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Elizabeth Is Proclaimed Queen,
Vows to 'Work as Father Did'
For Happiness of Her People
Thousands Join
In Anthem After
Palace Ceremony
By ttw Associated Press
LONDON, Feb. ft—Young Eliza
beth n humbly promised today to
“always work as my father did"
for the happiness of her people
and was proclaimed Queen of the
British realm, territories and com
monwealth. Then she left London
to go to the bier of her father.
King George VI.
A triple fanfare of trumpets
signalled the accession of a new
Text of Prime Minister Churchill's Tribute
to King. Poge A-4
Queen to packed thousands in a
ceremony dating back to the days
of chivalry in front of St. James’
Palace.
As a medieval-clad figure finish
ed reading the proclamation from
the balcony at 11 ajn., the sombre
thousands, in mourning for the
late King George VI, stood at
attention and sang the majestic
national anthem—now "God Save
the Queen.”
Artillery salutes boomed and a
clattering pageant-like procession
of heralds spread the news.
Heart Too Full for More.
In a moving little speech to her
councillors at the accession cere
mony a few minutes before, the
25-year-old Queen said:
“My heart is too full for me
to say more to you today than
that I shall always work, as my
father did throughout his reign,
to uphold constitutional govern
ment and to advance the happi
ness and prosperity of my peoples,
spread as they are all the world
over. ... I pray that God will
help me to discharge worthily this
heavy task that has been laid
upon me so early in my life."
Thus began the reign of the
second “Good Queen Bess.”
Then she and her 30-year-old
husband, the Duke of Edinburgh
left Clarence House, their hogpe,
for the 130-mile trip to Sandring
ham to visit for the first time the
bier of her father whose death
early Wednesday called her back
4,000 miles from East Africa and
a royal tour.
Smiles First Time.
As the royal limousine rolled
through the palace gates the young
Queen smiled for the first time
since her return and waved to a
waiting crowd.
The dead King’s coffin will be
carried along a garden path be
hind a sackcloth screen from San
dringham this evening to the little
parish church nearby. There in
the centuries-old church the King’s
own gamekeepers, dressed in tra
ditional uniforms something like
those of Robin Hood, will keep
vigil until a short service Monday.
Until the movement of the
mffln, the body remained on a
candle-lit bier in a dimly lit bed
room at Sandringham, where the
King died unexpectedly in his
sleep Wednesday morning.
Read From Balcony.
Bearded Sir George Bellew, 50
year-old Garter king-of-arms,
dressed in medieval costume, read
the proclamation of the Accession
Council from the balcony of St.
James’s. It said:
“Whereas it hath pleased al
mighty God to call at his mercy
our late sovereign lord King George
VI of blessed and glorious mem
ory, by whose decease the crown
is solely and rightfully copae to
the high and mighty Princess
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary:
we wiereiure iuiub symma
and temporal of this realm being
here assisted with these his late
majesty’s Privy Council, with rep
resentatives of other members of
the Commonwealth, with other
gentlemen of quality, with the
Lord Mayor, aldermen and cit
izens of London do now hereby
with one voice and consent of
tongue and heart publish and pro
claim that the high and mighty
Princess Elizabeth Alexandra
Mary is now by the death of our
late sovereign of happy memory
become Queen Elizabeth n by
grace of God, Queen of this realm
and of her other realms and ter
(See ELIZABETH, Page A-3.)
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Reds Demand Parity With U. N.
On Time for Freeing Prisoners
Back Down on Earlier Offer of 30 Days
After Truce; Would Gear Pace to Allies
•y Associated Press
MUNSAN, Korea, Peb. 8.—Allied
spokesmen said today the Com
munists' apparently plan to gear
delivery of war prisoners to the
Allied delivery rate.
The U. N. communique said
there were indications that the
United States Jets Hammer Red Rail
Junction. Poge A-7
Charge of Abusing Privileges Irks News
men at Panmunjom. Poge A-27
Reds “will no longer adhere to
their previous offer of completing
the return of United Nations Com
mand prisoners within 30 days
after the armistice.”
