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Russian Notifies U. 5.
Of Desire for Accord
On Reich Publications
• y the Associated Press .
BERLIN. May 26.—The Rus
sians notified American authori
ties today that they are ready
to come to a suitable settlement
for free exchange j>t publica
tions between the Soviet and
American zones of Germany.
Maj. Gen. George Hays, American
deputy military governor, said the
lifting of an American ban on
Soviet-licensed publications “de
pends on whether the Russians give
us guarantees to remedy the situa
tion." He said that since the ban
went Into effect a week ago. there
have been reports that Soviet au
thorities are relaxing their inter
ference.
Col. Gordon E. Textor, head of
the American Information ,Control
Division, last week banned importa
tion of Soviet-licensed' publications
into the American zone in retalia
tion for wholesale confiscation and
other discriminations against Amer
ican-licensed publications in the
Soviet zone.
In a conciliatory letter today, Lt.
Gen. M. I. Drativin, the Russian
deputy military governor, asked
Gen. Hays, his opposite number in
the American zone, to rescind the
prohibition.
Hopes lor settlement.
"I can tell you.” the letter said,
"we hope to come to a suitable
settlement by which every possibil
ity of infringement of precedure for
exchange of papers will be excluded.
"In this sense, I am ready to as
sure you of our sincere wish to
carry out the terms of directive No.
55 provided we can get the same
assurance on your part.”
Directive No. 55 of the Allied Con
trol Council provides for the free
exchange of publications through
out Germany. Col. Textor charged
the Russians violated it.
Gen. Drativin opened his letter,
published on the front page of the
Soviet-licensed press, by saying that
he was "extremely astonished” that
a colonel was "granted the right by
United States military government
to declare a directive of the Control
Council invalid.’’
He said complaints that the direc
tive was not being carried out could
not be regarded as justification for
suspending it. He also said he had
facts to “make representations” on
the handling of Soviet-licensed
papers in the American zone. He
did not cite any of the facts.
The American deputy commander
of Berlin. W. T. Babcock, declared
last night the Russians seized 200
Germans at Oranienburg, outside
Berlin, on May 15 and transported
them to Saxony, where the Rus
sians are reported to be operating
uranium mines.
Answers Red Accusation.
Mr. Babcock made the charge in
response to a Russian accusation at
a meeting of the deputies that the
American military government had
issued an "undemocratic” order for
bidding workmen in the American
sector to take jobs elsewhere.
The Soviet deputy. Col. Alexander
Jelisarov, also complained about1
the Western Powers' installation of.
permanent liaison officers in Ber-j
lin's three central police head
quarters, all of which are in the ■
Russian part of Berlin.
"The Soviet expects the officers!
will be removed until the question
can be discussed at the Kommanrfa
tura (the four-power governing
body for Berlin),” the Russian of
ficer said. "If you don’t, we shall
know what action to take.” He
refused to elaborate the threat.
The Western Power representa
tives replied that so long as they
remained in Berlin they would put
liaison officers where they pleased, j
Grauman's Theater Sued
In Fall Over Footprint
By Aisocioted Pr*s*
LOS ANGELES. May 26.—Mrs.
Tillie Siegel claims a footprint of
Actress Greer Garson caused her |
downfall literally.
Mrs. Siegel, 48. says her fall oc
curred in the court of Grauman’s
Chinese Theater in Hollywood last
January 7. In a suit for $5,000
damages, directed against the thea
ter, but not against Miss Garson.
Mrs. Siegel alleged yesterday that
she stubbed her toe on the imprint.
in cement of the actress' foot.
The resulting fall, she said, caused 1
her bruises and a sprained shoulder.
Wallace's Third Party
Will Be on Utah Ballot
ty the Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY. May 26.— |
Henry A Wallace's third party will]
appear on Utah’s November election'
ballot.
Gordon Hoxie. Salt Lake City at
torney and chairman of the "Wal- j
lace for President Committee of
Utah." yesterday filed with the sec
retary of state petitions containing
1.688 names.
Under Utah law only 500 signa
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SAN DIEGO, CALIF —BOMBARDED NAVY CRUISER ROLLS OVER—The cruiser Salt Lake City,
survivor of the Pacific war and the Bikini atom bomb tests, is pictured as it rolled over be
fore sinking, bow first, in a test bombardment off the California coast yesterday. Two torpedoes
finished the job on the vessel. _■ —AP Wirephoto.
