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Newspaper Publishers
Discuss Printing Aids
At Pittsburgh Meeting
By tht Associated Press
PITTSBURGH. July 21.—Type
writers that ‘‘justify’’ each line
they write, direct plate printing, new
etching alloys and how to use them,
were subjects before the 20th me
chanical conference of the Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers Associa
tion yesterday.
C. M. Flint. ANPA research di
rector, said the association has- a
“ve*y great interest" in developing
all these aids to printing, and added:
“The use of cold type printing in
actual production has definitely de
veloped problems of wide interest
■which will eventually be overcome.
The major problem, of course, is the
time required to engrave a page-size
plate by the usual acid etching
technique. Considerable work is
being done to reduce this over-all
time and to produce results which
are equally satisfactory."
John G. Strange of the Institute
of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wis„
told of advances made by a group
of 11 sulflts pulp manufacturers lo
cated primarily in Wisconsin and
Michigan who for nine years have
been trying to find a use for waste
sulfite liquor.
“Careful investigation carried out
first in the laboratory and next
through two pilot -plants seemed to
demonstrate that yeast for animal
consumption and perhaps for human
food could be economically produced
from the sugars present in the waste
liquors," he said.
Congress
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President is on record in favor of a
measure providing *300.000.000 to
the States for aid to education,
which was passed by the Senate
under leadership of Senator Taft,
Republican, of Ohio but was held up
in the House Labor Committee dur
ing the last session.
“It ought not to require a tre
mendous lot of time to act on that
item," Mr. Ross remarked.
He said he could not give any
details at the moment on a new
measure being prepared by the
administration to attempt to hold
down prices. He said the anti-infla
tion measure would be ready for
submission to Congress early in the
special session.
Mr. Ross emphasized that he
wanted to make clear that Mr. Tru
man was not asking the special ses
sion to "do the impossible,” that in
large part the program to be pre
sented by the President will consist
of measures which have already
gone pretty far along in the legis
lative process.
Asked if Mr. Truman would urge
again enactment of universal mili
tary training, Mr. Ross said he
doubted it.
Message to Be Inclusive.
He said the message to be deliv
ered by Mr. Truman to Congress
Tuesday will be “inclusive.” but
would not foreclose the possibility
of later messages on particular
t< pics.
The time for delivery of the
President's message was set aft**
consultation by phone Vith Senat*
President Vandenberg and House
Speaker Martin. He added that they,
like their Democratic colleagues,
agreed to this plan.
At his press conference yesterday.
Mr. Brownpll told reporters:
"The Republican platform calls
for the enactment of a program by
a Republican Congress, under the
leadership of a Republican Presi
dent.
"Obviously this cannot be done
at a rump session, called at a spe
cial convention for political pur
poses in the heat of a political
campaign.”
Repeated questions as to whether
this means there will be no legis
lation at the extra session brought
from Mr. Brownell only a reiteration
of his statement.
Scott Not Present.
Mr Brownell said he was opening
the national headouarters for the
campaign in Washington. Repre
sentative Hugh D. Scott, jr., of
Pennsylvania, newly elected chair
man of the Republican National
Committee, was to have appeared
with him but was “swamped" with
organization work, Mr. Brownell
said.
"Mr. Scott will open the campaign
in Maine at Skowhegan on Satur
day," said Mr. Brownell. The Maine
elections for Congress and State
offices will take place in September,
although the Maine voters elect
presidential electors in November
along with the rest of the States.
No plans have been made yet for
Gov. Dew'ey to take the stump, nor
has any time been set. Mr. Brownell
continued. The Governor will re
main in Albany or at his farm at
Pawling. N. Y., until he takes to
the road.
B-29s
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planes, scheduled for duty in Ger
many.
The planes which are due to
arrive in Glasgow, August 4. belong
to the 36th Fighter Wing, based
at Howard Field here. Its 84 fighters
will be stationed in Europe.
