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Evening star., 1947-03-04
Mrs. Mary Ellen Roys, IA.
Dies After Brief Illness

Mrs. Mary Ellen Roys, "A; of 646
E street Sc. q native Of Washing
ton. died yesterday at Providence
Hospital after an illness of several
weeks.
She was the widow of Frederick T.
Roys, who was In the plumbing
business here. A member Of Christ
Episcopal Church. she had served as
Junior choir mother for 1s years.
She was q charter member Of the
Old Glory Council, No. u, Daughters
Of America.
Surviving are two sons, Frank 8.
Roys, 513 Fourteenth street Sc, and
Lawrence p. Roys, 1416 North Lin
coin street. Arlington. and one
daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Ramadon,
3005 M street Sc.
Funeral services will be held at
1:30 pm. tomorrow at Christ
Church. The Rev. Carter F. Gilliss,
rector. will of1ciate. Burial will be
in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Slain Girl 5 Relatives
Try 10 Attack Youth
On Way From Court
By IL. Associated pssss

MAIDEN, Mass, March 4.-Police
said five officers were required te
protect Robert i. Coombes, II
charged with the attack-slaying Of
Jacqueline Maxwell, II, from in
furiated relatives Of the little girl
as he was led from the courthouse
today after pleading innocent.
The relatives. police said, tried to
strike. claw and spit on the prisoner
as he was led to police car for
transfer to Cambridge Jail. One
woman in the throng injured an
ankle and was taken to q physician
for treatment.
Coombes had just been held with
out bail for hearing March IS.
Coombes' distracted parents said
today they had opposed his recent
release from q reform school.
Mother Became Suspicious.
Institutions shouldn't release
boys like this" said the boys
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Coombes,
who turned him over to police
when she became suspicious after
learning of the Staying. Sunday
night.
She told police her sons clothes
were covered with mud and that he
refused to explain where he had
been.
ut wasn't because I don't love
my son that We turned him in,"
Francis Coombes, the suspects fa-
their said. Il do love him. We only
did what we thought was best. It
was for his own safety.
IF were a parent Of that girl
I'd want to kill him. We did q lot
of thinking"
Released February 8.
Coombes was released from a re-
form school on February 8, after
serving years sentence for assault
with knife while attempting to
rob.
He had served two previous SEN
tences for sex ofienses-the first
when he was IS years old.
Benjamin Joy, chairman Of the
trustees Of the reform school, said
his board was powerless to prevent
young Coombes' release. Mr.. Joy
said psychiatrists at a State hos
pital examined Coombes twice, but
did not approve his commitment to
a mental institution.
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Truman
Continued From First Page.)

of this. doctrine by all of us is the
keystone of the inter-American sys-
tenn. Without it we cdlld not exist
as a community of good neighbors
It is binding commitment under
the good neighbor policy. It is
part of the basic international law
recognized by all the American
republics. My own country will be
faithful to the letter and spirit
of the law"
Both speeches were, broadcast
President Aleman is going to the
United States next month, and dip
lomatic circles here speculated on
the likelihood that plans for
strengthening the Mexican economy
will be involved in this mission.
President Aleman, who took Office
IN December, is anxious to see Mex
leo. primarily agricultural, branch
out into industry.
When President Aleman goes
north, it will be the first time in
history, it is said, that Mexican
chief executive has left the country
while in Office. The special per-
mission of Congress was necessary
before he could accept the Ameri-
can invitation.
President Truman, acclaimed by
crowds estimated as high as 10000
on his arrival yesterday, faced an
other busy schedule today. This
morning he was to place a wreath
on the statue symbolic of Mexico's
liberation from the rule of Spain.
Later he goes to the National Sta
dium, where thousands of children
will participate in a festival fea-
turing national dances and folk
songs He was to give luncheon
for President Aleman at the Ameri-
can Embassy, which in late after
noon also will be the scene of
reception. Tonight there will be
reception for Mr.. Truman at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. " ,yss
Truman Greets 1000.
The dinner last night was held in
the National Palace, an imposing
structure housing government Of
fees. After the dinner, Mr.. Truman
shook hands with approximately
1000 guests invited to a reception.
While the dinner was in progress,
thousands of persons gathered in the
square in front of the palace and
President Truman came out on the
balcony with President Aleman to
wave In response to their cheers.
Crowds stand around wherever the
President Is likely to be seen.
The nine daily newspapers are
carrying extensive stories, and pic
ture layouts about the President and
his family. In his speech last night,
President Aleman summed up by
saying that Mr.: Truman had
touched the very heart" of Mexico
by the visit which is the first an
American President has made to this
capital.
Evening star., 1947-03-04

