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No. 2,218-No. 57,773
WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER 5, 1947-148 PAGES. *
Washington TTTV PTTVTS 15 CENTS
and Suburbs X O. Elsewhere
Brewers to Stop
Use of Wheat to
Help Save Food
Also Agree to Cut Rice
Consumption, But Balk
At Corn, Barley Curbs
INCREASE IN PRICE of Bread in
Washington Is Foreseen. P. A-2.
CONGRESS MEMBERS Hint Fight
on Foreign Aid. Page A-5.
ι Text of Announcement on Page
A-5.)
By Chalmers M. Roberts
Representatives of the Na
tion's brewers, called on to co
operate in President Truman's
save-food-for-Europe program,
agreed yesterday to stop using
wheat and table grades of rice in
beer but balked at cutting their
use of corn and barley. .
An announcement through the
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resentatives agreed to recommend
to the members of their trade asso
ciations that they release immedi
ately for food purposes all stocks of
wheat they own or have under con
tract—more than 200,000 bushels.
Charles Luckman, chairman of
the Citizens' Food Committee, wel
comed "this indication of co-opera
tion" by the brewers, but indicated
he was not satisfied with the action
taken in a six-hour meeting here.
The development came as the Food
Committee prepared to launch its
Nation-wide campaign aimed at
"saving" 100,000,000 bushels of wheat
so that a total of 570,000,000 bushels
of grain will be available for ship
ment abroad during the crop year
1947-8. President Truman, Secretary
of State Marshall, Secretary of Com
merce Harriman and Secretary of
Agriculture Anderson will go on the
air with Mr. Luckman on a four
network hook-up at 10:30 tonight.
Hopes for Greater Contribution.
Mr. Luckman, in his statement
on the brewers' action, said that he
"hoped and believed that the in
dustry and its individual members,
upon 'further consideration, could
and would be able to make addition
al contributions to the conserva
tion drive."
The Star learned that this re
ferred to a proposal for an overall
cut which Mr. Luckman made to
representatives of the United States
Brewers Foundation and" the Small
Brewers Committee at the meeting
yesterday in the old State Depart
ment building.
Despite the lengthy meetings
among themselves with Mr. Luck
man and with Secretary Anderson,
the brewers would not agree to go
further than to release the wheat
whi%h Mr. Luckman referred to as
a "comparatively small" ameunt.
The brewers representatives did
agree to aiscuss an over-an cut m
the use of grains when they meet
with their boards of directors this
week.to "study further conservation
- *" measures," as the White House
statement put it.
Program to be Formulated.
The brewers agreed to recommend
in addition to immediate elimination
of the use of wheat and table grades
of ride in the brewing of beer, to
take steps to eliminate losses and
increase recovery of the high pro
tein and yeast by-pjoducts of brew
ing. These are used extensively for
dairy herd milk production and in
the feeding of poultry.
Mr. Luckman was quoted in the
White House statement as believ
ing "that further consideration will
enable the brewing industry'to offer
a larger program." The industry
meeting this'week, Mr. Luckman
said, will "formulate a program
which will represent the utmost that
the brewing industry can possibly
and reasonsably contribute."
If atmospheric conditions are
good, the broadcast tonight will in
clude pickups for foreign points to
emphasize the need abroad for
American food, especially In the
coming winter months.
Expected to "Go After" Farmers.
It was learned from a source close
to Mr. Luckman that the $300,000
a-year head of Lever Brothers, the
Nation's second largest soap manu
facturers, has been much impressed
by wide criticism of his food com
~ mittee's activities in its week-old
history. Mr. Luckman was repre
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he goes on the air tonight.
The food committee program be
(See FOOD, Page A-5.)
Cairo Rail Links Cut
To Halt Cholera Spread
By th· Associated Press
CAIRO. Egypt. Oct. 4—Egyptian
authorities halted rail communica
tions between Cairo and 15 provincial
towns today in an effort to check
the spread of a cholera epidemic
which has takeh 268 lives in two
weeks. »
Schools and universities in Cairo
were closed. Regulations were strict
ly enforced to prevent residents of
areas where cases of the disease has
been reported from moving to un
infected sections of the country.
