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Evening star., 1948-02-11
Case Involving Death
or Phone Operator
May Go 10 Jury Today

The case Of Nixon Mcclure, SO,
former express handler, who Is on
trial on manslaughter charges in the
death last September of Mrs. Theo-
dora Rowell, IS, hotel telephone OPP
orator, was expected to 60 to Dis
trict Court jury this afternoon.
Mrs. Rowell was found dead in
bed in basement apartment at
1919 I street NV, where she and
Mcclure had been living, according
to testimony.
Testifying in his own defense to-
day, MCGUIRE told of a drinking
party after which he said he found
Mrs. Rowell unconscious. He stead
fastly, denied that he had harmed
her. He is accused of striking her
and an autopsy showed she died OF
homorrhage from a blow on the
head.
Husband is Sought.
The trial was recessed temporarily
TODAY when the defense sought Mrs.
Rowells husband, Troy Rowell. as a
witness. He could not be imme-
diately located.
other witnesses called for the
prosecution by Assistant United
States Attorney Andrew F, Och
mann we're Mrs. Ethel M. Bolac, q
neighbor in the I street apart
ment house, and Rudolph F. Dett-
weller, an express worker, who was
a friend of MCGUIRE.
Mr.. Dettweiler testified he met
Mcclure the night before Mrs.
Rowell's death and went with him
to the apartment ito fix the bath
room" He said they drank sew
eral bottles of beer and that Mrs.
Rowell drank one.
Detective Testifies.
Detective Sergt. Robert E. Tai
bot of the Homicide Squad de-
clared that, after Mcclure sum-
moned police to the apartment. the
defendant told him he awoke during
the morning and found Mrs. Rowen
dead in bed.
The trial is before Justice Edward
M. Curran. Attorney T. Emmett
Mckenzie is defending MCGUIRE.
Evening star., 1948-02-11
Garment Workers Get
IN Pct. Average Raise
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Sol A. Ro-
senblatt, impartial chairman of the
industry, awarded a cost-of-living
wage increase averaging about 71a
per cent yesterday to $4,000 gar
ment workers employed in making
women's and children's coats and
suits.
Those benefited are members Of
eight locals of the AFL Interna-
tional Ladies' Garment Workers
Union. t'.-
The chairman set the wage in
creases at from So a week for floor
workers, who have been getting
from $35 to $45 weekly, to 81 a
week for skilled operators, hereto
fore paid $66.50 to $83 week.
The award was made under a
wage reopening clause in the work
contract, which will expire June 80.
Seven hundred companies, repre-
sented by three employer associa-
tions, are involved.
Evening star., 1948-02-11
1885 New and Enlarged
Airports Needed, CAA Says
Nv the A..o,iot.d Press


The Nation needs 4,835 new or en-
larged airports within the next
three years, the Civil Aeronautics
Administration said yesterday.
Foreseeable growth of aviation
calls for 2,745 new airports and the
improvement or development OF g.
900 existing fields, the CAA. report
said. The total cost was put at ST.
048, ,500,0 900. of which $469, ,700, 600
would be Federal funds. Local
sponsors would supply the rest OF
the money.
The CAA offered a new name in
airports-'h heliports s'-designed es-
pecially for helicopters. 1t said 81
of these are needed.
Only about one airport in 100 in
the plan would be classed as large,
that is, having paved runways at
least 4,500 feet long. However, the
502 large fields would use Al pei
cent of the funds. Only per cent
would go for seaplane bases and
| helipOrtS,
Evening star., 1948-02-11
Truman and Top Officials
To Attend Gandhi Service

