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Czechs Cheer Benes
And Tito, but Pass
Gottwald in Silence
By th« Aiseciattd Pr»u
' PRAGUE, Czeclovakia, July 6.—
Cheers for resigned President
Eduard Benes rang through Prague
/ today from the throats of 80,000
marchers In the Sokol Congress
parade. Klement Gottwald, the
Communist Premier who succeeded
Dr. Benes, got silent treatment.
There were cheers also for Yugo
slavia and Premier Marshal Tito,
denounced recently by the Comin
•orm as a heretic from the Marx
t-enin line.
"We have no true republic with
out T. G. Masaryk and Benes," the
marchers chanted as they tramped
through central Prague in the rain.
Mr. Maaaryk was founder and first
President of Czechoslovakia. His
son, Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk,
plunged to his death soon after the
Communists seized the country. Dr.
Benes resigned recently without
signing the new Communist consti
tution,
Sokol members shouted "Long live
Brother Benes,” but there were no
cheers for Gottwald. The marchers
passed coldly by the reviewing stand
in the old town square where Gott
wald sparked the drive for Com
munist power* last February 22.
Extra police were on duty with
the announced purpose of handling
traffic, but anti-Communist Sokol
members commented the police
would be handy in case any demon
stration was made against the gov
ernment.
The games and mass maneuvers
In which some 20,000 persons have
taken part, have -attracted thous
ands from other countries.
The Sokol organization’s leader
ship was purged after the February
coup in which the Communists
seized power in Czechoslovakia.
Many of its members are ardently1
anti-Communist and refused to par
ticipate in this Congress.
Scores of small paper American
flags appeared in the parade, waved;
by individuals and cheered by spec
tators. One group of youngsters
carried the American flags aloft
past the platform, despite orders
from leaders to down such banners
at that point.
Fresh Evidence of Support
Given Tito in National Loan
BELGRADE. July 7 (/Pi.—'Yugo
slavs were reported today to have!
given fresh evidence of support for
Premier Marshal Tito, who has been
denounced by the Soviet-Controlled
Cominform.
The Yugoslav Communist news
paper Borba said last night that in
five days the public subscribed $50,
000,000 of the $70,OOO.QPO nationol
loan.
Other press accounts said local
committees of the Communist Party
all over the country are sending
messages to Belgrade that they are
“with the marshal.” The National
Organization of War Invalids re
solved that its members will renew
their efforts toward helping build
socialism under Tito.
Contradictions In Press.
But there was an air of contradic
tion in the press. On the front
pages appeared reports of blistering j
replies by Yugoslav Communist lead
ers to the Cominform charges that1
Tito and his lieutenants were deviat
ing from the Orthodox Communist
line and were pursuing a hateful
policy toward Russia.
The back pages of the same
papers carried news items telling of
normal operations between the
countries belonging to the Comin- j
form, or Communist Information i
Bureau.
Borba said the members of a Bui-:
garian cultural delegation asked on
their arrival in Belgrade last week
that no dinner be given in their
honor. However, the Yugoslavs |
solved the problem by telling them
there would be no toasts at the
dinner, thus eliminating the need for
praising Tito or anyone else.
Albania Blocks Food.
Yugoslav-Albanian relations ap-!
parently remained strained. The
Yugoslav legation In Tirana said Al
bania police had blocked all food for
Yugoslavs in the border town of
Scutari.
Borba, which carried the report,
said: "This made the feeding of
Yugoslav representatives impos
sible."
It was assumed in Belgrade that
the Yugoslav representatives were
supervising one or more of the
numerous Yugoslav-Albanian trade
agreements.
Albania severed trade relations
with Yugoslavia last week and or
dered the expulsion of military, po
litical and cultural missions, but
there was no indication that any of
them had left Albanian soil.
The Yugoslav news agency lanjug
*aid in London that Bulgaria and
Yugoslavia have signed a one-year
agreement for cultural co-operation.
The report indicated that the back
ing Bulgaria's ruling Communists
gave to the Cominform’* denuncia
tion of Tito has not impaired diplo
matic relations between the two
countries.
Well-informed sources in Bucha
rest. Romania, said they believed
the Cominform met there over the
week end. possibly to discuss its
controversy with Tito.
Foreign newsmen there were un
able to verify the report and the
Romanian press did not mention
any meeting.
