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Evening star., 1946-07-26
10th and Shepherd Apartment
Project Approved by Senators

On the other hand. G. V. Maudlin
of the Crestwood Citizens Associa-
ton, which has been fighting the
project for about five years, init
mated that their fight was not yet
over.
The committee. in addition to re-
jecting the bill which would have
banned the apartment house, passed
over another pending bill related to
the same project This second bill
would have authorized the Govern
fnent to buy the wooded tract for a
parA,
The roll call vote, demanded by
Chairman Bilbo on account of the
controversial nature of the fight,
resulted as follows:
For-Senators McCarran and Cap
per, Republican, of Kansas.
Administrators Swift, Demo-
crat, of Alabama; Smith, Republi-
can, of New Jersey; Johnston
Democrat, of South Carolina;
Young, Republican. of North Da-
kota, who also voted proxies in
the negative for Senators Buck, Re-
publican. of Delaware. and Bridges
Republican, of New Hampshire.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
BY the Associated Press

MILWAUKEE, July 26. Many
Milwaukeeans and residents of 38
nearby cities, towns and villages,
awoke this morning to cold coffee. no
toast and cold shaves as strike Of
approximately 500 production and
maintenance workers at the Mil
waukee Gas Light Co. went into it's
second day.
The company and the union joined
in asking 100000 consumers, includ-
ing 400 industrial and commercial
firms, in the area served by the firm
to turn off their gas meters and con-
serve existing pressure in the mains
so that hospitals and convalescent
homes might have gas.
Through radio and newspaper an
nouncements, the company detailed
instructions for turning off the
meters and asked people to leave
them off until receiving new in
structions from the utility. The
company said reduced pressure
could result in an explosion if air
pockets formed in the mains.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Three Germans Hanged
In Murder of Yunks
Nv the As.oojoted Pres,


LIVORNO. Italy. July 26.-Three
German SIS officers were hanged
today for the wartime torture
killing of seven Allied soldiers, of
whom five were Americans.
The officers. Mai. August Schiller
Underofficer Albert Storz and 1t
Heinrich Andergassen, died on the
gallows in the stockade of the dis
ciplinary training center at Peninsu-
lar Base Headquarters.
They were convicted by an Ameri-
can military commission January Il
and condemned to be hanged
specifically for the death of Capt
Roderick Hall of South Norwalk
Conn, in Schiffer's torture chamber
at Bolzano.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Beautiful Week End Seem;
1oday's Top 81 Degrees

1t will be a beautiful week end
in Washington, the forecaster at the
Weather Bureau said today.
This afternoon the temperature
probably will not go above 80 or
82," the forecaster said.
That comforta ble-under- blankets
feeling that Washington enjoyed
last night was caused by a low of
66. Tonight it ought to go down
to so.
Tomorrow will start with another
cool and sunny morning. 1t will
warm up some on Sunday, but the
humidity will be so much less than
what we experienced yesterday that
it will be quite comfortable.
"A cool front that the Middle
West has been enjoying for the past
two days came over the mountains
last night. That's the nice thing
about Washington weather. You
do get the breaks every once in a
while in the summer"
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Five Ousted at Aberdeen Deny
Any Communist Affiliations
Formal Appeal Filed With Army Demands
Fair Hearing Before ImportioI Tribunal
By Joseph Young

The five persons recently dis
missed from their jobs at the
Aberdeen Proving Grounds cate
gorically denied in sworn state
ments today to the War Depart
ment that they ever have been
or are now members of the Com
munist party or of any organiza-
ton affiliated with the party.
The formal appeal was filed this
morning with the War Department
on the last DAY remaining of the
30-day appeal deadline prescribed
by law.
In their answer to the War De-
partment's charge that they are
members of the Communist party
the five declared the charges were
made as part of the War Depart
ment's attempt Ito bust" the CIO
United Public Workers of America,
of which they are members.
Bitterly criticizing the depart
ment's failure to be more specific
in its charges against them, the
dismissed employees declared: by
virtue of this Nationwide publicity
our appeal Is prejudiced and we
Evening star., 1946-07-26

BY a vote of to 2, the Senate
District Committee today rejected a
bill sponsored by the Crestwood
Citizens Association which would
have forbidden the erection OF an
apal tment house on corner at Six
teenth and Shepherd streets NV.
The committee acted with a roll
call vote at the end of spirited and
somewhat lengthy debate over the
long pending controversy, which still
is pending before the Supreme
Court
A similar measure recently was
passed over by the House District
Committee which pointed out that
the HOUSE had previously passed
such legislation and sent it to the
Senate.
The House-passed bill had been
blocked by tie vote of 6 to in the
Senate District Committee, it was
brought out during debate.
Harry Poretsky, who has been
fighting for his right to build the
apartment house, expressed gratlf1-
cation over the committee vote to-
day.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Charge Of Priest Murders
Is Old Story, YugosIavs Say
By she sssociosed Press

