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Weather Forecast
Foggy this morning, sunny and a little
warmer this afternoon. High about 60
and low about 36. (Full report on Page
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Ottawa Backs
Eisenhower on
Joint Defense
Communique Stresses
Need for Action in
View of Red Threat
By Joseph A. Fox
Star Staff Correspondent
OTTAWA, Nov. 14.—President
Eisenhower said here today that
the United States and Canada
must move without delay to pro
vide strong defense against a
surprise atomic air attack from
an "arrogant” Russia—and he
got a quick second from the
Dominion government.
A few hours after the Presi- j
dent solemnly told a joint ses- j
Texts of Ottawa Communique and
Eisenhower Address. Page A-7
sion of Canada’s Parliament that
"the threat is present,” a joint
communique on the President’s
two-day talks with Prime Min
ister Louis St. Laurent and other
officials said, “There was com
plete agreement on the vital im
portance of effective methods
for joint defend, especially in
the light of evidence of increas
ing technical capability of direct
attack on both countries by
weapons of great destructive
power."
The President left at 11:59 p.m. j
on a return trip to Wishington.!
Governor Geenral Vincent Mas- |
sey and the Prime Minister came !
to the train to bid him goodby.
His train is due there at 5:10
p.m. tomorrow.
Joint Plan Under Way.
The carefully-worded commu
nique indicated, as did the Pres
ident in his speech, that the two
countries already have a joint
program in the making. It said
the neighbor governments recog
nize that the defense of North
America must be considered as a
whole, and "are undertaking
further efforts for their own se
curity.”
The communique also:
1. Bespoke continued efforts
for world peace.
2. Emphasized the necessity
for an expanding world trade on
a multi-lateral basis.
3. Reported “full agreement”
as to the importance of the St.
Lawrence seaway and power
project, and on the “urgency” of
getting started with the power
phase of the program.
Gen. Eisenhower was inter
rupted frequently by applause .
as he spoke from the speaker’s
desk in the House of Commons.
Calling for continuation of the
“effective partnership” which has
characterized United States-
Canada relations, the President
put the major emphasis on the
matter of effective defense in
his 25-minute speech.
Asks Patience on Trade.
The President also sought to
ease Canada’s dissatisfaction
with restrictive American trade
policies by urging patience and
expressing the conviction that
a program will be worked out to
serve the "best interests” of both
countries.
Canada wants to do more busi
ness south of the border, and
it has been very evident here
that the people hope the Presi
dent’s visit, plus the work of the
newly created Joint Economic
Committee have had a salutary
effect.
The President said there is
“growing recognition” in the
United States that there must be
a “high level of international
trade,” but he admonished that
the principle to be followed is
"Make haste slowly.”
The President seemingly is
more hopeful of getting favor
able Congressional action on the
St. Lawrence project than on a
liberalized trade program. He
reviewed briefly the history of
the St. Lawrence case, and pre
dicted favorable action on some
plan of American participation
(See EISENHOWER. Page A-2.)
Maryland and Irish
Win Easily; Upsets
Hit Four in Top 10
Maryland routed Mississippi
and Notre Dame had an easy
time with North Carolina, but
four of the other football teams
in the Nation's top 10 were
beaten yesterday.
The four big upsets were South
Carolina’s victory over West Vir
ginia, Wisconsin’s rout of Illi
nois, Alabama’s surprise of Geor
gia Tech and the beating Hous
ton gave Baylor.
Maryland virtually clincned a
place in the Orange Bowl by
romping over Ole Miss, while
Oklahoma sewed up the Big
Seven title and a visit to Miami
January 1 by outclassing lowa
State.
Navy defeated Columbia and
George Washington had no
trouble with winless Davidson.
Virginia was beaten by Wash
ington and Lee.
Yale, behind 17-0 at one point,
rallied to edge Princeton.
