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License Board Studies Jim Pendergast Beats Veteran
Appeal From Rejection Challenging His Party Control
Of Bridge Club Permit
The District License Board had
under advisement today an appeal
by Charles S. Geier from police re
jection of his license to ooerate a
bridge club, after a hearing yes
terday in which Mr. Geier said
there are many bridge clubs here
where high-stake gambling is per
mitted.
Assistant uorporauon uounsei
Robert D. Wise, chairman of the
board, told Mr. Geier yesterday it
was his duty as a good citizen to
give the board names and addresses
of “establishments where you per
sonally have gambled.” x
Mr. Geier said he might do so if
his appeal for a license is not
granted. He said he has lost as
much as $40 playing for 2 cents a
point in one such club.
Petition Presented.
Another witness, who identified
himself as E. J. Hornick, testified
that stakes at Mr. Geier's club in
the 2600 block of Connecticut ave
nue N.W., were much lower than
at other Washington bridge clubs.
He said Mr. Geier’s stakes, a fifth
of a cent a point, did not impair the
club’s integrity. He said similar
clubs are licensed in other large
cities.
Mr. Geier presented a petition
with 75 signatures in support of his
appeal. He said that when the
police closed his club in June, they
had no evidence gambling was per
mitted. He said it was only his
“honesty" which caused him to tell
police that he did permit small
scale gambling.
25 Clubs Told to Seek Permits.
Thomas A. Helan, assistant su
perintendent of licenses, said, mean
while, that approximately 25 bridge
clubs here have been told to apply
for licenses, which cost $12 a year
for each table.
Chatham Nottingham, District
license superintendent, said his in
vestigation of the bridge club situa-.
tlon here is not aimed at preventing
bridge playing, but only to prevent
gambling.
Sewage Plant Bond Issue
Is Voted by Manassas
Special Dispatch to The Stor
MANASSAS. Va., Aug. 4.—A $l40.
000 bond issue to finance a new
municipal sewage disposal plant and
the extension of water, sewage and
electric service was approved yes
terday by Manassas voters.
An unofficial tabulation showed
173 voters in favor of the issue and
12 opposed.
Manassas owns its water an<j sew
age systems, but buys electricity
from the Prince William Co-opera
tive. In turn, it sells power to con
sumers within the corporate limits.
The bonds issue will be amortized
from revenues of the utility services.
Benjamin Bell Dies
WILMINGTON. N. C.. Aug. 4 iJP>.
—Benjamin Bell, jr„ 67, former as
sistant editor of the Richmond
News-Leader, died at his home here
yesterday. Funeral services will be
held here today.
Weather Report
District of Columbia—Cloudy with
rain this afternoon and occasional
showers tonight. Considerable
cloudiness tomorrow followed by fair
and cooler at night. Highest tem
perature this afternoon about 78
degrees. Low tonight about 68.
Virginia—Cloudy with showers
tonight and east portion tomorrow.
Cooler in the interior tomorrow
night.
Maryland—Showers tonight. To
morrow mostly cloudy w'ith showers
on the coast in the morning. Cooler
in the Interior tomorrow night.
Wind velocity, 11 miles per hour;
direction, north-northeast.
River Report.
From United States Engineers )
Potomac River cloudy at Harper* Ferry
ard muddy at Great Falls; Shenandoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry
Humidity.
Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet.
Noon 71 Midnight 93
4 p.m. . 73 8 a m. 95
8 pm 92 1 .30 pm 94
High and Low for Yesterday.
High. 85 at. 2:52 p.m.
Low. 70. at 4:52 a m
Record Temperature* This Year.
Highest. 95. on June 24.
Lowest 5. on January 26.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished bv United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow
High 7:58 am 8:53 am
Low _ 2:22 a.m. 3:16 am
High 8:31 p.m. 9:25 pm
Low _ 3:06 p m 3:54 p.m
The Snn »«d Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today 6:11 8: 1 7
Sun. tomorrow 6:12 8:15
Moon, today 5:04 a m 8:27 p m
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation In Inches In the
Capital (current month to date).