BELGRADE, July 26.-Reports
published abroad that Premier Mar
shall Tito had launched terroristic
anti-Catholic policy which has re-
suited in the deaths of hundreds OF
priests were characterized by the
Yugoslav Ministry of Information
today as "old accusations renewed
to coincide with the Paris Peace
Conference"
Certain circles abroad always
have tried to spread propaganda
that Tito advocates an anti-Catho-
lie policy" a ministry spokesman as
serted, land today they are timing
their charges to coincide with the
Paris Peace Conference in hopes of
making the people believe there are
disorders in Yugoslavia.
The spokesman added that some
priests had been executed since Tito
took power, but asserted they were
tried as war criminals, not as
priests"
"a Vatican source said Wednes-
| day that reports that more than
! 200 priests had been executed in
/ Yugoslavia since the end of the
! war were mot, according to
| Vatican information, exagger-
I ated.')
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Guide for Readers

The Sunday Star covers the
world in news, features and
pictures.
In this weeks issue the spe-
cial Editorial Section will
have the first of a series of
articles by Herbert F. Corn,
Just returned from Europe, on
the accomplishments of the
American Military Govern
ment in Germany, with par
ticular emphasis on the man
power and refugee problems.
There will also be an article
by John H. Cline, just returned
from South America, on po-
litical conditions in Argentina
and their relationship to
hemisphere solidarity. James
Birchfield writes about Poto-
mac River basin problems.
Inc feature pages nave a
story on how new life is being
put into the jury system of
Washington. The Farm and
Garden page begins a series of
crop census articles on local
agricultural production. The
Gravure Section starts a series
Of artist illustrated stories on
nearby historic spots. Book
news is up to the minute, and
there is special reading on
nearly every special interest.
Watch for all of this in
Uhp Sunhatt Star
Evening star., 1946-07-26

stand accused before our community
and the Nation of charges amount
ing to treason We are deprived of
any real opportunity to clear our
regulations and regain our jobs by
the adamant refusal of the War
Department to furnish us with spe-
cific information which we may
answer"
The appeal asked the War De-
partment to permit the employees "a
fair hearing" before an impartial
tribunal. IF the War Department
is to avoid a condemnation of high
handed star chamber, undemocratic
action, it must afford at least the
rudiments of a fair hearing the
statement said
In denying the Communist party
charge, the employees said the gen.
eral accusation denies them the op-
portunity to refute it by specific
proof and permits only general
denial.
Since we are without any specific
evidence. we are able only to answer
categorically that the allegation
made is completely without founda-
See SECURITY, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Russia May Reveal
Ideas ON Violations OF
Atomic Controls Today
Gromyko Is Expected
To Expound Positive Side
OF Red Plan to U. N.
~ Na,vhoid Novee I.
BY NewboId Moves, Jr
Stor SioH Correspondent

NEW YORK, July 26.-The
first clear word as to how Russia
would propose to deal with viola
tions Of international atomic
energy controls may be forth
coming this afternoon. Andrei A.
Gromyko, Soviet delegate to the
United Nations Atomic Energy
Commission. is expected to ex-
pound the positive side of the
Russian position before a closed
session of the commissions sub
committee No. 2.
CAT his press conference in
Washington Yesterday, President
Truman would make no comment
on the Russian stand on atomic
controls except to say he still is
behind the American planJ
The world learned Wednesda.
what Russia did not want; namely
routine administration of the control
system by semi autonomous
atomic development authority, with
the Security Council taking over to
deal with serious violations of the
system on the understanding that
in the atomic field its great-power
veto would not apply. This is the
American proposal as developed in
nolnnofo pnry1orS NJ
Baruch'S third memorandum to the
commission. delivered July II.
Mr.. Gromyko made 1t plain that
Moscow does not like the idea of
separate authority Moscow, he said
in effect, does not like the idea of
any move to take from the Security
Councils jurisdiction anything
which might be regarded as falling
under the Councils jurisdiction as
defined in the U. N Charter.
Finally. Mr.. Gromyko expressed to
his colleagues his governments op-
position to all implications that ma
tions should yield some elements of
their sovereignty to world body
charged with maintaining atomic
peace.
J. Assuming for the sake of argument
that Russia really opposes all those
ideas, what the other commission
members would now like to hear
from Mr.. Gromyko is how he does
propose to set up a system of effec-
tive control. He has not yet touched
on this subject, contenting himself
with the simple statement that such
system must be devised. 1t is GER
tain that if he does not become ex-
plicit on this point this afternoon,
ether delegates will ask him to do
| so. The consensus is that, in view
of his opposition to everybody else's
ideas, his own had better be good
The so-called Russian plan, pro-
pounded on June 10, represents by
Mr.. Gromyko's own admission "only
one of the primordial measures" II
calls for treaty outlaWing atomic
weapons. providing for the destruc-
ton of such weapons with 80 day;
of ratification. Within six months
nations would have to pass laws
providing punishment for violation;
within their borders.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Restored 0PA Raises
Coal, Shoe Ceilings;
Some Controls Ended
142 Regulations Due
To Be Issued Today
Under Revised Program
BY the AsSocloisd Press

