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Evening star., 1947-11-19
Elevator Man Found Insane
After Attack on Girl, ;

A Municipal Court jury yester-
day adjudged insane a 2s-year-old
elevator operator, charged last
month with indecent assault on a
3-year-old girl.
The verdict of unsound mind was
returned by the panel of eight
women and four men, who heard
testimony during the lunacy in
quisition of Marvin S. Evans, in
the 1400 block of Irving street NV,
before Judge Almond w. Scott. The
jury was polled on the request of
Defense Counsel Meyer Koonin.
Evans has been committed for treat
ment at St. Elizabeths Hospital.
Mr.. Koonin charged Galllnger
psychiatrists are unable to give pa
tients adequate examinations be-
cause of overcrowded conditions in
the psychopathic wards.
Evening star., 1947-11-19
Church Federation
Layman's Award Goes
To Walter W. Britt

Walter w. Britt of the First Con-
gregational Church last night re-
ceived the Layman's Award Of the
Washington Federation Of Churches
for 1916 at dinner in the Petworth
Methodist Church, New Hampshire
avenue and Grant Circle NV.
DR.. Arthur S. Flemming, presi-
dent Of the federation and civil
service commissioner, presided.
In the principal address Of the
meeting Charles P. Taft of Gin
cinnati, president of the Federal
Council OF the Churches of Christ
in America, declared the 1916 Pitts
burgh conference on economic life
and the church, sponsored by the
council. was the first step in trying
to implement the application of
religion in life.
IF we are going to have any
effective application Of religion to
life we must get down to arguing
about the statements concerning
these problems, he asserted. "Such
issues as What are the economic
bases of the system under which we
are living?' should be clearly under
stood so remedies may be worked
out"
Tenth Award.
The award to Mr. Britt for per-
forming outstanding work in church
activities during 1916 is the 10th
such award to be given. Wilbur
La Roe, jr., OF Chevy Chase Pres
byterian Church, moderator Of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America, received the first
award in 1887.
Subsequent recipients of the
award were Chief Justice Bolitha j
Laws, 1898; Ernest w. Brown, 1889;
Coleman Jennings, 1910; Col. Viii
liam o. Tufts, 1941: Edward H. De
Groot, jr., 1912; former Associate
Supreme Court Justice Owen j
Roberts, 1913; Col Campbell C
johnson, 1914, and the late Norton
M. Little and Mrs. Joy Elmer
Morgan, 1945.
A native of Hinton, w. Va, Mr.
Britt came to Washington aftel
serving with the Army in Cuba ir
1909. He served at Fort Myer unit
1918, leaving the service that year te
enter the insurance business. He
has lived here, except for the perioc
1925 to 1899, from that time.
Deacon of Church.
Mr.. Britt, a deacon Of First Con-
gregational Church, Is member o1
the federation's Executive ano
Finance Committees, Board Of Di-
rectors. Property Committee chair.
man, and Advance Gifts Committee
associate chairman. He also served
as chairman of the Finance Com.
mittee from 1910 to 1945 and was
instrumental in organizing the busi'
ness and finance department OF the
federation, now headed by Purcell
Storey. He is married and lives al
41O5 Eighth street NV.
DR.. Frederick E. Reissig, executive
secretary of the federation, also ad'
dressed the group. DR.. John MILAN
pastor of Petworth Church, gave the
invocation, and the Right Rev. An
gus Dun, Bishop of Washington, tht
benediction.
Evening star., 1947-11-19

men saying it did not have docu-
mentary evidence Of the charges
which the spokesman said Monday
were made by seven suspects now
in custody. This spokesman also
said an assassin was en- route to
Switzerland to kill the present
King, Phumiphon Aduldet, who sue.
ceeded his brother to the throne
Evening star., 1947-11-19
Assassin Charge Causes
Siam Army-Navy Rift
By the Assoeiofed Press

BANGKOK, Siam, Nov. 19.-Re-
lations between the Siamese Army
and Navy were reported strained
today as a result of Mondays dec
laration by a military spokesman
that a retired naval lieutenant had
been named as the assassin of King
Amanda Mahidol in June, 1916.
Evening star., 1947-11-19

Informants said newspaper head
lines about this had provoked q
misunderstanding between the
army and navy.
Premier Luang Aphaiwongse
promptly raped the knuckles Of
the military spokesman, saying in
vestigation of the Kings death, one
of the hottest issues in Siam, was
in the hands of civil authorities
and not of the military.
The military then issued a state
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

