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Two Ai r Ra ids Made on Tel Aviv;
Egypt's Army Enters Holy Land,
Claiming Destruction of Village
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Hagana Forces Move
To Counter Syria,
Lebanon Attack
ZIONISTS HERE CELEBRATE at
Flag-Raising; Hold Prayer Serv
vices Today. Story on Page A-3.
B/ The Associated Press
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 15.—
The Jewish army Hagana an
nounced today that “invasion
troops” have penetrated into
Israel following air attacks on'
Tel Aviv and a settlement in the
Negeb area.
Tel Aviv, temporary capital of the
state newly born and recognized by
the United States, was attacked
twice by light planes. The planes
dropped bombs and strafed ground
objects with machinegun fire, Ha
gana announced, adding that one
plane was shot down and an Egyp
tian pilot taken captive.
The Hagana announcement gave
no details on the reported ground
invasion nor on the air attack
against a settlement in the Negeb,
the southern desert area.
Attacks Three Hours Apart.
The Jewish Army saia uie mu
attacks on Tel Aviv came three
hours apart, shortly after Jews had
danced in the streets at news of the
birth of their nation and the Amer
ican recognition of its existence.
The Jewish Army drove north in
Galilee to bolster the area against
possible invasions from Syria and
Lebanon.
Along the coastal area north of
Haifa. Arab villages have been
cleared from Acre north to Naha
ryia and beyond. Hagana said. The
Arab city of Acre sued for peace
after a sharp night attack, Jewish
informants in Haifa reported.
Hagana announced the entire
population of Kfar Etzion settle
ment, south of Jerusalem and Beth
lehem. has been wiped out by the
Arab Legion. Men and women alike
were slain, the Jewish Army said.
The Arabs inflicted casualties apd
took prisoners in tw'o tiny commu
nities of the Kfar Etzion bloc. Re
sistance is continuing in another
settlement, there.
Censorship Imposed.
The government imposed censor
ship, informing correspondents they
will be given “security guidance” on
information sent out on the air
attacks. Hagana rushed its troops
to all the frontiers, bent on shorten
ing lines and building up defenses
against invasion.
In Haifa, where the flag of Israel
flutters on Mount Carmel overlook
ing the new state's chief port, Jew
ish sources said Hagana is seeking
to bring the entire northern fron
tier area under control.
This would mean uniting Upper
Galilee, w-hich would have been
Arab under the United Nations par
dtion plan, with Israels’ territory.
Hagana said its forces moved in
swiftly in Jerusalem areas aban
doned by the British yesterday with
the end of their 31-year rule. A
U. N. consular team is continuing
negotiations for a truce in the Holy
City, Hagana said.
Hagana announced that the Jew
ish settlement of Attarot, opposite
the Kalanaia airport north of Jeru
salem. has been evacuated by Jews
following Arab attacks.
Border Towns Shelled.
Hagana said the Jewish villages
of Gesher, Astot and Shaar Hago
lan along the Trans-Jordan fron
tier were shelled this morning.
The first air attack on Tel Aviy
awakened thousands of residents
and sent them hurrying into the
streets. By the time the second at
tack came, the streets were crowded
with the normal Sabbath crowds.
The attacks came on the outskirts
of the city, however, and could not
be seen from the center. One lone
attacker circled the center of the
city at 7.000 feet.
No air raid sirens sounded, al
though Tel Aviv presumably has
them. Civil guards patrolled the
streets wearing armbands much
like those of London's wartime airj
raid wardens.
First Raid at 6 A.M.
The first air attack came at 6
a m. today in Tel Aviv.
The raiding planes were described
unofficially as Spitfires or Spitfire
type fighters. They came in low,
dived and dropped six bombs at the
edge of the Tel Aviv airport, near
the power station. Airport workers
“ (See ISRAEL, Page A-3.)
China Reds Reported
Split in Surprise Push
By the Associated Press
SHANGHAI, May 15.—Chinese
Communist troops moving down the
coast toward Shanghai have been
split by a surprise government at
tack, press dispatches said today.
