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Evening star., 1949-07-24
Series Of Police Raids
Nets 80 Persons on
Variety Of Charges

Routine police raids spread out
over a 17-hour period Friday
night and early yesterday netted
80 persons on charges ranging
from disorderly conduct to va
grancy and illegal liquor sales.
The raids by vice squad men,
bers began at 1915 pm. Friday
and ended at 1:30 pm. yesterday.
In the last foray of the series,
four men and one woman were
arrested and charged with oper-
ating a lottery and possession Of
lottery slips. Police said they
seized about $500 in cash, large
quantity Of numbers slips and an
adding machine. All the 18 ar
rested are colored.
Arrested in Raid.
Those arrested at that time
were:
Maurice Oliver Sutton. 40. of
the 1900 block of Sixth street
NV; Miranda Washington. 46,
of the 900 block of N street NV;
James William Barnes. 80. of the
first block of T street NV; For
rest McAbee, jr., %. of the 1900
block of First street NV. and
William Arthur White. "a. Of the
14O0 block of T street NV. All
were arrested at 1910 Ninth street
NV
Other arrests made were:
Joe Hanna, Al, OF the 200 block
of New York avenue NV, charged
with keeping whisky and beer for
sale without a license and selling
untaxed liquor; Joe Mckinley
Franklin. Al, Of the 1900 block Of
Covington street NV, charged
with keeping liquor for sale with
out a license and setting up a
gaming table. Ten other persons
were charged with disorderly con-
duct
Unlicensed Sale Charged.
Steve T. Darby. %. Of the 1900
block Of Ninth street NV, and
Loretta Daniels, "a, Of the 1900
block of Georgia avenue NV.
both charged with keeping and
selling beer and liquor without a
license.
Preston Pannell, 35, of the 1900
block of Seventh street NV.
charged with keeping a disorderly
house and vagrsncy; Lulu
Thomas. AZ, of the same address,
also charged with keeping a dis
orderly house and vagrancy:
Juanita Thomas, 25. same ad-
dress. and Beulah Thompson, 20,
Of the 800 block of Third street
S.W.. both charged with vagrancy.
Six other persons nabbed in the
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Administration Relies
On Steel Settlement ID
Aid Taft Act Repeal
By the Associoted Press

Administration leaders in Con-
gress are depending on President
Truman's Intervention in the
threatened steel strike to pull
them out of the hole on repeal OF
the Taft-Hartley labor law.
They say some sort of settle
ment, based on recommendations
from the Presidential Fact Finding
Board, Is likely in the steel dis
pute, and it will demonstrate the
workability of Mr.. Truman's pro-
posal for handling National emer-
gency strikes.
Taft-Hartley repeal. begged
down in the House Labor Com
mittee, is dead for this session of
Congress, prominent House
Democrt said privately yesterday.
1t will not be revived until next
Spring-about the time congress
sional primary election campaigns
begin.
by next spring this Democrat
explained, ''tempers will have
cooled off a little. and we will have
the example of the steel strike to
point to- Things will be a lot diff
ferent then, with the primaries
coming up
When steel producers and the
United SteelWorkers tCIO)
reached a deadlock early this
month, the President stepped in
after a strike was set and asked
for a 60-day truce.
He offered to name a three
man board of inquiry to study the
controversy, and emphasized that
the situation did not require in
voking the Taft-Hartley law. This
referred to authority the law gives
the Government to enforce an 30
day cooling off period by an in
junction against the union in ma
tional emergency disputes.
President Phil Murray of the
steelworkers accepted the offer
promptly, and the steel companies
followed along. The board is at
work.
This is in line with the formula
proposed in the administration
Taft Hartley repeal bill.
Under the bill, the President
would call for a 30-day truce
whenever labor management
argument threatened the national
welfare. He would appoint
board to investigate, and the board
could recommend terms of settle
ment.
The administration bill was
approved by both the House and
Senate Labor Committees early
this year. But it never got any
further.
A Senate coalition pushed
through a bill carrying essential
features of the present law. Most
of it was drafted by Senator Taft,
Republican, of Ohio.
The House Committee, with the
Senate bill and several proposals
by it's own members before it, has
been deadlocked over the question
of handling national emergency
strikes.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
GSI Swimming Pools
Show Attendance Rise

