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Evening star., 1948-10-16
'Leeionnaires Arrive
For Miami Session
BY the Associoisd Press

MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 16-Eight spe.
cial trains arrive today with dele.
gates and Legionnaires< from all
parts OF the Nation for the 30th ma
tional American Legion Convention
Convention spirit will be given
added military flavor Monday when
1000 Army and Navy men salute the
arrival of President Truman. The
convention will open, officially Mon
day morning. .'.,,.''''>'
The city has taken on a festive
air. Buildings, lamp posts, and store
fronts are covered with bunting
Bands and drum and bugle corps
stage impromptu concerts wherever
and whenever the mood dictates
With bells changing, 40 and loco
motives" weave in and out Of trafiic
loaded with shouting legionnaires
Rear Admiral Robert w. Hayler
commandant of the Sixth Naval
District, arrived here yesterday tc
command the military arrange
ments for Mr.. Truman's visit.
/ Sailors from three destroyers, SOL
diers from Georgia, Florida and the
Carolinas and Marines from North
Carolina will line the route of the
President from Miami's interna.
tional airport to the convention
hall where Mr.. Truman will address
the general Legion assembly Mon
day afternoon.
Flights of B-36 and B-29 bombers
jet-propelled P-S0 fighters and the
Nays Blue Angels" fighter squad.
ron will form an aerial canopy ovel
the Presidents motorcade,
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Dutchwoman Changes Plea
Goes Free in ShopIifting

A Dutchwoman who pleaded
guilty in Municipal Court to shop
lifting from a department store
here was free today, after being
permitted to change her plea.
The United States Attorneys Of
flee dropped the charge as soon as
Judge Aubrey B. Fennell accepted
the change of plea! Prosecutor
Robert Scott said the defendant, a
citizen of The Netherlands, will re-
turn to The Hague, capital OF the
country, to live with her mother.
Mrs. Anna DeHaan, 81, said last
month, when she first appeared be-
fore Judge Fennell that she stole
two pairs Of stockings and a bath
robe so she could bring some gifts
back to her 85-year-old mother.
Her message was relayed to the
court through Attorney Louis Jons-
bloet, who talked with Mrs. DeHaan
In Dutch and Flemish, when 1t was
learned she spoke no English.
The defendant had been working
as q domestic at 1919 Thirty-fourth
street NV.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Rites Are Held in Ohio
For Mrs. Dora Yearns

Funeral and burial services for
Mrs. Dora Buck Yearns, 50, WASH
ington resident since 1928, wers
held this week in Cincinnati, Ohio.
She died last Saturday at the
home Of a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy
Kramer of Washington, Ind. where
she had been visiting for the last
six months. She lived here at TIA
Kenyon street NV.
She was the mother Of Kenneth j.
Yearns, American consul in Bahia,
Brazil. Mrs. Yearns was born in
Hartwell, Ohio, and lived in In.
dianapolis before she came to WASH
ington.
Besides Mrs. Kramer and Mr..
Yearns, she Is survived by another
son, DR.. Wilfred Yearns Of Louis
vile, Ga, and another daughter.
Mrs. Arthur w. Wells, New York
City. Her husband was the late
John B, YearnS.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Virginia Official Exp|airt
States New Fire Law
BY the Associoied Press

