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Evening star., 1948-02-14

ident of Hearst's Chicago Amer
ican from 1910 to 1917. Thereafter
he became interested in invest
ments, and retired in 1881 with a
considerable competency.
He began to read history. He
spent five years finding out why
Cicero was murdered, among other
things. He realized that religion
is the great force in history. He
also became interested in the Puri-
tan Church. Although he has a
marked Irish accent from an i'm
migrant grandmother, he is the 10th
in direct line from a Parker who
started the church in Reading,
Mass, in 1886. He breaches Sum-
days to a congregation of about rs
in La Grange, ILL.,, suburb Of Chi
cago.
He also became obsessed with the
idea that his old employer, the
Chicago Tribune. owes 100000 900
in back taxes. AS he explained it to
the court, he seems to arrive at that
figure by saying the company failed
to pay a tax on distribution Of
$2800C 900 in cash dividends over
number of years. With the money
that should have been paid in taxes,
he. says, the company started the
New York Daily News, which is now
worth $100,000,000. He has started
taxpayers suits to recover that sum
for Illinois.
Justices Interested.
The papers he filed with the court
in response to the show cause order
were resolutions of the "Ecumenical
(world-wide) Council Of the Puritan
Church." signed by himself. -
His sentence for contempt was
upheld by the appellate court and
the Supreme Court of Illinois. He
also was sentenced to six months in
Jail for sending letters to the grand
jury. He is appealing that, too.
Court attaches said yesterday
they had seldom seen the justices so
interested in asking questions. They
were patient while Mr.. Parker went
10 minutes over his time. He fin
ished with a peroration tracing
Justice from the tablets from Mount
Sinai, the Sermon on the Mount,
the Justinian Code. Spinoza, VOL
taire, the Declaration of Independ-
ence; he cited washing machines
and penicillin as evidences of ad-
vancement, and Bridges VS.. Cali
fornia as precedent. In that case
the court reversed a contempt SEN
tence against the West Coast labor
leader.
Then he said:
your honors, If you wish to ask
any legal questions about the trial
in which the alleged contempt oc-
Cured, the lawyer who represented
me in that trial Is right here be-
hind me-"
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Lawyer 10 Produce 7 Men
He Says Staged 81 HoIdup

An attorney for Thomas Jordon
42, serving a life sentence in Lorton
Reformatory for the murder Of Mrs.
Lizzie S. Jaynes, 81, in the Garden
T shoppe holdup II years ago, to-
day promised to produce the two
men he says staged the robbery.
John M. Holzworth Of New York,
Jordon's attorney made the state
ment in arguing motion for a writ
of habeas corpus in Federal District
Court at Alexandria.
He is seeking the writ on the
grounds that Jordon was denied q
Just trial, because, he claims, Jordon
had improper counsel, the Govern
ment suppressed evidence and the
conviction was obtained by perjured
testimony. Mr., Holzworth said fur
ther he would prove that Mrs
Jaynes was not shot at the time OF
the 1881 holdup.
Issuance of a writ of habeas cor
pus on similar grounds was denied
last September In District Court
here by Justice Alexander Holtzoff
who said nearly all the contentious
in the petition had been raised
before,
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Clark Speaks Tonight
AT Jubilee Banquet Of
Temple Brotherhoods

+ Attorney General Clark will ad-
dress members Of the National Fed
Grafton Of Temple Brotherhoods at
their silver jubilee banquet at 7:30
o'clock tonight IN the shoreham
Hotel. ~
The banquet concludes the third
day of the organizations four-day
convention in Washington. Jewish
leaders from 30 States, the District
and Canada are participating.
Justice Jackson; of the Supreme
Court last night was honored with
a testimonial scroll for his work as
prosecutor at the Nuremberg war
crimes trials.
In special ceremonies held in the
vestry of the Washington Hebrew
Congregation, Jesse Cohen of New
York, president of the National
Federation of Temple Brotherhoods,
told Justice jackson:
"You took the basic common law
ON which the legal jurisprudence OF
civilization is founded, and applied
it on an international scale. This
represented a victory for people OF
all beliefs, political, religious, social
and economic. All humanity is In
your debt"
In his response, which touched
upon the Jewish fate under the
Nazis, Justice Jackson said he hoped
that what was done at Nuremberg
would awaken the conscience of the
world; for unless the conscience of
the world supports the written law,
we have ACCOMPLISHED little"
He added that If governments
would be willing to submit their ac-
tions to the scrutiny of human
principles, then Nuremberg will have
accomplished something.
Il think we laid the foundation
of a better order of things, if men
will study the lessons of Nuern-
berg" the jurist commented.
Eulogized in Sermon.
A sermon eulogizing Justice Jack
son was preached by Rabbi Maurice
N. Eisendrath.
The ritual was performed by
Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation,
assisted by DR.. Bernard A. Baer,
acting president of the group.
At the brotherhoods' luncheon
meeting yesterday, DR.. Leo Back
of London, president of the World
Union for Progressive Judaism, was
the speaker ~.
Rabbi Back, who survived two
and a half years of Nazi concentra-
ton camp terror, declared peace
will not be achieved until there is
greater acceptance of religion by
all nations
Evening star., 1948-02-14
16-Year-0|d Girl
Given | 10 ; Years
For Robbinq Soldier