Bulgaria and Yugoslavia
Sign Cultural Accord
LONDON, July 6 (/Pi.—Bulgaria
and Yugoslavia signed a one-vear
plan for cultural co-operation yes
terday, the official Yugoslav news
agency Tanjug said last night.
The ruling Communist Party in
Bulgaria has backed the nine-nation
Cominform in its recent denuncia
tion of Marshal Tito's leadership of j
Communist Yugoslavia. The report
Indicates this has not impaired- dip
lomatic relations.
Hungarian Party Ousts
Yugoslav Group Chief
BUDAPEST. July 6 (/Pi.—'The New
Workers Party has expelled Anton
Robr, Hungarian member of Parlia
ment. who leads the Yugoslav mi
nority. He was accused of voicing
support for Premier Marshal Tito of
Yugoslavia and “deserting the prin
ciples of Marxism and Leninism."
Cominform Blast Reported
Backed by Italy's Reds
ROME, July 6 </P>.—The newspaper
L’Unita said today, that Italian
Communists have approved the'
Cominform attack on Premier Mar
Carole Landis Takes Own Life;
Prayer Ribbon Found in Hand
Acrress, Lv, Leaves
Note to Mother at
California Home
By the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, July 6.—The
career of Movie Actress Carole
Landis came to an abrupt end yes-1
terday with the finding of her body I
in the bathroom of her Pacific ]
Palisades home. Police said she •
had taken her own life.
Clutched in her hand was a satin I
ribbon with the Lord's Prayer im
printed in gold lettering. On a1
nearby dresser was a final note ad- j
dressed to her mother.
Capt. of Detectives Emmett Jones
said: "This is definitely a suicide.”:
The detective said there were four
bottles of sleeping pills in Miss
Landis bathroom and dressing room.
He said an empty bottle was found
near the body.
l^apu dunes icpuxucu UJC ununuui
blond actress. 29. had died perhaps
12 hours before her body was found
by Film Actor Rex Harrison, who
said he had been unable to reach
her by telephone regarding a busi- j
ness matter. [
Maid Failed to See Body.
The officers said a maid was in
the home, but had thought Miss
Landis was still in her bedroom
ar.d did not notice the body huddled
in a corner of her bathroom.
Miss Landis left a note, written
on her own stationery, which read
as follows:
“Dearest Mommie—
“I'm sorry, really sorry to put
you through this, but there is no
way to avoid it—I love you darling,
you have been the most wonderful 1
mom ever—and that applies to all
our family. I love each and every l
one of them dearly—everything goes «
to you—look in the flies and there!
is a will which decrees everything—!
“Goodbye, my angel—pray for me I
—your baby.” 1
Mr. Harrison told police that *
Miss Landis had been ill for a week, I
suffering a recurrence of an 1
_.. - - -1'
shal Tito and other Yugoslav Com
munist leaders. i ‘
The Yugoslav Communists were!
invited to “re-enter the great family!*
of Communist parties.” !*
Palmiro Togliatti, the leading *
Italian Communist, will speak to *
Rome Communist Thursday about j *
the Cominform attack, which he
signed. Communist sources denied *
reports printed in Italian newspa- s
pers that Togliatti intends to askj j
Russian support for the return of £
Trieste to Italy. j (
A Trieste dispatch to Rome news-1 -
papers reported the explosion of a 1
Yugoslav ammunition dump at 1
Loreto, in the Yugoslav occupation 1
area about 10 miles south of Trieste. (
The account said Communists op
posing Tito were believed respon-;
sible. <
CAROLE LANDIS.
AP Wirephoto.
amoebic infection she incurred dur
ing a wartime entertainment tour
In the South Pacific. The actor
-aid he and Miss Landis had been
discussing plans for a film they
were to make in England.
Only last March 22 the actress
filed suit to divorce her fourth hus
jand. Horace Schmidlapp, theatrical
producer, on grounds of cruelty.
Mr. Schmidlapp, who was at Cin
finnati, said he was shocked by his
wife’s death and was leaving im
nediately for California.
The actress’ mother, Mrs. Clara
Landis of Seminole Hot Springs,
Salif.. did not arrive at her daugh
er's home until about four hours
ifter the discovery. She collapsed,
:rying:
"Oh, my baby. I want to see my
iaby. Why didn’t somebody call
ne?”
