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Evening star., 1948-04-27

according to the report, but the
gasoline gauge showed empty. Cor
oner A. Magruder Macdonald issued
a certificate of suicide.
DR.. Cook was pronounced dead at
6'l2 pm. by DR.. Robert H. Groh,
32l5 Rittenhouse street NV.
Unsigned Note Found.
The former VA official was found
by his wife, Mrs. Catherine Cook, a
statistician at the agency. She told
police she had taken her dog for a
walk and, when she returned, an
unsigned, unaddressed note was
found pinned to a PORTER in the
hall. 1t read, mo Matches Lighted" 4"
She found her husband a few
minutes later.
Police were unable to explain the
peculiar wording of the note.
A Bureau of Standards spokes-
man said, however, that such fumes
were not explosive, in case DR.. Cook
had intended to warn his wife
against possible blast.
Sdmc mere IN l94J.
Sergt. Walter Vogelsang of the
homicide squad reported Mrs. Cook
told him Of finding her husband
under similar circumstances about
four months ago. He suffered no
Ill effects that time, she said.
DR.. Cook was a member of the
VA Disability Rating Board when
he retired. He had come here in
ls43 from Kentucky, where he
headed a VA hospital. After serv-
ice in World War I, he Joined the
United States Public Health Serv-
ice. He joined the VA, then the
Veterans Bureau, in the early 1920s
friends said.
The son of the late DR.. George
Wythe Cook, he had attended med :
ical school at the University of Vir-
ginia. His father maintained an
Office for many years at No. 3
Thomas Circle.
Surviving. besides his widow, are
three children, Richard Cook OF
New York, Mrs. Richard Millard
Columbus, Ga, and Miss Corliss
Cook, a student at the University
Of Maryland.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed this morning.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Final Rites Planned Tomorrow
For Dr.. George TuIIy Vaughan
Noted Surgeon, SO,
With 6. U. Hospital
Since Its FOUNDING

Funeral services for DR.. George
Tully Vaughan. 88, associated with
Georgetown University Hospital
since its founding and long one of
the Capitals best-known surgeons,
will be held at 10:15 am. tomorrow
In his home, 1718 I street NV.
Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery.
DR.. Vaughan died early yesterday
in Georgetown University Hospital
He had suffered a stroke Sunday.
but had been patient since he
fractured hip in a fall in his home
a year and half ago.
Distinguished as a teacher and
practicing surgeon who gave of his
skill to the armed services in two
wars, DR.. Vaughan was for IS years
professor Of surgery at the George
town University Medical School and
head Of the department of surgery
at the university hospital. He re-
tired in 1888 to become professor
emeritus at the school and con-
sultant at the hospital.
~. SooSAdh PCllOIHlcQ his last
operation in 1943, but continued in
active association with the hospital
and medical school thereafter until
his accident.
During his long career he had
served as chief surgeon of Emer-
gency. Providence. st. Elizabeths
and Mount Alto Hospitals.
DIR. Vaughan was native of Ar
rington, in Nelson County, Va. He
received medical degrees from the
University of Virginia and the Belle
vue Hospital Medical College of
New York University.
In 1888, DR.. Vaughan Joined the
United States Public Health Service
and Marine Hospital Service as an
assistant surgeon. He was loaned
to the Army in the Spanish Amer
lean War and served as a brigade
surgeon with the 7th Army Corps,
with the rank of major. He helped
battle the scourge of typhoid fever
which attacked the United States
troops.
He remained with the Govern
ment until 1906, reaching the grade
Of assistant surgeon general. Mean
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Mrs. T.. J. HoIbrook,
{. U. Secretary, Dies