The conference, called by the
American Committee for Protec-
ton of Foreign Born, was attend
ed by more than 400 delegates,
81 of them from Chicago trade
unions, fraternal organizations, and
nationality groups.
The delegates decided to call
national convention early in, Janu-
airy at which affiliated organiza-
tons could suggest laws for the
protection of the foreign-b born, ask
Tor changes in the discriminatory
immigration laws, demand the i'm
mediate release of 100, 900 Jewish
victims of fascism, plan a nation
wide campaign for an end to de-
portations, support the Stratton
bill with amendments to exclude
war criminals and favor anti-fas-
cists, and support the fight OF
100000 alien seamen for the citi-
zenship promised them during the
war.
Among the pending cases
which were discussed were those
of Refugio Ramon Martinez and
Joe Weber of Chicago, Steve Tan
daric of East Chicago, and Anton
Jay of South Bend, Ind.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01
Report from Germany:
Germans are best fed
people in all Europe

-Dachau while Converted" Ma
zis galore can wangle whatever
they want.
had no answer when / got
to Paris and a worker from the
zRenault auto works asked me:
"Why the hell is America so
damned worried about the Ma
zis? How come Gen. Clay
makes speeches about the poor
Germans lacking food and coal
this winter without word
about the French or Polish or
Yugoslay people who suffered
for years under German occu-
pation?" only he said "Boche"
instead of German.
THERE are more thar, 400,-
900 non-Jewish displaced per-
sons in the American zone who
are being fed DIETER than any
Europeans outside Germany,
clothed and housed by Ameri-
can taxpayers. Most are fas-
cists who don't dare return to
their homelands for fear of be-
ing prosecuted as collaborators
and murderers. One American
sergeant of the Stuttgart con-
stabulary told me:
Most of the guys in these
camps, except the Jews of
course, were pro-Nazi. They
won't work. They just play the
black market with the stuff we
give them. All they talk about
is when the Americans will
give them guns so they can go
home and overthrow their gov
ernments or else they just con-
ycentrate on talking up another
war, this time between Russia
and the States"
BEFORE l went to Germany,
Polish and Czech acquaintance
warned me that the Nazis are
very clever. They've captured
the American occupation forces
to their IDEAS" / was told. "The
Nazis bow and scrape and get
the Americans to rebuild their
industry" Germany's neighbors
know that industry in Ger
many has been the basis more
than once for German agrees
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

sion. While they don't agree
that ito the victor belongs the
spoils," they cannot agree Ell
Their that German industry
should be rebuilt before the
Germans prove themselves cap
able of living democratically.
The Poles and Czechs seem
TO have been right about the
Na=is Capturing" the Ameri-
cans when it comes to the high
er-ups. But most of the GIs
met weren't taken in. One cor
poral in Nuremberg said: Hell.
to hear them tell. nobody sup
ported Hitler. They're not fool
ing us though. We know most
of the danes are after food.
cigarefs or nYlons but they hate
US for defeating their Fuehrer."
HOWEVER. you get the i'm
preston that the GIs are at
loss when it comes to '.denazi-
flying" the Germans. They don't
have much to do with them.
American youngsters in Ger
many have it pretty seft-with
beautiful weekend facilities and
new Chevrolets and a sort of
legalized black market barter
exchange where they can make
a lot Of money trading food for
valuables.
After travelling through, the
rest of Europe and seeing hard,
earnest reconstruction work
everywhere, it is an impact to
see the Germans lackadaisical
attitude. Even. on weekdays
you see thousands of people out
for a stroll in their. best, clothes.
The large cities are badly des-
troyed but you don't see much
being done about it. The rest
is shipshape, disgustingly so in
contrast to the terrible havoc
still evident in some of the east
ern European countries.
Thousands of returned Ger
man soldiers are quite content
to avoid work, deal in Ameri-
can goods-stolen or traded
on the black market and wait
for Der Tag, The Day, which
now means the outbreak of U.s.
Soviet war.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01
BY BOB TRAVIS

