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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
Council switch?

In Miami, Fla, the executive
council of the American Fedora
ton of Labor was trying to get
its annual winter tan this week
but succeeded mostly in tanning
the workers.
The council Endorsed an about
defense program and indicated it
might abandon opposition to uni
versal military training. A year
ago at Miami the council con-
demned compulsory military
training.
Continued pot shots at the
Soviet Union issued daily from
the council room as the AFL big
wigs charged Russia was making
preparations for an offensive war.
In plugging for President Tru-
mans Marshall Plan, the council
favored appropriations for the
armed forces even if it meant
delaying tax reductions indefi-
nitely.
It was no surprise to anyone
that the Council unanimously"
opposed the third party candidacy
of Henry A. Wallace and charged
that the former vice president is
being backed by the Communist
party.
The council, however, did put
up a feeble defense against the
Taft-Hartley law. Even the coun-
Gil members realize they can't do
business under the anti-labor act.
Burton X. Wheeler, defeated
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
FOREIGN SCENE
Palestine seH-out
looms in oil deal

N Oil Slick covered TdleS-
~ tines troubled waters this
week.
Submerged below the violent
whirlpool among Arabs and Jews,
the shape of an oil deal could
almost be seen in outline.
u. S. Secretary of Defense
James Forrestal, himself a Wall
Street banker, indicated his oppo-
sition to the promised independ-
emit Jewish state because it makes
the U. S. position in the Middle
East more insecure"
He said Middle Eastern Oil was
not only essential for the Mar
shall Plan, but that the area was
needed as a depot" for U. S.
armed forces in case of an "emer-
gency."
At the same time, Britain an
nounced that it would not allow
the UN Palestine commission to
enter Palestine until two weeks
before her mandate terminates on
May Is.
With new shootings and bomb
ings, it became clear that U. S.
and British oil interests have
Joined the Arab extremists in
open war against the UN partition
plan.
This week. the decision was
being made in Washington and
London as to whether official
sanction will be given to one
Of the greatest sell-outs in
historY-the violation of the
UN decision. the scrapping of
the new independent states. the
continuation of warfare in
Palestine with the big oil COM
panies as the only vicfors.
At stake for the oil barons was
control of the second richest Oil
area in the world with an annual
production of 283 million barrels
and a reserve of 81 billion.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
HEY called him rags"

HEY called him rags"
That's just how he felt this
week, too.
For Rags" = who is better
known to Republican voters of the
18th district as State Rep. Ragnar
G. Nelson-was slowly but surely
being torn to pieces as a political
figure on the South Side.
The man responsible: boy-faced
Joe Majczek, who catapulted to
fame last year on a bum rap.
In 1882 William Lundy, a Chi
cago cop, had been shot and killed
in the holdup of delicatessen
that was also, some whispered, a
speakeasy.
In short order Joe Majczek was
arrested and sentenced to SO years
in Statewide penitentiary. And
there he remained for more than
a decade, the forgotten man to all
save his mother.
One days some one at the Times
was puzzled by an ad IN the pa
per. It offered reward for evl-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
LOCAL ROUNDUP
Probe Joe Mojczeks tale
Of gift to legislator

fore the legislatures bill award
ing compensation TO Majczek
was signed by Gov. Green. Joe
quoted Rags" as saying:
This is going to cost YOU
$s.0oo."
Nelson, questioned by Times
man Mcclure, admitted meeting
Joe, but denied taking the money.
AS the story broke in the pa
pers, Joe discreetly disappeared
on a vacation" in Arizona $50
that the Times could keep its
SCOOP.
Acting States Attorney Richard
B. Austin promised grand jury
investigation.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
Hit censor

The Federal Communications
commission ruled this week that
radio station may not censor
the content of a political broad
cast.
The ruling may have far-reach-
ing importance in view of the hot
1948 presidential elections and the
third party movement.
In its decision after study of
the action of Station Wills of
Port Huron, Mich, which rejected
applications for political broad
casts in 1945 city election, the
commission said:
eve are of the opinion that the
prohibition against any censor
ship by licensees (stations) of poll
teal speeches by candidates for
office is absolute, and no excep-
ton exists in the case of material
which is either hbelous or might
tend to involve the station in an
action for damages"
Radio station censorship of
labor programs was cited last
December when the CIO protested
to FEC over the arbitrary action
of Station WFOR in Hattiesburg,
Miss, which had cat off a CLIO
discussion on civil rights, claim
ing the material under debate was
"too controversial"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
Blow to unity

India boiled this week in an
aftermath of the assassination of
Gandhi that could only spell fur
Their trouble for India's people.
The slayer, Narayan Vinayak
Godse, was member of the re-
dictionary Hindu Mahasabha party.
But British imperial bitter-enders
could not have done a better job
if they had planned the murder
themselves.
Gone was the wizened little
leader who had fought bitter
though often confused fight for
independence in the interests of
the rising mercantile and indus
trial class of India.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
Mercy killing?

