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Spanish Parliament
Certain to Approve
Monarchy Decree
I y ttw Auooetad Prm
MADPID. April 1.—Overwhelm
ing parliamentary approval was
forecast today for Generalissimo
Franco f proposal to declare that
Spain, although her throne has
vacant for 16 years, is still
a monarchy and to outline pro
cedure for selecting the country's
next ruler—whether King or re
gent. ,
The measure was introduced in
th· Cortes (Parliament) last night
on the »ve of Spain's "Victory Day,"
the eighth anniversary célébration
of Franco's victory in the civil war.
Approval was assured by the fact
that an overwhelming majority of
th» Cartes members were «elected
by the Franco government.
Gen Franco made four balcony
foo*aranees at the palace today,
a, knnvledging parading demonstra
tors «'ho shouted "Franco, Franco,
Franco."
With firmness and patriotism, we
shall make Spain steadfast," he told
the crowd which appeared far
smaller that that of last year. The
best of Spain's armed forcée pa
raded before the general for an hour
and 40 minutes along jam-packed
·ν·ηιι·
Decree Read en Radio. *
The proposal, in the form of a
decree, was read over all Spanish
radio stations yesterday following a
35-minute speech by Gen. Franco,
which was devoted mainly to his
economic ideas and to a denuncia
tion of "Marxism." He declared that
the rest οf the world had Anally
Joined him in hating and fearing
communism.
The measure, labeled "a bill on
succession to the chief of state,"
was the first public admission that
Gen. Franco has ever made that
his regime was merely temporary.
It did not, however, fix any tenure
of office for him as "chief of state"
and presumably would leave him
in power for the rest of his life if he
Wished it. He is now 54 years old.
An authoritative source, who pre
dicted last week that such a pro
posal was forthcoming, said it was
designed for its effect on the out
side world.
To provide the method for choos
ing his successor, Gen. Franco went
back into history and suggested re
constitution of the "Council of the
Kingdom." which Spanish kings for
centuries appointed to determine
the succession in 'cafe of doubt.
Council Would Inr'ude 12.
As outlined by t'ne generalissimo,
the council would consist of 12 per-,
sons, eight of them picked by him.
They would include the president
of the Cortes, the ranking military
leader of the country and the
Roman Catholic primate of Spain,
now Enrique Cardinal Pla y Deniel.
The proposal says the next
ruler of Spain's 26.000.000 should be 1
_ » ..... 1 U1.. J 1 . ..... ΑΛ
old. Spanish, a Roman Catholic and
a supporter of the fundamental laws
decreed by the Franco regime.
Gen. Franco himself may propose
ι successor at any time, or if he
should die or become incapacitated
the Council of, the Kingdom, Jt>y,
two-thirds Vote, would propose a
candidate to the Cortes, which in
turn would be required to approve
by the same margin.
Interim rule, pending selection of
« new ruler, would b*. exercised by
ι regency council, composed of the
forte· President, the Cardinal Pri
mate and the ranking military offi
cer- of the land.
Neither the law nor Gen. Franco's
«peech mentioned Don Juan, the son
of Spain's last King and the present;
so-called "pretender," or any other
'•andldate for the Job of succeeding
Gen. Franco.
Monarchist* Back Don .tu»η
Don Juan is not barred, however,!
and he has the support of most of
Spain's Monarchists, but· a Mon
archist spokesman already has
voiced criticism of the Franco pro
posal and some Monarchists called
it "unacceptable."
Some of the supporters of Don
Juan, who has publicly withdrawn
his support of the Franco regime. I
said it was Juan's cue to denounce
Gen. Franco again and also the new
succession plan.
The Spanish throne has been un
occupied since King Alfonso XIII
left the country in 1931. He never
renounced the throne, but died in
exile in 1941 Gen. Franco granted
permission fcr him to be buried in
Spain and attended his funeral. j
Paris Royalists Reject
Franco Move for Successor
PARIS. April 1 The Agence
France-Presse quoted Spanish roy-'
alist circles here today as saying
"no monarchist would be duped"
by Gen. Francisco Franco's move
yesterday to provide a possible
royal successor to himself.
