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Evening star., 1947-07-02
Bottle Ranks Second
Only to Shanghai,
General Asserts
By John Roderick
Assoeioted Press Foreign Correspondent

SzEPINGKAI, July 2.-Chinese
Communists delivered q Gripping
blow to the governments Man
churian forces in the past month
OF battling for Szepingkai.
This city, about halfway between
Changchun, the Manchurian capital.
and Mukden, now is a collection OF
smouldering debris over which hangs
the acrid smell of charred ruins and
the sickening sweet odor OF death.
I arrived in Szepingkai "a hours
after the Communists pulled out
the first foreign correspondent to
enter the pummeled city.
Anghting from a Chinese trans
port in company with Chinese re-
porters, I rode through almost in
describable ruin to headquarters OF
Gen: Chen Ming-zen, commander
of the outnumbered list Army, IN
the middle Qhigh) school OF the
Victorian Athelis Teaching Society,
Canadian mission, all OF whose
personnel escaped unhurt.
How seriously the Nationals SUI
fered under the persistent pounding
of the Communist regulars, partic-
ularly during the last II days, prob
ably will remain q military secret.
Generals Toughest Battle.
Gen. Chen, a tough Hunanese who
led his troops against the japanese
In Burma, says this Is by far the
worst experience he has undergone.
He described last years battle for
Szepingkai as "a curtain raiser" by
comparison.
He estimated that the battle for
Szepingkai would rank second In
severity of fighting only to the battle
for Shanghai In the early days OF
the Sino-Japanese war.
Gen. Chen furnished an inkling OF
the size of the list Armys losses
when he said that only one battalion
remains of the 8sth Division. 1t was
the 88th division that held the Cen
tral Bank building and municipal
offices in the face Of murderous fire
the last few days after the Com
munists fought into the city.
That is about 400 human beings
still alive. The day before 1000
answered roll call.
Only Handfuls Left.
Pressed for more exact figures on
the governments overall casualties,
Gen. Chen said he could say only
They were brave men. Where once
there were battalions, now only
handfuls remain"
The missionaries, whose head
quarters are at Montreal, fed the
mission properties, including
beautiful old church, three minutes
before the Reds marched in. Some
forgot their spectacles and false
teeth and all left their personal be-
longings.
Fourteen priests and brothers,
and "a sisters, all Canadians; 81
Chinese sisters, and one Chinese
priest were in the group. They
Evening star., 1947-07-02
United Air Lines Asks
AirmoiI Pay Boost
By me Assoeiotsd Press

United Airlines asked the Civil
Aeronautics Board yesterday for a
substantial increase" In airnail pay
to be made retroactive to January
!. The application MADE no spe-
cific recommendation as to the
amount, but suggested the board
act in the light of peacetime traf-
fic volumes.
This is the first application Of its
kind by any of the "big five
United, American, Trans World,
Eastern and Northwest-eXcept for
a request by trouble plagued TWA
that it's domestic system be put on
a plane mile rather than a ton
mile basis. Smaller airlines have
been before the board regularly In
recent months, however, and some
have obtaineS substantial increases
Evening star., 1947-07-02
4OOof7 900 Notiono|ists Left
In One Division at Szepingkoi
Outside Help Is Seen
In 10000 -SheH-o-Doy
Communist Borroqe
By the Associo,sd Press

NANKING. July 2.-Strongly
implying that the Chinese
Communists were receiving
outside support, Hollington
Tong, government spokesman,
asserted today the besiegers OF
Szepingkai fired more artillery
shells than all the Communist
controlled arsenals together
could possibly sustain"
He said the Communists
hurled shells into the Manchu-
rian city for 18 days at the rate
of 10000 a day in an offensive
unmatched in itensity and
ferocity in the history OF the
Chinese Communists military
operations"
Mr.. Tong disclosed at a news
conference that the govern
ment's casualties were more
than two-thirds the entire
Szepingkai garrison, but he
gave no figures.
Evening star., 1947-07-02
Il News Writer'S GET
Nieman FeIIowships
By the ksseeiotsd Press