Rolling into action under whit
tied down authority, OPA today
granted immediate increases
over June 80 price ceilings on
coal, shoes and many lesser
items.
In the first use of pricing powers
in 26 days the agency also stripped
controls from number of consumer
items. including several types OF
clocks and household television re-
ceiving sets.
OPA also decontrolled an ex-
tensive list of industrial machinery
and equipment with an annual sales
volume totaling more than $4,000,
100000 Included were various elec.
trical equipment items. machine
tools, petroleum drilling and produc.
ing equipment and mining ma.
chinery
Among other price increases. cell.
ings were raised SIS per cent or
domestic oil burners and OPA sale
the higher price will be paid b,
final purchasers.
All of these actions were pending
when price and rent controls lapsec
temporarily on July /.
Subject to Revision.
So far as today's authorized in.
creases are concerned, they are
temporary and subject to revision
under standards set up by the OPA
revival bill which President Truman
signed into law late yesterday.
With l42 regulations scheduled
for first-day issuance, OPA an
nounced that:
Coal price increases. ranging
firm 6 to cents a ton at retail
are being granted to offset railway
freight rate hikes which became
effective July l. Ceilings are being
raised on all solid fuels, including
anthracite, soft coal, coke. semi
anthracite, Ignite, packaged fue
and briquets.
Retail ceilings on medium anc
nigh priced shoes in style line:
which were made during 1912 wert
increased approximately s per cent
Low priced shoes in this category
were increased about Is per cen
last month and no further change
was made in this category today.
Affect 30 Per Cent Production.
OPA said the footwear affected b,
{ lo
amounts to about 30 per cent o
/ total production. and that the in
creases will raise the general leve
of shoe prices about "a per cent,
District coal dealers said the
J coal increases actually have been
in effect here since July l on an
. OPA order issued before the
/ agency expired. In addition to
! the 6-to-8-cent increase on all
types of coal and solid fuels. the
retailers were granted 10 cents to
! S1l5 per ton increases on an
! thracite coal and So cents ton
more on bituminous coal as a re-
suit of wage increases to miners.
/ (Some shoe dealers elevated the
price Of their commodity from 81
to 81 a pair while OPA was sus-
, pended, but the increase was
based on higher costs passed on
by the manufacturer, it was said,
Most shoe dealers were advised of
the higher allowances planned by
OPA and arranged their prices
accordingly.
Zone prominent dealer said he
was selling shoes at the June 80
level and predicted most dealers
would attempt to hold the line
on prices. He thought the price
of shoes would increase from 80
cents to ST a pair next week-30
cents on children's shoes and 81
on women's, with mems shoes
ranging somewhere betWeenD
In addition to several types
clocks and household television r,
tSee OPA. Page A-2)
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Milwaukee Gas Strike Affects
100000; Building Is Blasted

One explosion and fire was re-
ported last night at a combination
tavern, bowling alley and apart
ment house in nearby Menomonee
Falls, Wis, 20 miles northwest of
here.
Donald Hobson, an occupant of
the building, told authorities he
turned off his gas meter, as in
structed, and short time later his
wife smelled gas. Investigating, he
said he found gas flowing from a
pipe behind the shutout valve. Mr..
Hobson snatched his 2-year-old son
from a crib and, with his wife, fed
the building just before the ex-
plosion. 4
Gordon Held. building operator
estimated the damage at $4,000.
Meanwhile, company officials and
representatives of the striking
United Gas, Coke and Chemical
Workers Union, CIO, failed to reach
an agreement and the union with
drew skeleton crews which had been
maintaining limited service.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Plan 10 Split Palestine
Into Jew-Arab States
Under u. N. Reported
Would Give Both Areas
Independent Status,
Permanent Neutrality
BY the ts.ocio'ed Press

