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Evening star., 1950-01-10
.5esqui Official Warns
That Freedom Fair Is
Close 10 Dissolution

Leo M. Bernstein. real estate
man who is one of the chief own
ers of the organization leasing
exhibit space for the Freedom Fair,
has warned the Sesquicentennial
Commissions Executive Commit
tee that the fair is "in danger of
dissolution"
The Executive Committee re-
Gently decided to curtail tempo
rarily all activities in connection
with the fair and review existing
commitments. At the same time
the committee decided to recon-
mend that the fair be postponed
from this year to 1851.
In letter to the committee last
Friday Mr.. Bernstein wrote: IF we
continue to hold all plans and ac-
tivfties at standstill for more
than one more week it will be i'm
possible to do the job properly.
Such an eventuality would In a
sense. be a national calamity and
should be avoided for reasons of
sound public policy"
Government Spent Nothing.
Mr.. Bernstein said the record
OF the National Capital Sesqui-
centennial Leasing Bureau shows:
81. Not a dime was spent by
the Government, while in excess
of $28,00 has been spent out of
our initial $4,000 earmarked for
initial space-leasing activities.
"2. No reimbursement except
what might result from successful
performance on our part.
IS. Mr.. Barron Garter T. Bar
ron, executive vice chairman of
the commission) requested us to
lease $4,000, 900 worth of space
within 100 days. We accepted
the assignment and started abso-
lutely from scratch. Tools vital
to space sales. such as a legally
approved contract. forms, ETC.,
were not available. Nevertheless
a headquarters was set up, staff
was organized and within the
short space of IS days commit
ments have been obtained for
81 10000 worth of space. This
space has been allotted.
Assumed Risks.
a. Without any Government
subsidy whatsoever-entirely with
our own capital-with great faith
in the Sesqui and what it might
accomplish-we willingly assumed
the serious risks involved. This
despite the fact that the commits
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Negro in Mississippi
Charges ; White Men
Killed ; in Family
BY the Associated Press

INssa~S SIS sss
BY the Associated Press
KOSCIUSKO, Miss, Jan. 10.-A
critically wounded Negro early
today gasped out story that
three white men massacred three
members of his family after at
tempting to rape his 14-year-old
stepdaughter.
The Negro, Thomas Harris, was
shot in the back and lung. One
hundred white possemen combed
Central Mississippi for two of the
white men, a third was captured
yesterday.
District Attorney Henry Rodgers
identified the captured man as
t Malcolm Whit, 80. He said the
two still hunted are Leon Turner,
38-year- -old former convict, and
Wendell Whit. Malcolm's "a
year -old brother.
Escaped With Can Opener.
Mr.. Rodgers said all three had
been held in Attala County jail
on charges of attempting to rape
the IA year old stepdaughter
Pearline Thurman. But II days
ago they escaped. using a beer
can opener to dig a hole in a cell
wall.
Mr.. Rodgers said Mr.. Harris
gave him this statement:
The two Whitts and Turner
came to his home late Sunday
night.
They marched Mr.. Harris into
the kitchen while one Whit stood
guard at the front door and the
other at the back. Turner shot
Mr.. Harris in the back and then
went into the bedroom where he
killed three children: frankie c.
Thurman. 10; Mary Burnside. 8,
and Ruby Nell Harris, 4. The
relationship of the children to Mr..
Harris was not Immediately de-
termined.
Armed With Rifles and Pistols.
The attackers we're armed with
a % rife, another rife of unde-
termined caliber, and a .38-caliber
pistol.
Mr.. Rodgers said Pearlire told
him she hoped out of bed and
ran to the back door but was
turned back by one of the Whitts.
She then scampered through the
front door and under the house
only to be pursued by the other
Whit who told her he would kill
her If she did not cone out.
AS she came out and started up
the front steps. Turner sho. her il,
the arm and right breast, Mr.
Rodgers quoted her as saying
/ She rested until she regained
some strength and then went to
the home of neighbors to summon
help.
Earlier, Deputy Sheriff Everett
Bailey had identified the dead chill
dren as Sonny Man Harris, 49, Nell
Harris, 4, and Mary McAtee, Z, a
half-sister, and the wounded girl
as Berlina Harris, Is.
Wife Fled in Nightclothes.
Mr.. Bailey said he had been given
those names by persons living in
the neighborhood. The discrep-
ancy between the identifica lions
given by Mr.. Bailey and those CIV
en- by Mr.. Rodgers was not ex-
planned.
Mr.. Bailey said Mr.. Harris wife
fled in her nightclothes, taking
with her an infant child only q
| few weeks old.
/ He attributed the shooting tc
mistaken vengeance" He said
officers were convinced the white
men returned and shot the Ne.
groes because they believed Mr.
Harris had turned them over tt
police last December,
i Actually. Mr.. Bailey said. the
tip on the whereabouts OF the
trio in December came from an
other source.
More than 100 white possemer
combed Central Mississippi fol
more than "a hours after the
shooting. They captured the elder
Whit at noon yesterday as be
attempted to escape in a COM
m ndeered truck
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Jap Industry Minister
Urges Red Chino Trade
BY the Asseeiaied Pres,