A 16-year-old girl today is under
a District Court sentence Of from
one to three years for robbery.
She is Evelyn Thompson Of Pet
ersburg, Va, who lived here in the
HOO block of M street NV. She
pleaded guilty recently in District
Court to information which charged
her with robbing soldier of $l70.
The victim accompanied her to her
room and was asleep when she
robbed him.
Earlier the girl had been charged
in Municipal Court jointly with
Jacob L. Merritt, %, but the charge
against her was dropped there be-
cause of her age. Subsequently
Juvenile Court waived Jurisdiction,
and the information against her
was drawn up in District Court
The charge against Merritt mean
while, was reduced in Municipal
Court to petty larceny. and he was
sentenced to six months.
District Court Justice Richmond
B. Keech, in sentencing the girl
yesterday, recommended that she be
sent to a reformatory.
In another District Court SEN
tence yesterday, Joseph @. Brecken-
ridge, %, of the 1900 block of
Twenty-fourth place Sc, was given
from three to nine years for as
saulting his wife. Mrs. Elizabeth
Breckenridge, with a pistol Ac-
cording to police, a wild shot was
fired when Mrs. Breckenridge
grabbed her husbands arm. Breck-
enridge was sentenced by Justice
Edward M. Curran.
Willie Callahan, 80, colored, OF
the 400 block of M street NV, was
given from three to IL years by
Justice Keech for manslaughter in
the fatal shooting of Richard Mos
ley, 20, colored, of the 1900 block of
H street NV, last November.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Dismissal Of Fulton Lewis
Is Defended by Coop
By the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Feb. 14.-Fulton
Lewis, jr., was not dismissed from
Southern States Cooperative for
exercising his guaranteed right OF
free speech, the coop said last
night.
The coop said that instead the
radio commentator lost his mem
bership because Of "his incorrect and
untrue statements" regarding the
cooperative. The statement was
made in answer to a plea in Chan
Gerry Court by Mr.. Lewis in which
he asked that the coop be made to
give him all rights and privileges
of a member and stockholder.
Mr.. Lewis entered his action in
court after the cooperative men,
bership backed up the board of di-
rectors' move to dismiss him last
year. The commentator said he was
dismissed by biased board with
out fair hearing under void by
law and void application thereof"
He added that by dismissing him
from membership the board de
prived him Of valuable economic in
terests and property rights without
due process Of law"
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Joan Fontoine Files
$500, 900 Contract Suit
RY the Assoeiafed Press


LOS ANGELES, Feb. l4.-Movie
Actress Joan Fontaine has filed
$200,0o breach of contract action
for alleged failure to produce the
picture 'Mayerling."
Miss Fontaine filed the suit yes
terday in the name of Rampant
Productions. She named Robert
FIakim, Raymond Hakim and Great
Classics, Inc, as defendants.
She charged the corporation with
agreeing to star her in the picture
with Robert Taylor and then drop
ping ii last January Is because of
lack of financing.
Miss Fontaine and her husband,
Producer william Dozier, are named
as principal stockholders in RAM
part Productions.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Loyalty Hearing Calls
Frederic Murch's Wife
BY the Assoeioted Press

LOS ANGELES, Feb. l4.-Sub-
poenas are out for Actress Florence
Eldridge, wife of Movie Actor Fredric
March, and Morris Carnovsky, vet
eran character actor.
They are being sought as witnesses
before the California Senate Un-
American Activities Committee hear
ing here Tuesday, Senator Jack
Tenney, committee chairman, an
noulced.
Four other Hollywood personalities
and nine persons not connected with
motion pictures have been served
with subpoenas. The film celebrities
are Ira Gershwin. lyrics writer
Actor-Director J. Edward Bromberg
Actress Rose Hobart and Actor
Roman Bohnen.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Women's S Reserve Plans
Fete at Marine Barracks