Washingto1's public swimming
pools operated by Government
Services, Inc, have drawn 5000
more persons thus far this season
than for the same period last
year, General Manager R. r.
Ayers reported yesterday.
Total paid attendance through
July Is was 10000 and free ad-
missions during the morning
hours added another $4,000, the
report said. Only $1,000 had
used the free admissions at this
time last year.
Mr.. Ayers report also showed
that 399 children have passed the
beginners swimming test as
against 420 during the first half
of last season.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Chinese Red Leaders
Hint IndustriaIization
||s.Set Back for Years
kx the Asxociotsd Pros,

SHANGHAI. July 23-Speeches
by two top Chinese Communists
within the last couple Of weeks
indicate the Red timetable for
industrializing China has been set
back possibly for years.
The delay. which also means
postponeinent of the effort to bring
Socialism to China-since it was
on the industrial structure that
Socialism was to GROWS being
blamed on the Western economic
blockade.
1t all seems to add up to the
fact that the Reds cannot make
their conquered cities function.
These cities were to have been
the cores from which the indus
trializing process would spread;
but the cities are a mess. The
paper plans which called for vast
transformations are being altered
No Western Aid Likely.
The Nationalist blockade of the
Communist coast, drought, floods,
famine and an uncomfortable la
Dor situation. are immediate prob
lens.
These and other developments
seem to have convinced the Reds
that they can expect little or no
aid from the West: and Russia
does not have what they need.
Chou En-lai. China's No. 2 po-
litical Communist. told the Slno-
Soviet friendship association in
Peiping:
Omitted States imperialism and
Kuomintang (nationalist) reac-
tionaries are scheming to block
ade China economically. Chinese
must be mentally prepared for a
blockade of eight to 10 years."
CAS- a matter of fact. the Uni
ted States and other Western
powers have refused to recognize
the Nationalist blockade of Red
China. but Western business
men have found the chances
for profitable commerce with
the Reds are too small to justify
the risks
Chou compared China to Russia
after the 1917 revolution, when
the Western powers limited their
economic traffic with the Soviets.
All this is in contrast with
statements of Red leaders as re-
Gently as two months ago. THAT
was when they took Shanghai
and were bubbling over with
optimism)
Convinced Aid Won't Come.
! Then they said China must take
help wherever she could get It,
because Western aid was essential
to industrialization. Now, recent
events seem to have convinced the
Reds that they cannot depend on
Western assistance.
This may mean that they feel
they have alienated the West
through failure to keep trade open
and through their propaganda,
and with such episodes as the
Olive case. american Vice Con-
sui William M. Olive was arrested
in a minor traffic case in Shanghai
July 6, and held for three days in
communicate. The Reds an
nounced they had educated" him
in that period. but the Consul
General said they had brutally
beaten him.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Italian Senate Approves
Role in European Council
By the Associotsd Press

ROME, July 23.-The Senate
tonight approved overwhelmingly
Italy's participation in the Coun-
Gil of Europe.
Communist senator's and their
Socialist allies who opposed the
majority sentiment sat glum
while a vote was taken by a show
of hands amid shouts of Long
live Union of Europe!"
The council was formed by 10
Western European countries. 1t
will be limited to debate and
recommendations on political
cultural and some economic mat
ters. A meeting Is set for this
summer In Strasbourg, France.
Evening star., 1949-07-24

American Veterans, the J. Edgar
Hoover Foundation and the
American Memorial Foundation.
Mr.. Arida will entertain a num-
Der OF prominent Washingtonians
at a reception aboard the yacht
Immediately after it arrives.
Built as a naval experimental
ship in 1885, the Grille was con-
verted into a private yacht and
presented to Hitler as a gift"
from the German people in 1885.
The yacht was acquired by Mr..
Arida from the British Admiralty
in 1946,
Evening star., 1949-07-24

The Grille, luxury yacht for
merly owned by Adolf Hitler, Is
scheduled to arrive at the Munich
pal P$,r. $50 Maine avenue S.W.,
tomorrow evening or early Tues
day, it was announced last night.
Now owned by George Arida,
British-born Middle Eastern in
dustrialist, the yacht will. be open
for public inspection Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday from 8
pm. to 8 pm. Admission will be
so cents and the net proceeds
will be divided equally among
Children's Hospital, the Disabled
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Youth Hurt in Ball Come