Maryland 38 Mississippi 0
South Carolina 20 West Virginia 14
Wisconsin 34 Illinois 7
Alabama 13 Georgia Tech H
Houston 37 Baylor 7
Notre Dame 34 North Carolina 14
Navy 14 Columbia ft
George Washington 33 Davidson O
WU *7 , . _ Virginia 13
Michigan State 14 Michigan ft
Oklahoma 47 leva State 0
Vale 2fi Princeton t\
Army 21 .. Penn 14
(Details In Sports Section.)
Eisenhower and G. O. P. Chiefs
To Map's 4 Congress Strategy
3-Day Parley With President to Sift
Long List of Controversial Bills
By J. A. O'Leary
Republican leaders made plans
yesterday for a three-day con
ference with President Eisen
hower next month to draw up
the program for the 1954 session
of Congress, which will face a
long list of controversial prob
lems.
Senate Republican Floor Lead
er Knowland announced the
meetings at the White House
have been set tentatively for De
cember 10, 11 and 12.
At the same time. Chairman
Ferguson of the Senate Repub
lican Policy Committee said ef
forts will be made to get the next
session “into high gear” as soon
as it meets, instead of making
a leisurely start.
The Senate has ready for floor
debate the bill to authorize
American participation with
Canada in the St. Lawrence Sea
way project.
Senators Knowland and Fer
guson believe the seaway bill will
pass if it is brought to a vote,
but Senator Ferguson said he
expects strong opposition.
Political Fireworks.
The Hawaiian Statehood bill,
already passed by the House, is
ready to be voted on by the
Senate Interior Committee and
there is a move under way to
cancel the increase in the Social
Security payroll tax. which will
go up on January 1 from iy 2 to
Administration Alters
Policy, Will Expand
Small Business Aid
More Direct .Loans and
Larger Eligible List
To Be Available Soon
By James Y. Newton
The administration, under
heavy pressure from Congress
and elsewhere, soon will embark
on a program of more liberal
Government financial aid to
small business.
There are two parts to the
program.
1. Direct loans will soon be
gin flowing from Federal coffers
to small business firms in need
of help and unable to get it
from private sources.
2. The number and type of
firms eligible to receive Govern
ment financial help will be
broadened.
Under present regulations, only
manufacturing firms have been
retarded as eligible to get loans
from the Small Business Ad
ministration.
Other Firms to Benefit.
A modification or clarification
of policy will make small firms
in the distributive trades, whole
salers and retailers, eligible for
Federal loans.
What was described as the
“spade work” on this new policy
is being done now. As soon as
it is finished the program will be
presented to the board of the
Small Business Administration
for approval. That board is made
up of the head of SBA, Secretary
of the Treasury Humphrey and
Secretary of Commerce Weeks..
Up to this point, the SBA has
not made a single loan. The
first loans are expected to be
announced, however, within a
few days.
Both Republicans and Demo
crats in Congress have been
highly critical of the operation,
or lack of it, of the SBA. Their
pressure and direct pressure from
small business organizations
were at least partly responsible
for the resignation two weeks
ago of William D. Mitchell. SBA
administrator.
Upon his departure, Mr. Mit
(Continued on Page A-11, Col. 2.)
Flyer's Action Saves
Entire Pro Grid Team
By th« Associated Press
PITTSBURGH. Nov. 14.—Quick
action by Capt. William O’Con
nor, a Capital Airlines pilot,
averted a possible disaster today
on a Constellation plane carry
ing 61 persons, including the
entire squad of the National
Football League’s Pittsburgh
Steelers.
Fifteen minutes after the
plane left here for New York,
where the Steelers play the New
York Giants tomorrow, the odor
of ether fumes began filling the
ship. The plane was flying at
9,000 feet altitude when Capt.
O’Connor radioed for an emer
gency landing clearance. He
turned the plane around and 15
minutes later landed at Greater
Pittsburgh Airport. The craft
was hurriedly evacuated, but no
one aboard was affected by the
fumes, which are highly inflam
mable.
A Capital spokesman said the
ether had spilled out of a can
in a duffel bag in the baggage
compartment, located in the
belly of the plane. The bag was
filled with first aid supplies used
by the Steelers’ trainer.
The plane was ventilated for
an hour before the flight Vas
resumed.
