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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Eight Men Are Indicted
In Arlington 1hefts
And Housebreakinqs

An Arlington grand jury yes
terday returned IS indictments
against eight men on charges of
larceny and HOUSEKEEPING.
Seven Of the indictments were
returned against 18-year-old Rob-
ert Barton Moseley Of the 2100
of North Pollard street, who was
charged with breaking into four
homes.
After his arrest last Wednes-
day. Moseley admitted being
AWOL from Fort Meade. Nd, for
more than a month. He pleaded
guilty to all charges.
John Maxwell Ravens, 20, Of
the 400 block Of North Hudson
street. who was placed on proba-
ton in Arlington Circuit Court
last May after he pleaded guilty
to five housebreakings, was in
dicted on charges of grand lar
[ceny and HOUSEKEEPING. He is q
former military policeman at Ar
|lington Hall.
Ravens pleaded innocent to
both charges when he was arraign-
ed before Circuit Judge Walter T.
Mccarthy.
Other indictments were re-
turned against Otis Jack Frye. 20;
Leonard Oscar Simpkins. %. and
Albert F. Sudduth. %, all of Hern-
don. each charged with two counts
of grand larceny: Harold j. Sloop,
20, of the 400 block Of North
Washington street, Falls Church,
accused of HOUSEKEEPING.
Indicted on charges OF grand
larceny were Max Needham Cecil.
80, of the 300 block of Seventeenth
street Sc. and Alvin Edward
Sink, 80, Winston-Salem. N. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Wounded Whale
Escapes as Jap
Fishermen Strike
By the Assoeiofed Press

TOKYO, Dec. 20.-Three hun
bred japanese aboard whaling
ship watched with interest as a
wounded whale threshed about in
great pain. But not a man lifted
a harpoon for the kill.
They were on a Shutdown strike
for a 14,000-yen $3.50 year-end
bonus.
The captain frantically radioed
the whaling ships owners in
Tokyo. Their reply was blunt:
"You won't get sen. You are
a disgrace to the tradition, Of
whalers."
The wounded whale got away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Gambling Drive Score:
2Convicted, 4Cases
Dropped, | Acquitted

Dropping of charges against an
other of the SO men indicted by
the special gambling grand jury
today leaves United States Attor-
ney George Morris Fay with this
box score in his anti-gambling
crusade:
Four cases dropped.
Two defendants dead.
One man convicted on gambling
charges.
One man convicted on a threats
charge growing out Of the grand
Jury investigation.
Fourteen men awaiting retrial
after their first trial ended in a
hung jury.
One man acquitted.
Eight Still Awaiting First Trial.
Still awaiting trial for the first
time are eight men arrested at
BARRIERS Newsstand and State
Wide Sports News Distributors;
one individual and four others to
be tried with Attilio Acalotti-
the man already convicted on the
threats charge.
Latest of the defendants to go
free at the Governments request
was Nicholas (Nick the Creek
Floratos, SO. of the 1000 block
OF Ninth street NV.
He had surrendered to author
tiles on March 26, the day after
Mr.. Fay's raiders descended on
the Macedonian Coffee Shop in
search of him. He said he gave
himself up to find out what it
was all about" He was charged
with accepting a numbers bet
from an undercover agent.
Warrant Is Questioned.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Cecil Hef1in told Judge Alex
ander Holtzof yesterday that the
Government lacked sufficient evil
dence to proceed with the case.
The props were knocked out of
the Government case when Judge
Edward Tamm ruled earlier that
the warrant under which the raid
ers searched the coffee shop was
issued too long after the date of
the alleged offense in the Floratos
case. AS a result, Judge Tamm
granted a defense motion to sup
press evidence seized under the
warrant.
In another gambling develop
ment, man and woman ar
rested in a music store called the
Melody Shack were to be ar
raigned in Municipal Court today
on gambling charges.
Store Owner Arrested.
Arrested yesterday by vice squad
detectives were Sara GLADDEN.,
colored, 40, of the $500 block of
Clay street NE, and Donald
Washington, %. colored, said by
police to own the music store in
the 300 block of M street NV.
The police said they saw the
woman on M street NV, with
some money and numbers slips
in her hands. and followed her
into the music store. There, they
said, they saw her turn the slips
and money over to Washington
and watched the man place them
in two bags on the counter.
One of the bacs contained a !
large quantity Of slips, and the
ether $3.50 in cash, according to
police. !
Both defendants were released
under $500 bond On charges of
operating a lottery and possession
of numbers slips.
The Valley settler., 1949-01-07
NO7IC ES
Ill doiryncn