Mrs. Theresa c. Holbrook, a, pri-
vate secretary to Msgr. Edward
Jordan, vice rector of Catholic Uni
versity, died Unexpectedly yesterday
at her home, 5508 Fourth street
NV.
Mrs. Holbrook was getting ready
to visit her doctor when she suffered
a heart attack. She had been re-
covering from an operation under
gone five weeks ago.
She was the wife of Charles j
Holbrook, compositor for The Star.
Mrs. Holbrook had been Msgr.
Jordan's secretary for Is years. She
also was his secretary for some
years when he was dean of the
Sisters College at Catholic Uni
versity.
A lifelong resident Of Washington
she was the daughter of the late
John and Mary Fitzmorris of Ire
land. She attended St. Anthony'a
Parochial and St. Patrick's High
School.
She was a member of the Catholic
Order of Foresters and the Sodality
at the Church of the Nativity.
Besides Mr.. Holbrook, she is sur
vived by a daughter, Sister John
Michael. of the Sisters Of Prov
idence, Rockville, Md, and three
sisters, Mrs. Helena johnson, Nor
folk, Va, and Mrs. Anna May Moy-
nihan and Mrs. Rose Sullivan, both
Of Washington.
Msgr. Jordan will officiate at
requiem mass at 10 am. Friday at
the Church of the Nativity, Thir-
teenth and Peabody streets NV
Msgr. Patrick Mccormick, rector OF
Catholic University, will deliver the
sermon. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
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Rites 10 Be Held Tomorrow
For John joseph Connolly

Requiem mass for John Joseph
Connolly, rs, retired mechanic. will
be held at 10 am. tomorrow in ST.
Peters Church, Second and c streets
Sc, with burial in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
He died Sunday in his home, 1905
Fifth street NV, after a three
month illness.
Mr.. Connolly was born in New
York City and came to Southern
Maryland when he was a child. He
came to Washington about 60 years
ago and attended schools here. For
IL years he was an engineer in the
Sewerage Department of the Dis
trict government. From 1916 until
his retirement in 1886 he was in
business for himself as a contract
mechanic.
Mr.. Connolly was a member OF
st. Peters Church for Al years and
was also a member of the Holy
Name Society. He celebrated his
55th wedding anniversary on April g.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs
Anna Connolly; a son, Vincent D.
Connolly; four daughters, Mrs. Rob-
ert Brennan; Mrs. Henry ]. john
son, and Mrs. William F.. Gallagher,
all of Washington, and Mrs. Robert
c. Doyle, Flushing, N. Y, and eight
grandchildren
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Sergt. Walter P. Astryke
To Be Reburied THURSDAY

Reburial services for StSergt.
Walter p. Astryke, 81. who was killed
June 8, 1916, In the crash of an
Army C-54 transport plane on
Taboga Island. IL miles from Pan
anna City, will be held at IL am,
Thursday at Arlington Cemetery.
Sergt. Astryke, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles S. Astryke, Is Cation
avenue. Alexandria, was stationed in
Panama for 80 months before being
transferred to the United States
military mission in La Paz, Bolivia.
He was returning to Bolivia after q
45-day furlough when he was killed.
A native of Alexandria, Sergt.
Astryke attended George Washing
ton High School and entered the
Coast Artillery in March, l943.
Besides his parents. he leaves two
uncles and three aunts, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry L. Wolgamot, Washington:
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Astryke and
Miss Margaret Germond, all of Alex
andria. Miss Germond is with the
society department of The Star.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Mrs. Susan {. Barrett,
Mother Of Po|iceChief
Dies After Long Illness

