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Evening star., 1946-08-05
Annamite Ambush Kills
Il French, Wounds Al
BY the Assoeiossd Press

HANOI, Indochina, Aug. 5.-An-
Mantle forces ambushed a French
convoy yesterday, killing II soldiers
and wounding Il. The nine-hour
fight was at the village of Bacninh.
19 miles northeast of Hanoi.
Annamite casualties were not an
nounced.
The fighting began when French
supply column en- route to Langson
was ambushed in the deserted
streets of Bacninh, and the French
said several of their trucks were
captured. including one carrying a
payroll of $4,000 for the garrison
at Langson.
A witness said the ambush appar-
emily had been carefully planned,
with the attacking forces using ma
chineguns, grenades and even NOR
tars. 1t was described as one of the
most serious incidents in Indochina
since the French replaced the Chi
nese as occupying troops in the
northern part of the country and
began negotiations with the So
called Wet Nam Republic, which is
headed by Annamites. The self
styled republic is seeking freedom
from French colonial control.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Indiana Guard Called
"a Pickets Arrested
BY tho Associo,sd Press

CONNERSVILLE, Ind, Aug g.
Fourteen pickets were arrested by
State police as the Rex Manufacture
ing Co. was reopened today with
State guards and State police at the
gates.
Shouting by the pickets led tc
their arrest, otherwise the scene was
quiet as workers streamed through
the gates into the two plants, scene
of union jurisdictional fight.
Two hundred State guardsmen
ordered out by Gov. Ralph F. Gates
in response TO request by Fayette
County and Connersville officers
arrived early today The State police
on duty also were increased to 100
The Rex employe pickets (CIO)
were joined by several hundred
pickets. also CIO, from the nearby
American Central Manufacturing
Co.
The pickets detained today
brought to 26 the number arrested
since the Rex Co. was granted a
Circuit Court injunction against in
reference with Office workers.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Bradley Says Scandal
May Be in Making in
.0n-the-Job Traininq
Veterans Administrator
Urges Corrective Action
By U. 5. and States
By the Associofed Press

MILWAUKEE,, Aug. 5.-Vet-
erans Administrator Bradley said
today that unless preventive
action is taken in 1.-the job
training by both State and Fed
eral Governments, there is dan
ger that a national scandal may
be in the making involving mil
lions in Federal funds"
In speech before the 4sth an
nual convention of the United
Spanish War Veterans and broad
cast over a Nationwide network
Gen. Bradley declared:
THE Veterans Administration has
reached the point where it must re-
consider the objectives of it's pro-
gram.
Says Something Is Wrong.
Even without recent reports on
displacement training, it is ap-
parent that something is wrong
Something is wrong when an on
the-job trainee can collect a $40C
monthly wage in addition to SUBJ
siStence-while a college student
with wife and child must forfeit
his $50 month to take fulltime
job for family support
Something is wrong when it takes
three years to learn to become a
stock clerk in one State and three
months in another. Something is
wrong when a training establish
ment lowers the beginning wage OF
its trainees by an amount equal tC
their subsistence allowance.
Both these dangers-the dishon-
est employer and the unthinking
veteran-have already infected the
program Of many States.
Hits Government Agencies.
In addition, the situation is
sometimes aggravated by the over
zealousness of various Government
agencies in selling on-the-job train
ing to business. 1t is because
these dangers do exist that we have
become concerned"
Gen. Bradley said Congress had
approved his recommendations for
a national system of standards for
training to be applied by each
State, for ceiling on the earn
ings of veterans receiving Gov
ernment subsistence and arranging
for payment of subsistence to al
full-time students, whatever theil
extra employment, provided month
ly earnings do not exceed ceiling for
on the-iob training.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
British Claim Salvage Rights
ToU.S S. Ship Limping to Port
London Papers Complain About Boarding Of
Freighter by Americans; Legal Battle Likely

mated the ship was worth $2,5O0,-
900 additional.
She probably will dock in the
Bristol area by the week end.
The Hudson Steamship Co.. which
operates the Elizabete for the Brit.
ish Ministry of Transport, askeo
the British government to intervene
claiming the Farmer as prize. Ar
Admiralty spokesman said he hac
received a report and E. J. K. Gold
smith, director for Hudson, said he
had conferred with Treasury lawyers
adding:
Messages from the Elizabete sug-
gested that the American Farmer
might have been our prize. Lloyds
have been informed because of this
apparently unusual incident or
board the American Farmer"
The United States Navy said it.
| only interest was in getting tn.
crippled ship to port. A spokesman
said that for the pint-sized Eliza.
bette to tow the Farmer to por
would have been like an ant towing
grasshopper. The Elizabete ha.
a three-cylinder steam engine ane
was bound from Nova Scotia with s
cargo of mine timber.
A spokesman for the United State.
Lines said:
British papers are fairly cruelty.
ing us on hearsay." He said HI
was incensed particularly by a Daily
Mail headline which said: Amer.
leans seized prize ship from Briton!
ensign hauled down after 16-houl
tow The London Star banneret
Food ship sailing into war" Lore
Beaverbrook's Evening STANDARD
headlined Ministry told our f1as
hauled down"
The Farmer was making five knot!
with its No. and holds damaged
The United States Lines said thu
Farmer was expected to dock within
three days if weather is good. Al
bulkheads were reported holding,
Evening star., 1946-08-05
u. 5. Major and Family
Seized in Venezia 6iuIia
BY the Associoted Press

