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Evening star., 1949-09-18
Professor Convicted
OF Trying 10 Murder
South Carolina Nurse
BY the Assoeiafed Press

COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. IT,
Russell B. Maxey was convicted
tonight of trying to murder the
nurse who scorned his love. He
could be sentenced to life in
prison.
The meek-looking little profess
sor heard the verdict with the
same stole calm he has main
tanned during the trial.
A jury that was out less than
an hour found him guilty of
burglary with intent to commit
murder and of assault with intent
to kill in the beating of Ann B.
Pierce with a pistol.
Sentence will be passed next
week. It could be as little as five
years, or as much as life, despite
the jury's recommendation Of
mercy. If the Judge follows the
mercy recommendation. the SEN
tence usually is 40 years or less
on a life prison sentence charge.
Wife Hides Her Face.
Miss Pierce had left the court
house where Maxey's sensational
trial attracted capacity crowds
through its four-day run. Maxey's
wife and her two sisters were
there when the jury announced
its decision.
Mrs. Maxey hid her face in her
hands. They had been estranged
but she sat by him through the
trial.
The defense had pictured Maxey
and Miss Pierce as spatting lovers.
Under gruelling cross-examina-
tion by T. Pou Taylor, Maxey
repeatedly said that "in the eyes
of God we were living as man and
wife"
And he maintained, he was
"ready and willing to marry her"
right up until August when,
the State charged, he beat her
on the head with a pistol,
Previously. doctor testified he
took 72 stitches in Miss Pierce's
face, and that about thas many
were taken in her scalp.
Unable to Get More Details.
Mr.. Taylor tried hard to get
more details but Maxey said after
Miss Pierce "hit me with the tele-
phone I don't clearly recollect
what happened in detail" |
Maxey declared Miss Pierce
"nearly got the best Of the fight"
until he started using his pistol
for club. He said he was partly
unconscious when the sheriff's Of
ficers reached the house.
Attorney c. T. Graydon pegged /
his defense on the theory his
client could not be guilty of bur-
glary.
Miss Pierce gave him a key to
her house and never forbade him
the premises. Maxey testified.
Therefore. Mr.. Graydon main
tanned, the question of burglary
or illegal entry was not involved.
Miss Pierce. a buxom 35-year-
old divorce, denied giving Maxey
her house key. She said she never
accepted any money from him for
any purpose.
She insisted she ordered him
to "stay off my property" weeks
before August 8. And she denied
having access to nude photo
graphs-"figure studies s"-Maxey
took of her at Myrtle Beach. 4
Evening star., 1949-09-18

tion Of the union constitution
The meeting today at the Pythian
Temple. members said, is to ap-
point an official delegation and
approve the locals stand for the
Tennessee session.
The show-cause order resulted
from the locals moves in connec-
ton with official conduct of the
international president, the late
George L. Berry. former Senator
from Tennessee. A House Labor
subcommittee last spring held
hearings on complaints that Mr..
Berry has used union funds for
other than union purposes.
The international directors held
that the charges were groundless.
Evening star., 1949-09-18

teenth street NE. telephoned
Sergt. Joseph v. Osterman of the
division Thursday night that If
some one didn't come out to get
him, he'd kill somebody.
Night Inspectors Albert EN-
brey and Lafone Starkweather
went to Lees home and arrested
him for intoxication. Lee forfeited
$40 collateral.
Officials earlier said the private
would face a police trial board.
Lee, who has been on the force
seven years, told a reporter he
Evening star., 1949-09-18
Woman Stayed Off Noronic
After Dream Of Ship Fire
BY the Associoied Press

BY the Assoeiaisd Press
AKRON, Ohio. Sept. TT
had a horrible dream Of being on
a boat that was afire," Mrs,
Wayne Tourtellot of Akron said
tonight.
In my dream there was fire
and smoke all around and people
were running around screaming
I was trapped and could not
move"
That was three weeks ago. For
three years she and her husband
have had standing reservations
for the spring and fall cruises of
the Noronic.
This time she said she asked
her husband to cancel the trip. He
did
Evening star., 1949-09-18
D. {. Policeman, Accused
OF Infoxicafion, Resiqns

A 32-year-old Traffic Division
policeman, whose suspension was
announced yesterday. told The
Star last night that he has
handed in his resignation from
the force.
Capt. Lorraine T. johnson, head
OF the division, said Pvt. Harry
c. Lee of the 200 block of Nine
Evening star., 1949-09-18
Pressmen 10 Map Fight
Tokeep Union Charter

