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Jackson advocate., 1948-01-17
Louis For June
Title Fight

New York - Although final
papers have not yet been signed,
it is reported that heavyweight
champion Joe Louis has come to
an agreement with the 20th-Cen-
Jackson advocate., 1948-01-17
Chintz Luster

After being laundered. permanent
finish glazed chintz dresses. draper
les, slip covers and the like should
be ironed on the right side to
bring out the luster.
Jackson advocate., 1948-01-17
Good F1sn

70 identify good fish. be sure that.
Fish eyes are bright and bulging:
sills are bright red; flesh 10 firm
and shows no mprint when handled:
scales adhere tightly to the skin and
No slime 10 present.
Evening star., 1948-05-01
|Trumbo Defense Plan!
To Continue Fight on
Question Pertinency

The trial Of Dalton Trumbo, film
writer charged with contempt of
Congress, will continue in District
Court Monday, with additional
evidence on the pertinency of ques-
tions he is charged with having
refused to answer before a House
committee.
Trumbo is accused of failure to
state whether or not he was a mem
Der of the Screen Writers Guild
or the Communist Party, when ques-
toned last october during the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities hearing on communism
in the motion picture industry.
The defense is expected to present
a deposition from Chairman Thomas
OF the committee, who is in Walter
Reed Hospital, before closing its
evidence on the pertinency issue.
Testimony on this subject is being
heard by Justice David A. Pine with
the jury excused
Battery of Attorneys.
The trial, which began Tuesday,
has been marked by frequent OBJ
Jections to testimony by counsel
on both sides. Two defense wit
nesses yesterday got little more on
the record than their names.
Trumbo's battery of ATTORNEYS
sought to show yesterday afternoon
that no movie writer could subvert
the American screen. Questions put
to Philip Dunno, a writer who ap-
peared as witness, drew objections
from the prosecution, however,
which were sustained by the court.
The questions dealt with whether
producers, executive producers and
directors did not review movie scripts
and make any changes they saw fit.
Through another witness. Heber
Blankenhorn, of Alexandria, labor
relations expert, defense counsel at
tempted to introduce evidence on
Government policy toward trade
unions, including protection of the
secrecy of membership lists.
Lawmakers Questioned,
Also called to the stand yester-
day was Representative Vail, Re-
publican of Illinois, a member of
the House committee, who was
questioned by Charles A. Houston,
one OF Trumbos attorneys, con-
cerning testimony at the Hollywood
Evening star., 1948-05-01
Former District Resident
Now Mayor Of Paris, Tex.

Nathan Bell, %. former District
resident, has been elected mayor
of Paris, Tex, according to word
received here by his mother, Mrs.
Marie Bell of 1891 Butterworth
place NV.
Mr.. Bell, who was born in nearby
Virginia and attended Charlotte Hall
Military Academy and the Uni
versity of Maryland, made his home
in Paris while stationed there with
the Army during the war.
At the time of his election as
mayor of the city Of 10000, Mr.. Bell
was attending a teachers college
near Paris. He plans to finish his
course by correspondence, Mrs. Bell
said,
Evening star., 1948-05-01

hearing. Another committee MEM
Der, Representative Mcdowell, Re-
publican, of Pennsylvania appeared
as Government witness Thursday.
Justice Pine upheld objections of
Assistant United States Attorney
William Hitz to the introduction Of
number of scripts written by
Trumbo, and the film, kitty Foyle," /"
which he wrote for the screen.
Trumbo is the second of 10 mo-
ton picture industry figures to come
to trial on contempt charges stem
ming from their appearances before
the committee at the Hollywood
hearing. The first defendant, John
Howard Lawson, also a scenarist,
was convicted April 10.
Trial Of the third, Albert Maltz,
is scheduled to follow the Trumbo
case,
Evening star., 1948-05-01
NEARBY VIRGINIA HOMES
OPEN SUNDAY, z Pm. TO s Pm.

