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Evening star., 1948-10-13
Talks 10 End PetriIIo Ban
On Recording Collapse
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Oct. 13.-Negotia-
tions to end the American Fedora
ton Of Musicians recording ban col
lapsed yesterday.
At the end Of sessions which
opened a week ago, the following
short statement was issued:
"The AIM and industry repre-
sentatives regret to announce that
current discussions have failed to
produce an agreement. No further
meetings have been scheduled"
Both record company officials and
James c. Petrillo, ATM president,
refused to disclose the points OF dis
agreement.
The recording ban has been in ef-
feet since December 81, 1947, when
the old contract expired. The Taft
Hartley Act prohibited a new con-
tract containing the previous pro-
visions for record royalties paid di-
rectly to the unions welfare fund.
The basis for the present discus
sions was a proposal by Mr.. Petrillo
for a welfare fund to be admins
tered by an impartial trustee.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
BBC Reporter Kidnapped
By GuerriIIas, Greeks Say
BY the Associaisd Press

ATHENS, Oct. l3.-Greek author
tiles said today that guerrillas hav
kidnapped Kenenth Matthews, Brit
ish Broadcasting Corp, correspond
ent, from q hotel In the North
eastern Peloponnesus.
Police at Argos said Mr.. Mat
thews and a woman, identified a
Anne Michael, were abducted by
small band Sunday, but the womal
was released after a few minute.
They said military detachment
have been dispatched to pursue tn
rebels.
(The BIC said in London that
1t had no direct word from Mr..
Matthews, who has been In
Greece since March, l946.)
Anne Michael is an employe o
the BIC transcription service. Tn
Ministry of Public Order said tn
guerrillas told her Mr.. Matthew
would be released in two days.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
France
Continued From First Page.)

to demand increased wages. The
non-Communist Catholic unions
Joined in calling a 48-hour strike,
but since have declared their will
ingness to 60 back to work. For the
past week Communist spokesmen
have been emphasizing the political
character OF the stoppage.
The CGT, which last week called
merchant marine workers out for "a
hours, gave the nod to the dock
workers.
As usual the strike call is pur-
portedly for higher wages and lowe,
prices. Formal notice has been given
that at least two great French ports
lie Havre and Calais-will be
paralyzed for day.
Rail Situation Confused.
The situation in the railroads re.
mains confused.
In general rail stoppages easeo
somewhat. Many key centers voted
to return to work, bringing freight
travel back to 80 per cent of normal
However, strike votes were being
taken in at least seven key rail
centers and many are expected to be
hit by stoppages. Brest rail workers
have voted to strike until Saturday
At Rennes even the Catholic Union
wc--ers voted with the Communists
In iavor of national rail strike.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Moscow Brands Churchill
As Warmonger No. /
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

LONDON, Oct. 13.-The Moscow
radio yesterday called Winston
Churchill the worlds "warmonger
No. J."
The broadcast referred to Mr.
Churchill's address Saturday to a
Conservative Party rally in Liam
dudno, Wales, in which he bitterly
assailed Russian policies and urged
the United States to hold onto its
atom bombs.
He has always called for a new
world war" the broadcast said. "At
Llandudno he spoke about the same
thing. 1t is not for nothing he has
been christened in democratic cir
cles of the world as warmonger
No. !. -"
'It is quite obvious Churchill =
reckons now to return to power on
the crest Of a new war. He is
the adviser of American expansion
lists, the foremost ideologist OF inter-
national reaction, and the hardened
enemy of the Soviet Union"
Evening star., 1948-10-13
A.,B. Fare Boost
OF p Gents Becomes
Effective Saturday

Increased fares will 60 into effect
Saturday on buses Of the Alexan-
dria, Barefoot g. Washington Tran
sit Co. under authority granted yes
terday by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Although the ICC order affects
only interstate lines between Wash
ington and nearby Virginia, the
fares on intrastate routes also will
be raised under authority granted
recently by the Virginia State Cor
poration Commission.
The changes will eliminate the 10
cent fare on all interstate lines ex-
cept In zone /, which includes the
Pentagon and Arlington Navy An
mex. The firm did not ask for an
increase in zone 1.
One Reduction Provided.
Present 10-cent fares will be 1875
cents 6 cents cash and a 75-cent
token) and the 12.5-cent fares will
be Is cents. The present l2.5 token,
or 15-cent cash fare to and from
Runyon's Filling Station, west of
Baileys Cross Roads, will be 20 cents.
The order provides one reduction
from Is to 20 cents in the fare
to and from the Virginia Theologi-
cal Seminary.
Intrastate fares will 90 up from
I cents to a 7.5-cent token or 10
cents cash, and from 10 cents to
125 cents (token and CASH or IS
cents cash.
The firm now sells only a 12.5-
cent token but the ICC said it had
no objection to the company plan
to sell two tokens for Is cents rather
than eight for 81. A company
spokesman said, however. that
AB&W will ask the ICC for a for
NAL directive on the matter today
Will Use Same Token.
The change in tokens will be made
SO that only one value will be nee
essary for use on both interstate and
intrastate lines, company spokes-
man said.
Evening star., 1948-10-13