OLD POINT COMFORT, Va, Oct
l6.-C. S. Mullins, jr.. chief fire
marshal of the Bureau of Insurance
of the State Corporation Commits.
sion, told Virginia fire chiefs yester-
day that the new State fire law Is
intended primarily to set a mini
mum standard of requirements fol
fire protection in public structures
He spoke at the 18th annual con-
vention Of the Fire Chiefs Associa-
ton.
Mr.. Mullins said provisions of the
law which require the State Corpo-
ration Commission to set up regula-
tions for the protection of human
life from fire hazards in public
buildings are not intended to take
any privileges away from loca.
governments.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Strikebound Plant Accuses
Hagerstown Post Office
BY the Assoeiofed Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Oct. g.
r. j. Funkhouser, president of Victor
Products Corp, last night charged
the post Office here has "unwar.
rantedly ignored" the strikebound
company with respect to delivering
its parcel-post mail"
At the same time, the West Vir.
ginia publisher and industrialist an.
nounced in radio address that op.
erations will resume Monday at both
Hagerstown plants. They were
closed two weeks ago when workers
began picketing after wage dispute.
During the past two weeks, there
has been mass picketing at all the
entrances to our plants" Mr.. Funk
houser said. During the two-week
period, the U. S. Post Once has
totally unwarrentedly ignored Victor
Products Corp. with respect to de-
livering it's parcel-post mail"
Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson
said today that mail carriers ARE
not supposed to" deliver mail to the
Victor Corp The firm main-
tains a box at the post office and
habitually sends representatives to
pick up its mail, Mr.. Simpson said.
In announcing he reopening OF
the plants, the company official said
a 7-cent raise would be given to re-
turning workers, increasing the
hourly minimum wage to Sill. The
present minimum is $1.04 an hour.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Philippines Disturbed
Over World Situation
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

;. MANILA, Oct. 16.-Pessimistic re-
ports on the outlook for world peace
from Philippine diplomats and OBJ
servers sent wave of forebodine
through the country this week.
The feeling was heightened. some
what by a presidential warning OF
q, possible emergency and front
page news summary in the Manila
Times, which said:
t"Confldential reports in Manila
from the smart boys in the United
States say they look for war before
the November 2 election"
President Elpidio Quirino advised
a joint meeting of his cabinet and
council of state to condition the
country for possible emergency.
Philippine legislators travelling
abroad were called home. There
was talk of firm dealings with fifth
celumnists here.
The Department of Justice in an
Informal opinion to the Manila
Pyess dug up 16-year-old Supreme
Ceurt ruling holding the Commu-
mist Party an illegal association.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Martin Hits Division
In Democratic Party
BY the Assoeioisd Press

PETERSBURG, Va, Oct. 49,
Senator Martin. Republican, O
Pennsylvania last night charged thl
whole Democratic picture is on,
of division, confusion and disrup'
ton"
On the other hand, he said, Gov
Dewey offers us a constructive pro-
gram of unity and good will baset
on the American plan of work
courage, sacrifice, tolerance and tn.
love of God"
In an address at a rally of 81
and 4th district Republicans in th'
Petersburg> Armory, the Pennsyl.
vania Senator urged Virginians TT
go forward to victory for America
and the world by voting" for Cows
Dewey and Warren and Congress!
that will give them cooperation
and support"
THE present Democratic leader
ship" he said. "is followed only BY
the selfish, shattered remnant O.
the New Deal party. Its candidate
Harry Truman, forced his nomina'
ton upon an unwilling and reluc.
tant convention in Philadelphia"
President Truman, he charged
has demonstrated beyond thu
shadow of a doubt that he is no
qualified to furnish competen
leadership for his own party.
BY his constant quarreling with
Congress and his stubborn opposi.
ton to the clearly expressed will Of
the people, he has demonstrated ht
is unable to furnish leadership fol
the Nation"
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Rees Investigates Charge
Postmasters Are Assessed
BY the As.ocioted Press

Chairman Rees of the House Civil
Service Committee yesterday ordered
investigators to look into charges
that Democratic postmaSters in
Michigan are being required to make
campaign contributions.
Mr.. Rees ordered the investiga-
ton after receiving telegram from
Representative Youngblood, Repub-
lican, of Michigan who said he had
definite information" that post
masters are being forced to con-
tribute money to the Democratic
campaign in Michigan. Mr.. Young
blood Is a member of the committee.
Michigan Democratic leaders
quickly denied any illegal solicita-
tions.
State Chairman John R. Franco
said funds had been solicited from
postmasters but declared they were
permissible under Federal statutes.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
7Merchants Fined SIS
In License Fee Drive

