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J. S. Mitchell Named
Executive Secretary
Of Catholic Men
James 8. Mitchell. 8715 Veasey
•treet N.W., was appointed execu
tive secretary of the National Coun
cil of Catholic Men yesterday at
~... th« organise
tton’s final ses-*
sion of a two
day meeting.
The council,
which met at its
headquarters, at
1312 Massachu
setts aretfue
N.W., represents
3,100 national
diocesan and
parish organiza
tions throughout
the United
States.
Mr. Mitchell,
i "r- head of the Na
tional Catholic Community Service.
Uiited Service Organization, during
tlfr war, served at San Diego,
Calif., and San Antonio, Tex., be
f<*e coming to Washington in 1944.
AJ native of Scranton, Pa., he is
a graduate of the University of
Stanton. He also took graduate
work at Notre Dame University.
Another Washington resident. Dr.
Oforge R. Ellis of 4115 Thirteenth
stfeet N.E., was elected a director
or the board.
Emmet'S. Blaes of Wichita, Kans.,
am attorney, was elected president.
Hf succeeds John W. Babcock of
Datrolt, who was named to the
Executive Committee.
Atewart Lynch of Wilmington,
D41., was elected vice president;,
TlJ^mas E. Sly of Belleville. 111., I
national secretary, and James H |
MOCaffrey of Dallas, Tex., treasurer.1
Jhe council adopted a resolution!
pledging co-operation to the Na
tional Catholic Resettlement Coun
cil. Which aids displaced persons in
Europe. •
100,C1 J in New York
Hold Palestine Protest
•y tho Associated Press
NEW YORK, April 5.—A crowd
estimated by police at more'than i
100.000 jammed Madison Square
park and adjacent streets yesterday j
for a mass meeting protesting the
switch in United States policy on
Palestine.
The meeting was under auspices
of the Jewish War Veterans of the
United States.
A memorial service for Jews killed '
Jn the fight for a Jewish homeland ■
in Palestine was held. j
More than 25,000 Jewish War Vet- ;
crans from 13 States and the Dis- |
trict of Columbia paraded down
Fifth avenue to the park.
Placards carried by many of the,
marchers demanded that the United1
Nations proposal for partition of ,
Palestine be put into effect, and
denounced the American proposal ,
for a temporary' United Nations
trusteeship of the Holy Land. ,
Speeches at the rally were in similar .
vein.
State contingents In the parade '
came from New York, Connecticut,1
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ohio,1
Virginia. Delaware, New Hampshire, '
Maine, Vermont, New Jersey, Penn-! J
sylvania and Maryland.
Several Catholic, Protestant and j
Negro units marched with the Jew- j
ish veterans. Police estimated that .
250.000 persons viewed the parade, j
Woman Freed in One Fight
Is Rearrested in Another
A few hours after her release on
$1,000 bond in connection with an
assault on a woman Saturday night, j!
Mrs. Lucille Hill. 38. of the 500 block
of Ninth street S.W. was back in
Custody charged with stabbing a
man.
Police said Mrs. Hill was first ar
rested after a fight with Geneva
Greenley, also of the 500 block of
Ninth street, in the latter’s house.
Both women, who are colored, were |
treated for cuts and bruises at Prov
idence Hospital before their release
on bond at the fourth precinct.
Yesterday morning, Mrs. Hill was
arrested again, this time for the
stabbing of Edward E. Smith, 39,
colored, 400 block of Six-and-one
half street S.W. As the result of the i
fight, Smith is in serious condition
in Gallinger Hospital with a punc
tured lung, police said. Mrs. Hill is
at the Women's Bureau, scheduled
to appear in Municipal Court today i
to answer the first assault charge.
Reich Official Doubts Reds
Have Power to Wage War
•y Allocated Pr«»
FRANKFURT. Germany, April 5.
—The German head of the State of
Hesse says he does not fear an out-(
break of war.
Christian Stock, German minis- ,
ter-president of the American zone
state, told a Social Democratic i
Party election rally at Lauterbachj
yesterday: .
“The Soviet Union is not able to
fight against a technically superior '
nation. !,
“Any nation." he said, “which has
to dismantle railways in Germany '
to operate its own railroads would •
certainly have difficulty waging a
war.”
Mr. Stock referred to reports the ■
Russians have taken up the second
tracks on several double-track Ger
man railways and removed the rails
to Russia.
3-Legged Baby Returned
To Normal by Operation
MELBOURNE, Australia (CDN).
—A 2-week-old Melbourne baby is
successfully recovering from an
operation in which doctors removed
a perfectly formed third leg.
When born, the boy wTas normal in
every way except that a third leg
was attached to the base of the
spine. It was the same shape and
size as his other two legs.