Washington Printing Pressmen's
Union No. ! scheduled a meeting
for 8 am. today to prepare an
answer to the demand Of the in
ternational board Of directors for
revocation or suspension Of it's
charter.
The Washington group has been
summoned to show cause at q
meeting Wednesday at Pressmen's
Home. Tenn, why it should not
be disciplined for alleged viola
Evening star., 1949-09-18
ADA to Meet Tomorrow

The Washington Chapter,
Americans for Democratic Action,
Will hold its first fall meeting at
8:15 pm. tomorrow at the YWCA,
Seventeenth and X streets NV.
Charles M. La Toilette, national
director of ADA, will speak on
political prospects for 1850.
Evening star., 1949-09-18

had been "off and on" sick losve
for about two and a half months
and that I guess I just cracked"
He said he handed in his resigna-
ton Friday.
Evening star., 1949-09-18

They accused the Washington
local Of violating the union con-
stitution and laws by acting with
out approval of the directors.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
SOR0pTIMI5TS RAISE
 S65) THROUGH FUND
 DRIVE FOR CLUB W0pF

Announcement that their recent fund raising campaign had resulted in @ net of $650 was made at to- days meeting of the Juneau Sorop- timists by chairman of the drive, Mrs. Norma Johnson
 From the fund, the club will make it's contributions to funds for the purchase of a piano for the use of community concerts and for the purchase of an ambulance for Juneau.
 , With President Alice Thome pre- siding, the luncheon today on the Baranof terrace was business meeting.
 There will be a program meeting, arranged by program chairman Mernice Murphy, next Friday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
CRASHED PLIERS
 BODIES RECOVERED

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 19-tR- The bodies of three fliers killed four months ago were recovered today from the wreckage of their plane high on Mount Hood
 Wreckage of an Air Forces B-26 was found yesterday at the base Of misty 100O-foot cliff at about the 7000-foot level.
 It was identified as plane that carried Air Force Col. A. Y. Smith 49, San Francisco; Army Col. Wal ter w. Hodge, 45, San Francisco; and M-Sgt. H. E. Sluga, San Jose, to their death April 21.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
Former King Carol Mime. Lupestll Again Married in Lisbon

LISBON, Portugal, Aug. 19.-lR- Former King Carol of Rumania and Nine Elena Lupescu were married in a religious ceremony last night at the ex-monarch's Estoril residence.
 The Rev. Hartman IvinOvitch head of the Rumanian (Greek Or thodox Church in Paris, came here to officiate at the ceremony.
 Carol and Elena, whose romance flourished more than two decades despite family objections and poli- tical upheavals were married ir Rio De Janeiro in an "extremis' civil ceremony in July, l947, wher Elena was believed at the point of death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
BARRICADED NEGRO STANDS OFF 125 POLICEMEN; KILLED

CHICAGO, Aug. 19-IR-A barri- caded Negro stood off 125 policemen in a three-hour gun battle last night before they set fire to his home, then riddled him with bull lets as he attempted to escape.
 He was wanted for shooting a child.
 All during the battle, the be- sieged Negro, Ernest Craig, 28, con- tinued firing from windows with two revolvers and a rifle. Police poured hundreds of bullets and tossed about 200 tear gas bombs into the two-story frame house be- fore they applied the torch.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
INJURED COAST
 GUAQD5MAN IS
 FLOWN, 1, SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Aug l9-R-A Cali fornia Coast Guardsman was flown here from Sitka yesterday after losing his leg from ship-board accident in Alaska waters.
 District Coast Guard headquar- ters identified him as Henry M Para, 19, of Pomona. His leg was amputated after 3,500-pound buoy crushed it aboard the cutter Hemlock when it hroke loose from a hoist
 He was reported in critical condi- tion today after the low altitude flight from Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
Population
 U. S. Grows

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19-R- The United States population is growing at the rate of 100000 a month and may reach 15c,c00,00O by November 1.
 This report from the Census Bu- reau said that the estimated popu- lation was 149215,0OO on July 1.
 The Bureau also estimated that in April this year there were 38, ,537 GOO families in the US, com- pared with 32,166,000 in 1940.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19