Was in Movies 11 Years.
The mother was accompanied by
liss Landis’ sister, Mrs. Walter L.
toss of Long Beach. Calif. Other
urvivors are the father, Alfred L.
tidste of Richmond. Calif., and a
irother. Lawrence B. Ridste, San
lernardino, Calif.
The body was taken to a Santa
lonica mortuary.
Miss Landis, daughter of a rail
oad mechanic, was born Frances
tidste at Fairchild. Wis. She moved
o San Diego, Calif., as a small
hild and was educated there and
t San Bernardino.
She had been in films for 11 years
nd made her first real hit when
he appeared in a leopard skin in
he film "1.000.000 B. C.” There
,fter she starred in many films.
Before her marriage to Mr
ichmidlapp she had been the wife
f Maj. Thomas C. Wallace, Author
rving Wheeler and Yachtsman
Villis Hunt, jr. All three marriages
nded in divorce.
Married at 15.
Her first marriage, to Mr. Wheeler,
ame when she was only 15—and
lasted 25 days. At 21 she married
Mr. Hunt. That lasted two months.
She met and married Maj. Wal
lace, an Air Force officer, in England
while on a wartime tour which she
later described in the popular book.
‘ Four Jills in a Jeep.'1 She obtained
a divorce in Las Vegas, Nev., 2V»
years later, in 1945.
Her marriage to Mr. Schmidlapp
took place shortly afterward.
Mr. Harrison told reporters “Miss
Landis was a great friend of mine
and a great friend of my wife.” He
said he had called his wife, Actress
Lilli Palmer, who w’as in New York,
and she planned to return here
today.
Discussed British Picture.
The British actor said he and
Miss Landis discussed British pic
ture possibilities at dinner at her
home Sunday night..
They had a luncheon date for
yesterday, Mr. Harrison said. But
when he phoned to say he would be
late, the maid told hiin Miss Landis
was still asleep, he said\
"I thought that was very strange,
so I decided to come over," Mr.
Harrison added.
On finding the body, he said he
first called a hospital, and the hos
pital suggested calling the police. I
Greeks Expect Break
In Guerrillas' Stand
By th® Associated Pr®««
ATHENS, July 6.—Gen Demetrios
Yadzis, Greek chief of staff, con
tends the Communist-led guerril
las are nearing the end of their re
sistance in the Grammos Mountain
area—their greatest stronghold.
At a news conference last night
at 2d Corps headquarters in Kozane,
Gen. Yadzis said the guerrillas ’are
using their full strength in the
Grammos fighting near the Alban
ian border and are "playing their
last trumps.”
A break in their ‘‘inner security
belt” is expected quickly, he said,
adding: "I am very satisfied with
our progress.”
The guerrillas were putting up
savage resistance in one key
area there—the Kleptis (Thieves)
Heights. Greek army troops were
turned back yesterday after trying
four times to storm the heights.
Some of the Greek units got as
close as a few hundred yards from
the summit before they fell back.
The army is trying to capture
the heights to gain a corridor into
a rebel flank.
Two Soviet Women Sue
To Divorce Americans
By the Associated Press
MOSCOW, July 6.—Two Russian
women have filed suits to divorce
American sergeants they married,
during the war.
Newspapers published today no
tices of actions by Antonina Phil
lips against William V. Phillips of
Pen Argyl. Pa., and by Marina S.
Yaross against Alan Yaross of
Cleveland. |
District Schools Open
Six-Week Summer
Courses Today
It's vacation time for mo6t pupils,
but school bells are ringing again
"today for those embarking on a
six-week summer course in the pub
lic schools here.
There are 14 white and 13 colored
schools in the summer program,
which Includes elementary, junior
*nd senior high schools, officials
said. Summer school, which began
today, will end in mid-August. Ses
sions will be from 8:30 a.m. until
12:30 p.m. on school days, Mondays
through Fridays, except at the Vet
terans’ school to be held at Cen
tral High School, which will be
held until 2:30 p.m. each school day.
Officials of the Board of Educa
tion made it clear that not all the
summer students are backward in
their studies. The group includes
those who must make up work lost
during the year, because of illness
or other reasons.
But, the officials are careful to
point out, the summer students also
include extra-industrious ones who
want to graduate ahead of the nor
mal time by cutting down their
classroom work by summer atten
dance. This group is small.