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MARINES RELEASED BY COMMUNISTS—Four of the five United States Marines captured
Christmas Day by Chinese Communists while on a hunting trip north of Tsingtao enjoy a
cigarette, the first after their release April 1 near the village of Haiyang. Capt. Thomas C.
Dutton (left)*assisted in negotiating their release. The Marines (left to right) are Corpl. Wil
liam L. Pollard of Fort Worth, Tex.; Pfc. Car ol W. Dickerson, Olathe, Kans.; Pvt. Robert Hart,
Pittsburgh, Pa:, and Pfc. Thomas Kapodistria, Buffalo, N. Y. The fifth man captured died
latter of wounds. Four other Marines were believed captured by Chinese Reds tojlay after their
plane was forced down. (Story on Page A-l.) —AP Wirephoto.
Berlin
(Continued From First Page.)
slans had demanded and the West
ern powers refused.
This was the second United States
rail shipment brought through since
the Russians imposed restrictions
Wednesday midnight on the line
between Berlin and the Western oc
cupation zones. It came through
after cancellation of an American
emergency air supply system.
The British also brought three
maintenance trains through over
the week end. They said their rail
freight service into Berlin is operat
ing normally.
The special train of Lt. Gen. Sir
Brian Robertson, British com
mander in Germany, passed the
Russians’ Marienborn checkpoint
early today wdth no apparent inter
ference. It was the first Berlin
bound western military passenger
train to get through since the Soviet
rules took effect.
Barge Traffic Held Up.
Ordinary Allied military passenger
train service between Berlin and
the west still is suspended because
of the deadlock over inspections.
A British official in Hamburg said
barge traffic between the British
zone and Berlin began again today
after week - end British - Russian
discussions. Barges had been held
up since Saturday on the Mitteland
canal where it enters the Russian
zone. Twenty-four skippers were
told by the Russians that day that
their interzonal navigation permits,
issued in 1946, were invalid.
American headquarters was wait
ing for the Russians to set a date
for talks to "clarify” the restric
tions. But there were no expres
sions of optimism.
Field Marshal Viscount Mont
gomery, British imperial chief of
staff, is scheduled to fly into Berlin
for meetings tomorrow- with the
military commanders of all four oc
cupying powers. British officials
warned against attaching special
significance to this.
Meanwhile, the Allied Komman
dantura, Berlin's four-power gov
erning body, took a blow- from the
Russians.
In accordance with notice given
last Friday, they failed to show up
foe a meeting of its committee on
cultural affairs. The American.
British and French members ad
journed the meeting quickly.
This is one of seven committees
whose merger the Russians proposed
in Friday's Kommandantuia meet
ing because they said they were
short of manpower. When the west
ern powers balked at the proposal,
the Russians said they would stay
away from meetings of those com
mittees.
The Russians participated today
in meetings of the finance and pub
lic health committees, two of the 11
others under the Kommandamura.
The Americans let the Russians
resume normal operation of the
Soviet railroad headquarters build
ing.
The United States Army withdrew
military police from around the
headquarters in the American sec
tor of Berlin yesterday after the
Russians gave in to American de
mands that they remove eight armed
sentries from the building. Some
50 MPs had surrounded the head
quarters since Friday night.
American-Russlan agreement to
discuss the Soviet regulations was
disclosed in letters made public by
the United States Military Govern
ment yesterday. The correspondence
was between Brig. Gen. C. K. Gailey,
United States chief of staff in Ger
many. and Gen. M. I. Dratvin, So-!
viet deputy commander.
With freight trains moving again, <
Army headquarters in Frankfurt
yesterday stopped the emergency
air freight service, which had ferried
in nearly 270 tons of food in three
and a half days for the 8,500 Amer
icans in Berlin. Officers said emer
gency mail and passenger flights
would go on.
In their correspondence. Gen.
Dratvin insisted some regulations
must continue, while Gen. Gailey
said the Americans could not allow
train inspections. Both favored a
discussion.
In his latest, letter Saturday, Gen.
Dratvin wrote that lack of traffic
control in the Russian zone had
been used by "shady individuals for
all kinds of illegal operations and
speculations, as well as by criminal
and other restless elements.”
of prisons, Department of Justice,
and Msgr. John J. Russell, exten
sion director of Catholic Charities
of Washington and pastor of St.
Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
here.
Proceeds of a silver collection will
go toward purchase of athletic
equipment for the' National Train
ing School. Admission will be free.
Tonight's show will be televised
over WMAL-TV. The Star station.
Willing to Clarify Details.
“I cannot see any possibility of
changing the existing regulation
affecting the traffic of freight and
personnel throught the Soviet zone
* * he said.
