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Evening star., 1949-06-19

United States. Ar. panaher VIII
speak st the first assembly al the
two organizations at i&is ] street
NV, where Mr.. Waite lived. and
Mr., Fahy VIII give m address
afterward at the former hosre al
Mr.. Hughes. 2223 n street NV
now occupied by the Ambassador
Of Burma
The program viii include music
by the Metropolitan Police Band
and closing remarks by Jerome r.
Barnard. president Of the bar as
sociatton-
Evening star., 1949-06-19

fed, hit him over the head with
what he took to be q nightstick.
Both prisoners added they were
knocked to the floor and kicked.
Gregory said his head injury re-
quired 8 or 4 stitches. and that his
right wrist was hurt when q police
man applied q restraining device,
called the claw" His wrist and
6heehy's right ankle were swol-
len when they came to court.
The suspects further declared
that while they were in confine-
ment police on three occasions
came to them with prepared state
ments which they were asked to
sign.
Refused to Sign Papers.
Gregory said he refused to sign
one that stated he hurt his head in
q fall in the cellblock. and q sec
ond that he was drunk at the
time. He finally signed the third
paper which stated simply that he
had been hit by an officer. Gregory
said. Sheehy said he refused to
sign anything.
Capt. Covell explained that all
injured persons in police custody
are given the opportunity to sign
a statement on how they were
hurt. No compulsion is involved.
however, he emphasized. Prison
ers may either flll these forms or
not, as they WISH" the captain
said.
The youths said they were not
informed of the charges against
them until after Gregory returned
from treatment nc Gallinger, mora
than three hours after the arrest.
Gregory. an ex-Marine. and
Sheehy, q former sailor. said they
were out celebrating the formers
passing report card. which he re-
ceiyed earlier In the week from
Mckinley High School where he
ID o CT student Sheehy said he
Ii d skilled laborer ut the Govern
rnent Printing Once. - ~
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Mrs. Garnier Faces
0ne-io-10-Year Term
In Staying Of Owen
BY The Assosiefsd Press

RIVERSIDE, Calf, June lS.-
Mrs. Agnes GARNER. described. by
her attorney as the "unwed wife"
of 6s-year -old John z. Owen. faces
q term Of one to 10 years In prison
for his fatal shooting last April ~.
An all-woman jury convicted
the 53-year-old diyorcee Of man
slaughter last night after deliber-
ating Z hours. "a minutes. Su-
perior Judge Russell 8. Waite set
next Wednesday for sentencing.
Mrs. Garnier's lawyer, Samuel
Houston Allen. criticized the ver-
dict and said he would ask for
q new trial.
Women are sometimes unkind
to their own" he said. "The ver-
dict is contrary to public senti-
ment, and obviously q compro-
mise"
Irene Rich Mentioned.
Mr.. Owen died of q chest wound
inflicted by bullet from his own
revolver at his Jurupa Hills ranch
home here. The prosecution
charged that the shooting fol-
lowed q bitter quarrel that began
over a set of cocktail glasses given
to MIR. Owen by Actress Irene
Rich. Mrs. GARNER claimed Mr..
Owen threatened to kill her, that
he was drunk. and that the re-
volver was discharged as she
sought to wrest 1t from him.
From the outset the jury voted
against Mrs. GARNER. The first
ballot was to 5 for conviction,
and those convinced Of her guilt
were divided between manslaugh-
ter and second-degree murder.
Mr.. Owen, president Of the Ma
tional Apartment House Owners
Association, had employed Mrs.
GARNER as his secretary and man
ager Of some Of his apartment
houses for IL years. He was es-
tranged from his wife. Mrs. Flor
ence Owen, who. as the final pro-
secution witness. charged that
Mrs. GARNER broke up her home
and that Mr.. Owens went to live
in an apartment managed by the
divorcee In 1887.
Jealousy Charged
District Attorney William o.
Mackey told the jury that jealousy
was the motive-jealousy not so
much Of Miss Rich or Mr.. Owen
as of Mrs. Garnier's own position.
He said Mr.. Owen had. decided to
discharge Mrs. GARNER as man
ager of his exclusive Los Angeles
apartment house.
Mrs. Garnier's counsel intro
duced scores of letters Mr.. Owen
wrote her over q period Of years.
They bespoke an intimate rela-
tionship, and the woman's lawyers
argued that 1t was evident Mr..
Owen was the pursuer and that
Mrs. GARNER was not a home
wrecker. -
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Police Officials Study
Veterans Charge Of
Beating in CeIIbIock

