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Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1950-08-01

WAPATO, Wash. - Resumption
of work to finish the modern club
house for Filipinos in Wapato will
proceed this summer, as funds
already have been raised by pop
ular subscriptions. Estimated cost
of the building is $4,000.
The building will fill an urgent
need for larger social center and
a meeting place in the Yakima
Valley. When completed it will be
the most modern and best of its
kind in any Filipino community in
the United States.
Modest Start
The clubhouse is strictly a Fill
pino affair. There are no outside
investors. Il has had a modest be-
ginning. When Filipinos in the VAL
ley began to increase in number,
they began to feel need for a
meeting place. Roy Baldoz, Harry
Bucsit, Eufemio Parel, Ambrose
Javier, Polly Ibatuan, Emil Tadije,
and many other pioneers talked
1t over. The result was purchase
OF a lot which cost $1,000. The
amount was apportioned to those
interested at $40 a share, each buy
ing one share or more. They built
with volunteer service a small
building which, up to now, is serv-
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1950-08-01
YOUR RIGHTTOV VOTE
BY PRuDENCIos P. MORT. Secy.. Local II. CLIO.

Opinions expressed in con-
tributed articles do not neces-
sariIy carry the opinion of the
FILIPINO FORUM.-EditOr.)
To All Cannery Workers:
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1950-08-01

Upon your return to Seattle from
the canneries you will be given
ample opportunity to choose which
of three unions you would want
as your bargaining agent in 1851.
You will have to register your vote
at COL First Ave-, Seattle, Wash.
You will be free to vote for the
union of your own choice without
fear or intimidation. The frauds
and corruptions which were per-
petrated during the election in
Local 7-FTA last fall will not be
repeated. There will be no manip-
ulations of election machines; there
will be no seeking of anybody's
law inside the polls, for there will
be no stooges manipulating cleo
ton machines and tampering with
absentee ballots. For certain, the
IGNOMINIOUS FRAUD perpe-
trated by the Election Committee
in Stockton when 1853 ghost ballots
were cast will not be repeated
here. The NLRB election will be
supervised and conducted by gov
eminent officers who would not be
bribed to manipulate the election
for someone. The election will be
honest and fair.
Who Can Vote?
Only the men employed by the
Alaska Salmon Industry for the
1850 season in the canneries for
merly under Local 7-FTA will be
allowed to vote. All of the men
in these canneries will be allowed
70 vote. Members of Local TIC,
no matter how long they have been
to Alaska, would not be allowed
to vote Just because they are mem
berS of Local TIC. So, membership
books fraudulently issued by Off
GERS of Local &c will serve no
purpose in this election. NLRB
officers assured all parties con-
cerned that the election will be
conducted as fairly as il could be
possible. Those who have gone to
Alaska by devious means-assum-
ing other peoples names - will be
checked by representatives of
Local 77-CIO ct the polls. Reports
from Alaskan canneries reveal
number of men. assuming other
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1950-08-01

roaded to some canneries. The
names of these men are now in
the files of Local 77-CIO and will
be submitted to the Office of NLRB
Just to prove that even dispatch
ing by the Alaska Salmon Industry
is not free from irregularities.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Zenith Says 'Phonevision
Has Films Cooperation
By the Assoriutsd Press

