Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02

gotta. Colombia: Budapest. Hun
gary: and Rome. He came back
here In March. 1850. to work
with the State Department.
But he found himself in dis
agreement with this country's
foreign policy. and resigned to
return to Owosso, to give
speeches and appear on radio
and television programs ito tell
the story of what is happening
behind the Iron Curtain and to
alert the United States to the
menace Of communism"
His name came to national at
tention in 1851. when a witness
testifying in the Maryland cleo
tons inquiry reported that he
had given a $4,000 contribution
to support the cause of Senator
Butler in his campaign against
Willard Tydings.
Check to Jonkel Reported.
The witness. Robert E. Lee.
said he received the check In
casual meeting with Mr.. Bent
ley in Senator McCarthy's. Office.
The check, the witness said, was
made out to Jon Jonkel. later
fined $1,000 as an outgrowth of
an investigation of the campaign
by Maryland authorities.
Mr.. Bentley and Arvilla Peter
son were married in 1910. They
had three children. They later
were divorced.
Two days following his election
to the House in 1852. he and
Arvella Deuscher were married
Mr.. and Mrs. Bentley live here
at the Marlyn Apartments. 5000
Thirty-ninth street NV. At the
hospital last night it was reported
that Mrs. Bentley did not visit
Mr.. Bentley because she is con-
fined to the home, expecting a
baby.
George Hyde Fallon, Demo-
crat. has represented the 4th
Maryland district since 1945.
Born in Baltimore on July "a,
1902, he was educated in the
public schools. Calvert Business
College and Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. He is a partner in an
advertising business in Balti-
more.
Mr.. Fallon was elected to the
Democratic State Central Com
mittee Of Baltimore in 1888, and
to the Baltimore City Council in
1889 and again in 1943. He was
elected to the 10th Congress on
November z. 1914. and has been
reelected to each succeeding
Congress. He announced his
candidacy for another term in
January.
He married the former Miss
Villa Virginia Thomas in 1929.
They have a daughter, Mary
Joyce.
Clifford Davis, Democrat, Of
Tennessee. is serving his 14th
year in the House.
Ranking lieutenant in the
powerful Edward H. Crump po-
litical organization. he won cas-
lily in a special election Febru-
airy Is. 1910, to complete the
term Of Walter Chandler. after
the latter resigned to become
Mayor Of Memphis.
Mr.. Davis was born November
IL. 1897, at Hazelhurst, Miss. He
was educated in the public
schools of Memphis, and received
his law degree from the Uni
versity Of Memphis.
He served as a Municipal
Court judge in Memphis from
1928 to 1927 and as Vice Mayor
and commissioner of public
safety in Memphis from 1928 to
1910.
He is a member of the Bap-
fist Church and a Mason and
Shriner. He married CAROLYN
Leigh. Of Memphis. and they
have three children, Clifford.
1r.. Barbara Leigh and Ray.
Kenneth A. Roberts, Democrat,
OF Piedmont. Ala, was born No
vember /, 1912. He received his
law degree from the University
OF Alabama. He was admitted
to the bar in January, 1896, and
practiced at Tallageda. Ala. and
Admission, Ala. before running
Tor the State Senate in 1912.
After World War II service in
the Navy. he returned to become
city attorney of Piedmont, Ala
HE was elected to Congress No
vember z. 1850, and was re-
elected in November, 1852.
In September, 1858, he married
the former Miss Margaret Nc
MILAN Of Brewton. Ala.
Ben Franklin Jensen, Repub-
ilcan, OF Extra. Iowa, has repre-
sented the 7th district of Iowa
since January 8, 1899.
Born December 16, 1892. on a
farm near Marion. Linn County.
Iowa, Mr.. Jensen was in busi-
ness as a retail lumberman be-
lore starting his public career.
he lists himself in the Congress
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