First Precinct Capt. Howard v
Covell has begun an investigation
Of the complaint Of two ex-serv-
icemen that they were beaten by
police at headquarters when
booked early yesterday on charges
Of property destruction.
Casper w. Gregory, who ap-
|peared in Municipal Court with
q bandaged head and his shirt
In bloody tatters. made the COM
plant with his companion,
Michael J. Sheehy. Both are. 20
years old. Gregory lives in the
1400 block of Fairmont street
NV. and Sheeby in the same
block of Newton street NV.
Capt. Covell said he has started
q thorough investigation that is
customary whenever an injured
person is in police, custody" He
had no other comment.
Both Held for Trial July I.
Gregory and Sheehy appeared
before Judge Ellen K. ,Raedy
yesterday on charges Of tearing
loose an iron railing around the
front Of q funeral establishment
In the 1000 blocksof H street
|N w. early Saturday. Gregory
also rs charged with simple as
|sault on Pvt. Edward p. Klepac,
assigned to the patrol wagon
which took the prisoners to a
cellblock. Pvt. Klepac was kicked
In the shoulder during the cell
block scuffle with the prisoners,
police said. IL .
Trial on all charges was set for
July L.. The youths are free on
$500 bond each. 80 @
They told reporters they had
been drinking beer from 8 pm.
Friday to 2 am. While standing
In an II street doorway In the vi
cinity of the funeral home. they
said police drove up. grabbed them
and took them to headquarters
without any explanation other
than 1--WE want you"
Men Describe Battle.
In the cellblock. they said an
unidentified policeman struck
Sheehy in the chest when the
prisoner delayed in handing over
his wallet. Sheehy said he struck
back and the fight started.
In the course of it, Gregory
said one policeman, also unidenti-
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Hughes and Waite Plaques
To Be Unveiled Tomorrow

John A. Danaher. former SEN
ator from Connecticut. and
Charles Fahy. former Solicitor
General. viii speak at the un-
yeiltngs Of two bronze plaques
conmemorattng Chief Justices
Morrison r. Waite and Charles
Evans Hughes ut 4:30 pm. to-
morrow.
The plaques are being erected
by the Columbia Historical So
ciety and the District Bar Asso-
ciation as the last Of O series Of
Is honoring Chief Justices Of the
Evening star., 1949-06-19
O. B. Weber Will Head
Morgan County Fair
spssiel pi.paseh 10 The ster

BERKELEY SPRINGS, w. Va.
June 18.-O. b. Weber has been
elected president of the second
annual Morgan County Fair.
other officers are Paul Hawkins.
vice president; A. c. Unger III,
secretary treasurer. and John
Conley, general manager.
The dates set for the 1949 fair
are September 20. 80. and Oc-
tober /.
Evening star., 1949-06-19

American producers are being
invited to exhibit ~ the 18th In
ternational Nautical Show 20 be
held in October at Paris.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-16
FILA. Insures Apartment House In Anchorage

WASHINGTON. P)-The fed eral housing administration an- nounced Saturday the first com mitment to insure mortgage on a housing project in Alaska.
 FILA commissioner Franklin D. Richards said mortgage loan of S660,9OO on the Turnagain ArmS Apartments at Anchorage will be made by White and Bollard, Inc, Seattle, Wash.
 The project will be built by the Turnagain Co., Inc, of Anchorage,
 The insurance is authorized in the recently enacted Alaska hous. ing act. Raymond Foley, housing and home finance agency admins trator, said his agency is prepar' ing to put other provisions of the act into effect as soon as possible after funds are made available.
 He said he plans to send a group from his office to the Territory soon to work out procedures with the Alaska housing authority un- der which at Sl5,OOO,OOO revolving fund would be provided for nous. ing.
 i Commissioner Richards said an application for another project in Anchorage, Panorama View apart ments, has been filed by the Pa cific Development Alaska Corp, and preliminary examinations are underway for two other Anchor age housing developments.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-16
Ally Gives Rita $l8,OOO Automobile

