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Cominform Breaks With Tito#
Blasts Shift From Marxist Line
In Red Bloc Nations' First Split
Yugoslav Leaders
Who Helped Found
Bureau Repudiated
By the Associated Press
PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia. June
28.—The Communist Cominform
charged today Yugoslav Com
munists had departed from the
Marx-Lenin line and that their
leaders, including Premier Mar
shal Tito, pursued a hateful pol
icy toward Soviet Russia.
The Cominform called for "either
a true return to Marxist policy or
a change o£ Communist leaders in
Yugoslavia.”
This marked the first break In
the ranks of the nine Eastern na
tions which formed the Cominform
—the international Communist "in
formation bureau”—at a meeting in
Poland last fall. Yugoslavs were
among the founders and Cominform
headquarters were established in
Titos capital, Belgrade.
Refuse to Join in Session.
An official statement today said
Yugoslav representatives of the
Communist Party refused to take
part in a session of the Cominform
held "the latter part of June' in
Romania.
The statement of the Communist
Information Bureau was published
in Rudeo Pravo. official newspaper
of the Communist Party of Czecho
slovakia.
The bureau adopted unanimously
a statement that Yugoslav Com
munists had departed from the
Marx-Lenin line.
Belgrade, the capital of Tito's
Yugoslav government, was made the
seat of the Cominform by the Com
munist leaders of Eastern Europe at
the time of the formation of the
Cominform last year. Cominform
bulletins were issued in Belgrade.
Rumored for 10 l»avs.
Humors of the June meeting have
floated around i.he world for the last
10 days. Important Communists
professed ignorance of it.
The first paragraph of the reso
lution, or statement, said "The
Cominform asserts-that the leader
ship of th£ Yugoslav Communist
Party has been lately undertaking
entirely wrong policy on the prin
cipal questions of foreign and in
ternal politics w'hich means a re
treat from Marxism-Leninism.
“In connection with that, the
Cominform accepts the process of
the central committee of the all
Communist union of Bolsheviks,
which assumed the initiative by un
veiling the wrong policy of the cen
tral committee of the Communist
Party of Yugoslavia and especially,
the wrong policy of comrades Tito,
Kardelj, Djilas and Rankovic”
(Edvard Kardelj is vice pre
mier of Yugoslavia. Milovan
Djilas is minister for Montenegro,
one of the Yugoslav states, and
Lt. Gen. Alexander Rankovic is
minister of the interior.'
Representatives I.istrd.
The statement listed the rep
resentatives of only eight of the
Cominform countries.
Delegates included Palmiro Tog
liatti and Petro Secchia of Italy
and Jasques Duclos and E. Fajon of
France.
Hungary sent three delegates.
Deputy Premier Matyas Rakosi, M
Farkas and Erne Gero.
The Polish delegates were listed
as J. Berman and A. Zavadski
It was apparent that in some
cases the actual founders of the
Cominform were not present at
the first important meeting since
the founding.
The second paragraph of the res
olution charged Yugoslavia with a
hateful policy toward Russia and
(See YUGOSLAV, Page A-3.i
11 Youths Arrested
In Attack on Woman
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 28 —Accused of
attacking a 36-vear-old woman in a
park after beating her male com
panion unconscious, 11 teen-aged
youths today faced court hearings.
The woman and the 49-year-old
man were seated on a park bench
when attacked early yesterday . on
the East Side, police said.
Five youth were captured as they
were about to flee the scene and six
others were caught hiding in a
waterfront coal chute.
Arraigned on rape charges yester
day in Felony Court, 10 were held in
J 1.000 bail each for hearings
Wednesday.
The 11th, younger than 16. was to
be arraigned today on a charge of
juvenile delinquency.
Police said all 11 had jobs and
none ever had been arrested before.
Won't Be for Wallace,
Joe Louis Announces
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 28—Joe Louis,
who now calls himself "an ex-boxer."
appeared at the offices of the Twen
tieth Century Sporting Club today,
to clarify his political future.
"I won’t make up my mind who
I'll be for until after the Democratic
convention," said the retired heavy
weight champion. "But it definitely
won't be Wallace.”
A statement attributed to Louis
which said the heavyweight fighter
stood "squarely with both feet" in
the corner with Paul Robeson, leftist
singer who is supporting Henry
Wallace, was read here Saturday
night during a rally at Uline Arena
of the United Negro and Allied
Veterans of America.