CHICAGO, Dec. Motion pic
ture producers have dropped their
opposition to Zenith Radio Corp. s
"phonevision" plan for television,
Zenith announced today, and are
cooperating fully.
A Zenith spokesman said the
decision by the film companies to
allow use of their films came
after months of debate and ne
gotiatiop. growing out of the revo-
lutionary nature of the expert
ment."
Phonovision is a plan whereby
televiewers can pay to see first
run movies in their homes. A 90
day test of the plan, scheduled to
start today, will be delayed several
days pending final selection of the
films to be used, Zenith stated.
From the lists of films now be-
ing made available for the phone
vision test" the spokesman said.
ut will be possible to select a true
cross-section of features of all types
so as to make the 80 films to be
used truly representative of
the motion picture industry's fea-
ture production"
When the test starts, 300 Sc
lected Chicago families will be Of
fered a new feature film each eve
ming for 80 dayS.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Mrs. Esther Bird Is Dead;
Artist 10 Be Buried Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Esther
Brock Bird. about go, artist and
world traveller, were to be held
this afternoon in the Centreville
(Va) Methodist Church. Burial
was to be in st. Johns Church
Cemetery there.
Mrs. Bird died Wednesday in
Physicians Hospital. Warrenton,
Va, after long illness. She lived
in Clifton, Va.
Mrs. Bird was a native WASH
ingtonian and lived here for many
years. Her husband, the late
Adriel Bird, was a well-known Dis
trict lawyer at one time.
A graduate of Mckinley High
School, she later graduated from
Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N. Y.
She taught for a short period in
the Arts and Crafts School here
after study abroad. She exhibited
her works in New York, Washing
ton and Honolulu. Her travels
had taken her to Europe, South
America and the Orient.
She leaves a brother, Walter B.
Brock of Marion. N. Y; two sis
tiers. Miss w. c. Holmes of Brook
lyn, N. Y, and Mrs. Marion B.
Fitzpatrick of Clifton, and one
nephew, Comdr. Fenelon A. Brock.
U. S. N.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Probe Of Attempt on Life
OF Truman JaiIs Witness
BY the Associofed Press I

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-Juar
Correa, AZ, was sentenced to sc
days in Jail yesterday when he
baked in answering qdestions be-
fore a Federal grand jury in
vestigating the attempted assas-
sination of President Truman.
Federal Judge Gregory F. Moo
nan. who imposed sentence, de-
scribed the witness conduct as
"contumacious and contemptuous.
The United States attorneys
Office refused to disclose details
of Correa's actions which led to
the contempt sentence.
Correa was picked up by Secret
Service agents soon after the No
vember / attempt on the Presi-
dents life. They seized him as
he walked into the Bronx home of
Oscar Collazo, one of the two
Puerto Rican gunner who made
the assassination attempt.
Collazo. who was wounded, has
been charged with the murder of
a White House guard. His COM
panion,s Griselio Torresola, was
slain.
Correa, who later was released
from custody. had been ordered
to appear before the jury investi-
eating New York angles of the
death plot.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Mrs. Sarah K. Books, 81,
Dies After Week S Illness

Mrs. Sarah Kaufman Books
81, widow of former president
of the Pennsylvania Medical Asso-
citation. died Wednesday at Prince
Georges General Hospital after a
weeks illness.
Mrs. Books, who came here in
1912. lived at 4214 Fifty-fourth
place, Bladensburg, Md. Her hus-
band, DR.. B. F. Books, died in
1918.
A native of Mifflintown, Pa,
she was born on a farm there
originally granted to the Kauff-
man heirs by William Penn in
the late seventeenth century. The
farm is still owned by the family.
She married DR.. Books 81 years
ago and lived in Altoona, Pa, at
the time of his death.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Blanche Alberti of the home ad-
dress; a son. E. j. Books of San
Lorenzo. Calf; six grandchildren,
and nine great grandchildren. A
sister. Mrs. David Seiber, lives in
Thompsontown, Pa.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. tomorrow in the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints, 2715 Twenty-second street
NE. Burial will be in the family
plot. MifflintoWn.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Mrs. Peak Dies in Hospital,
Insurance Mans Widow

