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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-06-03
Hold. First Ham
Show In N C..

RAEIGH, N. c.. (ANP) What
is believed to be the first ham
show ad sale ever staged by Negro
farmers in North Carolina was
held atthe F.C.X. in Smithfield,
last week at which time 80 prize
hams weighing 6O2h pounds were
sold at auction for $6O9.31, aver
aging $1.01 per pound.
The hams, all of which previous
ly had won blue ribbons in com
munity shows, averaged slightly
more than 20 pounds. Bids rang
ed from 60 cents to $3.50 per
pound.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shepperd Sanders
Route l., Clayton, received a hand
some trophy for exhibiting the
champion ham, which weight 49,
2 pounds and brought 1928.
Of the 46 hams exhibited, 33
were placed in the blue ribbon
class. The county show was pre-
coded by six community shows in
which 70 hams out of 154 were
placed in the blue ribbon group.
Evening star., 1950-10-10

current police graft scandal would
break. He said that when he as
sailed Mr.. McDonald's handling
of the inquiry he was upset about
the deaths of two policemen.
The investigation has turned up
a widening scandal since Mr..
lO'Dwyer left. One of Mr.. Nc
lDonald's revelations has been a
20-million-a-year gambling syn
dicate which allegedly paid 81 mil
lion year to police for protection.
Harry Gross, "a, reputed head
of the ring, is in Jail as material
witness in lieu of $250,00O bail.
Habeas corpus proceedings seek
ing his release in lower bail were
scheduled in court today. His
wife, Lila, signed the petition yes
terday.
Chairman Kefauver of the Sen
ate Com mittee Investigating
Crime is scheduled to start two
days of closed sessions tomorrow
in New York City or Newark, N. J.
Senator Kefauver said in Chi
cago that the hearings here or in
the New Jersey city will deal with
gambling transactions but are not
related to the Brooklyn gambling
graft scandal.
The Senator said the hearings
in this vicinity this week are mot
the committees all-out New York
investigation but just one little
phase of it,"
Evening star., 1950-10-10
Mrs. Howard ). Colt,
Wife Of Banker, Dies

Mrs. Howard S. Gott. 70, wife
of the president of the North
western Federal Savings & Loan
Association. died of a heart at
tack Sunday night at her home.
1929 Cathedral avenue NV.
One of II children, she was
born Cora Elizabeth Norris in
Poolesville, Md. She was the
daughter of John T. Norris, a
Poolesville postmaster and mer-
chant, and Margaret Ann King
Norris.
A Washington resident for the
last IS years, she married Mr..
Gott in 1898. Mrs. Gott was a
member of the Poolesville Presby-
terian Church and was active in
the English Speaking Union and
the National Society of Patriotic
Women of America.
Besides Mr.. Gott, she leaves a
daughter, Mrs. Mildred Gott
Bryan, wife of DR.. Ernest r.
Bryan. president of the Inter-
national Society of Christian En-
deavor. They live at 1903 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV.
Also surviving are a grand
daughter, Carolyn Norris Bryan,
and two sisters. Mrs. Mamie For
rest, 3179 Eighteenth street NV,
and Mrs. Mae Christmas, the
wyoming Apartments, 2O22 Co
lumbia road NV.
Funeral services will be held
at II am. Wednesday from her
residence. Burial will be in Mo-
nocacy Cemetery, Beallsville, Md.
Evening star., 1950-10-10
Blond Is Called Head
0fCounterfeiting Ring
BY the Associated Press


BALTIMORE, Oct. 10.-Hilda
B. Williams. 47-year-old blonde
awaiting trial on an abortion
charge. was described yesterday
as the financial backer of a
counterfeiting ring which Secret
Service Agents broke up here three
weeks ago.
The testimony was given at a
hearing before a United States
commissioner on counterfeiting
charge against Mrs. Williams.
Mrs. Betty Mae Rely said her
husband. who worked at an avia-
ton plant. printed the money be-
fore he died last May.
The widow testified Mrs. Will
liams came to her home a few
days after the funeral and asked
about "the stuff in the basement" !"
"On June "a I got car and
took the money over to Hilda, I"
Mrs. Rely testified. They wasn't
mine. It was her money what was
invested in that"
Secret Service agents confiscated
the bogus bills September 18 at
a downtown rooming house. They
included $4,000 in completed
counterfeits and $4,000 still in
process.
Donald M. Hines, 20, who had
a printing Office in the building;
Harry G. Fredericks, 81, of Ke-
coughtan, Va, and Chase Loomis,
so, who roomed in the building,
also face counterfeiting charges.
Evening star., 1950-10-10
Soup Toureen Pin
OF Epicureon Club
Is Given to Jurrin

