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Evening star., 1947-07-31
Fnemen Haul Hose
Up Steep Hill, but
Fail to Save Home

There's nothing like hauling
500 to 75G pounds Of fire fight-
ing equipment up a steep hill in
s0-degree weather. Ask the
District firemen who had to do
1t yesterday.
When the home of John D.
Davis of 8 Fowler's Hill NV.
caught fire yesterday afternoon,
firemen of Truck Companies
No. 2 and found they could
not reach it because Of wind
ing road. Then the engine COM
panies discovered that the near
est fire hydrant was 1.700 feet
from the structure. They had
to lay 500 feet of hose to reach
the blaze.
All this activity was Of no
avail, however. The house was
destroyed.
Evening star., 1947-07-31
Hartley Leaves Today
To Open Hearings on
Unions in Hollywood
By The Assooioted Press

Chairman Hartley of the
House Labor Committee heads
for Hollywood today to open
hearings on labor troubles in the
movie capital.
Mr.. Hartley said 81 witnesses have
been subpoenaed for the sessions
due to start Monday. He saida the
inquiry will seek first to get facts
in the sometimes violent jurisdic-
tional dispute going on for years
between the international Alliance
of Theatrical and Stage Employees
and the Conference Of Studio
Unions.
TelevisiOn Tieup to be Studied.
In addition, Mr.. Hartley said, the
investiga ton will cover:
The involvement" of the movie
industry in television through
James C. Petrillo and his ALL
Musicians Union.
Mr.. Petrillo's control" of fire.
ouency modulation broadcasting.
Mr.. Hartley said Mr.. Petrillo will
not permit live" musicians to ap-
pear on television programs and
there has been some interference
with production of television sets.
The chairman said there also
have been reports that entertain
ers in some instances are compelled
to Join as many as four unions, all
chartered by a single parent union,
in order to be allowed to perform.
He did not say what parent union
was involved in these reports.
2 Other Members There.
Representative Kesrns, Republic
can. of Pennsylvania and Irving
McCann. committee attorney, have
preceded Mr.. Hartley to the coast.
Mr.. Kearns is chairman Of sub
committee of three assigned to the
hearings there.
The :. other two subcommittee
members, Representative Nixon, Re-
publican. of California, and Bardon,
Democrat. of North Carolina, were
unable 10 go. So Mr.. Hartley de-
cided to look in at least on the start
OF things.
He said the hearings probably
will last three weeks. but he plans
to remain only five days and then
leave the proceedings to Mr.. Kearns
and Mr.. McCann.
Evening star., 1947-07-31
Loyalty
Continued From First Page)

be turned over to the FBI. which
then will conduct a full-scale In
vestiga ton of the person involved.
Persons found to be disloyal or
subversive sas a result Of the full
scale Investigations will be given
the right to hearing and the right
Of counsel before commission ap-
peals board. If the appeals board
should sustain the FBI's findings
that a person is disioyal, the en-
ploye would be Immediately dis
missed from the Government and
barred from future Federal employ
ment. Likewise, Federal job appli-
cants found disloyal would be barred
from Government employment.
Evening star., 1947-07-31
Cab Driver Is Cleared
In Traffic Fatality

A coroner's jury today exonerated
Wilbert A. Poole, 36. of the 300 block
of Fourth street NE, taxicab
driver, in the traffic accident death
last Monday of David W. Appling.
Before bringing in the verdict Of
accidental death, the jury heard
Representa- alive Jones. Democrat. of
Alabama. testify that the hacker
was driving his cab in the prescribed
manner. Mr.. Jones was passenger
in the taxicab at the time of the
accident, he testified.
Mr.. Poole said Mr.. Appling, 68, Of
no fixed address. appeared in front
of him in the 200 block of Pennsvl-
vanis avenue NV. apparently having
stepped from between streetcars. a4He
said he could not avoid striking the
man. Representative Jones corrobo-
rated Mr.. Poole's testimony.
Evening star., 1947-07-31
Anti-Semitic Outbreak
Reported in Germany
By The Associated Press

The newspaper Frankfurt Rund-
schau reported today an anti-Semitic
disturbance had broken out in a
Garmiscfn- Partenkirchen movie
house this week during r1ewsreel
scene showing the dedication Of a
synagogue in Munich.
When a narrator recalled in con-
nection with the scene that 100000
Jews repeatedly were slain during
the Nazi regime, the paper said, an
unidentified spectator shouted:
That was far too little, there are
still too many Jews"
Evening star., 1947-07-31
Maritime Commission
To Drop 300 More

