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Evening star., 1949-03-26
Duty 10 Guard Way Of Life
Seen by Msqr. Cartwright

1t is the individual RESPONSE
bility of each citizen in his COM
munity to protect the American
way of life, Msgr. John K. Cart
wright said yesterday at the
Maryland Day exercises of the
University of Maryland.
Addressing 1000 students. fac
ulty~ members and guests in the
Ritchie Coliseum. he recalled that
Maryland had been built on the
principle of personal freedom.
This principle has been woven
into the structure of our country
he added.
Americas greatness. he de-
clared, is in its material abund-
ance. its inventiveness in using
This abundance and in its freedom.
Our freedom is not granted by
State or Constitution. but by grant
of God" he said. 1T is our own
supreme responsibility to guard
this freedom
DR.. H. c. Byrd, president of the
university, presided at the con-
vocation, marking the 315th ami
versary of the settling of Mary
land. Yesterdays ceremony was
the first held since the war.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
u. N. Indonesio Group
To Hold New ToIks
AY the Associated Rrssx

BATAVIA, Mar. 26.-The United
Nations Commission on Indonesia
has decided to hold new talks in
an attempt to solve the prolonged
Dutch -Indonesian Republican dis
pute.
A commission spokesman said
next Wednesday was suggested as
the starting day for the new dis
cussions between Dutch ana Re-
publican representatives.
Both Dutch and Republican
circles indicated unofhcially they
would be willing to participate in
such talks under U. NJ auspices
The commission latest move was
prompted by Security Council
directive to assist the Dutch anc
native Republicans in coming te
an agreement.
Evening star., 1949-03-26

the meeting "a sounding board for
Communist propaganda
There were delegates from So
Wet Russian and most of the ma
tions behind the Iron Curtain. The
conference also has about 500
American, artists, writer's, edu-
Gators and clergymen as sponsors.
The conference opened with the
Star Spangled Banner" sung by
Brenda Lewis, a sponsor of the
meeting. The hotels organ was
silent. She said AFL musicians
refused to operate it without a
contract"
Urged to Speak for Democracy.
Speakers references to Winston
Churchill, former British Prime
Minister, and Herbert Hoover. for
mer American President, drew
boos from the delegates. President
Trumans name was cheered.
Mr.. Cousins turned down one
invitation to the conference Then
Undersecretary of State George v.
Allen suggested that he attend
and give a vigorous affirmation"
of the democratic point of view.
Americans do not seek war, Mr.
Cousins said. but they feel that
the needs of peace best can be
served by a supreme supporting
effort behind the United Nations.
giving it the form and substance
of world law"
He called for abolition Of the
veto in the U. N.
Mr.. Cousins charged that the
group supporting the conference
"owes it's primary allegiance aud
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Unions Hold votinq
Status on Symphony

For the first time, labor unions
will be represented with full vot-
ing privileges when the National
Symphony Orchestra Association
holds its annual meeting in May.
This was announced today by
Miss Sylvia Altman, chairman Of
the Labor Unions Committee of
the National Symphony's Sustain
ing Fund Campaign. She is. the
Washington Central Labor Unions
director of information and re-
search and manager of the Com
munity Chest Federation's Labor
Participation Department.
Labor is especially interested
in the program of school concerts
for young people and in the OBJ
jective of making good symphonic
music available to the whole COM
munity," said Miss Altman.
These. Washington labor unions,
she added. have already obtained
voting memberships:
Milk Drivers. Local 246; Build
ing Construction Laborers, Local
1854: Retail Clerks. Local 639-A:
Carpenters, Local 1872; Structural
and Ornamental Iron Workers,
Local 5; District of Columbia Fed
Grafton of Musicians. Local 161.
and National Federation of Fed
eral Employees.
Among the additional contrib
utors to the sustaining fund are
the Moving Picture Machine Op-
orators, Local 224-A.
Evening star., 1949-03-26

