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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-10-21

jackson and four miles from the
birthplace Of James K Polk
and four miles from q railroad.
Later Herman H. Horne, q
brilliant member Of my class at
the University. who went to
New York, and prospered, wrote
me:
Hands across the years How
are you? What q busy life YOU
have had, How does it Seem as
YOU look back on if | Rad not
seen Herman Horne in fifty
wears. and had not correspondec
with him. Out Of the clear sky
ne wrote.
] can answer one Of his CUES
tions: IT feels fine to look back
over the years" "
Now, ] have thought seriously
Of putting in books facts abou;
my struggle for existence To
begin with. ! fell on English
three times at the University
and have made a living out Of il
since.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-10-21
Bg q. E. c. Bryant

In 1914. when ! retired as =
newspaper correspondent and
came home from Washington,
I was asked how ! liked to loaf
have had time to think Now,
! think | made mistake Well
healthy. and carefully trained
for my work. should have kept
going, not for the money ! could
have made but to keep from
being bored. Had il not been for
the spasmodic writing ] have
done for the Charlotte Observer,
the Monroe Journal, and the
Chapel Hill Weekly ! would have
suffered WEAKNESS.
When ] left nv old home IN
1891 to enter the University Of
North Carolina knew many
men and women who idled, but
now everybody here except me
works. Common labor has be
come scarce. and landlords and
their families toll without ceas-
ing. ! am the only idler in my
community
For fifty or more years ! had
led an active life; therefore.
loafng became a task. But, !
thought that ] might quit my
JOB, and let some deserving
young fellow have it. am sure
no one benefited by my retire
ment
On ny arrival here to loaf,
one Of my boyhood friends asked
me: why did you do it, Why
come back here 10 this rural
community, where existence is
difficult, and dull? ! Just do not
get il"
! had not found if dull here
Wnen q iad. ny life was fuff Of +
interest and pleasure then. The
iveliest and happiest days Of
my life were spent in this coun-
try nei2hborhood, nine miles
from the birthplace Of Andrew
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-10-21
Thank Yov Yeovu, Mr.: Mr. & Mrs. n. NJ. Davies
OF CONGERS, NEW YORK
e that Millions Of Farmers and Consumers
Feel Just as You Do!

fhe Hmu about Americans bel Hratam Of
rntaionf %
cling Mr. ndA NJ ind hMwngL
heyH Pd ~ they At want % Sc
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-10-21

For 90 sound business Of
better markets for products
heenng the public the JOB have
dealing has te fend Of millions Of consumers and fas
an friends who have offered their h
We proud 10 live Z where such things happen
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Rail Unions, Roads 10 Meet
On Last Major Issue Today
ey the Assoeioied Press

CHICAGO, Mar. 2,-Representa-
tives of the Nations railroads and
16 incorporating unions planned
further meetings today in an at
tempt to hurdle the last major
issue in their 10-month-old wage
and hour dispute.
The last stumbling block to
agreement in the dispute whish
threatens a strike of 100000 rail
employees is on application of the
40-hour work week.
A Presidential Fact-Finding
Board has recommended a five
day 40-hour week, effective next
September /, instead of 48 hours.
However, the carriers and unions
have been unable to agree on how
the shorter work week is to be put
into effect. Both sides drafted
proposals aimed to settle the issue
after the board issued a written
clarification Of its recommended
tionS.
The board also in its original
report last December IT recon-
mended a wage increase of 7 cents
an hour, retroactive to last Octo-
Der /. The unions had asked for
Is cents an hour more for their
members, who now average $l.l76
an hour. The workers. who have
voted a strike, are clerks, telegra-
piers, yardmen, signalmen, and
others not employed in the actual
operation of trains.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Wi||kie Journalism Award
Won by Norfolk Paper
By the Assoeiatsd Press

