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Evening star., 1949-10-10
Britain Hunts German
Who Fled u. ). Ship
by the Associated Press

SALCOMBE, England, Oct. TO-
A German with a gun and q
marked American accent"
touched off country wide police
alarm in Devonshire today.
Police and coast guardsmen
throughout the area were directed
to search for Alfred Markus, alias
Fred Raiseld, who jumped over
board Saturday night from the
ship Thomas H. Barry deporting
him from the United States.
The Barry was about 2 miles of
the Devon coast when Markus was
missed. Also missing were a life
preserver and a revolver. Police
said they had no doubt Markus
reached shore.
Officials said Markus, Is, had
been deported for illegal entry at
Boston. American officials at
Hamburg said Markus told Ameri-
can intelligence officers he had
been imprisoned at Buchenwald
from 1889 to 1943 because his
mother was Jewish.
They said Markus entered the
United States Illegally on Decem-
ber "a, 1948. after slowing away
aboard a Dutch ship. Official rec
ords showed that he held a job
with the American Army at Weis-
baden but had been discharged.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Minimum Pay Measures
Nay Ruise Phone Bills

Increased telephone bills may
result in many places from en-
actment Of measures already
passed by the House and Senate
to raise the minimum hourly wage
from 40 to rs cents, according to
Frank s. Barnes, president of the
United States Independent Tele-
phone Association.
While the final version may
exempt telephone operators
wages at exchanges serving up to
750 subscribers, as against the
present 500 limit exemption, that
provision would affect fewer than
5000 operators throughout the
country, he explained
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Father, Lawyer Hurt
10 Aid Son
Arrested in Robbery
By the Associoted Press

ATLANTA, Oct. 10.-The lure of
an aged couples chicken money
has landed a Negro and the son
of a prominent dentist in Jail and
sent the dentist, his attorney and
two others to hospitals.
Jailed last night on charges of
armed robbery and robbery by
force were Harold L. Holtenzen-
dorff. jr., %, and Henry Gary. 26,
the Negro.
Critically injured in an automo-
bile accident as they raced to the
scene of the arrest in sparcely
settled north Fulton County were
DR.. H. L. Holtzendorff. ST., and At
torney Quillian j. Hall.
The other two injured, both less
seriously hurt, were John Powell,
l8, and 10 Anne Spence, II.
Fulton Police 1t. j. w. Gilbert
said the younger Holtzendorf and
Gary were charged with attempt
ing to rob Mr.. and Mrs. w. C..
Power. both over 65, of their
chicken money.
The aged couple, 1t. Gilbert
said, recently had sold a large
flock and repeatedly had the pro-
ceeds hidden somewhere in their
modest home.
1t. Gilbert said young Holtzen-
dorf signed a statement that he
and Gary tried to rob the Powers.
Negro neighbors Of the Powers
came to their aid and riddled
the fleeing mems car with shot
gun fire, the officer related.
The car later was found over
turned in a ditch and the two
men were arrested.
AS police left for town with
their prisoners, they passed the
wreck in which DR.. Holtzendorff
was injured. The dentist SUI
fered a pelvic fracture and in
ternal injuries. His attorney
suffered q broken neck.
Evening star., 1949-10-10

with many Moscow officials. The
fall of the famous planner, N. A..
Voznesensky. onetime substitute
on the Soviet Politburo. may be
tied with Zhdanov's demise. In
Bulgaria about $50 of Kostov's
sympathizers have been compelled
to make public self criticisms"
and admit their nationalist errors.
Malenkov Men Expelled.
In Yugoslavia. where Tito is
ripping up the eastbound tracks,
the Malenkov organization is
going behind bars. Anton Bibler
of thexCroat Communist Party
announced that 597 out of 1868
recent "expulsees" were Comm
formists-that is. Malenkov men.
The Czech Communist news
paper Rude Pravo has charged
Tito with jailing the following
faithful followers of Marxism-
Leninism":: 1t. Gen. Zreten Zhu-
jovic. member of central COM
m1ttee ana Minister OF FINANCES,
Andrei Hebrang, president of
planning commission and member
Supreme Jugoslav Praesidium;
Savo Zlatic, Minister of, Light
Industry; Orban Blagoievic, Un-
dersecretary of Finance; Bojo
Liumovic, Vice Premier of Monte
negrin Republic; Vuko Tmusic,
Minister of Commerce Of Monte
negrin Republic; Niko Pavic,
Montenegrin Minister of Educa-
ton: Montenegrin Minister of In
'dustry Blajo Borovinic, Miss Julka
Meshterivichova, Serbian Under
secretary of Health, and 20 men,
lbers of Parliament.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Charles Carroll Forum
To 0pen October 1S

