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Evening star., 1948-09-02

pushed" her into the kitchen. Dur
ing the struggle, he told Detective
Huber, he might" have placed his
hands around her throat.
He then went out and intermit-
emily moved the lawn and drank
about a pint of liquor. About dusk,
when he went inside, he found his
wife lying on the bedroom floor.
She was snoring loudly" Police
said this is a symptom of a certain
type of head injury.
He dragged her into the living
room and sent his daughter to the
home of Fred w. Mugleston, 4O1
Belford place, to summon aid. Mr..
Mugleston examined Mrs. Sloan and
said he didn't think she had any
pulse.
Police Are Called.
After unsuccessfully attempting tc
get the family physician, he called
DR.. Robert Hunter, 5000 New Hamp-
shire avenue NE, who arrived 9
few minutes later and pronounced
Mrs. Sloan dead. He said she hae
been dead only few minutes.
DR.. Hunter notified DR.. Maloney
After the, latter's examination, po.
lice were called.
DR.. Maloney said he is having
chemical tests made to determine
the alcoholic content of Mrs. Sloan's
blood.
Detective Huber said he decided
to question Sloan after talking with
DR.. Maloney at the funeral home
He said he placed the murder
charge against the man on the ad.
vice of Assistant States Attorney
Hervey G.. Machen.
The detective said that when he
asked Sloan whether he had hit OF
choked his wife, the telephone re-
pairman said, mo, but I was pretty
rough on her"
Complaints Recalled.
He quoted Sloan as admitting
beating his wife on previous oc-
casions but not within the last four
months. Investigation showed, how
ever, that Mrs. Sloan had COM
planned several times to neighbors
recently of being beaten by her
husband, Detective Huber said.
Last night, the detective ques-
toned Felicia, Mr.. and Mrs. Mugles-
ton, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard C.
Dean, 2701 Twelfth street NE,
friends of the Sloans, but refused
to reveal what was said. Felicia
is being cared for by the Muglestons.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean told reporters
the Sloans had lived at. the Belford
place address since 1941. They said
Mrs. Sloan is from Easton, Pa, and
has no relatives in the Washington
area. Funeral arrangements are
expected to be made today when
relatives arrive from PENNSYLVANIA
The Sloans had been married
about 10 years.
Evening star., 1948-09-02
Four Funeral Directors
Renamed to License Unit

The District Commissioners today
reappointed four Washington fu-
neral directors to serve, another year
on the Licensing Committee for Fu-
neral Directors and Embalmers.
The men named to serve again
are w. r. Frank Hines, Thomas M.
Hysong, Robert G. MCGUIRE, jr., and
Garyton c. Echols. They were NOM
mated by District Health Omcer
George G. Rutland.
Evening star., 1948-09-02
Death of Man in Hotel
Loid to Natural Causes

A certificate of death from natural
causes was issued today by DR.. A.
Magruder Macdonald, District coro-
ner, in the death yesterday of
Percival w. Britt, about 48, of New
port News, Va.
Mr.. Britt was found dead in a
chair in his room at the Hotel
Harrington yesterday.
A son, William c. Britt, 1704
Lanier place NV, confirmed police
Identification. Mr.. Britt had reg
istered at the Hotel Harrington
AUGUST 26.
Evening star., 1948-09-02