D.IRy7EN,s N LllUlL lEEIIlIG Ill doiryaon :. are reminded that tho Lnnual Elect ion of Off CTS and other important business ill he hold at the Extens ion Off ice on Monday Evoning Jonuary 10, at p.n. i'll reznbors are requested to bo present.
 1:o2TI.ED -,PIoNEER GRANGE January 13 Ire. Pioneer Grange will meet in tho Grange Hall at 9pra on, Thur sday, Jcnuary Is. DNzlKRs' CLUBS
 SoUaDoUGH Club vi1l moot at tho horlo of Mrs. Mary King on Tuesday January Il. BUTTE CLUB is scho du1od to moot on Thurs day January 13, at the homo of Mrs. Mary King. Dolores zois will give a talk on Health. RIERElD CLUB ri II moot on January 20 at the homo of Mrs. Lrvid Johnson at 8 p.n. Please note the change in time. SIX SOIL CONSERVATION APPLICANTS IRE re- ouestod to como to the Extons ion Office and sign for payhont. No more not ices .Vi11 be sont .Hornnn ,A. Coll for e. ?. ldnrnan +. Ts Hunter, James Wilson and, L.D Roach. NoI Si gnature S--nO payment. ,...~ . ~
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-09
ROOF GARDEN FINALS

Tomorrow night at goo P.M Charles OLeary, newly elected President of Igloo No. 1 Pioneers of Alaska will, in behalf of that organization deliver the custom ary Address of Welcome to the guests who will assemble in the school auditorium to participate in celebrating the 41St Annual Roof Garden. The committee in charge of the floor and seating arrangements would appreciate the people arriving on time so as not to cause unnecessary noise or confusion during the speaking and the program that will follow. It being apparent now from the in terest manifested, that the audi tOrium will be taxed to capacity However, seats will be provided for all and ushers will be on hand to assist parents with children in charge.
 It is obvious that the people of Nome realize the necessity of a celebration of this kind to usher in the winter social season. The Pioneers, in keeping with their traditional custom offers this op- portunity to the residents of the community to meet together, ex- change greetings, get acquainted with your neighbors. leaving your business and professional troubles at home. Relax, enjoy whole
 Continued on Page Four)
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-09

SEATTLE, (F) - WashingtOn's Japanese-American veterans will be eligible for the states World War II bonus.
 Richard Setsuda, chairman oi the Nisei veterans committee, said a letter from Lyle L. IVersOn, as siStant state attorney general, said residence would be determined by intent" of the applicant.
 Such a policy would permit Nisei to collect the bonus if bona fide residents of the state prior to having been evacuated from the area in 1922, regardless of the place of their enlistment.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-09
NEWS IN BRIEF

DALLAS, lPD - MT. and Mrs. Req B. Moseley are goilng to court to try to get some peace and quiet from neighbor kids.
 They've filed suit for a tempor- ary injunction against eight neigh bors, all with one or more chil- dren. A hearing has been set for Dec. 20 in district court.
 The couple says the children have destroyed the peace and quiet of the neighborhood with horns, whistles, cowbells and especially screaming at the top of their lungs, in a manner not nor mai to usual play by said chil- dren."
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-09
NatiOnaIists Move Capital to FormOsa
tBy Spencer Moosal

Chengtu, (P)-The Nationalists shifted their capital to Formosa yesterday and virtually abandon ed most of the mother country to the Reds.
 The sweeping move was decreed by the cabinet. It could mean the end of large scale warfare in China after P hectic years.
 Guerrilla forces were left be- hind to keep pecking at the Reds. but the main Chinese force was in or headed for Sichang, behind Si- kang's snow covered mountains, on Formosa. or Hainan Island, 300 miles southwest of British Hong Kong.
 Formosa is .Generalissimo Chi ang Kai-Shek's stronghold which has been armed and equipped for a last-ditch stand against victori- ous Chinese communists.
 Tke emergency cabinet session also decided to make Sichang, in Sikang province west of Chengtu, general headquarters for opera tions on the mainland.
 The cabinet accepted the resig- nation of Gen. Chang Chun from the post of director of southwest China headquarters. Gen. Ku Gnu Tung, was given this job in addi- tion to his present duties as chief of staff.
 Generals Hu Tsung-Nan and
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The Nome nugget., 1949-12-09
Angus Ward Party Reach Tientsin