TOKYO, Jan. 10.-Japan's Min
lister OF International Trade and
Industry declared yesterday there
was need for "normalizing" jap
anese trade with Communist
areas.
Speaking to Japanese reporters,
Heitaro Inagaki said that by this
he meant restoring to the maxi
mum amount possible Japan's
prosperous prewar trade" with
China.
He said direct trade was still
difficult" SO it would be necessary
to make multilateral trade agree
ments with Hong Kong, India and
Pakistan as relay points for COM
merce with Red China.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Maurice Nee Elected Head
OF National Furniture Group
BY the Assoeiafed Press

CHICAGO, Jan. TO- Maurice
Nee, a 34-year-old businessman
from Washington, D. c., Is the new
head Of the National Retail Fur
niture Association.
The associations Board Of Di-
rectors elected Mr.. Nee president
today at meeting held during the
annual midwinter Home Furnish
ings Show.
Mr.. Nee, treasurer of the P. j.
Nee Furniture Co., Washington,
heads the Retail Advisory Com
mittee Of the Commerce Depart
ment.
The show opened yesterday with
the heaviest f1rst-day registration
in its history. It has two sections
the American furniture mart
and the merchandise mart.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
HaIsey Has Cataract
Removed From Other Eve
BY the Assoeiofed Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 10.-Ad-
miral William F. (BulD Halsey is
a patient at Johns Hopkins Hos
pital, where a cataract was re-
moved from his right eye, the hos
pital disclosed last night.
The famed World War II task
force commander entered the
hospital January 2 and the opera
ton was performed the next day
by DR.. Angus L. MacLean. The
operation was an apparent sue
cess and the retired admiral is
progressing satisfactorily, a hos
pital spokesman said.
A cataract was removed from
his left eye at Johns Hopkins last
November. Admiral Halsey re-
fused to submit to the second
operation during that stay in the
hospital. He wanted to make sure
he would be able to see the Army.
Navy football game last Decem-
Der a. He saw Navy lose. $50.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Red Strike Delays Sailing
OF Troops to indo-Chino

MARSEILLE, France, Jan. 10
P).-A Communicated strike to-
day delayed sailing of a ship
carrying French troops to quell
uprisings in Indo-China.
Rail traffic also was disrupted
by a 24-hour walkout of railroad
workers called by the Communist
dominated General Confederation
of Labor (CGT) to protest send
ing of troops to Indo-C China,
where the French are fighting
Indo- Chinese Nationalist led by
Moscow trained Ho Chi Mini.
Scheduled sailing Of the French
liner Pasteur with 5000 troops
was blocked by, part Of the crew,
who went out on a 48-hour pro-
test strike. French authorities
threatened reprisals against crew.
men who persisted in refusing to
work.
Nom Communist unions refused
to join in the strikes which they
branded as political walkouts.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Cautious FriendIiness
To Red China Regime
Is Urged by Nehru
BY the Associoted Press