Mrs. Susan c. Barrett, rs, mother
of Police Supt. Robert j. Barrett,
died today at her home, 8l3 Sixth
street NE, after an illness of five
months.
In addition to being the mother of
a police officer, Mrs. Barrett was the
daughter, sister and wife of mem
bers of the force.
Her brother was the late Col. Ed
ward J. Kelly, former superintendent
OF police. She lived to see her son
succeed to the same position. Her
father was the late 1t. John F. Kelly
who once commanded the old sixth
precinct on New Jersey avenue.
Her husband, the late William F.
Barrett, Joined the force in 1896 and
resigned 10 years later. Mr.. Barrett
died in March, 1916. Mr.. Barrett's
brother, Jim, was a crossing police
man Tor years at Seventh street
and Florida avenue NV.
Maj. Barrett went of duty yes
terday to be with his mother.
A native of Washington, Mrs.
Barrett attended st. Aloysius Cath
olic Church most of her life.
Relatives said she was never i'll
despite her advancing years until
last December. She had been con-
fined to bed most of the time since
then.
She is survived by two sons, Mai.
Barrett and John F. Barrett, who
has been in Providence Hospital
with arthritis for seven years: four
daughters, Mrs. Marie E. Lanahan,
Mrs. Helen B. Cryer, Mrs. Catherine
McGarraghy and Mrs. Margaret
Ahearn, and two sisters, Miss Alice
G. Kelly and Mrs. Catherine K,
Reed, all OF Washington.
A requiem mass will be sung at
st. Aloysius Church at 10 am. Fri
day. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Taft Defends Labor Act
And Attacks Stassen's S
Criticism Of Law
BY the Associo,ed Pres,

DAYTON, Ohio. April 27.-Sen-
ator Taft. Republican, of Ohio, today
defended his labor record and the
controversial Hartley Act and
criticized the stand of Harold E
Stassen of Minnesota.
Senator Taft started a tour OF
Ohio's Sd Congressional district
where Mr. Stassen stumped last
week in his fight with the Ohioan
for % Of the States So delegates
to the Republican National Con-
vention. The Senator is the Ohio
Republican organizations favorite
son candidate.
In a press conference, Senator
Taft declared Mr.. Stassen was ZAP
pealing to the employers by saying
he is for the Taft-Hartley Act and
appealing for the labor vote by
criticisms"
Hits Stand on Loyalty Oath.
MIR. Stassen would repeal the re-
quirement for union leaders to take
an anti-Communist loyalty oath,
ne said, then added, "this is one of
the most desirable and effective
provisions"
He asserted that he himself al
ways had opposed strike injunctions
Tor private business and moved to
take such a provision out Of the
Taft Hartley Act while it was being
debated. This and the La Guardia
labor laws permit injunctions
against strikes only for the Govern
ment.
The Stassen labor law in Mime
sota," he said. referring to a meas
ure passed when Mr.. Stassen was
Governor there, has private in
junction provision
Explains Position on Lilienthal.
Senator Taft explained his an
nounced opposition to confirmation
of David Lilienthal as chairman OF
the Atomic Energy Commission as
unwillingness ito saddle new ad
ministration with such long appoint
ments to such a vital commission
President Truman nominated Mr.
Lilienthal, former chairman OF the
Tennessee Valley Authority, for a
f1ve-year term, and the other -four
members for terms Of four, three
two and one years.
I'm not trying to throw Lilien-
thai or any one else out" Senator
Taft said. Their qualifications and
merits are not questioned"
He indicated he would not oppose
one-year appointments.
Mr.. Stassen, he said, failed tc
make any issues that justif1es his
Endorsement over me- in his trip
here last week.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
James H. Grady Dies;
Goodwill Manager

James Henry Grady, 76. manager
of the main store Of Goodwill In
dustries of Washington; died yester.
day at Georgetown Hospital. He
had been i'll for two years.
Mr.. Grady had lived here since
1881. His home was at 1859 CO.
lumbia road NV.
He became afflliated with Goodwill
Industries in September, 1885, when
he was made manager of the branch
store at 924 Fifth street NV. Sew
eral years later he was transferred
to the branch at 20l1 Georgia ave-
nue. NV. For the last two years he
was manager of the main store at
1914 New Hampshire avenue NV.
Mr.. Grady was born and educated
In Greenville. S. c. He was q chief.
in the State constabulary for some
years and also operated q motion
picture theater in Sumter, s. C. He
was in the insurance business In
Sumter before he came to WASH
ington.
He was known In South Carolina
as a fox hunter and raised fox
hounds as . hobby.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Marie D. Grady; two daughters. Mrs.
c. S. Skeie, Balboa, Canal Zone:
Mrs. Edmund D. Dwyer. Arlington;
two sisters of Washington, Mrs.
Henry Pieper, owner OF the Park
Lane Cafeteria and Mrs. Louise
Land and two brothers in Greenville,
]. w. and w. A. Grady.
Funeral services will be held at I
pm. tomorrow at the Lee funeral
home, Fourth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue NE Burial will be
in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Bunker Hill School
Addition Is Approved

