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Enough Pipe Exported
To Fit 2,700 Homes,
Senate Group Finds
8y the Atiociated Prm
A Senate investigation of export
frauds centered today about a 1947
overseas shipment of enough cast
iron pipe to have supplied 2,700
homes.
Senators wanted to know how
Robert Mistrough of New York man
aged that. They claim the much
needed pipe was exported as "con
crete pipe”—which requires no ex
port permit.
Mr. Mistrough is due to tell his
story when the Senate investigating
subcommittee, headed by Senator
Ferguson, Republican, of Michigan
winds up hearings Wednesday. The
group is in recess until then.
"It’s like investigating a sieve,”
Senator Ferguson said. "We can
check on a few holes, but we can’t
check all of them.”
Urges "Get Tough” Policy.
Witnesses have told the com
mittee of forged export licenses,
altered licenses and shipping declar
ations, phony signatures and al
tered records in the Commerce De
partment’s Office of International
Trade (OIT).
William Rogers, committee coun
sel, insisted OIT must adopt a "get
tough” policy and jail some of the
violators to stop the fraud in over
seas 'hipments.
OIT Counsel Nathan Ostroff and
Wallace S. Thomas. OIT director of
export operations, said controls will
PETER LEKTR1CH.
Former Commerce official tes
tifies in export licenses probe.
—AP Photos.
be tighter now that Congress has
supplied funds for policing European
Recovery Program shipments.
Peter Lektrich, one-time OIT
licensing officer, acknowledged under
oath that he granted two licenses
to his friend Mistrough to ship ex
cessive amounts of scarce materials
such as cast iron pipe and bath
room fixtures.
Became Nervous.
Mr. Lektrich said he became ner
vous about the licenses when he saw
that Mr. Mistrough was advertising
in a trade journal he could supply
the scarce goods with licenses for
shipping. Mr. Lektrich said he
thought Mr. Mistrough had already
received orders.
Mr. Lektrich said he altered the
duplicate licenses on file with OIT.
He said he told Mr. Mistrough to
return the original license and found
that 68 tons of wire nails had been
“added.”
-‘It was a forgery?” Chairman
Ferguson asked.
"Yes,” Mr. Lektrich said. He
added that Mr. Mistrough had
shipped most of the goods by the
tune he could talk to him. Mr.
Lektrich said he resigned from his
$6,200 job after the license scandal
was uncovered.
"McGuire” Signature.
Earlier in the day, the committee
heard Bizarre testimony about a
name "pulled out of a hat.”
Thomas P. Quinn, $60-a-week
handyman for the exporter nephew,
blandly testified that he signed the
name “James A. McGuire" to 15
export licenses that Senators say
were forged.
“I signed the name to numerous
declarations while working for my
nephew,” Mr. Quinn explained
w-hen shown the 15 papers.
Where did he gets the name?
“I just pulled it out of the hat,”
the plump, bald, soft-spoken w-it
ness replied.
The nephew, Exporter. John A.
“Jack" Quinn, previously had re
fused for a second time to identify
the export permits. He said his
testimony might incriminate him.
But the younger Quinn insisted
there is a “James A. McGuire” who
obtained the permits for him. Both
the Quinns are from Jersey City,
N. J.
Mr. Rogers said that two weeks
after Jack Quinn was involved in a
congressional hearing on forged
permits OIT issued him a license
to export "a million dollars’ worth
of rice.”
Boys Cleared of Arson
In Fire Which Killed 5
»y th« Associated Press
RENO, Nev., Sept. 11.—Arson
charges have been dismissed in the
cases of two small boys accused of
setting a fire August 15 which killed
five persons and Injured 137.
District Attorney Harold Taber
said the youngsters, both colored
and 9 years old, were freed on his
recommendation.
This, he said, was based on a
Nevada statute which says children
between the ages of 8 and 14 are
incapable of committing a crime
unless they had clear knowledge
of its wrongfulness.
Mr. Taber said also there was no
evidence to corroborate statements
by the boys that they started the
fire while playing with matches in
the basement of the old downtown
building.
Capt. Karl A. Thieme Heads
Anacostia Navy Barracks
Capt. Karl A. Thieme. former di
rector of the Navy’s enlisted men s
distribution section, has assumed
command of the Naval Receiving
Barracks at Anacostia. succeeding
' Cc'pt. Henry W. Goodall.
