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NLRB Begins Studying Baltimore Printers' 'Surprise' Pact Offer The contract which the Baltimore Typographical Union offered to make witfi employing printers yes terday, in a surprise departure from previously announced International Typographical Union policy, was under study today by the National Labor Relations Board. Neither side in the controversy would give .details of the union’s . proposal. The local president said the new move had the approval of the international union’s Executive Board. v i NLRB General Counsel Robert N. Denham commenting in Washing ton that the news that the contract had been offered was ‘‘very inter *esting indeed,” said that he could not predict what effect the offer might have on the complaint. No-Contract Policy Adopted. "We will have to study that before we can say,’’ he added. The printers’ union adopted a “no contract” policy at its recent con vention chiefly because of the labor %ct’s ban on closed shop contracts, long a feature of agreements be tween the union and employers. Local 12 in Baltimore, in line with this policy, had not worked out a new agreement with the Graphic Arts League, a group of employers,] to take the place of the contract expiring Tuesday. ' Employers contended that the mere posting of “conditions of em ployment” by the union would be a violation of the Taft-Hartley Act, and they appealed to the National Labor Relations Board. The board’s general counsel thereupon issued a complaint against the international union and the local, charging failure to bargain collectively with the j league as required under the act. This was the first such move by the board since the law’s passage. A hearing was set for October 6 in Baltimore. Details Not Revealed. Charles V. Brannock, local presi dent in Baltimore, refused to dis close what is in the proposed con tract except to say it contains "union security” provisions. Jacob J. Edelman, his counsel, when asked to amplify, said only that “in an industry such as the typographical industry, where knowledge of the craft is practically synonomous with membership in the union, the provisions of the Taft Hartley Act in no way challenge the union's stand as far as membership is concerned.” Graphic Arts League officials merely said they had received a "document,” that they had agreed to meet Monday with union leaders to discuss it, and that no statement would be forthcoming until after the meeting. Publishers and Union Fail To Set Policy on Contracts INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 27.—Rep resentatives of the American News paper Publishers Association and the International Typographical Union (AFL) said today they planned no further conferences aft?r failing to settle their differ ences in a two-day session. The meeting, called to discuss a solution of the deadlock resulting from the union’s “no contract” policy, ended last night in a stale mate. The ITU insisted on adhering j to its policy of working only under "conditions of employment” plan rather than signing contracts with publishers under restrictions im posed by the Taft-Hartley law. Representatives of the Publishers AftAnr.iat.inn nrnnncoH a fivo-voor "conciliation contract” between the ITU and ANPA. However, neither side would agree to the other's pro posal and the meeting ended. The union decided at its recent convention to post "conditions of employment” in each shop employ ing ITU members and stipulated that they would not be considered contracts. There would be no nego tiating between management and union over terms posted. George N. Dale of Chicago, chair man of the ANPA's Special Stand ing Committe, said in a statement that the five-year conciliation con tract proposed by publishers “would guarantee subscribing publishers and local unions freedom of col lective bargaining, protection against strikes and lockouts and restric tion of civil liability to agreement.”; Woodruff Randolph. ITU presi dent, issued a statement saying "the Executive Council of the In ternational Typographical Union • * * suggested the utmost co-j operation in working out a solution without taking actions permitted by the Taft-Hartley law which would destroy the ITU. Germans (Continued From First Page.i mining administration. Reports were heard in Essen that Germany's ball bearing industry would be virtually wiped out. Gen. Clay said in Berlin that the lists of plants considered available for dismantling in the United States zone, after figuring the new level of industry plan announced last month, had been drafted, but was not yet approved by him. He had not seen the British zone list and could not say how many plants were involved. Ua nXXarl tVio t tViA on*n Kinarl lietp could not be considered final until approved by him and his British counterpart. Allocation Next Step. The next step will be allocation by the Allied Control Council “ac cording to the prescribed formula.”! That means the formula under the Potsdam Pact, which provides that! 35 per cent of capital equipment! reparations from Western Germany! should go to Poland and the Soviet' Union, and 75 per cent to the West-! era Allied nations. Gen. Clay made it plain, how-; ever, that he had not altered his' personal stand that Russia is to! receive no more industrial repara-j tions from the American zone until' Russia agrees to all sections of the Potsdam Pact—which includes eco-, nomic unification of Germany. “Allocations do not bind us to de- j liver,” he said. There has been considerable un rest in the British zone on the sub- ] Ject of dismantling of factories. Finns End War Officially HELSINKI, Sept. 27 OP).