For 20 years, since the day
he was born, Bernard O'Connen
had been an invalid.
One day this week his father
entered the living room OF their
home in Blue Island. A moment
later two shots rang out.
O'Connell's mother ran into the
room. On the floor lay the youth
and his father.
Police said the elder O'Connell,
a railroad clerk, had shot his son
in the neck and then turned the
gun on himself, causing instant
death. The policemen called 1t
an attempted mercy" killing.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
BIS blues

Living costs for moderate in
come families in Chicago reached
an all-time high on Dec. Is, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics Of the
us. Department of Labor an
nounced this week.
Expenditures for living essen
tials, the BIS report S h ow e d,
have risen 80 per cent since June,
1916.
From Dec. Is, 1916, to Dec.
Is, 1947, the increase was liz
per cent.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07

dence proving that Joe was inno-
cent.
Amiable Jimmy Mcclure, pri-
vate dick turned newspaperman,
was given the assignment. After
a long, painstaking investigation
of clues which had cooled over
the intervening Is years, he came
up with the proof: Joe had been
framed.
A pardon was secured from the
governor. The state legislature
voted to give Joe Majczek $24 600
in compensation for the years he
wasted in Jail while his mother
scrubbed floors in Loop office
buildings to save up en- o u 6 n
money to free him.
And there the story ended-or
so it seemed.
But last week Joe Majczek was
back in the headlines again. There
was a sequel to his story, he said,
and the sequel revolved around
Rags" Nelson.
Rags" said Joe. had ar
RANGED a meeting with him be-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
NATIONAL REVIEW
New bill would
remove rent LID
THIS being election year,

TIL HIS being election year,
the cost of living issue
keeps bobbing up in Congress.
The Truman administration
keeps suggesting that something
be done about rent control and
rationing of meat and other foods,
but little hope for high cost of
living relief is in sight.
It should be recalled that Presi-
dent Truman took the lead in
abandoning wartime price con-
trolls which led to the present dis
lastrous skyrocketing of the cost
of living, rise that only can end
in deep-rooted devastating de-
preston.
Among the latest moves to put
the squeeze on the long-suffering
little fellow is the proposal in
Congress this week by Sen. Cain
R. Wash0 to permit voluntary
sky's-the-limit rent increases in
exchange for long term leases.
Cain offered this plan as the
best way to end rent controls.
The senator's banking sub
committee now is studying legis-
lation to extend rent controls be-
yond Feb. 20. Rent Administrator
Tighe Woods remains non-com-
initial. This is an election year.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07
Water wafer

Water, water everywhere, and
not a drop to drink" North side
residents probably muttered this
week, as ice damned intake pipes
at the Wilson av. crib in the lake
shut off the water supply to more
than 100000 persons for several
hours.
For two days after the crisis,
which developed last Thursday
morning at 6 am, DR.. Edward A.
Piszczek, county health director,
warned sc v er y b O. y north OF
North av." to boil their water.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07

Democratic senator from Montana
who was an "isolationist" during
the war, was named director of
the AFL's new political league IN
the coming elections.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-07

Gone was symbol of unity
and liberation for millions OF
HinduS.
Evening star., 1948-12-13

cludes the case Of Ashly Kelley, q
telephone lineman here. An s-year-
old girl fell into the open manhole
In which he was working and landed
on his head.
And Edwin Steffe, q singer we'll
known here, was sIung by a bee
Evening star., 1948-12-13