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Mar. O.
The Wendell L. Willkie Awards fol-
Negro journalism have been Wor
by the Norfolk journal and Guide
and neWsmen of the Atlanta Daily
World and the Cleveland Call
Post.
The selections were announced
last night by Harvard's Niemar
Foundation. The awards were Civ
en- by Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer Of
Washington.
The Journal and Guide was
cited for its overall performance
and in particular for the con
sistency and high caliber of its
editorial page" directed by P
Bernard Young, jr.
Louis r. Lautier. Washington
correspondent of the Atlanta Daily
World and Simeon Booker. jr., OF
the Cleveland Call-Post, received
$3.50 cash awards.
Mr.. Booker was commended fol
feature series exposing dis
criminatory conditions in Cleve-
lands public schools" and Mr.
Lautier for distinguished CORE
Spondence.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Romania Seizes Last
OF Big Owners Land
BY the Associoied Press

BUCHAREST, Romania, Mar
2.-Romania today stripped
former big landowners of the last
remnants of their acreage.
A decree Of the supreme presid-
ium of the Romanian govern
Iment, effective at once, eXpropri-
ated all remaining land of the
former landed gentry without
payment The decree was broad
cast by the Bucharest radio.
About $4,000 acres were taken
over by the government, it was es-
timated.
The decree said the reasons for
the step were the landowner
noncompliance with government
regulations and sabotage OF
machinery.
Punishment for not complying
with the new decree was set al
3 to Is years imprisonment.
The government in 1945 took
over all land on ordinary farms Of
the landed class in excess of Isl
acres. 1t exempted some so-callec
model-or intensive agriculture
farms from this list.
The new decree eXpropriates
all farms, regardless of size, anc
all models farms belonging to the
former big landowners. 1t doe
not affect holdings of small peas
ant landowners.
Living and dead inventory
that is live stock, poultry and farm
machinery of the big oWners-alst
are taken over. Only their per
sonal belongings were exempted
i from the decree.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Refuse Collectors Return
To Jobs in Richmond
By the Associotsd Press

RICHMOND, Va. Mar. 2-Rich-
mond refuse collectors were on the
job today after two-day work
stoppage.
The 18o collectors yesterday
voted for a return to work.
Their action followed a con-
ference between their representa-
tives and members Of the city
government.
Earlier City Manager Reeder's
told the collectors that under
State law their Jobs would be
terminated If they did not show
up for work this morning.
The two-day work stoppage
followed the city's effort to put
task force" refuse collection
system in effect. Under it O
certain number of men would be
assigned to an area of the city. II
they covered the area before
normal quitting time, they could
go home. Otherwise. they would
be expected to work until the route
was covered.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Hunt for Bank Thief
And 1924 Continues

Police today continued theil
search for a daring sneak thie1
who snatched 1924 from a teller's
window at the Security Savings
and Commercial bank during the
noon-hour rush yesterday.
The thief was seen reaching
into the unoccupied booth by
Stanley GlasSman, a customer, Of
248O Sixteenth street NV. Mr.
Glassman thought the man was
a customer. until he took out a
handful Of money and walked
from the bank.
Mr.. GlasSman said he followed
the thief. but lost him in the
crowds on Ninth street, near G
street, NV. He then returned
and notified John Lehman. the
cashier. A further search on the
street was fluitleSs.
Police said the man took the
money from a cage normally oc-
cupied by Leslie Cox of 34l6 A
street Sc. Mr.. Cox had locked
the window and gone to lunch.
Police said the thief apparently
reached through the grill and un-
locked the window with a key left
in the lock.
The thief was described as about
40 years old. He was Well-dressed
Mr.. Glassman said, and was about
six feet tall.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Charles Frai|ey Dies;
Retired D. {. Attorney