—Presi dent Juho K. Paasikivi announced a decree yesterday ending the state of war in Finland, and Soviet dele gates of the Allied Control Commis sion left by plane for Moscow, Most spiders have eight eyes ar ranged in rows across the head. I i ROBERT E. H ANN EG AN, Resigning as Democratic Na tional Committee chairman. SENATOR McGRATH, To take party post. Hannegan (Continued From First Page.) resignation and Senator McGrath’s expected appointment at its October 29 meeting, the National Committee will select a date and site for the party's 1948 presidential nominating convention. Mr. Hannegan has attended only superficially to his chairmanship duties for almost a year. Last win ter he underwent an operation to relieve high blood pressure and he has been recuperating since. While his blood pressure has been normal in recent weeks, he had announced time and again that he would give up the chairmanship if his doctors advised that he take it easier. Secretary of Agriculture Ander sen of New Mexico was prominently mention for the chairmanship for weeks, but was understood to have turned it down for personal reasons. Senator McGrath, whose home is in Providence, was Federal district attorney for Rhode Island when he resigned in 1940 to accept the Dem ocratic nomination for Governor. He was elected three times to two-year terms. He resigned in 1945 to be vjciiuai-uic VJUV ernment's chief pleader before the Supreme Court. A year later, he resigned that; post to take his party’s nomination! for Senator and was elected. He is1 43. Mr. Hannegan is 44 and Is from St. Louis. He also is a lawyer, be coming active in party affairs In 1933 in St. Louis. He was appointed Internal Revenue Collector there in 1942, and a year later moved up ! to Commissioner of Internal Rev enue. 2,750,000 Acres Opened: To Homesteaders in Alaska By tht Associated Press Secretary of Interior Krug yester-! day ordered 2,750,000 acres of un- J surveyed public lands in Alaska j opened to homestead settlement by; World War II veterans effective J October 2. The land lies along J both sides of the Alaskan Highway, j Mr. Krug said that under regula- j tions, veterans’ priority on the J land will extend to February 2, after which it will be subject to settle-! ment by the general public. Priority rights for veterans al ready have been provided in con nection with the homesteading of surveyed tracts along the highway. The major part of the area is said to be unsuitable for agricultural purposes. Veterans must actually settle on the land to obtain title. However, they will be given up to two years’; credit for military service in meet-j ing homestead residence require ments. With maximum credits, it | is possible for a veteran to establish his right to a homestead by only j seven months' residence. Fleming Names Committee To Study Nitrate Storage Federal Works Administrator Fleming today appointed a five-; man committee to study all phases in the storing of ammonium nitrate. aboard ships. An explosion of the I chemical compound several months ago was held responsible for the dieoctar of Tovac Tpy Gen. Fleming, general chairman of the Presdient's Conference on Fire Prevention, was asked to form the special committee at a meeting of the conference here earlier this month. The study, Gen. Fleming said, will include the causes of com bustion, transport of the fertilizer from one port to another and the; question of limiting shipments from!1 isolated ports. The camipittee includes Billings Wilson of the American Association^ of Port Authorities, New York,!1 chairman; Warren N. Watson of;! the Manufacturing Chemists' Asso ciation, Dr. R. O. E. Davis of the j Agriculture Department and Com- j, modore H. C. Shepheard of the ' Coast Guard, all of Washington, \' and Mathew M. Braidech of the National Board of Underwriters,1 New York. Mail Floods Forrestal Since Taking Defense Post Defense Secretary Forrestal, in office a little more than a week, al ready has received bags of mail re questing speaking engagements,; autographs, membership on charity boards and the like. Plus loads of congratulatory messages. But Mr. Forrestal. on the theory that you can "either talk or work,” : has been forced to turn down most 1 of the requests that he speak. ji “There has been a flood of mail : from all over the country, and : frankly I couldn’t believe that the • reaction would be so quick after he i took office," an aide said today. “Well catch up with it soon, i though.” i Chinese Now Ruling Dairen Under Soviet, U. S. Official Reports By the Asftociotod Press SEOUL, Korea, Sept. 27.