A three-room addition to the
Bunker Hill Elementary School
Fourteenth street and Michigan ave-
nue. NE, was inspected and ap-
proved yesterday by the Board of
Education's Committee on Buildings
and Grounds.
The new classrooms, finished at a
cost OF more than $4,000, bring the
number OF rooms in the school to IL.
The Inspection Committee in
cluded DR.. Hobart M. Corning, su-
perintendent of schools; Mrs. Philip
Sidney Smith, chairman of the
Committee on Buildings and
Grounds; George E. C. Hays. a
member; M. A. Coe, municipal archi-
tect; Archie Hutson, District direc-
tor of construction, and Mrs. Elise
z. Watkins, secretary to the board.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Reds Deny Saying
III. S. Soldiers Bit
Elderly Women
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

BERLIN. April 2.-The Russians
said today they did not accuse
American soldiers of biting elderly
German women on the streets of
Berlin. 1t was all a translator S
mistake, they said.
What Maj. Alexander Kotikov ac-
tually said in the Berlin Kommand-
atura meeting last Friday, the So
Wet Army's of1icial publication re-
ported today, was that 60-year-old
Berlin woman had been severely
mishandled" by American troops.
The interpreter got it wrong and
quoted him as saying bitten"
The paper, Taeglche Rundschau,
said Maj. Kotikov and the trans
lator both corrected the error. but
that the western press lust didn't
pay any attention because it wanted
to make cheap joke in order to
confuse . really earnest issue"
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Georgetown Citizens File
FLY Ash Nuisance Protest

With fly ash again threatening
the Georgetown area, the George
town Citizens Association last night
voted to send a reminder to the
Commissioners to make them
aware" of the problem.
Col. c. A. Seone feels the only
way to get rid of the fly ash is to
remove the .incinerator.
1T does not belong in George
town." he said
The gravel pits and water front
activities should be converted into
park similar to that around Hams
Point. he pointed out.
Georgetown is no longer port of
entry" he pointed out.
Stanton Kolb. president, conduct
ed the meeting in St. Johns parish
hall, Potomac and o streets NV.
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WI 'IS tbC oOCtCLH VI tuS
Cincinnati emblem.
while, he had become associated
with the medical school and uni
versity hospital in 1897, when the
latter was founded with a capacity
of "a patients.
When American forces occupied
Veracruz, Mexico, in 1914. DR.
Vaughan was serving with the Navy
as an operating surgeon.
Although So, he gave up his prac-
tice and teaching again during
World War to serve with the Navy
as senior surgeon of the troop
ship Leviathan.
He Is survived by a son. Brig
Gen. William w. Vaughan, USA, re-
tired, OF Bridgehampton, Long Is
land, N. Y; a daughter, Mrs. Vera
Vaughan Crute Of the l street ad-
dress; two sisters, Mrs. Franklin
Burks of Amherst, Va, and Mrs. j.
Edward Hoffman, also of the 1 street
address; six grand children and
six great-grandnchildren.
His wife, the late Mrs. Makia
townsend Vaughan, died in 1881.
Evening star., 1948-04-27

D e II e a I n MS
home at 3211
Ritt e n h o u S e
street NV.
Police said DR..
Richard L. Cook,
SO, long i'm e
Gov ern m e n t
" or er, was
slumped in the
rear seat of his
car. The garage
was hlled with
carbon monox-
ide fumes, po-
lice said. The
C r S ignition
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Beniomin Rush, ST., Dies

