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Mother Loses Suit
Bor Gl Insurance to
Remarried Widow
iJBaims of a remarried widow of
a jfteran to proceeds of his National
Sfrvioe Life Insurance policy can
come ahead of those of hi* mother, i
tSSC United State* Court of Appeals
nij£d today.
The tribunal upheld a District
cSSrt decision which reached this
r&tilt.
®he appeals court declared:
SCourt dispense with technicalities
tcfXarry out a soldier's intention to
cjjpmge the beneficiary of his life
insurance policy. The Intention and
a£ act done for the purpose of ac
complishing it are enough.”
Beneficiary Changed.
Mrs. Louise W. Citron, of San
Francisco, is the widow of Lt. Rob
ert I. Rosenscheln. killed in an air
pijgne crash in July, 1943. The vet
erans mother, Mrs. Adelaide N.
itbsenschein, of New York was
tftmed beneficiary in the policy
vftien he was single. In February,
1*43. he married and filled out a
War Department form which named
hit wife beneficiary, but did not
rgjer expressly to any particular j
pplicy or benefits. Today’s decision,
written by Associate Justice Henry!
Mfc Edgerton. pointed out the Army
intended this form for another
pfirpose, but it was often used for
ifiignating a life insurance bene
flZiary.
*■ Cas* Heard Without Jury.
Schief Justice Harold M. Stephens1
a ltd Associate Justice Bennett
C$amp Clark joined in the opinion.
■The court observed the widow was
n$|t barred from benefits under the
policy because the notice did not
1 roach the Veterans’ Administration
uhtil after the veteran’s death.
Attorney Warren E. Miller repre
sented the widow. The mother
sought to get the veteran's life in
; surance money and the case was;
! heard In District Court without a
1 Jury. _
Weather Report
District of Columbia — Mostly
sunny and rather humid with high
est temperature about 93 this after
noon. Pair with lowest tonight
about 73 degrees. Tomorrow, partly
cloudy, warm and humid. Gentle
southerly winds.
^Maryland—Generally fair and
rither warm and humid tonight and,
Uffnorrow.
■Virginia—Partly cloudy and rather
warm and humid tonight and tomor
row with a few scattered showers in
southwest portion.
Wind velocity, 12 miles per hour; j
direction, south-southeast.
River Report.
(United States Engineers.)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Perry
end at. Great Falls, Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Yesterday— Pet Today— Pet
Noon _68 Mldnieht ... .78
tp.m_ 63 8 a.m. .. — Pi)
p.m_62 1:3U c m. _49
Hiah and Low for Yesterday.
High. 87. at 4:20 p.m.
Low. 68. at 5:45 a.m.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 85 on June 24.
Lowest. 5 on January 26.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey.)
• Today. Tomorrow
High _ 1:15 am. 2:10 a
Low __ 8:07 am 9:10 a.m*
High -_- 1:31cm. 2 27 cm’
Low ___ 8 30 p.m. 9.27 p.m.
The Bun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Hun. today ... 5:32 8 35
Sun. tomorrow— 5:o3 8 34
Moon, today .. 12:32 p m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
•ne-halt hour alter sunset.
Frenpitation.
Monthly precipitation In inches in thej
Capital (current month to date):
January1' _Ts7 T83%
Sr ".- 1:8 n st
April . 3 05 3,27 9.13 '89
April - s.87 3.70 10.69 ’89
iT,‘ . .. 5 28 4.13 10.84 '00
June - 4.71 10.03 '86 |
August'--- 4.01 14.41 281
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Albu JeTdSrr6r"7 AnM«eeCi“*?« 66 ’
Atlanta- *9 70 New Orleans 9
Atlantic City 7h New York. 89
Rilllnes S't nfi Norfolk
Bism'.ck 84 64 Oklah’a City 86 ,
Buffalo_ 88 09 Omaha .. 90 6.)