—The once-great Manchurian seaport of Dairen now is ruled by a Chinese government which oper ates under the Russian mili I tary occupying the city, an American official said today. The first news in months from the Yellow Sea port city was brought by H. M. Benninghoff, American consul general there, who with his wife flew in a Soviet plane to Pyongyang, in Russian occupied North Korea, and then came here by train. Mrs. Benning hoff is undergoing treatment at an [Army hospital. Mr. Benninghoff said the Rus ! sians selected Japanese - speaking Chinese to head the government in Dairen and that other Chinese ac ceptable to the Soviets fill key posi tions. He would not say whether the Chinese administration is Com munist. The Chinese government was to take over civil administration of Dairen, but the Russians have con tended this must await signing of the Japanese peace treaty. Mr. Benninghoff said Dairen's pop ulation has fallen far below its for mer figure of more than 1,000,000. Some 250,000 Japanese have been repatriated, he said, and many Chinese reportedly have moved into Nationalist territory. The Consul said there are four Americans in Dairen: Vice Consul Isaac Patch, jr., of Gloucester, Mass., and his wife and daughter and C. B. Kinney of Honolulu, who refused repatriation because his Japanese; VTVSUAU llVb uc pciiuiitcu bU at' company him. Mr. Benninghoff said American property in Dairen consists prin cipally of Standard and Texas Co. oil installations, including storage tanks, and can manufacturing plants. The plants are not in use. A Texas Co. representative who went to Dairen several months ago left a short time later, Mr, Benning hoff related, when he was not al lowed to assume control nor even to inspect his company's facilities. The port, which once handled 15,000,000 tons of cargo annually is now used exclusively by Russian vessels, including American-built Liberty ships, the consul went on. He said from two to seven Russian ships stop at Dairen each week, ap parently en route to Port Arthur, Russian naval base to the south, or Vladivostok, Siberia. There is no rail traffic out of Dairen to Mukden, but trains oper ate between Dairen and Russian headquarters at Port Arthur, Mr. Benninghoff said. He had no complaint about Rus sian treatment of Americans. He said he was permitted to buy food locally at inflation-swollen prices and to move freely within the city. The Russians, he said, relayed his coded messages over their commu nications system to the American consul at Vladivostok. Training School Costs $3,300 tor Each Girl Jt is costing the District more than $3,300 a year for every inmate of the National Training School for Girls, a sum far out of proportion to other institutions run by the Board of Public Welfare, it was announced at a meeting of the board yesterday afternoon in the Municipal Center Building. The Institutional Committee of the board was directed to review j the situation and to recommend changes. The institution, which houses delinquent girls, has not had a new inmate for the last six months and houses only 21 girls. The cost of running the institution is about $70,000 a year, officials of the board said. The board also approved an in crease of from 50 cents to $2 for visits of children under its care to the Children's Hospital. The in crease was asked because of the ris ing costs. The adoption of 52 children, wards of the board was approved, and 46 operations on children was author ized. The board also acknowledged its thanks to the Variety Club for providing motion pictures at the different Institutions under its su pervision and approved the rules and regulations for Day Care Nurseries. The public assistance division presented a report showing the ages of 2.340 old-age assistant recipients as of May 31. There are 49 persons 90 years and over who are receiving assistance, 547 between 80 and 90. 792 between 75 and 80, 674 between 70 and 75 and 267 between 65 and 70. The report also listed 1,388 aid to dependent children cases and 217 blind persons being assisted. Russia Called Factor In Eisenhower Race By the Associated Frost Senator Reed, Republican, of Kan sas predicted vesterdnv th«t ri»n Eisenhower will be the Republican nominee for President next year "if relations with Russia fail to im prove." “If these other avowed candidates don’t want Gen. Eisenhower nom inated, they’d better get this Russian question settled,” Senator Reed told reporters. When newsmen pointed out that;! Harold Stassen, former Minnesota ■ Governor, is the only "avowed can- j didate.” Senator Reed amended his! remark to "other candidates.” "I mean Taft, Dewey, Vandenberg : Warren. and Stassen," the Kansas I Senator said. “No party ever had ! five better presidential candidates at one time.” Senator Reed said he did not list Gen. Eisenhower as “a candidate”! and has not talked with the general about becoming one. “Gen. Eisenhower has a possible peculiar value in dealing with the i Russians,” Senator Reed said. “The : only language Russia understands is military force and Ike can speak to them in their language.” Globe Flyers in Siam After Perilous Flight •y tha Associated Pros* BANGKOK, Siam. Sept. 27 —Clif- > ford B. Evans of Washington and George W. Truman of Los Angeles • landed here today after a perilous : flight from Rangoon, Burma, dur ing which their light sport planes i were buffeted by storms over the i mountainous Burma-Siam border, il They said the next stops in their ' roaund-the-world flight would be i Canton and Shanghai. Friends Get Pens 'Swiped from Harry S. Truman' President Truman is passing around shiny new pens to friends and White House callers inscribed in big, bold words: "I swiped this from Harry S. Truman.” The pens, bearing the same in scription as his matches, made their appearance yesterday among mem bers of the White House stall. The President was presented with two mysterious boxes, each contain ing two dozen pens, from an "un known admirer" the other day through his military aide, Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan. "It’s just a gag,” explained Gen. Vaughan. “We thought the Presi dent would get a laugh out of them He’s already passed them around to some of the fellows on the