j ed not to answer . question b
Senator McKellar If the reply en-
dangered national security. Thi,
came when Senator McKellar asked
how much money the Monsantc
Chemical Co. Is being paid by the
Atomic Energy Commission.
After Senator Knowland had told
him he need not reply, Mr.. Lilien-
thai said Monsanto's contract was
flor very important work and that
security did not permit its discus
sion in open hearing.
McKellar Queries Finance Deals.
william w. Waymack, DR.. Rob-
lert F. Bacher. L. Z. Strauss and
Summer T. Pike are up for con-
firmation to the commission, along
with Carroll Wilson, nominated to
be general manager.
All were appointed by President
Truman while Congress was in re-
cess, and have taken Office subject
to Senate confirmation.
Senator Mcclellan questioned Mr..
Lilienthal at length yesterday on his
personal financial dealings Is years
ago. and was still asking questions
when the committee recessed.
e During yesterdays committee ses-
/ sion, Senator McKellar subjected
Mr.. Lilienthal to grilling which
brought protests from Chairman
Hickenlooper and the exclamation
from Senator Vandenberg, Repub-
lcan, Of Michigan that this is
outrageous" m
At one point Senator McKellar
recalled Mr.. Lilienthal's statement
that he had done his "damndest''
TO keep from accepting President
Truman's nomination.
1T now looks to me-" the Senator
observed, "like you're doing your
damndest to get confirmed"
With some heat, Mr.. Lilienthal
replied that he is mot here as an
applicant for a job" and declared: !:
Il want to make it clear that it
will by noemeans break my heart
If the Senate gives me an honor
able discharge"
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Moose Lodge to Present
$102 to Boys Club Drive

A. check for $l02 will be presented
to the Metropolitan Police Boys
Club fund campaign by Columbia
Lodge No. 126, Loyal Order Of Moose,
the lodge announced today. The
money represents the proceeds from
an evening Of games held recently.
The first booster night" in con-
nection with the Moose community
service campaign will be held Fri-
day at the lodge. s
On March IA, all lodge members
who are veterans will meet to make
plans to assist each other with
vocational and employment problems
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Clio Union Completes Plans
For Strike al 0'DonneII's

Plans for strike at the O,Donnell
restaurants at 1909 and 1921 E
street NV. were completed last
night at meeting OF union en-
ployes, spokesman for the workers
announced today.
Richard A. Bancroft. president Of
United Cafeteria and Restaurant
Workers Union 471, CIO, would not
specify the time of the strike ex-
cept to say that it will be soon"
A committee, he said, was author
lied to cali workers OF the job at
a time of its own choosing. Picket
lines will be formed Immediately at
both restaurants Mr. Bancroft
added. q ssssx,s5
The restaurant management had
no comment as to its plans.
Mr.. Bancroft said the workers
filed strike notice under the Smith
Connally Act in early December.
Evening star., 1947-03-04

q flight Of steps in her home al
Albrook Field. She died within an
hour after the fall.
Born in Albany, NY, she came
here with her family in 1929. She
was a graduate Of Western High
School and attended Wilson Teach
ers College She was graduate
also Of Bellevue Hospital School of
Nursing in New York City and of
New York University.
Mrs. Jones entered the Army
Nurse Corps, In which she was a
captain, in December, 1910. She
was married here in Walter Reed
Chapel in February, 1916, and left
for the Canal Zone last May.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by her father, Richard j.
Gray, president Of the Building and
Construction Trades of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor, and her
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Gray, 3010
Wisconsin avenue NV; twin sis
ter, Mrs. David Henry OF Chicago,
and q brother, Cornelius Gray,
San Pablo. Calf.
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Arguments 10 Dismiss
. Baby Case Against
Z Doctors Begin

