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Evening star., 1948-09-21
CHEVY CHASE, D. c.

CHEVY CHASE, D. c.
Lovely lge. garden. Price S23,75O. Close
to Lafayette School. Det brick, slate
roof; fine lot, nearly IT'S IT. deep. with
nice lawn: barbecue. fruit trees and
vegetable garden. 1st a. has lge, front
jacent screened porch, well-eouip. kit:
End fl. has 3 bedrms. and bath. lge finished
attic, heated and has lge. exhaust fam
built-in gar. Bendix washer; h.-w.h. toil)
In excel cond.: to inspect, call, JAMES
E. SCHWAB. OR. $500: after pm,
call 81. 2515 or WO. laos. %
Evening star., 1948-09-21

CHEVY CHASE, D. Q.
3-bedrm., 2-bath det. brick home; built
about years ago, and close to transp.
rm. with fireplace, din. rm. and lse. kit
on 1st floor: 3 bedrms., baths on End:
slate, roof. built-in garage, rec. rm., oil
w. B. WRIGHT
Evening star., 1948-06-15

The weight of the armor worn In
the Middle Ages was as much as 100
pounds.
Evening star., 1948-06-15
Court voids Boys Suit
AGAINST His Mother

The United States Court Of Ap-
peals ruled yesterday that, under
Maryland law, a boy may not sue
his mother for injuries he suffered
while riding in an automobile she
was driving.
The ruling was made In . case In
which Armand Villaret brought suit
against his mother. Mrs. Abigail H.
villaret, for injuries he contends
he suffered In 1916 In Maryland
when he was IS years old. Accord
ing to counsel, the boy was riding
in an automobile operated by his
mother, near Laurel. Md, when 1t
coIlided with a car operated by
Carroll Ruhl, Of the 5000 block OF
Aberfoyle place NV, also named
a defendant.
A special appeal was allowed from
the District Court, which had de-
clined to- dismiss the suit against
Mrs. Villaret.
The villarets previously resided
here in Wardman Park Hotel, 1t
was said. The boys father Is Col.
Eugene Villaret, whose present resi-
dence is not given. Mrs: vilaret
is in Europe.
The suit was brought In behalf
of the boy by next friend" 1t
asked $4,000 damages. 1t was stip-
ulated that MRS. Villaret had la
bility insurance in sum equal to
the recovery sought"
The appellate courts ruling leaves
open for trial the case against Mr..
Ruhl. ~
Justice Wilbur K. Miller wrote
the opinion. Hearing the case with
him were Justice Bennett Champ
Clark, and Justice Edward M. Cur
ran of District Court, who was called
in to assist the higher court.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-02
AS | See 1t
By JULIA GORDON

Mr.. and Mrs. Jessie Jones, left
late yesterday evening for their
home in Omaha, Neb., after a
months vacation. They spent two
weeks in ST. Louis, Mo-, and two
weeks in our fair city.
Mrs. Ellen Williams of South
Summit street, is visiting Fox
Lake. She will be away on her va
cation for two weeks.
Miss frankie Davis of Wilber-
force. place, has gone to Kentucky
to visit her friends and relatives.
Miss Davis will be gone for two
weeks.
Visiting Mrs. Gordon and daugh-
ter on Germantown street, is rela-
tives and friends, Willie Cride,
and Charles Allen of Charleston,
W. Va.
Henry Mcfarland of German
town street, left last week for
football practice at Princess Anr
in Maryland. Princess Ann is q
new state college for Negroes. Mr.
Mcfarland says, sit is a lovely
place."
Tuesday night a group of teen.
ayers chartered a bus from Rich.
mond, Ind, to the skating rinl
here in Dayton.
A dance is being given by the
club LaTreace at the Wigwan
September IS. There will be doo1
prizes given. First prize will be /;
pressure cooker and second priz,
will be a table lamp. Tickets ar,
being sold by club members.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-02

death took FDR. His enemies some
day will admit this. They are not
now ready to acclaim him as one
of the greatest Presidents this
country Of ours has ever had.
mi due time, this will come to
him. Just now, we are concerned
with the future. Who is the best
man in America to guide US thru
an unsettled international situa-
ton? There, my friends, you have
the $64 question!
W. need a man bi G enough in
mental stature and world import
ance, to represent us with the au-
thority which we, the greatest
country in the world, should and
must have Dewey, Wallace, Tru-
man. There will be no other. Here
you have your choice Of three
meh-all Americans and all loyal
patriots.
Next week read this newspaper,
and learn about the men for
whom you will be voting this No
vember. Then, if you insist on
voting wrong, at least you will
know how wrong you are and cno-
not have any alibil. = PAIGE
STRICKLAND.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-02
lost I'm portant
Election Since Hoover