Chinese Protest Aid to Japs
TSINGTAO. June 28 (£>>.—Shan
tung University students today be
gan a three-day strike in protest
against United States aid to Japan
Tito Already 'Taken Care Of
By Reds, U. S. Diplomats Think
Leaders Acted First, i
Then Denounced Him,
Officials Here Believe
By John M. Hightower
Associated Press Staff Writer
Top American diplomats today
interpreted the Cominform blast
at Yugoslav Communists as
meaning that Premier Marshal
Tito has already been “taken
care of” and is no longer in ac- j
tive leadership at Belgrade.
State Department officials have
been extremely cautious in esti-!
mating the importance of the Yugo-j
Slav situation. But as a result of;
today's developments at Prague dip
lomats said two things now ap
peared clear:
1. The Communist high command j
has had to deal with its first great,
split in the Eastern European satel
lite bioc.
2. The high command first took
action (it is assumed here i— and
then denounced the yugoslav lead-'
ers. because that is the method
which has been employed for years
by the Communists in and out of
Russia.
Great importance was attached
here to the fact that the Comin
form statement issued at Prague de
nounced not only Tito, but also his
Minister of Interior. Lt. Gen. Alex
ander Rankovic, who would nor
mally control the secret police. This
is the chief agency by which lead
MARSHAL TITO.
ers of totalitarian countries safe
guard their power.
Responsible officials said that
there were various ways in which
Tito and the others denounced at
the same time might have been
taken care of”—they might have
been <1) placed under house arrest.
<21 thrown in jail, «3» shot, or <4>
otherwise "immobilized” so that
their power and freedom would be
denied and their ability to talk back
to their official Communist accusers
would be destroyed.
120 Planes Fly Food
To Berlin, Cut Oil by
Russian Blockade
Transports Arriving
At 8-Minute Intervals
With Necessities
WHITE HOUSE PARLEY on Soviet
Blockade of Berlin Indicated.
Page A-2
By the Associoted Pres*
BERLIN, June 28.— United
States transport planes were ar
riving at Tempelhof Airport at
eight-minute intervals today
with food and other supplies for
this Soviet-blockaded city.
A total of 120 planes was expected
to fly the corridor over the Russian
zone during the day to supply the
United States Army post in Berlin
and fill the most urgent needs of
the 2.000.000 or so Germans in Ber
lin's three western sectors.
Thirty-five planes had arrived at
Tempelhof from Frankfurt by 10:30
a m. and 23 more were in the air
Detween the two cities.
Special crews were on duty at the
airport to unload the planes so they
could return as quickly as possible.
BUppiv Bnon «ii .iftus.
The United States Air Force
hoped to send 100 or more planes in
daily as long as necessary. But
even the 120 planes scheduled today
could bring only 300 tons of sup
plies. For the people of the west
ern sectors the Western Allies
formerly brought in 2.000 tons of
food daily by rail.
One of the greatest airlifts since
the war was gaining momentum
to aid Berlin, locked by land from
its natural supplies under Russian
order. A fleet of huge C-54 Sky
master transports was to arrive in
Germany from America in a few
days.
In Berlin tension relaxed some
what as the currency exchange of
the last week was completed and
stores reopened for business. But
over the city hung a threat of hun
ger. Even the Americans and Brit
ish were under austerity and ration
ing rules
Germans in the American, British
and French sectors have been getting'
no food by railroad and highway
since the blockade went into full
force the middle of last week. They
have been getting a few small ship
menu, by plane and barge.
Flour Barges Arrive.
British transport authorities said
four flour barges reached here yes
terday and 20 more were on the way.
They could not explain why Rus
sian inspectors let the barges
through.
Austerity regulations for Ameri
(See GERMAN. Page A-3.1
Inductions Will Start
Soon Alter Sept. 22,
Royall Announces
30,000 Men to Be Called
Monthly Until Next July,
Army Secretary Says
By Robert K. Walsh
Drafting of men 19 through 25
will begin "very soon” after Sep
tember 22 at the rate of about
30,000 a month until the follow
ing July 1, Secretary of the Army
Royall announced today.