Month 1948. Ave. Record
January 4.57 3.55 7.83 *37
February_ 1.67 3 37 6 84 '84
March _ 3 66 3.75 8 84 '91
April _ 3 05 3.27 9.13 *89
May _ 8 87 3.70 10.69 *89
June _ 5 28 4.13 10 94 *00
July . 2.S3 4;i 10.63 *86
August . 4 19 4 01 14.41 ’28
September__ 3.24 17.45 *34
October _ 2 84 8.81 ’37
November _ _ 2.37 8 69 ’89
December 3 32 7.56 ’01
Temperatures in Various Cities.
High. Low High. Low
Albuquerque 94 67 Miami 84 79
Atlanta 76 71 Milwaukee 73 80
Atlantic City 74 68 New Orleans 89 75
Btsmarck 73 47 New York 75 68
Boston _ . 80 67 Norfolk _ 87 75
Buffalo 81 58 Okla. City 93 68
Chicago 76 62 Omaha 72 55
Cincinnati 89 67 Phoenix 103 8:i
Detroit . _ 7 7 61 Pittsburgh 85 59
El Paso 94 72 Portland.Me. 81 56
Galveston 98 78 St. Louis 86
Harrisburg 7 5 68 S. Lake City 97 65
Indianapolis 86 65 San Antonio 98 7C
Kansas City 80 64 San Fr isco 64 54
Los Angeles 83 62 Seattle.. . _ 70 54
Louisville 92 67 Tampa 88 74
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Committee Chairman
Defeated After Attack
On 'Boss Politics'
1
By tK« Auocioied ?tt%
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 4— Jamei
M. Pemiergast, who watched hii
uncle. Bom Tom Pendergast, have
his way in Missouri politics foi
years, today marked up a persona
I triumph of his own.
It was the defeat of Harry A
Morris, 36-year-old war veteran whc
had challenged Mr. Pendergast)
control of the important Demo
cratic County Committee.
Mr. Morris, now chairman of th<
committee, went down to defeat ir
yesterday's primary election, losins
his position on the committee, anc
thus a chance to stay on as it.1
head.
Returns on the 55 other race:
for membership on the committee
were incomplete.
Mr. Morris waged a blisterinf
campaign on "boss politics." He
gathered around him a group of fel
low' veterans in his effort to enc
"the domination of the party by
a few: hereditary and selfish leader
bent upon maintaining their owr
political empires."
Mr. Pendergast inherited the
Pendergast faction on the death ol
his uncle several years ago.
Mr. Morris, ex-paratrooper ant
Liverpool Is Quiet
After 3 Days of Riots
By tW* Associated ff*t
LIVERPOOL, England, Aug. 4
With police patrolling in impressive
strength, an uneasy quiet prevailec
. today at the south end of this porl
i city, where race riots occurred dur
- ing the past three days,
i “All resources of the police w-il
be used to stamp out this ugly
business,” Chief Constable C. C
Martin said.
About 50 men. many of them Wesl
rAfrican Negroes, are being held ir
1 jails for trial next weqk on a variety
of charges. Police have a collec
I tion of iron bars, swords anc
knives used in several fights whict
took place in a square-mile ares
near the docks where many hun
dred Negroes live.
Several women who took part
in the brawling are free under bail
Investigators said white woman
who associate with Negroes in clubs
and on the streets are responsible
for some of the fights.
Many of the Negroes involved
-reached Liverpool by stowdng away
in shops coming from West African
ports. They are British subjects
so they may not be sent back
against their will. Many served
short sentences as stowaways, then
joined a growing Negro colony
where they live precariously.
