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Evening star., 1949-07-03
Policeman Suspended
In Romeo's S Return
OF $4,000 10 Widow
By the Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO, July 2.-Swindlin
sigmund Engel. 73-year-old Ro-
meo with a fair for wealthy wi
dows, acquired another victim to-
day as py-product-the police
man who arrested him.
The officer is Detective Peter
Harlib. He was suspended by Po-
lice Commissioner John c. Prem
dergast. Commissioner Prender-
CAST announced the suspension
following a two and one-half
hour conference, and gave these
reasons:
Detective Rarlib failed to
obey" orders of Capt. Timothy
Lyme, his superior at Town Hall
station in connection with the
case; and he failed to explain
satisfactorily" where Engel got
the $4,000 he returned to Mrs.
Reseda Corrigan, his latest VIC
tim.
Still Under Investigation.
tire matter still is under investi-
cation, but that no action is con-
templated against the two police
women who, with Detective Har-
lib, arrested Engel a week ago.
Detective Harlib said, "all I can
say is that have nothing to fear"
His suspension added another
twist to an already complicated
and bizarre case. Engel, dapper
and debonair, was arraigned yes
terday on a charge of swindling
Mrs. Corrigan, 39-year-old Chi
cago widow, of $8,700. She has
recovered the $4,000 involved in
the Harlib suspension.
Engel's trial on a charge of op-
Grating a confidence game was set
for September II. Hearing on his
plea for reduction in the $50
900 bond was set for Tuesday.
Despite the charges-and ap-
pearance of another of the long
list of women who claim Engel
swindled them-Engel remained
confident. In his county jail cell.
he said. "all cases against me will
collapse"
New Woman Enters Case.
The newest woman to enter the
ease was Mrs. irene Grimes, 49; of
1850 Gouge street, San Francisco.
Through her attorney, Daniel d.
CARMEL, Mrs. Grimes said she lost
$4,000 to Engel when she gave
him the money to bring her aged
mother and relatives out of Hun
gary.
This, Mr.. CARMEL said, involved
no promise to marry, as was the
case with Mrs. Corrigan. Instead
Engel posed as a prominent broker
and Secret Service agent, the law
yer continued.
Mr. CARMEL advised Mrs. Grimes
to file her complaint in San Fran
cisco.
Mrs. Grimes added. II wasn't a
bit interested in him romantically.
In fact, don't see what all those
other women saw in him. Why
he's an old man. Half dead"
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Red Cross Blood Center
10 Be Open tuesday Nigh!

The Red Cross Blood Center,
1870 E street NV, will be open
from 7 pm. until 9 pm. Tuesday,
to help replenish normal stocks OF
whole blood after an anticipated
heavy demand during the holiday
week end, the Red Cross said yes
terday.
The center will be closed to do
nors tomorrow, but will be open
for the regular day. time schedule
Tuesday through Friday.
During the past week. 535 pints
of blood were distributed from the
center. according to Thomas H.
Evans. director. Hospitals in the
District received 257 pints and 278
pints went to hospitals in nearby
Maryland, Virginia and West Vir-
ginia.
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Liberal Chief Refuses
To Join Call to Leopold
By the Associoted Press

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July O.
Roget Motz, Liberal Party presi-
dent said today his party would
not go along with plans to put an
end to the regency and call King
Leopold back to the throne in
Belgium.
The Socialists already had re-
jected such a plan. Mr.. Motz'
statement apparently meant the
efforts of Paul van iceland, Social
Christian Party leader, on behalf
Of the King had collapsed.
Mr.. van Iceland, whose party
won the most parliamentary seats
in elections this week but failed
to get a majority. has been trying
to form government whose first
business would be to bring Leo
pold from his exile in Switzerland
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Pretty Girls WheedIe
'Tuxes From Britons

Pretty girls are among Britain's S
most successful income tax col
lectors, London reports. They
have that sympathetic under
standing, it appears, which makes
men more willing to discuss tax
problems.
In rural districts especially
farmers, confused by all the forms
they have to I'LL in, admit that
women tax collectors are much
easier to understand.
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Amsterdam Accident
Kills u. S. Professor
BY the Asseeioted Press

