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i Elliott Roosevelt Says
Father Favored Big 3
: Veto Power in 1943
fty tKe A»i©oo*#d •r*»t
NEW YORK. Sept. 17.—President
Roosevelt agreed with Premier Stalin
as far back as the Teheran Confer
ence in 1943 that individual veto
power was necessary to the unified
action by the Big Three which he
considered essential in the postwar
world.
Elliott Roosevelt tells the storv in
Look magazine this week in the third
of four excerpts from his forthcom
ing book
The visit to Teheran also was a
time of much weighing of personali
ties. the excerpt shows. The Presi
dent was emphatic in his liking for
Stalin.
After his first encounter with Mme.
Chiang Kai-shek, Elliott felt that
she “has'for so long a time dealt
with people—and especially men—
on the basis of winning charm and
simulated interest * * * that by now
it is her second nature. And I would
fear to watch her first nature at
work. Frankly, it would terrify me."
Had to Depend on Chiangs.
When he communicated Kis
thoughts to his father the elder
Roosevelt replied:
“I don't know that I'd put it as
•strongly • * • she's an opportunist
J* * » I'd certainly not like to be
•know™ as her enemy * * * but China
• must be kept in the war * * * with
Jail their shortcomings we've got to
■depend on the Chiangs."
* r-»i nuiicy was aescrioea as “in
Jvaluable” in President Roosevelts
• work with the Chinese. ‘'I can give
»him an assignment that I'd never
Jgive a man in the State Depart
ment * * * the men in the State
JDepartment have tried to conceal i
'messages to me. delay them, hold'
ithem up somehow, just because
‘some of those career diplomats
aren’t'' in accord with what they
know I think. They should be
working for Winston. As a matter I
of fact, a lot of the time they are.”
The President continued his long
standing setto with Prime Minister
Churchill at Teheran. Elliott indi
cates. helping Gen. Marshall fight
off Churchill's desire for invasions
of Malaya and the Balkans instead
of Northern France.
British Opposed Island Hopping.
The British didn't approve island
hopping in the Pacific, the President
said, wanting to work up the China
■ coast to bases from which Japan
could be attacked, and they did not
understand American emphasis on
the Philippines as a base.
“Perhaps the British don’t appre
ciate the fact that the Filipinos will
rally to our flag inasmuch as they
(Britons) could hardly expect their
colonials to rally to theirs.” the
President is quoted as commenting.
Regarding the Balkans, the elder
Roosevelt said "The P. M • • * is
geared of letting the Russians get
too strong Maybe the Russians will
get strong in Europe. Whether that's
bad depend* on a whole lot of fac
tors. • * * I see no reason for putting
the lives of American soldiers in
jeopardy in order to protect real or
fancied British interests in Europe.”
The biggest result at Teheran in
the President's eyes, his son says,
wisriTi'ngrcjrig clear to statin tHkt
the United States and Britain were
not aligned in one common bloc
against the Soviet Union. “The one
thing that could upset the applecart
after the war," President Roosevelt
said, “is if the world is divided again,
Russia against England and us.”
Elliott's complete book “As He Saw
It” will be published October 1 by
Duell, Sloan and Pearce.
Reds Explain Closing
Of U. 5. Naval Missions
!y Associated Pro**
LONDON, Sept. 17—The Soviet
governments newspaper Izvestia.
replying to what it called “incor
rect and tendentious reports" in the
foreign press, said today the United
States had closed American naval
missions in Vladivostock and Arch
angel because they no longer were
aeeded.
