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Evening star., 1949-08-22

from memphis,
Tenn, by Sheriff
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Donald.
Th e sheriff
will return the
n . year i. old
W o m a n, Mrs.
Clarice S p ur-
lock of Evans
vile to face
first - d e g r e e
murder charges
filed in tn e
death of h e r
m o t h e r, Mrs.
E1ly1ico Tren q
Evening star., 1949-08-22
Ivan M. Snider, So, Dies
BY the Assoeiated Press

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 22.-Ivan
Miller Snider, So. native of Rock
bridge County who had been liv-
ing here for the last eight years,
died at his residence yesterday.
He was an employe in the Public
Works Department, Norfolk Naval
Base.
Evening star., 1949-08-22

Italy reports finding important
gold fields at a depth of about
S 1000 feet at Cortemmagiore, near
Placenza, and at other places in
the Provinces Of Milan and Gre
mona,
Evening star., 1949-08-22
ShipbuiIdinq Cost Cut Urged

Unemployment will come to
Northern Ireland's shipyards un-
less every one in the industry
unites to produce ships at lower
costs, Sir Frederick Rebbeck. a
leading shipbuilder. warned at
Belfast.
Evening star., 1949-08-22
Paul Hunt, Builder, Dies

BROOKzlINE. Mass, Aug. az
R.- Paul Hunt. so. designer and
construction engineer who erected
many large homes at Bar Harbor.
Me-. Greenwich, Conn. and New
port. r. l.. died yesterday at his
Evening star., 1949-08-22
Housewife Accused
OF Poisoning Mother
By the Associufad Press

EVANSVILLE. Ind, Aug. 23.-A
buxom brunette housewife charged
with killing her mother by arsenic
poisoning was to be returned here
Evening star., 1949-08-22

The Hindus are credited with
originating the science Of
trigonometry.
Evening star., 1949-08-22
Morton B. Hoyt Dies;
Family Long Known in
Washington Society

Morton B. Hoyt, 48, son of the
late Henry Martyr Hoyt, who was
President Theodore Roosevelt's
Evening star., 1949-08-22

Depicting a cyclist, a recent
stamp issued by the West Zone
Of Germany commentaries a BIZ
cycle race across the country.
Evening star., 1949-08-22

tion of Naval Lodge No. 4
r. A. A. NJ, is called at 12:4s
pm. Tuesday, August %. 1949
for the purpose of conductfni
the Masonic burial services o
our late brother, JOHN H
SCHUL. BY order OF thu
ntaSTe nPtSTe.aNp NJ BROWN. sec,v.
Evening star., 1949-08-22


,s r0K ls4J soH9 5Sr q Ef'ss' ssSS Asfa;1
monia Fox. father Of Mrs. Madeline
cureton and brother Of Mrs Blanchs an,d,s
Hill. Mrs Alice Montague, Mrs. yiola
White and Lawrence. Claude and Roland
Fox. Also surviving are many other rela-
tives and friends. After 2 pm SUNDAY.
August u, friends may call at the Dov1e
G. Brooks and Otis F. Allen Funeral Home,
18th and Florida ave: NV; n Puaeaai atandapd 9d
time, at st. James Baptist Church, Caro-
line County, Va. ~
FURLow. IDA S. On Sunday. August
21, 1919, at Washington Sanitarium, IDA
s. FURLoW of 3O5 Birch ave-. Takoma
PARK Nd beloved = wife 9 Of issac F. estsr rsri9W ~
FurIow and Mrs Margaret J. Landcraf.
nster Of Mrs Ef1is zimmerman;; Cora ri Rice C:
II WASHINGTON, %. C.; william Kerns OF
Lawrence. Kans.; Osie and Floyd Kerns
Of Cumberland. Nd. Services at the 8: II
Hines Co. Funeral Home on Wednesday
August "a, at pm. I'd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-30

TIVE girl looked like any other shopper waiting her turn
i Her handbag lay the counter among the displayed
gloves Suddenly deciding not to wait longer, she
moved towards the front exit.
She walked slowly The clerk busy. The girl
no had seen her slip the gloves into her purse.
But just outside the bigcy department store, she felt
hand her In horror she heard womans voice say
Excuse me- but didn't you pick something forgot to
pay for? This way, please
In private upstairs the amateur shoper screamed
at stern man behind desk, I'm Innocent bought these
gloves!'
stop lying he sighed where's your sales slip? You lost
eh? Or somebody gave you the gloves to hold and didn't
come back?"
The girl trembed. Breaking down. she sobbed Il don't
know why did it,
Released hour later by lenient store officials be-
cause she was a first offender, the girl signed full
confession. She a dazed, wiser girl And her name
and features photoed and forever cardndexed with
others who have tried to get something for nothing
This scene hundreds of times daily mostly In large
cities Shoplng ancient dishonorable craft based on
the mistaken belief that the hand quicker than the eye
Today of ghtfngered looting is sweeping across
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-30