The Maritime Commission today
started sending out dismissal notices
to 800 of its employees, 300 of them
in Washington.
The employees will be given one
week notices, with the actual dis
missals slated for August 7.
One thousand Maritime employees
already have been dismissed due
to the sharp l948 budget cuts. The
800 employees involved today had
been kept on the payroll in the
vain hope that the Senate would
restore a large part of the House
fund cuts,
Evening star., 1947-07-31
Reds Refuse to Let
Newsmen Cross Zone
Ey the Assoeiotsd Press

VIENNA, July 81. - American
sources said today that for almost
a month Russian authorities had re-
fused to grant clearance papers for
American newspaper correspondents
seeking to cross the Soviet occupa-
ton zone en- route to Budapest,
Bucharest or Prague.
A member of the liaison section
at United States Army headquarters
here said that only one such clear
ance had been granted during July
and that was "a very extraordinary
case"
Newsmen travelling from Vienna
to the American-occupied zone have
not been affected, however, he said
Evening star., 1947-07-31
Indian Assembly Calls
Session Aug. ID for
Freedom Celebration
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW DELHI. July 31.-The Con-
stituent Assembly today called ses-
sion for midnight August IA to
launch India's celebration of the
transfer of power from the British
crown to the people.
This surprise announcement came
as the Assembly wound up 1S days
of rapid progress and quit work until
after the Indian union comes inte
being. India on freedom day,
August IS, will become two big do
minions-the Indian Union, pre-
dominantly Hindu, and Pakistan,
predominantly Moslem.
DR.. Rajendra Prasad, president Of
the Assembly, said the program OF
the midnight session would include
formal invitation to Viceroy Wis
count Mountbatten to take ONCE at
10 am. August Is. as Governor Gem
eral of the Indian Union during the
ceremony at which he officially will
hand over authority to the people.
Follows Nehru's Appeal.
The Assembly today adopted con-
stitutional provisions Vesting in the
president the supreme command OF
the defence forces and the right OF
pardon and reprieve of offenders
against the federal constitution.
The proposed constitution as 1t
now stands is In line with an appeal
of Pandit Jawaharial Nehru, leading
minister of the interim government,
for "democracy-but not too much
Under other provisions:
The president in emergencies
would be authorized to enact laws
by decree. but such DEGREES would
have to be submitted to Parliament
when 1t reconvened. for approval.
disapproval or amendment.
An electoral college Of federal and
provincial or state legislators would
elect the president to serve five
years. No limit on terms has been
proposed.
The president would appoint
supreme court judges with the ad-
vice and consent of Parliament and
the cabinet, and they would serve
at his pleasure.
BritOns Head Armed Forces.
india and Pakistan announced
last night the selection Of Britons
to head their armies, navies and
air forces.
India designated 1t. Gen. Sir Rob
Mcdonald Lockhart to
command land forces with the rank
of general. Air Marshall Sir Thomas
Elmhirst to command the air forces
with the same rank and Capt. J. T,
S, Hall to head the naval forces with
the rank of rear admiral
Pakistan chose 1t. Gen. Sir
Frank Messervy to command the
army with the rank of general Air
Vice Marshal A. L. A. Perry Keene
to head the air forces with the same
rank, and Commodore J. w. Jefford
to command the navy with the rank
of rear admiral.
Evening star., 1947-07-31
One Killed, 7 Injured
AS Jeep 0verturns
After Tire Blowout

One person was killed and two
others injured yesterday afternoon
when rear tire of jeep blew out,
causing a vehicle to overturn into
an embankment at Grain and De-
fense highways, about 10 miles
north of Marlboro, Md.
Prince Georges County police said
the dead man was John Chesley.
colored, is, of Odenton, Md, who
was returning home from the Bowie
Race Track, where he was employed.
Injured were Daniel M. johnson,
30. and William Woodson, 26, both
colored, of Bowie, Md. Police said
a technical charge of manslsughter
was to be placed against Johnson
driver of the ieep. The injured men
were taken to Freedmens Hospital,
where their conditions are listed
as undetermined.
Three Hurt in Accident Improve.
The conditions Of three people in
iured in an automobile accident
Monday night near Gore, Va, near
the intersection of Routes so and
259, were reported to be slightly i'm
proved today.
They were identified at the VIM
chester, Va, hospital as Harold D.
Poland, %, of the 300 block of D
street NE; Mrs. Sylvia Martin, 81,
his sister. and Carole Jean Martin.
5-year-old daughter of Mrs. Martin.
Mrs. Martin and her daughter live
in the $500 block of Tecumseh place,
Berwyn, Md. They were injured
Monday night when their car
crashed into an embankment.
A Catholic priest was injured when
he walked into the side of moving
automobile at Ninth street and Con-
stitution avenue NV. yesterday,
police reported.
The priest, the Rev. Robert F.
Humphries, SO, of Cambridge, Mass,
was treated at Emergency Hospital
for cuts and sprained ankle.
Two Women Injured.
Police said the car was driven by
Willard A. Foster. %, colored, of
Wake Hall, Twenty-f1rst street and
Oklahoma avenue NE.
Two women were injured slightly
in a three-vehicle collision at Forty
eighth and Albemarle streets NV.
yesterday.
They were Mrs. Ada Grams, SIS,
driver of one of the cars. and Mrs.
Nellie Hunt. IS. passenger, both OF
3917 Livingston street NV.
Police said their car collided with
a truck driven by Henry Whitehead,
"a, of LAUREL Md. The truck over
turned and then was struck by car
driven by Mrs. Dorothy Reed, AZ, of
Carvel Circle NV, police said.
Evening star., 1947-07-31