Active and inactive members OF
the Women's Reserve of the Marine
Corps scheduled celebration Of their
groups fifth birthday anniversary
with a reception from 4 to 8 pm
today at the Marine Barracks.
Eighth and I streets Sc.
Col. Ruth CLANCY Streeter, COM
manoer of the "WRs" during war
time, was due to be guest at the
celebration sponsored by Volunteer
Training Unit SO, an organization
of ST Washington area inactive re-
servists. Maj. Mary Lou Condor.
2745 Twenty-ninth street NV. Ia
head of the local inactive unit.
Approximately 200 guests were ex-
pected at the party Maj. Julia E.
Hamblet, present commander. was
scheduled to be in the receiving
line. An orchestra from the Marine
Band was to provide music.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
PoIice0rdered
To Make Fewer
Juvenile Arrests
Name to Be Kept
OFF Records Unless
Case Is Serious

Policemen were under !, orders
today to avoid arresting juveniles,
wherever possible. and to keep their
names OF arrest books except In
serious cases.
A revised order for handling Of
juvenile cases, issued by Police Supt.
Robert j. Barrett late yesterday,
gives police much more specific in
structions on what to do In juvenile
cases.
Previously, the question Of book
ing juveniles was left to the dis
cretion Of precinct commanders,
with the result that numerous boys
had police records in childhood.
Is Orders Combined.
The revised order combines Is
previous orders issued since 1924
and Is the latest in the series of
new orders streamlining police pro-
ecdures. The work of condensing
instructions issued over the last
quarter-century has been going on
since last summer.
Police are told in the new order
that "it may be possible to keep
many children out of the custody
of the police" by means Of cooper
ating with parents and getting as
sistance from the Women's Bureau
and the Juvenile Bureau.
Members Of the force were urged
to "uss all remedial influence they
can bring to bear before exercising
the power Of arrest in the case Of
juveniles"
In, the event that all remedial
means have been exhausted or the
age Of the juvenile and the nature
Of the offense make 1t manifestly
unwise to refrain from an arrest"
the order added, every means at the
disposal Of the arresting officer and
the police department shall be util-
lied to promptly complete the in
vestigation and report to the Juve-
nile court, to notify the parents or
guardian and to effect a prompt
release of the juvenile to such par
ents or guardian"
Order Is Outlined.
Police also were told:
To notify parents and school at
tendance officers where children are
seen lettering on the streets during
school hours.
To be on the lookout for gangs
congregating on the streets late at
night.
To issue warnings and personally
discuss the problem with parents
where juveniles commit minor Of
fenses.
To question children at their
homes after school hours, when cir
permit, instead Of at
school.
To notify parents promptly In
all cases involving juveniles.
To send children to the Receiv-
ing Home rather than back to their
own homes only in d limited num-
ber of cases.
Members Of the force were re-
minded that the Women's Bureau
and the Juvenile Bureau are par
ticularly well qualified" to handle
juvenile cases.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Order From 0'Dwyer Ends
Staten Island Bus Shortage
by the Associofed, Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Mayor
William O'Dwyer, although ordered
to reduce his activities because OF a
heart condition, braved cold rain
yesterday to make flrst-hand
study of Staten Island conmuter
complaints.
Hatless, Mr.. ODwyer stood in the
rain for more than an hour and
listened to complaints as commuters
crowded over a viaduct. The crux
of the dissatisfaction seemed to be
a shortage of busses to carry the
commuters.
The Mayor turned to Sidney
Bingham, commissioner of the
Board of Transportation, who had
accompanied him.
will mcSe busses ease this situ-
atom" he asked Mr.. Bingham
assured him they would.
Order them" the Mayor told
Mr.. Bingham.
Evening star., 1948-02-14

Court for Call
0f246Cases
400 Attorneys Drop
Holiday for Hearing
On Heavy Backlog