Joe de Leonibus. 18. Of 2705
Sixth street NE, was taken to
Casualty Hospital yesterday after
he was knocked unconscious by a
baseball at the Taft Junior High
School playground. The youth was
admitted for observation in unde-
termined condition.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Alabama KIan Director
Released From Jail
Under $500 Bond
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. July 23.-
Alabama's top klansman. Will
liam Hugh Morris, tonight was
released from jail on $500 bond.
The heavy-set director of the
Federated Ku Klux Klans. Inc .,
had been in jail for contempt.
He was sentenced July 7. when
he refused to bring Klan records
before grand jurA
Hugh Locke. attorney who has
defended Morris at court hear
ings, was present at the Klan
leaders release. He told newsmen
that Morris got bonding
agency to put up the $500"
The release. according to Mr..
Locke, was effected In accordance
with a decree of July 9. when Cir
cult Judge Robert J. Wheeler set
bond for Morris provided he
would agree to bring the Klan
records to court.
Wouldn't Sign Bond.
Morris refused to sign the bond
and was kept in jail.
He was released tonight on
agreement that he would make
an effort to find the records. He
claims they have been stolen.
Asked what prompted the khan
leader to change his mind, his
attorney said Il don't know the
reason"
When asked what Morris legal
position would be now that he's
out on bail, Mr.. Locke replied:
"One fellows guess Is as good as
the next ones"
Earlier today. Morris failed to
win release from Jail on the
ground that the records have been
stolen and he cannot bring them
in. In another development. a
grand jury charged a minister
with three masked floggings.
18TH Man indicted.
The minister. the Rev. r. c.
Lyons, Al, is the 18th man in
dicted in the States campaign
against hooded lashers. All are
out on bond.
Lyons. in Jail since Tuesday on
a warrant. was charged by one
victim with praying over
him just before the lash was
applied.
Lyons. who took his New Testa-
ment into Jail with him. told
he had been preaching
about three years" He said he
had no regular church. and was
a mule handler at a coal mine on
weekdays.
He was charged today with
three floggings while masked and
one first-degree burglary. Bond
for the four cases was fixed at
$4,000
Says Cabinets Were Taken.
Morris came into court today
prepared to swear the secret rec
ords of the xxx were stolen from
his home Wednesday night. He
had been taken there by a deputy
sheriff just before the court hear
ing.
He told newsmen three steel
filing cabinets had been taken.
DR.. Lycurgus Spinks. silver
haired ''Klansman for 40 years
and proud of It." was at Morris
side during the brief hearing.
DR.. Spinks pledged a Klan war
on its political opponents last
night at a public meeting in subur-
ban Tarrant City.
A candidate for Governor of
in 1947. DR.. Spinks now
lives in Thomasville, Ala. He said
he moved there a year ago when
he retired as lecturer.
DR.. Spinks told newsmen he
lived in a plantation home at
Thomasville built by his great
in 1912.
seven years before Alabama be-
came a State.
He said he had lectured Ion
almost every subject under the
sun" in all the States and in some
foreign countries. for more than
30 years. He is 64.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Robson Cancels Visit
To MuniIu After Protest
By The Associo,sd Press

BY me AsSociofeo FresS
MANILA, July 24.-Singer Paul
Robson has cabled he will not
be able to attend labor conven-
ton here, Amado v. Hernandez,
president Of the Philippine Con-
gress of Labor Organizations, an
nounced last night.
Philippine constabulary intel
ligence officers had objected to
Robeson's projected visit as "a
threat to national security" be-
cause of his support of Commune
ism.
Three-fourths of the American
Canadian border is water.
Evening star., 1949-07-24

Most Museums Historical
Half of the $500 museums are
historical, and one-third are de-
voted to science.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-17
Crippled Lions Face
Leaders Tomorrow

Coach Frank Beisler, who has at
tempted to build with the odds
against him, was in desperate shape
today as his injury-riddled Wash
ington Lions awaited tomorrow
nights American Hockey League
match with the Eastern Division
leading Providence Reds on Uline
ice at $3.50 o'clock.
Norm Burns, brainy veteran for
ward acquired in a deal with the
Springfield Lions several weeks ago
is believed to be out for the season
with a shoulder separation suffered
in last Friday nights match with
the Indians, and Dave Mcguire, Dan
Poreous and Chirp Brenchley, for
wards, are nursing ailments.
Beisler Is confronted with the ne
cessity of either receiving help from
rival American League teams or
turning to the amateurs for replace
mentS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-17
StoIcup Victor, Lillian Carleton
Stars in Big RossIyn Pin Event