Instead, the Communists said
the two-month time limit included
in their prisoner exchange propos
al of last Sunday applies equally
to both sides.
Last Monday Rear Admiral R. E.
Libby said the Allies would need
90 days because the U. N. has
116.000 prisoners. U. N. spokes
men indicated the Allies subse
quently cut 30 days off their figure
and asked the Reds, who have only
11,559 prisoners, to do the same.
Chinese Col. Tsai Chang-Wen
replied, “we cannot agree to dlf
ferent time limits for each side.”
Col. George W. Hickmen told
newsmen, “they don’t want tp give
all of their’s back until we give
them all of ours.”
Armistice negotiatiors will hold
a full dress session tomorrow to
hear the Allies’ answer to a Com
munist proposal for a high level
conference to settle all Asian ques
tions related to peace in Korea.
Some observers said they expect
the U. N. reply to include a coun
terproposal. ' i
The Reds* 3-point plan was
offered Wednesday as an outline
of proposed recommendations to
governments involved in the Ko
rean war. It calls for a confer
ence within three months after
an armistice is signed to consider
withdrawal of foreign troops from
Korea, peaceful settlement of the
Korean question and other ques
tions relating to the Korean prob
lem.
Washington sources said the
United States is prepared to ac
cept the first two points, but will
balk at the third, which could in
clude such subjects as the future
of Formosa
The plenary session on armis
tice agenda item five is set for
10 am. Saturday (8 p.m., EST,
Friday) in Panmunjom.
New Queen Arrives
At Fitber's Bier to
Pay Her Respects
Body Witt Be Taken From
Sandringham to Chapel
For Villagers to See
ty th* Associated Press
SANDRINGHAM. England, Feb.
8.—Queen Elizabeth and her hus
band, the Duke of Edinburgh, ar
rived late today at the royal estate
here where King George VI died
Wednesday.
Preceded by four police motor
cycles the Queen’s big green Rolls
Royce swung through a side gate
of the estate after a three-hour
drive from London where she was
proclaimed Britain’s rtfer.
As the car turned in. the young
Queen gave a slight smile to a
policeman standing at the salute.
A crowd of about 200 had been
waiting in bitterly cold wind out
side the main gate for about two
hours. Shortly before her ar
rival a thunder and hail storm
swept over the countryside.
, Body Will Be Taken to Chapel.
The crowd caught only a
glimpse of the royal car as it
swept into the side entrance sev
eral hundred yards away.
Inside the estate the body of
her father lay in a plain oak
coffin in a dimly lighted down
stairs bedroom where he passed
quietly away early last Wednes
day. He was dressed in his well
loved uniform of an admiral of
the fleet.
Later today after the young
queen pays her respects, the body
will be carried 200 yards to the
little 16th century chapel of St.
Mary Magdalene.
At the chapel the King’s peo
ple—his farmers, gamekeepers,
woodmen and villagers—will take
their last leave of the man they
called their squire.
There will be a short service in
the chapel Monday. Then the
coffin will be placed on a gun
carriage and a guard of honor of
20 Grenadiers will draw the cor
tege slowly down the 2-mile-long
rhododendrum-banked drive to;
the railway station.
By train the comn will travel
to London to lie in state at West
minister Hall, in the Palace of
Westminister.
Neighbors Pay Respects.
Throughout yesterday a string
of motorcars drew up at the east
lodge by the jubilee gates of Sand
ringham House. One by one, the
King’s neighbors and friends came
to pay their respects in the tradi
tional manner by signing the vis
itors’ booK.
Queen Mother Elizabeth and
Princess Margaret remained in se
clusion throughout the day. At
dusk last night, as rain began to
fall, lights burned in only one
room of the house.
