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Put Debt to Nation
First, Gen. Bradley
Advises Amvets
Associated Pr»si
COLUMBUS. Ohio. Oct. 4.—Gen
Omar N. Bradley today warnec
World War II soldiers not, to trad*
on their war service because there
were "too many issues to be met
for you to waste your time on the
economics of being a veteran."
"The Nation today needs mer
who think in terms of service tc
their country and not in terms ol
their country's debt to them." tht
veterans' administrator told th«
third annual convention of tht
American Veterans of World War II
(Amvets).
"The question you must ask your
selves is not what does the Natior
owe to you but what do you still
owe to the Nation?" he said.
Warned Not to Repeat Mistakes.
Gen. Bradley urged the veterans
not to make the same mistakes ol
World War I veterans who "turned
their backs on the critical issues
growing out of that war."
"Unless you are ready to shouldei
.ν ι »u ι Miaif ui uic piuuiems wim
havp grown out of the war," he
asserted, "you may find that youi
victory means something Jess than
it did two years ago."
Earlier the convention delegates
adopted a resolution asking Con
gress to investigate possible mal
treatment of enlisted personnel in
military service.
"The integrity of the Army and
the intelligence of the veteran are
challenged by this latest predicted
whitewash of a West Point general
by a West Point general." Amvetf
President Ray Sawyer told the con
vention.
Refers to Lee Case.
He referred to vindication of mal
treatment charges laid against Lt
Gen. John C. H. Lee, Army com
mander in Italy. Gen. Lee was
cleared by the Army inspector gen
eral after accusations by Newspaper
Columnist Robert C. Ruark pro
voked official attention.
Less than 24 hours before the
convention'» close campaigning for
the post of national commander
had grown in intensity. The Penn
sylvania Department announced an
eighth candidate, Carl Mau, a Mar
cus Hook. Pa., newspaper publisher
Other candidates: Edgar C. Corry
,1r.. Des Moines, Iowa; Joseph S
Crespi, East Point, Ga.: William G
Lee. Rockford, 111.: Willard I. Shat
tuck, Fitchburg, Mass.: William C
Burkett, San Mateo, Calif.; Richard
Marks. Clarksburg, W. Va., and
Howard C. Cook. Toledo. Ohio
Election will be held Sunday morn
ing.
Hawley
• Continued Prom First Page t
hand as far as the quality of medi
cal treatment was concerned. Or
that basis, he was able to attract
top specialists from all fields of the
profession.
One of them. Dr. Paul B. Magnu
«·%<*(·+ lib-ol ν will siifvfkpri Fir
Hawley if he leaves.
Dr. Magnuson, a noted orthopedic
(turgeon from Chicago, is chiefly re
sponsible for developing the agency';
program of training doctors who are
residents at veterans' hospitals anc
getting private specialists to act ai
part-time consultants at the hos
pitals.
Last week. Dr. Magnuson was ap
pointed CKief of professional serv
ices. to work directly under Dr. Haw
ley in co-ordinating divisions of the
service. 4
"When we started our program,'
he declared, "it was necessary that
each division develop by itself. Now
the time has come to draw them
closer together."
Dr. Magnuson stressed that he
like Dr. Hawley, feels that the vet
erans' medical program must b«
free from outside influences if it ii
to be successful.
Dr. Magnuson was succeeded a>
assistant medical director for re
search and education by Dr. Edwarc
H. Cushing. Before coming to th«
Veterans' Administration, Dr. Cush
ing was a professor of clinica
medicine at Western Reserve Uni
versity.
Meanwile, Dr. Hawley has told
associa tes'he needs a rest from th<
wearing two-year job he has held
at the agency.
Will Benefit Financially.
And. like most of his top subor
dinates, he would benefit financiallj
to a substantial extent by returning
to private medicine. As medical
director of the agency, it was learned
Dr. Hawley draws a salary only aboul
$2,300 larger than his pay as a re
tired Army major general—and he
has had to waive the retirement pay
to take the Government position.
The development virtually kills
rumors that Dr. Hawley would suc
ceed Gen. Bradley as veterans' ad
ministrator. The general is ex
pected to become Army chief of staff
when Gen. Eisenhower retires early
next year.
