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Evening star., 1948-09-17
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. G. s* AIS


d Sprague and union labor. He
said: "If this goes through, It Is .
complete backdown by the Army.
The Army. fighting communism
overseas, now breaks down the
united front Of waterfront employ
ers fighting communism on the
waterfronts."
The dispute which precipitated
the September 2 strike was over
union demand to boost the $l.67-
an-hour wage scale to $l.82 and
control of union-operated hiring
halls which assign dock workers to
jobs.
Harry Bridges. CIO longshore
Evening star., 1948-09-17

president, yesterday filed q $780,.
900 libel suit against the Water.
front Employers Association, Pa.
cific American Shipowners' Asso-
citation and their members. He exc
planned in q press release that the
associations had issued a statement
that called it "a purely political
strike for the purpose of
defeating the Marshall Plan" He
said the employer statement also
was intended TO impite" that Mr..
Bridges was Q Communist.
The employer associations made
no comment.
Evening star., 1948-09-17

SOVIET DISSENTER - Maj.
Gen. A. P. Kislenko, Russia's
representative on the four
power Allied Control Commis-
sion for Japan, on August %
charged Gen. Macarthur with
h a mpering revival and
strengthening of democratic
tendencies of the Japanese
people and activities of labor
unions in particular after
the supreme commander had
issued an order banning
strikes by japanese govern
ment employees. Yesterday
Russia'S Ambassador Alexan-
der Panyuhkin renewed the
demand, charging the policy
violated the Potsdam Declara-
ton. -AP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Private Firm Studies
Loading Army Cargo
With Union Labor
BY the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IT
Stevedores hired by the Army de-
spite union pickets were loading
two Army transports today, but a
private firm was considering taking
over the military-cargo job with
union labor in struck Pacific Coast
ports.
Evening star., 1948-09-17

natural resentment throughout
Japan at what is generally regarded
by all Japanese as basic disregard
of human and moral values in re-
tention in Russia after more than
three years following their sur
render half a million Japanese
prisoners.
These prisoners, he said, are "em-
ployed under shocking conditions
of forced servitude in works de-
signed to increase the Soviet wal
potential.
Gen. Macarthur promised to fight
Communism in japan and added
that If its doctrine prevailed the
liberty of the worker would disap-
pear and labor would become merely
commodity"
1T is. not the purpose Of the
Potsdam terms nor the will OF rne
supreme commander to permit sucr
conditions to develop in occupied
Japan" he said.
Ponyushkin's Demand Made
| At Commission Session
Russian Ambassador Panyushkin's
demand that the American ban or
strikes of government workers ir
Japan be lifted along with other
"repressive measures" against labor
was made yesterday at the regular
weekly meeting Of the l1-natior
Far Eastern Commission, top pol
icy making agency for the Pacific.
The commission made no imme-
diate comment.
Recently Secretary Of the Army
Royal said the Army does not feel
that Gen. Macarthur has violated
either FEC or United States policies
in forbidding strikes by government
workers in Japan.
THE Soviet delegation considers
that the Far Eastern Commission
cannot bypass such gross viola
ton by the supreme commander"
of FEC policy, Mr.. Panyushkin said
in his statement yesterday.
Evening star., 1948-09-17

spite frantic Communistic efforts to
achieve the contrary, Japan con-
tinues calm, stable and well or
dered," he added.
Gen. Macarthur reminded the
Russians that there is deep and
Evening star., 1948-09-17

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manufacturer for national ehon store.
A lucky purchase enobles US to otter them
to you, in one~of the greatest volue soIes
Of the yeor
Evening star., 1948-06-06
AIR FORCE MUTT
Continued from page sir