The Sicily is preceded by the
Army transport Barney Kirsch
baum, which sailed for Bremer
haven by* way of Glasgow July 15,
carrying 15 jets from the 36th Wing.
The Kirschbaum also is carrying'
one officer, eight men, and 35 ve
hicles, including gasoline trucks,
trailers and tractors.
The Sicily will have 620 Air Force
personnel aboard and enough spare
parts to maintain the fighters until
a new base is setup in Wiesbaden,
Germany, where they will operate.
The jets will be unloaded at Glas
gow and flown into Germany.
16 F-80s in England
After Crossing Atlantic
ODIHAM. England. July 21—Six
teen American F-80 fighter planes
completed today the first jet-pro-1
pelled air crossing of the Atlantic
from the United States.
They set down at this RAF field
at 5:39 pm. (11:39 am. EDTi after
a leisurely flight which began 11
days and 3.725 miles ago from their
home base at Selfridge Field, Mich.
Led by their commander, Lt. Col
David Schilling, tjne pilots from the
56th Fighter Group flew over in
amart formation after a 90-minute
run from Stornoway, Scotland.
They touched down before a
crowd of 500 which included air at
taches from many capitals of Eu
rope and South America
The flight was preceded by two
B-29s. two C-54s. a B-17 and a C-47
carrying equipment, a ground crew
i
RESTORATION OF RAMSAY HOUSE PLANNED—The Alexandria Historical Society, Inc., and
other historical and civic groups are seeking to raise $30,000 to restore the Ramsay House at
the corner of King and Fairfax streets, said to be the oldest building in Alexandria.
—Star Staff Photo.
200-Year-Old Ramsay House
In Alexandria to Be Restored
The oldest house In Alexandria is
due for a face-lifting as soon as I
sufficient funds for its restoration
can be raised.
To the untrained eye, the 200
year-old ramshackle Ramsay house
at the corner of King and Fairfax
streets appears to be in a hopeless
state of decay.
Daylight filters through its splint- |
ered frame walls and evidences of
a fire that damaged it five years
ago still can be seen. i
But according to Milton Grigg.
architect who has drawn plans for
the restoration, the Ramsay house
can be restored as a landmark for
about $30,000.
Link in City’s History.
Sponsors of the restoration hope
the project can be completed in
time for Alexandria's bi-centennial
celebration next year because the
house is so closely linked to the
history of the city.
It was built by William Ramsay,
wealthy Scotch merchant. Mr.
Ramsay was one of the 11 trustees
who, in 1749, carried out an order
of the Virginia House of Burgesses
to found a town where Alexandria
now stands by selling 66 half-acre
lots.
George Washington, a youth at
the time, assisted John West, jr.,
surveyor and clerk of the Board
of Trustees, in laying out the new
town.
Another member of the original
Board of Trustees was John Carlyle,
whose old Alexandria home is among
the city’s leading tourist attractions,
tit, is in the same block as the Ram -
!«? house Man* historian*- believe
the Ffitnttav houR predates tlft City
I of Alexandria. They say it was
built at Jones Point on the Potomac
and later moved to its present site !
when the city was founded.
The house was used as the resi-!
dence of the Ramsay family for
about 100 years. After it passed
out of the hands of the Ramsays it
was put to a variety of uses. It once
housed a cigar factory. At the time j
of the fire in 1943 it was being used
as a tavern.
Group Prevents Razing.
After the fire, the house appeared
destined to be torn down to make
way for an office building. A group
of historically - minded citizens'
formed the Ramsay House Restora
tion Committee and managed to
prevent the razing. Through ef
forts ef this committee, and other
historical groups, the Alexandria
City Council was persuaded to pur
chase the property for <9,000.
The Alexandria Historical Society,
Inc., an outgrowth of the earlier
committee, was organized to raise a
fund for the restoration and is still
in charge of the fund raising al
though other groups, including the
Alexandria Association, have as
sisted.
The Alexandria Association raised
$2,100 through an old'-homes tour
this year. Alexandria City Council
man Everett A. Hellmuth is presi
dent of the historical society.
