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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-17

flee. Nine hundred twenty thou
sand Americans had voted for
Gene Debs! In 1921 Debs was
released by presidential decree
after a long popular campaign.
His health ruined, DebS' activ-
ity was. limited. He died Octo-
Der 20, 1926.
Head of Americas first in
dustrial union of railroad work
ers in 1894, Gene Debs in his
lifetime saw the labor move
ment grow out of its swaddling
clothes. He was part and parcel
of the fight for an eight-hour
day, for the right to organize,
for industrial unions, for the
unity of all workers, regardless
of color or creed.
Debs was a pioneer in the
realm of Independent political
activity for labor. And from
workers and farmers action at
that time came features of
American democracy which to-
day we take for granted: wom-
an suffrage. abolition of child
labor. workmen's compensation
laws and the popular election
of U. S. senators. Indeed these
things were fought for on pick
ct lines and in demonstration
NOT graciouslY handed down
by NAM pappas and their con-
gressional big wigs.
THIS is brief sampling of
Bill Cahn's and Herb Morals
exciting story of great labor
leader. AS their foreword says:
Scene Debs is part of Amer
lea. To know him is to know a
great American tradition. And
to act according to this tradi-
ton is to guarantee a future of
security and peace"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-17
Behind Berlin Fszekus

once again Berlin has be-
" come front page news -
Berlin from which a Four Power
Control Council was to direct the
administration of Germany until
a peace treaty was agreed upon
and signed.
Late on June 20. the Soviet
Military Administration in Berlin
announced the temporary closing
of the main rail line into the
western sectors of Berlin-the
Helmstedt-Berlin line--to effect
repairs made necessary by its
continuous heavy use during the
last three years.
The Western Allies immedi-
ately charged the Soviets with
'blockading' the poor starving
Berliners in their zones. When
Lieut.. Gen. Sir Brian Robertson,
British Military Governor in Ger
many, protested the railway stop
page, Marshal VASTLY D. Soko-
lovsky, Chief of the Soviet Mill
tary Administration in Germany,
stated in his reply on June 10Th
that food supplies in Berlin will
last for some more weeks" and
that the Soviet administration
hoped by that time "to have rail
transport back in complete oper-
alton, as appears possible and en-
tirely necessary under the exist
ing difficult conditions.
HOWEVER. the United States
considered the situation as OPP
perfume to American airpower.
1t is doubtful that protest notes
and air armadas will be instru-
mental in breaking the present
stalemate in Berlin. It's roots go
deeper than a broken-down rail-
road line.
AS a recent editorial in the
New York Post said:
I'VE have led in deliberately
/ planning a rebuilding of the an
cient Germany of the Ruhr. to-
gether with its industrial plants.
its International cartelization and
its robbery of incentives and raw
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-17

recently merged zones of Ger
many.
The Western powers action
brought the German crisis. of
which the Berlin crisis is only a
minor part. TO a head.
FOLLOWING the introduction
of the Western currency reform,
Marshal VASTLY D. Sokolovsky
announced a number of meas
ures Sin order to protect the in
terests of the population and the
economy of the Soviet zone and
prevent disorganization of cur
rency circulation"
y 4
THESE MEASURES included
the prohibition of the circulation
or importation of the new. West
ern banknotes in the Soviet zone
of Germany cor in the area of
Greater Berlin which is located
in the Soviet zone and constitutes
an economic part of that zone"
They put severe restrictions and
controls on all passenger traffic
and other transport between the
Soviet and the Western zones.
Earlier that week, on June "a,
the foreign ministers of eight
Eastern European nations-all
victims of Nazi aggression-had
met in Warsaw to discuss the fu-
ture of Germany. The foreign
ministers agreed on a five-point
program for the unification of
Germany, based on the Potsdam
Agreement. AS reported by the
Associated Press four of the five
points were:
~ GermanY's demilitarization
by four-power agreement.
~ The establishment. for an
agreed-upon period. of four-pow-
er control over the Ruhr's heavy
industry for the purpose of de-
veloping production for peace
and of preventing the re-estab-
ishment of GermanY's war po-
tential.
"3 The creation by four power
agreement of provisional demo-
cratic alderman government.
"a The conclusion of a peace
treaty with Germany in order to
withdraw the occupation troops
from Germany within one year
after the conclusion of the peace
treaty in accordance with the
Potsdan Agreement"
=
THE FIFTH point called for an
elaboration of the measures on
the fulfillment by Germany of
her reparations oblig tions
toward the states which suffered
from German aggression"
The eight participants at the
Warsaw conference were: Al
bania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia,
Hungary, Poland, Romania, the
Soviet Union and Yugoslavia,
Evening star., 1948-04-29
Maryland 10 Retire Bonds
Worth S53S,0OO June |
by tho Assoeiatsd Press

