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Armed Outlaw Gangs
Rove Poland in Wake
Of National Balloting
ly Associated Press
WARSAW, July 1.—A Foreign
Ministry spokesman said today that
outlawed armed ganRS roved the
Polish countryside last night- •'beat
ing. wounding and killing hundreds,
probably thousands.” of voting offi
cials appointed to direct yesterday's
referendum.
The spokesman said the terroris
tic activity was "increasing greatly,”
with bands pursuing gangster tac
tics striking off the lists the names
of election officials as slain and de
stroying voting and registration
books.
The results of the referendum, it
was announced, probably would be
known by Wednesday, with final
results available within 12 days.
First in 11 Years.
The balloting, first in 11 years In
war-ravaged Poland, provides the
first sign as to which way the 11,
(100,000 registered voters lean in
the bitter struggle for power be
tween the Communist-backed party
bloc, headed by Socialist Premier
Edward Osubka-Morawski, and the
opposition Polish peasant party, led
by Vice Premier Stanislaw Mikolaj
czyk.
Although the general opinion
prevailed that the electorate had
answered yes to all three referen
dum Questions—do you want a one
House Parliament, do you approve
the acts of the provisional regime
nationalizing basic industries and
agrarian reforms, and do you ap
prove the establishment of Poland's
western frontier on the Oder and
Neisse Rivers—a determination of
Mikola.jezyks strength was expected
in the size of the no vote on the first
question.
Mikolajczyk urged his followers
(o vote no to a unicameral legisla
ture. on the ground that the pur
posed abolition of the Senate was
unconstitutional under Poland's 1921
constitution. He urged yes votes
on the other two questions.
Church-Backed Party
Leads in Reich Vote
FRANKFURT, July 1 OR. -
Despite secret campaign pacts prior
to Sunday's constitutional assembly
elections, left-wing political parties
failed to rock the conservative,
church-backed Christian Social Un
ion from its position as the strong
est party In American occupied Ger
many, returns showed today.
Unofficial final results from two
of three States electing constituent
assemblies to draft constitutions re
vealed that the overwhelming con
servative tastes of Bavarian agricul
tural voters for the fourth time had
outnumbered the leftist preferences
of more industrial areas.
Voters in Bavaria—Larger in pop
ulation than greater Hesse and
Wuerttemberg - Baden combined—
gave the C. S. U. A. a two to one
victory over its nearest rival, the
Social Democratic party. In in
dustrial greater Hesse, the Social
Democrats won a narrow' victory
over the C. S. U.
No detailed reports had come in
from Wuerttemberg-Baden, but un
official totals from Bavaria and
greater Hesse gave this picture:
Christian Social Union, 2.105,107
votes; Social Democratic party, 1,
440.806; Communist party, 289.165:
Liberal Democratic party, 190.687;
Economic Reconstruction party (Ba
varia only), 135,128.
Indicating less than previous In
terest in the elections, only 71.9
per cent of eligible voters went to
the polls yesterday compared to
87 7 pre cent in city elections a
month ago.
McNarney Says U. S.
Is left Holding Bag
By Associated Press
BERLIN. July 1—Gen. Joseph T.
McNamev declared yesterday that
the American taxpayer has been left
holding the bag by the four-power
stalemate on occupation policies in
Germany and renewed demands
that zonal boundaries be erased to
permit a free flow of trade.
In his regular monthly report.
Gen. McNarney asserted that the
stalemate has kept German econ
omy "virtually stagnant” with a
resultant shortage in food and ma
terials in the American zone which
is being met by imports from the
United States.
These - imports have resulted ' in
some improvement in the German
food situation, the American mili
tary governor said, but he warned
that "imports at the expense of
taxpayers of other countries" can-;
not permanently restore the Ger
man economy.
Gen. McNarney said the proper
solution was to fulfill the Potsdam
declaration providing for the ad-,
ministration of Germany as a single
economic unit.
Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick E. Morgan,
chief of UNRRA activities in Ger
many, meanwhile announced a
strict rescreening of the displaced
persons in the Western occupation
zones to eliminate cases ineligible
for UNRRA care.
Mr. Morgan said the population
of ITNRRA camps in Western Ger
many had increased from 677.408 to
714.187 since January 1, although
288.358 persons had been repatriated
since then. Polish Jews now are
arriving at the rate of approxi
mately 10.000 a month from the
East, and the task of accommodat
ing them has been shouldered en
tirely by displaced persons camps
in the United States zone, the Brit
ish military government having re
fused to allow displaced persons to
enter the British zone.
Polio Foundation Appoints
Dr. Van Riper Medical Head
Dr. Hart E. Van Riper, of Scars
dale. N. Y.. has been appointed med
ical director of the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis, it was
announced today by Basil O'Connor,
the foundation president.
Dr. Van Riper previously served
as assistant director for maternal
and child health in the Department,
of Labor's Division of Health
Services. While connected with the
Department of Labor, he assisted in
the etablishment of health services
and the setting up of standards for
medical and hospital care for the
Children's Bureau of the depart
ment.
Mr. O'Connor said the appoint
ment was made to fill the vacancy
created by the death of Dr. Don W.
Gudekunst in January. At that
time Dr. Van Riper was made act
ing head of the medical department.
EDITORS IN BERLIN—American newspaper executives, on an
Army-conducted tour of European occupation areas, are shown
Wednesday in Berlin as they gazed at a huge bomb crater in
the reception hall of Hitler’s Reichschancellery. Left to right:
Col. Charles J. Barrett, War Department representative from
Washington; John G. Oestreicher, foreign editor, International
News Service; W. E. Christenson, editor. Omaha World Herald;
Lee Hills, managing editor, Miami Herald; unidentified Army
and WAC officers, J. D. Ferguson, editor-president, Milwaukee
Journal; Herbert F. Corn, managing editor, Washington Star;
Ed Kilman, editor, Houston Post; W. S. Gilmore, editor, Detroit
News; Maj. Walter P. King, Hugh Robertson, editor, Macy
Westchester papers; Lyle Wilson, assistant general manager,
United Press, and Ludwell Denny, editorial writer, Scripps- ]
Howard papers.
—AP Photo.
Nazis Say Woli Trail
Led lo Katyn Forest
Grave of 11,000 Poles
By th* Associated Pr*i«
NUERNBERG. July 1.—The trail
of a wolf led German soldiers to
| the mass grave of 11.000 Polish
officer^ slain in Katyn Forest, the
International Military Tribunal was
told today.
The German and Russian Armies
have accused each other of the
mass killings and the tribunal, at
the insistence of Wilhelm Goering.
No. 1 defendant in the war crimes:
trials here, consented to hear wit
nesses on both sides of the matter.
Col. Friedrich Ahrens, command
ant of the German regiment which
occupied the forest area near Smo
lensk in 1941 and 1942. was the first
German witness and described how
the graves were found.
He said he had heard from some
of his soldiers that there had been
shootings and that there were
graves in the forest but that he
had never investigated. Several of
his men followed the spoor of a
wolf one day in the winter of 1941
42 and discovered uprooted bones,
he testified, after which he notified
army group headquarters which sent
experts to make exhumations.
Col. Ahrens testified that one ex
pert from that group told him he
was convinced the Poles were slain
in the spring of 1940. more than a
year before the German Army
moved into the Katyn area.
Russian Prosecutor Roman A
Rudenko said he would establish
that the Poles actually were shot
when the German Army was there,
through the testimony of a medical
expert, the former deputy mayor of1
Smolensk and a Bulgarian who
served on the German Investigating
Commission.
Reinhart von Eichborn. Wehr
macht telephone expert assigned to
the Katyn area, testified that he
was in a position soon after the fall
of Smolensk to know if such mass
killings had been carried out dur
ing the German occupation and was
certain they had not been.