We have now come to that fate
full part of the year; our radios
blare with big league baseball
games; over our bars, in our
homes, come political discussions
and arguments. Just now, while
the Express is hot and bothered
wondering what the Dodgers are
going to do next, we are also
right in there, doping out the
right way to vote this November.
We'd like for every Express-ite
to be doing the same thing. Just
to keep you on your toes, here's
a swift recap of things political
since a few years back, in this
atomic age.
Few of US remember that be-
fore Roosevelt and his New Deal,
we had IL years solid years of Re-
publican administration. Yeah, so
you do remember, huh? Bet you
can't even name the guys we had
as President, not even the Ohioan
as one of them.
Those IL years of Republican
administration ended in the infa-
nous Hoover depression of 1882.
Twas then that a desperate cleo
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-02
newspaper HEAD
DIES IN new YORK

Ira F. Lewis, we'll known news
paper man, who for eight years
was president and general man
ager of the Pittsburgh Courier,
died at $3.50 last Saturday night,
of a heart attack in a suit at the
hotel Commodore, New York City.
Mr.. Lewis was president of the
Interstate United Newspapers,
Inc, and a member of the board
of directors o fthe Negro Publish
ers association.
Members of his immediate fam
lily were gathered at his bedside
when he died.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-02
Offers Aid 10 Night
Club Operator

NEW YORK, Sept. 2. (ANP)
Hearing that Jerry Preston, vet
eran night club operator, was i'll,
Billie Holiday, note songstress,
sent her manager, Johnny Levy,
last week to see him in Memorial
hospital and promised him to aid
anyway she could.
Miss Holidays remembrance OF
him comes because she recalls that
he is the person who gave her
her first start at one of his night
spots. 1t was years ago when he
gave her a job at his Log Cabin
at $25 a week.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-02
Commission Beat
DeadIine for Lew

Beating by one day the 60-day
notice prior to the deadline re-
quired by state law, the City Com
mission formally voted to put a 6
mill tax levy increas on the No
vember 2 ballot. To become eff
~fectively as a city charter amend
ment, the proposal must get a so
per cent majority vote.
Also on the ballot in November
will be a 1 mill tax levy for three
years. The county commission
passed a resolution Tuesday plac-
ing it on the ballot. The levy is to
help defray current operating ex-
penses. This proposal must gain a
IS per cent majority in order to
become effective.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-02
Break Ground for
New Negro Y
Building

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2. (ANP)-
Ground breaking ceremonies her
aiding the start of construction on
a new Negro YMCA building, at
an estimated cost of $4,000,
were held here last week by the
board of managers of the Pine
street YMCA. The building, first
youth center to be located in the
Negro neighborhood which expert
enced considerable growth during
the war years, is expected to be
ready for use by the end of the
year.
Previously, children in the area
used the Pine street building, but
it is too far for them to attend
regularly. The new structure, a
two-story brick affair, is the first
unit of a larger building which is
to be erected later. 1t will have
club rooms, offices, an auditorium,
kitchen and dining hall. Funds for
its erection were made possible
thru the Y's New Century Youth
fund campaign of 1947.
According to James E. Cook,
an official at the Pine street club,
a full time staff will be appointed
for the new building this fall.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-02
~Tuskegee's 1887
An-Ameriean Gets
Overseas Post

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 1. GAN
P)-Herman Joe Holiday, Tuske-
gee Institutes 1887 Negro ALL
American football star, former
local school teacher and UNRRA
official, was notified here last
week that he had been appointed
to a post with the preparation
commission for the international
Refugee organization. He is SEIZED
uled to report to Bad Kissingen,
Germany, for assignment in a few
weeks.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-02
Legion Plans Negro
Bows State"