BALTIMORE. April 20. Tho
State Roads Commission will retire
another s538,ooo of its 2h per cent
toll bridge revenue bonds by June l.
Redemption of the bonds will
reduce the total issued to raise
money for the building of the
Susquehanna and Potomac spans to
81 1,34S,o0O from an origina p Sc ,ooo,-
00O
Traffic over the two toll bridges
has greatly exceeded original esti-
mates and the bonds being called
for redemption mature in 1856, 1855
and 1854. Under the bond contract.
an extra 3 per cent premium will
be paid for redemption ahead of
the scheduled maturity date.
The entire issue, first floated in
1887 and then renegotiated in l94l
at lower interest rates, is due to
mature in 1861.
Besides the 100000 raised from
the revenue bonds, some $4,000 900
was contributed by the Federal
Government for construction of the
two spans.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
By John v. Homer


LA PLATA, Nd, April 29.-The
primary election outlook in Charles
and st. Marys Counties is the same
as in Calvert: by light vote Mon
day the Democrats will vote for the
denomination of Representative
Sasscer and the Republicans will
pick c. Maurice Weidemeyer to op-
pose him in the November election
Party strategists in both these
Southern Maryland counties are
prepared to get out only enough
voters to assure majorities for the
two organization backed candidates
A bigger battle is In prospect be-
tween the parties at the general
election.
In campaign virtually devoid OF
issues insofar as this part of the
Maryland 5th District is concerned,
nothing has occurred to stimulate
the voters interest. Sasscer sup
porters concede that his primary
opponent, George Sachse, will bene-
fit from a friendship" vote among
some of the ), tobacco growers, but
they say Mr.. Sasscer's personal
popularity and the organization
work will give him commanding
majorities in Charles and St. Marys
There seems to: be no reason to
doubt them. For one thing, 25 Dem
ocratie workers throughout Charles
County pledged, at a meeting Sun
Evening star., 1948-04-29
Upper Marlboro Collision
Leads 10 Numbers Arrest

A minor collision near Upper
Marlboro yesterday led to the arrest
of Washington man on a charge
of possessing numbers slips.
James Williams, colored, of the
1000 block Of New Jersey avenue
NV. was arrested by Prince
Georges County Police Pvts. Charles
L. Perrygo and Carl Keech, when
his car collided with another on
Marlboro pike. near the county seat
The two policemen found a quantity
of numbers slips in Williams car.
Williams was released under 5000
bond on the possession charge and
500 for reckless driving, pending a
hearing tentatively set for Upper
Marlboro Police Court at 10 am
tomorrow. The operator of the
other car, Niles Foss of the $500
block Of North Nineteenth street
Arlington, was not charged, police
said. Neither car was damaged seri-
ously, police added.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
-Four Plead No Defense
In Virginia Tax Evasion
By the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va, April 29.-Four
persons charged with income tax
evasion entered pleas Of no defense
before Judge Sterling Hutcheson in
Federal District Court here yester-
day.
Entering the "nolo contendere"
pleas were DR.. Guy Ross Harrison,
Richmond dentist; DR.. Julian C.
Major, Alexandria dentist: Henry
Robinson, Luray dry goods mer-
chant. and Clarence c. Criser, Hot
Springs automobile dealer.
Judge Hutcheson accepted the plea
Of Dr. Harrison, member Of the State
Board of Health and widely known
dental surgeon, after restatement
of his position that to plead "nolo
contendere" is tantamount to plea
OF guilty to criminal liability "on
which prison sentence may be i'm
posed" He will pass sentence on
Harrison on Nav ~.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
Virginia Liquor Sales Drop
81 in Three Months
by the Associotsd prssx