A railway engineer was suspended
for having slowed his Cairo-bound
train when passing through Benha,
a town in an Infected zone, enabling
several persons to jump aboard.
The United States Embassy for
warded to Washington an Egyptian
request for 1,000,000 units of anti
cholera vaccine, In addition to the
1,600,000 unite promised by the
United States Navy. An Air Trans
port Command plane bringing in
the Navy's donation is expected to
reach Cairo tonight or tomorrow.
In Moscow the Soviet news agency
Tass announced that the Russian
government was sending 1,00b,000
vaccine applications to Egypt.
The Egyptian Health Ministry has
reported a total of 1,161 cases of the
disease. Fifty-three fatalities were
reported yesterday.
Complete Index, Pg. A-2
Radio Programs, Poge C-8
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Dr. Paul Hawley May Quit VA
As Medical Director in Month
Hospital Service Head
Considers Offers of
Private Enterprises
By George Beveridge
Dr. Paul R. Hawley, who de
veloped the Veterans Adminis
tration's vast medical and hos
pital services into one of the
Nation's most respected medical
programs, may leave the agency
"after another month," it was
learned last night.
This was confirmed after the medi
cal director was reached by telephone
at Nashville, Tenn., where he is on
a hospital inspection tour.
There had been no previous public
indication that he planned to give up
direction of the program.
Dr. Hawley said he had not had
a chance to discuss his plans with
Veterans' Administrator Bradley,
who returned last week from a tour
of Army installations in Europe,
but that he had assured Gen. Brad
ley he would stay for another month.
He said he was considering offers
from several private medical enter
prises and that he might leave any
time after that period.
Like Gen. Bradley—who is anxious
to return to his Army career—Dr.
Hawley has told associates at the
Veterans Administration that he
feels his job of reorganizing the
veterans' medical program is nearly
complete.
Officials at the agency, however,
German Social Chaos
Sapping U. S. Army,
Returning Clerics Say
Need of Power in Dealing
With Reds Stressed, With
War Chance Recognized
By the Associated Press
One of a group of American
clergymen just back from an
European inspection trip said
yesterday a "third world war"
may be in the making.
It also was reported that chaos in
Germany has ditcjjed all morality
with resultant evil effect on young
American occupation soldiers.
Fourteen clergymen made the trip.
The army released the reports it re
ceived from the first four. They
were written by Dr. George Pitt
Beers, executive secretary of the
America* Baptist Home Mission and
chairman of the Council of World
Evangelization. Northern Baptist
Convention; Dr. Alfred Carpenter,
director of the chaplains commis
sion. Southern Baptist Convention:
Dr. W. Ο. H. German, director of
civil affairs of the American Coun
cil of Christian Churches, and Dr.
Harold J. Ockenga, pastor of the
Park Street Church of Boston.
Russian Refusal Emphasized.
The refusal of Russia to co-oper
ate was noted generally in the re
ports, and was emphasized by Dr.
Ockenga. He asserted that "from
me staiemaie lacucs 01 uie rtus
sians, it is obvious that the Commu
nists seek a disorganized, confused,
poverty-stricken Germany, on which
Communism breeds." He added that
the "line taken by the French Com
munists to block any attempt to lift
German industrial levels reveals
this.
The Marshall plan is "an effective
countermeasure to this threat." said
Dr. Ockçnga. Then he added:
"Nevertheless it has drawn the
lines of division between Eastern
and Western Europe which may well
lead to a third war. * * * Either
we must retreat from the Truman
doctrine and the Marshall plan τ
we must be prepared to implement
these words with force, if needed.
XJ. S. Forces Called Weak.
"The United , States forces in
Europe are pitiably weak. States
men, generals and civilians know
that in any showdown Russia could
occupy Europe in a week. It is
thoroughly possible for the iron cur
tain to drop over Europe at any
time If France has an atom pile,
Russia may have also.
'To allow the possibility of Rus
sia's being on the Atlantic and the
possibility of some 200,000 to 250,000
Americans in Europe to beconrçe
hostages is extremely short-sighted.