During the late afternoon the
new heir to Britain’s throne, 3
year-old Prince Charles, and his
18-month-old sister, Princess
Anne, walked for a while in a
secluded part of the gardens with
a nurse and chauffeur. •
Their grandmother, the griev
ing widowed Queen, has ordered
that they see as little as possible
of the funeral preparations.
In the village where black crepe
hangs over the royal coat of arms
on two of the shops, all was quiet.
It was a village of sorrow and Of
happy memories of the King they
loved.
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New Red Air Power
Feared by Weyland
During Truce Period
15 Key Airfields Seen
Helping Foe to Mount
Armada of Jet Planes
Associated Press
TOKYO. Feb. 8.—Lt. Oen. Otto
P. Weyland says If Allied Air
strikes are halted the Reds could
mount a tremendous jet armada
from North Korean airfields with
in 30 days. .
The Far East Air Forces com
mander said yesterday the Com
munists have 15 good airfields
which could be put into shape
quickly.
All are near supply points such
as railroads or seaports, he
added.
The Reds have insisted on the
right to rebuild airfields during
an armistice.
Gen. Weyland and his Air Force
generals opposed this—until Al
lied negotiators offered to com
promise and let the Reds rebuild
some airfields for civilian use only.
Could Convert Quickly.
Then Gen. Weyland and the
others shut up.
But the general pointed out to
day that commercial airfields
could be converted to military air
bases simply by supplying them
with gas, oil and bombs.
Then—if the Reds broke the
truce — United Nations ground
forces in Korea would be faced
with a real threat from the air.
Repeated Allied bombings have
destroyed the usefulness of such
fields as Namsi, Saamchon, Tae
chon and Uiju—all in Northwest
Korea and all with 6,000-feet
runways suited to Communist jet
operations.
Other Factors Conceded.
But diving a truce the Allied
bombers would stay at home and
the fields could be repaired.
Gen. Weyland conceded that
there 'might be other factors, out
weighing the airfield issue in im
portance, that led to the Allied
concession.
II that’s our Government's
position it’s all right with me,”
he said. "The desire to achieve
an armistice is real and higher
authorities apparently took into
consideration other factors in
making their decision.”
Gen. Weyland said the Reds
worked frantically for a time to
get jet fields into operation.
Repair Work Halts.
However, repair work virtually
has stopped, he said, "presumably
because they weren’t getting any
where because of our B-29s.”
The general added the Allies, as
long as they maintain their pres
ent air striking power in Korea,
could knock out Communist air
fields in a matter of days if the
Reds break a truce.
But he said the job would be
harder if Allied warplanes were
pulled out of Korea.
Guerrillas Seize Island
TAIPEH, Formosa, Feb. 8 (#).—
The semiofficial Tato news agency
said today Nationalist guerrillas
stormed the island town of Tun#*
shan in junks last month and
h<id it 19 days. Tungshan lies off
the Red China coast opposite Na
Formosa.
Jury Delving
Into Charges of
Police Payoffs
Gambling Figures'
Testimony at Crime
Inquiry Is Studied
By Jack Jonas
The special District crime grand
jury appeared to be delving fur
ther into charges of police pay
offs today.
Statements by gambling figures
questioned by investigators for the
Senate District Crime Investigat
ing Committee were sent to United
States Attorney Charles M. Irelan
for use by the grand jury.
Included were statements from
Nathaniel Y. Taylor, colored, of
the 1400 block of Corcoran street
N.W., and Jacqueline Terry,
colored, 1011 Euclid street N.W.
Although both refused to an
swer questions in public hearings,
they talked freely when they
spoke earlier with committee in
vestigators. The statements were
made a part of the public record.
Tells of Tee Sheets.’
They spoke fully of "ice sheets”
—tabulations for police pay-offs.
Both were working for Orian T.
Whiting, they said, who was turn
ing in his numbers take, according
to Taylor, to Roger W. (Whitetop)
Simkins, colored. Taylor said $50
a month was collected from him
for police protection.