■ "U. S. A. Navy representatives;
^rere left in Vladivostock. Arch
angel arfi Odessa only temporarily
,"*o complete the work connected
»with lease-lend deliveries,” the
.newspaper declared, adding:
\ “On August 2 of this year, as the
iresult of an understanding reached,
•the U. S. A. naval attache. Rear
“Admiral (Houston L.t Naples, in-'
♦ formed the Soviet command that'
Jhe had ordered the closing of the
jU. S. A. Navy representations in
^Vladivostock and Archangel. • * *”
“The Soviet government complied
with the request of the American
", Government and permitted the
1 American assistant naval attache
”, in Odessa to stay there until com
5 pletion of the transportation of
i UNRRA supplies via Odessa port ”
Foremen's Union Petitions
)For Bargaining Rights
*""The National Construction Super
intendents’ and Foremens' Union of
elaperica ha* petitioned the National
THx>r Relations Board for collec
tive bargaining rights, it was an
nounced today by Frank M. Wood,
UAton president
*The union is composed exclu
sively of superintendents and fore
njn, in the construction industry,
Hr Wood explained. Thi* was the
flfst time, he added, that such a
union had petitioned for collective
blrgaining in the District
*‘For many years superintendents
agd foremen have been the forgot
ten men in American industry,’’ he
asserted. "Their problems of wages
h$urs. and working conditions are
Kr subjects of collective bar
lg. We are requesting the em
ployers' associations in the building
and construction industry to bargain
collectively with our union.”
‘The union named the Master
Builders’ Association. Stone Mason
Sn tractors' Association. Excavating
ntractors’ Association, Mason
Contractors’ Association and Con
tste Contractors’ Association a*
e employers’ associations with
ijhich It wishes to bargain.
»The union’s headquarters is a(
Fourth street N.W.
J Mine detectors were used in ar
•ffort to locate valuable medieva
jlate thought to have been burtec
beneath Wenlock Priory, in Shrop
«lre, England.
TROUSERS
To Match * UP
SEMAN’S—F at 7th
MEMORIAL TO LATE POLICE CHIEF—Harvey G Callahan,
superintendent of police, accepts a picture of a plaque honor
oring the late superintendent, Col. Edward J. Kelly, from Mrs.
Ida S. Taylor, secretary oLthe Col. Edward J. Kelly Testimonial
Committee of the Federation of Civic Associations. Presented
today, the picture will hang in police headquarters. The plaque
itself—"A token of esteem from the citizens of the District of
Columbia for his ideal pattern of public administration”—was
presented recently to Mrs. Kelly. —Star Staff Photo.
Navy Scientists Study
Problems oi Undersea
War at Symposium
Study of the problems of under
sen warfare was the first task laid
today before scientists attending a
two-day symposium in the Interior
Auditorium. The meeting was open
only to naval officers and those
who had worked with' the services
during the war.
Not far away, in the National
Academy of Sciences Building, an
other group of scientists were dis
cussing problems of nuclear fission !
Both symposiums were part of the:
Navy's research program to keep
the country’ at the top in scientific
development in connection with
modern warfare.
The undersea warfare symposium
has at least a twofold purpose. Vice
Admiral H. G. Bowen, chief of
naval research, said in welcoming
the scientists. First, it is to pro
vide the Navy the means of obtain
ing the advice and support of scien
tists in solving current problems,
and. second, to keep as many scien
tists as possible fully Informed and
familiar with the Navy and its
work in this field.
“I need not stress to you gentle
men that, regardless of the excel
lence of our technical preparation
at the outbreak of the war. un
pleasant surprises always occur.”
Admiral Bowen continued. “War Is.
in its essence, a battle of time and
wits. Technical superiority must be
obtained, and for this we are de
jgfqflent upon the_technical re
source*-ofthe entire "N ation , "here
represented by you. We are fully
aware that too much time was lost
at the start of the last war while
we developed means of working to
gethe#irmhrhiie W^tainedlnowl
edge of each other's problems/'
At the atomic conference the
meeting today was to include papers
on cosmic radiation by J. Wheeler,
Princeton: Dr. Carl D. Anderson,
California Tech. W. Hazen, Uni
versity of California, and B. Rozzt.
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology. These were to be followed
by papers on experimentation by
M. G. White, Princeton: H. A. Al
len. Pittsburgh: R. F. Bacher. Cor
nell, and A. L. Hughes, Washington
University, St. Louis. ,
Jews Say They May Join
London Parley This Week
ly th* Atteciotad Pratt
LONDON. Sept. 17— An authori
tative Jewish source said today
Jewish representation at the Pales
tine conference would be obtained
by the end of the week.
He spoke as three members of
the Jewish Agency's Executive were
flying back from a special meeting
of the organization s top commit
tee at Paris.
