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Evening star., 1947-09-18
Lag in Production Defers Threat
OF Red Arms, U. S. Expert Saws

reaches two-thirds of Americas pro-
duction, Mr.. Ropes asserted.
The same is true of light metal
fabrication, such as aluminium, and
the production Of nonferrous metals,
he said.
Soviet mining has depended al
most exclusively on the United
States to supply it with machinery.
The United States mining industry
is now way ahead" of the old ma
chinery still in use in Russian mines,
Mr.. Ropes noted.
Similarly, Russian oil refining Is
now at the stage where American
refining was 20 years ago. American
technlclanS taught the Russians all
they know. But American refineries
are making strides every day, while
the Russians are still trying to catch
up, he said.
In transportation, the Russians
copy everything from the United
States. Although they say they
have gone farther. Commerce De-
partment files show that they would
like to buy hundreds of thousands of
our railroad cars right now.
Mr.. Ropes said the Russians def
nitely surpass Americans in only
three fields. He summed these up
as meteorology, forestry and soil
culture, where the Russians are do
ing important work.
He said the Russians particularly
excel in forestry. Some of their
government-controlled lumber prof.
ects actually are generations ahead
OF the United States, he asserted.
Mr.. Ropes will retire from the
Commerce Department at the end of
this month after "a years as a Rus
sian trade expert.
Evening star., 1947-09-18
Referee Acts Today on Sale
OF Williams Timber Riqhts

Bankruptcy Referee John A. Bres-
nahan today will rule on petition
by Samuel M. Greenbaum, trustee
in the bankruptcy of George H.
Williams, for authority to sell tim
Der rights in st. Marys County Md.
that belonged to the former real
estate man.
The timber rights. on a 614-acre
tract near Leonardtown, were
turned over as an asset when Will
liams went into bankruptcy.
Mr. Greenbaum said an offer of
81 900 for the rights have been
offered by Samuel P. Beach of Arl-
ington who operates lumber plant
near the tract. He will get the rights
if Mr.. Bresnahan approves and no
other bids are submitted today, the
trustee said.
A hearing on the sale was set for
2 o'clock this afternoon at Mr.
Bresnahan's Office in the Tower
Building,
Evening star., 1947-09-18
Handyman Confesses
Killing Woman, Il
By the Associoted Press

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept. 18
The strangling of Mrs. Betty Ann
Roberts was admitted orally last
night, police reported, by an unem-
ployed handyman who told them he
had known the comely 21-year r-old
victim only few hours.
Detective Inspector Frank J. Sui
livan and Assistant Prosecutor
Roger c. Mcmahon indicated they
would place charges against Dale
Beauchamp, 26, after he had fin
ished giving them written state
ment.
Mrs. Roberts body, worn cotton
dress wound tightly about her neck
was found yesterday afternoon
stretched across the bed of her
downtown Grand Rapids apartment
She was fully clothed.
Beauchamp, who is married, first
told police he had found the woman
dead when he came to her apart
ment to meet her after making her
acquaintance three hours earlier in
a bar.
Under questioning later. In
spector Sullivan and Mr.. Mcmahon
reported, the slightly-built handy
man admitted in his oral statement
that he killed Mrs. Roberts in her
home because she called me bad
names"
The victims husband. Forrest
told police he had been at work all
day at a bakery and had no knoWl-
edge of his wife's Staying until
called by officers.
Evening star., 1947-09-18
District Area Council
0fAWC Asks Congress
To Probe City Police