The government lifted a news
blackout which had concealed the
tense situation to permit publica
tion of the victory reports.
The dispatches said the Com
munist force was cut into two seg
ments when resurgent nationalist
troops recaptured Fow’ning, about
200 miles northwest of Shanghai.
downing is on the main highway
leading down the center of Kiangsu
province to Nantung, across the
Yangtze northwest of Shanghai.
The pro-government reports said
Nationalist troops were "mopping
up" the southern segment.
At Peiping, government reports
said Chinese Communists had cut
communications on the Peiping
Mukden railroad between Shanhai
kuan, sea anchor of the Great Wall,
and Chinhsien, Manchuria, 125 miles
northeast. A strong government
force has been at Chinhsien since
late in 1945.
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U. S. May Lift
Arms Embargo
On Palestine
The United States may lift its
Palestine arms embargo as an
aftermath of its recognition of
the new Jewish state, a White
House source said today.
Such a move has been under study
for some time, the informant said,:
along with the question of exchang
ing diplomatic representatives with
the new nation.
Main American efforts, it was
made clear, will continue to be di
rected toward winning a truce in
the Holy Land conflict.
President Truman stressed this
objective in a statement issued last
night granting ‘‘de facto” recogni
tion to the provisional Jewish
xegime.
Ban Imposed December 5.
The arms embargo was imposed
by the United States December 5
after the United Nations asked ail
member governments to help halt
(See RECOGNITION, Page A-2.) j
U. N. Council Called
To Emergency Session
On Egypt's Invasion
Cairo Government Note
Declares That Forces
Have Entered Palestine
By the Associated Press
LAKE SUCCESS, May 15.—An
emergency meeting of the Unitedj
Nations Security Council was
called today to consider an
Egyptian government note that:
Egyptian troops are entering
Palestine.
The meeting was set for 3 p.m.
Alexandre Parodi of France, pres
ident of the Security Council,
ordered the emergency meeting after
the U. N. secretariat received the
note from the Egyptian Foreign
Minister.
There had been speculation that
the Council would meet today to
consider information from the Se
curity Council’s truce commission
in Jerusalem but word had gone out
to the delegates that there would
be no meeting?
However, Mr. Parodi called the
emergency session at 11:45 a.m. on
hearing of the Egyptian note.
Assembly Session Ends.
Surprise American recognition of
the new state of Israel overshadowed
the failure of the United Nations to
do anything about the Palestine
crisis.
An emergency session oi tne sa
nation General Assembly adjourned
last night after four weeks of fruit
less debate.
The only affirmative action taken
was to authorize appointment of a
U. N. mediator for the Holy Land.
This man, to be selected by the Big
Five, will seek to bring together the!
Arabs and the Jews for peace.
In its final hours, the Assembly
was thrown into confusion by Pres
ident Truman’s announcement of
American recognition. The Jews
were jubilant, the Arabs shouted
they had been duped.
Guatemala quickly followed the
American pattern. Zionist officials
expected other nations, including
Russia, to fall in line.
Russian Recognition Indicated.
Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet Deputy
Foreign Minister, told the Assembly
that the “Jewish state is in exist
ence.” He thus put the Soviet Union
on record without announcing recog
—(See U.' N., Page A-3.)
Chief CBS Correspondent
In Greece Missing Week
By the Associated Press
SALONIKA. Greece, May 15—The
American consulate and Greek mil
itary and security officials today
were searching Northern Greece for
George Polk of Fort Worth, Tex.,j
chief Middle East correspondent of'
the Columbia Broadcasting System.
He has been missing from Salonika
for a week.
Mr. Polk, nominee for a Niemani
fellowship at Harvard University,1
was reported last seen when he left
a Salonika hotel the morning of
May 9.
Security officials began their In- j
vestigation several days ago after
police here had received by mail Mr.
Polk’s American war correspondent
credentials.
