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Evening star., 1948-10-08
French Troops Drive
Strikers From Mills;
10 Reported Injured
Government Requisitions
Coke Ovens and Orders
Operators to Return
BY the kssocioted Press

NANCY, France, Oct. g.
French troops forced their way
into the Micheville steel mills
here today and drove out strik-
ers who had been occupying the
buildings.
/ About 10 strikers were reported
injured.
1t was the first major incident oil
violence since a new wave of French
strikes began Monday with a walk
out of 335.000 coal miners.
The French news agency said the
evicting force consisted of three
companies of Mobile Guards-abou,
300 men-and 200 regular army SOL
dierS.
Coke Oven Men Ordered Back.
The government ordered striking
coke oven operators back to theil
Jobs. Fourteen coke ovens are be-
ing requisitioned by the government
to save them from ruin for lack OF
use. Several hundred workers were
ordered to get the ovens going
again.
A report from Douai said defiance
OF the government order is punish
able by fine and two weeks i'm
prisonment. 1t was generally be-
lieved that courts would be lenient
toward the strikers who prefer a
Jail sentence to being beaten by
pickets If they try to go back to
work.
The Communicated General Fed
Grafton of Miners already has said
the order will be disobeyed and vio-
lence was expected to break at
almost any point.
French Collieries Hit.
A Communist strike wave, mean
while, hit at French collieries, rail-
roads and dock areas as the coal
walkout entered its fifth day.
Communist leaders made no bones
about the political basis of their
coal strike which so far has cost
European recovery at least 10000
tons of coal.
Although the ostensible strike
aims were higher wages a2d lower
food costs. Communist Union Boss
Auguste Lecoeur said the walkout
also was protest against what he
alleged was Frances intention tc
provide foot soldiers for the West
ern powers in any war with Russia
Seamen Strike Today.
French ports are due to be para
lyzed today by a 24-hour merchant
marine strike. Only the Commu.
nists are striking. but that will halt
harbor activity. The railroads have
been hit by scattered local strikes.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Chest Drive Is 0pene(
By 10000 Volunteers
Report Due Monday
Labor to Dromotize
Days Pay Gift With
Barney House Repair

Some 10000 volunteers in the
1949 Community Chest campaign
were at work today in the Wash
ington area to make a favorable
dent in their quotas by the time
of the first general report meet
ing, scheduled for next Monday.
The Goth annual campaign for a
total of $4,566, 100 will run until No
vember 4. The funds raised will
support l04 local Red Feather Agen-
cies in the Washington area and
the USO.
The campaign opened officially
yesterday, proclaimed as Red
Feather Day by the District Com
missioners. 1t marked the opening
of house-to-ho solicitation by
volunteers in the Residential Unit
of washington homes.
Several of the other campaign
units were at work before the off,
cial opening of the drive. At the
Hotel Washington today, the Dis
trict Special Gifts Unit was to hold
its last unit report session before
the meeting Monday
A similar progress report meeting
was to be held at 1890 pm. in the
Hotel Washington by workers OF
Business Unit /.
Confident of Army Quota.
There is every indication" from
preliminary reports that the Army's
quota in the current drive will be
reached if not passed by the end of
the campaign" according to an an
nouncement today by Everett L.
Butler, vice chairman of the De-
partment of the Army Chest drive.
Mr.. Butler reported unusual en-
thusiasm shown throughout every
division of the Army" which makes
up a considerable part of the Gov
eminent Unit here.
1t. Col. William F. Nee, chair
man of Chest activities for the mill
tary district of Washington, has
announced that the south post at
Fort Myer, Va. has already reached
(See CHEST, Page A-6J
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Candidate for Office
|nChicago Found Slain
Near Loop Apartment
industrial Commission
Member Hacked to Deuth
With Shorp Instrument
BY the Assooioted Press