James M. Duncan, jr. The city
manager had been ordered to make
this report or submit his own resig-
nation.
The Council ordered the city
manager at that time, however, to
make q complete report dealing with
the delay in acquisition of school
sites. The order did not carry an
ultimatum.
First indications that Mr.. Bud
wesky might resign came some
months ago from the city manager
himself. 1t was known at that
time he considered resigning be-
cause Of Ill health. The Council
granted him a months leave, which
he spent In Florida. His return to
work ended rumors circulated dur
ing his absence that he intended to
quit as soon as his leave expired.
Evening star., 1947-07-31

Mrs. Morganston isn't quite sure
what she will do with the money
Besides the grand prize she had won
$32 earlier in the show.
Mrs. Morganston is q native Wash
ingtonian and has won quiz con-
tests before. At the Capitol Theater
last year she was awarded a
chronometer wrist watch, $225 and
another 500 in lieu of five auto
tires. In contest several years ago
she won another 1925. She ascribes
her success to reading lot.
Her family came to America from
Scotland in 1872. She said she now
is writing an article on the Burns
family, we'll known in this area. for
the Columbia Historical Society
Her husband is Charles E. Morgans-
ton, an attorney. They have a
daughter, Mrs. Dolores Allen. "a.
Evening star., 1947-07-31
PepperPIons Fall Speaking Tour
In Fioht for Liberal Policies

with the former Vice President to
make the Democratic Party "the
liberal party" That is the No. l
idea behind his approaching trip,
Senator Pepper declared.
As for le48, he commented:
II think there might have been a
chance OF q Republican President
in l948 if the people had not gotten
good dose of what Republican
control means. The Republican
Congress has done more to
strengthen President Truman S
chances for reelection than any
thing that could have been done"
Evening star., 1947-07-31
Radio Quiz Pays D. c. Woman
,4O2 for Knowing 4 Names

Reading newspapers, books and
magazines paid a dividend of 81 ,402
to q Washington housewife last night
when she walked of with the super
bonus prize on radio quiz program
All that Mrs. Ethel Morganston,
40, of AIT Illinois avenue NV, had
to do to earn the sum was to give
the middle names OF Thomas A. Edi-
son, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John D.
Rockefeller and John L. Lewis.
"Alva, Delano, Dawson and
Llewellyn," she answered rapidly
when the quizmaster OH the Gunther
Brewing Co.'S Quiz of Two Cities
queried her over Station VOL. The
quiz is a contest open to Washing
ton and Baltimore residents. and
four from each city participated
after drawing ticket stubs.
Evening star., 1947-07-31
Hoeerstown-Frederick
Rood Opening Delayed
ny the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, July 81. Fl ormal
opening of the new 22-mile highway
between Hagerstown and Frederick
will be delayed another three or four
weeks, Chairman Robert M. Rein
dollar of the State Roads Commits
sion said
But that doesn't mean 1t is closed
to traffic. Cars can travel the
route now without too much
trouble" he said.
Evening star., 1947-07-31
900 0RaiIroadsAccused
OF 0verehareing U. s.
Wartime Shipments