Recent Investigations of alleged
beatings and misconduct by District
police today prompted the Washing
ton Area Council of the American
Veterans Committee to urge investi-
cations of police activities by the
House and Senate District Commit
tees at "the earliest possible mo-
ment."
A spokesman for the group said
the police trial of Pvt. James A.
Stewart, ir, and accusations made
by Julius w. Clegg, colored, 26-year-
old veteran, prompted the action.
The council also strongly criticized
the Commissioners for reversing a
decision of the Police Trial Board
two weeks ago by restoring Pvt.
Stewart to duty. The board had
ordered Pvt. Stewart dismissed after
investigating charges that he beat
Georgetown student last June.
Public Confidence Seen Destroyed.
The Commissioners action "des-
troys public confidence in the Police
Department" the council declared
in a statement.
Charges made by Clegg that po-
lice beat him and held him without
charges after he was arrested on
complaint Of a waitress, the coun-
Gil said, are examples "of complete
violation of citizens civil rights"
The criticism and appeal for q
Congressional investigation was
made in statement based on a
resolution drawn up earlier this
week and approved unanimously by
the % AVG chapters in the Wash
ington area, according to Joseph A.
Clorety, council chairman.
Touched off by the Clegg case"
a spokesman said, "the resolution
accused police specifically of hold
ing citizens without charges, brutal
treatment and denial of opportunity
to communicate with counsel or
families"
A grand jury investigating the
Clegg case failed to indict two po-
licemen accused of beating by the
veteran.
The council resolution declared
that "in community where the
citizenry has no voice in election OF
their local government persons
exercising police powers have a
greater moral responsibility for the
protection of civil rights.
These actions of the Police De-
partment unfairly reflect on those
individual members of the police
force who have conducted them
selves fairly"
The request for a House District
Committee investigation was refer.
red today to the Subcommittee or
Public Service, Streets and Traffic
which handles police matters.
Representative Beali, Republican
Of Maryland, chairman of the sub
committee, is out of the city. but Is
expected to study the request wher
he returns to Washington,
Evening star., 1947-09-18

A 10-year-old schoolgirl was cred
tied with saving her bedridden
father when fire broke out in their
Hyattsville home this morning.
Before smoke had reached the
second floor where Lee Shapiro, a
semi-invalid with high blood pres
sure, had been sleeping, his daughter
Celia and firemen helped him down.
stairs and out onto the lawn.
Celia, whose mother is dead, said
she is the only one at the home. 1923
Hamilton street, to take care of her
father since a maid left last week.
She was excused from her fifth grade
classes this week to care for Mr..
Shapiro.
Celia said she had finished with
breakfast this morning and her IA
ther was going back to sleep when
around without assistance.
che smelled smoke. She ran down
into the basement and found that
one of the beaverboard walls was
smouldering as well as some boxes
and stored material next to the wall.
She ran upstairs. telephoned the
Hyattsville Fire Department. then
reused her father and sat by his
bed until the firemen arrived. She
Evening star., 1947-09-18
|Low-Flying Planes
Blamed for Rops
| By Doorknocker

A resident of Northern Alexandra
who has to tie down his doorknocker
on his house to KEEP it from rapping
every time plane passes over today
joined some 60 other Alexandrians
in furnishing information on low
flying aircraft to a special citizens
committee.
Other complaints received by
Butcher Skagerberg, chairman of
the committee formed by the North
Ridge Citizens Association, blame
the vibrations of low-f1ying aircraft
for cracked walls, loosened windows
and weakened house foundations.
Mr.. Skagerberg, who said the
neighborhood got some relief last
year when he complained to Civil
Aeronautics Administration authori-
ties, said the situation has grown
progressively worse and citizens feel
it is time to speak up again.
He said he plans to ask the CAA
to station a professional spotter in
the neighborhood to identify low
flving planes.
Evening star., 1947-09-18
Palm Beach Section
Counts Damage, Seen
As Fairly Heavy
By the Asseeioted Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Sept.
18.-The $4,000 to 10000 persons VI o
were in Red Cross shelters here
during the hurricane had dispersed
to their homes today, the relief
agency said. and disaster commit
tee Of businessmen was ready to in
spect and estimate the property
damage, which was expected to be
fairly heavy.
An education official said there
was little possibility schools would
reopen before next week, since
nearly all in Palm Beach County
had suffered heavy damage.
Meanwhile, there was still no word
from Clewiston In the Everglades
how that city Jared. The last word
from there was terse message re-
ceived by the Coast Guard which
said conditions were "deplorable.
There was no further amplification.
Roads and communications to
that town u miles west of here
were still out.
Banker Badly Cut.
Two patrolmen at nearby Palm
Beach told today OF a flve-hour res
cue trek across that island to take
an injured Ohio banker to a hos
pital. He was Joe Reeves Of the
Bank and Trust Co. of Dayton, who
had cut himself badly trying to
light a kerosene lamp and was weak
from loss of blood. His rescuers
were Patrolmen Vern La Forge and
Eddie Williams and two Army med
ical corpsmen.
Mr.. Reeves injury was the
fourth reported in this area since
the hurricane struck between 8 am.
and 2:30 pm. yesterday. Two West
Palm Beach policemen were in
ured, one suffering a broken arm
when the wind lifted him bodily
and hurled him against a doorway.
The second policeman suffered a
gashed forehead
The fourth man was injured at
Lake Worth when he came in con-
tact with an electric wire.
Elsewhere in this area the Red
Cross reported they were feeding
and sheltering 5000 refugees at Sea-
bring, including a shelterful of
Seminole Indians.
Guardsmen on Patrol.
During the night two companies
of the Florida State Guard took over
patrol duties from local police who
were sent home after some So
straight hours on the job.
Police Chief Jack A. Thompson
said As store fronts were out and
that troops were needed to prevent
looting.
There was little indication, how
ever, Of any inclination toward the
latter. Most citizens were OF the
streets about 3 nm.
Evening star., 1947-09-18
4-H Club Teams Chosen
For Chicago Congress