In addition to the 45 persons
in the Steelers’ party there were
11 other passengers and a crew
of five aboard.
(El)c Sunday Skf
2 percent each on employers and
employes.
But these and other topics
that will hold the limelight in
the early weeks of the session
are not the big issues that will
confront the tidministration
leaders when they gather at the
White House next month.
The subjects that will touch
off the political fireworks both
in Congress and the subsequent
election campaigns are:
1. The drafting of a new farm
price-support law to replace or
extend the one which expires
next year.
2. Revision of the Taft-Hart
ley labor law.
3. The problem of a continu
ing unbalanced budget, and the
related question of whether the
Treasury will have to renew its
fight to raise the ceiling on the
public debt from $275 to $290
billion
4. The future scope of foreign
aid, and the extension of the
Reciprocal Trade Agreement law.
On these subjects Congress will
await the findings of the Presi
dent’s special commission on
foreign economic policy.
Need Democratic Votes.
In approaching all of these
major problems, the Republican
leaders will have to keep always
in mind the fact that, because
of the close division of party
(See LEGISLATIVE, Page A-2.)
Joint Hearings Due
Thursday on D. C.
Public Works Plan
House, Senate Groups
Want Early Decision
To Avoid Budget Mess
By Don S. Warren
Consideration early next Jan
uary of the District’s $305 mil
lion public works program was
practically assured today, when
leaders of the House District
Committee agreed there should
be joint hearing with Senators.
Chairman Simpson of the
House Committee said he is will-
Prentiss Reiterates Objection to Hiking
Realty and Sales Tax. Page A-12
ing. but he left the question up
to Representative O’Hara, Re
publican. of Minnesota, who
heads the important Fiscal sub
committee.
And Mr. O’Hara said he favors
joint hearings. He agreed they
would save both time and effort,
even though each side would act
separately and possibly differ
ently.
Plan Works Well.
Joint House-Senate hearings
on District revenue issues have
been the custom in recent years
and have worked well, not only
In saving time, but in avoiding
confusion over testimony, offi
cials recalled.
Chairman Case of the Senate
District Committee indicated the
possibility of joint hearings on
Thursday, when he declared his
full approval of the revised pub
lic works program.
District officials have other
headaches far worse than the
immediate question of joint hear
ings, some old-timers said. Their
point was that, unless there can
be an early decision on the pro
posed new District revenue legis
lation. there may be wholesale
confusion as to what should be
done with the 1955 city budget.
In normal operations, this will
be sent to Congress by President
Eisenhower early next January,
along with Federal department
spending proposals. This year,
however, the city financial plan
is tied tightly to the questions of
increased revenues.
O’Hara Notes Problem.
Representative O’Hara indi
cated he is aware of this prob
lem. This was one of his rea
sons for wanting early joint
hearings on the revenue issue.
Neither Mr. O’Hara nor Chair
man Simpson voiced any con
clusions about the plans for
added District revenues. They
withheld judgment until the
needs and the proposals can be
documented in formal testimony.
Mr. O’Hara did voice the fear
that the reopening of the District
revenue issue might wind up
with an increase in District taxes
without any corresponding raise
in the size of the Federal pay
ment.
Progressive Party Leader
Guilty in Tax Evasion
By th» Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14.
Vincent Hallinan. wealthy at
torney and 1952 Progressive
Party presidential candidate, to
night was found guilty on five
charges of income tax evasion.
A Federal court jury acquitted
the leftist attorney on two
other counts. His wife was
found not guilty on all counts.
The Hallinans were accused
of evading $65,222 in taxes be
tween 1946 and 1951.
He faces a possible maximum
sentence of $25,000 fine and 25
years imprisonment.
WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 15, 1953-192 PAGES
Truman lo Give
'All Facts'on
Air Tomorrow
Promises Radio-TV
Speech Will Erase
Doubts in White Case
By James E. Roper
Former President Truman an
nounced yesterday that he will
go on radio and television to
morrow night to tell “all the
facts” about the Harry Dexter
White case.