The Nanking garrison commander claims the peasants are receiving aid from what he calls foreign im- perialists and reactionaries.
 Senate Majority Leader Scott Lu- cas has accused Republican leaders of having only two weapons - the hammer and the hatchet" The Illinois Democrat planes the Republicans for the delays which have held up Administration bills in Congress.
 Cleveland's Federation of Labor is joining the CIO and indepen- dent unions in the fight to keep Senator Robert Taft from again winning a Senatorial seat from Ohio next year. The AFL Federa- tion will join the other groups in joint political action organiza- tion dedicated to defeating the CO., author and most influential SUD- porter of the Taft-Hartley law.
 A tug is towing a steel barge loaded with a $500 ton cargo to strikebound Hawaii. The cargo is mostly food and 1t was load ed by CIO longshoremen. Hawaiian businessmen who chartered the barge are reported to have an agreement with the striking CIO longshore union for unloading it in the islands.
 Gen. Eisenhower commented genially on the prediction that he might accept the Republican nomi- nation for President in 1952. Eisen- hover said, I'm not going around humping my chest and telling newsmen that I won't be President of the United States" The Gen. eral, now President of Columbia University, made the statement in Denver, where he is vacationing. The prediction that Ike might ruin was made by Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
Heavy Load Of
 Canned Salmon
 Landed, SeaIiIe

5 SEATTLE. Aug 19.-lR- One oi the seasons heaviest loads of AL aska canned salmon was being dis charged from the Alaska Steamship Company freighter Harold D. Whitehead Thurday. The vessel arrived Wednesday night with total of 262,O00 cases from Bristol Bay and Alaska Peninsula ports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
TRANSPORT PLANE EN PLUNGE BUT
 5 ESCAPE DEATH

STEPHENVILLE, Mild, Aug 19- -Thirty-five American service men escaped drowning last night when their transport plane plunged into St. Georges Bay, near the US. base at Harmon Field on the west coast of Newfoundland.
 The plane was enroute from the Azores to Westover Field, Mass. It was to refuel at Harmon Field.
 The plane ditched in the bay and the men scrambled into ding hies and onto rafts and reached shore. No one was reported missing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
FAIRBANKS MAN GOES 10 AFRICA

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s- tR- The State Department announced today the Foreign Service trans fers, including:
 Charles Oliver Thompson, of Fairbanks, Alaska, second secretary and consul at Karachi, India, to Johannesburg, South Africa, as consul
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
Military Govt. 10
 End in Germany
 On November E

! BERLIN, Aug. 19.-tR- The U s. military government will go out of existence in Germany November IS, John J. McCloy announced to- day.
 Occupation questions thereafter will be decided by the State De- pertinent and McCloy, as High Commissioner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
YOUTH FOR CHRIST
 RALLY ON SATURDAY

On Saturday evening, Aug 20, at 8 o'clock, at the Bethel Tabernacle rector in Gresham, Oregon, will be here for a big rally. He is very talented young man, playing the trombone and is an inspirational song leader, besides being very good speaker Accompanying Bot is his wife, who has fine so- prano voice.
 All young people are invited tc attend this rally.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
Clayton
 Resign,

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19-tRf- William L. Clayton, former Under Secretary of State, resigned today as alternate US. Governor of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
 President Truman accepted the resignation with reluctance and regret" and said he hoped the gov ernment again would have the benefit of C1ayton's ability and varied experience"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
ALASKA AIRPORT
 BILL INTRODUCED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-R- Rep. Beckworth D-Texasl today introduced a bill to authorize ap- propriation of S170oO,oOO for the construction of public airports in Alaska.
 It would also authorize appropri- ations each year Of funds needed to maintain and improve the air ports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
 SITUATION
 DISGUISED

WASHINGTON, Aug. l9.-R- President Truman and his Cabinet talked over the economic situation today.
 Members said Secretary of Labor Tcbin produced charts supporting his belief that employment will increase steadily for the rest of the year
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19

Representatives in their new 400- seat Parliament.
 In Shanghai, the Communist rulers of the city have given per- mission for the American ship Gen eral Gordon to enter the harbor. The General Gordon will be used as a repatriation ship, and will evacuate about l,500 foreigners from Shanghai, most of them being Americans and British.
 The big American and British Oil Companies are pulling their employees out of the Nationalist refugee capital at Canton Other foreign firms are following suit, in the helief that it won't be long before the Chii1ese Communists close in on the city.
 The American Consulate General in Canton has announced it plans to leave for Chungking tomorrow. Chungking will be the new capi- tai of the Nationalist regime.
 The Communist commanders of Nanking have ordered a new drive against peasant guerfillas. The order to the field commanders asks them to completely annlnilate those staging open armed revolts." !"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
Seattle Claiming
 50S,9O6 Population

