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Soviet Papers Print
200-Word Account of
Address by Byrnes
By the Associated Press
MOSCOW. Sept. 7.—A 200-word
Tass account of Secretary of State
Bvrnes Stuttgart speech was printed
today in Izvestia aud other Soviet
newspapers.
The Recount said Mr. Byrnes had
suggested changes in the Potsdam
agreement to bring about economic
unity in Germany and "put forward
the American viewpoint of the ad
ministration of Germany." without
specifically telling what Mr. Byrnes
proposed.
Tass also noted Mr Byrnes' sup
port of the transfer of Koenigsberg
Kaliningrad) to Russia, and said he
‘ further developed the American
viewpoint on other territorial ques
tions touching on Germany and her
’neighbors.”
The account omitted Mr Byrnes’
specific statements regarding the
Ruhr, Rhineland, Saar and the Oder
River frontier.
Mr. Byrnes' speech on the Ameri
can attitude toward Germany was
not front-page news today in Ber
lin's Russian-licensed press.
In contrast with the American
licensed Tagesspiegel and the Brit
ish-licensed Telegraf. boih of w^hich
carried the full text of the speech,
the Russian-licensed papers today
carried on inside pages an 800-word
abstract distributed by the Soviet
new's bureau.
None of the papers commented
editorially.
In London the morning newspa
pers turned over most of their edi
torial columns to praise of Mr
Byrnes’ speech.
The Laborite Herald saw in the
speech "an emphatic restatement of
America's determination never again
to try in wishful isolation to wash
her hands of European affairs."
The Liberal News Chronicle, wrhile
questioning 'whether the Germans
are yet fit to govern themselves,”
welcomed "the forthright declara
tion that America intends to retain
her interest in Europe.”
The conservative Daily Mail said
the "great speech bv Byrnes on the
future of Germany will go round
the world like a breath of fresh
air * * *. Britons everywhere will
indorse most, if not all. of it."
Divergent U. S. Comments
Made on Byrnes Speech
By the Assoetoted Press
Secretary of state Byrnes' Stutt
gart speech drew divergent editorial
comment from the Nation's press
today, ranging from acclamation asj
one of the most significant diplo- j
matic moves by the United States
since the end of the war to criticism
that it was "tardy • * • and half
hearted.”
In his speech. Mr Byrnes laid be- !
fore the German people an Ameri
can proposal for speedy establish- j
ment of a democratic provisional
government to unify the nation,!
adding that t.h£ United States did
not consider that Germany's eastern
border is permanently on the Oder.
"Secretary Byrnes' address in
Stuttgart is the most important
declaration of American policy since
the Potsdam agreement,” said the
Richmond News-Leader.
‘‘It is now Moscow's turn to say
something,” said the St. Louis Post
Dispatch. "Anri it seems hardly
likely that anything the policy mak
ers of the Kremlin can say short of
agreement to a united and self
governing Germany will any longer
be good enough.”
“Tardy With Assurances.”
But the Chicago Tribune ob
served :
"The first thing to be said about
Mr Byrnes' speech at Stuttgart is
that he never should have been
obliged to make it. Mr. Byrnes was
impelled to make this speech be
cause the United States Government
for years has taken the view which
Mr Byrnes now rejects in part.
"Mr. Byrnes was promising to
undo some of the things that Mr.
Roosevelt at Yalta and Mr. Truman
at Potsdam had done to make over
Europe in the image of hell. Mr.
Byrnes is very tardy with his assur
ances and. when they are examined
in detail, they are seen to be half
hearted.”
The Rochester. N. Y.. Democrat
and Chronicle commented that the
address was "forceful where force
was called for. temperate where j
American purposes are concerned,
conciliatory towards the rights and
aspirations of other nations.”
To the New York Herald Tribune
the speech was "as vigorous and
significant a diplomatic move as
any undertaken by this country
aince the end of hostilities.”