COLOMBO, Ceylon. Jan. 10
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru told the Commonwealth
Foreign Ministers today that
countries recognizing Communist
China must also extend cautious
friendliness to the Red regime
an informed source reported.
Representatives of the eight
Commonwealth countries-divided
on the issue of recognizing Mao
Tze-tung's Communist govern
ment now-diScussed China in q
closed session on the second day
of their conference.
Mr.. Nehru, whose government
already has recognized Communist
China, was reported to have said
there is not much point in estab-
fishing diplomatic relations with
the Peiping regime if countries
also simultaneously tried to hold
back on full diplomatic CO.
operation.
Four members of the Common
wealth-India, Pakistan, Ceylon
and Britain-have recognized
Communist China. Australia
Canada, New Zealand and South
Africa have not yet extended
recognition.
An informed source said some
of the Commonwealth foreign
ministers expressed the belief that
Nationalist China would be able
to keep her seat in the United
Nations by using her big-power
veto in the Security Council. The
Communist government has asked
the United Nations to expel the
Nationalists Chinese delegates on
the grounds that they no longer
recognize the Chinese people.
A communique said the minis
ters emphasized at today's meet
ing that the Commonwealth prac-
tice of allowing each government
to make its own decisions on all
important world problems, after
inter-governmental consultation,
would be adhered to.
Officials concerned with eco
nomic questions exchanged infor-
nation on developments arising
from the discussions in Washing
ton last September to halt the
drain on sterling-area gold re-
serves.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Million Strike in Italy
In Protest on KiIinq
OF 6 in Riot Yesterday
By the Assoeioted Press

ROME, Jan. 10.-Twenty -four
hour general strikes today stopped
industry and business through
most of Northern and Central
Italy in labor union pro-
test against the deaths of six
workers in riot clash with police.
More than a million workers,
led by 100000 members of the
metal workers union, struck on
orders Of the Communist -domi-
mated General Confederation of
Labor (CGID and Chambers of
Labor in various northern and
central provinces.
The six riot victims were killed
yesterday in a clash with police
at Modena. about Is miles north
west of Bologna. They were all
employees of pig iron foundry
there.
Thirty Others Wounded.
In addition to the dead an esti-
mated 80 others were wounded
when police sought to stop ap-
proximately 10000 strikers from
invading the Modena foundry.
Six policemen were among the
wounded and one was reported
near death.
The rioting started after the
foundry management decided to
reopen its works despite a break
down in negotiations with union
leaders which had kept the plant
closed for several weeks.
The CGIL and various labor
chambers called protest strikes in
Emergency Executive Committee
sessions following the midmorning
clash.
The exact number OF workers
involved in the walkout could not
be estimated Immediately, but was
well over million.
On top of the metal workers
walkout, general strikes were
called in the port city of Genoa
and its surrounding province, in
the highly industrialized North
Italian city Of Turin and in Venice
and Verona.
Cabmen Out Two Hours.
In Rome the taxi drivers quit
for two hours this morning.
In industrial Milan, which is
noted as Red stronghold, street.
car and bus operators stopped
work for two hours and Isl
minutes.
In the various provincial walk
outs. the anti-Communist Free
Confederation of Labour LCGIL)
refused to join the strikes. The
independent Italian Federation of
Labor (FID also stayed out of
the strike except at Modena,
where members were ordered to
join the walkout in mourning for
the dead workers.
In Modena the general strike
was observed by all categories of
workers.
Streets Of the city Of $4,000.
marked yesterday by bloody riot
ing. were almost deserted. Army
units guarded jails and public
buildings.
All public buildings, schools and
Sotres were closed.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
{. H. Harding Installed
Enqruvers' President

Earle H. Harding, an employe
of the Government Printing Office,
has been installed as president
of the Washington Photoengrav-
ers' Union, No. IT.
Installation ceremonies were
held Sunday at the Mayflower Ho-
tel. Speakers included Public
Printer John ]. Deviny. former
Representative Jenning RandolNt
of West Virginia and Lewis Hines
of the American Federation of
Labor.
Other officers installed were
George w. Warren, vice president;
Raymond B. Gettings, correspond
ing secretary; John G. Foy, jr.,
recording secretary: Alfred c..
Cunningham. financial secretary;
Erdman T. Stulz, treasurer, and
George j. Schombert, sergeant at
arms,
Evening star., 1950-01-10