Mr. Truman promised that his
"all-out” speech will cleat away
Truman Subpoena Blamed for Wrecking
G. O. P. Plans on White. Page A-3
Who Was Dexter White? The Biography
of an Enigma. Page A-3
every doubt that Attorney Gen
eral Brownell has raised.
Mr. Brownell has charged that
Mr. Truman as President, in 1945
and 1946, received—but ignored
—two FBI reports pinning a
“spy” label on wfiite. then an
Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury.
Mr. Brownell will testify
Tuesday before the Senate In
ternal Security Subcommittee to
detail his charges, but Mr Tru
man will get in his punches to
morrow night.
Mr. Truman, who refused a
subpoena to testify before the
House Un-American Activities
Committee, announced his plans
for a radio-TV appearance just
before he left New York for his
home State of Missouri. He said
he would speak from Kansas
City.
Hopes to Erase Doubts.
At the train, reporters asked
Mr. Truman whether there
Speech by Truman
On TV and Radio
Former President Truman's speech
will be telecast and broadcast at
11 p.m. tomorrow.
Washington television stations
which announced they,will carry the
broadcast at that time are WNBW
(Channel 4), WTTG (Channel 5),
WMAL (Channel 7) and WTOP
(Channel 9).
Washington radio stations which
will carry the broadcast as it origi
nates are WMAL, WWDC, WTOP
and WGMS. WRC will rebroadcast
the speech at 11:30.
Spokesmen for the major radio
and television networks said they
were donating the time to the for
mer President who will speak on the
Harry Dexter White cose. The
broadcasts will be carried as a public
service, they said.
would be any doubts left after
his speech.
"I hope there won’t be any
questions or doubt about this.”
Mr. Truman replied, the Asso
ciated Press reported.
Mr. Truman, however, declined
to give much advance informa
tion about the line his speech
will take.
such as Represent
ative Walter of Pennsylvania
have reported "reliable” infor
mation that Mr. Truman kept
White on the Government pay
roll—despite knowledge of his
Communist affiliations—because
the FBI wanted it that way. The
idea, according to Mr. Walter,
was to have the FBI continue
to watch White in the hope that
he unknowingly would betray
members of a Soviet espionage
ring.
In New York yesterday, re
porters asked Mr. Truman:
"Is it true that you knew of
the FBI report on White and. at
the suggestion of the FBI, you
appointed him Executive Direc
tor of the International Mone
tary Fund (in February, 1946)
to put him in a position to be
watched?”
Mr. Truman replied: “I have
not examined the record on the
matter and my memory is hazy.”
Might Have Complied.
A reporter asked: "If the FBI
made such a request, would you
have complied?”
Mr. Truman: "It’s a possi
bility.”
One authoritative source in
Washington scoffed at the sug
gestion of such a deal. The
source, whose intergrity is not
questioned, told The Star that
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
opposed the appointment of
White to the Monetary Fund and
did not approve any arrange
ment to keep White in public
office after the FBI obtained
(Continued on Page A-2, Col. 4.)
Gunman Gets SSOO at Store,
Locking 4 Men in Lavatory
A holdup man la6t night
locked four men in a lavatory
and took an estimated SSOO from
the Woodrow Men’s Stores at
809 H street N.E.
Richard Snyder. 26, assistant
manager, said he. a customer, a
friend and the manager, Jerry
Hepner, 27, were in the store at
the time.
Mr. Snyder said he was in a
lavatory in the rear of the store
when the holdup man came in
and bought two pairs of socks.
After making the purchase, Mr.
Snyder said, the man pulled out
a revolver and herded the other
three men into the lavatory with
Mr. Snyder.
A short time later, Mr. Snyder
Drivers Warned to Go Slow
As Thick Fog Shrouds Area
Airport Closed Down; Policeman Rushing
111 Boy to Hospital Becomes Lost in Haze
Thick fog closed in on Wash
ington during the night.
The National Airport was
closed down, with visibility ex
pected to stand at zero by early
morning. Traffic slowed to a
crawl in nearby Maryland and
Virginia.