TOKYO (R)-Freedom was just a day or so away today for Angus Ward and his staff from the Red harassed U. s. consulate in com- munist Mukden.
 The consul general and his party arrived last night at the communist north China port of Tientsin. By train it had taken nearly 27 hours to travel the 700 miles between Mukden and Tient- sin.
 But it meant the end of nearly a years virtual imprisonment for Ward in the Manchurian capital. The consulate staff was in Muk- den when the Chinese Re d s marched in. Then it couldn't get out. The communists finally agreed to "deport' the staff-but not until after they forced Ward to spend a month in jail on what the state department calle d "trumped up" charges.
 State department officials here received word from Tientsin which indicated the entire group of 20 was well and that it encoun- tered no difficulties on the long railroad journey. The arrivals were housed in U. s. consulate residences in Tientsin.
 It still wasn't certain exactly when the party will board an American ship-or ships-for the long delayed voyage home.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-09
GEORGE HITE ACQUIRES NOME GRILL

Thursday afternoon, the U. s. Marshars office sold at public auction the real and personal property known as the Nome Grill. popular eating place which was operated by Monte Ferguson, now in the hospital in Anchorage, and his partner A. E. Lord.
 The only bidder on the property was the Miners and Merchants Bank, who bid was $18,500.0O.
 This morning is was announced that George Hite, local contractor would purchase the building from the bank but no statement has been made as to whether the building would be used for a res taurant or for some other business.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-09

WALLACE, Idaho. (P) -Loca- tion notices were filed here Tues day on a north Idaho gold claim from which a specimen reportedly ran l28.6 ounces of gold to the ton. That amount of gold would bring $4502 at the current market
 The claim, identified as the "Old Lewis Sam Claim" 20 miles north east of Averyn, Idaho, was filed by George Horine of Spokane.
 He said the assay was made by the Associated Laboratories in Portland, Ore.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-09
More Witnesses Testify Brid ocs " as Communist

SAN FRANCISCO, lPD - Two more witnesses have testified Harry Bridges was active in the communist party.
 Bridges, CIO Iongshore leader, on trial in federal court for per jury, is accused of falsely denying he was a communist at natural ization proceedings in 1945.
 Two of his waterfront aides, Henry Schmidt and J. R. Robert son, are accused of conspiracy in connection with his obtaining United States citizenship.
 The witnesses are Mrs. Irene Patti Harris. 63-year-old wife of a longshoreman, and Stanley Benja- min Harris, Al, of Erie, Pa.
 They corrobOrated testimony of a previous government witness, John H. Shoemaker, a former as- sociate of Bridges.
 Mrs. Harris said she was "flab- bergasted" to hear Bridges say he was a communist at a meeting she attended in 1888.
 She said:
 "Mr. Bridges, well, he made a report on the waterfront. talked about what the communist had done. Then he made a plea to those there to become members and also stated he was a member
 Continued on Page Five)
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-09
Mrs. Thomas Will
 Seek Hubby's Job As Representative

WASHINGTON, (A') - Rep. J.. Parnell Thomas got six to IS months in jail and a $1O,OOO fine today or cheating the government by padding" his office pay roll.
 Immediately after the sentence was pronounced, Thomas wife an nounced;
 "I intend to seek the Congress sional seat about to be vacated by my husband"
 Mrs. Thomas told reporters her husbands resignation is in the mails.
 Thomas is 54. His wife is a little younger.
 Federal Judge Alexander Holt zoff gave on ear-burning lecture to Thomas along with the jail term and the fine.
 He told the little man who seven times was elected to the House as a Republican from New Jersey that he knew he had a good rec ord in the first world war and had done much good work" in Con- gress as chairman of the House un-American activities commit tee.
 But, the judge said sternly:
 "These can't properly be con- sidered mitigating circumstances" !"
 In fact, he said, as chairman ot a Congressional committee, Tho mas 'had duty to set an example of upright living"
 HoltZof concluded:
 "J. Parnell Thomas, it is the judgment of this court that you be determined by the attorney be imprisoned in an institution to general for a term of not less than six months and not than IS months, that you be fined $10.O00 and that you stand committed un- til the fine is paid"
 Thomas lawyer, William H. Collins, had pleaded with the judge not to punish the Congress- man by jail and fine.
 
