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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30
North Carolina Man Held
In Fatal Sfabbinq Here

A coroner's jury late yesterday
ordered Willie H. Thomas, 81, of
Charlotte, N. c., held for action of
the grand jury in connection with
the fatal stabbing Of an associate
in a downtown dice game Monday
night.
Thomas, who is colored, stabbed
zedekiah Mccoy, SO, of 14O4 c street
NE, during q fight ct 1873 s street
NV, police said. Mccoy died early
Tuesday in Freedmen's Hospital.
In q second inquest, o verdict Of
1ustifiable homicide was returned in
the fatal shooting Wednesday night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30

der the new law, but that this Il
the first case Of o person being
sent to st. Elizabeths for psychiatric
treatment. as provided by the
statute.
DR.. Joseph L. Gilbert and DR..
Amino Peretti, psychiatrists of Gal
ltnger Hospital, testified regarding
their interviews with Antonelli, who
was charged with enticing q 5-year-
old boy to commit an indecent act.
The physicians said Antonelli,
who displayed tendencies" to mo-
lest young boys and girls, was UNI
able to control his impulses.
Both physicians recommended
that he be sent to ct. Elizabeths.
where he eventually may be cured
Of his psychosis.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
D. {. Adoption Laws Seen
FAILING 10 Meet Standard

The Districts adoption regula'
tions fail to conform in many re-
spects with the uniform adoption
law recommendations Of the Chill.
drens Bureau of the Labor Depart
ment, members of the Women's Bal
Association and Women's Medical
Society were told at joint meeting
here last night.
Mrs. Blanche Ryder. a claims at
torney with the General Accounting
Ofice, cited a terrific conflict" be-
tween the laws here and those OF
neiehboring States. particularly with
respect to inheritance claims by
adopted persons. She stressed the
need for uniform regulations.
In discussion on Mrs. Ryder's talk
women doctors present declared the
Districts Baby Broker Act OF 1914
functions so slowly lit is defeating
its own purpose" They said the
Board Of Public Welfare apparently
does not have enough social workers
to handle cases quickly.
Many children. after long wait
ing periods in hospitals and welfare
centers, become 80 listless few
people want to adopt them" they
said
The women doctors were hosts to
the lawyers at the home OF DR.
Dorothy S. Jaeger-Lee, 425 Green
briar avenue, Silver Spring, Md.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
Mediation Chief Says
Southern Pacific Rail
Strike Can Be Averted
BY the Associated Press

Chairman Frank Douglass Of the
National Mediation Board said to-
day he believes a strike of South
ern Pacific Railroad workers called
for next Wednesday can be averted.
Mr.. Douglass talked to newsmen
after comforting with President
Truman at the White House.
Asked about the likelihood of a
strike in seven Western States, Mr..
Douglass said:
THE situation is under control.
I think we can get it settled up"
The strike notice has been served
by the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen employed
by the Southern Pacific. The dis
pute is over numerous grievances
under Interpretation of the present
contract. Wages are not involved.
A strike would tie up Southern
Pacific operations in Oregon.
Mr.. Douglass told reporters he
has sent a mediator to the West
Coast to try for settlement.
He added that If necessary he
will ask Mr.. Truman to appoint
an emergency board, which auto
matically would postpone a strike
for so days.
Mr.. Douglass said Mr.. Truman
asked him today to stay on as
chairman of the board, and that
he had agreed to do So He said
he had been planning to resign
February |.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
BY the Asseeiofsd Press

