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Evening star., 1949-04-18

leen, witnessed the shooting.
Two men were arrested by State
police several hours after the
shooting and were charged with
murder. Warrants. issued by
County Judge w. j. r. Howard.
named Arthur Jackson. the cafe
operator, and Ford Sizemore.
The men were placed In the
county jail at Harlan.
Career Of Strife and Violence.
Chief Metcalfe's career as
county chief was sprinkled with
incidents Of strife and violence.
Since his appointment by Judge
Howard In August. 1876, Chief
Metcalfe had numerous run-ins
with both the lawless and with
other law enforcement officers.
The special police force which
he headed was set up at the In
sistance of a citizens league
which demanded more vigorous
law enforcement in this legally
dry county.
A violent end also marked the
death of Patrolman e. J. Baum
gardner, Metcalfe's one-time as
sistant here. MIR. Baumgardner
who resigned to accept appoint
ment as police chief at nearby
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Evarts. was shot TO death last
September.
The man accused in the Baum
gardner Staying, Bryan Middle
ton. was himself in turn the VIC
tim Of gunplay. Isaenar Combs.
the fifth recent chief Of police at
Evarts. was charged with murder
in the Staying Of Middleton. and
is now awaiting trial.
Had Been Wounded Earlier.
Evarts now has its sixth chief
since August.
Chief Combs and his assistant.
Lewis Deaton. were convicted Of
voluntary manslaughter. but won
new trials on . plea they had new
evidence.
Chief Metcalfe at. one time ar
rested Albert Smith. another for
mer chief at Evarts. on . charge
Of Illegal possession Of liquor. At
another time Chief Metcalfe was
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wounded by an unknown party
In a raid on q moonshine still.
Reporting yesterdays shooting.
Constable Alb Cotsren said Chief
Metcalfe had raided Jackson's
place several times. jackson re-
Gently was acquitted By circuit
court jury at Harlan On Q charge
OF Illegal possession Of whisky.
Sizemore testified he was the
Evening star., 1949-04-18

An argument between Saxyefs
in two New South Wales. Austria
la. humber mills a. 70 who could
cut the most railroad ties has
boosted production from 50 or %
ties q day 10 90 To 100 Q day.
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owner Of whisky which bad been
seized in . raid No action vas
taken against Slxemore-
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udA yC6 O3
reer Of Capt.
Ambrose M e t.
calfe. chief Of
the G ou ty' 8
police force.
Chief Met
calfey 20, died
en- route to q
Harlan hospital
after being shot
five times when
he got out Of his
automobile in
from { of the
8 h ie1ds cafe.
His wife Kath-
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Harlan Police. Chief
Dies in Shooting After
u Years Of Violence
Dr. fhs Asseeiai.d prs.s

SHIELDS. KY. April 1S.-Easter
Sunday gunplay In this Harlan
County coal mining camp yester-
day ended the stormy. two-and-a-
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Furs thrive best in poce cold the noturol cl-
motc conditions they sprono from. Thof means
ooe. Friod as the north countries notye TO furs...
but with humidity contro -. not too moist not too
dry just right s.. to keep skins soft and smooth.
silken and lustrous. Sending them here Is o'nnoss
like beouty treotment. For complete sofefy tor
furs. call MA 5iOo ond let The Hech' Co soks
your fur-worries off your mind. Furs occepsed tor
storooe and repoir OF both Washington. ond Silver
Spring stores.
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Evening star., 1949-07-10