Georges County policemen after he
had pointed gun at them.
Police Question Wife.
Homicide division officers today
questioned Mildred c. Stevens who
said she was Millions common-law
wife. They quoted her as saying
she lived with Milton for the last
two years and signed papers as his
common-law wife. Police said they
also learned she was named bene-
fciary on a $1,000 life insurance
policy.
He was 46 years old and had lived
in the 1000 block of Twenty-second
street NV.
Police Chief Robert J. Barrett
praised his men for doing a good
job"
Milton's habit of casing" a drug
store he intended to rob cost him
his life, 1t. Carper said. In an effort
to pin a narcotics theft on him.
police had convassed drug stores,
shown proprietors his photograph
and asked that they be notified if
he appeared.
BY this method, he was identified
as suspected thief who got mar
cotics at a drug store in the 800
block of Nineteenth street NV
within the last 10 days. His photo
was identified the day after the
robbery.
Yesterday afternoon the narcotics
squad received the call they wanted,
The Hall & Sothoron store closed at
pm. At 7:45 pm, 1t. Carper and
the two detective sergeants moved
in
1t. Carper said he had his gun
drawn when Milton crept across the
store, but did not fire.
Held for Coroner's Inquest.
The two detective sergeants have
been turned over to Capt. Robert V.
Murray, acting chief of detectives.
pending coroner's inquest at ll:30
am. tomorrow. Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald was on the scene before
Milton was removed to a hospital
He was dead on arrival
Long known as police character
and drug addict, Milton was last in
police hands June 3, when he was
arrested by Pvt. Donald w. Moore
in connection with an automobile
theft near the Shoreham Hotel. He
was charged. Pvt. Moore said, but
the case was nolle pressed in Mu-
nicipal Court after three contlnu-
ances. The policeman said he tes-
tilted before a grand jury on the
subject.
Capt. Murray said Milton had
been free on $1,000 bond in the
burglary of drugstore at Laurel,
Md, several months ago. He es-
capped from a policeman after being
trapped in the store, but was cap
tured later.
Under Prince Georges Bond.
His real name was Arthur Rhine
hold LutZweit and he had used an
alias of Charles Edwin Hill, police
said.
He has been at liberty on $1,000
bond from Prince Georges County,
authorities there said. in connection
with the robbery of Martins Phar-
macy, 6715 New Hampshire avenue,
and with pulling a pistol on two
Prince Georges policemen.
The two policemen came upon
him as he walked from the drug
store, where narcotics had been
stden. they said. When he drew q
gun they ducked for cover and the
man fed into the woods, leaving his
car.
1t was registered under the name
of Charles Edwin Hill and investiga-
tion by Detective Earl c. Huber dis
closed Hill and Milton TO be the
same man.
Evening star., 1948-09-02
Almos Temple to Meet

George E. Stringfellow, potentate
OF Salaam Temple, Newark, N. j.,
and vice president Of the Thomas
A. Edison Co., will speak on Thomas
Alvah Edison, Symbol Of Free
Enterprise" ut the meeting Of the
Almas Temple Shriners at 1880
pm. tomorrow at 1915 K street NV.
Evening star., 1948-09-02
Cruise for Servicemen

The Committee Of Teenagers'
Parents to Welcome New Peacetime
Recruits Is sponsoring q moonlight
cruise at $50 o'clock tonight on the
8. s. Potomac for men In the armed
services and their wives. About 1900
persons have been invited by the
committee, which Is temporarily
headed by DR.. Arthur Bogner. 1908
Eighth street NE.
Evening star., 1948-09-02
Place Sunday Classified
Ads Early!

CLASSIFIED ad customers de-
string to place ads in The
Sunday Star are urged to call
them in early in the week.
This will eliminate the last
minute rush to place ads and
will assure every one prompt
and efficient service. Your
cooperation will be appre-
ciated.
Remember The Stars
New Telephone Number Is
Sterling 5000.
Evening star., 1948-09-02

tr1ed calling a company Whlch is
putting up bridge here to see if we
could buy just one of those they
don't seem to be using. They told us
we're building a bridge and it's the
only answer we had"
He is now supervisor of the paint
ing department of the Mayflower
Marina, 1900 Maine avenue S.W.
The Wave was built at Accomac,
Va, in 1868, according to its papers,
but the Ship Register of 1946 puts
the date, at 1862. Its 2h-inch oak
planked hull is 548 feet long, CIV
ing it an overall length of 10 feet
1t squats in the water, 16 feet wide.
The name purigy has never been
satisfactorily traced. 1t was used
to describe the sharp-keeled schoOn-
ers built for the oyster and fruit
Evening star., 1948-09-02

