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Forrestal in Banquet
Speech Hints of New
Economic Controls
The possibility of new economic
controls, priorities and allocations
was raised by Defense Secretary
Forrestal last night at an Air Force
Day banquet here, celebrating the
first anniversary of the force as an
independent unit.
Amid much applause and a
lengthy speech on the benefits of
unification, Mr. Forrestal warned
that, “even the ceiling of $15,
000,000,000" (the President's) “would
constitute 40 per cent of the 1948-49
budget.”
“It is open to question,” he said,
“whether this level of appropria
tions can be translated into the
production of war goods without the
imposition of some forms of control,
but It seems almost certain that
any level substantially beyond that
figure would inevitably demand the
creation of controls, priorities and
allocations.” ,
1,000 Attend Banquet.
This part of Mr. Forrestal's speech
went almost unnoticed in an au
dience of more than 1,000 top-rank
ing Air Force, Federal and aviation
officials, who had assembled in the
Hotel Statler for a banquet spon
sored by the Air Force Association
and the Aero Club of Washington.
Some Air Force officers interpreted
Mr. Forrestal’s remarks to mean
that the Air Force must build up to
its newly authorized strength of 70
groups by the use of “war-weary”
World War II aircraft brought out
of storage, as against new planes.
Secretary for the Air Force Stuart
Symington, after a few preliminary
remarks, complimented Mr. For
restal as “having approved for pro
duction all the airplanes given by
us by Congress.”
He evidently referred to the fact
that the Defense Secretary had held
back, until this month, the alloca
tion of funds granted to the military
establishment in view of the tense
world situation.
Mr. Forrestal recently released a
large amount for the Air Force.
The Defense Secretary told the
group that we could have dominated
Europe after the end of the war
against the Nazis, “if we had chosen
to maintain our power or even a
part of it.”
Instead, he said, we chose to de
mobolize and throw our lot with the
United Nations and the relief and
reconstruction of Europe.
He numbered the billions which
the United States spent in the period
between the end of the war in
Europe and the start of the Marshall
Plan, adding:
“At the end of the war” (with
Japan i “we had in our possession
the most lethal weapon that came
out of it, the atomic bomb. We
proposed that this deadly weapon
be subjected to international con
trol and offered to surrender our
priority rights, including the right,
of visitation and inspection of
manufacturing plants, to an inter
national body.”
iriouie m nonnun.
After payng tribute at this junc
ture to "one of the ablest business
men in the United States, Mr. Paul
Hoffman,” administrator of the
European Recovery program, ^Mr^
Forrestal remarked that: »
"The energies of this GoverninPhtl
both in regard to the part,* presently
in power and to the opposition, are
concentrated today on an attempt to
find a viable procedure for accommo
dation with the other great military
power in the world and upon making;
the machinery of t JHfWW Fed If at Whs
work as an effective instrument for
the settlement of disputes between
sovereign States.
"Our representatives in London,
in Moscow and in Berlin, for 80 days
have been conducting negotiations
with great restraint and patience
under trying circumstances. Their
work has been toward one and only
one objective, that is peace.”
Hoffman Expects France
To Stay in Western Bloc
ly th* Auociatcd Prm
Economic Co-operation Admin
istrator Paul Hoffman predicted last
night that France will reject com
munism.
Mr. Hoffman, who visited Europe
recently, said on Mutual's "Meet the
Press” radio program that he does
not “think there's a remote chance
of France going Communist or
Fascist.”
"If we build all the European
countries up, Russia won’t take
than," he said. "I hope there will
be less (need fort aid next year
than this.”
Weather Report
District of Columbia — Mostly
■unny this afternoon with highest
about 85. Fair tonight with lowest
near 65. Tomorrow, mostly sunny
with highest near 87.
Virginia—Fair tonight with a lit
tle warmer in south portion. To
morrow, fair and continued warm.
Maryland—Fair with little change
in temperature tonight. Tomor
row. fair and continued warm.
Wind velocity, 5 miles per hour;
direction, west-southwest.
District Medical Society ragweed
pollen count for 24 hours ending 9
a.m.. September 18—14 grains per
cubic yard of air.
Hirer Report
(From United States Engineers.)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls: Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Teiterday. Pet Today— Pet.
Hoon . _ . _ 60 Midnight _74
4 p m.. 82 8 g m _79
I p m __ _ 70 1 p m. _55
High and Low tor Teaterday.
High. 78. at .7:22 pm.
Low. 67. at 7:52 a m
Record Temperature] Thia Tear.
elghest. 99. on August 27.
iwest. 5. on January 26.
Tide Tablet.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High - 8:58 a m. 9:32 a.m.
Low __ 3:73 a m 4:13 a m.
High _ 9:20 pm. 0:53 p.m.
Low_ 3:51p.m. 4:25 P m.
The San and Moon.
Rises. Seta
Sun. today - 6:52 7:12
un. tomorrow_ 6:53 .10
Moon, toaty_ 7;30p.na. 0:54 t.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
rrrciimsuiMi.
Monthly precipitation In Inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1948. Ave. Record.