RICHMOND. Va. April 20
Gross sales of alcoholic beverages
by Virginia's retail liquor stores
declined by sl,4oS,24s, or s.23 per
cent, for the first quarter of 194s
compared with the same period last
year, State officials reported yes
terday.
The falling off was seen by AL
coholic Beverage Control Board Of
ficials as apparently the beginning
Of the decreased buying demand
anticipated since the end of the
war and the shrinking of the war
boom's temporary population of de-
fense workers and military per-
sonnel.
This years liquor sales for jan
uary-Fe February March were $21,-
1875, TAI, against $22.603 800 last year
for the same months, ABC Off
cials reported.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
Sosscer, Weidemeyer Lead
|ChurIes, St. Morys Campaign

| day, to get as many Sasscer voter.
to the polls as required to do the
job. County Chairman Thomas P
McDonaugh of La Plata, noted tnat
the leaders of all party factions are
behind the incumbent. The leader.
predict about $50 votes in the pri.
mary, or one-fourth of party
strength.
The ST. Marys Democratic State
Central Committee headed by Dele.
gate Joseph Mattingly. is also
solidly for Representative Sasscer, is
satisfied it can roll up to l VIC
tory for him. About a third of the
county's 5000 Democrats are ex.
pected to vote.
The st. Mary's Republicans, num-
bering approximately 5000, expect
extremely light balloting, possibly al
low as ESQ. With County Chairman
j. D. Hurley and State Senator Pau
]. Bailey active for Mr.. Weidemeyer
the prospects are dark for the tive
other Republican House candidates
Edwin A. Glenn and Frank e. Van.
derhpff. both of Suitland.
;s parallel situation exists ii
Charles County among the Repub.
licans. The organization backing
for Mr. Weidemyer is being directed
by County Chairman Thomas B. R
lMifdd of Ia Plata, and State Sen.
Ator James b. Monroe of Waldorf
Fewer than a third of the 3,30(
qualified Republicans are expected
to cast ballots. however.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
p1As in North Virginia Tax Rate in Fairfax
Vote Continued Effort Is Increased Z Cents
10 Raise Teacher PayTo S3.19Per S100

A new tax rate Of $3.1s per 500
assessed valuation was approved
yesterday for Fairfax County, to
become effective July !.
In fixing the levy, the County
Board Of Supervisors discarded the
proposed rate of $3.47, deciding on
figure IL cents higher than the
current tax.
1t was estimated that the levy
will produce almost $1,500,000 for
all county purposes, the bulk of
it for school operations.
Under the new Fairfax sched-
ule, revenue from levy of 80 cents
is set aside for the general county
fund, $40 for school operations, 20
cents for school debt and capital
outlay, l cent for the police retire.
ment fund and IA cents for the
fire fund. The latter is twice the
present rate Of 7 cents and the
school debt levy was increased 5
cents from 30 cents on the 500
valuation. %~$
Evening star., 1948-04-29
54.256 Eligible 10 Cast
Ballots in Prince Georaes

A total of 54,256 Prince Georges
County voters-5, 200 more than two
years ago-now are eligible to cast
their ballots, according to county
election and registration officials.
That's the number of new voters
who registered Monday on the
countrywide registration day, the
County Board of Election Super
vlsors announced yesterday.
OF the total number, 35,899 are
Democrats and 1856 are Repub-
licans. The remaining 1,841 are in
dependents or those who declined
to state their party Affiliations.
Democrats made up more than
half Of the increase. Registrations
Monday included 3,644 Democrats,
1852 Republicans and 204 others.
The Democrats and Republicans
will be eligible to vote in their re-
spective party primaries Monday,
when the polls will be open from
Z am. to z pm.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
u. Of Va. Gives Dr.. Mitchell
Prize for Paper on Eclipse
BY the Assoeiutsd Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, April
2s.-Samuel Alfred Mitchell, retired
University of Virginia professor OF
astronomy, last night was awarded
the President and Visitors Research
Prize presented each year for the
best scientific paper published by a
faculty member during the previous
II months.
The presentation was made at the
annual meeting of Sigma XII honor
ary scientific society by North Caro-
lima members of Sigma XII, who re-
viewed scientific papers submitted
to them. Prof. Mitchell's paper was
based on his studies of total eclipses
OF the sun, made while serving as di-
rector of Leander Mccormick Oh.
servatory here.
The speaker was DR.. Joel Stebbins
noted astronomer and director OF
Washburn Observatory at the Uni.
versity of Wisconsin.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
New Express Service
Beqins in Kensinqton