Charles Leonard Frailey. 10,
retired Washington attorney. dice
today in Suburban Hospital OF
pneumonia and a heart condition
He was taken to the hospital about
midnight.
Mr.. Frailey, who lived at 620e
Hillcrest place. Chevy Chase. Md.
was a native of Sandwich. Mass.
but had lived here most Of his
life. He was graduated from Co.
lumbar College in 1891, and prac-
ticed law here with his father-in-
law, the late A. S. Worthington.
In World War /, Mr.. Frailey
served with the Army overseas as
assistant judge advocate OF the
4th Division. He was discharged
as a lieutenant colonel and re-
sumed law practice here, retiring
about Is years ago.
MI. F'ralley was the hrSt DlStrlct
commander and a founder of the
Military Order of the World War
and also belonged to the American
Legion and the Loyal Legion. an
association of the descendants OF
Civil War officers. He was a men,
ber of the Chevy Chase Club
Metropolitan and Army and Navy
Clubs.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs,
Marian Worthington Frailey:
son., A. S. Worthington Frailey, OF
Dallas, Tex, and a grandson,
Peter Worthington Frailey. 16
who lives at the Chevy Chase
address,
Evening star., 1949-03-02

sleeping pills, then shot to death
by Fernandez and buried in a
shallow grave in the basement.
The child was drowned.
II undressed the girl" Mr.. Nc
Mahon quoted Mrs. Beck, "and
holding her by the feet, I put her
head in one of the tubs of water
we had bailed out of the mothers
grave"
The mother was slain last Sat-
urday and the daughter on Mon
day,
Alarm of neighbors over Mrs.
Downing'S disappearance led to
a police investigation and the
subsequent arrests.
Fernandez and Mrs. Beck them
selves met through a correSpon-
dence club. She was then living
in Pensacola, Fla.
They met in New York in l947
and laid their plans to tour the
Nation and blk women contacted
through lonely hearts" clubs, Mr.
Mcmahon said they told him
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Tourist Cabin Blaze
Fatal 10 3to Be Probed

A Virginia State fire marshal to-
day was to investigate circum-
stances of a fire at the Pine Air
Tourist Cabins, which yesterday
took the lives of a young mother
and two of her three children.
The third child, Terry Michael.
months, remained in critical con-
dition today at Walter Reed Hos
pital, where he is being treated for
second and third degree burns COW
ering Is per cent of his body.
Dead from the fire at the cabin
on Route l about 10 miles south OF
Alexandria, are Mrs. Agnes OttenS
%; Melody Ann Ottens, 212, and
Donald Edward Ottens, 112. The
husband and father, Corpl. Ed
wa.d Ottens. 81, stationed at Fort
Belvoir, had left for duty at his
post about a half hour before the
blaze was discovered.
/ DR.. Nelson Podolnick, Fairfaa
County coroner, said he WoulC
withhold issuance Of a certificate
until he had talked to all Of the
parties involved.
Neighbors saw the flames and
Corpl. Hal T. Upton, also sta
toned at Fort Belvoir, who lives
in another cabin, pulled Terry
Michael from the blazing cabin
but was unable to get inside tt
rescue the others.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Oak Ridge Will Shed
Its Veil OF Secrecy
By the Associatsd Press

A curtain Of secrecy will be
largely lifted from the atomic
town of Oak Ridge, Tenn. Senator
Kefauver. Democrat, Of Tennessee,
said yesterday.
On March 10. the town will be-
come an "open CITY," Its inhabi-
tants and visitors will have unre-
stricted freedom in travel for the
first time since it was built.
Senator Kefauver said the Atomic
Energy Commission has made ar
rangements for high fences to be
removed from around the town
Only the secret atomic projects
will be within the fenced area.
Inhabitants of Oak Ridge and
visitors no longer will need passes
to get in and out of town, he said
and townspeople will be able tC
live a more normal life.
Oak Ridge has had a struggle
to take its place as part of the
State" Senator Kefauver said
This will do lots to meet that
problem"
! He said Vice President Barkley
Senator Mcmahon, Democrat, OF
Connecticut, author of the Atomic
Energy Act, himself, and other
members of Congress will attend a
ceremony at Oak Ridge on March
19 to celebrate the occasion.
Evening star., 1949-03-02