"The Stuttgart speech was crystal
clear as to our intentions." editorial
ized the Detroit Free Press, while
the Nashville Tennesseean saw it
as "a reaffirmation of the Potsdam
agreements.”
opposition to Kus&ia Deplored.
The New York Daily News inter
preted Mr. Byrnes' address to mean
“that we and the British are now
teaming up to struggle against Rus
sia for Germany's friendship. It
isn't a pleasant prospect."
“Byrnes offers Germany unifica
tion and pins responsibility for lack
of it on Moscow " said the Philadel
phia Record while the Inquirer in
the same city said the speech was
“a clear, forceful and constructive
expression of American policy for
the spiritual and economic revival
of Europe."
"Those who have complained
against Americas lack of consist
ent foreign policy." declared the
Portland. Oreg Journal, “should
be heartened by Secretary of State
Byrnes’ declarations at Stutt
gart • *
A similar sentiment was expressed
by the Charlotte. N. C.. Observer,
which said: “To those who have
been saying that we have no policy
in Germany. Mr. Byrnes’ speech is
the answer.”
The New York Times commented
that the “alternative to a united
productive and peaceable Germany
is a divided Germany which wil!
tend more and more to be absorbed
into two opposing military systems.’
Virginia Motorcyclist
Dies of Crash Injuries
By Associated Pr#»s
RICHMOND. Va . Sept. 7.—Stau
Trooper J. E Slater said a motor
cyclist was injured fatally when hu
vehicle skidded on Route 1. aboul
one-fourth of a mile north of Lady
smith last night.
Trooper Slater listed the dead
man as John A. Mullen, 27, of East
Btone Gap, Va., employed in Arl
ington.
The trooper said that Mr Mullen
tiding south, was seen to skid alone
the road and that a northbound rat
passed the scene, but two wltnessei
were unable to say whether the cat
•truck Mr. Mullen.
i
ATHENS. TENN.—.MAYOR RESIGNS AFTER TH REAT—Mayor Paul Walker, who. with four city
aldermen, submitted his resignation yesterday, relaxes with the family whose safety he .said had
been threatened. Left to right: Jerry, 14; Laura, 11; Mr. and Mrs. Walker. Elizabeth. 4. and
Janice. 20. Action by the Mayor and aldermen came after two shots had been fired into the home
of Alderman Hugh Riggs before daylight yesterday. Mayor Walker said most of the board mem
bers had received threats in anonymous letters and phone calls. (Story on Page A-l.t
—AP Wirephoto.
Athens
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nected with the August riot, which
involved only county and State elec
tions.
At that time a group of former
servicemen, claiming election irregu
larities. besieged the McMinn County
Jail to which deputies appointed
by the then dominant Democratic
organization took the ballot boxes
on election night.
After a flurry of shots and the
dynamiting of the jail's front porch i
the deputies surrendered, the county*
administration resigned and the vet
eran slate took over.
Mayor Walker said the situation
which prompted his resignation and
that of the aldermen is "too deep
for me. I confess I don t know
what it is all about."
Asked if the ex-servicemen were
responsible for the continuing un-!
rest. Mayor Walker replied: "I don’t*
know. The situation is out of the
hands of the veterans. In fact, they
asked us not to resign, but we
have to do something."
There is no longer any definite
organization of the ex-servicemen:
who led the August 1 battle. Most;
of them, however, have associated
themselves with the newly formed
Good Government League.
v iiy s i»ooks Are Aucmeti.
The league president, L. H
Dooley, said the organization would
not interest itself in the situation i
since the group was concerned pri
marily with principles and not with
candidates.
Shortly after the August 1 dis
turbance, both Mayor Walker and
Mr. Riggs were asked to resign by
the veterans. Mayor Walkar re
torted he "would not resign under
pressure. Mr. Riggs also chose to
lemain in office. Both were accused
by the servicemen of allegiance to
the ousted democratic machine
headed by State Senator Paul Cant
rell.