"An important matter like that
would certainly have come to my at
tention.” he declared.
Russian prosecutors introduced a
document purporting to show that
the Germans based in Smolensk a
special unit assigned to "commit
mass crimes” in prisoner camps
Eichborn said he knew nothing
about that.
Navy Holds Air Show
At Anacostia Station
The Naval Reserve Training! Unit
of the Anacostia Naval Air Station!
sponsored an open house from noon
until 5 p.m. yesterday.
On display were Navy type fight- j
ers and dive bombers, including the
Corsair and Hellcat, as well as
transport planes and a Link trainer !
There were continuous showings of
Navy films on air operations, and
the public was able to observe
routine flight activities on the land
ing field. Gate prizes in the form
of rides in small air transports were
i issued.
The exhibit was designed to arouse
public interest in the Naval air re
serve training program. The Ana
i costia station is one of 22 reserve
unit bases in the country.
Boys' Club to Send 100
To Camp Next Monday
The first 100 members of the
Washington Boys' Club. Eastern
Branch, will depart next Monday
for a two-week encampment on the
Wicomico River in Southern Mary
land. Subsequent, camping periods
will begin at two-week intervals
on July 22. August 5 and August
I1#.
Open to club members between
ages of nine and 16. the encamp
ment is directed by Mario Gregorio
recently discharged Army Air Force
officer and former Georgetown ath
lete.
Other summer activities an
nounced by the club include in
struction in handcrafts, music,
swimming, hiking and indoor and
outdoor athletics.
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D. C. Veterans Urged to Fite
Proof of School Eligibility
Veterans of the Washington area
who plan to enter school under the
GI Bill of Rights for the first time
next fall were urged today to apply
immediately for their certificates of
eligibility from the Washington re
gional office of the Veterans Admin
istration.
Thomas M. Rives, regional office
chief of education and training, said
if applicants were made now a jam
would be avoided in the fall. He
also suggested that veterans con
sult the schools of their choice to
determine if the institution will ac
cept them. Many schools already
are filled to capacity for the coming
term, he explained.
To obtain a certificate of eligibility,
a veteran should write or visit any
VA office for an application form.
The regional office in Washington
is located in the Municipal Center
Building at 300 Indiana avenue N.W.
U. S. Liberalizes Rutes
Of GI Loans for Indians
Government restrictions, hereto
fore the cause of refusal by com
mercial lenders of ‘most" applica
tions by American Indians for Of
loans, have been eased under an
lOffice of Indian Affairs circular ap
proved by the Veterans' Administra
tion, the VA reported today.
The liberalized regulation prin
cipally authorizes Indian superin
i tendants to permit the applicant
to assign income from Government
I titled trust land as security for the
loan, agreed to by the lender and
jthe applicant, and partially guar
anteed by VA. The Indian cannot.|
however, mortgage or assign trust I
land belonging to him or leased by1
nim.
■ Under the regulations, VA guar
j antees up to 50 per cent of an!
iIndian veteran's loan for purchase!
I of land, farm equipment or live
stock.
Big Four Ministers
Open New Attack on
Problem of Trieste
fty th» Associated *rejs
PARIS. July 1—The Big Four
Foreign Ministers Council tackled
the critical problem of Trieste
again today in a renewed effort
to clear the way for fixing the
date of a 21-nation European
peace conference demanded by
Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes.
Under the compromise agenda
adopted Saturday at the suggestion
of French Foreign Minister Georges
Bidault, the Council scheduled con
sideration of the Yugoslav-Italian
frontier question—including the fu
ture of the port city of Trieste, Ital
ian colonies, the peace conference
and German questions, in that order.
The new attack on the knotty
question of Trieste was expected to
be based on the Bidault compromise
plan under which the Adriatic city
—demanded by both Italy and Yugo
slavia—would be internationalized
for at least 10 years under United
Nations guidance, but with mixed
Italian-Yugoslav and Allied control.
sends Last Appeal.
