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Evening star., 1947-04-05
PoIiceQuizziinq
New York Man
InHarveyDeath
Report InconcIusive
After Stute Tests
Of Girls Blood

TWO detectives investigating
the mysterious death OF comely,
25-year-old Wyona Harvey were
in New York today to interview
a middle-aged friend who is be-
lieved to have received a tele-
phone call from the girl shortly
before she disappeared Sunday.
Meanwhile, a negative report on
whether the death of the Philippine
Embassy secretary was due to
drowning was made today at Rich
mond by DR.. H. S. Breyfogle, Vir-
ginia's chief medical examiner, who
conducted laboratory tests of the
girls blood.
The tests were made by comparing
blood taken from the left side of
the heart with that taken from the
right side, DR.. Breyfogle explained.
In most drowning cases, he added,
the blood on the left side has
higher water content.
Despite the inconclusive test, DR..
Breyfogle said he was inclined" to
agree with the Arlington County
coroner that the probable cause was
drowning.
Further studies of the stomach
contents and tissues of the girls
body will be made next week, DR..
Breyfogle said, and a report prob.
ably will be made Tuesday.
Jones and Chennault on Trip.
The two officers in New York are
Detective Chief Hugh Jones of Ar
lington County and Detective Joe
Chennault of Washington's Missing
Persons Bureau, who has been help
ing Virginia authorities investigate
the case.
Chief Harry L. woodward of Ar
lington police said today that Capt.
Jones would interview a Mr.. Gill
christ" and that the detective chief
was expected to return with report
later today.
Friends of Miss Harvey Said they
believed she talked by telephone
Sunday with friend in New York
they knew as Andrew Gilchrist, said
to be in the export business.
Accompanied by the Washington
detective, Capt. Jones called at
Manhattan police headquarters this
morning and left with an additional
detective from the New York force,
presumably to interview Miss Har-
vey's friend. New York police
would not comment on the case, the
Associated Press reported.
Aiibi Satisfies Police.
Meanwhile, Arlington authorities
last night released the only other
man Miss Harvey was known to
have dated-her former fiance from
Charlottesville, Va. They had held
him for questioning since Thursday
night and said they were satisfied
with the young mans alibi.
Shortly after the girls body was
found face down in shallow
stream beneath a bridge in nearby
Virginia Thursday, Miss Harvey's
pastor told reporters she had come
to his home early on the morning of
her disappearance to discuss her
love for the New York man and her
broken engagement to the Char
lottesville veteran.
Funeral services for Miss Harvey,
a former Federal employe, will
he held at 3 pm. tomorrow at
the home of her parents, MI. and
Mrs. Myrptis Harvey, Gretna, Va.
The body was to be taken to Gretna
today, accompanied by two of Miss
Havey's sisters. Miss Marguerite
Harvey of Arlington. and Miss Will
nthea. Harvey of New York.
Police today had been unable to
find any. witness who had seen Miss
Harvey after she telephoned her
sister that she was on her way to
see her in nearby Virginia last
(See HARVEY, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1947-04-05
By james Y. Newton.

Government estimates today
indicated that larger number Of
soft coal mines than expected
earlier would be ready for re-
opening Monday, as it was re-.
vealed that the Senate Labor
Committee is studying a plan to
block national paralysis strikes"
such as coal or telephone stop
page.
Some of the 518 mines ordered
closed for safety reasons by Secre-
tary of Interior Krug already have
been certified for reopening. 1t was
predicted that in the coal-rich
Pittsburgh area there would be "a
flood of last-n1inute certifications.
The plan for dealing with strikes
in major and vital industries Is in
corporated in a preliminary draft
Of complete labor bill prepared
by the Senate committees staff.
The draft also includes a ban on
the closed ship, iurisdictional strikes
and secondary boycotts. The pro-
posas were described as something
for the committee to shoot at" and
it was held doubtful if all Of them
would be accepted by the committee.
25 Per Cent Expected to Reopen.
One Federal official predicted
that Is per cent of the mines held
unsafe Thursday would be ready for
reopefing when the United Mine
Workers Nationwide memorial
stoppage ends Monday. John L.
Lewis called the mourning period in
honor of the Ill miners killed In
the Centralia, H., disaster.
Unsafe conditions in the 518 mines
were being corrected as rapidly as
possible. The corrections in some
pits involved major operations, how
ever, installation of heavy macfli-
merry, ana there was the likelihood
that such mines would remain shut
for some time.
Federal coal officials cautioned
that 1t still was too early to predict
how many of the mines would re-
main closed Monday, since in the
final analysis reopening is up to the
mine workers themselves. They ex-
pected instances where the miners
would refuse to return even though
the pits were certified as safe. Mr..
Lewis union, however, was throwing
full responsibility for such deter
limitations on the Governments
shoulders.
The Senate committees prelimi-
,(See COAL, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1947-04-05
BULLETIN