“However, I am quite prepared to
clarify with you certain details
concerning the movement* of strict
ly military freight and personnel
of the American military govern
ment. • * - -
Gen. Gailey, who first had sug
gested the discussions, replied yes
terday he would be glad to meet
the Russian any time, any place.
But he said:
"I must make it clear that I
cannot accept procedures which In
volve the entry of representatives
of another power into our military
trains. * * *”
Marshal Montgomery will dine
tomorrow with Marshal Vassily D.
Sokolovsky, Soviet commander in
Germany. He will lunch with the
American, British and French com
manders—respectively, Gen. Lucius
D. Clay, Gen. Robertson and Lt.
Gen. Pierre Koenig.
British official sources said per
sonal considerations were the basis
for his meeting with Marshal Soko
lovsky, with whom he has been
acquainted since early occupation
days.
Legion Show is Planned
Tonight at Turner's Arena
A “Night of Thrills,” sponsored by
the Vincerit B. Costello Post, Amer
ican Legion, will get under way at
8 o'clock tonight in Turner’s Arena.
Boj’s from the National Training
School will participate in five box
ing bouts and an exhibition of
weight lifting. Others will appear
in a program of choral singing.
Guest speakers will be Capt. Al
bert H. Connor, assistant director
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Death Conviction of 3
For Murder of Kelly
Is Sustained, 2 to t
In a 2-to-l decision the United
States Court of Appeals today af
firmed the District Court’s first-de
gree murder conviction of three
youths in the holdup) slaying of
Frank C. Kelly, 56, of 4004 New
Hampshire avenue N.W.
The three are Shirley Harris, 23;
Joe M. Gray, 10, and Herbert H.
Ball, 10, all colored, who were con
victed last May. They are sched
uled to be electrocuted May 14.
Mr. Kelly was shot during an at
tempted holdup as he was on his
way home after attending a meet
ing in Central High School. After
the holdup men fled his body was
discovered. It was not until the
next afternoon at the morgue that
it was ascertained he had been shot.
Exclusion Held Proper.
In the majority appellate opinion,
Justice Wilbur K. Miller held that
the Government had not improperly
excluded colored persons from the
Jury that convicted Harris, Gray
and Hall.
This was in disagreement with a
dissent written by Justice Henry W.
Edgerton, who said the three were
"plainly guilty," but held that they
were entitled to a new trial because
no colored persons were on the jury.
The majority opinion also held
that confessions had not been im
properly admitted as evidence and
that evidence regarding the pistol
used in the slaying also was prop
erly admitted.
Justice Bennett Champ Clark
concurred in the majority opinion.
8ix Others Await Execution.
Six other condemned murderers
are awaiting execution.
Baxter Griffin, 39-yera-old con
demned murderer, goes to the elec
tric chair April 30. '
Griffin, who is colored, was con
victed of shooting Lee Hunter, 27,
also colored, in an argument at the
latter’s home in the 1700 block of
Ninth street N.W., in February. 1947.
The others scheduled to go to
'the chair a^e:
May 7—Lee Fook, 60. convicted of
stabbing to death Harry Lee, Chi
nese laundry proprietor, on Georgia
avenue N.W. hear the latter's es
tablishment in the 4500 block in
September,. 1946.
, June 11—Floyd P. Wilson, 33, con
victed of shooting to death Milton
E. Lowe, 48, during a holdup attempt
outside a Giant Food Store'in the
3900 block of Minnesota avenue
NJS., in February, 1947, and Regin
ald J. Wheeler, 36, and Jesse James
Patton. 33, both colored, convicted
of shooting fatally Maurice L. Bern
stein, 53, in his drugstore in the
1700 block of Florida avenue N.W.
in June. 1946.
June 25—John H. Hall, 32, colored,
convicted of carnal knowledge of an
8-year-old colored girl in the 600
block of Kenilworth avenue NJ5. in
October, 1946.
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Hearing of Newsmen
In Klan Case Delayed
>y th» Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ga., April 5.—Hear
ings on charges of drunkenness for
three Columbus Ledger newspaper
men who allege they were manhan
dled by members of the Ku Klux
Klan have been postponed In
definitely.
The hearings originally were
scheduled for March 22 but were
postponed until today.
The newsmen, Jim Bellows and
Carlton Johnson, reporters, and Joe
Talbot, photographer, charged that
the Klansmen gave them hypo
dermic injections and forced them
to drink a pint of whisky each while
they were covering a Klan meeting
March 12 at Shiloh. Ga.
A pathologist, Dr. Charles L.
Blumstein, reported that wounds
“made by a sharp, needle-like in
strument” were discovered on Mr.