Cruiser
^Continued From First Page.)
has completed her last service. A
final well done.”
The early stages of the bombard
ment were limited in order to pro
long the practice.
Machine gun bursts and rockets
stripped the cruiser of her frills.
Five, 6 and 8 inch shells were
hurled—some missing, but many
scoring hits. One hundred, 500 and
1,000 pound bombs tore chunks from
her sides and superstructure.
She was still riding the waves,
with only a slight list to port, until
the first torpedo struck at approxi
mately 1:?0 p.m. It tore a hole in
her port -bow and she gradually
keeled over. Fires broke out fore
and aft.
Her main deck was almost awrash
when the second "fish” hit amid
ships. It was fired by Comdr. E. P.
Madley of the Bronx. New York,
from the submarine Blenny.
Committal Services Held.
As the Salt Lake City went down,
Navy committal services were held
on the submarine tender Nereus,
standing off a couple of miles.
Rear Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers,
who was captain of the cruiser at
the battle of the Kommandorskies,
off Attu, said:
"Today the Navy is doing what
the Japs could not do—we are sink
ing our own ship. She has fulfilled
her destiny.”
Chaplain Prescott B. Wintersteen,
whose father is pastor of the Uni
tarian Church at Roxbury, Mass.,
paid tribute to the cruiser whose
spirit he said, "Will endure, through
the lives of- her crews” and in his
tory.
Four auxiliary ships, three cruis
ers, six destroyers, two submarines
and a hundred or more planes took
part in the actual target practice.
Veteran of 31 Engagements.
The Salt Lake City was built at
Camden, N. J„ 19 years ago.
She took part in 31 Pacific war
engagements. Probably her narrow
est escape was in the Komman
dorskies fight—the longest surface
engagement of the war. Her en
gines went dead in the running
battle with a Japanese force.
She was one of the targets in the
Bikini atom bomb tests of two
years ago and was still radioactive.
A tug towed her out from San
Pedro for her final day at sea.
The Kommandorskies engagement
got its name from the Russian
islands between the Aleutians and
Russia off which the United States
and Japanese naval forces met be
fore the American recapture of
Attu.
Faced Greater Jap Force.
The battle of the Komandorskies
pitted the Salt Lake City, the light
cruiser Richmond and four destroy
ers against a Japanese task force
nearly twice as large: Two heavy
and two light cruisers and several
destroyers. It was fought in Marcli,
1943.
The Salt Lake City alone battled
the two Japanese heavy cruisers
while the smaller ships, with smaller
guns of less range, stood by out of
danger.
The Salt Lake City scored several
damaging hits and in turn suffered
superficial damage.
Then, as the Japanese appeared
to be closing .for a kill, the United
States task force commander, on
the Richmond, ordered the destroy
ers to make a suicide run. The
four small ships, throwing up a
smoke screen, sped in to close range
and so heavily damaged the Japan
ese with torpedoes that the latter
fled.
One American destroyer was
heavily damaged, but surprisingly,
the Navy said, none was lost.
Dog Pack Owner Convicted
Of Manslaughter in Death
By th* Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 26.—A public
school janitor, whose pack of bull
terriers killed a Bronx schoolboy,
was convicted yesterday of second -
degree manslaughter, with a jury
recommendation for clemency.
Sentencing of the defendant.
Svend O. Sandgren, 52, was set for
June 10 by Bronx County Judge
Harry Stackell. The possible max
imum penalty would be 15 years in
prison.
Stanley Balaban. 11. was killed
by the dogs last July 1 in a lot
near a Bronx swimming pool. A
two-count indictment charged Sand
gren with owning vicious dogs and
with allowing them to roam.
A defense motion for continuance
of his $2,500 bail was turned down,
and Sandgren was sent to the Bronx
County Jail to await sentencing.
An earlier trial resulted in a jury
deadlock last December 16.
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Yandenberg Asks Yale Students
To Stop Campaign in His Behalf
By the Associated Press
NEW HAVEN, May 26—Senator
.Vandenberg, Republican, of Michi
gan, once again has said that he has
"no desire or intention" to run for
President.
The "Young Republicans for Van
denberg,’’ an organization formed
by eight Yale Law School seniors to
mobilize support behind the Senator,
made public today a letter from him
asking them to stop their work.in
his behalf. The Senator's letter was
in reply to an "open letter” an
nouncing their campaign.