Chicago 90 71 Phoenix 111 *,*
Cincinnati.. 88 Pittsburgh.. »8 69
Detroit 90 70 Portland— 94 6/
raPasoT::: 99 79 St Louts 90 72
Galveston . 87 81 Salt L_e City 94 5,
Indianapolis Pi 71 San Antonio 96 -5
Kansas City 89 71 San Fwan SCO n o
Los Angeles *6 61 Seattle .3
Louisville.. 84 7 Shreveport. 86 ;3
Miami... . 87 81 Tampa 90 ,4
Havre de Grace Entries
FOR TUESDAY,
ly the Aisociated Pren
Weather Clear. Track Fast
FIRST RACE—Purse, $2,500; claiming
4-vear-olds and tin: l'< miles.
xWhippedCrm 107 Escolar- 11/,
xxGenerator 105 Vend ] **
Vive Teddy 120 xxCharles City - 110
xBellclapper— 112 Somewhere. . 11
Kina Brand . . 122 x?;,5Wrr, in
FredCody 111 xMtbillD 110
Our Risk. --- lie HornTooter - 11.
xRelious_ 112 xxProioe 110
SECOND RACE—Purse. $2,000; claim
ing. 3-year-olds and up; * l«ii™v
Readier 112 Hough Ordy 103
vS wafnme "" 110 Eire .120
xxMix Man " 10T xGloria Guerin 108
xxBufly 113 CedarBrand 20
xLady Halran 111 xxlnvictus 10.
Wise Step 11* Casset - 11.
xxYour Majesty 108
THIRD RACE—Purse, $3,000; maidens;
8-vear-olds; 0 furlongs
Kitchen Charm 117 Chaflee-Dee - ]
xxDlzzy Da e Jr. 110 Dr Reed . .. . 1
Cracker Jack _ 122 Wee Hal -
a Tea For Me. 117 Eireann }}«,
War Dauber .. 122 Sweep Em _ 11.
Little Tony . 122 Battle Cry 1-.
xxDevll’a Lead llo a Bulka - 1-.
a Cedar Farm entry.
FOURTH RACE—Purse, $3,000; claim
ing: 3-year-ol<£i and up; 6 furlongs
Kensington Gal 103 F|m D«.r . •
tPhance Bras 115 ©ir Jinx
Jnuddy V 116 xNisht Strike 114
g Unwin. - ^‘Vnot 107
Rough 'Feathers 120 Hand-In-Glove 105
xxSnow Pit'tom 10«_
FIFTH RACE—Purse. $3,500; allow
■ nrea °-vear-olds: otg furlongs
Oram'Market . 120 Snow Flares .114
v*Pet®rliB£ - 107 a Cubbing — 1}2
xxKaich Foray. 11 g a M*rry Risk 11.
BUaHumptirey"and Mrs Owaley entry.
SIXTH RACE—Purse, $2,500; claiming;
4-year-Olds and up: lc« mtlfs
Untrltd 117 S.lrk‘.r^end7 ' 12
Hi »nd.dDurv,‘ g|
xxGlacial Run- 115 Grey Hood - , 1 ~~
xxExploration . 110 Bright Remark 1«
pig.. ct|>* _ 120 Elbasan . - - «}*
Mafakom' --- 117 xxBalllol -HO
SEVENTH RACE—Purse. $3,000; claim
{frUr^rVij s^mis. 105
xC*lurHM?kreV: 102 xGay* Pilate100
Narragansett . 11* jA'ui,kT Y,*r }2A
xConnie Morse. 107 Hi-Pl -
EIGHTH RACE—-Purse. S3.5tM). claim
ing . 4-year-olds and upward. 1m mile..
E^er Message 112 £al8€^__ l!i
xxB b s B thday 112 Operator 116
xxLeadership 10P xxAdonis -- 115
Sarawak 115 Comedy Player, IIP
Cab sir ' 108 xDixte Sweep., Ill
gxOne Up-101 xDog Trot 02
xxRomplng 110 Reflex Arc **
x 5. xx7 pounds apprentice allowance
claimed.