Mrs. Frances L. Peak, 7S, for
many years active in charitable
and religious affairs, died Wednes-
day at Georgetown Hospital after
a brief illness. She lived at 1852
Wyoming avenue NV.
Mrs. Peak was born in st. Marys
County, Md, and lived in WASH
ington most of her life. She was
the widow of Louis r. Peak, for
mer secretary of the old Corcoran
Fire Insurance Co. and long en-
gagged in real estate and insurance
business.
At the time of her death Mrs.
Peak was associated with the
Christ Child Society. the Catholic
Home for Aged Ladies. the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution
and the Washington Club.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Louis j. Murray of the home
address. and Mrs. Joseph j. Crow
ley, 18 West Irving street, Chevy
Chase. Md: a son, Louis F. Peak,
1851 Chesterfield place NV, and
seven grandchildren.
Requiem mass will be held at
10 am. tomorrow in st. Pauls
Catholic Church. Fifteenth and v
streets NV. Burial will be in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Refugee Swaps Truck
For Wife in Berlin
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN, Dec. IA political
refugee from the Soviet zone bar
tered his truck to the Commu-
mist Peoples Police to liberate his
wife from a Potsdam prison.
The strange exchange took place
last night at the Glienicker
Bridge. which divides West Berlin
from the zone.
AS Russian sentries armed with
machine pistols watched curiously.
eight officers of the East German
state security service drove up to
the city limits and let Mrs. Anna
marie Meissner. 48. out Of their
car.
Her husbands truck rolled into
the Soviet zone at the same mo-
ment as she crossed to Allied
occupied territory.
Since June 3 she had been held
incommunicado in Potsdam. Her
husband had managed to escape
from similar arrest on June 16.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Jewish Tribunal Clears Man
OF Concentration c camp Death

NEW YORK. Dec. IAN unof-
fetal tribunal, acting under an
cient Jewish custom, has cleared a
former German concentration
camp inmate of any guilt in the
death of a fellow prisoner five
years ago.
Mager Mittelman, "a, an Oil
phant CPa.) chicken slaughterer,
was exonerated unanimously by
the three-man tribunal yesterday.
The charge was brought by
Benjamin Krieger, ~. Brooklyn
fish dealer.
Mr.. Krieger charged that Mr..
Mittelman. whom he named as a
trusty at the Muhldorf concentra-
ton camp, fatally beat Mr.. Krie-
gers brother, zelman, when he
sought q. second bowl of soup.
Mr.. Mittelman, denying the
charge, claimed he never knew
either of the Krieger brothers un-
til Benjamin spied him on a street
in Brooklyn last June and said he
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Bill Filed on Holiday Time
For Police and Firemen

Metropolitan, White House,
Park Police forces and District
Fire Department personnel would
be given compensatory time off
when they work on holidays, under
a bill recommended to Congress
by the District Commissioners.
The measure was one of three
requested yesterday by the city
heads in communications sent to
Speaker of the House Rayburn
and referred to the District Com
mittee. The bills are not expected
to be considered until the 82nd
Congress convenes next month.
The police and fire bill would in
clude, as holidays, the Presiden-
tial Inauguration, New Years Day,
Washington's Birthday. Fourth of
July, Memorial Day, Labor Day,
ArmiStice Day, Thanksgiving Day
and Christmas.
Another bill requested by the
commissioners would double the
present daily fee of IS for jurors
in condemnation proceedings in
stituted by the District.
The third measure would permit
the commissioners to settle claims
and suits against the District up
to $4,000. The limit now is $5, 1000.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Three Notes Indicate
Murder and Suicide
In Fatal Auto Blast