PARIS - (ALM - / have
just come from the American
zone Of Germany. I saw Muir
emberg, Munich, Stuttgart,
Heidelberg and hundreds of
towns and villages throughout
Bavaria.
l don't pretend to be a high
fallutin' newspaperman or any
thing but an ordinary working
man. But l can say this:
The German people, all
high pressure propaganda in
the us. notwithstanding. are
about the best dressed and
healthiest looking In Europe.
One German girl bank clerk
from Weinheim. near Heidel-
berg. told me coollY:
Yes. she ate very well
throughout the year: the food
situation is bad now for the
first time but you can get
more with influence: yes, its
harder now without slave
labor at home to do the wash
ing. scrubbipg. co king.
mending. gardening: well. at
least she had enough nice
sport and dress clothes for
the winter.
SHE WAS the girl who said
casually that the highway along
which we were riding had been
built by slave laborers, work
ing 10 to IL hours a day, and
that thousands of them had
died from mistreatment and
malnutrition and were buried
right in the cement road bed
under our wheels
One Munich anti fascist who
had survived IL years of con-
centration camps remarked Bit
terlY: Just visit an average
German home. You'll find
rug from Serbia, curtains from
Poland. china from Holland.
wines from France. For six
years the rest of Europe was
starved and robbed for Them"
He told me that he had been
unable to get a single clothing
coupon since his liberation from
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01
Nuremberg trioIs
film opens Nov. I

The official Soviet documentary
film version of the Nuremberg
Trials, which led TO the convic-
ton of Hitier's top leaders, will
be shown, starting Saturday, Nov.
l, at the Studio Theatre, Van
Buren, and Michigan ave.
'sThe Nuremberg Trials" the
first full length film story of the
famous trials to be released by
any of the Allied countries rep
resented at Nuremberg, gives a
dramatic review of the court pro-
'ceedings as well as graphic ex-
position of the evidence presented
by the prosecutors against all the
defendants.
AS each of the accused appears
in the witness-dock, the camera
flashes back to scenes depicting
vividly the specific crimes charged
against them
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

So the time bat the Soviets when they
get cooperative
listen this they'll beware word that
conciaoy They already that calling spade spade
the peace, by Churchill they're right.
State James Byrnes in his book Speaking
Frankly calls for dropping atom bombs the Russians they
Germany. Reson, the New York
diplomatic Dept
propose joint Germany
place them Germans while
Russia proposed moving of Korea been
refused presumably on the same basis.
Why help Europe? Having
gained control Of the agricultural east the they
while the u S. ships
told all Communists like hunger.
The other million
bribing
with those Rukys with other nations behind
curtain OF Stain has said he wants Polish
thing you satellites
all Or is it?
yet agreed any opinions
Oct reported U. importer
Germany shipment of camerasght through curtain
of steel He found few American businessmen there
other
the Journal were simplicity
which completed" go
amazed" We know.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

serious between individuals. But
there's no redress when whole ma
tons are accused, which is pretty
big gap in the law. While we are
in favor of Americas waking up,
and the sooner the better, it might
be a good idea to catch what maps
are necessary while Winchell is
spouting.
There has been a lot of annoy
ance at the Russians for stating
their views in strong and not very
polite language. But no less a per-
son than Winston Churchill de-
MED Oct. Is that this was "nec-
essarily a sign of danger" While
he advocated solid front" of the
U. S. and Britain against Russia
just the same, Winston thought
Moscow would "lull the easy
going democracies into a false
sense of security" if it really
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01
Porley maps program for
defense Of foreign born

Chicago delegates returned this week plan
of foegnborn American citizens residing
outlined national Hotel
land, O., last week.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-04-17
SHARON

Sharon, April is - Harold and
Robert Garrett of Weirton, w. Va,
spent the weekend with their aunt,
Mrs. Pauline Haga and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Archibald Wis
tied with their daughter, Mrs. J. c.
Walters and family, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon Mckee of
Washington, D. c., are visiting with
their mother. Mrs. Ocie Harmon and
Mrs. Myrtle Mckee.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Garvin were
called to near Beverly last week
by the death of Mrs. Garvin's
father, Mr.. McMannis.
Billy Crouch of Wheeling, w. Va,
spent the weekend with his aunt,
Mrs. Ruth Crouch.
Mrs. Grace Skilthorp of Cleve-
land visited with her mother, Mrs.
Almeda Cunningham a few days
last week.
Mrs. Carrie Foreman returned to
her home last week from Toledo,
where she spent several months
with her son, Marquis Foreman and
daughter, Mrs. Lucille Goralski and
families.
Glen Steward of Olive Green
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Hurlbert Boyd and family.
Faye and Nellie Courtney, Zanes-
vile, spent the weekend with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Court
ney.
Mrs. Florence Rogers of Canton
and Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Lyons of
Cambridge visited recently with
their sister, Mrs. Carl Marquis and
husband.
Mrs. Zella Lewis of Granite City,
Ill, Mrs. Nellie Bradfield, Mrs. Lena
Hall and Mr.. and Mrs. Merlin Cis-
Ter of New Matamoras, Mrs. Nellie
Lawrence, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Cis-
ler of Canton, Mr.. and Mrs. Vic
Lewis of Clarksburg, w. Va, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Cisler of GAINESVILLE
and Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Goulds-
berry of Columbus were called here
last week by the sudden death OF
Mrs. John Cisler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Burlingame
and children, Jane and Jimmy, have
moved from near GAINESVILLE, last
week to the farm, which they pur-
chased recently from Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Tarleton.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ralph and
granddaughter, Carolyn Hayes, o1
Canton, spent the weekend with
Mrs. Ralph's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Luther Ackley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Steen and
daughter, Carol, of Canton spent
the weekend with his mother, Mrs
Letitia Steen.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-04-17