Italian Premier Alcide de Gasperi
sent a “last appeal" to the Council
yesterday asking that Italy be heard
before any action was taken on
Trieste, where five American soldiers
were injured yesterday while helping
to quell riots by pro-Italian resi
dents.
“In critical hours for my coun
try,” de Gasperl s message said, “I
beg you not to neglect this last ap
peal I send you. trusting to your
equity, and pressed by the anguished
anxiety of all Italians."
He said the French compromise
proposal "transforms radically the
approach to the problem" and would
"cast aside" principles recognized by
the ministers at their first, meeting
in London.
The rioting in Trieste broke out
after participants in the around
Italv bicycle race had been attacked,
police said, by a group of "Slav
Communists." More than 30 per
sons were injured and 25 stores and
offices used as Slav Communist and
Socialist centers were wrecked be
fore troops were summoned to help
police.
Will Discuss Colonies.
A combination of organizations in
the city called a general strike to
protest the rioting.
The Ministers also were expected
to argue further the question of
Italian colonies, In which Russia
insists that she be given some ad
visory voice for administration,
pending final solution. British For
eign Secretary Ernest Bevin main
tains that other nations must not
intervene in Britain's present mili
tary administration of the colonies.
Mr. Byrnes, who engaged in a bit
ter exchange Saturday with Russian
Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molo
tov on the question of fixing a date
for a general European peace con
ference so that invitations could be
sent to the other 17 nations imme
diately, was said to be convinced
that it would be useless to pursue
the matter further unless Russia
consents to fixing an early date.
In the event Russia declined to do
this, American sources said, the
American case on the disputed points
in the Italian and Balkan treaties
would be taken before the United
Nations General Assembly in New
York in September.
'Human Fly' Enters Church
Via Window; Steals $53
A light-fingered "human fly" com
jbined stealth and aerobatics to rifle
four women's purses during religious
: services Sunday morning at the
i Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church. About $53 was taken, po
lice said.
The thief crawled along a narrow
ledge outside the second-story,
swung down to a lounge window a
floor below, where the women had
deposited their purses, and appar
ently left by the same window, ac
cording to police.
Police traced fingerprints on the
windows and ledge after deducing
that the thief would have been un
likely to enter the lounge by any
other means.
Police reported three other week
end burglaries Leonard Reavis, 611
A street S.E., was robbed of $250
when a thief entered his bedroom
early Jesterdav.
A 300-pound safe, stolen from a
grocery store in the 2700 block of
I Fourteenth street N.W.. netted
thieves only $34 68. according to
Clifton D. Hollis, the manager.
Thirty cartons of cigarettes and
$175 were stolen early yesterday
from a grocery store at 5319 East
Capitol street. Sol Baron, manager,
reported to police.
Reds Offer Citizenship
SOFIA, July 1 \/P).—The Soviet
Legation announced yesterday that
all former citizens of the Russian
Empire or the Soviet Union now
.living in Bulgaria and desiring to
'become Soviet citizens may do so by
applying before October 1.
One of 11 A-Bomb Pickets
Found Without Draft Card
One of eleven New Yorkers ar
rested here yesterday on charges at
parading without a permit after
they had picketed the Pentagon and
White House to protest further
atomic bomb development, was
found to have no draft card and is
being held at the first precinct for
the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
police said today.
The man. who refused to give hi*
name, but was said Dy his compan
ions to be David Wieck, was booked
as John Doe He refused to poet col
lateral. according to police, but tha
other nine men and one woman who
took part in the picketing posted to
each and were released. All said they
intend to take the case to court, ac
cording to police, who listed them
as Ann Moffett. James Peck, Ralph
Digia, Irvin Ravin, Gerald Williams.
Waldron Lowe, Andrew Shiga, Her
bert Kellman. Albon Mann and
Alexander Mann.
The group was on its way to ths
Capitol and then to Union Station
for the return trip to New York
when the arrests were made at Sixth
street and Pennsylvania avenua
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