staff.” The general identified the donor as Frank Lamb, vice president of the Reynolds Pen Co. The concern sponsored a round-the-world flight last summer. (Released by North American Newspaper Alliance.) U. N. fContinued Front First Page.) ' I and that they definitely would with draw if the United Nations proposed an Arab-Jewish solution which was; unsatisfactory to either side. This; was by way of warning the U. N. that the British would not neces sarily enforce U. N. policy decisions. Mr. Vishinsky said he did not know exactly what the British poli cy statement meant, but “I’m afraid the British proposal for ultimate withdrawal from Palestine should mean ultimata withdrawal nf .taws I from Palestine—if that is so our 'attitude is certainly negative.” New Clash Appears Likely. Another clash between the United States and Russia appeared likely to develop today in the Assembly's Political Committee, where action is pending on an American proposal to create a special commission to watch the Greek border and—as the Americans insist — “protect” the Greeks against aggression by Yugo slavia. Bulgaria and Albania. Spokesemen for Yugoslavia and the Ukraine spent most of yester day’s committee session arguing their viewpoints. Finally Carlos P. Romulo of the! Philippines suggested that that com mittee shut off debate, that the ar guments were all old. A similar line was taken by American Delegate Herschel V. Johnson who said he had been listening to the same, charges from such sources for the past three months and thought de bate ought to be closed. However, it was indicated that Slav bloc spokesmen would have more to say today and that a fight probably would develop over the specific question of bringing the American proposal to a vote. This is in line with usual Soviet tactics. When beaten on an issue in a preliminary stage, they normally prefer to fight it all the way through to make the record of each country clear and force a lineup of votes to the fullest extent possible. Extract From Statement. The following is an extract from Mr. Vishinsky's statement at his press conference: In my statement I ^said that the facts I produced constitute only an inconsiderable part of that sea of fire which is being fanned by the reactionary circles in certain coun tries and especially ia the U. S. A. from all sides to start the fire of a new war. In my address I only mentioned some of those facts. Now I am asked why I mentioned only these facts which I actually men tioned and not any others. Every Hau T ranaivo miite • fan/ lnftove in ' which I find not only unfriendliness and malevolence but I am also often advised to name and expose still more warmongers who even without my assistance became notorious here. But maybe on our part we should contribute to the cause of exposing warmongers still further, by adding to my list some other names. In this case I should certainly mention Bullitt, who has been war mongering against the Soviet Union for a number of years and whose specialty is to freighten with the Soviet Union’s might and its really powerful economy. Then I should say a few words about Frank Gannett, who now is back from his distant wanderings and who, at a luncheon of the Na tional Association of Public Rela tions Counsel, slanderously stated that “the greatest menace to world peace today is Russia." This delirium was published by the New York Times in its issue of September 19 under the striking heading: "Soviet Chief Peril, Says Gannet, Back.” Weekly Is Quoted. An article published in the Bar rons Weekly, publication of the ‘businessmen" of Wall Street, may be of special interest. In this ar ticle one can read the following pearls: "Should the withdrawal take place,” writes the weekly, meaning the withdrawal of the U. S. S. R. from the United Nations, “both the economic co-operation among the western nations and rearmament would have to proceed at a height ened pace. The globe would frankly be divided into two worlds, and our world would see the complete clarity the need for continuously gaining strength. Translating Into business terms, we should then have a re armament boom, in which the pro curement. ox military weapons wouia not be limited to those usable in this country, but would take in whatever might profitably be deployed in Western Europe and the Pacific. War Profits Cited. In my address of September 18 ' I mentioned the immense profits gained by the United States capi- 1 talist monopolies as a result of the Second World War. I stated the 1 total sum of those profits for the 1 five war years as amounting to $52,000,000,000. ; That statement got under some- j body's skin. The Daily News olasted , with an editorial which rather called names at me than displayed ( logic and common sense. Radio Commentator Walter Min chell also made his voice heard. The new American Baron Munchausen, famous, as is known, for his utterly absurd lies, disgorged a lot of rub- i bish apparently intended to cover t up the real motives of his lampoon, i According to the logic of this j sage, you cannot dominate anything j or any one with a demobilized Army, ] a laid-up Navy and a grounded air j force. It is an amazingly stunning argu- , mentation; Winchell finds it ir- j resistible, as if an army could not j be mobilized, as is the case when a i war is launched, and as if a navy could not put out and an air force could not take off. But when there ! is a lack of logic one seeks salva tion in cheap lies. All this baloney is based on the order to refute by any means the fact that those monopolies profited from the war and this i3 why Winchell wriggles and lies, lies .and wriggles, but what can the jaunty chatterbox say about the. following facts: (a) The total of bank deposits in the U. S. A. during the war increased by $61,000,000,000 (monthly bulletin of statistics, May 19, 1947, published by statistical office of U. N. O ). (b) According to the survey of current business published by the United States Department of Com merce (April, 1946), the corporate profits in the U. S. A., after the payment of all taxes, foreign invest ments excluded, are as follows: Years in billion dollars. 