brazeny carried of of country largest
department and seized when they back for
the paddles. In Michigan, society stole alarm
clock which went off she leaving the store rousing
detective In Iowa housewife tried to drag wardrobe
trunk and combination radio photograph into curb taxi
The Illuminating and constructive study of shoplng
was made by Dr. Alex J. Aref Northwestern University
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-30

America. 1t reached alltme high during last years
Christmas rush. Unless checked it will again Over
900 worth of merchandise stolen from depart
ment variety grocery drug and dime stores last year
70 per cent jump in two years.
But stores alert the growing threat Sooner later
their eagleeyed detectives nab almost all shopiters The
odds overwhelmingly against people with idle hands and
empty heads Shopfting is suckers which can't
beat in the long
wAbsent- Minded" NEIlionaixes
ToDAYs hevng trend making officials law enorcers
criinoogsts social workers and psychatss wonder what's
to blame Is it the high of vng Or the New Look,
with those sweeping skirts and full bouses which enable
stolen goods to be concealed more readily?
Whatever the reason, shopters range from hardpressed
housewives bored dowagers unemployed Migrants to
absent minded milonaes. Businessmen, office workers.
cergymen college DEANS exectant mothers honeymooner
agcians fashion editors servcemen senator's wives and
department. owners daughters have been arrested
for shoplfng Harvardtraned lawyer caught trying
to steal an overcoat; doctor, a live canary.
Otherwise aw-abding people have been nabbed pferng
everything from pins to pianos In one city, two young men
Arizona sun., 1949-10-21
Community Chest
Budget Committee

Members of the Phoenix Com
munity Chest Budget Committee,
who spent hours studying requests
of the "a Red Feather Services
before arriving at 1850 goal of
1855, ,479, are:
Harold Divelbess, Ch all m n;
Richard ]. Walsh, co-chairman;
George Sebestyen, Earl Stowe,
Jesse O'Brien, ]. Otis Sullivan, John
T. Kimball, F. T. Fahlen, Jr., w. A.
B. Hanchett, Barry Goldwater, c.
w. Bond, Mrs. jeanette E. Daley,
R. H. Payne and Ben Projan.
Arizona sun., 1949-10-21

convention said, Cannot help but
increase the prestige and member
ship of the AFL and at the same
time protect the welfare and de-
mocracy of all organized workers."
The AFL expressed disappoint-
ment with the failure of the 81st
Congress to repeal the Taft-Hartley
law in accordance with the man.
date given by the 1948 elections.
eff the 81st Congress persists in
refusal to act affirmatively," the
convention said, 1--WE are prepared
again to take our appeal to the
people of this country and to make
Taft Hartley repeal the paramount
issue of the 1850 congressional cleo
ton campaign.
Though defeated in our first at
tempt because our adverSarieS had
few more votes in Congress than
we, it is our determination to re-
double our efforts in wiping out this
majority and elect to Congress men
who will heed and carry out the
will of the people. Borrowing a
phrase from President Truman's
message to this convention, Taft
Hartley repeal is Americas unfin-
ished business now, not the business
alone of the labor movement, but
that of every fair-minded citizen of
our land'."
Weary delegates held a final
Y1i0hf c0ccinY tho
final plankS in the AFL's progress
sive 1850 platform. Here is a
thumbnail summary of some of the
more important actions:
Economic developments = Deval-
uation of the pound sterling by
Great Britain and concurrent work
stoppages in coal and steel indus
trise in this country have occurred
with unpredictable consequences
but our free enterprise system can
absorb shocks if free to readjust
and plan new expansion.
National health insurance - It
now appears that Congress may
adopt certain portions of this pro-
gram, such as extended federal aid
for hospital construction, school
health and local health units. The
AFL must continue to emphasize it's
long-standing position that the
health problem of working people
will not be adequately met except
through comprehensive and all
inclusive system of prepaid health
insurance that the economic barrier
between patient and doctor is re-
moved.
Taxation-wartime excise taxes
should be repealed. Federal, state
and local tax system should be in
tegrated. Taxes on sales, payrolls
and amusements should be repealed
and progressive tax program S
Arizona sun., 1949-10-21