CANNES. France, (P Prince Ally Khan left Saturday for Swift zerland, presumably to visit his two children. Actress Rita Hay worth, scheduled to wed the prince on May 27, did not accompany him.
 French papers also said one of the princes presents to the Ameri- can film star was an Italian auto- mobile, an Romeo, which cost 6,0OO,000 francs ($l8,OOO.
 A Paris newspaper said her wedding dress will be pale blue "the color of the glaciers" The gown is being made by Paris de- signer Jacques Fath.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-16

an overtime meeting at Flushing Meadows today to vote on the dis puted question of lifting the dip lomatic boycott of Franco Spain.
 Saturday had been set as the adjournment date of the assembly session, but debate on the Spanish issue and disposal of Italy's pre- war colonies dragged the session past the deadline.
 First official figures on comnu- mist Hungary's parliamentary cleo ton showed 97.3 per cent of hand-picked government slate of candidates. An interior ministry communique said only l.9 percent of the first 1.154.000 ballots coun- ed were cast against the govern ment Slate-the only one on the ballot.
 In the n-controllea eaSt- ern zone of Germany, communists were reported rolling up a huge 'ja' vote to give Russia a German government" at her back before the Paris Big Four conference.
 A single list of candidates, care fully chosen by eastern zone com munist front organizations, has been presented for election to the peoples congress"
 Returns in Bulgaria's country wide local elections show almost unanimous support for the Red government candidates. Nearly 100 per cent of the voters were re- ported to have cast ballots.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-16
CONGRESS WILL STAY IN SESSION 3 OR 4 MONTHS

WASHINGTON, L4') - Hou e speaker Rayburn D.-TexD pre- dicted today that Congress will re- main in session for three or four months. But said reports that special session will be held this fall are ''nonSensical."
 Rayburn also predicted, after a legislative conference at the White House, that a joint Congressional committee will make an investiga- ton of lobbyists.
 The speaker said there was no reaction from President Truman on this score, however.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-16
ICoplon Trial Drags On And On

WASHINGTON, (P) - Judith Coplon's espionage trial went into its fourth week today with the end nowhere in sight.
 Government prosecutors, who had hoped to finish their case within a few days, said their time table had been so upset they now have no idea as to time.
 The prosecutors called as the first witness another FBI agen, who took part in the trailing oi Miss Coplon and Valentine A. Gu. bitchev.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-16
Holland Tunnel Cleared For Traffic

NEW YIRK, P) - Bulldozers scraped through deep ooze and matted wreckage last week end to clear the blast-seared Holland Tunnel for its daily load of 46,OO0 cars and trucks.
 A big truck, rolling toward New York with cargo of chemicals, blew up Friday morning. It spew- ed fire and poisonous gas through 300 feet of the traffic-clogged tun- nel.
 Austin J. Tobin, executive di- rector of the New York Port Au- thority, said after an inspection trip Saturday that the New York bound tube would be restored to service lat the latest today"
 Tobin said however the tube would be closed from 10 to l2 hours a night for a month or two to permit repair work to proceed.
 Damage may total $1,000,000.
 The New Jersey bound tube was reopened five hours after the accident.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-16

did to select field in winning the Goodall round-robin event at the Wykagyl Country Club yesterday.
 Bobby shot 66 for his fifth straight sub-par round to finish with point total of 66, just twice that of defending champion Her man Barron, who finished in sec ond place.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-16
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. (P)-

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. P)- George Schneiter, tournam e n manager of the Professional Golf CTS Association, said today there was little chance that the organ ization's executive comm i t { e e would change it's mind and permit Bobby Locke to compete in the national P.G.A. tournament at Richmond.
 This strict adherence to rules probably is all right with the play CTS after what the South African
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-16

The Woodcock has eyes set far back in it's head so that it can see it's enemies when it's long bill digs deep in the ground for worms.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-16
News of the World At A Glance ---
Continued from Page One)


 ship strictly to matters of national defense, against Russian opposi- ton.
 The right of correction" clause in the agreements title refers to machinery it contains for one member government to submit to another corrections on news mate rial it considers injurious. Ulti- mately, the convention is expect ed to become a treaty covering the rights and privileges of foreign correspondents.
 The Vatican radio quoted the Italian news agency Astra as say ing Josef Cardinal Mindszenty has suffered a mental breakdown in Hungarian prison. There was no confirmation of the report. A final vote is expected late to- day on the United Nations atti- tude on Spain. Latin American countries are leading drive to gain full recognition for the Fran co government, withdrawn by the 1 U. N. two years ago.
 Monday. May Is. ls4sl
 British authorities today order ed Gerhart Eisler, communist II leader, to show cause why he should not be deported to the United States.
 A Southampton magistrates court ordered the greying, bespec tacled fugitive demanded immedi- ately to London's Bow Street court which handles eXtradition cases. Hearing there, however, was ad- journed until May 24. Bail was re- fused.
 In London, Polish ambassador Jerzy Michalowski arranged 10 see 1 foreign secretary Ernest Bevin to deliver an oral protest because Scotland Yard men lugged Eisler off the Polish liner Batory Satur- day.
 ] The communist leader, called Americas No. by Congress slowed away on the ship in New York, jumping S23,5OO bail. while under prison sentence on two sep arate criminal convictions in the United States.
 In Warsaw, the Polish govern ment denounced the seizure of Eisler as a brutal violation of the Polish flag"
 An official spokesman said the government is, considering further steps to back up its formal protest to Britain.
 Minister plenipotentiary Wiktor Gross said Poland would react to such an outrageous case of vio- lence." He did not say how.
 Moscow's communist party newspaper, Pravda, chimed in, calling Eisler's arrest "crude as- sault." ''unlawfup and "unheard of" behavior.
 In Washington, Senator Wiley R.-WisJ backed plans for a Con- gressional investigation of how EiSler eluded federal agents and fled the U. $.
 Chinese nationalist defenders still held Shanghai's sea and air gateways today, despite heavy communist attacks.
 A Shanghai garrison communi- que said the communists had been beaten back around Woosung.
The Nome nugget., 1949-05-16