Capt. Goodall, commanding offi
cer since early in 1946. was assigned
to the Amphibious Training Com
mand. Little Creek. Va. He will
later assume command of a cargo
ship.
Capt. Thieme has been command
ing officer of the transport Gen. W.
A. Mann.
The United States took 78 per cent
of Belgium’s gem exports in a re
cent month.
NEW YORK_DEWEY DISCUSSES FOREIGN POLICY PROBLEMS — Gov. Dewey. Republican
presidential nominee, discussed foreign policy problems at his hotel last night with Senator
Vandenberg. Republican, of Michigan (left) and John Foster Dulles. _—AP Wirephto,
*
Truman Abandons
Plans for Lengthy
Southern Campaign
President Truman has aban
doned plans for a lengthy
Southern campaign tour, friends
said today as the South's re
volt against his civil rights pro
gram mounted.
Mr. Truman will make some
appearances in the South, they
said, but strategic speaking
spots either will be selected on
a brief, single-trip basis or
added to other general sched
ules.
The President is spending a
quiet week end aboard his
yacht, the Williamsburg, on the
Potomac River before swinging
into intensive campaigning
next week.
He leaves next Friday for
Dexter, Iowa, where he will de
liver a major campaign - ad
dress September 18 at a farm
rally. He will swing West from
there on a two-week campaign
trip.
Dewey
<Continued From First Page.)
electing Senator Revercomb, how
ever, because he holds one of the
seats the Democrats are counting
on capturing this year. Mr. Halla
nan said it W'ould be unfortunate if
the Republicans elected a President
and simultaneously lost control of
the Senate by failing to re-elect
Senator Revercomb.
Mr. Hallanan said Gov. Dewey
indicated that if he speaks in West
Virginia he would deem it neces
sary to make it clear his position in
favor of liberalizing the Displaced
Persons Act. Mr. Hallanan gave re
porters the impression the impor
tant thing is for Gov. Dewey to
make an appearance in the State
in behalf of the entire ticket.
Mr. Hallanan pointed out that
Senator Revercomb has expressed a
willingness to consider changes in
the law in January. During the spe
cial session, which lasted only two
weeks. Senator Revercomb, chair
man of the Judiciary Subcommittee
in charge-of DP legislation, took the
position that hearings should be
held on any proposed changes, and
the adjournment plans of Repub
lican leaders left no time for such
hearings.
Says Failure Would be Noticed.
Gov. Dewey was represented at the
time as favoring a change in the
time limits in the earlier DP law,
the effect of which would have been
to admit to this country more dis
placed refugees from Europe.
Mr. Hallanan said that if Gov.
Dewey goes into other border States,
like Oklahoma and Kentucky with
out stopping in West Virginia, his
failure to do so would be noticeable.
Although the Democrats have a
200.000 majority of the registered
voters in West Virginia this year,
Mr. Hallanan was confident Gov.
Dewey’s strength at the top of the
ticket would be sufficient to carry
along the entire ticket. By that
he meant he did not expect wide
spread scratching of tickets.
Asked if 200,000 was not a sub
stantial Democratic registration ma
jority to swing over to the
Republican sides, Mr. Hallanan re
called that the Republicans lost the
State to Franklin D. Roosevelt in
1932 when the GOP had a 175,000
majority on the registration books.
Tire Republican committeeman pre
dicted the coal miners would not
rally to President Truman the way
they turned out in recent years for
tne late President Roosevelt. He
ascribed this change in sentiment
in part to the court proceedings
Mr. Truman had instituted against
John L. Lewis and his miners'
union to end work stoppages.
Those who believe Gov. Dewey will
visit West Virginia before the cam
paign is over base their belief on
the fact that the Dewey forces are
anxious to prevent an upset in Re
publican control of the Senate,
which would make it difficult for
Gov. Dewey to shape his own legis
lative program if he should enter
the White House.
Senator Revercomb is being op
posed this year by Matthew M.
Neely, a veteran Democratic cam
paigner who at various times has
been Governor, Senator and Repre
sentative.
Four More U. S. Consulates
To Be Closed for Economy
ty the Auocioted Preit
Pour more United States consul
ates abroad have been ordered shut
down as an economy measure.