"No one could be insensible to the
very high compliment which you are
paying me in your ‘open letter,’ ” he
wrote the Yale group. "But I am
bound to say to you—as to all oth
ers—that I have no desire or inten
tion of being a candidate for the
presidential nomination.
"I am sure that I can best serve
my country by completing my pres
ent tour of duty in the Senate.
Nonetheless, I am indebted to you
and your colleagues for your mes
sage and your proposed activity.
Under the circumstances, however
—and since I have asked my own
State of Michigan neither to ‘pre
sent or support' my name at the
convention—I hope you will not per
sist in your proposed organizational
efforts.”
Gilbert Hahn, jr„ of Washington,
D. C., chairman of the student
group, said that despite Senator
Vandenberg's request the campaign
would continue.
senator vanaenDergs iunu .ettei
to us Is clearly in line with his con
sistent position of noncandidacy,"
Mr. Hahn said. "However, we think
it is important that he,' as well as
the delegates to the convention, rec
ognize the overwhelming national
support he commands. We there
fore intend to continue our efforts to
give expression to that support.”
Mr. Hahn said the "open letter”
had been sent to 130 colleges and to
many Republican groups in an at
tempt to form other chapters of the
"Young Republicans for Vanden
berg.” Congratulatory messages, he
said, have been received from Sen
ator Morse, Republican, of Oregon
and Clare Boothe Luce, former
House member from Connecticut
and a member of the Connecticut
delegation to the Republican Na
tional Convention.
v ' ’
Gilbert Hahn, Jr., w>ho lives at
3207 Cathedral avenue N.W., is son
of the president of William Hahn
& Co., Washington shoe firm. An
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High School Cadet Drill
Postponed Due to Rain
The annual competitive drills of
| the high school cadets in Divisions
j 1 through 9 today was postponed
until tomorrow because of rain.
The award to the distinguished
noncommissioned officer of the
brigade will be made at 10:45 to
morrow. The brigade review and
presentation of other awards, in
cluding those to the winning com
pany, will be held at 3 p.m.
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Opinion on Mundt Bill
To Be Given Senators
By 3 Legal Experts
ky th« Associated Press
Three nationally known lawyers
will be asked to tell the Senate Ju
diciary Committee what they think
of the Mundt-Nixon bill to curb
Communists in this country.
The name of the three—John W.
Davis, Charles Evans Hughes, jr.,
and Seth Richardson—were made
known by Chairman Wiley as the
committee laid plans for a three
day hearing, starting tomorrow, on
the controversial bill.
It was passed by the House last
week by a lopsided margin despite
questions as to the constitutionality
of some of its provisions.
Taft Sees Demand for Curbs.
Mr. Davis and Mr. Hughes are
members of New York law firms.
The former was the Democratic
candidate for President in 1924. Mr.
Hughes is the son of the former
Chief Justice. Mr. Richardson is
chairman of the Federal Loyalty
Review Board.
Chairman Taft of the Senate Re
publican Policy Committee told
newsmen that if the Judiciary group
reports out an anti-Communist bill
it will be placed pn the Senate’s
already crowded calendar.
’’The people,” Senator Taft said,
"want some kind of a bill.”
May Not Be Full Answer.
He has indicated, however, that
he doesn’t think the Mundt-Nixon
! measure is the full answer to the
\ problem.
As now written, the bill would
imake a felony any activities aimed
at setting up a dictatorship in this
country.
The Communist Party- would be
required to register and list all
members. Communist-front organ
izations likewise would have to reg
ister and give the Attorney General
access to membership lists.
The act provides penalties rang
: ing up to a $10,000 fine and 10 years'
imprisonment for violations.
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A reduction of $417,000 in death
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surance beneficiaries reflect an “ex
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While a greater amount of life
insurance was at risk, the institute
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125.000 in death payments during
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Dr. Jensen Named Chief
Of AEC Biology Division
ly thi Asiociattd Pros*
Dr. James H. Jensen today was
named chief of the Atomic Energy
Commission's Biology Division.
Dr. Jensen, a native of Madison.
Nebr., has been serving as head of
North Carolina State College's
pathology department since 1945.
In his new position he will super
vise the commission's research in
applying atomic energy to the fields
of biology and agriculture.
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