1934— 0.860. 1935— 3.132. 1936— 4.162. 1937— 4.568, 1938— 1.956. 1939— 4.735. 1940— 6.112. 1941— 9.067. 1942— 9.098. 1943— 9.375. 1944— 9.681. 1945— 9.020. (c) The total for the war years, 1940-1945, inclusive, amounted to $52,853 billion. (d) The then director of war mo bilization and reconversion, Mr. Steelman, in his No. 8 report to the President, the Senate, the House of i Representatives of October, 1946, | with regard to the profits, stated the following: “Business profits, after tax, are at the highest point in history, in spite of the fact that, in some re vci oiuu niuubuich, pioiius are low because of low volume of fin ished output (page 3 of the report). What would radio-liar W. Win chell say on this point? That is the question. Russians Are Puzzle, Mrs. Roosevelt Says By the Associated Press LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 27.—Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt says it is im possible to understand why the Rus sians act as* they do. Mrs. Roosevelt told a reporter yesterday that at times the diffi culties of dealing with Soviet dele gates to the United Nations appear almost insuperable. “Try as you may, you cannot understand why they act as they do, even when you project yourself into the position their nation oc cupies." Mrs. Roosevelt, an American dele gate to the U. N., said the Russians “appear to be waiting for another depression here to create pools of unemployed people who might be tempted to communism. But do they think what the consequences to the world would be if the West ern Hemiphere was in such chaos that it could no longer export food?" Los Angeles Faces Ship Cargo Tieup By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27.—Sea going cargo movements In and out of Los Angeles and Long Beach face a complete tieup starting next Tuesday midnight, according to the Water Front Employers’ Aa sociation. The 12 longshoring and steve doring companies, all members of! me aasuuicMion, saia m a joint an-1 nouncement that operations will be1 suspended until the issue of repre- ; sentatlon of foremen and super-1 visors is settled. William R. Marlowe, business manager of the employes’ associa- j tion, said that at midnight Tues day the companies will quit calling for loading or unloading crews i from the CIO International Long shoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. He said this means there will be no more loading or discharg ing of cargoes and that commerce from the two ports will come to a complete halt. The association’s announcement came after the Luckenbach Lines’ decision to transfer 16 freighters from its tied-up Pacific Coast fleet to Atlantic and Gulf service. H. B. Nalle, 74, Dies At Loudoun Hospital By tho Associated Press LEESBURG, Va„ Sept. 27.—H. B Nalle, Loudoun County farmer, died Thursday night at Loudoun Hospital here after an illness of several weeks. Born at Rapidan, Va., Mr. Nalle was educated at Episcopal High School. He had made his home at i Rokeby, near Leesburg, for 61 years. He is survived by a son, B. Frank ling Nalle of Leesburg; Three daughters, Mrs. John ’Hill Carter, Leesburg; Mrs. D. N. Lee, Middle burg, and Mrs. Wilfred Head, Wind sor, Canada; a sister, four grand-' yiuiumii ana one greai-granacnna. Private services will be held at the family plot at Charlottesville. Teachers' Pay Checks To Be Week Late on Oct. 7 Pay checks for District public school teachers are scheduled to go out on October 7 and October 10, a week later than usual, school officials said today. Reason for the delay is that some teachers were late in submitting! data necessary to complete the pay j roll before it was sent to the District auditor’s office. Normally, the first fall pay check for the teachers goes out October 1. School officials said finance office employes have been working over time in an effort to meet the usual deadline and were prevented from doing so only by the teachers. The last pay check teachers re ceived was dated June 20. Perma nent teachers will be paid on Octo ber 7 while temporary teachers get their checks on October 10. Quints Reported Born To Siberian.Woman By th« Associated Press LONDON, Sept. 27.—The Soviet' news agency Tass reported today that a Russian woman had borne quintuplets, three boys and two: girls. It said all five were develop ing normally and the young mother,j Khonda Tsyrenzhapova, was in good health. Tass added the mother was “of; a Buriat Mongolian collective farm." The Buriats are Mongols in South Central Siberia, near Lake Kaikal. Bats in Carlsbad Cavern eat several tons of insects each night. A Winchell Would Like To Tour Russia, but Only With Newsmen By th« Associated Press NEW YORK. Sept. 27.