PHILADELPHIA, April ,27 (P).-
Benjamin Rush. ST., 70, Philadelphia
clubman and insurance executive,
died Sunday night after a brief
illness. He was president of the
Insurance Co. of North America
from 1916 to 1888, resigning to be-
come chairman of the board.
Evening star., 1948-04-27
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Evening star., 1948-04-27
BushfieId Enters Hospital
At Bethesda for Checkup

Senator Bushfield, Republican, of
South Dakota yesterday entered the
Bethesda Naval Hospital for a
checkup. according to his office. The
65-year-old legislator was a patient
there for several weeks last winter.
Doctors at the hospital said the
Senator's condition was "satisfac-
tory"
Evening star., 1948-04-27
KEILIHEH n

April cs, 194s: at Timothy Hanlon's FT-
D''' 'cs JAMES R. EARNER, Al h;f Ad,ut.nt. as
pital. MARY LAMBRSosE Of 44oi 9th nva st.
NV; wife of John ,Lambrose, mother of
Of Mrs. Ethel chaconas. Services at 1.-THE the
st, NV, on Wednesday, April IS, at i 30
Greek Orthodox Church. 9Th and C SITS
s,w,, where services will be held at 2
pm. 1nterment Glenwood Cemetery. 81
LANGHoRNE, DIR; CARY DEvALL: On
sFsEss fa1@ xs Pe e
zs,des Ssid CAT, Langhorne; Services YIN be
Square, Washington, D. c., on wednesday,
April 2S. at $50 pm. Interment with
fun military honors at Arlington National
Cemetery 81
LEDMAN, RUFUS. On Sunday April
St; Arlington. Va, RUFUS LEDMAN.. be
Loved husband d. OF Jannis RooertsSn Led
Mrs, Gertrude Rove Of washington, 5. c:
Services @ e the sSoe 81 pesdsne. %ednes
ton, ton "a. va" Services By chambers. bere"' A =
e a4s s On Ne MSndn, n, Ap5 GS
Of Mrs. Catherine Baldwin. Mrs. Margaret
Higdon, Mrs, Helen Morris, Mrs. Mary
Murray, Mrs. Loretta Baier, Joseph r. Lee
and James Fl. Lee, a merchant marine in
South Africa. Friends may call at her
daughter's residence, 3917 18th pl ne
Funeral on Wednesday, April %. at $50
m; thence to ST. Martins Church, where
mass Will be offered at Q am. for the re-
pose off, her soul. Relatives and friends
invited. 1nterment Fort Lincoln Gene
LIPsCoMB. CHARLES EDWARD. Sud.
eaARLEs sn SSRfa5 lIfscoMs Ass tchs4. s1s
Buck> of 2714 26th st. ne. beloved son
OF Anna and Theodric B. Lipscomb, IT.;
brother Of Theodric B. Lipscomb I'd and
grandson Of Mary r. and Theodric B.
Lipscomb, sr. Friends may call at Will
liam J. Nalleys Funeral Home. 5000
Rhode Island ave. At Eastern ave. ne,
where services will be held on Wednesday,
April 2S, at 1890 am Relatives and
friends invited. Interment Fort Lincoln
Cemetery. 27
MASON, WALTER (BoorsY. De-
parted this life Saturday. April "a, l94s.
at Galhnaer Hospital. WALTER (BOOTSYj
MASON. brother of Mrs. Cora Fisher and
Mrs, Rebecca wyatt. He also leaves other
relatives and friends. The late Mr. Mason
may be viewed 1T Stewart's Funeral Home,
80 ST. ne. after 5 pm. "wednesday
Mass will be offered Thursday, April 90. at
Holy Redeemer Church. New York ave
between LIST St and New Jersey ave NV.
a. am. Interment Arlington National
Cemetery Family in mourning At $40
~ NV ,.I 80
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Former VA Physician
Found Dead in GARAGE
is Ruled Suicide