Royalists were quoted as declar
ing that Gen. Franco's action "con
«Htutee only a last maneuver by
the Franco regime in its efforts to
survive" ana actually is an "arracK
the very principle of monarchy.*'
fid of Franco Regime
Discussed in London
London. April 1 Informed;
Whiten sources said today that
the possibility of "ending" the
Franco regime was discussed here
•.•eeterdav bv British Minister of
State Hec^r McNeil and Rudolfo;
Leopez. ne» President of the exiled
Spanish Republican government.
This disclof -,. followed a Foreign
Offlce spokesrr,n s statement that ;
Britain had aware for some
time that Gener» cSjmo Franco was
planning to rester· »he monarchy to
Spain. ^
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curred. according to the ^plaint,
when Shu arid a compan»- went
to the complainants hotely^,,,,
the companion, seeking to leat ^he
Thereabouts *f his wife. 1
woman in question
identified in The Sunday Star
Shu's wife. Shu is not married.
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Three Cosmic Ray Scientists >
Join Brazil Eclipse Expedition
Three or the scientist* who will
Journey to a remote Brazilian camp
with the Army Air Forces-National
Geographic eociety solar eclipse ex
pedition are not particularly inter
ested in the eclipse.
They are Peter A. Morris, Martin
A. Pom era η tz and Harvey C. Tay
lor. all of the Bar toi Research Foun
dation of Franklin Institute, Phila
delphia. Armed with especially built
Geiger counters, they hope to add
a few facts to the meager store of
knowledge about cosmic rays.
Dr. William Francis Gray Swann,
director of the foundation, explained
; at a press conference yesterday why
his associates would not be excited
by the moon's passage before the
face of the sun.
Explains "Bombardment."
With respect to cosmic rays, he
said, "we could not do anything dur
ing an eclipse which we could not
do more effectively at night."
The intensity of cosmic ray bom
jbardment varies with the distance
from the earth's magnetic equator,
jhe explained. Bocayuva, about 400
miles rorth of Rio de Janeiro, where
the expedition will view the eclipse,
is near the imaginary line, Dr.
Swann said.
Therefore, he said, the founda
tion welcomed an opportunity to
send a party with a well-equipped
technical expedition bound for mch
a point.
Although the eclipse itself wi'l be
relatively unimportant from the
standpoint of the cosmic ray work,
its conditions will be essential for
Full RFC Loan Probe
Planned by Senators
ly th· AstecietW Pr«i
At the suggestion of Senator May
bank, Democrat, of South Carolina
the Senate Banking Committee is to
make a general investigation of all
Reconstruction Finance Corp. loans
Senator Maybank said Chairman
Tobey originally planned an in
quiry into an >80,000,000 bond trans
action between the RFC and the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
"I suggested, and it was agreed,"
Senator Maybank told a reporter,
"that the investigation should cover
RFC loans to all railroads, as veil
as to other borrowers. I think we
ought to And out what the status is
of all these loans."
Senator Tobey already has writ
ten Charles B. Henderson, RFC
board chairman, asking records of
the B. & Ο transaction. John D.
Goodloe. member of the board, said
the reply will be given Senator
Tobey today.
Mr. Henderson told the commit
tee, when it was controlled by the
Democrats, that the RFC expected
to dispose of the B. & O. trust bonds
and liquidate the loans without loss.
Mr. Goodloe told a reporter that
the only step now remaining is for
RFC to exchange the previous B.
& O. securities for new bonds.
Murder Suspect Hangs Self
DAVENPORT, Iowa, April 1 i/P).—
Stephen J. Petroci, 24, charged with
murder in the "sleeping potion"]
death March 21 of his landlord*!
Edward L. Purse, 62. hanged him
self in the Scott County Jail this
morning. Sheriff Walter Beuse said.
Petroci was charged with giving Mr.
Purse an overdose of sleeping pills
under the impression he was going
tdTnHertt the man's $25,000 estate.
Weather Report
District of Columbia—Sunny this
afternoon, with temperature in the
60s. Increasing cloudiness tonight,
with lowest temperature near 44
dearees. Tomorrow cloudy and mild.
with occasional showers.
Virginia and Maryland—Increas
ing cloudiness and warmer tonight.