Four-H Club teams from Loudoun
County, Va, and Montgomery
County, Md, and will represent
those two States at the National
All Club Congress in Chicago in
December, it was announced yes
terday.
Tommy Fleming and Jackie
Arnold, winners of the Loudoun
All livestock judging and dairy
demonstration contests respectively
will act as judges at the Atlantic
Rural Exposition in Richmond be-
fore going to Chicago.
Ted Noffsinger and Peter Beall OF
Montgomery County won their free
trip to Chicago for their demon
stration of the construction of ar
electric pig brooder at the Timonium
State Fair.
Evening star., 1947-09-18
Slot Machine Trial
OF II Resumes After
Ruling on Grand Jury
Special Dispotch 10 The Stov

% LEONARDTOWN, Md, Sept. IS
Trial of % persons for illegal slot
machine operations was resumed in
Circuit Court today after ruling
that the grand jury that indicted
them had been legally appointed.
The case of Harry Weiner, Holly
wood. first defendant to be tried, will
be continued to the next term of
court because the jury disagreed on
two of the six counts against him.
The jury deliberated four hours last
night and acquitted Mr.. Weiner on
four counts. Whether he will be re-
tried depends on the States at
torney.
Called for trial today was the
case of Mr.. and Mrs Glenn Wallace.
also of Hollywood
The trial was halted temporarily
yesterday when defense counsel
filed pleas in abatement challeng-
ing the legality of the selection of
the grand jury by Chief Judge
William M. Loker.
Chief Judge Takes Stand.
Judge Loker disqualified himself
from ruling OH the issue and Asso-
>ciate Judges Charles c. MaTbury
land John G. Gray, jr. overruled the
objections.
= The chief judge high lighted yes
sterday's- testimony by taking the
witness stand and explaining in de-
tail his method of selecting the
March grand jury. When this group
OF men failed to return indictments
Judge Loker recalled them in June
and after an hour-and- half lee
ture they brought in indictments
, against the % defendants.
State Senator Paul j. Bailey, one
= OF the defense attorneys, asked
Judge Loker whether any names
had been selected with a view of
securing certain indictments.
Judge Loker angrily shouted,
"No," and told the attorney he
bitterly resented any such insinua-
ton.
Offers to Fight With Fists.
Judge Loker also told Senator
Bailey he would be glad to fight
that question outside the courthouse
with his fists with the attorney or
any other man who would imply
such thing
Richard H. Pembroke, vice chair
man Of the st. Marys County Civic
Association, which has been active
In the drive against slot machines,
followed Judge Loker to the stand.
Philip H. Dorsey, another member
. Of the defense battery, asked the
witness whether his association had
suggested the names of prospective
. Jurors to Judge Loker. Mr.. Penn
broke said some names had been
, suggested. He added he did not
know who they were.
Evening star., 1947-09-18
First Navy Squadron
Of Jet Planes Formed
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