Mr. Irelan previously had called
for the transcript of public testi
mony, which included that of
Charles H. Nelson, former man
ager of the Brass Rail restaurant
operated by Simkins’ wife, Yvonne.
Nelson told of seeing pay-offk to
ABC inspectors and mysterious
envelopes handed to police.
committee sources said about a
dozen statements were sent to the
grand jury, but the full list of
names was not revealed. Some of
the statements taken by the com
mittee investigators have not yet
been inserted ino the public record.
Simpkins' Operation Studied.
The grand jury yesterday began
looking into the Simkins’ opera
tion. Mrs. Sarah (pimples) Hall,
henna-haired former girl friend of
Simkins, was quizzed for about an
hour.
She declined to comment on her
testimony. During the crime hear
ings, Mrs. Hall told the committee
that Simkins had operated from
her home until about five years
ago.
Mr. Irelan yesterday invited the
public to join the war against
crime by communicating to him
tips or leads on criminal activities.
Letters containing such infor
mation need not be signed, he said.
They should be addressed to As
sistant United States Attorney
Thomas C. Wadden, jr. Tele
phoned information will be re
ceived at National 2131, exten
sion 108.
Any promising tips will be
placed before the special District
crime grand jury now in session.
Meanwhile, it was learned that
eight additional subpoenas have
been issued for grand jury wit
nesses, in addition to the two who
testified yesterday.
The second witness was identi
fied as a Miss Christine Curtis,
also colored, of 2705 Twelfth street
N.E. Miss Curtis was closeted
with the jury only briefly and will
return today.
Mr. Irelan expressed himself as
being very well satisfied with the
progress of the investigation so
far.
Meanwhile, It was Indicated
that the Senate Crime Investigat
ing Committee may try in secret
session to pry from Murray Olf
information that the former race
wire operator refused to give in
public hearing.
me committee, encouraged by
success in its last closed hearing
during which another race wire
operator talked freely, plans to
hold further secret meetings next
week.
It was reported they would
question those whose names were
brought up during testimony given
Wednesday by Leonard J. Matus
ky, who exposed racing news con
nections between Washington
bookmakers and national wire syn
dicates.
Numbers Racket Covered.
The committee, which covered
the numbers racket principally in
its hearings, moved into race bet
ting late in the hearings when it
called Olf, who at that time re
fused to answer most of the ques
tions put by Committee Counsel
Arnold Bauman.
Mr. Bauman would not disclose
what is planned for further secret
meetings. However, Matusky, for
mer operator of World-Wide News
& Music Service, discussed Olf’s
connection with race wire serv
ices. It was indicated that new
information obtained might be
used as a lever for getting Olf to
talk.
The name of Sam Beard, an
other Washington gambling fig
ure, also was mentioned in Ma
tusky’s testimony, but it remained
doubtful that Beard would come
before the committee.
Beard, who has since been in
dicted in Baltimore for income tax
evasion, was originally scheduled
to appear before the committee,
but was HI in a hospital at the
time. Mr. Bauman said he would
not endanger anyone’s health, “no
matter who he is,” by forcing an
ill man to testify.
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Ruth Judd Returns to Hospital
Mysteriously in Car at Midnight
Comes Bock Voluntarily Aftet 'Face Lifting/
Admits Outside Help in Making Fifth Escape
By lh« Associated Press
PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 8.—Trunk
Murderess Winnie Ruth Judd,
scratched and battered looking,
returned voluntarily to the State
Mental Hospital under mysterious
circumstances at midnight last
night.
She surrendered at the home of
the hospital superintendent with
the brief comment: “Well, I’m
back."
Mrs. Judd apparently had been
driven to the home of the super
intendent, Dr. M. W. Conway, just
outside the grounds of the big
asylum. The car disappeared
without any one getting a look
at it.
It was the fifth escape for the
fading “Tiger Woman” who 21
years ago killed two girl friends
and shipped their dismembered
bodies to Los Angeles.