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County Charter Government
Is Goal of Walter F. Mulligan
Retired GPO Worker *
Now Finds More
Time for Civic Duty
By Charles A. McAleer
If Walter F. Mulligan has any-;
thing to do about it. Prince Georges1
County will get a charter system of
government.
That is one of the things the
president of the Prince Georges
County Civic Federation hopes to
promote now that he has more
time for civic affairs.
Retired two weelcs ago after 45
vears as an electrician at the Gov
ernment Printing Office. Mr. Mulli
gan decided to start campaigning
for a charter government similar to
the system sought in Montgomery
County.
He also hopes to organize inde
pendent voters of the county.
Independent in Politics.
.“I'm neither a Democrat nor a
Republican,” Mr. Mulligan asserts.
"When I first came to the county
35 years ago, I knew nothing about ■
politics so I registered as an inde
pendent, “I've never had any rea
son to cnange.”
Mr. Mulligan, who will be 70 next
February, always has been civic
minded. Besides heading the county
civic federation for the past 12
years, he has been a president at
one time or another of the county
Chamber of Commerce, the Inter
federation Council of Citizens’ As
sociations and the Berwyn Parent
Teacher Association.
General Hospital and also of the
county Community Chest.
Mr. Mulligan is vice president of
the Federal Electrical Workers'
WALTER F. MULLIGAN.
—Star Staff Photo.
Union, Local 121; member of the
board of trustees of the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers’ Benefit Association, mem
ber of the board of management
for the county YMCA and a life
member of the B. B. French Lodge
No. 15, Masons.
Won Star Trophy.
Besides all this, he is an amateur
ornithologist, being an associate
member of the American Ornitholo
gist’s Union. He holds permits from
the Federal Government, Maryland
and Virginia to collect birds and
nest eggs.
Mr. Mulligan was cited for his
civic achievements in 1940 when the
Civic Federation presented him with
The Evening Star Trophy for out
standing public service.
Woman, 100, Who Saw Lee
On Day of Surrender, Dies Here
A 100-year-old woman who often
told her family that she saw Gen.
Lee the day he surrendered at Ap
pomatox Court House died early to
day at her home, 724 Morton street
N.W., after an illness of less than a
week.
She was Mrs. Pinkie Wood, who
was born to parents who were slaves
on a Lawrenceville <Va.) farm.
Active until her last brief illness,
she spent her time reading her
Bible and knitting clothing for her
children. Until last year, she at
tended St. John's Baptist Church,
1307 Fifth street N.W. Then, it
was decided by her family, the
crowds were too exciting for hfr.
Her pastor, the Rev. W. H. Brown,
and a few members of the congrega
tion, visited her each Sunday for
a brief devotional period, however,
they said.
Mrs. Wood told her family she
was visiting near the little country
court house when Lee surrendered
his battered army to Gen. Grant.
"She often spoke of seeing Gen.
Lee, and what a fine figure of a
ipan he was,” her family recalled.
"She also remembered days when
there was little to eat because
troops of both sides were fighting
nearby, and demanded food,” they
said.
After the war she married Frank
Nash, and they settled down on a
small farm he owned at Law'rence
ville. The couple had five children.
In 1903 Mr. Nash died, and the
widow and her children moved to
Washington.
In 1907, she married Elijah Wood.
He died in 1932.
"She remembers Washington when
the station located where Union
Station is now was called the ‘little
depot',” her family said. “She also
spoke of seeing McKinley’s inaugu
ration, and several others."
Funeral services will be held at
St. John's Church. Other arrange
ments have not been completed.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. Beatrice Lane, of the Morton
street address; Mrs. Lizzie Shorter,
of 1237 Fifth street N.W.; Mrs.