Guy on Shows Republicans T echnique of Running
An maian ana a new-tangiea
electric washtub got mixed up in
the Democratic-Republican feud
today as increasingly short tem
pers heralded the approach of
next Friday’s Capital Classic at
Griffith Stadium.
The Redskin was identified as
Charles (Chief) Guyon, veteran
Eastern High School coach, who
cheerfully admitted being ex
officio coach of the Repiffilicans.
The washtub was presetted to
Representative Glenn R. Davis
of Wisconsin last year after his
home-run clout in the ninth in
ning of the game gave the
pounding Pachyderms a 16-13
victory.
Manager Dick Richards of the
Democrats said he thinks the
Republicans may have been
guilty of hunching a bit by get
ting Guyon to coach them, and
that Davis has more or less put
himself in the semipro class by
accepting the laundry machine
and, therefore, shouid be de
clared ineligible.
Guyon took pride in explain
s
ing how he taught the Republi
cans to run Indian style and in
creases their speed on the bases.
He said the Democrats looked
flatfooted by comparison, after
he had worked with their rivals.
•We outsmarted them, too,” he
added. "They put their young
| est men around the infield, but
we used ours in the outfield
where they could go get the long
hits without having to hire a
taxi. When we saw the old boys' j
tongues hanging out last year,
we knew we had ’em. We’ll do
the same thing again this year."
"It simply proves what we’ve
been saying all along—that the
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Republicans need some one to
do their thinking for them,"
Richards declared. “But we
didn’t think they would have to
go outside their own ranks to
get a coach.
"As for Davis, why everybody
(See BALL GAME, Page A-2.)
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On Sale in Star Lobby
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baseball game at Griffith Sta
dium»at 8 p.m.. May 21, can be
purchased in the lobby of The
Evening Star Building.
The scale of prices is $1 for
general admission, $1.25 for re
served seats and $2 for box
seats, tax included.
Those dertring to make res
ervations by mail should send
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ning Star and address them to
Congressional Ball Game, Room
724, The Evening Star Building.
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Mechanized Troops,
Artillery Spearing
North in Palestine
By the Associated Press
CAIRO, May 15.—Egypt an
nounced that two columns of her
mechanized troops and artillery
crossed the border into Pales
tine today, destroyed a Jewish
village and speared northward
toward Gaza.
The Ministry of Defense said
Egyptian planes bombed the mili
tary airport in Tel Aviv, Israel’s
temporary capital, destroying a
hangar and one DC-3 plane on the
ground. Egyptian planes also scat
tered propaganda leaflets over Tel
Aviv.
A high spiritual leader of Mos
lems here called on all Arabs to
bring holy war to Israel against
the Zionists, saying:
"Be ready to die for Allah.’’
The Foreign Office announced
that Foreign Minister Ahmed Khas
haba Pasha handed notes to the
foreign Ambassadors, including the
American, Russian and British en
voys, outlining Egypt’s views on her
intervention in the Holy Land.
Steei-neimetea ponce pairouea
Cairo's streets. The entire country
is under martial law, proclaimed
last night by King.Farouk to safe
guard troop movements. The king
promised that Egyptian Jews who
remain loyal -io the government
will be protected.
The weekly Akhbar el Yom said
600 persons, mostly Zionists, were
rounded up and sent to concentra
tion camps.
An Arab League spokesman as
sailed American recognition of
Israel as “a strange move coming
so quickly after the United States
announced abandonment of parti
tion of the Holy Land.’’
Assad Dagher Bey, spokesman for
the league, told reporters the rec
ognition will not affect Arab fight
ing. He added:
“Since midnight the Arab armies
have entered into a stubborn war
against an obstinate enemy in de
fense of their honor, property and
lives.
“The Arabs have been forced into
this war by an enemy who made
peaceful solution of the Palestine
problem impossible. * • * The Arab
nation Is convinced this is a war for
life or death.”
Akhbar el Yom quoted King Fa
rouk as telling his commanders:
"God is with ire in our fight. Vic
tory will be ours by God’s will.”
Foreign correspondents here were
told that Arthur Delaney of the
Marconi Co. will be in charge of
(See CAIROTPage A-3.)