trade before 1850. The null lines
have the same elements of design
as the clipper ships of the late
l700s.
Stainless Steel Galley.
The Wave looks the same as 1t
did on the West Indian run. It's
conversion to a yacht has meant
installation of auxiliary power-a
Chrysler marine en-
gine1 electric power and a stainless
steel galley where the cargo hold
formerly was.
At the base of the main mast In
the spacious beneath deck area is
a 4-foot bronze casting of Kwan Yin
Chinese goddess Of mercy The
Schmidts also have an extensive
collection of Chinese scrolls, some
of them dating to the Ming dynasty
Evening star., 1948-09-10
\XE;;:Ti i g. 5:
"

BARGE TRIP.
Horse-dravn barge trip on the c. d o
s.ns sy tas unSr, MSSrsi s1.neS SgsSs
Junction Of Canal road and NJ street NV,
pm. tomorrow.
BIRD WALK.
Along the c. 4 o. canal parkway. spon-
su tpiet assisted ss PARK Naturalist Drew
Chick begin Ct stop 80, on the Glen
JUNGLE WALK.
Janrs 's.nt sxsT S1ss aeOsey.t x.nI, 1,ins s.
sHssa: sTssa. HW ESQ p 1891 81
soroDt,m,.. eIas. Maa1NGs; Wizard Hotel. a:so
Botanical Society. willard Hotel. 9 am.
American consress of Physical Medi-
SPECIAL EXHIBITS.
Silver Spring Art Gallery, 9216 Flower
s snd Sser 10 coos B. bo ran
thropgh September: r,.. 1r.
itol streets open 8 m to 10 pm. Mon
70 10 pm, Sunday; original Lacock Abbey
the the British eoVernment until December i6:
page Autobiography" for an indefinite
'e,sSfi National Gallery Of Art. Sixth street
and Constitution avenue NV; open 10
am. TO 8 pm. weekdays and to 10 p m
pqnnas' pqisinF the eA MeIlon. Kress. Widener and
Dale collections and. gifts from other
donors for an indefinite period.
street and New York avenue NV: open
IL to 40 pm, Mondays: 10 am, to 4;3o
pm. Tuesdays throush Fridays, am to
days; paintings by Margaret Gates. Ethsl
Cslfee through Sunday and water colorS
BY artists of washington for an indefinite
Phillips Memorial GALLERY. 1900 Twenty;
pm, Monday until 10 pm. Sunday to
pm Modern French and American
Nstionai Archives, exhibition hall, Con,
stitutlon avenue between seventh ana
Ninth streets : NV open !an s5o am a; s.,o to
urdays, and ! 80 to 5 pm. SUNDAYS and
holidays; exhibit commemorating the l5oth
anniversary of the esta blishment Of the
rents from the Revolution through world
War II surrender papers for an indefinite
Fish and wfdlife Service. under main
Fourteenth and z streets NV: open 3
am. to pm. daily; display Of animals
and wresh-water fish, for an indefinite
period.
FOR sERvICEMEN.
oncsrs' Service Club clyb. Is44 Twenty.ttrst Cy.tnI.
Armed Services YMcA, 1898 @ street
NV, record dance on roof. 8 o'clock TO-
niEht;: bowling party. 9 O'clock tonight,
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Cluo, 1913
L street NV, lounge. library, writing
desk, billiard tables, radio
vsS, fsns LIZA pne
daily, noon to midnight.
Evening star., 1948-09-10
Deaths Reported
(From the D. c. Bureau Of vital sta tist