January^_ 4.57 3.55 7.83 ^7
Bibruary_- 1.67 3.37 6.84 84
arch -_3 6fl 3.75 8.84 '81
April 7-3.65 3.27 8.13 ‘89
Cray * _ 8.87 3.70 10.69 '89
June_4.13 10.94 '00
July _ 4 31 4.71 10.63 'gg
AUCUSt --_9.00 -4.01 14.41 '28
September- 1.28 3.24 17 45 '34
October - — 2.84 8.81 87
November _ 2.37 8.69 89
December - - 3.32 7.56 01
Temperatures in Variaus Cities.
Hlfh Low. Hich Low.
Albuoueroue 84 gl Miami 84 71
Atlanta 80 60 Milwaukee 90 67
Atlantic City 71 8g New Orleans 81
Bismarck- 84 46 New, York 72 64
Boston_ 68 63 Norfolk <6 58
Buffalo_ 79 70 Okla. City 86 66
Chlcato_ 89 68 Omaha- 90 71
Cincinnati— go 64 Phoenix 101 ,9
Detroit_ 88 TO Pittsburgh- 8. 61'
El Paso 92 69 P’land. Me._ 59 54
Galveston .'84 78 St. Louis - 90 65
Htrri&burx - 79 63 Salt L. City 8- 6^;
Indianapolis 86 61 San Antonlo 89 .3
Kansas City 89 71 S. Ptanctsco .0 53
Los Aneeles* 6.> Seattle- 6. --
Louisville--■*! 65 Tampa- 88 78
AIR FORCE BIRTHDAY CAKE—Secretary of Defense Forrestal, principal speaker at an Air
Force Day banquet last night at the Statler Hotel, got the first slice of cake from Sergt. Grayce
Thomas, secretary to Gen. Hoyt V. Vandenberg, Air Force chief of staff. Lending a hand is
Thomas G. Lamphier, Jr.; president of the Air Force Association. —Star Staff Photq.
Hyderabad's Troops
Surrender Formally
To Forces of India
By th« As*ociat«d Pres*
NEW DELHI, Sept, 18.—State:
troops of Hyderabad formally
surrendered to the Indian Army
at noon today, the Hyderabad
radio announced.
The radio, monitored here, said
Indian troops entered Secunderabad,
original objective of, their flve-day
whirlwind campaign, 45 minutes aft
er the surrender.
Secunderabad is a military can
tonment 6 miles north of the capital
city of Hyderabad.
Trunk telephone communication,
which has - been cut olj between
Hyderabad and the outside, was re
stored this morning for govern
mental traffic.
Lt. Gen. Maharrajah Shri Rajen
drasinhji, the Indian commander,
left Poona this morning to visit
forward areas in Hyderabad. He
thanked his troops for their ‘'bril
liant action,” army headquarters
here announced.
Nizam Orders Cease Fire.
The Nizam of Hyderabad, whose
defiance of the Indian dominion's
request for permission to garrison
l Secunderabad touched off the inva
sion, issued a cease-fire order yester
day. The Nizam, Moslem ruler of a
predominantly Hindu state, was the
only one of 562 native princes not to
come to terms with either India or
Pakistan.
Even to military observers the end
of the campaign came unexpectedly
soon—within three hours after the
Indian commander had issued an
ultimatum to the Nizam's forces to
lay down their arms.
• Tho- Indian- commanded said-his*
troops were “so poised we could
enter Hyderabad at will from sev
eral directions.” At that time his
troops were about 25 miles west and
40 miles east of Secunderabad.
Besides ordering the cease-fire,
the Nizam outlawed the Razakars
private Moslem organization which
India had charged with many border
disorders prior to the invasion, and
agreed to the stationing of Indian
troops in Hyderabad. He said in a
broadcast he had instructed Hydera
bad's representatives to the United
Nations in Paris to withdraw his
state’s complaint to the Security
Council against India.
(Dispatches from Paris, where
the Security Council had planned
to take up the Hyderabad case
Monday, said it appeared it
would be a mere formality for
the Council to accede to any
formal request from Hyderabad
to drop the investigation.)
Nehru Congratulates Army Chief.
Meanwhile, Indian Minister Jawa
harlal Nehru telegraphed a message
of congratulations to Gen. Rajen
drasinhji on the “brilliant success
of your operations.”
Newspapers here appealed this
morning to the Indian government
to have the "courage and vision to
convert India’s victory into a lasting
victory of the people of Hyderabad.”
The Hindustan Times, edited by
Devadas Gandhi, son of the late
Mohandas K. Gandhi, suggested the
replacement of the Nizam by "a
successor who will be able to repair
the damage.” The Independent In
dian News Chronicle wanted the
Nizam's “own part in the whole af
fair investigated.” The British
jwned Statesman said Hyderabad
had finally "yielded to the spirit of
the times,” adding that “it remains
for India to show there will be no
recrimination.”
A London dispatch quoted 8ir
Mohammed Zafrullah Kahn, foreign
minister of Pakistan, as saying last
night he was concerned over future
relations between India and Pakis
tan because of the Hyderabad case.