Maryland State Police at Wat
erloo barracks ordered a 25
Picture of Fog of Notional Airport On
Page A-4
mile-an-hour speed limit on
tricky Route 1 from Washington
to Baltimore. The speed limit
normally is 55 miles an hour.
The Washington police dis
patcher began at 8:30 p.m.
broadcasting periodic warnings
for all cruisers and patrol wag
ons to use extreme caution be
cause of the fog.
The fog was so thick in Mont
gomery County that a fire truck
lost its way while en route to a
fire.
The truck—one of several
responding to the alarm—missed
a country lane while going to a
fire in Colesville about 10 p.m..
Senate Probe Puts Spotlight
On Delinquents Wednesday
By Miriam Ottenberg
Such diverse experts as an an
thropologist, an educator, a psy
chiatrist and the people who
have to deal with juvenile de
linquents every day will paint a
picture this week of what’s hap
pening to children across the
Nation—and why.
The expert testimony will be
given to a special subcommittee
Junior Police Porley, With 750 Children,
Pledges Crime Fight. Page A-12
of the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee, created by the Senate to in
vestigate juvenile problems.
Public hearings—possibly tele
vised—open Wednesday. •
"We hope to paint a general
picture of trends and causes,”
said Subcommittee Chairman
Hendrickson, Republican, of New
Jersey. “We want, to know how
serious the situation is and what
in the national life is making it
worse.”
Dope Addiction Probed.
Dope addiction among Juve
niles will be explored during this
phase of the hearings. Federal
Commissioner of Narcotics Harry
J. Anslinger has been scheduled
as a witness.
Among other Federal wit
nesses will be Dr. Martha Eliot,
head of the Children’s Bureau,
which has been sponsoring a pri
vately-financed national juvenile
delinquency project.
Experts in the study of man
said, the holdup jnan opened the
lavatory door to announce, “I
can’t find the money.” He took
Mr. Hepner out of the lavatory
and back into the store where
Mr. Hepner showed him the
cash drawer and opened the
safe.
Mr. Snyder said Mr. Hepner
then was put back in the lava
tory a'hd the door was bolted
behind him. The four men
broke down the door in about
five minutes.
The bandit was described as
a colored man between 25 and
30 years old, five feet ten.
weighing about 190 pounds and
wearing a gray hat. brown tweed
coat and green sports shirt.
and called the Silver Spring fire
board for directions. Firemen
said the interior of a house in
Colesville was destroyed.
Prince Georges County police
were warning all travelers not
to use roads in the county.
Montgomery County was re
ported "blanked in” as early as
8 o'clock last night.
The fog played tricks with a
I mercy errand involving police
j from Culpeper, Arlington and
| the District.
Culpeper police radioed Arl
! ington police that Pvt. H. A.
Spillam was rushing a 2-year
old boy to Arlington Hospital
i and would like to be met at the
! Arlington County line to be
■ guided to the hospital.
The boy, Robert Mitchell, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Mitch
; ell, had become ill at his home
jat Yorkshire Acres near Ma-
I nasses.
Two Arlington cruisers set out
| to aid Pvt. Spillam.
j But before they could meet
I (See WEATHER, Page A-4.)
and society will be joined by
witnesses who can talk spe
cifically about the juveniles they
have known. Among the latter
will be a housewife, a Juvenile
Cour* judge, a city policeman, a
probation officer and possibly the
director of a girl’s training
school and a worker who has
fought delinquency in a neigh
borhood.
The witnesses. Senator Hen
drickson said, will represent
cities, rural areas and small
towns from every region of the
country.
D. C. Delinquency Faces Study.
The Senate Invei igators will
move from the Nation - wide
situation to the local one when
they start their city-by-city tour
with hearings on Washington’s
juvenile crime problems in mid-
December. Hearings in other
cities will depend on how much
money is available.
After these investigations, the
subcommittee hopes to draw up
recommendations for remedial
laws and other solutions.