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, July e.
Eleven news writers were notlhed
today that they had been awarded
1918 Nieman fellowships for one
year OF study at Harvard Univer-
xity.
Among them was Lester H. Grant,
"a, former reporter for The Wash
ington Star and now member OF
the staff of the New York Herald
Tribune. Mr.. Grant will study
medicine and science in relation to
newspaper work.
Included in the group also were
two women and an Associated Press
reporter.
The fellowships were established
In 1898 under the will OF Agnes
wahl Nieman in memory OF her
husband, Lucius w. Nieman, pub
Usher Of the Milwaukee Journal.
A total of Ill news writer's have
benefited under the fellowships set
up ito promote and elevate the
standards of journalism IN the
United States"
Rebecca F. Gross, editor OF the
Lockhaven PaD Express, will study
social relations and public opinion
and Lois Sager, reporter for the
Dallas (Tex.) News. has selected
courses in modern history and in
ternational relations.
Charles w. Gilmore, 80, OF At
lanta. Ca, the Associated Press
writer, will study political economy
and labor relations.
Other winners: Walter @. Run
die, 40, China manager United
Press, political economy and inter-
national relations; Robert w. Glas-
cow, 81, New York Herald Tribune
reporter. labor relations and eco
nomics; Carl w. Larsen. 20, Chicago
Times rewrite man, political econ
omy and labor relations.
Justin G. Mccarthy. jr., 80, Chi
cago Sun reporter, labor relations
and economies; Robert M. Shaplen
80, chief Of Newsweek's Shanghai
Bureau, China and Southwest Asia;
Walter H. Waggoner, 40, political
writer, New York Times Washing
ton Bureau, history and govern
ment; George Weller, 80, Chicago
Daily News foreign correspondent
political economy. international re-
lations and history.
Evening star., 1947-07-02
Pack of Bull erriers Kill Boy, IT,
|niure Policeman in New York

Several hours later, another boy
crossing the marshland noticed five
dogs tearing at some object-then
he saw a boys foot, chewed to the
bone, protruding from tall grass
and called police.
Patrolman Louis Rissone, 81, went
to investigate. As he approached
the pack. one of the dogs lunged
at him and threw him to the ground
while other circled about.
AS Mr.. Rissone wrestled with the
animal, reinforcementS arrived and
Evening star., 1947-07-02
Tax Exemption Extension
For Military Approved
by The Asseeioisd Press

The House Ways and Means Com
mittee yesterday approved . sa1.
months extension to January !,
1913, of wartime personal tax exemp-
tions for armed service personnel.
Under existing law, yesterday was
the expiration date for the exemp-
tions. They make the pay Of en-
listed personnel tax free and grant
q 81, 500 personal exemption to on
GERS. The exemption for . civilian
Is $500.
Evening star., 1947-07-02
Wiley to Leave Post
In Annapolis Chamber
BY the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, July 2.-William r.
Wiley, who has served as secretary
manager of the Annapolis and Anne
Arundel County Chamber OF Com
merce since January /, 1916, will
leave his position July 81.
Mr.. Wiley, who was a captain In
the Third Armored Division during
World War II, viii be associated
with the Container Corp. Of Amer
Evening star., 1947-07-02
Officials Theorize
SiegeI Was Slain Over
S1,5OO,0O0 in Debts
By the Associated Press


tricate pattern of evidence they
said indicated Benjamin (Bugsy)
Siegel was slain June 20 because he
was broke and unable to pay debts
which may aggregate 1,500, 900 was
woven today by authorities who
admittedly are still far off the scent
as to who killed the dapper
racketeer.
Latest development came with an
official announcement that the erst-
while public enemy had issued two
checks, totaling $150,000, and that
both bounced.
It was made by Walter Lentz,
chief special agent for State Attor-
ney General Fred Howser, and II.
Leo Stanley. chief investigator for
District Attorney William Simpson
Mr.. Stanley said the checks had
been given to Del E. Webb. wealthy
Phoenix (Ariz) contractor, who
built the luxurious Flamingo gam
bling casino at Las Vegas, New, In
which Siegel reputedly had heavy
financial interest.
Beth Checks Returned.
Both checks were drawn on the
Flamingo Projects Corp. One, for
$4,000, was returned because OF in
sufficient funds, and the other, for
500, 900, because the payment was
stopped, the investigator said. The
former was dated four days before
Siegel's death.
Mr.. Stanley identified Mr.. Webb
As one of the owners OF the New
York Yankee baseball club, but
made it plain Mr.. Webb was in no
way connected with Siegels death.
A fusillade of bullets, fired by an
unidentified assailant into the pa
latial Beverly Hills home OF Vir-
ginia Hill, thrice-wed playgirl, who
was In Paris at the time, snuffed out
the gangster's life as he sat on a
divan reading a newspaper.
Exhibiting Photographic copies OF
the checks, Mr.. Lentz told newsmen
1--WE believe that these are not
the only checks on which Siegel
stopped payment. We think his
primary purpose in coming to Los
Angeles (from Las Vegas on the
day of his murder was to raise
money to cover his bad checks
Needed $500, 900.
Mr.. Stanley said that a friend OF
Siegels came to him a week before
the killing and quoted the gangster
az saying:
"I need $500 900 within 80 days.
The bank won't lend it to me and my
friends have helped all they can.
If don't get 1t, I'll have to hide
out"
Mr.. Stanley did not disclose the
identity of the friend but quoted
him further as saying Siegel had
told him he had borrowed up to
the hilt"
The investigation said he under
stood the Flamingo Clubs cost
originally had been estimated at
$l,50o,00O, that the figure later
Jumped to $4,000, 900 and that the
Webb company filed lien against
the club for $1,500,000 because OF
failure to collect.
Indications that the F1aminso
Club was proving poor investment
because :. of too small patronage
and too heavy gambling losses also
showed up in their evidence. Mr.
Stanley and Mr.. Lentz disclosed
Mr.. Lentz added:
ut Is not so much who was
killed. but what is behind it.
Gambling, narcotic smuggling
bookmaking, prostitution and other
forms Of crime are here. This area
has become known as q soft spot
among criminals who tend to con-
centrate here"
Evening star., 1947-07-02
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