Tomorrow cloudy end mild with
occasional showers.
Wind velocity, 18 miles per hour.
Direction, south southeast.
Hirer Report.
(From V. S. Engineers)
Potomac River. clear at Harpers Ferry
and «lichtlr muddy tt Oreat Γ «lis; Shen
andoah. clear it Harpers Ferry.
Tnnntin and Hnmldlt».
(Readings >t Washington National Airport)
Yeaterday— Temperature Humidity
Degrees Per Cent
Noon 47 32
4 p.m. M SI
8 p.m 46 3β
Midnight 41 il
Today—
S a.m. 41 «3
1:30 p.m 60 26
Xwtri Temperatures Thin Tear.
Highest. 73. on January 30.
Lowest T. on February 5.
Tine TABLES.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Oeodetic Surrey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High _ 4:20a.m. 5:30 a.m.
Low 1! :13 a.m. 12:12 p.m.·
Kith 4:50 ρ m 5:63 p.m.
Low 11:46 p.m. ___t
The San and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
9un. today 5:52 β:3ΐ
Sun. tomorrow 5:61 6:32
Moon, roda? 2:12 p.m. 4:03 a m
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-halt hour «iter sunset.
PRECIPITATION.
Monthly précipitation in inches in tha .
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1047. Average. Record.·
January 3.1* 3 65 7.83 '37
Pebrtary 1.27 3.37 6.84*84
March ' 1.02 3.75 8.84 '811
5pril 3.27 9.13'89 I
««<· ... 3.71) ΙΟ.ββ-8p:
»une ... 4.13 10.94 *00 :
luly ... 4.71 11.06 '45 :
kutust 4.01 14.41 '28
September 3.24 17.45 34
Sctober 2.84 8.81 '371
«ovember 2.37 7.18'77.
Jecember .. . 3.32 7.66 01 :
Temperatures la Varioaa Cfttaa.
Mbuoueroue 72 42 Miami 79 74
Atlanta - . 64 51 Milwaukee 40 36
Atlantic C 41 39 New Orleans 68 63
Bismarck. 47 28 New York 51 34
Boston 48 33 Norfolk 50 35
Buffalo — 32 Oklahoma C 71 55
Chicago 55 42 Omaha 59 33
Cincinnati 63 52 Phoenix 85 52
Setroit 42 34 Pittsburgh 51 88
El Paso 78 66 Portl'd. Me 43 IP
lalreston 70 63 St. L«uis 51 46,
fUrriabur· 55 33 Salt Lake C 58 32
Indianapolis 60 47 San Antonio 65 —
Kansas City 63 45 San Fr'isee 59 50'
l/)s Angeles 68 62 Seattle . 60 46
Louisrllle 68 52 Tampa 75 61,
the observations of Dr. George van
Bierbroeck of the University of Chi
cago Yerkes Observatory, and F.
Oliver Westfall of the National Bu
reau of Standards.
Teit ·( Einstein Theory.
They will try to test the Einstein
theory of relativity through a check
of the so-called "Einstein shift."
The shift is an asserted bending of
the rays of light emitted by stars
as the rays pass near the sun. A
total eclipse offers the only oppor
tunity to study this theory. Dr. Van
Biesbroeck explained yesterday,
since stars which appear near the
sun when viewed from the earth
are not visible at other times be
cause of the glare.
Part of the expedition personnel
was to leave today for Brazil in
AAF C-S4 planes. There, the sci
entists will complete preparations
for the observations to be made
ι during the 3 minutes and 48 eeconds
of totality May 30.
Dr. Lyman J. Briggs, chairman
'of the Research Committee of the
! National Geographic Society and
I former director of the National
Bureau of Standards, is scientific
leader of the expedition.
! Drs. Francis C. Heyden and Lau
rence C. McHugh, Georgetown Uni
; versity astronomers, will be among
; those taking part. Others will in
clude representatives of the Uni
versity of California Lick Observa
tory, the Bureau of Standards, the
Naval, Research Laboratory and
IAAF meteorological and guided mis
sile units.