The two Washington groups
now working on juvenile delin
quency also are meeting this
week. The Council on Law En
forcement will get a report from
its juvenile delinquency commit
tee Tuesday night. The Com
missioners’ Youth Council will
hear how Its first delinquency
prevention project Is coming *at
its meeting Thursday morning.
Newell W. Ellison, chairman
of the Council on Law Enforce
ment’s juvenile delinquency
group, said he would give a
progress report. He said he
would need at least another
month before his group will be
ready to make recommendations.
The Commissioners Youth
Council, which is concerned with
‘prevention rather than law en
forcement, will hear a report on
juvenile problems and leader
ship possibilities in “Area P”—
the lower Northeast section
chosen for a pilot project in
combating delinquency through
neighborhood efforts. It also will
get reports on- the formation of
area committees in other neigh
borhoods.
Public officials on the council
as well as the other members
have been asked to submit names
of neighborhood leaders for the
other committees. Ultimately. 26
area committees will be formed
to work out means of preventing
delinquency in all parts of the
city, under direction of the city
wide Youth Council.
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Salesman Arrested
In Hit-Run Death of
Boy, 7, a Year Ago
Admits Car Hit Child;
Watched Ambulance
Taking Victim Away
A 26-year-old' beer salesman,
father of a young son, was ar
rested yesterday in the year-old,
hit-and-run death of 7-year-old
Larry Dickerson, 1406 U street
1 S.E.
•
Police Lt. James M. Powell, of
the Accident Investigation Unit,
said Lawrence P. Majors, of the
1600 block of S street S.E., has
admitted it was his car which
struck the little boy the after
noon of November 13, 1952.
Majors was arrested as he
stopped In a gas station at Nich
ols avenue and Chicago street
S.E., Lt. Powell said. The arrest
ing policemen were Precinct De
tectives Randall C. Degges and
Richard J. Latona.
Felt Car Hit Something.
Majors was quoted by police
as saying he has been under
great mental strain since the ac
cident, “He seemed relieved
after telling his story,” Lt. Powell
told newsmen.
The suspect was charged with
homicide and with leaving the
scene of an accident.
On recommendation of Deputy
Coroner Christopher J. Murphy,
Majors was released on SI,OOO
I bond pending his appearance be
j fore a coroner’s jury.
According to police. Majors
i was driving home about 5 p.m.,
] the day of the accident. He
| said he felt his car hit something
j at the intersection of Fourteenth
street, Good Hope road and
Minnesota avenue S.E., "but
didn’t know what it was.” He
looked back, he said, saw nothing
and continued on to his home
two blocks away.
Returned to the Scene:
Still concerned, he returned
to the scene a short time later
and saw an ambulance taking
; the victim away. Police said he
i told them he “didn’t feel like
i giving any information."
Numerous suspects were ques
| tioned and released. Countless
| cars were examined as the pos
s sible death vehicle. The fatality
and lack of a good suspect
brought a storm of protest down
ion Traffic Director George E.
I Keneipp.
He was blamed by the Ana
costia Citizens’ Association be
cause no traffic light had been
installed at the intersection.
There is still no light there.
Marine Falls 7 Stories
Down Laundry Chute
A 20-year-old Marine lay near
death in Emergency Hospital last
night after a seven-floor plunge
down a laundry chute at the
Harrington Hotel.
Police said the victim was Pfc.
Leo Morrison, stationed at Camp
Lejeune. They said the plunge
occurred shortly before midnight.
Pvt. Morrison was taken to
Emergency Hospital with in
| juries to the back, legs and head.
His condition was described as
“very critical.”
Detectives said three other
Marines were in the room at the
time Pvt. Morrison fell. They
are Pvts. Joseph O’Malley, 21;
Charles Kellogg, 26, and Darwin
Hall, 22, all stationed at Camp
Lejeune.
U. S. Aide Named
The Army announced the
designation of Brig.-Gen. Peter
C. Hains, HI, as chief of the
American military assistance
staff in Yugoslavia. Gen. Hains
has been chief of staff of the
2nd Army at Fort Meade, Md.,
since last March.