financial wizards and statesmen But IN
asmuch as when these lines are being read,
the writer will have put out to sea on
great liner. headed across the Atlantlc 10
where, 5000 miles past the Lady with tne
Lamp. England tumbles into the sea, at
Lands End marked with its lone light
house. 1t may not be inappropriate to set
down some exports from England which
slip unnoticed through the customs sieve
and escape the cash register. but which
continually and immeasurably enrich the
whole world.
England: There is a spell in the very
name with its romantic past, the cllmomg
arches of its hoary cathedrals and ruined
abbeyss stretching like Gothic gems across
its storied shires; its crescent white beaches:
its picturesque villages with the thatched
roofs of the cottages: it's quaint old towns
with crooked streets and houses that over
hang the sidewalk; it's meadows starred
with buttercups; it's rolling downs: its ver-
dant moors and hedgerows and winding
lanes; its peaceful little rivers and its gray
old churches and colleges. One could go
on with an endless list, but, after all. the
story is not told in any inventory. 1t IS
suggested rather by its exports, moral ana
spiritual A small volume of one-page
biographical sketches makes one vividly
aware of the quality of the exports England
has sent to other lands. 1t is not biased
list it was made out by an American.
AS one turns the pages, he is almost
startled by those in this short roll call OF
the great who did their work for humanity
in that comparatively small portion OF the
earth's total area called England. Here are
some of the names: Macaulay, versatile and
brilliant historian; Shakespeare. the myriad
minded; Samuel johnson, lovable man OF
letters; John Bunyan, immortal tinker OF
Bedford who spoke the souls universal Ian
guage in "Pilgrims Progress: Charles Dick
ems the most popular author the world has
aver known. George Eliot with subtle clair
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nly practical battlefield force in modern

only practical battlefield force in modern
war"
The Strategic Bombing Survey conducted
after World War II revealed the impor-
tance of tactical air operations. The sur
vey revealed that, despite the intensive
strategic bombing attacks on Germany's
war industries prior to D-day, Germanys
war production was not seriously crippled.
The report said on the other hand, that
the tactical attacks after D-day on trans
portation facilities was "a decisive factor
in the collapse of the German Army" 1t
is because of these wartime lessons that
the Army has stepped up It's demands for
stronger tactical air support. More troop
carrier planes are desired, more tactical
bombers, more fighter squadrons to work
In close cooperation with the foot soldiers.
1t is reported that the Air Force has
agreed to build up the tactical units as
rapidly as possible. This is welcome news
to those who have feared that Air Force
preoccupation with the B-36 might result
in a lopsided air arm.
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Alabama Cracks Down

The earnestness of Alabama's effort 10
put an end to hooded terrorism has just
been underscored by Circuit Judge Robert
J. Wheeler in Birmingham. In the course
Of investigating the recent outbreak of
doggings in the area, q special grand jury
called upon q director Of the State Ku
Klux Khan to produce records of the Or
ganization. The official refused. Then,
when he refused again after Judge Wheeler
had ordered him to produce them, the
Judge sent him to Jail for contempt of
court, with the provision that he is to
stay behind bars until he changes his
mind and makes the information avail
able.
This is good evidence of how Alabama's
forces of law and order are seeking to
bring to justice the masked mobsters who
have lately been committing outrages
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For a Balanced Air Force

Amid all the talk about strategic bomb
ing there has been relatively little said
about an equally important phase of air
power-tactical air support for the ground
FORCES. 1t is reassuring, therefore, to learn
that proper attention is to be given to this
part Of the Air Forces ver-all mission.
It Is no secret that high Army circles
have been concerned lest the Air Forces
emphasis on intercontinental bombing
would result In neglect of short-range
tactical bombing, fighter cover for troops,
troop carrier operations, supply and other
aerial support of Army troops. General
Bradley. Army Chief of Staff, has called
not only for balanced defense team but
for balanced members of that team. In
his recent address to the graduates of the
Command and General Staff College, Gen.
eral Bradley stressed anew the indispen-
stability of tactical air force He told his
fellow officers that every soldier knows
that the fighter bomber combination with
the infantry, artillery and tanks is the
Evening star., 1949-07-10
What Do They Want 1t For?

As set forth in a news story on Page One
OF todays Star, there Is lot OF speculation
around town as to the motives Of a group
of out-of town investors who seek to
acquire control of the Capital Transit
Company.
Because of the company's dividend
record, its decreased earnings and the
fact that it is facing another substantial
wage demand from organized employees
which exceeds current earnings, such
large investment in the companys COM
mon stock ($2,1ss,160 at this time would
not appear very inviting.
The existence of an unobligated cash
surplus of $2,490,000, however, together
with other company assets, has PROVOKED
suspicion that some efforts might be made
by new owners to use such funds for divi-
dends - instead of conserving them, as
under present company management, Tor
Improvement of the service.
This possibility was pointed up in the
remarks of H. Grady Gore OF Rockville,
who testified before the Securities and
Exchange Commission, which has the deal
under advisement. Mr. Gore, who arranged
the stock purchase, spoke of what good
thing it would be for somebody to get
hold of the transit company who would
consider the rights Of the stockholders"
There are, of course, the rights OF the
public, which depends upon the transit
company for mass transportation. The
public should be keenly interested in the
possibility of change in ownership and
operation which would be more concerned
with dividends than with service to the
community And If the pending deal Is
approved by the SEC during the coming
week, the Public Utilities Commission,
which is responsible for conduct of local
public utilities in the, public interest, will
have every reason to be watchfully alert
as to new policies that may accompany
new control
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Judqe Kuufmun's Conduct