Almost all the approximately 225,
000 men to be inducted between
September 22 and July 1 will serve
in the Army for 21 months because
the Air Force and Navy believe they
District Guard Ends
Recruiting With 800
New Men Signed Up
The District National Guard
today suspended all recruiting
on order of Secretary of the
Army Royall.
When the order was received
formally, .iust before noon, the
District Guard's strength was
just over 2.700, an increase of
over 800 men in the period be
tween passage of the new draft
law and its signature by Presi
dent Truman last Thursday.
Not more than half a dozen
men were signed up Friday and
this morning and none of them
will be able to escape the draft
by so doing, guard spokesmen
said. Those who signed up
before Thursday mianight,
however, are exempt.
can keep up to authorized strength
with voluntary enlistments, he said.
Speaking for Secretary of Defense
Forrestal, Secretary Royall outlined
general draft prospects at a news
conference at the Pentagon but left
many questions unanswered.
Some of these, such as the official
definition of "reserve units” are still
to be decided and others, such as the
date on w'hich registrations will be
gin and specific rules for deferment
of married men and others are sub
ject to announcement by the Presi
dent, Secretary Royall explained.
National Guard enlistments now
are closed to men in the 19-to-25
draft age except that veterans who
served less than 12 months can join
the Guard or Organized Reserve as
long as openings are available, Sec
retary Royall said.
Much of the new- draft machinery
has been set up or thoroughly
mapped out and can start at once.
Selective Service officials have esti
mated that about six weeks will be
required to organize some 4.000 local
rsee DRAFT. Page A^4.>
Truman Plans Active Campaign
If Nominated, Ross Reveals
By the Associated Press
President Truman will make "an
active speaking campaign" for the
presidency in the event of his nom
ination.
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross
announced this today in answering
reporters' questions. But he said no
detailed plans have been made.
The President has made no plan
for out-of-town speaking engage
ments beyond his visit to Bolivar.
Mo.. July 5. Mr. Ross added.
Mr. Truman is going to Bolivar
with the President of Venezuela to
help him dedicate a statue to Simon
Bolivar. South American liberator.
Mr. Truman s personal plane. The
Independence, will leave here to
1 morrow? for Venezuela tp bring back
t President Romul Gallegos and his
| official party.
The Venezuelan president and his
wife will be honored by President
and Mrs. Truman at a state dinner
at the White House Thursday night
after arriving here tnat aiiernoon.
The White House said Col. Robert
V. Landry. Air Force aide to the
President, would take the Independ
ence to Caracas, the capital of Ven
ezuela. tomorrow, leaving here at
8 a m. and arriving in Caracas about
6 p.m.
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross said the Inde
pendence will leave Venezuela
Thursday morning in time to arrive
here at 4 p.m. Thursday, when Pres
ident Truman will meet the Vene
zuelan President and his party at
the Military Transport Service ter
minal at National Airport.
President Gallegos and his wife
will spend Thursday night at the
White House. They will visit points
of interest here Friday, attend a
reception at the Venezuelan Embas
sy Saturday evening and leave at
8 a.m. Sunday by train with the
President and Mrs.' Truman for
, Bolivar.
3 Quakes, Fire
Wreck Jap City;
Toll Uncertain
i
U. S. Authorities Call
Estimate of 5,000
Casualties Excessive
By the Associated Press
TOKYO, June 28. — Three
heavy earthquakes followed by
fire wrecked the Western Hon
shu city of Fukui late today.
Japanese newspapers guessed the
total of dead and injured might
reach 5,000. but United States occu
pation authorities said first fears'
had proved excessive and declined
to make an estimate.
Tiie only known casualty figures
were 10 dead and 60 injured at
Daishoji. coastal village 20 miles
northeast of Fukui.
"It is apparently not as bad asi
we thought it was,” said Brig. Gen.I
Crawford Sams, head of the occu
pation’s health and welfare section.
“Damage appears to be pretty well
localized.”
Americans Reported Safe.
Col. C. C. Carter, adjutant general
of the First Corps, told the Associat-1
ed Press there were no' indications
of any tidal wave. Japanese had
earlier expressed fears there might!
be such waves, as they often follow
coastal earthquakes.
Fukui. a city of about 85,000 popu
lation. is 200 miles west of Tokyo
and 10 miles from the Sea of Japan.
It was 85 per cent destroyed by
American Super Fortresses in July,
1945, but since had been largely re
built.