Arguments to dismiss the $40O, 900
damage suit against two Washing
ton physicians In District Court to-
day as the presentation Of the case
for the plaintiffs. Mr.. and Mrs
Leroy Bonbrest, was completed.
Defense Counsel Austin r. Cam
field told Justice Jennings Bailey
that the plaintiffs had failed to es-
tablish case against the physi-
clans, DR.. Jacob Kotz and DR.. Nor
ton S. kaufman, both TO 1896 I
street NV.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bonbrest live at 1901
Forty y-fourth place Sc. The suit
centers around their 5-year-old
daughter, Bette Gay. who weighed
only rs ounces when born at
George Washington University Hos
pital In November, 194l.
The plaintiffs charged that the
birth OF the baby was forced, re-
sulting in consequent i'll health.
Mr.. Canf1eld argued, however, that
the Bonbrests had failed to prove
any evidence OF medical irregularity.
Effect Of Drugs Cited.
Mr.. Canfield contended the two
doctors did everything possible med
icaly for the benefit for the mother
and baby. He said drugs given the
mother had retarded childbirth in
stead Of speeding it up. !
Shortly before the close of the
p1aintjffsc caco nv nort,n n n;ot,
wine testified to attending Mrs.
Bonbrest in 1889 at the birth of
another child. He said that labor
was induced. but that she had a
normal delivery and an average
sized baby.
Counsel for the plaintiffs com
pleted reading a deposition from
Miss Grace Muirhead, now second
lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps,
who was night supervisor at the
hospital when Bette Gay was born.
Found Baby Unattended.
Miss Muirhead told in the depo-
sition that DR.. KotZ came into the
room, looked at the baby and told
her she could make out 'still birth
certificate" showing the baby was
born dead. The nurse said the baby
was breathing, its color was good
and later oxygen was given it and
the infant improved.
She said she did not make out
certificate, although DR.. Kotz told
her II she wanted to save herself
some trouble, she could record the
event as "a miscarriage"
DR.. Kotz was called briefly as a |
witness for the plaintiffs. The Bon
brests' lawyer, H. Mason Welch,
asked him if he did not receive a
call from the hospital about the
baby. The doctor replied he did
not remember.
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Cotton EXCHANGE
Continued From First Pape)

Service Employees international Un-
ion, AFL. refused to cross the picket
line. AS q result, elevator service
was clrtailed In the building. Nc
1iremen, engineers or other build
ing maintenance employees were on
the job.
Even the barber shop in the build
ing was shut in sympathy. Western
Union employees. including telegraph
operators and operators for the
the transmission Of quotations, re-
fused to cross the picket line.
Evening star., 1947-03-04

fidential and has so been held b,
higher Army authority. He said h
would take the matter up this after
noon and report later.
At yesterdays session Maj. Robin
son rif1ed through $4,000 in bills o
$40 to $500 denomination and de
manded of Mr.. Durant If he ha,
ever seen them before.
Defense Protests Sneers.
The persistent reply was the same
II decline to answer"
Maj. Bryan and his assistant, Capt
Glenn Brumbaugh, often objectet
to Maj. Robinson's attitude, de
meanor, facial expression and word
as he asked the questions. Capt
Brumbaugh heatedely described
Maj Robinson's conduct of the 'ex
animation as ''reprehensible" be-
cause his questions were accompan,
led by a "sneer."
very WELL" conceded Mai. Rob.
inson, "I withdraw the sneer!"
did you make a claim agains
the United States Government tt
recover $4,000 which you said wa!
wrongfully taken from you?" Mai
Robinson asked the witness.
When the defense objected to tti.
line, Maj. Robinson told the court
I'm going to show where this wit.
ness got the money, how he helpec
to seal it in a fruit jar and bury il
and how he took" an Army investi.
gator to where the money was
buried.
did you indorse this check which
I show you?" Mai, Robinson held 8
check for 1857 which a Washington
jeweler had testified he gave the
defendant for several diamonds
when, he said, Col. Durants hae
identified himself as a "Col. Gable. !"
After the usual refusal, Mai. Rob-
inson asked Mr.. Durant, did yor
not state you would come to this
court and tell the truth so that
justice would be done?"
The defense objection was upheld
by the court, as was the objectior
to the next question "Are you willing
to tell what you know about this
case?" eff
Silent on Buying Car.
Mr. Durant also refused to answer
questions about alleged attempts OF
his brother and himself to buy a
new automobile in Falls Church
with the use Of diamonds, or about
his brothers purchase of new car
last spring from a dealer in WASH
ington.
The prosecution still was seeking tc
have Mr.. Durant declared a "co-
conspirator" with his brother in the
theft, so that his words or actions
would be binding on the defendant
So far the court has denied this con-
tention, although ruling Mr.. Du-
rant could be asked leading ques-
tions because Of "the circumstances
under which he took the stand. Mr..
Durant was not formally charged in
the list of complaints against his
brother.
Meanwhile, a member of the
court-martial staff said the Army
is considering placing charges
against an unidentified colonel who
disposed of part of the trial record
The officer threw away stenographic
notes on several hours of trial tes-
timony which had been left lying on
a voice transcribing machine, the
staff member said.
The Army had said earlier the
records were destroyed accidentally
by an officer who simply wanted to
use the machine.
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Durunt
CONTINUED From First Page.)