AMSTERDAM, The Neither
lands, July 2.-Amsterdam Uni
versity authorities said today that
Erich Frank. 66. professor OF
philosophy at the University OF
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
died in a street accident here
His body was cremated Thursday
Mr.. Frank was visiting Prof. G
Revesz. He tainted in the street
Monday and was hit by an auto
mobile, university professors said
He taught at Marburg, Germany
and at Harvard University before
going to Philadelphia in l948.
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Murder
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tCOIlGlIluGU TIOIIl + II 81 rage
along the Rock Creek and Po-
tomac Parkway, just south of the
Titanic Memorial. The front
wheels of the car were in the
river mud.
Detective Sergt. Charles P.
Apfelbeck said large quantity of
blood was found in the car. Blood
was splattered on the windshield,
seats and along the floor. flowing
toward the back seat. AS the car
was tilted forward when 1t was
found, police surmised the vio-
lence occurred before the car was
driven into the river.
Black Gloves Traced.
Inspector McAuliffe said a pair
of women's black gloves found in
the front seat of the car has been
traced to a friend of the owner
of the car, Earlier, police said
they had no clue to the owner of
the gloves.
Police said the car is owned by
Hazel Oliver Hawkins, 40. colored,
Rockville truck driver. who told
police the automobile was stolen
Friday night. He said he had not
reported the theft because he
thought it might have been taken
by a garage to which he owed
money or by a friend as a prank.
Mr.. Hawkins. police said. told
them he had parked the car, un-
locked. a few blocks from his
home in Rockville. near the home
of a friend he was visiting. When
he returned about 2 am, he said,
it was gone. He told police there
was no blood on the seat when he
left the car.
In the hope that the murder
weapon or some other clue to the
Staying might have been thrown
into the river, naval authorities
had four divers search the Po-
tomac bottom last night near the
spot where the car was found. The
search yielded nothing.
Police said a hair which be-
longed to white person was found
in the car. A recently discharged
.22-caliber shell also was dis
covered under the front seat. The
seat cover on the drivers side OF
the coach-type front seat was
missing. but police found the right
side cover in the back seat.
On Way Home for Holiday.
Montgomery police last night
questioned employees in all night
eating places in the Rockville pike
vicinity in the home of finding
someone who had seen the sailor.
Specializing that he may have
been picked up while hitch hiking
police hoped also to get descrip-
ton of anyone seen talking to the
young seaman.
Agents of the Naval Criminal
Investigation Division and Park
Police were aiding Montgomery
officers in running down leads.
Naval officials said Seaman Lit
ties parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
E. Little. were en- route to Cal
thersburg last night. Their sons
body, at the Gartner funeral home
there, will be taken to the Bethes-
da Naval Hospital as soon as di-
rect identification is made, they
said.
The seaman, who was assigned
to the Fleet Air Service Squadron
S, was granted liberty" from the
Oceana base specifically to visit
his parents over the July 4 foli-
day, the base reported.
Evening star., 1949-07-03
LARGEST Post Office

The New York City Post Once,
largest post Office in the country.
handled a daily average of H.
250,000 pieces of ordinary mail
during the period 1941 to 1945.
according to Post Master Albert
Goldman,
Evening star., 1949-07-03

Paraguay has returned it's oil
industry to private ownership,
ending state monopoly.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

against government control Of
the church.
This view was expressed by Jiri
Sila, editor in chief of the trade
unions. daily Prace in front-page
article for Sundays edition.
Sila wrote:
There will be no persecution.
Untouched also will remain the
archbishop, although it is said he
already has his prison garb ironed
and his head ready for the mar
tyr's crown
Prace's article was considered
particularly significant because
the paper is the personal organ
of Prime Minister Zapotocky.
Archbishop Beran has described
himself in a pastoral letter as a
semi-captive in his police-guarded
palace here since Sunday, June
I19, when Communist hecklers
shouted him out of his pulpit in
st. Vitus Cathedral. Some church
and diplomatic quarters had be-
lieved that he eventually would
be formally arrested.
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Girl Who Also Lost Both Feet
Will Help Boat Accident Victim

come on. Norma will arrive from
Los Angeles, where she has been
vacationing, late tonight, but
whether she will visit Imogene to-
morrow or not "is up to the doc
tor" said Mrs. Wittsche.
When Mrs. Wittsche was shown
a photograph of Norma today, she
murmured:
"Oh. she has on bobby sox. She
looks just like any other girl"
Boat Driver Is Charged.
I'VE told Imogene of the won-
derful things the doctors did for
the soldiers during the war.
But she is the kind of girl who
has always wanted to see and do
things for herself. That's why
we think Norma will be of such
great help" said the mother.
Meanwhile. charges we're filed in
Federal Court at Sacramento
against Phil Davis, wealthy OAK
land automobile dealer, who
piloted the boat that ran over
Imogene.
Davis was charged by the Coast
Guard with operating the craft
in a careless. negligent manner
endangering life, limb and prop
erty"
The maximum punishment for
the offense is a $4,000 fine or one
year in prison or both.
Evening star., 1949-07-03
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Shooting

