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i I 1 Tne BrrliIiire Eveninr gTe, April 1 9. 1 949 Gurbcfd Quick Divorces A Senators Insist Army Be Just By Supreme Court Ruling The senator mentioned In the brutality of our own prose rTi f-f fnl WASHINGTON (UP) A "quickie' divorce By FREDERICK C. OTIIMAN I WASHINGTON Now Congress Is investigating, jthe Malmedy massacre and I think it may make you feel proud of the law-givers when on in good! as cutors, told of their knocking out the teeth of some of the defendants. taking awav the food ra state with short-term residence laws may be only as another state says it is: you understand why. Can Be Contested ted Rice "to have a wifeJ who, can-and fto Immediately after! the Battle ot the Bulge, you may remember, the The Supreme Court's latest- deH not his widow leave a widow who was ctsion holds that suclr divorces can no longer Nazis captured nearly 80 American be attacked If the divorced partner his wife." soldiers, but instead of taking them not served with notice of the ac Air Mail Ruling A v- -T' I r- tion within the divorce state or is not represented in the divorce pro ceedings.

The court also ruled, 1 that the Civil Aeronautics Bofird has no authority to grant retroacjtive, mail The spouse being divorced can to a prison camp, shot them down in cold blood. There never was a more brutal, more uncalled-for outrage than this, i By wifs. end our Army had rounded up 73 storm troopers, charged fem all with murder, found 'em all and! sentenced 43 to death Then came changes, still re-echoine through the corridors? of rate increases to airlines. The decision overruled a claim stay out of the state, ignore the proceedings, and then at some later date sue to nullify the decree on grounds that residence in the for such authority urged by Trans continental Sc. Western Air: Inc.

divorce state was not bona fide. Other airlines have taken a similar view. The board itself has ruled it 4 1 1 The ruling, which invalidated a Reno divorce, led dissenting Justice Robert: H. Jackson yesterday to ij'S PAD Di does not have this authbrity! Capitol Hill, that our American prosecutors! in their zeal for confessions wlere as brutal -as the Nazis, themselves. That's what the U.S.

Senate is worrying It insists upon the Americjan brand of justice and fair play, even for Nazis, and even if they we're guilty of murder in the village); of Malmedy. Or as Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin -put it: "How can we condemn the Russians for the way they conduct trials, if we do just as bad, or worse?" Hitler's Horrors Reversed So there was Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall, as the first witness in lengthy proceedings design td to show just how far our prosecutors; went with rubber hoses, black hoods at midnight, and other jitems straight wt of a Hitler horror story. Royall admitted there was truth in a num ber of thp accusations, but defended his Army lawyers on the grounds thit they were bitter men over the murder their comrades.

All the more reason why those Nazis should have been given a fair trial, i (napped Senator McCarthy. It developed that an assortment of Investigators was Inclined to, agree with the senator. They uncovered a series of such shocking third-djegree: that the Army, brass, itself, decided to relent on lie severity of -its sentences iw only six of the Malmedy defendants are under sentence of rath, i "Bit that's the trouble," said Senator McCarthy. "I can't un tion cards pfjheir families, calling in fake priests, and holding mock trials to make them confess. The mock trials, as he described them were enough to put -quavers in the stoutest Nazi heart.

A black hood would be tied over the head of a defendant and he told that he was being taRen to his triaL I jWHen the hood was removed, found himself in a small room at biacte-covered table Upoii 4 which were lighted candles and In the shadows would be wo or three American officers. Thse promptly found h'm sentenced him to be hanged ths following dawn. 1 Tfien the hood would, be; popped back on his head and he would be-led back to his I 1 when the first faint lighl as streaking the sky, jt U.S. officer would call upon him and say that if he'd sign a confession his family would get back its ration cards, and! instead of being executed he'd only have to serve a few? years In prison. j.

"Ahy prosecutor whd fried a thir like that in Wisconsin," said Senator McCarthy, "wouldlmme-diatjejy be disbarred lor life. Now, Mr. Secretary, what do yoti think vjv1 i i uuca lip I 'i Justice William Douglas (delivered the' majority I opiinion. Jus borrow from Shakespeare the remark, "confusion now hath made tice Robert H. Jackson dissenlted, his Statements of joined by Justice Felix Frankfurt At issue is the legal status of the husband or wife who leaves his er.