1t is not surprising that there should be
rumblings Of congressional discomfort,
directed at the presiding judge, in the wake
of the Alger Hiss trial.
Representative Case of South Dakota
has been pointedly critical of rulings by
Judge Samuel H. Kaufman which barred
witnesses the Government wanted to put
on the stand against Mr.. Hiss Repre-
sentative Nixon of California, who has
been prominent in the work of the House
Committee on Un-American Activities, the
committee which brought to light Whit
taker Chambers accusations against Mr.
Hiss, went further Mr.. Nixon says that
the people of the country will be shocked
when the full facts of the conduct of the
trial are brought out. Mr.. Nixon also says
there should be an investigation of Judge
Kaufman's fitness to serve on the bench
in view Of his conduct during the trial"
These complaints, and their implications,
are serious matter Without a doubt,
there are many laymen who share the
feeling that the conduct of the judge was
something less than impartial, that his
rulings unduly favored the defendant and
handicapped the prosecution.
But layman is hardly competent to
review the rulings of judge. Nor is it
easy to see how this can be done in any
event. OF course, If Mr.. Nixon is in pos
session of undisclosed facts bearing on
this question, they should be made public
And If he has any idea how to go about
conducting the investigation of which he
speaks, that, too, is worthy of further
consideration. At this stage, however, 1t
Is difficult to see how there can be an
examination of the motives Of the judge
The jury has disagreed, the trial is over,
and, as Judge Kaufman says, the record
of the trial speaks for itself.
The Attorney General has said that Mr.
Hiss will be tried again, and when that
time comes it seems plainly desirable that
some other judge should preside But it
is doubtful that anything more than this
can be done.
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Peaceful Picketing Limited

The National Labor Relations Board has
used a common-sense rule In defining
what constitutes illegal picketing under
the Taft-Hartley Act In its unanimous
decision in case involving an "anti-Taft-
Hartley demonstration" by the CIO United
Electrical Workers, the board has made It,
plain that the test of illegality is not in
the number OF pickets but In their con-
duct.
In effect this is reversal of the ruling
of one of the boards examiners last fall
that the mere presence at struck plant
of large number of pickets amounts to
intimidation and therefore Is violation Of
law. Another examiner later found to
the contrary, contending that activity by
large number of pickets was legal, pro-
vided free access to the plant was not in
terrupted.
The full board sided with the view of the
second examiner in its consideration Of the
disputed demonstration" outside the Cory
Corporations plant In November, 1s47. The
union argued that the more than $500 Of
It's members who paraded on that occasion
were not participating in the strike at the
Cory plant, but were just publicizing their
antagonism to the Taft-Hartley law. But,
said the board, the demonstration Gin
volved support of the Cory strike" and 1t
was conducted in such a way as to block
effectively the employees main entrance
"at time when employees normally report
for work" The effect was to deny nom
striking employees access to the plant"
In further explanation. the board served
notice that picketing, whether of the mass
or sparse variety, is illegal If the picketing
has the effect of physically obstructing"
a plant entrance. The question of how
many pickets may properly picket" an es-
tablishment Is one for local authorities to
determine, the board asserted. But 1t left
no doubt that even a handful of demon
strators can be in violation of the Federal
labor law If they block entrances and re-
strain or coerce employees desiring to 60
to work That is reasonable interpreta-
tion of the law that in no wise infringes on
labor's rights of peaceful assembly and
free speech.
Evening star., 1949-07-10
British Exports
A Consideration of the Many Rich Values Which
England Has Contributed to the World
By the Rev. Frederick Broom Harris, D.. D., Lnf D.
,on Harris, D. d., Lift. d.