Waiting and waiting, long after the rest
of the squadron had landed again and shuf-
fed past him in heavy flying gear, their eyes
lowered. Waiting until Larry Hollis, who
flew on Bills wing, picked him up in silence
and carried him back to the O,onset.
Some of the other fiiers were gathering up
Bills things and putting them into Bills
blue barracks bag. and he growled at them
uneasily, and Larry patted him a moment
and put him on Bills cot, and sat down
heavily at the table and reached for Bills
writing pad. Dear Mrs Bentley" he be-
gan, and crumpled the sheet of paper in his
fist, and began again: Dear Helen "
SLIPS had never been quite sure whether
Helen liked him. She never laughed at him.
or rumpled his ears, or rolled him over and
scratched his belly the way Bill did, and
now and then he even had the feeling she
resented his being there at all. He felt it
the first time he saw her. the night that
Larry carried him up the front steps and
rang the doorbell. He was dirty and rum
pied after flying two days and nights across
the Pacific; his fur was matted with grease
and smelt of high-octane gas and creosote
from the floor of the cargo plane, and his
feet skidded awkwardly on the polished
floor of the small clean living room as Larry
set him down.
This is Slips. Bill wanted you to have
him. Helen. hope you don't mind my
calling you Helen. but was Bills best
friend.
SLIPS wagged his tail and looked into her
face expectantly, but she was not looking at
him. She was all in black, with her hair
pulled back from her white face, and her
hands were gripped tight. Her eyes were on
Larry. Il want you to tell me frankly,
Lieutenant. Is there any hope at all?"
Larry shook his head slowly. Il saw it
happen"
The room was full of Bill. There were
pictures of Bill in his cadet cap, and Bill in
flying helmet and earphones leaning out of
the cockpit of his airplane, and Bills en-
graved commission, and in an easel frame
on the table was colored photo of Bill
wearing his shiny new second lieutenant's
bars, beside Helen in a white wedding dress.
I'VE were married at Lakenan Field,
the night he graduated. She spoke in a
fiat monotone, as though she were talking
in her sleep. Then he was transferred here
to Hmnan, and we bought this house, and
two days after we moved in he got his as
signment overseas. only had him for such
little while. Such little while
I'm stationed at Hinman now," Larry
said. Training program. wish could call
you up some time. :"
Evening star., 1948-06-06

Thank you, Lieutenant" she said in a
dull voice, but don't 60 out much"
Mostly she stayed in her room, reading
or knitting or listening to the radio The
phone used to ring at first, but she always
gave the same answer, and after few weeks
it stopped ringing. Slips moved aimlessly
from room to room, feeling unwanted and
alone. All the pictures of Bill in uniform
disappeared, the day after he arrived; there
was only snapshot, taken when Bill was
in college, on the living room table
Even his leather collar with the Flying
Cross disappeared, the first time that Helen
gave him bath and washed away the
lingering airplane- aroma of gasoline and
grease He had crawled under the sofa after
his bath. licking off the scented soap and
shivering at the strange sweet way he
smelled. He never saw his collar again.
LARRY HOLLIS came to see them once Slips
barked at the unexpected peal of the door
bell, and then, as he saw in the doorway
the polished jodhpn-boo and the pinks
and the green Army blouse and combat
ribbons, he howled and raced toward him
and leapt up into his arms. wriggling, franti-
cally tapping his chin and neck. Larry
laughed and scratched his ruff and put him
down, and he leapt back into his arms
again, bowling him backward into a chair.
He curled up on his lap and lay still,
kho oil
wings on Larry's blouse, trying to stop
whimpering. Larry looked around him at
the bare walls and at the solitary photo
graph on the table. Its funny, you know,
but l never saw Bill in civilian Clothes"
Il never did, either" Helen said Bit
terly. His mother sent it to me- It's the
only picture have of him that doesn't
remind me of. She let the sentence trail.
Larry fished in his pocket for paper
They've just awarded him the Silver Star.
l thought you'd like to have the citation"
Helen took it without reading it, and put
it on the table. Her face was thinner and
older, Larry saw. and her eyes seemed to
be fixed on something far away. He fum-
DleQ ION a C1Rdrelte.
LOOK, Helen" He fiicked a lighter.
Maybe l haven't got any right to say this,
but -. He lit the cigarette, snapped the
lighter shut. They're having little dance
Saturday at the Field. Wouldn't it be good
thing if you, mean, got out and saw people
again? mean, after all, Bill wouldn't want
you to be like this
Thank you, Lieutenant" Her face was
awhile mask. You're very thoughtful, but
-. I'm afraid l wouldn't be much fun"
Slips could find no way of getting behind
Continued on page 20
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Participation Urged
In Home Rule Hearinq

Participation by District residents
in congressional hearings on the
Auchincloss home rule bill, which
will open February 2, was urged
last night by Wilbur s. Finch, past
president Of the Federation OF Citi-
zens' Associations.
Mr.. Finch told meeting OF the
Burleith Citizens Association SEN
ate and House committee members
will welcome suggestions from resi-
dents.
Outlining the provisions, Mr..
Finch cited consolidation Of govern
mental agencies into IL departments
as an outstanding feature OF the
bill.
Such centralized responsibility is
needed badly in the District" he
declared, adding, this reorganiza-
ton would prevent buck-passing
among our ofncials."
Another "very important provi-
sion, he stated. is the proposal to
allow the District certain borrowing
powers for temporary financing and
capital improvements.
The Burleith citizens elected J.
Carter Fort, jr, president, and
Robert Burton vice president. Carl
F. Turvey, retiring president, and
Norman Fields were elected to the
Executive Committee, and Paul
Hraynham was named Federation
delegate. Mrs. Maxine Otero con-
tinues as secretary-treasurer Of the
group, which met in Gordon Junior
High School.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Hearing on Anchorage
ID. T.. Bus Service SET !.

