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34 Construction Jobs In District Granted Approval by CPA Thirty-four nonhousing construc tion projects, valued at $4,229,916, were approved for Washington and vicinity during the past week, Ed ward M. Synan, district manager for the Civilian Production Administra tion, announced today. Projects valued at $347,500 were denied during the same period. Ap proval of the 34 projects brought the total cleared for the Washington area so far by CPA, under the vet erans’ housing order, to 104 with a valuation of $8,768,106. Of the 34 approved during the week 12 were passed because it was felt they would have little or no ef fect on the veterans’ housing pro giam, 12 others were cleared on the ground they will relieve a serious shortage of essential activity or service affecting the public welfare and 10 were passed on the basis of rare and unusual hardship and be cause they will involve use of a ter?™11"1 amount of critical ma _™e, followinS projects were ap proved because they created a mini mum or no impact on veterans' :Su»r ptoiecK-tMai .7S"M an f),u0°nyi^„& Waters, Installation of air-con *1.446*’ 13°J Connectlcut avenue N.W., Western Union Telegraph Co hexa t SS *3-000 Nlncteernh »nd P streets N.W., loss's™?. 0fColuJ?,bia' "Pair to Tubercu l0SwiUo5ltfnJim' 9lenn Dale. Md.. SC,700. Co -.IPr ;t installation of air N w! $1 300 ntt’ 1010 Vermont avenue Francis H. Tompkins, parkins; garae** N*W.n "n8t6.000reet and Kalorama road Vmnto55 5fa'*y ^° ’ *nc ’ *00fl st°rat?e ware Kw''s750.00,fin aV?nue and K 5t"c's ,h**rs- ^ranees B Caider, alteration of fhow rooms and offices, eng Pennsyl vania avenue N.W., $17,500 y - Dr. Phillip Diatz. conversion to office •Pace. rn:!J? K street N.W., $1,850 e.^7afntz Dnnstruction Co,, warehouse and *75*000 Twenty_flfth Place N.E., The following projects were ap proved because they eliminated serious shortage of an essential ac tivity or service affecting the gei eral health, safety or welfare of tl Twelve projects—$2, community. 352.139: i University 0f Maryland, wind turn laboratory for aeronautical research, C lege Park. Md . $747,000. Gable Building. Inc., medical scier street0*W.. ^.ofio.'S'4’8~6 Father Joseph P. Kennedy, paroch school and convent, 10,000 Rosensteel at hue. Sliver Spring, Md.. $300,000 rustees of the Presbytery of Washin Henightsy,MdreCS7:"217. y ChUrCh' D'Str Drs. J. R- McGriff and Frasipr Willian - i»^oax]0n ,_0£ building for medical offici a. 8 North Irvine street. Arlington. $5,51 Non-Sectarian Church, erection and Sunday scho°l» Hyattsvil LA'1"”'1 Capital Parks- held hou, Tenth and Randolph streets N.E., $10.0( Holy Comforter Evangelical. Luthe UhyjcPi, conversion of residence in Church. OS ij) Alabama avenue S.E.. $5.01 C?*'i.I?bla' "driving home i *tVe?tN.E”OS385°00et r°ad and C°rC°r Beata H Carmody. alteration for docto: offices, 1,32 Eye street N.W.. $35,000. Hiram Miliison. community shoppi center. Patuxent Rival Naval Air Static Bt. Marys County. Md.. $143,3'>8 iiw^r?1.tz,9°£strucUo‘' Co ' Parking garai K street N.W., $450,000. The following cases were approve on the basis of rare and unusual li dividual hardship and with the u of a minimum amount of critical short materials. Ten cases—tot value. $707,481: 1 o warr-1!l, jetaH music stoi 1G street N.W.. $2.i0,000. Rendall Motor Sales. Inc., erection sal $140,000 lce 8arage' AleXandria> V, Lyon Properties, Inc., erection of sal and senice garage. Arlington. Va . Sifl.tn Diamond Motors. Inc., truck sales ai repair garage New York avenue and B1 densburg road N.E., $75,000 • W; Harrison, erection of gas ser Si.™!?”'. nleb.c r5,ad and Washingo boulevard. Arlington County, Va , $10.00 _-Hewmsn C. Carmack. erection of reps •arage, Wheaton. Md., $5,000 tnvPafiT«H- 5a*a1,'- alteration of office buil mg, S!6 Connecticut avenue N.W., $74.34 r9 , tj.hJda Gates, addition to rests Md !’$••» 500 HlE land avenue, Bethesd Sheridan Bakery, inc.. erection 1-sto bakery. Sliver Spring, Md.. S150.000 ,°5car O. Schulman and Theodore Bol alteration of food store. 