A husband or wife engaged in
divorce proceedings cannot make
out case OF desertion during time
spent in the same home with the
other, District Court Judge Edward
A. Tamm held yesterday.
The jurist awarded Mrs. Elsie
K. Speer, 701 Decatur street NV,
an absolute divorce on grounds Of
constructive desertion from Will
liam T. Speer, 1922 Illinois avenue
NV, Internal Revenue Bureau
examiner, on her counterclaim to
his divorce action.
Mr.. Speer had charged his wife
deserted him in October, 1914. but
Judge Tamm ruled for Mrs. Speer
on her claim that she did not move
from the Illinois avenue address
until July, 1946. The jurist re-
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Policeman Dragged
By Auto, Slightly Hurt

i A policeman escaped serious in
jury last night when he was
dragged about 10 feet after a
driver he was arresting, closed the
car window on his arm and drove
away.
Pvt. Clarence r. Burke OF the
Terminal Police was arrestlng
driver listed as Norman J. Tavan.
.21, of the 27O0 block OF Allison
street, Mount Rainier, near Union
Station when the incident oc-
CURED, according to police. Tavan
was to appear in Municipal Court
today.
Tavan finally was arrested when
he surrendered to police at No. l
precinct, where he was booked on
charges of assault with a deadly
weapon (the automobile> and dis
orderly conduct. He was released
under LOO bond.
According to police. Pvt. Burke
was directing traffic on the east
drive of the Union Station plaza
when Tavan cut around two cars
to get to a parking space. When
the officer ordered him back into
the line. the driver cursed him,
police said.
Pvt. Burke then started to arrest
him when Tavan suddenly rolled
up the window of>his car. pinioning
the policeman's arm. and drove OH.
according to the report. Pvt. Burke.
who fell to the pavement after he
succeeded in freeing his arm, was
treated for cuts and bruises at the
terminals first aid room.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Examination Waived
By Man and Woman in
Lonely Hearts Staying
BY The Associated Press

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Mar.
"A mail order Romeo and his
woman confederate who confessed
killing two widows and child in
a croSs-country 'loney hearts
racket waived Municipal Court ex-
animation today on murder
charges.
The two-Martinez Fernandez,
"a. and Mrs. Martha Beck. 20,
were held without bond for Cir
Gait Court arraignment later.
They were accused Jointly in
two separate Michigan warrants
OF the drug -and-shooting death Of
Mrs. Delphine Downing, %. and
the drowning of her 2l-month-old
daughter Rainelle.
Graves Filled With Cement.
Bodies of the two were dug yes
terday from their cement-f filled
basement graves in their home
between here and nearby Byron
Center.
Working on information sup
piled by Grand Rapids authorities
New York police last night un-
earthed the body of woman in
a cellar in South Ozone Park,
Queens.
Although definite Identification
is lacking, Fernandez told police
here the body would be found to
Evening star., 1949-03-02

u1lICcc.
In recent years he and Mrs
Dempsey lived at the MayhoWeI
Hotel. His law Office was in the
Investment Building.
Born May s, 1862, in Hartland
N. Y, Mr.. Dempsey graduated
from DeVeaux College at Niagara
Falls and was admitted to the New
York bar in 1886. From 1899 to
1907 he was an assistant United
States attorney in New York.
AS special assistant to the At
torney General from 1907 to 1912
he conducted Federal Court prose
cutions in Western New York
against the Standard Oil Co. and
! the New York Central and Penn
sylvania Railroads on freight rate
concession charges.
Besides his widow. Mrs. Laura
Hoag Dempsey, whom he married
in 1889, other survivors include
two grandSons, Its. William D
and Charles S. Moseley OF the
British Navy.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Radio Station Attacks
Baltimore Court Rule
Ry the Assccioted Press