DR.. Carlo Davila, a member of
the Social and Economic Council
Of the United Nations. will open
the ninth consecutive season of
the Charles Carroll Forum at 8:15
PM, October 18. in the May
flower Hotel.
The former Chilean Ambassador
to the United States will speak
on the topic. eve Of the Amer
icas."
Other speakers scheduled for
the forum are the Rev. Robert
c. Hartnett, editor of the ma
tional Jesuit weekly, America -
November Is: Bruce Marshall,
author, December 13; Harrison
Forman. who returned recently
from the Orient, January II; DR..
Thor Eckhardt, Hungarian states
man now in exile in the United
States, February 81, and the Rev.
DR.. James A. Magner. procurator
of the Catholic University OF
America and forum executive Sec
retary, March IA.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
| Motor Scooter
Fans Give Pope
Bright Blue One
BY the Assoeiofed Press

CASTEL GANDOLFO. Italy,
Oct. 10.-Pope Plus XII has a
brand-new motor scooter, bright
blue one.
It was presented to the Pope
yesterday by TOO horn-blowing
italian scooter fans who drove up
in a procession to the prelate's
summer residence. Pope Plus
blessed the scooter drivers, who
buzz about italian streets by the
thousands, and praised their
courage and agility"
The 73-year-old Pope plans to
give his scooter to q country mis-
sion to carry priests In remote
rural areas. AZ
Evening star., 1949-10-10
School Group Honors
Msqr. P. J. Mccormick

The Rt. Rev. Msgr. p. j. Nc
Cormick, rector of Catholic Uni
versity, has been named first vice
president of the newly-formed
Federation Of Catholic UNIVERSE
ties at its first meeting in Rome.
university officials have an
riounced,
Msgr. Mccormick and Is other
rectors Of pontif1cal universities
throughout the world met in
Rome to organize the federation,
the university said. It's purpose
is to effect closer relations between
Catholic schools throughout the
world
Evening star., 1949-10-10
East German Republic
Opens Parliament
Session Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN. Oct. 10.-Seven vote
less observers were chosen today
to represent the Soviet sector of
Berlin in the Russian-sponsored
East German Republic.
They. will sit tomorrow in a
parliamentary session here at
which Wilhelm PECK, 73-year-old
Communist, is to be elected presi-
dent of the new Soviet satellite.
The session also will hear
declaration by the Soviet gov
ernment recognizing the "sover-
eighty" of the East German gov
ernment.
Named at Red Rally.
The observers were shorn of
voting rights so as to avoid con-
f1ict with old four-power agree
ments on Berlin's international
status. They were named by a
Communist dominated rally of
democratic bloc" organizations.
East Berlin is now the capital
of the eastern republic but Soviet
officials have decided it can not
be formally incorporated as a state
in the near future.
This corresponds to action by
the Americans. British and French
in refusing to allow West Berlin to
enter the West German republic
as a state.
The parliaments of the five
Soviet zone states met today toI
choose their delegates to the re-
public's almost powerless upper
house.
Has Little Influence.
Except for joining with the
lower house to el9ct the president,
the upper house mas no influence.
The lower house - peoples
chamber itself last Fri
day. 1t had been speech-making
assemblage of Communists and
their East German collaborators.
Then it proclaimed the existence
of a German republic and itself
the supreme law-maker.
No popular election preceded the
republics creation and none is
scheduled until October IS, 1880
Communists predict that the
republic will have a peace treaty
with the Soviet Union in one year
and Russian occupation troops will
be gone.
In a manifesto, they have an
nounced their intention to fight
for the destruction of the allied
sponsored Western republic at
Bonn.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Dancing Glasses to Begin

A series of Monday night dane
ing classes, under the direction Of
"Groggy" Gurevitz, will begin at
$3.50 o'clock tonight in the Lodge
Room of the Jewish Community
Center, Sixteenth and @ streets
NV. A special teen-age course
will be given at 1880 pm.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Bryun PTA To Meet