OC6 u III VI " y z
ridge section oi
Lyon Village, within
several blocks OF the
Clarendon shoppins
center, this charm
ing three-bedroom
stone and brick
Cape Cod with Yer
mont slate roof |,
situated on an at
tractivefy landscap-
ed lot with several
large shade trees
Rooms include on
the first floor, eft.
center hall. livins
room (t2x2D with
a most attractive
Colonial fireplace
and French doors
o p e n ing on q
screened porch with
complete privacy;
dining room C21
III: eoui N n . Z
kitchen. On thu
second floor, master
b e d o o m U21
IS) with door open
ing on deck porch
Evening star., 1948-07-03


predicated on the conviction that
the effort to draft" the general will
prove to be a flop. For one reason,
it seems inconceivable that the man
who turned down a chance to be-
come the Republican candidate In
what appears to be a Republican
year will now accept the Democratic
nomination, regardless of the party's
prospects. For another, it seems
inconceivable that a majority of the
delegates in the Democratic conven-
ton will be willing to take candi-
date whose political views are so
little known.
1t is possible to be mistaken, of
course, on both points.
One of Irreconcilables.
Senate: Olin D. Johnston of South
Carolina says he talked with the
general for IS minutes the other day.
And he says, Il am convinced more
than ever that Eisenhower is the
man of the hour" He doesn't tell
what he said and what the general
said. But the Senator is one of that
irreconcilable group Of Southern
statesmen who are against President
Truman and determined to punish
him for just one reason-the Presi-
dents espousal of laws to establish
fair employment practices, eliminate
poll taxes and race segregation and
make lynching a Federal offense.
One wonders if the Senator and
the general discussed these matters
to their mutual satisfaction. It's
hard to believe. 1t is more likely
that the subject somehow failed to
come up. If the Senator got going
Evening star., 1948-07-03
Court backsU.S Claim
|For Million More in
|Fokker Estate Taxes
By the Assecioted Press

The United States is going to col
lect an extra million dollars or so
in taxes on the estate of Anthony
H. G. Fokker, famed Dutch-born
airplane designer, who died in New
York, December %, 1889.
A United States Tax Court de-
cision today upheld in principle an
Internal Revenue Bureau claim for
1854. .568 more in estate taxes. But
the court ordered a recomputation
that will lower somewhat the amount
due by taking into account an over
valuation of certain assets in Hol-
land.
Mr.. Fokker's executor, Carter Tif-
fany of New York, contended an
earlier payment of about $238, ,00O
in estate taxes was actually $108,-
378 overpayment because Mr.. Fokker
was not a United States resident
and his assets located were not
subject to the United State estate
tax.
The executor sought to show for
eign residence partly by Mr.. Fox
ker's purchase in 1884 of a chalet
near st. Moritz, Switzerland, but
the revenue commissioner countered
this claim with evidence of later
Fokker purchases here, including a
22-room house at Nyack, N. Y.
The court, agreeing with the COM
missioner, also noted that although
Mr.. Kokker was a citizen of the
Netherlands, he repeatedly stated in
applications for passports for his
frequent trips abroad that he in
tended to return to his residence
in the United States.
Mr.. Fokker made his first airplane
flight in 1910, when he was 20 years
old. He made planes for the Ger
mans in World War I, but later
sold planes to the United States
Army and Navy and elsewhere
throughout the world.
The Revenue Commission valued
Mr.. Fokker's gross estate at his
death at $5,131, 1854, but his executors
original estate tav return reported
"a net estate for " taxes OF
81 ,339 ,099."
Evening star., 1948-07-03
Davenport, Loser in 100
Court TiIts, Wins Reversal

David Douglas Davenport. Union
Stations persistent whisky peddler
won his first victory in more than
100 court appearances yesterday
when the. Municipal Court Of Ap-
peals reversed a verdict under
which he was sentenced to 100 days
for assault.
Davenport was found guilty by q
jury in May Of having touched the
shoulder of a l5-year-old school
girl in Union Station last November
The Court Of Appeals reversed the
verdict, declaring that Judge Ar
mond Scott had failed to instruct
the jury properly at the close OF
the trial. The jury was not told II
would have to return a verdict OF
not guilty II it believed that the
Government had not proved each,
and every element Of the crime be-
yond reasonable doubt" the opin-
ion declared.
Davenport has been convicted and
is awaiting appeal on other offenses
ranging from bootlegging to vag-
rancy and assault on q Terminal
policeman. He recently served q
sentence for indecent exposure.
Evening star., 1948-07-03
Two Found Insane
In Assault, Murder

