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Evening star., 1949-08-28

ANY WATERMELON TODAY?
Barbara Brothers, the 1949
Miss Arkansas" gets into
training for her duties at the
. Arkansas State Society picnic
at 4 pm. today in Palisades
Park. Three tons of the States
watermelons, the largest
weighing 1903 pounds, will fur
nish the dessert course.
Evening star., 1949-08-28
Senate Passes Bill ID Boosl
Health Grams 70 stales
Rx she A,I.oeia,,tsd Pres... I.

The Senate yesterday passed a
bill for expansion of local public
health service facilities through
FederhI grants to States. e.
Themeasure, which now goes to
the House, authorizes no specific
appropriation. That is left for
Congress to determine each year
Federal grants to the States
would be ON the basis of need for
facilities. population and relative
finarieial need.
Under the present public health
law. the Federal Government
makes grants to the States fol
programs against tuberculosis, We
nereal disease and heart disease
Grants; also are provided to as
sist the States and their local sub
divisions in establishing and main
tanning public health services o1
q general nature.
The bill passed yesterday woulo
continue the aid program in the
three specific fields and also help
the States to set up full programs
for their various local areas.
Evening star., 1949-08-28
By the Associated Press

BERLIN, Aug. 27.-Soviet-in-
spired German newspapers limited
today that the Western Powers
are actively girding for another
war on German soil.
The main cause for editorial
alarm in the East appeared to be
the United States Army maneu-
vers planned in the Western zone
September 6.
Referring to what it called the
criminal field maneuverS in the
Western zones" the Soviet-li-
censed Berliner Zeitung said arm
les of Western European states
would participate and "also Ger
man legionnaires. which were or
ganized secretly under the split
ting war policy of the Americans
and British and which are now to
appear in public for the first
time"
A high officer of the United
States occupation army in Ber-
lin laughed and said There is NO
such thing" when told of the
newspapers report of the secret
German legion.
Berliner Zeitung said secret Or
ganization of the West German
Legionaries is "for the German
people a warning which must not
be ignored"
"a war organized. by the West
ern powers on German soil and
with German men would mean
the complete destruction OF Ger
many, itsaid.
The Soviet occupation .authori-
ties already have formed and
armed an East zone peoples po-
lice. which Western sources have
is being expanded into
a full-fiedged army.
Taegliche Rundschau. the Off
cial organ of the Red Army IN
Germany, carried a report today
that British army officers were
preparing to blow up bridges in
lower Saxony.
: Quoting dispatch from Han
mover by the Soviet-licensed Adm
news agency, the newspaper said
numerous holes were drilled into
the foundations of several high
way and rail bridges" :"
Rundschau commented:
"The lower Saxony population
is greatly alarmed by these prep
arations and in view of the forth
coming fall maneuvers of the At
lantic pact states on German soil. y
Evening star., 1949-08-28
King in Scottish Reels
To Try Out AiIine Legs
By the Assoeiated Press

BALMORAL, Scotland, Aug. 27
king George vi donned a kilt
and tried out his ailing legs in
some Scottish reels last night al
Balmoral Castle.
A stag line of Scottish soldiers
from the kings guard also danced
with Queen Elizabeth. Princess
Elizabeth, Princess Margaret anC
Sharman Douglas. daughter o1
merican Ambassador Levi.
Douglas:
The royal family is spending it!
summer vacation at Balmoral.
King George has been taking il
easy ever since last November
when he suffered circulatorJ
ailment of the legs.
Evening star., 1949-08-28

liam J. Boyd. in charge of the.
outing, said the group plans to
meet at the Continental Hotel at
II pm. and then motor to the
beach. q
Evening star., 1949-08-28
Cohen Associate Arrested
On Suspicion Of Murder
Rx the Associated Press


HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 27.-Police
today arrested Harry (Happy)
Meltzer, associate OF Mickey
Cohen, the gambler, and booked
him on suspicion of New Jersey
murder, Chief of Police William
A. Worton announced.
Chief Worton said Meltzer's ar
rest was requested by authorities
at Paterson, N. j., and that detec-
tives Nere scheduled to arrive
late today to question him about
the Staying July 10. 1948, OF
Charley Yanowski.
Meltzer was arrested in the
lobby of a Hollywood hotel. Chief
Worton said Meltzer refused to
answer questions by intelligence
unit officers.
Another Cohen associate, Mike
Howard, was arrested earlier this
week and released on $4,000 bond
pending a hearing on suspicion
of violating a narcotics act. :
Evening star., 1949-08-28
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Evening star., 1949-08-28
Former Police Official
Becomes Wizard. Of
Georgia Ku K|ux
By the Assoeiossd Pres