Mississippi Democrats
Stand Firm on Revolt
#y th* Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss... Aug. 4.—Mis
i sissippi's Democratic convention ha:
reiterated its solid States' Right!
istand by pledging the State's nin«
electoral candidates to the Thur
mond-Wright ticket.
State delegates, who reconvenec
here yesterday for a one-day ses
sion, also voted approval of Missis
sippi's yvalkout at Philadelphia.
The State convention adoptee
resolutions which, briefly, would:
Approve the Philadelphia walkout
Nominate Gov. J. Strom Thur
mond of South Carolina and Gov
Fielding L. Wright of Mississippi ai
candidates of the Mississippi Demo
cratic Party for President and Vic*
President.
Pledge the State's nine candidates
for the Thurmond-Wright ticket
Call for a State's Rights educa
tional campaign in each county.
Commission the nine elector
' candidates as delegates to anothei
Birmingham convention on Octo
ber 1.
Request all candidates for offle*
on the State Democratic ticket tt
; declare their support for States
Rights plans.
Call on Mississippi's congressiona
delegation and congressional candi
dates to declare how they woulc
vote, if Congress should have tx
decide the presidential election.
Green Pins Filibuster
On G. 0. P. Leadership
By th* Atsociotvd Pr*«i
NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—Willian
Green, president of the Americai
Federation of Labor, has challenger
Republican leaders “to deny tba
they deliberately instigated" thr
present Senate filibuster.
Mr. Green, saying that GOP lead
ers of the Eightieth Congress weri
practicing “evil politics," said thei
had instigated the Southern Dem
ocrats filibuster over poll tax legis
lation as “a political maneuver tr
block action on necessary legisla
tion."
He told the State AFL conven
tion that politics is the “only onr
possible reason" for Congress’ inac
tion now on inflation and housing
He challenged Senator Taft, Re
publican, of Ohio and other GOI
leaders to deny that they weri
trying to “force adjournment o
the special session without accom
plishing a single constructor
advance.”
JAMES M. PENDERGAST.
—AP Photo.
intelligence officer^ wanted non
| factional control of the party.
He was defeated by a narrow
margin of 93 votes, losing even in
his home precinct.
Ralph H. Russell, Mr. Morris'
opponent, who made plans to cam
; paign for chairman of the commit
tee, said he would welcome the aid
and support of Mr. Morris.
Besides losing the race to the
Pendergast-backed Mr. Russell, Mr.
Morris also lost a bet with Mr. Pen
I dergast—a now suit.
SenatorTobeyDefends
His State's Poll Tax
By tW« Asso<iot«d Prm
His coattails flapping, Senator
Tobey, Republican, of New Hamp
shire, rushed into the Senate yester
day to deny that New Hampshire
citizens have to pay a poll tax
before they can vote.
Senator Tobey, who spilled out
words so fast the official reporters
couldn't keep up with him. shouted
that Southerners were "wrong, all
wrong” in this contention.
It all started when Senator
Sparkman, Democrat, of Alabama
interrupted a long speech by Sena
tor Hill, Democrat, of Alabama to
say that under New Hampshire law
a man could be sent to jail for fail
ure to pay the State's $2 poll tax.
Senator Sparkman said the citizen
would have to work it out at 50
cents a day but pay $2.50 a day to
the jailer for his keep.
Senator Hill said they don’t put a
man in jail down South if he doesn't
pay his poll tax.
Senator Tobey came bursting out
of the Senate cloakroom at this mo
ment to announce he had been told
that New Hampshire’s tax was being
debated.
‘T ran in here quickly to put out
the fire,” the New Hampshire Sen
ator declared, and retired to the
cloakroom, tossing over his shoulder
the observation that "Shakespeare
once wrote a play entitled ’Much
Ado About Nothing.”
Article 31 of the New Hampshire
State constitution requires that
rural voters be either assessed or
; paid taxpayers. Propertyless rural
-voters become taxpayers only by
operation of a statute levying a $2
tax, with some exemptions, on each
person or poll in the State. While
no specific law states this poll tax
to be a voting prerequisite, other
statutes require its payment by
propertyless rural citizens before
election time under penalty of jail.