backing up the formation of a new
democratic free international trade
union organization and supporting
firm United States foreign policy
to repel communism and faSciSm in
Asia, Europe and Latin America.
The convention sounded a cry
for a new battle against the Taft
Hartley law. It's repeal was listed
as the paramount issue of broad
1850 platform. The conventions
closing sessions brought these out
standing developments:
1. Plans to start in January a
drive for a million new members
as a tribute to Samuel Gompers,
first AFL president, and to coordi-
nate it with the political education
campaign for repeal of Taft-Hart-
ley and election of liberal Con-
greSs.
2. Adoption of an international
relations program supporting form
alton of a new free democratic
would labor organization next
month in london and urging
against appeasement of communism
and faSclSm anywhere.
3. Unanimous reelection of AFL
President William Green, Secre-
tary- treasurer George Meany and
all other members of the executive
council.
4. Adoption of proposals to get
the Senate to liberaliZe the social
security bill passed by the House
of Representatives; to get congress
Sional enactment of a broad nation
al health program, and repeal of
taxes on sales, payrolls, amuse-
mentS.
5. A change in the convention
meeting time to the third Monday
in September annually and receipt
of invitations to go to Houston,
Texas; Cleveland, or Miami in 1850.
6. Speeches by Secretary of De-
fense Louis A. johnson and Mari
time Commission Chairman Philip
Fleming, praising AFL cooperation
in building the national defense.
Both pledged continued cooperation
with the AFL.
z. Endorsement of a shorter
work-week to spread jobs and re-
duce unemployment.
8. Further moves to induce the
International Association of Ma
chistS to reaffiliate with the AFL
and to merge all organized labor
under the AFL banner.
The convention undertook a drive
for a million new members next
year as a means of paying tribute
to the memory of Mr.. Gompers on
the Tooth anniversary of his birth
in 1850. It directed complete CO.
ordination of political activity with
the e expansion Of organization
among the unorganized."
"These two gigantic efforts" the
Arizona sun., 1949-10-21
Mrs. Harper Hired
AS Clerk At Gateway
Department Store

Mrs. Genevieve Harper of 729 S.
3rd st. was employed two weeks
ago as clerk at the Gateway De-
partment Store, 1915 East Wash
ington. Mrs. Harper is the first Ne
gro woman to be employed as clerk
in such an establishment in Phoe-
nix. She has splendid recommen-
dations and is sure to do justice
to the job.
Arizona sun., 1949-10-21

adopted at all levels based on the
ability-to-pay principle.
Radio and press public relations
ALI members are urged to tell
neighbors, friends and associates
and the labor press to publicize the
AFL'S 5-nights-a-week radio broad
cast to begin January 1, 1850, over
LAT stations of the Mutual Broad
casting System.
Labor unity-IsSues which for
merly divided the labor movement
have largely disappeared and what
ever of conflict may remain is over
shadowed by far the more funda-
mental and serious problem con-
fronting labor not only here at
home but in other lands as well.
The road is considerably smoother
and should lead to the ultimate
unionism and merging of all organ
lied labor under the banner of the
AFL. The AFL should continue
it's efforts toward achieving this
goal.
Israel-The State of Israel was
greeted upon it's arrival among the
family of nations, and it's people
and Histadrut trade union move
ment praised for the tremendous
obstacles overcome in the past year.
The American people can be proud
of it's contributions to the worlds
youngest democracy.
World Federati n of Trade
Unions the slightest excuse
exists for any self-respecting trade
union organization to remain af-
filiated with the discredited Com
munist-controlled World Fedora
ton of Trade Unions. An appeal
is made, particularly to the free
democratic trade unions of France,
Italy and Israel to lose no time in
severing themselves from the
WFTU, AFL pledges moral and
material support to a new demo-
cratic federation of trade unions
to make it a powerful instrument
for lasting peace.
Arizona sun., 1949-10-21
|AR|z0NA---
THE WONDER State
By JAMES Nj. BARNEY