which became trapped under his
wig while Mr.. Steffe was taking part
In an outdoor opera performance In
st. Louis.
The shooting cigarette belonged to
James Drager Of Beloit, Wis. He
placed 1t. lighted, In an ashtray.
The heat exploded q bullet which
had been left In the asntray, and
Mr.. Drager was wounded in an arm.
Benjamin Quinland, admitted to a
st. Louis hospital as q patient,
was stabbed by q spring which
snapped loose In the bed In which
he was placed.
In jamestown, N. Y, Mrs. Roger
w. Cramer answered the doorbell.
She found only smoke. A bolt Of
lightning had rung the bell.
Kenneth Lehman, 2, escaped un-
injured when he fell from q sixth
floor window in New York City and
landed in a hedge.
Andrew Anderson of Oakland,
Calf, was struck by flying bath
tub. The tub was thrown of q
truck which had struck a bump in
the road. 1t crashed through the
top Of MFR. Anderson's automobile.
Ed Taylor Of Matewan, w. Va.
was caught between the partially
closed jaws Of power shovel which
had gone out Of control.
In Portland. Oreg, Mr.. and Mrs
Roger Clark escaped a fall over a
!. 50-foot embankment when their
automobile stopped after striking
a sign reading: Drive Carefully
and Avoid Accidents"
And in Chicago Paul Jones, direc-
tor of public information for the
National Safety Council, slipped on
the ice-covered driveway of his
home and broke his arm.
Evening star., 1948-12-13
Six Convicfs Give Skin
To Help Save Burned Chile
Nv the Assoe;o,.d pr...

BY the Assoeioisd Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 13.-If
5-year-old Sandra Carpenter re-
covers, she can thank six Ohio Pen
itentiary convicts.
The convicts gave Sandra 100
inches Of skin, inches wide, to
help her recover from burns that
covered most Of her body. Prison
officials did not disclose the names
of the convicts.
Evening star., 1948-12-13
Years List of Freak Accidents
Includes Man Shot by Cigarette

A man was shot by cigarette and
another was stabbed by hedspring
in freak accidents this year.
A summary Of odd mishaps In
194S, appearing in the December is.
sue of Public Safety, magazine Of
the National Safety Council, also in
Evening star., 1948-04-08
Dovy Tells Of Counter-Spy
Role in German Embassy Visits

iattache, were indicted for an attempt
to blow up the Welland Canal and
sent packing, sometime before AM
bassador Won Bernstorff was given
his papers. Mr.. Davy then had his
own electrical contracting business.
''The Secret Service couldn't get
in the place." said Mr.. Davy, "but
II could go there anytime. / took
care of their electrical problems.
Someone asked me to check on per-
sonnel. They wanted to know who
was still at the embassy and who
had disappeared. reported to
Warren S. Hadley in the District
building department. don't know
to whom he gave the information.
zone day I went there, and they
were cleaning out everything. They
had emptied wine cellar and put
all the bottles on the table. One
of the household staff opened a
very tall bottle Of clear liquid
packed in straw and asked me if
I would have drink. had one
7 don't know what 1t was, but it
was strong.
"He said. TRY on this coat I
put on the coat. 1t was lined with
brown seal tMr. Davy Is tall
man. It touched the floor. THAT
is Capt. Boy-ed's coat he said. 1T
cost $500. It's yours for S. He
wanted to sell me Capt. Won Papen's
$4,000 electric automobile for ST..
But I said no. / was too patriotic
to take any of that German stuff. I"
Evening star., 1948-04-08
By George Kennedy

The startling information thai
Orrin j. Davy, secretary Of the AS
1 sociation of Oldest Inhabitants
! functioned in the counter espionage
service before American entry in
| World War came to light last night
at the meeting in the Old Union
Engine House, Nineteenth and n
street NV.
John Clagett Proctor, president
and mentor of the reminiscence
sessions, had suggested they talk
about Highland Terrace, the old
exclusive section northwest OF
Thomas circle. Mr.. Proctor had
gone to Sunday school In the 'Lu-
theran Church at Thomas circle
| 10 years ago and has been interested
| in the section since.
He had prepared a few notes on
the houses on the hill facing Mass
achusetts avenue, such as the fact
that 1921 was built by Samuel H
Kaufman, first president of The
Star Newspaper Co., and that 1435
was built by Thomas B. Ferguson
and occupied by Senator George
Hearst, father Of William Randolph
Hearst, before it became the Ger
man Embassy.
| 1t was not successful subject
for reminiscence. The members pres
ent had not been familiar with the
purlieus of Highland Terrace, with
one exception-that was Mr.. Davy
He said he used to have entree to
the embassy. That was in 1916 when
Capt. Franz Won Papen, the military
attache, and Capt. Boy-ed, the naval
Evening star., 1948-04-08

Because of transportation troubles
London commuters are trying to
move within II miles of the city's
center,
Evening star., 1948-04-08
Lawyer in Pickpockef Case
Discovers Wallet Is Gone