Murray Says Steelworkers
May Strike Before Year End
By th« Associated Press
BOSTON. May 15.—CIO President
Philip Murray said today more than
50.000 steelworkers may be on strike
before the end of the year. Mr.
Murray told a convention of the
CIO United Steelworkers that be
tween now and December con
tracts covering 107.000 steelworkers
will expire with steel fabricating
plants, and added:
“It is reasonable to assume that
50 per cent of them will be fighting
with their backs to the wall to pre
serve their union.”
Mr. Murray said such workers
might be faced with idleness because
of “the strikes they might be forced
into in the coming year.”
The CIO president, who is head of
the steelworkers, made this state
ment in apepaling to the delegates
to raise the union's monthly dues
from $1.50 to $2 to prepare for
“these crucial days.”
Clash on Soviet-lran
Frontier Is Confirmed
By th« Astociated Prei«
TEHERAN. Iran, May 15.—An of
ficial army source today confirmed
a published report of a clash on the
Soviet-Iranian border in Azerbaijan
province.
The weekly magazine Therana
Mossavar, edited by Hamed Dehg
han, deputy-elect from Ardebil,
Azerbaijan, said a group of more
than 40 immigrants attempted to
cross the frontier May 7 at Ghoulan.
The magazine said the groun was
turned back by Iranian military
frontier guards in a clash in which
five of the travelers and two soldiers
were killed. The commander of the
Iranian unit was wounded, the re
port said.
Wildest Buying
Since 79 Hits
Stock Market
3 Million Shares Sold,
But Gains Are Light;
Some Range Up to $2
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. May 15.—The
public hit the stock market today
j with the greatest flood of buying
I orders since 1929, but prices re
sponded only modestly after
Friday’s sensational advance.
Volume *of around 3,000,000 shares
was the greatest for a Saturday in
j 15 years.
The new high-speed ticket tape
i lagged behind actual tr%p£actions,
from start to finish of the two-hour
trading session, as much as a record
13 minutes at one time.
“Flash” quotations, used by the
Exchange when volume reaches such
dizzy levels gave the latest prices
for key stocks.
Many Holdings Sold.
Orders came from all over the
country. Despite the tremendous
lifting force of this demand, final
prices were up only a few cents to
$1 or more a share. At times some
prices advanced $2 a share.
Much of the selling came from
persons who figured they would sell
out while they were still able to
make a profit. Some disposed of
| holdings which have laid on the
j shelves for months or years.
I Huge DIOCKS 01 SIOCK5 LHctugeu
hands with increasing frequency and
lashed the trading floor into frenzied
| activity as shouting brokers exe
i cuted the orders. The 1929 boom
atmosphere was back aga'n.
i Orders to buy and sell had started
to pile upon the desks of brokerage
I houses in the financial district im
! mediately after the close yesterday.
; They roiled in again this morning
: as investors and speculators climbed
on board what they apparently be
ilieved to be a roaring bull market.
One block of 21,000 shares of
Packard Motor Co. sold at $5 a |
share, unchanged. A lot of 1.100
shares of International Harvester
|was bought at $99.50, up $1.
Chrysler Joins Parade.
At the end of the first 45 min
utes of trading the ticker tape was 9
minutes behind, the widest lag since i
1929 when the reporting mechanism
was a slower affair.
The gap between ticker prices and
“flash” prices continued to widen
and the advance gained momentum.
jNear 11 o’clock gains ranged to
around $2 a share.
Chrysler Corp., strike-bound by j
75,000 employes, joined the parade
with a gain of $1.37 at $62.12.
United States Steel was “flashed”
at $80.75 for a 75-cent gain. Union
Carbide & Carbon added $1.75 at
$125.75.
A little of the buying spilled over
into the bond market, but trading
I in that division was a comparatively
i tame business.
One of Busiest Days on Record.
The buying spree transformed
Wall Street’s usually placid Satur-j
day. Brokerage housps, which for1
a long time have gotten along with
reduced staffs. were literally
swamped as exhausted clerks coped
with the mass of paper work in
volved.