ATLANTA, Aug. 27.-A former
Atlanta police. captain and one
time state official is the new i'm
|perial wizard Of the Association
of Georgia Klans.
Samuel w. Roper. 81, announced
today he will succeed DR.. Samuel
Green, who died last week.
Mr.. Roper was head Of the
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
under the late Gov. Eugene Tai
madge. He resigned recently
from a job with the State De-
partment of Corrections.
The new Georgia khan chief
said he expects ito make the khan
just as active as possibly can"
He added that he hopes to car
ry on DR.. Green's fight for SC
many years against un-American
influences.
The Association Of Georgia
Klans which he now heads is on
the list Of subversive agencies an
nounced by former Attorney Gen.
eral Clark. The Georgia group
also has members in Tennessee
and South Carolina and is con-
sidered the successor to the Ku
Klux Klan which was dissolved
when the Federal government
brought a huge income tax lien
against it.
Mr.. Roper's appointment came
as several other groups fought for
leadership in the invisible en-
pire.
DR.. Lycurgus Spinks, Alabama
minister, recently announced he
is the imperial emperor of several
khan groups claiming membership
of 100000.
Evening star., 1949-08-28
British Seomen Fined
In Jim Crow Protest
BY the Assoeiofed Press .

SAVANNAH. Ca. Aug. 27.-Six
British seamen, who nearly started
a riot because of a Southern Jim
Crow custom, drew fines and
prison sentences today.
But the police court judge said
he'd suspend the prison terms be-
fore their ship sailed. :
Witnesses said the six put UP a
fight when a For Negroes Only
drinking fountain was installed
aboard their ship, the "Bucca-
neer.. They were charged with
disordefly conduct, cursing and
threatening with q knife. Is
Judge Lawrence j. Dwyer SEN
tenced the six to 80 days in Jail,
and assessed fines ranging from
5000 to $500 apiece.
Evening star., 1949-08-28
Committee Showdown.
Due Soon on Changes
In Arms Aid Measure.
Sy the Assoeiafsd Press

Two Republican Senators
vandenberg CT Michigan and
Knowland Of California-main-
tanned pressure yesterday for ma
jor changes in President Tru-
mans $1.45o.oo0,000 arms aid
program.
A Senate committee showdown
is due shortly on the issues these
changes involve: Cd Whether to
cut the Western Europe aid fig
ure, and 90 whether to write
China into the bill. .t
Senator Vandenberg refused to
drop his demand that Congress
make a $3.50. .990, 900 slash in pro-
posed military assistance for Euro
pean members of the Atlantic al
lance, although Gen. Omar Brad
ley told Senate committees Friday
that such a. cut would be false
economy. >ss
Most of the money that the
Michigan Senator wants to take
out of the program is intended to
stimulate arms production in At
lantic pact countries. He is back
ing an amendment jointly with
Senator. Dulles, Republican, OF
New York.
Gen. Bradley, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff of the armed
services, contends the $155, 900, 900
Mr.. Truman asked for this pur-
pose would enable pact members
to retool existing factories and
produce more than $700, ,000. 900
of arms.
Senator Vandenberg and his
supporters argue, however, that
increasing Western European arms
production should await recon-
mendations to be made by the
Defense Council contemplated un-
der the Atlantic Alliance.
They are reported to feel also
that helping France to increase
its arms-making would be re-
Sented in Western Germany
where the occupying powers have
dismantled many industrial plants.
Senator Vandenberg intends to
present his arguments this week
to the combined Senate Commit
tees on Foreign Relations and
Armed Services, which are pre-
pairing the arms aid bill for Sem
ate fnnsiderat tion e. s.
1t has passed the House which
voted to cut funds for Western
Europe exactly in half.
Senator Knowland promised a
"full-scale review of our policy
in the Pacific" when the program
reaches the Senate floor.
He said newspaper reports in
dicate that administration leaders
still do not like his proposal that
arms for China be included in the
program, although he modified his
proposed amendment on this sub
ject two days ago.
''I am going to contirihe fight
ing for it In the committees and
on the Senate floor, and we will
have a full-scale review of our
policy in the Pacific" Senator
KnoWland. told q. reporter.
Evening star., 1949-08-28
CurIey Club PIuns Outing