The informant said Jewish par
ticipation in the talks on the Holy
Land s future would be on the
Agency's original terms—discussion j
only of the creation of "a visible
Jewish state with an adequate
area.”
Other sources said the unanimous
Arab League rejection of the Anglo
; American federalization plan, in ef
: feet, would remove it from the
agenda this week
Arab representatives were expect
ed to meet today to consider pro
posals to be submitted as an alterna
tive to federalization.
Two Held in Subleasing
At $7,600 Above Ceiling
•y tit* Attscialwi PrHi
NEW YORK. Sept. 17.—Henri E.
■ de Porcerl. 58, and William Bialek.
48 both New York, were arrested
yesterday and charged with sub
j leasing a Park avenue apartment
at *7 600 above the OPA celling.
Ceiling for the seven-room apart
ment was *1.900 a year.
The men were arrested by an
OPA agent and a representative of
the United States attorney's office
when they allegedly accepted a
check for *9.500 from a prospective
| woman tenant.
Panama will have an industrial
and commercial fair in Panama
Ciw in November
■ _
Soviet Newspapers Carry
Wallace New York Speech
By tht Associated Press
MOSCOW, Sept. 17—All Soviet
newspapers today carried without
comment the foreign affairs speech
which Secretary of Commerce Wal
lace delivered in New York last
Thursday. Izvestia, the government
newspaper, devoted 1,500 words to
the speech.
The papers also carried two Tass
dispatches from Washington on
President Trumans utterances in
connection with the speech. One
dispatch, dated September 12 quoted
the President as stating he approved
Mr. Wallace's speech. In the second,
dated September 14, the President
was quoted as saying he had wished
in his first statement to express
approval of Mr. Wallace's right to
make speeches, but not to express
approval of the speech as a decla
ration of United States foreign
policy.
President Truman was quoted as
stating that no change had taken
place in United States foreign policy
and that no change would be made
without discussions among the
President, Secretary of State Byrnes
and leaders of Congress.
Mrs. Rana Comer Dies
After Short Illness
Mrs. Rana Gibbs Comer, 43. an
employe of the national headquar
ters of the Red Cross for 14 years.
Tttod at Doctors Hospital Sunday
mgnt alter a
short illneai She
lived at 10000
Sutherland road
Silver Spring.
' A native of
Attleboro, Masa.,
Mrs. Comer came
to Washington
about 30 years
ago. She was
a graduate of
C e n t r al High
School and the
widow of Robert
Comer, an offi
cial in the Dis
trict Health De
Mrs. Comer.
partmeni, wno aiea six years ago.
Mrs. Comer was a group super
visor in the department of the
service to the armed forces at the
Red Cross. She was a member of
Grace Episcopal Church, Woodside,
and served for several years as a
Republican election judge at the
12th precinct, Wheaton district.
Surviving are two sons, Don
Comer, 19, recently discharged from
the Marine Corps, and Richard, 15;
her mother, Mrs. Louise Gibbs, and
a sister, Mrs. Edith Burkhard, both
of Springfield. Mass.
Funeral services will be held at
1 30 pm. tomorrow at the Warner
E Pumphrey funeral home. 8434
Georgia avenue Silver Spring. Burial
will be in Glenwood Cemetery,
Narragansett Results
3 00
FIRST RACK—Purse. $7,500: claiming
maidens 7-yaar-olds, 6 furlong*
Pranabe (Meehan) 6.80 3 60
Morentta ' Roger* > 4.00
Eternal Jean (Llcauaii
Time. 1:16.
Also ran—Ghost Bound Chipner
Cait Libre. Arthoa. Tuck* Tiger
r
40
8aUr.
Poker
Face. Minot Prophet. Aces Up and Blanca
Aqueduct Results
Clear and Feat
FIRST rack—Purae. S3.500: claiming:
maidens 2-year-olds. 5'/» furlong*
Rebuke (McCream 14 70 6 10
Pharua (Henke i 6 60
I Cheatwick (Mehrtens)
Time. 1:07V
Also ran—Col.