Seven merchants here yesterday
were fined S25 each in Municipa
Court for failing to take out unin.
corporated business licenses fol
1948.
The proprietors were the first te
be arrested in a concerted drive BY
the tax assessors office to bring ir
offenders.
Robert Fl. Sauter, tax examiner
reported his Office has sent lists
containing from five to so names ol
unlicensed businessmen to every po.
lice precinct in the city, with the
request that arrests be made.
The law requires that unincor.
porated businesses with total yearly
receipts of more than $4,000 mus
pay a $40 annual license fee. Al
the defendants, who pleaded guilt!
before Judge Nadine L. Gallaghel
yesterday, had licenses last year bu
failed to renew them, Mr.. Sautel
said. Maximum penalty is q $780,
fine for each day the license /!
unpaid.
The men are:
Sam Bella, 1853 Columbia roae
NV, and Ira L. Darlington, III
Florida avenue NV, both shoe re.
pair shop owners; Mercy Jones. res.
taurant owner at 1400 Swami street
NV; Jacob Jones, pawnbroker. 70;
8 street NV; Mike Kapelas, trad.
ing as Mixes Restaurant, 2004
Eighteenth street NV; Gilmore
peyser. market keeper, 1901
street NV. and Benjamin Fitz.
gerald. restaurant owner, 18lt
Twelfth street NV.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Clark Speech Piekets
Garry Injustice Signs
BY the Asseciotsd Press

DENVER, Colo, Oct. 16.-Attor-
ney General Clark was picketed last
night by marchers protesting the
arrest of five persons for refusing to
answer questions before Federal
Grand Jury investigating Commu-
nism.
The pickets marched in front OF
a high school where Mr.. Clark
spoke. They carried signs THE De-
partment of Justice Is Here" 1.-THE
Progressive Party Defends the Bill
of Rights" More Red Meat and
Less Red Herring"
Detective Capt. Lee Raedel said q
police sergeant told him there were
about 100 in the picket line"
The leader of the picket line
identified himself as Len Goldsmith
of New York, national director OF
the Civil Rights Congress.
Mr.. Goldsmith said he came here
to organize the picket line after
Federal Judge J. Foster Symes hao
jailed for contempt of court five per-
sons who refused to answer the
grand iury,s questions. The grand
jury his been investigating Com
munists in Colorado.
Mr.. Clark praised the Truman ad-
ministration for the work it has
done to investigate the Communist
threat. He said investigations were
being made in nearly every State.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Stassen Halls Stevenson
For Backing Republican
BY the Associated Press

AMARILLO, Tex, Oct. 16.-Harold
E. Stassen last night described Dem
ocrat Coke Stevenson's Endorsement
of a Republican senatorial candidate
from Texas as a plug for the whole
COP slate.
Every day." he said, more DEM
ocrats realize we need a change in
the White House and in Congress
as we'll"
Mr.. Stevenson, who was defeated
by Representative Lyndon johnson
as Democratic nominee for Senator
earlier in the week threw his support
to Jack Porter. Houston oil man ano
candidate for the Senate.
Mr.. Stassen, unsuccessful contend
er for the COP presidential nomina-
ton, was here to lead Panhandle
rally for Republican candidates.
Two other big-name Republicans
the scheduled to follow Mr.. StasSen
to Texas in behalf of the COP fight
They are Ohio Senators Taft and
Bricker.
II urge Democrats and Republicans
alike to vote for the man instead OF
the party label" Mr.. Stassen said
From Texas he will 60 to Arizona
Formerly Minnesota Governor, Mr.
Stassen now is president OF the Uni
yerSity of Pennsylvania
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Mrs. Ida Bennett Dies
AT Arlington Hospital