HELSINKI, Finland, Dec. 8.-Jan
SibeliuS, the famous Finnish COM
poser, celebrated his SD birthday
at his isolated country home today
with members of his family.
The bald musical genius and his
beautiful wife, Aino, live secluded
lives in the Villa Ainola at Jaer-
venpaeae. Is miles north of Helsinh.
He has retired from all public
activities. But the Finnish people
have not forgotten the man whose
music, including seven symphonies
and such works as "Karelia" and
"Finlandia," made him a unifying
symbol for the whole nation. Fin
lands state-owned radio stations
broadcast a special program in his
honor.
Sibelius frowns on visits from
admirers he does not know. He
detests being tied down by sched-
ules. Within the family circle, how
ever, he is relaxed.
Mrs. Eva Paloheimo, Sibelius'
eldest daughter, said he can then be
gay and lively-"quite the opposite
of what people think"
For dinner. he specially likes roast
fowl and potato salad.
Mrs. Paloheimo said about Is fam
lily members were expected.
There will be no ceremonies Of
any kind" she said. I'VE will just
Evening star., 1948-12-08

tired, Atlanta, Georgia.
Born in Norfolk, Va. Capt. Potter
was graduated from Central High
School here, where he was captain
of cadets. He attended Amherst
College in 1910 and 194l and was
a member of Psi Chi Fraternity and
the ROTC there. He was commits
stoned a End lieutenant a few days
before his goth birthday. attended
officers school at Orlando, Fla, for
further training and was sent over
seas in 1914 as a captain.
Capt. Potter served with the 474th
Anti-Aircraft Battalion of the 1st
Army and was especially COM
mended for action during the in
vasion of the French coast. He
also was awarded the Purple heart.
His body was returned for reburial
recently aboard the transport. Car
roll Victory.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
John P. Boughan, 50, Dies;
Retired A.P. Markets Editor
BY the Assoeioied Press

CHICAGO. Dec. 8.-John p.
Boughan, s8, retired markets editor
of the Associated Press Chicago
Bureau, died last night after an ILL.,
ness of several months.
. Mr.. Boughan had enjoyed good
health until this year. He was taken
to st. Joseph's Hospital November 4.
When he retired on pension effec-
tive January l, 1889, he was the
oldest employe of the Associated
Press, both in age and years of
active service.
He had been a newspaperman for
four years when the anarchist bomb
exploded in Chicago's Haymarket,
killing policemen and wounding
27 others. On that May day in
1886, he stood in room full of dead
and dying to telephone his account
of the riot.
Mr.. Boughan recalled that the ex-
plosion occurred within q few feet
of where he had been standing,
taking notes, most of the after
noon.
Among the outstanding stories he
covered was the steel workers strike
at Homestead. Pa, in July, 1892.
There he obtained irst-hand
description of what was happening
inside the plant by renting a row
boat, floating down the Mononga-
hela and blithely entering the mill
from the river side, wrich the SOL
diers were not guarding as closely
as other approaches.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
|SibeIius Marks 83d Birthday
With Family at Country Home

|spend the day quietly together. But
we know there will be a magnificent
dinner, because the cooking at home
was always something extra special.
For the composer himself there
will be an added treat: A fine Havana
cigar after dinner. The National
Arts Foundation in New York sent
him SO boxes of Havana cigars as
a birthday gift.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (P).-Jan ST.
belius last night used a telephone
reportedly for the first time-to tell
America on his 83rd birthday:
Thank you, thank you, thank
you"
Carleton Smith. director of the
National Arts Foundation. put
through the call to Jarvenpaa, Fin
land, where it already was December
t8, Sibelius' birthday.
Among other things in the often
broken Commute connection, ST.
belius said he was In good health.
He added: Il still have all my
teeth"
Mr.. Smith said when he asked to
speak to the composer on their re-
Gently installed telephone, Mrs.
Sibelius said her husband never had
spoken over a telephone in his life.
The telephone conversation was
recorded and Is to be broadcast over
the Nationwide facilities Of the
Mutual Broadcasting System to-
night at 9:15 o'clock.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
Final Cotton Crop Estimate
Sees 14,937,O 900 Bales
By the Assoeiotsd Press