Reds Reported Yielding
Manchurian Coal Town
By th# Associated Press
PEIPING, Aug.—Chinese press re
ports today said the Communists
j had withdrawn from the coal center
of Fuhsin, 90 miles west of Mukden,
after destroying all mining installa
tions.
No reason was given for the Red
withdrawal. The report has not been
confirmed by any other source
Skirmishing continued in Hopei
Province and National planes were
busy trying to locate Red concentra
tions.
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Schoeppel and McGill
Win Nomination for
Capper’s Senate Seal
By the Assoc'.oted Pr*ss
TOPEKA, Kans., Aug. 4.— Re
publican Andrew F. Schoeppel
and Democrat George McGill
.will meet in the November gen
eral election for the United
States Senate seat of Kansas
veteran Senator Capper.
Both won their party's nomina
tions in yesterday’s primary elec
tion. Senator Capper is retiring
after nearly 30 years.
In the GOP gubernatorial race
Gov. Frank Carlson won renomina
| tion by more than 100,000 votes over
: former Representative W. P. Lam
bertson, who campaigned as a dry
and James A. McClain, who made
I the race on a “wet” platform. Kan
sas, a dry State, will vote on repeal
of its prohibtion amendment in
i November.
Mr. Schoeppel, a former governor
easily won the Republican nomina
1 tion over Harold Malone, a Wich
ita lawyer. Mr. McGill, a formet
United States Senator, defeated
E. K. Dean, St. Mary’s farm leader
; in the Democratic race.
Returns from 2,173 of the State’s
; 2.772 precincts gave Mr. Schoppel
115.041 votes to 33.887 for Mr
Malone. Mr. McGill had 33,708
! votes to 15,000 for Mr. Dean in 2,073
| precincts.
Randolph Carpenter of Marion
led Ewell Stewart of Topeka in re
turns from 2,051 precincts in the
Democratic gubernatorial race. Mr
Carpenter had 26,275 votes and Mr
Stewart 18.838.
j In the Republican congressional
races all incumbents were ahead,
^he closest race was in the third
, district where Representative Meyer
held a 2,000-vote margin over
.Thomas D. Winter, a former Mem
ber of Congress. Mr. Meyer had
| 14,540 votes to 12,534 for Mr. Winter
in 301 of the 316 precincts.
The other incumbents were well
ahead of their opposition. They
include Albert M. Cole, 1st dis
trict; Errett P. Serivner, 2nd dis
trict; Ed H. Ree», 4th district,
and Wint Smith, 6th district. In
the 5th district. Representative Hope
had no opposition.
Thompson and Smith Named
For Missouri Governorship
ST Ix5uis, Aug. 4 (/PI.—Murray E.
Thompson, speaker of Missouri's
House of Representatives, was nomi
nated today as Republican candidate
for governor in the November gen
eral election and Democrats over
whelmingly chose State Auditor
Forrest Smith, a veteran of 34 years
in public office.
One of them will succeed Gov.
Phil M. Donnelly, not eligible for
re-election under the State Con
stitution. Gov. Donnelly made the
nominating speech for President
Truman at the Philadelphia Con
vention.
Mr. Smith swept into victory with
morS votes than all of his four
other opponents combined, includ
ing former State Attorney General
Rov McKittrick, and Dan M. Nee
of Springfield, former United States
tax collector.
In Fourth Term as Auditor.
Mr. Smith is completing his
fourth term as auditor. He had the
support of the anti-Pendergast
forces in Kansas City.
Mr. Thompson showed his sup
port strongly in rural Missouri, but
ran a neck-and-neck race in St.
Louis with Manvel H. (Capi Davis
of Kansas City. A surprise occurred
in St. Louis County whe«e Mr.