 Collins described Thomas as broken in body and spirit"
 Standing before Judge Holtzoff, Thomas did, indeed, seem to bear
 Continued on Page Four)
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-09
News of the World Al A Glance ---
Thursday. December 8. I94s

Another former Bulgarian com muntst leader pleaded guilty to- day to anti-state activities before a peoples cour. in Sofia. But the trial is not running true 10 form,
 Yesterday the former No. ? BuI- garian communist, Traicho Kos toy, repud.atcd his confession that he spied for British intelligence, worked for Premier Marshal Tito Of Yugoslavia and betrayed the communists.
 The retraction of Kostov, a former deputy premier, reported ly shocked the court. It looked like the first time in history any one had ever dared to change their admission into a denial in a Soviet satellite spy trial.
 The Kostov repudiation was re- ported by Peter Burchett, corre- spondent of the Londan Daily Ex- press and Tass, the official Rus sian news agency.
 The latest guilty plea was ut tered by Nikola Nachev, a former deputy construction minister. Al together, II former leaders are on tfial. All are charged with treason and spying. Former finance min ister Ivan Stefanov yesterday pleaded guilty.
 The trial is similar to one re- gently held in Hungary, another Soviet satellite nation.
 A Yugoslav regime spokesman said recently the trials are a Sov- jet attempt to build a case against the Tito government as a fore runner of aggression. The spokes- man said the Bulgarian trials had been postponed for awhile because KostOv was not quite sure of his lines of confession for the trial about to be staged"
 Acting President Ii Tsung-Jen of China arrived in New York for treatment of a stomach and liver ailment in a New York hospital.
 In Moscow, the commun S [ newspaper Pravda quipped that stomach and liver trouble is like ly to become a fashionable disease among Chinese nationalist leaders.
 In Berlin, Otto Grotewohl, prime minister of the Sovict-spon- sored East German government was a serious illness. West Ger man sources said he has had a nervous breakdown.
 Friday. December g. le4e
 ,.-v.4-.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-09
LONDON, (P)-The Christmas

LONDON, (P)-The Christmas es are not so merry today. A burg lar entered the flat of Mrs. Phyl- lis Christmas and stole the 14 pounds ($39.2O she had saved to buy Christmas presents for Diana, 8, and Richard Christmas, 2. He also took three pounds ($8.40) that Diana and Richard had saved to buy presents for their mother.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-09

BALTIMORE, (P) - Baseball's minor leagues voted against re- peal of their controversial bonus rule today in a closed executive session of the national association of minor leagues.
 Thirty-tow of the 59 leagues were in favor of scuttling the rule, but a three-fourths majority -45 votes-waS necessary to re- peal it.
 Twentysix leagues voted to re- tain the regulation. One league passed its opportunity to vote.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-09

LOS ANGELES, (P) - Charles Janson, 56, janitor, has been cleared of charges he sent post
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The Nome nugget., 1949-12-09

Friday. December g. l94e A communist purge of 'TitoiSts" Continued on Page Three)
Evening star., 1949-12-30

A flashlight-wielding motor1st
beat a Hyattsville policeman over
the head and smashed his eye
glasses last night and then drove
of when the officer drew his re-
volver.
Pvt. Thomas Bladen, 80, of 1901
Forty eighth avenue. Edmonston.
was released after treatment at
Leland Memorial Hospital, River
dale, for a head cut and a cut near
his eye.
The policeman, who was off,
duty and driving toward Berwyn
in his own automobile with his
wife and two small children gave
the following account:
II had been following the man
up the boulevard from Brentwood.
His car had Rhode Island tags. I
figured he was drunk. At College
Park, he cut me off by driving be-
tween my car and tractor
trailer. If hadn't had good
Evening star., 1949-12-30
|Car|in Requests Court
To Bar Daughter S Suit.
lover Gazette Stock

In the second round Of a family
dispute over stock Of the Alexan-
dria Gazette. Charles c. Carlin,
jr., president and publisher. has
appealed to the courts to prevent
his daughter from suing him.
Mr.. Carlin yesterday asked
Alexandria Circuit Court to enjoin
the 21-year-old daughter, Sarah,
from prosecuting a claim for con-
ttrol of 49 per cent Of the news
papers stock.
The plea was based on declara-
ton that Miss Carlin entered an
agreement with her father to per-
NIT him to buy 1900 shares in
the Gazette for $4,000.
In a suit filed recently, Miss
Carlin asked the court to require
the Gazette corporation and John
w. Tulloch. managing editor, to
turn over to her the 1900 shares,
which she values at 100000. Mr..
Tulloch was trustee of Miss Car
Inns stock until she became 81.
Her father is the only other stock
holder.
Miss Carlin's stock was put in
trust for her, when she was
child, by her grandfather.
The Gazette president has not
filed an answer to his daughters
suit. Both legal actions mature
January, 3.
Miss Carlin lives with her
mother. Mrs. R. R. Taylor, the di-
vorced wife of Mr.. Carlin, at 1923
Abingdon drive, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Zone
Rate Rise Asked
By TransitFirn1
PSC Studying Plea;
Similar Petition to
Be Made in D. c. Soon