President Truman and other top
ranking Government and diplomatic
officials will attend memorial
service for Mohandas K. Gandhi at
4 pm. today in the Departmental
Auditorium. Thirteenth street and
Constitution avenue NV. ~ Il
Arranged by the Indian Ambassa-
dor, M. Asaf Ali. the 4o-mnuUe
service will Include devotional songs
by women from the embassy.
Brief tributes to the late Indian
leader will be observed by several
prominent Americans, including
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Utah:
Miss Pearl Buck, Rabbi Abba Hillel
Silver of Cleveland, Mrs. Mary
McCloud Bethune, Negro leader,
and John Haynes Holmes, director
of the Community Church, New
York.
Among those expected to attend,
in addition to President Truman,
are Supreme Court justices, Cabinet
members and members of Congress.
Evening star., 1948-02-11
Film Executives
Take 50 Pct. Cut
To Aid Industry
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 11.-Samuel
Goldwyn has announced that exec
utives at Goldwyn Studios have
agreed to so per cent wage cut
"in the interests of security in the
film business"
Although they all have long
term contracts" Mr.. Goldwyn said
yesterday, they agreed to the wage
cut. They put the welfare of the
company and the industry above
their own personal wishes"
The number of executives affected
and the salary level at which the
cut is effective were not announced
Mr.. Goldwyn said the pay reduction
does not affect "those in lower
brackets"
Evening star., 1948-02-11
Taxieab Driver Acquitted
On SwindIing Charges

A District Court jury today &C
quilted Henri H. G. Gasque, taxicab
driver, on three points of an indict-
ment for grand larceny, involving
charges that he swindled Miss
Thelma r. Sidberry, a colored nurse
at st. Elizabeths Hospital.
The verdict was returned today,
after the jury deliberated for mere
than three hours. last night without
reaching decision.
Mr.. Gasque, 81, who lives in the
100 block of Massachusetts, avenue
NV, faced charges Of taking $475
from Miss Sidberry. The Govern
ment contended the $475 was an
investment in four-cab taxi fleet
which Mr.. Gasque said he owned,
but actually only managed.
The defense attorney was Guy M
Bayes and Assistant United States
Attorney Sidney Sachs was the
prosecutor,
Evening star., 1948-02-11
College Park Garage Fire
Ruins Car, Damages Two

Fire that broke out today IN a
College Park garage destroyed one
automobile and damaged two others
and a section of the garage roof,
although the College Park Fire De-
partment is located only 100 feet
away.
Mechanics said the blaze, at
Chaneys Garage, 1905 Baltimore
boulevard, started in the gasoline
tank of an automobile being re-
paired. 1t was destroyed.
Firemen from the station hurried
to the garage and fought the flames
with chemical foam.
j. A. Chaney, owner OF the
garage, was unable to estimate the
loss. The destroyed automobile, a
1896 sedan, belonged to Virgil Ben
Mon of College Park. A garage
employe, Robert E. Zollinghofer, %
Lanham, Md, burned his right hand
when he attempted to smother the
blaze. He was treated at Leland
Memorial Hospital, Riverdale.
Evening star., 1948-02-11
Wife Seeks AnnuIment
From Wounded Officer
Nv the A.soeiotsd Press

CHICAGO, Feb. 11.-An Army All
Force lieutenant who was reported
shot in the arm by Russian soldier
10 days ago was sued yesterday for
annulment of his marriage to his
bride by proxy"
Mrs. Marie Cecile Je les Scheu-
nemann, 27, of White ms, N. Y.
secretary, sued in Circuit Court
for annulment Of her marriage to
1t. Fred Scheunemann, 80. She said
they were married by telephone
September "a, 1916. while he was in
Berlin and she was in Kansas City
Kans.
The suit said the lieutenant had
refused to "consummate the mar
riage," and refused to return to this
country.
Louis Swidler, Mrs. Scheunemann's
counsel, said 1t. Scheunemann was
shot in the arm by drunken Rus
sian soldier in Berlin January %
He said the suit was filed here be-
cause 1t. Scheunemann formerly
resided in Chicago.
Evening star., 1948-02-11
La Roe Terms Ministers
Most Important People
BY the kssoeiofsd Press

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. IL
Ministers of the church were de-
scribed by a Presbyterian layman
yesterday as "the most important
people in the world-more important
than generals"
The statements was made by Will
bur La Roe, Washington attorney
before the international Council OF
Religious Education.
Mr.. La Roe, a moderator of the
General Assembly Of the Presby-
terian Church, U. s. A., spoke at
ceremonies honoring Robert Garrett
Baltimore investment broker.
Mr.. Garrett was cited at the an
nual AlI-Council Fellowship lunch
con for the years outstanding con-
tribution by a layman to religious
education"
Harold E. Stassen, head Of the
International Council since 1912
came here yesterday to preside at
meeting Of officers.
Mr.. Stassen, candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination
refused To discuss politics.
Evening star., 1948-02-11
Hopkins Exercises
To Honor Virginions
By the Associated Pres.

