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Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-10-29
winfred Breckenridge
Shot In Heart; Dies

=. ATTRACTIVE 81 year old
WINEFRED BRECKENRIDGE
was shot in the heart and instant
ly killed by her estranged hus-
band, JACK BRECKENRIDGE.
81, Of 1880 Evans, in the lobby
of the LORETTA HOTEL, 62O3
Vernon, early Thursday morning.
At Woodlawn police station fol-
lowing the murder, Breckenridge.
a G. |. student at Unique Clean
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ing school refused to make a
statement to Asst. States Atty.
Cecil -Partee, however it was
brought out by Detectives McNul-
ty, Harmon, Fitzgerald, Kobar
and Dunn that divorce papers
had been served upon Mr.. Brock
enridge prior to the shooting.
The breckenridge have two
children, one age and the other
1O...Mrs. Breckenridge was en-
ployed as a clerk at the hotel and
was on duty when she was slain.
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New Leader

w. Hill is the new state
leader for colored work of the
Alabama Extension service, He
succeeds DR., j. R Otis who re-
signed. to, accept the presidency
OF Alcorn; A and NJ college in
Alcorn,- Miss, Mr., Hill, a. gradu-
ate of. Tuskegee institute receiv-
ed his Masters degree in extern
sion education at Cornell uni
versity IN June, Prior. to the. ac-
ceptance of his new office. he
wa district agriculture agent for
North Alabama III
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-10-29
XII KLUX KHAN
IN MERGER

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. LAT
LAS) - The imperial wizard Of
the associated klans of Georgia
announced last week the mercer
OF what he termed the South S
two larges KAN groups.
Samuel w. Roper, Georgia !
klan chieftain, said he had
merged his Organization with an
Alabama khan group, headed by
longhaired minis.er-politicia
Lycurgus Spinks, former Miss
ssipian.
Roper said nc is the imperial
wizard of the new organization
but he gained and another guy.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-10-29

requesed federal inquiry, made
public a letter from U S Asst
Attorney General Alexander M,
Campbell, He stated that in the
absence o fanny clear showing that
state authorities have refused or
neglected to fulfill their respon-
sfhilities
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-10-29

many leagues and tournaments
operate outside ABC control
Of the charge Of discrimina-
zion Baumgarten asked what
is illegal about it? There are Ii
terally thousands of organiza-
items which restrict their mem
bership to people of certain races
Or groups
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- REGISTER NOW -
u. s.. Justice Dept.
Finds No Basis For
Peekskill Inquiry
BY GENE BETHEA

WASHINGTON : (ATLAS)
= No basis has yet been found
to undertake a federal investiga-
ton Of the violence and rioting
which marked the appearance Of
Paul Robson near Peekskill, N.
7 August-27, the U S Depart
men Of Justice informed the Am
eritan Civil Liberties Union,
The Union, which had earlier
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-10-29
REGISTER NOW =
DECONTROL OF RENT
AFFECTS IL MILLION

WASHINGTON - (ATLAS)
In slightly more than five
months 100000 persons across
the country have been affected
the removal Of virtually all con-
trolls on rents for more than
1,475,OOO dwellings in 1874 areas.
That is the tally announced by
the Office of Housing Expediter
Woods, for the period running
from April | to September 2.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-10-29
DR. BUNCHE
TO ADDRESS
WOMEN VOTERS
ADDRESS WOMEN VOTERS

ADDRESS WOMEN VOTERS
WHITE PLAINS, n Y =.
(ATLAS) - The Westchester
County League Of Women Voters
has announced arrangements to
celebrate United Nations Day
on Sunday, Oct q with a mass
meeting in the county centen
here
Thu chief speaker will be DR.
Ralph ] Bunche, acting United
Nations Mediator for Palestine
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-10-29
LIBERALS FALSELY
I.ARELED SAY MRS FDR