FIFTEEN CENTS
Bandit Shoots
Senator's Aide
In Street Holdup
Takes Purse, Then
Wounds Woman to
Front of Apartment
A holdup man shot and criti
cally wounded a Senator’s aid*
after she had handed over her
j purse to him in front of the
apartment building where she
I lives, police said.
Miss Elsie Lemke. 41, of the
Capitol Vista Apartments, 211
Delaware avenue S.W., an em
-1 ploye of Senator Johnson, Dem
! ocrat, of Colorado, was In criti
cal condition at Casualty Hos
pital.
Police said the holdup man
halted her as she was about to
enter the apartment house from
the fog-shrouded street. He
threatened to kill her if she did
not surrender her purse.
She handed the purse to the
colored man, detectives said. He
took it, and then pointed a pis
tol at her and fired.
The bullet entered the left side
of her chest, and emerged
through her back. She suffered
severe loss of blood, hospital
officials said. Police rushed blood
to the hospital from the Red
Cross blood bank.
Saw Man Dart Past.
Charles L. Williams, a jani
tor at the apartment, said he
heard a shot and a scream about
11:30 p.m.
His mother. Mrs. Sarah Ma
lone. looked from a window of
the janitor’s quarters, which sac«
the avenue, and saw a small
man dart past.
At about the same time,
some one rapped on the door
and told Mr. Williams and Mra.
Malone that a woman had been
shot. Mrs. Malone rushed to
the front of the building.
“I saw her lying there on the
sidewalk.” Mrs. Malone said.
“I reached down and took hold
of her hand. She pulled me
down closer and muttered.
“ ‘The man shot me.’
"I asked her if she knew wh#
it was.
“She said, ‘No, it was a colored
man.’ ’’
Grabbed and Shot.
Mrs. Malone said Miss Lemko
then related details of the shoot
ing. She quoted Miss Lemke as
saying that the man threatened
to shoot her if she did not givo
up the pocketbook.
He then grabbed the purse and
shot Miss Lemke at the same
time, Mrs. Malone said Miss
Lemke told her.
Police said the holdup man
wore a chauffeur’s hat and a
maroon jacket. Miss Lemke, 4
native of Yorktown, Tex., has
lived here about 10 years,
friends said.
Store Owner Yoked
In Fog, Loses $1,500
Yoke robbers, slipping through
Washington’s fog-bound streets,
took $1,500 from one victim and
ssl from another last night.
Morris Brier, owner of the
Lang do n Delicatessen, 2200
Channing street N.E., told police
he had closed his store for the
night and entered his car when
he was grabbed by two colored
men hiding in the back seat.
Mr. Brier said he had sold
another delicatessen at 400 W
street N.W recently and had not
had time to bank the money be
cause his wife was in a hospital.
Police broadcast a lookout for
two light-skinned colored men.
both about five feet six inches
tall and approximately 30 years
old. One man was wearing a
grey topcoat and the other a
tan coat.
In the other yoke robbery,
j Eng Can 48, of the 500 block
of H street N.W., told police he
was walking in the 400 block of
H street when he was grabbed
around the neck by a colored
youth.
He said another youth came
out of the fog, put a knife to his
throat and said, T will kill you
if you move.” Then, he said, a
third youth went through his
pockets and got ssl.
First Precinct Pvt. John A.
Murphy came along as the three
youths started to run away. The
policeman chased the robbers
but lost them in an alley. All
three youths were described as
between 17 and 19 years of age.
Is Godfrey a Tyrant
Or Man of Humility?
THE GODFREY FUSS-Tli. con
flict of opinion about Arthur God
frey sent Associate Press Writer Seel
Pett to ask questions of j-ast and
present associates of the busy radio
ond television man. Ha raporfs an
Page E-l on whot they said.
CAPITOL STUDlO— Congressman
soon will be going before micro
phones and cameras under improved
conditions. Star Staff Writer Harold
B. Rogers tells bow studios, wbnra
the lawmakers prepare transcriptions
ond films on current topics, art be
ing remodeled. Pogc A-It.
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