Dr. M. W. Conway, the hosptial
superintendent, said Mrs. Judd,
apparently was helped by persons
who were very young, possibly
teen-agers, in making her escape.
Dr. Conway stated in an inter
view that Mrs. Judd wouldn’t tell
who helped her.
“But I surmised from what she
said that they were not only
young, but there was more than
one of them.”
He said he had pieced together
the following story of what had
happened to the scratched, bruised
and tired woman:
She picked a lock on the door
leading to a third-story tower in
her ward Saturday night while
other patients were watching tele
vision, climbed the stairs and went
down an improvised rope of re
straining straps.
The rope broke while she was
Banker Seized
In $152,000
Embezzlement
>y th« Associated Press
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 8.—The
FBI today arrested the former
president of the First National
Bank of Point Marion, Pa., in con
nection with juggling $152,000 in
bank funds.
Milo Kelmer Ruse, 52, was
picked up at his home in Union
town. He is charged with false
entry and embezzlement. The
FBI said he repaid the money
after spending $150,000 on the
stock market.
Mr. Ruse resigned as president
of the bank January 25. He had
been under FBI surveillance for
several weeks—even while he and
three friends recently took a lei
surely trip to California.
still 12 to 15 feet from the ground
and Mrs. Judd fell, bruising her
back- and legs. , She went over the
9-foot barb-wlred-topped fence at
the north end of the hospital
grounds, walked through the yards
of some of the staff members who
have residences near the hospital,
went through the hospital grave
yard, crossed a canal and then
headed north.
Prom there Dr. Conway said
the fading “Tiger Woman” appar
ently became .confused and was
not certain where she went. Be
said she never got out of the
Phoenix area.
“She apparently had some shel
ter. but no regular food,” he said.
"She had a hud time of it.”
Dr. Conway was unable to elab
orate on the mystery of how Mrs.
Judd set up her escape and who
could have helped her. But he
repeate4 his conviction she had
help.
Capt. Stanley Kimball of the
Maricopa County . sheriff’s office
said police were still working on
the problem.
Earlier Dr. Conway said Mrs.
Judd appeared to have had “a
face lifting.” He did not elabo
rate.
Dr. Dean Archer, clinical direc
tor, said later Mrs. Judd was
“scratched and battered looking.”
He said her eyebrows had been
plucked and her already dyed
red hair had been newly tinted.
All day there had been reports
that she would give herself up if
she could talk to the county grand
jury.
It was learned that two un
identified men and two equally
unidentified State hospital em
ployes had conferred about the
hour she would surrender.
Winnie Ruth, now 48, escaped
the gallows by 72 hours in 1933
when she was adjudged insane
after being convicted of first-de
gree murder.
Mrs. Judd, in contrast to her
usual condition on recapture four
times previously, seemed quite
composed. Dr. Conway took her
back to her ward through a back
gate. She was given a sedative
and put to bed. * »
“I’m quite sure she came back
because of the grand jury situa
tion,” said Dr. Archer.
Tuesday night an unidentified
woman had telephoned the sher
iff’s office and said Mrs. Judd
would surrender if assured she
would be given an opportunity to
appear before the jury.
Wednesday morning the acting
foreman of the jury announced
Mrs. Judd would be subpoenaed
when she was recaptured or re
turned.
About the time Mrs. Judd gave
herself up, a woman called Dr.
Conway’s home and hung up after
being told that Mrs. Judd had
appeared.
Truman Praises Work of Scouts
As 14 Call at White House
President Truman today hailed
the civic program of the Boy
Scouts of America as a “great
contribution to good citizenship.”
The President’s remarks were
made in a White House ceremony
Throe Million Scouts to Condact "Get
Out-Voto" Drive. Page A-7
when he greeted 13 outstanding
Eagle Scouts and Richard L. Huntt,
11, of Fairfax, who. was the 19
millionth Scout enrolled since the
organization was formed in Wash
ington 42 years ago today.