NEW YORK - (AThAS) -
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, in the
fourth install1nent of This L re-
member" in. the new issue OF
McCalls, says "all liberals are
likely be falsely labeled what
ever the current word may be-
When | was young, it was
anarchist, then it Was Fol
shevik , and now it IS Commune
ist.'
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auditorium, U, S Department Of
Labor 18th at Constitution,
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: REGISTER NOW
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= REGISTER NOW :
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- REGISTER NOW
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Mr.. Eng1e--Per sonal
GO Chicago Historical Sos
City
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-02-09
ROCKS DRIVEN
Continued from Page !

public in general for so en-
Enthusiastically accepting their
endeavors to serve them, and
for the whole-hearted support
they have given since the
"Drive-In'' was opened on June
8, 1916. He uses only the best
for his French fried potatoes
Idaho or California pota-
toes; for the superior taste of
his Hamburgers, he grinds the
best choice beef meats him
self.
The Rocks family are no new
corners to Zion, having spent
some time here in 1921, when
Mrs. Rocks returned to Gads-
den with David. Jim had made
the round trip from Alabama
on his motorcycle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rocks came
to Zion to live from Gadsden,
Alabama, in 1928; his wife and
oldest son David coming in the
summer and J. B. in October.
Upon arriving in Zion, they
rented the Isaac Mill property
on Enoch Avenue and occupied
several other houses before
moving out on West 9th St.,
where they went into the poul-
try business on a large scale,
with 1900 layers and $4,000
broilers.
In 1888 they moved back
down town to the Gamerding-
er property, and purchased
the Curry property on Bethel
boulevard in 1913.
Mr.. Rocks first employ
ment in Zion was with the
Meat Market in Zion Depart
ment Store, where he worked
from 1923 to 1929. The milk
business with the ice cream line
intrigued him, and he work.
ed for Zion Dairy for two
years. From this he succeeded
in a connection with the Spin
ny Run Farms, which posi-
ton he held for Is years, or
until he opened the Rocks
Drive-In in 1916.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-02-09

During World War I, Mr..
Rocks joined the Navy in Gads-
den, Ala, and served in the
commissary department, see
ing service on mine sweepers,
cruisers, and on battle ships.
During that war, the Navy lost
only one man-of-war, the USS.
SANTIAGO. It was on duty
off Long Island when it was
struck by torpedo in the mid
ship section and went down
within eleven (11) minutes.
There were LOO officers and
men aboard. Mr.. Rocks was
finally rescued after being in
the ocean for more than 41a
hours.
On receiving his discharge,
he went into the dry cleaning
business in Gadsden in 1919,
and followed this line until
they sold out to come to Zion.
j. B." was united in mar
riage July 20, 1917, to Miss
Laura Roxana Gallagher of
Birmingham, Alabama. This
union is blessed with seven
children - David L., who in
his Junior year at the Univer-
sity of Illinois re-organized the
National Guard Company of
the 44th Division of the Illinois
National Guard post there and
then went into the Army, with
which organization he has
been for thirteen years now.
After World War II David
went back to school, but was
given the proposition of re-
naming in the service of his
country and getting several
years of University schooling
later. At present he has the
rank of First 1t. and is just
now vacationing in Cuba, and
will visit all his relatives be-
fore reporting to Ft. Jackson,
South Carolina, March LIST.
Merrill, the eldest daughter,
is married to Robert Garbutt,
and at present they are resid-
ing in the upstairs apartment
at the Harold Zweizig home.
Florine is now Mrs. Gene
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-02-09
fife lheOCrat

Neave, and at present they live
at her parents home.
Genevra is attending the
University of Illinois, majoring
in Physical Education.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-02-09
Wednesday, February 9, 1919

Ellen Jean is a senior at
Zion-Benton Township High
School.
Roselyn is attending Central
Continued on Page 1O)
Evening star., 1949-04-21
'CI0 Maritime Union
Will Appeal NLRB's
Ban on Hiring Halls
sy ths Assoeic.ed Press