duty not to America but to an
outside government.
Mr.. Cousins asked the delegates
to tell the folks at home" that
while Americans respect the
rights of other people to their own
forms of government. they are ap-
prehensive about the danger to
the world of government by CO.
ercion, especially when the coer-
cion comes from without"
A woman's club leader and
journalist from Cuba, Myrta
Aguirre, described the conference
as an effort to work against "a
perfectly avoidable war
F. Manrique Cabrera. a univer-
sity professor from Puerto Rico
urged the delegates to keep all
discussions on a calm" basis and
to work with impartial spirit"
Poet Juvan Popovich of Yugo-
slavia offered a speech in which
he called "inciters of new war
the enemies of culture
Fortunately. however, this talk
of war is not being heard every
where" he said. only certain
circles in certain lands talk of
war"
Another speaker. British Pnilos-
opher William o. Stapledon, pre-
pared a speech warning America
that the English people will not
be "wholeheartedly against Rus
sia as we we're against Germany
in q new war.
Opposed to "Selling Souls"
I'VE are not anxious to sell our
souls to America" the speech read.
1t suggested that the United States
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Girl Recovering After Fall
From Train En- Route Here
By the Associoisd Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Mar.
26.-Miss Kathryn Thelma Hoban.
Miami showgirl. injured when she
fell from a train near here Thurs
day night, was improving in Uni
versity of Virginia Hospital today.
Physicians diagnosed her in
juries as fractured elbow and a
brain concussion, plus numerous
cuts and bruises.
Miss Hoban, a member of the
James E. Strates show troupe en-
route by special train to Wash
ington, D. c.. fell from the train
about IS miles north of here while
walking from one passenger car
to another. She was brought to
Charlottesville in the cab of an
engine detached from south
bound train for that purpose.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Mississippi Counts
s Dead, 81 Injured

GREENVILLE, Miss. Mar. 26
(P).-Tornadoes rocketing through
Mississippi and Louisiana left 6
persons dead and "a injured.
Oak Grove. La, caught the
first impact Thursday night. The
winds then skipped into North
western Mississippi and killed 6
Negroes and injured 33 other
persons.
At GAINESVILLE, a little Northeast
Louisiana community. two farm
homes were leveled and a woman
was injured. Two mules and sew
eral cows were killed by flying
debris. Twelve frame buildings
were badly damaged.
Total property damage has not
been estimated.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
France, Italy 10 Sign
Treaty Today 10 Form
Customs Union in 50
BY the Associotsd Press

PARIS, Mar. 26.-France and
Italy will sign a treaty here today
establishing a Franco Italian Gus
toms union in 1850 and a complete
economic merger by 1855.
Foreign Ministers Robert Schu-
man of France and Carlo Sforza
of. Italy will sign the document ct
S pm. Gil am, EST.
French officials said they hope
the French and Italian Parlia-
ments will ratify the agreement
before adjourning for the Easter
vacation.
The treaty's text will not be
released until later today, but off,
cials said it provides for elimina-
ton of customs duties on ship
ments between France and Italy
in the first year after ratification.
Both countries also will adopt
Identical tariff schedules for COM
merce with other nations, the
informants said.
The economic union plan calls
for progressive steps to abolish ex-
listing import-export quotas, - Ii
censing controls on trade and cur
rency regulations in a six-year
period. the officials reported.
They said a permanent joint
Franco Italian commission will
supervise operation of the agree
ment and handle the gradual
move toward economic merger.
The pact, they said. calls for an
eventual common financial and
budgetary policy in France and
Italy. and stabilization of their
exchange rate. French spokes-
men said the exchange rate, now
220 lire for 100 francs. would be
changed to 180 lire for 100 francs.
The objective is to encourage the
sale of French goods in Italy to
balance their trade.
The dOVetalled tWo-natlon econ
omy will include compensation
taxes" to equalize ultimate prices
of articles in commerce between
the two countries. to compensate
producers who otherwise would
suffer from removal of trade bar
riers. the spokesman said. The
taxes are contemplated as tempo
rary measures in the period Of ad-
iustment to the new system. it was
said
Evening star., 1949-03-26

was embarked ION a new impe-
rialism" and said the average
British workman is not going to be
suddenly turned against Russia" :"
However, for some reason that
was not explained, Mr.. Stapledon
departed from this text and de-
livered a speech in milder terms.
In it he stressed the British peoples
opposition to war.
Mr.. Stapledon was the only
British delegate granted permis-
sion to come to this country for
the conference.
Nineteen delegates from Western
Europe. Romania, Mexico and
South America were denied visas.
The State Department said they
had not been designated as rep
reSentatives of their governments.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Top Ten Criminal
Seized on Air|iner
ByFbI and Police
BY the Associoted Press