The President’s remarks about
the value of scouting came after
he was presented with their “re
port to the Hatton,” covering the
accomplishments of the past year.
“Keep up the good WQrk” the
President said after the report
was read by Eagle Scout Bill
Sibley, jr., of Union. S. C.
Then Richard, smallest of the
group, stepped forward with Eddie
Morales of Puerto Rico, to present
the President with a small bronze
reproduction of the Liberty Bell
and a Liberty Bell plaque.
As Richard read the inscription
on the bell, Mr. Truman thanked
the youngster and congratulated
him.
Richard thanked him. Mr.
Truman said the bell and the
plaque would have a place in the
White House when the First Fam
ily moves back there this spring.
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Prosecution Begins
In Grain Storage
Fraud Investigation
First indictment Returned
In Texas; 25 Warehouse
Operators Face Action
The Justice Department has
begun criminal action which may
eventually involve about 25 ware
house operators suspected of
cheating the Government in the
farm storage program, it was
learned today.
Some warehouse operators are
accused of selling grain and other
commodities they stored for the
Government. Others may have
charged the Government rent for
storage they did not furnish.
Selling Government commodi
fies, Justice Department officials
explained, probably would be em
bezzlement of Federal property—
A felony punishable by 10 years’
imprisonment and $10,000 fine.
Collecting rent under false pre
tenses .would be fraud—another
felony. -
First Indictment.
The first criminal indictment
against scandal-marked Texas
grain dealers was handed down
yesterday in Amarillo, Tex.
A grand jury returned a 24
count indictment against Harry
Dawson of the Plains Grain &
Storage Co. on grounds he con
verted to his own use $400,000
worth of Government grain.
The Agriculture Department
previously had sued the company
in civil court for recovery of the
loss.
Congressional investigators ex
amining the current outbreak of
commodity shortages have in
sisted criminal prosecutions are
the only way to stop private
warehousemen from selling Gov
ernment commodities.
me Government has about 15
suits in civil courts, mostly against
firms which went bankrupt and
therefore were unable to make up
shortages of Government com
modities.
Re-examinations Ordered.
The Justice Department has or
dered United States district attor
neys throughout the country to
re-examine the cases where only
civil suits have been started.
Other cases which have not
reached civil courts also will be
studied for possible criminal
prosecutions, it was learned. Final
decisions on possible criminal ac
tion will be made in Washington.
Officials of the Justice Depart
ment said heretofore the cases
have been referred to the Justice
Department’s claims division,
(See AGRICULTURE, Page A-7.)
Slansky Reported Facing
Trial for Gottwald Plot
By the Auockited Pmi
VIENNA, Austria, Feb. 8.—The
Czechoslovak Minister of Justice
wrote in a Prague newspaper to
day that former Vice Premier
Rudolf Slansky and former For
eign Minister Vlado dementis
frill be tried on charges of plot
ting to murder. President Klement
Gottwald.
Stefan Rais, the Justice Min
ister, in an editorial published by
Rude Pravo said the two would
face a murder charge along with
Otto Sling, onetime political sec
retary of the Communist Party hi
Bruno and other purged leaders.
Rais identified the accused as
a group of "Titoist conspirators
who had planned to murder Pres
ident Gottwald, the very brain and
heart of our party.* No date for
the trial was announced.
Prague radio in December
hinted that Moscow-trained Gott
wald was purging his whole party
to prevent his overthrow by Tito
like Red doubters of Kremlin
policy.
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Sentences Set
At 20 Months
To Five Years
Blight Lee Is Given
l-to-4-Year Term;
Four Also Fined
By W. H. Shippen
Charles E. Nelson, his wife and
their two partners in a multi-mil
lion dollar numbers ring today
were each sentenced to prison
terms of 20 months to five years.
In addition, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
were fined $10,000 each and their
partners, Mr. and Mrs. Robert I*
Nowland, were fined $2,500 each.