To meet this threat American must
have adequate military forces * * *
build our defenses by having two or
three adequate operational forces
strategically located in Europe and
enlisting with greater incentive for
longer periods."
Dr. Garman contended that Rus
sian policy is to make the people of
Europe poorer and poorer to foster
revolution. He asserted that "Per
sonally, I expect to see this situation
boomerang in Russia. It did on Hit
ler. The oppressed masses of Eu
rope, mindful that Russia is most
responsible for their continued
misery, may turn upon the Commu
nists and destroy them."
The clergymen generally deplored
the moral temptations to which im
(SeeCLERGYMEN.Page A-6.)
Car Owner Is Ready to Believe
Pixies Fix Battered Fenders
By Newbold Noyes, Jr.
Herbert W. Rahmlow, chief of the
Weather Bureau's radiosonde sec
tion, is a tough-minded analyst. But
today he is closer to believing in
pixies than ever before in his life.
Not even when he was a little boy,
reading the story of the brothers
Grimm about a shoemaker who
woke up In the morning and found
some elves had done his work for
him, did Mr. Rahmlow get the funny
feeling he now gets when he looks
at his car.
To the casual observer, there is
nothing remarkable about this car
of Mr. Rahmlow's. It îs a 1940 Dodge
sedan, ordinary gray with red
wheels. It is slightly frayed around
the edges. An ordinary sort of car,
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I certainly not exciting to the casual
observer.
Mr. Rahmlow knows better. This
is what he knows:
One year ago, somebody side
swiped his car, deeply creasing the
iront and rear fenders on the left
side. Things being what they are,
Mr. Rahmlow never got around to
having the damage repaired.
"The car ran all right," he ex
plains, "and anyway I figured that
kind of thing is always happening
and would probably happen again.
So I just let it go."
It did happen again—one day last
June when Mr. Rahmlow, parked
near Twtnty-flfth and Ν streets
N.W.. which is as close to the Weath
(See AUTOMOBILE,.Page A-7.)
DR. PAUL R. HAWLEY.
are strongly concerned over the
effect of his leaving might have on
I other key medical personnel—many
of whom were attracted to the vet
erans' agency by Dr. Hawley.
During the war, Dr. Hawley was
in charge of the entire medical
phase of operations in the Euro
pean theater. When Gen. Bfadley
was named head of the Veterans
Administration, he brought his
chief surgeon along to revamp the
often - criticized medical activities, i
Dr. Hawley accepted, with assur-i
arice that he would have a free
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De Gasperi Defeats
2 Leftist Motions
For No-Confidence
Reds Withdraw Effort;
U. S. Will Not Take
Italian Battleship
U. S. RENOUNCES Share of Italy's
fleet to Aid Regime. Page A-4.
iy the Associated Presi
ROME, Sunday, Oct. 5.—Left-!
ist efforts to oust the Christian,
Democratic government of Pre- !
mier Alcide de Gasperi failed in j
the Constituent Assembly early
today with the defeat of two mo
tions of no confidence and the j
withdrawal of a third.
The Assembly beat down one non
confidence motion by 93 votes and ;
a second by 47 votes.
The first motion was presented by !
ex-Foreign Minister Pietro Nenni's
pro-Communist geciaJists. The vote
was 178 for and 271 against. Sixty
three deputies abstained.
The second motion was offered by
Giuseppe Saragat's moderate Social
ist Labor Party.
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Before thevoting started the pres
ent foreign minister, Carlo Sforza,
brought the Assembly to its feet
cheering by announcing that the
United States had renounced its
share of the Italian fleet.
Even the Communists reluctantly
joined in the cheering. The prospec
tive distribution of the fleet has been
one of the bitterest pills of the peace
treaty for Italians.
Immediately after the balloting on
the Nenni motion, Palmiro Togliatti, :
Communist leader, withdrew his
party's motion of no confidence,
saying that it now would be a "waste
of time" to vote on it.