The Navy's first squadron OF Jet
airplanes has been formed at the
Naval Air Station at Quonset Point,
R. l.. it was announced today
The jets are twin -engined Phan-
toms built by the Mcdonnell Air
craft Corp, st. Louis.
Several months of training in OPP
erations and practice landings will
be required before the jets are as
signed to an aircraft carrier, Of
ficerS said.
The Quonset Point squadron will
be commanded by Comdr. Ralph A.
Fuoss, Altoona, Pa.
Evening star., 1947-09-18
Ten-Yeor-OId HyottsviIIe Girl
Saves Invalid Father From Fire

said she shut the door and opened
the windows so smoke would not
get into the bedroom.
Firemen were able to control the
blaze before it had spread from the
basement. They said it probably was
caused by a short circuit and that
they thought damage was slight.
Celia said her father has re-
Gently returned from seven weeks
in the hospital. He cannot move
Evening star., 1947-09-18
Man Trapped in Well
Freed After 20 Hours
BY the Associoted Press

WARNER, N H.. Sept, 18-
Trapped more than 81 hours at the
bottom of a 20-foot we'll that caved
in on him. Norman Woods, 23-year-
old Army combat veteran, was freed
at $50 am. today after 100 volun-
teers and State police worked all
night to dig him out.
His condition was not determined
Immediately as he was rushed 20
miles in an ambulance to hospital
in Concord
Evening star., 1947-09-18
Rent Board Head SAYS
Controls Should Stay
In Maryland Counties

Continuation of rent control in
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties, at least until Federal con-
trolls expire February %. l948, ap-
peared assured today in the light of
statement by Harry A. L. Barker.
chairman of the Rent Advisory
Board for that Maryland area.
At meeting of the group yester-
day, in the area rent control Office
in Silver Spring, Mr.. Barker, who
also is Mayor of Riverdale, told the
board he believes:
l. Rent controls should not be
lifted. He said he had gone all
over" Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties and found no
place that to my satisfaction should
be decontrolled."
Says Board Is Representative.
2. Present rent levels should be
maintained unless justification is
presented to the board to show in
all fairness to landlords and tenants
that they should be increased or
decreased"
He also declared he thought the
board was very representative" but
that he felt it would be better bal
anced" if one of the members was
a renter"
At the same time, however, he
emphasized that the board would be
absolutely neutral" and would be
a fn 10
No matter how we act he
asserted, I'VE are going to be criti-
cized. But If we conscientiously do
our duty in equity and justice to
all, we should pay no attention to
those criticisms"
Urges Publicity for Meetings.
Reporters, he said, should be per-
mitted to attend all board meetings
and inform the public of the group
discussions except when some per-
sonal issue comes up not of general
public interest"
But in such cases, he empha-
sized, reporters should be informed
Of, the bosrd's decision.
Expressing regret at the recent
resignation of Rhees Burket from
the board, Mr.. Barker said he ex-
pected Gov. Lane to recommend the
appointment of additional members
soon.
He also asked the board to con-
slider requesting Housing Expediter
Frank R.,CreedQnsto assign an at
torney to Maryland to handle rent
case settlements. At present, accord
ing to Mr. Barker, such settlements
for this area are handled in Phila-
delphia-
Three Functions Outlined.
Earlier, Thomas E. Barrett, area
attorney, told the board 1t had
three principal functions-to rec
ommend decontrol Of the area or
any portion of it, to study the ade-
quacy of the general rent level in
the area, and to check general
operations of the rent Office with
particular reference to hardship
cases.
Mr.. Barrett said the board will be
called on soon by Mr.. Creedon to
recommend whether rent control
should be continued in the two coun-
ties. He added that any recommen-
dation of the board appropriately
substantiated and in accordance with
the law" must be approved by the
housing expediter.
The board voted to meet at 2 pm.
on the first Wednesday of each
month and to hold special meetings
at the call of the chairman. Besides
Mr.. Barker. board members are
Emanuel Zalesak, Kent r. Mullikin,
Frank L. Hewitt, jr., and S. Walter
Poplev
Evening star., 1947-09-18
HospituI Nun Honored