rrom the D. c. Bureau Of Vital Statistics
William Bowman. 7s, 141e Maryland ave
ne.
Emma Rice. "a, 1711 c st. So.
Rachel Wolf, 72, Miami. Fla.
William Wilson, SO. 1854 Delafeld pl. ne
Joseph Davis, 81. 2701 Connecticut ave
NV.
Eugene Mouth, e5, 1913 chapin st. NV
jesse Anthony, "a, 3735 Jocelyn st. NV.
Sybil Madaris, 81, 1920 47th st. NV.
Owen Stickley. "a. Arlington. Va.
George Harrison, 50, Alexandra, Va.
Infant Saxon, not given.
Alfred Stanfeld, 73, Blue Plains. D. c.
John Gather. 20, 1888 Delaware ave w
William Brown, 50, 1910 Kendall st. n ".
James Greene, SO. Maryland.
Sarah Williams. 5s, Takoma Park, Nd.
Braxton Hunnicutt, 81, 775 Columbia I'd
NV.
Henry Horne. "a. 1928 coreoran st. NV.
Prescilla Wilson. So, 1910 Mass. ave. Il "
Marvin Moore. A, a33 st. NV.
Tang Chin, 90, 51s H st. NV.
EiouiSe Evins. 20, 1913 9th st. NV.
Infant Johnson, ~ H st. NV.
Infant Turner, not given.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-22

.cancerous bureaucracy that is
threatening the basic principles of
democracy, wasting the peoples
money, hampering production and
promoting industrial welfare"
The same editorial sharply cri-
ticized President Truman for his
sponsorship of a labor draft law in
the 1916 railroad strike and claim
ed that Truman, while vetoing the
Taft-Hartley Act, "quit cold" on
efforts to have Congress sustain his
veto.
The editorial winds up by de-
claring that neither party planks
nor the individual viewpoints of
Truman and Dewey and the Taft
Hartley Act, should be given too
much Importance.
"The power to repeal the act
rests in Congress-" the editorial
concluded. "And unless labor can
participate in the election of a
number of senators and
congressman pledged to repeal the
NAM-Taft- Hartley
punitive anti-labor law, there is
little hope of locating a political
Santa Claus to do the job"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-22
DEMOCRATS BOAST TIL
REPEAL IN '48 PLATFORM

Philadelphia (LPA)-The forth
right commitment in the 194S Dem
ocratic platform that the party's
candidates will work to repeal the
Taft Hartley law if they are elect
ed was hailed by AFL, CIO and
railroad brotherhood delegates to
the convention as a great victory
for organized labor.
Their realization that President
Truman, national party Chairman
J. Howard McGrath, and keynoter
Sen. Alben Barkley all favored the
inclusion in the platform of thoro-
going condemnation of the 1947
anti-labor statute did much to win
their acceptance of Truman as the
presidential nominee.
Barkley's mention of the impor-
tance of 'labor's Magma Carta"-
the Wagner Actin his keynote
speech, and his condemnation of
Taft Hartley was notice to the anti
union southern delegations that on
this question the party leadership
would permit no compromise.
In his attack upon the record of
the Republican 80th Congress Bark
ley said: "While lacking in cour-
age to repeal the Labor Relations
Act, and the Fair Labor Standards
Act, they have sought so to modify
the basis upon which they were
predicated as to destroy, in part,
the rights enjoyed by labor"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-22
Mine Workers Ask Dewey
Repudidte Tuft-Hurtley

Washington LPA)-GOP presi-
dental candidate Thomas E. Dewey
was called upon by the United
Mine Workers this week to come
out for repeal of the Taft-Hartley
Act.
An editorial in the Mine Work
ers Journal claimed that the COP
platform plank on the labor issue
contains enough elasticity for
Dewey to roll his own"
owe believe that the opportunity
exists for Governor Dewey to come
out forthrightly for repeal Of the
NAM Taft Hartley Act" the Jour
nal declared. "That of necessity
means that the Wagner Act (Which
the NAM Taft Hartley Act
amends) would go by the boards" I"
"We believe that the country
would welcome such fortnight
posal. We believe that it af-
fords the biggest contribution that
Dewey can offer the people of the
nation to restore democracy and
free collective bargaining and pro-
mote peaceful labor relations.
"We believe that it would be a
ten-strike in eliminating the most
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-22
UAW Challenges Congress
To Lick Initiation Fast