thought of reducing retirement an
nuities for rank-and-file Govern
ment workers.
POLITICAL DOS AND DON'TS-
Although the Hatch Act restricts the
political activities of Government
employees considerably, it does allow
them some freedom in this regard.
Unfortunately, however, most Gov
ernment workers are not aware OF
what they are permitted to do. The
chief reason for this lack of knowl-
edge is that the Government never
has explained adequately to its en-
ployes the workings Of the Hatch
Act.
For example, Government workers
may engage in the following political
activities without violating the
Hatch Act:
!. Join political organizations such
as Dewey for President" or '"Tru-
man for President" clubs. The only
restriction is that they cannot occupy
executive posts in these organiza-
tions and must not take an active
part in the activities of these groups
2. Make voluntary cash contribu-
tions to political parties.
8. Display any political stickers or
buttons, although 1t is considered
inappropriate for employees to dis
play these emblems while at work.
I. Have members Of their immedi-
ate families participate fully in polit-
ical activities.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-The next
holiday for Government employees
Is Thursday, November II, Armistice
Day. Leo L. Miller, the executive
assistant to Federal Security .Ad-
ministrator Oscar Ewing, has been
selected as that agency's fair en-
ployment oficer in the Govern
ment's antidiscrimination program
The job of medical oficer, with
starting salary of from $6,235 to
$7,192 q year, Is available at the
Veterans Administration. Apply at
room POST, Munitions Building
Twentieth street and Constitution
avenue NV, or apply by mail to
VAS Central Once. Washington IS
D. c. DR.. s. L. Emsweller Of
the Agriculture Department has just
won the Leonard H. Vaughan
Memorial Research Award of $500
for his research work. Foster
j. Pratt will soon resign as secre-
tary-treasurer Of the AFL Govern
ment Employees Council. Mr.. Pratt
who has played leading role in
Government union activities for
many years, is leaving to take a
Federal job.
fBe sure and listen euerv Sun.
day at I:15 am. oper WMAL,
The Star station, for Joseph
Young's Federal Spotlight broad
cast, featuring additional neUs
and vietDs of Government affairs
and personalities
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Rites 10 Be Held frioav
For James P. Kirby,
Writer, Crimino|oqist

Requiem mass will be sung al
$50 am. Friday for James P. Kirby
56, veteran newspaperman, press
relations adviser and criminologist
who died In Georgetown University
Hospital Monday. He had been a
Washington resident since 194l.
Mr.. Kirby died of amyothrophic
lateral scerosis, the rare spinal dis
ease that caused the death of Lou
Gehrig. Mr.. Kirby had been III
since last December.
The rites will be in the Shrine
Of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Church, Western avenue at Quesada
street NV. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Held OCD Post
Mr.. Kirby enterd Government
service here in 194l as director OF
information and press relations for
the Once Of Civilian Defense and
later served as press consultant for
the American Outdoor Advertising
Association and for the Army Times
Publishing Co. His home here was
at 572l Moreland street NV.
Mr.. Kirby's long newspaper career
included service as a stan writer for
the Brooklyn Eagle, New York, De-
troit and Cleveland papers. Dur
ing IS years with the Cleveland
Press, he helped organize the char
ter unit there Of the American
Newspaper Guild, later serving sew
eral times as its president. He was
a native Of Brooklyn.
His career as q criminologist dates
from 1922. when he was named first
chief probation oficer Of the Cleve-
land criminal courts. He established
the first psychiatric clinic for con-
victed offenders In Ohio.
Wrote Textbooks.
Author of . number of textbooks
and articles on criminology, Mr..
Kirby lectured on that subject in
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Own Police Seen
By Fleming for
Shirley HiqhWay
BY the Assoeiated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. l3.-Federal
Works Administrator Fleming TOLD
the Nations police chiefs today
that he soon may have traffic po-
lice of his own along the Shirley
highway in Virginia.
LAS administrator Of the Federal
Works Agency I already have a
very small army Of building guards
throughout the country" Gen.
Fleming said in an address before
the police chiefs convention.
convention.
,"They are uniformed guards, who
have the same power as sheriffs
and constables upon Federal prop
erty.
Federal works built the Shirley
highway and access roads in Ar
lington County, Va, to service the
Pentagon Building.
These are Federal property, on
federally owned land. Because Vir-
ginia lacks jurisdiction Of this high
way we are now Id the process OF
setting up regulations-so one OF
these days I may have not only
building police but speed cops"
Evening star., 1948-10-13