Attorney Joseph Rotwein today
was searching for wallet con-
tanning $25 which he missed from
his hip pocket yesterday after de-
Tending a pickpocket suspect in Dis
trict Court.
Mr.. Rotwein told reporters he was
certain he had the wallet during
the morning trial session but that
lit was missing when he returned to
his Office in the 1400 block Of G
street shortly after noon.
His client, John c. Corbitt, 26,
of the 1900 block of Sixth street
NV, was charged with taking $38
from the pocket of q streetcar pas
senger on January 10. A District
Court jury was dismissed by jus
tice David A. Pine after consider
ing the case fruitlessly for more
than six hours.
Mr.. Rotwein said he believed the
wallet fell from his pocket during
the trip to his ONCE and harbored
no suspicion about his client.
Evening star., 1948-02-13
Man Is Held After Police
Find Wife Beaten in House

Shortly after he reported to police
today that his wife was missing, Will
liam Green, 35, meatcutter, was
arrested by police, who located Mrs
Green. She had been cut and
bruised about the head and body.
Pvt. w. B. Bowman and A. L
Kragh of the third precinct said
they found Mrs. Edna Green, 81, al
the Green home in the 2100 block
of K street NV. She was taken tt
Emergency Hospital and transferred
to Gallinger.
Green was held pending outcome
of his wife's injuries. Police sale
he told an incoherent story, but ad-
mitting striking her. He had ap-
peared with his two daughters, A ano
9 years old, at both the first ano
third precincts early today, report
ing his wife had gone away with
a man, police said. The children
were turned over to the Public We'll
fare Board. Police described Green
as a former patient at st, Eliza
beths Hospital.
Evening star., 1948-02-13
8 Additional Students Register
For Star Calendar Art Contest

lchial schools In Washington and
the Metropolitan Area.
Each of the six winners in the
contest, which closes April l, will
receive a 500 Savings Bond. The
pictures will be published in The
Evening Stars 1949 Calendar.
The pictures will be on display in
the lobby of the Commerce De-
partment Building for two weeks,
starting May l. An opportunity will
be given those attending the ex-
hibit to vote for the picture con-
sidered best, and the public choice
will be considered the first winner
A committee of judges, headed by
Clifford K. Bergman, The Stars
Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist
will select the other five winners.
ALI registration cards should be
mailed to the Art Contest Editor
Room 724. The Evening Star Build
ling, where all information on the
contest may be obtained. Those de-
string to obtain entry blanks and
rules pamphlets may get them by
writing to or calling at Room 724
Evening star., 1948-02-13
Death Of Man Is Ninth
District Traffic Fatality

The Districts ninth traffic fatal
IT. of the year was reported by
police today with the death OF q
man who was struck by an auto
mobile last Saturday.
Robert Rhea, 40, colored, no fixed
address, died last night at Casualty
Hospital. Police said he was struck
last Saturday on K street near First
street NE, by an automobile driven
by Wesley H Sanders, 36, Of 4011
North Fifth street, Arlington.
A date for a coroners inquest
will be set later.
Seriously injured this morning was
Mrs. Mary Green, so, colored, 1926
B street NE, who slipped and fell
into the path of a Mount Pleasant
streetcar in the 1900 block of East
Capitol street. She was removed to
Casualty Hospital where physicians
said she had sustained crushed ribs
and head injuries.
Police listed the operator of the
streetcar as Jackie Lyerly, 633
Eighth street NE.
Another streetcar struck Francis
Lane, 13, of 1431sD street Sc, last
night in the HOO block of Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc, police reported
The boy was taken to Gallinger Hos
pital with head injuries. The driver
of the vehicle was identified as
Herman H. Simmons, Is, of 1887 Cal
vert street NV, by police.
Evening star., 1948-02-13
President Pledges
Labor Law Support

President Truman has as much
dislike as ever for the Taft-Hartley
Act, but he says the Justice De-
partment simply is doing its duty
under the law in prosecuting Philip
Murray and the CIO.
Mr.. Murray and the CIO were in
dicted by Federal grand jury here
two days ago on q charge Of vio-
lating a provision banning union
contributions for political purposes
The President explained his stand
at q news conference yesterday
when he was asked for comment on
the indictment. He recalled that
he said said the law would be in
forced, but told q questioner he had
not been in touch with the Justice
Department on the matter.
Representative Brehm, Repub-
lican, of Ohio, q member of the
House Labor Committee, said
meanwhile, that Attorney General
Clark should be asked to pass on
the validity of the political activ-
ity section. of the law.
He told the House it was not the
intent of Congress to interfere with
free speech or publication of polit-
ical news in bona flde" labor
newspapers, and referred to the
CIO indictment as "poppycock'
and q sham battle"
Evening star., 1948-02-13
Rutland Urges $500 Raise
For Ga|Iinger Top Officials