Two men, one who had pleaded
guilty to a charge of attempted
rape and another accused of first
degree murder, have been adjudgeo
of unsound mind after District
Court hearing.
William A. Davis, "a, colored, for
merly of the 600 block Virginia
avenue Sc. was indicted on a rape
charge. He was allowed to plead
guilty last December, however, to
the lesser charge of assault with in
tent to commit rape. At that time,
he also admitted breaking into the
apartment of his victim, l9-year-
old mother of 9-month-old baby
and taking $40 in June. 1946
1t was the second time he has
been found insane. The first time
was in November, 1916, and in July
1947, he was pronounced cured. He
was never sentenced. however, after
pleading to the lesser charge
Should he be declared sane again,
he would face possible jail term
of from 10 to 30 years.
The man accused of murder and
found insane was John M. Browne
%, colored, charged with fatally
shooting Collins R. Mason, 81, also
colored, last December, in a house
in the HOO block Fourth street
NE, where they lived.
Evening star., 1948-07-03
Guild Urges Hearing
For Communist Fired
From Newspaper Job
by the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.-The
American Newspaper Guild, CIO.
was under instructions today to 60
to bat for a member discharged as
an admitted Communist.
A resolution approved by the con-
vention declared it did not believe
such political belief, in the absense
Of showing of overt misfeasance,
constitutes just and sufficient
grounds for discharge" of a news
paperman.
Delegates, at closing sessions yes
terday, acted in the case of Thomas
G.. Buchanan. He was fired from
The Washington Star after he ad-
mitted Communist Party member
ship. The guilds Washington local
refused to protest his dismissal.
Hearing" Favored.
The convention, however, urged
the Washington guild to press for
hearing for Mr.. Buchanan.
Several speakers declared the res
olution in no way meant the ANG
supported Communists or Commun-
ism. They argued that If such cases
went without challenge, they might
lead to firing of newsmen holding
political views opposite those o1
their employers.
The delegates selected Columbus
Ohio, for the 1949 convention city
The date will be set later.
The convention named Hal Boyle
Associated Press columnist, as inter.
national vice president for the New
York district to succeed John Nc.
Manus of New York, resigned.
A referendum will be held in the
Midwestern district to select a sue.
cessor to Dick O'Malley of Denver
who resigned. Ray Kuhn of Bay
City, Mich, and Adolf Rahm of st
Louis have been nominated.
Bargaining Report Accepted.
The guild voted to accept its Col
,lective Bargaining Committees re-
port, containing the following pro.
gram for future bargaining:
/. The working out OF pension
systems.
2. The possibility of a five-day
35-hour week.
3. Plans for a prepaid hospita
care provision to be paid for by
management.
4. The matter of differential pay
for overtime, night and holiday
work.
5. No discrimination in contracts
6. Plans for job security and un'
ion security.
Evening star., 1948-07-03
Mayor III hammered, =
1ammany Hall Retohs
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, July 3.-Mayor VIII
liam ODwyer's assault on Tam
many Hall has drawn a counter
blast accusing him Of overstepping
his authority and operating outside
the penal law"
The return fire came yesterday
from Eugene McManus, Tammany
district leader.
He termed the Mayors announced
move to overhaul the Manhattan
Democratic organization an "ill-
tempered and ill-mannered out
burst"
Mayor ODwyer is not the dicta-
tor of New York County, Mr.
McManus said. I'VE still have the
Democratic primaries and the bal
lot box"
The bitter intra-party feud
sparked by the naming of candi-
Gate for the powerful county surro-
gate past, was marked yesterday by
the resignation of a third Tam
many officeholder from the city
payroll.
At the same time, an extension
until July 9 was made in the term
Of a grand jury investigating re-
ports that bribery played a part in
the nomination of General Sessions
Judge Francis L. Valente for sur
rogate.
The Tammany Executive Commit
tee chose Judge Valente over the
opposition of Mayor ODwyer and
Tammany Chairman Frank Samp-
son, who supported City Council
President Vincent r. Impelliteri fol
the nomination.
The Mayor, who Thursday de-
nounced the present controlling
Tammany majority as gutter
club" and called for a new Demo-
cratic organization, made no COM
ment on Mr.. McManuS' statement
Evening star., 1948-07-03
Police investigating
Death by Monoxide Of
State Department Aide