The largest number OF lawyers
ever to gather In Municipal Court
ut the same time assembled today
for q preliminary call Of 246 civil
Jury cases which constitute part Of
the backlog of 935 such cases on
the court docket.
Clerk of the Court Walter r.
Bramhall estimated nearly 400 at
torneys interrupted their normally
leisurely Saturday to attend the
call. presided over by Associate
Judge Brice Clagett of the Municipal
Court of Appeals. Purpose of the
proceeding is to set for trial begin
ming Monday all cases announced
ready by the lawyers today.
The preliminary call was the sec
ond step taken this week in a pro-
gram enlisting the appellate judges
TO help the lower court jurists clear
away what the court termed last
Tuesday a heavy backlog.
50 Trials Set in Hour.
More than so trials were set in
the first hour of the session which
opened at $50 am. Mr.. Bramhal
said he had no idea" when the
call would be completed. Saturdays
normally are half days for the court.
With Judge Clagett on the bench
of the large landlord and tenant
courtroom were Chief Judge Nathan
Cayton of the Appellate Court and
Judge Walter j. Casey Of the lower
court.
Chief Judge George P. Barse of
Municipal Court was unable to be
present due to illness. His Office re-
vealed the Judge has been under a
physicians care since Wednesday
when he was ordered to bed for
treatment of intestinal influenza.
100 Jurors Called.
Meanwhile, more than 100 jurors
Yesterday were told to be available
starting Monday to hear the cases.
Forty persons were qualified yes
terday, after being examined by
Judge Clagett. They will serve in
appellate court. They will serve in
the emergency period from Monday
through March is. At the same
time, Judge Clagett notified 10
Jurors who were qualified on Feb
ruary / that they will continue to
serve for five days each week for
the next two weeks.
Ordinarily, civil branch jurors
serve the first eight days of each
month and each successive Friday,
1t was pointed out.
A second preliminary call also is
set for $50 am. next Saturday,
with a view toward setting cases
down for prompt trial
Evening star., 1948-02-14

heard Representative Herter, Re-
publican, Of Massachusetts, discuss
foreign aid.
"He has the most honest face I've
ever seen," she commented.
She was impressed with the rush.
ing about, the terrific crowds and
the informality of the girls at the
university. She was surprised to
learn that there are no government
scholarships for outstanding stu
dents as in England.
Next stop was the Valentine square
dance at the school gymnasium
given by the Women's Recreation
Association. Although it was her
first square dance, she found the
steps easy because they were similar
to Scottish dances.
Another dance at the Sigma Nu
house, this time with every one
dressed in the style of 1920, solidi-
fed her belief that Americans cele-
brate with more ingenuity and more
often.
A hamburger shop was the last
stop before home-as with all Amer
lean college students.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Backs
Fight
In Upper Basin
Stute Commission
To Cooperate With
Interstate Group
- %.
By james BirchfieId
Star Stoff Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Feb. 14.-The
Maryland Water Pollution Commits
sion viii cooperate fully with the
Interstate Commission on the Poto-
mac River Basin in a program to
reduce pollution in the upper basin.
This was revealed here yester-
day when the Maryland body voted
unanimously to back the Interstate
Commission in its efforts to co-ordi-
nate work among pollution abate-
ment agencies in the basin States.
Maryland State Senator L. Harold
Sothoron, former chairman and
Edwin r. Cotton, engineer secre-
tary of the Interstate Commission,
told the Maryland agency the COM
mission hopes to launch a cooper
ative research program that will
lead to the establishment of tech
niques for treating apple wastes
from canning plants.
Must Develop Methods.
Mr.. Cotton pointed out that little
is known now about this source Of
pollution, adding that research must
develop methods of dealing with it.
He said industry within the
basin has Indicated it is willing to
assist in research. He said that In
some cases, it might be necessary to
prod industry a little.
Shepherd T. Powell, member of
the Maryland agency, said the
Maryland group is ;'committed" to
cooperate with the interstate body.
He added that interstate cooper
alton on matters concerning an
interstate stream is vital, If ac-
complishments are to be real
Mr.. Cotton explained the inter-
state commission will serve as a
clearing house for information on
pollution problems. In this way,
he said, States will be saved from
doing the same work that already
has been done in other States.
Sampling Checks Urged.
The commission representatives
also requested the Maryland agency
to assist in checking water sampling
stations that are being established
throughout the basin. BY means OF
these stations, the quality of the
basin rivers is known at all times
and the effectiveness Of various
treatment facilities can be studied.
It was explained sampling stations
are useless unless checks are made
from time to time to determine If
testing procedures are correct.
Mr.. Cotton said Pennsylvania has
established testing stations in the
Potomac basin area and suggested
that certain Maryland communities
might be persuaded to operate sta
tions in the upper Maryland region.
DR.. Joseph H. Mclean, chairman
of the Maryland agency, said his
group is interested in cleaning upI
pollution from canneries in the
State. He said the commission can
count on full cooperation from the
State body.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
New W. N. & A.
Plea 10 Raise
ares Forecast
Altman Tells ice
Pending Increases
Will Not Suffice