Occupation headquarters had no
figures immediately on the number
of Americans in the area, but said
all apparently were safe. There
were no reports on American cas
ualties, and a Japanese broadcast
from the area said "all occupation j
personnel okay,” Col. Carter de
clared.
Army Sends Relief Train.
The epicenter of the earth shocks
appeared to be in Fukui. Tokyo
and Osaka, the latter 160 miles
southeast of the scene, felt the
shocks but reported no damage, and
there were no disaster reports from
points outside the immediate Fukui
vicinity.
a unilea oiaies Army reuei train
commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph1
W. Swing, commander of the 1st
Corps, left Kyoto.
Japanese reports said the railway,
was clear to within 10 or 12 miles!
of Fukui.
Gen. Sams said another train was
available In Tokyo, but was not
being sent as there appeared to be
no immediate necessity for It.
•Plenty of help and supplies
already are on the way,” he said.
Japanese national police canceled
plans to declare a state of emer
gency In the stricken area. They
said police, firemen and doctors
from four neighboring prefectures
were going to the scene.
Fire Follows Shocks.
Tire first shock hit Fukui at 4:12
p.m. (2:12 a.m.—correct. Eastern
daylight time>. It was followed by
two others, with fire resulting al
most at once.
Original reports said 900 houses
collapsed in the first shock, but this
later was scaled down by the Army
to about 200.
Other Army reports said there
was no fire and damage was slight at
the big manufacturing city of Kan
azawa. A long silence from the
city of 186.000 persons had produced
fears of a heavy toll.
Radio equipment aboard Gen.
Swing's train was to be used to send
back data on the disaster.
"Nobody really knows what hap
pened there,” Gen. Swing said be
fore his departure.
Reports reaching Gen. Sams said
the quake was centered around
Fukui. Survivors who reached Osaka
placed most of the damage at Fukui.
which was heavily bombed during
the war but had been largely rebuilt.
Some 37,000 houses stood in the city.
Most of them were of wood.
Few American occupation person
nel are stationed in the quake area.
Tidal Waves Feared.
Tidal wave warnings were issued.
Japanese, remembering the 44.000
who died in the 1923 Tokyo quake,
were jittery.
The heaviest damage appeared
to be in three prefectures. Fukui.
Ishikawa and Toyama.
Buildings in Tokyo—several hun
dred miles to the northeast—swayed
and the quakes were felt at Nagoya.
Kobe. Osaka and Kyoto.
The Osaka meteorlogical service
said the first of three temblors
struck at 4:12 p.m. Other reports
(See QUAKE, Page A-3.»
Tuck to Seize Lines
Threatened by Strike
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND. Va.. June 28—Gov.
Tuck today ordered State seizure of
the Citizens Rapid Transit Co. of
Newport News at 3 a.m. (EST)
1 Saturday in an effort to w’ard off
discontinuance of service threat
ened by a strike called for that
date.
The Governor's action was taken
under the Virginia Public Utilities
Labor Relations Act because, he
said, the projected strike was a
! threat to the public health, safety
and welfare in the cities of New
port News and Hampton, the town
of Phoebus and Elizabeth City and
Warwick Counties.
As has been the procedure in the
past, Gov. Tuck designated the
three members of the State Corpo
ration Commission to" act as his
agent to operate the transit prop
erties.
Gov. Tuck gave the go-ahead for
State operation after contract nego
tiations between the company and
the local division of the AFL Amal
gamated Association of Street Elec
tric Railway and Motor Coach pn
ployes of America reached a dead
i lock.
The Governor* request for arbi
tration of the issues was declined
and the union served strike notice
4 to take effect Saturday.
you'll HAVE A NICE
JOB, GOVERNOR..//7
ELECTED. BUT I'M
WARNING YOU..IT
CAN LEAD A MAN
INTO ALL KINDS |
W OF TROUBLEr|
>Truman's Pocket Veto Kills
Plan to Restore Key Mansion
President Just Didn't Like Bill, Ross Says;
Action Is First Such Since Congress Quit
President Truman today killed
by pocket veto a bill which
would have authorized restora
tion and preservation of the
Francis Scott Key mansion here
at a cost of $65,000.