Mayor Walker said the city re
corder had been asked to remain
as head of the government to run
the police and fire departments. He
told reporters that appropriations
had been made for salaries and
that the city’s books had been
audited.
Athens City Attorney H M.
Chandler said the city charter made
no provisions for a special election
Apparently, he said, vacancies can
not.be filled until the charter is
amended by the next session of
the State legislature in January. I
U. N.
| Continued From First Page !
put conditions on his acceptance of
the postponement after Foreign
Minister Molotov lined up France
and China in favor of deferring the
Assembly session until the peace
conference ends.
Council delegations were waiting
expectantly for instructions from1
their home governments on the1
Ukraine's complaint against Greece.
The Ukraine case, which got a
hearing with a bare affirmative ma
jority, joined by the United States,;
will be resumed at Lake Success at
2 p m. Monday and decide whether
to seat Col. Tuk Jakova, Albanian
minister of state without portfolio.
Sir Alexander Cadogan of the
United Kingdom was expected to
move for dismissal of the case at
the first opportunity.
Other alternatives suggested
j among the Council delegations
i would call for a narrowing down of
1 the complaint to bring about an in
i vestigation of border incidents or to
demand that the Ukraine widen the
scope of that complaint so the
i Council might examine the whole
Balkan situation, as suggested by
Paul Hasluck of Australia.
Hanging .
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stepWdder was nearby. They said
he had been in ill health recently.
A native of Falmouth, K.v.. Dr.
Chipman graduated from George
Washington University Medical
School in 1907 and the following
i year began practice here. He was
renowned as an anesthetist and
taught his specialty as an associate
at George Washington medical
school. Dr. Chipman also was an
associate in surgery at George
Washington when he was on the
staff for more than 25 years.
Dr. Chipman was a member of a
number of organizations, including
the American Medical Association,
i the District Medical Society, the
i Congressional Club, the Interna
tional Association of Anesthetists,
the George Washington University
Medical Society, the City Club, the
Washington Board of Trade, the
Masonic Order, Gavel Club, the Red
Men, Woodmen of the World and
the Society of the Mayflower.
He also was a member of the First
Baptist Church.
He also was on the staffs of
Emergency and Gallinger Hospitals
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NFFE Council Assails
'Niggardly' Policy in
Pledging Pay Fight
By Joseph Young
Star Staff Correspondent
CLEVELAND, Sept. 7. —The
Executive Council of the Na
tional Federation of Federal Em
ployes today launched a sharp
attack on the “niggardly, penny
wise pound-foolish" Federal pay
policy as it pledged the union to
an all-out fight to obtain wage
raises for Government workers.
Although the convention yester
day approved a resolution calling
for pay raises, there was no accom
panying statement of policy and
some criticism was heard that the
union's stand was not strong
enough.
This criticism disappeared today
as the council issued a strong state
ment in connection with the Fed
eral pay scale, with a scathing
denunciation of the Government’s
wage structure which “makes It
difficult for many Federal employes
to maintain a decent American
standard of living."
convention Ends.
The NFFE's Executive Council is
sued .the union’s statement at a
wind-up meeting today as the 400
delegates attending the NFFE's 18th
biennial convention, which ended
last night, started for their homes
throughout the country.
“It is especially imperative, in the
opinion of the council, that vigor
ous action be taken to carry out
the convention mandate which
placed on the Council the great re
sponsibility of initiating immediate
studies looking toward a general in
crease in compensation rates,’’ the
statement declared.
Asserting the Federal pay should
be boosted to meet the increased
cost of living, the council said
There can be no question about
the need for higher salaries for
Federal employes. ♦ * * Our fight to
secure wage increases will be carried
forward without delay.”
The council's statement asserted
the present Federal pay scale not
only penalized.Government workers,
but that it also hurts the American
public by depriving the Federal
service of valuable employes who
leave the service because of insuffi
cient pay.
