davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1947-07-24
30-Year Sentence
Asked in Nee Staying
By the Asseeioted Press

HAVANA, July 24.-Two prosecu-
tors have recommended that 81
year-old Patricia Schmidt, accused
of shooting John Lester Nee. 80, be
sentenced to 80 years in prison at
her homicide trial, expected to start
next month.
Miss Schmidt, Toledo (Ohio)
dancer, was indicted after Mr.. Nee,
a Chicago lawyer, was mortally
wounded last April 8 aboard the
yacht Satira in Havana harbor,
where the two were said to have
quarreled.
Gustave Reno, as private prosecu-
;or, recommended the 30-year term
to Audiencia Criminal Court yester-
day. Last July 3 Public Prosecutor
Rene Ferran proposed a similar
maximum sentence.
Both appeared in court under a
provision Of Cuban law for pretrial
recommendations by public prose-
cutor representing the state and a
private prosecutor representing the
homicide victims family.
Mr.. Reno also recommended that
Miss Schmidt be ordered to pay Mr..
Mee's heirs a civil indemnity of
$4,000. He said Charles Jackson,
27, River Forest, ILL.,, held as a wit
ness to the shooting should be given
a 6-year sentence and made to pay
a $1,000 indemnity.
The public prosecutor had pro-
posed a 5000 payment by the
dancer and none by Jackson. under
indictment as an accessory after the
fact. He also recommended no
prison term for Jackson and urged
his release pending trial.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
75-MiIe Wind Keeps
Rome Party in Tents
By Mrs. Finn Rome
North American newspaper AIiionc,

RONNE EXPEDITION BASE
Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay
Antarctic, July 81 Delayed
Comdr. Finn Ronne's party of six
men is on the 6,O00-foot weather
station plateau-but good! For
three days the wind has been blow
ing at a steady rs miles per hour
with gusts going even higher, and
the men are confined to their tents.
To 60 out into such weather is fool
hardy-it is difficult to see ahead,
easy to get lost and almost impos-
sible to keep your footing.
AS long as they stay in their
tents the men will be quite safe.
They have ample food and supplies
III pounds of pemmican, among
other things-to last out long siege
of bad weather.
When the wind decreases, four of
the six men, including Comdr.
Rome, will return to the base.
Robert Dodson. geologist, and Har-
-Clichy Peterson. physicist, will
stay at the weather station, how
ever, manning 1t for two weeks until
they are relieved by two other men.
The weather at this base hasnt t
been as bad as on the plateau, but
it has been more erratic. Yesterday
the temperature was 80 degrees
above zero at 10 am. In two hours,
at noon, it had fallen 80 degrees to
7 below. In the afternoon it went
back up to 10 above and in the
evening it was % below.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Hopefor rBritish-Sovie
Trade Pact Revived
BY the Assoeiafed Press

LONDON, July pa Board OF
Trade spokesman reported today
that Britain's trade mission in Mos
COW had put off its return to Lon
don, scheduled tentatively for to-
day. thus raising hopes once again
that a projected British Russian
trade agreement might still be con-
cluded.
j. Harold Wilson, chief British
negotiator, last night saw Russia'f
foreign trade minister, A. I. Mi
koyan, in what was generally
thought might be their final meet
ing.
The Board of Trade spokesman
said he had received cabinet in
structions to place before the Rus
slams this country's final offer
for wheat supplies which the Soviet
Union had indicated would be
available.
% The spokesman said today: 1--WE
received cable late last night from
Wilson reporting he would not be
coming back today. This suggests
the Russians may have modified
their wheat price demands"
Mr.. Wilson has been in Moscow
several weeks trying to insure big
supplies of Russian wheat, food and
timber.
Off1cial sources have reported that
Russia has offered Britain 5000, 900
tons of wheat and cereals over the
next four years.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Funeral 10 Be Held Today.
For Paul Edward Clarke

Funeral services for Paul Edward
Clarke, So, were to be held at 2 pm.
today in his home, 1904 A street Sc,
with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. Clarke died Tuesday in Doc
tors Hospital. He came to WASH
ington from his birthplace near
Woodbridge, Va, Is years ago. Dur
ing that time he was in the poultry
business in the 900 block of Louisiana
avenue NV. and in the HOO block
of Maine avenue S.W.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Eula A. Clarke; two daughters, Mrs.
Henry w. Slice and Miss Frances
Jeane Clarke, all of the A street
address; a sister, Mrs. Lucille Kid
well, Aurora Hill, Va, and a brother,
John T. Clarke, 234 Kentucky ave-
nue. Sc.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Funeral Rites Tomorrow
For John H. Smith, Jr.

