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Show HEADLINERS IN CAMDEN, N. J. . . . Joseph Valentino, hailed into court for belaboring be-laboring March McGhee, 22, on the jaw, explained apologetically to the judge that he thought Miss McGhee was his wife, got 10 days. IN HOUSTON . . . Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, former deputy commanding general of U. S. air forces, retired, readjusted himself to civilian life by taking a job as vice president of Hughes Tool company. IN HAMILTON, ONT. . . . Mrs. Marshall Lounsbury, no art authority, author-ity, bought an oil painting at an auction for "a song," later discovered discov-ered it was "Palm Sunday Morning" Morn-ing" by 19th century master Cali-sano, Cali-sano, valued at $20,000. IN PITTSBURGH . . . City Councilman Coun-cilman E. J. Leonard, longtime advocate ad-vocate of sidewalk repair, cited the danger of increased spills as a result re-sult of a combination of the new long skirts, high heels and broken pavements, frightened the city council coun-cil into passing a ruling that all walks be repaired immediately. ELEANOR: An Old Note "Dear Sumner This Eisler case seena a hard nut to crack. What do yo"!j suggest? Sincerely, E.'R. If " ThatT Sumj'ervVelles', fofiher undersecretary un-dersecretary of state, told the house committee dn un-American activities, activi-ties, was a note he received from Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in 1939 when the then first lady was interested in obtaining an open hearing on the . passport application of one Hanns Eisler, Austrian refugee from Hitler. Hit-ler. The note, an almost forgotten memento me-mento of the prewar era, was hailed resoundingly in newspapers across the land because Hanns Eisler was Mrs. Roosevelt Hanns Eisler accused of being a Communist. He is the brother of Gerhart Eisler, No. 1 agent of the Kremlin in the U. S. Eisler and his wife finally were issued visas in Mexico City to cover their entrance into this country. He has taken out naturalization papers and is a song-writer in Hollywood. In 1926, Eisler told the committee, he had applied for membership in the German Communist party, but had dropped out. A department of labor report made in 1938 said of him: "The evidence establishes preponderantly pre-ponderantly that Hanns Eisler is a Communist." Mrs. Roosevelt's attitude toward the affair was lackadaisical. The note to Welles on behalf of Eisler was strictly routine, she said, adding add-ing that she neither knew Eisler nor remembered the note. |