Greek Envoy Mourns
George as'Good King'
By th# Associated ftm*%
NEW YORK. April lr-Vassili
Dendramis, recently appointed Greek
Ambassador, in a statement today
said "all'Greeks are depressed at
jthe sad news of the death of King
George in Athens because he has
been a good king and ally."
"It is a sad moment for all." he]
iydd. "King George was faithful
to the Allies to the end. All œrsons
hope the new king, Paul, will con
duct the affairs of Greece to bring
happiness to the people and raise]
the welfare of the country.
"And I hope the new king will
faciltate an understanding among]
all the parties in Greece. All of the
parties should sustain Paul, and per
haps all but the Communists will."
Dendramis now is the Greek dele
gate to the United Nations and was
named Ambassador March 24. Hei
is awaiting acceptance of his cre
dentials in Washington.
LONDON, April 1 OP).—A Brtlsh :
Foreign Office spokesman expressed !
shocked surprise today at news of;
the death of King George II of]
Greece. He said there would be no
immediate official comment, and he)
refused to speculate about the pos
sible political effect.
16 Major Airlines Increase
Fares 10% for 90-Day Trial
Revising the recent trend in th$
cost"of air transportation, passenger
fares on 18 major commercial air
lines of the country were increased
1ft r\»T Λ*ηί trtWêw
,Xhe increase, which m author
pS tat a fO-day trtW fitfiod by the
Civil Aeronautics Board» lift* the
average fare from 4.5 cents per mile
to 5.1 cents. The Increase was ef
fective at 12:01 a.m. today.
The new fares takes the airline
passenger rates back to approxi
mately the 1945 level, according to a
CAB spokesman, and were put into
effect after most of the airlines suf
fered a lean year in 1946.
In connection with foreign travel.
American Airlines today announced;
the start of service between here and
Germany. Flights will leave National I
Airport on Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday,, the last terminating at,
Berlin and the other two at Frank
furt.
Withdrawal of Russians
From Dairen Reported
ly th· Asiociot«d Prui
TIENTSIN, April 1.—The Cath
olic newspaper Social Welfare today
reported in an unconfirmed dispatch
from Mukden, Manchuria, that Rus
sian troops were withdrawing south
toward Port Arthur from Dairen and
Chine hou.
The newspaper added, however,
that 10,000 Russian troops remained
In the area southwest of Chinchou.i
which is about 40 miles by rail north
>f Dairen. ,
Under the 1945 pact between ;
Shina and Russia, the Chinese were
:o assume administration/of Dairen'
ind Port Arthur, with the latter toi
[>e used as a naval base by Russia
»nd China. A Tass dispatch broad-;
:ast today by the Moscow radio and
recorded in London labeled as
'false" Kuomintang press reports
'hat Russia was refusing to permit
Shina to take over.
1
Truman 'Reluctantly'
Signs Sugar Control
For Only 7 Months
ty Hi* Associated Press
Sugar rationing gained a new
seven-month lease on life today,
but President Truman—fearful
of "disastrous economic conse
quences" from such a short ex
tension — announced he might
seek longer controls.
The Sugar Act, which also carries
sugar price control to October 31,
was approved by Congress yesterday
along with a 90-day extension of the
President's power to parcel out a
sharply trimmed list of industrial,
drug and food items. -
Mr. Truman signed both bills in
time to prevent the entire sugar and
allocation program from lapsing
along with the Second War Powers
Act. The act is the source of the
priority, rationing and allocation
power. It ran out at midnight, save
for the few controls salvaged.
Signs TVith Reluctance.
But Mr. Truman said he penned
his signature "with reluctance" on
the sugar bill because Congress ap
parently is counting on more great
ly Improved sugar supplies "than
those now definitely in prospect."
ι snouiu une to empnasize me
fact that sugar supplies in the
United States normally approach a
low level early in the fall." his
statement said. If controls are
ended on October 31, the situation
may be as dangerous as if they had
been allowed to lapse today."
If this proves likely, Mr. Truman
added, he will "ask the Congress to
reconsider," inasmuch as some
members "clearly recognized" the
dangerous possiblities during de
bate on the bill.