Judge James R. Kirkland be
rated Nelson and his partners for
the “cheap” manner in which they
operated a syndicate, which he
said grossed as much as $6 million
a year.
Blight H. Lee, who was con
victed with the Nelsons and the
Nowlands, for conspiracy as well
as gambling, was sentenced to
from one to four years in jail.
The judge complimented Lee for
not bringing his' wife into the
gambling operation.
While the gray-haired Nelsons
stood before him with bowed
heads. Judge Kirkland denounced
Nelson for having "dipped into the
police department to obtain gun
men who acted as ordinary tor
pedoes” in convoying the money
deliveries.
Cites “Snags” Lewis Case.
The judge also pointed out that
Nelson failed to show the “cour
age” of William (Snags) Lewis
when the latter “took the rap” for
his employes and accepted a jail
sentence rather than risk the
chance that all might be impris
oned.
Sentences of one to three years
were given to Detective Sergt.
Robert G. Kirby of the Homicide
Squad, who was suspended Oc
tober 22, and a former precinct
detective. James E. Lowrey, who
retired from the force in 1947.
Three women were sentenced to
short terms and released on pro
bation. inoludlng Mrs. Bertha N.
MacWilliams, 22-year-old daugh
ter of Nelson ana mother of two
young children.
MacWilliams Sentenced, Fined.
The other women placed on pro
bation were Mrs. Ruby Oary, 46,
mother of a paratrooper in Korea,
and Mrs. Shirley McCoy* an office
worker for the syndicate, mother
of two small children and wife of
a Marine veteran of World War EL
Mrs. MacWilliam’s husband,
William (Billy) K. MacWilliams.
was sentenced to eight months to
two years in prison and fined
$1,000.
Three women office employes
who also received brief prison sen
tences were Mrs. Elizabeth D.
Brady, one to ten months; Miss
Effie L. Trent, three to nine
months, and Mrs. Mary T. (Flam
ing Mamie) Hutchinson, who re
ceived three to nine months.
20 Months Minimum.
The Nelsons and the Nowlands
will be eligible to apply for pa
role after serving the minimum
20-month sentence.
Before the prisoners were
brought into District Court today,
they had spent a week in Dis
trict Jail following their convic
tions by a jury last Friday. Judge
Kirkland overruled all defense
(See NELSON, Page A-5.)
French Assembly Votes
$15 Million to Tito
By th« Associated Press
PARIS. Feb. 8 —With only tha>
Communists dissenting, the
French National Assembly today
voted 5V2 billion francs (about
$15.7 million) in aid to Yugoslavia.
The vote was 517 to 101, with
the non-Communist deputies
about as near to unanimity as
they ever get. The money repre
sents the 12 per cent share of
France in the contribution to help
Marshal Tito’s government pay
for imports. Britain and the
United States are furnishing the
balance.
Two Killed on Turnpike
CARLISLE, Pa., Feb. 8 (JP).—
Two men burned to death today
In the blazing wreckage of their
tractor - trailer truck after it
crashed into another tractor-trail
er parked o^ the Pennsylvania
Turnpike.
Featured Reading
Insidf Today's Star
EASY PENSIONS—Physical disability
retirements for police and firemen era
easy to obtain. The reasons they era
sought instead of normal retirements,
and how they ore obtained, are dis
cussed in a series of three articles by
Star Staff Reporter Jack Jonas. The
first is on page A-21.
A THWARTED GIANT—Men in the
auto industry say Government regula
tions and practices are bolding them
bock. Star Staff Reporter Jamas Y.
Newton reports their views in the third
of his series of stories on the Detroit
labor situation an page A-7.
A BAD BOTTLENECK-Moont Vernon
Square x one of the city's mast notori
ous traffic bottlenecks. Star Staff Re
porter James G. Deane tells bow the
planners propose to eliminate the dif
ficulties. Page A-12.
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