NEW YORK, July 2.-Stanley
Balaban. IL, was chewed and clawed
to death yesterday by a pack of
bull terriers in a tract of unde-
veloped marshlands and a patrol
man sent to investigate the case
was injured severly by the animals
before they we're driven of by gun
fire.
The boy was attacked after leav-
ing a Bronx swimming pool where
he had gone with his mother.
Evening star., 1947-02-27

battle in the other first-round tilt
Wednesday night.
Meanwhile the boys section almost
is complete. Already in are Wash
ington-Lee, Bethesda, st. Johns,
Landon and Gonzaga, plus which,
ever two teams win tonight's and
tomorrow nights semifinal games in
the District public high champion
ship playoff. That leaves one
vacancy, which will be filled today
or tomorrow. Boys play two first
round games each on Monday and
Tuesday nights next week. Their
semifinals are on Thursday, and
title games in both divisions come
up on Friday.
The Rockville girls, with we'll
balanced team coached by Betty
Scarborough, earned a rating among
the top feminine outfits by win
ming seven of eleven games. They
have lost only to Bethesda, Sher-
wood and Damascus, and also have
beaten Sherwood and Damascus by
larger margins. There's chance
they'll get a return crack at Bethes-
da If both win their first-round
games next Wednesday.
They've also beaten Gaithersburg
Ctwice). Poolesville (twice) and
Hyattsville. Leading scorer for the
colorful Rockettes is Ann Giauque,
but she's not alone in the point
getting column. Janet Rice and
Marion Coping have helped tre-
mendously in The scoring. Also i'm
portant in Rockville's victory string
has been excellent play by the
guards, particularly Mary Eva Os-
mond and Ruth Shelton.
Evening star., 1947-02-27
|1uf's Top Dispersal
Sale Has 1900 After
Fine Mayer Horses
by the Assoelofsd Press

ARCADIA, Calf, Feb. 27.-Hailed
as the greatest dispersal sale in
American turf annals, 60 thorough
breds Of the Louis B. Mayer stable
go into the auction ring tonight at
Santa Anita Park.
Some 1000 invitations were snap
ped up by turf followers, most Of
them interested In bidding for the
horses, but thousands clamored for
tickets to see what promises to be
something Of show, certainly
never witnessed here.
The auctioneers hope to sell a
horse on an average Of every three
minutes. AS the top stars of the
stable le-Busher, Stepfather, Honey
moon and Be Faithful l-are led into
the ring, the American Broadcast
ing Co. will broadcast proceedings.
Names prominent In racing-War-
rem Wright, William S. Dupont, jr.:
Mrs. Elizabeth N. Graham, John D..
Hertz, Jay Paley, G. v. Whitney,
the King Ranch's trainer, Buddy
Hirsch; C. S. Howard-reserved seats
in the clubhouse overlooking the
main track, where the auction will
be held.
Experts tabled Stepfather, the
Derby horse, as the probable high
dollar sale. The son >of Beau Pere,
great Australian stallion, is a strong
contender for the 100000 Santa
Anita Derby, and was nominated
for the big 3-year races Of the
late spring-the Kentucky Derby,
the Preakness and Belmont Stakes.
Busher and Honeymoon, the Ally
stars, have bigger regulations, but
Busher apparently Is through as q
runner and may be valuable only
as q broodmare, and Honeymoon
hasn't shown previous form this
season.
Then there are 80 2-year-olds. as
well as such eligibles for thes$100,-
900 Handicap Saturday as Burning
Dream, Plover, Be Faithful, not to
forget Honeymoon.
Horsemen predicted Busher will
sell for upwards Of 100000, while
guesses on bids for Stepfather range
from $100, 900 to as high as 5000 900.
Belief remained the total dispersal
would aggregate more than $1,000,-
0O0.
Evening star., 1947-02-27
Merrick Club S Tourney
In Second Round Toniqht