SEATTLE, Aug. 19-lRj-Seattle claimed an inside-the-city popula- tion of 5O8,O96 today based on a new city directory, the first since 1914.
 The population for the Seattle metropolitan area was estimated at 625 eco.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
B JULIE ' ! N 5

Supreme Court Justice William i Douglas says the United States cannot afford to let the Middle East go the way China went. Doug las is just back from a six-week tour of Asia Minor. He told con- ference of the American Unitarian Association the whole Middle East area could be saved if America would give it encouragement, ad- vice ard recognition of young, Democratic leaders.
 More rent controls may DC about to come off. And that will be in addition to the decontrol of one- third of the ceiling areas promised already by Housing Expediter Tighe Woods. Woods said in Washington that since his agency is so short of funds, more cutbacks in rent control are almost certain to come. Woods said he couldn't say im- mediately just what form the addi- tional reductions in controls would take.
 {. Former Air Force Chief General Hap Arnold will appear tefore House subcommittee in San Fran fisco today to tell what he knows about the B-36 bomber program. The group is looking into reports of political pressure in the choice of the super-bomber as major air force weapon.
 The National Convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Philadelphia has heard new explanation of negotiations at the Yalta and Potsdam confer ences. Ths head of the organiza- i tion, Mrs. Leigh Colvin, declared. We have learned that Stalin and the Soviets outwit the representa- tives of other nations by plying them with vodka while the Rus sians drink water out of vodka bot tles." :.
 Leaders of the CLIO. Steel Work CTS Union have walked out of the New York hearings of the Presi- l dential Fact-Finding Board. The unionistS objected to letting spokes- men for the National Association of Manufacturers testify. The board is considering issues in a dispute that nearly brought on a nationwide steel strike.
 The Democratic National Con- mittee meets next Wednesday to elect new chairman to succeed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
HERMANN TO SKAGWAY

c. D. Jermain, chief of the AL aska Branch, U. s. Department of Mines, Mining Division, is on a short trip to Skagway. He went there Wednesday and will return this weekend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
A T TE N TION N

The Taku Fishermen, Local 24365 will meet August 20 at p. m. in the AFL Hall, Juneau. All mem
 bers and fish buyers are asked to attend. FIT It
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19

Filler Wikon of Petersburg is registered at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19

Senator McGrath-but any South ern States Fighters who show up may have to pledge their future loyalty to the party. A high party official has offered that formula for dealing with committee mem bers who took part in the civil rights rebellion last year.
 President Trumans reorganiza- ton plan number two appears to be slated to go into operation. Ef- forts to kill it in the Senate failed. And unless there is some action to bring the matter up again, the plan will go into effect Friday at midnight This plan number two would transfer Federal job-finding and unemployment insurance agencies into the Labor Depart ment.
 Another government reorgan. a. ton plan-this one is called "Num- Der Seven" has survived in the Senate. The plan is due to take effect Friday at midnight. It will transfer the Public Roads Adminis- tration to the Commerce Depart ment. The Public Roads Admins tration has been operating under the newly formed General Services Agency
 A Springfield, Ono, man, 5ohn Sanford, is having his second serious case of hiccups in four years. He's been hiccuping for the past five days. Four years ago, they stayed with him for three weeks. Sanfords doctor, c. s. Ramsey, says scien- tists have no sure way of stopping hiccups.
 Republican Senator Robert Taft O1 oAllO lCDOi lo tlidC iilOot IbSptD- lican leaders are against having the party issue any platform now for next years Congressional elec- tions Taft-who is Senate Republi- can Policy leader-says that COP bigwigs feel that any such state- ment should be put off until next spring.
 J. Edgar Hoover has told his G. men not to worry too much about public criticism so long as their records are clean Hoover's state ment is contained in the FBI law enforcement bulletin. It is con- sidered reply to the criticism of the FBI during the trial of former government worker Judith Coplon.
 In Germany, there are indica- tions that the election reVerses Of the Communists will result in shake-up in the Communist party. Western Germans, despite an in tensive Communist election cam paign, elected only IS Communist
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19
PAINTS A SUCCESS STORY