CIO Maritime leaders prepared
today to appeal in court Ma
tional Labor Relations Board de-
cision outlawing the hiring hall
system of employing seamen.
Some union officials have said
that If te hiring hall ban still
stands when contracts expire June
Is. they will call a strike on the
Atlantic and Gull Coasts. The
hiring hall is a sort of employment
agency through which a union
supplies workers.
Jack Lawrenson. vice president
of the National Maritime Union,
said in New York that his organ
ization will continue to use hiring
halls. regardless Of the NLRB.
ruling. He added:
IF the NLRB wants to charge
contempt they can take it to Fed
eral District Court. And 1t will go
clear up to the Supreme Court"
The NLRB said yesterday the
use of hiring halls by the National
Maritime Union and American
Radio Association. both CIO. vio-
lates the Taft-Hartley law ban
against discrimination between
union and nonunion workers.
The union halls on the Atlantic
and Gulf Coasts, the board said,
favor union men beyond the per-
adventure of doubt
The board handed down a SIM
liar decision in August affecting
hiring halls operated on the Great
Lakes. That decision has been
appealed to the Federal Court Of
Appeals in New York. and mari
time labor leaders said the new
ruling also will be appealed.
Hoyt Haddock, legislative repre-
sentative of the CIO Maritime
Committee, told Congress Tuesday
there definitely will be a strike"
June Is If the hiring hall issue is
mot settled by then"
In San Francisco, however,
Harry Bridges said no one was
authorized to say his CIO long
shore union would support such
a strike. Mr.. Bridges sent wire
to that effect to Senator Pepper.
Democrat. of Florida. head Of a
labor subcommittee.
Evening star., 1949-04-21
Policeman Bitten
On Thumb While
Catching Roh,. <

Yoicks and tallyho-police Pvt.
Edwin J. Ruff caught a rabbit
on his beat.
Mr.. Ruff, Is. Of the 14th pre-
cinct. encountered the white reb-
bit and picked 1t UP.
He will report to the police
medical clinic for a rabbit bite
on the right thumb today-and
they'd better not laugh.
Evening star., 1949-01-30
By Mox Boyd

estimate there are 225,O00 refugees
behind the Egyptian lines in this
part of Southern Palestine. They
place the number in GAIA at 10000
and count $4,000 more at Khan
Yunis, a town which normally num-
bers 10000. Special camps and the
towns of Rafah and DER Ell Balah
account for the rest.
The refugees on the southern
front are less than half of the total
for whom the United Nations have
pledged $29.OOo,ooO and actually
advanced $5,Ooo,OOo until member
governments contribute the larger
sum. Estimates of the number dis
placed by the Palestine conflict
range between 100000 and 10000.
Most are Arabs.
Townspeople as we'll as farmers
and Bedouin tribesmen are among
tlc refugees.
Old people, children and pregnant
women are numerous in every camp.
Red Cross Helping
The refugees are living mainly on
contributions from the Red Cross,
the Red Crescent, the Arab Council
and the U. N. In the camps their
principal food is half pound Of
flour per day. In towns the flour ra-
ton is less.
Egyptian authorities in charge Of
the refugees say additional tents are
nc- Sed more than anything else.
Cictnes, sugar, more wheat, cook
Evening star., 1949-01-30

ting oil and canned goods are listed
as other prime needs, as well as
medical supplies.
| Under the direction of Capt. Mo-
hamed Wahid FL Dine Mahmoud,
refugee officer for the Egyptian
Army, central baking ovens have
been established in each camp. The
baker charges one plaster (about 4
United States cents to bake 20 fiat
loaves; if family has no money, he
takes one of the 20 loaves instead.
Representatives of the Egyptian
Ministry of Public Health report all
refugees in the sector have been in
oculated against cholera, typhus and
typhoid.
Supplies Increasing
The flow of United Nations sup
plies into the area is increasing
gradually under the direction Of
Stanton Grif1is, who recently took
leave as United States Ambassador
to Cairo to head the U. N. Refugee
Relief Organization.
The American Friends Service
Committee (Quakers), designated by
Mr.. Grifds to administer United Ma
tions relief in Southern Palestine,
has been assembling experienced re-
lief workers in Egypt. Delbert E.
Replogle left his business In Ridge
wood, N. j., to head this staff. His
assistants include DR.. Medo zaki,
dean of an Egyptian School Of So
cial Service; several Americans,
British and SwedeS.
distributed by the Associated Press.)
Evening star., 1949-01-30
Br0un
Continued From Page c-1o