The Merrick Clubs woman basket
ball tournament goes into the second
round tonight, with FBI meeting
the Marines at 7 O'Clock on the
Merrick court. Transportation Corps
clashes with Kilroy's at 8, and
Sholrs, winner Of a hot contest with
Albrecht's last night, meets the
Alexandria All-Stars at 8.
Albrecht's led Sholl's by q slim
margin until the final period, when
Sholl's rallied to win, 1929.
In other games, Merrick drubbed
Naval Ordnance Laboratory, 4O-14;
Alexandria Green Hornets topped
Ordnance Stock Office, 44-29, and
Garvin's defeated Red Cross, 1918.
Evening star., 1947-02-27

athletic director for Navy who, dur
ing his A years in the service, never
lost contact with sports.
An easy-to-know man who can be
as informal as a COB, or who can
and probably will-crack a mighty
whip If any one imposes on his good
graces.
Jonas, as his old cronies call
him, was presented here yester-
day by the retiring temporary COM
missioner, Benjamin F. Lindheimer,
as the successor to Jimmy Crowley,
who resigned the post to become CO.
owner and coach Of the Chicago
Rockets.
Crowley repeatedly received $780,
600 a year, but the admiral said he
preferred not to discuss the salary.
Ingram foresees no change of the
leagues headquarters from New
York. He said he was "hired to get
results, apd 7 intend to do the JOB. ~
Evening star., 1947-02-27
All Turner Promotions
To Be Run by Widow

Mrs. Florence Turner, widow of
Joe Turner, has official okay from
the District Boxing Commission to
take over as boxing promoter at
Turner's Arena. The commission
yesterday approved transfer of Tur-
ner's license to her.
The first show she'll run will be
next Mondays 10-rounder between
Bee Bee Washington and Carmen De
John, a bout that was arranged be-
fore Turner's death last week.
Mrs. Turner announced yesterday
that Joe Turner, jr., will assist her
in both boxing and wrestling pro-
motions. The regular Turner's
Arena Office staff of Benny Robin
son. box Office manager; frank
(Na) Proctor, secretary-treasurer,
and Dave Herman, public relations,
will be retained.
Evening star., 1947-02-27
|A-A Grid Loop Gets
Friendly, YET Stern
Boss in Ingram
BY The Assoeiofsd Press

LOS. ANGELES, Feb. 27.-Direc-
tors of the All-America Football
Conference may have reached for
brass, but they got solid gold when
they signed Admiral Jonas H. In
gram as the new czar Of the confer
ence.
In naming the 60-year-old four
star veteran to what one official
frankly said he hoped was life
time contract, the conference OBJ
tanned:
A hero Of two wars, commander
Of the Atlantic Fleet until last Sep
tember, who wears six decks OF
service stripes and chest full OF
decorations, including the Congress
sional Medal Of Honor.
A former playing star, coach and
Evening star., 1947-02-27
Wi|son-C Coolidge Game to Open
School P|oyoff Series Tonight

less experienced teams would get
ratified, the Colts are tn there calmly
winning ball games.
Center Bob Kleinknecht Is the
Colts main scoring threat, but
there's balance on the team and
nearly all players are good shots
If Kleinknecht is stopped, it's pos
sible for Stan King, BODY Rohr, Dick
Taylor or any OF the others to come
through with a hot hand. De-
fensively they're good, too, and in
Taylor the Colts have a man who
has wrapped a blanket around prac-
tically every man he's opposed,
Evening star., 1947-02-27
@. w. to Play Virginia Tonight;
Terps Move Up in Standings

George washington will make its
last start against non-Southern
Conference competition tonight
when the Colonials play host to the
University of Virginia five at Uline
Arena at $3.50.
The Colonials, with a, four-game
winning streak and an 18-won and
6-lost record for the season, de-
feated the Cavaliers by two points
at Charlottesville last month.
Virginia has split even in 20
games, but in its last two outings
the Cavaliers beat Richmond and
Washington and Lee. Bill Pandak
is Virginia's top player.
After tomorrow nights game
against v. M. I. at Roosevelt, the
Colonials will rest preparatory to
their first-round game in the
Southern Conference tournament
next Thursday afternoon or night
at the Duke Field House in Durham.
The Colonials have beaten Rich
mond, v. P. l., Duke and the Citadel
in their last four outings.
Maryland moved into undisputed
Evening star., 1947-02-27
Miller Thinks Clemson Is Team
To Beut to Min Rinq Tourney