sides price control "priorities and
ALLEGATIONS of scarce materials and
government assistance in expand
ing plant facilities to break pro-
duction bottlenecks in steel, alumni
mum, electric power, oil, gas, coal,
transportation and other vital goods
and services. If private monopoly
refuses to expand, the government
should build and operate sufficient
additional productive facilities to
meet domestic, ERP and defense
needs.
'Private planning on the basis
of fear of so-called future surpluses
and chronic mass unemployment
as in the case of STEEL" the UAW
head told Congress, "must be re-
placed by public planning based on
a future of stable prosperity, full
production, distribution and en-
ployment."l
While Congress committees are
hearings and voting such
a program-already written out in
bills authored by Sen. Ebert Thom-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-22
American And Asiun Union
Planning New Federation

San Francisco (LPA)-Forma-
tion of an anti-Communist Asian
Federation of Labor by workers
delegates to the Int'l Labor Organ
ization conference last week was
hailed as the first step towards the
creation of a worldwide trade
union body free of Russian influ-
ence.
Trade unionists from India, Bur-
ma, Pakistan, China, the Philippines
and Indohesia drafted the constitu-
tion of the new Asian organization.
They have invited labor unions of
Japan, Korea, Indo-China, Siam,
Ceylon, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey,
and the Arab nations to join.
Shortly after the Asian organi-
zation was proclaimed, one of its
leaders, Liu Sun-Sen of China, met
with Serafino Romualdi, secretary
of the months old Inter-Ameri-
can Confederation of Labor (CIT).
A joint secretariat for the two
groups was formed, and non-Com-
munist labor organizations thruout
the world are expected to be invit
ed to affiliate.
Romualdi, who is Latin American
representative of the AFL said:
"The meeting was called not only to
set up this secretariat for liaison
purposes but to take joint action
towards calling, as soon as possi
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-22
Fl RoiI Unions
Negotiating For
New Pay Boosts

Washington (LPA)-Twenty-ont
rail unions, representing nearly al
the 100000 workers on the 1ror
Horse" were in the field this week
pushing for a third round" wage
Increase.
Sixteen Incorporating" unions
speaking for over 100000 in all
railroad crafts except the train,
engine and yard service, prepared
to enter into negotiations with the
railroads on a nationwide basis for
a 25c an hour increase and 40
hour week at 48 hours earnings.
Two Operating" Brotherhoods-
the Trainmen and Conductors =
started bargaining with individual
carriers on their demand for 25
per cent increase, with a minimum
raise of $3.50 a day. After confer
ences on the individual roads wind
up, national bargaining will follow.
Three other Operating" Broth
erhoods-the Locomotive Engin-
GERS, Locomotive Firemen & En-
ginemen, and Switchmen-announc-
ed that they will shortly swing in
to negotiations with the rail car
riers for further wage increase
to the men they represent.
These three previously settled
their long "second round" dispute,
on the basis of a 152c an hour
increase, plus number of changes
in working rules and additional adj
justments in basic pay rates to cor
rect inequities.
Though the three unions and the
carriers were still at work seeking
10 put the terms of the settlement
into a written agreement, the rail-
roads were, nonetheless, returned
oy the government to private car
riers after two months of paper"
operation by Uncle Sam.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-22

Detroit (LPA)-The special ses-
sion of the 80th Congress has been
challenged to "check the crippling
Pearl Harbor of high prices, short
ages maintained by monopolistic
forces, denial of civil rights in en-
ployment and voting and security
of life"
Addressing himself particularly
to the 81 members of the House
and 40 Senators in districts and
states where the United Auto
Workers has substantial member
ship, UAW President Walter P.
Reuther this week urged them to
"act now."
what must be done now," the
union leader asserted, "is to enact
an integrated anti-inflation pro-
gram" Members of both parties
will be judged, he warned, on their
records in the weeks ahead and
the voters will remember in No
vember.
Describing program to under
mine initiation, Reuther listed be-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-22