. BALTIMORE, Mar. 2.-Radio
Station WBAL has challenged the
constitutionality of the Baltimore
City Court rule under which it
was cited for contempt.
The station, one of five held in
contempt of court for broadcasts
concerning the Marsha Brill mur-
der case here last summer, filed an
answer to the charge yesterday
The station will go on trial
Monday.
Three stations-WITH, WFBR
and WCBM-and James P. Con-
molly, news commentator Of WITH
were convicted recently and given
small fines. All three stations
have said they will appeal to the
Maryland Court of Appeals and il
necessary the United States Su-
preme Court.
/ WS1D, in suburban Essex. was
absolved because it was not shown
that any one in the City Court S
jurisdiction had heard the broad
casts. WBAL's trial was delayed
on a tecnicality.
The unusual Baltimore court
rule 1904" prohibits publication OF
anything about what an accused
says or does after he is arrested,
or about evidence against him,
1t is designed specifically to pre-
vent publication of any confess
sion or statement made by an
accused.
The broadcastS concerned the
arrest of Eugene H. James, COL
ored, 81, on charges of Staying
the 11-year-old Brill girl. James
subsequently was convicted.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Tomm UphoIds Desertion Rule,
Grants Divorce to Mrs. s. peer

fused to extend a ruling here thai
persons living in the same house
but estranged. can get divorces
for five years voluntary separa-
ton, to a two years desertion
case.
Under the decree, Mrs. Speer
receives Mr.. Speer's $4,000 home
and a $4,000 life insurance policy.
Mr.. Speer claimed his wife already
had $4,000 from joint building
and loan accounts in 1914 and
$4,000 in furniture and other
cash she had saved.
The Speers were married in
Washington in June. 1924, accord
ing to the papers, and have a 20
year-old son. Mrs. Speer'S at
torneys were Lewis B. Shapiro and
Whiford w. CheSton.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
DC-4 Lands 33 Safely
After Striking Wires
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 2.-Trans.
World Airlines said today that {
DC-4 plane with 33 persons aboaro
landed safely at Gander, New.
foundland. last night after strik'
ing ground wire installations.
The Bombay-bound plane, with
"a passengers and a crew of s
aboard. was making an instru'
ment-landing approach to the
field when it struck the wires, the
company said. The DC-4 left La
Guardia Field at 800 pm. yester-
day.
Damage to the plane was de-
scribed as moderate" officials
said arrangements were being
made for passengers to continue
to their destinations.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Shipment Of U.s.. Medicines
To Eastern Europe Urged
BY the Assoeioted Press

GENEVA, Switzerland, Mar. 2
The World Health Organization
called on the United States today
to free the export Of medical sup
plies to Communist Eastern
Europe.
A survey Of the availability OF
medical supplies in Europe sub
mitted to the WHO Executive
Board by the director. DR.. Brock
Chisholm. echoed recent Com
munist complaints against ar
alleged American embargo on the
export of medical supplies tc
Eastern Europe.
The United States is the world
principal source of drugs and
medical equipment. the survey
said, and shortages in Europe
could not be met without COM
plete cooperation of the Govern
ment of the United States in
granting export licenses for sani-
tary supplies and equipment
which European countries desire
to purchase
Evening star., 1949-03-02

