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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-30

may be nuts, but l have soft
spot for class B movies. I find
that if you can discount the plot,
which is sometimes a big order,
they are less pretentious or annoy
ing than the tripe that is sup
posed to be Class A.
If you can keep from falling
asleep, you'll find in many of them
couple of scenes that really
click and make going to the mo-
vies stimulating experience.
But. as I say, I may be nuts.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-30

I got as many
good b e III y
laughs out of
it as l have
out of any
thing I've seen
in years.
But / must
enter a small
pro t e S t l
t h i n k S a m
Goldwyn, who
ought to know
b e t t e r ,
Evening star., 1947-07-29
BY the Assoeiated Press

SEATTLE, July Restraining
smoke and flames, an abandoned
s1-foot tug circled wildly at II
knots in Puget Sound for more than
an hour yesterday. rammed and
overturned a 600-foot gravel barge
and menaced shipping.
Her skipper, Capt. w. G. Samp-
son, Seattle, and two crewmen, Paul
Rineberg, San Francisco, and Gene
Langstaff, Seattle, leaped to safety
from the burning craft to the deck
of another tug which pulled along
side.
Not even the tremendous impact
Evening star., 1947-07-29
$751; Of ALLEGATIONS
Not Used in MARYLAND
BY the Asseeioied Press

BALTIMORE, July 29.-The State
treasury has received $587 1888
which Maryland departments and
agencies found they didn't need,
Controller James j. Lacy announced
Yesterday.
Evening star., 1947-07-29

The money reverted to the treas
ury from unusued ALLEGATIONS for
the 1947 fiscal year ended June 30.
The largest reversion, s265, ,722. so,
was from funds set aside for bonus
payments to State employees. Up
until last September 1, State en-
ployes paid less than $1,000 year
got an annual bonus of $780,.
The bonus payments were discon-
tinued after a general pay raise was
instituted.
Evening star., 1947-07-29
Burning Tug Runs Wild an Hour,
Upsets Barge in Puget Sound

which drove a gaping hole IN the
barge and spilled 800 tons of
crushed gravel into the bay slowed
the careening tug. Alitak. the wheel
of which had been lashed by Capt.
Sampson before she was abandoned.
AS a Coast Guard cutter stood by
prepared to sink the pinwheeling
45o-horsepower tlg, her engines died
and ffreboats moved in to quell the
flames. Capt. Sampson said she was
a total loss.
Fire broke out in the engine room
during a routine shift Of berths in
the harbor. Capt. Sampson said
the flames spread so rapidly 1t was
impossible to reach the controls.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Longshoremen End Protest
On New Orleans Arrests
sy the Aueciotsd Press

NEW ORLEANS, June 27.-AFL
longshoremen, called off their jobs
last night in protest against arrest
Of some of their number, went back
to work today but threatened to
''tie up the port If they back up
that patrol wagon again
Alfred Chittenden, president Of
local No. 141S, International Long
shoremen's Association, complained
that police recently had begun in
discriminate arrests of longshore-
men when they congregated on
downtown streets for twice-daily
hiring sessions.
Police said II men had been ar
rested, mostly on charges of loiter-
ing and disturbing the peace, on
complaint of businessmen in the
area.
Mr.. Chittenden, who ordered
union longshoremen off jobs at 10
ships last night, told his men to go
back to the docks when they re-
ported for the usual hiring at am.
today.
We're going back to work" Mr.
Chittenden told the longshoremen,
but we'll tie up the port If they
back up that patrol wagon again. B"
Evening star., 1947-06-27
ST. Louis Banker Named
To District Planning Body

Albert P. Greensfelder of St
Louis has been named by President
Truman to be a member of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
Mr.. Greensfelder is chairman Of
the Board of Directors Of the Mis-
sissippi Valley Trust Co. in st. Louis.
He succeeds Clarence c. zantzinger,
Philadelphia architect, whose term
expired on April 30.
The commission is charged with
continuous development Of the Ma
tional Capital park, parkway and
playground system and has advisory
duties concerning traffic, transpor-
tation, schools, sewer and water
supply. housing, building and zoning
and other regulations.
Mr.. Greensfelder, construction
engineer, was born in St. Louis in
1879. He is former vice, chairman
of the Missouri Conservation Com
mission and a director of the st.
Louis and United States Chambers
of Commerce. He is member of
the business advisory council of the
Commerce Department.
Evening star., 1947-06-27