CHICAGO, Oct. 8.-William
John Granata, AZ, a Republican
politician, was hacked to death
early today on busy Randolph
street block from the COM
bined City Hall and County
Building.
Mr.. Granata, member of the
Illinois Industrial Commission and
a candidate for Circuit Court clerk
was killed by two blows of heavy
sharp instrument.
He was found dying in pool Of
blood at the door of the Randolp-
Towers. a skyscraper at 1873 West
Randolph street, where he lived in
an apartment on the 42d floor. The
skyscraper is a few doors west OF
the State of Illinois Chicago Office
Building.
Police said they had found nc
witness to the Staying. The motive
also, is a mystery, they said.
Brother of COP Leader.
Mr.. Granata was a brother of
State Representa- tive Peter c. Gran
alta, leader in the Republican fac
ton headed by Simon A. Murray
candidate for State auditor. The
dead man had served as a campaign
manager for Sheriff Elmer Michael
Walsh when Sheriff Walsh was
elected in 1916
The killing occurred in the north
west Loop area across the street
from the Bismark Hotel and less
than two blocks from the downtown
theater district.
Both the Staying victim and his
brother, Peter, were active in the
old Bloody Goth" ward politics dur
ing the l930s. Peter Is Representa-
tive from the 17th senatorial dis
trict which embraces the former
goth ward.
Recalls 1885 Staying.
Today's crime recalled the Staying
of State Representative Albert J.
Prignano, a Democrat, December
20, 1885. Two men were sent to
prison for that Staying, but two
others implicated were never appre-
hended, and the motive never dis
closed. The two convicted said they
were told it was to be robbery
but they suspected the real motive
was something else.
The attack on Mr.. Granata was
made a few seconds after he stepped
from precinct captains automo-
bile after attending campaign rail-
lies.
An autopsy disclosed two deep
gashes made, Coroner A. L. Brodie
said. by some instrument such as
an ak or meat cleaver Mr.. Granata
died at Henrotin Hospital.
The autopsy, conducted by DR..
Jerry Kearns, coroner's pathologist,
said the wounds were in the neck
(See MURDER, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1948-10-08
.GE and 7 AffiIiates
Guilty Of Monopoly
On Metal Products
; OfficiuIs Also Convicted
Of 1927 to 1910 Plot
To Violate Federal Acts
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 8.-The Cen
eral Electric Co. was convicted
today of conspiring between
1927 and 1910 to monopolize
trade in hard metal compositions
and products in this country and
abroad.
Also convicted in Federal Court
were two affiliate companies anc
three officials.
/ The defendants we're accused in g
l941 indictment of violating the
Sherman Antitrust and Wilson
Tariff Acts.
The corporate defendants are SUBJ
ject to possible fines aggregating
s25, 900 each, the individuals to SIM
liar fines and possible Imprisonment
Of five years each.
AffiIiates Convicted.
Those. convicted besides General
Electric are the International Gen.
elal Electric Co. of New York; the
Carboloy Co. of Detroit; Walter G.
Robbins of Detroit, president of
Carboloy; Zay Jeffries of Cleveland,
oh q iry,,oy of tha hoard of Corho1o,,
and Walter M. Stearns, of Schenec-
tady, N. Y, former manager of trade
relations and special contracts of
General Electric.
The defendants waived trial by
jury and the case was heard by
Judge John c. Knox in January
and July last year
Judge Knox fixed no date for SEN
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Dewey Calls For
us. HousingAid
Where Needed
Asks Realistic Plan
To Relieve Shortage;
Backs SIum Clearance
BY the Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 8.-Gov
Dewey called today for Federal
aid to States for housing on "a
realistic, practical basis" when
ever such aid is needed "to get
action"
Declaring I'VE are up against q
gigantic housing deficit" the Re-
publican presidential nominee also
urged the clearing of the Nation S
slum areas.
I'VE will not be satisfied" he said
until the curse of slums and tene-
ments is lifted from every American
family and every American child"
Speaks in New York.
The New York Governors remarks
were in a speech prepared for deliv-
cry this afternoon at ground break
ing ceremonies for the Alfred E
Smith housing project in New York
City.
Gov. Dewey set out for New York
yesterday afternoon, eliminating the
possibility of his meeting President
Truman in Albany. He spent last
night at his farm home in Pawling
N. Y, between Albany and New
York City.
In his New York speech, Gov
Dewey said:
This year the builders of Amer
ica are building as never before
and the total may reach as many
as million new houses. That is
good. But it is not nearly good
enough.
'As many as a million and a
half of our veterans and their fam
lilies have had to double up with
other families or live in rooming
houses Another million and a half
of our families have had to do the
same"
He said that to solve the problem
I'VE need to cut through impene-
trable underbrush of theory and dis
agreement and dispute, and draw
up workmanlike program"
Says Federal Aid Needed.
That program, he said, must be
one worked out by labor, industry,
our leading institutions and govern
ment-local, State and national.
1T is big problem, but we can
solve it."
Gov Dewey said the Federal Gov
eminent must stand ready to lend a
hand to the States to encourage
programs of community improve
ment and development.
When Federal aid is required to
get action, then that aid must be
provided-on a realistic, practical
basis" the Governor declared.
Mr.. Dewey did not mention the
Taft-Ellender-W Wagner long range
housing bill which was shelved in
the last session of Congress. But
in calling for slum clearance and
Federal aid to States under some
circumstances he tacitly Endorsed
certain provisions of that measure
Mr.. Truman repeatedly has called
for enactment of the bill.
Gov. Dewey paid tribute to
the Republican, controlled Eightieth
Congress for the housing research
provisions of limited housing bill
it did pass.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Late News
Bulletin
Stotes' Rights Ticket
OFT Maryland Ballot

