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Evening star., 1949-09-23
Autopsy Due in Stabbing
OF Wife by Husband

An autopsy was to be performed
today in the death yesterday of
Mrs. Alice Howard, 40, of 725
Seventh street Sc, whose hus-
band. George Howard, SO. collapsed
and died shortly after stabbing her
with butcher knife August 27.
Mrs. Howard was taken to Cas-
ualty Hospital Immediately after
the stabbing. She was stabbed in
tie right side.
Police said the tragedy occurred
at the Seventh street address after
Howard had accused Mrs. Howard
of doping" his drinks the evening
before. They said he apparently
stabbed his wife as she lay on
couch.
Mr.. Howard then fed from the
house, police reported. and fell
dead Of a heart attack about
block from the scene.
Evening star., 1949-09-23
Three Bandits Sought
After Beatings Send |
7 Victims 10 Hospital

A faced" man is among
three bandits being sought by
police today in connection with
robberies here last night in which
two victims received hospital
treatment.
Clyde Liggett, 48. of 2814 Sew
enteenth street NE, said that,
while he was walking in the 1900
block of Rhode Island avenue
NE, the "square-faced" man and
a companion jumped from a hid
ing place alongside some steps!
and grabbed him.
One of the men struck him in
the face, Mr.. Liggett said. and the
other took $13 from him. Both
bandits fled north on Eighteenth
street. Mr.. Liggett was treated at
Sibley Hospital for cuts on his left
cheek.
Max Appleman. 43, Of 511s
North Capital street, grocer.
said that. while he was walking
In the 200 block of L street NE,
a colored man struck him in the
face with an unknown object and
stole his billfold containing $3.50
and another $3.50 from his
sweater pocket.
This man escaped through an
alleyway. Mr.. Appleman was ad-
mitted to Casualty Hospital with
skull and nose injuries.
Evening star., 1949-09-23
$500 Peace Bond Ordered
In Threatening Of Ex-Wife

A man who was found guilty of
threatening to kill his former wife
was under Municipal Court orders
today to put up $500 peace bond
or serve 100 days in Jail.
Mrs. Alma Carroll, a State De-
partment secretary, told Judge
Thomas D. Quinn yesterday that
her ex-husband. Raymond Carroll,
81, threatened her when she gave
him only so cents after he had
asked her for S.. The incident
occurred August 81 on q down.
town street corner, she said.
Carroll. who was said to be un-
employed, denied the charge. Mrs.
Carroll lives in the 900 block of I
street NV. No address was given
for Carroll.
Evening star., 1949-09-23
Two New Diphtheria Cases
Raise Years Total 10 29

Two new cases of diphtheria
have been reported in the District
this week, raising the total for the
year 20. This is more than double
the number reported during the
entire year 1948.
All children under eight should
receive one injection of toxoid, if
they have not had diphtheria i'm
munization within the past two
years, Health Department officials
said. They should get at least two
injestions, if they have never had
this protection.
Health officials urged parents to
consult their own physicians for
diphtheria immunization where
ever possible. The Health Depart
ment gives such injections to pre-
school children in child welfare
clinics and to older children in
the schools, as we'll as in two regu-
larly scheduled immunization elm
les each week.
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11
RUSSIANS:
Bio War Tulk

The Russians must keep prepared
for war.
That was the message of Soviet
Marshal Nikolai A. Bulganin, Sow
let minister aof armed forces, in a
statement in an order of the day
marking the 31st anniversary Of
the Red army.
The Marshal named the possible
enemy-the United States.
Bulganin added that the ruling
circles of the United States which
seek to establish their world doml-
nation by force pursue a policy Of
aggression and of unleashing a new
war"
The language was strong, even
for the Russians. Was it the begin
ming of campaign by the Soviets
to prepare the mass Russian mind
for conflict?
1t could be. Bulganin played on
fears and prejudices which might
well lay the groundwork for calling
the Soviet people into war. Intima-
ting the possibility of attack, he
assured the Russians that the
'Soviet people may rest assured
our army, air force and navy will
vigilantly stand guard over their
socialist homeland"
THE UNITED STATES was the
only western power singled out by
the marshal in his order of the day.
But there was a naive element
of braggadocio in all the anniver-
sary statements. 1t seemed It..
Gen. S. S. Shatilov, deputy chief
director of the political board of
the armed services, was trying to
whistle past the graveyard" when
he stated that in it's early days the
Soviet army had "routed the hordes
Of IA powers.
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11
DEATH SPRAY:
Nuzis Had II