The ^Togliatti motion expressed a
lack of confidehce in the govern
ment because of "measures by pub
lic safety authorities which limit
liberty of propaganda and agitation
and democratic liberties in general."
When Mr. Sforza had made his
announcement about the fleet, Mr.
Nenni jumped up and upbraided the
foreign minister, saying it was "very
curious that Sforza makes this an
nouncement today appealing to our
patriotic sentiments, when the
United States and Great Britain in
formed us of this four or five months
ago." _
Togliatti attacked the United
States as a "warmongering nation,"'
and was interrupted by a Christian
Democrat who shouted, "you have
ViiHloc "
New Coalition Barred.
A dozen Communists rushed for
ward and blows were exchanged
with a Christian Democrat before
order was restored.
Mr. de Gasperi concluded the
debate by excluding any possibility
of returning to a coalition govern
ment with Communists and Social
ists, whom he threw out of his
cabinet last May.
"I hâve lost all faith in the pos
sibility of getting along with the
leftists in the. government," he de
clared.
He charged the Communists with
waging a continuous campaign of
strike against his rule, asserting
there had been 2,617 strikes in Italy
since June.
Cuban Capitol Bombed
HAVANA, Oct. 4 UP).—A small
bomb exploded today at the entrance
to the national capitol. No casual
ties were reported.
Congressmen
Reported Listed
In Loyalty File
Angered House Group
Summons 3 Civil
Service Commissioners
By Joseph Young
The House Executive Expendi
tures Committee has subpoenaed
the three Civil Service Commis
sioners to determine whether
the commission is keeping the
names of some members of
Congress in a special loyalty in
vestigation "lead" file, it was
learned last night.
It is understood that the commit
tee is angry over reports tljat the
names and records of some members
of Congress are contained in the
file, in which information is held
for possible future use in loyaltj
and r.harnrfpr invest ίσα Hons
Some committee members are
reported to have taken the stand
that, if this were true, it was not
only an insult to Congress but that
the commission had no legal author
ity to keep such records.
Committee Chairman Hoffman
was not available for comment.
Those subpoenied were Harry B.
Mitchell, president of the Civil
Service Commission, and his two
associates. Commissioners Arthur
S. Flemming and Frances Perkins.
Also subpoenaed with the commis
sioners, who will appear before the
committee tomorrow morning, were
the commission's files.
The so-called '"lead" file is a dos
sier kept by the commission's inves
tigators apart from their regular
files in compiling loyalty and other
investigations on Federal job appli
cants and Government employes.
The information in the "lead" file is
usually about persons not now em
ployed in the Government, which
was picked up incidentally in the
investigators' inquiry into other
matters.
Any information, derogatory or
otherwise, that might be useful
should the person involved apply for
a Federal job, is placed in the file
for future use. Records are kept on
persons suspected being Co.nmunist
or affiliated with Commumst-front
organizations, and persons suspected
of being Involved in American Fas
cist organizations.
It could not be determined last
night whether the names of any
members of Congress were in the
file, but ip the event there are, the
commission is expected to bow to
thp Hpmnnrf that. thp
names be removed.
Big 4 Meeting Delay
Reported OK'd by Reds
By th· Anooated Frsii /
LONDON, Oct. 4.—An authorita
tive source reported tonight that
Russia had agreed to postponement
of the four-power Foreign Ministers
Conference until November 25.
France and the United States
previously approved the British pro
posal, aimed lit averting a conflict
in dates with the United Nations
General Assembly. The meeting
originally was scheduled for early
November. It is expected to deal
with the German peace treaty.
Palestine Shore Vigil
Tightened by Britain
By the Associated Presi
JERUSALEM, Oct. 4—The British
alerted many army units, posted
clifTtop lookouts and intensified sea
patrols along much of the Northern
Palestine shore today amid reports
that additional ships were en route
with unauthorized Jewish immi
grants.
British transports and the one
time tank landing .ship (LST)
Snowden Smith sailed from Haifa
for Cyprus detention campe with
many of the officially estimated 4,
000 Jews caught Thursday trying
to run the British blockade aboard
the coastal vessels Paducah and
Northland. Some 1,500 Northland
passengers remained to be shipped
out.