The Bryan School Parent
Teacher Association will hold its
first fall meeting at 7:45 O'Clock
tonight in the school, thirteenth
and 3 streets BE.
Evening star., 1949-10-04
Col. Harry Gantz
Rites Set Tomorrow

Graveside services for Col
Harry Gantz, g.. retired. pioneer
airman. who served under Gen
Henry Hap" Arnold in the early
days of the old Air Corps, will be
held at II am. tomorrow in Ar
lington Cemetery.
Col. Gantz died of pneumonia
on August 10 in Sydney, Australia
during a round-the-world cruise
with his wife. Katherine.
Serving in the Philippine Con-
stabulary at the age of 10, he was
commissioned a second lieutenant
in the Army in 1910. He Joined
the Air Corps just before this
country entered World War I ano
flew in France during the war. He
was 14th on the list of the original
flyers in the old Army Air Corps
associates said.
Col. Gantz resigned his commits
sion after World War I with the
rank of major and made his home
near Los Angeles, where he was
businessman for the next 20
years. When the Japanese at
tackled Pearl Harbor, he was re-
called, promoted to colonel and
served on the Air Force staff here
from 1912 until 1914. He then
retired because of illness and re-
turned to his California home.
Besides his widow. he is survived
by a son, Peter, of Los Angeles
and two cousins, DR.. Frank E
Gantz of this city and Capt. B. s.
Gantz, USN, retired, of Arlington
Evening star., 1949-10-04
Francis N. Peters, Is,
Dies in Charleston
BY the Associated Press

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Oct. A.
Francis M. Peters, 76, of Charles
ton, director OF safety RESPONSE
bility for the State Road Com
mission. died Sunday night in q
hospital here.
MIR. Peters, a lawyer, was a
former Mayor of Bluefield and was
elected on the Democratic ticket
as member of the House of Dele
gates from Mercer County in 1926
and reelected in 1923 and 1882.
An active member of the West
Virginia Historical Society and the
Sons of the American Revolution.
he was writing history of West
Virginia at the time of his death.
A native of Wayne County, he
attended Marshall College and was
graduated from the Naval Acad-
emy at Annapolis and the West
Virginia University Law School.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
TriXy McClaugherty Peters: a son.
Comdr. Francis M. Peters, jr. of
Washington, and two daughters,
Mrs. Sidney E. Goad of Clendenin
and Mrs. j. c. Kenamond of
Washington.
Evening star., 1949-10-04
Rev. Oliver Hall Rites
Thursday in Virginia

Funeral services for the Rev.
Oliver Hail. 81. Baptist minister,
who was pastor of two churches
in Fairfax County, will be held
at l pm. Thursday.
The services will be in the Shi-
loh Baptist Church, near. Mclean,
where he occupied the pulpit for
the last % years. Burial will be
in Chesterbrook. Va. in Fairfax
County.
Mr.. Hall, who was also a re-
tired Government employe with
IS years service, died Sunday in
Freedmen's Hospital after an ILL
ness of six months.
Born in Lincoln. Va. in Lou
doun County, he moved to Fair
fax County while still a child
and remained there the rest of
his life. In addition to his pas
torate near Mclean, he was min
lister for many years of the Chan
tilly (VaD Baptist Church.
MIR. Hall was employed as a
laboratory assistant in the Agri-
culture Department. retiring sew
eral years ago. He was living near
Mclean at the time of his death.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Mae Hall; three daughters. Mrs.
Julia Brockman and Mrs. Vashti
Gilmore, both of Chesterbrook.
and Mrs. Dolores Dorsey, of Bald
win, Mich. and a son. Douglas K.
Hall. Richmond. Calf.
Evening star., 1949-10-04
New Plea Made Save
Elms on @ Street