who still follow the policies Of ls46
In regard to Spain.
When important American banks
ask the advice of the State Depart
ment about the advisability of
granting private loans to Spain, the
answer is SO evasive and so guarded
that the investment houses do not
dare proceed with what they con-
slider good business, lest they be
subject to reprisals by the Govern
ment.
While we sulk in our State De-
partment tent, Britain and France
are doing sound business with the
Spanish dictator and are using, in
directly at least, the ERP for that
purpose.
President Truman's plan to use
American capital to assist coun-
tries which still possess large un-
developed areas is regarded as one
of the sanest policies put forward by
the Chief Executive, provided, how
ever, that misguided ideologies do
not interfere at the crucial moment.
The determined resistance which
the Latin American republics and
other Western states are showing
to Communist penetration can be
helped more by permitting more
liberal use of American capital
abroad than by the present direct
drain on the taxpayers pocket.
While such a policy will become
the target of violent attacks by
Soviet agents. both at home and
abroad, it Is likely to frustrate the
hopes Of the Soviets' that an
economic collapse in the Un: ed
States will become inevitable after
we have been providing nom
Communist states with supplies for
Q few years, paid for by the Amer
lcan taxpayer.
Evening star., 1949-01-30

'Fogarty of Rhode Island, campaign
ing for reelection to the House.
They won, too.
Despite the bitterness of the fight,
Mrs. Smith was confident all along
because, II knew they didn't have a
thing on me- And when you haven't
any black marks against you, you
can hold your head pretty straight" {"
Her slogan was Don't trade q
record for a promise" Her formula
for success: Il always put myself
in the other fellows place" Her
greatest strength: Even when peo-
pie don't agree with me, they know
I'm sincere in what I do and say"
She was, incidentally, wholly
sincere" in suggesting President
Truman's appointment of Gov.
Dewey as Secretary of State.
Il felt he showed real greatness
in his press conference the day after
election. He was known and re-
spected as a fine administrator
And I felt that with all our talk
about a bipartisan foreign policy,
If we had Dewey in the job 1t would
show Russia that after such a hard
scrap we were still united. Some
people say I should have mentioned
Senator Vandenberg, but I think we
need him here in the Senate"
Favors Small, Strong Army
Since she took her seat in that
august body. Mrs. Smith has intro
duced Is bills, all of them related
to the strengthening Of the military
reserve. An internationalist, her
greatest concern is foreign policy.
Until that has been established she
feels that no military budget can be
settled or any imitation problems
tackled. Her four-term service on
the House Naval Affairs Committee,
Evening star., 1949-01-30

the total assets Of the firm are
placed at upward Of $80,0O0,000.
Now pending in Federal district
courts throughout the land are 5000
cases of all sizes and shapes. In
addition, there are certain cases
involving estates and trusts of en-
emy aliens, which are filed in State
courts in this country. These take
in complex problems of family re-
lationships, as well as the existence
and identity of heirs.
Thus far, no cases involving the
largest Arms have reached the high
est Federal courts for final decision
but some appear to be on their way
The ONCE of Alien Property is
making marked headway in dis
posing Of the seized property. Re-
Gently it sold the Government s
share in two large firms for ST.
Ill 900, which went into the Federal
treasury. This money will be used
to investigate and pay claims of
persons who were Axis prisoners OF
war and for other purposes as Con-
gress may direct.
These two firms, the North Amer
lean Rayon Corp. and the Amer
Fican Bemberg Corp, MI. Baynton
recalled, had adjoining plants in
Tennessee and joint Offices in New
York City. Both the Dutch and
Americans suspected they were Ger
man owned. But Holland could not
say for sure until the fighting had
ended and the records secured
After a roundtable conference with
the Dutch, with the records before
them, they agreed that a certain
percentage of the stock was for
merly German owned-and so the
United States Government bene-
fitted.
Liquidating Larger Properties
Now as new evidence turns up in
Germany, the Office of Alien Prop
erty is still seizing enemy prop
erty in this country.
Among the wide business inter-
ests held here by the Germans were
cameras, rayon, beer brewing, a
gasoline and oil concern, chemical
industries, Ansco films, the Zeiss
optical firm, the E. Leitz camera,
and optical equipment and the
Schering Corp, which makes drugs
and hormones.
Japanese property seized included
plant nurseries, the Yokohama
Specie Bank, Ltd; hotels, small
businesses and individual holdings
many of them scattered through
the Hawaiian Islands. But the JapS
never possessed anything on the
German scale.
The Italians had but compare
lively few businesses of any great
scope here.
In the past two months, the Of
flee of Alien Property has entered
heavy selling period. 1t is now
beginning to liquidate the larger
properties.
Evening star., 1949-01-30