flee Of the judge advocate general
OF the Army. !.
r. Heaawas a brother OF Brig Gen.
John w. Oehmann, U. S. A., re-
tired, former District building in
spector, and the father of Andrew
F. Oei1mann, an assistant United
States attorney for the District.
A native Of the District, he was
educated in public schools here. On
Americas entry into World War l.
he joined the Army and served over
seas until his discharge in May, 1919
Conducted Orchestra.
Between his Army service and his
appointment to the office OF the chief
sginal offlcer. Mr.. Oehmann was
employed in the of1ice Of the adju-
tant general.
For a few years after World War I
he conducted a dance orchestra at
Glen Echo Park, his family said.
Mr.. Oehman was a past faithful
navigator of the fourth degree,
Washington General Assembly of
the Knights of Columbus, and q for
mer member of its Washington
Council, No. 224. He also belonged
to Fort Stevens Post, No. 80, Amer
lean Legion; the Father Francis j.
Hurney Post, No. 112, of the Catholic
Was Veterans, and of the Holy Name
Society Of st. Francis de Sales
Church.
Mass Set Friday.
In addition to his brother and
son is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Frances M. Oehmann, 1924 Varnum
street NE; daughter, Mrs. John
K. Bottomly of Boston; another
brother, John H. Oehmann of
Washington; a sister, Mrs. Robert
M. Kennedy of Tampa, Fla, and
two grandchildren.
Requiem mass will be said at
10 am. Friday at st. Francis de
Sales Church. Twentieth street and
Rhode Island avenue NE. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
ItuIy
Continued From First Page.)

July II "can come at any moment.
July IA was the day he was wounded
by a would-be assassin, an act
which touched of a general strike
the government described as revo.
lutionary in character.
Togliatti repeated Communist
charges that Premier Alcide de Gas.
peri is "enSlaved to domestic ano
foreign conservative forces" ano
seeks to continue his regime Of
privilege in favor of small groups
Asks profound Social Change"
He insisted on the necessity for q
profound social change"
Asserting that the Italians Just
won "a war of the people, a war
Of liberation" in overthrowing
fascism, Togliatti warned Mr.. De
Casper:
"A July IA can come at any mo-
ment."
Italy's railways will halt tomor-
row from / am. to noon in support
OF a nine-hour strike by state en-
ployes demanding higher wages.
The employees demands were re-
jected last week by Parliament as
"infiationary."
Phones to Be Unaffected.
An appeal issued by the "Co-ordi-
mating Committee of State EN-
ployes" and the pro-Communist
italian General Confederation o1
Labor (CGID said the strike will
be the first widespread protest OF
state and local employees against
the refusal To consider their i'm
mediate and legitimate requests, op.
posed by the government.
Customs officials will cease work
between noon and pm. The state
owned telephone and telegraphic
system, fire brigades, hygiene Of
fees, hospitals and other public
utilities will operate normally, how
ever.
Evening star., 1948-10-13

q ! { q yesterday
at the N a v a !
Medical Center
at Beth e S d a,
Md, after a
neart a t t a C K
suffered Monday
at his Office. .
Mr.. Oehlnann
was employed in
tlae office Of the.
ct1tef signal Of
hcer for nearly
! Is years. He
first en- t er e d
q o " e I n m e n t
service in May,
1917 in the of.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Curiosity Over Tube
In Throot Kills Man
BY the Associotsd Press

DUBOIS. Pa, Oct. 13.-John Ber.
natowicz, SO. enjoyed the attention
the surgical tube in his throat
aroused. He took it out to show
friends, then found he couldn't re.
place it. Deputy Coroner F. I. Gil
lung said the man died OF suffo.
cation.
Six weeks ago, Mr.. Bernatowic7
underwent an operation in Pitts.
burgh in which his windpipe was
removed. The tube was inserted se
he could breath.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Stricken Swedish King
Spends Quiet Night
BY the Asseeiafsd Press