ANNAPOLIS, Md. R).-The
Court Of Appeals today turned
down the request of the States
Rights Democrats for a place
on the Maryland ballot. The
court rejected a plea for a writ
requiring election officials to
put the names of Cows. Thur
mond and Wright on the No
vember 2 ballot.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
CLEVELAND
SUMMARIES

Run batted in-Hegan.
Two-base hits-Bearden, Dark.
Sacriice-Bickford.
Double plays-Dark to Stanky to McCor.
mick; Bearden to Gordon to Robinson
Keltner to Gordon to Robinson.
Left on bases-Boston, 3; Cleveland. 4:
Bases on hailc-Ok Bi"kfo' tDoby'
Judnich, Boudreau, KeltneD.
Struck 0ut---By Bear6en, 4; by BickfOrd, I.
Hits-Of Biokferd. 4 in 3ia innings: of
Voiselle. / in 3zs innings; of Barrett.
q in J irning,
Losing nitcher--Bickford.
Tmuires-NessrS Stewart (N). plate:
Grieve (A), first base; Barr tN), second
base; Summers tA), third base; Para.
rella tA), left field foul line; Pinelli
M, right field foul line. -
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Fresh Rebel Outbreaks
Reported in West Burmo
By the A,socioted Press

bY The NSSoelofed PTesS
RANGOON, Burma, Oct. 8.-Fresh
insurgent outbreaks on the west
coast of Burma were reported in a
military communique today.
The government statement said
there was rebel activity in the
Maungdaw and Buthidaung areas of
Arakan.
Burmese air forces carried out a
series of attacks on the insurgents,
whose casualties were heavy, the
communique added.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
lophum to Leuve Chino

PEIPING, Oct. 8 P.-Roger Lap
ham, head of the American aid to
China mission, will leave by plane
Sunday for the United States te
report on the first phases of the aid
program. He conferred here today
with American Ambassador j. Leigh
ton Stuart and Gen. Flu Tso-yi.
Evening star., 1948-10-08
New Comic Combines
Humor and Adventure