voyance divining the inner play Of human
motives and passions: John RuSkln art critic
and modern Mr.. Valiant for Truth; Sir Isaac
Newton, discoverer Of the law of gravitation:
Charles Darwin, who revolutionized human
thought; Josiah Reynolds, maker of por-
traits: Joseph Turner, painter OF poetic land
scapes; John Milton. who wrote the one
great epic of the British language; William
Wordsworth, who weaves mystic ties between
the world of nature and the soul OF man
to say nothing OF. Coleridge and Byron and
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, foremost woman
poet of the 18th century, and her lover-hus-
band Robert Browning, prophet-poet-p phil
ospher in an age of doubt and Alfred Lord
Tennyson, nightingale of faith in night
of negation.
Then what a debt is owed to England
for the English language itself. the very
garment of our conceptions and ideas. We
are the mental slaves of the tongue we speak.
It Is England which has bequeathed to us
the English tongue with all Of its great
background of literature. government, his
tory, art and science. That all suggests, as we
look up at the Spires of the Spirit, the Eng
lish Bible itself That which we call the King
James version of 1911. which has given con-
science new vocabulary and set the spirit
ual life to music in immortal cadences, was
the production of 81 English scholars.
It has been declared that Shakespeare is
the miracle of the English language in poetry,
and that the King James version is its mir
acle in prose. 1t has written itself through
all our literature, it has sung itself into all
our songs. Its golden threads run through
our most inspired utterances, not only of the
pulpit, but of the press, and the political
platform.
These are just few treasures which
come tumbling out of the box of exports
from Englands green and pleasant land
which elude the cold calculations of inter-
national arrangements even in the stress and
strain Of currency crisis. These thoughts
are suggested because for the one, who week
by week. has the high privilege of pointing
to the Spires Of the Spirit, the next stop is
England. On shipboard this Sunday morning
his heart will be singing in lines he penned
more than a decade ago on a previous
crossing of the same sea:
Out of my portfolio stretches the sea,
World where my schedules and ruts one may
flee,
Leaving behind all the babel of people
Here not Skyscraper, street or steeple.
Out OF my portfolio shimmers the sea.
White-fecked and green-blue beckoning me.
Fling out your gray care. worry and fear!
Calleth the vast deep, far yet so near.
Out of my portfolio calleth the sea,
Opaline, opulent-Yet all for me!
Oh, magic circle My Gagged heart is free,
Whene'er my portfolio frames sky and sea.
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while the license was procured. johnson
left in search of a Baptist minister and
marital happiness. He is well-to-do plant
er. and says he has been looking for wife
for over 20 years. He thinks he has found
his affinity at last We want to get mar
red by o'clock at any rate he said, and
then we'll knock about the city for little
while The parents of the girl did not
object, the groom stated,
The Star for July 8, 1899, said: "On his
deathbed Lord Leighton expressed q wish
that his sisters should
Lord Leiehton's give $4,000 to the Royal
Bequest ACADEMY 1ree OF conol-
His request was fulfilled, and after two
years of consideration the academicians
have decided to use this generous gift in a
manner which Is calculated to commemorate
in fitting way the late president of the
Royal Academy. The money received is to
be invested in securities as separate trust
fund to be called the Leighton bequest, and
the income derived from it is to be expanded
in acquiring or commissioning works Of
decorative painting, sculpture and architec-
ture. The mural paintings thus secured
are to be placed in public institutions, and
the sculpture in or on public buildings and
in parks or other suitable public places"
Lord Leighton himself had been distin-
guished painter and sculptor.
-
A decision Of the United States Circuit
Court at Boston was chronicled in The Star
July 6, 1899, with especial no.
Wheeling tice 10 the tobacco industry.
Stooies Stogies bearing the name
wheeling" it was decided.
could not be manufactured in Boston or
elsewhere than at Wheeling. W. Va, and
sold as Wheeling stogies." The suit re-
ferred to was brought by West Virginia
maker who sought to restrain Joseph Engel
of Massachusetts, 1T is claimed that this
decision will be far-reaching IN effect in
the tobacco trade. inasnuch as it can be
applied to Key West cigars not actually
made in Key West, and that it may also
affect other manufactured articles sold on
the representation that they come from .
certain city which has attained prominence
In the manufacture Of such articles" Bos-
ton baked beans really baked In Pittsburgh.
for exapple!
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The Arab REFUGEES