PHOENIX, Ariz., Mar. 26.-Fed-
eral agents and police swarmed
aboard an airliner as it came to
stop here yesterday and cap
tured one of the Nations 10 most
wanted criminals.
Shortly after he was taken,
Lloyd E. Sampsell. ST.. 4S. ad-
mitted robbing a Los Angeles bank
Thursday. He also has been
charged with a Staying during a
San Diego. finance company hold
up last year.
The. scholarly looking Sampsell
was Jailed without bond after
arraignment before United States
Commissioner c. B. Wilson.
Agents of the Federa1 Bureau
of Investigation and police had
made capture preparations fol-
lowing a tip from Los Angeles
that Sampsell was aboard a plane
bound for Kansas City.
w. A. Murphy. special agent in
charge of the Phoenix Office of
the FBI, said .44-caliber loaded
revolved was found in the mans
suitcase. A packet containing ap-
proximately $1,000 was in his
seat.
Under questioning, Sampsell ad-
mitted staging the daring day.
time robbery of the Seventh and
Hoover Street branch of the Bank
of America in Los Angeles. Mr..
Murphy said the man apparently
alone. The bank re-
ported a loss of $8,706 to a gun
man who operated so rapidly most
of the customers in the bank
were unaware of the holdup.
Sampsell disclaimed knowledge
of the San Diego Staying of Ar
thur w. Smith during a holdup
of the Seaboard Finance Co. Office
there March 27, 1948.
Sampsell was listed by FB1 Chief
J. Edgar Hoover as one of the
10 most-sought-after criminals in
the Nation.
Sampsell was known as the
yacht bandit" during the 2Gs,
because he used a ship for a hide
out,
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Park Avenue Motron Is Slain
By Tutor Who Then Kills Self

cumulation of milk and newspa- =
pers outside the apartment door
First clue leading to solution
of the case came after police ex-
amined an unopened letter from
a woman to Mrs. Reinberg relat-
ing the shocking news that Del
Pine had been killed by a sub
way" Police said Mrs. Reinberg
was dead when the letter was sent
Several women. and Del Pine
had been present at gathering
at Mrs. Reinberg's apartment
Monday night. police said.
A circle of Mrs. Reinberg S
friends were said to have met
each Monday for a Spanish les
son.
Evening star., 1949-03-26