4308 Lee highwa Arlington. Va . «4.00n Bnwa LOST ?0' LI-559. New York Sav can uNnkri9sih ave- COr- 14th- N- Z,c 5Ifi°£?LnGLASSES, green color Call MI. 2o21 after Monday BILLFOLD, Reward. . *?lack leather, containing dr,lvf,r s license and Social Se card ?! Nannie M. Henderson, on avf' bus. Reward. MI. 3579. l -('■> Trenton pi s.e. • BILLFOLD —-lady's brown: finder please Iff,yep. by mail: identification papers and bijHold. Return to 21:14 R st. n.e. AT. BUNCH OF KEYS Saturday in Union Sta one kfy numbered (17). Call AD S4M___>_5< COCKER SPANIEL, not thoroughbred: tal ly colored, female; tag No. 1060. with har ness: vicinity of 17th and Decatur sts. Keward. RA. 8574. COLLIE (Laddie*, large 8-month made, an anc* white; child's pet; no tags. TR. 2900,r 1224 Holbrook st. n.e. Reward DOG. German shepherd, male, 1 year old. dark gray, answers to name of "Baron " ?£?,ard if returned: child's pet. ME 8883: eves- RA. 6238. _4 DOG, St. Bernard, brown and white, name Bruno ; last seen vicinity Ebenezer Church, Ashton, Md.: reward. Phone Ashton 2686 or SH. 6S>23. —9 DOG—Scot tie; serviceman's pet. Reward black EYEGLASSES, light-rimmed. in oiaca leather case, possibly in Hyattsville. Re ward. WO. 3024. _6 KEYS on silver ring: valuable to owner: lost in front of Logan Motors, on 14th n w Finder please call WI OS 13 _6 LADY’S COAT, London tan color, satin lining. W. & L. label; left in cab Wednes day afternoon. Reward. RE 49X1 _5 E*e,WATCH. white gold, pin green leaf with diamond chips, lost Thursday C st entrance to Municipal Bldg, or at Union Station: reward. Capitol Hgts. 0044-W. -5 LOST—-Collie. 5 months old. female, tan and white, white spot on back, name reward. Call GE. 3271, BERT BAUCOM. _4 LOST IN N.w. SECTION—Small diamonc and sapphire wrist watch, with black strar band. Reward. Call AD. 4755. —4 NOTEBOOKS, 2. black leather, size about 0X6. between K and L on Vt. ave. n.w. Friday morning. Call Mr. POSTON. NA 9306 or WO. 1912. PEARL NECKLACE, lost Friday afternoon, going from Wood Acres. Md.. to Calif, st n.w., on bus or at bus stop; sentimental value. Reward. WI. 5394. r71 POCKETBOOK. black, initials D A. n. : finder will receive reward in addition tc cash contents. BL. 4941 PURSE, black leather, in taxi Tuesdaj night. April 30. Finder keep money as re ward. Please return purse and other con tents. NANCY GIGLIO. SH. 4697, —4 REWARD for return of leather brief case containing personal papeis and testimoni als addressed to FRANK A PATTERSON, lost on Cap. Transit P-3 bus Wednesday morning around 9:25 o'clock. Phone HO. 4120 or CO. 0653 after 6 p.m. RING, yellow gold, oval-shape sapphire chip diamond on either side. On C-2 bus. in or vicinity Willard Hotel. Reward. LI 5766. SCOTTIE, brindle. male. vie. Bethesda Chevy Chase; answers to "Glen." Reward. Oliver 8638. SCOTTIE PUPPY, near vie. Wilson lam and River rd.: child's pet. Liberal reward Wisconsin 3540. _4 VESTS, two. blue: on L st. near Connecti cut ave. Reward when returned to 1741 L st, _ 5« WEDDING RING, gold, 7 diamonds, lost in playground back of Sedgwick Gardens, be side sandbox, Tuesday evening. Reward Call EM. 2040. _4 WRIST WATCH, - gold. Gruen. with gold band. vie. Alton pi. and Mayflower Hotel. Reward. EM. 6273. WRIST WATCH, white gold, set with : diamonds: initials A. B. C. on back, bi 14th and Girard and 16th and Park rd. on Alaska and Ga. ave. bus. Finder plea notify A. B. CAMERON, 2804 14th st n CO. 7897. Reward. _4 WRIST WATCH, ady's. has brown leath wrist band; gift from son overseas; loti b tw**n Murphy's and Lansburgh's. Rewai WRIST WATCH, lady's Elgin, in viclni of Safeway Store. Lyon Village. Arlin 6764 about May 2; reward. C WRIST WATCH, small, pink gold, Buloi brown band: lost m vicinity of Broadmoi Sat, evening^ Reward. CH, 7857. —5 WRIST WATtfH, Elgin, yellow gold, lady Tuesday, in the vicinity of 17th. 18th a ?09 ,u’ " W' Plea5e call RE. 2323, A] f-L°,^E.WARD if wallet lost by PET: CHTST Js returned. Address: 1516 Coi L i SAN FRANCISCO.—MARINES, GUARDS FIRE RIFLE GREN ADES AT ALCATRAZ PRISON BUILDING—Marines and prison guards (circle) fire rifle grenade (exploding) at window in cell block of Alcatraz Prison in battling convicts yesterday. Note 0 shell-marked window (left of explosion) and broken glass panes in other windows._—AP Wirephoto. b Hoover Terms India, China Real Trouble Spots in Famine By the Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, May 4.