No change in «ugar rations or
regulation will be made for the pres
ent, Secretary of Agriculture Ander
son announced. He took over the
program today, in line with Con
gress' mandate relieving ΟΡΑ of the
job, but he set. up a new "Sugar
Rationing Administration" in the
department made up of 1,750 em
ployes from OPA's former sugar '■
staff.
ΟΡΑ distributed dismissal notices
to 2.000 more employes throughout
the country, and by May 1 the expir
ing agency's payroll will be down to
around 9,150. a spokesman said.
About 6.000 ΟΡΑ employes in rent
control are expected to be oft OPA's
payroll just as soon as Congress acts
on rent control extension ancfc its
transfer to another agency.
Usera Get 10-Pound Boost.
The bill provides 30 pounds of
sugar a person for the next seven
months, or an annual rate of 35
pounds, 10 pounds more than last
year. It sets aside'60,000 tons for
new industrial users, and continues
inventory controls until next March
31, to prevent big industrial users
from hoarding supplies once coupon
rationing· ends.
The delayed-action legislative job
threw a sizable pert of the Gov
ernment into an uproar from which
it had not fully recovered today. j
The biggest question was whether
çrain, rice, meat and other agricul
tural products could continue to be
parceled out for domestic, military
and foreign consumption. They
were not singled out by name its
were tin. antimony, freight, cars,:
vitiviivtia kiai& lUl IjUUUUC j
and the drug streptomycin.
Negro Couple in Georgia
Reports 4 Flogged Them
ly the Associated PrM»
LITHONIA. Ga„ April 1.—De Kalb
County Police Chief Edward L.
Poster said today that a colored man
and his wife were taken from their
home by four unmasked white men
la«t night and flogged severely. The
woman was shot in the foot, and
her husband suffered a severe gash
on his head.
The chief said that neither the
man, Aggie Herndon, *6, nor his
wife, Lottie, 40. could give any rea
son for the fogging, except that one
of the band accused them of steal
ing. The couple lives near Lithonla,
about 25 miles east of Atlanta. The
flogging and shooting occurred in
the woods near their home.
Mr. Herndon said, he and hie wife
were driven to a wooded area where
the men ordered them out of the
car. His wife was shot and one of
the assailants placed his foot on her
neck and beat her.
Mr. Herndon said he was beaten
with a pistol, flashlight and black
jack, but broke away from his cap
tors and fled to a friend's home
where he telephoned police. The'
woman wandered through the woods
after the men left and was found by
police this morning at a country
store near here.
Arson Trial Judges
Plan Night Sessions
1 Irlti· Anedotad Mb
BALTIMORE, April 1.—After
hearing one of three defendants
identified m the originator of two
warning notes hurled through win
dows during a maritime strike, three
Criminal Court judges prepared to
day to hold night trial sessions on
charges of murder and arson filed
against the three In connection with
a fatal rooming house fire.
On trial are Walter Haas, John
Hatgimisios and John A. Bridges,'
jr. They are charged with biing ac
cessories to the fire bombir * of a
rooming house where six Latin
American seamen lost their liv «s last
October 31.
Fred Arnesen, who lives next door
to the rooming house, testified at the
trial opening yesterday he saw Haas
hurl something through a window in
the house October 24. Patrolman
Walter Tyler said a note tied to a
maritime-type wrench was found
m the house.
Mrs. Catherine W. Lopez, former
employe at the Seafarers' Interna
tional Union, said she wrote a note
at the direction of Haas shortly be
fore one was found in the rooming
house. She identified a note which
read "Stop rooming Finks (scabs) in
your boarding house. This is your
final warning" as the one she wrote
for Haaa.
Mrs Lopez also testified she wrote
a second note saying "Stop feeding
drinks to scabs" at the direction of
Haas. A note carrying these words
was tossed through a bar window
two hours after the one thrown Into
the rooming house.
Maine Is First State
To Ratify 2-Term Bill
ly th· Associated Pr««
AUGUSTA, Me., April 1.—Maine's
dominantly Republican législature
was the first in the country to ratify
a proposed Federal constitutional
amendment limiting the presidential
tenure of office to two full four
year terms.
The action came yesterday—with
out discussion in the Senate and
after brief debate in the House,
where the vote was 82 to 7, with the
minority all Democrats.