Another major battle to be waged
by the union is against wholesale
cuts in Federal employment during
the next year. Although the NFFE’s
policy is against overstaffing in Fed
eral agencies, the union contends
that indiscriminate firings in the
name of economy would wreak
havoc with the efficient operation of
Government, as well as penalizing
needed employes who might be fired.
That the union expects Govern
ment workers to face some rough
times in the next year or so was
indicated when President Luther
Steward told the convention, “We
may well be In a defensive battle
for the next few years and we have
got to fight to retain the gains we
have won. as well as press forward to
new objectives."
opposed i iosco snop.
During its five-day session the
NFFE tailed for improvements in
working conditions as well as im
proved pay. and urged liberalization
of many features of the Retirement
Act.
The union reaffirmed its no-strike
pledge and in addition stated that
collective bargaining as recognized
in private industry is not permissible
in the public service and the closed
shop is inimical to the merit system
in the public service."
Organized in 1917 and the oldest
of the three major Government em
ployes unions, the NFFE will hold
jits 1948 convention in Milwaukee
This year's convention was marked
by hard work and little play. The
Relegates held day and night ses
jsions in the realization that the next
few years are critical ones for Fed
eral employes and that policies
j adopted at the convention might
I well determine the future of the
j average Government worker.
Wiring Devices Output
Lags Despite Stepup
By th» Associated Press
The Civilian Production Adminis
tration reported today that electrical
wiring devices needed for housing
and other construction program*
will remain in short supply until
the final quarter of next year.
Despite recent expanded produc
tion, CPA said supplies of electrica
outlet, switch and receptacle boxei
will be 42,000,000 short of 1946 re
: qulrements.
CPA reported a national produc
tion capacity at present of 14.000.00(
boxes a month and added that thfc
will expand to 18,000,000. It said th«
industry has been aided througf
special priorities on materials and i
recent price increase of 19 per cent
Three hundred hospital beds ir
| Wellington. New Zealand, are use
'less for want of nurses.
*
Meat Ceilings
Old and New Prices
For Capital Area
The following ceiling prices on
meat, as of last June 30 and the new
ones beginning next Tuesday, were
listed by OPA for this area in inde
pendent stores with an annual busi
ness of less than $250,000:
BEEF—Steaks Old New
Porterhouse 56 65
Round 'bone In) _ 45 55
Roasts
Rib »cut) _.30 48
Chuck (bone in) _.3*7 40
Stews:
Heel of round 'boneless) _.34 42
LAMB—Steak?
Loin chops _.64 SO
Shoulder chops 45 56
Roasts:
Leg 45 55
Chuck or shoulder (square cut) .30 4T
Stews
Breast and flank *73 28
Leg 45 55
Chuck or shoulder (square cut) .30 4 7
Ground meat .36 41
PORK -
Bellies or slab bacon 'whole or
piece*, fresh frozen or
cured with rind 28 .3.3
Bellies or slab bacon, store
sliced 62 32
Canadian bacon 'store sliced' 82
Fa? back 'fresh frozen or cured) 20 24
Pork loins, center cut 'piece or
chops) 40 48
Sliced bacon, smoked, denned
'grade A> 4.3 4?
Sliced Canadian bacon (pack
aged- *72 87
Spare ribs (fresh or frozen- 25 30
Meat
• Continued From First Page,)
talK this morning by Geoffrey
Baker, deputy OPA administrator.
He predicted that meat probably
will be scarce alter the ceilings go
in effect.
| “We may as well face the fact
; there is not enough meat for every
i body to get all he wants of every
kind." Mr. Baker said in a broadcast
'at which he substituted for Mr Por
iter. "And the fact that we’ve already
I eaten part of the supply that would
| be coming in during the next few
I months—if the removal of ceilings
nadnt rushed it in earlier—ag
gravates the situation."
In the opinion of RaymondL Briggs
of L. S. Briggs Co, chairman of the
meat division of the Merchants and
Manufacturers’ Association, the new
i ceilings "may be nice to look at. but
I they wont’ mean a thing because
> there won't be much meat."