Thompson received a heavy vote,
although 22 of the 28 committee
men had pledged to Mr. Davis.
In 3,678 of the State's 4,611 pre
cincts, Mr. Thompson had 140*495
and Mr. Davis 106.678. William
McKinley Thomas. St. Louis shoe
factory worker, was out of the race
with 22.606.
Short Wins Renomination.
In 3.911 precincts, Mr. 8mith
showed 198,503. Trailing hopelessly
were Mr. Nee with 69.155, and Mr.
McKittrick with 55,514. Mr. Nee
conceded in the early morning hours
but. Mr. McKittrick had no comment.
A hard fought contest for the
Republican nomination in the 7th
congressional district of South
western Missouri went to veteran
' Representative Dewey Short ol
Galena for the ninth time. Hii
young opponent, former Legislator
Quentin Haden of Ava, conceded
defeat early today.
In 322 of 389 precincts, Mr. Short
had 26,130; Mr. Haden, 19,309, and
i Glen E. Hooper of Sparta, 1,344.
None of the other congressional
incumbents had serious opposition.
Dog Fight in Tenth District.
A dog fight was on in the Demo
cratic 10th district in Southeast
Missouri. Four candidates were
battling for the spot left open by
jthe death of Representative Zim
merman of Kenneth last spring.
With 207 of 274 precincts tabu
lated, Joseph H. Allen, New Madrid
attorney, had 9,774; former Senator
Paul C. Jones of Kennett, 8,395;
State Senator L. D. Joslyn of
Charleston, 4,832, and W. H. "Bill"
Robert of Dopiphan, 2,013.
In the fourth district where
Representative Bell of Kansas City
decided not to run, the Democratic
battleground was taken over by
Leonard Irving. Labor leader who
has the support of James M.
Pendergast, and State Senator
Floyd Gibson.
Complete unofficial returns give
Mr. Irving 13,737 and Mr. Gibson
13.548.
The fourth is President Truman's
home district but he took no part in
the primary.
On the Republican side Richard
Erickson, young Republican leader
of Independence, had 6,270 in com
plete unofficial returns with Vernon
D. Fulcrut trailing with 4,247. Mr.
Fulcrut gained the nomination but,
lost in November two years ago.
NLRB Orders Election
For Roanoke Transit Line
By tH« Associated Press
The National Labor Relations
Board yesterday extended its juris
diction to cover a city transit line
at Roanoke, Va.
It ordered an election among the
line’s 60 employes to determine
whether they want to be repre
sented in labor negotiations by
Local 1368 of the International As
sociation of Machinists, an inde
pendent union.
The NLRB has authority over
firms whose business either is part
of or affects interstate commerce.
Although the Rbanoke transit
line operates only in that city, the
NLRB said its business affects com
merce because it transports workers
of other firms engaged in interstate
commerce. The NLRB also said
that the transit line adjusted its
bus and streetcar schedules to serve
interstate rail and bus lines.
The fact that the local transit
company uses oil, gas and tires
‘brought to Roanoke from ottor
States also was cited as a reason
for asserting the NLRB’s jurisdic
tion.
The transit line is owned by two
concerns and the NLRB said the
companies asked that the election
be held.
Subcommittee Is Named
To Study U.S. Annual Leave
A study of annual leave for Gov
ernment employes will be made by
a subcommittee of the ^ Advisory
j Committee to the Senate Poit Of
' fice and Civil Service Committee.
The question of annual leave was
discussed yesterday at a meeting of
the Advisory Committee. John A.
Overholt, chairman, appointed the
following committee to study the
subject as it relates to all Federal
agencies and employes:
William C. Doherty, president, Na
tional Association of Letter Carriers,
chairman; Henry F. Hubbard,
Council of Personnel Administra
tion, and Irving Zuckerman, re
search expert.