—Walter Winchell, attacked by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky as a “jaunty chatterbox," who is famous for his "utterly absurd lies," de clared today he would be glad to ac cept Mr. Vishlnsky's invitation to tour Russia. Mr. Vishinsky, who. at a news con ference yesterday enlarged on his list of American “warmongers" by adding Mr. Winchell, Frank E. Gan net, the publisher, and William C. Bvliitt, first American Ambassador to | the Soviet Union, said Russia was i willing to accommodate visitors, even “unreasonable persons like ; Walter Winchell." i Woudd Like to Tour Russia. In a statement made for broad cast over the ABC network, the j columnist-commentator declared he ; would like to tour Russia, “but I ’ would not want to take one of those especially conducted Vodka tours.” “I would want to take along with me reporters for ABC and other networks and reporters for A. P., I. N. S. and U. P., and let them de cide who really is Baron Mun chausen.” he added. In answer to renewed attack from Mr. Vishinsky, Senator McMahon, Democrat,, of Connecticut said in : Hartford last night that the Rus sian’s charge that he used “abuse I onrl rurlnriocc'' oncn-orinn- I Vis'ninsky would be "ririculous if1 the peace of the' world were not involved.’1 "Mr. Vishinsky can continue to attack me just as long as I persist in pointing out that his country, which claims to be interested in the 'have nots,’ is keeping them from enjoying the peacetime benefits to be derived from atomic energy.” Talks With Jackson, Dodd. Mr. McMahon's reply was made, after he had discussed Mr. Vishin-j sky's attack on him with Justice! Jackson of the United States Su preme Court and Attorney Thomas J. Dodd, former Nuernberg trial prosecutor of Lebanon, Conn. The Russian spokesman also dis cussed an editorial in Barron's Weekly and quoted what he said were excerpts arguing that the United States Government might not be “too dismayed” if Russia pulled out of the U. N. G. E. Shea, jr., editor of the weekly, said here that the writer of the editorial was “merely theoriz ing” and that there was no thought of predicting the reaction of the American Government should Rus sia withdraw. Gold Star Mothers To Hold Rites at Tomb Special services at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery will mark the observance of Gold Star Mothers’ day at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow by members of the American Gold Star Mothers of the i World Wars, Inc. Delegates to the organization's annual convention, scheduled Mon | day and Tuesday/fc the Continental I Hotel were registering today. Mrs. Mathilda Burling of New ’York City, national president, will presiae ai ine Arlington services. ; The Army Band is scheduled to play and a military guard of honor will | be provided. Speakers will include Brig. Gen. j George A. Horkan, Owen C. Hallo ran, American Legion District de partment commander; Donald N. Dunn, Disabled American Veterans' ‘department commander; Sigmund Danzansky, Jewish War Veterans'; department commander; George A. Keyser, past commander of Catho lic War Veterans; Army Chaplain Gregory J. Lock, Navy Chaplain C. W. Ellison, and Miss Eva Manches ter, department adjutant of Ameri can Veterans of World War II. At headquarters of another or ganization, the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., Mrs. R. E. Jacobs, national custodian of records, emer itus, said its members throughout the country will attend church serv ices in groups but will not observe the day with* other special activities. George W. Tull Rites Set Today; Transit Employe i Funeral services for George W. j Tull, 46, an employe of the Capital j Transit Co. for the last 20 years, were to be held at 3 o'clock this ! afternoon. 'Mr. Tull died yesterday at his home, 2112 F street N.W. The Rev. C. S. McKenzie, pastor of the Western Presbyterian ! Church, was to officiate at the serv j ices at Gawler’s Chapel, 1756 Penn ■ sylvania avenue N.W. Burial will i be in Temperanceville, Va., on Monday. Born on the Eastern Shore of Vir ginia, he attended school there be jfore coming to Washington to work for the transit company. He was a streetcar operator for many year?, but was driving a bus on the Green H*lt linp at t.hp timp r»f his rfpflth Surviving are his widow, Mrs.1 Winnie Lewis Tull; a son, Robert L. Tull, a student at George Wash- 1 ington University; four brothers and five sisters. Janet Fairbank, 44, Concert Singer, Dies Sy the Associated Press CHICAGO. Sept. 27.—Janet Fair- : bank, 44, concert singer, died yester- ; day in Billings Hospital. Miss Fairbank, a soprano, made her musical debut in a recital with | John Charles Thomas in 1930, and |' had appeared with the Chicago Sym- , i phony Orchestra and the San Carlo j Opera Co. Born in Chicago, she was gradu- j a ted from Radcliiffe College, Cam- j bridge, Mass., in 1931, and later studied voice in Germany. Her ‘ mother is Janet Ayer Fairbank, the ! novelist and one-time Democratic ; national committeewoman from Il linois. Her father was the late Kel logg Fairbank, a lawyer. Father Barnicle Dies; Missionary in Africa ly the Associated Frees CHICAGO, Sept. 27—The Very' Rev. Valentine Barnicle, 47, of 23 years a Roman Catholic missionary in Africa, died yesterday while visit ing his brother Thomas here. He was councillor to the superior general of the Society of African Missions. Recently appointed to that post, he was to have made his resi dence in Rome following his visit * here. I ♦ i -; Engineer Looks Back to Find Train Missing By tht Associated Press SALEM, Oreg., Sept. 27.