Urey, atomic power scientist, will
present the Spingarn Medal for
outstanding work In the field of re-
search chemistry to DR.. Percy l..
Julian, Chicago chemist. whose work
provided the basis for the produc-
ton of Aero -Foam-used by the
Navy during the war TO save lives in
ship and airplane fires
This is the 32d presentation Of the,
medal, an annual award conferred
by the NAACP for distinguished
achievement by an American colored
person.
DR.. Urey, a Nobel Prize winner,
and Dr.. Julian will speak together
on radio program at Sis pm. to-
day over Station VOL on THE
Scientist and Better World"
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Truman Doctrine Only Way
To Stop Russia, Hoyt Says
BY the Associated Press

PUEBLO, Colo, June 27.-Palmer
Hoyt, editor and publisher of the
Denver Post, declared last night the
Truman doctrine Of military aid to
Communist Threatened nations was
the only possible means of stopping
the march of Russia which may
"engulf the world
Mr. Hoyt was one Of four speakers
on Americas Town Meeting of the
Air, which was devoted to the ques-
ton: How Can We Halt the Spread
of Russian Power in Europe?"
The Denver editor and Senator
Morse, Republican, of Oregon pro-
posed stern attitude toward Russia,
while hands off" policy in Europe
was advocated by Charles A. Graham,
Denver, president of the Rocky
Mountain Council for Social Action,
and Robert w. Kenny, Los Angeles,
president of the National Lawyers
Guild.
Senator Morse, speaking from
Washington, declared there was no
chance of working out an agreement
with Russia "as long as she does not
recognize individual rights"
Mr.. Kenny praised Henry A. Wal
lace, who decently completed a
Nationwide speaking tour in which
he condemned the Truman doctrine
and advocated cooperation with
Russia.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Britain Hunts ; Who Stole
Big Supply Of Explosives
BY the Assoeioted Press

EXETER, England, June IL
Police modified in widespread
search today for three men sought
in the theft of 26 sticks of gelignite
and 500 detonators from Devon
County quarry.
Most London newspapers featured
the manhunt under banner head
lines and reported, as did the Brit
ish Press Association, that the
wanted men were "of Jewish appear
ance"
I'VE are. not discounting the pos
sibility of Jewish terrorists having
got the gelignite and detonators,
a Devon police official said.
A second police theory was that
the explosives might be intended
to make possible break from near
by Dartmoor Prison, where extra
security precautions were taken.
The explosives disappeared last
Tuesday. Police said the three men
We're seem in a black car whose
license plates have since been found
to have been falsified, ...
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Senate 6. 0. P. Will Decide
Next Week on Tax-Cuf Fiuht

Senate Republicans will decide
next week if an attempt is to be
made to revive the tax-cut issue
that presumably was killed for this
session with President Truman s
veto.
Senator Taft of Ohio, chairman
OF the Republican Policy Commit
tee, who has adopted a "wait-and
see" attitude on the proposal from
House Republicans to tackle the tax
bill again, said yesterday that the
Senate would delay action.
In the meantime, an effort to
draw out President Truman on the
matter failed yesterday. AS is his
custom, when the question of his
views came up at news conference,
the President said he would wait
until the legislation reached him
before passing Judgment on it.
Some Democrats who supported
the veto are now reported ready to
back a tax cut that would be
effective January l. The vetoed
measure was to apply the cut
,TllIy I
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Presidents New Plane
Passes First Flight Test
By the Associoted Press

bf rae AssoetoIec FFesk
LOS ANGELES, June 27-The
Sacred Cows" successor-the In
dependence"-has passed its first
flight test and soon. it's builders
announce, will be ready for Presi-
dent Truman.
Douglas Aircraft officials said the
two-hour test was the first of a
series which the new presidential
transport will undergo here before
being turned over to the Army Air
Transport Command Tuesday. The
ATC plans to fly the ship about 100
hours more before delivering it to
Washington for official White House
use.
The Independence is four
engined DEG. The Sacred Cow,
first used by President Roosevelt,
Is q DC-4.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Money Blamed for Most
Conflicts in MARRIAGE

Two thirds of marital troubles
derive from misunderstanding con-
corning the use of money, but the
spiritual ideas of the couple can
overcome financial reverSes, DR.. E.
B. Willingham, pastor of the Ma
tional Baptist Memorial Church,
said last night during the first of
a series of discussions on prepara-
ton for marriage.
DR.. Willingham pointed out sin
cerity is the keystone in the rela-
tions between a husband and wife.
He said the number of children in
the family is another important
factor in determining a successful
marriage.
The next session of the series
will be held at o'clock tonight,
with DR.. Charles Green, Children's
Hospital physician, as the speaker.
Other sessions which will be held
at the same time on Monday and
Tuesday will be addressed by Mrs.
Jessie Burial Eubank, psychologist
and youth leader.
t A general discussion panel will
be held on Wednesday. The church
is at Sixteenth street and Colum-
bia road NV.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Man Shoots Himself
In Borricoded Room
As Womon Pleads
Rx HE Asaoeinted press