Arlington County. After each con-
sultarlon he refused to answer.
Protest on Document.
The court ruled to avoid repetition
that unless otherwise stated Mr..
Durant's grounds would be his fear
that his answers might tend to in
criminate him.
An alleged statement made to
Army investigators by Mr.. Durant
has been ruled from evidence and
Evening star., 1947-03-04
NFFE
Continued From First Page.)

loyalty was other than to the Unitee
States"
Steps were taken almost a veal
ago, the article recalled, to develop
plans for preventing entry into thu
Federal service of those of "dubiou.
loyalty" and to eliminate those al.
ready on the rolls. But these
begged down for many months ir
the office of the Chief Executive,
the publication declared.
Not until last November Is wa,
an interdepartmental committee sci
up to study and report on the sub.
ject, it said. This report has beer
delayed repeatedly, ana congres.
sional skepticism frequently has
been voiced as to its worthwhile.
ness"
Congress Suspicious Aroused.
The group declared "the .dilatory
action" in this respect has been
an invitation for Congress to enter
the field and has increased sus-
picions among many "as to the
good faith Of administrators in
cleaning house."
The organization continued that
1T almost would seem at times that
some administrators, instead of try
ing to preserve in the most efficient
manner possible the official organi-
cations intrustcd to them, were try
ing to wreck them by giving SUBJ
stance to the most violent criticisms
leveled at Federal administration
and Federal employment"
The group sheld that the rank and
file of Federal workers would be the
ones to suffer II the situation re-
suited In IAN enforced reduction" In
the number Of employees.
The article protested that some
administrators apparently remained
unmoved by stark realities" OF the
situation. In the face of Republican
congressional promises to reduce
Federal expenditures and remove
employees Of questioned loyalty, the
group protested some administrators
even have gone SO far as to state
their agencies cannot be curtailed in
the slightest degree"
Evasion of Orders Charged.
"Other administrators, who have
acquired certain expensive habits
with regard to Federal spending
which they do not wish to alter,
have gone so far as to intimate that
they can outsmart the congressional
appropriations committees to secure
all the funds they SEEK the state
ment added. The group warned
that it must never be forgotten that
Congress has complete control Of the
purse strings. .
There still is a widespread ten
dency," the group charged ito evade
plain congressional mandates on
certain conditions Of employment,
such as overtime, the use Of uni
formed personnel on purely civilian
jobs, and so forth"
Congress, it warned, Is becom-
ing increasingly active" and already
has given signs OF going beyond
the mere fact that employees are
occupied with their tasks and are
not loafing-'it is beginning to in,
quire as to what those employees
are doing, with view to getting
agencies back to the functions for
which they were created"
On the bright side, the NFFE
found there was "little sentiment"
toward pay cuts or in elimination OF
other benefits won by Government
workers after many years Of ef-
fort.
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Used Cor Dealers Elect
Roper, Blum and Moore

Three new officers were elected by
the National Capital Used Car
Dealers Association, Inc, last night
at the Sheraton Hotel. They are:
Eddie Roper. president. and Morris
Blum and c. B. Moore, directors.
Officers reelected were: Paul
Livingston, vice president, and
i. Dewey Rice, secretary treasurer
Evening star., 1947-03-04
LiIienthuI
Continued From First Page.)

Mr.. Lillienthal in the nine member
group.
Today's hearing was an anti
climax in comparison with heated
sessions previously held.
| Again Mr.. Lilienthal was instruct
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones
Rites Here THURSDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza
beth Gray Jones, 81, wife of Mai
George P. Jones, jr., who died last
Thursday in the Panama Canal
Evening star., 1947-03-04

dOue, Wuere Qer
husband is sta
toned at Al
brook Field, will
be held here
Thursday. :
Mass will be
said at 10 am.
in st. Ann e's
Catholic Church, !,
400 Wisconsin
a v e ue N. w.
Burial will be In
Arlington Gene
terry. ast3f !.
b Mrs. Jones was
fatally injured
in q fall dnu,,.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-10-23
Trdfic Violutors
PdY Fines. Bonds
In Justice Court