Authorities said summer students
generally are going back to school
aow to improve their situation in
their present grade or class or sub
ject. The officials call this "strength
ening” the pupils.
Here is the list of summer schools:
Veterans’ School at Central High;
regular high school students will
attend McKinley and Dunbar High
Schools. Junior high schools: Hine,
Macfarland, Garnet-Patterson and
Browne. Elementary schools: Jan
ney, Hyde, West, Emery, Burroughs,
Amidon, Thomson, Maury, Wallach,
Ketcham, Bell, Burrville, J. F. Cook,
Garfield, Garrison, Giddings, Love
joy, Mott, Phillips and Sumner.
Summer school for Prince Georges
County students also opened today
at the Bladensburg High School but
only 28 students enrolled.
The session will last approximately
six weeks. Students are charged a
fee of $15 per subject.
Envoy to Yugoslavia
Flying From Lisbon
By the Associated Press
LISBON, July 6.—Cavendish W.
Cannon, American Ambassador to
Yugoslavia, left for New York last
night aboard a Pan American liner.
He was accompanied by his wife.
Mr. Cannon said his trip is the
usual Ambassador’s visit for con
sultations with the State Depart
ment in Washington. He said it has
nothing to do with recent events
in Yugoslavia.
Mr. Cannon said he expects to
return to Yugoslavia within four
weeks. #
Trawler Blows Up Off Jersey;
All Seven Crew Members Safe
By ttw Associated Press
SEASIDE PARK, N. J„ July 6 —
The fishing trawler Reliable blew up
in a 50-foot burst of flames within
sight of the New Jersey shore early
today and all seven crew members
[were found uninjured in a drifting
lifeboat several hours later.
The rescue was made by a picket
boat from the Bamegat Inlet Coast
Guard Station which came on the
small IKeboat after previous search
ing vessels reported they could find
no survivors at the scene of the
blast.
Coast Guard spokesmen said the
seven men needed only to be taken
to the Bamegat Inlet Station and
given transportation home. They
had drifted in the darkness for sev
eral hours after the 110-foot trawler
blew up. .
George Morehouse of Long Branch,
captain of the Reliable, said there
had been an explosion and the ves
sel burst into flames. He gave the
order to abandon ship approximate
ly 2 miles o IT'Island Beach, between
Seaside Park and Bamegat.
TDie explosion and resulting ball
of fire on the darkened ocean was
spotted by the lookout tower at the
I Seaside Park Coast Guard station.'
Police also received reports of the
blast from witnesses at scattered
points along the shore.
Ambulances were rushed to the
beach front here from neighboring
municipalities and firemen brought
up floodlights in preparation forj
what was expected to be the land-;
ing of survivors as rescue craft
rushed to the scene.
First Coast Guard boats there,
however, reported they had found
the burning hulk but could spot no
survivors or bodies. They circled
the area for more than a hour and a
half before returning to port. j
The floodlights already had been 1
extinguished and the ambulances
ordered home when the second 1
Coast Guard boat came on the 1
drifting lifeboat. The trawler was 1
listed as a total loss.
The Coast Guard identified the six I
beside Capt. Morehouse on board '•
the Reliable, as Charles Byers of !
Rumson, Andrew Johnson of Sea- ?
bright, Waldron' Daisey of Chinco- 1
teague Island. Va.; Lars Anderson *
of Sea Bright. Eino Seppala of Point j
Pleasant and Edward Morehouse, 1
son of the captain, also of Long i
Branch. t
Fort Belvoir Sergeant,
Sought in Gl Shooting,
Kills Self With Rifle
T'Sergt. William W. Angus, jr..
33, of Port Belvoir, who has been
sought by military police in connec
tion with the shooting of another
Port Belvoir soldier, died last night
in a hospital at Peoria, 111., of rifle
wounds which a coroner said were
self inflicted.
Military police at Port Lesley J.
McNair said Sergt. Angus was
wanted for the shooting early Satur
day on Route 5 near Clinton, Md,
of S Sergt. Russell R. Green, 23.
Port McNair authorities said they,
now considered the case closed.1
They said Sergt Angus was to have;
been charged with the shooting as
soon as he was apprehended.