A last-minute appeal to spare
the old elms at Wisconsin avenue
and @ street NV. was expressed
last night by the Progressive Citi-
Izens' Association of Georgetown.
The group, meeting for the first
time since spring. will ask the
District Commissioners to halt
widening of the intersection until
the effect on Georgetown traffic
by the new Whitehurst FreeWay
can be studied.
| Work already has been started
on the widening project. which the
associa ton feels would draw more
traffic through Georgetown, in
stead of solving the present diff
culties.
A resolution calling for traffic
lights at the intersection was re-
ferred to the Traffic Committee. to
be taken up with the District
Traffic Department. \
/ Cor Harold B. Hinton was re-
elected president of the association
last night by unanimous vote. Also
elected unanimously were: Stephen
Dorsey, Mrs. Jean w. Frear and
Raymond Wilmont, vice presi-
dents; Mrs. Elizabeth Draper and
Miss Ann R. Keliher. secretaries;
Miss Edna Ladson. treasurer, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan and Alex
ander Hawes, delegates to the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations.
The meeting was held in the
Christ Episcopal Church. Thirty
first and o streets NV.
Evening star., 1949-10-04
First Woman Mayor
Named at GreenbeIt
By John w. Stepp

Greenbelt has woman Mayor
for the first time in its l2-yeal
history.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Harrington
housewife and mother of two
children, was unanimously named
to the post last night by her foul
colleagues who were elected tc
the council in September elections
Former Mayor Thomas J. Can
ming nominated Mrs. Harrington
at the special council meeting. He
pointed to the tremendous vote
of confidence" given her by the
community in an election which
saw her receive 80 per cent OF the
total possible vote.
Frank j. Lastner, third incum-
bent named to the Council, was
elected Mayor Pro Tenn for his
second successive term. The two
new councilmen are Steve L. Com
ings and James N. Wolfe.
The new Mayor last night ex-
pressed her gratitude to the Coun-
Gil and community and pledged
efforts to find sound methods OF
financing the federally- owned city
until and after it's projected sale.
She emphasized that adequate
budgets must be drafted during
the next two-year term ito main
tain the fine community services
which we have enjoyed in the
mast"
Evening star., 1949-10-04
Bill Asks New Trial
For. Jordon in Staying

Senator Morse. Republican, OF
Oregon has introduced a bill that
would authorize District Court to
consider a motion for a new trial
for Thomas Jordon in the 1881
Garden T. Shoppe murder case.
The measure was referred to the
Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen
ator Morse, in a speech on the
Senate floor Quilting the history OF
the case, requested judiciary
subcommittee to hear Jordon's at
torney, John M. Holzworth. in
support of the measure.
The purpose of the bill, said
Senator Morse. is ito remedy a
possible injustice in Jordon' s
case" A new trial would be
granted solely on the merits o1
the case. he said.
Jordon, convicted of the killing
of Mrs. Elizabeth Jaynes. is serv.
ing a life sentence in the LortoI
Reformatory and, according tt
Senator Morse, is "paralyzed anc
speechless from a stroke" His
original death sentence was com.
muted by President Roosevelt ir
1887.
A somewhat similar bill for re.
opening the Jordon case was in
troduced in the 80th Congress last
year by Representative Klein
Democrat. of New York, but never
was enacted.
Evening star., 1949-10-04
Mrs. W. J. Stanton,
DOCTOR S Wife, Dies

| Mrs. Marie Agatha Stanton
So, wife of DR.. William j. STAN
ton, died yesterday at her home
4l0O Nebraska avenue NV.
Mrs. Stanton was born in Mid
land, Md, and moved to Effing-
ham. H., as a child. She came
to Washington in 1915 to begin
nurses training at Georgetown
University Hospital. She met Dr.
Stanton at the hospital and they
were married in 1917. DR.. STAN
ton was on the hospital staff un-
til his retirement year ago.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by a daughter, Mrs. John
B. Barry of Silver Spring; two
sons. Army Capt. William j,
Stanton, jr., Albuquerque, N. Mex,
and Air Force Capt. James Sharpe
Stanton, Boiling Air Force Base;
three sisters, Mrs. Rose Habing,
Gilroy. Calf; Mrs. Kathleen Ha-
bling, Teutopolis. ILL.,, and Miss
Bernice Sharpe. Shreveport, La;
brother, DR.. Francis T. Sharpe
of ATOP Yuma street NV. and six
grandchildren.
Brief rites will be held at 9:3O
m. tomorrow at her home. fol-
lowed by funeral services at 10
am. at St. AIMS Church, Wiscon-
sin avenue and Yuma street NV.
Burial will be in Mount Olivet
CematerV
Evening star., 1949-10-04
In Mrttturfattt