PARIS, July 26.-An authority
said today that Jewish and Arab
representatives, in direct nego-
tiation, have formulated a pro-
visional program for settlement
of the Palestine problem calling
for creation of two independent
states, Jewish and Arabic.
The authority, who said he had
read a draft of the plan, said it
called for both states to be declared
permanently neutral under the
United Nations.
The, plan, the informant added.
has been submitted to London and
Washington for study.
(The Arab Office in London, a
semi-official body which repre-
sents Arab interests, said in a
statement: 1T is to be hoped
nobody is under the delusion
such a plan (for partition of
PALESTINE would be acceptable
either to the Arab people or to
any of the Arab governments.
They would support the Arabs OF
Palestine to the full in their
opposition to partition or can
tonization and their continued
demand for independence
Shall Be Permanently Neutral.
The plan contains the following
stipulations, the informant said.
l. Mandated territory, both east
and west of the River Jordan tpres-
ent boundary between Palestine and
Trans-Jordan) shall be declared
permanently neutral territory under
the United Nations.
2. Two Independent states, Judee
Jewish) and Abdullah arabic
shall be established in that terri
tory, with the boundaries to be de-
termined by agreement between the
Jews and Arabs.
3. Christian holy places shall be
jointly administered. on an equa
basis, by representatives of the
Roman Catholic, Protestant ane
Greek Orthodox churches.
4. In event of failure to reach
agreement on any boundary point
the issue will be arbitrated by q
United Nations committee composed
of three or five nations, none Of
which shall have political, economic
or strategic interests in the terri.
tory.
Boundary Would Be Redrawn.
The source said the present bound
ary between Palestine and the Aral
state of Trans-Jordan probabl,
would be redraWn under the plan
The actual demarcation would b.
left to formal negotiations between
representatives of the Arabs ant
the Jews.
He added, however, that prelim
mary agreement had been reached
under which portions of Western
Palestine, with an Arabic popula
ton of 100000, would be place.
within the boundaries of the pro
posed Arab state. 1t includes tn,
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Baby Reported Kidnapped
From Bus Terminal
By the Associo.ed Press

BLUEFIELD, w. Va. July 90
Acting Police Chief R. o. Bond said
today the 1l-month- -old daughter of
Mr.. ano Mrs. L. A. Blankenship.
Logan, w. Va. had been kidnaped
in bus terminal here this morning
Capt. Bond said the childs moth
er, Mrs. Myrtle Blankenship, was en-
route from Newton, Ga, to Logan
to join her husband, employed by
the Elk Greek Goal Co. Capt. Bond
said Mrs. Blankenship told him she
arrived in Bluefield last night and
had to wait until today to get bus
to Logan. She said she took the
baby to a restroom and young
woman, dressed in a split blue skirt
and white blouse, said Let me
hold the baby until you finish"
Mrs. Blankenship said the woman
took the baby and when she looked
again both were gone.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
7 Negroes and Wives
WayIajd and Slain by
Armed Georgia Band
Four Token Awoy From
White Man After One Is
Released From JoiI
BY the Associated Press