At the end of the first hour the
ticker tape had dropped behind floor
i transactions by 10 minutes. Even at
that late period some stocks had
Inot yet opened, apparently because
; floor brokers were unable to get to
; gether on prices.
The driving force behind the mar
i ket developed yesterday around 1
o'clock. For a couple of months the
general level of prices had been
slowly edging forward until it ap
proached what market technicians;
call a “resistance point.” Students;
of the widely held Dow theory be
| lieved that when that point was
| passed, it would provide confimation;
of the ftfct that the basic trend of;
J (See STOCKS, Page A-2j
Rochester Doctor, Pilot
Found Dead After Crash
By the Associated Press
WATKINS GLENN, N. Y„ May 15.
—The bodies of a prominent Roch
ester surgeon and his pilot were
found today in the wreckage of
! their plane in a wooded Schuyler
County bog. State police identified
the craft as a Stinson monoplane
1 missing since Thursday on ■ an
Ithaca-Rochester flight.
Aboard were Dr. Hevwood H. Hop
kins, 51, of Strong Memorial Hos
pital, and Ralph '(Pete) Parton.
widely-known aviator and head of
the Rochester Aeronautical Corp.
Mr Barton had flown Dr. Hopkins
to Ithaca for surgical work.
Dr. Hopkins was an orthopedic
surgeon noted for his rehabilitation
work. He was born ia Thomasville,
Ga. He was graduated from the
j University of Georgia and received
; his M.D. from Harvard Medical
1 School in 1922.
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Truman Insists He Will Win;
Calls G. 0. P. 'Obstructionist'
Will Stay in White House Four More Years,
He Says at Dinner of Young Democrats
By Joseph A. Fox
President Truman has set the
pitch for the Democratic cam
paign with an attack on the
GOP as the party of “obstruc
tionists” and "special privilege”
—and with a flat prediction of
his own election in November.
Topping off a flow of oratory to
which several hundred guests list
ened for more than two hours at
the National Young Democratic din
ner at the Mayflower Hotel last
night, the President indicted his
opposition for blocking social re
forms and encouraging inflation. He
drew an ovation when he asserted:
“I want to say to you, at this
time, that during the next four
years there will be a Democrat in
the White House, and you are look
ing at him.”
It was the most positive state
ment he has made publicly of his
own views on the election outlook.
The President, who was accompa
niea by his daughter Margaret,
stuck to his newly adopted tech
nique of extemporaneous speaking—
a course he is expected to follow
frequently in his forthcoming swing
through the West. The speech was
televised.
The President was particularly
vigorous in assailing the record of
the Republican Congress, and ob
servers got the impression that he
was giving the country a preview of
arguments that will be repeated
often in the campaign months.
^r. Truman made no mention of
the internal differences in the Dem
ocratic Party, stirred up by his civil
rights program, nor was the point
touched on by any of the other
speakers.
He recalled his warning in 1946
about relaxation of price controls
and the futile efforts he has made
since to reinstitute these war powers.
He asserted the Republicans had
reduced funds for the Bureau of
(See TRUMAN, Page A-2.)
'Wholesale Forgery'
Charged in Protests
On Bill to Curb Reds
House Member Accuses
Communists of Plot to
Intimidate Congress
By the Associated Press
A flood of written protests
against an anti-Communist bill
brought a charge of “wholesale
forgery” today and a demand
by the bill’s backers for an in
vestigation.
Members of the House Committee
on Un-American Activities told
newsmen the protests started com
ing in early this week and reached
a heavy volume as the House started
debate yesterday on a bill to curb
the Communist Party and its affil
iated organizations.
Acting Chairman McDowell said
he will suggest asking the FBI to
investigate what he called “an obvi
ous Communist plot to use the de
vice of forgery to intimidate mem
bers of Congress.”
Reprisals mreaieneo.