To the Republicans' claim that
they were following the State's
motto—"dirigo"—or "I lead"—Dem
ocrats retorted that there was "no
reason for hasty action."
Thirty-six States must ratify the
amendment.
LANSINÔ, Mich., April 1 (IP).—
Hoping vainly to make Michigan
the first State to ratify an amend
ment to the Constitution limiting
the presidency to two terms, the
State Legislature rushed the bill to'
approval in only 55 minutes last
night.
However, State Representatives
who approved the measure, 69 to 1,
and Senators who passed it, 35 to 0.
did not know Michigan already had
lost the race for first ratification to
Maine.
Further Action Uncertain
On Telephone Rate Rise
Further action by the Federal
Communications Commission in
connection with the increased
charges for incerzone telephone calls |
being made by the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. was In doubt I
today.
The question of FCC jurisdiction;
was discussed at a conference yes-1
terday, attended by company offi
cials and representatives of the
commission and District, Maryland;
and Virginia regulatory agencies.
No decision was announced.
An FCC spokesman said today no
further conference had been sched- :
uled.
The commission originally ordered ' '
the company to suspend the new!
rates pending FCC study and later,
scheduled a public hearing. The ;.
hearing was held In abeyance when!
the company questioned the FCC's ι
Jurisdiction. The firm argued the!ι
State agencies which granted the ;
increases after public hearings had
authority to do so independently of 1
the FCC.
Scots Outlaws on Man
Glasgow reports that there's a
law still on the books in the Isle of
Man, dating back to the days when
Scots pirates used to raid Manx
boats, that decrees that any Scots
man seen on the Island may be shot
an sight.
Basilica First Church
The first Catholic church, from
he hierarchal point of view, is the
>asilica of St. John Lateran, in
flome, the cathedral of the Popes.
'
Man SovesHU Wife on^V
And Two Others From Hre
(Picture on F*ge B-i.f
A young father saved the lives
of two women and their two 18
month-old Infants early today when
ftre swept the Interior of a home at
1418 Foxhall road N.W.
Be Is Charles McNaughton, 37,
a salesman for the Sherwin Williams
Paint Co. in the Munsey Building.
He is credited with saving the lives
of his wife, Edith, 36, and' their
daughter, Judith Louise; and Mrs.
Evelynn T. Sholl, 25, and her son,
Carl, jr.
Mrs. McNaughton said she was
awakened by smoke. She scveamed,
awakening her husband and child,
who were asleep in the same room.
The young husband leaped out
of bed when he saw flames licking
up into the room from a floor ven
tilator.
Mrs. McNaughton grabbed the
child from the crib, and Mr. Mc
Naughton carried them down the
stairs, past the blazing living room
and to safety outside.
Realizing that Mrs. Sholl and her
baby were asleep in another bedroom
upstairs, Mr. McNaughton re-en
tered the burning house. The floors
were so hot that they blistered his
bare feet.
Mr. McNaughton broke down the
door, grabbed baby Carl and shep
herded the semi-conscious mother;
Bowie Results
ly th· Aiteciatxi Pr»s
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Also ran—Over Gold, Menelther, Dowsa
bel. Bit Jack, Miss Tipper. Caroline Ann,
America Fore. Tlmoti. Floater.
NMU Suspends Stack
5 Years by Union Vote
fty th· AiskwImI Ρr««
NEW YORK. April 1.—After a
stormy membership meeting, Joseph
Curran, president of the National
Maritime Union. CIO, announced
early today that the union had sus- '
pended from office Joseph Stack,
NMU vice president whom Mr.1
Curran had charged with misfeas
ance and malfeasance In office.
Efforts to reach Mr. Stack for
comment were unsuccessful. Mr.j
Curran said an "overwhelming1
majority" of 5,000 union members'
voted a five-year suspension of Mr.i
Stack, who has led criticism of Mr.1
Currmn's resignation as a co-chair
man of the Committee for Maritime
Unity.
At the closed membership meeting ι
last night. Mr. Curran said, he
took over the chair from Frederick
Myers, meeting chairman, when the
latter proposed the meeting recess
without voting on Mr. Stack's re
moval. Mr. Curran then called for
the standing vote.