DOANOKE, Va, Sept. 2. GAN
P)-Plans for a Negro Boys state
were included in resolutions COM
mittee at the 3Oth annual conven-
ton of the American Legfon's de-
partment of Virginia here Monday
afternoon, August %.
Strangely enough the resolution
states that "the spirit of democ-
racy is still in the American le-
gion (no n knew this before)
and the Negro legionnaires have a
part (jim crow part) in its &C
tivities."
Earlier in the day, a movement
to create a jim crow and separate
district for Negroes was defeated
by a unanimous vote in the rules
of permanent organization COM
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-02
Mississippi Lawyer
Jailed as Con Man

NE WYORK, Sept. 2. (ANP)
"A man who described himself
as a lawyer from Mississippi, was
being held in bail of $4,000 this
week following his arrest on COM
plants charging grand larceny and
forgery.
He is Adolphus Bell, a former
Chicagoan who arrived here last
spring with "a head full of ideas
on making millions"
The suspect, arraigned before
Magistrate Eugen Canudo last
week, was scheduled to appear in
court again Tuesday. Bell con-
fessed everything, police said, and
claimed that he had been "think-
ing and praying about this mess
every day since l went wrong"
But the cops were not sure that
Bell has not been wrong before.
For one thing, they reported, a
man by the same name is wanted
in Robbins, Ill.
Bell explained to police that he
went to Chicag from Aberdeen,
Miss, leaving his wife, Eunice, be-
hind. Once he had arrived on the
southside, he said, schemes started
running through my mind"
The complaint against Bell was
signed by John Robbins, a Har-
lem business man who had lost
the right to sell stock in the Man
haitian Home Builders corporation
last April. A few weeks later
Bell arrived in town as the man
with a plan.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-02

torate tossed the Republicans out
ON their ears, and sent Roosevelt
to the White House. Negroes
voted for the man, although Texas
Jack Garner was his running
mate, and there is nothing our
people like less than folks from
down under.
This article has. no intention
of blowing any horns for Roose-
welt and his New Deal. History
will take care of the mans i'm
mortality. What he did is now
past. Under Truman, we have an
other version o fthe same New
Deal. The little man from Missouri
went into the shoes of an admit
tedly great man and we think he
has done about as good, if not
better, than a whole lot of other
people could have done.
And please don't jump to any
conclusions; the Express is still
not picking any faroite candi-
date (s).
Without being either Republi
can or Democratic or Third party
Wallice-ites, we fell hat the
world lost a strong man wher
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-02
PR0GRESSIVES OFFER
Demonstration AT
MEMORIAL HALL

The Toung Progressives of
Montgomery county encamped yes
terday morning in front of Mem
orial hall and made a dramatic
demonstration against the current
draft act. Leaflets urging repeal
of the draft law were distributed
and a table was set up with a
petition calling on Ohio candidates
to come out for repeal of the
draft act. The encampment was
continued today and will be held
each day till registration ends.
The Ups made it very clear
that they were not picketing, and
that they were not calling on
prospective registrars not to reg
lister. They were merely calling
for a repeal of the law. The post
er used stated, "Repeal the Draft
with Political Action, not Civil
Disobedience."
This action by the Ups differs
from A. Philip Randolph's erst-
while civil disobedience program
quite markedly. Before Randolph
backtracked, he was making a
national appeal for Negro and
white youths to refuse to register
for the draft until a jim crow
army is ended. He was otherwise
in favor of a draft law. Under
pressure, however, Randolph, and
his fellow barker, Grant Reynolds,
called of ftheir civil disobedience
program.
The Wallace program is not
only aimed at eliminating jim
crow, but at eliminating the draft
law itself.
Yesterday, signatures were col
lected by four members of the
Young Progressives. In the group
was one Negro girl, and a veteran
of the last war. The group con-
demned President Truman's sra
cial equality" order to the army
as a "smoke screen for the con-
tinuation of racial segregation in
the armed forces"
Don Rotheberg, state director
of the youth organization, an
nounced that the leaflet and pc
tition demonstration would be held
in the general e of the draft
boards in 20 Ohio counties. The
slogan with which the leaflet con-
Continued on page A.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-02
mittee.

mittee.
Maj. Gen. Robert M. Lee, dep
uty commanding general o fthe
Tactical Air command at Lang
ley field, was a speaker at the
convention.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
Shimada S Counsel Seeks
Transportation 10 D. T..
by the Assoeiotsd Press