Last March, as regular contrib
utor to the columns of the Sheriff
Magazine" 1 made a few remarks
concerning "Val, the Fat Man," a
noted carnival attraction through
out the country. The reason for
the article was the fact that oval"
had been born at the neighboring
community of Tempe and was a
bona fide Arizona product.
The remarks were as follows:
"Arizona-the baby-state" of the
Federal union-is noted for many
things. It is known far and wide
for it's rich and productive gold,
silver and copper mines; for its
prehistoric ruins; for its numerous
native Indian tribes; for it's un-
rivaled and Incompatible cactus
plants; for it's petrified forest; for
the finest example of mission archi-
lecture in the southwestern coun-
try; for the largest forest OF virgin
pine in the United States; and for
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado,
one of natures most startling and
stupendous pieces of handiwork.
But above all of these things and
many others, Arizona is noted
throughout the world for its mild
and salubriouS climate; its sum
shine, pouring down from cloud
less sky, is laden with the elements
that make and build up health and
vigor and contentment. It's sons
and daughters grow big and strong
and often surpass in size and
strength and weight, the sons and
daughters of other sections of the
country.
Years ago it is recalled = in
Tempe, the scholastic center of the
Salt River Valley, Teodoro Valen-
zuela first saw the light of day.
In youth, Teodoro was an ordinary
lad but, as the years passed, he be-
gan to expand and to take on
weight. This continued until he
surpassed in size and weight all of
his companions. He became a walk
ing specimen of what Arizona SUM-
shine can do to the human body.
He grew to be huge in size, weigh
ing over 500 pounds, and became
leading attraction at county fairs
and carnivals and was advertised
throughout the country as oval, the
Fat Man." It was known, however,
that he was a product of Arizona,
the wonder state.
Although extolling enthusiastic
cally-at the time-the great bene-
| fits to be derived from AriZona'S
sunshine and showing how it nour-
ishes health and vigor, I was not
prepared for the recent crowning
of an Arizona girl-"Jackie" Mer-
cer-as the queen of feminine pull
chritude in the United States for
the year 1949. Winner over 81
other contestants, the Arizona-noc-
tured beauty-only 18 years old
won fame and honor that will long
rebound to the glory and glamour
of her native state. Miss MERGERS
sensational achievement in the ma
tional beauty contest gives further
evidence = emphatic and realistic
of the beneficent effects of AriZon's
Arizona sun., 1949-10-21

Wisconsin was the first state to
set up cooperative crop report
ing organization jointly with the
Federal government.
Arizona sun., 1949-10-21
Federation Plans Membership Drive
To Add Million More To AFL Sfrenqth

American Federation
million
electng liberal Congress-
Winding up its 68th annual convention the AF welded this
Arizona sun., 1949-10-21

wonderful climate on the human
body in developing both health and
beauty.
Arizona sun., 1949-10-21

An executive is a man who makes
all the final indeciSionS.
Evening star., 1949-01-12

Social" wasps, including hornets
and yellowjackets, live much like
bees, with queens, males and work.
ers.
Evening star., 1949-01-12
Hungary Says Bishops
Have Broken Off Talks
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BUDAPEST, Jan. 12.-Roman
Catholic bishops of Hungary have
informed the government that they
cannot continue negotiations to
reconcile church and state differ
ences, a high government official
said today.
This official said the bishops made
their stand known in q letter to
Premier Istvan Dobi. The letter was
not made public.
Observers said there Is little doubt
that the bishops acted on irstruc-
tions from the Vatican.
The Vatican more than a week ago
rejected Hungarian offer to nego-
tiate with the Communist controlled
government. 1t said then that
Hungarian expressions of desire for
an accord with the Holy See contra
dicted the governments action in
falling Josef Cardinal Mindszenty,
Catholic primate Of Hungary.
The cardinal was jailed several
weeks ago on charges of plotting
against the government and black
market currency dealings. He has
been held ineommunicado since.
Other church leaders also were
arrested.
The Vatican demanded that Car
dinal Mindszenty be released before
any negotiations started. Talks be-
tween the government and bishops
originally were scheduled to begin
last week,
Evening star., 1949-01-12
BY the Associated Press

ROME, Jan. 12.-Yehudi Menu
hin, Jewish violinist, spoke up today
in defense of German Conductor
Furtwaengler's record under the
Nazis.
Several top-flight American mu-
sicians-Violinists Isaac Stern and
Nathan Milstein, Pianists Artur
Rubinstein and Vladimir Horowitz
and Singer Lily Pons among them
have announced they will refuse to
appear under DR.. Furtwaengler il
the Chicago Symphony hires him
as a conductor.
DR.. .Furtwaengler indicated in
Montreux, Switzerland, yesterday
his negotiations with the Chicago
orchestra are still in progress.
Menuhin, who plays at Rome's
Argentina theater tonight, said in
an interview he was considering
telegraphing his views to Chicago
He said the criticism of the Ger.
Evening star., 1949-01-12