State Department officials said
today that within the next 30 days
consulates will be closed at Ply
mouth, England: Antigua. British
West Indies; Ceiba, British Hon
duras. and Sarnia. Ontario.
Two consulates in Mexico, at Mat
Amoros and Agua Prieta. already are
under orders to close by September.
Other closings may be ordered later,
officials said, because of a $1,122,615
cut in foreign service funds made
by Congress for this year.
Officials said all six consulates
have ample business to warrant
their maintenance. Consulates
handle passport applications, visa
requests, legal services and trade
matters.
»
New Credit Rules Will Require
Third Cash on Most Car Sales
ly th« As»ociat#d Pr«s
These new Federal Reserve Board
rules for buying automobiles on
the installment plan will go into
effect September 20:
A down payment of one-third the
cash price must be made on pre
1938 models, used or new 1949 mod
els, or other new cars.
For 1938-1948 model cars the
down payment must be either one
third the cash price or one-third
the “average retail value.”
If the balance after the down
payment is over $1,000. 18 months
will be allowed for full payment.
The period will be 15 months if the
balance is less than $1,000.
“Average retail value” is deter
mined by checking official price
guides which the Reserve Board
listed along with its announcement
of the new Installment regulations.
To make up for price differences in
various parts of the country, the
board specified these areas for each
guide:
States east of the .Mississippi
River—American Auto Appraisal,
market analysis report. Arizona,
California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon.
Utah, Washington—Kelley Bluebook
Official Guide. Idaho, Oregon and
Washington only—Northwest used
car values. Wisconsin only—Official
Wisconsin Automobile Valuation
Guide.
All areas may 'use these guides:
Bluebook (executive edition), Red
book National Used Car Market Re
port, National Automobile Dealers’
Association Official Used Car Guide;
effective October 1, the Official Au
tomobile Guide (price edition) and
Official Automobile Price Guide
(price edition).
If the guides list overdrives or
automatic transmissions as extra
equipment, that is to be included
as part of the car’s value, but that
does not apply to radios or heaters.
U. S. Army Troopship
Loads Last Filipinos
Fleeing Volcano Gas
By the Associated Press
MANILA, Sept. 11.—Mast of the
20,000 Filipinos still on the volcanic
isle of Camaguin were being loaded
on a United States Army troopship
today in the ominous shadow of
erupting Mount Hibokhibok.
The mile-high volcano still blew
' out dangerous but not deadly gases,
and geologists saw a possibility of a
new and violent eruption, but for
the moment at least the sitiiatioh
nnnpnrpH in hnnri.
A second big Army transport, the
15,000-ton Gen. Morton, was rush
ing to the island to help evacuate
refugees. It is due to arrive to
morrow.
No Cocks,Available.
The 17,812-ton Army transport
Gen. William Weigel had picked up
i some 8,000 refugees at the east coast
Sport of Binoni and the south coast
port of Sagay and removed them to
Mindanao.
Capt. Walter Williams of the Gen.
Weigel said about 16.000 of the
islanders had been accounted for
in seven reception centers.
Island authorities reported that
the two transports and other smaller
craft should have the island cleared
of inhabitants by Tuesday.
The Gen. Weigel was slowed in its
task by having to work in open
roadsteads because no docks were
available.
Navy Sends Dehydrated Food.
Dehydrated food was flown to the
hungry islanders by an American
Navy flying boat which took of! from
Manila, 450 miles away.
Arturo Alcaraz, government vol
cano expert, who ordered the gen
eral evacuation when acidic ash be
gan raining down late Thursday,
radioed that the volcano still was
blowing dangerous gases.
He said these were not deadly.
However, the radio station at Ma
hinog, the island's last link with the
outside world, appealed for gas
masks so its operators could stay on
to the last.
It had been hoped the Gen. Weigel
could take on all refugees. But Fili
pino Red Cross disaster relief offi
cials increased their estimate of the
number still on the island from 14,
000 to 20,000.
That will necessitate additional
ships. The Philippine naval patrol
commandeered all available small
craft in the area to help bring off
the islanders.
Cleared to Avert Panic.
The patrol advised Manila that
even after the burning ashes fell
the Islanders still wanted to stay on,
but forced evacuation was declared
to avert any panic if the volcano's
violence increased.