Sister Marie DAILY, administrator
of Providence Hospital, will be given
a fellowship in the American Col
lege Of Hospital Administrators at
the organization annual convention
Sunday in St. Louis. She is one of
l8 hospital administrators to be SO
honored.
Evening star., 1947-09-18
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Mostly
sunny with highest temperature
around 81 this afternoon. Clear to-
night but the lowest near "a. To-
morrow partly cloudy, rather warm
and more humid Gentle north
easterly winds this afternoon and
tonight.
Virginia-Fair in the north por-
ton. Partly cloudy in the south
portion. Not quite so cool tonight.
Tomorrow increasing cloudiness
with showers over the south portion
Maryland-Clear and not quite so
cool tonight Tomorrow partly
cloudy; rather warm and humid.
Wind velocity, IL miles per hour;
direction, east.
River Report.
From United States Ene1neers)
Potomac River clear at Earpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Evening star., 1947-09-18

Lamps and records are classed as
luxuries under the new Dutch tax
rate.
Evening star., 1947-09-18

Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (eurrent month to date):
Evening star., 1947-09-04
Priest Made Bombs
For GIs in Jap Camp

Right under the noses of Jap
guards near Manila, Jesuit priest
made incendiary bombs, soap, bat
terry acid and processed food to aid
Americans who had escaped from
Bataan and Philippine guerrillas.
This was disclosed yesterday by
the Rev. Eugene A. Gisel, in a
lecture at the 22d annual meeting
of the American Association of
Jesuit Scientists. Father Gisel is
head of the chemistry department
at st. Peters College in Jersey City.
Father Gisel was dean of the
Ateneo de Manila before the war.
When the Japs took Manila, they
interned him and 450 clerics, old
men, women and children. In con-
verting the university into an in
ternment camp, the Japs overlooked
the schools laboratory, which
Father Gisel put to good use.
He made incendiary bombs for
guerrjllas operating from the hills
around Manila and manufactured
soap and processed food for the
guerrillas and for his fellow inter-
neeS.
His luck ran out, however, when
American forces took Saipan and
Tinian. The Japs then put Father
Gisel and the other internees into
concentration camps. After the
Japanese surrender, Father Gisel
returned to the university and
found 1t has been looted and
DESTROYED.
Evening star., 1947-09-04
U.S.. Due 10 Close Case
Today in Kansas City
Election Fraud Trial
BY the Associofed Press

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 4.-The
Government was expected to con-
clude it's case today in Federal
vote fraud trial growing out of an
investigation of the 1946 Kansas
City primary election.
The five defendants on trial, pre-
cinct election officials and party
workers, were among "a persons in
dicted by a special Federal grand
jury.
Yesterday Mrs. Nellie Bowles,
a Government witness, identified
Morris Klein, one of the defendants,
as the person she saw distributing
money outside d precinct polling
place on election day. She testified
she did not know what the money
was for.
The Government questioned a
score Of persons who testified they
voted for Roger G. Slaughter or for
Jerome Walsh in the Missouri 5th
congressional district Democratic
race.
The other Democrat running in
the primary was Enos Axtell, who
was Endorsed by President Truman
Mr.. Axteli won the primary but
lost to Republican Albert Reeves in
the general election.
Government attorneys are seek
ing to show through the witnesses
that ghost votes were cast.
Other defendants are Harry
Burke, John Melham, Frank l.
Holmes and William D. Wilson
They are charged with conspiring
to violate the civil rights of voters
and to deprive the Government OF
its right to have correct count OF
the votes for United States Senator
and Representatives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-14
, Substituting a dubious co,.

by substituting a dubious col.
lection of puppet and satellite
governments all over the Eur.
asian continent, we could from
western Europe, from Turkev
and tr M Japan exert a direct
leverage upon Moscow.
The place to stop the Greek
goerrlilas who are trained and
equipped in Yugoslavia is in Mos
COW, first by direct diplomatic ne.
equation with the Soviet govern
ment, and if that fails, by going
to the Security Council and rails.
ing the issue whether Russia will
Or will not act as guardian of the
peace IN her own sphere of influ-
ence. 10 raise the issue hal wav
mas It's obvious risks. But the
risks n no greater than to oct
entangled in a Balkan war bv
using the government of King
George as our chosen instrument,
A policy Of concentration at the
key points instead of n of dis
perslon around the periphery re-
CURES more boldness. But al
least 1t has some chance Of sue
ceeding. 1t offers some prospect
OF a decision by which the Soviet