The homicide squad and the
coroner's ONCE today continued
their investigation OF the death OF
william G. Conklin, a, State De-
partment oficial found overcome oy
monoxide gas in the front seat OF
his automobile in q garage ut the
house where he lived.
The body was discovered by Mrs.
Louise Corbin, who rooms at the
same house at 4435 @ street NV,
about 6 pm. yesterday.
Police listed these facts In the
case:
Mr.. Conklin was dressed only IN
pajama pants. He was slumped
over in the drivers seat. By his
side was a half-empty NTH OF
whisky and q detective mystery en-
titled, Blind Mans Bluff" The
garage doors were closed. The igni-
ton key was turned on and the
headlights were shining. The motor
had stopped but the engine was still
warm.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said he would not issue death cer-
tificate until homicide detectives
completed their investigation.
Mr.. Conklin. an expert on Bel
gium and Switzerland in the State
Departments Western European
political division, had been on sick
leave from the department for six
weeks, police said. He had been
suffering from stomach ulcers.
He was last seen by Mrs. Olive
Dixon Edgar, who owns the home at
Q street, about II am. when ne had
breakfast. She told police he ap-
peared to be cheerful.
Mr.. Conklin leaves a brother.
Groff Conklin, consultant at the
National Cancer Institute. He was
a native of Glen Ridge, N. H.. and
was educated at williams College
and Columbia University. He served
with the State Department In many
parts of the world. He was not
married.
Evening star., 1948-07-03
Attorney Of Italian Origin
Becomes Trieste Mayor
By the Associotsd Press

TRIESTE, Free Territory, July s.
The city of Trieste had a mayor
today for the first time since it
became the center of international
dispute following the war.
He was an attorney of Italian
origin and pro-Italian outlook,
Michele Miami. He was appointed
by the Allied Military Government,
carrying out its recent reform Of
administration in the American
British zone of the free territory
which includes the city of Trieste.
This reform restored most of the
forms of government known there
when Trieste was an Italian city
Miami will be known as the "sindaco,'
as Italian mayors are called.
The new AMG dispensation re-
stores to the people of Trieste al
most complete control Of civilian
government. The AMG office which
formerly governed the area was
abolished.
Evening star., 1948-07-03
Woman Patient Killed
BY Anesthetic Explosion
BY the Asseeieisd Press


UTICA, N. Y, July "a 33-year-
old woman. undergoing an opera
ton, was fatally injured yesterday
when an anesthetic exploded in an
operating room of Utica Memorial
Hospital.
Mrs. Jennie Infusino died shortly
after the blast occurred. Her sur
geon and three nurses were injured.
Oneida County Coroner Gerald
Jones said the cause of the blast
was undetermined.
DR.. Jones said injuries suffered in
the explosion caused the woman s
death. He planned to conduct a
post-mortem examination.
DR.. B. A. Di 1orio, the victim s
surgeon. and Miss Gloria Romano,
nurse, both suffered temporary
loss of hearing. Also injured were
Nurses Carol Gale of Utica and
Doris Wood of Ilion. Both suffered
shock
Hospital attendants said DR.. Di
Iorio was closing an incision when
cyclopropane gas exploded. The
blast came from a rubber tube at
tached to a machine containing the
gas, it was reported.
Evening star., 1948-07-03
lass Says British Sailor
Asks 10 Stay in Russia
BY the Asseeioisd Press

MOSCOW, July 3.-Tass said to.
day British sailor of an American
ship has asked to stay in Russia
and become a citizen.
An odessa dispatch Of the Soviet
news agency said Reginald Hubbard
of the ship Edward r. Squibb made
the request in letter to the Odessa
City Soviet. He was reported to have
said he was the son of a former
Canadian Consul in the United
States.
In the letter, Tass said, he accused
the United States and Canada Of
intending to attack the Soviet
Union"
In another letter sent to the
British Ambassador to Moscow. the
agency said, he gave notice of his
intention of renouncing British
citizenship and remaining in Russia
and told Of seeing personally "furiou.
preparations for a new war" in the
United States and Canada.
He was quoted as saying he hac
looked for steady work In the United
States, Canada, Australia and New
Zealand but all he found was "un.
employment, misery and no con.
fidence in the future"
A British Embassy spokesman sale
no letter from Hubbard had beer
received,
Evening star., 1948-07-03
ASS Airport Projects
To Cost S73,S19,B5
Announced by CAA
BY the Asseeiotsd Pres.