A public hearing will be. held at
10 am. January. 20 before the Dis
trict Public Utilities Commission on
an application of the Anchorage
Transportation Co. to extend its bus
service into the city.
Anchorages seeks designation Of
routes into the city by way of
Georgia and Alaska avenue, Six
teenth street to K street NV, K
street to Eleventh street NV. for
southbound trips to the Safeway
Terminal at Twelfth street and New
York avenue NV, and the same on
northbound trips except that the
returning routing would follow
Twelfth street to K street NV.
The company's present terminal
here is at Georgia and Alaska ave-
nues NV. 1t runs to points In
Northern and Western Maryland.
In addition to asking access to the
downtown terminal, Anchorage seeks
the privilege of discharging inter-
state passengers on inbound trips at
intermediate points at Georgia and
Alaska avenues, the Sixteenth street
entrance to Walter Reed Hospital,
Sixteenth and Kennedy streets, Six
teenth and U streets, Fifteenth and
K streets and Fourteenth and K
streets. The application also asks
the right to pick up passengers at
the same points on outbound trips.
The Capital Transit Co., protests
the application, contending that its
granting would be unlawful in the
absence of a certificate Of conven-
ience and necessity.
The hearing will be held in room
2O3 of the District Building.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Second Death Probed
In Will Plot Case
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan 13.-Death OF
a second aged spinster-12 years
ago-was under investigation today
in connection with an alleged plot
by an apartment house superintend-
ent and a neighborhood undertaken
to obtain the $250,000 estate OF
81-year -old Mathilde Molsberger
through forged will.
Detectives are checking every
angle" of the death in 1896 OF
Gertrude Shook, who lived in the
same apartment building where Miss
Molsberger died last June, Assistant
District Attorney Karl Grebow said
yesterday.
Fred Dresel, the superintendent
and Fred Lasch, the undertaken
have been charged with forgery
in connection with the Molsberger
will and are scheduled for hearing
Friday.
Mr.. Grebow quoted the two men
as saying they met soon after Miss
Shocks death and that Dresel told
Lash that Miss Shook was leaving
him some money"
Dresdel, the assistant district at
&orney declared said he got Lash
to handle funeral arrangements
for Miss Shook, who body was Gre
mated.
DR.. Alexander o. Gettler, city toll
cologist, has reported that the ex.
humed body Of Miss Molsberger was
found to contain a fatal amount
Of Barbituric acid.
Evening star., 1948-01-13

Second National directors re-
elected at today's meeting include:
Edward F. colladay. v. B. Deyber. Will
| liam M. Hannay, Edward T, Harding,
Barge L. Hartz, Frederick A. Hessick
Arthur c. Houshton, Karl F. Jorss. Donald
4. Reilly, ". R. Winsiow and William B.
Riggs National.
Riggs National Bank stockholders
reelected the following board:
M Robert sssrni rs%ns Rs zsnrz sas5l'.
Coleman Jenninss.. John oliver La Gorce,
hhfsn .m Mecsan THmpfns Finest HfnfS T
iop. Morris Cafritz. Edward .. Merrill
TayoI Mism chssnFns sshmid hsiso Neson
Thomas 4. Butt, H. Randolph Maddox
and Andrew Parker.
Washington Loan & Trust.
Directors OF the Washington Loan
d. Trust Co. were reelected as fol-
lows:
.sf aran n fnsas sTsds HaRa sTadeda
sserss u EishsT MsvIIIs W;,am qFosyfn9. Xfns.
der Lyon. Leonard Marbury. Robert e.
Mccann. Harry 6. Meem, Carlos B. Mi
rick, James O'DonnelI, jr., A. Chambers
oiiphant. William Z. Pearson, DOUGLAS r.
Phillips, Walter 8. Pratt. jr.. Tenney Ross,
Philip M. Talbot, John w. Thompson. jr"
and A. Hamilton Wilson.
National Metropolitan.
The National Metropolitan direc-
torate was reelected without change
as follows:
Louis D. Bliss william Jh.sn ! aushss, sS.lI.; r.;
Jacobsen. Jsed n Jane James N. joisnston. jr.; David
B. Karrick, r. M. Kaunmann, DR.: ]
Nesbit. I james o'Donneil, {. F. r. ogilby,
Landra B. Platt. T. Franklin Schneider
Donald D. Shepard. H. c; Sheridan, Russell
e. Singer. A. J. Somerville. Merle Thorpe,
W. K. 'Wimsatt and Richard Huhn.
Lincoln National.
The Lincoln National announced
election of the following directors
including George H. Norton, who
takes the place Of his father. How
fard r. : Norton, who died recently
after serving on the board since
1910:
George l. Berger. william W. Bravner
Evening star., 1948-01-13
National Gateway Votes
Commission on Dues