Della Long and Mrs. Bessie Wil
liams, of 2227 Georgia avenue N.W.;
one son, Henry Nash, of New York;
20 grandchildren, 10 great grand
children and four great-great
grandchildren.
Judith Quentin Derby
And Dr. Ames to Wed
By tho Associated Press
i -NEW YORK, Jui|J liWXJie in
gage merit of' Miss Judith <3 ueritin
Derby, granddaughter of President
Theodore Roosevelt, to Dr. Adelbert
Ames, 3d. was announced yesterday.
Miss Derby, a graduate of St.
Timothy's School, Catonsville, Md„
is employed by the United Nations.
Her mother is the former Miss
Ethel Roosevelt. Through her
father, she is connected with the'
Alden and other New England
families.
Dr. Ames is on the staff of the
Presbyterian Hospital here. He
served as a captain In the Army
Medical Corps and is a graduate of
the Harvard Medical School. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert
Ames, Jr., of Hanover, N. H.
The wedding will take place at
Oyster Bay in the autumn.
Jap Dies in Boiling Spring
TOKYO, July 12 (IP).—Yasuko Ta
kahashi, 21. who was walking along
a road in the hot springs village of
Onikubi, felt the earth give way be
neath him and dropped to his death
in a boiling underground spring.
The village is 200 miles north of
Tokyo.
'Vatican-Like' State
For Jews Suggested
By Arab Leader
By th* Auociotnd Pr»s»
CAIRO, July 12.—Abdel Rah
man Azzam Pasha, secretary
general of the Arab League,
proposed last night that the,
world consider setting up a
symbolic state like Vatican City
to represent its 12.000,000 Jews.
Declaring it is obviously im
possible to get the world’s 12,
000,000 Jews into one country of
their own, Azzam Pasha said a
state such as the Vatican would
meet their “religious fanati
cism” without exposing them to
a divided loyalty—and result
ing anti-Semitism—in the
countries where they live.
Asked whether the Arabs
would agree to such a state
being set up In Palestine, he
said that is another question.
Then he added: “I do not care
where it is because it would
have no national aspirations
and no aggressive intentions
against other countries."
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Britain Holds Up Subsidy
For Trans-Jordan Legion
By IS* Anociated Pr#n
LONDON, July 12.—A Foreigii
Office spokesman said today Britain
has “temporarily help up” ta $2,
000,000 payment to Trans-Jordan for
financing King Abdullah's Arab
Legion.
An authoritative British source
said the object was to compel Ab
dullah to accept the United Nations
call for extension of the Palestine
truce.
The Foreign Office spokesman said
the reason was “the obscure situa
tion in Palestine.”
The payment was an installment
due on an $8,000,000 a year subsidy
which Britain pays to Adbullah to
maintain and equip the best-trained
Arab army in the Middle East. Pay
ment of the subsidy is required of
Britain under the terms of an
Anglo-Trans-Jordan treaty.
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin
has said that Britain's commitments
to the United Nations transcend her
treaty commitments to the Arab
Stales.
Goodyear Raise Accepted
AKRON, Ohio, July 12 <7F.—An
11-cent hourly pay increase has
been accepted by CIO United Auto
Workers employed by the Goodyear
Aircraft Corp.. with a new one-vear
contract incorporating the raise
to be signed today. The agreement,
approved yesterday by unionists,
also provides a three-week vacation
for employes with 15 or more years'
seniority.
November Trial Set
For 4 Men Indicted
Under Lobbying Act
Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws In
District Court today tentatively set
November 15 as the trial date for
four men and two associations In
dicted by the District grand jury on
charges oi violating the Federal
Lobbying Act.
The jurist took this action this
morning after the accused pleaded
not guilty.
The defendants are;
James E. McDonald, Texas Com
missioner of Agriculture; Tom
Linder, Georgia Commissioner of
Agriculture; Robert M. Harriss,
senior partner in the cotton bro
kerage firm of Harriss <fc Vose, New
York; Ralph W. Moore, 1620 Fuller
street N.W., secretary of the Na
tional Farm- Committee; the Na
; tional Farm Committee and the
Farm Commissioners Council.