NEW YORK, June 27.-Miss
Mildred Manning, 26. an artist,
stood tensely outside a barri-
caded rooming house door today
and told a Navy veteran inside
it was beautiful day, the
world wasn't bad and he'd be
foolish to shoot himself.
Miss Manring later told police
she had passed the roomer,
whom police identified as James
M. Walker, %, of Galveston,
Tex, in the hall and he had
shown her q revolver.
When Mr.. Walker told her,
I'm tired of living and am
going to kill myself Miss Man
ring, who rooms in the house,
notified police and went back
to plead with the veteran.
When police arrived and
broke down the door they found
Mr.. Walker bleeding from a
bullet wound in the chest. The
bullet had just missed his heart.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
spseiel Dispeseh To The stor

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, June
27.-The Loudoun County (Vao
commissioners have presented a
claim to neighboring Jefferson
County in West Virginia for $500
to cover expenses of certifying the
deaths of the so victims of Capt.
tai Airlines plane crash in the noun
tains in Jefferson County on
June IS.
The crash occurred just over the
border between the two counties
and which county 1t was in was
not determined until some hours
after location Of the wreckage.
The claim was received yesterday
by commissioners of the West Vir-
ginia county. They said that any
claim was without basis as the
crash occurred within the jurisdic-
ton of West Virginia and not Vir-
ginia. The Jefferson County prose
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Congress in Brief
BY me ASseeiutsd Press

senate.
Concludes cebate on legislation to
change the order of succession to
the presidency, with agreement to
vote at 2 pm.
Commerce subcommittee con-
tinues hearings on bill to revise Fed
eral Communications Act.
Commerce subcommittee opens
hearings on nomination of Repre-
sentative Jones, Republican. Of Ohio
to Communications Commission.
Appropriations subcommittee con-
tinue hearings on Agriculture. indie
pendent Offices, IVA and War De-
partment funds.
Senate and House conferees try
to reach agreement on Labor Fed :
eral Security Administration ap-
preparation bill
House:
Considers legislative appropria-
tions bill.
Armed Services Committee hears
former Supreme Court Justice Owen
J. Roberts on universal military
training.
Labor subcommittee considers in
ereases in minimum wages.
Merchant Marine Committee
probes gas and oil shipments TO for.
eign countries. es
Evening star., 1947-06-27
20 Are Injured in Bombay
In Railway Strike Riot
.BY the Asseciafed Prssi

BOMBAY. June 27.-Approxi-
mately 20 persons were injured in
Bombay today-some by police fire
as rioting broke out during one
day strike of $4,000 railway workers
which paralyzed north and south
bound rail traffic for four hours.
The All-India Railway Mems
Federation, which called the strike
to mark the anniversary of a la
Dor dispute, said peaceful demon
stration had been ordered but that
the men got out of hand. Mobs
of workers ranged up and down the
railway tracks, stoning trains and
other railway property and injuring
about dozen persons, according to
police count.
Police fire finally broke up the
mobs of rioters.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
July PayroIIs Will Be Met,
Mason Tells D. {. EMPLOYEES

District employees were assured TO-
day by Commissioner Mason that
they need fear no payless paydays
next month, even If the District
appropriation bill is delayed by
Congress until after Monday, the
end OF this fiscal year.
The Commissioners have the au-
thority. he said, to incur obligations
and meet the payroll in July under
a provision in the second urgency
deficiency bill passed by Congress
and now on the Presidents desk.
In view of some questions which
have been raised about the author
ity of the Commissioners to meet
payrolls next month without funds
in the 1948 District supply bill,
Commissioner Mason said the Con-
troller General had been asked for
a ruling on a provision of the de-
ficiency bill.
The controller ruled, Mr.. Mason
said, that the provision definitely
applies to the District.
"On the basis of this" the Com
missioner said, I'VE plan to go ahead
not only to incur obligations but to
meet the payrolls in July"
Evening star., 1947-06-27
S72,236,257 Agencies
Bill Signed by Truman
BY the A.sociated Press