OWO lloOl AOSSA'
A note left by the tutor, Jose
Del Pine, 81, small, dark 1or-
mer university Spanish teacher
said Mrs. Reinberg broke his heart
by rebufing his love.
II lust got through making the
greatest blunder of my life" the
note said. Il can't think because
I'm completely crazy
The note was apparently written
after Mrs. Reinberg was killed,
police said.
Necktie Knotted at Throat.
Her near-nude body was found
in her fashionable seven-room
apartment yesterday. A man S
black necktie was knotted about
her throat. Police said she had
been dead about "a hours.
Mrs. Reinberg was the wife OF
wealthy Gustave Reinberg, vice
president of one of the worlds
largest copper mining firms. the
Cerro de Pasco Copper Corp.
Police said he is in Lima, Peru, on
business.
The Reinberg's 17-year-old
daughter. Anne, is student at
Vassar College in Poughkeepsie,
N. Y.
Del Pine formerly taught Span
ish at Brown University, at Provi-
dence, r. l.; at Middlebury Col
Ilege, in Vermont, and at Columbia
University here.
Police said he had given Ian
guage lessons to Mrs. Reinberg
i for the last three years.
Spanish Republican Refugee.
| At Providence. Prof. Hunter
Kellenberger, head of Browns
modern languages department
said Del Pine was known as
Spanish Republican refugee.
His wife and daughter were said
to be out of this country. At the
time he taught at Brown from
September, 1946, until June. 1948,
| it was said he sought to have his
wife, then in Spain, admitted to
the United States as a teacher,
but a visa was refused.
! Mrs. Reinberg's body was found
lying on an Oriental rug near a
divan in the living room. There
was no disorder in the room.
A slip and brassiere, neatly fold
ed, were on a cocktail table. On
another table was a chess board.
with all chessmen in place, except
for white pawn and black bishop
which had been knocked down.
Women at Gathering.
An elevator operator discovered
the body after noticing an &C
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Faint Recovery5igns
Appear in Sleepy
Stock Market
BY the Associuted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 2e.-Faint
signs of improvement appeared
today in doing stock market.
Demand was far from aggressive
but gains running to around a
point were posted for meridian
dising, aircraft, railroad and other
selected issues. y
Turnover was small even for a
Saturday. Transactions during
the first hour amounted to only
90, 900 shares and business for the
full session ran at the rate of
around 250,000 shares.
Store Shares Gain.
Higher prices were paid most of
the time for Montgomery Ward,
Sears-Roebuck, Woolworth, Doug
las Aircraft, Glenn Martin, Lock-
heed, Plymouth Oil, Santa Fe, New
York Central, P Penns yltania
Southern Pacific, Southern Rail-
way, Chrysler, Firestone, Inter-
national Paper, Paramount Pic
lures, goth Century-Fox and In
ternational Nickel
Balky spots included United
States Steel, Oliver Corp, Allied
Chemical. Gulf Oil and American
Woolen.
Comparatively active in the
bond market were Third Avenue
adjustment SIS. up about p point.
Business elsewhere was negligible
Higher in the curb were
Niagara Gas, Barium Steel, BURY
Biscuit, Carr Consolidated Biscuit,
Fansteel Metallurgical and Hum
BILE Oil. Eastern Malleable Iron
dropped 9A points on an odd
lot transaction, the first sale of
the year.
Sales Rise Expected.
Demand for merchandising
issues may have hinged on the
theory that seasonal factors may
soon boost sales of consumer
goods. In addition, employment
is starting to pick up again. which
puts more money in the spending
stream.
The annual report of Mont
gomery Ward issued during the
week disclosed the care with which
merchandisers are approaching
an uncertain future. inventories
of goods were down. for instance,
while working capital increased.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Threats to Conference
Reported by Russians

MOSCOW. Mar. 26 (Pl.-Tass,
the official Soviet news agency, re
ported today participants in the
New York world peace congress
are being threatened.
Various reactionary organi-
cations are threatening the Or
ganizers and participants in the
congress with force. declaring the
building where the congress is
proceeding will be subjected to
strengthened picketing." said the
dispatch printed in Moscow news
papers,. -. "a
The papers carried no comment
on the congress.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Sea Ordeal May Win
U. S. Stoy for Chinese
BY the Associofed Press

Senator Magnuson, Democrat,
of Washington says the Navy
learned so much from a Chinese
seaman who spent 113 days on a
raft during the war that the man
should be granted permanent
American residence.
The Senator offered a bill yes
terday to give that privilege to
Poon Linn. who wrote new page
in the textbook of survival tech
nique after British merchant
ship was torpedoed under him.
The sailor nabbed a raft pro-
visioned for only so days and
eating birds caught by hand and
fish shared with a watch-spring
hook, sat it out until he was
picked up off the coast of Brazil
Fire will have surplus bacon fol
export in 1949-first time in II
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Peace Farley Jeers Charges of Outside Allegiance
Continued From First Page.