" ms %ss0S'o'eo r'oss
HOLM, Oct. liking
Gustaf v of Sweden, i'll with in
huenza, had a quiet night, his at
tendants at Drottningholm Castle
said today.
The 90-year -old King became Ill
yesterday and was given penicillin
treatment.
Evening star., 1948-10-13

ana q g e n c lS 8
may hire, was
adopted by Con-
greSs first in l046
and has been
continued since.
Pentagon off,
cials point out
t h a t Congress
this year voted
the Army, Navy
and Air Force
D e p O rt m e n Is
huge sums for
military expan-
sion in the cur
rent defense pro-
ororo p,1f naca-
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Dining Car Regulations
On Southern Railroads
Upheld by D. {. Court

District Court Judge Alexander
Holtzoff today. in a case here. fol-
lowed up a Baltimore District Court
ruling that dining car regulations
on Southern railroads do not dis
criminate against Negroes with a
judgment in favor of the Southern
Railway.
The railroad was granted a sum-
mary Judgment in suit brought
by Bishop Cameron Chesterfield AL
leyne and his wife OF Philadelphia
who are colored, seeking $4,000
damages each.
The suit said that on August 10,
1946. while they were travelling from
Knoxville, Tenn, they entered a
dining car for lunch. They sat at
a table opposite one occupied by a
group of colored persons, but were
informed they could not be served
since only one table was reserved
for Negroes, 1t was brought out.
No Lunch, They Charged.
The Alleynes charged they got
no lunch and held the railroad vio-
lated the 14th amendment and
the Interstate Commerce Act.
Judge Holtzof ruled the railways
regulations were upheld on Septem-
ber 26 by the District Court in Bal
timore as fair and reasonable and
that he would take the same course.
The Southern carriers in 1946
adopted a policy OF setting aside
for Negroes table or two in cur
tanned or partitioned section at the
kitchen end of the dining cars.
The majority opinion of the
Baltimore court said:
Racial segregation of interstate
passengers is not forbidden by any
provision Of the Federal Constitu-
ton, the Interstate Commerce Act
or any other act of Congress. as
long as there is no real inequality
Of treatment of those Of different
races"
The court found the present regu-
lation sets aside about per cent
of a dining cars capacity for
Negroes and that Negroes make up
dUOut Pei CCIlL VI QlIlIIlS CdE pa
irons.
Case Arose in 1912.
One Of the three judges deciding
the case dissented In the case, which
arose IN 1912 when Elmer w. Hen
derson, colored, of Baltimore, asked
for damages on a charge he was
denied dining car service on a trip
from Baltimore to Atlanta.
|" The Interstate Commerce Com
mission dismissed his claim for dam
ages, but the three-judge District
Court ruled in 1914 that dining car
regulations did not give Substantial
equality Of treatment" to Negroes.
The railroads then started setting
aside the special table or section.
The ICC found this adequate, but
Mr.. Henderson again appealed to
the court.
Bishop Alleyne is superintendent
of the fourth Episcopal district OF
the African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Andrewl. 0ehmann,
Signal Corps Records
Administrator, Dies

Andrew L. Oehmann, so. records
administrator for the Army Signal
Corps and a veteran of more than
30 years of Government service,
Evening star., 1948-10-13

Hong Kong, China, has shipped
over 2,400y 900 pounds Of feathers to
'~'erica in seven months Of this
Evening star., 1948-10-13
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Defense Officials Seek to Lift
Personnel Ceilings to Needs
By Joseph Young

The Army Air Force Navy Departments are hampered
IN their civilian hiring plans owing to the personnel
ceiling requirements that have been imposed them
National Defense officials plan Congress January
lift the personnel ceilings they may have leeway
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Weather Report

District Of Columbia-Some cloudi-
ness this afternoon with highest
about 81. Fair tonight with lowest
about 46 except around 40 in subur-
ban areas. Tomorrow mostly sunny
with high about SO.
Maryland-Fair except some cloud
mess in the mountains and rather
cool tonight. Tomorrow fair and
mild in afternoon.
Virginia-Fair tonight and tomor-
row. Little change in temperature.
Wind velocity, l3 miles per hour;
direction, west-southwest.
River Report
From y. g. Engtneers.)
Evening star., 1948-10-13

civilian hfr1ngs.
The personnel ceilings, which
place limit on the number of
persons that Federal departments
Evening star., 1948-10-13

fBe sure and listen every Sum-
day at u:15 am. oper WMAL,
The Star station, for Joseph
Young's Federal Spotlight broad
cast, featuring additional news
and Uie1Ds OF Government affairs
and personalities
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-25
SPECIAL RADIO PROGRAM GOOD FRIDAY AFTERNOON