Mr. McDowell said many of the
letters bear the “signatures" of
prominent citizens and threaten po- j
litical reprisals against members of
Congress who support the anti
communist bill.
Another committee member, Rep
resentative Nixon, Republican, of
California said he may ask the Post
Office Department to make the in
vestigation, “since this wholesale
forgery plot has used mails."
“But if we cannot get an investi
gation from one of the Federal
agencies, the committee will make
its own,” he said.
The target of the protests_is_a
(See COMMUNISM, Page A -2.)
Russia Opens Dairen
To U. S. Consul Group
By the Associated Press
SHANGHAI, May 15.—Russia un
expectedly granted American con
sular personnel vias to enter Dairen
late today.
The Northeast China port was
seized by the Russians at war’s end
and all but a few foreigners have
been denied entry. Consular offi
cials have been waiting here for
months for visas.
The visas came on the eve of the
departure of a special State Depart
ment chartered ship for Dairen. The
ship was to try to land the consular
personnel and bring out the vice
consul and his family who are there.
The consul general here canceled
the ship.
Consul Paul E. Braddock and Vice
Consul Culver Cleysteen, who have
been in Shanghai, may now enter
Dairen through Vladivostok. Vice
Consul Izaac Patch and his family
have been stranded in Dairen await
ing home leave in the United States.
Another American, Charles Bishop
Kenney, a businessman, has been
waiting in Dairen with his Japanese
wife for permission to leave.
Whether that permission will be
granted by the Russians was not
known here.
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2 of 3 Trapped Miners
Saved After 60 Hours
In Flooded Passage
Search for Companion
Continues; Men Tell
Of Setting Off Blast
By the Associated Press
SHAMOKIN, Pa., May 15.—
Grimy, bedraggled and sleepy,
two exhausted miners were
rescued early today from a
flooded coal pit. They were
trapped Wednesday afternoon by
water rushing in from a nearby
abandoned mine.
Edward Heck, 42, and Peter Gor
ton, 35, both of Shamokin, were
taken to Shamokin State Hospital
for their first food in more than 60
hours, then bathed and put to bed.
Both were* physically unharmed.
They said they believed their com
panion, Charles Bashore, 42, was
trapped in the lowest part of the
mine by the inrushing waters and
had no chance to escape.
But rescue workers continued tne l
long task of bailing out the water
logged mine in the flickering hcpe
Mr. Bashore might still be alive.
“Miracles sometimes happen in
mines.” said one weary worker.
Blast Set Off Flood.
Mr. Heck. Mr. Gorton and Mr.
Bashore had gone to work Tuesday
morning in the small independent
pit which they had carved into the
side of a 600-foot mountain. At
noon Tuesday. Mr. Heck and Mr.
Gorton told reporters, they ate their
lunches and drank most of the water
they had carried with them..
They were 175 feet underground
late in the afternoon when an ex
(See MINERS, Page A-2.)
Two Fort Bragg Officers
Hurt in Plane Crash
By the Associated Press
CAMP CAMPBELL. Ky.. May 15.
—Two Army officers from Fort
Bragg, N. C., were injured severely
in a plane crash near here yester
day.
The injured were listed as Maj.
Rex Light, observer in the plane,
and Lt. Joseph Prager, pilot of the
light craft.__
Hit-Run Victim, Pinned Beneath
Second Car, Dies of Injuries
George I. Scrivener, 59, of 2524
South Oxford street, Arlington,
was fatally injured last night
when knocked down by a hit-and-;
run driver and then pinned beneath j
another car whose driver did not see,
him lying in the road.
He died this morning in Arling-;
ton Hospital.
Arlington police said Mr. Scriv-|
ener was knocked down by the first
motorist about 11:30 p.m. Police
said the first car that struck Mr.
Scrivener drove on without stop
ping and they are seeking the
driver.
The driver of a second car, Alfred
Taylor, colored, 38, of Arlington, who
police said apparently did no. see
his unconscious form in the road
drove over him, pinning him be
neath the differential of the car
Police said this driver stopped, got
out and called police. The car had
to be lifted off by a crane. The
accident occurred on Seminary road
near Shirlington.