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Evening star., 1949-12-04
FoirfoxRecord Books Renovated
|AfterHord Use in Building Boom

Fairfax County record books
crumbling with age and worn thin
by heavy use during the postwar
real estate boom, are being reno
vated.
Thomas p. Chapman. clerk of
the circuit court, said that more
than 400 of the heavy volumes
dating back to the 1600s are being
rebound at the direction of the
Board of Supervisors.
L.C. Cooksey, 63-year-old Cedar
Rapids Uowa), binder and his son
Lee. 36, are carrying out the pro-
ject in a basement room at the
courthouse. They arrived in Oc-
tober and expect that the worn
and torn pages of the record books
will require their attention until
next spring.
The CookSeys, who operate a
complete portable bindery," work
only on public record books,
travelling from one county seat to
another. With four presses and
a supply of coWhide. canvas, Irish
linen and binding glue, they
transform sagging pages into
sturdy volumes that belle their
age.
Fairfax County has a full set
of books dating from 1742. A
number of deed books and court
order books. however, were re-
moved about the time of the Civil
War.
Three of the volumes removed
during the Federal occupation
Evening star., 1949-12-04

were returned to the county No
vember % by the Library Of Con-
gress. These books, still bearing
their original bindings, will re-
ceive special attention from the
Cookseys. Each page will be
veiled with transparent silk and
tissue. &
When the Cookseys first re-
bound outworn Fairfax records in
1898, Mr.. Chapman says. small
particles of sand were found in
the backs of some of the older
volumes. a reminder of the day
when every well-ordered Office
and desk had it's sand container
before invention of present day
blotting paper.
Some books remain in good
condition despite constant use for
as long as IS years, according to
Lee Cooksey, but he predicted
that the increased activity in
property transfer in Fairfax will
reduce this figure by many years.
First operation in rebinding, as
practiced by the Cookseys. is to
strip the volume down to individ-
ual sheets. After torn sheets
have been repaired, the book is
sewed together. 10 pages at a
time, with Irish linen. Then a
red and white leather strapping Is
glued to the back of the book.
The outer cover is made from
three pieces of binder board =
very heavy cardboard glued
together. Cowhide leather is
trimmed and glued to the binder
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Trade Board Receives
Worldwide 'SaIutes'

Frederick P. H. Siddons. presi-
dent of the Board of Trade. took
cognizance yesterday Of the round
the world "salutes" from press, ra-
dio and chambers of commerce
honoring the 60th anniversary Of
the board.
"Those 60 years are only pro-
logue," Mr.. Siddons said, referring
to the completion of the f1ve-day
celebration Friday. BY retaining
in the general membership. on the
staff and on the Board of Direc-
tors men with ability to look ahead
and further develop the Nations S
capital. the Board of Trade and
the entire Washington Metropoli-
tan Area will achieve even greater
things before the next 60 years
have elapsed"
Mr.. Siddons made public con-
gratulatory messages from the
chambers of commerce of the
Philippines, Honolulu and Japan.
He also had messages from cham
bers of commerce in Nashville.
Tenn: Lexington, KY: st. Louis;
Tallahassee, Fla; Portland, Oreg.;
Alexandria, Va; Los Angel
County and Detroit.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Green for Welfare State
Not Wall Street State
By the Associated Press