store broke and struck her in the
face.
She Is Mrs. Elizabeth West, Al,
colored of the 1400 block of Mon
tello avenue NE, who brought the
suit against the Safeway Stores.
Her husband, Vester West, also was
awarded 5000 damages in yester-
days verdict.
According to the testimony, Mrs.
West was about to enter the store
at 1913 Montello avenue NE. on
June %, 1945, when she met a
woman leaving with a baby in a
stroller. 1t was while Mrs. West
was holding open the door for the
Evening star., 1949-01-12
East-West N Hookup
Opens, Serving Fourth
OF Nation S Population
BY the Associofsd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. HeTele-
visions new electronic highway
stretching from the Atlantic to the
Mississippi became a crowded
thoroughfare today as the networks
took it over for regular commercial
programs.
The 2,1o0-mile highway" went
into operation as a single network
covering an area with one-fourth
the Nations population with the
opening of a $12,5o0,0Oo coaxial
cable between Philadelphia and
Cleveland.
The link, opened last night with,
an elaborate ceremony, connected
the separate East Coast and Mid.
west television hookups of the Bel
System. The enlarged network
serves IA cities with 80 stations
more than half the total now ir
operation. Three other cities have
access to the hookup.
The Bell System television hook.
up, using both underground coaxia
cable and radio relay towers, serves
stations in these cities: st. Louis
Chicago, Milwaukee, Toledo, De.
troit, Cleveland. Pittsburgh, Buffalo
Boston, New York, Philadelphia
Baltimore, Washington and Rich.
mond.
Program Schedules Revised.
Programs from the network also
are accessible to stations in Sche-
nectady, NJ Y, New Haven, Conn.
and Newark, N. J.
With the start Of commercial
operation Of the new link today
the networks Immediately put into
effect revised program schedules
designed to give both the Midwest
and East the best Of the shows pre-
| yiously presented separately to each
Sponsors, noting the greatly en-
larged audience they now can reach
with single show, already have
put together a number Of new top
flight television programs to 60 on
the air.
The linking of the East and Mid
west represents a big step toward
coast-to-coast television, but it may
be four or five years yet before the
talent centers Of New York and
Hollywood are connected.
Because there's only a single
channel in each direction between
New York and Chicago, the net
works will have to take turns using
the new hookup. Two additional
westbound channels are to be added
by summer and more will be in
stalled later.
Joint Affair.
Last nights program was a joint
affair with the telephone company
the four network companies and
public officials taking part.
Speaking from Washington, Chair
man Wayne Coy Of the Federal
Communications Commission said
the joining of the networks "is only
one more forward step In televi-
sion's march of progress"
This progress" he said, will go
on and on until the Pacific Coast is
reached-until all our major cities
are Joined together - and until
eventually national television serv-
ice is brought to every part of the
country"
Other speakers included Leroy
Wilson, president Of the American
Telephone g. Telegraph Co. and
network presidents Mark Woods of
ABC, Frank Stanton Of CHS, Dr.
Allen B. Dumont Of Dumont, Niles
Trammell Of NBC, Mayor Martin
Kennedy Of Chicago and Vincent
1mpellitteri, New York City Coun-
Gil president.
Evening star., 1949-01-12
Menuhin Defends FurtwuengIer
AS Good German in Best Sense

man was unjust and against the
facts"
It may have to deny myself the
joy and pleasure of playing with the
Chicago Symphony until this matter
is Strengthened out" he said.
Right after the war, Menuhin-as
much at home in Europe as in
America by virtue of concert en-
gagements that began in 1927
looked into DR.. Furtwaengler's
record during the Hitler years. He
SAID he convinced himself that DR.
Furtwaengler behaved well, said SO
publicly and played under the Ger
mans baton.
Recently, he recorded the Beetho-
ven violin concerto with DR.. Furt-
waengler and the Lucerne Festival
Orchestra.
"Of all German musicians" Men
uhin said, "Furtwaengler put up the
most resistance to the Nazis. He
kept as many Jews as possible In
the Berlin Philharmonic. He never
went on Nazi propaganda trips. He
was never member of the party.
! Altogether he behaved well-as
Evening star., 1949-01-12

well as could be expected Of a mar
who Is entirely German, who is a
good German in the best sense OF
the word. There Is no reason for
him to suffer. The man has been
cleared (by German Identification
COURT. If he is cleared by those
most interested, then it Is not our
business to Judge further"
Actually, Menuhin said, most
American musicians are not hostile
to DR.. Furtwaengler. He said many
members Of the New York Philhar-
monic whom he helped leave Ger
many will testify that he saved
their lives.
Evening star., 1949-01-12
THE EVENING STAR, Washington. D. c. **A-17
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY

stroller that the spring snapped,
1t was charged.
The Vests were represented by
Attorneys Ralph Berlow and Austin
Garfield. Judge T. Alan Colds
borough presided at the trial. In
Evening star., 1949-01-12

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