Among those little emblems of
distinction, something new has
been added. The soup tureen has
taken its place in the buttonhole
The golden soup tureen in the
lapel means a member of the Epi-
curean Club, the organization of
Washington's chefs.
The first soup tureen emblem.
executed by Caldwell of Phila-
delphia and diamond-studded,
was presented last night to Claude
=. Jarrin, chef of the Wardman
Park Hotel and founder of the
organization. at an Epicurean Club
ceremony in the new Smorgaso-
bord restaurant at 2641 Connecti-
cut avenue.
The presentation was made by
Fred Gisler, president of the club.
Evening star., 1950-10-10
NAACP Calls on Pace
To Set Aside Death Verdict
By the Associated Press

The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie called on Army Secretary Pace
yesterday to set aside the court
martial verdict against 1t. Leon
Gilbert, colored.
1t. Gilbert, an officer of the
oath Infantry Division, was SEN
fenced to death after repeatedly
refusing to go forward during one
phase of the delaying retreat by
United Nations forces in Korea.
In a letter to Secretary Pace,
NAACP Director Clarence Mitchell
wrote:
ITO give him the death SEN
tence in view of his combat record
is so fantastic that we urge that
the Department of the Army i'm
mediately announce that he will
not be executed" he said.
Evening star., 1950-10-10
BY tho Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-Former
Mayor William O'Dwyer. making
a dramatic plane flight back to the
city. says he is available to testify
in the Brooklyn grand jury inves-
tigation of gambling graft pay
ments to police during his admin
iStration.
But he has not received any re-
quest to be a witness, he says.
Mr.. O'Dwyer, who soon is to take
up his duties as Ambassador to
Mexico, arrived here by plane from
Washington yesterday after a va
cation in California.
He told a special news confer
ence that he is sorry he ever had
called the Brooklyn gambling and
graft investigation a witch hunt. "
He said he now thinks the grand
jury is doing a magnificent job" ;"
The ex-Mayor declared he has
nothing but the highest compli-
ments" for the grand jury, District
Attorney Miles F. Mcdonald and
County Judge Samuel S. Leibo-
witZ.
Mr.. O'Dwyer said his charge Of
"Witch-hunt" and "Hitlerian tao
tics" in the investigation came
last July during an emotional
moment, which was most un-
fortunate"
Mr.. ODwyer, who left Office last
August 20, said that when he re-
signed he had no idea that the
Evening star., 1950-10-10
Shah of Iran Engaged to Wed
Tribal Leaders Daughter, 79
No Dute Set as Yet
For Young Monorch's
Second Marriage
By the Associated Press

TEHERAN, Iran, Oct. 10.-The
30-year-old Shah of Iran an
nounced today that he is engaged
to marry Saroya Esfandiari, 49,
year-old half-European daughter
of an Iranian tribal leader.
An official court communique
announcing the engagement gave
no date for the wedding. It will
be the Shah's second marriage.
Teheran newspapers predicted
the engagement yesterday after
Saroya's arrival here Saturday
with Princess Pahlevi CHAINS, the
Shah's sister.
Trans young Shah Reza Pahlevi
has been one of the worlds most
eligible prospective husbands since
he was divorced two years ago
from Empress Fawzia, the sister of
King Farouk of Egypt. Fawzia
during the couples nine-year mar
riage had borne the Shah daugh-
ter but no sons.
During his visit to the United
States last winter the personable
monarch caused appreciative f1ut-
ters in the hearts of American
girls with whom he danced at
numerous parties and during visits
at American night clubs.
His e-to-be is the daughter
of a German mother and of Khalil
Esfandiari, son of the late chief
of the Bakhtiari tribe. She re-
portedly was educated in Germany
and Switzerland. Reports here said
the Shah first met her in Paris
two years ago.
Evening star., 1950-10-10

Judge LeibowitZ yesterday SEN
fenced a suspended policeman,
Michael r. Reardon, jr., 40, to a
30-day jail sentence and a $3.50
fine for contempt of court.
Reardon told the grand jury he
was drunk and couldn't remember
the names of 10 policemen he saw
at a party given by Gross.
His brother James, 33, of West
port, Conn, a former policeman
who later was associated with
Gross in night club venture, had
been called in and told that if he
could give the desired information
his brother would go free.
In another action, Frank Erick-
sons younger brother was arrested
yesterday on gambling charges
similar to those that landed the
Evening star., 1950-10-10