Railroads supplied the steel in
dustry with 3.750.000 tons of scrap
metal in 1949, says the Institute
of Scrap Iron and Steel.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Woman GIod, Thief Mad;
SOC Was All She Had
BY the A.seeiated Pros.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. TO-
When a thug pointed a pistol at
Mrs. Jane S. Carey in suburban
Merton last night and demanded
her money. she just giggled.
This" said the robber sternly,
"is no laughing matter"
"Oh, yes. 1t is" replied Mrs.
Carey. because I have only so
cents in my handbag"
At that point, Mrs. Carey told
police later. the thief turned and
fed but not before he grumbied: 1:
Just my luck to nail . dame
with no dough"
Evening star., 1950-01-10
West Germany JobIess
Reoch New Postwar Peak
By the A.,oeiatsd Press

FRANKFURT, Germany. Jan
10.-Unemployment In Western
Germany hit its highest peak
since the war in December, Ger
man authorities said yesterday.
The number Of Germans out OF
work more than doubled in a year,
rising from $4,000 in December
1948, to 1853. .469 last month.
lets Be Thrifty in 195O-Buy
u. S. Savings Bonds"
Evening star., 1950-01-10

When lava from Mount Etna
swept over the city of Catania in
1859 AID, it is believed that 5000
people were killed.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Sam lano Free in Bond
To Await Appeal Of
Threats Conviction

Sam Lano. Prince Georges Coun-
ty slot machine operator convicted
of threatening a tavern keeper, re-
mained free today under $4,000
bond, pending an appeal.
Lano was found guilty yesterday
at Upper Marlboro of threatening
John c. Duffy, when the latter
temporarily stopped using Lane
machines in Duffy's Tavern
Brentwood.
Circuit Judge John B. Gray. jr.,
sentenced the 37-year-old defend
ent to spend year in the Mary
land House of Corrections. He said
Lano's act constituted a mild
form of blackmail."
Lano, who moved to Prince
Georges from New York, was tried
on two counts in a threat indict-
ment. Judge Gray found him
guilty Of misdemeanor but ac-
quilted him of a felony, which
would have carried a much heavier
penalty. The Judge said a techni-
cality saved Lano in the felony
case.
Absolved by Good Luck.
"It's probably more by good luck
than by management that the
facts absolve you from the more
serious crime" Judge Gray de-
clared.
Duffy and his wife testified that
last August 10 Lano warned them
some one is going to jail unless
they re-installed two of his ma
chimes. which had been replaced
by some owned by Hal c. Bell,
Mount Rainier. They also charged
Lano threatened to use his in
fluence with Mrs. Mary c. Brown
ing, chairman of the county ABC
Board, and other officials" to block
liquor licenses for the tavern.
Lano denied the accusations. He
said he went to the tavern to dis
cuss a loan Duffy had requested.
The States case centered on
four checks of $500 each, made
out by Duffy to Laro.
Checks Covered Loan.
The checks covered $1,000
loan, the Duffys said. All parties
agreed they were postdated and
were to be deposited one at a
time, over a period of several
weeks. Lano said he indorsed
them ahead of time and turned
them over to a Baltimore novelty
firm. which disregarded his in
structions to delay their deposit
One check was returned for lack
of funds.
When Lano came to their tav-
ern. the Duffys said. they offered
to pay him what they owed, but
he said he would rather have the
location" of his machines there.
Never in my life did I eve,
refuse any money" Lano told
Judge Gray. II love it too much"
Asked by his attorney whether
he had ever tried to use influence
to prevent issuance of a liquor Ii.
cense, Lano snapped: mo! I'm g
| stranger in this county"
Evening star., 1950-01-10

sion offered to pay only 5 per cent
as against the normal practice in
other fairs, where from 10 to 10
per cent was paid. We will be do
ing very we'll to divide a 2 per cent
net profit among the participating
interests after expenses.
The commission hopes to OBJ
tain $12,000,000 in all from the
leasing of space.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
172 Killed in Munhunt

Korea's biggest manhunt. fol-
lowing the recent escape Of 353
prisoners from Mokpo jail, in the
southwest, resulted in the killing
Of more than 172 escapes, some
Of whom were captured gueril-
las, Seoul reports.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
10 AIbanians Go on Trial
In Yugos|avia as Spies
BY the Associated Press