MOSCOW GA Soviet
Deputy Foreign Minister an
grily charged today that the
Soviet position had been dis
torted when American Deputy
Robert Murphy said the Rus
SLAMS sought to create a
strong central government in
Germany such as existed url-
der Hitler.
Evening star., 1947-04-05
Lewis Urges
Closing Of All
But Two Mines
Ask. Thot Pits stoy
Shut Down Until They
Meet Sofety Code
BULLETlN

John I. Lewis today "sug-
gested" to the Federal Coal
Mines Administration that it
order CLOSED forthwith" all
of the bituminous coal mines
in the country except two
which, the Federal Bureau Of
Mines had said earlier were
the only ones found to be free
of safety violations of the
Federal mines safety code. Mr..
Lewis asked that all of the
mines except the two remain
closed until reinspection has
been made by the Federal
mine inspectors, together with
certification by him that they
are in conformity" with the
safety code.
Evening star., 1947-04-05
By John M. Hiqhtower

k.seeioted Press Foreign Correspondent
MOSCOW, April 5.-British
Foreign Secretary Bevin con-
ferred with Secretary of State
Marshall for 80 minutes over
luncheon at Spasso House today.
They were believed to have dis
cussed the progress of the Council
Evening star., 1947-04-05

(See MOSCOW, Page ABB
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(See MOVES, Page A-3.)
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fSee TELEPHONE, Page A-2)
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tSee EASTER, Page A-2.)
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Considerable cloudiness this afternoon. high
in low 70s. Cloudy, mild, occasional showers
tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight about 90.
Temperatures today-High, 81, at 12:55 pm;
low, Al, at 2:10 am. Yesterday-High, 63,
at 1:10 PM: low, 81, at $40 am.
dull Report on Pare A-z)
Evening star., 1947-04-05

6es FIRES. Pass A-D
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(See HARVEY, Page A-2J
Evening star., 1947-04-05

(See MARINES, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1947-04-05

(See FOREIGN, Page A-3.)
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
UnCIe Sam Demands
Contractors Be Fair
With All EMPLOYEES

SAN FRANCISCO, July 25-The
eight western states in Region
Nine of the Wage and Hour and
Public Contracts Divisions of the
U. S. Department of Labor re-
ceived contracts totalling So, ,281,-
258 during the month of June for
the production or supply of COM
modities for the Federal Govern
ment under the Walsh-Healey
Public Contracts Act, according to
an announcement made today by
John r. Ollie, Regional Director.
Compliance by manufacturers
and dealers who receive these con-
tracts with minimum wage, over
time pay, child labor, health and
safety standards is under the direc-
ton of Mr.. Dille's inspection staff.
Contractors in violation may be
declared ineligible to receive Gov
ernment contracts for a three-year
period.
Contracts include food and kim
dred products; tobacco; textiles
and their products; paper; printing
and publishing; stone, clay and
glass; iron, steel and non-ferrous
metals; machinery; electrical ma
chinery and apparatus; transporta-
ton equipment.
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
AGvA Office Now
Located in Phoenix

A national branch of the Ameri-
can Guild of Variety Artists has
been established in Phoenix, at
SIT E. Adams street, National Rep
resentative Ben White, having
moved the office from Tucson,
where he has been located for
several years.
One of Brother Whites first
acts, upon coming to Arizona and
getting his organization established,
was to call at Federation head
quarters and affiliating with the
parent body. He is an indefatigable
worker and simply exudes union
ism in all his actions, and we
predict he will bring a militant
union spirit to Phoenix labor
circles.
The Agva is composed of variety
performers in night clubs, travel
ling shows, vaudeville theaters or
members, working in any of these
anywhere in the variety field. It's
places, render their services under
minimum working conditio n s
previously arranged for them under
minimum basic agreements. Agva
sets the floor-the artists them
selves of their agents set the cell
ing.
Brother White has promised
The Journal home publicity soon
on his organization so that union
lists in the state will be better
acquainted with its operations.
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
Goodwin Committee
Dumps All Charges as
NOT Legally Offered