Alfredo Cruz, a Filipino on Cami
guin, in a message to Manila gave
for the first time some of the details
of the events of Thursday and
Friday.
Last Thursday night, he reported,
Hibokhibok, which has shown signs
of subsiding after nine days of
action, suddenly erupted acidic ash.
The ash settled over the island,
oumir.g the skin and inflaming the
eyes, noses and throats of those
who had stayed behind.
Along with the ashes came the
gases. The smell of sulphuric acid
hung* over the island.
Then with a thunderous roar
came a gigantic landslide. There
were repeated landslides through the
night into Friday morning.
-At daylight, geologists found the
slides had plugged up the new
crater dh the east slope which had
been letting the pent-up gases
escape.
Sometime during the night a new
crater had opened on the west side
but geologists still feared gases were
Jamming up inside. They warned
a major eruption might come at any
time.
Colleagues Elect Elgin
BALTIMORE. Sept. 11 W.
Lee Elgin, Maryland's Motor Ve
hicles Commissioner, has been
elected to the executive board of
the American Association of Motor
Vehicles Administrators at its an
nual meeting in Detroit.
Alston, Postal Employe,
To Exhibit Paintings
An exhibition of paintings by
Prank W. Alston, jr„ 34. former art
student at Howard University and
now a Post Office employe, will
open today and will run through
October 11 at the Barnett Aden
Gallery, 127 Randolph place N.W.
The exhibition includes oil paint
ings and watercolors, many of them
depicting Washington scenes. Mr.
Alston studied at the Rhode Island
School of Design, in addition to
Howard.
His work is represented also in
the galleries at Howard and in Chi
cago, Atlanta, San Francisco, New
York and other cities.
Vandenberg
(Continued From First Page.)
Dewey and I have discussed these
matters many times and one of the
reasons I confidently look forward
to his election as presided of the
United States is the fact that he
deeply believes in this concept and
will stoutly sustain it over the years
that lie ahead.”
This move toward national unity
in the present delicate situation
growing out of the Russian blockade
of Berlin was in line with the policy
first adopted by Gov. Dewey when
he made his first bid for the presi
dency four years ago.
Then the Nation was in the midst
of war, and, although he took issue
with the late President Roosevelt
on details and methods, Gov. Dewey
joined in laying the foundation for
a bi-partisan foreign policy sending
Mr. Dulles to Washington as his
representative in conferences that
led to the creation of the United
Nations organization.
Mr. Dulles will leave the United!
States last of next week for the
U. S. General Assembly meeting in
Paris, starting September 21. By
that time Gov. Dewey and President
Truman will both be out on their;
Western campaign tours, bidding for;
the votes of the American people.;
They will find fault with each other j
on many issues, but last night's j
meeting will send Mr. Dulles to
Paris with the assurance that there
is no division between the two major
parties on the critical phases of the
oresent world situation.
If Gov. Dewey wins the election it
is expected that either Mr. Dulles or
Senator Vandenberg will be his Sec
retary of State, which gives added
strength to what took place here
last night. As the campaign pro
gresses, it is probable that Repub
lican speakers will question the wis
dom of the administration's han
dling of some foreign problems. But
it is safe to conclude that the
Dewey-Warren forces Will leave no
doubt that on the underlying dif
ference between Russia and the
Western powers, the outcome of the
election will not affect American
policy.
Brussels Acts to Halt
Realty Firms Seeking
To Evict U. S. Dead
Ry th» Aitociottd Prm
BRUSSELS, Sept. 11.—Govern
ment investigations were under way I
today into the action of two real
estate firms, which have demanded
the evacuation of a cemetery con
taining 12,000 American war dead
near ltamur.
The Interior Ministry is conduct- j
ing one investigation. Another is
being carried out by the office of
Prime Minister Paul-Henri Spaak.
“Our only wish,” said Edmond
Struyf, the premier’s deputy chief
of cabinet, "is to take every action
we can against the two real estate
corporations if such action proves
justified.”
Meanwhile, the Brussels Press
lambasted the two corporations lor
what it termed their scandalous”
disrespect toward the American war
heroes “who were the ransom of our
liberty.”*
The realty dealers served notice
that the cemetery be evacuau—
within eight days, but a Belgian gov
ernment spokesman said yesterday
the government may expropriate
the land in order to make sure that
American Military Government au
thorities remain in undisputed pos
session of the cemetery.