East of Tel Aviv, two Jewish em
ployes of an army camp were found
dead, shot in the head.
CAIRO, Oct. 4. </P).—Abdel Rah
man Azzam Pasha, secretary general
of the Arab League, said tonight
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unteer armies to move freely into
Palestine to flght if Arabs in the
Holy Land were forced "to become
subjects of a Jewish state."
In an interview given as the
seven-nation league council prepared
for their Tuesday meeting at Beirut,
Lebanon, Azzam Pasha said a con
flict similar to the Spanish civil
war would be the result if the United
Nations approved any plan for the
establishment of a Jewish state in
Palestine.
V/hattheRussians
Are Saying of Us:
The Moscow radio, broadcasting in
Russian to the Soviet Union, said
last week:
"Who. but the Anglo-United
States imperialists now come for
ward in the role of inciters of a
new war? The bestial face of
international imperialism has re
vealed itself still more clearly
during the past three years. Is
it not clear that the imperialist
gang has already lost all its
moral weight, in the eyes of op
pressed people, and that it has
shed forever the halo of standard
bearer of civilization and hu
manity?
"This is how Stalin described
imperialism 30 years ago. and his
words fit fully to the position to
day. The.thoroughly rotten, per
nicious. and man-hating ideology
and culture of capitalist civilizers
is opposèd by the progressive cul
ture and socialist ideology of the
Soviet people."
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Russian Τechnicians in il. S.
'Disappear After Training
Ferguson Protests Lack of Information;
Officials Unable to Give Number Admitted
■ EATON ACCUSES Russia of Inti
j midation Campaign. Page A-2.
By the Associated Press
! Senator Ferguson, Republican,
of Michigan, asserting that an
unknown number of Russians
who have taken technical train
ing in American plants "have
disappeared," yesterday protest
ed the lack of information on
them.
Government officials acknowledged
they have no idea how many such
Russian trainees still are in this
country, or what they are doing.
Senator Ferguson told a re
porter:
An unknown number of Soviet
Russian steel technicians, admitted
to this country under State Depart
ment visas, have disappeared."
Both Immigration Commissioner
Watson Miller and Assistant Secre
1 tary of State Peurifoy wrote the
New Broadcast Setup
Will Speed Action by
Police, Barrett Says
Central Bureau System
Seen Assuring Quicker
Response by Patrol Cars
The time required by police
scout cars to answer radio calls
will be reduced substantially
when the new Central Bureau is
placed in operation early in De
cember, Supt. Robert J. Barrett
predicted yesterday.
Equipment designed for the Met
ropolitan Police will cut the present
average 3-rfiinute lapse between re
ceipt of a complaint by police and
arrival of a car at the scene, he said.
The new setup will correspond
roughly to the main studio of a
commercial broadcasting station.
Duplicate control panels will be in
stalled in the communications room
in the- Municipal uenter ana me
transmission facilities will remain
at the 10th Precinct, where the dis
patchers now are located.
New Routing: Planned.
Complaints, ' when received by
clerks over the telephone, vtiil be
routed immediately to the dispatch
ers who will be able to broadcast in
stantly.
When a dispatcher is calling a car
and another complaint is received,
it will be routed automatically to
another dispatcher who will be
ready to broadcast it as soon as his
associate is finished.
Maj. Barrett said this improves
the present system under which a
telephone operator is required to
write down the complaint and tele
phone it to the Tenth Precinct radio
room where it is copied again before
being broadcast.
Provision Made for Breakdown.
In case of a breakdown of the two
regular leased-wire circuits between
headquarters and the transmitter, a
technician will be on duty for emer
gency dispatching, he added.
An average of 650 calls is handled,
by the police radio system every 24
hours.
The consolidated complaint and
communications center at headquar
ters will be in operation in two
months, he said. The complaint
unit to receive reports at head
quarters instead of at precinct sta
tions will be ready in about 30 days.