4 50
6.50
73 20
Lederer Liberty
Pranper ‘"Medalist Texas' Style"bullhead'
Gifted Wand
SECOND RACE—Purse, $3,500 elaim
i ina; 3-year-olda and up: 7 furlongs
Lady Romery (Guerin) 4 30 3.20 2.70
! Lepsel (Kirkland) 4.20 3.70
Senator C. (Donoao) 4.00
Time. I:26k»
' Also ran—Sea Conroy I Attune, a It I la,
Storm Play. Croeaus. Insolate Politica,
Manlta, Framy, a Trace Man. I Phantom
Peggy
a Mrs A. rPancli-Mra. H. K Day antry
f Field.
THIRD RACE—Purae. $3,500 claiming,
, steeplechase; 4-year-olds and up. about 9
, miles
i a Genancoke (Field i 10 40 3 00 oul
ml- 2 90 oul
oul
La La and a Northern
a Rokeby Stabla and Mrs G. Black entry
i •——
i rnaianger tjsamr
Sptkery iMarnanl
11 Time, 3:47'*
, | Also ran—oh
(Legion, YFW Using j
' Under handed T actics'
On AVC, Bolte Says
Accused by Charles O. Bolte, na-'
itional chairman of the American
Veterans' Committee, of using "un
derhanded and fraudulent tactic* in
(their effort to smear AVC.” the old
line veterans' organizations today
had an open invitation from Mr.
Bolte to investigate AVC and make
the facts public.
In a Nation-wide radio address
from the Willard Hotel last night
launching the AVC'.s million-mem
ber campaign. Mr. Bolte used the
refusal of the American Legion and
the Veterans of Foreign Wars to
participate in a panel presented by
the Women's National Press Club as
one springboard for his attack on
the older veterans’ organizations.
The Legion and VFW refused to
send representatives to the club's
panel yesterday because the AVC
was there, too.
Mr. Bolte charged the efforts of
the Legion and the VFW "to tell the
Women's National Press Club what
to think indicate a careful campaign'
to discredit the AVC is underway.”!
Two Seats Left Empty.
Mrs. Alice Rogers Hager, president
of the Women's National Press Club,
had noted the absence of the two
veterans' representatives at the panel!
held earlier in the day by leaving
two empty seats at the head table j
as a “symbol." She commented that ]
“we are supposed to have fought, for
the right of freg speech and every
one has a right to be heard.’’
Mr. Bolte charged the leaders of
the VPW and the Legion “have
demonstrated no conception of the
real needs of this war's veterans,”
that they failed to press vigorously
for housing and “have done nothing
to prevent a disastrous inflation
which would halve the value of;
'every veteran's benefit."
1 “The leaders of the VFW and the
American Legion defaulted on their;
responsibilities after the last war
'and they are defaulting now," he|
i declared.
Mr. Bolte said that the “little;
campaign of whispers against AVC,|
■conducted under the backstairs by,
a few officials ’ of the older veterans'
groups had recently swelled to a
more open “although certainly no
more accurate, campaign of mis-;
representation, slander and scur-j.
j rility. designed to discredit AVC in
the eyes of the public and the vet-!
erans.”
Denies Red Leanings.
He described as the most serious
charge in "this pattern of deceit
fulness" the accusation that AVC
was Communist-dominated. List
ing half a dozen policies of the
American Communist Party, he said
AVC was in direct opposition to the
Communists on all of them.
Mr. Bolte said that he was un
alterably opposed both to the ob
jectives and methods of the Com
munists. that he did not welcome!
their support and that he was con-]
fldent the vast majority of AVC
members shared that view.
On one Communist-supported (
policy—a Federal bonus for veter-j
ans—he commented that the Com
munists were “lined up solidlv" with
the Legion, VFW and Disabled!
American Veterans.
On the other hand, he said, “Sen-!
a tor Taft, AVC and the Communists
are agreed that veterans should'
have places to live.” He referred to ]
AVC support of the Wagner-El-;
lender-Taft bill, which the Com-!
munists also support.
“To attempt to smear AVC with
the Communist brush, ’ he declared,
“is to ignore the fact of AVC's estab- j
Ushed record as a vigorous supporter ]
of the American way of solving I
problems and as a vigorous op
ponent of every undemocratic idea.”