The difficulty of getting enough
members at meetings to conduct
business and of collecting dues last
night encouraged Gilbert Vincent to
offer special inducements.
A resolution was passed to provide
a Is per cent commission on the
collection of dues by designated
members and a similar commission
to be paid for each new member.
A constitutional amendment to per-
petuate, this system will be voted on
ct the next meeting.
Mr.. Vincent appointed j. G.
wangler, N. M. Murray and Dietrich
Exbers to manage the drive for more
members.
The meeting was held in the
Avalon Heights Church Of Christ,
Twenty-eighth and Douglas streets
NE,
Evening star., 1948-01-13
wife Says PsYthiafrlst
Tried 10 Upset Her Mind
BY ne Asseeiutsd Press

ELIZABETH, N. J., Jan. IA
divorce was awarded yesterday to AZ
attractive blond who charged hel
psychiatrist husband conducted q
war of nerves to undermine her
health,
Advisory Master Nicholas Toma-
suIo granted the decree on grounds
Of extreme cruelty to Mrs. Cassan-
dra Chernus, 80, now Of Swissholm,
Greg. He also awarded her 5000 q
month alin1ony.
She charged that her husband,
DR.. Jack Chernus Of Newark, N. j.,
continually told her that she would
become q chronic alcoholic. She
also testified that DR.. Chernus "un-
dertook a course of action designed
to undermine my mental stability or
force me to divorce him."
She charged that almost every day
he made remarks which ''he, as q
psychiatrist, knew would cause such
mental anguish and strain as to
make me become Ill and jeopardize
my health II I continued to live
with him."
They were married September 5,
1943, while DR.. Chernus was an
Army physician.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
K. Of {. Head Attacks
Manifesto Of New
Protestant Group
By fhs Asseeioisd Prsss

NEW YORK, Jan. Is. John E.
Swift, supreme knight of the
Knights Of Columbus, predicts that
. new Protestant organization an
nounced Sunday in Washington
Twill fall Of Its own weight because
it is loaded with an intol-
erance generally unacceptable to the
American people as whole"
The new organization, named the
Protestants and Other Americans
United for the Separation of Church
and State, issued o manifesto call
ing for abolition Of the post Of en-
voy to the Vatican and the banning
Of the use Of public funds for
parochial school students.
Calls Manifesto "Braxen."
Mr.. Swift issued q statement last
night in which he said the PreSi-
dent of the United States probably
will maintain q. diplomatic repre-
sentative at the Vatican "as long
as the United States Government
may profit from this arrangement" y"
He also defended Catholic policies
toward public aid for schools.
"The manifesto brazenly charges,
Mr.. Swift said, that any American
who holds the common-sense po-
litical opinion that parochial
school child, like any other Amer
ican school child, has = right to
ride In q public school bus Is dis
loyal to the American tradition OF
separation of church and state"
Sees Patriotism Questioned.
The new group, Mr.. Swift contin-
ued, questions the patriotism Of
"any citizen, Catholic, Jew, Protes-
tant or believer, who dares te
disagree with the organization
biased and inaccurate tnterpreta-
ton of the first amendment"
The signers of the manifesto Is
sued by the new group were DR.
John A. Mackay, president Of
Princeton Theological Seminary
DR.. Edwin McNeill Poteat. presi-
dent of Colgate-Rochester Divinity
school; the Rev. G. Bromley OK
nam, Methodist bishop Of New York
DR.. Louie D. Newton, president Of
the Southern Baptist Convention
and DR.. Charles Clayton Morrison
former editor of the Christian Gen.
tury,
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Passengers Ballast Plane
For Emergency Landing
BY the Assesioisd Press