memory Of our mother. JULIA INLAND
BUCKLEY, who died fourteen years ago
''N"'' HER CHILDREN.
COLE. ROBERT A. A tribute OF love
| and devotion to the sacred memory Of our
darling husband and father. ROBERT A.
oesob.r o9as; who n 1922 aspaF'ed this life suddenly
God needed songbird in Heaven to sing
while the angels played.
So He picked His most beautiful flower to
brighten the heavenly way.
The love you gave us many years
Though you have gone beyond our reach,
You are always in our hearts.
HaE sSHE SOU wSh f. IA asD
COLE. ROBERT A. In sad but loving
COLE, who left me two years ago today,
October 4, 1947.
Two sad and lonely years have passed
Since my greatest sorrow fell.
The shock I received that day
I still remember well.
God knew that he was suffering
So He gently closed his weary eyelids
And whispered, Peace be thine"
Somewhere back of the sunset.
Where loneliness never dies,
| He lives in land of glory,
with the blue and The gold Of the skies.
YOUR DEVOTED DAUGHTER. JUSTINE.
COLE, ROBERT A. In, loving memory
Of our daddy. and granddaddy, ROBERT A.
october 4. 1947.
| Daddy, we are lonely.
We miss you more each day;
We hope .3I some sita gay y TO asssd meet you, sv
DORIS AND BILL. ROBERT AND PATSY.
GILLEM, RICHARD A. AND MALINDA
| Sacred the of father
MHL1apA Ma aHsael f. eEa eMhEM who u died oetoper
2. 1888. and October 4. 1908. respectively.
Not as dead. but living still;
| Waiting at the gate Of Heaven
To greet HArTfE pS a o9d,f SND VA; yP5lAs;RxER.
HANLEY, ELEANOR WAUGH. In ten
as aa nyns sseer a WA1H
LEY. who left us nine years ago today
October 4. 1910.
She is not dead. the child Of our affection
Where she no longer needs our poor pro-
And Christ Himself doth rule.
Thus do we walk with her and keep un,
The bond which nature gives,
Thinking that our remembrance, though
May Ipfn reach her where she lives
" tinn Nv
And anguish long suppressed
The swelling heart heaves . moaning ,.
We will be patient and assuaRe the feelinl
We may not wholly stay
BY silence sanctifylng, not concealng'
The grief that stv mus. have 1aynv Way ANT
CHARLES.
HILLARY, MARGARET tMAG). In Low.
ing remembrance, Of mother, MARGARET
sHbKEa 9aaHR MAkkET H55kAkRT Asb aaAsR
ory "efpa' ef my dear A friend, CHARLES ". INC Nc:
ABEE, who passed away two years age
today. October 4. 1947.
In my heart your 1asg msmorz fingers ,EMa.
i There is not day, dear,
A"a' DEVOTED Ve Ef Fri FRIEND. ANNIE.
McCoLLUM. THADDEUs s., A tribute
DEG ISys as to Ro h
bbEySdTEEPBs EySSdTEBsop s LAUGHTER DOROTHY B
i pETTEY, GEORGE ". A tribute of Low,
Il father, GEORGE. W. PETTEY,, who de
parted this life i've years ago today. oc
tober 4. 1914.
.IDear husband and parent, SO gentle, goos
i Look down from Heaven above
land know that. the care you tenderly say'
MS Z Hus zsb asfa6ss lPzs
i ROBINSON, LAURA C. In sacred mem.
ory Of our devoted mother, LAURA G
1 iROBINSON, who passed away ten year
HER sse eaILpRsN eaS fSRs 0u' IA E.
CELESTE J. PRAYsoN.
Evening star., 1949-10-04

A native Of Atlantic. Ia, 1t
Kringel came to Arlington in 1881
with his family and was gradu-
ated from Westinghouse High
School. He was a student at Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute when
he enlisted in December. 1912.
1t. Kringel was called to active
duty two months later and was
commissioned in 1914 at Mission
Tex. He joined the Fifth Air
Force overseas and participated in
attacks on Borneo, Formosa and
Japan. He was flying as co-pilot
with his commanding officer, Col.
Edwin H. Halves, on his last mis-
sion. Before being shot down with
the loss of the entire six-man
crew, their bomber was credited
with sinking the Japanese car
rier Kaiyo in Beppu Bay, Kyushu.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by a sister. Mrs. r. c. Wit
finger, Houston, Tex.
Evening star., 1949-10-04
President Dutro Of Brozi|
Honors Edqor Morris

Edgar Morris, Washington civic
leader. has been awarded the
Order of the Southern Cross by
Elrico Gaspar Dutra, President Of
Brazil, according to an Associated
Press report.
Mr.. Morris was chairman of the
reception committee that well
coined President Dutra when he
visited Washington rece ntly.
Three other Americans also re-
ceived the Order of the Southern
Cross. They are Cordell Hull.
former Secretary of State; Adolf
Berle, former Ambassador to Bra
zil, and Francis Cardinal Spell
man of New York.
Evening star., 1949-10-04
Dratha
WATSON. ADMIRAL ApoLpHUs E.