It was announced that Col. Raoul
de Fraiteur, Defense Minister, and
Auguste Vermeylen, Interior Min
ister, will attend an American cere
mon in honor of the dead at Neu
ville-en-Condroz, where the ceme
tery is located, September 19. A
detachment of the Belgian Army
also will be there.
Accused Magistrate Gets
Bail Reduced by $60,000
By th« Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 11.—Mag
istrate John J. O’Malley, accused of
tion and accepting a $500 bribe, went
back into court yesterday and won a
cut from $75,000 to $15,000 in bail.
he 54-year-old magistrate has been
free under bond pending grand jury
action on three warrants charging
j him with malfeasance and misde
meanor in office during the last
five years he served as chief of
Philadelphia's 33 magistrates.
Judges John A. Mawhinney and
Bryan A. Milner reduced O'Mally's
bail after agreeing with his attor
ney that it was excessive.
U. S. May Find Buyer Yet
For 484 Cases of Wine
By the Associated Pres*
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 11.—'Those
1,161 gallons of Portuguese wine
i which have been worrying the Cus
I toms Office may not have to go
(down the drain, after all.
The Customs Office has held the
wine four years because of $10,545.40
unpaid taxes. The first announced
1 sale brought no bids, but customs
officials are going to try one more.
There are two catches: The wine
can’t be spld for less than the tax
due. And it must be sold in one
484-case lot.
Stapleton Gets School Post
TOWSON, Md., Sept. 11 </Pi.—Ed
ward Guy Stapleton, associate su
perintendent of schools for Balti
more County, has been named act
ing.superintendent, temporarily suc
ceeding Raymond S. Hyson, who
died a month ago after a long ill
ness.
Weather Report
District of Columbia—Sunny with
highest temperature about 78 de
grees this afternoon. Clear and
cool again tonight with lowest about
58 degrees. Tomorrow sunny and
warmer.
Maryland and Virginia—Pair and
cool again tonight. Tomorrow sun
ny and warmer in the afternoon.
Wind velocity, 7 miles per hour;
direction, west, northwest.
District Medical Society ragweed
pollen count for 24 hours ending 9
a.m., September 11—34 grains per
cubic yard of air.
River Report.
<From United States Engineers )
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah cloudy at
Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Yesterday. Pet. Today—• Pet.
Noon _ 80 Midnight _9i
4 D m- 91 8 a.m. _ 95
8 p.m. _ 88 10 a.m. _74
High and Low for Yesterday.
Hijh. 71. at 3:08 a.m.
Lew. 62. at 1:38 p.m.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 99. on August 27.
Lowest, 5. on January 26.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and,
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
Hi«h _ 2:57 a.m. 3:57 a.m
Low _30:15 a.m. 3 1:15 a.m.
High _ 3:29 pm 4:34 p.m.
Low _ 10:25 p.m. 31:25 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises • Sets.
Sun. today - 6:40 7:23
Sun. tomorrow _ 6:47 7:22
Moon, today 2:59 p.m. 11:59 p.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1948. Ave. Record.
January _ 4.57 3.55 7.83 ’37
February_ 1.67 3.37 6.84 '84
March _ 3.66 3.75 8.84 ’91
April _ 3.05 3.2 7 9.13 '89
May_ 8.87 3.70 10.69 '89
June_ 5.28 4.13 10.94 ’00
July _ 4 31 4.71 10.63 ’86
August _ 9.00 4.01 14.41 ’28
September_ 1.23 3.24 17.45 ’34
October _ — 2.84 8.81 37
November _ 2.37 8.69 89
December _ 3.32 7.56 *01
Lane Pledges State
Anti-Pollution Drive
t
For Upper Potomac
By James R. Birchfield
Star Staff Correspondent
HAGERSTOWN. Md., Sept. 11.—
The State of Maryland was pledged
today to an active campaign to re
duce pollution in the upper Potomac
River.
Addressing the seventh annual
meeting of the Interstate Commis
sion on the Potomac River Basin
here last night, Gov. Lane outlined
a State policy for pollution abate
ment that will give special emphasis
to the upper Potomac area, recog
nized as a pollution sorespot in the
basin.