The measure called for establish
ment of a Francis Scott Key na
tional memorial in honor of the
composer of "The Star Spangled
Banner” on a Government-owned
plot between M street N.W., the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, the
Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge
and Thirty-fourth street N.W.
It called for construction by the
Interior. Department there of a
"replica as nearly as practicable” of
the house in which Francis Scott
Key lived from approximately 1808
to 1828. using as much as passible
of the existing house, situated about
100 feet west of the entrance to
Key Bridge at M street.
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Rass said Mr. Truman
had allowed the bill to die without
his signature. He added that this
is the first pocket veto since the
80th Congress adjourned.
Asked why the President did not
approve the measure, Mr. Ross said
he just “didn't like it.” Mr. Ross
gave no specific reason for the
President's dislike of the bill, but
pointed out that it involved the es
tablishment of merely a “replica” of
the Francis Scott Key home.
British King Advised
To Act to Deal With
Wildcat Dock Strike
19.000 Still Idle in London,
9.000 More Walk Out
In Two Other Ports
By the Associated Press
LONDON, June 28.—Prime
Minister Attlee said today the
government has advised King
George VI to declare a state of
national emergency to deal with
a wildcat dock strike that
threatens the nation's food sup
plies.
A royal proclamation, the Prime
Minister told the House of Commons,
would empower the government to
take all steps necessary to maintain
essential food supplies.
Mr. Atlee also disclosed that Labor
Minister George Isaacs has been re
called from a visit to San Francisco
to deal with the work stoppage,
which spread today to Liverpool and
Birkenhead. Another 9,000 men
walked off the job in those two cities.
I'MWU idle in Lonaon.
In London more than 19.000
water-front workers remained idle.
Leaders of the transport and gen
eral workers' union announced
yesterday a strikers’ meeting had
voted to end the walkout today.
However, only around 2.000 men at
tended the meeting.
Unloading of three ships was
started today by 1.100 soldiers,
sailors and airmen distributed
through the London port. Last week
300 troops were used to handle
perishable food cargoes in danger of
spoiling. The government had a
total of 6,000 troops on hand for un
loading if necessary.
In a week-end speech. Mr. Attlee
attributed part of the dock trouble
' to "Communist mischief.”
Appeal Is Ignored.
All 2,000 dockers at Birkenhead,
an export port on the River Mersey
opposite Liverpool, were idle today.
Official sources estimated that about
half Liverpool's 14,000 dockers had
joined the walkout. They ignored
an appeal by a Liverpool Labor
member of Parliament, David G.
Logan, to "be loyal to your organi
zation and assist the labor govern
ment and the nation in this crisis.”
He added:
"Let your families and the citi
zens of this nation get their food,
and assist the government against
Communist agitators.”'
The strike started two weeks ago
when penalties were assessed by the
government-sponsored dock labor
board against 11 men who refused
to load a, cargo of zinc oxide with
out extra pay.
3 National Guard Flyers
Killed in Air Collision
By the Associated Press
i BLYTHE, Calif.. June 28—Three
National Guard airmen were killed
and two others parachuted to safety
when two planes collided yesterday.
The collision occurred directly
over this city. Wreckage of the
planes, a P-51 Mustang fighter and
an A-26 bomber, fell outside the
town and burning parts were scat
tered over a quarter-mile desert
area. ..
National Guard officials withheld
names of the dead pending notifica
tion of kin.
Foreign Aid Fund Bill
Providing 6 Billion
Is Signed by Truman
President Hails It as
Assurance to Free
Peoples of World
EIRE SIGNS First Pact on U. S.
Aid, Others Ready. Page A-4
President Truman today
signed the $6,030,710,228 foreign
aid appropriation bill which he
described as ‘‘concrete evidence
and assurance to the free peo
ples of the world that we stand
ready to work side by side with
them to preserve free institu
tions in stability and peace.”
The largest single item In the act
is a $4,000,000,000 appropriation for
the Economic Co-operation Admin
istration to finance the Marshall
Plan for European recovery for 12
months.
Uiner iunas in me measure piu
vide for continuing aid to Greece.
Turkey and China: for occupation
costs in Germany, Austria and the
Far East, and for participation in
the International Children's Fund
and the International Refugee
Organization.
Mr. Truman, in a statement an
nouncing his signature of the
measure, pointed out that the ap
propriation ‘‘is substantially in ac
cord with the program presented
to the Congress six months ago."