He quoted todays trade reports
from many sections of the country
indicating that livestock shipments
are "the lowest on record." This is
certain to be felt soon in warehouses
and retail stores, he said.
The "pinch” probably will not be
felt here for another week, Jerry
Johnson, manager of the Terminal
Refrigerating & Warehouse Co
said. He said meat supplies in hand
here now should go through next
week, but no additional shipments
j In quantity are in prospect. He said
j his firm has no carload arrivals
■scheduled for next week.
"It is risky to try to say how
: soon a meat shortage my develop
J here.” he explained, “but there is
a general feeling in the industry
I that it will come within a week.”
Meanwhile, the District OPA went
; forward with plans to see that meat
'dealers conform to the letter as
i well as the spirit of the new ceil
ing regulations Tuesday.
District OPA Director Vincent A
; Holmes announced today that his
: augmented staff of investigators, in
cluding 26 inspectors and 40 others
| recently employed in the District
! enforcement division on other duties,
are inspecting all meat markets and
marketing channels here.
2,500 Recently Employed,
These are part of the 2,500 in
vestigators recently employed by
OPA throughout the Nation "to
combat any return to illicit dealings
in meat," Mr. Holmes said. Most
I of them are war veterans. They
are under the direction of J. Gra
ihame Walker, District OPA en
forcement attorney.
"As activities of wholesalers, hotel
supply houses and retailers become
subject to price control," Mr. Holmes
declared, "our augmented meat en
forcement staff will investigate all
local levels of meat distribution,
i and we wull throw every investi
i gating employe of our District
! enforcement staff into hitting so
!hard against price violations at the
very beginning of ceiling reimposi
jtion as to make it definitely unat
tractive for old or new handlers of
black market meat to return to this
form of unlawful trade.”
At the same time, however.
George Dressier, executive secretary
of the National Association of Re
l tail Meat Dealers, said restoration
I of price controls on meat is "an in
vitation for the return of the black
market." He predicted “the worst
meat shortage we've ever had" un
less supplies can be brought to le
gitimate markets in large quantities.
! The biggest boost in the new ceil
. ing schedule on meat, above the
June 30 figure, is one of 18 cents a
pound on sliced Canadian bacon. In
creases of as much as 15 cents a
pound were announced for other
■ ■ -—
May's Restaurant
2317 Colv.rt St. . AD. 17S3
‘(Opposite Shorensn Hotel)
Now Serving
Luncheons Dinners
Daily and Sundays
U.S. Expected to Make
Protest to Chiang on
Truce Team Bombing
By th* Associated Press
PEIPING, Sept. 7.—Informed
sources at Sino-American truce
headquarters today said Amer
ican officials could be expected
to protest strongly to Generalis
simo Chiang Kai-shek over the
bombing of a truce team near
Chengteh and the reported
wounding of three Americans,
The Chinese government's air
force ‘'all along has been a thorn
in the side” of executive headquar
ters, the source said.
‘ Theoretically, the air force shbuld
obey agreements made by tri
partite headquarters, but actually
it never has.” Tripartite head
quarters comprises American, Chi
nese government and Chinese Com
munist representatives.
Unconfirmed Chinese Communist
reports placed casualties in the
Chengteh bombing at 20—including
3 Americans wounded. 1 seriously,
and 4 Communists killed. The team
had evacuated Chengteh a day or
two before that Jehol Province capi
tal was captured by government
forces.
The government air force flies
American planes and uses American
bombs, gasoline and supplies.
Violation of Pact Charged.
A headquarters representative
said the government air force's most
flagrant violation of a truce agree
ment was the Yunnien incident.
Communist troops, which had be
seiged Yunnien for nearly nine
months, agreed to permit the Na
tionalists to evacuate the city under
directions of truce headquarters.
As the evacuation began, govern
ment planes strafed the Commu
nists. who called off the pact.