Clownish antics, zany gadg-
cts and fast-moving adventure
are the ingredients of a new
daily and Sunday comic which
will make its first appearance
in The Star next Monday, Oc-
tober II. "Funnyman" is its
title, and it is the work of Joe
Shuster and Jerry Siegel, who
won fame with the Super
man" comic of a few years
back. You'll want to read it
every day, starting Monday, in
Chr Eurning Star
Evening star., 1948-10-08
Record l948 Grain Cror
Predicted for Russiu
by the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
! MOSCOW, Oct. 8.-Russia's 1948
grain crop probably will hit an all
time high, the Moscow News said
today.
Evening star., 1948-10-08

(See GE, Page A-3.
Evening star., 1948-10-08

Cloudy and cool with occasional rain ending
late this afternoon. Lowest tonight near 56.
Tomorrow, partly cloudy with highest in
upper COS. Gull report on Page A-2)
Evening star., 1948-10-08

(See SPAIN, Page ABB
Evening star., 1948-05-07

come up for House action next
! week.
Housing for Servicemen.
| Housing for servicemen would be
provided, Mr.. Bates explained, to
encourage re-enlistments, which
have fallen off substantially. Several
nearby armed service forts and sta
tions would benefit from construc-
ton authorized.
Among the projects would be
these: Andrews Field, Md, family
quarters and utilities for about 161
families; Fort Belvoir, Va, quarters
and utilities for about As families;
Camp DERRICK near Laurel, Md,
quarters for about 40 families, and
other facilities; Camp Lee, Va, Is
family homes, so bachelor quarters
and barracks for 1,125 men; Fort
Meade. Md, quarters for 48 families,
and Vint Hill Farms, Station, near
Warrenton, Va, quarters for about
As families.
| The bill also carries an item 81
100000 to replace field commissary
refrigerator facilities at Fort Myer,
Va.
The House adopted and sent back
to the Senate the conference report
on the First Deficiency Bill carrying
several items for Washington. These
Evening star., 1948-05-07
Building Trade Poll
Slated on Union Shop

The big job of polling 10000
workers of the construction industry
on whether they want the union
shop will be started Monday, Robert
N. Denham, National Labor Rela-
tions Board general counsel, an
nounced today.
Mr.. Denham said the first in a
series Of union-shop pilot elections"
will embrace workers on about 98
construction jobs in SO Western
Pennsylvania counties. The men
will be polled by so agents of the
NLRB. Other pilot elections" will
follow.
These elections, in effect, will be
laboratory experiments" Mr.. Dem
ham said, 80 that tested and SIM
plified procedures can be fashioned
for subsequent union-shop polls in
this industry, throughout the Ma
ton"
The election proceeding was
started by petition filed by five AFL
construction trade unions and will
be conducted on the full agreement
of the unions with the Construction
Association of Western Pennsyl-
vania. The unions are the Operat-
ing Engineers, Teamsters, Carpen-
ters, Pile Drivers and Laborers.
All the unions now are working
under agreements with employers
providing for the closed shop, out
lawed by the Taft-Hartley Act, and
under which only union members
may be hired. The law approves of
the union shop, where the workers
vote for 1t. Under the union shop,
nonunion man may be hired, but
he must join the union within a
specified time after employment.
Evening star., 1948-05-07

a center to permit the Medical De-
partment (of the Army to fulfill
its mission of protection and care of
troops, to keep pace with world
wide developments Of significance
to military medicine and to main
requires the establishment of such
tain productive relationship with
the medical profession at large"
Nucleus for Research.
The construction, it was explained
would form the nucleus of an Army
medical research and graduate
teaching center to augment the IA
cilities of the present Army medical
center here.
The Army Institute of Pathology
and the Medical Museum, the re-
port asserted, now are housed in IAN
antiquated building which seriously
limits the important functions Of
this institution Furthermore, it
was pointed out. additional beds in
the Washington area ARE necessary
for of Army and veteran patients. "
The bill, which would authorize
wide variety of construction prof.
ectS for the Army and Air Force
throughout the country, carries a
total authorization of $207 $50, $50, a
reduction from a previous bill that
carried $247 ,930,350. The bill will
Evening star., 1948-05-07
House Group Declare!
Forest Glen Hospital
Need Is Urgent