Pickup and delivery railway ex-
press service for Kensington, Nd.
begins today, according to Kinsey N
Merritt, vice president in charge OF
traff1c.
Previously. express items have
been delivered to the B. & o. sta
ton at Kensington. The owners
were notified and had to pick up
packages at the station. Packages
being sent out also bad to be
brought to the station.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
Somerset May Not Try
Oyster Case Appeals
BY the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, April 29.-Mary-
lands Tidewater Fisheries Commits
sion was told yesterday that IS cases
appealed from oyster law convic-
tions may not be prosecuted in
Somerset County.
Two appeals were tried in the
county court. Inspector John H
Byrd reported, and juries found
the accused watermen innocent.
Mr.. Byrd, district inspector for
the commission at Crisfield, wrote
that the States attorney said he was
mot going to try any more
E. McMaster Duer is States at
torney for Somerset County.
The convictions before a magis-
trate had been mostly on charges of
violating the State Gull law. This
prohibits keeping oysters under
three inches.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
p. ". Anderson Is Elected
Warrenton Bank President
Special oispoteh 10 The Stor

WARRENTON, Va. April 20
P. w. Anderson, for % years an offi-
Ger Of the Marshall National Bank
d Trust Co. and long prominent
in State banking circles, was unan-
imously elected president of the
bank, succeeding the late John T.
Ramey, the board of directors an
nounced.
Mr.. Anderson was succeeded as
vice president by John NJ. Ramey
son Of the former president. and the
vacancy on the board was filled by
r. G. Pierce of Rectortown.
Mr.. Anderson served as president
of the Virginia Bankers Association
l945-46 and is at present chairman
OF its committee on groups and
clearing houses. He is a member OF
the executive committee of the
American Bankers Association.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
James W. Wills Elected
County Trust Co. Head
SpeeioI Dispoteh 10 The Ssor

LA PLATA, Md, April 2e.-James
W. Wills of La Plata has been
elected president of the Charles
County branch of the County Trust
Co. of Maryland it was announced
today
He will succeed James P. Ryon,
tobacco buyer and merchant of Wal
dorf, who has headed the institution
since 1884.
Mr. Ryon, whose resignation be-
comes effective May /, will leave
the post to devote more time to
other business interests. He will
continue to serve as member OF
the banks board of directors.
Mr.. Wills, president of the South.
ern Maryland Oil Co. of La Plata
has been a director of the bank
since 1895.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
Dr.. Shorp Named Chief
OF Troining School
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, April 29.-Dr. Ed
ward Preston Sharp, 43. director OF
community work for the Pennsyl-
vania Department of Welfare, to-
day was named chief of the DiH-
sion of Training Schools for Mary
land.
j. Milton Patterson, director OF
the Maryland Department of Public
Welfare, announced the appoint
ment.
In the new $7,000-a-year post, DR.
Sharp will supervise the four State
training schools and three private
schools which care for delinquent
children, sometimes at State ex-
pense.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
RiverdaIe Man Gets
S Years fol. Assault

A five-year sentence to the Mary.
land State Penitentiary was i'm.
posed against a Riverdale father
Of two children in Prince Georges
County Circuit Court yesterday
following his conviction on a mo.
rails charge involving an 11-year.
old Seat Pleasant school girl
He is Norman r. Strait, 81
of the 400 block of Nicholson
street. Riverdale, a milk truck
driver at the time of the offense
He was arrested March S when
he returned to the intersection OF
Addison road and r street, Seat
Pleasant, to keep prearrangeo
rendezvous with the girl, fourth
grade pupil in the Seat Pleasant
Elementary School, The day be-
fore, police charged, he picked the
girl up at the same place, after
Offering her ride to a drugstore
and drove to secluded spot of
the George M. Palmer highway
near Dodge Park.
Detective Wilson j. Purdy testi-
fed the girl signaled to him when
Strait approached the second day
The girls father also was in on the
trap the detective said.
In passing sentence, Associate
Judge John B. Gray asserted il
was unusual that the grand jury
did not see fit" to indict Strait on a
charge of assault with intent to
rape. If it had, the jurist told
Strait, you might have been con-
vlcted, and it might have resulted In
your being hanged"
Strait, who pleaded not guilty
told the court he had been drinking
on the first day and had thought
the girl was 10 years old.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
Gambling al Carnival
Aiding 7 Boys Clubs
Barred in Alexandra