Justice Stanley F. Reed took no part in the case. home state and breaks off the mar lu nominee riage in an easy divorce tate, such TWA wanted higher rates retroactive to Jan. 1, 1946.: It said it as Florida or Nevada. Setup Is Confusing; lost money on mall after that It contended that board authority to authorize hw a "fair JIH.A.VJES KAISE PENNANT: The first National League pennant Boston has teen in 34 year-was unfurled yesterday at Braves Field in Boston as the championship Braves opened the 1949 season with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Holding tip of pennant in center is Braves Manager Billy Southworth. WASHINGTON (Republicans dug up jsome old quotes en capitalism tddy to. use in an expected fight against confirmation of President Truman's appointment of John Carson to the Federal Trade Com and reasonable" rate fori that time, The conrusion stems from a series of Supreme Court decisions during the past eight years. Some The board still is considering the petition for an increase in; mail of the decisions appear; conflicting. Atom Strike Mediation Board Driscoll mission, Opposed None haa been overruled.

rates: But it flatly refused to ap prove a boost, that would be effec Senatqr Brewster (R-Me.) a reporter! that Carson! will be asked is appljca- Urired bv Tr First of all, the tribunal in 1942 ruled that courts can grant "quickie" divorces even if. the stay-at-home spouse is notified merely tive- before TWA filed tion March 14. 1947, a commissi on By Newcomer in by the Seriate Commerce Committee to dxrjlain several statements Douglas said thevieu urged; by CD WASHINGTON aoom inese pnony priests tne XT flA frlf r.NM ir- f- A special he made! in 1945. carrier would have he pfacti by advertisement or by out-of-state service of the divorce papers. The Among these, Brewster said, was 1 115" -ll oal effect on transforming rale- commission recommended to President yesterday that a court held that was true, even if naking by the Civil Aeronautics disputes only after collective bar-' gaining and all the formal processes of conciliation failed ov bring about j.greement.

"NJ Private contractors and unions at the spouse being divorce! "was not! Carson's! testimony before a special Senate committee on economic planmhg In February 1943. The NEWARK, N.J. (AP) New Jer Board "into a cost-plus system of three-member "labor relations pan- "That was sacrilegious secretary said. The full will take weks ia the tjellingj It won't make pleasant llsterjing. But somehow there a derstand tne attitude of your judge sey today selects its major party el" be 'named to record shoivs Carson Jsaid then that! advocate fflver there in Germany nandie UDor- candidates for.

the November, gu regulation. This! construction "would not harntojiize vf th the apparent design of the act," he; said. 'th woHd of comnetitive caDilal- bernatorial election. atomic plants would be required to Little enthusiasm has been A. uniform rate," Douglas said.

agree that when a dispute arises, He to believe he can compromise wSth When he's in doubt a man's guilt, he seems to feel hej can smooth it over by forces carriers i. tp compete whipped up for the primary ballot there would be no trike or walk anq even ior Nazis is going, to tri- securingr revenue amE in reduc ing and political leaoers predict a umbh in th nrf i out bef0r the panel jtook jurisdic reducing nis sentence ing fir controlling costs. If the light vote. tion. board had authority oh the basis fMain i state-wide interest is ism ucrbii iu nave iu uciilh iai- tlesn 1929 and it has beeiHn convulsions ever since." "Mr.

Catson has been nominated by the President asia Republican memberjof the Tradei Commission," Brewstet- said'We, would like to know if! his views on economics and business reflect the views generally held by Republicans. of the carrier's needs to Snake rates focused I on Governor Alfred E. v. TiconSloppages Occur Broken down by I retroactive to any point of there would be a powerful ihcen- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (flV-Un Driscoll who is opposed in his bid for re-election under the Republican banner by Robert L.

Adams'; a Somerset County official. tive to seek relief from the uniform rate, not to live within1 lit." -i household break-downs? ion leaders liKa work stoppage in lurincr represented in mr uivuice proceedings. Then in 1945 the justices said such divorces can be challenged" In the home state of the parties. If the courts there find the divorce residence was "fraudulent," the decree can be voided. That ruling came in a case where the spouse won a divorce and returned almost immediately to the state where he originally lived.

Now the court has agreed the divorce can be set aside even if the husband did not return home nd apparently had no intention of doing so. Thet ruling yesterday involved the divorce of Herbert N. Rice who died in California six months after getting a Reno decree. Connecticut, where he originally "lived, said he never really became a Nevada resident although he fulfilled that state's divorce residence requirement- Rice had remarried a few days after the divorce. Dissenting, Jackson saiid he Is not "From what I have read of his volving two of We nation's top de Driscoll, first New Jersey gov statements! 1 doubt that they do." management disputes In atomic energy plants.