Mr. Scrivener was a watchman at
the Bank of Commerce & Savings.
He had alighted from a bus and
was walking home when hit.
“ Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Sadie Scrivener, and two daughters,
Mrs. Wilnia Souders and Mrs. Gladys
Niagro, all of the Oxford street
iddress.
Ship 'Sinking Rapidly'
After Hitting Mine Off
Northern California
Plane Fails to Find Vessel;
Radio Call Assigned to
'Moth-Balled' Freighter
By the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15.—
Three Coast Guard cutters, a
flying boat and two B-17 rescue
planes raced today to a point
off the Northern California coast
where an early morning SOS
called for help for a vessel “sink
ing rapidly” after hitting a
mine.
The flying boat flew over the area
at dawn, but sighted nothing. Visi
bility was decreasing.
The identity of the vessel was
uncertain. The Coast Guard said
the radio call letters were those of
the William E. Channing, a Liberty
ship.
But the Channing was retired to
the Maritime Commission's reserve
fleet at Astoria, Oreg., last Tuesday,
and Capt. E. E. Thorne, in charge
of the “moth balled” vessels, said
today she was "in her berth.”
Error In Call Letters Possible.
The SOS was received at 12:45
a.m. by the Coast Guard, Navy and
Federal Communications Commis
sion stations along the coast. It was
weak and garbled, the Coast Guard
said, and there was a possibility of
an error in the call letter.
The Coast Guard here reported
the cutter Klamath had received a
weak signal at 2:40 a.m., two hours
after the original SOS, giving the
same position and using the same
call letters. No other receiver heard
this signal, the Coast Guard said.
On another tack, the Coast Guard
dispatched a man to Astoria to de
termine whether the Channing’s
radio transmitter had been used in
the last few'hours, perhaps by some
one sending a false SOS. That pos
sibility was scotched, however, when
it was found that the Channing s
radio had been dismantled.
A ship the size of the Channing
would carry a crew of from 39 to 41
men.
Many Mines Sighted.
Nearest cutter was the Alert, dis
patched from Eureka, some 60 miles
distant, and to arrive at 7 a.m. The
Bonham was sent from Coos Bay
Oreg., 75 miles away, and the Kla
math was intercepted 100 miles awaj
on a voyage from Seattle to Sari
Francisco.
Mines have been turning up along
the Pacific Coast frequently of late
The Air Force Air Rescue Service
at McChord Field, Wash., reported
that two B-17 rescue planes had
taken off to assist in the search.
One Survivor Reported
In Congo DC-4 Crash
ly th* Associated Press
BRUSSELS, May 15.—A Belgian
airlines (Sabena) spokesman sale
today only one person is believed
to have survived Thursday's crash
of a DC-4 plane in the Belgian
Congo. He said 25 passengers and
seven crewmen were aboard.
First message received by Sabena
from rescuers said there was "very
little hope” regarding the fate ol
other passengers and members ol
the crew.
Sabena described the survivor as
an Egyptian named Moutafis.
The company said a 9-month-old
baby and its mother were aboard
It issued a list of the passengers
early today but did not give ad
dresses or nationalities.
The plane crashed about 20 miles
from Libenge. _
Fixed Bayonets
Rout Crowd at
Packing Plant
Guard Commander
Issues Warning on
Illegal Assembly
By the Associated Press
SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn., May
15.—A wedge of 600 National
Guardsmen, helmeted and with
bayonets fixed, swept the streets
clear of an unruly crowd, esti
mated at 500 persons, in front of
the strikebound Swift & Co.
packing plant here today.
The troops were formed as the
crowd gathered to boo and shout
catcalls as workers entered the plant
through lines of guardsmen.
Col. Lester Hancock, troop com
mander, ordered the formation an
hour after reading a proclamation
to the crowd from a sound truck.
Col. Hancock said through the
loudspeaker that any assembly of
more than four persons over a large
area of downtown South St. Paul
would be considered unlawful.