Charges Are Specified.
Devoting most of his speech to re
] capitulation of attacks made on the
AVC and his answers to them, he
cited specifically charges by Joseph
Stack, then commander of the
VFW; Louis E. Starr, now VFW
.commander; Dow Walker, DAV
; commander, and Irvin Snyder, Cali
fornia commander of the Legion.
In reply to these attacks, he re
plied directly:
“Let me state simply, in answer
to ex-Comdr. Stack, that AVC would
be delighted to have the VFW inves
tigate it and publish the results. Let
me say to Comdr. Starr that if he
can find one dollar of AVC funds
that has come from ‘sources outside
this country' AVC will pay *1.000 to
any charity Comdr. Starr cares to
name. Let me say to Comdr. Walker
that the members of AVC, whom he
says are '4-Fs and draft dodgers,’
fought the enemy In every theater
land defeated him, thus preserving
, for Comdr. Walker the right to at
! tach a vicious slander to their names
without fear of being thrown into a
concentration camp.
Determined to Have Peace.
I “And let me *ay to Comdr. Snyder
that the veterans of this war, inelud
i ing all the members of AVC. are de
termined to have peace in the world,
not to die In the front ranks of his
holy war’ against Soviet Russia
while he cheers us on from the
orange groves of California."
Other speakers at the banquet in
cluded Wilbur S. Finch, president of
the Federation of Citizens Associa
tions; Mrs. Raymond Clapper, wife
of the late newspaper correspondent;
Peter Henle, representing the AFL;
Col. Campbell C. Johnson, chairman
, of the District Parole Board land
executive assistant to the Selective
Service Director, and Kermit Eby,
education and research director.
CIO.
Mr Finch told the veterans the
District was 'terribly handicapped''
] in making its voice felt for lack of
a vote and urged them to participate
in local affairs and help get a vote
| for the District.
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Justice Often Delayed
For More Than Year,
Bar Association Told
A charge that justice is being de-1
! llberately delayed in Municipal Court'
—a year or more in some Instances—
! was made by George L. Hart, jr., at ■
a District Bar Association meeting
i last night.
Calling for reforms in the rules,
of the court, Mr. Hart said he knew
!of cases in which one lawyer could
, delay hearings by retaining another j
| with a backlog of cases to represent.
him.
He demanded procedure be speed-!
ed up in the court to eliminate such
landlord-and-tenant litigation as
that in which a bona fide purchaser j
of property was prevented from tak
ing occupancy for more than a year'
because an attorney had too many ■
cases backed up.
Congress Expected to Act.
By these tactics, former service- j
men trying to get their homes back
after their discharge can be stalled j
ofl for as long as 14 months, Mr.
Hart added.
Arthur F. Canfield, president of
the association, said he believed the
next Congress would expedite legis
lation to add three judges to the
j court and relieve some of the con
gestion.
Congressional leaders have agreed
on the expansion bill sidetracked
:by the last session's adjournment,
Mr. Canfield added. The associa
ition ratified the president s sugges
tion that the number of nonresident
j judges on the Municipal Court bench
remain at two. a proposal which has
met with favor in Congress, Mr
; Canfield said.
Chief Judge George P. Barse of
Municipal Court said today he was
certain that the addition of three
judges would solve the problem of
speeding up court procedure.
' Approved by Commissioners.
In his quarterly report to the At
torney General last May he recom
I mended the addition of three judges
to augument the 10 judges now
handling more than 100.000 cases a
] year. Judge Barse said. This recom
mendation has been approved by
| the Attorney General and the Dis
trict Commissioners.
The bar association voted to in
crease from one to three the num
ber of legal aids at Municipal Court
as another step toward expediting
the machinery.
After a sharp controversy, the as
sociation voted to repeat refresher
^courses in law for attorneys and:
others interested in a law career
returning from the armed forces.
| It was understood that the Veter
ans’ Administration would pay some
amount, probably *100 for each man,!
J to the Practicing Law Institute for!
! conducting the six-week course.
Wilbur L. Gray, secretary of the
association, reminded members a'
dinner would be given for the Exec
utive Committee and council for the
Inter-American Bar Association at
6:30 p.m. Thursday at Hotel 2400
j The annual dinnei for District
I judges will be held next December 7.