WATSON, ADMIRAL ADoLPHUs E: On
Monday, October 3, .1949. at the United
States Naval Hospital, Bethesda. Md Ad-
miral ADOLPHUS E. WATSON. son Of the
late Eugene Winslow Watson. husband OF
GeneVieve Gallagher Watson, father OF
Mrs. A. c. Lggett grandfather of Alex
ander Winslow and Priscilla Winfield Lis-
gett OF Litchf1eld. Conn: brother Of Miss
Virginia Watson of New York City. Friends
may call at Gawler's Chapel, 1856 Pa. ave
NV; Services win oe held at Fort Myer
Interment Arlington National cemetery
philadelphia, Pa; Tampa. Fla, and Nor
folk Va, papers please copy.l
WILLIAMSON. SUSIE. On Saturday
October /. Ie4e, at Gallinger Hospital
SUSIE WILLIAMSON of 1113 You st. NV
loving sister. Of Cora Brodie. Lillian Nc
Donald; Minnie Leonard, William and Ed
ward Telfair. After 3 pm. Tuesday
October 4, friends may call at Frazier's
Funeral Home, 3S9 r. T. ave. NV, where
services will be held at pm Inter-
ment Franklinton. N. c.
YERGEN, ERNEST On Monday octo.
Der 3. 1919, AZ Mount Alto Hospital
ERNEST YERGEN Of 327 G St s.w. the
devoted husband of Annie Yergen, brother
of Charles Yergen, stepfather of Raymond
Stepney. He also is survived by an aunt
Sallie Yergen; other relatives and friends
Remains resting at Barnes & Matthews
of funeral later
Evening star., 1949-10-04
Manufacturer Dies at 80

KENOSHA, Wis, Oct. 4 (P.-
Walter j. Frost, 83. founder OF the
Frost Manufacturing Co. Al years
ago. died yesterday after a short
illness. Mr.. Frost was president
and treasurer of the company
bearing his name for 35 years, but
in recent years had been serving
as chairman of the board. The
firm makes. plumbers brass and
automotive parts.
If human being loses 10 per
cent of the water content of his
body, he will be seriously sick, and
loss of 20 per cent causes death.
Evening star., 1949-10-04
Rex Ingram Given
18 Months in Prison
By the Associoted Press

KANSAS CITY, Kas.. Oct. A.
A Federal judge yesterday sem
fenced Rex Ingram. Negro actor,
to 18 months in prison on a Mann
Act charge involving a 15-year-
old white girl.
Ingram was charged with trans
porting 15year-old jeanette Anna
Hughes of Salina, Kans., to New
York for immoral purposes.
The 54-year- r-old actor pleaded
guilty last May to that charge and
also to one of sending a lewd let
ter through the mails to the girl.
Sentencing of the actor. who
portrayed DE Lawd" in the
movie, THE Green Pastures" had
been delayed to give him time to
get his business affairs in order.
Judge Arthur j. Mellott SEN
fenced INGRAM
Evening star., 1949-10-04
Fiqht Over Place in Line
Fatal 10 Hollywood Man
6y the Assoejoted Press

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 4.-Police
say that a fight over who was to be
first in line to pay gas bill caused
the death of 61-year-old William
Holmes.
Booked in Jail on suspicion of
manslaughter is Albert Becker. At.
Ia Columbia movie studio employe.
The quarrel started. police said,
when Becker rushed into the gas
company Office yesterday. pushed
past Mr.. Holmes and demanded
that a cashier wait on him.
Mr.. Holmes pushed Becker in
the face, police said, then Becker
struck the older man, an engineer,
on the jaw. Mr.. Holmes fell and
died without regaining conscious
ness. He suffered a skull fracture.