$500,000,000Building
Plans of Navy Focus
On Speed and Size
The Navy’s $500,000,000 building
i and conversion program is cen
: tered on speed and size—faster sub
marines and ships, and larger car
■ riers for heavier planes. '
Sixteen experimental vessels will
be constructed in the next six
months. These include the 65,000
ton carrier which the Air Force con
tended was never approved by the
joint chiefs of staff.
Another 16 ships of wartime con
struction will be finished—six of
them with modified design—and 33
other vessels will be * converted,
1 chiefly for submarine and anti- sub
marine duty.
The Navy has placed greater em
phasis on submarine and anti
submarine warfare since V-J day
and under the new building pro
gram there wilf be six high speed
subs, three ’’anti-submarine” sub
marines designed to chase down and
'sink other subs, two ’’killer” ships
resembling light cruisers, four new
type destroyers for anti-submarine
;work planned to be larger, faster
and able to cruise in Polar waters.
Two factors have brought about
|this trend in Navy construction:
{il) the Russians are known to have
a large fleet of high speed subs
built from captured German blue
I prints: (2) the Germans inaugu
rated what amounts to a revolution
I in ship design by developing a sub
marine near the close of the war
capable of high underwater speeds
and of remaining submerged for
long intervals.
Almost the sole exception to the
Navy's submarine building program
is the controversial giant carrier
unnamed as yet, which will have
a flush flight deck and be able to
lounch bombers the size of a B-29
i She will be much too large to go
j through the Panama Canal and will
be the largest carrier ever built.
Body of Lou Silvers Ex-Wife
Found in Bathtub af Home
By tHc Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4.—The
body of Mrs. Lavonne Silvers, 31,
estranged wife of Lou Silvers, film
and radio musical director, was not
found until almost a week after
she died, detectives said.
Officers forced their way Into
Mrs. Silvers’ home yesterday and
found the body in a bathtub after a
neighbor reported she had not seen
the 31-year-old woman for'several
days.
Detective Capt. Jack Swan said
a number of tablets were found on
the floor of the bathroom. He said
he believed she had accidentally
taken an overdose of sleeping medi
cine.
Mrs. Silvers’ attorney, Raymond
Wallenstein, said she had bean ill
for two years suffering from a brain
pressure and that she was subject
to "blackouts."
Capt* Swan said she had not
drow'ned.
Mrs. Silvers obtained an inter
locutory decree of divorce from her
husband last March.
Holstein Friesian Cow's
Output Tested in Year
Locvale Matador Illiad, a regis
tered Holstein-Friesian owned by
J. Homer Remsberg of Middletown,
Md.,' has produced 529 pounds of
butterfat and 15,734 pounds of milk
in a 365-day test. This is three
times better'than the average Mary
land cow, but not a record.
The test was supervised by the
University of Maryland Extension
Service and the Holstein-Friesian
Association of America. I
Young on Vacation
Joseph Young and the Fed
: eral Spotlight are on vacation.
The column will be resumed
August 24. The Federal Spot
light radio program will re
sume on Sunday, August 29,
over WMAL at 3:15 pm.
Arias Flees Panama,
Citing Peril to Life
By tk* Associated Press
BALBOA, C. Z„ Aug. 4— Declar
ing "my life is in danger,” Arnulfo
Arias Madrid, former President of
Panama, fled into political exile to
day for the second time.
Dr. Arias, who was“the opposition
candidate for President in the elec
tions last May, declared as he board
ed a plane for Barranquilla, Colom
bia:
"We are under a dictatorial re
gime. A horrid criminal fraud has
been perpetrated. I will return when
a sense of responsibility and tran
quillity return to Panama.”
His reference to “fraud” appar
ently was aimed at the outcome of
the May presidential race. He
claimed victory in the unofficial
count but the official tally, an
nounced after months of counting,
gave a slight edge to his govern
ment-backed opponent, Domingo
Diaz Arosemena.
Dr. Arias spent four years away
from Panama, in exile, after being
ousted from the presidency in 1941.