The need for a 1,o00-bed general
hospital and an Army institute of
pathology building at Forest Glen,
Md, is declared by the House Armed
Services Committee to be urgent
and immediate"
Laying before the House yesterday
bill to authorize $3.50, 900 for plans
and specifications for construction,
the committee emphasized impor-
tance of the institutions in the light
Of present-day world developments.
The comprehensive and global
nature of modern military med
icine,' declared the report presented
to the House by Representative
Bates, Republican, of Massachusetts
Evening star., 1948-05-07

and Gloria, S, were caught unhurt
by Howard Hutchins, standing be-
low her apartment window.
Their mother, Mrs. Mervin Crosby
"a, wife of a machinest, was in
jured critically, however. DR.. H
Lewis Taylor said she suffered a
back injury.
Forty-two other persons left the
building safely shortly after $50
am, but five families lost all pos
sessions. Homes were found for
them with relatives and friends.
Evening star., 1948-05-07
Editor Denies U. 5. Writer'S
Sided With Soviet in Letter
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, May THE 80
United States writers and artists
who signed an open letter recently
reprinted in Moscow did not take
Russia's side against America, the
editor of Masses and Mainstream
said yesterday.
Samuel Sillen, the editor, said
many newspapers have accused us
OF taking Russia's side against
America.
Nothing in the document we
signed bears any resemblance to
the fanciful description of its con-
tent. We did not align ourselves
against America"
The letter. criticizing President
Truman and American foreign pol
icy, first was printed in masses and
malnstream, the successor to the
Communist New Masses. It was
reprinted In the Russian mapa-
zine Literary Gazette.
The United States letter was in
reply to an open letter from Soviet
writer's which appeared in the last
issue OF New Masses in January.
Evening star., 1948-05-07

included $4,000 for planning re-
pairs to the White House, $17,500
for the District National Guard,
sl0,210 to carry the District Rent
Administrators Office through this
fiscal year, 100000 to pay for last
winters heavy snow removal and
authority to transfer contract au-
thorizations to make possible erec-
ton of some school buildings here.
Evening star., 1948-05-07
Mother Drops Two Children
Three Floors 10 Escape Fire
BY the Associated Press

DEXTER, Me, May IA young
mother dropped two children out a
third-story window yesterday, then
leaped herself to escape flames
sweeping their 15-family wooden
apartment house.
The children, Francis Crosby, 7,
Evening star., 1948-05-07

Middle G Is produced by a string
vibrating 26o times per second
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-06-25
Mems Day at
Zion Church
Sunday, June n

The Mems Fellowship club Of
Zion Baptist church. Minneapolis.
will present the annual Fnsn's day
program, ell day. Sunday. June
n. There viii be musical treats Il
all services.
Those 10 BE- featured q the
three services during TIE day are
Otis Woodland. morning service;
Worthy Turner. Russell Miller
and Earnest Christopher % The .
pm meeting. and Ban Gardner
win Q special musical program
~ 3 pm
Members 81 ne church hope 20
make his Hsn's day oos of his
tory for Ire church Their aim
70 do His VIII The objsrtive II
this meeting VII Be 10 raise funds
Tor nsw psWs for TIE sanctuary.
A special appeal h being made
10 an men. ths suxfliariss q ths
church. Individual members ana
friends by Rsv. Z. Hsndsrson,
club president. and Thsodors
vsughn. o. d. S0ddsth and n Z.
Ben. pobIiefty COMMITTEES mem
bsFs.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-06-25
Six Attend National
Conference Of CORE

