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Jlysterious Death
Of Woman Is Probed
By Chicago Police
ly th» A»eciat«d btif
Aug. 19.—Police dug
into the mysterious death of
attractive 39-year-old wife of a
hoping to learn the iden
tity 'of a man
reported to have
posed recently
as her husband.
The woman,
Mrs. Celeste
Sell, died last
about
lours after
she was found
nude and un
conscious amid
packed furnish
ings, furniture
and parti ally
filled gin bottles
.. in an apartment
“ Mr,< 8*11, she and her
liusband, Francis X. Sell, were
.preparing to vacate.
Mrs. Sells’ hips and legs were
severely bruised and her eyes were
blackened, but Police Capt. Thomas
Harrison said today a coroner’s pre
liminary report indicated these in
juries did not contribute to her
death. He added, however, that
>her death might have been the re
sult of an undetermined illness or
alcoholism. Capt. Harrison said
there were no indications that the
woman had been attacked or had
engaged in a struggle.
Mr. Sell, who arrived from Kan
sas City shortly after midnight, was
quoted by the officer as saying his
wife drank, but not to excess, and
that he did not know of any illness
she might have had.
While Dr. Victor Levine, coroner’s
physician, prepared to make a chem
ical analysis of the woman's vital
organs, police investigated a report
by Max Schnayer, 55. that a slender
man was in his liquor store Sunday
posing as the woman's husband.
Lynn, 2 Others Freed
Of Disorderly Conduct
Disorderly conduct charges against
South T. Lynn, 20, sen of David
Lynn, architect of the Capitol, and
two companions were dismissed in
Silver Spring today after Trial
Magistrate William Wheeler admon
ished them: ‘‘Let this be a lesson
to you.”
Also charged were Edward Cissell,
20, of the 3100 block of Thirty-eighth
street N.W., and John Simmel, 19.
of the 4600 block of Forty-third
place N.W. The Lynn youth lives
with his family at 3700 Quebec
street N.W.
Mrs. Virginia Cox, 9516 Sligo Creek
parkway, Silver Spring, who swore
out the warrants, said she was in
a sendee station having a soft drink
when the youths drove up. They
made ‘‘awful remarks,” she charged
but would not repeat these when
State’s Attorney Walter W. Dawson
asked her exactly what was said.
‘‘When they drove away,” Mrs.
Cox declared, ‘‘I was so mad I
thought of throwing my soft drink
bottle at them.”
At the conclusion of the 10-minute
hearing, Judge Wheeler said he was
dismissing the complaint for lack of
evidence ‘‘purely on a legal tech
nicality,” and then warned the boys.
Attorney Joseph. B. Simpson, jr„
entered a plea of not guilty for the
youths, who did not testify.
Two Airports Recaptured
in Asuncion, Loyalists Say
By Auociottd Pr*i»
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 19.—The
Paraguayan government claimed
today that loyalist forces had re
captured Asuncion's two airports
from the rebels while the insur
gents said their troops .had taken
Viletta, 18 miles south of the cap
ital, thus completing the siege ring
around Asuncion.
A government communique said
the loyalist forces were "advancing
In all sectors in tenacious pursuit
of the rebels, who are fleeing in
complete disorder.’’ The insur
gents' communique denied this.
The government said its troops
had taken the city of Luque, 6 miles
east of Asuncion, and had cleared
the east bank of the Paraguay River
of rebel forces.
Recapture of the two airports—
one civil and one military—the gov
ernment communique said, would
permit resumption of airmail service
to Brazil.
False Pretense Case Holds
Man Posing as VA Agent
A man accused of posing as a Vet
erans’ Administration representa
tive to obtain money from mothers
of ex-servicemen was to appear in
Municipal court today on charges of
false pretenses,
Arrested yesterday after a short
chase in which two shots were fired
and he was clubbed over the head
by a policeman, he was listed by po
lice as Daniel Singleton, 23, colored,
1100 block of Fourth street N.E.
Police had been searching for a
suspect for several days after a
complaint from the VA. The method
used, police said, was to approach
parents of ex-servicemen and on
payment of $5 promise to flit for
them an application for nonexistent
benefits.
The arrest took place near First
and K.streets N.E. after a tip to
police. __
FPC Release of Buildings
To Aid Housing Space
The return to private ownership
of offices now being vacated by em
ployes of the Federal Power Com
mission probably will result in the
use of 45,266 square feet of space
for housing purposes.
The FPC workers are being trans
ferred from a building at Eighteenth
" and K streets N.W., and the Premier
Apartment Building, 718 Eighteenth
street N.W. The number of apart
ments that, may be made renovated
for private use was not available.
The order to move more than 200
FPC employes in the two buildings
by August SO was given by the
Public Buildings Association last
The workers, employed in the
Finance and Statistics Division in
the Premier Building and In the
Bureau of Power, in the K street
itructure. are being transferred to
their new offices, at 1778 Pennsyl
vania avenue NW.