He said Hyderabad should be left to
decide its future for itself without
any kind of pressure._
'Hitchcock and Bride
Resume Trip Today
By th« Associated Pre»*
PORT PIERCE. Fla., Sept. 18.—
Wealthy Francis Hitchcock and his
bride plan to resume their aerial
journey to Miami today to board a
clipper lor a honeymoon trip to
Rio de Janeiro.
Mr. Hitchcock and the former
Stephana Saja left Daytona Beach
shortly after noon yesterday in his
private plane. Squally weather
forced them to land at an aban
doned haval landing strip, however,
and they stayed here overnight.
They were married at a civil serv
ice in Georgia Wednesday and ae
married Thursday by a Greek
Orthodox priest in Daytona Beach.
Mr. Hitchcock, brother of the late
Tommy Hitchcock, famed polo play
er. shrugged off a report that the
religious ceremony might not be
accepted by the Greek Orthodox
Church.
He said he “just heard” that the
Rev. Anastasius Bandy of Jackson
ville predicted the marriage may be
stricken from church records.
"It doesn’t make a bit of differ
ence,” Mr. Hitchock declared, “we’ve
had the religious ceremony.”
Father Demonthenes J. Mekras of
Miami flew to Daytona Beach to
perform t^ie ceremony.
Air Force Day
(Continued From First Page.! i
type of mobile press platform fori
reporters and photographers. It is:
25 feet high and has a lifting plat
form 14 feet high to facilitate pic
tuie taking.
Early in the show, one of the Air
Force's giant B-36 bombers was to
fly over Bolling. It has six engines
and is the largest bomber in the
world.
Will Greet Visitors.
At Andrews, the visitors were
greeted by Brig. Gen. Y. H. Taylor,
commanding general, and his staff.
The ground displays are featur
ing several types of Air Force
planes, ranging from the newest
liaison model, the L-13, to the B-50
"Super Fortress," which is the suc
cessor to the B-29. There also is
a helicopter on hand.
The F-80 “Shooting Star" and
the F-84 “Thunderjet,” front-line
fighters of today's Air Force, are
on display, as well as the F-82
“Twin-Mustang” and the C-82 “Car
gomaster,” better known as the
"Flying Boxcar.” •
To these newer examples of air
power are added F-47 “Thunder
bolts" of the District Air National
Guard, and T-6s and T-lls of the
443d Air Force Base Unit, ^>cal
reserve flying group.
Open Show at Andrews.
The F-80s were to open the An
drews show with a mass formation
flight over the field, followed by a
B-29 and a B-50. A 20-plane for
mation of T-6s and T-lls is set
to follow, immediately preceding a
demonstration of GCA, or Ground
Control Operation.
The latter part of the show was to
feature acrobatics and dive-bomb
ing exhibitions by F-80s of the
Fourth Fighter Group, and forma
tion flights by Air Guard F-47s.
Other attractions at Andrews in
clude a demonstration of fighting
airplane fires and inspection by
the public of mess halls, the fire
station, weather station, gymna
sium and post exchange. Free Air
Force movies were to be shown.
Other of the 50 big bombers In
the overseas to home bases demon
stration were coming in to their des
tination this afternoon from all di
re„cions.
‘ The first to reach its destination
was a B-29 which landed in Pitts
burgh almost exactly on schedule
after a 4,555-mile flight from Ice
land. Another, headed for Balti
more from the Aleutian Islands in
Alaska, reported mechaical trouble
and changed its course toward its
home field in New Mexico.
Two other planes, en route from
Germany to Detroit, ran into head
winds and reported they were 90
minutes behind schedule.
U. N.
(Continued From First Page.)
tion of the Swedish count. The
meeting was called by Sir Alexander
Cadogan, September president of
the Council.
The blue and white flag of the
58 nations flew at half staff over
the tiny international enclave in
the French capital as the delegates
gathered to pay tribute to Count
Bernadotte and his work for inter
national peace and co-operation.
Secretariat officials began process
ing the mammoth report of the
mediation mission's months of pa
tient effort to lead the Arabs and
Jews to peace in the Holy Land.
The report, to be presented to the
General Assembly soon after it con
venes Tuesday, reached the Palais
de Chaillot headquarters at almost,
the same time as news of Count
Bernadotte’s death.
Harvester
^Continued From First Page.)
eral strikers was not decided and
may be the subject of future nego
tiations.
The union previously rejected a
peace offer of a ministers’ group
that they return to work and sub
mit unsettled Issues to future nego
tiations. The union said it turned
down the offer because the com
pany planned to suspend ‘‘eight or
nine” strike leaders for five days.
I The strike started only a few
days after a new wage contract was
reached. The union said the com
pany reclassified some jobs in the
tool department. The effect of this,
they said, was to place some work
in a lower scale bracket.
Work Stoppage Called Off
At Plant in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Sept. 18 OP).—
The CIO United Farm Equipment
Workers announced today that a
work stoppage at the International
Harvester Co. tractor plant here has
been called off.
Allen Coones. president of the
local union, said a ‘continuous
meeting" ended this morning. About
3.000 members walked off their jobs
yesterday to attend the meeting.
"The men on all three shifts had
a chance to discuss the strike at
East Mpline,” Mr. Coones said.
They w® be back on the job Mon
day morning."
The Louisville plant employs about
5.000 workers In all departments.