Fragments of three notes pieced
together by police today indicated
murder and suicide in the bomb
deaths of a jealous suitor and his
17-year- old sweetheart as they sat
in an automobile parked in the 500
block of Tenth street Sc. Thurs
day night.
The coroner's Office today issued
death certificates to the effect that
James William Woodward, 26, set
off the explosion in which he and
Miss Mary Fay Combs died in
front of the girls home at SIT
Tenth street Sc.
The notes we're blasted to bits
and scattered about the bomb
torn interior of the car, according
to Inspector Robert v. Murray
chief of detectives, and Capt. Jerry
F. Flaherty, head of the homicide
squad.
One fragment. officials said, bore
Woodwards signature, a second
contained the words, ITO Whom 1t
May Concern" and another re-
vealed line written by Woodward
to the effect that he planned to
kill himself and his sweetheart.
Neither Of the three notes has
been pieced together completely as
yet.
Woodward, manager of a farm
near Hume, Va, drove to WASH
ington Thursday night, police were
told. to attempt a reconciliation
with Miss Combs.
The girl, who had been trying
to break off with him, had con-
sented to discuss matters in his
car before going on bowling date
with another young man.
Police said Woodward was "in-
sanely jealous" ana apparently
detonated the bomb after the girl
refused to make up with him. The
explosion hurled Miss Combs to
the sidewalk. Woodward's body
was found in the remains of the
front seat.
The girl and twin sister, Fran
els. had been employed in a drug
store. Daughters of a farm family
OF 10, they came here several
months ago from Kentucky to live
with relatives.
Evening star., 1950-12-01

recognized him as the slayer of
Zelman.
Authorities here did not act on
the charge, because it involved an
incident outside the country.
The American Jewish Congress
took over. Mr.. Mittelman and Mr..
Krieger both agreed to appoint
ment of the tribunal. sponsored
by the congress.
The tribunal could not have i'm
posed any legal penalty if it had
upheld the charge, but such
ruling would have blackened the
accused, especially in the eyes of
fellow Jews.
The tribunals decision was
based partly on testimony that Mr..
Mittelman was near death at the
camp from illness at the time Of
the alleged beating, and could not
have committed any act of vio-
lence. Also. more than a dozen
inmates of the camp testified they
never heard of the incident.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Widow 10 Receive Medals
OF Korea Flyer Today

Officers and airmen at Boiling
Air Force Base will stage a for
NAL review this afternoon at
the presentation of posthumous
awards to the widow Of 1t. John
Neil Munkres, 26. a fighter pilot
killed in action near Korea.
Mrs. Munkres. who lives at 2S01
Quebec street NV, will receive
the Distinguished Flying Cross.
two Air Medals and the Purple
Heart conferred on her husband
for valor in action during So COM
bat missions over Korea.
1t. Munkres was attached to
the 315th Air Division in Japan
when his Mustang crashed into
the Sea of Japan last August. A
native of Weeping Water, Nebr.,
he graduated from West Point in
1916. He flew both jet Shooting
Stars and World War II Mustangs
in his combat missions.
Mrs. Munkres, the former Al
pher v. Vestal, daughter of Maj.
and Mrs. Van r. Vestal of 1901
Massachusetts, avenue NV. met
1t. Munkres while living in Japan
with her parents.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Woman Kills ) Children
And Self With Monoxide
BY the Assoeiated Press

ENGLEWOOD, N. j.. Dec. l.
An attractive 29-year-old wife
sheperded her three small children
into a closed garage last night and
took their lives and her own with
carbon monoxide fumes.
The bodies of socially promi-
nent Mrs. Margaret Thompson
Oppenheimer and the children,
two of whom had been stricken
with scarlet fever recently, were
found slumped in the family sta
ton wagon by her husband Will
liam.
He told police he returned home
from work about 9:55 pm. and
found the house empty. Mr.. OPP
penheimer said he then went to
the darkened garage and discov-
cred his family dead.
Mrs. Oppenheimer, clad in
blouse and dungarees. was found
in the front seat of the station
wagon. Her two young daugh-
ters. Ann Newton. 512, and Mary
Alice. 4. were found kneeling in
the back as if at play. They were
stricken with scarlet fever We'd
nesday. Her 1-yearold son. Will
liam. jr., was found on the floor.
Police listed the deaths as sui
eide and triple murder.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Danton Is Arraigned,
Pleads Not Guilty 10
Charge Of Killing Child