The Agriculture Department. in
its final report of the year, today
estimated this years cotton crop at
1887 900 bales of 500 pounds gross
weight.
This figure Is $4,000 bales less
than IS, ,166, 900 forecast month ago.
1t compares with last years crop OF
II ,s57 900 and with 1937-46 aver
age of 12,O14,o0o.
Production of cottonseed was esti-
mated at 6,036,00O tons. This COM
pares with 1851 900 last year and A.
1000 for the 10-year average.
Yield of lint cotton per acre was
estimated at Bills pounds Last
year it was 267.3 and 2542 for the
10-year average.
The department estimated the
acreage to be harvested at 23.003 900
acres. This compares with 2l,269,-
900 last year and 22,63l 900 for the
lO-year average
Evening star., 1948-12-08
Wiley Reynolds Dies;
Retired 10 Found
Florida Bank Empire
BY the Assoeioied Press

PALM BEACH, Fla, Dec. g.
Wiley Richard Reynolds, SO, founder
of Florida banking empire, died
yesterday aboard his yacht.
Mr.. Reynolds built a financial ca
reer in Florida after he retired as
a multi millionaire automobile ac-
cessory manufacturer. He came to
Palm Beach in 1926 ito enjoy my
self as a retired man."
At his death he was president Of
the w. r. Reynolds Co., president
and director of the First National
Banks of Miami and of Palm Beach,
and chairman of the board and
director of banks in several other
Florida cities.
He also was chairman of the
board and director of the First
Trust Co., of Miami, vice president
of the Genesee Corp, and a direc-
tor Of the Fort Wayne & jackson
Railroad.
Son of Bank President.
Mr.. Reynolds was born in Jack
son. Mich, son of the president Of
the Peoples Bank there.
The Reynolds Spring Co., which
he founded, was sold to steel in
terests. His personal fortune was
estimated at about $4,000, 900 when
he retired in 1926.
In Palm Beach, Mr.. Reynolds
found he couldn't allow himself the
luxury Of idleness. He took over the
Palm Beach bank, ripped out the
150-year-old Cuban tile floors, iron
chandeliers and stained-glass panels
around tellers' cages. and stream
lined the institution.
Most of his new employees were
young women-"pretty women" he
described them. He said they were
more nimble than men with their
fingers in handling money.
His empire spread and his insti-
tutions had the same CHEEKY in
receptionist in the lob
by, a yes-or-no decision on loans
usually within "a hours, officers who
freqeuntly wore pastel sports coats.
Mr.. Reynolds favorite was a pastel
blue plaid.
He once described his policy this
way:
When a proposition is put up to
us for making loan, the first thing
we do is investigate it very care
fully. Then We decide yes or no. We
don't take a month or two to make
a decision. Generally there's an an
swer next day. We want security, of
course. That's what we're dealing
with"
Mrs. Reynolds and their two chill
dren, Wiley, jr., and Mrs. Byron lee
Ramsinf, were with him at death.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
ARLINGTON Rites Tomorrow
For Commodore BIau

Commodore Thomas Blau, "a, nrSt
commandant of the United States
Maritime Service, will be buried in
Arlington Cemetery at 3 pm. to-
morrow. Dispatches from New York
Saturday enormously listed the
services as scheduled for today.
Commodore Blau died Of heart
attack aboard the Grace Line Santa
Margarita on November 20 at the
Canal Zone. He was assistant to the
vice president in charge of opera
tions of the Grace Line.
He served as Maritime Service
commandant from September l,
1912, to March %, 1943, when he
returned to sea. About 38 conveys
were guided under his command
during the war. He served in the
Navy three times, including both
world wars, and was one of the few
naval reservists to hold the rank of
commodore.
Tomorrow's service will be con-
Quoted by the Navy, and the Mari
time Service will furnish a color
guard from the Sheepshead Bay
Training Station. There will also be
an honor guard from the Merchant
Marine Academy, Kings Point, N. Y.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
ReburiaI Set Tomorrow
For Il. Leonard Parker

Reburial services for Navy 1t
Leonard Ward Parker. who died in
a plane crash in the Mediterranean
area October Is, 1914, will be held
at 2 pm. tomorrow in Arlington
Cemetery.
The husband OF Mrs. Eleanore J.
Parker, 222 North Thomas street,
Arlington, an Agriculture Depart
ment economist, 1t. Parker was an
economist at the department when
he joined the Navy in 1943. He
came here in 1888.
He was born in Hardwick, Mass,
and graduated from Phillips Exeter
Academy and Yale University.
Survivors, besides his widow, in
clude his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sumner r. Parker, Amhurst, Mass,
and two sisters, Mrs. Peter De Bruyn,
Hartford, Conn, and Mrs. Harold
Barnard, Hammond, Ind.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
U. 5. Denies Oil Companies
Backed Venezuelan Coup