A rescue team prepared to fly to
Chengteh today to attempt to bring
back the bombed and strafed truce
team Lack of communications pre
vented headquarters from obtaining
confirmation or details of the at
tack.
Col. John M Ferguson, Wichita
Falls, Tex., headed the rescue team
The attacked team was commanded
by Col , J. H. Rustemeyer, Leaven
worth. Kans. Names of the Ameri
cans reported wounded were not
available.
The .survivors wpre reported to be
near Weichang some 80 miles from
Changten.
<In Tientsin, the Catholic
newspaper Social Welfare, carried
an unconfirmed report that Com
munists counterattacked Cheng
ten but were repulsed >
Col. W. J. McCarthy's truce team
No. 2. unheard from for two days,
was contacted by radio today at
Chinfeng,
Tatung Fall Expected.
Meantime, the government con
ceded that the fall of Tatung. Im
portant communications center in
North Shansi province, was expected
momentarily. It said the Communists
had captured the railroad station
and forced all defending troops to
withdraw within the city’s wall.
The battle for Kupeikow, strategic
pass through the Great Wall be
tween Hopen and Jehol provinces,
reached a climatic point. Govern
ment sources said the Nationalists
should seize the entire pass within
a few hours.
Tatung railroad station was the
last of 19 outposts outside that city’s
walls to fall to the Communists. The
Reds had made 25 assaults on the
beleaguered city since August 3.
Government sources said casualties
on both sides were heavy.
Truckers
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industry, stores and the local Driv
ers, Chauffeurs and Helpers Union
agreed that the impact of the strike
had not been felt here, one com
pany. the G. L. Breakenridge Co..
, of 1024 Eighteenth street N.W., a
'greeting card concern, reported one
instance of a shipment being held
up by the strike.
A P. Gattis of the Breakenridge
concern, said a shipment of greeting
cards, which left Holyoke, Mass.,
by truck on Wednesday, apparently
has been held up en route.
"I called the Labor Department
to tell them about my shipment
being held up," Mr. Gattis said,
"but there was nobody there but
the phone operator. It seems funny
that at a time like this there is no
one on the job at the department to
take care of such matters.”
A spokesman for the union here,
which Is affiliated with the Inter
national Brotherhood of Teamsters,
said the walkout has had little re
action here, but that it will increase
if the strike continues.
Representatives of food stores
and restaurants said their receipts
had not been affected while depart
ment stores reported that there had
been no noticeable decline in their
receipts of merchandise.
special bacons, lamb loin chops
and other choice meats.
Beef 8 to 10 Cents Higher.
Choice and good grades of beef
for steaks and roasts will be from 8
to 10 cents a pound higher than
they were June 30. Ordinary bacon,
stew meat and other less expensive
j cuts will increase 4 and 5 cents a
: pound. The general retail average
for most beef, however, will average
I about 3 cents higher,
j There were no increases in the
two lower grades of beef, in ham
burger, sausage, ham, veal and a
1 long list of other less expensive
. items.
Meat industry representatives in
other parts of the country reported
jthat packing plants have begun lay
! ing off men or closing down entirely
'today. They forecast similar action
, by many butcher shops later.
ST. LOUIS —WEDDING MARCH JITTERS—Gen. Carl A Spaatz.
Army Air Forces chief, said “my knees were shaking” after he
gave his former aide, Miss Sarah Ann Bagby, in marriage yes
terday to John William Dry of Reading, Pa. Mrs. Dry, of New
Haven, Mo„ was discharged recently from the WAC as' a major.
She served three years with Gen. Spaatz in Europe. Washing
ton and the Pacific. (See Story on Page B-10J—AP Wirephoto.
Greece
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but was detained by Yugoslav au
thorities.
'An Exchange Telegraph dis-* i
patch to London from Athens to
day said the Greek commander in
Salonika had been ordered to j
meet the Yugoslav commander ;
from Ghevgheli 'Djevdjelija >. j
Yugoslavia, for a joint inquiry
into the shooting down of the
Greek plane. The dispatch said
the pilot of the plane was still
being held by Yugoslav au
thorities.)