Another Veterans' Administration
official who frequently has been
mentioned as a possible successor to
Gen. Bradley is Omer W. Clark, a
chief aide who acted as adminis
Hnrirtfr Ποη "RrftHlPv's fib
eence. He ha.* been connected with
the agency for nearly 25 years.
His appointment would be likely
to satisfy major veterans' organiza
tions. which recently have opposed
suggestions of "military or profes
sional men."
Events for Homecoming
At G. W. U. Arranged
A luncheon for alumni attending
the home-coming week-end festivi
ties at George Washington Univer
sity October 30 through November 1,
has been scheduled for 1 p.m.. No
vember 1, at the Mayflower Hotel.
Other events for the week end,
Include a pep rally at the University
Yard, October 30: football game be
tween George Washington Univer
sity and Virginia Polytechnic Insti
tute. 8:30 p.m., October 31, Griffith
Stadium, and a home-coming ball
at the National Guard Armory, 9
p.m., November 1.
Flour, Cabbage Condemned
Flour and cabbage were the high
est in the list of condemnations
made by the Bureau of Food In
spection last week, according to Dr
Reid R. Ashworth. director. A total
of 7.186 pounds of foodstuff was
condemned in an inspection of 1,218
establishments.
Alaska Lecture Tuesday
Robert Campbell, chairman of th«
feofraphy department at Georgt
Washington University, will discus!
human adjustments to the climatt
of Alaska at 8 pjn. Tuesday at tht
Library of Congress. The lecture
will be Illustrated with color slides
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NEW YORK—VICTIM OF HUGE JEWEL THEFT—Mrs. Sari Gabor Hilton leaving a cab with
Detective John Kenny yesterday after trip to police station where Mrs. Hilton examined pic
tures of possible suspects after holdup man forced his way into her East Thirty-third street pent
house apartment (arrow) and made off with jewelry said by police to be valued at $600,000 to
$700,000. It was one of the greatest jewel thefts in the city's history. Mrs. Hilton, "Miss Hungary
of 1930." is the sister of Screen Actress Eva Gabor and the divorced wife of Conrad Hilton, hotel
magnate. —AP Wirephoto.
Regulars' Extra $100 Is Held
Blow to Medical Corps Morale
By John A. Giles
The Army Medical Department
faces a serious morale problem as a
result of an act of Congress which
allows an additional $100 a momh
to be paid all Regular Army mjdieal
and dental corps officers, it was
learned yesterday.
Only 17 per cent of the Army's
8.350 doc tors land dentists are in the
Regular Army and eligible for ths
bonus. The other 83 per cent were
brought into service under the Army
! specialized training program, where
they were draft-deferred and re
ceived pay and free education fn-m
the Government. They must com
plete two-year obligatory or com
pensatory tours of duty before they
can be placed on inactive duty or
sign over for an additional period at
the $100 bonus pay.
After one year of the obligatory
service an A.S.T.P. officer is eligible
to apply for transfer to the Régulai;
Army and, if accepted, may receive
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investigating thé feasibility of re
ducing this period of service to six
months as one method of helping
solve the morale problem.
Situation Causes Concern.
A spokesman admitted that the
problem had caused the department
a great deal of concern. .4..
At Walter Reed, one of the Army-'t
largest, general hospitals," and at
other institutions, some patients
have reported somewhat lackidalscal
but not rude attitude 011 the part ol
some doctors not in the régulai
1 army.
One of these doctors said yes
terday that with the high cost of
i living he was having difficulty'
making ends meet.
"Perhaps we don't have much
enthusiasm for our work," he said.
"That extra $100 would go a long
way toward seeing me through
We feel that we are being dis
criminated against when the fellow
right next to us doing the samp
work and holding the same rank
gets $100 a month more."
Of the 183 doctors and dentists
at the hospital. 92 are officers ed
ucated under the A. S. T. P.
Navy Has Similar Problem.
There are 1,450 regular Army
doctors and dentists on duty who
receive the $100 a month extra pay.
In addition there are 5.900 A. S.