BALTIMORE, FEB. 11.-Pulitzer
Prize Winner Douglas Southall Free
man and President Colgate w. Dar-
den, jr., OF the University of Virginia
will be guests Of honor February %
at Johns Hopkins University's 72d
annual commemoration day exer-
cises, it was announced today. The
program celebrates the founding of
Hopkins in 1876.
Mr.. Freeman is editor Of the Rich
mond News-Leader and author OF
several historical works, including
Lees Lieutenants" and "R. e. Lee. "
Mr.. Darden has served in Congress
and was Governor Of Virginia dur
ing the term which ended in 1916.
Evening star., 1948-02-11
Turkey Will Ask U. S.
For $125,0O0, 900 More
By the Assoeioied Press

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Feb. lin
formed sources said today an added
$125 200, 900 to aid Turkey will be
asked of the United States.
The informants said so per cent
of this would be for the Turkish
Air Force. They added the bulk OF
the first grant Of $100, 0,000, 600 under
the Greek Turkish aid program
went to Turkeys ground forces tc
bolster the country against south
ward expansion of communism.
Evening star., 1948-02-11
Social Workers Praise
Truman's S Civil Rights Aim

President Truman's activities in
behalf of civil rights were COM
mended by the Washington chap
ter of the American Association of
Social Workers at their meeting
in the Central YWCA last night.
"The country is astir with the
realization that there is a job to
be done if the civil rights of the
people are to be assured" Boris
Shishkin, American Federation OF
Labor economist and member Of
the Presidents Civil Rights Com
mittee, told the group.
He called for an effective attack
on the causes of discrimination
rather than to waste our efforts In
merely seeking remedies" r..
Evening star., 1948-02-11
Special SEC Meeting
Discusses Withdrawal
.0fkaiser- Frazer Stock
From Yesterdays Last Edition J
BY TIE Assoeiofsd Press

EFIOHk 1ct1sS Sky . A<Aok 6otbsNsec
BY IRE Assoeiotsd Press
The Securities and Exchange
Commission today held a special
meeting to discuss the abrupt
withdrawal Of two banking firms
from a common stock offering Of
Kaiser-Frazer Corp.
An ofiicial said there was no COM
ment on the withdrawal, although
he pointed out to reporter that
a withdrawal from an offering Of
this size was virtually unprece-
dented.
In New York, Otis Il Co, of
Cleveland, and the First California
Co. of San Francisco notified Sc
curity dealers they had Withdrawn
from their agreement to offer 900,-
900 shares Of the stock.
The purchase agreement between
the companies and the underwrit-
ing firms provides that the under
writer's shall complete the purchase
plONluCu 1lO ldWcultS d4C pCIlQ4lS
or to the knowledge OF the COM
pany threaten against the COM
pany." Yesterday in Detroit,
James F. Masterson, of Philadel-
phia, a company stockholder, asked
the circuit court to restrain the
corporation from proceeding with
the sale Of the stock.
In his petition, Mr.. Masterson
said the corporation by a previous
sale Of common stock had impaired
its supply of LIQUID capital and Gre
ated widespread insecurity and un-
certainty among its own stockhold-
erS.
A commission official said the
closing times of the agreement was
10 am. yesterday and if the suit
was filed after that time the clause
relating to pending lawsuits would
not be applicable.
Commission officials said they
did nto know at what time the suit
was filed,
Evening star., 1948-02-11
Two Join W. and L. Faculty