Mrs. Ida Bennett, 70, wife of a
Seat Pleasant Bank adjuster, died of
a cerebral hemorrhage last night in
Arlington Hospital.
Mrs. Bennett had been a Wash.
ington area resident for Is years
She was born near Hartford, KY.
and lived in Owensboro, KY, for q
number Of years. Her husband.
Loyal P. Bennett, was in the insur.
ance business there.
After coming here they lived in
Washington for 20 years ana have
resided at 726 North Glebe road.
Arlington, since 1943.
Mrs. Bennett was an active mem.
Der Of the Tuxedo Methodist Church.
Besides her husband, she Is sur.
vived by eight children: Harrawalt
Bennett and Mrs. AzaIee Condit of
Hyattsville. Haskell Bennett, Seat
Pleasant; Hubert Bennett, Alexan.
dria; Hughes Bennett. Cromwell.
KY; Mrs. Thelma Reed and Hur.
chal Bennett of OwenSboro and
Mrs. Leona Grow of Indianapolis.
She also leaves a sister, Mrs. Willie
Herrick Of Cincinnati, 81 grandchil.
dren and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at z
pm. Tuesday in Gasch's funeral
home. Hyattsville. Burial will be
IN Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Society Of Cincinnati
Of New Jersey 10 Hold
lis First Meeting Here

For the first time in its 165-year
history, the Society of the Cincin-
natl Of the State Of New Jersey is
holding Its annual meeting in Wash
ington.
The society scheduled an all-day
session and annual banquet today
at the headquarters of the general
society in Anderson House, 2l1e
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Maj. Percy Blair, retired, curato,
of the societys museum in Ander-
son House, said the New Jersey
meeting marks the first time that
any OF the 13 State societies has met
here.
Composed of descendants of New
Jersey officers who served for three
years with distinction in the Con.
tinental Army, the New Jersey so.
ciety now has members scattered
throughout the country. Col. Rich.
ard Wilmer of Washington is presi.
dent Of the New Jersey society.
A meeting of the standing COM
mittee in the morning was to be
followed by a luncheon and busi.
ness meeting of the society. Seized.
uled Tor this session was the elec.
ton of officers and admission of nine
hereditary members to the society
At the same time, Fleming New.
bold, president of The Evening-Stal
Newspaper Co., was to be admitted
to honorary membership.
At the annual dinner, speakers
will include Col Bryce Metcalf, re-
tired, president general Of the So
ciety; Earl o. Shreve, president o1
the United States Chamber of Com
merce: Brig. Gen. Edgar E. Hume
vice president general of the So
ciety; Mr.. Newbold aid Maj. Blair
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Neighbors Aid Revolt,
Nicaragua Charges
By the Associated Press

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Oct. 49,
Nicaragua's War Minister says
Cuba, Costa Rica. Guatemala and
Venezuela are backing a movement
to overthrow the Nicaraguan gov
ernment.
Gen. Anastasio Somoza declared
in statement to the press yester-
day that the plot also was directed
against El Salvador and Honduras
A Foreign Ministry spokesman In
Caracas said: The government OF
Venezuela rejects the ridiculous and
preposterous accusation made by
SomoZa.
A Cuban leader in Havana said !:
"Of course, there are no expedi-
tionary forces in Cuba. Nor are
there any arms for expeditionary
forces. The only arms are in the
hands of our own armed forces.
Any accusation to the contrary is
utterly false"
Gen. SomoZa formerly was Mica
raguan President. He is generally
recognized as the strong man. Of
Nicaragua.
Gen. Somoza said the revolution
ary movement is getting effective
aid from such governments as Prio
Socarras' in Cuba, Arevalo in Qua
temala, Romulo Betancourt in
Venezuela and Fugueres in Costa
Rica."
The President of Cuba Is Carlos
Prio Socarras, just inaugurated;
Juan Jose Arevalo is President OF
Guatemala and Jose Figueres is
head Of the government junta in
Costa Rica. Although Gen. So
moza's statement refers to Romulo
Betancourt, the President of Vene-
zuela Is Romulo Gallegos. Mr.. Bet
ancourt formerly was President.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Southern Democrats
Urged by Bark|ey MOI
To Break Up Party
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