The Curley Club, an organiza-
ton to raise funds for scholar
ships for deserving children, will
hold it's final beach outing Of the
wear at Triton Beach today. VIII
Evening star., 1949-08-28
Holy Cross to Sturt Course

Dunbarton College of Holy Cross
will inaugurate four-year course
in psychology starting this fall,
Sister Mary Frederick, c. s. c.
president of the college, an
nouncd yesterday. The new de-
Ipartment will be headed by Miss
Mary Margaret German, who has
been on the faculty since 1947.
Evening star., 1949-08-28
Hobuck Heuds Porty Group

ROANOKE, Va, Aug. 27 R.-
Fred L. Hoback, Salem attorney
and supporter of John S. Battle
in the Democratic gubernatorial
primary, has been named chair
man of the Roanoke County Dem
ocratic Executive Committee.
Evening star., 1949-09-20
Judge TO Sign Order
Restraining FEC Ban
On Radio Giveaways
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-Federal
Judge Simon H. Rifkind has an
nounced he will sign a temporary
Injunction today restraining the
Federal Communications Commis-
sion from enforcing its ban on
radio giveaway programs after
October l..
1; The judges ruling was issued
yesterday on a joint application
by the Columbia BroadcaSting
System, American Broadcasting
Co. and National Broadcasting Co.
Judge Rifkind heard arguments
by counsel for the commission and
the companies, and instructed the
lawyers to agree on the wording
of an order for his signature today,
, He said the order should allow
the companies not only to con-
tinue present shows, but also to
sell newly developed programs.
A similar restraining order was
issued in Federal Court in Chicago
last Tuesday on application by
Radio Features. Inc. Chicago pro-
ducers Of syndicated radio shows.
The merits of that suit will be
heard by a three-judge Federal
Court in Chicago, starting Octo-
Der z.
The FEC ruled August 10 that
radio giveaway programs are
lotteries and must be stopped If
the companies want to get license
renewals.
Evening star., 1949-09-20
by the As,oejoted Press

MOSCOW. Sept. 20.-The So.
Wet publication Red Fleet said
today the American submarine
Cochino exploded and sank mot
far from Murmansk" last month
in an American attempt to scout
out military information.
GA United States Navy state
ment said the Cochino sank
while on a routine cruise out
side of Norwegian territorial
waters" August 26. One mem
ber of the Cochino's crew was
lost and six aboard the Tusk.
a sister submarine. perished
during rescue operationsJ
Red Fleet said the place where
the Cochino sank is known to
Soviet authorities.
by this TOKEN" the article
continued, 1T has become clear
to the entire world that United
States naval circles feel 1t Is
possible to carry out training
along Soviet shores not far from
one Of the most important ports
Evening star., 1949-09-20
Coroner Will Investigate
Death Of 6. W. u. Student

Coroner A. Magruder MacDon-
aid was to perform an autopsy
today to determine cause Of the
death last night of a 23-year-old
musician and student at the
George Washington University
Law School.
Police. identifying the man as
Saul L. Finklestein of New York,
said he became III while visiting
q friend, Cedric Williams, COL
ored, 1911 G street NE. He died
at sos am, after arriving at
Garfield Hospital.
Mr.. williams said he knew the
man as Skip Foster. the name he
used as q drummer in bands here
and in New York. and that he
was a G. w. law student.
Detective 1t. j. Kenneth Baker
Of the Homicide Squad said the
mans father, A. M. Finklestein
Of Brooklyn, was on his way here.
1t. Baker said he was told the
illness was a possible recurrence
of q war injury,
Evening star., 1949-09-20