Plans call for the house to be re
stored to its original size. Research
has shown that a one-and-one-half
story kitchen wing was added in
1787 and a two-story lean-to added
later.
After the house is restored, Mrs.
Robert M. Reese, a descendant of
the original ow^jer, plans to turn
over some furnftpre that was used,
there when occupied by the'Ram
says. Mrs. Reese was Miss Rebecca
Ramsey before her marriage.
I of 20 officers and 56 enlisMfamen1
and i pasty of rtewmen. , ’ "•* "|
The planes will stay In England
for two days before proceeding to
Germany to take part In tactical
training exercises with the United
States European Air Force.
Army Supplies Reported
Being Readied for England
SALINA, Kans., July 21 —A
heavy supply of Army equipment
reportedly was being readied today
for shipment from Camp Phillips
to England.
The information came from a
! source considered reliable. The
! source, who refused use of his name,
; said gun carriages, command cars,
ambulances and other vehicles were
loaded on 240 flat cars.
In addition, box cars repoitedly
were being loaded with such sup
plies as uniforms and blankets.
Army officials in Washington said
the reported shipment appeared too
large to be a normal consignment
of replacement equipment lor oc
cupation forces in Europe.
The source here said he under
stood the movement was being di
rected by authorities at the Smoky
Hill Air Force base, a B-29 bomber
field. An Air-Force spokesman in
Washington, however, said the ma
terial was not an Air Force ship
ment.
Pershing Will
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He requested that they be given ac
cess to War Department records for
such work.
Vse of Records Authorized.
The will also directed that the
four examine his files of correspond
ence and personal records to de
termine which files should be de
stroyed in part or preserved as his
torical documents. They were au
thorized to use such records for
whatever publications they might
deem desirable, the proceeds of
which were to become a part of his
estate.
The general provided that the rec
ords to be preserved should be
turned over eventually to the Library
of Congress.
Gen. Pershing made numerous be
quests of his personal effects and
property, as well as several mone
tary bequests. The monetary be
quests were made contingent on the
•estate being valued in excess of the
$150,000 trust fund established for
Miss Pershing.
He left to his son all clothing
and wearing apparel, jewelry and
j articles of personal use and adorn
ment. ms DLsunguisnea service
Medal, the sword presented to him
by the State of Missouri, his West
Point class ring, library, silver
household furnishings, horse and
saddle equipment and automobiles.
He directed that the executors
select from his swords and other
military equipment one such article
for the Museum of the Capitol of
Missouri. He was born in that
State. A similar bequest was made
for the benefit of the Nebraska State
Capitol.
His uniforms and other military
equipment not specifically bequeath
ed were left to the Smithsonian In
stitution for the National Museum
The University of Nebraska was
left his collection of Moro weapons
and "other articles of Moro origin."
The collection has been on loan to
the university.
t He also left to Nebraska Univer
sity $1,500 to pwvide for a gold
medal to be awawedjJipruBily to the
best soldler-studiiKt "to the Reserve
Officers Trainirtg Corps of the
graduating class.
Bequests of $10,000 each were
made to Mrs. Jessie E. Pershing and
Mrs. Gertrude E. Pershing, sisters
in-’aw of the general. Both died
before the general.
Other bequests included $1,500
to Col. Adamson and $500 each to
Lt,. Cols. Ralph A. Curtin and Char
les B. Shaw, who have served for
vears in the general's headquarters
office here.
Rooert C. Schaeffer, his orderly
and chauffeur, and Cesar Santini,
his chauffeui in World War I, were
eft $500 each.
Gen. Pershing also left to the
Laramie County Hospital at Chey
enne, Wvo., $10,000 as a memorial
for his w ife, Frances Warren Persh
ing. and his three daughters, Helen
Elizibeth, Anne Orr and Mary Mar
garet Pershing. All of them lost
their lives in a Are at The Presidio
in California in 1915 while Gen.
Pershing was absent.