Funeral services for John H
Smith, jr, 10. will be held at pm.
tomorrow at the home of his wife's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James K
Brighton, 1854 North Woodrow street
Arlington. Burial will be in Ma
tional Memorial Park.
Mr.. Smith. native of Charlottes-
vile, Va, died yesterday at Emer-
gency Hospital as the result of in
juries, received in a fall down an
elevator shaft at the new George
Washington University Hospital
Tuesday. Discharged from the
maritime service last March, he
married the former Miss Irene M.
Wendell two months ago. They
made their home at 3138 North
Tenth street, Arlington.
In addition to his widow, he is
survived by his father, John H.
Smith. ST., Baltimore; his mother,
Mrs. Rexford Madden, Arlington,
and three sisters.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
James Woodard Dies;
Copper Firm Official
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEY YORK, July 24.-James E
Woodward, 81, treasurer of Ana.
conda Copper Mining Co. and di-
rector of numerous banking, mining
and utilities firms, died at Roosevelt
Hospital yesterday after a long
illness.
A native Of Omaha, Nebr., he
engaged in coal mining in Sheridan
Wyo. Later he organized and be-
came president of the Roundup Coal
Mining Co. at Roundup. Mont.
Moving to Lewiston, Mont, he be-
came president of the Bank OF
Fergus County. Later, with others
he took over the Daily Bank and
Trust Co. of Butte, Mont.
At his death he held directorships
and other posts with the First Bank
Stock Corp, of Minneapolis: Mon
tana Flour Mills Co., Great Falls
Mont; Montana Power Co.; Electri-
cal Products Consolidated, Seattle
Wash, and North Pacific Supply Co.,
Seattle.
He maintained homes in New York
City and Swan Lake, Mont. He is
survived by his widow and two chill
dren, Mrs. E. H. Reed and John s.
Woodward, both of Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Man Shot by Bandit
In Ho|dup Of Bank
BY the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.-A
jittery bandit who unsuccessfully at
tempted to rob a busy downtown
branch of the Bank of America and
seriously wounded patron In his
getaway was sought early today
throughout the bay area.
San Francisco police were check
ing fingerprints on the escape car
a black sedan stolen from a War
Assets Administration garage which
was found abandoned in the down
town area about four hours after
the noon-hour stickup.
1t was San Francisco's first major
bank holdup attempt in almost 10
yeas. The bandit, in his 30s and
weaving gray suit and a brown
hat, held a revolver on Richard j.
Wolf, teller. showed a grocery sack
through the wicket and demanded
"all the money
Mr. Wolf pretended to put some
bills in the sack and then darted
out the rear of the cage. The gun
man. fired in his direction. but the
shot went wild. He whirled and ran
through the crowded chamber. A
patron, James Leftwich. 59-year- -old
shipwright. tried to trip him and
was shot in the neck. Heading for
the revolving door, the bandit fired
again and two persons we're cut by
flying glass.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Miss Margaret N. Crane,
AIcoH Hall Director, Dies

Miss Margaret Moore Crane, 43,
director of Alcott Hall, in West
Potomac Park, died yesterday at
Annapolis.
Miss Crane had been sailing Fri
day with friends on Chesapeake
Bay near Annapolis when she be-
came Ill. She was taken to Emerg-
ency Hospital in Annapolis and
operated on for a ruptured appendix
Saturday morning.
Miss Crane was native of Spring.
field, Mass. She received the degree
of doctor of philosophy at Teachers
College, Columbia University. She
came to Washington in 1943 with the
Public Buildings Administration.
Prior to that time she lived in
Garden City, L. I.
Surviving are her mother, Mrs. w.
P. Crane; two brothers, william and
James Crane, and sister, Miss
Mary Crane, all Of Westf1eld, Mass.
Funeral services vii be held Sat-
urdaI at Westf1eld.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
'VFW Council 10 Get
Proposal for Group 10
Confer on textbooks

Appointment of a three-man
group to confer with the District
School Board on screening of text
books for "unpatriotic teachings"
will be recommended to the District
Department Council of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Charles S. Sulli-
van, jr, chairman of the depart
ment's Committee on Un-American
Activities. said today.
The suggestion was made by Maj.
Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. S. A.. retired.
at a meeting of the committee at
the Willard Hotel last night.
THE first two duties of our school
authorities are to teach loyalty and
patriotism and to teach the bad
and evil features of Communism,
Socialism and all other forms of
government" Gen. Fries declared.
He attacked the report of two
District School Board members
which contradicted charges of
Adelbert w. Lee, another member.
that book used in District schools
Citizenship" by r. o.
Hughes-contained unpatriotic pas
sages. 1t was the third successive
weekly meeting of the VFW COM
mittee to hear attacks on the book.
Representative Mathews, Repub-
lican, of New Jersey told the group
there must be continued vigilance
against infiltration of Communist
teachings in the school system of
America.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Siege|'s S Safety Box Fails
To Yield Clues 10 Staying
By the Assoeioted Press