Billy Stalcup, star captain Of the
Hutchisons Furniture Major Dis
trict League team, with a 727 score
which included 80 franked pins won
the 18th annual Old Dominion
Handicap in which 900 men and
women competed at Rosslyn Bowling
Center. 1t was the second largest
field ever to bowl in the five-game
event which set national record
of 80 in 1941.
Donald Cost of Clarendon, who
shares with Frank Micalizzi the
national doubles title, was runner
up with 15-704. after leading the
first days competition OF the two
day tourney. Bill Oliff, Queen Pins
Minor District League ace, was third
with 1850.
Lillian Carleton Of Brookland
Recreations' leading Capitol Major
Ladies League team all but stole the
show with a 45-688 count that
gained a tie for fourth place with
Charley Butler, a Rosslyn roller,
who tailed 66-688.
Second among the As feminine
contestants was Ronnie Knoblett OF
the Hi-Skor team with 5l-670.
The tournament youngest con-
testant, 10-year-old Ronald Cronk
turned in an 1882 which topped
the other four pinmen from Indian
Head, Md, including his dad.
Aubrey, who Is proprietor OF the
Southern Maryland drives.
Prize list Of the So winners:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-17
Society Out in Force
As Hia|eah Opens
Blue Ribbon Meet
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 17.-Hialeah
race course, dowager Of Florida's
Thoroughbred ovals, launches its 22d
winter meeting today.
Ten handicap sprinters have
been named to compete in the $l0,-
900 Inaugural Handicap-frst OF
about $500 900 worth of handicap
purses during the 40-day meeting.
A crowd of $4,000 is expected to
attend the debut.
Woolford Farms Delegate and
Nose Rauzin's Buzfuz share top
weight assignments Of 122 pounds
IN the e-furlong dash for 3-year-
olds.
Fred W. Hooper's Education, at
l1s pounds, probably will compete
with Delegate for strongest backing.
William Veeneman's Phar Mon,
winner Of Tropical's Inaugural, is
O prominent contender.
The field is complete with Mamma
II, Ill; Tight Squeeze. 1903; Coyote,
Ill; Citrus Clown, 11S; Kitchen
Police, 10; Blue Border, ia.
Nancy's Ace, 1risen and Erigeron
were scratched this morning.
That Hialean gets the frosting on
South Florida's To-day winter horse
, racing season Is an established TACT.
A Florida law states that the track
turning in the most revenue from
pari-mutuel handle Is entitled to
select It's 40 days-and Hialeah al
ways turns in the most tax money
and always picks the middle 40
days.
The meeting is as much society
event as q test for fine horse flesh
Much of the mink coat set from
Palm Beach waits until Hialeah
swings open It's ornate gates before
surning out in force. Name plates
On clubhouse boxes read like a chap
ter from the blue book-Vanderbilt,
Chrysler, Whitney, Wright ..
President John c. Clark, predict
ing a 10 to IL per cent decline In
attendance and mutuel play, says he
expects a million dollars a day
betting average.
Many observers predict that Flori-
da's flamboyant winter season will
be confined to the 40 days of Hia-
leah's meeting, with betting and
attendance heavy for a short period,
then a fast drop-off.
Last year Hialeah handled s44,-
eo6,2ls for a daily average Of ST.
120,155.
Tropical Park, which ended its
20 days of racing Saturday, showed
q marked decline over last year. 1t
handled $1s,6s2,943 as compared
with last seasons $23, sol 1888.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-17

dirty our local waters. >,g.7.r z-e~
Often we have been, asked where,
II any place. Is the Potomac free
enough from pollution for people to
bathe in it. Harold A. Kemp. di-
rector of sanitary engineering IN
the District, gave the answer In .
recent address made before the
Washington Rotary Club. He said:
The water in the Potomac River
throughout its length Is unsuitable
for drinking without treatment. At
and above Great Falls, the river is
questionably safe for swimming.
From Haines Point to Key Bridge
the river Is questionably safe for
recreation. The Anacostia River
below Bladensburg and the Potomac
River from Haines Point to Key
Bridge the river Is questionably safe
for recreation. The Anacostia River
below Bladensburg and the Po-
tomac River from Haines Point to
Fort Foote are unsuitable for any
purpose. The Anacostia- River
proper Is q foul stream which does
probably several hundred thousand
damage yearly to boats and shore
installat ions. At times the river Is
20 foul that fish in the stream are
killed"
We might add that the Potomac
h unsafe for swimming even as far
rs Fort Belvoir and below. Kemp
also tells us that Rock Creek below
Piney Branch not only Is unsafe for
recreational purposes, but cannot be
made safe.
Here Is what he says about do
nestic pollution. This is vicious
and Hydra-headed. AS an average,
each Of us contributes from four
pounds Of pollution per day to our
sewer system. Unless removed, this
will reach the river with potential
disastrous effect. Domestic sewage
contributes many. pathogenic bac-
terra TO our streams-typhoid. para
Typhoid, tuberculosis, dysentary
and among many others those
which attack our skin. It destroys
vessels and shore installations. It
creates q foul stencil and kills fish
by depicting the oxygen in our
streams. 1t Is dynamite It has been
estimated that the present pollution
(domestic) of our Nations streams
is the equivalent Of 100000 dead
and disintegrating full grown mules
per year"
Pretty picture, isn't It? Kemp says
that except for sportsmen and others
who use our streams, he doubts If
five per cent Of our population have
observed their foul condition. How
ever, through efforts of men like
Kemp, something is being done
about 1t of which we hope to tell
you more in following columns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-17
|Pefro-Jones Meefinq
Is Up 10 Their Bouts
AT Turner'S Toniqht