The general also directed that a
sum not to exceed $3,000 be spent]
for a suitable memorial to his moth
er, Anne Elizabeth Pershing, at the
place of her birth, near Maryville,
Tenn.
Berlin
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tor of the city to purchase at food
stores. The only stipulation was
that they pay in Soviet-sponsored
currency. The Russians have out
lawed the Western mark in their
territory.
However, Berliners who tried to
make purchases immediately after
the Russian announcement yester
day found that food merchants had
not yet received orders to make
sales.
The official Soviet newspaper
Taegliche Rundschau said today it
would take several days more to ar
range details of distribution. The
German Economic Commission of
the Soviet zone is working out these
rules with Russian authorities, the
newspaper continued.
Britain Continues Air Lift.
In London, a British Foreign Of
fice spokesman announced that
Britain "has no plans for the pres
ent" of abandoning the air lift,
whether or not Russian food be
comes available to the Western part
of the city.
The spokesman said American
Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas,
French Ambassador Rene Massigli
and ,Sir William Strang. Britain's
expert on Germany, are continuing
talks on individual Western replies
to the Russian rejection of Allied
protests.
j The Russian hint about supplying
power for all Berlin was issued
through the newspaper Neues
Deutchland. organ of the Soviet
sponsored Socialist Unity Party.
There was no official Russian indi
cation when enough power could be
generated or how it would be offered.
Heretofore Berlin power plants,
and most factories have burned
Runr coal from Western Germany.
Stoppage of rail freight by the Rus
Gas on Stomach
Relieved in 5 minutes or
double your money back
Wh*n eirct- stomach acid cause* painful, suffaeat
thj gas. amir stomach and heartburn, doctors usually
. prescribe the fastest .acting medirlnee known fnr
sywytomattr relief— medjrlnea like thoee In Bell-ana
' F.ti1 •O- laigtiee. Beil-ans brings comfort 1b a
j -- °Ll>au>>.7?Jr mrm” es> return of kettle
J tg is. Mg at all dngglgkk
sians cut off most of these supplies,
except what could be flown In.
"Big Bluff” Charged to Reds.
The German press in Western
Berlin called the Russian proposal
to feed all the city a “big bluff"
and a crude propaganda maneuver.
The Telegraf said the Russians
did not have the transport to de
liver supplies to all Berlin.
The Christian Democrat Der Tag
said the Russian action was the
'biggest compliment the Russians
have yet made to the Anglo-Amer
ican air bridge which has foiled So
viet plans to force the Allies out
and Berlin to its knees through
starvation.”
The United States Air Force will
start next week to fly more than
5.000 refugees housed in Berlin
camps to the American zone, H. J.
Fishbein of the International Ref
ugee Organization said.
Yugoslav
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stant change, the organization
reached its climax in the revolution
during the national liberation
struggle. Thus, the party finally
arrived at This strongest and most
successful Marxist-Leninist move
ment,'' Tito declared.
Every coffee house in Belgrade
was jammed with people listening to
radio broadcasts of the speech.
Loudspeakers were placed In the
central parts of the city. Large
crowds stood in the hot July sun to
listen.
It was not a holiday. All workers
were pledged by trade unions to in
crease their output in honor of the
fifth congress of the Communist
Party.
The most powerful defenses seen
in Belgrade since the end of the
war -completely encirel*& the^op
cWRJa pavilion where th'e~ congress
is being held.
Army units were posted around
the entire area. A ring. of,.anti
aircraft batteties showed-. Wait. Wo
and his men were phepared'f&r any
eventuality.
May Speak for 8 Hours.
Tito began speaking at 8:30 am.
At 11 a.m. a 15-minute recess was
called, and when the meeting was
resumed he started speaking again.
It is expected that the congress
will discuss jn detail the funda
mental Issues which have caused the
split between Tito and the rest of
the Communist world.
Emphasis will be on the “Titoist”
line that individual countries have
individual problems in arriving at
complete Socialism according to the
teachings of Marx and Lenin and
that each country should be allowed
to solve the problem in its own
way.