EN- ROUTE TO NEW ORLEANS
WITH SENATOR BARLEY, Oct.
16.--A plea to dissident Southern
Democrats not to let their differ
ences over civil rights legislation
break up the Democratic Party was
carried to New Orleans today by
Senator Barkley of Kentucky.
Heading southwark for the Sec
ond time since he started his air.
borne campaign, the Democratic
vice presidential nominee hoped to
win back to the banner of President
Truman Southerners now support
ing Gov, Thurmond of South Caro-
lima for the presidency.
Senator Barkley said his speech
scheduled for 8 o'clock tonight in
New Orleans would follow largely
the lines of an address he gave
earlier this month at Asheville,
N. c.
At Asheville the Senator urged
dissatisfied Democrats to settle
their differences within the Frame
work of the party and cautioned
that vote against President Tru-
man was & vote for his Republican
rival, Gov. Dewey.
Louisiana is one of the strong
holds Of Democrats opposed to the
party's civil rights plank adopted
at the national convention in Phila-
delphia. Party leaders there un-
successfully sought to keep the
Presidents name off the November
2 ballot to assure the States elec-
toral vote for Gov. Thurmond.
Yesterday Senator Barkley spoke
three times In Missouri and tomor-
cow he plans to rest at his home in
Paducah, KY, before flying to Nash
gille and Chattanooga Monday and
then veering northward.
The Senator spoke yesterday at
Columbia and St. Joseph, Mo-, and
1t Kansas City, Kans.
Before enthusiastic crowds at all
three places he challenged Gov.
Dewey to state his position on Fed
eral aid to education, outlined DEM
ocratic objectives for labor and ag-
riculture and criticized the Repub-
lican-controlled Eightieth Congress.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Wallace 10 Speak
TO Mixed Audience
In Georgia Today
By the Assoeiuted Press

EN- ROUTE SOUTH WITH WAL
LACE, Oct. 16.-Henry Wallace was
flying to Georgia today for the first
time in his campaign for President.
Before leaving Chicago, he sternly
criticized Georsia's attitude toward
Negroes.
You can't preach democracy in
Bulgaria and not have democracy in
Georgia" the third party presiden-
tial candidate said in a speech last
night. The crowd, mostly Negroes,
gave loud cheer.
Mr.. Wallace speaks before a mixed
white and Negro audience in mid
afternoon today at Dalton, Ga.
His speech was expected to be
largely about religion. 1t was to be
delivered in a church building before
an 11-State convention Of the
Church of God of the Union Assem-
bly,.
This church concerns itself much
with faith-healing. Its meetings
are often marked by shouting,
chanting, hand-clapping, and feet
stamping.
Last night in Chicago, Mr.. Wallace
spoke before three meetings. His
total attendance was about 5000,
most of them intensely enthusiastic.
Senator Taylor, Democrat, of Idaho,
running for Vice President on the
Wallace ticket, spoke at the same
threemeetings.
| DR.. Rexford Guy Tugwell, former
official in the Franklin D. Roosevelt
administration, who supports Mr..
Wallace but is not actively CAM
paigning for him, was on the plat
form at the three meetings, but he
made no speeches.
Representative Carl Mundt. Re-
publican, Of South Dakota, a mem.
Der Of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities, appeared
at one OF the meetings.
Reporters discovered him standing
at the side of the hall, grinning and
smoking cigar He said he was not
there in an official capacity, but
only hbitzing." He added that he
paid four bits to get in" but un.
fortunately couldn't stay for the
whole program because he was leay.
ing town,
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Miss Clarke Ends IS Years
Al State Department