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Arms

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Evening star., 1949-05-29

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Evening star., 1949-05-29

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racer that will b barred from the Derby Tho Dsrhg
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follow the plans and specifications correctiyl"
Evening star., 1949-08-25
Chilean Regime Opens
Purge Of
Communist Employees
D. the Assoeiaisd Press

SANTIAGO, Chile. Aug. as
Chile has begun q large-scale
purge Of government employees
charged with being Communists.
The purge Is the second since
last September, when the Reds
were banned by the Chilean Con-
gress. The latest move comes on
the heels of last weeks rioting,
during which three persons were
killed and 800 injured In clashes
between troops and civilians DEM
onstrating against . rise In bus
fares in Santiago.
The government last night fired
1853 school teachers and ITS en-
ployes of the Interior Ministry, all
said to be Communists.
Seven army regiments brought
to Santiago last week to restore
order were sent back b their gar
risons yesterday.
Meanwhile, the government
acted also to end illegal currency
deals and price rises which have
been sending living costs up. A
presidential order closed 1S5 firms
accused Of oyarcharging or Eur
rency, speculato6 &C Z CO
Evening star., 1949-08-25
Facf-Finding Board
Hears SteeIworkers'
Final Argument Today
BY me Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK. Aug. 25.-The CIO
United steelworkers. seeking .
fourth-round wage boost and other
benefits, winds up its case today
before q presidential fact-finding
board.
Then there will be three days of
rebuttal by the steel firms-to-
morrow. Monday and Tuesday.
The three-man board then will
write its recommendations.
In arguments yesterday. the
union stressed its demands for
pension plans and social insurance
paid for by the industry.
, Murray Latimer. the unions
pension and insurance expert.
called the companies estimates Of
pension costs Inconsistent, mis-
leading. contradictory and exag-
gerated."
Discounts. High Cost.
He said the union-proposed
plan calling for q $125 monthly
pension for workers on retirement
at IS, would not be prohibitive in
cost, rs claimed by the industry.
An 11.23-cent hourly contribu-
ton by the companies for each
worker would meet the costs. Mr..
Latimer contended.
This figure is included in the 30
cent hourly package sought by the
union. The package also includes
q 12h cent wage increase and 6.27
cents for insurance.
Mr.. Latimer said Enders Voor-
hees of United States Steel had
largely accepted the unions
estimates on pensions, despite
claims by other firms that the
estimates were too low.
However, the witness challenged
figures given by Mr.. Voorhees, on
the average pensions now paid by
United States Steel. Mr.. voorhees,
said these pensions average $44
q month.
The union has claimed the
average pension for q United
States Steel worker retiring at
IS is about $51 q month.
Mr.. Latimer said Mr.. voorhees,
figure included the big pensions
Evening star., 1949-08-25
Guerrilla Tactics Adopted
In War on SiciIian Bandit
BY the Asseeioisd Press

ROME, Aug. 25.-The Italian
government adopted commando
guerrilla tactics today in . war
against Salvatore Giuliano and
his bandit gang In Sicily.
Minister Of the Interior Mario
Scelba announced yesterday the
creation Of q specially picked
force Of heavily-armed carabin-
ieri and riot police In q campaign
against the Giuliano brigands in
their wild Montelepre lair near
Palermo.
The super-posse will consist OF
1000 men, Mr.. Scelba said. He
also announced q shakeup in the
Sicilian police command and re-
Inducements for all forces OF
public order.
Leftists have demanded Mr..
Scelba's resignation for failure TO
capture the 26-year-old Giuliano
in more than four years Of bandi-
try which has cost an estimated
100 lives.
Evening star., 1949-08-25
DonaIdson's Son Promoted
Ito New Post Office Job
Nv ths Assoeiotsd Press