Although co-ordination of com
plaint, communications and records
^ — ·*■- — ■* ^annH-manf Hoc Koon
his biggest project since assuming
command three months ago, many
other measures already have re
sulted in substantial progress towar<j
his goal of maximum efflciency in
the Capital's police force, MaJ. Bar
rett declared.
Sick Complaints Drop.
He said steps toward assuring "an
honest 8-hour day" of duty from
every policeman had brought about
a 70 per cent reduction in sick com
plaints by members of the force,
availability of at least 44 additional
men for patrolling beats and a vir
tual doubling of attendance of de
tectives at headquarters lineups.
Maj. Barrett said the change made
since he took commend eventually
could be expected to be reflected in
(See BARRETT, Page A-4.)
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how many Russians have been ad
mitted for training or are here now.
Mr. Miller said he would try to
find out. But so long as entry visas
remain good, there are no rules or
laws requiring the Government to
keep tab on trainees once they get
into the country. They enter as
Soviet government officials. I,
"This thing must stop.'' Senator
Ferguson stormed. "Nobpdv, so far '
as I know, keeps track of them after <
entry.
"Nobody knows where these !
people are or what they are doing, ι
We should close down on this kind ι
of thing unless our representatives
are permitted to examine Russian
production and industries."
State Department officials said
Russian technicians have been com
ing over for some time to study
American manufacturing processes
and become familiar with machinery
Russia Is buying here.
(See TRAINEES, Page A-6.) I
Numbers Defendants
Who Dodged Neilson
Must Face Him Again
Judge, Now in Jury Court,
Finds 36 Cases Listed
For Trial This Term
By John W. Stepp
Thirty-six numbers dçfend
ants who have sought to duck!
;the judicial wrath of numbers
hating Judge George D. Neilson
by seeking a jury trial before an- ;
other judge will be in for a sur
prise starting tomorrow.
The judge, whom all but two of
59 such defendants avoided facing
in court since August 5, will be sit
ting in jury court this month and
next when many of the old cases
come up.
Under the established plan for ro
tation of judges in Municipal Court,
Judge Neilson left United States
branch of the court yesterday to ,
begin presiding over criminal jury (
branch.
Proposed Jail Term.
When the judge moves into jury ''
court tomorrow he will find 36 num- 1
bers cases already slated for Qcto- i
ber and November trial, each involv- ]
ing a defendant who açked for jury ι
trial at the time of arraignment be- '
fore him in August and September. :
Judge Neilson announced on Au- j ι
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victed numbers racketeers to jail
terms in addition to fines. From that
point through yesterday only two
tested the jurist's threat by waving
defense counsel and standing trial
before him.
Frederick Bailey, 21, colored, 1300
block of Huntoon's court S.W., and
Clarence W. Davis. 37, colored, 100
block of R street N.E.. both received
45-day jail terms and $100 fines or
an extra 45 days if they fail to pay
the fines. They were convicted on
numbers slip possession.
21 Withdraw Requests.
Meanwhile, of the 57 defendants
who have shunned action by Judge
Neilson by requesting jury trials In
Judge Nathan R. Margold's court,
21 later withdrew their jury trial
requests and entered guilty pleas be
fore the latter judge.
„This strategy enabled them to get
(See NUMBERS, Page A-6.ι
Star's New Student Calendar
Art Contest Opens Τomorrow
Ambitious and talented "young art
students in the Washington area
are to be given another opportunity
to compete for six $100 United States
Saving Bonds during the current
scholastic year.
The Evening Star's second Stu
dent Calendar Art Contest operfs
tomorrow with six major awards, as
in last year's contest, and an oppor
tunity to obtain wide circulation of
the winning pictures through pub
lication in The Evening Star's 194·
calendar.
The contest Is open to all students
attending senior and junior high
schools who have not passed the age
of 18 before completion of art work
entered In the contest and all stu
dents in public, private, parochial
and art schools in Washington an'
the nearby sections of Maryland and
Virginia may compete.
All that is necessary is to write to
the Art Contest Editor, Room 724,
Evening Star Building rèquesting a
registration card, entry blank and
copy oi the rules.