The Washington, Marlboro & An-
napolis Motor Lines. Inc, will have
to ask further fare increases "in
the near future" even If pending
petitions for higher charges are
granted by the Interstate Com
merce Commission and the Public
Utilities Commission, Leslie L. Alt
mann, president and general man
ager, declared yesterday.
Testifying at. an ICC hearing on
the company's pleas for a Scent
increase in fares between Washing
ton and Hillside and Coral Hills,
Md, Mr.. Altman said the line is
operating at loss, absolutely no
cash reserve" and is dependent al
most entirely on fares for its rev.
enue. OF the patrons, he said:
IF they want public transporta-
ton to their area, they, and they
alone, must pay the bill"
Wage Negotiations Due.
The company is asking the ICC
for permission. to raise its inter-
state fare from 10 to Is cents for
rides between Washington and the
first zone of its Suitland division.
From the PUG, 1t is seeking an in
crease from 10 cents to is cents
cash or 1871 -cent tokens for rides
wholly within the District.
Mr.. Altman said yesterday wage
negotiations with employees are due
again in the spring and probably
will end in an arbitration proceed
ing. He indicated he expects the
result will be even higher operating
costs.
James Tanner, secretary-treasur-
er, explained statistical exhibits
that, he said, show the company
lost $17,228 on its Suitland division
last year. He estimated the division
will loss $1,000 a year, If the inter-
state fare increase is granted and il
all other factors remain the same.
On completion of the company's
case, Examiner Henry C. Lawton
recessed the hearing until $50 am
Thursday to permit study of the
financial data by Tobias E. Levow
the sole opponent of the petition to
appear.
Cross examines Witnesses.
Mr.. Levow, a resident of Coral
Hills and Patent Office examiner,
said he represents the Hillside and
Coral Hills Citizens Associations
and himself. He was permitted to
cross-examine the company wit
nesses.
He said he expects to have a
number of questions on the exhibits
ready Thursday. He told reporters
he probably will not present an
Affirmative case but will content
himself with the cross-examination.
Acting in another Washington
area fare case yesterday, the ICC
suspended a schedule of higher
fares which was to have been placed
in effect today by the Alexandria,
Bancroft & Washington Transit Co.,
on trips between Washington and
and Arlington points.
The ICC announced public hear
ing will be held and stated the pro-
posed new fares will remain sus-
pended until September i3, unless
other action is taken before then.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Jury Split on Movie
Called Unfit for Minors
By the A.xoejotsd Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IA
Jury of 10 men and two women left
undecided the question whether the
Italian motion picture "Furia' con-
tributes to the delinquency Of
minors.
Nine jurors voted yes" the others
said no after celebrating two
hours and a half yesterday. Superior
Judge James Conlan, sitting in
Juvenile Court, dismissed the jury.
Henry Pincus, manager Of the
theater which showed the movie
for i've days last December, was
cited after police found two teen
age BOYS on the premises.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
In On Emergency

If you want to get police in a
hurry, call Executive 2060.
That's the special number for
police assistance and emer-
gencies. That number connects
you direct with policemen as
signed especially to take your
calls and complaints. If you
call the regular police number,
you may be delayed by routine
police calls. For fast action,
call Executive 2060.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Sam Rice, Suing Kennels, Tells
How He Was Cured of Doqs

when the hearing is resumed We'd
nesday.
The former baseball player turned
poultryman charged that the bark
ing, yelping,, whining and yipping'
of approximately so dogs at the
kennels prevents him and his wife
from sleeping, reading or talking.
Its gotten so bad he declared,
that we often have to leave our
house during the day and return
late at night. When we have visit
ors. we have to keep our doors and
windows shut in order to hold a
conversation.
I have clocked those dogs and II
minutes was the longest time in one
day that there wasn't a terrific
racket. The rest of the time, it's zip
yip, yip' and If that won't get on a
mans nerves, I don't know what
will"
He said one dog barked "a hours
a day during its To-day stay at the
kennels last summer He added
that when he complained to Mrs.
Williams, she told him she couldn't
do anything about it.
When Joseph B. Simpson, Jr, ana
Miss Vivian Simpson, attorneys for
+ Mr.. and Mrs. Williams, asked him
why he hadn't complained to Mr..
williams, Mr.. Rice replied:
Hes a much bigger man than I
am and I was pretty hot at the
time. I've had too much experience
to fool around with men bigger
than l."
According to the Williams at
torneys, the kennels cater to an ex-
elusive clientele. Among those
whose dogs have been boarded at the
kennels are Winston Churchill,
Greer Carson, Marlene Dietrich,
Paul McNutt and Henry Wallace.
Mr.. Rice is represented by Walter
w. Dawson, States attorney for
Montgomery County.