LEXINGTON, Va, Feb. II (P.-
Two Virginia newspapermen have
been added to the journalism faculty
at Washington and Lee University
They are Louis Spilman, editor and
publisher of the Waynesboro News
Virginian, and William Atkinson,
managing editor of the Roanoke
Times
Evening star., 1948-02-11
Makes Up for Lost Time

CHICAGO (P.-John Chew at 20
was the "graybeard" of the recent
graduating class at Fenger High
School, but his record showed that
he was a fast man with a book. He
didn't start at grade school until he
was IL. Then he whizzed through
the eight grades in double time and
finished in four years.
Evening star., 1948-02-11
Trumun to See Newsmen

President Truman will hold his
weekly news conferences at I pm.
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1948-11-07

Miss Nellie Miltimore was the
maid of honor and the bridesmaids
were Miss Jeanne Clokey and Miss
Irma Pennoyer. Sandra Combs was
the flower girl.
Mr.. James o. Bazzle was the best
man and the ushers were Mr.. Alfred
Wilkerson, Mr.. E. L. Chapman ano
Mr.. Gerald X. Cooper. The couple
will make their home in this city
Evening star., 1948-11-07

At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
in the Wallace Memorial United
Presbyterian Church, Miss Helen
Paul, daughter of Mrs. Steven Paul,
was married to Mr.. Mark r. Pattie,
jr, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Pattie. The
Rev. Harry w. Rankin officiated.
The bride was given in marriage
by her brother, Mr.. j.. Steven Paul.
Her maid of honor was Miss Mar
garet Delalian and the bridesmaids
were Miss Violet Manougian and
Miss Alice Tossounian. Armene
Kludjian was the flower girl.
Mr.. Franklin N. Pattie was best
man for his brother and the ushers
were Mr.. Carlos Toro and Mr.. s.
Paul Boghosian. Following the GER
emony, a reception was held at the
church. The couple will make their
home at 1885 Perry street NE.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Miss Bitter Bride

Miss Thelma Joyce Bitter. daugh.
Ger of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G
Bitter, and Mr.. Donald s. Cole, sor
of Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Cole, were
married yesterday afternoon in the
Christ Lutheran Church. the Rev
william F. Bruening officiating. The
reception was held at the home o.
sf1e bride.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Beale
Continued From Page D-1.)

tian Ambassador and Mime. Rahim
Sixteen year : old Hussein Abdul
Rahim, student at Sidwell Friends
School, spends all his allowance. on
concert tickets and classical records
DR.. Hans Kinder is going to let him
watch a rehearsal of the National
Symphony Orchestra-and this is
rarely done.
II
Pat Baker and Bud (Charles Gay
lor6 Beavers of New York will stand
before the altar in st. Johns Church
on the afternoon of November a.
Afterwards. Capital society will
gather for the gay reception at the
Sulgrave Club. Diminutive expert
pilot Marilynn Hines, who will be
her maid of honor. is giving a small
dance for the bride and bridegroom
Evening star., 1948-11-07

- . = ~ t2.- i. .f-
Thanksgiving night at the = Street
Club or in the Hines lovely place
at Frederick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Corrin Strong will
be hosts at the after-rehearsal sup
per the night before the wedding,
and Mrs. Wayne Chatfield- Taylor
will give a luncheon for the wedding
party and out-of-town guests the
day of the big event. Acting as
bridesmaids for Pat will be Nancy
Mayo Durham, Marye Thomas
Spalding; her cousin, Betty Ather-
ton, from Warrenton; Arden Muir
ply, Buds sister, and Sherry Parker,
Iif she doesn't have to stay in
Gotham to rehearse for a dance per-
formance. Sounds like a fun group.
Evening star., 1948-11-07

American scientists estimate that
at least one-third of the fertile
top soil in the Nation has been
washed away and lost since white
men came to America.
Evening star., 1948-05-20
Soaring Wool Prices
In Australia May Raise
Cost Of Suits Here
BY the Associated Press