T. P. educated officers on duty at
Army hospitals and posts and an
'additional 1,000 on duty with the
1 Veterans' Administration.
The Navy has a similar although
somewhat smaller problem with its
jV-12 educated doctors and dentists.
pThere are 3.905 regular Navy doctors
and 2 546 reserves educated under
the V-12 program. Noine of the
V-12 doctors will became eligible
for inactive duty before next spring.
Of the 1.077 Navy dentists, 568
are V-12 reserves and 144 of them
are on loan to the Army.
A spokesman said that the den
itists educated under the V-12 pro
gram were leaving the service as
fast as they became eligible, but
that an insufficient number of re
serve doctors had become eligible
for separation to indicate a trend.
Army Will Need Replacements.
Under the Army medical system
there are five categories of officers.
No. 5 category, which includes most
of the 6.900 total, embraces those
who want to get out of service and
into private practice as soon as
possible.
The Army Medical Department
expects to have lost approximately
400 A. S. T. P. officers by next June,
thus creating an urgent need for
replacements.
Another category includes those
who have applied to remain in the
Army. The Medical Department
estimates that there are about 500
such applications being processed
of which some 114 have been acted
upon. Other categories are those
who wish to sign up for 12, 18 and
24 month periods.
"Unquestionably a lot of the A. S.
T. P. doctors and dentists want to
get out as soon as possible but they
ι must repay the Government with
two years of service before they can
be released," Col. Paul Robinson,
chief of the Medical Department
personnel division said.
A. S. T. P. Officers Promoted Soon.
"With reference to the $100, I
asked many of the last class of 600
internes who are just beginning
their two years of obligatory service
how they felt and every one said
they did not think the provision
unfair," he continued.
i Shortly after passage of the pay
act, Maj. Gen. Raymond A. Bliss,
Army surgeon general, said that it
I was "not a pay increase but an;
equalization measure designed to
bring the incomes of Medical and
; Dental Corps officers more nearly
i in line with those of civilian doc
I tors and dentists."
Col. Robinson pointed out that It:
'was also designed to repay Regular
Ariny doctors and dentists for money
they spent on their educations. A.
S. T. P. officers should not forget
j the benefits they have received, he
' added.
The Army has followed the rule.!
that A. S. T. P. officers should be
promoted as soon as possible, Col.
Robinson said. He added that none ;
was Deiow ine γκχικ. οι mat iicu
teaant.
'TiilTereutiar'yVas Intentional.
Tile medical department has been
concerned over the problem and
only lait week received an opinion
from the judge advocate general
ithat the law was never intended to
pay A. S. T. P. doctors and dentist?
the $1(W.
The opinion stated that officers
required to remain on active duty
may volunteer for additional periods
of, service only after expiration of
their obligatory periods and thus be
eligible for the extra $100.
An A. S. T. P. officer cannot vol
unteer before expiration of his ob
ligatory period "because he cannot
offer, freely and voluntarily, service
which he is already obliged to ren
der," the opinion said.
2 U. S. Representatives
Are Received by Pope
By tht Associated Press
VATICAN CITY, Oct. 4.—Pope
Pius XII received today at a privatte
audience Representatives Jackson,!
Republican, of California and Tea-.
gue, Democrat, of Texas, members
of the United States House of
Representatives' foreign affairs sub
committee studying the political
effects of American policies in1
Europe.
Nurses to Meet Tuesday
The Washington Chapter of the
Aimy School of Nursing Alumnae
Association will hold a business
meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Delano
Hall, Army Medical Center. Mem
bers of the organization are nurses
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What stirred Senator Ferguson up
was a protest from Local 468 of the
CIO Auto Workers Union that the
Clark Equipment Co. at Buchanan,
Mich., had agreed with the Soviet
Purchasing Commission to train
Russians in the manufacture of
steel axle housings.
Displacing Union Members.
The unjon. said in a telegram to
Senator Ferguson September 21 that
the Russian trainees were displacing
union members and were learning
"American manufacturing processes
which are so necessary for t,he wel
fare and security of this nation."
The union asked for a congressional
investigation.
The Senator asked the Justice
Department's Immigration Service
to look into the complaint and tell
him how many Russian trainers j
have been admitted to this country j
and on what basis. He also took the
matter up with the State Depart
ment. And he gave out the replies:
yesterday.