It is estimated that the average
automobile uses about twice' the
amount of gasoline and four times
the amount of oil at 65 miles an
hour as ^ does at 35 mile; an hour.
MacArthur Felicitates
U. S. Air Force Flyers
By the Associated Press
TOKYO. Sept. 18.—Gen. Mac-'
Arthur today congratulated Amer
ican airmen on Air Force Day.
‘ No airman," Gen. MacArthur I
messaged, "could take greater satis
faction in the Air Force's magnifi
cent accomplishments than does the
soldier. Great as has been its past,
its real history still lies in the i
future.”
Regatta
(Continued From First Page.)
which is exactly what the skippers
wanted.
First class away was the Stars.
They were followed, in this order, by
Chesapeake 20s, Indian Landing 20s,1
Lightings, Hampton One-designs j
Chesapeake 16s, Comets, National |
One-designs, Snipes! Moths, Temp
est dinghies, Penguins, Sea Scout
catboats and Thistles.
There were so many classes sched
uled that it took a hour and 10
minutes to start them. The race
committee had hardly completed
this task when they were alerted
for the finish of the leaders in the
first classes away.
Seven States Represented.
These States were represented in
today’s fleet; Florida, Tennessee,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl
vania. Maryland and Virginia.
Washington area Sea Scouts from
five ‘‘ships’’ were busy this morning
lending a hand in the launching of
racing craft at the marina and
making up tows for the haul around
the low:er end of the airport and up
to the race course.
In overall command of the Sea
Scout group was Fred Tilp, skipper
of the Corinthian-Capital Yacht
Club scouts.
Scout boats Aurora, ship 51, in
command of U. S. Fishfer, ahd Jean
LaFitte, ship 76. skippered by Paul
Powell, w’ere doing the towing hon
ors. The boat O'Bannon of the Alex
andria scouts, in command of A. C.
Slaymaker, was serving as ferry for
the many sailboats at ahchor in the
cove off the marina.
The scout vessel Ranger, ship 322,
with Donald Moore in charge, was
designated as Race Committee ten
der.
This committee, headed by George
A. Dankers, jr„ former commodore
; of Potomac River Sailing Associa
tion, is in charge of the actual run
ning of the races. Its duties range
I from the proper setting out of course
! markers to the hearing of any pro
I tests at the end of the day’s racing.
Some of the country's leaders in
; one-design sailboating are serving
with Mr. Dankers. They Include Dr.
John Eiman of Philadelphia, com
modore, and D. Verner Smythe of
Southport, Conn., president of the
Comet Class Yacht Racing Associa
tion; Prentice E. Edrington of Alex
andria, former international star
boat champion; Arthur H. Clephane
of Philadelphia, former secretary
treasurer of the PRSA; Andrew A.
Kramer of the Annapolis <Md.)
Yacht Club; Oscar Hartge, veteran
skipper and boat builder of Gales
ville. Md., and John W. Marsh of
Alexandria, one of the founders of
the sailing association.
The star trophies and a special
prize for star boats sponsored by
the United States Steel Corp. will
be awarded series winners and run
nersup at the marina tomorrow at
4 n.m.
Queen to Make Awards.
Miss Margery .Clifford, 16-year
old regatta queen, will make the
awards. She is the daughter of
Clark Clifford, special adviser to
President Truman.
Miss Clifford promises to be even
busier next week end, when the 18th
annual regatta reaches its climax
with outboard and inboard speed
boat events.
The power phase opens at 11:30
a.m. Saturday, with midget out
boards leading off. Sunday's races,
all inboards, begin at 1 p.m. Box
and general admission seats go on
sale Monday at the Willard Hotel.
Race officials announced this
schedule for the 100-mile-an-hour
Gold Cup and 7-liter boats that
compete for the President’s Cup, a
gold trophv placed in competition
in 1926:
First heat—4:40 p.m. Saturday; if
more than 10 entries, a second qual
ifying heat at 5:10 p.m. Saturday.
Second heat—2:30 p.m., Sunday.
Third and final heat—4:05 p.m.,
Sunday._
Son Born in New York
To Winthrop Rockefellers
By th« A«iocia!»d Pr««
NEW YORK. Sept. 18.—A son was
born yesterday to Mrs. Winthrop
Rockefeller.
A Polyclinic Hospital physician
said Mrs. Rockefeller, the former
Barbara Sears, had to be taken to
the hospital unexpectedly and that
the child was bom prematurely.
He said the mother's condition
was good.
She and Winthrop Rockefeller,
grandson of John D. Rockefeller
and often called America's “most
eligible bachelor," were married last
i February.
His romance with the pretty, blond
“Bobo," the daughter of a coal min
er and a one-time stage player,
made one of the year’s most widely
heralded Cinderella stories.
Hospital authorities said the child
would be named Winthrop Rocke
feller, jr.
|De Gaulle Supporters
Battle Opponents at
Rally in Grenoble
By the Associated Press
GRENOBLE, France, Sept. 18.—
Supporters and opponents of Gen.
Charles de Gaulle came to blows
j here today as the genera! arrived for j
' a speech for his French Peoples,
Party <RPF».