—Two trainmen were injured early this morning when nine cars of the southbound Southern Pacific'West Coast Limited jumped the tracks just south of Salem and the loco motive continued a mile before the engineer discovered he had lost his train. The injured men, both of Port land, Oreg., were identified as George Miller, a mail clerk, and “Curly” Simpson, baggageman. Engineer Victor Partipilo of Port land told reporters the limited had reached only 35 miles an hour after pulling out of Salem. He said he heard no noise and felt no jar from i the derailment. “The first I knew anything was j wrong,” he said, “was when I looked jback and saw I had no train. I I backed up about a mile before I | came on the wreckage.” Only two of the cars derailed were passenger coaches. They remained [upright and none of those aboard ! was injured or shaken badly. Korea Leaders Oppose U.S.-Red Withdrawal Ry the Associated Pres* SEOUL, Sept. 27.—Two South Ko rean political leaders predicted to day that withdrawal of American j and Russian occupation troops, sug : gested yesterday by the Soviets, would result in civil war and eom munization of the country. The prediction came from two men who claim to speak for thousands I of their countrymen—Dr. Syngman Rhee, rightist, and Kimm Kui Sic, i chairman of the South Korea In | terim Legislative Assembly. Russian Col. Gen. Terentiy Shti kov, Soviet delegate to the joint commission which failed in' at tempts to prepare the way for a provisional government for all of Korea, proposed yesterday that oc cupation troops withdraw from Ko rea at the beginning of the year, leaving Koreans to form their own government. Highly placed Americans speculat ed the suggestion was designed to keep the Korean issue from coming before the United Nations and pos sibly indicated that the Russians believed North Korea was ready to try to install a Red government for the whole country. Dr. Rhee, who has urged in the past that occupation troops with draw, asked nervously during an interview: “How can the United States step aside and let Russia have its way?” Dr. Rhee added that if America j had a sense of “moral obligation” | it would not withdraw. S. P. Spain Dies at 90; Widely Known in Virginia By tht Associated Press CHURCH ROAD, Va„ Sept. 27.— S. P. Spain, 90, one of the oldest citizens of Dinwiddie County, died at * his home, Maceo Farm, yesterday. Known as the father of 4-H Club work in the State, he was the first farm agent in Dinwiddie County, a poaiuuu iic ueia until me lime** 01 his wife, the late Jennie H. Loving Spain, caused him to resign. He later became secretary-treas urer of the Farmers Mutual Insur-j ance Co., remaining in that post 30 i years until his death. He had been ill more than two years. A life-long resident of the county,! he was the oldest member of the Dinwiddie Masonic Lodge, both in age and membership. He was su perintendent of Poole Christian Church for more than 50 years. Mr. Spain Is survived by one daughter, Mrs. W. W. Hardy; three sons, S. P. Spain, jr„ and T. J. Spain of Church Road, and Clarence H. Spain, principal of Binford Junior High School, Richmond; a brother, E. C. Spain of Church Road, and a sister, Mrs. H. C. Hall of King and Queen Courthouse. Funeral services will be held at the graveside at Mizpah Cemetery here at 3 p.m. Sunday. Lutheran Group to Supply 'Boat Church' for Norway iy th» Aliociatcd Pr«»» CHICAGO. Sept. 27 —The Execu tive Committee of the National Lutheran Council voted today to supply a boat to bring church serv ices to Northern Norway, ravaged by the Germans, and to build 30 churches in Germany. The council, which now replaces the American section of the Lu theran World Federation as this country's federation representative, will spend at least $734,393 in eight European and Asiatic countries for physical and spiritual rehabilitation. Among the allocations voted today by the committee, headed by Dr. Rees Edgar Tulloss of Springfield,; Ohio, president of Wittenberg Col lege. were $167,000 to Norway, in cluding $40,000 to buy a boat which will travel along the northern coast for use as a church by Norwegians whose churches were leveled by the war; $300,000 to build 30 churches !n Germany from the rubble of bombed buildings, $10,000 for food for Lutheran pastors in the Russian zone of Germany and $137,000 to support the Pinschhafen mission in New Guinea, formerly a German-' financed mission. 3 American Soldiers Freed by Yugoslavs By the Associated Press BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Sept. 27. —Three American soldiers arrested: at the Trieste frontier Monday were released last night, officials said today. The United States Embassy has forwarded a note to the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry requesting infor mation on the incident. The Foreign Offioe announced yesteiday that an oral apology had been tendered the American Ambas sador, Cavendish Cannon, follow ing a conference by Mr. Cannon yes- ' terday with Assistant Foreign Min ister -Vladimir Velebit. , The three men are First Lt. Wil liam van Atten, East Orange. N. J.;I j Pfc. Earl G. Hendrick, Jr., Arling ton, Va., and Pfc. Glen A. Meyer, j Edgeley, N. Dak. j America exports rice, wheat, pota- j tees, beans, apples, steel and lumber j < to Cuba. i I I Guild Elects Martin; Eubanks and Novak Returned to Positions By th« A»5ociot»d Press NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—American Newspaper Guild (CIO) headquart ers announced today that Harry Martin, amusement editor cf