Andrew Danton, "a, former Gen.
sus Bureau employe Of the $500
block of Thirty ninth street NV,
was ordered held for action of a
Federal grand jury following ar
raignment on a murder charge at
Harrisonburg, Va. yesterday.
Danton is accused of killing his
4-year-old daughter, Lynn Fran
ces, and slugging his wife in an
attempt to wipe out his family
on Skyline drive two weeks ago.
Mrs. Danton is recovering from
serious head wounds in George
Washington University Hospital.
Chief Shenandoah National
Park Ranger G. B. Lilies told
United States Commissioner
Charles A. Nelson that Danton
had admitted he tried to wipe
out his family and kill himself
because of financial difficulties,
the Associated Press reported.
FBI Agent William H. Pryor
testified Danton had given him a
statement containing details Of
the attack. Danton said in the
statement. the agent testified.
that he planned the attack on
the spur of the moment when he
stopped the family automobile on
the drive south Of Front Royal.
ostensibly to take pictures. He
struck Mrs Danton with a ham
mer, beat his daughter to death
with a jack handle, slashed his
own wrists with a broken bottle
and drove his car over a cliff, &C
cording to the agents report of
the statement.
Defense Attorney Lloyd H. Drei-
sonstok of Washington, entered
plea of not guilty on behalf of
Danton. His questioning of pro-
secution witnesses indicated the
defense might be pegged to Dan
tons mental condition at the time
of the attack.
At the conclusion of the hear
ing Danton was returned to ti.e
Federal Reformatory at Peters,
burg. Va.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Arlington Rites Held
For Mrs. John P. Smith

Graveside services for Mrs. John
P. Smith, 66, widow Of an Army
major general, were held today
in Arlington Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith died Tuesday night
at Walter Reed Hospital after a
long illness. She lived at the
Wardman Park Hoetl.
Gen. and Mrs. Smith came here
in 1943 from Atlanta, Ca, where
he was in command of the 4th
Army Corps area. He was attached
to the Office Of Strategic Services
here until his retirement in 1945.
He died in 1948. Mrs. Smith was
the former Cornelia Parmelee.
Surviving are brother, Horace
j. Parmelee of New York City,
and sister. Miss Grace N.
Parmelee of Long Island, N. Y.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Word Received Of Death
OF Harry W. Siratfon

Word has been received here of
the death of Harry w. Stratton,
10, who formerly lived in Wash
ington and later became the dean
Iof organists in Buffalo. N. Y.
Private services for Mr.. STRAIT
ton, who died November 13 in
Buffalo. were held in that city.
Born in Pittsburgh, Mr.. STRAIT
ton came here as a child. His
father. the late James A. Stratton,
was formerly secretary of the
Civil Service Commission. A
graduate of Eastern High School,
Mr.. Stratton later studied piano
and organ here and abroad. For
many years he was organist of the
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
in Buffalo and active there in
musical recitals and choral socie-
ties.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Edna w. Stratton, and two sisters,
the Misses Grace B. and Margaret
B. Stratton. both of 1900 Reno
road NV.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
DR.. {. {. TumbIeson,
OF Hospital Staff in
Montgomery, Dies