He pledged co-operation with
West Virginia in a program in the
area where the two States join and
called on industries and municipali
ties in the basin for active support
of the anti-pollution campaign.
"We must first make a study of
the upper river," the Governor said,
"so that we may know and recognise
our problems.
"We then will ask all o? our peo
ple, industries, municipalities and
private individuals, to co-operate in
a program that will bring about
improvements in the area.”
Praises Co-Operation.
Praising the co-operative spirit
that now exists between Maryland
and West Virginia in the upper
basin, Gov. Lane said he hoped the
time soon will come when an equal
degree of co-operation will exist
between the Free State and Virginia
in the lower basin.
"I should like.” he continued, “to
see the day ^when Virginia and
Maryland will west the Chesapeake
Bay and its tributaries as a single
biological unit. I belieVe that time
soon will come and that we can
then launch a program to save the
valuable seafood resources for future
generations.”
Referring jokingly to the compact
of 1785 between Virginia and Mary
land as a "horse trade for the pur
pose of stopping piracy," the Gov
ernor said he was #orry the com
pact also had not applied to “under
water movement,” such as fish.
As it is, he explained, Virginia
received fishing rights for an agree
ment not to molest Maryland sur
face shipping—a protection Mary
land received four years later with
the ratification of the Constitution.
"She has been fishing in Maryland
waters ever since,” the Governor
said, “and now we hope to be able
to save the few oysters still remain
ing in the lower Potomac.”
Governor Lane also referred to
the proposed Chesapeake Bay
bridge, stating that shipping au
thorities in the bay had assured him
the span would impede the move
ment of craft in the Baltimore port.
"There has been a lot of loose and
dishonest talk about the injury to
Baltimore shipping by the bridge,”
the Governor said, “and I am glad
to have the word of experts on this
matter. If it is my last act as Gov
ernor of Maryland, I am going to
build this bridge.”
L. Harold Sothorn. State Senatoi
from Prince Georges County and
former commission chairman, de
scribed the interstate group last
night as the "greatest lesson in
democracy in the world today.”
No Police Rights.
The work . and accomplishments
of the commission. Senator Sothorn
sat:’, "stem from the desires of the
people in the member States.
"The commission has no police
power,” he pointed out. “It has no
rights of force or coercion. It can
only use persuasion.”
At closing sessions today, the
commission will hear a report from
West Virginia officials on a pro
gram for the Potomac area. It is
also expected to receive recom
mendations from its land use com
mittee concerning a watershed pro
gram to reduce pollution from
erosion.
It is also expected that recom
mendations concerning the future
purity of the river in the Washing
ton area will be made by a special
group studying the river above Key
Bridge.
Mountain Troops Recover
Bodies of 4 Lost Airmen
By th# Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11.—
Brought down from their icy crypt
on Mount Darwin by trained Army
mountain troops, the bodies of four
airmen lost when their plane struck
the Fresno County peak in 1942
were being shipped to 6th Army
headquarters today for positive
identification.
Also headed for the Presidio was
the search party. Commanded by
Capt. Roy F. Sulzbacher, the party
recovered the bodies after four days
of perilous climbing.
Their success was a triumph over
the elements. 'For virtually all of
the year the mountain is subject
to avalanches and blinding blizzards
at the 13,800-foot level where the
wreckage was located in August,
1947, by a skier.
The search was considered feasi
ble only for a brief period between
August 15 and September 15.
The crash, of an Army Air Force
plane on a training mission, occurred
November 18. 1942. Efforts to lo
cate the missing aircraft were
futile until the skier stumbled on it
last year.
VOLCANO REFUGEES AWAIT RESCUE-Camiguin islanders in the Southern Philippines lined
the beach with all the personal belongings they could carry as they awaited rescue when forced
! to flee by an eruption of Mount Hibokhibok. They were taken to the freighter Eugene Sykes,
I standing offshore. Eracuation continued today. —AP Wirephoto.
■ a 4 Pm
KURT SCHUMACHER,
Accused by Reds as spy leader.
—AP Wtephoto.
COUNT VON E1NSIEDEL.
Kin of Bismarck sentenced.
—AP Wirephoto.