The Maryland Public Service
Commission had before it today
the Capital Transit Co.'S applica-
ton for an immediate increase
in it's Maryland fares from the
present S cents per zone to Z
cents.
A similar application to the
Public Utilities Commission in
Washington for a fare increase
within the District is expected to
be made soon. The company said
the action in Maryland is pre-
liminary to move for fare in
crease here.
There was no indication how
much of an increase will be asked
here.
Move to Meet Costs.
The move is part of an effort
by Capital Transit to meet the
cost of pay increases ordered by an
arbitration board recently. In an
other economy step yesterday, the
company announced it is dis
missing about 40 employees within
Evening star., 1949-12-30
plea for $4,000 Fee
For Settling Gregg Will
Heard in Montgomery

Echoes of the legal battle two
years ago over the 100000 estate
which Wallace E. Gregg. retired
Washington dairyman, left to his
secretary were heard yesterday in
Montgomery County Orphans
Court.
Mr.. Gregg, whose home was at
5000 Western avenue, Chevy
Chase, Nd, died January 26, 1947
in Suburban Hospital, Bethesda.
His will named Mrs. Elise Jones
Welden. his secretary for many
years, as sole beneficiary. She
also was named executor of the
estate, along with j. Frank Lii
lard, HyattsviAe attorney.
Validity of the will was chal-
lenged by Mr.. Gregg's aunt, but
the case was settled out of court
for $4,000.
Fee Is Discussed.
Yesterdays hearing involved
what attorneys for Mrs. Welden
believe the court should fix as
their fee.
Philip L. Sykes, former chief
Judge of the Baltimore Orphans
Court, said he was employed in
the spring of 1947 as counsel for
the executors.
Soon after he entered the case,
told the court, he and Mr.. Lillard
agreed that the fee should be
$4,000.
To support his claim. Mr.. Sykes
outlined before the court the work
he had done in settling the aunt's
challenge of the will, appraising
the estate and preparing Federal
and State inheritance and income
tax returns.
Figure Called Excessive.
Albert E. Brault, who was re-
tanned by Mrs. Welden to dispute
Mr.. Sykes request for a $4,000
fee, contended that any agree
ment between Mr.. Sykes and Mr..
Lillard was invalid because the
fee must be set by the court.
Describing Mr.. Sykes figure as
excessive, he said Mr.. Lillard had
failed to inform Mrs. Welden of
the alleged agreement and asked
the court to fix reasonable" fee.
F.. Barnard Walsh, Rockville at
torney, said that from the testi-
mony, he believed the fee should
not exceed $500.
The court took the matter under
advisement.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Alexandra Scouts Plan
Christmas Tree Burning

The Alexandria District Boy
Scouts and Cub Scouts will spon-
sor a Christmas tree burning GER
emony at $50 pm. January Z at
city -owned property bounded by
Mount Vernon avenue and Brad
dock road.
The Burning of the Green"
ceremony is reminiscent Of an
ancient custom observed IL nights
after Christmas for many years.
All Alexandria residents have
been urged to save their Christ
mas trees for the community
burning.
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Motorist Uses F|oshIieht to Beat
Policeman, Then Drives Away

brakes, we would have had an ac-
cident.
II kept after him and kept blow
ing my horn and telling him I was
a policeman and to pull over. He
stopped and I got out and showed
him my badge and asked him why
he was cutting everybody off Che
also had cut off an oil truck.
Then he started getting smart
and told him If that's the way
you feel, I'll call the county police.
HE got back in his car and
when he did I stood in the way.
He tried to run me down. I've
got marks on my pants to prove it.
Then he got out Of his car with
a big flashlight in his hand. He
hit ME twice. I backed up on the
sidewalk. I pull my gun and he
got in his car and drove off.
1--WE seen him before and ]
won't make any mistake about his
Identify If see him again."