Six traffic violators appeared
in the justice court of Charles
A. Corkins this week.
Two of them, both charged
with driving while intoxicated,
had been arrested previously,
but appeared Oct. 20. Glen
SWank, who pleaded guilty, was
fined 500 and given a 3O-day
suspended Jail sentence. Will
liam Grudjinski was complain
ing witness. The state highway
patrol issued the complaint
against Herman Miller, who al
so pleaded guilty and was fined
500.
Other traffic cases were as
follows:
Oct. 20, Sam shirasago, fail
ing to stop before entering a
main highway, highway patrol,
has not appeared.
Oct. 20, Robert Half, reckless
driving, highway patrol, fined
Oct. 20, Charles Stagner, fail
ing to dim lights, highway pa
troll forfeited IS bond.
Oct. 20, Ed Aspass, center
line driving, highway patrol,
forfeited SIS bond.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-10-23
Local Hospital is
New Member of
Blue Cross Plan

The Big Horn County Com
munity hospital this week an
nounced that it had been &C
cepted as a participating men,
Der In the Blue Cross, accord
ing to Mrs. Selma Blankenship,
who was then superintendent
of the hospital.
The hospital here is the 44eh
member to have Joined in act
i've support of this prepaid hos
pital care plan. Mrs. Blanken-
ship said arrangements are now
being made for enrolling Big
Horn county residents in both
the Blue Cross plan and the
Montana Physicians service,
the companion repaid medi :
cal care plan sponsored by
Montana physicians.
Mrs. Blankenship pointed out
that "such a plan for prepaid
disqualification, by virtue of its
non-profit structure, has been
able to render to it's subscrib l..
ers almost all of the dues paid
into the organization"
She pointed out that at pres
ent there are almost 10000, 900
Blue Cross members in the
United States. In Montana,
Blue Cross coverage has grown
to a total of more than $4,000
persons.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-10-23
John Macleod Praised by Captain
For Aid to Prisoners in Bilibid
Prison in Philippine Islunds

John Macleod, who spent al
most the entire war period as a
prisoner of the Japanese in the
Philippines, was highly praised
for his aid to the other pris-
oners in Bilibid prison in a
letter from Capt. William D.
Chalek who was in the prison
during the war.
All war prisoners were asked
to give information on the per-
sons who assisted them. Mac
Leod, who worked as a house
boy for the Japs, had an op-
p%ortunity to contact persons
outside the prison. The java
nese living quarters were in the
outer wall of the prison, he ex-
planned in a letter to the Re
covered Personnel division.
The letter praising Macleod
was written last year, at about
the same time Macleod him
self was writing to list the PEG
pie who had given him assist
ance.
After mentioning two Philip
pine families who gave assist
ance, Capt. Chalek wrote:
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-10-23
Coils Meeting for
Wednesday, to
Organize Eagles

A call for a meeting of pros
pective charter members of a
new Aerie Of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles which is being
organized in Hardin was issued
this week by w. A. Huff of
Billings, or"anizer of the FOE.
The meeting will be held on
Wednesday evening, Oct. 20, at
8 pm. at the city hall council
room. Anyone interested in the
Eagles is invited to attend.
The organizer will explain
the aims and benefits of the
order and discuss the require
ments for granting a charter
for a new Aerie such as is pro-
posed here.
Up to date, Huff said, more
than 60 Hardin men have evinc-
ed a desire to become charter
members of the new organiza-
ton. He asked that ali those
who had already signed up as
charter members be present
and bring their friends and
prospective candidates.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-10-23

"a third person whom I can
not commend too highly for
the work that he did in the
prison camps is a private, first
class, John Macleod, Iats
known to be residing at Hardin.
Montana. Macleod was a mem
Der of the Second Observation
squadron, Air Corps, at the time
of his capture. He spent most
of his time in prison in Bill
bid, Manila. There he man
aged to obtain liaison with
japanese who could be bribed
and with friendly Filipinos and
Americans who were loose in
the city. During his stay of over
Two and a half Years in Bill
I'D. Macleod managed to OBJ
tain for countless Americans
money running into hundreds
# thousands of pesos. food and
information from both Fi''ninos
and Americans in the city to
rose inside Bilibid. His actiyi-
ties covered this entire period
and it is N" rarennal opinion
that he is responsible for the
well-being and lives of numer-
Gus prisoners Of war"