—Herbert Hoover said today the only bright spots he has found in a generally dark world food picture were a few unexpected surpluses—principally in Australia and Iraq. He told interviewers the real trouble spots were India and China, which have famine areas. He added that Korea would need some imports in May, June and July to maintain minimum diets until the next harvest, observing “it’s the same old story’’ of inad equate supplies. President Truman’s world food surveyor listened with little com ment as the governors of eight South Korean provinces and the military governors of their districts reported to him in the gilded capitol audi torium. One Governor pointed out that the Koreans, after having been held to reduced diets of 20 per cent of their crops by the Japanese, con sumed nearly all of their 1945 crops in November and December after they were liberated. Mr. Hoover arrived by plane today from Shanghai. He planned to take off tomorrow for Tokyo. Before leaving Shanghai Mr. Hoover made a flying trip to Nan king for talks with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Gen. George C. Marshall, and later said the food need of China was “enormous,” with! whole villages in the interior facing! extinction. “It is impossible to compute the numbers of people in critical con-| dition, but no doubt they run into the millions," he said. Funk Declares Self A Nazi Second-Rater By th« Associated Press NUERNBERG, May 4—Walther. Funk, former Nazi press chief, com plained somewhat wryly to the In ternational Military Tribunal today that he had never been more than a second-rater in the Nazi Reich, and that only in theh war crimes trial was he regarded as a big shot. Funk, who also was Economic Minister and Reichsbank president, portrayed his role in the party and state affairs as “insignificant.” He testified that in the Propaganda Ministry he took his orders from the “undisputed boss,” Paul Joseph Goebbels, and that as Economic Minister he was subordinate to Herman Goering. “Then you had the title, but not real authority?” his counsel asked. “I always, so to speak, came up to the door but never was allowed to enter," Funk replied, with a sad expression. “However, in this trial it hap pened differently,” he added. Funk claimed he was “never an anti-Semite” and had intervened to help many Jews. He said he became a Hitler supporter in the early 1930s because he was con vinced that “only a strong leader and a unified people could solve Germany's crisis.” Antonescu and 17 Aides Face Trial Monday By th* Associated Press BUCHAREST, May 4.—The war crimes trial of Ion Antonescu, Romania's wartime pro-Nazi Pre mier, and 17 others accused of col laboration is expected to begin Monday. A 60.000-word indictment charges Antonescu with declaring war on the United States and Britain on direct orders from the German Min ister, informants said. The prosecu tion likely will demand the death penalty for the former Premier and his chief aides. GOP Attempt to Cut Commerce Fund Fails; Bill Goes to Senate By th« Associated Press The House late yesterday passed and sent to the Senate a bill pro viding $365,168,758 for the Com merce, State and Justice Depart ments in the fiscal year 1947. Pinal action was by a voice vote, after Democrats on two close roll calls beat back Republican attempts to slasn funds for the Commerce Department. Secretary of Commerce Wallace’s name figured prominently in the hot debate. A number of Republicans’ urged that his department be de- j nied funds on grounds that they would be used for political purposes. On one Republican proposal—to j cut Mr. Wallace's Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce $4,460,000 —the roll call vote was first re corded as 127 for the move and 126 against. Speaker Rayburn an nounced a “no” vote from the chair, however, to tie the count and thus defeat the amendment. The other major Republican amendment — to deny Secretary Wallace's Census Bureau $15,000, 000 to conduct censuses of busi ness and manufacturers—was re jected, 128 to 125. Actually, when all voting was com pleted, the Commerce Department showed a gain of approximately $3,500,000. This amount was ap proved for operation of airport traf fic control towers in 110 cities. The amounts voted for the various departments were approximately as follows: Commerce, $145,000,000: State, $105,000,000, aind Justice and judiciary branches, $115,000,000. One of the Justice Department's increases was of $3,000,000 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In a coition, the House voted to in crease FBI Director J. Edgar Hoov er’s pay from $10,000 to $14,000. A major fight occurred yesterday over the State Department’s cultural relations program, but members up held an Appropriations Committee’ recommendation of $10,000,000. Alcatraz (Continued From First Page.) than 24 hours rifle and grenades had blasted at the trapped men. Escape Attempt Failed. The