Nations bookie kingpin behind
bars.
A grand jury accused the
younger man, Leonard Erickson,
At, of taking part in his brothers
remote-control bookie operation.
1t allegedly syphoned thousands
of dollars from New York horse
players to New Jersey bet centers.
Leonard was accused of book
making until last May, when a
raid on his older brothers Office
brought the vast, multimillion
dollar gambling structure tum-
bling down upon them both.
Frank Erickson. 54, was sem
fenced to two years last June after
the raid on his Office netted a
truckload of betting records. He
also was fined 100000.
Evening star., 1950-10-10
Employment Unit to Hear
Hershey on 'Munpower'

Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
selective service director, will ad-
dress the District chapter of the
international Association of Pub
lie Employment Services at Z pm.
tomorrow in the penthouse of the
North Federal Security Building,
Third street and independence
avenue S.W.
Gen. Hershey will speak on
THE Problem of Meeting Military
and Civilian ManpoWer Needs
This Coming Year" The meeting
is open to the public.
Evening star., 1950-04-27

Europeans in Southern Rhode
sia now may buy local cigarettes
at eight for 2 cents.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Press-CIub-Menber Truman
Helps the Boys Mark Founding

members of the National Press
Club who served in World War II
Nine members of the club were
to receive recognition.
For their long service in the
Senate and House press galleries
Mr.. Truman presented certificates
to Hal Harrison Smith, New York
Times. and to Mr.. Wright. The
documents of praise also were pre-
sented to G. Gould Lincoln of The
Star, and Arthur Sears Henning
of the Chicago Tribune. In the
absence of Mr.. Lincoln, Herbert
F. Corn, managing editor of The
Star, received that award, and
Philip w. Dodd took the honors
for Mr.. Henning.
In recognition of younger men,
bers of the club, certificates were
presented to Wallace E. Clayton
of The Star; Nathanial M. McKit-
terick, McGraw-Hill Publications:
Neil MacNeil, United Press Asso-
citation and Maurice Palmer, Inter-
national News Service.
President Truman also presented
certificate for outstanding serv-
ice to the press over a long peyiod
OF years" to William D. Hassett, a
presidential secretary.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Soviet Production Up

MOSCOW (P).-The u. S. s. r
Central Statistical Administration
announced today that industrial
production in the Soviet Union for
the first quarter of 1850 was %
per cent higher than in the first
quarter of 1949. (These Soviet
announcements never give COM
parable figures. The announce
ments are always in terms of per-
centages.)
The communique said that al
though production rose markedly
in the first quarter of this year,
some individual ministries did
not meet their quarterly plan pro-
duction quotas. This was laid to
failure to fulfill January assign
ments because of lack of pre-
paredness of a number of enter
prises for difficult conditions" of
this years winter.
However, the statement added,
"in February and especially in
March, the underfulf1llment of the
January plan was made up in
significant measure"
Evening star., 1950-04-27

Harry S. Truman, a member OF
the National Press Club, said
hello to the boys last night.
1t was the 42d anniversary OF
the clubs founding. And many
of the 80 original charter members
plus about 500 others, turned out
to greet their most distinguished
member.
1t was an informal affair. In
one part of the auditorium was a
lounge. Hereafter it probably
will be known as the Truman
flreside. In it sat the President
Radford Mobley, president of the
Press Club: Admiral Forrest Sher-
man, Chief of Naval Operations
and Justice Clark of the Supreme
Court.
Opposite this distinguished
gathering sat two of the elders
They were Ralph Spike" Collins
"a, editor of the General Press
Association and an organizer OF
the club in 1908. He has just
recovered from an illness of four
weeks. Near him was James
Lloyd Wright, "a, Of the Buffalo
Evening News, who later in the
evening received a certificate OF
recognition from the President
for his long and efficient service
in the House and Senate press
galleries. He has been a club
member for IS years. He ap-
peared on crutches, evidence of an
accident he suffered on a recent
assignment.
Many of the members remem-
bered when the club was just a
small gathering place for news
papermen in another building. To-
day it is considered the largest
permanent press club in the world
with more than 5000 members.
Paul Wooton, correspondent of
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
and a past president of the club,
acted as master of ceremonies.
AS Admiral Sherman looked on,
Mr.. Truman unveiled a scroll
dedicated to Is news correspond
ents and photographers who lost
their lives during the late war.
He also dedicated a plaque in
Scribed with the names of the 1872
Evening star., 1950-04-27
New West Union Urqed