Peyton M. Fussell, 69,
Dies at Wheel of Car
Peyton Morgan Fussell. 60 Ash
j ton, Md., son of Mordecai Fussell.
I Ashton, founder of the ice cream
| bearing his name, died yesterday
at the wheel of his automobile as
he was backing out of a garage at
i his home.
The car continued across the j
i road, striking a parked automobile |
■ but causing only slight damage. Dr j
1F. J. Broschart. Montgomery County |
medical examiner, said death was
caused by a heart attack.
The body was taken to the:
i Reuben Pumphrey Funeral Home.
! Rockville. Funeral services and j
burial will be held at 2 p.m. today
in Greenmount Cemetery chapel.
Baltimore.
Mr. Fussell is survived by his
father and a brother Norris, 2127
California street N.W
Employes at the Fussell-Young
Ice Cream Co. said none of the
Fussell family is now connected
with the firm.
Forrestal Names Darden
To Head Advisory Group
By th« Associated Press
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal
j yesterday announced the appoint
ment of former Gov. Colgate W
Darden of Virginia as chairman of
; the Civilian Advisory Committee
on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Darden, who has been vice
chairman of the committee, will sue-1
ceed Dr. James L. McConaughy of
Cornwall, Conn.
Mr. Forrestal said Dr. McCon
aughy, a former president of Wes
leyan University, who served as
deputy director of the Office of
Strategic Services during the war,
resigned the chairmanship because
of his candidacy for Governor of
Connecticut.
Mr. Darden served in the Marine
Corps in World War I.
Tennesseean Rescued by Police
From Negro Mob in Chicago
ly th» Aiie<ia'*4 Pr»»i /
CHICAGO, 8ept. 17.—A Tennes
sean was rescued by police from an
angry crowd of Negroes, some shout
ing. "Let's lynch him,” during a Ne- j
gro antilynching rally last night on
Michigan avenue, near the Loop.
The white man, Leek Denton, 31, a
Chattanooga delegate to an AFL
Bakers' Union Convention, was ac
cused of cutting a rally microphone
cable. He was charged with mali
cious mischief and disorderly con
duct on complaints signed by a Ne
gro woman.
Mr. Denton denied the accusation
and was released on $50 bail a few'
hours later, pending a South State!
Street Police Court hearing set for
today.
Police Capt. Jerry Looney said;
about 40 of nearly 2.000 spectators,!
most of them Negroes. surrounded
Denton and accused him of snipping
• wire connecting a loudspeaker to
a sound truck in the Congress Street
Plaza, where the rally was held
The Negroes demanded Mr Den
ton's arrest. Capt Looney said, and
police quickly spirited the South
erner to safety as some Negroes
shouted
"Let's lynch him—treat him the
way they treat us in the South.”
Speakers at the rally, sponsored
by the Chicago Citizens’ Committee
Against Lynching, denounced racial
discrimination and iynchlngs in
Southern States. Speakers included
Canada Lee, Negro actor, and the
Rev. Malcolm C. Dobbs, Birming
ham (Ala ) executive secretary fot
Alabama for the Southern Confer
ence for Human Welfare.
105 Truck Operators i
Vote'Solid Front'in
New York Strike
By A»iociot*d PrM«
NEW YORK. Sept. • 17. — With
striking truck drivers called into:
meeting today to vote on a new wage!
proposal, truck operators, claiming I
to represent 90 per cent of the city's
trucking, pledged not to sign indi
vidual contracts or to grant the wage
increases sought by the union.
But leaders of Local 807 of the
ArL Brotherhood of Teamsters, the'
key unit in the paralyzing strike, j
predicted the membership would ac-J
cept proposals advanced by B. C '
Bohack Co., grocery chain, and
Daniels & Kennedy Co., newsprint
gtruckers.
The companies propose to give the
drivers Increases of *7.50 weekly and
reduce the work week from 44 to 40
hours In advancing the proposals
the firms acted separately from the:
operators' general wage committee.'
Vote to Stick Together.