The indictment charges the indi
vidual defendants with conspiracy to
violate the lobbying Act.
When the group was indicted June
16 Attorney General Clark declared
they were accused of conspiracy to
lobby for higher commodity prices
without registering with Congress.
The Lobbying Act subjects a vio
lator to penalties as high as two
years’ imprisonment or *10,000 or
both, as well as prohibiting a vio
lator from lobbying activity or giving
testimony before congressional com
mittees for three years.
The indictment charges that Mr.
Linder, Mr, McDonald and others
organized the Farm Commissioners’
Council to influence legislation by
Congress.
Reuther Directs Pay Talks
For First Time Since Attack
By the Associated Press
DETROIT, July 12. — President
Walter Reuther of the CIO United
Auto Workers took a seat today
among union negotiators in wage
talks with the Ford Motor Co., with
the avowed intention of ‘staying
until it is over."
The UAW president w'ho w'as shot
by an unknown assailant April 20,
thus took over as active head of
the union group representing 110,
000 Ford workers in contract nego
tiations with company officials
under John S. Bugas, vice president
in charge of industrial relations.
Mr. Reuther has been under al
most constant, medical attention
since the shooting at his home.
One arm was almost severed by a
shotgun blast.
At the resumption of the Ford
negotiations, the UAW called for a
strike vote by Ford locals.
A strike vote -at this time, how
ever, would be generally regarded as
a tactical move on the union's part.
Negotiations have been going on
since June 15. Ford has offered an
11 to 14 cents an hour pay increase;
and the union has demanded the
equivalent of 28 cents.
Philadelphian Executed
For Killing of Woman
By the Associated Press
BELLEFONTE, Pa., July 12.—A
48-year-old Philadelphia Negro died
in the electric chair at Rockview
prison today for the ‘‘scared-to
death" killing of Ella Wiggins.
Grant Holley was convioted of
shooting the 27-year-old woman to I
death in a taproom July 4, 1946V His |
attorneys contended Holley was!
drunk and did not mean to kill the
woman.
“ ' : = I
Correspondent Hunts
Truman Aide in Vain,
Finds He's Next Door
By the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, July 12.—
There are a lot of hideaways in
a convention city for the use of
political bigwigs, as one of
Washington's top flight corre
spondents found out. He spent
hours Sunday searching hotel*
for an emissary of President
Truman, wrho had been re
ported here.
At a late hour, he finally gave
it up for the night only to be
informed on the quiet the next
morning that the Truman man
had quarters in suite X on an
upper floor of the Drake Hotel.
‘‘What was that room num
ber?" the correspondent gasped.
“Why, that is right next to my
own room.”
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178 Miners' Counsel
Oppose State Effort
To Move Riot Trial
By the Associated Press
GRUNDY, Va.. July 12.—Success
by the State in its effort to obtain
a change in venue in the trial of
178 miners indicted under Virginia’s
antilynch law would destroy self
government m Virginia, counsel for
the miners declared today.
In a sharply-worded brief filed
with the Buchanan County Circuit
Court, defense attorneys added:
"Whenever the Governor of Vir
ginia undertakes, by use of troops,
to police a county of locality, he
thereby declares a ‘cold war’ upon
that county or community and
causes that county or community
to lose all respect for the Common
wealth, and himself creates a con
dition of anarchy.”
Attorney General J. Lindsay Al
mond, jr., designated by Gov. Tuck
to take personal charge of the
prosecution of the miners, sought a
change of venue as the trial began
today. In making his request to the
court, Mr. Almond charged that the
highly-organized condition of the
United Mine Workers "affecting
every avenue of the political, eco
nomic and industrial life of
Buchanan County * * • have so
militated against the Commonwealth
as to preclude a fair and impartial
trial in the county.”
t A Buchanan County grand jury
last April indicted the 178 miners
under the antilynch statute as the
result of an attack on 10 persons at
the nonunion strip mining operation
of R. I. Gilliam. Mr. Gilliam was
injured in the assault.