Last night's announcement of the)
plane incident, which followed by a I
| little more than two weeks the sum-'
moning home of the Yugoslav Am
bassador to Athens, said:
"This morning one of our planes
! of the Salonika Air Base, while fly
j ing in the Axionopoulis-Paikon
; mountain area and due to that fact
I flying at a low altitude, flew over
nearby Yugoslav territory. Having
been shot by ack-ack fire, it landed
in Georgelv, not knowing it was the;
| territory of a neighboring state.
"The aircraft was not carrying a
camera. There was no intention of
border crossing, and ‘owing to the
loss of bearings the aircraft made a
! forced landing, the pilot being con
I vinced he was over Greek territory.
1 When the plane was overdue, two
i search planes were sent out above
our territory. The Yugloslav mill- j
! tary attache here has been kept!
aware of all above."
Diplomatic observers regarded the j
incident as one more indication of
| deteriorating Greek relations in the
i Balkans.
Isador Cankar, the Yugoslav Am
bassador in Athens, was summoned
I home August 21 after complaining
i about Greek Dress attacks on Tito
j and .Yugoslavia,
' A few days later. Soviet Ambas
sador K. K. Rodionov asked for a
visa and left Athens for Moscow'.
Shortly after that the United States
announced that a naval task force,
including the carrier Franklin D.
Roosevelt, would visit Greece.
The Soviet Ukraine has filed
charges against Greece, which are
now being debated before the U. N.
Security Council and the Greek gov
ernment has been under constant
press attack in Belgrade. Tirana
and Moscow. Both Russia and
Yugoslavia have continued diploma
tic relations w’ith Greece.
Belgrade Papers Play Up
Downing of Greek Plane
BELGRADE, Sept. 7 <P>.—Under
the headline, "Brutal Offense on
Yugoslav Territory by Greek War:
Planes," all of Belgrade's newspa-,
pers published on their front pages!
today an account of the incident In
which a Greek plane was forced
down by antiaircraft fire Thursday.
Tanjug, the Yugoslav news agen
cy, gave this account of the inci
dent :
On the morning of September 5
around 5:40 o'clock a Greek Spit
fire crossed the Yugoslav-Greek
frontier and penetrated 15 kilom
eters (.9.3 miles) into Yugoslav ter
ritory. This plane said Tanjug,
dived over the town of Djevdjelija
after which Yugoslav antiaircraft
opened fire and brought this plane
down 2 kilometers G.2 miles' from
the frontier at 6 o'clock.
Two other military planes, of
which one wfas a Spitfire and the
I other a two-motor monoplane, ar
j rived from Greece at 7:45, the
Tanjug account continued, and
dived, opening fire on the downed
I plane, where Yugoslav guards were
| already stationed. The purpose of
this attack, said Tanjug, was to at-,
tack units which guarded the plane
and "destroy the downed plane in
order to obliterate evidence of vlo- j
lation of the Yugoslav territory.” |
Tanjug said Yugoslav anti-air
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craft caused the two following
planes to flee. It said the downed
plane w-as armed with four machine
guns, two cannon and one photc
gun and carried 1,200 rounds ol
cannon ammunition and 4.(XX
rounds of machine gun ammuni
tion.
The pilot was identified by Tan
iug as Lt. Georgiye Tangalakis of
the 355th "Miri” of the 1st Greek
Airforce. The news agency said he
was carrying a military map ol
Yugoslav territory and that state
ments he made to authority
showed "this plan was made in the
aim of provocative reconnaissance.’
District Heights Church
Plans Cornerstone Rites
The Rev. Franklvn Brown Gilles
pie, McLean. Va , moderator of thi
Washington City Presbytery, wil
lay the cornerstone of the new Dis
trict Heights 'Md.i Presbvteriai
Church. Third street and Washing
ton boulevard. District Heights, a
3 p.m. tomorrow.