Union leaders said if the men rati-!
fled the proposals other individual
companies, especially the chain and
newsprint firms, would start signing
contracts and end the solid front
previously shown by the operators.
But Joseph M. Adelizzi, spokes
man for 105 operators claiming to
represent the 90 per cent of the j
city* trucking, announced last night!
the operators adopted the following j
resolution:
"We do hereby solemnly pledge
one to the other, that we will not
separately sign or make any agree
ment with Locals 807, 282 or 816!
until and when it is approved by a
majority of those signing this
pledge.
Locals 282 and 816 are the other
locals involved in the strike.
Calls Them Insignificant.
Mr. Adelizzi also maintained that
ithe employers who had offered toi
sign on the union s terms were not
able to move any significant share |
of the commodities the city required.
He described the trucks run by
Bohack & Daniels and Kennedy as
“less than insignificant'’ when com
pared with the 20,000 he said were
operated by the members of the Mo
tor Carrier Association and the
State Motor Truck Association,
which he represents.
Acceptance by the 807 member
ship of the Bohack plan would put
i food back on empty grocery store i
: shelves and make available news
! print without which a complete sus
pension of some daily newspapers
j might result by the end of the week.
Meanwhile, however, 740 A<feP and
j Safeway rood Stores, employing an
estimated 11,000 persons, were closed
because of lack of deliveries. Also
closed yesterday were 56 candy
shops.
Spectacular Crash Landing
Saves 21 Veterans' Lives
ty th» AitociatoS Pr»»»
SWEETWATER. Tex., Sept. 17.—A
spectacular. crash landing by a
pilot of a crippled plane of the
Pacific National Airlines was cred
| ited here today with having saved
; the lives of 21 recently discharged
soldiers en route to their homes
from the Pacific Coast.
The pilot, R. M. Kreig. made the
I crash landing in the rough, hill
' country, 11 miles east of here last
! night.
None of the passengers or crew
men received a scratch.
A group of the passengers walked
a mile and a half to highway
80 and caught a ride into Sweet
i water. Taxicabs were sent to the
scene to bring the remainder of
the party to a hotel here.
The plane, a DC-3, had developed
I engine trouble while en route from
; Los Angeles to Dallas. Chicago and
Eastern points.
! Uruguay’s grain shortage has pro
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Police Station Row
Of Yanks and Reds
Settled Peacefully
ty the Associoted fr%%% w
BERLIN. Sept. 17.—Col. K C
Frank. American provost marshal. |
said today a police station argu
ment developed here Saturday night
between some Russians and Ameri- ‘
can military police over which
should hold a man and a woman
whom the Russians claimed as
Soviet nationals.
The argument was resolved
peacefully, however. The American
and Russian provost marshals
agreed to release the woman to
Russian authorities and that the
man should be detained by the
Americans.
Both civilians denied they were
Russians.
Reds Tried to Arrest Couple.
The incident grew out of an at
tempt by a Soviet major and sol
dier to arrest the couple in the
American zone. The couple resisted
arrest and a disturbance broke out.
American MPs took all four to mili
tary police headquarters.
The provost marshal's announce
ment said the Russian major
ordered Russian MPs attached to
the headquarters to take the man
and the woman to Russian Army
headquarters. The American MP
in charge objected.
| The Russians protested, ‘but
when we told them we were going
' to contact their general, the Rus
! sians soon quieted up and later the
I Russian provost marshal called to
j apologize," Col. Frank said.
1 Minor Arguments Are Frequent.
The provost marshal expressed
surprise at reports published abroad
of an international Am erica n
; Russian row. He said they were
I exaggerated and that he was at a
1 loss to understand how they got out.
; He said such minor arguments hap
; pen frequently.
"There was no shooting, nor did
1 the incident even come close to
shooting,” Col. Frank continued
“The Russians, as they always do,
had a tommygun. but they made no
attempt to use it. There was no
i threat of calling in a company of
soldiers to fight it out."
Care in Use of Paper Urged
By Publishers' Association
By th# Aftiociatftd Pr#ts
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—Daily
newspapers were urged today by
Cranston Williams, general man
ager of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association, to “carefully
preserve newsprint stocks on hand
in line with their needs with con
siderable allowance for slower de
livery and interruption of ship
ments.”