PARIS P.-French govern
ment leaders have proposed an
other step toward unification of
the Western world.
A foreign Ministry spokesman
said Foreign Minister Robert
Schuman is ready to advocate an
overall organization of nations
now belonging to the North At
1antic pact, the Council of Eu-
rope, the Brussels pact and the
Marshall Plan.
The proposed organization, the
spokesman continued, would unity
political and economic policies
as well as military plans.
Mr.. Schuman has in mind, his
spokesman explained, an agency
of even wider scope than the
supreme Atlantic Council for Eco.
nomic and Social Cooperation
suggested a week ago by French
Premier Georges Bidault in 8
speech at Lyon. Mr.. Bidault anc
Schuman are in full agreement
on the new idea, the spokesman
added.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Congress 10 Sample Cheese
From 7 States, Give Verdict
Star Staff Photo.
BY the Associated Press

A bitter-end match has been
arranged in Congress between a
slab of Wisconsin cheese and a
chunk of cheese from Ohio, each
weighing in at rs pounds.
II hope politics won't enter into
this" said Representative Law
renee H. Smith, Republican, of
Wisconsin.
Mr.. Smith, manager of the Wis
consin entry, challenged Repre-
sentative McSweeney, Democrat,
of Ohio to the contest in an effort
to settle dispute over the rela-
tive merits of Ohio and Wisconsin
cheeses.
The two 75-pound cheese
wheels will be cut in half and
samples of each will be served in
the Senate and House restaurants.
The lawmakers will be asked to
hand down their decision.
Evening star., 1950-04-27

The Republicans may have
found the Achilles Heel Of the
Democrats Congressional Baseball
Team.
With a record of two defeats
behind them in the annual con-
test at Griffith Stadium TO raise
funds for The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. the Repub-
lican high command is exploring
the field of subtle strategy,
A chance remark by RepreSen-
tative Auchincloss, Republican. of
New Jersey. opened new vistas.
Representative AuchincloSs was
offering his services as trainer TO
the Republican manager. Repre-
sentative c. II. tRunt) Bishop
Back of him is a record as one of
Yale's outstanding stars. service
in military intelligence during
World War ! and a career as
president and chairman of the
board of New York's Better Busi-
ness Bureau.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Mexico Fines Owners
OF 5 U. 5. Fishing Boats
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

TAMPICO, Mexico. April 27.-
Owners of five United States fish,
ing boats were fined 5000 pesos
| t$578) each yesterday for catch
| ing shrimp off Mexico's Gulf
/ Coast.
The fine was imposed by the
Mexican Navy Department as an
administrative measure.
Owners of the boats. all from
Texas ports. had not decided at
nightfall whether to pay or take
the case to regular court.
Joaquin Cinta Gomez, head of
the fishery Office of the Navy De-
partment. said the penalties were
imposed for fishing in Mexican
territorial waters without a per-
nit"
The United States Government
has asked the Mexican govern
ment for an explanation of the
incident, which involves the ques-
ton of how far territorial waters
extend.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Westinghouse Plants
Choosing Between CI0
And Expelled Unions
BY the Assocrafed Press

PITTSBURGH, April 27.-Near-
ly $1,000 workers in Westinghouse
Electric Corp. plants decide today
whether they want to be repre-
sented by an infant CIO union
or an independent union which
was thrown out of the CIO.
The vote in 40 of the corpora
tion's plants in 80 cities will go
long way toward settling a bit
ter labor dispute among 100000
men and women who make a large
share of the countrys electrical
Appliances.
The National Labor Relations
Board is supervising the bargain
ing election.
1t is on plant-by-plant basis
Conceivably Westinghouse could
wind up with 20 contracts with
the new CIO International Union
of Electrical Workers QUE) and
20 with the independent United
Electrical Workers (UE).
Murray Leads Fight.
The NLRB will begin tabulating
the vote at pm. Results will be
sent to the NLRB regional office
here. Regional NLRB Director
Henry Shore says enough results
should be available by midnight
to establish a trend.
CIO President Philip Murray
who led the fight to GUST the UE
from the CIO fold because of what
he calls it's left-wing tendencies
iswatching the voting closely.
Mr.. Murray and other CIO
leaders personally took to the
field in a 1ast-minute furry of
activity to urge the westinghouse
employees to vote CIO.
The veteran .CIO leader told a
rally near the Pittsburgh West
inghouse plants that UE leaders
are backing communism and thus
destroying gains American labor
ers have made under aggressive,
forward looking unionism.'' He
declared:
II know you will defeat these
diStorters of the truth. You must
not yield leadership of your union
to a band of traitors-traitors to
your union and to your country" ]"
UE Pulls No Punches.
UE leaders, at another Pitts
burgh rally, pulled no punches in
urging Westinghouse employees to
vote against the 0O union.
Tom Fitzpatrick, chief steward
of the East Pittsburgh local union,
said the IUE is company union. -
He denounced what he described
as the "red batting" tactics of the
CLIO union-and he predicted the
UE would win the vast majority
of the elections.
UE has lost one test, General
Motors electric division voting for
the CIO union 1,167 to 2,528.
The National Labor Relations
Board today ordered ELECTIONS
among 100000 employees OF the
General Electric Co. to determine
whether they want UE or IUE al
bargaining agent.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Labor Seen Safe Till Fall