Sergt. Green was found lying by
the roadside with gunshot wounds1
in his face and right leg. He told
police Sergt, Angus had shot him.
Police said they were not able to
discover what prompted the shoot
ing.
Sergt. Green was in an improved
condition today at Walter Reed. He
was shot with a 22 caliber rifle, the
same type of weapon as that found
beside Sergt. Angus’ body.
Coroner Chauncey Wood at Peoria
said Sergt. Angus apparently shot
himself with the rifle after quarrel
ing with his wife, Betty. She has
been at the home of her father, O. L.
Snyder, near Peoria, for 10 days.
The coroner said Sergt. Angus was
found in his automobile, parked in
the driveway of Mr. Snyder's home.
He quoted the father-in-law as say
ing he tried to reach the soldier in1,
time to prevent him from carrying ,
out a threat to shoot himself but ,
was too late.
Sergt. Angus’ home address was |
listed as 10 West Luray avenue,
Alexandria. I,
Midwest Power Strike <
1
Postponed by Union ;
By the Associated Press j 1
ST. LOUIS, July 6.—An electrical *
workers strike which would have I
crippled industries in three States '
has been averted temporarily. j.
Members of the AFL Operating ]
Engineers Union, employed by the'
Union Electric Co. of Missouri, voted
at a meeting last night to extend
their strike deadline six days. I
A walkout had been scheduled to1 c
start at 8 a m. today. 8
The postponement will give nego- i r
tiators until Monday to work out a ]
solution to a wage dispute. i
A strike would have shut down
the company’s plants in Illinois, as c
well as a hydro-electric plant at l
Keokuk, Iowa. Plants in Missouri s
would not have been affected since t
utility workers in this State are pro- t
hibited from striking. 1
In addition to the St. Louis area, i
the strike would have hit these i
major communities: Quincy, 111.; r
St. Charles, Mo., and Keokuk, Fort
Madison and Burlington, Iowa. r
The union previously had turned f
dow'n a settlement which had been s
agreed on by its negotiators and the
company. The terms provided for p
wage increases averaging 11 >* cents t
an hour. The union sought a 15- c
cent increase over the present scale t
which averages $1,39. s
r
Personnel Studies Due
In Other Offices After
Welfare Department
The District Public Welfare De
partment’s request for a Job classi
fication survey is likely to be fol
lowed by similar moves in other
municipal agencies, officials said to
lay.
While personnel studies of this
rind have been made in the District
government from time to time since
March, 1923, they explained, the :
welfare department has not had :
>ne in about 20 years.
A similar survey is nearing com- ;
Jletion in the public works depart- ■
nent, with a report expected by the ;
ind of this month. Public Welfare ;
Director John W. Tramburg has ap- i
>lied to the Civil Sendee Commis- J
ion for experts to examine job clas- :
ifleations with a view to upgrading 1
ome jobs and possibly eliminating •
ithers, the budget director’s office
aid.
•'This is a mast wholesome thing.”
uidget officials commented. "There
s a continuing need for review in
he interest of general improvement,
t is just a thing we try to do from
ime to time. Of course, all such
lossible surveys can't be done at
ince, but it is certain that some of
he other departments will follow
his good example."
When personnel experts finish
urveys they submit recommenda
ions, subject to approval of the civil
ervice personnel board, for revising
lassiflcations or pay. Any suggested
lay changes would be kept within
he departmental budget by savings
nade through cutting out or down
rading Jobs regarded as less im
>ortant or unnecessary, it was ex
>lained.
inland's Reds Expected
o Seek Key Cabinet Posts
By the Associated Press
HELSINKI, Finland. July 6.—
’innish political circles believe to
av the Communists and their
llies will demand key posts in the
iew cabinet despite their loss of at
«ast a dozen parliamentary seats
o last week's election.
The informants predicted that a
abinet will be formed only after
>ng negiotiations. A government
pokesman told newsmen last night
hat preliminary negotiations will
egin July 12 when the present
•ai liament meets for the last time, a
'ormal negotiations, however, will™
lot begin until the new Parliament
leets July 21.
There were rumors that the Com
lunists would back their demands
or strong representation with
trikes, if necessary.
The Agrarian Party, which ap-'
arently will emerge from the elec
lon as Finland's strongest political
rganization, probably will demand
tie premiership, Informed sources
sid.
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