daughter, Winifred, spent Sunday
afternoon with Frank VanFleetS.
Joseph Bates is not improving as
his friends would wish. He remains
poorly.
Ernest Butler and brother, Her.
Ian, of this place, and sister, Stella
Rhinehart, Springfield, spent Friday
with their mother, Mrs. Samantha
Butler, who is patient at Cam
bridge. They found her improving.
Lillian Wentworth and friend of
Canton spent the weekend with her
parents, John Wentworth.
Woodrow Foreman and wife and
daughter, Kay, and Nadine Wick
ham of Caldwell, spent Sunday with
their parents, Alex Wickham and
wife.
Gene King and wife have moved
on William Carter's place. We well
come them to our community.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-04-17
Personals

1st 1t. Alton J. Ball, NJ. c., has
his assignment to 4144th AAF, B.
U. A. M. c., Muroc Army Air Field,
California, and with his wife and
daughter, Patricia, has left Aleme-
da, Calf. for that place.
Mrs. Roy Wentworth and son,
Merlin, visited over the weekend
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chris Franks, of Canton.
Mrs. Bernice Brothers and daugh-
ters, Mrs. Jack Kemp, both oi
GAINESVILLE, Miss Helen Brothers, OF
Columbus, and Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
Wetherell and sons, of New Alex
anderia, spent the weekend at the
home of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Ball, East street.
Mrs. Laura Dobbins, of Barnes
vile, is visiting at the home of Mrs
Emma Sealock and daughter, May
me, of Playground Road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Cunning
ham, of Lancaster, spent the week
tnd at the home of relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. We're Miller have
moved to Cleveland, where he has
been employed. Mrs. Miller is the
former Mary Lou Ians.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Stewart and
son, Jimmy, and Mrs. Hazel Starr
and son, Charles, motored to Col,
umbus, Sunday to visit Mrs. Oclc
Wiley, who is a patient in Mt. Car.
mel hospital following a gall blad,
der operation.
Mrs. nellie Headley, Mrs. Madge
Ferguson, Mrs. Ethel Hazard anc
Miss Thelma Rice visited Mrs. Amy
Rich and Mrs. Ray Croy at Bethes.
da hospital, GAINESVILLE, Sunday.
Mrs. Carl Boston, of Hollywood
Florida, has been called here by the
serious illness of her mother, Mrs
Amy Rich, who is a patient al
Bethesda hospital, GAINESVILLE.
Mrs. Farmer Rich, of Cleveland
visited friends in Caldwell recently
Mrs. Ray Curtis and infant sor
have been removed to their home
in Macksburg.
Mrs. M. E. Merry spent the first
part of this week in Cleveland or
business matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burl Campbell anc
daughter, Suella, of GAINESVILLE
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-04-17

banquet Saturday evening, April
l9.
A record breaking crowd attend
ed the senior class play, Where's
Grandma, Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Schoep-
pner and children, Kay and Eddie,
and Norma, Mark and Raphael
Williams spent Sunday evening at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. D.
Schramm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erval Stevens were
Marietta shoppers Saturday.
Mrs. Rose Schoeppner and son,
John, Mrs. Floyd Lee and daugh-
ter, Ruth, Mrs. Joe Morrison and
daughter, Vnona, and Miss Nina
Lee Henderson, were shoppers in
Marietta, Thursday.
The annual spring conference of
the w. S. c. S. was held Wednes.
day, April 16, at Beverly.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-04-17

Sarahsville, April 16 - Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Bates entertained Sun
day in honor of the sixth birthday
of their granddaughter, Dixie Lee
Fairall of Nashport. At noon a gra-
ciouS dinner was served. A beauti-
full cake centered the table with
happy birthday" on it. The follow
ing enjoyed this occasion: Mr.. and
Mrs. Kermit Fairall and daughter,
Mary Louise, Nashport; Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur Oliver and sons, Paul
Billy. James, Summerfield; Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Clark and daughter,
Gladys Rose; Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Bates, sons, Gilman and Wayne, of
this place, and the honored guest,
Dixie Lee. Additional guests were
Rev. Wells of Summerfield and Mrs.
Stella Rhinehart, Springfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wickham
spent last week with their son, Cliff
ford and family, at Marietta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley VanDyne and
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-04-17
Mrs. Margaret E. Zwick
Taken By Death Tuesday