LONDON (P).-Britain's Labor
government is expected now to
hold its precarious control at least
until fall.
But yesterdays five-vote vic
tory in a test in the House of
Commons proved the going will
not be easy. Continued heckling
by Winston Churchill's Conserva-
tives and the Liberals will keep
Prime Minister Attlee's Laborites
under constant pressure.
The Laborites squeaked through
votes on two major issues in the
House of Commons yesterday with
a majority of only five in each
case. These two votes-on dou-
bling the tax on gasoline and i'm
posing 1919 per cent purchase
tax on truckS-constituted the
most serious challenge Labor has
faced since it came to power in
1945. It's once overwhelming ma
5ority in Commons has been sliced
to a Scant eight seats.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Stephen Leo Named Aide
To Resources Board Head

Stephen F. Leo of Brunswick
Maine, has been appointed special
assistant to the chairman of the
National Security Resources Board
This is the agency charged with
drawing up plans for all.out
mobilization of the Nation in
event of war.
Mr.. Leo, who has been serving
as Air Force director of public re-
lations will continue to work
under his old chief, w. Stuart
Symington. who recently was
moved from Air Force Secretary
to chairman of the Resources
Board.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
G. O. P. Boil Team Boits Trop
For Democrats With Free Food

After signing up. Mr.. Auchin-
Gloss said he would be glad TO take
both teams to dinner after the
game, and then added. pro, iding
the Democrats lose"
That's it." exclaimed Runt.
'Thatn do 1t, II the Democrats
would pay sl0o for that dinky
piece of steak at the Jackson Day
dinner at the Armory. think what
they might do for free dinner.
/ don't mean that they'd throw
the game exactly. but their heart
wouldn't be in winning"
Tickets for the game on May
10 went on sale today in the offlce
of the Doorkeeper OF the House
and at The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Around
the
World
- News in Brief
Reds Blame u. S. Freighter
In Yellow Sea Collision

TOKYO (P). - The Chinese
Communist radio today blamed an
American freighter for a midnight
collision with a Chinese ship In
a Yellow Sea fog. 1t said 10 Chi
nese drowned as their vessel sank
A Peiping broadcast heard here
said the freighter California Bear
of the Pacific Far East Lines
ignored maritime laws" in ram
ming the Chinese ship Sinan of
Taku Bar April 20. The 8,163-ton
American ship still is at Taku
Bar, port of Tientsin, where Red
authorities have begun an inquiry.
Pacific Far East Lines head
quarters in San Francisco denied
the Red radio charge that Capt
William Murray of the Bear was
negligent and took an unrea-
sonably long time in rendering as
sistance to drowning people and
even then did it in a most hap
hazard manner"
This was the Communist ra-
dos version of the collision:
The Sinan, sailing from Dairen,
Manchuria, with 66 passengers
and a crew of 43, stopped her
engines in the Gulf of Chihli
when she heard the foghorn of
an approaching vessel. A few
minutes later the California Bear
1oomed up and plowed into the
Sinan. With a hole 8 by feet
in her side, she sank in 80 min
uteS.
Evening star., 1950-04-27
Col. Geraldine May
To Tour Raj Buses

Col. Geraldine P. May, director
Of women in the Air Force, was
scheduled to leave today for Is
day goodwill tour of Royal Air
Force bases in the United King
dom as an RAF guest.
She will spend the first part OF
her visit at the London Air Min
istry and then inspect Women's
Royal Air Force training and base
operations.