The commission, headed by William H. Davis, proposed the panel only as "a mediation, agency of last resort." It did I not recommend that the proposed pflinel be given absolute power to settle disputes. It. would only make recommendations, No special legislation was suggested by the three-member commission? which made report personally at, the White House.XMr. Truman made the and issued a statement saying he will give it "careful consideration." The President named the commission last 3 to study the whole field of atomic; labor where special problems have! arisen.

The commission diJi: not suggest that strikes be outlawed in the atomic although it said convinced the board lacks the pow fenses plants hoped Jtoday to 'ef ernor permitted by a new state 1iCarsoii, forme rl Washington er, regardless of what is the wisest feet a without resoH? 1 constitution to seek a second successive term, has conducted an in policy. He said it appeared him ing to picket: lines, that the board presently is acting formal campaign. The 46-year-old at Los Construction was slowed contrary to the view ft fUrged in the TWA case. He noted that on Alamos atomic energy pro; ject and Does worn-out home equipment give you endless trouble? Need a new kitchen unit oil a refrigerator to replace the old ones you; may have? If so, here's good ews- We like to make Joans to buy thinjjs that will be serving you long after Our. rates are reasonable and re Feb.

21 this year the board author- the Army's special weapons project newspaperman and former secretary to the late Senator Jamea Couzeni, Michigan Republican, was nominated by the President April 7 toerve until Sept. If confirmed by the Senate for the $10f000 a yearN job, Carson would succeed Robert Freer, who resigned! to re-enter; private law practice zed payment to TWA of $2,748,000 governor has accented hisrecord. Adams 53. is virtually a political unknown so far as state politics is concerned. He has cnarged that Driscoll I Is attempting to dominate the Legislature.

at Sandua Base near Albuquerque, At present LosAJamos had 19 in -a lump sum for the loenod July 14. 1947 to Dec. 31, 1948 -1 prime contractors and 47 sub-con The court refused to intervene in tractors on construction jobs. Ap 'State Senator Elmer H. Wene the loan! is paid: the case of an American civilian arrested by the Army felt is the unopposed Democratic can After his.

service jwith Couzens, Carson was consumers counsel for didate. A former U.S. representa proximately 1600 construction workers stayed off the job yesterday in support of their demand for a 25rCent hourly raise. They nbw "interruption of vital' operations is Jackson said the deciron permit- payments are scheduled to come conveniently out of monthly income. There are no -extras, no hidden ana home and taken Germany for military trial on black market charges.

tive, hevhas the backing of Frank Hague, state Democratic leader the National Bituminous Coal' Commission. He then became di-; intolerable." The special panel by the commission recommended make $1.15. The New Mexico 'Con- and national Democratic vice- The civilian, Russel G( Bird, was charges vhen you get a loan at Pittsfield National! So Dhone 5651 for further details, or drop in at Room rector of research aikd information i was not en-Uf actors Association has offered to seized at Mishawaka, and chairman, llecl renew the present scale. for the Co-operative visioned as a substitute for co League of thes he nOw holds. No national political significance United States, a post 106 (comer North and West Streets).

has been attached to the primary taken to the U.S. military post: at Frankfurt, Germany, i The Army fhargP that hila Rirt una ian manager of a post exchange in The fall election, however, is ex tive bargaining between laboivahd management in atomic energy plants which are owned by-the government, but The commission saia both labor pected to draw the nation's atten Corner North and Wsst Htm Germany he improperly used some tion. I ITTSFIELD flmfisla', Moitochw) cigarette ration coupons. J. B.

McCoy, Albuquerque, head of the Hod Carriers and Laborers Union, jsa id: "We don't want to picket atny job or shut down any vital installation such as Zia (Los Alamos'Waintenance firm). That's what picketing would do. We are going to use every possible means of settling thisx thing without picketing." -1 1 New Jersey and Virginia are the STRIKE BACK AT CA ER Give NOW George T. Davis, San Francisco HipUii 111 OUNDI9 MM attorney, filed a petition! with the a "ery spe-the atomic labor rela and management ha4 cial responsibility in energy industry, The atomic energy only states; electing governors in 1949 and the Virginia contest usually is settled in the primary. BANK Supreme Court -asking Bird re Mmbr f4wti DcMlt bnwat lease on a writ of habeas corpus.

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