An unusual Good Friday radio program will be heard tomorrow afternoon on KINY at 1:30 o'clock. It will consist of both recorded and live portions blended together in a 90-minute devotional broadcast of appeal to all, regardless of faith. The voice of Monsignor Fulton J.. Sheen will be heard discussing the seven last words of Christ; Marion Anderson will sing sacred arias by Bach; and the Rev. Joseph NIGEL meel, veteran Alaskan Cleric, will read exercises from the Passion ac- cording to St. Matthew in the Ron aid Knox translation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-25
16 COME; 6f LEAVE
 BY AlhSkA COASTAL

Alaska Coastal flights yesterday arrived with 16 and left with 61 passengers as follows;
 From Sitka: Earl N1cGinty, Ray Jean Blanc and R. Mayo; from Hoo nah: Ben Y Gen; from Angoon: Daniel Johnson; from Petersburg: c. Flager, c. A. Chamberlain K E. Edwards; from KetchiKan: R c. Rice
 From Taku EIarbor Art Skinner; from Haines: Harold Gallant; from skasway. P. Story, Olga Sullivan, Eleanor Thomas, and J. B Harris.
 To Tulsequah C. J. Linden ", Rorneinan, Jack Linden, A. Somi, J. Putanen. J. Dean, J. Doyle, J. Kraft, B Cyr, Allen Ross. w. Black etad, Pete Brown, P. Watscn, R. 6auschack, John Bushnik, A. Arm strong, E. Sweeney, C. Bacon, Pete Caron, c. Price, c. Hummel P. Collins, R. A. Redhalb E. Barron, W. P. Dunbar, H. Giegerich, George Mckay, R. AIatson, J. Stemson and J. Sadowski.
 To Haines: Ted George, Carl Mill Ter, r. Clartan, G. R. Kelly, J. New comer, Mrs. J. Maehim and Joe Mil Ter.
 To Ketchikan: Charles Burdick and E. K. Jensen; to Wrangell: Earl Faulkner; to Taku Harbor A. Skin- ner
 To Sitka: MT and Mrs. Earl Mil Ter and children. Emily Marks, Mrs. Mary Marks, Earl McGinty and Bud Phelps.
 To Gustavus: Arthur Lappi, and John c. Ness; to Hoonah: Mary Johnson, Tom Johnson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-25
MANY ALASKANS ON
 VISIT, WASHINGTON

According to Delegate Bartlett's news letter dated March l9, Rob- ert E. Ellis, Mayor of Ketchikan and head of the Ellis Airiines, call ed on the delegate while in Wash ington on business.
 MT. and Mrs. Marshall c. Hoppin of Anchorage are spending a few days in the Nations Capital on a combined business and pleasure trip. MT. Hoppin is president of the Alaska Air Transport Associa- ton.
 David L. A-ac1ermid of Tok Junction is visiting his mother in Washington and plans to return to Alaska within six weeks.
 Clarence J. Rhode of the AL aska office of the Fish and Wild life Service and whose headquarters are at Anchorage, is in Washing ton on business trip.
 James A. Miller, who left Fair banks in 1889, called on Delegate Bartlett recently. For the past five years Mir. Miller has been in Eu- rope. and while there married stockholm girl He is with Ameri- can Overseas Airlines and has been
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-25
cop CENTRAL C0M.
 OF ALASkA ENDS Z
 DAY ANNUAL SESSI0N

The Republican Central Commit tee of Alaska yesterday concluded it's two day annual meeting. All members of the Committee and all Divisions were represented.
 The call for the Republican Ma tlcnal Convention was acknowledg" cd and discussed. Alaska's ap- portionment in the National Con- ycnticn is the same as in pre- vicus conventions, three delegates and three alternates at-large.
 Discussion of the Republican Territorial Convention resulted in the appointment of a committee on convention arrangements con- sisting c1 the four divisional chair men. This committee will consid-
 r the invitations from several Alaskan cities and fix the time and place for holding the Terri orial convention
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-25

lapel and a certificate signed ey the Secretary of Agriculture.
 Of the 50 employees now under permanent appointment in the AL aska region, the 26 receiving awards have woiked an average of 37 years each. In tHe 30 year class. two have worked an average of 37 yeals each, in the 20 year group, Il have an ay- craze 24 years each and in the 10 year class, Is have rendered public service for an average of l4 years each. Appropriately enough, Region al Forester B. Prank Heintzleman heads the list with over 37 years of service.
 It will interest Alaskans to know stated the Regional Forester, that of the 521 years of service rendered Ly the employees receiving awards, 72 percent of their time was spent in the Alaska Region. Nine of these