Circuit Judge Prank W. Smith said
he would hear contentions of the
defense opposing a change of venue
today.
Forgive Foes of Truman,
Missouri Democrats Told
By th« Associated Pross
PHILADELPHIA, July 12.—Dem-1
ocrats from President Truman's
home State of Missouri were urged
yesterday to forgive the rebels who
wanted some one else for President,
"Act kindly toward them,” Na
tional Committeeman John J.
Nangle of St. Louis suggested.
“Let's let those people come back
graciously. Let them know we
want them in our party because we
need them all.”
Mr. Nangle spoke at a caucus of
the Missouri delegation, which
elected Gov. Phil M. Donnelly chair
man. He will formally present Mr.
Truman's name to the convention
Wednesday.
At least one Missouri delegate,
James A. Davis of Jefferson City,
advocates a strong civil rights plat
form plank backing President Tru
man’s stand. Mr. Davis is secretary
of the State CIO Council.
Two B, & 0. Freight Cars
Derailed at Gaithersburg
Two Baltimore & Ohio freight
cars jumped the track today while
a freight was being shifted at Gaith
ersburg, Md.
Railroad officials said the cars,
which were filled with wheat, be
came uncoupled and one fell on its
side. No wheat was spilled, how
ever, and no one was injured. The
officials said traffic on the line was
not interrupted.
Rochester Educator Dies
ROCHESTER. N. Y.. July 12 UP).
—T. Richard Long, 56. assistant pro
fessor of mathematics and assistant
to the dean of the University of
Rochester Men's College, died yes
terday. He was born in Cayuga.
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Television Making Conventions
More Businesslike, Guffey Says
Television-conscious Democrats will submit to makeup
applications to improve their appearance before the cameras.
Here, Makeup Man Dick Smith readies Leon Henderson, chair
man of Americans for Democratic Action, for interviews on
television.
By the Aisociattd Pr#»
PHILADELPHIA, July 12—For
mer Senator Joseph F. Guffey of
Pennsylvania, an old hand at Demo
cratic conventions, said yesterday
television and radio are making
party gatherings “more business
like.” -
“They can be cut down to three
days instead of five,” he commented.
Mr. Guffey is here for his 11th
Democratic convention but only his
second as a delegate.
"I was too busy rounding up dele
gates at the other ones to be a dele
gate myself,” he explained.
The first convention he attended
was in 1908 in Denver, Colo. It
nominated William Jennings Bryan
as the Democratic standard bearer.
Mr. Guffey was there with his uncle,!
Col. J. M. Guffey, who proceded him
as a top figure in Pennsylvania
Democratic politics.
From then on “I have never miss
ed a convention,” Mr. Guffey con
tinued.
He was one of the first to back
the late Franklin D. Roosevelt in
__•
193? and later was elected to the
Senate, where he served two terms.
He lost a bid for a third term in
1946 to Senator Martin, Republican.
Less active in Democratic politics
in recent years, Mr. Guffey came to
the 1948 convention after recovering
recently from a long siege of pneu
monia at his Washington home.
“This is the first time 1 have
been out," he told a reporter.
The former Senator carried a
cane, something he said he never
used before “unless to keep some
delegate in line.”
Mr. Guffey recalled that he has
been backing President Truman for
the nomination since two weeks
after he succeeded President Roose
velt in 1945.
“Truman is a lot stronger than
a lot of people think he is and he
is going to be elected in November/
in my judgment," Mr. Guffey de
clared.
Mr. Guffey said Republicans are;
going to find that Gov. Dewey,, the
G. O. P. nominee, “lacks strength
and appeal.”