The House originally followed the
leadership of Chairman Taber of
the House Appropriations Commit
tee in drastically slashing the for
eign aid funds. Under the leader
ship of Chairman Vandenberg of
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee. the Senate restored most of
the House cuts and won House con
currence in a compromise measure
(See ECA, Page A-3.)
25 Hurt in Bus Collision
SAN BRUNO, Calif., June 28 UP).
—A Greyhound bus and an automo
bile coliided early today on San
Francisco's high speed Bayshore
Highway, injuring the bus driver
and all 24 passengers. The bus
hurtled out of control 350 feet and
hit a concrete pillar. The auto
mobile driver was unhurt.
D. C. Democrats Start
Voting on Delegates;
Eisenhower Backed
Polls to Close at 8 P.M.;
Veterans Press Write-In
Campaign for General
By Chalmers M. Roberts
District Democrats are voting
today in their unofficial primary
to select their choice for the;
presidential nomination, name
delegates to the national con-;
vention and choose a central
committee for the next four
years.
Polls will remain open until 8
p.m. in seven locations in the Dis
trict. To vote it is necessary to
appear at a polling place in person,
give your name and address, state
you are over 21, a Democrat in'
sympathy and do not vote elsewhere.
Chief interest lies in a write-in
campaign to run up a vote for Gen.
Eisenhower for President. The gen
eral, now president of Columbia
University, has refused to allow his
name to be printed on the ballot— i
President Truman's is—but the Vet- '
erans for Eisenhower group here is
calling for a write-in vote. The
winner will get the District’s six
votes at the Philadelphia conven
tion, at least on the first ballot, it
appeared today.
There is no contest for the 12 dele
gate jobs at next month's Demo
cratic National Convention or for
the 22 places on the District Demo
cratic Central Committee.
Polling places are:
1. Willard Hotel, ^Fourteenth and
F streets N.W.
2. Pythian Temple. Ninth street
and Massachusetts avenue N.W.
3. 1352 U street N.W.
4. 409 Seventh street S.W. (tailor
1 shopi.
5. 826 Bladensburg road N.E.
6. 141 B street S.E.
7. 5323 East Capitol street.
5,000 Ballots Printed.
The polls are being manned by
members of the Young Democrats
Club of the District, according to
Melvin D. Hildreth, central com
mittee chairman. Mr. Hildreth said
the official tally of the vote will*
begin as quickly as possible after
8 p.m. at the Pythian Temple with
Harold Boivert, president of the;
Young Democrats, in charge.
Some 5.000 ballots have been'
printed, in contrast to the usual
1.000. he said.
When the tally is issued, it will \
be the first time in any District
primary. Democratic or Republican,
that any count of the vote has been
made public. Efforts to find out
what the vote cast was in past presi
I (See DEMOCRATS. Page A-3.) i
New York Fog Disrupts
Air and Ship Traffic
By the Associated Pres*
NEW YORK, June 28 — Heavy Fog
disrupted air and ship traffic in the
New York area this morning.
At La Guardia Field 59 domestic
flights were canceled, others either
were delayed en route or held up for
clearance into the airport where the
ceiling at one time was only 200 feet.
Several incoming ships were held
i at Ambrose l ightship at the en
trance to the harbor. Others were
forced to anchor at quarantine in
upper New York Bay.
Heat Continues*94 Due Today;
Alexandria Man Collapses, Dies
(Picture cm Page A-2.J
Washington's heat wave was in
full swing again today, with the
temperature due to hit 94. one de
gree higher than yesterday's heat,
which, doctors said, caused the
death of one man.
The temperature moved steadily
upward, reaching 91 degrees at 1
p.m. District government workers
in non-airconditioned buildings
were to be dismissed at 3 p.m.
William R. Tatsapaugh. 59. of 604
Cameron street. Alexandria, col
lapsed at Seventh street and. New
York avenue N.W. shortly before 4
p.m. yesterday and died a few min
utes later. Physicians attributed
his death to a heart attack precipi
tated by the heat. . i
Thousands of District residents
crowded the city’s parks and hearby
beaches yesterday to escape the heat
which buckled the road surface of
Taft bridge. Police rerouted all Con
necticut avenue traffic for more than
half an hour during the height of
the homeward rush.