the Memphis Commercial Appeal, had been elected president of the Guild on the basis of nearly complete elec tion returns. A spokesman said 11.485 ballots were cast and that 61 of the Guild's 90 locals, representing 94 per cent I of the total vote, had filed complete reports. Results for all offices are now' conclusive though as yet un official, the spokesman added. On the basis of the incomplete returns, Mr. Martin received 6,409 votes to 4.885 for his opponent, Willard Shelton, a member of the * Washington Bureau of PM and the f Chicago Sun. \ Eubanks and Novak Re-elected. Sam Eubanks of Oakland, Calif., incumbent executive vice president, was re-elected. He received 6,368 votes to 4.815 for James Bucknam of Manchester, N. H. Ralph Novak of Detroit was re elected secretary-treasurer, 6,250 votes to 4.878 for G. K. Williams of Los Angeles. | Five vice presidents at large wrere named. The winners and their votes were: Joseph F. Collins, Scranton, Pa., 8,791; Chandler Forman, Chicago, 6,233; M. J. Lapine Cleveland, 5,649; Robert Stern, New' York City, 5.615, and Dorothy Rockwell, Washington, 5,253. Runnersup for vice presidents at uu gu r* ci c . Leonard Milliman, San Francisco, | 4,901; Jerre Smoot, New York City, 14,620; A1 Dipman, San Francisco, i4,618; Adolph Rahm. St. Louis, 4,162, and Ray Kuhn, Bay Citv, Mich., ! 2,839. ' Regional Vice Presidents. ! Five regional vice presidents were elected as follows: Region 1, New England, George A. Harris of Boston, unopposed; Region 2, the District of Columbia and Southern States, Philip Price of Washington. D. C„ unopposed; Re gion 3, Middle West, Richard O Mal ley of Denver, 1,642 votes to 802 for Victor Bovee of Sioux City, Iowa; Region 4, Far West, George Hutchin son of Los Angeles, 1,019 to 576 for Howard Welty of San Diego; Region 5, Middle Atlantic States, John T. McManus of New York City, 3,042 to 2,567 for Victor Leo of New Yhrk City. The proposal for an increase in dues was defeated 5,623 to 4,251. China Still Wants Veto In Peace Negotiations By th# Associated Press ! PEIPING, Sept. 27. — Premier | Chang Chun said yesterday that j China was agreeable to the Amer ican proposal for an 11-power con iference to write a Japanese peace treaty, with a two-thirds majority ! prevailing. But that the Big Four China, Russia, Britain and the (United States—all must be among jthe majority. (This would amount to retention of the veto.) The Premier, speaking at Yen cmng university, said also that if Russia refused to participate. China might reconsider her position. His speech was in line with rec ommendations of the Resident Com mittee of the People's Political Coun cil at Nanking, which on Tuesday i insisted that the big nation veto power be maintained in Japanese ! peace negotiations and that prelim jinary talks by the Big Four should ibe held before a general conference. This conforms with the Russian stand in rejecting the American bid for a preliminary 11-power peace discussion. The Chinese people's Political Council recommendations also in cluded placing the Ryuku Islands— among them Okinawa—under Chi neses trusteeship; completion of the trial of Japanese war criminals be fore conclusion of a treaty; signing of the treaty in China, and appor tionment of reparations according to the time each power was at war with Japan. This last would heavily favor China, which fought the Japanese eight years, and would limit the take of Russia, which fought one week. Rupert Named to Head Arlington Kiwanis Club Paul R. Rupert has been elected president of the Arlington Kiwanis Club. Other officers are Frank P. Milier and Colin C. Hamilton, vice presi dents, and Paul A. Hill, treasurer. Directors are Dr. L. H. Blevins, J. Lawrence Manning. Louis Huff, L. T. Goodman, Lou R. Randall, Paul E. Sullivan and Earle W. Young. Weather Report rii cf r(/>f rtf PolurnUU d.— moderate northerly winds and high est temperature about 62 this after noon. Clear tonight, low about 42. Sunny, warmer in afternoon tomor row. Maryland and Virginia—Clear, cool today with light to heavy frost in interior tonight. Tomorrow fair, warmer in afternoon. Wind velocity. 20 m.p.h.; direction, north northeast. District Medical Society ragweed pollen count for 24 hours ending 9:30 am. September 27—6 grain* per cubic yards of air. River Report. (From United States Engineers .) Potomac River clear st Harpers Ferry and muddy a) Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at Harpers Ferry. Humidity. Yesterday. Per cent. Today. Per cent. Noon . 67 Midnight_ 55 4 p.m. 49 8 a m . 75 8 p.m. _65 111 am-1_ 60 Hirb and Low fsr Yesterday, High, 51, at 4:18 p m. Low, 48, at 7:12 a m. Reeord Temperature* This Tear. Highest. 99. on August 14 Lowest. 7, on February 6. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. Tomorrow. High __ 6 45 a m. 1:31a.m. Low _ 1:15 a.m. 2:03 a.m. High _ 7:19 p.m. 7:59 p.m. Low _ 1:45 p.m. 2:21 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sets. Sun. today 7:00 6:58 Sun. tomorrow_ 7:01 6:56 Moon, today 6:11 p.m. 4:04 a m. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. rrecipitatiun. Monthly precipitation in inches In tha Capital (current month to date): Month 1947 Average. Record January _ 3.16 3.55 7.83 '37 February - 1.27 3.37 8.84 '84 March _ 1.02 3.76 8.64 «| April _ 2.48 3.27 9.13 89 Mar - 4.44 3.70 10.89 89 June_ 9.86 4.13 10.94 Oo fuly _ 8.47 4.71 10.63 ’89 Sugugt _— ill 4.01 14.41 '28 September_ 4.70 3.24 17.45 34 November-;:;-: IP 8ft ft December _ 3.32 7.39 '01