Walkout Faction Wins
Control of Alabama Group
By the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, July 12—The!
walkout faction won control of Ala
bama's 26-vote delegation to the'
Democratic convention at a hot cau
cus here today. This group has said
it would walk out of the conven
tion if President Truman is nomi-;
nated, or if a civil rights plank
which does not coincide with their
views in adopted.
Handy Ellis of Columbiana was
named delegation chairman, 13
to 12.
The margin of victory resulted
froma ruling by Marion Rushton,
national committeeman, that only(
delegates were eligible to vote in the
caucus.
George Wallace of Clayton, an
antiwalkout alternate, thus was not
permitted to cast the vote which
would have brougnt a 13-13 tie. j
Senator Hill, choice for •'hairman'
of the antiwalkoul faction, was not
placed in nomination.
Mr. Rushton’s ruling on Mr. Wal
lace brought fc spirited debate but
he ruled he could not seat an alter- j
nate until the delegation had been
organized.
Attorney General A. A. Car
michael, member of the antiwalkout
group, protested Mr. Rushton's rul-,
ing.___
Tokyo Residents Jam Trains
TOKYO, July 12 i/Pt.—A million
Tokyo residents Jammed trains yes
terday, making their last trips into
the countryside before a 255 per
cent increase in fares July 18. Most
went to buy food: some, to visit va
cation spots. Tokyo theaters were
Jeserted.
3 Young Men Sought
In Series of Attacks,
Robberies on Streets
Three men believed to have com
mitted a series of street robberies
Saturday night were sought by
police today.
Police said they were told by
Charles W. Fowkes, 215 North
Washington street, Alexandria, that
he was attacked on Independence
avenue near Fourteenth street S.W.
He was robbed of $1.30, he said.
Another report came from Harvey
P. Cutsinger. of 1249 New York
avenue N.W. He said $20 was taken
from him in the 300 block of New
York avenue N.W.
Ray Moore, colored, of 456 Dela
ware avenue S.W., lost $8 to three
thugs at First and D streets S.W.
He received a cut on the forehead.
Howard Whalen, colored, of 3611
Eleventh street N.W., said he was
robbed of some small change at
Independence avenue and Canal
street S.W.
Descriptions Are Similar.
The assailants in each case were
described by the victims as being
young colored men.
In another street assault, two men
took $47 from Henry S. Kuhns, 29, *
of 809 Vernon place N.W. The at
tack occurred In the 500 block of G
street N.W., Mr. Kuhns said.
Meanwhile, thieves whose clothes
show traces of pie fillings were
sought.
Thieves on Pie-Throwing Spree.
Martin Hemmerich, owner of a
bakery at 2339 Pennsylvania avenue
S.E., told police his establishment
was entered sometime Saturday
night by intruders who went on a
pie-throwing binge. The contents
of 40 pies were splattered about the
place, he said. Employes worked
for two hours to clean the last rem
nants of pastry off tha walls, ha
said.
A cash box containing $15 was
taken, he added.
A refreshment stand operated by
the Washington Society for the Blind
at the Chevy Chase Circle bus term
inal was broken into Saturday night,
police were told. Merchandise
valued at $47 and $93 in cash was
taken.
Paris Police Drive Strikers
From Government Offices
By the Associated Preie
PARIS, July 12 —Police expelled
strikers from several offices of the
Ministry of Fmance last night and
this morning while 300,000 other
government employes waited word
from their labor bosses on whether
to strike.
Lines of government worker*
formed outside official bureaus wait
ing for copies of the new wage scale*
that Premier Robert Schuman 1*
going to offer his government’s civil
servants in an effort to hault the
threatened strike.
So far 50,000 employe* of the
Finance Ministry have actually quit
work. If the offer of about $100,000,
000 in salary increases is not accept
ed the union will call a strike to
morrow.
Mr. Schuman’s cabinet will meet
tonV?ht to discuss the plan to In
crease salaries for 2,000 different
classes of employes.
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