Out of Mountain View, Calf.
came one of the most chilling,
awesome postwar tales of what
might have been in World War II.
It was about a death spray
spray SO fatal that if a spot Of
1t the size of dime lay on a per-
sons skin, that person was doomed.
THE SPRAY was described as
being potent enough to knock out
whole divisions of men in exposed
positions.
A dime-sized spot, unless wiped
off quickly. would kill a man in two
minutes. It would penetrate ordi-
nary clothing and some types Of
gas masks.
Authorities for these statements
were U. S. army engineers who
destroyed 125,O0O tons of the spray
where it was stored in carefully
hidden caves in Bavaria.
Maj. James M. Graham of the
engineer corps said the Germans
called the chemical "tabur."
combination of the scientists who
invented it. According to Major
Graham, who had charge of the
disposal of the chemical, 'tabun"
was a military secret until about
six months ago when some informa-
tion concerning it leaked out to the
American public. One thousand
tons were spared from destruction
and shipped to the army proving
grounds at Aberdeen, Maryland.
THE MAJOR said the stuff is
nearly odorless that a person has
to know exactly what he is smell
ing before he can detect it with
his nose. 1t has a faint fruity
flavor and looks like crankcase
oil.
Then the Major said something
that would add no comfort to those
who fear war with Russia. He
said that the scientists who de-
veloped 'tabun" were in Berlin
when the Russians took over and
probably became subject to Soviet
control.
Speculation was that it was not
used by the Germans because Of
a reluctance to engage in chemical
warfare for lack of knowledge
Of what weapons in this field might
be possessed by the Allies.
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11

"A'nHA''E running incident in
which 76 household servants were
spirited off to freedom. The Abo-
litionist Weekly was stormed and
the capital suffered the biggest at
lack Of jitters it had had since the
British burned the White House "a
years before.
Nine years later q band Of
armed ruffians from Baltimore
entered the city bent on help
ing the ''KnOw Nothing" candi-
dates in the local election. I'VE
had local elections then.) The
marines had to be called out:
six men were killed and twice
rs many wounded.
The tide continued to rise and no
President, from Tyler to Buchanan,
could or would do anything about
it. It was an open secret that Bu-
chanan's sympathies were largely
south of the Mason-Dixon line.
Historians agree that he learned in
advance the decision in the famous
Dred Scott slavery case which was
one of the last of the explosions
which started the Civil War. To-
day supreme court secrets are kept
secret. But Buchanan knew the
court had ruled that Dred Scott was
not a citizen under the meaning Of
the Constitution, and could not be
made a citizen; further that the
Constitution affirmed property
right in slaves, and such slave prop
erty was protected by the "due
process of law clause.
Buchanan realized what the
effect of this decision would be,
but in his Inauguration speech
piOusly advised the country to
accept the verdict, no matter
what it was.
Later when southern sentiment
grew in the capital, Buchanan did
try to organize a. militia, but con-
gress would have none of it. The
regular army troops in the city
were known to be Of doubtful
loyalty. The militia, much larger
on paper, could muster only $50
men. Meanwhile the southern
group, the Militant Jackson Demo-
cratic association, was drilling 300
men.
Finally the militia managed to get
a thousand men under arms. But
feeling ran high, and on Washing
toms birthday following the election
of Abraham Lincoln by the elec-
toral college but before his inaug-
uration, the militia paraded. EX-
President Tyler, a Virginian, went
to Buchanan and protested the fact
that they had been allowed to dis
play the Stars and Stripes, and Bu-
chanan is said to have apologized.
Most people have forgotten the
northern animosity toward Buchan-
an, but it was to crop up again in
my time when it was the subject
of one of those asidulous debates
for which Sen. Cabot Lodge was
notorious. Many Presidents are
memorialized in stone in Washing
ton, but not all, and in Lodges
time, Buchanan was one who was
not.
Buchanan had been a bachelor
and had taken his niece with him to
the White House as hostess to as
siSt in the brilliant entertainments
for which he was noted. She later
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11
JOBLESS:
3 Million Out