. Opponents — presumably Commu-1
nists—jeered at the general’s motor
car as it passed through a workers’;
suburb. Cars in which Gen. de
Gaulle and his staff were riding:
were forced to slow down because
nails had been scattered across tne
road.
At the edge of the city proper,
when Gen. de Gaulle stopped to lay
a wreath on a monument to patriots
slain by the Nazis, opponents sought
to drown out his speech with a
chorus of booing.
The general's followers replied
with louder cheering. Fist fights
•broke out in the crowd, but were
quickly halted by the large number
of police on hand to keep order.
Assembly Opens Debate
On Queuille Plan Today
PARIS, Sept. 18 (/Pi.—France's Na
tional Assembly opens debate today
on Premier Henri Queuille’s “save
the-franc” plan, with indications
pointing toward passage of the
measure.
The Queuille proposal for higher
taxes, aimed at raising $260,000,000
in new revenue, was approved, 22 to
13, yesterday by the Assembly's
Finance Committee. Only the Com
munists opposed the plan.
Mr. Queuille has called a cabinet;
meeting for this morning and was
expected to get approval if he asked
power to demand a vote of confi
dence.
It appeared evident that the gov
ernment was successfully needling
doubtful politicians into accepting
the tax proposal by warning that
France is bound, under the Euro
pean Recovery Program, to try to
straighten out her finances.
Mr. Queuille particularly wanted
American permission to unfreeze a
fund of approximately $250,000,000
set aside for monetary stabilization
under the ERP to help towards bal
ancing the budget.
The French news agency said in a
Washington dispatch that State De
partment officials are ready to free
the fund once they are convinced
the French plan is “efficacious and
lasting.”_
Revercomb Hits Reports
Of Rift With Dewey
By the Associated Presi
FAIRMONT, W. Va., Sept. 18.—
Senator Revercomb, Republican, of
West Virginia, yesterday called re
ports of a rift between himself and
Gov. Dewey, of New York, over the
Displaced Persons Act, ‘‘political
propaganda.”
! “While we have not always been
| in agreement, Gov. Dewey and I
have always had the best of rela
I tionships," the West Virginia Sena
tor said. “If there is any feeling
| on the Governor’s part in this mat
ter, I have no knowledge of it.’*
Reports of the disagreement cen
tering about amendments to the act
suggested by Gov. Dewey, the Re
publican presidential nominee, came
into focus last week during a visit
to New York by GOP National
Committeeman Walter Hallanan of
West Virginia.
Mr. Hallanan said he conferred
with Gov. Dewey and asked him to
come to West Virginia to help Sen
ator Revercomb in his race for re
election against former Senator M.
M. Neely of Fairmont.
The West Virginia committeeman
said he believed Gov. Dewey was
“disappointed” that Senator Rever
comb, as chairman of a Senate Ju
diciary subcommittee, had turned
! down the New York Governor’s plea
| for a revision of the Displaced Per
son Act.
He added, however, that he be
lieved any breach between Senator
Revercomb and Gov. Dewey was not
so wide that it could not be healed.
| and Senator Revercomb echoed that
i sentiment in his statement yes
| terday.
Sokol Head Resigns
Over Purge by Reds
By the Associated Press
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Sept.
18.—Josef Truhlar, head of Sokol,
said today he has resigned in pro
test against the severity of a gov
ernment purge of his organization.
Mr. Truhlar, named head of the
Sokol after last February’s Com
munist uprising, said his resignation
had not yet been accepted. He said
the central action committee of the
National Front—the country's gov
erning body—would discuss his case
next week.
Mr. Truhlar said nearly 20 other
high Sokol leaders also had sub
mitted their resignations.
News of Mr. Truhlar s action has
not yet appeared in Czechoslovak
newspapers.
Meantime, government removal of
Sokol leaders in widely scattered
areas and infusion of the ranks with
labor members continued.
Mr. Truhlar said the others had
given ill health and old age and
family responsibility as their main
reasons for quitting. Mr. Truhlar,
who is 78, refused to give any rea
son for his own quitting other than
that he disagreed with the way the
purge was conducted.
He also said he opposed anti
state activity and favored bring
ing the Sokol into line with the
government's peoples democracy
program.
D. C. Flyer Cut and Bruised
In Crash at Luray Airport
Capt Royce Watscn, U. S. M. C„
27, of 5333 Georgia avenue N.W.,
escaped with cuts and bruises yes
terday when a trainer plane he was
flying crashed at the Luray (Va.);
airport. i
Capt. Watson said the engine of
the plane he had flown from Ana
costia Naval Air Station cut out
while he was in a steep bank. He
said he could not recall anything;
about the crash. The plane did not
burn. , . .
The pilot was treated overnight
at the Luray Hoepital but was to
leave todav. He is attached to the
office of the Chief of Naval Opera
tions and is currently enrolled at a
Navy school at Anacostia.
The United States has about 6
per cent of the world’s population
and produces about 12 per cent ofj
tly^world’s food.
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Arthur Devlin, Star of Giants
And Georgetown U., Dies at 68
Played Third Base
For McGraw 8 Years;
Graduate of Central
Arthur Devlin, .68, famous third
baseman for the New York Giants
from 1904 to 1911, and one of
Georgetown University's greatest
athletes, died early today in Jersey
City after a long illness.