The delegates also probably will
be called on to ratify the expul
sion from the party's ranks of
Andrija Hebrang, former minister
of light industry, and Sraten Zu
jovic, former finance minister, be
cause of their “traitorous diver
sions activities.”
Trials Are Expected.
Their removal from high gov
ernment positions last May and
subsequent arrest has been one of
the issues cited by the Cominform
to illustrate what is referred to. as
a lack of democracy within the
Yugoslav Communist Party.
It is believed that Hebrang and
Zujovic will be brought to trial
after the congress is over.
Beside the Tito-Cominform fight
the Yugoslav Party also has its
internal problems. The rapid de
velopment of Tito's Communist
state has changed many conditions
within the country and a new line
for the future must be established.!
Not even the wildest dreamer be
lieves, however, that this line will
deviate at present from the course
the party set in the beginning. Even
if Yugoslavia is forced lay economic
sanctions of other Eastern European
countries to deal with the Western
"imperialists,” the ground already
has been prepared for such a
necessity along strictly Marxist
Leninist lines.
Peasants Main Problem.
An original announcement of the
congress pointed to the main inter
nal government problem—that of
dealing with the peasants. Observ
ers here are especially interested to
see whether Tito will continue his
"kid glove" policy toward the peas
ant farmers in the gradual promo
tion of co-operatives or whether he
will take more drastic steps toward
their complete socialization through
the Russian-type of state collec
tivism.
This is the first congress of the
Yugoslav Communist Party to be
held since 1921.
The congress sessions are being
held in the former summer
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pavilion of the old Yugoslav guard
officers. Two years ago Tito’s secur
ity policy brought Gen. Draja Mi
khailovich to trial there and sen
tenced him tabe shot
The Yugoslav people have never
been told that all other Communist
parties have refused Invitations to
attend the congress.
6 Yugoslavs in Moscow
Back Cominform Stand
MOSCOW, July 21 UP).—Six Yugo
slav officers studying engineering in
Moscow have demanded that the
Central Committee of the Yugo
slav Communist Party "honorable
recognize its mistakes" and correct
them.
“Without the Soviet Union, with
out the Bolshevik Party and Com
rade Stalin there can be no social
istic construction and there can be
no free Yugoslavia.” they said in
a message published today by
Pravda.
“W# students and the engineering
faculty of the academy named for
Stalin in a most energetic fashion
protest against the inimical policy
conducted by the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of Yugo
slavia In relation to the Soviet Un
ion and the Bolshevik Party and
also against other brotherly Com
munist parties,” the message said,
adding:
"As membersMof the Communist
Party of Yugoslavia we demand that
the central committee of the party
in Yugoslavia honorably recognize
its mistakes as outlined in the reso
lution of the Communist Informa
tion Bureau (Cominform), that it
correct them ana return our party
to the brotherly alliance of other
Communist parties.”
The message, dated July 17, v/as
signed by Maj. Raspopovich Blazho,
Lt. Vlastimir Mikailovich, Capt. Kos
Ivan, Lt. Kovachevtvh Milovan,
Capt. Savish Milorad and Capt.
Rdganovich Dzhyuro.
Russians Are Reported
Leaving Yugoslavia
ATHENS, July 21 (>P).—A senior
official of the Greek Foreign Minis
try said today that all Soviet techni
cal staff members and their families
are leaving Yugoslavia.
The official told newsmen an inci
dent occurred at the Belgrade air
port when Yugoslav custom officers
insisted on searching the luggage of
one Russian, who protested.
The Foreign Ministry officer also
said all traffic between Belgrade and
Tirana, Albania, by Yugoslav air
craft has been suspended.
Draft
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corridors near the Federal Building
office of the Navy recruiting staff.
Portlahd, Me., recruiting offices re
ported they were swamped with re
quests for information but not en
listments. Only four 18-year-olds
signed up there today for the Army.