At present count the number of
3obless in the United States stood
at three million.
However, according to the ex-
perts, there was no cause for i'm
mediate concern. Commissioner
Evan Clague of the federal bureau
Of labor said the time to become
alarmed would be when the un-
employed total reached five mill
lion and stayed there.
Would it reach five million?
THAT WAS A POINT on which
the experts disagreed.
Those who were loudest in point
ing to the possibility of a depres-
sion pointed out that in just three
months the jobless total had jumped
from, 1.8 million to the present
three million. That was a rate of
acceleration which, they claimed,
should cause everyone to be
alarmed.
Time was an element, Com
missioner Clague contended. Wait,
he said, until the March and April
begins TO- revive the construction
business and Easter trade and then
well be able to tell better just
where we're going"
The federal official noted there
was a drop of Its million workers
in non-agricultural jobs between
mid-December and mid-January.
Part of this was seasonal, he said,
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11
OLIVER TWIST:
Fuoin Is Issue


Intelligent Jews would draw little
|consolation from the violent acts
Of their fellow men in multi-torn
Berlin.
With the world on tenterhooks
over the possibility of third world
war and with the issue of Palestine
not yet completely settled as it af-
fects the Jews, a mob of Berlin
Jews saw fit to demonstrate over
the showing Of British-made film.
THE FILM was "Oliver Twist"
Ia story familiar to almost every
English-speaking schoolboy and, ap-
|parently, familiar to a great many
Jews as we'll.
The Berlin Jews, it seemed,
couldn't stomach the Dickens crea-
ton, Fagin, one of the major char
acters in the story. Fagin, depicted
as a Jew, is an unlovely character
who teaches children to steal for
him and accords them brutal treat
Iment.
The charge that the film was
"anti-Semitic" was hurled by the
Jewish demonstrators. Their demon
|stration was effective. It resulted
In temporary withdrawal of the film.
German police hospitalized some of
the rioters, but said they could not
continue to protect the theatre.
THE ENTIRE AFFAIR provided
Ia disturbing spectacle. Berlin, sup
posed to be the proving ground of
the ability Of nations to work to-
gether, has become, instead, the
|malodorous corpse of that concep-
|tion.
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11

down was going to stick. The book
les went underground" and it was
reported that a telegraphic news
service supplying results of horse
races had suspended.
Most reports emanating from the
state were to the effect that bookies
were out of work except for a few
trying to do a small business by
runners and telephones. The out
look didn't appear too rosy. !.
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11
LABOR LAW:
Trouble, Trouble

trouble, trouble
In the field of liberal-or. as some
would term it. even ''left wing
Republicanism, the COPS Sen.
Wayne Morse of Oregon was con-
ceding nothing to no man.
THE SENATOR was vocally and
vociferously hurt. The defense OF
the Taft-Hartiey law by ''big busi-
ness was giving the senator no rest
and he meant to let everyone know
about 1t.
With little originality but much
vigor. the senator was crying that
the attitude Of many defenders OF
the Taft-Hartley law was Judas
betrayal Of the capitalistic system"
IN A SUDDEN onslaught against
many of the business men who have
appeared before the committee in
defense Of the measure, the senator
declared their attitude is shocking
selfish +. class-conscious
un-C Christian"
In contrast, ne praised Senator
Taft (R., Ohio) whose name the law
bears, for his fair-minded objec-
tivity" in considering testimony on
the shortcomings" of the act.
Morse declared he and Taft are
''much nearer together on the need
for law less drastic against labor"
than they were in 1947 when the act
was passed.
MEANWHILE, sentiment was
growing among congressional OBJ
servers that with every day of delay
on legislative consideration of Taft
Hartley law repeal, there increased
the probability of labor's failing to
get as many Of the law provisions
outlawed as they might hope to do.
A major battle was shaping up on
the proposal, with many legislators
evidencing a dawning conviction
that perhaps it would not be wise to
scrap the Taft-Hartley law in its
entirety and replace it with some
version Of the Wagner act.
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11
Fraternity Man Chooses
Mind Over Gastronomics

Culture had won a minor
triumph.
At Ann Arbor, Mich, Paul HI.
Smith, University of Michigan
junior, was about to have at it
with a hog for eating capacity
h0n0rs.
Thinking better Of the idea, he
changed his mind.
Reason, it appears, had raised
it's awesome head.
Smith declared that, on second
thought, it occurred to him that
the contest might be "reflec-
tion" on himself and his frater->
nifty.
Fraternity men from high
above Cayuga's waters to the
Rose Bowl breathed easier, buck
led anew to their academic tasks.
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11
A-BOMBS:
Whom To Tell?