Prefers independent Tag
That, in a word, Is her political
philosophy. That philosophy, Incl
dentally. has been the subject Of
much speculation, since Mrs. Smith
proved herself such glamour girl
at the polls. One commentator has
suggested that Mrs. Smith has par
adoxically enjoyed q "liberal repu-
tation" without q liberal voting
record"
Mrs. Smith has an answer for
that. In the first r,ace, she will
thank you not to call lcr liberal,
because, II don't think pecIle know
what they mean when they use the
term. Besides, I'd rather be known
as an independent, and I think that
that is what my record really
shows"
AS case in point, she cites her
stand on labor. When she turned
thumbs down on the Case bill and
the Smith-C -Connally Act, opposition
howled, Tool Of labor" When, how
ever, she voted in the last Congress
for the Taft-Hartley bill, she made
no apologies. Her explanation is
that she foresaw a strong reaction
against labor's excessive demands,
Evening star., 1949-01-30
TOmHns0n
(Cnnfinlled From paos G-1A

omy, OF MS complete and direct
control of finances.
Two new cabinet posts were Gre
ated to replace Mirandas and ad-
minister the economic activities
which he had directed with such
supreme highhandedness. Both posts
the Ministry of Finance and the
Ministry of Economy-have been
filled by newcomers to the cabinet.
But the firing of the spectacular
Miranda will not be enough to save
the situation. The country Is still
destined to remain . corporate state
with q tightly controlled economy.
This fact Is confirmed by a draft
Of the new constitution which the
government has called upon q spe-
cially elected constitutional con-
vention to ratify.
The proposed document changes
nothing. It merely confirms and
formalizes the present laws, edicts
and policies of Peronism, includ-
ing government domination of the
country's finances and government
monopoly Of exports and imports,
the basic economic foundations of
Mirandas policies.
The Constitutional Convention,
like the Argentine Congress, is a
rubber stamp for Peron.
Economy Heads for Rocks
Labor and the military seem to
be the only groups in the entire
country which apparently are not
worried about the future. Wages
60 up frequently and show no signs
Of stopping. Prices have risen &C.
cordingly, but the musical jingle Of
extra pesos in the workers pocket
tends to soften the less musical
jingle of extra pesos going across
the counter of butcher and baker
and milkman and tailor.
The army still seems to be sub
stantially on the side of Peron him.
self, although relatives and friends
Of some high officers have told me
that nearly all the army officers
harbor an intense dislike for Sonora
de Peron, and feelings bordering on
hatred for those who manipulate
the economic machinery of the
country. But, again, salaries Of Ar
gentine army officers are the high
est in the hemisphere, even higher
than the salaries Of United States
officers. And enlisted men are bet
ter paid than any white-collar group
In civilian life.
The candid prevailing opinion
of the majority of responsible OBJ
servers in Buenos Aires, and that
includes Argentines as well as for
eigners, that, economically, Argen-
tina has dropped from its status of
the most prosperous and progressive
nation in South America to q status
bordering on economic catastrophe.
Argentine economy is heading rap
idly for the rocks. Some think that
the present state of affairs could
continue for as much as another
year, but most give it six months
or less.