Johnson’s right arm and Mr. Tal
bott’s right thigh.
The hearings were scheduled be
fore I. H. Davis, city manager and
recorder of Manchester, Ga.
Cecil B. Dickson Named
To Press Gallery Post
Cecil B. Dickson, chief of the
Gannett News Service, today was
elected a member of the Standing
Committee of Correspondents in
charge of the Congressional Press
Galleries. He succeeds Grilling Ban
1 croft, resigned. The term runs until
next January. <
! The Standing Committee certified
i his election and canceled formal
i balloting by the press corps whA
Mr. Dickson was unopposed for the
i place.
Air Collision Kills 3
Over Ohio Town
>y the Associated Press
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio. April 5.—
Three persons were killed yester
day when two private planes col
lided over downtown Circleville.
Two victims were partners in an
automobile agency, while the third
was the wife of the town's airport
manager. • j
The victims: Mrs. Robert Swift,
30; Jack Moats, 21; and Virgil New
man. 40.
Witnesses said the planes met
head-an about 1.400 feet above
ground. Mr. Newman piloted one
plane, with Mr. Moat^ as passen
ger. It fell in flames on railroad
tracks at the south edge of town.
Mrs. Swift’s plane crashed with
out burning in the backyard of a
residence. She was described as a
veteran flyer.
By tho Associated Pross *
CONNEAUTVILLE, Pa.. April 5.
—A flight instructor and a student
pilot were killed yesterday as their
small airplane collided In flight with '
another and plunged to earth.
Fred C. Byham, pilot of the sec
ond plane, which had its propeller
sheared off in the crash, managed
to cut his engine and glide to a
landing in a field a mile from where
the first craft crashed Into a tree.
Those killed were identified by
; Dr. U. S. Wharton, deputy Craw
ford eounty coroner, as Arden E.
Meredith. 26, Meadville. Pa., former
Army pilot and an instructor, and
Francis T. Myers. 20, Cambridge
Springs. Pa., the student flyer.
2 Nuns Save Sacrament
As Fire Razes Church
By th* Associated Pross
LIVERMORE FALLS. Me.. April
5.—Two nuns saved the Blessed Sac
rament during a *100,000 fire that
destroyed the St. Rose of Lima
Roman Catholic Church yesterday.
They are Mother Ste. Aurelie,
superior at the nearby St. Rose of
Lima Convent, and Sister Marie
Theresa, one of 12 nuns of the St.
Joseph order stationed there.
The nuns, aided by parishioners,
also succeeded in removing statu
ary, altar furnishings and other
objects.
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MONEY... how shall our young
people learn to handle it wisely?
Experience is the best teacher,
says this distinguished authority.
And the sooner the teaching starts,
the better!
by ANGELO PATRI
Noted author on the problems
of raising children
IT’S SHAMEFUL how many
grown-ups don't know how
to handle money; "I wouldn’t
lend him a nickel!” we hear. Or
"She spends money like water!”
Or; "What penny-pinchers they
are!” Handling money is a real
art; And the time to start learn*
ing it is in childhood:
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That’s why a father I know
(let’s call him Mr; Perkins) decided to put hi<
little girl, Peggy, on an allowance. As a start, he
gave her a quarter to last the week:
Next day, she came home grandly weasng a
battered old hat. She’d bought it at a play auction
f in a girl friend’s attic; Cost: 24 cents!
Her father shook his head. But, being wise;
said nothing! Of course, the glamour of the hat
soon faded, and Peggy was begging Daddy for
> more money! Just a dime "to go to the store”
with the other girls:
Then Mr; Perkins patiendy explained why
she couldn’t have both the hat and the soda. But
Peggy had an idea! "Can't I have the dime from
next week?”
"Indeed, you can’t!” he said firmly: "You’d be
spending money you haven’t got. And that is
just what gets people into trouble!”
Small mistakes now prevent big ones later!
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Such experience is the way a boy or girl learns to
spend wisely. An allowance also helps them learn
to save ... by giving up candy bars this week;
the boy learns he can buy that big yellow ball
next week! 1
-Another plan is to, reward your child with a
bonus every three months, if he has spent his
money sensibly. Or, to encourage him to save in the
"big bank,” offer to double anything he deposits:
Never think of his allowance as pay for doing
regular work around the house: That's his duty
as one of the family. But if certain jobs are usually
done outside—like washing the car; or shining
Dad’s shoes—let him earn this money; if he
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Let your children learn about money through
actual experience, and you’ll worry much less
about rash spending when they're on their own!
Give them a REGULAR AMOUNTI
The allowance may be small.
But it should be a definite
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If your child makes his mis
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Don’t withhold the allowance
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