DR.. Charles C. Tumbleson, 70, a
member of Montgomery County
General Hospitals medical staff
from its inception in 1920 until his
retirement last year, died yester-
day at the hospital. He lived at
Sandy Spring, Md.
DR.. Tumbleson was one of the
two doctors on the staff when the
hospital was opened during a flu
epidemic. He and DR.. j. w. Bird,
chief of staff since it's founding,
were forced to bring in patients
several months before the hos
pital's completion because of the
severity of the epidemic.
When the hospital was opened
there were only % beds. DR..
Tumbleson was one of those in
strumental in building the organi-
cation to its present 10-man staff
with So beds.
Born in Baltimore.
During his tenure there as a
general practitioner he was es-
pecially active in the pediatric
and anesthesia fields. He was one
of the two physicians on the hos
pitfalls governing board.
DR.. Tumbleson was born in
Baltimore. He was educated at
the Baltimore City College and
was graduate of both the Mary
land School of Pharmacy and the
College of Physicians and Sur
geons in Baltimore, now a part
of Maryland University.
From 1905 until 1920 he prac-
ticed in Guilford, Howard County,
Md: making his calls for the first
part of his career in a horse and
buggy.
Services to Be Private.
DR.. Tumbleson was a past presi-
dent of the Montgomery County
Medical Society and a member
of the Southern Maryland and
Medical Associations
and the Chirurgical Faculty of
Maryland. He also belonged to
the Sandy Spring Lions Club.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Gladys B. Tumbleson, and a Sis
ter, Miss Mabel Tumbleson of
Baltimore.
Funeral and burial services will
be private.
The family has requested that
flowers be omitted. Contributions
may be made to the hospital.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Miss Martha Fitzpatrick,
Lifelong Resident, Dies

Miss Martha Fitzpatrick, 76, a
lifelong resident of Washington,
died Wednesday at Washington
Sanitarium after two-month
illness. For many years she had
lived at the Wardman Park Hotel.
The daughter of Bernard and
Mary McWilliams Fitzpatrick. she
was a graduate of the Immaculate
Conception Academy. In World
War I she was employed by the
Treasury and War Departments.
Miss Fitzpatrick was a member
of the independence Bell Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, and other women's organ
iZations.
Surviving are two nieces, the
Misses Regina T. and Mary
Loretta Sullivan, both of 2618
Woodley place NV, and a
nephew. Frank M. Sullivan, 3945
Connecticut avenue NV.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. tomorrow in st. Matthews S
Cathedral. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Seventh-Doy Adventists
Plan TeIevision Series

The first of a series of religious
television programs sponsored by
the Seventh-day Adventist Tele-
vision Commission will be broad
cast Sunday over the American
Broadcasting Co. network. Origi-
mating in New York, it will be seen
locally at 1890 pm. over Station
WMAL-TV.
The project was inspired by the
growing desire for spiritual hope
and guidance in view of the pres
ent world outlook" said William
B. Ochs. chairman of the commits
mission. Similar programs are
planned later from Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Union Veteran, 106,
Dies; Only ID Left
BY the Associotsd Press

OREGON CITY, Greg, Dec. /.
Michael j. Thralls, a Civil War
veteran, died in a nursing home
yesterday at the age of LOG.
His death cut the fast dwindling
number of Union veterans to IA.
He was the third oldest of the
survivors. James A., Hard,
Rochester, N. Y, is 1O8 and
James w. Smith, Lebanon, Oreg.,
is 107.
Born January 16, 1914, he
served as a private in Company C,
57th Indiana Infantry and 4tt
v. r. C..
Evening star., 1950-12-01
No Visos Yet Required
OF U. S. Visitors to Cubu
BY the Assoeioted Press

HAVANA. Cuba, Dec. Min
lister of State Ernesto Dihigo said
yesterday that "for the moment
Cuba will not require United
States residents to obtain visas to
visit the country.
1t had been expected that such
visas would be required beginning
tomorrow in response to new
United States regulations requir-
ing Cubans to obtain visas.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
A-26 1.-THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. C.
I.
HttuptItttn

BECKER, LOUIS. An unveiling of a
z monument in memory of LOUIS BECKER.
late husband of Rose Becker and father
OF Arnold and Robert Becker, will be
held at Ohev Sholom Cemetery on De-
! cember 3. 1850 at 1880 pm. Relatives
and friends invited 3
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Qarn nf Ihanka

ANDREWS. WINSTON 1t is with the
deepest gratitude that we wish to thank
the friends of WINSTON ANDREWS for
Atheir many kindnesses at the time of
his death.
his WIFE. ALBERTA, HIS CHILDREN,
x EDITH AND WINSTON, Jr.; MIR. AND
N- MRS. CARL M. BEARD.