Jesse M. Donaldson. jr., son OF
,thGsrustmas exrni has been
lxppO4nted assistant chief post
office inspector.
! Notice Of the appointment ap-
reared In the current issue Of the
Postal Bulletin, which is circulated
by the department. :"
Clifford c. Garner, the depart
ment's chief inspector, said he had
Evening star., 1949-08-25

paid to executives. but did not
include the large percentage Of
workers who get nothing. The
union has said that Mr.. Voorhees,
own annual pension will be
$70.323.
The union witness answered o.
contention of John A. Stephens.
a United States Steel vice presi-
dent, that employe contributions
are necessary to discourage
absenteeism. malingering and
other abuses"
Mr.. Latimer said Mr.. Stephens
and other industry spokesmen
had failed to "cite q single In
stance where malingering and
absenteeism or other abuses !"
resulted from q benefit plan paid
solely by employers.
Evening star., 1949-08-25

personally made the appointment
on the basis of Mr.. Donaldson's s
fine record" In the postal service
for IL years. Mr.. Donaldson. IS,
is assistant chief inspector Of the
Post Office's Chicago Division at
this time.
He will succeed Richard Eggle-
ton. who has been named inspector
in charge Of the New York City
area.
The changes are effective Sep
temher l.
Evening star., 1949-08-25
John L. Lewis Visits
Stricken Mother, 80
" the Assoeiossd Press

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Aug. 75.-
John L. Lewis arrived here yes
terday to visit his mother. Mrs
Anna Louisa Lewis, 90, who Is
seriously Ill at her home.
The United Mine Workers presi-
dent came here from Clarksburg
w. Va. Relatives said they did
not know how long he intends to
stav.
Evening star., 1949-08-25

National and local government
Office holders In Great Britain now
total 2.146,000. Ten years ago 1t
was 1885 900.
Evening star., 1949-08-25

CHEYENNE, WYO-ROOFTOP LANDING-Four Michigan resi-
dents injured their plane crashed atop roof during
akeo the Cheyenne Airport Earl Williams OF sandusky
the pilot received injury and his wife possible
skull fracture Wheeler OF Davisburg suffered
minor cuts couples route to flying farmers
convention At Fort Collins Colo -AP Wrephoto
, 1949-02-14
WEATHER FORECAST
for the
Virgin Islands . Puerto Rico

Partly cloudy with few scatter
ed light showers, today, tonight
and Tuesday.
!. The same as above for the coast
al waters of the Virgin Islands
and Puerto Rico.
Fresh to strong eaSterly to north
easterly winds.
Maximum temperature -. 81
Minimum temperature 49,. SO
Precipitation:
"a hrs. ending midnight =. 0.07
Total this month ........> 0.67
Total since January l, 49,. 3.51
Total February 1948 F. 2.O2
Relative humidity
at IL am. So
Wind direction & velo. ENE &c
, 1949-02-14

there may be the fullest justi-
fication, and far be it from US
to question the duty Of an eS-
ecutive to take what steps
seem most appropriate. What
we oppose, and hasten to call
to public attention is the I'M
justifiable dismissal of those
who have every right to be EN-
ployed, and who are being re-
placed bythose who may well
find profitable employment
elsewhere. This is entirely out
side Of the spirit Of the Com
pany, and the reason for its
coming into existence.
, 1949-02-14
s-YR.-oLD

o. h.-OLD. -.
rushed to the hospital; DR..
fear of their not returning.
Magda Shorney responded and
little Sherry was taken to the
operating room. !.
Almost half of the skin on
little Sheryl's scalp was torn
off from over the left eyebrow
going back two-thirds Of the
head. DR.. Brian shorney re-
ported that her condition was
serious but that she has i'm
proved since yesterday. The
other two little girls receive
ed only minor injuries.
, 1949-02-14
The Late Prof. F. C.
Farlane

We've lost a servant and a
friend.
That was helpful in every way
He did his work successfully !.
Now he has passed away.
He was a noted educator
That will live in the hearts Of
US all
He has gone but he is in the
memory
Of US all. both great and small.
Composed by
Septimus Nc Bean
Ninth Grade of the FILLS.
, 1949-02-14
CARD Of THANKS

The family Of the late Eliza
beth Leacock through this med
ium wishes to thank all friends
and acquaintance for their
kindness and sympathy shown
during the illness and death Of
their mother.
Mrs. Elvina L. Buntin
, 1949-02-14
POPE Plus

friendly to the Government.
Action has been taken also to
seal all the frontiers to prevent
the escape of Hungarians and
all athletic teams or must
clans are forbidden to leave for
, 1949-02-14