and behind the Iron Curtain
pleaded their case for peace in
today's troubled world.
The three Canadians taken into
custody by immigration officials
were repeatedly questioned about
the legality of their entrance into
the country.
They were named as Barker
Farley, vice president of the Ca
madam Council of American
Soviet Friendship: his wife Mar
garet, a member of the Cultural
Committee of the Canadian Labor
Progressive (Communist) Party,
and John Goss, actor and thea
ter director.
Conference, officials said only
Cess is delegate and that he was
not disturbed at the dais last night
where he sat as an honored guest.
immigration officials in Wash
ington said Goss and Mrs. Fair
ley were released after question:
ing and allowed to return volun-
tarily to Canada.
Farley, whom they described
as a visiting guest professor at
Columbia University, was re-
leased and allowed to remain in
this country.
No reason was given for the
questioning Of the trio.
Pickets March Outside.
Outside. surging back and forth
and praying and chanting in the
drizzle, was a police-eStimated
throng of 1000 persons of mixed
religious and racial background.
With placards and shouts they
protested the conference, the full
title of which is the Cultural and
Scientific Conference for World
Peace. :
Generally, the pickets were loud
but orderly. There was one fist
fight and some noisy arguments.
But a large band of police was
not required to make any arrests.
Yesterday, at one point, pickets
knelt in prayer outside the Wal
dorf on Park avenue.
One picket wore monocle. His
woman companion had on a mink
coat. Seven crippled war veterans
wheeled their chairs back and
forth in the line for about Is
minutes.
Crowds of curious lined Park
Avenue to watch. Police said there
were 5000 spectators on hand at
one time.
Counter Rally Planned.
A counter rally was to be held
today few blocks away by Amer
leans for Intellectual Freedom.
group opposed to the Waldorf
conference.
Opponents of the peace confer
ence charged that it is dominated
by pro-Communist delegates. This
repeatedly was denied by the con-
ference chairman, DR.. Harlow
Shapley. Harvard University as
tronomer.
DR.. Shapley told the conference
at the opening dinner that we
come here with humility and
to ask the simple and ageless
question: How can men live in
peace?'"
But Americas Secretary of
State. Dean Acheson, has called
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Gas Strikes Arsenal
In Storm, Killing Two
BY the Associated Pres,

DENVER, Mar. 26.-Groping
through a binding snowstorm, an
Air Force Cas- last night smashed
into building at the Rocky
Mountain Arsenal. The two crew.
men aboard were killed.
Lowry Air Force base officials
said the plane was returning to
Denver after a flight to Hill Base.
at Ogden, Utah. There were two
explosions after the plane smashed
into a frame building but only
small fires broke out.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Senator Says Support Price
Books Are Out Of Balance
by the Assoeiotsd Press

Senator Williams, Republican,
of Delaware said today the books
of the Government agency which
supports farm prices ARE over
$3.50, 100000 out of balance" and
he wants 10 know why.
Senator Williams drew an angry
protest from Senate Leader Lucas
of Illinois last night when he tried
to get unanimous approval for
immediate delivery to the Senate
of the Commodity Credit Corp. s
records.
Senator Lucas declared that
Senator Williams was making a
speech only fof the purpose Of
smearing that corporation and for
the purpose of getting his name
in the headlines.
II say that it's unfair" he
shouted. II say that it's the wrong
procedure. I say it is political
and nothing else"
Senator Williams retorted that
Senator Lucas was afraid to have
these records presented here be-
fore the Senate" If anybody was
injecting politics into the issue, he
added, it was the Democratic
leader.
Evening star., 1949-03-26

W a S fou d
strangled in
her luxurious
Park Avenue
apartment.
Police said
wealthy Mrs.
Helen Reinberg,
81, was slain
by her love-
S m i t ten but
spurned Ian
guage tn t or,
who then flung
himself beneath
the wheels of a
subway train
Evening star., 1949-03-26
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. ga Sc
quence of scorned love. murder
and suicide was described by po-
lice today after a society matron
Evening star., 1949-03-26

tCOnClHueQ rIOUl ClISU Idec.'
Albert Allen Avery, SO, off school
roof, fatally injuring him.
The tornado at Desdemona in
jured at least 18 persons.
M. L. Arthur of the highway
patrol radio station said the four
persons seriously injured at
Springtown were taken to a hos
pital at Fort Worth.
Evening star., 1949-03-26

Ecuador's airline has extended
it's service to the highland cities
of Riobamba and Ibarra.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
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