LOS ANGELES, July 24.-Benja-
min (Bugsy) Siegel's safety deposit
box was opened yesterday and au-
thorities, hopeful of finding valuable
clues to his recent gangland style
Staying, admittedly received a ter
rife let down.
There was nothing in the box
that will aid us in the investigation
of Siegels DEATH" said Attorney
General Fred Howser, who opened it
on court order.
All it contained, he explained, was
some jewelry of no great value end
small insurance policy naming his
mother as beneficiary.
Siegel, gangster and one-time pub
lie enemy, died in a fusillade of rifle
bullets, fired by an unidentified as
sailant, as he sat reading a news
paper June 20 in the Beverly Hills
home of Virginia Hill, Alabama di-
vorcee.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Miss Susanne Moore,
Former Teacher, Dies

Funeral services for Miss Susanne
A. Moore, rs, former District public
school teacher. will be held at IL
am. at Gawler's Chapel, 1855 Penn
sylvania avenue NV. Burial will
be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Miss Moore died Unexpectedly
Monday while on summer vacation
at Ephraim, Wis.
A native of the District, she was
graduated from old Central High
School. She took the teachers ex-
animation soon afterward and
taught in elementary grades for
more than 40 years. In the course
of her career she taught at the
johnson Elementary School, Thom-
son School and the Abbott Voca-
tional School, from which she re-
tired in 1882.
Since her retirement she had
taught one year at Port-au-Prince,
Haiti. She was for many years a
member of the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church, and was in
charge of the primary department
of the church school.
While she was in Washington she
lived at 1913 East Bradley lane,
Chevy Chase, Md. She had made
her home for the last three years
with her sister, Mrs. Perry Hahn,
Indianapolis, Ind. her only survivor.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Pay Agreement Announced
In Todd Shipyard Strike
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July pa tentative
wage agreement affecting 10000
Todd shipyard workers at Brook
lyn and Hoboken, N. j., and 1,00O
employed by Todd-Johnson Dry
docks, Inc, at New Orleans, was
announced last night a few hours
before a midnight strike deadline.
1t will come up for ratification to-
day by the workers.
Edward J. Duffy, president of
Local 80 of the CIO Industrial
Union of Marine and Shipbuilding
Workers of America, said workers
would stay of the job today at
Brooklyn and Hoboken until after
the vote on ratification is an
nounced.
John Green. international union
president, announced in Philadel-
phia that the tentative agreement
had been reached. He said that he
expected the workers to remain on
the job pending ratification of the
agreement and its approval by the
national office.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
HouseG eGroupApproves
Supplemental Funds
Bill Of S100,058,5 500

The House Appropriations Com
mittee today approved a s10O. .05S, SOC
general supplemental appropriations
bill that was 54.5 per cent below the
Presidents budget estimates.
The measure was rushed to the
House floor for consideration before
Congress adjourns Saturday.
Absent from the bill were any
sizable allotments to start the To-
year food-control program recently
proposed by Mr.. Truman. although
the committee recommended ST.
100000 for flood control by the Agri-
culture Department and s6,400 900
for similar work by the Interior De-
partment in the Missouri River
Basin.
Committee Expenses Voted.
The committee approved without
reduction an appropriation of $780,
900 for expenses of special and select
committees of the House, many of
which are planning foreign trips
after Congress adiourns.
It also recommended an initial
appropriation of $500,o00 for the
new commission created by Con-
gress to study the organization of
the executive branch of the Gov
ernment. The commission is COM
posed of members of Congress and
private citizens, including former
President Hoover.
The committee proposed limi-
tation of $192,059 600 on all cate
gories of expenditures by the Mar
itime Commission. These expendi-
lures come out of available balances
and receipts. The budget estimate
had proposed expenditures of $270,-
663, OFT.
Other
Other items recommended by the
committee included:
Post Office Department, $75,608,-
500, reduction of Bill 800.
Coast Guard, $4,05O,000, instead
Of $19,150,0O0 requested. The Coast
Guard had requested $13,318. .290 for
establishment and operation Of
ocean weather stations. The COM
mittee gave it nothing for this work
and pointed out that there is no
statutory authority for the project.
It promised to review the need for
funds after a law Is enacted.
The committee gave the Coast
Guard $3,950,000 for continued op-
Grafton of the Loran system of aid
to navigation, but said it is mot
that available funds
have been used "in the best possible
manner"
Evening star., 1947-07-24
BrathH
WALKER, EMMA.