The State Department said to-
day it knew of no evidene which
would give "the slightest support"
to charges that American oil COM
panies backed the military group
which recently overthrew the gov
ernment of President Romulo CAL
legos in Venezuela.
At the same time the department
re-emphasized previous warnings
that interference by Americans in
the domestic political affairs of
foreign states may result in with
drawal of this Governments pro-
lection from them.
The departments statement re-
called that at least two American
oil companies already have issued
denials of any intervention in Vene-
zuelan internal affairs. 1t added
that so far as is known to the
department, American companies
represented in Venezuela avoided
participation of any kind in the
revolution there last month.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
Widow in Ambush Staying
DELAYS Talk With TaImadqe
ey.the Associoted Press

ATLANTA, Dec. 8.-Amy Mallard,
colored, who charges her husband
was slain in ambush, did not come
to Atlanta today for an expected
interview with Gov. Herman Tai
madge.
Warren r. Cochran, secretary of
Negro YMCA, said he expected to
send a car to Savannah for her sin
two or three days" and that she
hoped to talk with Gov. Talmadge
then.
Her primary purpose last week in
seeking to talk with the Governor
was to ask for protection in return
ing to Lyons, the scene of the slay-
ing, to swear out a murder warrant,
Mr. Cochran said.
Since she had the police escort
Monday when she went to Lyons to
swear out a murder warrant against
William L. Howell, white farmer,
her need to, talk to the Governor is
less urgent. he added.
Mrs, Mallard has been in hiding
in Savannah. where she has been
treated for shock and hysteria since
the murder of her husband, Robert,
November 20.
The case is expected to be pre-
sented to a Toombs County grand
jury Friday.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
1tt Mrtttnrtattt

mtmo9s i n1eHsHs a1sHaEE Z Il 'yRa ~Ra
flsa s9s '' years ago zis sfsae cHlbsRs RfssHs.r
brance Of our dear mother, ANNA BUR-
TON. who passed away twenty years ago
THE FAMILY.
my % dear " mother M ANNIE is'i NJ 1o' DAY. who h,
passed away three years ago today, De-
cember 8, 1945.
Mother, I do not need a special day
To bring you to my mind,
The days / do not think Of you
YOUR Lov1NG ING DISAUt5GaiHTER. ALICE.
DoDD. FLORENCE O. In sad but low
s g po SfaF vhd Ts ans
1877. ~ -
And helps us to forget,
But time SO far has only proved
How much we miss her yet.
God gave us strength to nsht it
But what 1t meant to lose her
No one will ever know.
You lived not for what you could get
But for what you could give.
Please. God, Just let her know
That we down here do not forget,
we lOVeQ ana miss ner SO.
LOVING HUSBAND AND DAUGHTERS
HAINEs, ANNIE M token Of love to
the memory of our dear mother and grand
mother. ANNIE M. HAINES, who departed
this life one year ago today. December g.
HER LOVING DAUGHTER. GERTRUDE:
/. AND GRANDCHILDREN, MARY ANN
AND ROGER, Jr.
KAISER, CHARLES In loving remem-
branGs Of cur 5sl2ved @ husband sad IA; iateT f
six years ago today, December 8. 1912
Just when life was sweetest
And we could have lived lived our best
And you entered the land Of rest.
HSflI Within - . l
KING. MARY C. In ,ovins memory of
my beloved mother. MARY c: KING. who
passed away two years ago today, Decem- :
ber s. 1916.
As loved her so miss her. every day
IoS5sa e SisS 'i5l'ue ibAueozTER. MARY X. GLAD
dean MuSGS SGsband sRoSDus S5e Oh rhs my
passed away three years ago. December 8.
do not need a special day
To bring you to my mind.
The days do not think Of you
YOUR LOVING WIFE MARY MUNGo. =
NEITZEY, WALLACE ID. In sad but
loving memory Of our dear father. WAL
LACE D. NEITZEY, who passed away
seventeen years ago today December g.
1881.
Dear father. you are not forsotten.
Though on earth you are no more;
Still in memory you are with US
AS you always were before.
He didn't fail to do his best,
His heart was true and tender.
He worked hard for those he left behind
And forever be will be remembered.
LOVING CHILDREN.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
Vinson Will Receive
Cordozo Award for 1948
RY the A,seeiated Press