Mrs. Margaret E. ZWlck, "a, died
at her home on Lower Salem Route
Tuesday morning. A native of Mon
roe county, Mrs. Zwick had spent
most of her life in the Sycamore
Valley community.
Surviving are her husband, JOS
eph Zwick, four sisters, Mrs. Henry
Zwick, of Cambridge, Mrs. Katie
Canoe, of Parker, Pa, Mrs. John
Burkhart, of MARI and Mrs. Minnie
English, of RinardS Mills; three
brothers, William Burkhart, of
North Dakota, Joe Burkhart, of
WoodSfield, and Frank Burkhart,
of Mari; four daughters, Mrs. Henry
Schott, Caldwell, Mrs. Clarence
Schott, Akron, Mrs. William Han
nah, Braddock, Pa, and Mrs. Paul
Huffman, Harriettsviile; three sons,
Ralph, Lester, and Clarence Zwick,
all of near Mari. Thirty grandchild-
rem and thirteen great grandchild-
rem.
Funeral Mass will be sung at st.
Henry's church in Harriettsville,
Friday morning at o'clock by the
pastor, Rev. A. C. Michel, and bur-
ial will be in the church cemetery
The body will be removed to the
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-04-17
GREEN VALLEY

Green Valley, April 16 - Mary
Hannum and son, Charles, Lucy
Edward and Wayne and Jill spent
last Monday with Jane Bates.
Mr.: and Mrs. Tom Hague and
daughter, Freda, were dinner guests
at their daughters Mrs. Floyd
Hannum and family Saturday.
Dick Bates, daughter, Kaye, was
visiting Jane Bates the past week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Varney Edwards
and family, Jane and Kaye Bates
visited Rodia Wickham Sunday.
Caldwell shoppers Saturday eve
ming were Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bates
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Hannum and
family and Mrs. Varney Edwards
and family.
Bill Clark and Cecil Rutherford
attended stock sale Wednesday at
GAINESVILLE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Bates were Wis
lting Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Bates last
Sunday evening.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-04-17
WILLSCREEK

Willscreek, April 16 - Several
fishers from West Virginia on the
creek fishing last Sunday. We guess
the sign wasn't right. Not many fish
were caught.
Leanna Smith of GAINESVILLE was
home last Sunday.
Meredith Bates of Canton was
also home Sunday.
Eckard Hogue is making harrow
for c. P. Moore
Frances Harding has bought the
Owe Hannahs farm and will soon
move there to make his home.
Farmers are all nearly done with
their plowing, and are getting ready
for sowing oats.
Leo Clark, wife and daughter, of
New Concord, were on the creek
last Saturday.
Some people who have lived IN
G. P. Moore's house, have moved in
the Grace Renker house and Mr..
Bennett and wife of Canton will
soon move into the vacated house.
Earl Moore bought fine COW off
Lem Roe last week. Lem doesn't like
the idea of milking.
Virgil Gallagher and family of
Sanderville, West Virginia, were
greeting friends here last Saturday.
Virgil has good job welding.
haywood Dinges who has been
on the sick list for the past week
is now able to be up and about.
Lem Roe of Quaker City was
caller at Blaine Days last Sunday.
Owen Gallagher was caller here
also Sunday.
Ronald Feldner and family of
Caldwell were visitors at Hayes
Bates last Sunday.
Junior Moore is on an extended
visit at Canton
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-04-17
HARRIETTSVILLE

Harriettsville, April 16 - David
Ayers entertained with a party
Saturday evening for students of
Elk local high school. The even
ing was spent in playing music,
games, and contests. At late hour
delicious refreshments of ice cream
cake and pop were served to the
following guests: Misses Betty and
Fave Schafer, Irene Van Fossen,
Blanche Pryor, Eleanor Luke, Nor
ma Williams, Virginia Lee, Jean
Mcconnell, Oneita Stevens, Billy
Young, Francis Miller, Robert
Smithberger, Dean Forshey, Billy
Schafer, Harold Baker, Harry Te-
wanger, Junior Fliehman, Dick
Eichhorn, and David Ayers.
There will be a dance at Palace
hall, Sunday evening, April 20.
Mrs. c. B. Johanning entertained
the w. S. c. S. of the Methodist
church at her home Thursday eve
ming. Mrs. L. D. Schramm gave a