German
(Continued From First Page.f
of the divided city. The talks now
are in recess after apparently reach
ing a deadlock.
Demonstration Pushed.
The Socialist press reported that
the Russians and their German
colleagues are ordering even school
children to turn out for tomorrow's
Communist demonstration. A high
Soviet officer was quoted as telling
school teachers "anybody who does
not march tomorrow is a Nazi.”
Meanwhile the British-American
airlift to Berlin continued its record
pace in clear waters. The United
States Army’s Tempelhof Airdrome
was putting the finishing touches on
a new 500-foot runway which will
substantially increase its capacity.
It is expected to begin operating
early next week.
Although the Russians had an
nounced they were continuing ex
tensive air maneuvers in the Allied
air corridors, American pilots said
they $avf few Soviet planes.
Probe
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also m connection with this es
pionage case."
He said the witness, a scientist,
may testify at the open hearings.
Committee members said three
other persons formerly connected
with the Manhattan Projeet which
developed the atomic bomb also were
questioned at the closed session yes
terday.
Other witnesses will be called
Monday on the atomic espionage
case, it was indicated.
Hiss-Chambers Controversy.
Also scheduled, to appear Monday,
it was learned, were some out-of
town witnesses who the comipittee
hopes can shed some light on the
long-drawn-out controversy involv
ing conflicting stories told by Alger
Hiss and Whittaker Chambers.
Mr. Hiss, a former State Depart
ment official, has denied accusations
of Mr. Chambers, an avowed ex
Communist, that Mr. Hiss was one
of the leaders in a prewar commu
nist espionage ring operating here.
Committee investigators, it was
learned, have questioned Mr. Hiss’
former secretary at the State De
partment. The secretary, according
to committee sources, said she was
very busy getting ready to attend
the United Nations conferences in
Paris and had nothing to tell the
committee.
In another development. Assist
ant Secretary of the Interior C.
Girard Davidson charged in a speech
at Portland, Oreg.. that the con
gressional spy probe has driven
Communist agents underground.
Mr. Davidson, according to an
Associated Press report, declared
that the committee’s investigation
has set back the Government's spy
detection work “many months or
perhaps even years.” He said the
Government's counter - espionage
forces will be hampered by publiciz
ing of information.
The hearings, he declared, were
timed politically as Republican
"headline hunting.”
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Sweden, Turkey and Italy. The bene
ficiaries of these funds are France,
the Netherlands, Austria, Greece,
Norway, Denmark and the French
zone of Germany.
Britain is the chief contributor—
$285,000,000—and France the main
beneficiary—$323,000,000.
The chief problem remaining be
fore the council is a system of cur
rency exchanges for ordinary Euro
pean commercial exchanges. Bel
gium wants to be able to use a bal
ance in one country for purchases
in another, a system which implies
free convertibility of European
monies.
Britain opposes this. The British
do not want to make the pound
freely convertible, at lekst not when
the pound is “weak" compared with
the hard currencies of Belgium,
Switzerland and Portugal.
Fish Bone in Throat
Gives Bob Hope
An Unusual Gag
•y th* Associated Frost
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 11.—
Bob Hope, the comedian, was
rehearsing last night for his
new radio show. He had just
come from dinner. Suddenly j
he gasped for breath.
For once there wasn’t a funny
crack from writer, cast or press
agent. They called a doctor .
from the Emergency Hospital,
who removed a fishbone from
the comedian's throat.
Russia Accepts Bid
To Paris Conference
On Italian Colonies
ly the Associated Press
MOSCOW, Sept. 11.—'Tass. the
Soviet news agency, said today
! Russia had given provisional
acceptance to an American pro
posal for a four-power meeting
| in Paris Monday on the fate of
Italy’s prewar colonies.
Tass quoted a Soviet note ad
dressed to the United States yes
terday. It said Russian acceptance
hinged on acceptance of the Amer
ican proposal by Britain and Prance.
The Soviet note said the Amer
ican reply to a Russian proposal last
week for a meeting of the Foreign
Minister's Council on the colonics
did not correspond "to conditions of
the peace treaty with Italy."
A week ago the Soviet Union sug
gested to the United States, Britain
and France that the four Foreign
Ministers meet on the colonies’ ques
tion before September 15.