The committee from the Phoe-
nix Central Labor Council reported
Monday night that the charges
made by four delegates against
President Ross Goodwin two weeks
ago, were not legally drawn be-
cause they did not specifically
name the section of the constitu-
ton under which the alleged Of
fenses were committed. The dele
gates making the charges say they
will now appeal directly to the
American Federation of Labor, by
which the Council is chartered.
It is said there are many of
fenses that could be committed by
an officer of the Council that could
not be brought under a section Of
its constitution, as there are no
sections covering all such offenses.
One member remarked that a
president could shoot a delegate
and there is nothing in the con-
stitution penalizing him.
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
Judge Phelps Says
Riqhf-fo-Work Law
Is Constitutional

On July IS, Judge M. T. Phelps,
Division No. 1, Maricopa County
Superior Court, ruled the right-to-
work amendment adopted at the
regular election last year, was
constitutional. The A. F. of L. and
the State Federation of Labor at
torneys will Immediately appeal
the decision to the State Supreme
Court.
Judge Phelps decision follows:
"This matter having been under
advisement and the Court being
now fully advised in the premises,
whereupon,
'It is Ordered by the Court that
the Motion to Dismiss the Com
plant is granted, the Court being
of the opinion that the Amend
ment does not violate the 5th nor
the 18th Amendment of the Con-
stitution of the United States, nor
does it conflict with the National
Labor Relations Act. The claims
said Amendment restains civil right
OF assembly ana speech constituted
under the First Amendment of the
Federal Constitution has no merits
nor does the claim that it is con-
trary to the Boil of Rights set
forth in the Constitution of the
State of Arizona, said Amendment
is of equal dignity with the said
Bill of Rights, being last enacted
into law supersedes any previous
provisions of the Constitution with
which it conflicts.
"a study of the case raises some
doubt as to whether or not said
Amendment interfereS with the
freedom of contract, but this doubt
is sufficient to overthrow the
presumption of its validity and
specially to justify trial Court in
declaring it unconstitutional"
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
Three 1groes
Among First Class
Taking Training

RANDOLPH FIELD, Texas
Three Negroes are members of the
first Army Air Forces aviation
cadet pilot training class since We
Day to be open to civilians as well
as to enlisted men from all COM
ponents of the Army which began
here on July. Approximately five
hundred cadets were selected for
the 52-week course which leads to
commission and a pilots rating
in the Army Air Forces.
A second class of 500 will begin
training October Is, and a third
class March 1, 1948.
The Negro cadets are Carol E..
Mcdaniel, 1872 Suth Hogue Avenue,
Columbus, Ohio; Davie E. Bowser,
1916 Bartram Avenue, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania and Andrew J. Will
son, Box 791, Coriscana, Texas.
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
REPORT OF PROGRESS
VETERAN TRAINING

Mr.. Benjamin F. Payton, Execu-
tive Secretary of the Governors
Council for Veterans Institutional
and On-the-Job Training announc-
ed today that the job of reapprov-
ing Training Establishments under
the criteria of P. L. 679 was almost
completed.
Under the original C. I. Bill of
Rights approximately 3450 training
establishments in the State of Ari-
zona were given blanket approval
to train veterans. After Public Law
679 was passed by the 10th Con-
gress the State of Arizona through
the Governors Council negotiated
a contract with the Veterans Ad-
ministration in which the Veterans
Administration agreed to reimburse
the State for expenses incurred in
ascertaining the qualifications of
establishing for furnishing training
cont -the-Job" to veterans and in
the supervision of such establish
mentS.
This contract authorized the
Council to employ an Executive
Secretary, three Area Supervisors,
six Inspectors and three office
workers. This administrative or
ganization began to function Octo-
ber 1, 1916 and was brought to full
force in February, 1947.
Since it's inception, this organiza-
ton has reinspected and reapprov-
ed 594 of the original 3450 train
ing. 2465 of these original 345O
have been cancelled upon reinspec-
tion because they did not conform
to the standards of the amended
law and the policies of the Coun-
Gil. A total of 1896 new firms have
been inspected and approved.
A new contract has been receiv-
ed from the Veterans Administra-
ton covering the next fiscal year
for the purpose of reinspecting each
three months of all training facili-
ties in addition to setting up and
approving new establishments.
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
Arr Waste at Fl. Huochuco
I, endous, Says Report