Trade unionists hailed, too, the
Democrats promise to work for an
increase of the legal minimum wage
from 40c to 75c an hour, though
this falls short Of the 81 wage floor
asked by AFL President William
Green.
Other pledges important to work
ing men and women contained in
the platform are on the subjects of
publicly financed housing, improv-
ed social security, including ma
tional health program, and federal
aid to education.
No such acceptance was gained,
however, from union delegates for
the weak civil rights proposal of
the platform committee. Both AFL
and CIO officials from number of
states urged their delegations to
take a strong stand on the conven-
tion floor for clearly worded guar
antees of Democratic party support
of fair employment practice legis-
lation and federal protection of the
civil liberties of minority groups.
With President Truman's renom-
ination a foregone conclusion, and
popular enthusiasm for Sen. Bark
ley as vice presidential candidate
after the old war horses's
keynote speech, there was no ia
bor' bloc gathered around any can
didate for either spot on the ticket.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-22
WoIi Blasts Congress As LLPE
Moves To Retire Reucfionuries

Washington (LPA)-The return
ing 80th Congress was greeted last
week with ringing denunciation
from Matthew Woll, vice president
of the ALA man often thought
of as one Of the most conservative
of the leaders Of organized labor.
"This objectionable Congress has
lashed out at the workers Of the
country in more ways than one y
VOL said. "The adament refusal
and parliamentary trickery employ
ed to block adequate housing legis-
lation are no less shameful and
contemptuous of the peoples basic
interests and needs than is the
Taft-Hartley act"
Woll, who has been active in the
labor freedom, pointed out that
AFL's worldwide campaign for
even Congress approval Of the Eu-
ropean recovery program was given
"grudgingly." It's willingness to be
Stampeded by reactIonary INDUS
trialists has made our country an
easy target Of criticism for the de-
Of totalitarian Commu-
nism," the veteran president Of the
Photo-Engravers Union charged.
"All Of which means," Woll con-
"that the voters-particu-
larly the many millions in the ranks
Of organized labor, in the ranks of
those who work for livelihood,
will have to use their secret ballot
more carefully and constructively
than ever before.
"Any Congressman or Senator
who voted for the Hartley act
is unworthy Of labor's confidence
and is incapable of serving the ma
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-22

vivors' insurance benefits by at
least so per cent and reduce eligi-
bility age for women from 65 to
60.
Observation-Disclosures call for
$300,O00,000 appropriation for Fed
eral aid to education. Republicans
hedge on federal aid.
Natural Resources Democrats
pledge full and unified regional"
development of water, mineral and
other natural resources. Republi-
cans call for reclamation program
with full protection of rights and
interests of the states.
Atomic Energy-Democrats call
for non-partisan civilian admins
tration of atomic energy. Republi-
cans don't.
Business-Democrats pledge in
tensive enforcement of antitrust
laws with adequate appropriations.
call for elimination of
unnecessary controls" and limita
ton of competition by government
al organizations.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-07-22
AFL Man To Go Against
COP Anti-LabOr Woman

Newburg, N. Y. (LPA) = Mrs.
Katherine st. George, Republican
member of Congress from this dis
trict, has one of the most perfect"
anti-labor records in Congress. So,
the Democratic Party's committee
in Rockland County has designated
William G. Pendergast, an inter-
national vice-president of the Boil
ermakers-AFL to run against her.
Mrs. st. George is socialite
from Tuxedo Park, community of
wealthy estate owners. She has
long been leader in women's Re-
publican activities in New York.
The Democrats have also chosen
George McCullogh of the Int'l La
dies Garment Workers-AFL and
Henry Lynch of the dyers' division
of the Textile Workers-CIO to run
on their ticket for the Senate and
Assembly.