Government officials were being
frank, but futile. They said they
hadn't figured out how to tell Ameri-
cans ways in which to protect them
selves from A-bombs without letting
the whole world in on the 'know
how"
Their dilemma, A-bomb officials
said, is how to disseminate this in
formation at home and keep it at
home. No defense plans exist, for
area defense.
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11

but the overall decline was greater
than normal.
SIGNIFICANT was a report Of
Robert C. Goodwin, director of the
bureau of employment security,
who said that the number of people
receiving jobless benefits increased
by $4,000 to total of 1,784, 900 dur
ing the week ending February IL.
In the same week in 1948, there
were 1,030,0 such claims.
Employment or its lack has al
ways been a major factor of indi-
cation in an evaluation Of the ma
tion's economic condition because
of the simple fact that in past re-
cessions general unemployment has
always preceded periods Of national
depression.
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11
,GETTING HOT IN FLORIDA
Governor Warren Runs 'Bookies' Ruqqed

All was not sunshine and soft
breezes in Florida. It was hot
enough but at this writing there had
been. nothing to call off the heat
imposed by Gov. Fuller Warren's
edict against bookies. ''Bookies" to
4. the initiate are those who take race
horse bets off the tracks, usually in
rear rooms Of public establishments
lin more sumptuous instances in
their own establishments.
:. II appeared the governors crack
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11

still arise between
North and South
over ancient mat
ters which most
of the country has
f or G OF t e n. The
country has also
forgotten that it
was here that the
earliest outbreaks
of sectional feel
ing took place. AS
e a r ly as 1848,
there was a riot
following an "un-
derground" slave
running incident in
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11

And, people are funny, in many
of the things they do. This
woman, Charlotte Kierstein, %,
on probation fora check swindle
verdict, couldn't keep a job. Sus-
picious employers fired her IA
times. Then, jailed at her own re-
quest, her story hit the papers
and now she's been deluged with
jobs. Her past will make no diff
ference.
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11

when she died, left the sum of
$4,000 (Which bought a lot. more
marble and bronze then than it
would now) for the erection of a
statue of her uncle.
The donation of site required
the approval of congress. This
donation was cheap, consider
ing that, unlike similar tributes
to the nations hero, all ex-
penses were provided. Congress
was willing enough, but not that
stalwart yankee, Lodge, who
lived perhaps nearer to the age
of Buchanan to his own genera
ton.
He chose to dig up all the un-
savory memories his scholarly
brain could muster to block the do
nation of the site. Naturally hot
southern blood grew hotter, and
what some of Mr.. Lodges opponents
lacked in data, they more than
made up in oSatory. The motion was
passed, but not until tempers had
been thoroughly ruffled.
The site chosen for the statue was
not conspicuous. In fact, had never
seen it until it was brought to my
attention by gentleman fully con-
versant with the details of the dis
pute and likewise familiar with
every nook and Granny of the capi-
tai city. asked him to show me the
statue. He said he knew where it
was. In Meridian Park. But just
before we arrived at the scene,
he paused and said: 1T ought to be
here"
It developed that he had never
seen it either.
It was therein an inconspicuous
spot, huge bronze statue, Of good
workmanship, backed by a wide
exedra which is defined as "a seat
with a high back"-but this would
seat several squads of infantry.
It is huge piece of stonework
flanked by two symbolic figures in
classic style, one representing Dip
lomacy, in which Buchanan was
skilled Che had served well as min
lister to Great Britain) and one
representing the law in which, if
we may judge by his breach Of
ethics in connection with the SUI
preme court decision, he was not Of
equal stature. Perhaps his niece
was sensitive on this point for she
specified the inscription-the only
words on the statue beside the dates
of his term and the single word
"Buchanan"-It reads:-
''The Incompatible statesman
whose walk was upon the noun
tain ranges of the law."l (Al-
though it isn't indicated, it was
Buchanan's own attOrney-gen-
eral who said that.
There is a certain ironic touch in
the fact that Buchanan's memory
had to be perpetuated in stone by
family subsidy, for from 1920 to
1880 he was one of the few members
of congress who pursued the futile
attempt to get congress to approve
a suitable memorial in the capitol
to George Washington.
Efforts in this direction either
were circumvented or ignored until
1881, the centenary of Washington's
birth. At that time, the public was
so aroused over the indifference Of
congress that George Watterson,
then librarian Of congress, formed
an association which raised the
money for the Washington monu-
ment which was eventually COM
pleted on the spot originally chosen
for statue of Washington by Major
L'Enfant who drew the plans for the
city.
The President said recently he
didn't depend on opinion polls un-
der any circumstances. Well, if
anybody has a reason for that at
titude, it certainly would be Harry
Truman.
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11
Washing on II{:2:25y1
North, South Fought Hard
Over President Buchanan
By BAUKHAGE
NetOs Analyst and Commentator.