unprecedented escape at tempt. perhaps the most spectacular in the history of Federal prisons, was a complete failure. Warden Johnston said it initially had been planned as a mass break. Not one convict ever got beyond the cell block. After many hours of firing, the convicts stopped shooting. Except for a brief flurry of gunfire late in the day, all was quiet from the cell block. Warrant Officer Charles L. Buck ner, Memphis, Tenn., who led a de tachment of Marines to the island1 for guard duty, volunteered to join the light. He mounted the roof, and cut holes in it with an electric drill. He dropped 150 fragmentation grenades into the cell block. Screams were heard from the trapped men, and then a rifle shot. No more screams were heard. In San Francisco, thousands of persons watched from the hills and docks for gunfire display from the bleak island, set at the entrance of the bay. It was still not known how many of the convicts inside the cell block were resisting. Warden Johnston named seven as the ringleaders, but prison officials were quick to admit that they had no idea of the total number involved. It was considered likely that the ringleaders, armed with weapons from the gun gallery, which they seized early in the riot, may have prevented nonparticipants from sur rendering. The riot began, according to one Bowles Says U. S. Will Accept Food Rationing if Necessary By the Associated Press Chester Bowles, citing the possi bility of “some tougher” famine re lief measures, said today he knows America will accept restoration of food rationing if it becomes neces sary. "At the moment,” the stabiliza tion director said in a radio address over the American Broadcasting System, “I don’t see any immediate necessity for that. “We are a rich country—rich in just about every kind of food. And there should be enough for all of us to go on eating well, and still do our food share for others. “But if we should have to go back to some sort of food rationing, I know the American people would accept that.” Mr. Bowles thus echoed views ex pressed by President Truman. The Chief Executive told his news con ference Thursday that he didn’t be lieve rationing could be reinstituted FOUND. POCKETBOOK. vicinity of Rosslyn, V». Call Chestnut 7351 between 4-6 p.m. 1 fast enough to do any good at this time. But he added that he would not hesitate to order it if there should be disastrous crop failures. Aides of Mr. Bowles as well as OPA and Agriculture Department officials said that thus far there has been no actual planning of any rationining program, nor any dis cussion whether preparations should be made for printing ration books. Except for rationing, Mr. Bowles did not elaborate on what tougher measures might have to be taken. However, Government officials who withheld use of their names said these might include the requisition ing of grain for shipment abroad, a cut in hog price ceilings to dis courage feeding to heavier weights and efforts to tighten up voluntary food conservation. In his radio talk, Mr. Bowles suggested to housewives that instead of buying a loaf of bread each day, they buy one every two days. He also urged that they buy less fats and oils. version, when a convict hooked a T-square around the guard within I the gun gallery. Jerking him to the bars, he wrested from him the keys and opened the gallery. Then he passed out weapons to his accom plices, who scattered throughout the cell block, rounding up guards as hostages. These were held, many of them shot in cold blood, until other guards stormed the redoubt and brought them to safety. Warden Johnston went to bed early this morning—some 33 hours after the bloody uprising began. . Kept Under Range. While the veteran penologist got his first rest from personal command of forces fighting the rebellious fel ons, guards kept the cell block in which the desperadoes are cornered under range of their guns. Mr. Johnston, a native of Brook lyn, was named warden at San Quen tin in 1912, served there 12 years, during which time he became know n for prison reforms, and then became a member of the Advisory Pardon Board. For a short time he was di rector of the State Department of Penology. After a time in business he took over the Alcatraz job on New Year Day, 1934. The warden w’as attacked and beaten by a convict at Alcatraz in 1937, but was not seriously hurt. Coal (Continued From First Page.) burglf today with four district presi dents of the United Mine Workers on