President Truman ignored the
heat to walk nine blocks yesterday
morning to attend services at the
First Baptist church. He rode back
to the White House in an auto
mobile, however.
If anticipated thunder showers
materialize late today they may
force the thermometer down to a
low of 74 during the night, the
Weather Bureau said. Tomorrow
the temperature will rise into the
90s. forecasters predicted.
Park police said while they made
(See WEATHER, Page A-3.J
Savs Clues ‘Look Good.'
Detective Chief Robert S. Bryant
laid there were "several clues that
look good to us," but refused to
elaborate. The section where the
)odv was found was blocked off by
CAROL BARDWELL.
'Other pictures on Page B-l.)
police of the homicide, robbery and
sex squads.
Numerous persons were ques
tioned today about bloody clothing
sent to laundries. Police said all
had alibis. Insisting the stains came
from accidents or nose-bleeds, and
were released.
A $200 reward for information
leading to arrest and conviction of
the slayer was offered by the Fed
eration of Businessmen's Associa
tions and the Columbia Heights
Businessmen’s Association.
Police Supt. Robert J. Barrett and
Inspector Bryant urged citizens with
information to communicate at once
with the homicide squad, promising
to keep the names of all informants
secret.
Maj Barrett added that a con
ference will be held between Metro
politan and park police to co-ordi
nate their efforts. Both depart
ments were searching the area for
the murder weapon, a knife or
razor.
Signs of Struggle Seen.
With dozens of persons in the park
during the day, it is reasonable to
conclude suspicious actions may
have been noted by someone, Maj.
Barrett said.
The superintendent said appear
ance of the scene indicated the
murder took place there. Another
policeman revealed that broken
limbs and brush were found near
the body, refuting early reports that
there were no signs of a struggle.
There were slight bruises and cut*
on the left side of the girls face,
probably made by small stones on
which she was lying. Police said she
had not been raped.
The crime left the family and
neighbors of the little, blond girl
stunned. Her parents are Mr. and
Mrs. William P. Bardwell. Carol had
an 8-month-old brother, Douglas.
An investigator for the Federal
Trade Commission, Mr. Bardwell
told this story of his search for
Carol:
“Carol left home about 4:15 pm.
TSee :SLAYING, Page A-4.)
Seven Seeking to Exchange
Money Trampled in Berlin
By the Associated Press
BERLIN. June 28.—Police said
seven persons were hurt today, four
of them seriously, when they were
trampled in a crowd seeking to ex
change their old currency for new
at Soviet military headquarters.
The crush became so serious, re
ports from the scene said, that the
fire department was called to dis
perse the crowd with fire hoses.
The Russians had set up an ex
change office for Berliners of the
western sectors seeking to exchange
their money for the new Soviet
currency. Police said between 4,000
and 5.000 persons assembled there
early today.
Before the exchange window*
opened the pressure of the crowd
pushed down a fence and a num
ber of persons fell. Those in the
rear swept forward to gain more
favorable places at the windows,
injuring those underfoot.
Officials sought to quiet the
crowd, but without success. Persons
traveling to the scene were cau
tioned jiot to continue.
China's Currency Makes
Recovery After Slump
By the Associated Press
SHANGHAI. June 28—China's
currency made a surprise recovery
in value today.
The black market quoted the
Yuan at 3,800,000 to $1 after the
earlier runaway 5,000,000 to 1. The
official rate is 474,000 to 1.
Gasoline prices jumped during
the day 30 per cent.
9
Police Still Seek
Clue in Murder
Of Girl in Park
Number of Persons
Questioned pn Bloody
Laundry, Then Freed
More than 50 policemen
searched Rock Creek Park in
ithe vicinity of Seventeenth
i street and Colorado avenue N.W.
today for a clue to the slaying of
11-year-old Carol Bardwell, 1635
Webster street N.W.
Her throat slashed, the body of
the sixth grade Sacred Heart School
student was found about 7:50 p.m.
yesterday in a heavily wooded spot
about 25 feet off an old road lead*
ing into the park from Seventeenth
and Colorado.
The body was about 100 yards
north of Colorado avenue and
partly concealed by a tree blown
down in a recent storm.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald
said the child had been dead about
two hours, suggesting that scores
of persons had walked near the
body on Sunday afternoon outing*
j without seeing it.