President Truman today signed
legislation appropriating $72 ,236,257
for miscellaneous Federal agencies
for the current fiscal year.
8 1t includes $4,000, 900 for en1er-
gency flood control work in the West
and the Midwest and operating
funds for the Post ONCE Depart
ment and the Veterans Admins
tration.
A special provision enables Fed
eral agencies whose regular 1948
supply bills aren't enacted when the
fiscal year ends next Monday to
incur legal obligations in anticipa-
ton Of pending appropriations.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
California STANDARD Oil
To Boost Crude Prices
By the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, June 27.-
Standard Oil Co. of California today
announced that, effective at 7 am
July /, it will increase the price paid
by it for crude oil Of all grades by
20 cents a barrel.
At the same time, the announce
ment said. the company will increase
the prices 1t charges for heavy fuel
oils by 20 cents a barrel. The fuels
involved are the types used by
steampShips and some heavy in
duStrieS.
There is to be no change in prices
of other finished products, such as
gasoline, motor oils and heating and
Diesel fuels.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
GI's Sentence in Death
OF German Boy Suspended
BY the Asseeioisd Press

WIESBAQEN, Germany, June 27
-AmericanvAir Force headquarters
announced today the suspension of
court martial sentence imposed
on MlSergt. Daniel S. Wotring of
Morgantown, w. Va.
Convicted of involuntary man
slaughter in connection with the
death of a German boy struck by
a vehicle he was driving, Wotring
was sentenced to a year in prison
and dishonorable discharge from the
service.
On review by his commanding
officer the conviction was upheld,
but execution of sentence was sus-
pended.
Wotring was restored to duty on
probation and reduced to the rank
of private.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
INAAcP 10 Consider
| Anti Segregation,
IPro-Labor Resolutions

Resolutions supporting the stands
|of labor and blasting segregation
of colored people in all its forms
will come before the 38th annual
convention of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement OF Col
ored People tomorrow.
Included will be strong plea for
District suffrage.
A. Marceo Smith of Dallas, Tex,
chairman OF the conventions Reso-
lutions Committee. said delegates
would consider resolution protest
ing segregation In schools, public
places and In residence areas
through restrictive housing COW
enants.
Would Protest Labor Bill.
Other resolutions would protest
strongly the Taft-Hartley Labor Act
and would ask for more Federal aid
to States for education and for
support of anti-lynching and anti
poll tax legislation. Mr.. Smith
said other moves would ask Con-
gress to take immediate action on
the Taft Ellender- Wagner low cost
housing bill and would urge the
Senate to restore budget cuts to the
Federal Public Housing Authority.
Most Of today's session, held at
the John Wesley A. M. E. Zion
Church, Fourteenth and Corcoran
streets NV, was taken up with
consideration of convention rules
Seven candidates we're nominated
for three places on committee
which this fall will choose officers
for the association. Included were
DR.. E. B. Henderson of Washington.
Murray Issues Warning.
CIO President Philip Murray last
night warned that forces of reaction
in this country are producing eco
nomic concentrations that are Eek
ercising an unholy influence in shap-
ing the destinies of our country"
They also represent the refusal of
the average citizen to cast his ballot
intelligently, "ss was demonstrated
in the elections of November, 1916"
he added.
At yesterdays session, DR.. w. z.
Du Bois, 79-year- research di-
rector for the association, told dele
gates the cause of colored people
can best be helped "by doing away
with the democratic illiteracy so
prevalent among U.s."
He declared colored people must
not feel the poverty in which many
of them live is necessary. The best
answer to poverty, he declared
bluntly, is socialism.
Must Know Economies.
"Our people must understand
principles of economies and indus
trial profit" DR.. Du Bois said. 1--WE
must back the cause of democracy
in industry to forward more just
distribution of wealth."
Or. Du Bois said colored people
must not let themselves "be scared
or intimidated by the fear of being
called Communists" by these &C
tionS.
He said the Government already
has made some progress in taxing
the rich instead OF imposing too
heavy a burden on the poor. "And
taxing the rich Is socialism-in
clear and avowed FORM" he stated.
He added, however, that I'VE must
go further to prevent the concentra-
ton of political and economic power
in the hands of monopolists."
Julian TO Get Medal.
THE power OF the state Is essen
tial in any attempt to right the
great wrongs In the distribution of
wealth. DR.. Du Bois said. Every
leading land on earth is moving
toward some form Of socialism.
At tonight's session, DR.. Harold
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Cramer Named 10 Head
National Guard Bureau
BY the Assoeioted Press

