct. 20.--Four thou.
sand transport workers and $50
cold storage workers employed at
London docks voted today to end
their strike tomorrow and await
union negotiation OF their grievance.
The transport workers struck this
morning In sympathy with the cold
storage. workers, who went out last
Tuesday complaining that their
bonus payments were not equal to
those paid by other employers in
the industry,
Evening star., 1947-10-20
Aiken Takes Office
las Aide 10 Hanneqan

Paul Aiken of Macksville, Kans..
today assumed the office Of Second
Assistant Postmaster General.
Appointed last week by President
Evening star., 1947-10-20
John J. McKeIvey, "a, Dies

MOUNT KISCO, N. Y, Oct. 20
(P.-John J. McKelvey, "a, lawyer,
writer and founder Of the Harvard
Law Review, died yesterday. He
was native of Sandusky, Ohio.
Evening star., 1947-05-25
Attack by Greek Planes
Charged by Albania in U. n.
" the Associatsd Press


BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, May "a.
The Albanian Telegraph Agency
said today that Albanian Premier
Enver Hoxha had cabled to United
Nations Secretary General Trygve
Lie a protest that Greek planes flew
into Albania May 81.
The premier charged the planes
machinegunned villages and shep-
herds, killing a 30-year-old man and
17-year-old girl, wosnding several
women and children and slaughter
ing livestock.
The dispatch said Premier Hoxha
told MIR. Lie the incident occurred
in the Korea prefecture when Greek
planes flew over the area at low
altitude for 40 minutes.
The premier's note claimed the
incident was inspired by monarcho-
fascists with foreign support who
desired to convince the U. N. Sc
curity Council of the necessity for
sending a U. N. inquiry subcom-
mission to Northern Greece. The
dispatch said Premier Hoxha "ur-
gently" demanded Of Mr.. Lie that
he distribute the protest among all
members of the Security Council. u