WALKER; EMMA; Departed this life
nfa MendaY EE alS " Waikiki sd in she lssye h0s
Wiseins; three nieces, Miss Addie WigsIns.
also al other relatives and friends. Body rest:
Georsia ave NV. Funeral SERVICES satur-
tist Church. on F st. between 3rd and 4th
sts. s.w.,, Rev. A. j. Edwards ofhciatins.
Interment woodlawn Cemetery. 25
WAGNER, AGNES CECILIA. On Mon
ersi eay Aospita ey AGNES s CECILIA Es IVA WaoNER
(nee sexton) Of 4441 14th st. ne, the
sr Ss0gd c Fraa Sa Of q asx Ms saS
sersI senff from ano the hers James e r Ryan Funeral
% g. 6 $40 "a am s'f thence nee to On ST. % anshonys S
Church. where mass will be offered at 9
am. Relatives and friends invited: In,
July q sl Aeas asGeE Fl TTeSsas
fae ends st nsed After It calf In the Taa5Sdas naas
mass ass Will be offered OH Friday. July IS. at
10 am, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church.
Interment Mount olivet Cemetery. "a
WATKINS. ELLA MAY. On Wednss;
day 59y stG s l94 ELh NAE Ely IT san
Other ielatives and friends also P survive
Rone can a. ss and s.
where services will be held Friday. July 25.
at 10 am. 1nterment Woodawn Gene
terry.
day, July %, 1947, GALEN D. WEIMER Of
MagdaieSe N; Weimsr ara father q 4 Kath.
Deal Funeral Home, 1872 Georgia ave
ives snd on Frea eas n1ted 1y sI n mem ws Rss
ington National Cemetery. "A
-, WHITE. CHARLES F. Suddenly. on
R4n WH4 Psy ss bedped eSp Ma sasbana o ESeyn
White 1nee WILSON, and father of Mrs. Lor-
raine Kelly and Mrs. Elizabeth Reese.
Hsme so g. M Scso
sas iriends Suy invited 1nteTment csdss
Hill Cemetery. 20
st. NV ~ EMMA WHITE, Re. wife Of the late late
Richard White, beloved mother of Mrs
smith She also p leaves caves ether RE relatiSes % and
friends: Friends may call at the w. Ernest
Jarvis Funeral Church: 1892 You St; NV;
M6uns ZION Fad 5sy q ehch 81
sts: NV; Rev. johnson ofieiating: Rela-
coin Memorial Cemetery. "a
WHITE, EMMA. Oficers and members
of the Ladies of Olive Immediate Relief
Society are requested to attend the funeral
of Mrs. EMMA WHITE, on Friday, July 25
1947, at ] pm, from Mount Zion Meth
odist Church. goth st. between Dumbarton
ave. and o st. NV.
EUDORA BOWMAN, President.
Eta LYNCH, Rec. Sec.
10, 1947, AnTIEA WONG OF 1920 18th st.
NV. wife of George Wong, mother Of
Theresa and Lucy Wong and Arthur Glover
and daughter Of Venus Matthews; grand
daughter of Carrie Schaffer. Friends may
call after 12 noon Wednesday at the
Malvan g. schey Funeral Home. n. j. ave:
and R st. NV, where services will be held
Thursday, July "a. at 10 am. Inter-
ment Mount Olivet Cemetery.
WRIGHT, ROBERT VAN LEAR. On
July 22, 1947. at Martinsburg. w. Va.
husband of Claudia Jackson Wright, IA
tther Of Mrs. Harold Hoover and Robert
Van Lear. Wright, jr Services at the
grave. Arlington National Cemetery. on
Friday, July 25, at pm. "A
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Senate Postpones Action
On PerIman Nomination
BY the Associated Press

The Senate today deferred action
on confirmation of Philip B. PERL
man of Baltimore to be solicitor
general-the only nomination in a
group OF several hundred on the
executive calendar which it failed
to give approval.
Mr.. Perlman's confirmation was
passed over at the request of Sen
ator Wiley. Republican, of Wis
consin, who expressed the routine
"over," when Mr.. Perlman's name
was read by the clerk. Any senator
can defer action on a nominee
by asking in this manner it be
carried over to a future day.
Queried by Senator McGrath,
Democrat. of Rhode Island, if the
nomination could be considered
again this session at another call
of the calendar, Senate Majority
Leader White said there would be
another call before adjournment
Saturday.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Dispute on New Labor Act
Keeps 1000 Idle in Detroit
BY the Asseeioted Press