Attorney General Clark in a
new complaint today accused
more than 900 railroads of COL
lecting unjust and unreason-
able" rates on wartime ship
ments of steel airplane landing
mats. -
The action was filed with the In
terstate Commerce Commission
The Government is asking repara-
ton for alleged overcharges on the
landing mats moved from Eastern
shipping points to Pacific Coast
ports between January /, 1912 and
June 30, 1916.
The Justice Department an
nouncement said thousands Of
carloads" of landing mats were in
volved. The petition, to ICC states
the exact amount of money sought
to be recovered Is mot presently
ascertainable."
The complaint Is another in a Sc
ries which Mr.. Clark has made
before the ICC concerning wartime
freight charges.
In one of the earlier actions, he
alleged that the Government had
been overcharged on shipments of
aluminium landing mats.
Such mats were fabricated In this
country in the form Of broken down
strips which were shipped overseas
for assembly in remote areas to pro-
vide quick landing fields for air
operations.
In connection with today's COM
plant, Mr.. Clark said that I'm the
midst of the war the railroads re-
fused the Government request for
rates on these landing mats equal to
that accorded other articles made
from iron and steel.
Accordingly, the Government
was required to pay, in many in
stances, more than six times as
much as any other shipper for the
equivalent transportation of SIM
liar iron and steel articles"
Evening star., 1947-07-31
jap Prince Learns
He Cannot Get Poss
Under Democracy
Nv the Associcted Press

TOKYO, July 31.-That new
tangled thing called democracy
in Japan caught up with a
prince today.
Prince Naruhiko Higashi-
Kuni, first postwar Premier,
asked the Ministry of Trans
portation for railroad pass.
Princes always got them before
the war and Higashi-Kuni had
a luxurious private car to boot.
The Ministry replied: Even
an imperial prince, when he
becomes an ordinary citizen
tunder the new constitution>
cannot receive a pass.
Evening star., 1947-07-31
225 Wild Ponies Rounded Up
For Chincoteuque Sale Today

Probably half Of the ponies will
be auctioned off today. Many of the
animals are owned by the. fire de-
partment and other by Wyle Maddox
and Harvey Beebe Of Chincoteague.
In addition to the pony sale, there
will be a pony race, a trapeze act,
an air show by the Chincoteague
Naval Air Station, drills by Marine
detachment from the station and .
fire-fighting demonstration by the
Chincoteague Naval Air Station Fire
DEPARTMENT.
Evening star., 1947-07-31

r m n 9 mas o"' re"s'
served as administrator Of the FWA
since 1941, and also has held many
other Government posts. In 1914
and 1945, he toured Europe. North
Africa and Russia at the request of
the President to study construction
problems. Last year he made a
5,000-mile tour of India to study
and recommend methods of high
way improvements to the Indian
government.
His Washington address is 1854
Thirty fourth street NV.
Evening star., 1947-07-31

CHEST Federa-
ton campaign
this fall.
Gen. Fleming
will assist w.
John K e n n y j,
Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy,
who is in charge
of raising funds
for the Chest
among all Gov
ernment work.
ers.
A native Of
B u lin & t o n ,
I o W a G n.
Evening star., 1947-07-31
Fleming Named 10 Head
Chest Drive in FWA

Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming,
Federal Works Administrator, has
been appointed to head the FWA
division of the 1948 Community
Evening star., 1947-07-31
Weather Report

/, District of Columbia Some cloud
mess with scattered brief showers
and highest about 90 this afternoon,
Clearing and cooler tonight and to-
morrow. Lowest tonight about So
and high tomorrow around "a.
Maryland - Clearing and cooler
tonight and tomorrow. Less humid.
Virginia-Partly cloudy with scat
tered showers southeast portion,
followed by cooler late tonight. To-
morrow fair and not so warm.
Wind velocity, 2 m.p.h.; direc-
toin, east northeast.
River report.
From United States Engineers
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferrv
and muddy a. Gres' Fails Shenandoah
clear At Harpers Ferry
Temperature and Humidity.
THae Wa SbipNtOn National AlrnOrt J
Evening star., 1947-07-31
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Evening star., 1947-07-31
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-17
George Murphy Once
More To Pound Beat

HOLLYWOOD - It has been
seven eventful years for George
Murphy since he last portrayed
an Irish cop on the screen - the
last time being when he teamed
with Judy Garland in Little
Nellie Kelly" - but now he'll
be walking a beat again in the
romantic leading role of Metro
Goldwyn- Mayors "T h Big
City" This time he'll pair with
little Margaret O'Brien, but his
partner in love will be Betty
Garrett, Broadway musical COM
edy star of Call Me Mister"
fame.
Murphy will appear in the
new film as Pat O'Donnell, one
of the three adopted" fathers
named by the courts to raise a
waif on New York's East Side.
The other two parents" are a
Protestant minister and a Jew
ish cantor.
Murphy's latest film roles
have been as the head of the
family in "Cynthia" and with
Margaret O'Brien in Tenth
Avenue Angel"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-17
"GoOd News" Director
Wins Berlin Story