Mr. Devlin, who went from Cen
tral High School to football, base
ball and basket ball fame at George
town, had been living in semiretire
ment since resigning as a scout for
the Giants after the 1934 season.
He was named fullback on the
all-time Georgetown football team
chosen by Morris A. Bealle in his
history of Georgetown football, pub
lished last year.
A star of John J. McGraw"s Giants
in the early rough-and-tumble days
of the National League, Mr. Devlin
was a standout on the 1905 team
which won the World Series. The
Nevy York club took the world
championship after shutting out the
Philadelphia Athletics in four of
the five games played. The Athletics
won the second game by a shutout
for their only series victory.
His record tor tne most, cnances
accepted by a third baseman in a
single game—13 in 1908—has been
equalled but never surpassed.
In his first appearance for a big
league game, he hit a home run
with the bases loaded.
Mr. Devlin played fullback for
Georgetown in 1899 and 1900.. After
starring in the interhigh school;
championship game of 1898. he
spearheaded the Georgetown offense
for two years.
A powerful runner, he first played
half back, but later was shifted to1
fullback.
In his first varsity game, against
Navy, his long punts were credited
with keeping the highly touted Mid
shipmen bottled up during most of
the game. Navy, an overwhelming
favorite, was held to two touch
downs.
In the next game, he ran 60 yards
through the entire St. John's College
team to score in the first few min
utes of play.
Through the rest of that season
in which Georgetown won 5, lost 2
and tied 1—Mr. Devlin and Andrew
(Cy) Cummings were the bulwarks
on offense and defense. Mr. Cum
mings later became chairman of the
Maryland Racing Commission and
was one of the builders of the
Laurel Racetrack.
The next year, Mr. Devlin was
elected captain. In its opening
game, Georgetown held Navy to
one touchdown, which was scored
by g midshipman halfback named
Emorv Land. That player, now
Admiral Land, served as chair
man of the Maritime Commission
in World War II, and currently
heads the Air Transport Associa
tion.
The lone touchdown was scored
when the future admiral blocked a
Devlin kick.
Signed By McGraw.
Georgetown in that year won
five, tjied three and lost one. They
ran up 84 points against the Uni
Ludwig
(Continued From First Page.)_
say on Goethe. At 26 he wrote a
play on Napoleon. He made his first
attempt at dramatizing the life of
Bismarck. Germany's "Iron Chan
cellor," five years later.
Mr. Ludwig was edcated at Bres
lau and Heidelberg. In 1931 he was
awarded the degree of Doctor of
Letters by Rutgers University.
He was a war correspondent for,
the Berlin Tageblatt during World!
War I and interviewed Talaat Bey
in Istanbul in regard to Italy's en
try into the war.
Mr. Ludwig was known widely in
the United States through popular,
reading of his biographies and suchl
works at "The Nile.” He also went
on American lecture tours. •
In 1944 he shocked a Los Angeles
audience by declaring ”we find
that music and the arts are not
necessarily characteristic of democ
racy—in fact, the greatest music
that has ever been composed was
done so under tyrants.”
He mentioned Beethoven, Bach,
Brahms, Liszt, Franck, Tchaikovsky
and Schubert. As the audience be
gan to hiss, Mr. Ludwig cried:
“I have met and interviewed
three dictators (Mussolini, Kemal
Ataturk and Stalin), and I have
found that each was a great music
lovei.
He interviewed Mr. Stalin in 1932
and was told that negotiations for
nonaggression pacts implied no
Russian - Germany estrangement.
Mr. Ludwig was put on Hitler's list
of enemies of the state. In 1936 he
predicted another World War in
two years.
Accused by Author*’ Union.
In 1945, Mr. Ludwig got into dif
ficulties in Switzerland when the
Bern Author's Union Board of Di
rectors charged that he left Switzer
land for America in 1940 “for safety
in case Switzerland became involved
in war.”
Bitter debate raged. Opposition to
Mr. Ludwig was based on whether
creative workers—men who should
lead the nation—could flee the
country when native sons were be
ing recalled for military service.
Mr Ludwig, a member of the.
Authors Union and at that time a
resident of Switzerland for 40 years, j
replied that censorship and com-;
munlcations problems in Switzer
land—which was surrounded by j
German armed forces—made it im
possible to fight for a democratic
ideal.
He said at the time he left Switz- 1
erland he was 59 and his son was
17—making neither of them liable'
for military service.
The union finally decided that it
had no right to Judge Jhe patriotism
of members and closed the debate
without acting._
' Dewey
(Continued From First Page.t
It no easier than the Republicans,
as the campaign progresses, to sat
isfy the fanners on price supports
and the city dwellers In their longing
for lower consumer prices.
Four Talks in Missouri.
Other developments here last
night were:
Oov. Dewey announced he will
make four rear-platform Ulks hi
Piesident Trumans home State of
Missouri on Saturday, October 2,
an route back to Albany from his
big Western swing.
The nominee reaffirmed his faith
in the United Nations organiza
tion by calling on the people of the
Empire State to join In observing
United Nations Day on October 24.