The Rev. Ralph H. Merker. super
intendent of missions. Washingtoi
City Presbytery, will deliver thi
principal address and other min
isters from the Washington arei
will participate in the ceremonies.
The Rev. I. S. Chamberlain ii
pastor of the church and Johr
Pester & Sons, Washington, are th(
contractors
Capt. Robertson Acquiffet
Of Lichfield Cruelties
Sy th* As.ociated Pr»u
BAD NAUHEIM, Germany, Sepl
7-—Capt. Joseph A. Robertson of To
ledo, Ohio, was acquitted by a mili
tary court today of charges tha
he authorized and permitted cruelt
to American soldier prisoners i:
the United States Army's Lichfielc
England, guardhouse.
Capt. Robertson, former com
mander of a guard company a
Lichfield, was the last of six officer
and 10 enlisted guards to be trie
in connection with mistreatment c
prisoners there during the last yea
of the war.
His acquittal left the final scor
on the trials: Nine enlisted guard
and four officers convicted, one en
listed guard and two officers ac
quitted.
Eire’s first postwar Internationa
Military Jumping Competition thi
year had horses from France. Spair
Sweden. Portugal. Northern Irelan
and Eire.
Milk Distributors Say
Half-Cent Increase
Is 'Almost Inevitable'
A half cent a quart increase in
the price of milk to consumers in
Washington was described by a dis
tributors’ representative today as
"almost inevitable.”
Edward L. Koepenick. attorney
for a majority of the distributors
here, said the Department of Agri
culture was prepared to authorize
the increase, but has withheld ac
tion temporarily pending approval
by President Truman or War Mobili
zation Director John R Steelman
The Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers' Association voted this
week in favor of an increase of 25
cents a 100 pounds, which would
bring the price to $5.60.
Mr Koepenick declared that "dis
tributors will have no alternative
but to increase their price a half
cent a quart to consumers” if the
increase to the producers goes into
effect. He said distributors believe
final approval for such a move will
be given within a few days. The
Department of Agriculture, he said,
recommended an increase for the
producers some time ago
The expected retail price increase
would be the third since June 1,
when OP A granted a 1-cent in
crease. When subsidies expired with
OPA last June 30 an additional 3
cent increase was put into effect
here.
Distributors still would have to
absorb some of the proposed pro
ducers’ increase if the retail price
were put up only a half cent a
quart, Mr Koepenick declared.
Two GOP Committees
Picked in Montgomery
Republican leaders in Montgom
ery County have named two special
committees and plan to appoint a
| campaign committee soon for the
November election, it was announced
today.
Howard P Bailey was appointed
chairman of the Platform Commit
tee He will be assisted by Arthur
Hilland, Paul Coughlan, Richard
Barker, Thomas Kelly, Thomas An
derson, Millward Taft and Duncan
Clark.
Leslie Arnes, chairman of the
Steering Committee, will be assisted
by Willard King. Earl Shinn. Mr.
Coughlan. Douglas Bradshaw, Wil
lard Kruhm and C. W. Hanson.
Negro Baptists Told
Of South's Opportunities
ly th« Associated Dr«ss
ATLANTA. Sept. 7.—C. C Spauld
ing. president of the North Carolina
Mutual Insurance Co., at Durham.
N. C . told the National Negro Bap
tist Convention last night that the
opportunity of the Negro is in the
,1 South.
Mr. Spaulding said most of the
[ Negro-owned insurance companies
. are in the South, and that north of
i the Mason and Dixon Line there is
only one Negro-owned bank.
Body of Fisherman
i Found in Severn River
ly the Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS. Sept. 7. — Sergt.
Brooke Meade of the Anne Arundel
i County Police reported yesterday
the body of George Dumhoff. 30, of
! Sherwood Forest, who disappeared
[ while fishing Tuesday, was found
| floating in the Severn River.
I'County Medical Examiner J. M
I ciaffy listed the case as accidental
I drowning.
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