HOLLYWOOD - G h e S
Walters, who recently completed
M-G-Ms Good News" as his
first full directorial assignment,
has been named to direct Gas
ter Parade" one of the most i'm
portant pictures scheduled in
Hollywood. Starring Judy Gar
land, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford
and Cyd Charlse and with a
musical score written by Irving
Berlin, the film offers the di-
rectorial plum of the year.
With Miss Garland and Kelly,
Walters recently launched two
full months of rehearsals for
Easter Parade" LaWford and
Miss Charlse will begin pre-
parations for their numbers
within q few weeks. Arthur
Freed will produce the musical
extravaganza in Technicolo, with
Irving Berlin associated with
him throughout the production.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-17
Leads Set For ''Brick
Bradford'' Serial

Kane Richmond and Nancy
Saunders were set yesterday
for the lead roles in Brick
Bradford" Colum bia serial
which Sam Katzman is produc-
ing and Spencer Bennett is di-
for the role of Sandy, Brand
recting. Also signed yesterday
ford's right-hand man in the Sc
rial, was Rick Valin. Richmond
was featured in Katzman's first
serial for Columbia, Brenda
Star, Reporter" and later star
Jungle Raiders" Msis Saun-
red in another chapter play,
ders recently completed featur-
ed spots in Her Husbands AT
fairs" when A Girls Beauti-
full" and 1T Had To Be You.
Valin's last screen appearance
was as a heavy in Columbia S
"The Sea Hound" fifteen
chapter thriller.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-17

Freddie Shaffer and his band
are engaged by Champion Spark
Plug Unit of Local IL UAW-CIO
to play for a dance that will be
held Saturday, Oct. 25th at
Civic Auditorium.
The committee handling the
sale of tickets (Which are $500
per couple) are Casper Andrews,
chairman, Lawrence Remsley,
John Woodward, Gus Schumak-
er, Kennie Morris, Grace Brown,
Mildred Clauson and Clarence
Parker. Chairman Andrews said
that m m b ers of Champion
Spark Plug Unit will be able to
purchase tickets to the dance for
$1.00 per couple and also free
refreshments to all.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-17
''The Unsuspected,''
Begins Engagement

"The Unsuspected," Michae,
Curtiz' first indepedent produc.
ton for Warner Bros. release
has begun an engagement al
the N. Y. Strand Theatre.
Claude Rains, Joan Caulfield
Audrey Toter, Constance Ben.
net and Hurd Hatfield are
starred in the new suspense
thriller. Michael North, a new
Curtiz iscovery, is introduced ir
the new production.
Blue Baron and his Orches.
ira, featuring Clyde Burke
Charley Fisher, Betty Clark
Jimy Mcdonald and the Three
Blue Notes, headline the new
Gin person" show at the Strand
Special attractions on the new
bill are Joey Adams, Broad
ways newest comedy star
Mark Plant, musical comedy
singing star, and Tony Canzo-
neri, former lightweight champ
Tari Vance, cinderella of taps
lcompletes the "in person pro.
gram.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-17
Walburn And Capra
Reunited By Film

HOLLYWOOD - Raymond
Walburn, stage star, who start
ed his film career in a Frank
Capra picture, rejoins the di-
Irector-producer to portray Judge
Alexander in Estate of the
Union" starring Spencer Tracy
and Claudette Colbert.
1t was in Capra's Broadway
Bill" that Walburn made his
first bid to screen fame. Now
as the powerful political figure
who backs Tracy for the presi-
Dental nomination, Walburn has
one of his strongest film roles.
Among the stellar cast for
the Liberty Films production
which M-G-M is to release are
Angels Lansbury and Adolphe
Menjou.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-17

it is Ayres' first assignment or
the Burbang lot since he gave
an excellent performance ir
"The Unfaithful.
Speaking of gold mines -
Gabrielle Canzona has one in his
monkey, Josephine. In Ever the
Beginning" he rec eived four
checks each day. One for rental
of his hand organ, one fol-
Josephine, a third for himself as
a member of the Screen Actor
Guild, and fourth for himself
as a handler of trained animals
Josephine has made about zoo
pictures; what a gold mine.
Susan Reed, the ballad singer
who has been acclaimed in New
York night clubs, will sing five
old songs in Columbia's musical,
Glamour Girl" Miss Reed is so
unlike the usual night club en-
tertainer that it will be interest
ing to see how she will impress
motion picture audiences they
are so much more critical than
the average night club crowd.