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Two Girls, 'Just Playing/ Leave
Neighbor's House a Shambles
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home of a neighbor after a visit by Norma and Charlotte Eppe
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In explanation, the sisters, Norma, 9, and Charlotte, 8 (pic
tured leaning smilingly from a car window), said they were “just
playing.” The neighbor, who accused them of wrecking the in
terior of her home, often had fed them cookies. The children
are being held for a Juvenile court investigation.
—AP Wirephotos.
ly th# Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Aug. 19.—Two
golden-haired, blue-eyed sisters,
Norma, 9, and Charlotte Eppehimer,
8, told police they were "Just play
ing” after they were accused yester
day of making a shambles of a
neighbor's house by:
Breaking a dining room window to
j gain entrance to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Dobson, who were
| away:
Pulling two sets of dishes from
shelves and smashing them on the
(kitchen floor;
( Emptying the refrigerator contents
| on the kitchen floor, breaking bottles
of milk and topping the floor cover
ing writh a layer of mustard;
Scattering the contents of drawers
i and bedclothing on a bedroom floor;
Pulling cushions from chairs and
divan and burning a box of matches
on the living room floor;
Nearly deoapitating a chicken In
the barnyard with a 8-inch hunting
knife Charlotte said she found;
Plastering the Dobson dog and cat
and a pair of Mr. Dobson's trousers
with green paint;
Letting Mr. Dobson’s mule out of
a lot and into his garden.
Charlotte and Norma said Mrs.
Dobson often fed them cookies.
They began crying as detectives took
them from the home of their grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Eppe
himer, with whom they live, to the
Children's Center.
Jefferson County Detectives Ed
ward J. Schmidt and Herbert
Gousha, who said the girls admitted
making a shambles of the home,
reported a delinquency charge was
placed against the children and they
were held for investigation by
Juvenile Court.
The officers said the children’s
parents were separated.
The grandparents offered to pay
all damages.
Death ends Career
Of Elmer Underwood,
News Photo Pioneer
|y th« Associated Pros*
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.. Aug. 19.
—Elmer Underwood, 87, a pioneer in
development of news pictures and
former co-owner of the interna
tionally known photographers' firm
of Underwood & Underwood, died
at his home here Sunday.
Mr. Underwood was credited by
his associates with introducing the
first news pictures in 1897, a ster
eoscopic record of the Greco
Turkish war. He encountered op
position to publication of photo
graphs, but finally persuaded the
illustrated London News to publish
the war pictures.
As a partner in Underwood &
Underwood, which he had founded
with his brother, the late Bert
Underwood, at Ottawa, Kans., in
1882, Elmer Underwood traveled
throughout the world taking pho
! tographs.
He photographedi-oyalty and other
famous personalities as well as
major news events. Among his well
known pictures was the last photo
graph ever taken of Henrik Ibsen,
the famous dramatist.
federal AgenciesHusn
Job of Fingerprinting
In Loyalty Checkup
The Federal loyalty investigation
program gained momentum today
as more departments and agencies
began the job of fingerprinting and
checking employes.
Although the program officially
started yesterday, only a few em
ployes were processed. Most de
partments and agencies spent the
day setting up their fingerprinting
and card-file equipment.
For most Government workers the
loyalty program will be over as soon
as they are fingerprinted and fll
out the personal-background card
file. It is only those employes whose
records will show some derogatory
information that will face full
scale investigations by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
The Civil Service Commission'!
Office of Information was the first
Government bureau to flngerprinl
its employes, and this was done
.mainly to accommodate reporter:
and photographers who wanted tc
record the official opening of the
; loyalty investigation program.
Most employes good - naturedly
submitted to the fingerprinting
process, although nearly all had
been fingerprinted previously wher
applying for their job. The few
: who grumbled about the whole
thing, according to their colleagues
|were those "who always complain
about everything.” •
Josephine Had Fancy Watch
Napoleon gave Josephine a watch
with 1741 pearls and 158 turquoise!
on the case. Eevery quarter hour
a musical attachmene played to the
accompaniment of three moving
figures.
Underwood & Underwood moved
from Kansas to Baltimore, then
went to New York about 50 years
ago. Elmer Underwood retired in
1925 and has lived here several
years.
Mr. Underwood is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Jane Boardman Under
wood, who was on a visit in North
Carolina when he died: three sons,
|C. Thomas Understood of New
Canaan, Conn., head of Underwood
<te Underwood Illustration Studios in
New York; Orland Underwood of
Oklahoma City, Okla., and John
Underwood of Wyoming; and a
daughter, Mrs. Ruth La Rue of Chi
cago.
Two Britons Plead Guilty
To Corruption in Trieste
ly the A»»ociat*d Pr»»t
TRIESTE, Aug. It.—Two British
officers pleaded guilty before a Brit
ish court-martial here yesterday to
charges of corruption in administra
tion of the Public Works Division of
the Allied Military Government.