AS near as Heinie Miller can figure
the Southern Conference boxing
tournament opening tomorrow at
College Park, Clemson is the team
to beat, with The Citadel a possible
long-shot surprise. All this is pred
icated on the supposition that Mil
lers Maryland outfit, undefeated in
conference competition, will wind up
with all the jewelry.
Clemson's strength lies in the
three lighter classes, wherein it has
three unbeaten boys, beginning
with 125-pounder Johnny Lindsay,
who stacks up as the class of his
field. Jerry Orr is a determined
but only average 130-pounder, whose
stock has skyrocketed since Mary
lands loss of Andy Quattrocchi.
Lightweight Carl Pulkinen is a
pretty stiff better and has a good
chance Of winning.
Father-So Act.
The Citadel has a father son act
in Dale Mathews, 165-ncander, and
his father-coach, H. L. Mathews.
Dale is undefeated and is rated
A-plus by conference opponents.
The Cadets light-heavy, Burke
Watson, is unbeaten and won two
Of his five bouts by knockouts. The
Citadel also covets the heavyweight
title, but North Carolina seems to
have the edge in this bracket in Bob
Spiegel, a 242-pounder, who carries
a lot of persuasion in his right.
Two of the tournaments brightest
stars should be 145-pound Ray
Avant of South Carolina and Jimmy
Young, North Carolina's 155-pound-
er. Ayant, ,ex-Navy fighter, scored
two kayoes in five bouts, winning a
decision over Maryland's Johnny
Albarano, while Young's closest ap-
proach to defeat was a draw with
the Terps' Ed Rieder. Young was
a finalist In the National Golden
Gloves tournament a couple of
years back.
Before Quattrocchi's injury Mil
Ter thought Maryland had an ex-
cellent chance of taking its own
conference crown and raising hob
in the nationals, but the five points
he counted on from his ace 130-
FOUNDER will make a lot of difference.
Doesn't Trust to Luck.
Heinie, of course, isn't one to sit
back and trust to luck. He'll shift
things around and probably come
up with a pretty good boy at that
weight to save those points.
Evening star., 1947-02-27

The playo1 series for the District
public high school 1s47 basket ball
championship opens tonight at Tech
gym, with Wilson, currently the
hottest team of the series, meeting
Coolidge, last years champion. To-
morrow it, will be Tech against
Eastern, with the winners OF these
two games meeting on Saturday for
the title. All games start at .
O'Clock.
Wilson had to win its last four
games to enter the playoff, and it
will be attempting to continue Its
string against q team which beat
it in overtime by three points earlier
this year. The Green Tigers have
improved q lot since then, and TO-
nights meeting rates as real toss
up. Tomorrow's game, too, appears
a standoff, but the winner Of the
Wilson, Coolidge game likely viii go
into the final as favorite.
Leading the Wilson attack will
be Pat O'Neill, who transferred
from Gonzaga to become the hottest
player In the high school loop. He's
q specialist at long-range shooting
and took individual honors in the
round robin series with a total OF
102 points. That's better than IA
q game. He's also the jumping
jack front man on Coach Tony
Kupka's zone defense, and figures
as the man Coolidge must stop
Also a threat is AL Monaco. Like
O'Neill he's good at set shots, and
the tougher the going the better he
seems to get.
- The veteran Coolidge Colts have
plenty in their favor tonight, though
Every one of the first five players
and some of the important subs, too
played with last years title quint
There's the kind Of team that car
come through in the pinches. Wher
Evening star., 1947-02-27

Il Maryland gets eight men In
the finals, even seven, It might be
enough to win the team title on q
scoring basis of points for a champ
and 8 for runners-up. But the Old
Liners, from Danny Mclaughlin
through Tommy Maloney and up
to Heavyweight Ken Malone, want
a couple of individual trophies to
decorate the mantle. Then there's
no doubt who rules the roost.
Fifteen bouts are scheduled to-
morrow night at 8:15, with three
more Saturday at 2 pm. The finals
will be fought Saturday at 8 pm.
L. A. F..
Evening star., 1947-02-27

possession OF fifth place in the Con-
ference standings by handing The
Citadel its 18th consecutive Con-
ference loss, 52-40, last night at Col
lege Park. The triumph gave the
Old Liners an 8-Won-and-5-lost
record in family competition.
The Bulldogs were behind only
47-37, late in q slow second half,
but Johnny Edwards started pump
ing them in to clinch the Terps'
tournament bid.
The game was rough, nothing un-
usual for College Park, and The
Citadel's Jim Lancaster was given
the heave-ho by Referee Curley
White for q reason known only to
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