Even before the August 30 regis
tration date for the draft was set.
and the way was opened for enlist
ment of 18-year-olds for one7year
service, Navy enlistments increased
sharply in Washington.
Big July Total for Navy.
Lt. Comdr. R. T. Fahy of the Navy
recruiting station announced that
first enlistments totaled 108 thus
far in July. This is the biggest July
total since 1946, and does not in
clude several re-enlistments, he
It does n-“*
appjjpan
L
30 and continue througlTseptember
18. according to age groups. The
dates were set yestqritaK by Presi
dent Truma% M m
Actual ’4if$u4M>ig2 Rider the
peacetime JileeSvr service law
passed by Congress last month
can not start before September 22
at the earliest. The date nas not
been set. Men 19 through 25 are
liable to induction.
The start of volunteering by 18
year-old youths found local recruit
ing stations well staffed to handle
all applications. They announced
that men would be accepted on a
first-come-first-served basis if they
meet standard requirements for the
armed services. The 18-year-olds
will train in regular units but will
not be subject to overseas service.
The law limits the annual total
of such enlistments to 110.000 for
i the Army, 36,000 for the Navy, in
cluding 6.000 for the Marines and
15.000 for the Air Force. The rate
of enlistments is even more re
stricted because, during the first
four weeks beginning today, the
Army will accept only 10.000 youths
of 18, the Navy and Marines 3,000
and the Air Force 1,300.
Will Keep Waiting Lists.
That accounts for the small quota
allotted the Washington area, re
cruiting officers explained. This does
not mean that acceptance of the
first month’s allotment will neces
sarily disappoint other applicants.
The services will keep waiting lists.
The Army and Air Force said it
would limit its application list to
one and one-half times its author
ized quota, or 146 applications.
These lists will be destroyed after
30 days and new ones begun.
Preparations for registration of
men 18 through 25 also were well
under way here today, although the
District Selective Service Office has
not yet announced the number or
membership of draft boards or the
places where Washington men will
register beginning August 30.
It was explained that William E.
Leahy. Washington attorney who
headed the wartime draft system
i for the District, has not yet been
officially appointed by the President.
He has been recommended by the
Commissioners, however, and much
,work has been done in organizing
'boards. Many of the members and
employes of wartime draft boards
ihere have agreed to serve again, it
was reported.
Further details of the registration
and drafting procedures are to be
outlined at a news conference this
afternoon by Maj. Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey, national selective service
director. Gen. Hershey, who held a
similar post during the war, was
appointed Monday by President
Truman for the peacetime draft
j work.
| Registration, according to the
program announced yesterday, will
begin August 30 with men 35 and
working down to the 18-year-olds
who will begin registering Septem
ber 17. Selective Service System of
ficials said it will be another month
l or six weeks before they can set up
machinery on classification and de
ferments.
Foreign Agents
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Immigration and Naturalisation
Service had testified they did not
know what could be done to prevent
subversive agents coming into the
country as employes of the U. N.
and other world agencies.
Deputy Immigration Commission
er John P. Boyd yesterday suggest
ed that the subcommittee advocate
"more careful screening abroad” of
persons who request temporary visas
to attend U. N. sessions.
That, however, is almost impos
sible ip. Russian satellite countries
where normal information chan
nels are closed to United States con
sular officers, William Harlow, chief
of the State Department's diplo
matic visa section, testified.
Sees Threat to Security.
"The State Department must
have tangible evidence before it can!
deny a visa to any one seeking ad
mission to the U. N. headquarters,”!
he said. "I don't think anything!
can be done about it as long as the
seat of the United*Nations remains
in the United States.”
Mr. Harlow agreed with an earlier
witness, Robert C. Alexander, as
sistant chief of the State Depart
; ment's visa section, that many at
! taches and employes of the U. N.
jand similar organizations, such as
! the former United Nations Relief
and Rehabilitation Administration,
jcame here primarily to do propa
ganda work against the best inter
ests of the United States.