The court deferred sentencing the
defendants, Maj. J. R. Squire and
Capt. D. A. Wilde, until the case is
reviewed by Allied headquarters.
The investigation also led to the
arrests of two American officers,
Maj. E. H. Richardson and Capt.
Thomas Cockerham, and approxi
mately 20 Italian civilians, most of
them contractors.
The American officers are to be
tried on seven counts, involving ap
proximately 20,000.000 lire ($57,000
at the official rate), in connection
with public works contracts granted
to the Italians.
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Conviction of Petkov
Brings New U. 5. Blast
Against Red Satellites
By lh* Associated Prut
This country’s third public
blast in four days against Com
munist-dominated governments
in Eastern Europe provided a
fresh gauge of American dis
pleasure today over happenings
inside the Russian sphere of in
fluence.
The latest in the most recent
series of protests labeled as a "mis
carriage of justice” the conviction in
Sofia of Nikola Petkov, Bulgarian
opposition leader, on ‘charges of
“plotting" against the Communist
Fatherland Front government.
The American note, in which
Britain joined, asked the Russian
chairman of the three-power Allied
Control Commission for Bulgaria to
suspend Petkov’s death sentence
handed down on Saturday and
transfer the case to the commission
for review.
Little Hope of Success.
There was little actual hope here
that such a step would be taken in
view of Moscow’s Insistent stand in
the past that there must be no ‘'in
fringement” of the sovereignty of
the Communist-dominated govern
ments.
The note said the trial and sen
tence of the outspoken former
leader of the opposition in Parlia
ment ‘‘may well have repercussions
on peace and order in this country
(Bulgaria) for which the Allied
Control Commission has a specific
responsibility."
Petkov was convicted of having
"inspired” certain Bulgarian Army
officers to found a military union
which plotted to overthrow the
Fatherland Front government. He
also was convicted on certain other
counts, such as encouraging disaf
fection in the army by his articles
in the opposition press.
Four co-dlfendants, who testified
against him, escaped with sentences
ranging from 5 to 15 years each,
while Petkov was sentenced to
death.
Follows Joint Protest.
Last night’s American note was
made public only a day after a joint
Anglo-American protest charging
that the Communists in Hungary
are trying to rig next Sunday’s legis
lative elections in that country.
Last Friday the State Department
charged some 2,000 Romanians have
been arrested recently and some
are being subjected to third-degree
methods in an effort to extort “con
fessions'' for use against them in
approaching trials.
Catholic Women Condemn
Mercy Killings, Divorce
By Ph« Awoctatcd Pr«i
CHOC AGO, Aug. 19.—The Na
tional Catholic Women’s Union has
adopted resolutions condemning
“mercy killings," peacetime mili
tary conscription and “the evils of
divorce."
“Mercy killings not only should
not be legalized, but Judges who
free those who are guilty should be
publicly censured,” said the resolu
tion approved yesterday.
With respect to divorce the or
ganization held that “if separa
uon must latce place, lei ic oe aone
by consulting the proper church
authorities, and let such separated
couples refrain from legal divorce
and become attuned to their lot to
live a single life,”
The Cathollce group proposed
that military drills be added to high
school and college curricula and in
dorsed the measure pending Con
gress to admit 400,000 displaced per
sons a year into the United States
from Europe.
Submarine Chasers Rout
Filipino Outlaw Band
■y th» Auaciattd Pr«i»
MANILA, Aug. 19.—A barrage
from submarine chasers flushed a
large band of outlaws from their
hideout near the former United
States Navy base at Guiuan on
1 Samar Island, a government spokes
man announced today.
MaJ. Cesar Roces, commander of
the base which now is under the
Philippines Surplus Property Com
mission, reported a large quantity
of stolen surplus property recovered
and at least one member of the band
—estimated to, number between 300
and 400 men—captured.
He said Filipino military police
and local officers were opening a
full dress campaign against the out
laws in the Calicoan hills.
Bomb Discovered
At Attlee Home;
Lacked Detonator
By tl<» A»ocia)«d Pr««
LONDON, Aug. 19.—A police guard
discovered a bomb today under a
Foreign Office archway in Downing
Street, directly opposity the resi- j
dence of Prime Minister Attlee.
Announcing the find, a Scotland
Yard spokesman said the bomb could I
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contain a detonator.
! Examination by Home Office ex
perts, he said, indicated the bomb
had been placed under the arch
! leading from Downing Street to the
Foreign Office quadrangle as a hoax.
The archway is within 25 yards of
the entrance to the Colonial Office,
where an unexploded bomb*, was
found several months ago.
Lying unconcealed under the arch
way, the bomb consisted of two
electric batteries wired to a glass Jar
filled with gray powder.
"The powder had explosive qual
ities,” the Scotland Yard announce
ment said, "but it would not go oil
because there was no detdnator.”
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