SKOPLJE, Yugoslavia. Jan. 10.
The trial of 10 Albanians charged
with spying and sabotage for the
Russian-led Cominform opened
yesterday.
Thus far only the initial indict-
Iment has been put on the record.
1t charges the defendants were
sent across the border to help the
Cominform's campaign against the
independent Yugoslav Communist
government.
The trial marks the third in
a series by which Premier Marshal
Tito has defended his independent
policy. The first was at the trial
of a group of Hungarians, all Of
whom were convicted. The second
was the trial of 10 White Russians
on similar charges. All drew prison
terms.
BELGRADE. Yugoslavia, Jan. 10
(P.-Twelve visiting British Labor
Party members of Parliament
called on the West yesterday to
help Marshal Tito in his struggle
against the Cominform.
The British legislators have
spent two weeks touring Yugo-
slavia.
A spokesman for the group.
Stanley Tiffany, said Yugoslavia's
experiment in government must
command world attention. The
Western democracies should aid
Yugoslavia.
When lava from Mount Etna
swept over the city of Catania in
1859 AID, it is believed that $4,000
-
Evening star., 1950-09-12
APARTMENTS WANTED

EMPLOYED GENTLEMAN desires ef-
f1clency apt. furnished or uLfurn.
in apt, bldg, ne. section. $50 max.
COLLEGE. GRAD, female. 81, desir-
Gus OF sharing apt. or house with
Circle VIC. AID. 1892, after $3.50 pm.
CLEAN. congenial. considerate family
OF adults need apt. with z bedrmS:s :;
EFFIciENcS St5 i2P1ots APT. Tor T. siri. fur. o.
500. ia. 6i75. N"' IA
BETHESDA OR CHEVY CHASE-Bus-
iaessman wife and grown chill
area. need 2-bedrmi apt: fapcr for sas ap-
%qvEL Wv VII 81 4i4S fffS SfS' SA S4S %sisFenefs
FURN. OR UNFURN. eficiency, in NV.
S93e, Ext. 2a3. after I pm. III
MATURE COUPLE. no children. de-
sire unfuFn E1o,.I g, or w 2bedFm S1tbIn sptdi
miles Of National Airport Well
trained Dachshund must be accept
able Occupancy Oct. 1915; APP
proX. S7o-SS5. Liberty $4,000, Ext.
56441. $500 pm. Box 1lI-&.
Star. l4s
YOUNG JEWISH MAN; Government
employe, desires 1-bedroom or eff
cheney furnished apartment, pvt.
bath and kitchenette; NV. preferred;
S60-S65 maximum. Call evenings,
DU $500, ext. 636. 13"
. YOUNG COUPLE need furn. efficiency
apt, L rm., kit, dinette, pvt. bath;
nearby Va. pref Reas. HO. 6I74.
PROFESSIONAL wants efficiency or
bedrm, in NV. apt. bldg; $50 max
jmum. Occupancy by Oct. 1St. AK.
1909. between g and 7 pm.
EXCELLENT CLIENT desires out
standing apartment. Prepared to
pay UP to $3.50 per mo. Call Mrs.
Dixon of JAMES L, DIXON AND
TAKoMA PARK. furn. or unfurn. p
bedrm. apt. needed; near Sanitar-
ium; adults. Phone SH. 1919. -12
GWU HOSPITAL VIC, 1-bedrm apt,
unfurn., reasonable; employed cple.,
college grads. EX. 1907 after g.
STUDIO or l bedrm.. unfurn; in or
near Dupont Circle area. DI. 2463
WANTED, by two permanent empl.
Govt. girls completely furn. apt
bedrm. with twin beds, liy. rm..
bath, suffic. closets, pvt entr. good
NV, D. C. or s. Arl. dist. Willing
to pay up to S120 incl utilities.
Call CO. 1000, Ext. 500 or S27. IA
FURNISHED APT. wanted for woman
and small housebroken dog in NV.
Sis max WI 22S2
Evening star., 1950-09-12
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Evening star., 1950-09-12
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

DENTAL OFFICE for sale or rent;
busy ne. practice. Dentist forced
into service. Phone HO. 1882; eve
ninus- I'M 35f5I. 17%
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ness, exclusive sales rights for large
area, partly established; Unlimited
possibilities for expansion. Price,
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Evening star., 1950-09-12
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