"I believe every representative of
an iron curtain country is here for
one purpose—to disseminate propa
ganda,’’ he asserted. “Their pres
ence here is a threat to the security
of the United States.”
The possibility of congressional
action on the problem was raised
not only by subcommittee staff of
ficials but by Senator Revercomb,
Republican, of West Virginia,,sub
committee chairman. He said at his
home last night the Congress might
pass the Mundt-Nixon bill for
stricter control of Communists and
tigher regulation of entry and su
pervision of foreign agents.
U. N. Officials Surprised.
Testimony before the subcommit
tee caused some surprise among
United Nations officials and United
States delegation chiefs at Lake
Success. A delegation spokesman
said the State Department has been
asked for further information.
Mr. Alexander, however, vigorous
ly defended and amplified state
ments he made to the subcommit- i
tee staff. He said at least several<
hundred known or suspected sub
versive foreign agents are here now
and "are not subject to exclusion'
under our laws, even though we
know that their coming here would
not be in our best interests.”
R. Clyde Larkin, chief of the
State Department's public safety
and security division, said some of
i the agents have been moving about
! "freely trying to collect intelligence
; data which will be of benefit tp their
own country, whoever they may be
serving, as w^l a* forjhe enlight
i enment of various .groups in this
country.”' ' W n 1U
States' Rights Delegates
Believed to Be Students
CHAl - . July
21.—City Democratic Party leaders,
who are not eager to come to an
official decision on what nominees
to support in November, were dis
turbed to read that there was a
Charlottesville “delegation" at the
Birmingham "States’ Rights” con
vention Saturday.
An Associated Press dispatch said
the Charlottesville "delegates” reg-1
istered were E. W. Fontaine and H.
C. Kilpatrick, jr.
The names were not known to
city party chieftains, but they had a
familiar sound around the Univers
ity of Virginia. They sounded like
two vacationing students—Emmett
W. Fontaine of Martinsville, Va.,
president of the Student Union, and
H. Cecil Kilpatrick, jr., of Wash
i ington, a member of the Student
'Union Committee.
Reynolds to Be Honored
For Aluminum Output
Special Dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND, Va„ July 21.—R. S.
Reynolds, president of the Reynolds
Metal Co. of Richmond, tonight
will receive the Government's Cer
tificate of Merit for his services
in providing light metals to the
war effort.
Announcement of the award was
made by District Court Justice
Richmond B. Keech in Washington.
Justice Keech is secretary of the
Army Merits Board.
The presentation, with Army,
Navy and Government officials as
guests, will be held at, the John
Marshall Hotel.
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Firefighter Local Asks
Promotion System
Members o' Local 96. Interna
tional Association of Firefighters,
today were on record as desiring
something specific in the way of
promotions in the District Fire De
partment.
After a special meeting at 935
G place N.W. last night,, a state
ment was released by,Pvt. Gener
Currier, the union secretary. It
stated that “the consensus of the
members present at the special
meeting of Local 36 was that they
were in favor of the establishment
of a definite promotional system.”
The meeting then recessed until
this morning at the G street ad
dress. Further consideration of the
problem is expected.
Last night’s session was the second
in one day featuring discussion of
the demand to divest Fire Chief
Clement Murphy of his power to
appoint high Fire Department offi
cers without competitive examina
tions.
The reason for the almost con
tinuous sessions was to allow fire
men on different shifts to attend.
Capt. L. F. Price called last night’s
meeting, after it was demanded by
petition. The sponsors of the
petition have been protesting Chief
Murphy’s promotional practices.
Under consideration also is the
possibility of retaining legal coun-:
sel to speak for members on the
question of promotions.
97 Virginia Miners
Admit Mob Assault
ly th« Aiiociat*d Press
GRUNDY, Va., July 21.—The ease
involving one of the largest numbers
of defendants ever to appear in a
single trial has ended.