Six members Of Minneapolis
Committee Of Racial Equality
were in attendance ai the Nation.
al conference Of CORE from June
10Th through the 10th at Camp
Sharpe on Lake Erie near Yer.
million. Ohio, The first three days
Of the conference were used for q
discussion and analysis Of tsch
niques 10 be used In breaking
down segregation and diScrimins-
ton In the areas u housing. en-
ployrDsnt, recreation and public
accommodations.
The weekend was spent In bust.
ness sessions OF the conference
Delegations from the states u
New York. California, Missouri,
Illinois. Ohio. Minnesots, Pennsyl-
vsG!s and indiana were repre-
ssnted.
Members Of Minneapolis CORE
attending the conference were:
Ruth Little. Janice Cain, Dirk
Collier. Harriet Lane and Mr.. and
Mrs Manford Hall. Two members
Of the group were elected 70
membership on The National EE.
ccutive COMMITTEES. They were
Ruth Little and Harriet Lane.
Miss Lane win be serving her sec.
ond year In this capacity.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-06-25
Bruner OK. Says
Dunjee, Noted
Oklahoma Editor

DIR. Herbert b, bruner, newly
appointed superintendent Of Min.
neapolis public schools, may b.
safely counted among the liberal
educators Of the nation. according
10 Roscoe Duniee, editor OF the
Black Dispatch, newspaper In
Oklahoma City,
In reply 90 telegram sent by
this newspaper 20 MIR. Dunjee last
week, the noted editor stated that
since nothing has arisen in Okla.
homa City since Mr., Bruner be-
came superintendent Of schools
there 20 indicate his religious a..
tltudes. he could offer nothing In
reply 60 that inquiry but he doea
not think black" Minneapolis has
anything 20 fear because Of DIR,
Burners term served in ono Of
the Southern segregated and un-
equal school systems.
Mr.. Dunjee states On the other
hand he has shown much evidence
of not carrying any bias against
groups"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-06-25
Shriners Expect
$4,000 at st. Louis
Convention Aug. Is

BUFFALO, N. Y. -- (ANP) --.
More than 1900 Shriners,
Daughters Of lists and representa-.
tiN - 4 Prince Hall Masonic bod
les are expected 10 attend the 47th
Imperial Council sessions at 81.
Louis. Aug 1870, Raymond X.
Jackson, imperial potentate. said
this week.
Housing arrangements have al
ready been made for all the dele
gates 20 come from 100 temples
and courts in cities throughout
the nation. Entertainment or.
rangementS have also been made.
jackson revealed.
Program features will include
the regular memorial service. a
potentate'S ball, a full dress par.
ade. q bathing beauty contest and
talent pageant and patrol drill
contests,
DIR. Charles z. Stewart Of New
York City will speak at the pub
lie memorial service. Jackson will
address the official opening crowd
at . public reception Aug. 10.
Local city and state ofilcialE and
civic. religious and fraternal lead
ers will also give welcome nd.
dresses at this meeting.
The bathing beauty contest will
climax the Shriners and Daugh.
tiers Of Isis drive 10 raise 500. 900
for tuberculosis and cancer funds
Medinah temple, headed by
Robert l.. Turner. will be the
host.
Among the various meetings
scheduled for this period are The
bi-annual eonclave Of the Grand
Encsmpment Of knights Tenplar,
the international conference Of
Holy Royal Arch Masons. the
international conference Of the
Order Of Eastern Stars and the
international conference Of the
Heroinss Of Jericho. Crusaders
and Cyrcnes.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-06-25

u
Ant h ony ALBERT sciPio II
Ave. Ia u World War II vet lie
Is captain In the infantry re-
serve. His army service entities
him 20 wear the following medals
bronE star. soldiers medal, Pacific
thoateT with four battle stars,
American thaateT. Combat lnfan.
tryman badge, Distinguished Unit
"a Spokesman 7OiSB SchnAcky
Citation,
Scipio received q n, u, degree
In Architecture from Tuakegee In
lp42. Ills most recent degree was
Bachelor Of Civil Engineering
from the University Of Minnesota,
Mr.. Scipi0 IL married and has
one child.
Long and ThoTsor Inc have one
other Negro employs. COleridga
lIendon, o craftsman,