His flight into the United States
controlled Canal Zone last night
was his • second in a month. He
fled Panama on July 4 after a shoot
ing affray involving members of
his party and police. He went back
July 19.
His departure today leaves Mr
Diaz with an undisputed claim to
the presidency. The official count
gave Mr. Diaz a margin of 1,116
votes over Dr. Arias.
Latvian Ex-Envoy Warns
Of Communist Infiltration
By th» Associated Press
MASSANETTA SPRINGS. Va.,
Aug. 4—Nicholas Zebergs, former
Latvian diplomat in Legations in
Berlin, Prague, Warsaw and Moscow, j
last night warned Americans to fear
Communist infiltration in American
affairs more than war with Russia.
Mr. Zebergs spoke at the Lutheran j
Synod of Virginia summer assem-!
oiy. He said Russia doesn't need’
jr want war. The Soviet Union has j
a clever system of infiltration in
nhich her agents grasp every op
aortunity to create differences and
;onfusion, he said.
‘I have seen signs of Communist;
ictivity in America.” Mr. Zebergs |
;aid. "I would be more aware ofj
ihis than you because I have seen j
.he Communists take over nations j
step by step.”
Hogs Sell at $31.25,
New All-Time Peak
|y the Associated Press
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—Prices on live
hogs broke the all-time record today
for the second time this week, hit
ting *31.25 a hundred pounds in
early trading.
On Friday the *30.50 record made
last September was broken by 50
cents. On Monday a new peak was
reached at *31.10. Continuing scarce j
supplies from country feeders ac-1
counted largely for the strong up
ward push.
Except for the packing-house
strike period in March, total hog
receipts last week were the lowest
since a year ago. This week to date
supplies are still lower, aggregating
25.000 head, or less than one day’s
supply some days in January.
Riggs Bank Ordered
To Direct Business
Of Times-Herald
The Riggs National Bank, as col.
lector of the estate of the late Mrs.
Eleanor Medill Patterson, editor and
publisher of The Washington Times.
Herald, yesterday was authorized
by District Court to direct the
newspaper’s business for not more
| than a year.
Mrs. Patterson's will, leaving the
! newspaper to seven of its executives,
has not yet been admitted to pro
bate. The collector takes charge of
all assets, pending their disposition.
In its petition to continue the
newspaper business. the bank
pointed out its tangible assets have
not been appraised yet by the offi
cial appraiser of the court, but the
business is believed to be worth
"somewhat in excess of $3,000,000.”
The petition said that, for the
past several years, the business has
been conducted at an annual profit
of something more than $350,000. It
estimated the monthly expenses to
be incurred in continuing the busi
ness at about $700,000.
The paper, signed by Sidney F.
Taliaferro, vice president and trust
officer, said it was felt that, if for
any reason the will should not be
admitted to probate, it would be
advantageous to the estate to have
the business continued as a going
concern.
Justice Edward M. Curran signed
the order of authorization to the
bank.
Countess Felicia Gizycka, daugh
ter of Mrs. Patterson, has held “pre*
liminary discussions" with attorneys
about the possibility of contesting
the will. Mrs. Patterson left her
daughter most of her personal
effects, substantial real estate and
a life income of $25,000 a year.
Writ to Wrest Ship
From Strikers Sought
By the Associated Press
NORFOLK. Va., Aug. 4—Owner*
of the Greek freighter Nicholas pre
pared today to seek a Federal Dis
trict Court order to wrest the ship
from 10 sitdown strikers who im
mobilized it in Hampton Roads.
Claiming bonus and wage de
mands, the Greek seamen refused
to move the vessel to the Norfolk &
Western piers, where she was sched*
uled to load coal. Attorneys for the
owners planned to ask Judge Sterl
ing B. Hutchison to sign a posses
sory libel and injunction so the
United States marshal would be
authorized to seize the vessel and
restore it to the control of the
master and the ship's agents here.
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