Mr. Miller reported eight RussiansJ
now are training at the Buchanan
plant. There is no question where,
they are. Mr. Miller gave names
and ages and said they came in
unaer cupiuinauu visas gxeuitcu uy \
the United States Consulate in Mos
cow. He said the company paid its
regular employes during the time
Russians ran their machines.
In Detroit, Immigration Director
Ε. E. Adrock said the Clark Co. has 1
jeen training Soviet technicians
since June in groups of 4 to 20. He
said some of the first have gone back
to Russia and been replaced by
Dtliers.
Some kind oi procedure Is needed,
Mr. Miller wrote Ferguson, by which
.mmigration officers can check up
an aliens of all countries who are
idmitted for training or study.
"This is emphasized somewhat."
Mr. Miller said, "by our lack of
Knowledge as to where the Russians
iegally admitted and formerly em
ployed by the Clark Equipment Co.
nay be now or where they have
jone."
Mr. Peurifoy sent Senator Fergu
son a memorandum saying that |
Soviet nationals admitted for train
ing obtain visas as officials of the
Russians government. They do not
enter as immigrants.
412 'Official' Visas.
"Figures are not available," the
memo said, "to show the number of
Soviet government official trainees
in United States."
But Mr. Peurifoy reported that of
the 1,511 nonimmigrant visas lor
Soviet nationals that were good as
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Lone Bandit Steals $700,000
In Gems From Sari Gabor Hilton
Ky th· Atsociattd Pr«t
NEW YORK, Oct. 4.—A kid
gloved bandit who came "to fix
the wiring" today robbed a· for
mer Hungarian beauty queen
and hotel magnate's former wife
of nearly three-quarters of a
million dollars worth of jewelry.
The soft-spoken bandit, police
said, performed one of the greatest
jewel thefts 4n New York history
and one of the moet profitable one
man jobs ever carried out anywhere.
Forcing his way into the pent
house apartment of red-haired 28
year-old Mrs. Sari Gabor Hilton,
former "Miss Hungary" and formerly
wife of Conrad Hilton, hotel owner,
he escaped with approximately $700,
000 worth of jewelry after threaten
ing to shoot Mrs. Hilton and her
infant daughter. Mr. Hilton is the
head of a national hotel chain which
operates, among others, the May
flower in Washington.
Mrs. Hilton told police the robber
"came into my bedroom and started
to pull me out of bed" and she asked
him to let her put on a dressing
gown.
When she pleaded with him to
let her keep her widding ring? and
a 20-carat diamond engagement
rinir. she said, he "laughed and
sneered."
The holdup man also took a dia
mond necklace, two diamond brace
lets and a score of other pieces of
jewelry.
Mrs. Hilton, wearing her jewelry,
was photographd by two fashion
photographers yesterday at her
apartment just off Fifth Avenue,
and last night made a round of
three exclusive night clubs wearing
a dazzling collection of diamonds.
She said her loss was partially
covered by insurance.
The bandit tied Mrs. Hilton, sis
ter of Hungarian Actress Eva Gabor,
to a love seat and also trussed up
her maid, Mrs. Lulu Barth, before
fleeing.
Chief of Defectives George P.
Mitchell who said the jewels Vere
valued at between $600,000 and
of last June 30, 412 were of the
"official'' type. There was no way
of telling how many of the 412 were
for trainees.
Senator Ferguson's suggestion
that the United States "close down"
on Russian trainees unless Ameri
cans are allowed to examine Rus
sian production and industries fol
lowed calls for restrictions from
other lawmakers.
In July Russia refused to let a
House Labor Subcommittee make a
visit. Lack of housing was given as
the reason. Then last month mem
bers of the Senate Appropriations
Committee and five American offi
cials, including Mr. Peurifoy, were
turned down when they asked to go
to Moscow to inspect the United
States Embassy. The Russians ob
jected to American Inspections in
Russia.
Both Senator Knowland, Repub
lican, of California, and Representa
tive Kerst«n, Republican, of Wis
consin, as a result of the rejections
of committee visits, proposed that
the United States limit the entry of
Russians to the number of Ameri
cans allowed in the Soviet Union.
The latest State Department tab
ulation put the number of Russian
diplomats and other officials in the
United States at 532 and the num
Der of Americans in Russia at about
130.