Ninety-seven of the 178 union
miners charged with mob assault
pleaded guilty yesterday in Buchan
an Circuit Court. They received
suspended penitentiary sentences of
five years each. ,
Prosecution of 78 other men in the
case was dropped. Three, unable
to appear in court yesterday because
of illness, still face charges and will
be arraigned later.
The mass arraignment closed a
case which Circuit Judge Prank W.
Smith said "is without precedent in
the State of Virginia.” He added:
“So far as I have been able to dis
cover, no court in any State has ever
had to deal with a case involving so
many defendants.”
Each of the 97 men had been
named in 10 indictments charging
that they violated the mob violence
provision of Virginia's Anti-Lynch
Law in an attack on a nonunion
strip mine operator and nine of his
employes last April.
But Attorney General J. Lindsay
Almond, jr., directed by Gov. Tuck
to handle the case, and his associ
ates agreed not to prosecute further
the nine other indictments.
District Nurse Saved
From Chinese Reds
. , m -
By tho Associated Pro**
PEIPING, July 21.—Eight Axneiv
ican evacuees from Red-besieged:
Taiyuan. Shansi province capital,
were safe here today but four
others, all women missionaries, are!
missing.
Five of the eight rescued are mis- ■
sionaries, one is a nurse and two1
are children. They are Mr. and j
Mrs. Ernest Wampler and their two!
children, Joseph, 15, and Eugene,!
13, from Harrisonburg, Va.; Oliver!
Clark Sollenberger of Los Gatos.
Calif.; John William Detrick of
Alliance, Ohio; William Satterth
waitte of Yardley, Pa., $nd Nurse
Isabel Hemingway of Washington.
The missing women missionaries
were last reported at Fenyang, 60
miles southwest of Taiyuan. TTiey
are Misses Emma Noreen of
Brainerd, Minn.; Gladys Williams;
of Oberlin, Ohio; Mary de War of
East Orange, N. J., and Louise
Meebold, address unavailable.
Malayan Reds Attack
3 Rubber Plantations
ly the Associated Pros*
SINGAPORE, July 21.—Commu
nist insurgents attacked three rub
ber plantations In the Sungei Slput
area of Perak State today. At least
three Chinese were killed there and
in other violence in Malaya.
Dispatches from Perak said 60
Communist raiders burned down
buildings and warehouses at the
Cheal, Mabe and Krudda planta
tions.
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Amusement Industry
Reported in Worst
Postwar Slump
ty th« Associated Pros
NEW YORK, July 21.—America*
Entertainment Industry is reported
experiencing its worst postwar
slump.
Printing the results of a national
surrey, the New York Times said
today the decline *may be the most
serious manifestation to date of a
trend that set in 18 months ago."
The slump may carry the amuse
ment business down to Its prewar
level, the paper said.
The survey disclosed:
Movie box-office sales have fallen
off between 7 and 12 per cent In
the last year.
Numerous night clubs that never
before shut down in warm weather
have closed their doors.
Record Sales Off.
Phonograph record sales have
dropped an estimated 10 to 35 per£
cent, forcing the closing of some^
plant facilities.
Sheet music sales are off almost
40 per cent.
Payrolls have been slashed on
many movie lots, because of re
duced margins of profit.
The number of legitimate shows
on Broadway is less than a year ago
and several current productions ars
in precarious financial condition.
Many radio stars face salary cuts.
"Television has thus become vir
tually the only major entertainment
field—with the possible exception of
some concert programs — to show
continued growth,” the Times said.
Reasons Cited.
The paper said top entertainment
executives cited these reasons for
the slump:
1. Increased living costs have led
to curtailment of luxury good-time
spending.
2. Commodities not available In
wartime—such as automobiles—now
are competing for consumer dollars.
3. Competition from new amuse
ment fields, such as night baseball.
4. Increased costs that the indus
try has been unable to pass along in
the form of higher prices because of
customer resistance.
Brock Pemberton, president of the
New York League of Theaters, was
quoted as saying the present “finan
cial slump is greater than anything
since the prewar depression.”
"The people have undoubtedly
stopped throwing their money
around,” he said.
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