whether coal could be mined for utilities servicing hospitals and other essential consumers. A partial voluntary “brownout ’ was in effect in Philadelphia. Dimout regulations were ordered into effect here despite the fact that the Solid Fuel Administration approved a PEPCO request for 50 carloads of emergency coal a day to keep its facilities operating. First deliveries were to be made within a week. At Cleveland, Andrew H. Brown, transportation commissioner of the Chamber of Commerce, said the freight embargo “will, if prolonged, limit or halt 75 per cent of Cleve land’s industry.” Other transpor tation officials said the edict would halve the 120 passenger trains arriv ing daily at the lake port. Howard S. Palmer, president of the New Haven Railroad, declared the passenger service cut would “most seriously” affect the line’s east end commuter service in New York, but that through service would be maintained jbetween Boston and New York and New York and New Haven, Conn. Pennsylvania Railroad officials at Philadelphia said they had no im mediate comment on plans to carry out the order. A state of emergency, similar to that now in effect in Chicago, was proclaimed for the 18,000 residents of Muscatine, Iowa. Effects of the coal shortage also were being felt in Canada. Ship ping officials at Winnipeg said Great Lakes grain shipments would be tied up if the strike continued another 10 days. Details of Order Drafted. A schedule of progressively more ‘ drastic cuts has been approved, ini the event.the mine strike continues,; until current eventually may be; supplied only to hospitals and for sewer and water operations, com- j munications, refrigeration for food1 and minimum street lighting. Details of the order were drafted by Corporation Counsel Vernon E. West. The preliminary dim-out calls for: 1. Cessation of power for window1 lighting, outdoor signs and the like. 2. Cessation of electricity for air conditioning units and equipment. 3. Reduction of all lighting in commercial establishments to one; watt per square foot of floor space except in specialized establishments such as drafting rooms, schools and doctors offices. 4. Throwing into immediate use any stand-by power producing equipment owned by Pepco con sumers. Col. Arthur said it was estimated these measures, if complied with, would reduce power consumption in the city by about one-third. Further Steps Possible. If the strike continues, Col. Ar thur added, these further steps will be taken in the following order: 1. Eliminate all electrical service for amusements, schools, and edu cational institutions, museums, art galleries and like establishments. 2. Eliminate all service to all of fice buildings and industrial plants and reduce streetcar service 50 per cent. 3. Eliminate service to all small commercial establishments, resi dences, apartments and hotels. Effective dates of these progres sive curtailments depend upon com pliance with the preliminary cuts, Col. Arthur warned. TROUSERS up EISEMAN’S—F at 7 th Odd Pant* To Match Circulation, March, 1946 (Average net paid) The Evening Star_215,792 The Sunday Star_230,738 (98.6% Id City and Tradlnc Area) 1 Congress Conferees : Resume Sessions ' On Federal Pay Bill By Joseph Young conferees on the Federal pay bill met again today in an at tempt to reach final agreement on legislation which has been buffeted about Congress for the past six months. As the conferees resumed their sessions, interrupted two weeks ago by the House's Easter recess, spon-I sors of the bill expressed hope that a final version of the measure can be agreed on at today's meeting. However, they said they have no| assurance that this can be accom-' plished. Indications were that the final bill will be patterned more closely after the House measure for a flat $400 wage increase than the Senate's overall 11 per cent pay bill. 1 Aids Bulk of Employes. For one thing, some of the con-! ferees point out that the vast bulk 3f Federal employes—those in the 51,400 to $4,300 'wage brackets—get; i better break from the House bill' than the Senate version. Then, too,! it is felt that it would be too compli cated a bookkeeping task to fashion i compromise measure based on the; Senate's 11 per cent graduated bill formula, which provides that em ployes in the lower income brackets; get a greater percentage share of1 the overall 11 per cent raise. Another matter to be threshed out by the conferees is whether to accept a reduction-in-force