After leaving Cheyenne. Wyo., on
ij^tober 1, the Dewey special w01
ARTHUR DEVLIN,
Shown as a coach with the
Braves 25 years ago.
versity of Richmond, with Mr. Dev- j
lin leading the smashing offense.
He also was such a standout on
the Georgetown baseball team that;
he was signed for the Giants by
McGraw. He spent two seasons with
Newark before going with the
Giants. Relatives said Mr. Devlin
continued his education at George
town during the offseason.
During his active playing days,
Mr. Devlin tied the National League'
record for bases stolen in 1905 and
led the Eastern—now the Interna
tional-League in stolen bases in
1903.
In 1912 he was sold to the Boston
Braves. He played for them for two
vears, managed the Oakland club
in the Pacific Coast League and
then joined the Montreal club
of the International League. He
played for Rochester of the Inter
national League in 1916, then went
to Norfolk, Va , as manager of that
city's entry in the Virginia League.
He ended his playing days as first
baseman and manager of Norfolk
in 1918.
served as uoacn.
From 1919 to 1935 he served as
coach for the Giants, Braves and
Pirates.
After retiring from baseball, Mr.
Devlin held a variety of Jobs. Dur
ing World War II. he was Employed
by the Home Owners Loan Corp.
here, it was said. He also worked in
a Hudson country hospital for
' several months before his death,
! friends said, and was connected
i in an executive capacity with a
northern New Jersey semi-profes
sional baseball league.
He was born in the Northeast
section of Washington, the son of
'the late Edward Devlin, an Irish
immigrant who worked here as a
j harness maker and locksmith. He
had several brothers and sisters, all
of whom are dead.
His wife, Mrs. Gertrude Griffin
Devlin, died about a month ago.
cross MlAouri the next day, stop
ping at Sedalia, Jefferson City,
Hermann and Washington, Mo.
Although his later campaign trips
into the Midwest have not been defi
nitely outlined, he said he expects td
go back later to Kansas City, Mo„ to
Cleveland, and into Minnesota
Statement on Farm Problem*.
Gov. Dewey’s statement where he
stands on larm problems follows:
"The farm legislation enacted by
the 80th Congress is the best guar
antee to American farmers of the
Republican Party’s interest in the
problems Involved in the all-impor
tant job of producing food and other
agricultural products for 140,000,000
Americans, plus additional millions
of people throughout the world.
"Abundant food production, which
was one of our most powerful wea
pons in war, is more than ever re
quired if we are properly to feed
our people at home at reasonable
prices and successfully wage the
struggle for peace abroad.
“If American farmers are to be
expected to produce the' volume and
quality of food necessary to meet
these great obligations, they must
be protected.
Calls for Firm Program.
“The consumer and the farmer
have an equal stake in sound Gov
ernment support of farm prices. To
morrow’s meals can not be left to
chance and today's farming sets to
morrow's table. A firm program of
price supports at reasonable levels
will benefit both producers and con
sumers.
“The price support program enact
ed By the Eightieth Congress recog
nizes the necessity of such protec
tion for both farmers and consumers.
I subscribe firmly to its principles
both for the present and the future.
Price support provisions of this
Republican-sponsored law guaran
tee farmers against undue losses
when they produce enough to meet
the needs of our consumers and
industrial users.
“The conference today with Sen
ator Aiken and Congressman Hope
is in line with my long-standing
policy of working closely with legis
lative leadership and I am happy
to say they fully share the views
I am expressing. The Republican
national administration, after Jan
uary. 20, will continue this policy
of co-operation. Out of it, I am con
fident, will come a well-rounded
program which will be administered
in the best interests of American
farmers without regimentation or
red tape._•
Plans Made to Celebrate
U. N. Day Here Oct. 24
Plans for a city-wide celebration
of United Nations Day on October
24 are being made by a committee
of 174 citizens.
The group held its first meeting
in the District Building yesterday
to Announce committee appoint
ments for the celebration.
The day was set by the U. N.
General Assembly last year and was
' proclaimed a national celebration
i by President Truman last week.
I Secretary of State Marshall has ap
pointed a national committee to
| handle the event throughout the
'country. Last week he asked Edgar
Morris, past president of the Wash
ington Board of Trade and a di
rector of the United States Chamber
of Commerce, to head a District
citizens' committee. October 24 will
be the U. N.’s third anniversary.
The celebration will center In
churches and school and will be cli
maxed by a public assembly in Con
stitution Hall. President Truman
has been invited to give the princi
pal address.
r
Hap Employe Found {
Hanged Ruled Suicide^
A certifleate of suicide was issued »
today for William R. Smart, 31,"
Army Map Service employe, who
yesterday was found hanged in the
attic of his home, 1509 Roosevelt
avenue, Tyler Park, near Falla.*:
,Church, Va. >?
His brother, L. R. Smart, 119 East-0
Westmoreland road. Falls Church,'*
said Mr. Smart had been released-«
from the Veterans Administration
facility, Perry Point, Md., Wednes
day after being treated for a nerv
ous disorder.
Fairfax County Policeman J. Q.