be that of Mrs. Janet Fay. He
and Mrs. Beck admitted they slug
ged and strangled her last jan
uary.
An overflow crowd, m silly
women, jammed the tiny court
room of Judge Willard Mcintyre
to get their first look at the de-
PENDANTS.
Will Garry Case Through.
Prosecutor Roger c. Mcmahon
said he would carry the case
through Michigan courts even if
New York authorities ask for
jurisdiction:
A death penalty bill now is be-
fore the Michigan legislature but
the maximum penalty for convic-
ton of first degree murder is life
imprisonment. Capital punish
ment is authorized by New York
law.
AS recited by police, the SWarthy
and balding native Of Hawaii. Fer
nandez, and Mrs. Beck. who weighs
200 pounds. gave shocking story
Trusting Women Plundered.
It led from the South, to the
East, and the Middle West as the
pair, posing as brother and sister
plundered trusting women CT
thousands of dollars.
Marriages and promises Of mar
riage from the glib Fernandez fig
ured prominently in the account
Mr.. Mcmahon said.
Fernandez talked freely about
his voluminuous correspondence
with lonely women" and showed
police a master list Of ITO names
obtained from a mail order lonely
hearts house.
Police said II of the names had
check marks and Fernandez said
this signified they were likely
prospects" He had contacted
some of them, police reported.
Fear of disclosure led them to
kill Mrs. Downing and her daugh-
ter, bright-eyed Rainelle, Mr.. Nc
Mahon said.
Mrs. Fay's death was the result
of Mrs. Beck's Jealousy of the
New York woman, according tc
the prosecutor. First, however
they had secured $4,000 from her
Vanity Was Undoing.
1t was Fernandez's vanity that
ultimately proved the pairs un'
doing, police said.
He bought a new toupee ano
Mrs. Downing became suspicious
Mr.. Mcmahon said he was told.
The widow, whose husband was
killed year ago when a train hit
his truck, had been their hostess
for several weeks. There was a
plan for all to move to California
after selling the Downing prop
ertv.
Mr.. McMahon said Fernandez
and Mrs. Beck gave a torma!
statement telling how Mrs. Down
ing and her child were killed.
The mother was drugged with
Evening star., 1949-03-02
School Teacher, 40,
Married Fernandez
At Fairfax, Va.
BY the Asseeiated Press

ROYERSFORD, Pa. Mar,
2. A 40-year-old school
teacher yesterday identified
herself as the woman from
Laureldale, Pa, who married
Raymond Fernandez, held at
Byron Center, Mich, in con-
nection with three lonely
heart" slayings.
II met Raymond Martinez
Fernandez in New York and
we were married at the Fair
fax County. Va. courthouse
February %. 1948," Esther
Henne told a reporter.
I'VE lived at 656 West One
Hundred Thirty-ninth street,
New York City, until March
81" she said. Then ! left
him. I suspected he was after
my possessions. He and Mar
tha Beck, whom he described
as a brother laws sister,
took $500 of mine. some jew
elry and my automobile, But
I got all Of it back except
5000.
Evening star., 1949-03-02

changes, retiring in le46.
In 1910, Mr.. Gass was given a
trip to the New York Worlds Fair
as the Federal ernploye with the
longest record of continuous
service.
Mr.. GasS took up golf at IS. He
is survived by a son, Wilbur Gass,
a General Accounting Office en-
ploye with whom he lived. Also
surviving is a granddaughter
Carolyn Marie Gass. II.
Funeral services will be held at
1890 am. Friday in the Pum-
phrey funeral home. Bethesda.
Burial will be in Congressional
Cemetery
Evening star., 1949-03-02
FTc Basing Point Action
Nav Be Put Off for Year
BY the Associated Press

The hot controversy over the
legality of pricing systems which
absorb freight costs appeared
likely today to ge a chance to
cool off" for at least a year.
Separate developments in the
Senate and House pointed strong
ly toward a temporary curb on
the authority of the Federal
Trade Commission to deal with
such cases-With no permanent
change in the antitrust statutes.
A bill by Senator johnson.
Democrat, of Colorado to legallze
certain freight absorption and de-
|livered price systems has been
put aside. Instead, the Senate
Judiciary Committee will consider
Monday an alternate bill spon-
sored by Senator Myer, Democrat,
of Pennsylvania.
That bill would, in effect, block
any FTC "basing point" action
for two years. as long as there
was no sign of conspiracy. COL
lusion or restraint of trade.
The House Judiciary Commits
tee yesterday approved a similar
bill by Representative Walter.
Democrat, of Pennsylvania, which
sets a 16-month limit instead OF
two years. But Chairman McCar"
ran of the Senate judiciary Com
mittee indicated he will ask the
committee to reduce the period
to one year.
Australia is to get some OF the
worlds rarest animals - Chinese
Pere David's deer - from the
Whipsnade Zoo in England.