2 Washingtonians Win
Peabody Scholarships
By the Associated Pre»·
BALTIMORE, Oct. 4.—Two Wash
ington residents were among the 15
winners of scholarships at the Pea
body Conservatory of Music an
nounced today by Director Reginald
Stewart.
They are Vincent J. Jablonskl,
double bass, and Albert Fuller,
organ. The scholarships are for one
year each.
$700,000, said Mrs. Hilton was In
he* bedroom with her six-month
old daughter, Constance, when the
robber forced his way into the
j apartment.
Police gave this story of the rob
bery:
I As the maid answered the door
bell, a tall, grey-suited man told her,
"I'm here to fix the wiring.-'
When Mrs. Barth told the man
'There's no wiring to be fixed," he
j drew a gun, pushed his way into
; the apartment, and pointing the
' gun at the maid, said, "Give me the
jewelry."
Maid Knocked Down.
Mrs. Barth screamed, and was
ι knocked down by the intruder who
i threatened her again with the gun
i and said "Now stay there."
He crossed to the bedroom,
j grabbed Mrs. Hilton by the arm,
i pulled her into the foyer, and said:
j "If you don't keep quiet, I'll shoot 1
you and the baby."
Mrs. Hilton later told no]ire "I was
so afraid ior the baby I sat down."
After tying Mrs. Hilton and the
I maid to a love seat in the foyer, the
ί bandit went back to the bedroom
1 where he ransacked a jewel box on
a dresser and then took other pieces
from closets and a box in the bed
room floor under an upholstered
chair.
Leaves in Elevator.
He stuffed the jewels in his pocket
and left the building in the self
service elevator. After he left, the
two women worked free of their
bonds. Police said the building is
owned by Mrs. Hilton.
Police who made a minute exam
ination of the apartment said the
I bandit, who wore kid gloves, left· one
ι behind in his haste to escape with
! his haul.
I One police official declared "It's
ί the biggest jewelry robbery by one
man I ever heard of."
Mrs. Hilton, who separated from
the hotel magnate in 1944 and signed
; a separation and property agree
ment at that time, received her dl
; vorce at Los Angeles, September 17,
11946.
Clergymen
(Continued From First, Paep >
mature American troops are ex
posed in Europe.
Dr. Beers said that "the extent
of the use of alcohol as liquor is
appalling" and that the rate of
venereal disease "is fraught with evil
consequences for the future of Amer
ica." He said the average age of
troops in one regiment was 19 years.
Dr. Ockenga, deploring the "moral
debacle of the German people." said
that in order to get food, clothing
and shelter, "the German will sell
his soul." He asserted.
"Sex morality does not exist For
a few candy bars, a can of coffee or
some cigarettes, most women are
ready to sell their bodies. Soldiers,
white and colored, have/whom they
please. In Giessen alone there are
253 colored babies of white mothers,
according to the highest military
authority in Hesse. The temptation
placed before the troops— officers
and men alike—is too great, and the
majority have succumbed to the sit
uation.
"The process did hot begin with
our troops; it was fostered and abet
ted by the Nazis during the war. The
full effect may now be seen every
where. "Shacking up' is general." I
BELGIAN PREMIER ARRIVES—Here to call on President Tru
man, Premier Paul-Henri Spaak (left) is greeted at National
Airport by the Belgian Ambassador, Baron Silvercruys, on his
arrival yesterday from New York. —Star Staff Photo.
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off with the following sentences, ell
light compared with the jail-plus
fine sentences of Judge Neilson.
Sentences of $50 fines or 60 days
for 18 defendants. $100 or 100 days
for one, $100 or 120 days for another
and $500 or one year for a third.
All paid the fines, avoiding jail.
Past Offenders Scored.
The average penalty for numbers
offenders convicted by Municipal
Court jurists other than Judge Neil
son has been between the $50 or 60
day sentence and $100 or 90 days.
In his August 5 statement, Judge ι
Neilson declared he favors jail terms
along with fines "especially" In cases
involving past offenders.
"Apparently these people have
plenty of cash, and I believe they
should not be permitted to get off
with simple payment of fines," the
judge commented from the bench.
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