Maj. Gen. Kenneth F. Cramer of
Wethersfield, Conn, was nominated
by President Truman today to be
chief of the War Departments Ma
tional Guard Bureau for four-year
term,
Gen Cramer would succeed Maj.
Gen. Butler B. Miltonberger of
Nebraska, who Is retiring because of
Ill health.
The nomination was sent to the
Senate shortly after Secretary Of
War Patterson confirmed the shift
during a talk with reporters at the
White House.
Mr.. Patterson said Gen. Milton
berger, who rose from the ranks and
served, as deputy commander of the
35th Division In Europe, had been
in Ill health for several months.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Loudoun Bills West Virginia
County $500 for Pea Inquest

cutting attorney has advised against
payment of the claim, which is based
on fee of $40 for each person
killed. The $40 fee is double that
permitted under West Virginia law.
The Jefferson County commits
sioners did approve payment OF
mileage for Dr. G. p Morrison, jeff
erson coroner, to and from the scene
of the crash and his S. charge for
one inquest.
The coroner of Loudoun County,
DR.. w. P. Frazer. explained he was
called to the scene of the crash to
certify the death of the passengers
before the bodies could be removed
to Leesburg. Va.
DR.. Frazer said he made the climb
up the mountain to perform this
duty through a mutual agreement
with the coroner of the adjoining
county. The charge also covers
work done at Leesburg in identifying
the bodies, DR.. Frazer said.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Firing on Greek Ship
Denied by AIbonions
BY the Associated Press

BELGRADE. Yugoslavia, June 27
The Albanian telegraph agency
said yesterday 1t had been author
lied officially to deny story trans
mitted by foreign news agencies
from Athens quoting Napoleon
zerbes, Greek Minister of Public
Security, as saying Albanian coast
al batteries had fired 10 shells at
a Greek ship.
The agency said the Zerbes state
ment, issued last Tuesday, was false
and was ''one of the usual calumnies
with which the Greek Monarcho-
Fascists complement their constant
provocations against Albania"
Evening star., 1947-06-27
curley Enters Prison;
City Clerk Of Boston
Named Acting Mayor
BY the Assoeiessd Pres.

DANBURY, Conn, June 27.--
Shortly after a substitute had been
vested with his powers as mayor of
Boston, James M. Curley today be-
gan a 6-to-18-month term for mail
fraud-a punishment he nkened to
a death sentence"
AS the colorfui. 72-year-old Bos-
ton politician was being taken to
the Federal correctional institution
here last night, the Massachusetts,
Legislature enacted emergency leg
islation to fll his ofice while he Is
behind bars.
City Clerk John B. Hynes was
seated as Boston's acting mayor
during Curleys enforced absence.
The legislators rebuffed an attempt
to deprive Curley of his salary while
he Is Jailed and authorized him to
resume his duties as soon as he Is
released on parole.
Court Rejects Plea.
Curley entered the prison at 10
pm, after arriving from Washing
ton, where Justice James M. Proctor
of District Court dashed his hopes
for continued liberty by rejecting
plea for clemency based on grounds
of Ill health.
You are sentencing me to
DEATH" the veteran political boss
cried when Justice Proctor refused
to suspend sentence.
Only one avenue of escape re-
manned presidential pardon.
Curley said after the court session
that an appeal for clemency to Pres
ident Truman was UP to his lawyers
and friends. The President would
not say what he might do II one
were received.
Sent to Hospital.
Acting Warden Kenneth E. THE
man said that Curley had stood the
trip from Washington quite we'll"
He aided:
I'VE are putting him in the hos
pital, of course, until our doctors
have had a chance to look him
over"
Al Bridgeport, where the closely
guarded prisoner was transferred
from train to large black sedan
which whisked him to the prison
here, Curley told a reported the trip
had been tiring.
I'm not feeling very WELL" he
said.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Navy Captain to Advise
Peru on Medical Center

Capt. Carl Henry Mcmillan of
the Navy Medical Corps, resident
of Chevy Chase, Md, will leave
Washington July 1S to join the
United States Naval mission in
Lima, Peru.
Capt. Mcmillan will act as an
adviser to the Peruvian Govern
ment in the building of new Naval
medical center.
Evening star., 1947-06-27
Truman Pordons Foshoy
In 1892 Nail Fraud
BY the Asseciatsd Press

The Justice Department said to-
day that President Truman has
granted pardon to Wilbur Foshay
of Minneapolis who was sentenced
to IS years in prison for mail fraud
in 1882.
Foshay'S sentence was commuted
by President Roosevelt in 1887.