CHICAGO, Dec. 8.-Chief Justice
Vinson Yesterday was named winner
of the National Cardozo Memorial
Award for 194S by Tau Epsilon Rho
Law Fraternity.
The award is given annually In
memory of the late Justice Benja-
min N. Cardozo to the person who
the fraternity feels has contributed
most during the year to the further
ance of the social ideals for which
Justice CardoZo stood.
The award will be made at the
fraternity's annual convention din
ner here December 80. Justice Vim
son will be unable to attend but has
designated Judge J. Earl Major OF
the United States Circuit Court OF
Appeals, Chicago, to accept it in his
behalf.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
.RCA Patents New Code
Using Pictorial Symbols
by ths Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK. Dec. ga new
method of sending secret messages
by pictorial symbols instead of let
ters-has been patented by David
Sarnoff, president Of the Radio
Corp. Of America.
r. C. A. announced yesterday that
in the new secret signaling system
the symbols are sent by facsimile or
television to a receiving DECIDING
terminal"
The messages may be printed-by
symbols-on a special typewriter
and then decoded either manually OF
automatically by special equipment
at the receiving end, the announce
ment said.
Evening star., 1948-12-08

with the Farm Credit Administra-
tion.
During World War I, he was a
Navy chief petty officer, assigned to
staff duty in Paris and London.
A Washington native, he was
educated in the public schools and
attended Columbus and American
Universities.
He was a member of the Society
for Personnel Management and the
Civil Service Assembly of the United
States and Canada.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Hesther Beahm Wilson; daughter,
Mrs. Norma Wilson Gerard, 1924
Eighteenth street NE; sister, Mrs.
Carrie Wilson Crawford, 2600 Mon
roe street NE, and two grand
children
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
New Zealand Pays Debt
lowed by Youth in U. S.
BY the Assoeioted Press

LOS ANGELES. Dec 8.-Here is
something new in international
honesty.
John Zuck. county probation OFF,
Ger, disclosed yesterday that as a
gesture of international good will
the New Zealand government has
paid a 81 300 debt owed by one of its
citizens to several Los Angeles
residents.
Mr.. zuck said a young New
Zealander, whose name was with
held, was convicted here of stealing
a car and was placed on probation
and ordered to make restitution.
The youth left without paying. Sc
the New Zealand government footed
the bill and will be paid back in
installments, Mr.. Zuck said.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
w. D. Dommonn, Former
BoIIpIuyer, Dies at IS
BY fhe Assoeiotsd Press

LYNNHAVEN. Va, Dec. S.-W. D.
Dammann, rs, former major league
baseball player, died at his home
here Monday.
Dammann was a native Of Chi
cago He played his first profess
sional baseball with Indianapolis.
In 1887 he joined the Cincinnati
Reds. ~
Evening star., 1948-12-08

Church not to
return S e y,
will be reburied
in Emporia, Va,
Friday, his FAM
lily announced
today.
C a p t. Potter.
who was 20 at
the time of his
death, was the
son of Mrs.
Henry F. Wood
ard, 2400 Six
teenth sire e t
NV. and 1t.
Col. Edward L.
Potter, USA re-
Evening star., 1948-12-08

street NE, a1Cer
a heart attack.
Mr.. w on
held the person.
mel post from
l94l until his
r e tir ement for
disability in May,
1947. He served
in the Govern
ment for SO
years, including
l3 years with the
old Bureau OF
Efficiency as an
investigator and
seven years as a
~.>-~1l &@1io1
Evening star., 1948-12-08
Can't. 6. Vincent Potter
ReburiaI Rites Friday