In a statement, Mr. Williams
I warned that current high produc
tion of newsprint in Canada and
Newfoundland could not be main
tained from month to month unless
shipments moved regularly, and
added, “the box car situation is
< more serious than at any time in
the past 25 years.” with shortages
in all parts of the country as the
fall peak loading season is at hand.
"Old box cars are being junked
| because of bad condition at a faster
, rate than new box cars are being
j built,” he said. “Additional burdens
are thrown on the railroads because
of the maritime strike.”
Recent reports to ANPA from
daily newspapers indicated a 37-day
supply of newsprint on hand at the
end of August compared with 49
day stocks at the same time a year
ago.
Motorist Convicted
In Death Is Cleared
On Motion ofU. S.
A manslaughter chart* against
Henderson Robinson. JO, colored of
the 600 block of Second street HE.
In the traffic death last October of
William Buckman. )r., 55. colored, of
the 400 block of Kings court N W,
was dismissed yesterday in District
Court on a Government motion.
Last January. Robinson was tried
on the charge and found guilty of the
lesser offense of negligent homicide
He appealed from that conviction
and the United 8tates Court of Ap
peals in June reversed the District.
Court decision and remanded the
case for retrial.
When it came up yesterday for
retrial. Assistant United States At
torney A. J. Laughlin moved for
dismissal. Mr. Laughlin said dis
missal was desired because Robin
son has spent approximately nine
months in Jail since being held
and also that witnesses were not
available On his conviction, which
was reversed by the higher court.
Robinson had been given a year on
the lesser charge of negligent
homicide.
In reversing his conviction, follow
ing the early trial, the Court of
.Appeals held that Robinson should
have been allowed to introduce
evidence that he was "reputed to be
a prudent, careful driver. • •
Buckman. according to police re
ports, was struck by a truck operated
by Robinson while standing on the
curb at Fourth and N street* N.W.
Army Plans Hove
To Increase Officers
The War Department la planning
lor a second officer processing pro
gram under which additional appli
cations will be received lor com
missions to Increase the Regular
Army officer corps strength Irom
25.000 to 50,000.
While machinery lor accepting
additional applications is not yet
lunctioning, lull details are ex
pected to be announced shortly and
| the program gotten under a%y
probably by October 15
The applications will be in addi
tion to the approximately 70000
applicants lelt over Irom the flm
program which resulted fti commis
sions being offered to 9.81J. These
appointees made up the increase
necessary to bring the officer corps
to 25.000. the number originally
authorized by Congress.
It was pointed out that original
applicants who tailed to receive
commissions under the flm pro
gram may assume that they are
on the consideration list unless
they have been lormally notified
by the War Department to the
, contrary. They will be permitted
( to restate their cases and to change
their choice ol branches, 11 they
desire, belore the integration ol the
, new program is begun in October.
, Tentative plans call lor appoint
ments to be made in lour incre
ments: January, May, September
and December ol 1947. Greater
emphasis will be given to commls
j sioning officers in the ranks of cap
! tain and major than was given
i formerly. -
Boyingfon to Be Retired
For Physical Reasons
Lt. Col. Gregory (Pappyl Boying
ton. Marine air ace who ahot down
28 Jap planes and spent 20 months
in Jap prison camps, will be retired
for physical reasons, Marine Corps
headquarters announced today.
The leader of the Black 8heep
squadron will await retirement at
home after discharge from the Naval
hospital in San Diego. Calif. Now
33, Col. Boyington first saw action
I against the Japs as a member of the
Plying Tigers. He organised the
Black Sheep squadron and had bag
ged 28 planes by the time he was
'shot down over Rabaul.
Col. Boyington holds the Con
! gressional Medal of Honor and the
:Navy Cross.
Since his return to this country-,
the stocky pilot has been involved in
a series of legal and romantic dlf
' Acuities. He married a Hollywood
actress on the day Mrs. Lucy Mal
i colmson said he was supposed to
- marry her. In August. Col. Boy
- ington lost a suit accusing Mrs. Mal
colmson of withholding $8,800 he
-.had entrusted to her. The charges
'were dismissed as groundless.
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