Miss M. Augusta Clarke, a ma
tive of Washington, retired from
the State Department yesterday
after IS years Of Government serv-
ice.
Miss Clarke has been engaged at
editorial work in the State De-
partment for the last 81 years, after
previous employment at the Library
of Congress, the Army and the
Labor Departments.
Specializing in material on the
Far East, she helped to edit many
State Department publications deal
ing with American foreign relations.
Miss Clarke, who lives at 4404
Fairfield drive, Bethesda, plans to
travel in Latin America soon and
then live in Florida.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
New York News Guild Votes
To Quit Left-Winq Council
BY the Assoc ted Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Members
of the New York Newspaper Guild
have voted by nearly to to with
draw from the left-wing Greater
New York CIO Council, it was an
nounced today.
Thomas J. Murphy. executive vice
president of the Guild, said with
drawal was approved by vote of
2,715 to 1875 in a city-wide referen-
dunn.
The council and its officers had
been accused earlier in the week by
a special CIO investigating commit
tee in Washington of following a
pro- Communist line.
Mr.. Murphy said Guild members
approved a series of bylaw changes
designed "to broaden the democratic
base of the New York Newspaper
Guild"
Evening star., 1948-10-16
William Bulls Dies;
Newsman, GP0 Aide

William ]. Bulls, rs, retired news
paperman and Government Print.
ing Office proofreader, died yester.
day in hospital here after a six
month illness. He lived at 41O9 Le-
cation street NV.
Mr.. Bulls was the father of Will
liam F. Bulls, founder and director
of Bulls Preparatory School ir
Silver Spring. He was born ir
Hornell, N. Y.
AS a young boy in Newburgh
N. Y, Mr.. Bulls began his news
paper career on the Newburgh
Chronicle. He rose from a printers
devil to reporter and later, fol
about two years, was a reporter or
the New York Times.
He came 10 Washington in the
1s9os as correspondent for papers
in Chicago, st. Louis, st. Joseph
Mo, and Cincinnati, Ohio. He also
did publicity work for Theodore
Roosevelt when he ran for Presi-
dednt on the Bull Moose Ticket in
1912.
Later he worked for the GPO Il
years. He was senior proofreadel
of the patent section when he re.
tired IN the early 1940s. Mr.. Bulls
was proud Of the fact that through
out his whole working career, he
had taken sick leave only once
That was when he suffered an at
tackled of double pneumonia and
typhoid fever.
Besides his son, who lives at 2115
Yorktown road NV, he is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Cynthia Rowley
Bulls.
Funeral services will be held at
10 m. Monday in the Hines funeral
home, 2901 Fourteenth street NV
Burial will be In Rock Creek Genie
terry. '.',' "''.
Evening star., 1948-10-16
Taft Defends Labor Act
And Says Truman Has
Used Il Despite Veto
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

WILSON, N. c., Oct. Ex-senator
Taft, Republican, of Ohio. last
night asserted the Taft-Hartley Act
is fair and equitable, law and has
worked,
The act, Senator Taft added, "con-
stitutes a bill Of rights for union
members" He spoke at a Repub-
lican rally here.
Although President Trum n
vetoed the act "in an outrageous
message to Congress-" Senator Taft
added, the President has used its
provisions during the past year seven
separate times in order to prevent
strikes. &,
Senator Taft declared the Presi-
dent had wavered in his foreign
policy back and forth on Com
munism, on China and on Palestine
until the rest of the world is per-
petually uncertain of the direction
in which America is moving.
only last week in the midst of q
campaign tour - he proposed q
special Mission to Moscow and dis
credited his own Secretary of State
and the United Nations to- which we
had just referred our dispute with
Russia"
At Chapel Hill N. c., yesterday
Senator Taft said President Truman
is trying to run against the Eight.
ieth Congress. But, he added, Mr.
Truman can't run against Congress
he has to run against Mr.. Dewey
Senator Taft, speaking before 9
group of University of North Caro-.
lima students, declared that the issue
between the President and Congress!
Is one of liberty He said the issue |.
liberty because Congress disagreed
with his entire philosophy and policy
| of Government