SYDNEY, May 20.-Your new suit
may cost more because Of soaring
prices on the Australian wool
market.
Sensational prices were paid on
the third day of the Brisbane auc-
tions, where wool today averaged
more than f70 (about $21O bale.
This was Ell more than the aver
age per bale for the 10 months
ended April 80. The approximate
weight of a bale is $40 pounds.
With a world hungry for wool,
Australia took in nearly f17,000, 900
(about $55 200, 0,0OO from April wool
sales. Prices were up Sc per cent
over the preceding year.
America has not bought heavily
in this years sales and some local
traders feel she has missed the
bus" Certainly American buyers
who held off the market in the
present Australian season hoping
for a fall in price now find them
selves in a tough spot.
English Buy HeaVMy.
Why did prices rise so sharply in
the present season?
An American Government wool
expert in Sydney gave these
reasons:
When the United States was buy
ing in the Australian market last
year she was not competing with
the same factors. Representatives
of great English wool buyers held
off last year, but this season they
bought heavily and prices shot up.
Further factors in the Australian
market were activities of buyers for
Germany, Japan and now Russia.
Thus there were many competitors
for the higher grades of wool which
America prefers.
Russians Bid High.
The American expert pointed out
that soap at Tokyo was buying the
finer and more expensive grades OF
wool as we'll as cheaper grades.
Russian consignments 60 to Black
Sea ports. British government ac-
ton in arranging a trade treaty
with the Soviet Union made this
business possible.
Sensational bidding by the Rus
slams was a high light OF the third
day of the Brisbane sales. Prices
were up to 5 per cent above Mon
DAYS record opening rates.
offerings of 1850 bales were
fully cleared.
Evening star., 1948-05-20

DR.. Lyman s. Keebler introduced
q motion asking the District not
to change its present policy Of
segregation in the Fire Department.
If there is non-segregation. he
said. "there will be no harmony
Evening star., 1948-05-20

again was put over pending q re-
port of the Laws and Legislation
Committee
w. w. Couliette, chairman of
the committee, was asked to study
the motion and report at the June
meeting.
Evening star., 1948-05-20
Columbia Heights Forum
Puts Off Vote on Police Bill

For the second time the citizens
forum of Columbia Heights post
poned a vote on Endorsement of
bill pending in Congress to in
vestigate the Metropolitan Police
Department.
A motion to support the bill,
tabled at last months meeting,
Evening star., 1948-05-20

/ among the workers" and efncient
service will be jeopardized.
The meeting, conducted by c. ].
Fernald, president, was held in the
Evening star., 1948-05-20
Citizens Group Names
Nominating Committee

Fred o. Roth, Miss Esther Eng
land and Raymond Kearns were
appointed to the nominating COM
mittee at a meeting OF the Six
teenth Street Highlands Citizens
Association last night.
Officers will be elected ut the
October meeting.
The final meeting Of the season
was conducted by Harry M. Dengler,
president, in the Brightwood School,
Thirteenth and Nicholson streets
NV.
Copol, Pyrethrum Prices Up
High prices asked by Belgian
Congo gum copal and pyrethrum
producers have caused American
purchases to drop.
Evening star., 1948-05-20

Powell Junior High School. Hiatt
place and Lamont street NV.
Spain has banned the making Of
toy firearms.
Evening star., 1948-11-26
7 G|s Amok in Japan
Kill Two, |njure Five
By the Associoted Press

. SAPPORO, Japan, Nov. 26-Twc
American soldiers ran amok in this
Northern Japanese city last night
killing two Japanese and injuring
five in the space of two hours. -Four
were in critical condition
Capt John Coulter of Waukegan
! ILL.,. provost marshal for the Sap
poro area, is heading a force of mill
tary police and criminal investiga-
ton agents in a widespread search
for the unidentified enlisted men.
Japanese described them only as
"a tall man and a short man." The
occupation public information office
said the assaults occurred at five
places.
One japanese was shot dead and
another beaten for no known reason
near the Botanical Gardens in down.
town Sapporo about pm.
! Twenty minutes later and several
blocks away, b Japanese was Crit
ically beaten near Hokkaido Impe-
rial University. Fifteen minutes
later another was severely beaten
and robbed of 900 yen (about $225)
inside the university grounds.
While military police were search
ing those areas, another japanese
was badly beaten near the municipal
hospital. A few minutes afterwarc
another was shot dead and one mar
was wounded near the railroad sta.
ton. some distance from the first
attacks
Evening star., 1948-11-26
Two Brothers Are Held
For Grand Jury in HoIdup