An NMU trial committee had
made its report on the Stack case
earlier.
15 Britons Protest Refusal
Of Soviet to Let Wives Out !
ly th· Aiteciattd Prau
LONDON. April 1.—Fifteen Brit-;
ish men protested to Prime Minister
Attlee last night against a Soviet
government decison to reiuse exit
permits for their Russian wives.
Most were married in Moscow
while on wartime duty.
"You will understand this (de
cision) means separation from our :
wives and children for the rest of!
Dur lives," the Telegram said. "We
■nost earnestly beg you not to regard
the Russian refusal as final. We
cannot believe it is intended to wreck j
;he lives of 32 ordinary people.
"Therefore, we implore you to ask1
Generalissimo Stalin if he will re-1
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out οι tne room to the head of me
stairs. ·
> A lew seconds after Mr. Mc
Naughton took the mother and child
out of their bedroom, the floor of
the room collapsed.
He and his wife were rushed im
mediately to Emergency Hospital,
where she was treated for burns to
the face and Mr. McNaughton for
burns to the face and feet Both
were released.
Fireman James M. Cox, 48. of Fire
Rescue Squad No. 1 suffered a slight
wrist cut while fighting the blaze.
Firemen said the Are may have been
started by an overheated stove.
The McNaughtons *nd Sholls are
staying with neighbors at 1433 Fox
hall toad N.W.
Mr. Sholl, who was driving his
taxicab when the Are broke out.
said the McNaughtons were evicted
from their former home about a
month ago. and that he took them
in with his own family.
"Now I'm in the same fix and
we're both homeless," Mr. Sholl
said. "Everything we had was
burned up. Furniture, clothing, in
surance papers, everything.
"If any one knows of an apart
ment or house we could rent and
move into immediately, we would
be very gratified if they would get
in touch with us."
Bowie Entries
FOR WEDNESDAY,
■y th· Aiiocioftd Ργ·ιj
Weather tflear. Track Past.
First Pott 2 P H. (EST).
FIRST RACE—Pur»». $2,500; claiming:
4-year-olds and upward: β furlonte.
xSecond Hand 115 Ware Nurte 113
xL* σ»Ι1» 110 Rock Time 120
xMua R. 11<I xWild Aient . 115
xAnkylos 115 Also elftlble:
Commodore .. 12» Native Land 115
Gay Venture - 120 Poxler __ 113
xMt. Airy 108 Lady Marine. . 113
xLee Larkmead 110 xSarfO 115
Conllaat _ _. _ _ 115
SECOND RACE—Purse. #2.500: claim
ing: 4-year-olds and up: 6 furlonts.
Lent Rote 109 Toonerville lie
Huntland» 113 Fait Talk 111
Templet . 108 xPafr Reward - 10β
Buck Thirteen 113 Also elialble:
Hibernian 113 Titian .. 113
xMilk Chocolate 106 Chat Ropkin .. 116
xDouble Ritk 100 Two Down _ 113
xSea Pilot 108 Army Belle __ 108
xBxploration Ill
THIRD RACE—Purse. $2.500: 2-year
tld Allies: maidens: 4 furlonat.
Lillymac 115 Jean Jean. 115
a8weet Bobby 115 One Play 115
aDusty Moment 115 Sudden Scare 115
xRingslde T'ble 110 Alto Elliible.
bPunxsy 115 xTres Chic 115
Entranced 115 rlqulfuta 115
cThermaid 115 dOlory Girl 115
Bitter Sea ._ 115 bMonifleth 115
So Provoked 115
a Stemar-Rothfuas entry.
b Bobanet Stable entry.
c Lesa»r-Hu*hes entry.
d S. H. and S. H. Rorere. Jr.. entry.
FOURTH RACE—Purse, $3.500; 3-year
n'ds: 6 furlonts.
Oue Tee -. 115 Okamtel ... 120
Trenton 120 Mils Yam 115
a xForward M. 115 Liberty Babe 115
Tlier Mae . 115 Alto Elldble.