TOKYO, Dec. ga Missouri at
torney applied to Gen. Macarthur
today for transportation to Wash
ington for the Supreme Courts
hearing OF arguments in the war
crimes case.
The application was from John
G. Brannon of Kansas City, who
represented Admiral Shigetaro
Shimada during the Tokyo trial
and prepared Supreme Court ap-
peals for two of the seven Japanese
leaders condemned to hang.
The Supreme Court has been
asked to intervene on grounds that
the President exceeded his executive
powers in ordering Gen. Macarthur
to create the 11-nation tribunal that
convicted ex-Premier Hideki TOTO
and "A warlords.
The Supreme Court has announced
it would hear arguments by Decem-
ber 16.
In Manila, Filipinos were bewild-
cred by the United States courts de-
cision to review the cases of ex-
Premier Koki Hirota and Gen. Kenji
Doihara.
why can't the Philippine su-
preme Court have say in the mat
ter, too?" is the typical reaction.
Senator Lorenzo Tanada said the
United States has no jurisdiction.
Said the Manila Chronicle: THE de-
cislon is beyond our understanding"
Evening star., 1948-12-08
South Korea to Seek
Full u. NJ. Membership

SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 8 lP,.-Presi-
dent Syngman Rhee authorized the
republic of South Korea today to
apply for full membership in the
United Nations.
Foreign Minister Chang Talk Sang
announced that DR.. Rhee had in
structed the chief of the Korean
delegation at Paris-Dr. John Myun
Chang-to seek membership.
The republic was founded last
summer in the American occupation
zone. on the basis of an election
observed by a special committee of
the U. N. Little Assembly The COM
mittee was banned from entering
Russian occupied North Korea.
Meanwhile, a rival Korean govern
ment was set up in the north.
The Korean Foreign Minister said
the republic was aware that a Soviet
veto could block membership in the
u. N. Mr.. Chang denounced Soviet
spokesmen at Paris for the great
many unfounded charges they have
brought against us"
He took issue with the charge that
the republic is supported by Amer
-ican bayonets," and added:
If there is sword in the hands
of the Americans, it is aimed at any
nation that tries to disrupt the
normal progress of the government
:of the Republic of Korea and never
at the people who support then
government"
Evening star., 1948-12-08
Fear Voiced Over Threat
OF Red Seizure of Mines

TIENTSIN, China, Dec. 8 tP.-
Company officials are worried about
the future of the great coal mines
of the British Chinese Kailan Min
ing Administration at Tangshan,
now threatened by the Chinese Com
muniSts.
IF they blot them out" said one
official. 1T would be bad for the
economy of China"
Many Of the British and Chinese
officials of the jointly-owned COM
pany plan to remain and try to
operate the mines if the Reds engulf
the area.
The bituminous mines are sprawled
over an area about 10 miles wide
and 20 miles long in the Tangshan
district, some 40 miles northeast of
Tientsin. They supply a large por-
ton OF China'S fuel.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
Shipping
Continued From First Page

in having shipping prices competi-
tive. why does he not demand that
American railroads charge the
same rates for hauling Marshall
Plan goods in this country as the
European railroads charge over
there?
I'm fact" Mr.. Mellen added to a
reporter, why not reduce all
United States prices to European
levels?"
1t seems likely the battle would
reach President Truman, who re-
versed one major Hoffman policy de-
|cision-dealing with grain exports
only last month.
But Mr.. Hoffman pitched the
shipping dispute right at Congress
He sent notice of his decision di'
rectly to Senator Bridges, Repub-
lican, of New Hampshire, chairman
Of the Senate House watchdog
Committee on Foreign Aid.
Congress to Have Final Say.
Senator Bridges, out of Washing.
ton, could not be reached immedi-
ately for reaction. 1t appears Ger.
tain, however, that Congress will
have the final say. ECA legislation
the question of second-year recov.
cry funds for Europe-will come ur
early in the new session.
+ Rene Roche, French inventor. hay
perfected collapsible wooder
shipping crate.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
Mayer Scheduled TO Testify
In Lester Cole Case Today
By the Associotsd Press