Danny Petro, one Of the most
colorful fighters. to come out Of
District amateur ranks since boxing
was legalized here, goes back into
action tonight at Turner'S Arena
where he is featured in one Of four
eight-round bouts.
Petro, . two-fisted, unpredictable
swinger, Is matched with Young Lee
@. Murray of Baltimore. Both lads
are sluggers, but the ringside reg
ulars are curious to see If Petro has
added polish to his potent portside
punch. The Northeast youngsters
willy-nilly walloping gave the fans
thrills aplenty in the past, but also
got him into trouble against .
smooth, calm sharpshooter.
With a faithful following Of
friends from the home neighbor-
hood, no fighter ever aroused more
excitement than Petro in his ANA
teur days. Sometimes 1t exceeded
the bounds Of propriety, like the
night q chair came sailing into the
ring in protest Of decision against
dapper Dan. There1l be no more
of that, because (A) Petro Is sup
posed to have smartened up, and
OBJ commission officials will slap
stiff penalties on the culprits.
Petro has been campaigning out
~ town in recent months, but Man
ager Glenn Drake thinks he's hitting
his peak and will give the customers
rousing show.
If Petro gets by Murray he'll be IN
line for a bout with Herbie (Bih)
Jones, who has q date with Chuck
Burton of New York tonight. Fans
agree that Erbie and Danny Boy
would stir up more fun than a couple
Of fighting cocks, but they've got to
earn the shot. Jones, like Petro, Is
southpaw, but will have to use
both left and right frequently and
authoritatively to whip Burton.
Roy Writ, 19-year-old Roanoke
welterweight, and Jackie Ford Of
this city will clash again tonight IN
an effort to decide which Is tougher,
They fought a draw the last time
out.
Sonny Boy Bum meets Holly
Minis in the fourth eight. Minis
won the crowds respect by holding
Garland Edwards to a draw recent
ly, while Bum defeated Leslie Har-
ris and Jessie Baker in his last two
scraps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-17
Johnnies, Eagles Rule
Catholic Loop; High
Fives' Slate Full

Gonzaga and st. Johns seem to
be turning the Catholic High School
Basket Ball League into a private
race. Both are coasting along with
two league triumphs in as many
starts and neither st. Anthony's,
Georgetown Prep nor De Matha
seems strong enough to catch up.
Gonzaga, unbeaten in eight starts,
trounced st. Anthony's, 65-31, in a
league game yesterday at Catholic
University. st. Anthony's previous
ly had bowed to st. Johns by 81
point margin.
Mike Nolan and Paul MCGOWAN
each contributed 20 points toward
the Eagle victory, while Lou Pen
mini, the 5-foot 6-inch sharpshooter,
led the losers with IS points.
League standings: Gonzaga, 20;
st. Johns. 20; st. Anthony's, Ia;
Georgetown Prep. OIL, and De
Matha, o..
Gonzaga and st. Johns, winner
Of seven of eight games, won't tan
gle until January n. Next Catholic
loop games are Friday night, when
Georgetown Prep faces Gonzaga
and De Matha comes up against
st. Johns.
A busy day is on tap for school
boy teams tomorrow. Woodward
will visit Longwood in a Tr-State
League contes at 8 and Dewitt will
be at Western at the same time.
In $3.50 games Landon will be at
Baltimore Friends in an lac
game, Maryland Park will be at
Anacostia, Coolidge at unbeaten
Bethesda, Blair at Roosevelt, st.
Johns at Central and Priory at
Kendall. Patterson Park will make
its annual visit to Eastern at 4.
Night games, beginning at 8. will
find Gonzaga at Hyattsville and St.
Anthony's at Fairfax.
Today's slate was limited. Bell
was to visit Coolidge in a District
public high league tilt, while the
Negro high schedule had Douglass
of Marlboro at Cardozo, Armstrong
at Carver in Baltimore and Parker
Gray of Alexandria at Lakeland.