the Christmas rush If the work is
judiciously spread among those
who are hired to handle the holi-
day mail. And it's planned to cut
the training" periods that have
been used in previous years to
prepare the extra employees for
their duties.
While many thousands of per-
sons will still have to be hired for
the Christmas rush. the depart
ment's new economy move this
year will cut the holiday employ
ment opportunities for many 9TH
ers here and throughout the coun-
try.
HUH?-Fred Bailey of the Ma
tional Grange vouches for the
authenticity of this story, because
he was one of the parties in
volved.
It seems Mr.. Bailey went over
to the Agriculture Department re-
Gently to see an official there.
While waiting for the official, Mr..
Bailey engaged in idle conversa-
ton with one of the Agriculture
Department stenographers.
When he casually mentioned the
controversy over the "Brannan
plan" the sweet young thing
asked, who's Brannan?"
Why" replied the astounded
Mr.. Bailey, hes the Secretary of
Agriculture"
He is?"- asked the perplexed
steno, her pretty forehead wrin-
king Then whatever became of
Clinton Anderson?"
rAY-The Senate is scheduled
to take up the various Federal
pay measures some time next
week. with indications that the
top-bracket salary legislation is
going to touch off some good old
fashioned oratory.
There appears to be very little
opposition to the Federal reclas-
sification pay measure, providing
for an average s123 pay boost. or
to the 500 postal pay measure.
But there is a sizeable bloc of
Republican Senators who are all
set to make a political issue of
the top-bracket pay bill. They
feel the substantial increases pro-
vided for the Governments high
est officials are too much. and
that the size Of the proposed in
creases won't 60 too well with
the folks back home"
Democratic leaders in the Sen
ate realize it is a ticklish issue,
but they are prepared to fight it
out. All indications are that the
Senate will approve the bill by
a substantial margin, but not be-
Evening star., 1949-09-20
Red Dye Drug Kills
Desert Fever Fungus,
Chemists Are Told
BY the Assoeiatcd Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. sept.
20.-A new drug offers hope Of
controlling desert fever. a fungus
disease resembling tuberculosis.
the American Chemical Society
was told today.
The drug is a red dye, formed
during the growth of certain giant
bacteria.
In tests so far, it has killed the
fungus causing this serious dis
ease, according to DR.. e. D. Bolts
and Arthur Lack Of the Birming-
ham Veterans Administration
Hospital. Van Nuys. Calf.
The disease, highly infectious,
is called cocidiodomycosis. 1t is
most widespread in the Southwest,
where it is known as desert fever.
1t affects the lungs and other or
gans and sometimes is mistaken
for tuberculosis.
The red dye. prodigiosin,
checked the spread Of the disease
in rabbits, and trials at the vet
erans' hospital indicate it works
well in clearing up the infections
in human cases where the disease
has spread throughout the body,
they said.
1t offers the first known drug
to combat this disease, they said,
but how effective it is has not yet
been completely determined. It
can be given by injections.
Prof. Arthur B. Lamb of Har-
yard told the society last night
that "mankind's prospects have
never been brighter" :
! Through science, Prof Lamb
said. will come better world. !
: And science lis perhaps the
greatest single factor in promot-
ing international good will and
the realization of the unity of the
human race" he added.
Prof. Lamb was presented with
the society's Priestley medal,
highest honor in American chem
istry. He spoke at q general
assembly of the society. He was
honored for his 80 years Of service
as editor of the society's journal,
9 post from which he Is settring
'telli$year. s,sssr
! Other award winners included
Dr. George r. Greenbank of
Washington. DR.. Greenbank won
the 81 1000 Borden award In the
chemistry of milk. He is en-
ployed in the Dairy Industry Bu-
reau of the Agriculture Depart
ment.
DR.. G. E. r. Lundell, retired
chief of the chemistry division OF
the Bureau of Standards, WASH
ington, won the $1,000 Fisher
Award in analytical chemistry.
Evening star., 1949-09-20
Supreme Court Judge
Heads Canada sProbe
Of Noronic Disaster
BY the Assoeiated Press