It is reported that large quanti-
ties of useful goods are being des-
troyed and converted to junk by
the Army authorities at Ft.
Huachuca.
A recent survey of the situation
at the condemned fort disclosed con-
ditions that should give cause for
alarm. Men working for contrac-
tors demolishing old buildings state
that durable goods, like refrigera-
tors, are going into the junk pile
without any effort at salvage or
sale. A group of brand new re-
frigerators, purchased at reputed
cost of $500 each, were the most
recent victems of this wanton des-
truction. Lumber is piled up and
burned. Workmen report that they
are not even permitted to take
home kindling wood.
Some of our brass hats, if left
alone, build up a ruling class"
complex. They forget that their
salaries come out of taxes; also,
that these surplus goods are not
their porperty, but were paid for
by the people who purchased war
bonds, or paid taxes. In destroying
durable goods, like refrigerators,
they are using their positions to-
protect certain monied interests in
keeping up high prices on these
goods. The general public should
have something to say about the
disposal of goods they helped pur-
chased throu "sweat, blood and
tears"
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
Operate Y Ovens
~
In Mediterranean
Give "Staff of Life"

Leghorn, Italy.-MemberS of the
5Oth Quartermaster Baking Com
pany stationed here are responsible
for providing American military
and civilian personnel in the Medi-
terranean theater headquarters
area with the "staff of life" each
day. Operating u ovens on an al
most continuous schedule, the past
month the bakers provided 634, ,7O2
pounds of bread for the Americans.
Located at the 61st Quartermas-
ter Depot in Leghorn, headquarters
of the Mediterranean Theater Com
mand, the company is commanded
by Captain Woodrow B. Bivens, of
Jacksonville, Florida. First Lieu
tenant Alfred A. Watson, Raleigh,
N. c., is unit bakery officer.
Chief baker for the 5Oth is Tech
nical Sergeant Curtis Wilson, ma
tive of Atlantic City, N. J. Ser
geant Wilson, a former bakers
helper before entering the Army,
was at one time an instructor at
the Camp Lee, Virginia Cooks and
Bakers School.
Employing the mass-production
methods of commercial bakeries,
the Negro bakers maintain con-
slant guard over each 736 pound
lot of dough from the first "scal-
ing" of ingredients through fer
mentation rooms, cutting rooms
and proofing chambers until the
finished loaves are removed from
baking ovens and placed on cooling
racks.
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
Army's Negro Units
1851 on May 1St

Washington, D. Con May 1st,
1947, the Negro strength of the
Army was 1887, the War Depart
ment has announced. Of the total
given, 82,193 were members of the
Regular Army, 42,425 were assign
ed in overseas theaters and 49, 1852
were stationed throughout the con-
tinental United States. Of this lat
ter group, 375 were members of the
Women's Army Corps.
Included in the total were 1859
commissioned officers, flight Off
GERS and warrant officers. Nine of
this number held commissions as
WAC officers. One dietitian, one
physical therapist and 88 Army
Nurses served with the Medical
Corps.
Within the Continental United
States Negro enlisted personnel
comprised 9.61 per cent of the over
all troop concentration. Troops
within the u. S. A. were diStribut-
ed among Army Air Forces, Army
Ground Forces, Army Areas and
the Washington Military District
and Administered tive echnical Serv-
ices. Negro troops accounted for
11.89 per cent of the enlisted
strength of Administrative and
Technical Services and represented
10.46 per cent of the troops assign
ed in the various Army Areas and
in the Washington Military Dis
trict.
Negro troops are assigned in six
major theaters and departments
outside of the United States includ-
ing the Pacific Theater, Alaskan
Department, The Far East Com
mand, The Caribbean Defense Cm-
omand, United States Forces in
Europe and United States Forces,
Mediterranean Theater.
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
do YOU REMEMBER
u Read In the SUN Last Year, At This Time?

Phoenix girl returns from L. A.
with $1,000 Scholarship won in
an Oratorical Contest sponsored by
the Western Regional of Elks.-
Desopndent wife, Mrs. Lena Smith,
takes own life by drinking cyanide
poison.-Socials: Mrs. L. P. Carter
and daughter, Mrs. Louise Perkins
departed for a 10 day vacation in
L. A.-Mrs. Emma Gardner left for
Washington, D. c., New York, Bos-
ton returning by way of Emporia.
Mrs. Cora Booker returns to her
home in Great Bend, Kansas, after
visit with mother Mrs. Ruth Tapp
and 5 brothers.-Stricken with
acute appendicitis Houston Collins
was rushed to Veterans Hospital in
Papago Park.-Mrs. Lavina Owens
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
Rites Held For
Jimmy Moore