Lut year a total of 392 students
entered 525 pictures, 111 being pub
lic high school students and 149 from
public junior high schools in Wash
ington. Montgomery and Prince
3eorge« Counties in Maryland were
•epresented by 46 students, Virginia
jy 50. Thirty-three were students
η parochial schools. Private schools
η Washington were represented by
hree of the entrants.
This year the selection of the
jrize-winning pictures will be based
~ See CALENDAR, Tage A-7.) ι
J.
iaft Predicts Victory
ForG. 0. P., Will State
Dwn Stand This Month
Plans to Answer Demand
He Run fkr President
'About October 24'
By Gould Lincoln
Star Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO, Oct. 4. — Senator
raft of Ohio today predicted the
Section of a Republican Presi
ient in 1948 and announced he:
vould make his reply to the Ohio
lepublican Central Committee's
iemand that he become a candi
late "about October 24."
Senator Taft based his prediction
>f Republican victory on his ob
servations in the six states of the
rar West in which he has been
;ampaigning during the last three
weeks, California, Oregon, Washi
ngton, Idaho, Nevada and Wyo
ning.
"The principal conclusion I have
:ormea is tnat tne ttepuoncans win
;arry these six states in 1948, for
Congress and for President," Taft
mid. "These states went Republi
:an in 1946 and the prevailing opin
on is the Republicans will be even
stronger in 1948.
Promises Announcement.
"With regard to the Republican
Presidential) nomination, I will
:ompare the conclusions I have
ormed with other information from
he East, and make my reply to the
Dhio Central Committee about Oc
ober 24.
"Whatever I may decide about
secoming a candidate, there is no
ioubt in my mind that the Repub
icans will elect a President in
.948."
Senator Taft. accompanied by
virs. Taft, left Chicago early today
,o return to his home in Cincinnati.
Monday night he is to debate with
Democratic Senator O^Mahoney of
Wyoming the question: "Who's
,o Blame for High Prices?" The
Dhio Senator, during his Western
mir. has laid the responsibility upon
,he White House doorstep. The de
jate will be conducted over the
;adio, with Senator Taft speaking
rom Cincinnati and Senator O'Ma
îoney from Denver.
To Confer with Advisers.
During the next few days, Senator
raft will consult with Representative
Clarence J. Brown and other ad
visers about his own political plans.
Ar. Brown, who is in charge of the
Lait preconven-uon campaign, mi
ieen gathering information regard
ng--Senator Taft's availability and
lis chances of nomination and elec
ion from the North, East and South,
vhile Senator Taft has been making
amples of his own in the West, on
ι 10,000-mile' swing.
While Senator Taft still delays
naking announcement of his can
lidacy, it is regarded as certain he
«rill throw his hat in the ring. There
.re several reasons for this belief.
First, Senator Taft has been defl
litely encouraged by his reception
η the West and by promises of sup
iort given him by some of the key
nen in the Republican organizations
if at least half of the six States he
isited. He is also encouraged by
eports made to him in Wyoming
«y leading Republicans in Utah and
Colorado who came to meet him.
Taft First Choice in Ohio.
Second—and this is a violent as
umption—should Senator Taft an
lounce he would not become a can
lidate, where would it leave the Re
tublicans of Ohio, and where would
t leave the race for the Republican
•residential nomination?
The Ohio Republicans, through
^See TAFT, Page A-8.>
Yanks Win, 2-1;
Lavagetto Fans
For Last Out
Pinch Hitter Fails
With Dodger on
Second in Ninth
By Burton Hawkins
Star Staff Correspondent
BROOKLYN, Oct. 4. —Brook
lyn's Dodgers set up the scenery
today for Pinch-Hitter Harry
(Cookie) Lavagetto to take his
place as. a World Series glory
boy for a second successive game
with two out in the ninth inning,
bat this time the veteran hero
of the act missed his cue.