Except for minor difficulties in
moving those persons closest to the
advancing troops—they were being
pressed on from the fringes—the
crowd dispersed quietly. The two
block area in front of the Swift
plant was cleared in 10 minutes.
Numerous Scuffles Started.
Reading of the order followed
numerous scuffles between the
guardsmen and picket line sympa
thizers.
col. Hancocn explained uie i,iuuij»
were there to aid civil authorities,
adding that “my men are here to
maintain law and order. We have
no interest in either side of this
dispute.”
He ordered the clearing of Con
cord street, the community's main
thoroughfare, for a distance of 12
blocks. This area covers the en
I trances to both the Swift and
1 Armour plants.
: The previously unruly crowd re
mained quiet as the colonel spoke.
There was no demonstration when
he finished.
, Man Attempts to Sel/e Rifle.
As workers’ cars started to go
' through the thinned picket lines
| earlier, several minor disorders oc
curred, one of them when a man
'in the crowd attempted to seize a
j guardsman's rifle.
Some in the crowd sang the
t National Anthem mockingly and
many gave simulated Nazi salutes
as the vehicles passed. A small
detachment of guardsmen on duty
when the first automobiles of work
ers started moving into the plant
was quickly reinforced.
More than 25 automobiles loaded
with workers moved into the plant
in quick succession. The crowd lin
ing the edge of Grand avenue near
the Swift plant entrance shouted
threats and surged forward as the
workers drove by.
Half-Track Patrols Streets.
Guardsmen, their bayonets at
point, drove the crowd back.
A half-track carrying a squad of
I carbine-armed soldiers patroled the
| nearby downtown area of South St.
Paul.
| Thirty-four National Guard trucks,
! including convoy vehicles, half
i tracks, jeeps and ambulances, moved
into the plant,.
It was the first time workers had
been able to enter the Swift plant
since last Wednesday when massed
pickets, defying a Dakota County
District Court restraining order,
halted every one, including South
St. Paul police and sheriff’s depu
ties. Several clashes occurred when
police tried to open the massed
lines.
Youngdahl Answers Appeal.
National Guardsmen moved into
the Swift plant and the Cudahy
plant at Newport, across the Missis
sippi River, at 1 a.m. today.
The Guard was called out by Gov
j Luther W. Youngdahl after the
; incident at the Swift plant and an
| outbreak of violence at the Cudahy
| plant Thursday night when about
1200 raiders broke in to slug workers
j and create damage.
About 30 of the workers were
\ taken as hostages by the raiders. All
; but one have been accounted for
and two are hospitalized.
I CIO United Packinghouse Work
ers employed in the two towns by
the Swift, Armour and Cudahy
companies have been on strike for
higher pay since March 16.
An estimated 2.000 guardsmen
were in the detachment that re
ported to Sheriff Norman Dieter
of Dakota (South St. Paul) County
and Sheriff Reuben Granquist of
i Washington (Newport) County.
National Guard officers described
j it as a modified task force consist
| (See PACKING HOUSE. Page A-3.)
Harriman Returns, Says
ECA Will Speed Trade
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, I4»y 15.—W. Averell
i Harriman, roving Ambassador of
the Economic Co-operation Admin
istration, said today on his arrival
from Europe that the ECA would
try to develop trade between Euro
pean countries “as quickly as
possible.”
Mr. Harriman, who will go to
Washington tomorrow, also said
ECA officials are anxious to develop
“direct trade between Europe and
the United States."
He said, that diming his visit in
London he studied the organiza
tional setup of the European council
for ECA and that he was encour
aged by the steps taken thus far by
the 16 co-operating nations.
14 Race Horses Killed
In Nebraska Stable Fire
By th« Associated Press
PLATTSMOUTH, Nebr., May 15 —
Fourteen race horses were killed to
day when fire destroyed the Oak
mont Stables on the outskirts of
Plattsmouth.
John Brecht, owner of the stables,
said the horses were worth $50,000
and another $25,000 worth of equip
ment was destroyed.
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