MONROE, Ga, July 2e.-A
band OF armed white men way
laid a white farmer and four
Negroes on a secluded Northeast
Georgia road late yesterday,
Sheriff E. S. Gordon said today.
and while holding the white man
at gun point shot the Negroes to
death.
Coroner w. T. Brown after an
examination of the bodies estimated
that 60 shots had been fired into the
bodies OF the four Negroes. The
hands of the two Negro men had
been tied behind their backs. Their
wives were the other victims.
One of the Negroes, Roger Nal.
colin, q, the sheriff said, had lust
been released from Jail under s6o(
bond on charges of stabbing hi.
employer, Barney Hester, a farmer
The sheriff identified the othel
Negroes as Malcolrn's wife ane
George Dorsey and his wife.
The Negroes, riding in an auto.
mobile with Loy Harrison, farmer
were en- route from Monroe to Mr
Harrison farm in adjoining Oconet
County when they were waylaid a
bridge over the Apalache River
the sheriff said.
Couldn't Identify Men.
Mr.. Harrison, at a coroner's in.
quest last night, the sheriff said
testified that he could not identify
any member of the band which way
laid him. The jury returned a yer.
dict of death at the hands of un.
,,nown parties.
In Washington. Attorney Gen
eral Clark's office today an
nounced that he has ordered a
complete investigation into the
slayings Of the Negroes. The an
nouncement said without further
elaboration that the inquiry
would be carried out by the civil
rights section of the Justice De-
partmentD
The slayings, the sheriff said, oc
Cured about eight miles east ot
Monroe, the county seat of Waltor
County, which is about 40 mile.
northeast of Atlanta.
| Here is the story of the Staying.
as told by the sheriff after question.
ing Mr.. Harrison:
/ Dorsey and his wife worked OF
Harriscn's farm in Oconee County
Malcolm had worked for Mr.. Heste,
and Mr.. Harrison, after Malcolm
release from jail, had gone to Mon
roe to get him and his wife and tax
them back to jobs on the Harrison
farm.
Armed Band Stopped Car.
Harrison, driving the car with tn
Negroes in it, approached a woodel
bridge over the 100-foot wide rive
which divides Oconee and Waltol
Counties. A band of 20 to Is men
armed with shotguns, pistols an,
rifles. stood in the road and ordere,
him to halt.
Mr.. Harrison stopped the car a
tSee SHOOTING Page A-8l
Evening star., 1946-07-26
b-Day Trial Period
Starts on Meat, Dairy
md Poultry Prices
OPA Curbs Moy Return
After August 20 Unless
DecontroI Bourd Acts

Washingtons and the Nation S
.ood industries today began. a
c5-day trial period during which
meat, poultry, butter, eggs and
other dairy products will sell in
an uncontrolled market.
Under the new OPA bill, ceilings
on meat and dairy commodities
will go back on price control August
81. unless the new three-man de-
control agency to be named by
President Truman issues a regula-
ton before that time eXempting
them from further price control.
Poultry and eggs are exempt in
definitely subject only to the board S
authority to recontrol them.
Sentiment of the food business
here was best summed up by a
statement of the Safeway Stores,
Washington largest chain outlet.
1t declared, in part:
We believe Congress made wise
decision in providing for a continued
free market for these commodities.
From our knowledge and experience
with meat and dairy products, we
believe that consumers and pro-
ducers alike will be benefited in the
long run if meat and dairy products
are not recontrolled. A free market
is the only way to assure a con-
tinuation of adequate nonblack-
market supplies at nonblack-mar-
ket prices"
Downward Trend Shown.
Recent price trends for butter
poultry and meats in nearly al
Washington stores have been down
In some instances, foods are selling
below old OPA ceilings-a situation
that store officials point out il
their daily newspaper advertise
ments.
In most cases, the drop in prices
is attributed to a plentiful supply
coupled with consumer reluctance
to pay recent high prices that fol
lowed OPA's lapse July l. Som
sources in the food trade furthe
point out that while prices wer
lower under OPA, there was littl
to offer consumers.
| They cite meat and butter as tW'
examples.
Butter prices continued lower to
day, with one independent "supe
(See sFOOD, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Japs Ordered 10 Release
Records on GIN Property
By the ASxocioted Press

TOKYO, July 26.-Allied head
quarters ordered the Japanese gov
ernment today to furnish records
of all General Motors Corp. prop
erty in Japan and to release suffl-
cient money from that firms blocked
account to maintain and preserve
it's holdings.
Headquarters also ordered an
estimate of royalties due Weiss and
Downs, Inc, of New York, for
chemicals produced by Japanese
from January to June, 1912.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Water Gate Finale
On WMAL

The National Symphony will
broadcast a portion of its final
Water Gate concert of the
season tonight over WMAL
between 8::30-8:55. ~
DR.. Hans Kinder returns to
the podium, and Lanny Ross,
tenor, will be guest soloist.
The Water Gate broadcasts
have been arranged by The
Star.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Murray Carson Very Friendly
With Copone, Report DiscIoses;
Probers Await Mays Recovery
Committee Orders
Inquiry Into Contract
Termination

GEN. WATT draws committee fire
for meager report on shells.
Page Ala
Evening star., 1946-07-26

(See PALESTINE, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Weather Forecast

Sunny, cool today: high about 80. Clear
cooler tonight Tomorrow dry, cool sunny
Sunday fair somewhat warmer.
Temperatures today-High, rs, at 1:l8 pm
low, 66. at $50 am. YeSterday-High, 81
at 10:42 am: low, So, at 9:46 pm.
Full Report on Page A-13.
Evening star., 1946-07-26

(See OPA, Page AID
Evening star., 1946-07-26

tSee SHOOTING, Page ABB
Evening star., 1946-07-26

on Page A-3, Column