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. ia
Northwest Airlines four-engined
transport plane, carrying SO pas
sengers and q crew Of four, was
landed safely at Void Chamberlain
Field today despite fouled nose
wheel. No one was injured.
The plane. bound for Chicago
had taken of from the field at
about 10 am. and for an hour cir
cled the airport while the crew at
tempted to free the nose wheel re-
tracing mechanism. The wheel had
jammed in a position slightly cross
wise of the line of fight.
While the ground crew sprayed
water on the runway to provide a
coating Of ice in the zero cold, Pilot
Harold Kittelson directed the pas
sengers to huddle in the planes tail
With the ship thus weighted at
the rear, Capt. Kittelson brought
the ship down In . power -on two
wheel landing. The damaged nose
wheel readily slid along the ice.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Muh|enberg Sees Partial
Steel ALLEGATION Control

Congress can be expected to ap-
prove some controls on ALLEGATION oi
strip and plate steel. Representative
Muhlenberg, Republican, Of Penn.
sylvania predicted yesterday IN 9
talk before members Of the Wash
ington Building Congress In the
Mayfiower Hotel.
e Mr.. Muhlenberg, who is the only
architect in Congress, said he die
not look for any other controls or
ALLEGATION of building materials.
The Pennsylvania whole-heart.
edly indorsed the Marshall Plan
and said it will be approved by Con-
gress, because it is an effective
plan for combating communism.
Mr.. Muhlenberg said he does no;
believe universal military training
will be approved this session.
II believe the time has already
gone by when a universal military
training plan could be passed,
he said.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Flying Showroom Leaves
On World Business Trip
By the Associated Press

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 13.-Ten Amer
lcan businessmen left here today
aboard a flying showroom" for a
100-day, 45,000-mile business trip
around the world.
The plane was airborne at 9:45
am.
San Juan, Puerto Rico, was sched-
uled as the first stop of the Atlas
Sky Mervhant, a DC-4 which will
visit more than 80 countries and
scores of cities and towns on its
tour.
The plane carries crew of seven
in addition to the 10 businessmen
headed by F. H. Bedford, jr., presi-
dent of the Atlas Supply Co.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Responsibility 10 Free
CIegg Laid by 1ruscoh
On Arresting Officer

Detective Chief Floyd A. Trus-
colt testified today that Pvt. John J
Gibboney, as the arresting ofncer
was responsible for the release Of
Julius w. Clsgg since no charge wa
filed and no other police investiga-
tors took over the case.
Pvt. Gibboney, Detective Sergt
Alex K. Kapsal and David S. Ennis
special investigator for the sex
squad, are facing a Police Trial
Board in connection with accusa-
tions that they Illegally arrested
and mistreated Clegg, 26-year-old
colored employe of the Washington
Post. Pvt. Gibboney is charged with
unjustifled arrest and detention
without charge.
Inspector Truscott was the first
witness called as the second session
of the trial opened today. He testi-
fied that Clegg was booked at the
flrst precinct at $40 am. August z
and released at 5 pm. August 8
about 81 hours later.
No Charge on Book.
The arrest book from the pre-
cinct was introduced as evidence
and there was no charge against
Clegg on the book and no name o1
q complainant.
Clegg was arrested on Thirteenth
street near E street NV. on the
complaint Of a waitress, it had beer
testified earlier.
Inspector Truscott described q.
departmental procedure" the fact
that the arresting officer in any
case was responsible for the release
of the prisoner If other investiga.
tors did not take the case over an6
no charge was aled.
Yesterday Charles e. Ford, attor.
ney for the policemen, attempted X
throw doubt on the credibility Of
the policemen's accuser.
Stopped by Cox.
Mr.. Ford sought to show that
Clegg' AFFIDAVIT concerning the in.
cident and his story on the stand
differed. 1t is on the AFFIDAVIT that
the charges are based.
In most Instances, Mr.. Ford was
stopped by Inspector Clement Cox,
head OF the trial board, after OBJ
jections from Assistant Corporation
Counsel Oliver Gasch that the de-
tense lawyer was going too far afield
81 First witness was Dr.. Hugh Brown
1928 Benning road NE, who said hi
treated Clegg for a swollen jaw and
temple on August 6 and that Clega
paid him SO.
Later Mr.. Ford asked Clegg, "Hov
much did you pay the doctor?" anc
he answered, Nothing"
Held 81 Hours.
On the morning of his arrest
Clegg testified he was walking bach
to his Office and saw q woman gel
out of an automobile on the corner
of Thirteenth and F streets NV
He said he was behind her, walking
fast, when she started to run anc
Pvt. Gibboney grabbed him.
After spending the day in No.
precinct, he was taken to lineuI
at headquarters. After that h.
was questioned in the Sex Squac
room, and it was then he said, thar
the other two policemen hit him
He was released some 80 hours aftel
his arrest.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
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