Observation-Disclosures harmony far the Dixie
revolt concerned remains uncertain quantity Demo-
basicay still Democrats but there will always be
differences between North and South which
existed before slavery secession became issues
with the Dxecra
eveing probably nothing sensible compromise
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11
Constipated For, so
Years-But No More

81 suffered constipation over 80 years
but got no help till began to eat
KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN at every break
fast. What difference! I'm a 'regu-
lar now" PA. G. Buethe, St. Cloud,
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11
Ne? | Use Corn Vunish Now

I've had plenty Of Corn Torture. Pain:
can GET rid of them. The book. WHO
AM I-MAN?" tells me How and Where
with to restore real foot comfort to tired
feet. Germs removed or money refunded.
this advertisement appears once a month,
Just write on a postcard. mail me Corn
Vanish. c. O.. D." sign your name. adj
dress, and mail card to
"CORN VANISH" Genl. DeIiv.
Minneapolis. Mimi.
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11

MINI.
If your diet
lacks bulk for nor
NAL elimination,
this delicious
cereal will supply
it. Eat an ounce
every day in
milk-and drink
plenty of water.
If not satisfied
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11

after 10 days, send empty carton to
Kellogg Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
and get DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK.
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11

People outside of Washington are
often surprised that differences
Arizona sun., 1949-03-11
MISCELLANEOUS

business no selling, $50 weekly possible in
spare time, won't Interfere with your pres
ent job. finance ". Apply or if out of town
write 5O2 MINING EXCHANGE BUILD-
ING, Denver, Colorado.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-09-10

ID N,Ipio Murphy MD
lntcrracial Committee
MIS- Nina Polk
Assistant Sccrclar,
Nr John Fields
VIZ Matthew Jones
W. Robert Burton
Mr Henry Powell. Jr.
Nr Arthur Anderson
VIZ Robert ! Dixon
VIZ. ! NINA Rhode
Viz Inme-i cunningham
VIZ 1 Watson
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-09-10

Re, Robert l. BradbN
President. \AACP
AttN Chester \ smith
lntcfraciaI Committee
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Capt J \ Holmc,
Mr. Wake Hall
Mrs Florence Hunter
Mr. Marie StarkS
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Joseph { Coles
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-09-10

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w. t'ed lho,opion
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-09-10
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-26

statement condemning all organ
izations that seek to limit the op-
portunities and rights Of any
group on account of color or
creed" 1t urged passage Of State
and local legislation barring the
wearing of hoods or masks on
public highways and in public
buildings. save the wearing of ira
ditional holiday masks or cos
TUNES" The section. with some
minor changes. was passed.
A section on the remilitariza-
ton Of Europe opposing ANY plan
for the increased rearmament of
Europe by the United States" was
taken out and one proposed by
former City Judge Allen K. Halva
of st. Paul. Mimi. substituted. It
thanked God" that the European
Recovery Program was winning
the war against Communist prop
uganda" in Europen and expressed
the hope there may soon be es-
tablished an international police
force under the United Nations ="
with sufficient power to repress
instantly ANY violation of world
peace by any nation or group of
The aim. it continued,
would be a removed of the neces--
sity "for rearming Europe and "a
hope all nations may put aside
their weapons"
To the section declaring the
denominations reaffirmation Of its
traditional position separating
church and state was added an