City Manager Nicholas Colasantt
of Alexandria said today he woulc
instruct police to prohibit gambling
"of any type or nature" at a carnival
being conducted for the Boys Clubs
of two churches.
Mr.. Colasanto announced his de-
cision after receiving from Com
monwealth's Attorney Howard w
Smith, jr., an opinion that all games
of chance, whether played for
money or any other thing of value
constitute a violation of Virginia
laws. @
Mr.. Smiths opinion was re-
quested by the Alexandria City
Council after Councilman Jack
Tulloch reported Tuesday that he
had received telephone complaints
Of gambling at the carnival.
| Carnival Opens Two-Week Stand.
b The carnival began an annual
ttWo-Week stand at Montgomery and
Royal streets, Alexandria, this week
under the joint sponsorship of boys
clubs of ST., ,Mary's. Catholic Church
and of St. Paufs Catholic Church
which share the. profits.
+ 1T looks to me," Mr.. Colasantc
fsaid, that anything at the carniva
with an element of chance should
be stopped since it is a violation o1
the State law. I will, therefore
instruct the chief of police that nc
gambling Of any type or nature
shall be permitted"
Four Sections of Code Cited.
The city manager said he hac
made only a cursory study of Com.
monwealth's Attorney Smiths opin.
ion and that he had been unable tc
discuss the situation with City At.
torney Joseph NJ Pancoast.
Mr.. Smith cited four sections o.
the Virginia code, which he said arr
pertinent to the question. Some
pertained to code provisions for the
punishment of those gambling, reg.
ulatlon for prosecution and ths
punishment of persons concerned
in the managing or permitting oi
| lotteries and raff1eS
Evening star., 1948-04-29

Continued effort for higher teach
er salaries was adopted by the
Northern Virginia District Council
Of Parent Teacher Associations yes
terday at its annual meeting in
Alexandria as major project for
member organizations next year.
The program was approved. unan-
imously by more than 100 delegates
from Northern Virginia PTAs. The
City of Alexandria and Arlington
Fauquier, Loudoun, Fairfax and
Prince William Counties were repre-
sented.
Delegates also pledged to work for
better teacher retirement benefits
and for recognition of merit so that
exceptional teaching can be re-
warded.
Members Urged to Vote.
Another objective included urging
PTA members to exercise their vot-
ing rights in all elections, ......
Col. Francis Pickenss Miller. for
mer member of the Virginia House
of Delegates from Fairfax County,
described the Marshall Plan as a
new stage in Americas mission to
the world. This MISSION he said, is
Ito guarantee an ever-expanding
area within which a free society can
be organized"
Col. Miller described Gen. Mar
shall as the most distinguished
and most honest man in public
life"
Delegates attending the meeting
were served lunch by the Women's
Auxiliary of the Alexandria Volun-
teer Firemen's Association.
Two Workshops Held.
The afternoon session was de-
voted chiefly to tive workshops.
One was addressed by Mrs. Wilda
Faust Of George Washington Uni
versity, Theodore Sinclair, assist
ant superintendent of schools in
Alexandria, and Mrs. Florence Wat
kins, former member of the Ma
tional Congress of Parent Teacher
Associations.
The other workshop, which was
on parent and family life educa-
ton. was addressed by Mrs. Harry
Somers, president of the Loudoun
County PTA Council, the Rev. Al
ton B. Altfatner of the Falls
Church PRESBYTERIAN Church and
Dr.. Homer Kempfer, adult educa-
ton specialist with the United
States Department of Education.
Mrs. G. A. Justusson, chairman Of
the Northern Virginia PTA Dis
trict, who presided. was chosen as
the districts delegate to the Ma
tlonal PTA Congress in Cleveland
this summer.
Yesterdays session was held in
the Alexandria Recreation Building
on Cameron street.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
Nephew Is Confirmed
By Archbishop Keouah
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE. April 29.-Arch.
bishop Francis P. Keough of Balti.
more officiated at a confirmation
mass yesterday for his nephew anc
namesake, Francis P. Keough oi
New Britain, Conn.
The boy was accompanied by hi.
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Michael j
Keough. Archbishop Keough, for.
merly bishop of Providence, was in.
stalled as head of the Baltimor,
see two months ago and at the enc
of those ceremonies stopped tn,
recessional momentarily at a from
pew to pat his young nephew OF
the head.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
91.5 Per Cent Of Industry
NationaIized by Czechs
BY the Associated Press

PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia, April
29-Czechoslovakia's industry was
nationalized to total of 91.5 per
cent yesterday. Parliament accepted
six bills that added more than so
per cent Of the country's industry
to the 80 per cent already national-
lied.
Parliament voted the bills unani-
mously, standing and singing the
national anthem when the vote was
called for.
BELGRADE, Yugoslayia, April 20
P.-The National Assembly yester-
day voted an absolute end to all
private industry in Yugoslayia.
The bill also turned into state
ownership all real property of for.
eign citizens except in a few in
stances. Foreign peasant farmers
working the land personally, the
property Of foreign diplomats serv-
ing oficial needs, and apartments
which serve the owner IS a residence
were excluded.