! Two brothers today were held for
the grand jury under $1,000 bond,
charged with the armed robbery of
grocery at 1901 Lamont street
NV. last Wednesday.
They are Ernest Holley, 80, of
the 1000 block of Sixth street NE.
and James E. Holley, 30, of the 100
block of Columbia road NV Both
waived a hearing and pleaded not
guilty before Judge Thomas D.
Quinn in Municipal Court. The de-
PENDANTS are colored.
Mrs. Harriet H. Bregman, 80, the
shopkeeper. reported to police that
two men staged the holdup with a
long -barreled .38-caliber revolver
She said that when they found only
81 in the cash register one man
shouted angrily to his companion,
Il told you we shouldn't have come
in here. I told you they have a
baby and Bregman has to drive a
cab"
Actually Mrs. Bregman had the
days receipts elsewhere in the store
and she reported that her husband
had additional receipts which he
took from the cash box when he
left the store just before the rob-
berry.
Detectives Lloyd Furr and Patrick
Deenihan arrested the Holleys after
tracing the alleged getaway car
through old traffic tickets.
Evening star., 1948-11-26
Mrs. Anna Burton,
Sousa Singer, Dies

Funeral services will be held al
II am. tomorrow for Mrs. Anna
Thompson kitty Burton, 80, 9
leading soprano here at the turn OF
the century who died in the Lisnel
home Wednesday night after a long
illness. She had been at the home
5425 Western avenue NV, for the
last eight years.
The services will be in the Hysong
funeral home, 1900 N street NV
Burial will be in Rock Creek Gene
terry. ,..s.s....,..,.,.,..,
* Mrs. Burton was born in Wash
ington and received her voice train
ing here. Her father, DR.. Sharpe
Thompson, came here from New
York State TO practice medicine
during the Civil War. Her mother
was a War Department telegrapher
A well known singer at churches
here and on the stage, Mrs. Burton
toured the country with John Phillip
Sousa's band, and also sang for the
Bostonians, light opera company
She sang under the name Kitty
Berry, the surname OF her nrSt nus
band. For time she was music
editor for the Washington Post.
For time she was music editor fol
the Washington Post.
In 1906 she married DR.. Samue
Lawson Burton, a physician, anc
moved to Lacona, NJ Y, where SHE
continued her musical activities. Dr.
and Mrs. Burton later moved tt
New York City, and after his deatf
in 1896, Mrs. Burton returned here
She operated dining rooms at the
Shawmut Apartments, 2200s Nine.
teenth street, and the Wyoming
Apartments, 2022 Columbia roac
NV, prior to entering the home
She is survived by one niece
Mrs. Eta Thompson Hubert, I'LL
East Capitol Streret,
Evening star., 1948-11-26
Macarthur Tightens Secrecy
Around Execution of 7 Jups

questions as where the seven con.
demned men are being kept ir
Sugamo Prison and how they are
spending their time.
Meanwhile, Gen. Macarthur re.
ceived a request from Tojo's wife
that she be given his body after he
is hanged. Her letter also asked
that the bodies of the other six be
delivered to their relatives. The
request came after the Army hao
announced the bodies would be ere.
mated and disposed of secretly.
Mrs. TOTO wrote Gen. Macarthur
that she felt. the former premier's
body should be returned without re-
striction after the execution.
She said: Respect for the re-
mains is not only an old custom of
the East but is also a stern rule OF
Buddhism"
She wrote further: "It is pleas
from the bottom of my heart that I
be enabled to receive the dead body
of my husband and in conformation
with japanese custom and the form
of our religion to pray for the repose
of the deceased soul with reverence. ~
Mrs TOTO told Gen. Macarthur
she felt deeply his request that all
japanese pray for world peace on
the day Of the execution.