Health Office George c.. Rutland
said yesterday he believed "substan-
tial' pay increases. no less than $500
a year, should be given Gallinger
Hospital department heads to re-
duce the rapid turnover OF chief
medical officers.
His statement, in line with views
he has repeatedly expressed, fol-
lowed announcement that DR.. Robert
H. Barter of the wisconsin State
General Hospital would report. fol
duty July / as chief of obstetrics
and gynecology.
DR.. Barter succeeds DR.. Leslie v
Dill, who resigned from his 1881
post to enter private practice. Many
of Gallinger's chief medical officers
have left or threatened to leave ir
recent months, contending the pay
is too low.
Congressional action will be re-
quired, DR.. Rutland pointed out, tt
effect any change in pay OF de-
partment chiefs, who do not receive
regular Civil Service increases undel
the Ramspeck Act.
Evening star., 1948-02-13
D. {. Group Plans School
OF Architectural Draftinq

A school to give young students
thorough training in architectural
drafting is being planned by the
District Chapter, American Institute
of Architects.
The chapter, which met last night
in the Potomac Boat Club, ap-
pointed committee of five to study
the matter. The committee COM
prises Julian Berla. Victor Abel,
Louis Justament, Nicholas Scatter
lie and Mrs. c. Smith, all Wash
ington architects. According to
Frank. Duane, chapter member, the
group feels that the level of teach
ing in the field of drafting must
be raised.
Four speakers from the Bureau
of Standards addressed the meeting
John w. McBurney spoke on ma
sonry and materials; H. E. Robin
son, insulation; R. K. Cook, ac-
coustics, and P. r. Achenback
heating.
Representative Muhlenberg, Re-
publican, of Pennsylvania was
elected an honorary member of the
District chapter.
Evening star., 1948-02-13
Panel on Library Work
As Career Set Sunday

A panel discussion on Librarian
ship as a Career" will be held at 4
pm. Sunday at Catholic University
sponsored by the Washington chap
ter of the Special Libraries Associa-
ton and the department of library
science of Catholic University.
On the panel will be Miss Nora
Buest, supervisor of children's work
in the Office of Education; Mrs
Katherine Hauck, personnel chief al
the District Public Library; Miss
Jane Mcclure, library adviser of the
Army's Far East Command; Miss
Ruth Macdonald, chief of the cata-
loging division of the Army Medical
Library; Joseph Reason, Howard
University librarian; Howard Rovel-
Stad, library director, University OF
Maryland, and Mrs. Kathleen Steb-
bins, executive secretary Of the
Special Libraries Association.
Evening star., 1948-02-13
John Robert Hale Dies
HyuttsviIIe Resident

Funeral services for John Robert
Hale, Al, who died of a heart attack
Tuesday, were to be held this after
noon at Gasch's funeral home,
473s Baltimore avenue, Hyattsville.
Burial was to be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Mr.. Hale lived at 2017 Powhatan
road, West Hyattsville. He was born
in Washington and attended schools
here. He was salesman for Robin
son, Inc, fuel dealer here, and
worked at the Baltimore ship yards
before becoming a cab driver two
years ago.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs
Agnes Elizabeth Hale; two daugh-
ters. Janet Gertrude Hale, 4; Mrs
Jack Kincaid, Washington; three
sons, John H, Robert L. and Law
renee M. Hale, all of West Hyatts-
ivlle; his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Percy L. Hale; three sisters, Mrs
Richard Robey, Miss Lillian Hale
and Mrs. William Spencer; two
brothers, William F. Hale, all o1
Washington, and Alvie r. Hale
Takoma Park, and one grandson.
Evening star., 1948-02-13
Madison School Generally
Approved at Inspection

An inspection of Madison School
last night by the Falls Church
School Board revealed the building
to be generally in good condition,
but the board criticized the store
rooms, which 1t said were filled
with garbage and trash.
Mrs. Mark Regan, chairman OF
the Town Board, said that the rest
rooms, which have been the SUBJ
ject of considerable criticism by the
board, were found TO be lin excel
lent condition" The board was in
formed that contract has been let
to a Vienna contractor to enlarge
the rest rooms. This work was
authorized year ago by the Fairfax
County School Board, but due to a
shortage of materials last summer
nothing was done.
Anticipating that another short
age might occur again next sum-
mer, the Town Board asked Supt
w. T. Woodson to instruct the con-
tractor to acquire the materials i'm
mediately.
Mrs. Regan reported that John
Miles has been named as the Falls
Church Parent Teacher Association
member on the recently appointed
special committee to study the feast
bility of setting up a separate schoo
district for the Falls Church area