Funeral services were held last
week at the First Colored Baptist
Church for Mr.. Jimmie Moore, II
who died July 10, at the home of
his son, Henry Moore, 1903 E.
Grant st.
Mr.. Moore came to Phoenix 25
years ago from Texas and was a
member of the First Colored
Baptist Church. The funeral SER
vices were conducted by Rev. l..
B. Nelson with Rev. J. L. Boyd
also making remarks.
Mr.. Moore was survived by his
estranged wife Mrs. Rosa Moore
of Phoenix, A daughters and 8
sons. The daughters are: Mrs.
Verna Hollis, Mrs. S. Kidd, Mrs.
C. Holley, all of Phoenix; Mrs.
Odessa Collins of San Diego, Calf;
sons: David, Henry and Samuel
Moore. -.
East Lake Mortuary was in
charge of the body.
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
Girl, l3, TiredOf
Drudgery, Kills Self

While three brothers and three
sisters watched helplessly, Evelyn
Williams, 13, colored, 1927 West
Maricopa Street, drank posin
mixture in her Phoenix home
and was dead when she was rushed
to st. Monica's Hospital.
Investigators said the girl was
weary of tending her brothers
and sisters daily while her par
ents worked. She told an uncle,
after she had taken the poison,
that she preferred death to being
further tiled down."
After the girl drank the lethal
mixture, one of her borthers ran
to the home of the uncle. He
called sheriff's deputies and she
was rushed to the hospital.
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
Local Fixture 20.
Operates Union
Plant Throughout

Architectural Showcase and Fix
ture Company, Inc, IT'S Walnut
street, Phoenix, is one concern
union people can point to with
pride, especially now that labor
seems to be the under-dog. This
firm operates a 100 per cent union
shop and deserves a boost from
local unioniStS wherever and when
ever possible.
The company was incorporated
in 1915 and asked for and received
the first union label of the Cabinet
Makers in the state.
Heading the company is George
Bezyak, president, with "a years
experience in the business. He
worked sixteen years at Art In
stitute in Chicago, making fixtures
and furniture for musems through
out the world. He came to Phoenix
in 1914 and purchased an interest
in the company and secured con-
trolling interest four months ago.
Associated with Mr.. Bezyak is
Jerry Pickett, as vice-president,
with II years experience, who,
after finishing at Art Institute
School in Indianapolis, went to the
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in
Chicago as designer, art engineer,
furnishing color designs of fix
lures and building fronts.
Tom Rich, vice-president and
secretary-treasu has had IA
years experience in the business.
He formerly owned Canton Trailer
Co.
The Architectural company has
one of the finest and most modern
fixture and woodworking plants
in the southwest, specializing in
planning, designing and making of
store, bar, restaurant and night
club fixtures and modern store
fronts.
Some of the jobs Architectural
has planned and built are the
Silver Spur night club, bar and
fixtures; KorrickS' fourth floor,
Tom Chauncey Jewelry store,
Guardian Insurance company and
the Vic Hanny store, now under
construction.
And-the best part of all is that
the union label can be placed on
all ArchitecturapS work!
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
N. Y. AFL Bakery Workers
Win 15R Wage Increase

New York City-Employes Of
seven large baking companies here
received wage increases averaging
IS cents an hour including fringe
adjustments. Local SO of the AFL'S
Bakery and Confectionery Workers
Union announced that 5000 en-
ployes will benefit from the wage
increase.
Louis Genuth, secretary of Local
so, said the increase raised rates
for the lowest paid classifications
to 923 and 93a cents an hour and
for the mixers, highest paid, to
81 40 an hour.
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
Phone Workers Union
AffiIiates With IBEW

The Commercial Telephone
Workers Union, announced that
the 1923 members Of the Organi-
Zation have voted, 4 to 1, to af-
fiIiate with the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Work.
erS (AFL).
Edwin r.. Hackett, president Of
the local, which includes COM
mercial department workers of
the Illinois Bell Telephone Com
pany, said it is the eighth to af-
filiate with the IBEW, bringing
the total of telephone workers
affiliated with the union to H.
600.
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
Robert Richey
Claimed by Death

Robert Richey, IT, 313 w. Mo-
jave ST., died at local hospital
last Friday after a long illness.
He came to Phoenix 5 years ago
from Waco, Texas.
He is survived by his wife, Car
rie, and two sons, James and Hen
ry Richey.
Funeral services were held last
Tuesday at Shiloh Baptist Church,
Rev. A. D. Hutchings officiated.
East Lake Mortuary in charge.
Arizona sun., 1947-08-01
80 Negro Officers
Win Regular Army


WASHINGTON, D. C.-Thirty
Negroes were among the 9,2O9 Of
ficers selected for Regular Army
commissions under the War De-
partment's second Regular Army
Integration Program, it was an
nounced last week. The appointees
were among the second increment
of the 1947 program and brought
to a total of 66 the number of
Negroes selected as Regular Army
Officers since the first program
began in the summer of 1916.