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8.-Louis B
Mayer, MGM chief. who eloped last
Saturday with the former Mrs.
Lorena Banker, was scheduled to
testify today in the breach of con-
tract trial of Lester Cole, suspended
film writer.
MI. Cole was suspended by the
studio a year ago after refusing,
along with nine other writer's, pro-
ducers and directors, to tell the
House Un-American Activities Com
mlttee whether or not they were
Communists.
MGM suspended Mr.. Cole from his
81 ,350-a-week job because, they said,
his action violated the public con-
ventions and morals" clause in his
contract.
Mr. Coles suit for reinstatement
to his job went to trial last week.
Federal Judge Leon Yankwich ruled
out the communism issue in the
present trial by saying he considers
the case simply a breach of contract
suit. The case was continued until
today.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
Grand Jury
Continued From First Page.>

turned by December Is, expiration
date of its term.
New Jury Could Take Over.
However, an order has been issued
for the impaneling on the next day
of a new grand jury, which could
take over any unfinished business
from its predecessor.
The present grand jury, which
has been investigating Communist
activities for a year and half, in
dicted IL top party leaders on GRIM
inal charges several months ago.
Before the present jury winds up
its work, it may again call in Eliza
beth Bentley, self-described former
Communist agent who has figured
previously in the spy investigation.
This was disclosed yesterday by
Alex Campbell, head of the Justice
Departments Criminal Division, who
came here from Washington to
confer with his assistants.
Documents Presented to Jury.
=. The grand jury's investigation
received a boost from disclosures
last week by Mr.. Chambers that
he obtained important Government
documents from a State Depart
ment source. Mr.. Chambers turned
over documents and microfilm
copies to the House Committee on
Un-American Activities and these
have been presented to the grand
jury.
: Emerging Yesterday from a second
session before the grand jury, Mr.
Chambers said the microfllm had
been out of his hands for 10 years.
He told reporters, however, he knew
where he could get it during that
dme, but he refused to say where
H had been secreted. 7-&-
:: Mr.. Chambers said he hid the
nicroflm, some developed and some
not developed, in pumpkin on his
Westminster MdJ farm after some
strange investigators for Mr. Hiss,
who has sued Mr.. Chambers for
SIS 900, charging slander. The for
mer State Department official
charged that he was slandered by
Mr.. Chambers accusations that he
was a member of Communist
group operating in Washington in
the 30s,
Mr.. Hiss now is head of the CAY
negie Endowment for International
Peace.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
Chino
Continued From First Page.)

attack on the capital Of Generals.
simo Chang Kai-shek's government
Gn North China the Nation
alists were reported fighting less
than Is miles northeast of
Peiping. They hoped to slow
down Communist forces driving
down the railway from Jehol.
Peiping sources disclosed govern
ment loss of Chohsien, IS miles
southeast of the city.
Gn Shanghai, an almost
hysterical wave of rumors swept
over the metropolis saying
American marines would be
landed there to maintain public
order. American Consul General
John Cabot denied such plans)
(Vice Admiral G. c. Crawford
of Black Mountain, N. c., rank
ing American naval officer in
Shanghai, told a news conference
he had no knowledge of any
plans to bring marines to
Shanghai for any reason. He
added that the Navy's attention
is directed only toward possible
emergency evacuation of Ameri-
cans and not tc maintain order
or guard property.
admiral Crawford said any
other course would have to be
decided in Washington
Defense Decision Due.
The Chinese government may
have to decide quickly whether tc
set up its final Marking defenses
along the Hwai river, about 10C
miles above the capital; or in front
of Nanking itself. on the north
bank Of the Yangtze.
Undoubtedly the decision will de-
pend on the fate of the trapped
The Hwai River line is held by
approximately 10000 second-lin
troops. If. the government shoHld
make its stand there and fail, there
would be little left to stop the Com
muniSts from crossing the Yangtze
and marching into Marking.
Shanghai was plainly jittery. I,
seemed as though every one was
pinning hopes on the arrival zo1
Marines, who helped keer
order in 1927, when Gen. Chang
took over, and in 1882 and 1887 dur
ing the Sino-Japanese War.
Officials of the Shanghai Power
Co. denied reports that they had re-
quested marine guards. Its parent
company is Electric Bond & Share
in New York.
Associated Press Correspondent