LONDON. Dec. 3.-William
Green. president of the American
Federation of Labor. told Britons
today he would rather have the
United States as welfare state
than a Wall Street state.
Mr.. Green, participating in
ceremonies opening a new medical
and reha bilitation center in South
London, said Britain has made
great progress" in health and
social services "and we are work.
ing to that end in our country"
Britain installed a cradle-to-
grave health and social welfare
program in July, 1948.
THE reactionary press of our
country call it all socialized medi-
cine and charge us with trying to
change America into a welfare
state" Mr.. Green said. Il say
that we would rather have the
United States as welfare state
than a Wall Street state"
Hungary expects soon to export
carbon dioxide produced from
natural gas,
Evening star., 1949-12-04
U. s., Britain, France
Aim 10 Settle Fate Of
Reich CateIs in Month
ky the Asseeiotsd Press

FRANKFURT, Dec. 3.-Amer-
lea, Britain and France have set
q one-month target date to iron
out their differences over the fu-
ture, ownership of Germany's S
former industrial cartels.
This was disclosed today by an
American official who asked to
remain unidentified.
The breakup Of the giant en-
pires originally was ordered in
1945 by four-power agreement. In
the Western zones, the cartels
have been broken up in varying
degree.
But the reorganization of the
giant coal. iron and steel and
chemical trusts and the question
of their future ownership still
lacks uniform policy.
The British and Americans.
during the. Bizonia era that
merged their zones economically,
agreed in 1948 to plan that held
the ownership of the split-up
plants in the hands of trustees.
France. running its zone indie
pendently at that time. did not
Join in.
Tripartite Accord Aim.
Now that France has Joined
with the British and Americans
in the Allied High Commission
for West Germany, the job is to
reach tripartite agreement on
ownership.
The Allies, however, have a diff
ficult problem ahead. There are
three opposing points of view that
need synthesis.
The respective positions were
described this way by informed
sources:
Britain-a strong segment Of
British opinion, under the Labor
government, would like to see
heavy industry under single,
state, socialized ownership.
France-motivated by q desire
for security against German re-
armament, it wants q loose,
diversified ownership.
The United States-supports a
plan for the breakup Of the old
empires into individually-owned
plants that would operate on a
competitive basis.
U. S., French Positions Close.
The French and American po-
sitions are not far apart. But
the French fear that traditional
American penchant for big busi-
ness and efficiency may weaken
the American resolve to break the
ownership into sufficiently small
units.
The French say they have made
such concessions to the Germans
in the virtual halt of factory dis
mantling that they must insist on
ironclad LIBERALIZATION guaran-
tees.
The American official said there
was no ground for any French ap-
prehension that the Americans
would weaken.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Navy Fighter Pilot Dies
In Chesapeake Bay Crash
By the Assoeiutsd Press


CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND, Va.
Dec. 3.-The Navy announced to-
day the death of 1t. Comdr. Wyn-
koop Kiersted, jr., of Scarsdale, N
Y, in the crash Of a fighter plane
in Chesapeake Bay.
Capt. G. K. Fraser, commander
at the Auxiliary Naval Air Station
here, said Comdr. Kiersted's plane
went into two spins at about 1000
feet and crashed into the Bay oil
Onancock, Va, yesterday.
Comdr. Kiersted was a 1912
graduate of the Naval Academy
He was married, had two children
and lived at the base here. Among
other duties, he acted as public re-
lations officer.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Party for Handicapped Slated

Plans for a Christmas party for
Lodge No. o. of the American
Federation OF the Physically Han
dicapped were made last night at
a meeting Of the lodge at the
home of the secretary, Miss Eliza
beth Licorinos. The party is to
be held at 8 pm. December Is
at the st. Johns Episcopal Church
parish. hall, s1s Sixteenth street
NV.
Evening star., 1949-12-04

board. Then the book Is set aside
the cover.
Books are usually kept in the
presses over night.
Lee Cooksey said that his job
is lust a trade like anything
else" but the claims he has
never been handed a volume so
dilipidated that he couldn't rebind
it. into an attractive, usable book.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
St. Louis U. Alumni to Dine

The st. Louis University Alumni
Club of Washington will have a
dinner dance at 7 p. m. tomorrow
at the Shoreham Hotel. Robert j..
Boylan is president of the club.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-09-17
Bill Passed

Congress has approved con. tinuation of federal aid for'the maintenance of school facilities, overburdened with war incurred enrollments and where federal activities have caused addition al financial burdens on school districts.
 Anchorage received SAP, Sig and Fairbanks S8.797 during the 1949 fiscal year.
 An appropriation of seven end a half million dollars has been made by congress for assist ance to schools this year.