He also missed a sweeping curve
for a third strike, fanning in
gloriously with the tying run on
second base, letting the New York
Yankees escape with a 2-1 victory
Lavagetto, wh<i> played a pinch
hitting role yesterday to collect the
lone hit off Floyd Bevens, a boom
ing double to right that drove two
Dodgers across the plate and lifted
Brookim to a pulsating 3-2 triumph,
saw li^hero average slump to .500,
greatly to the chagrin of a large
segment of the hysterical crowd of
34.379 at Ebbets Field.
Frank Shea, a sturdy 25-year-old
rookie, calmly struck out Lavagetto
as Vic Lombardi. a pinch-runner,
awaited eagerly, but fruitlessly for
the hit which would send him across
the plate with the tying run. Shea's
fitting finish to a 4-hit pitching
performance hoisted the American
League champions into a 3-2 lead
in games as the teams completed
their stay at Brooklyn's home field.
Tomorrow, the series returns to
Yankee Stadium.
Second Victory for Shea.
Shea, a fun-loving prankster and
mimic, thus achieved his second
series victory, having received credit
for the first game after being lifted
for a pinch-hitter in the midst of «
5-run, fifth-inning rally. Shea
walked five and fanned seven, re
maining in deep trouble in three of
the· last four innings.
The Naugatuck (Conn.·» right
hander contributed two of the
Yankees' five hits off a procession
of four Brooklyn pitchers and while
his eighth-inning double was wasted,
his fourth-inning single to left pro
pelled the Yankees into a 1-0 lead.
The margin of victory was pro
vided by Joe DiMaggio as he
blasted a mighty home run into the
upper deck of the left field stands
with one out and none on base in
the fifth inning. That blow, de
livered off Rex Barney, surprise
starting choice of Manager Burt
Shotton, gave the Yankees com
mand at 2-0.
Bull Pen Working in First Inning.
Barney, a 175-pound right-hander
who had won only five games and
lost two during the course of the
regular season, was the desperation
starting selection of Shotton, who
displayed little faith in his choice
Dy ordering uiyoe K.ing to warm up
in the Dodgers' bull pen even while
Barney was pitching to the,Yankees'
first batter, George Stirnweiss.
That pessimism nearly was justi
fied immediately, for Barney waiked
Stirnweiss and Tommy Henrich
lashed a line drive double to right,
center, Stirnweiss pulling up at
third. Johnny Lindell coaxed a
walk from Barney to fill the bases
with none out. Then Brooklyn'·
pitcher braced beautifully.
He struck out the dangerous Di
Maggio. He took George McQuinn'»
meek tap and tossed to Catcher
Bruce Edwards at the plate, forcing
Stirnweiss. Then he struck out Bill
Johnson and the fans rose as one
to cheer his escape from disaster.
Barney was flirting with trouble
continously before he left the prem
ises in the fifth inning. He walked
nine over that span and was in
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600 Hiroshima Atom Dead
Reported Found on Island
By the Associated Press
TOKYO. Sunday, Oct. 5—The
British occupation force newspaper
"Boom" said today that 600 corpse*
—the last of thousands to die from
the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
two years ago—had been located on
the small island of Nino in Hiro
shima harbor.
Although thousands of Hiroshima
victims, including many injured, are
known to have fled to Nino Island,
the oodles were not round until last
week, when Japanese officials visited
the tiny "island seeking a suitable
spot for a memorial to Hiroshima's
dead, the paper said.
It reported the odor of death
was still so heavy over the open
graves that visitors were sickened.
There was no immediate confir
mation from other sources. The
story was given some credence, how
ever, because it was known that
thousands of Japanese streamed out
of Hiroshima in a few hours after
the bomb dropped, some fleeing to
the mountains and others to the
nearby islands.
Football Shares
Spotlight With
World Series
Football fought for interest with
the World Series yesterday as Notre
Dame, Michigan, Texas, Georgia
Tech and Army showed the power
expected of them. Vanderbilt, Duke,
Purdue and Illinpis contributed the
surprises
Notre Dame opened its season
with a smashing 40-7 win over stub
born Pittsburgh. Purdue upset Ohio
State and Northwestern did the
same to U. C. L. A.
V. M. I. used late passes to down
George Washington, 13-7, last night,
while Howard and West Virginia
State played a scoreless tie.