Unless all nations concerned live up tt
their obligations, the plight of the Arat
refugees is likely, in the near future, te
develop into the darkest kind of misery
and desperation. Indeed, according tt
Stanton Griffls. If adequate action is not
taken in the meantime, the Near East ir
September probably will see one of "the
most tragic starvation scenes in the his.
tory of the world"
Mr.. Griffis' warning is based on first
hand knowledge. As director of the
United Nations Relief for Palestine Refu-
gees, he has been charged with the task
of supervising the distribution of aid tt
upwards of 900 900 homeless men, women
and children. The aid has amounted to
approximately 81 month for each indi-
vidual. But even this small bit Of help
Just barely enough to enable the recipient
to keep body and soul together-is in
danger of being drastically cut or sus-
pended for want of sufficient money to
finance it.
In keeping with a resolution passed by
the U. N. General Assembly in 1948, num-
ber of member countries have obligated
themselves to make donations to main
tain relief operations on at least a SUBJ
sistence scale. The commitments, how
ever, have not been met. As Mr.. Grifis
has just, declared in New York, the United
States and Britain are the only nations
that have kept up to date on their pledged
contributions. France has yet to come
through with It's share. Israel has given
nothing. And much the same holds true
for other lands, including our neighbors
to the south.
As result, according to Mr.. Griffis, the
U. N. relief agency has only enough money
left to operate through August. After
that, unless the laggard donations come
in, the refugees will face starvation. Their
present heart-rending plight is not some
thing Of their own doing. They are victims
of the recent war in the Holy Land, having
been impelled to flee from their homes
during the height Of the struggle. They
are spread about now In dismal camps in
Lebanon, Syria, Trans-Jordan and the
Arab part of Palestine. They are not free
to 60 back to Israel, and they will continue
to be desperately in need of help until
there is some final Arab-Jewish agreement
for their repatriation and rehabilitation.
Such an agreement, of course, is indis-
pensable. Under it, Israel will have to
take back large number Of the refugees,
and the neighbdring Arab countries will
have to absorb the rest. But negotiations
to that end-negotiation whose outcome
will greatly influence the durability OF
peace in the Holy Land-have been moving
slowly. Meanwhile, the displaced Arabs
urgently require continued help In the
circumstances, morally and otherwise,
every pledged country should feel COM
pulsion to come forward with its contri-
button without further delay.
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against defenseless citizens. The grand
jury involved, the Attorney General who
appealed to the court for action against
the recalcitrant Klansman, and Judge
Wheeler himself have all made clear that
the State is dealing very firmly with
the situation. The fact bears out point
made here recently by Birmingham wit
ness appearing before a House commit
tee investigating the matter The point
is that Alabama is vigorously coping with
the problem and that Congress would not
be helping any If 1t intervened.
Evening star., 1949-07-10

That Is the dilemma
of the British Isles.
Any solution sug-
gests questions in
volving pounds and
dollars. imports and
exports, commerce,
exchange and ster-
ling, which set the
minds, even of eco
nomic experts, in a
jittery whirl. 1t is
not the province
of this column to
deal with that baf-
fling situation. That
is the field for
Evening star., 1949-07-10

Though nettled by the recently aired
opinions of Barney Baruch, there is moth
ing to support any feeling that the Presi-
dent will retaliate by packing the park
benches with buns.
Evening star., 1949-07-10

Under consideration is proposal that
the President and family have home
away from the rebuilt White House where
they can enjoy comparative peace and
quiet, which naturally suggests fiat over
a union depot.
Evening star., 1949-07-10

That the freedom Of the British press
must be preserved is the advice of royal
commission-speaking as true Britons and
lovers of an occasional throw the rascals
out" editorial
Evening star., 1949-07-10

Through the working Of some mysterious
law, form begins to assert itself in the
upper half of the big-league baseball
standings, and gravity in the second divi-
sion.