The Russian note said both Brit
ain and France had agreed to a
Council meeting, but added the "re
fusal of the United States to send
her Secretary of State (George C.
Marshall' to the meeting makes
impossible a meeting of the Council
of Foreign Ministers as such and
thus violates the Italian peace
treaty.”
(It was reported in Washing
ton yesterday Gen. Marshall is
not due to arrive in Paris until
September 19 to attend the open
ing of the U. N. General As
sembly September 21. State De
partment officials said there
would be no immediate com
ment on the Russian note.l
The note accused tfle United
States of a “completely arbitrary
and unacceptable" act in suggest
ing in her note to Russia September
8 that a council of the four foreign
ministers themselves would not be.
of much use if the Russians had
no new proposals to put forward.
The Italian treaty fixes September,
15 as the deadline for an agreement
among the Big Four on what is to
be done about Somaliland, Eiritrea
and Libia. In event there is no
agreement the treaty states that;
the question should be .referred to
the U. N. for settlement.'
Deputies of the four foreign min
isters met in London recently but
were unable to agree on the future
of the colonies.
AVC Official Predicts
Ouster of Red Editor
By th« Associated Brest
BALTIMORE, Sept. 11.—The Nft
tional vice chairman of the Ameri
can Veterans Committee predicted
last night the expulsion of John
Gates, editor of the Daily Worker
in New York.
“And when Gates goes," Joseph
A. Clorety, Jr., of Silver Spring, said,
“the Communists may pull out of
the rest of their boys. They won’t
want to stay in AVC when they see
that we're going to handle their
kind without gloves.”
Mr. Clorety said expulsion pro
ceedings against Gates will be con
ducted later this month by nhe
organisation, “and I predict he will
be ousted.” Mr. McClorety spoke at
the second national convention of
the 100th Infantry Division.
Claiming the AVC “has fought
against Communist infiltration since
the beginning.” Mr. Clorety admit
ted a small minority of the member*
complained Gates’ civil rights are
being infringed by the ouster
movement.
“We’re not infringing cfh his civil
rights,” the rational vice chariman
asserted. "Nobody has any actual
right to belong to a voluntary
organization that doesn’t want him.
Most members of AVC approve of
this action.”
Maj. Gen. Withers A. Burress,
commander of the division in
Europe, is among 500 delegates reg
istered from 20 states at the'
convention.
Men Born in 1927
*
Sign Up for Draff
Registration for the peacetime
draft continued today with men
born in 1927 signing up.
Frank D. Norton, deputy District
Selective Service director, announced
that 36,546 have registered here and
that his office had mailed out 1,631
classification forms—which will de-t
termine the draft status of eacht
man—to the early registrants. i
"The forms should begin to start
comi/Ig back in the first part of
next week.” he said, “but since reg
istrants are allowed 10 days in
which to return them, I expect the*
majority will avail themselves of
that time lag.”
He said he expected that the
District would have no difficulty in
filling its November quota of 55
men.
On Monday and Tuesday those
born in 1928 will register. Regis
tration started August 30 with 25
year-olds and will end September
18 with 18-year-olds born in 1930
before September 19. National Se
lective Service officials said that
registration throughout the country
has been going along; smoothly after
a few early difficulties were Ironed
out.
Head of Juvenile Center
Accused in Morals Case
ly thi Attecialad f rm>
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 11— Edwin
B. Lowell, 39, superintendent ol the;
Marion County Juvenile Center, was
charged with statutory rape today
for alleged intimacies with a 15
year-old girl at the center.
MaJ. Robert A. O'Neal said Lowell
signed a statement admitting he
had relations with two girls at the
institution.
MaJ. O'Neal said Lowell, married .
and tne father of two small children,
stated that he had delations with
the girls because they had become
emotional problems In the institu
tion.
MaJ. O'Neal said investigation was
started after the two girls were
transferred to the Indiana Girls*
School and told the school superin-1
tendent that Lowell had been in-,
ttmate with them. He said the older
of the girls aas 17.
Lowell has a long record of social
work. He majored in psychology at
the University of Wisconsin and did
graduate work at George Williams
College.
From 1934 to 1942 he supervised a
boys club in Chicago. During the
war he was a field director and
supervisor of personnel for the Red
Cross, serving in the Pacific.