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. u. s. a
DIVISION OF SAINT CRoIx AT cHRISTIANsTED
In the Matter TO the Estate of Georgiana RoSlin Harrigan
PROBATE No. 8 1913.
NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL ACCOUNT
], r. H Amphlett Leader, Executor of the above, entitled estate.
In accordance with an order issued out of this Court dated January
: 1919, DO hereby give notice to all interested persons that they are
requested to appear at the Court House of said Court on the 18th
day OF February, 1913, at 1000 a. m. to file any objections of any
sney nave at the hearing on the final account of said estate.
First publication of this inoice made this 18th day Of January,
1949.
r. H. Anphlett Leader
Executor
, 1949-02-14

The family of the late Ex-
eria Eliza Phaire through this
medium expresses sincerest
gratitude for all expressions Of
sympathy and assistance given
during her recent illness and
death.
Wallace phairo & Family
Evening star., 1949-07-28
Private Funeral Planned
For Lippmann' S Mother
By the Assoeiofsd Press

NEW YORK, July 28.-A pri-
vate funeral service will be held
here for Mrs. Daisy Baum Stetten-
helm, 70, mother Of Columnist
Walter Lippmann, who died yes
terday at a Saranac Lake hos
pital.
Mr.. Lippmann said that ar
rangements for the service had
not been completed but that bur-
1al would be private.
Mrs. Stettenheim, whose home
was in New York City, died Of a
heart ailment after undergoing an
operation yesterday.
She was married 81 years ago
to the late Jacob Lippmann, New
York City real estate operator.
Walter was the couples only
child.
The elder Mr.. Lippmann died
In 1926. A number of years later
his widow became the wife of Isa-
dore Stettenheim, New York
banker. Mr.. Stettenheim died
several years ago.
Mrs. Stettenheim was a native
of New York City and a graduate
of Hunter College.
Evening star., 1949-07-28
Action on School Aid
Held Unlikely Despite
COMPROMISE Move
Nv the kssociotsd Press

Congress showed no disposition
today to stick its chin out on the
hot issue Of Federal aid to educa-
ton despite a Republican-spon-
sored compromise.
Three Republican House mem
bers teamed up-although with
out official party blessing-on a
new approach which would SHIFT
the school aid issue out OF the
realm of religious controversy.
They introduced bill yester-
day to provide Federal money
solely according to State need. and
spelling out the right of the States
to use 'it-or not-on parochlal
and other "nonpublic" schools as
they saw fit.
In general, the bill sets up the
national education average as the
goal for the States to shoot at,
and authorizes help only for those
States falling below.
Time Running Short.
But with time running short,
there appeared little or no likell-
hood that Congress would act now
before adjournment.
"I don't suppose there's any
chance of passage at this session,
conceded Representative Werdel,
Republican, of California, one OF
the trio of sponsors.
This pretty much reflected the
views expressed by his co-authors,
Representative Kearns, Repub-
lican, of Pennsylvania, and Nor
ton, Republican, of Kentucky.
unfortunately" Mr.. Werdel
commented, 1.-The whole problem
has taken such a turn in this ses-
sion that most members are fearful
of even discussing it now."
It was the opinion OF the
authors, however, that they had
presented the fundamental ap-
proach for action at the session
starting in January.
School aid was made the central
issue of a religious dispute when
Francis Cardinal Spellman OF New
York attacked the bill by Repre-
sentative Barden, Democrat, OF
North Carolina, as "un-Amerlcan'
and "anti-Catholic," and later &C
cused Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt OF
bias against the Roman Catholic
church when she took up the
school aid dispute and backed the
idea of spending public money
on public schools alone.
Bill Bars Federal Control.
In a letter to the cardinal
yesterday, Mrs. Roosevelt denied
religious bias.
The religious aspects of the dis
pute stemmed from prohibitions
in the Barden bill which would
have the effect of limiting Federal
funds to public unsupported
schools and deny school transpor-
tation and auxiliary health serv-
Ices to parochialS Schools.
The Kearns- Norton -Werdel bill
was drafted along the lines
recently proposed by Gen. Eisen-
hover, president of Columbia Uni
versity, and supported by former
President Herbert Hoover and
Harold E. Stassen, president Of
the University of Pennsylvania.
It expressly prohibits any ele-
ment of Federal control over State
education.
Under present conditions, the
sponsors figure, aid would be
limited to only 13 States whose
educational standards are listed
below the national average. They
said few other States might be
eligible, but only for small con-
tributions.
Evening star., 1949-07-28
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