Capt. G. Vincent Potter. killed
in action in Germany on April IS,
1945, and the only member Of
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Evening star., 1948-12-08
TT. Wilson, 50, Dies;
x-Treasury Official

Theodore Franklin Wilson. jr., so,
retired director of personnel of the
Treasury Department, died yester-
day at his home, 3617 Twentieth
Evening star., 1948-12-08
UarA uf Thanka

SoUTHWoRTH, ROBERT A. We wish
To extend our sincere thanks for the kind
ness shown us by our friends. neighbors
and relatives during our recent bereave-
VERNA WsR! E. souTHwoRTH AND FAMILY.
Evening star., 1948-12-08

She will be very hoppy to find an order for modern
G-E Kitchen among her many Christmas gifts -.
and the Ebery Pon makes it easy to modenize on
old kitchen or to instoI an entirely one. She'll
love her G-E Kitchen because it will eliminate mony
tiresome steps; provide pIoce for everything. She
will enjoy all Of the new eonvenienees with base
eobinets and wall eupboords surrounding cleaning
sink, refrigerator, dshwosher, sobose disposal and
ronee It's 50 eosy-eoI our Manager and learn how
the Ebery PIon takes core Of everything, even the
finoneins, If you desire.
Evening star., 1948-12-08
DRathh

HUNT, PVT. 1/c WILLARD M. On
April 13, lg45. in Germany
! +; ::
lando, Fla. He also is survived
Evening star., 1948-12-08

BARD. u. 5. n. On Saturday,
December 1, l94S. at Naval
"a Medical Center Bethesda; No; 4 :;
I@ CARPENTER, U. S. NJ, the be-
N loved husband of Josephine
Blllurs Carpenter. Remains rest.
ing at Chambers Funeral Home: 1900
Chaplin ST. NV Services, with full mill
tary honors, at Arlington National Gene
terry on Thursday, December 8. at 10 m
rASTFJIANOS PFC BARTOLOME.
Evening star., 1948-12-08

ARMEL, CAPT. LYLE OLIVER, U. S. n.
R. On Sunday. December z, 3,
hss lg4si .sssr1 Capt h4Ls Remains Remains
1@ resting at Chambers Funeral
tS Home 3O72 M st. NV. Services
NS in Fort Myer Chapel on Thurs
Evening star., 1948-12-08

On February 10. l945. in Ger
l> many, Pfc. BARTOLOME CAS-
E% TELLANoS, beloved. husband OF
- Margaret F. Castellanos, father
. Of Nita, Mary Margaret. Connie
6N and Barta Lea CastellanoS. tu-
Evening star., 1948-12-08

Tuesday. December !, 194s. at Doctors
Hospital, ospfl CHARLOTTE GEARING FOLEY
as NJ. Foley, mother OF Capt. Paul H. Ellis,
o. S. A. She also is survived by sister
Mrs. George Fields and three brothers. MI
Frederick Gearing. Capt. Hillyer Gearing.
u. S. N. and Comdr. Wallis Gearing, U.
s. N Remains resting at the Birch Fu-
neral Home, 3O34 M st NV. Services at
at John's Church, Mclean. Va, on Thurs
day, December 9. at II noon. 1nterment
Arlington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-12-08

December 7, 194S, ROSETTA JOY BOOTH.
beloved wife Of the late Orlando A. Booth
and mother Of Homer T.: FELIX xsi.; E.; G
and Harry j. Booth, and Lois NJ. Booth
funeral from the w w Deal Funeral
Home, 4s12 Georgia ave. NV. on Thurs,
friends invited. Interment Congressional
Cemetery. ~
Evening star., 1948-12-08

FRITTS, End 1t. HEhbLbI Z. On
May "a, 1914. over Germany,
= = = ! (: ;:::;
be held IN Arlington National
Cemetery on Friday. December 10, l94s,
-