A former Veterans Administration
physician here, who had retired two
years ago because of i'll health, was
found dead yesterday in the garage
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Darn nf Thanka

SMITH, CHARITY. The family of the
late CHARITY SMITH (nee Heathman)
wish to thank the relatives and many
friends and neighbors for their kind ex-
presSions Of sympathy during their recent
Bereavement. 27s
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Draths

.pe sRowN sS aos opIE Ems susssp5y on y, suns.y
M s. n. ne; brother brother of Elijah Brown and Mrs
other relatives and friends. Remains
Fssses Hom. st 4 4sn S,rnss Nas :,
later.
CONNOLLY. JOHN JOSEPH. On Sun
ass5 81 St ~ NV s4s JOHN josrPa e5s FfiGsoss eos
GsnIo, sohLX the beloved =, yI hushsnd e Anpa
Margaret Brennan. Teresa johnson. Fran,
ees Gallagher and Agnes Doyle: Funeral
from the above residence on Wednesday.
Peters Church, where mass will be offered
at 10 am. Relatives and friends invited.
Interment Mount Olive Cemetery. 81
COOK. DR.. RICHARD LLOYD. On
LLOYD COOK, beloved son Of the late
pr; pr 6; Wyths and Rebeees LLOYD Cook:
Rsa'e St fSr Satdf Ma a.. a
s W H. hin Hines Si e. runePa neral Hom. s'es ssoi 14sh IL
am an; Interment Arlington National Gene
DHIsH s.s sEELE EELHr F. F. O. BREga Tgi q 4gs fss
59sa %.m Ss :, %sn y iH \:
Montgomery, William r. and George Drish,
II; Friends may call at her late residence;
80. at pm. Relatives and friends in
yited, Interment Congressional Cemetery.
Mattingly Funeral Service. 20
EARP, ANNA ELIZABETH tBEssIEl. On
ANNA ELIZABETH EARP. beloved wife Of
Thomas Pardon Earp and mother Of Mrs.
De Mrs. Ms vvsn sh.x
carp. Kindred Earp. Leland Earp. Mrs;
Lucille Whitehead, Miss Irene carp and
= In M Esrp; Funeral from Gao the v. L.
on Wednesday. April 2s, at pm. In
terment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. 81
FIDLER, End 1t. GORDON A., U. S; 4.
h klfs fs44 IN sss50n snd Lr in doRpoN esaSs Yul,
I@ and father Of Coletta Ann Fidler,
afSS VIE ana nan daushtef ss he Sfsass ssSe
William H Fidler, and three sisters. Mrs;
Mrs a Jean GIN MS SERVICES ns and intsrm.n ut
at . pm. Friends and relatives Invited,
rlNSF1 ME AA6REW ASREEw saRY N Ftf.s df zps Aor
805 st 1afa 5el0ved Tend i,. Of MIS-
LEWIS LEWIS Of wcodbupy. '0S. r. j. anu Other friends sa
also sl;sros survive After ~ noon Tussdsyi
Funeral Home, 29-3l H st. NV. Funeral
services on Wednesday, from Metropolitan
M. E. Church, 1918 M st. NV. at .
pm, Rev. ]. Campbell Beckett oficiatins
Interment Harmony Cemetery. 25,27'
FRIDAY, DAVID OSWALD. On July
q. 1914. in the PACIFIC theater Of war.
DAVID OSWALD FRIDAY, son of Oswald
brother OF Mrs. Louise Phillips Mrs
Carolyn Simmons Robert B. Friday and
Kenneth L. Friday all OF Washington, D.
c. Services st the s. H. Hines d Co
Funeral Home, 29O1 14th St NV, on
Wednesday April %, at . pm. Inter-
ment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. 81
FRIDAY, DAVID OSWALD. Members of
Ect,o Eo1+