RUSH CITY, Minn.-tR-In 1940, Ellie Sheldon Bornhoft's husband asked her to try her luck at paint ing picture for their home. Her first attempt, water color, won blue ribbon at the Minnesota State Fair. Now, she has more than 5000 separate watercolors and cent open house." which she holds every year, nearly 1000 persons from Minnesota and Wisconsin came to view her paintings.
 About 250 tons of wire can be drawn thrOlIph a tlInpSten carhidn
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19

SKAGWAY MAN HERE J. M. Pichotta of Skagway regis tered yesterday at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19

The Ranking garrison commander claims the peasants are receiving aid from what he calls foreign inl- perialists and reactionaries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19

Representatives in their new 400- seat Parliament.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-19

In Germany, there are indica- tions that the election reVerses of the Communists will result in a shake-up in the Communist party. Western Germans, despite an in tensive Communist election cam paign, elected only IS Communist
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-05-28

Life and Work of Women of the
Church." sponsored by the Ma
tional Council.
AT the Annual Meeting of the
Massachusetts Council OF Protes-
tant Church Women held at Wor-
cester, she was elected Recording
Secretary, the first colored woman
to be so honored. Always eager
to share her Joys with her
friends, she invited several to at
tend and Join. Among these were
Mrs. Lenora Johnson Of Cam
bridge and Mrs. Joseph Audrey
and daughter of Columbus Az
enue Zion Church. For the past
two years Miss Holmes had served
this organization as Chairman of
Spiritual Life Department with
numerous articles published in the
official organ, The Massachusetts,
Church Woman.
At the Annual Meeting of the
Women's Republican Organiza-
tons of Massachusetts, she was
elected Secretary of the newly.
organized Legislation Committee
for the State. While rendering
this service inter-racially, she is
outstanding in her service for the
encouragement, uplift and nspira-
ton Of her own group locally and
nationally in Church and State.
Congratulations to our "Ambassa-
dor of Human Relations and Good
Will"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-05-28
Ailil. Agnllr0e TrnttEr
EDITOR and PUBLISHER
1901 - 1884
GIVE TO THE cHILDRENs MEDICAL CENTER

There is nothing pful than sick chid's mourn
full cry in the dead of night To worried parents, this
wall of pain brings numbing fear foreboding Of
Ill dngs The mother who rests her hand upon the brow
of her child only to discover the heat of fiery fever
feels that shock, too.
Disease and accident know bounds They strike rich
Chdren Hospital of Boston stands everready assuage
the pain dsuering of sick and crippled children
We New Englanders should be thankful that there exists
in Boston the finest Children's Hospital in the world
For 80 years this institution has served mankind UNI
sntingly AS its fame spread demands for its services
grew by leaps and bounds Twice those decades it cast
each time the passing years outsripped its capacity
help all who knock at its door Today the 36year-old
Chdrens Hospital building totally inadequate to meet
Increasing needs The place is literally bursting at the
seams for Of bed space treatment rooms
aboratores-nore of everything that goes into the
making of a great institution of this kind
Only emergency be admitted Immediately
Others must wait weeks and months because there
just isn't enough for ALL The hospital must be
expanded into great modern Chidrens Medical Center
with adequate facilities for all needs
Soon there will rise site adjoining the Boston
Childrens Hospital history Medical Center that will
provide the hospitals staff doctors with the tools they
need to lives This Center will RISE because
grateful czenry will give unselfshly of their time
and to raise the S7oOOOoO needed with which to-
built the proposed Center.
So, you are urged to give-and give generouslS-to
the Chidrens Medical Center Building Fund The Child
You Save May Be Your Own!
Especially prepared by friend.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-05-28
MONROE TROTTER

and Washburn College, Topeka,
Kansas, Mr.. Robertson gave up the
idea of following legal career
when he came to Boston to make
his home with his sister, the pop
ular Mrs. Myrtle Robertson Hen
derson.
Mr.. Robertson is married to the
charming, former Miss Agatha
Briggs, and there is a teen age
daughter, Beulah Robertson, now
finishing her sophomore year at
Bennett College, Greensboro, N. C.
The fiourishing business, known
as the Charles M. Robertson Realty
Trust, with offices at 500 Shawinut
Avenue, is owned and operated by
the able gentleman whose name it
bears, and it is his chief concern.
Through his real estate landings,
Mr.. Robertson has been instru-
mental in placing colored home
owners in better sections through
out Greater Boston.