TORONTO, Ontario, Sept. 90
A justice OF Canada's Supreme
Court will head an investigation
of the Noronic disaster whose toll
still stood today at 121 known
dead and "a missing.
A commission headed by JUS
tice r. L. Kellock will begin its
inquiry "as soon as possible,
Canada's Transport Minister Lii
onel Chevrier told the House of
Commons in Ottawa last night.
The Department of Transport al
ready has started a preliminary
investigation Of the fire which
flashed through the Great Lakes
pleasure steamer Saturday night.
Appeal for Reports.
Police and Red Cross officials
have made another appeal for
survivors of the ship fire to report
their safety. They hope many
missing passengers from the ship
have returned to their homes
without reporting their escape.
Early today Al of the 121
charred bodies in the emergency
morgue here had been identified.
At st. Michael's Cathedral here
yesterday, nearly $500 persons
attended a solemn high mass for
the Noronic victims.
Noted PrOber Called In.
1t was announced that Loren G.
Farrell Of Detroit will take part in
the investigation. His services
were requested by the Toronto law
firm representing Canada Steam
ship Lines, owners of the Noronic.
Mr.. Farrell was called to trace
the cause of the blaze aboard the
Noronic's sister ship, the Harmonic,
when it burned near Sarnia. On
tario, in 1945. He also Investigate
ed the Ringing Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey Circus fire at Hartford,
Conn. in which 412 persons died.
Meanwhile, at the improvised
morgue at the Canadian National
Exhibition Grounds. the toll of
identified Noronic dead slowly
mounted. But the refusal of
Canada Steamship Lines to make
available routine information
made it impossible to compile a
list Of victims.
Two Tell of Earlier Fire.
Two crew members revealed yes
terday that "a hours before the
Noronic became a flaming death
trap, there had been a smaller fire
IN one Of her staterooms.
THAT was why someone found
a fire extinguisher empty when he
tried to use it," said crewman Mar
vim Brown. Is. of Sarnia. Ont. 1T
had been used to put out the fire
on B" deck. ,"
Brown and Harry Brain. %, also
Of Sarnia. told of the stateroom
fire. Brown said he had seen
some of the crew standing around
unaware for a while of the bigger
blaze Saturday morning. -
Another crew member, Wheels
man Norman Emmons of Point
edward. said the crew fought the
big blaze from the .::.yery start,
even though we knew it was use
less"
Evening star., 1949-09-20
Reds Charge U.S.. Sub That Sank
Was Scouting for Information

OF the U. 3. 3. RS northern
waters"
The article was headlined: "A
new reminder of the aggressive
plans Of the United States in
Europe's northern waters"
The newspaper said the Ameri-
can submarine expedition under
Capt. Roy 8. Benson "had a special
significance, for obviously certain
experiments and Investigations
were taking place."
It said the explosion revealed
that "intrigues" were taking place
In waters where the United States
has no possessions "or any real
interests. +"
Red Fleet continued:
What draws American ex-
pansionists into the Artic?-A
striving to scout out naval chan
nels and airways of this area which
for sometime has become one Of
the most important expansionists
goals Of the military. naval and
especially the air circles Of the
United States"
Evening star., 1949-09-20
Atlanta Jury Clears
Judge Of Shooting in
Only 50 Minutes,
By the Assoeiotsd Press

ATLANTA. Sept. 2o.-A su-
perior Court jury required only
SO minutes. after five days of
testimony, to acquit Judge Rob-
ert Carpenter of charges of at
tempted murder.
Spectators cheered as the jury
foreman. hat in hand, last night
acquitted the 44-year-old iurist
who was accused of attempting
to kill his former best friend, At
torney John Lockwood.
Judge Carpenter smiled and
tried to blink back tears before
turning to clasp his attractive 20
year-old stepdaughter Barbara.
A few minutes later the judge
and Barbara escaped through
crowding well wishers to the pri-
vacy Of the chambers in Fulton
County Courthouse where he
presides over Civil Court.
Mr.. Lockwood. 53-year-old
former Philadelphia lawyer, was
not in the courtroom when the
verdict was returned.
The State charged that Judge
Carpenter pursued Mr.. Lockwood
four blocks the night Of July q
and shot him four times in the
face. Mr.. Lockwood is attorney
for Mrs. Carpenter in her divorce
suit.
On the witness stand, the Judge
would admit only to shooting at
Mr.. lockwood. exclaiming, If
ever a man was justified. was"
For five days the trial swirled
around the relationships between
Mr.. Lockwood and Mrs. Carpen-
ter. and between the judge and
another woman, Mrs. Estelle Man.
full.
Mrs. Carpenters 62-year-old
mother, Mrs. Minnie Sullivan,
took the stand yesterday to swear
the Judge once entered her bed
room IN 1943 and made some
dirty advances and remarks to
me-"
Mrs. Sullivan said she warned
the judge that if he didn't get out
she would kill him with his own
gun.
The defense promptly put the
Judge back on the stand where
he declared:
The only improper advance 1
ever made to her was to knock
her down the steps when she came
home filthy. lousy drunk, using
vile language in front Of Barbara
and her playmates."