DETROIT, July 24.-A contract
dispute, growing out of the CIO
United Auto Workers policy with
regard to provisions of the Taft
Hartley Labor Act, kept 1000 en-
ployes of the Murray Corp. Of Amer
lea on strike today.
The workers walked out of two
Murray plants yesterday as CIO-
UAW officials reported negotiations
for a new contract had broken
down.
Lloyd Jones, president of JAW
Local 2, said the disagreement in
volved two provisions in the new
pact, one relieving the union of any
financial responsibility In the event
of wildcat" strikes, and the other
setting up special grievance pro-
cedure that would not require re-
course to the National Labor Rela-
tions Board.
Spokesman for the Ford Motor
Co. said the Murray strike would
endanger production at Ford plants
if continued into next week. The
Murrat plants manufacture auto
bodieNR
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Mohutmu Ghondi Aims
To Reuch Us Years

"Grow old along with me-" has
come to be the motto of Mahatma
Ghandi, now n. Karachi. India,
reports. Notwithstanding his "fasts
to the DEATH he expects to live to
l25.
Miss Muriel Lester, his London
hostess" who recently visited him
in Lahore. says he told her she too
should live to 125, CALAMITY describ-
ing her as middle aged" though
she admits to well over so years.
She says he was never in better
health.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Loymon's Day Program
Planned at Comp Let's

Management and board commit
tee members of the Metropolitan
YMCA will hold their annual Lay
mans Day program beginning at /
pm. Saturday at Camp Let's, Edge
water, Md.
The annual YMCA inter-branch
field day and outing will be held
the following Saturday at Camp
Let's. Medals will be awarded to
winners in the swimming, track and
field meets. A trophy will be pre-
sented to the YMCA branch having
the greatest number of points in the
all-day competition.
Evening star., 1947-07-24

O'Boyle, recently Mssf. swsnstfom'
named executive director Of the
Catholic Charities of the Archdio-
cese of New York.
As assistant executive director,
Msgr. Swanstrom helped develop the
organizations relief program, aiding
war prisoners, civilians and dis
placed persons in 48 countries of the
world. Before joining War Relief
Services-NCWC, he was associate
director of the Children's Division of
Catholic Charities of the Diocese OF
Evening star., 1947-07-24

ing a conference
with the Presi-
Dental Railway
Strike Board at
the Palace Hotel.
Mr.. Peterson
had been dis
cussing the re-
cent strike of
Southern Pacific
engineers as the
b oar d b e 6 a n
h e a r in gs on
many points un-
settled in the
strike. He had
been speaking
about 10 minutes
Evening star., 1947-07-24

ference was an
nounced t o d a y
at the organiza
tion's Washing
ton Office, i 81 2
M a S S a chusetts
avenue NV.
M S gr. Swan
strom, who has
served as assist
ant executive di-
rector of the or
ganiZation since
it's formation in
A u g us t, 1943,
succeeds M S & r.
P q trick A.
k1~s
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Baltimore Man Gets
; Years in Theft for
Money to Pay Taxes
By the Associuted Press

BALTIMORE, July 24.-Wil-
liam Messick, 46. was sentenced
to three years in the House of
Correction yesterday after he
told Judge Joseph Sherbow in
Criminal Court he burglarized
a store to get money to pay his
back income taxes.
Il got a letter I owed the
United States Government 800
for income taxes for 1914" he
told the Judge. Il burglarized
this place to get the money"
Police said his take" was 86
cents.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Indiunu Editor Dies r-

KOKOMO, Ind, July "a P.-
Edwin M. Souder, IS, editor of the
Kokomo Tribune. died early today.
He celebrated his 50th anniversary
with the Tribune July l. He had
been preparing for an extensive
world trip, an anniversary gift from
his employees.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Msgr. Swanstrom Named
Catholic War Relief Head

Appointment of Msgr, Edward E.
Swanstrom of New York as execu-
tive director of War Relief Services
National Catholic Welfare Con-
Evening star., 1947-07-24
P. 0. Peterson, Rail Union
Leader, Dies al Conference
Nv The Assoeiofed Pyexs

SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.-P. o.
Peterson, general chairman of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, dropped dead yesterday dur