Hay Texan 120 skim 115
Vet· 120 a Little Harp 120
ÎThunder 115 Honest Knave 120
lay Gazel 115 Ala Roea 110
xMabuhy 110
a McOee-Shamrock Stable entry.
FIFTH RACE—The Rowe Memorial
Handicap: ourse. $10.000 added: 3-year
and up: 6 furlonts.
Scholarship _ 115 East 104
ι Air Patrol 120 Lord Orlllo 117
Goraet 111 Victim _ 117
Ariel Sorcr 106 a Darby Dlppe. 113
On the, River 108
a Shamrock Stable entry.
SIXTH RACE—The Chesapeake: puree.
<5,000: 4-year-olda and up; 1 mile and
ro yards. 1
Helen Dear .106 Rip Away . 117!
Prefect 114 xOn the River 110
3ne Only - 111 American Wolf 120
Jon Rampant, ion Jsckamlne 112
Ever Message 117
SEVENTH RACE—Purse, $2.500: clalm
ns: 4-year-olds and up; 1Λ miles. I
[Run Pretty 115 xFiery Steel 115
:i Lisht 111 Black Flam· __ 111
;Topper _ 11.1 xTown Camp . 101 I
3ent o' Day . 115 xCandle Endt 104!
3enlal Sam S. 114 Richmond Selle 104;
EIGHTH RACE—Purse. #2.800: claim
ns; 4-year-o)dt and up: 1Λ miles.
Sefore Time ... 120 xOood Oravy. _ 107
tTufano .. 112 Milk Flip 117
lomance Boy 111 xBoleynfrey 101
;Chr'min» Hero 106 xWesley A 115
'oraotten Allly IIS Subdue —ISO
χ Apprentice allowance claimed.
Horses lilted aecordini to poat post
ions.
U. S. Appeals Rullv
On Seizure of Mines
By *· A»»ci«fd hm
The Government yesterday asked
the Circuit Court of Appeals at
Richmond, Va., to overrule a Fed·
eral District Court decision that th«
Government illegal)# feiaed the soft
coal mines.
The Justice Department filed a
brief citing the Supreme Court's re
cent decision in the John L. Lewis
contempt of court case, in support of
its contention that the District
Court at Wheeling, W. Va., erred in
its ruling.
The lower court held that Ralph
A. Fox, owner of the Fox Coal Mine
No. 3, near Morgantown, W. Va., was
Illegally ousted as operating man·
ager of the mine in January.
Mr. Fox was discharged by the
Coal Mines Administration for
alleged failure to make payments to
the United Mine Workers' welfare
fund, refusal to cheek off union
dues, and refusal to comply with an
arbitration award.
The District Court held that the
Government had neither the power
to remove Mr. Fox as manager nor
to seize the mines in the first place.
It issued a temporary injunction to
remove the Government officers
from control.
Meanwhile, attorneys for Mr. Lewie
and the United Mine Workers told
hhft fit-Jit# ΓΛΓΠΛνβ Maw
In Richmond that the Virginia se
curities law, because of its own speci
fications and those of two amend
ments to the United States Consti
tution, cannot be held applicable to
the labor union and its president.
In a 39-page brief, filed on SCO
iction against the UMW and Mr.
Lewis, the attorneys said any deci
sion that the law is applicable "un
luestionably" would amount to "pre
rtous restraint" on the defendants'
sxerclse "of free speech and peace
ful assemblage."
B. & 0. Official Predicts
Bus line Fare Increase
n? the A>t«iet«d Pr«l
H. E. Simpson, vice president of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
said today he believes motor bus
lines "will eventually find it neces
sary" to seek passenger fare in
creases such as those now being
nsked by Eastern railroads.
He testified at the Interstate Com
merce Commission's hearing on the
Eastern railroads' petition for au
thority to boost basic passenger
coach fares from 3.2 to 3.5 cents
per mile and Pullman fares from
3.3 to S.5 cents per mile.
Mr. Simpson said the railroads
do not anticipate any "substantial"
loss of business from a higher fare
scale.
"In connection with coach travel,
there may be some, deflection of
traffic to automobiles and the motor
bus lines as a result of the Increase
fares, but not to any substantial
imount," he testified, adding the
prediction that bus lines will hav·
to raise fares.
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