amend-! ment offered by Representative Dirksen, Republican, of Illinois, which would have the effect of mak ing any pay raise contingent on a, cut in personnel. Sponsors of the legislation today: expressed the hope that final House Senate action on the bill can be completed within a week. No Retroactive Clause. "The way this bill has been kicked around by Congress is a crying shame,’’ one of House sponsor's of the bill, declared. "Although most Government workers have been desperately in need of a pay raise to held them meet the increased cost of living. Congress has leisurely gone about its business, seemingly indifferent to the plight of Federal employes.” The House member also pointed out that as the measure now stands it contains no retroactive pay clause. "In plain fairness, we ought to get the bill through Congress next week and make it effective as soon as the President signs the bill,” he said. The House-passed bill makes the legislation effective July 1. How- j ever, an attempt is being made by several conferees to remove that provision. Bus (Continued From First Page! submit their wage difference and other issues to arbitration. In the agreement, signed last night at the Labor Department, two union demands and one company request were met. As requested by the union, a company letter termi nating the present contract as of May 18 was withdrawn and a com pany proposal that wage increases be contingent on fare increases was eliminated. The company won crariilcation of a bitterly-disputed clause in the contract which it contended gave the union the right to perpetual arbitration. Conciliation Service Praised. Terms of the agreement stipu late that the arbitrators make every effort to obtain a signed contract by May 18. Both company and union officials praised the Conciliation Service for its efforts to end the strike. Labor Department officials spent more than 85 hours in con ciliation sessions with the involved parties. Regarding the company’s appli cation for a fare increase, ICC offi cials said that unless official protests are received by May 18 the request will be granted. City officials of Falls Church met last night to dis cuss the situation and, although no action was taken, indications were that they would authorize the filing of a protest. OPA officials revealed that the agency’s public utilities section has the case under study and will file a protest if it feels one is necessary. They said, however, that if the Ar nold officials can show that the com pany is losing money, a protest prob ably will not be filed. "Keep Rollin’ with Nolan” NOLAN AUTOMOBILE LOANS PROCURED Favorable Rate* No Indorsers 1102 Niw York Ave. N.W. BROKER Greyhound Bos Terminal BE. 1200 Oven Till 0 PJL Guard Who Feigned Death 10 Hours Calls Convicts Ruthless By th« Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO. May 4.—“I was shot down in cold blood by Cretzer,’’ said Guard Robert R. Baker, who lay wounded and feigned death in an Alcatraz cell block for 10 hours. Joseph Paul Cretzer (“Dutch Joe”) is a convicted bank robber and slayer of a policeman. "Some one suggested they hold us as hostages,” the guard said. "Cret zer just laughed. “ ‘We don’t need hostages,’ he said. ‘We’re not going to make agreements. We want the keys.’ ” “They threw Miller <a guard who later died of his wounds) on a bench and punched him and kicked him. Miller took it as long as he could and then gave up the keys. He held out the important key—the key to the back gate. Miller passed out. Jammed Into Cell. “The cons seemed to go crazy. One of them swung a rifle yelling; ‘Let’s shoot the -.’ “They jammed us into a cell. “I don’t know who fired into the other cell. But Cretzer stood at the door to the cell I was in and went wild. He emptied a .45 automatic into us. There wasn t time to think of falling to the floor. "Simpson (a guard) stood on the bed. Two bullets hit him in the chest and he fell flat on the cot. “Before I could get under a bed, a bullet got me and dropped me. Sundstrom (a guard) in my cell fell to the floor behind me and wasn’t hit. Didn t Dare Help Simpson. “I thought Cretzer would come in and finish us off. But he left. “I lay there for 10 hours with blood splashing from my wound. The floor was cold and I didn’t pass out. Sundstrom hugged the floor without a sound. I could hear Simpson moaning. "We didn't dare help him. The convicts kept coming back and look ing in. "When Cretzer said he didn’t want hostages, a