Hollowell said Mr. Smart's wife,
Nina, took their 4-year-old son,
Billy with her to meet another son,
Robert. 7, at the Oak Street School
in Falls Church. She found her
husband's body in the brick bunga
low when she returned. He had
used a sash cord.
The brother said he could ascrioe
no reason for the death, for which
Dr. Nelson podolnick, county coro
ner, issued a suicide certificate. Mr.
L. R. Smart said his brother joined
the Army Map Service field force in.
1941 and spent 18 month as a ser
geant in the Army. He was taker*''
to the VA facility after suffering a
nervous breakdown but appeared
well after his release.
The body was taken to the Pear
son Funeral Home, Falls Church,
and will be sent to Hamlin, W. Va*
for burial. *
Surgery Saves Sailor
Injured by Gun
i
A throat operation at Gallingefi >
Hospital saved the life of a 31-yeare
old naval gunnery instructor who
was seriously injured yesterday in
an accident at the Anacostia Naval
Receiving Station, doctors said today*
The instructor. Gunner’s Mat«.„
1/c William H. Haynes, 10 Sex-,^
tant Green SW., is in critical t
condition at the Bethesda Naviu
Medical Center, but doctors there.,
said his life was saved by a fast
operation at Gallinger before he waa
transferred to Bethesda.
» a!
Officials at the station said ai\
investigation was begun today to de
termine the cause of the acciderit-.
Gunner’s Mate Haynes was doing
“trouble shooting” work on a 40-mm. s
gun, officials said, when an electri- .
cally-driven part of the gun appar
ently went into motion, striking;
him He was rushed immediately
to Gallinger. His injuries Include a
fractured skull, fractured lower jaw,'
severe neck cuts and other injuries, _
doctors at the Bethesda Hospltjal^
said. '
Doctors at Gallinger performed i
tracheotomy operation, when it be^
came evident the neck and jaw iri- J
juries were interferring with his
breathing, Dr. Alvin R. Sweeney,
superintendent said. In the opera
tion, an incision w'as made In the .
throat below the injured parts, and
a breathing tube was inserted.
Gunner's Mate Haynes lives at the
Sextant Green address with his
wife, Helen and their two daughters,
Gayle, 10, and Virginia, 4. He served
in the Pacific during the war, Mrs.
Haynes said, and has been stationed
here about three years.
Montgomery Firemen
To Meet in Rockville
Approximately 400 volunteer fire
men from Montgomery County and
neighboring apeas are expected to
attend the annual convention of the
Montgomery County Association of
Volunteer Firemen today In Rock
ville.
A parade, fire-fighting demon
strations and a bathing beavty con
test were to be held this afternoon,
followed by a banquet And- the *
annual business session.
The business meeting at 8:45
o'clock tonight in the Rockville
carnival grounds will include el«V
tion of a president. Candidates ftr#
Marbery Gates, Rockville and Leslie
Thompson, Chevy Chase.
Fire equipment and rescue ap*
paratus from the 14 member com-,
ponies in the association, as well
as units from Baltimore, PrinetT
Georges, Howard and Frcderi'it'
Counties were to participate in the
parade at 1:30 o’clock.
Eight entrants will compete In
the beauty contest at the conclusion
| of the parade for the title of
j “Miss Montgomery County Fir*
J Fighter for 1948." The winner will
I be crowned by Miss Mary Ellen ‘
! Horman of Clarksburg, the 19JJ
queen who now holds the title of
! “Miss Maryland State Fire Fighter*"
i after winning a contest last July IQ
i Ocean City. _
U. 5. Navy Plane Sought -
In New Canadian Area
By th« A»»ociat#d Pr#*»
THE PAS. Manitoba, Sept. 18.—^
Search for a United States plane,
missing since Sunday with five per*,
sons aboard, centered today around.
Webowden district, 120 miles north
east of The Pas.
A plane was reported in distress^
Sunday over the area. The report.,
came from a man, not yet identified,
who said he had heard a plane en-*>
gine cutting out while flying in a
southwesterly direction during ^
heavy rainfall. ;J
The missing aircraft, en route to*
Ottawa, left Churchill Sunday morn-'
ing on a flight to The Pas and hag,
not been heard from since. Among
these aboard were Capt. Sir Robert
W. Stirling- Hamilton. Naval attache
at the British High Commissioner *
office, Ottawa, and Capt. B. S. Cus
ter, naval advisor at the United
States Embassy in Ottawa. -
Variety Clubs to Operate
Will Rogers Hospital
Variety Clubs International will
take over the *175,000-a-year flnan-'
rial responsibility lor operating the.
Will Rogers Memorial Hospital at
Saranac Lake, N. Y., it was an
nounced at the organization's mid
year conference here.
The proposal was by Nathan D.
Golden, chief of the motion-picture
division of the Department of Com
merce. The hospital cares for tu
bercular patients in the show and
amusement business.
Secretary of State Marshall trill
receive the organization’s humani
tarian award at a dinner at 8 o’clock
tonight at the Statler Hotel. Red
Skelton will be master of cere
monies.
Mob Attacks Hospital
A mob of 200 mill-hands, dis
pleased at treatment of a woman
who had died in the hospital at
Khurdah, India, attacked the hos
pital and did some damage before
being dispersed by police.
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