D. w. Rented, Civil Aeronautics
Administrator, announced today a
program calling for the spending
of s73,819,455 on ASS airports in the
year started July /.
The Federal Government will pro-
vide $35, ,098, ,459, with local or State
sponsors contributing the remaining
s3S, ,72O, 1896.
Mr. Rented said he was unable
to include in the program many
worthy projects. The agency's back
log of requests for aid now totals
s210, 0,000,0 900. he said. and selections
for the 1948-49 fiscal year were made
on the basis of most immediate
aeronautical necessity"
Biggest Federal grants went to
the orchard Airport at Chicago
81, 1,775. 900; the Wayne County Field
at Detroit, $1,061, 800, and the Fort
Worth (Tex) Midway Field. $500, 900
Under CAA rules the various air.
port types are distinguished chiefly
by runway lengths.
For Glass sub /, runways range
up to 1900 feet long; class /, 1900
to 2,700 feet; class 2. 2,700 to 3,7QD;
class 3, 3,70o to 4,70o; class 4, 4,70C
to $500; class 5, $500 to $500; class
6. $500 to 7,7o0; class 7, 7,700 to
8,700 feet.
Here is a list of Maryland and
Virginia projects included in the
new program, giving the commu-
nifty; the present and proposed air.
port class Chyphenated figures. with
zero indicating it is a new airport
planned to be made into class
shown; sponsors funds and Fed
eral funds (where the two amounts
are identical, only one figure is
liste6:
Observation-Disclosures 0-5. $1,000 :
900; Easton. 3-3. $4,000; Frederick
3-3, 100000, and Salisbury, a.,
$4,000.
Virginia-Danville, A, 100000;
Newport News. o., 100000; Nor
folk, A, $l25.000; Richmond. A,
100000. and Roanoke, 3-3, $4,000
and $4,000.
Evening star., 1948-07-03
This Changing World
Direct Action Planned by Berlin Reds
To Save Moscow Loss of More Face

themselves are now suggesting to
their stooges in order to give an
example to the other occupation
forces.
Rudolf Nadolny. former member
of the German diplomatic corps, has
been selected by Moscow to head the
independent Eastern government.
He is neither a former Naz nor a
Communist, and is considered to
represent a degree of respectability
which might make him acceptable
to the Germans not only in the
Eastern zone, which is entirely un-
der Russian domination, but also in
certain dissatisfied quarters In the
Western zone.
The establishment of the capital
of Western Germany some months
ago at Frankfurt is said to have
been regarded by the Russians as q
precedent for making Leipzig the
capital of Eastern Germany.
Preliminary Steps Taken.
Preliminary steps toward that
end already have been taken by the
U. S. S. r. 1t has announced that the
Kommandatura In Berlin has ceased
to exist. All that is needed now
Soviet agents say, is for some I'm
cident" to show that the situation ir
Berlin has become untenable.
Attempts to starve out the inhab-
jtants of that city may prove to be
a lengthier operation than the So
Wet high command had at first en-
visaged. They took as a yardstick
for the Western Allies discontinue
their own lack of organization and
figured that since they could not
have coped with a situation created
by isolation of the city from its
sources of supplies, the Western
Allies would not be able to meet
such a crisis, either. and would be
compelled to withdraw from the
city.
The speed with whic'. the crisis
was handled created the demand for
action. But since the Russians a-e
still unwilling to unleash shooting
war, they are expected to use the
German Communists to start the
ball rolling Then, our intelligence
service in Berlin says, after the Ger
man Reds have started their upris-
ing, which we will put down by
force, the Soviets will spring out OF
their trick box the new government
FOR Eastern Germany, with Its cap
.tal at Leipzig and full "autono-
nous powers" to act for the best in
terests of the German people.
Naturally that government will
pledge itself to work for the recon-
,truction of the Reich with the as
sistance of and in complete harmony
with the Soviet Union.
Evening star., 1948-07-03

BerlinerS with Constantine Brown.
the necessities of life have created
fear in the Kremlin that the Soviet
Union may lose further face"
Communist cells in Berlin have
received instructions from the Polit.
buro to prepare for militant ac'
ton" They were ordered last week
to make necessary preparations fol
local uprisings, particularly in the
American zone.
Copies of these instructions are in
the hands of American and British
authorities, who are taking precau-
tions against any such moves. 1t Is
admitted, however, that the Com
munists can move without difficulty
from the Soviet-occupied area to
the western sectors of Berlin. 1t will
be a difficult task to prevent revo-
lutionary outbreaks.
Constabulary Alerted.
The American and British con-
stabulary forces have been alerted
Unless Moscow changes its mind at
CiSNCl1lIl ICDSlllouo ChPio-
sions are expected sometime next
week, even if Soviet authorities dis.
count their final success.
The long-range Soviet plan, ac-
cording to informants within the
German Communist Party in the
Russian zone, is to create an in
dependent" Eastern German terri
tory With its capital at Leipzig
They figure that in this manner
Berlin will become merely another
town in the Eastern zone, like Dres-
den, for instance, and that the "in-
dependent" German government can
demand the evacuation of the shell
which once used to be the capital
of the Reich. The Russians are
said to be only too willing to COM
ply with such a request, which they