con said: ‘Let's kill these witnesses. We don’t want witnesses.' “Coy was one convict who did plenty of damage during it all. I saw him pick off three guards with as many shots during the start of the fight in the cell tiers. "He’s deadly with a rifle.” Canadian Ex-Counselor Here Dies at Dublin j Merchant Mahoney, 59, former s counselor of the Canadian Embassy here, died today at Dublin, Eire,1 where he had been Canadian High Commissioner since last November, the Associated Press reported. Mr. Mahoney served continuously in Washington as a representative of his government from 1917 to 1945. He was secretary of Canadian War Mission here in charge of transpor tation during the first World^War and in 1921 was named secretary for Canada to the British Embassv. being one of the first diplomatic representatives of the Canadian government. When the Canadian Legation was | organized in 1927 he was appointed I commercial secretary and served in | various posts, rising to the position ; of counselor of the embassy. 'Cathedral Slayer' Wins Eighth Postponement j (From Yesterday’s Last Edition.) Justice David A. Pine of District Court today postponed from May 10 to June 28 the execution date for Julius Fisher, 32, colored, for the slaying of Miss Catherine Rear don in the Washington Cathedral library in March, 1944. The postponement was granted, pending a decision in the case by | the Supreme Court. It was the eighth execution date postponement for Fisher. Manchuria (Continued From First Page.) should be turned into an anti-Rus-1 sian base, nor should there be dis- j | crimination against the United States. All we Communists want is : international co-operation.” Gen. Tu, reporting on the battle of Penhsihou, asserted that 3,000 Communist troops had been cap tured. If his figures are accurate the battle would be one of the largest of the undeclared Manchurian war. Gen. Tu said the engagement had “removed the Communist threat to Mukden.” He also said the Communists had mobilized large forces aimed at in terrupting rail communications in Southern Manchuria and that Red leaders had announced plans for attacking Mukden. He added that the Communists had started an offensive April 28 and that the national troops moved against them three days later. The engagement was seen as clearing j the Mukden rear area of Com j munists and giving the government freedom to speed up major opera j tions northward._ _ NOW Chicken, Deep Fried by a Nvi' Method Our modern, scientific deep fryer means greater tastiness! —T anight— —Tomorrow—and Everyday enjoy our Fried Chicken Dinner— appetizer to des- tl fig serf ... #|.wv 16th & Eye Streets N.W. Cocktail Lounre Featured on tonight’* varied menu: ROAST PRIME AA RIBS OF BEEF accompanied—as always—by Hot Home Made Cornsticks and Home Made Desserts served in the unusually comfortable. socially enjoyable atmosphere that individualizes The Parrot RESTAURANT Conn. Ave. at 1 St. FREE PARKING Clark Calls on Reds To Settle Air Rights (From Yesterday’s Last Edition.) By the Associated Press VIENNA, Austria, May 3—Gen. Mark W. Clark was reported today to have asked Marshal Ivan S. Konev, Russian commander in Austria, “to discuss and settle, once and for all, the question of freedom of the air for all Allied forces in Austria.” Gen. Clark was said to have made the request in reaffirming a protest against one of a series of incidents in Austria in which Russian planes harassed American aircraft. American military sources said Marshal Konev’s reply to one of a series of two formal' and two oral protests was “most disappointing.'’ He was said to have replied that in one of the instances, when a C-47 transport was fired on, the Amer ican plane was outside a corridor prescribed for American aircraft. Americans declared the plane was within its zone. (Two C-47s were fired on in the series of incidents. One in stance was on Easter Sunday, another the following day.) The second formal protest by Gen. Clark, in the form of a letter, has not been answered. American authorities said the Russians had assured them in conversations that: they had no intention of creating an incident. MANAGER For medium-sized Hotel in Wash ington, D. C. Not to live in. Re ply giving full detoils of experi ence and references to Box No. 32-E Evening Star. We have Number 1 Chain Co. who desire TO RENT STORES NOW or for future occupancy. NcXeever & Whiteford 1611 K St. N.W. 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