TRIESTE, Aug. 5.-An American
Army major and his wife and child
were taken into custody yesterday
by Yugoslav troops near the OLD
Italian battlefield of Caporetto in
disputed Venezia Giulia, military
sources said today.
The major was identified as
George Woods, a veteran of the
South Pacific, whose family recently
joined him here.
The report said Maj. Woods anc
his wife were stopped by Yugoslas
soldiers while touring the area neal
the demarcation line in Venezia
Giulia where two Yugoslavs recently
were killed in a skirmish with
American patrols and that the fam
lily was still being held
Evening star., 1946-08-05
BY the Associo,ed Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. S.
State Senator James A. Simpson
runner-up to Representative Spark
man in the recent senatorial election
to seek a successor to the late John
J. Bankhead, announced today he
would not enter runoff election
regardless of the official count.
In a statement announcing his
decision and the reasons for it, the
Birmingham attorney asserted:
The voters are tired of politics
and elections this year: the total
vote cast last Tuesday is less than
half that cast in the gubernatorial
primary last spring: Congressman
Sparkman's vote is only 20 per cent
Of last springs vote and his total
vote Is much less than received
Evening star., 1946-08-05
People Tired of Elections,
Spurkmun Foe Valves Runoff

when ran for the Senate two years
ago
Both Senator Lister Hill and
Gov -elect Folsom, according to
Congressman Sparkman's state
ments in this campaign, have indi-
Gated they want him as the third OF
the three highest officers in this
State. On them, therefore, must
rest the responsibility for the con-
duct of our States affairs until the
people have had another opportu-
nifty to speak"
Mr.. Simpson said he had wired his
congratulations to Representative
Sparkman, who missed receiving a
clear majority in the senatorial race
by less than ] per cent of the total
vote, according to unofficial returns
There were three others in the race
besides Mr.. Simpson and Repre-
sentative Sparkman.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Three Seriously Injured
In Wreck on Southern
By tine Associated Press

DANVILLE, Va, Aug. 5.-Three
persons were seriously injured today
when a 67-car freight train broke a
switch in the Southern Railway
yards here and sent a Diesel switch
engine crashing into three Pullman
cars of a passenger train.
A number of other persons suf-
fered minor injuries.
The seriously injured were Mrs.
A. S. Askew, Decatur, Ga; S. M
Heffnger, sr., Danville, fireman, and
Frank T. Owen, Danville, engineer
Iof the Diesel switch engine. Mrs.
Askew was reported to have received
a spinal injury, and the two train
men internal injuries.
Mrs. Askew was passenger
aboard the train bound from Atlanta
to WASHINGTON.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Caribbean Area
In Severe Quake
Shock Apparently
Centered in Deepest
Hole in Atlantic
BY tho Associoted Press

CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Domini-
can Republic, Aug. 5.-High
waves, set in motion by strong
earth tremors which were con-
tinuing today. swept into a num-
Der of coastal points of this
Caribbean island at noon yester-
day. The ports of Matanzas.
Nagua and Puerto Plata were
affected by high waters.
There was no immediate report
of any damage due to the waves.
The tremors interrupted radio
communications with the outside
world for hours and interfered with
the gathering of information con-
corning the situation at the stricken
ports.
puerto Rico felt a fiuctuation
of several inches in the tide, but
the effects were negligible. Dam
age in San Juan was slight and
no casualties were reported.
The Weather Bureau there said
a major shock was felt at Trim
idad, Slight tremors were felt in
Cuba. The Virgin Islands had
only a mild shock with no dam
! age reported
! In the capital city of Ciudad
Trujlllo damage was slight and no
deaths have been reported.
The Ciudad Trujillo docks suf-
fered slight cracks and some an.
cient churches also we're damaged.
| Reports from the rest of the
country say that buildings were
partly destroyed or cracked at
Moca, San Francisco, Macoris,
Puerto Plata, Sanchez, Matanzas
and Nagua. No casualties were re-
Evening star., 1946-08-05
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Aug. 5.-The Ameri-
can freighter American Farmer
limped toward England today
under her own power and in
escort of a United States de-
stroyer, with the British loudly
claiming her as perhaps a $4,-
100000 salvage prize.
A maritime legal battle was shap-
ing up in the din of British news
paper headlines which complained
that American ships had taken over
the collision-battered freighter after
"a midget British vessel had her in
tow.
The 8,358-ton American Farmer
and the freighter William j. Riddle
,collided 700 miles west of Lands
End Wednesday. The Farmer is op-
Grated by the United States Lines
and the Riddle by the Moore
Mccormack Lines and belongs to
the War Shipping Administration
A passing ship took off the crew of
80 and six passengers and the Brit
ish freighter Elizabete of 2O39 tons
came alongside, attached towlines
and started putting and heaving
away toward Wales Soon after
ward the American destroyer Perry
the United States Lines freighter
American Ranger and a tug arrived
The Elizabete radioed its home
Office
"A crew from the American
Ranger boarded the derelict and
ordered our crew to leave, hauled
down our ensign and hoisted the
American flag The British Admir-
atty said it thought the message re-
ferred to the British merchant ma
rine flag and not the Union Jack.
The Farmer carried S2,0O0,OO
worth of wheat and dried eggs for
England and London papers esti-
Evening star., 1946-08-05
New Tremor Described
As of Slight Intensity

MIAMI, Fla. Aug. GA radio
message from Ciudad Trujillo re-
ported that fresh tremor shook the
Dominican Republic at $40 am.
tE.S.T) today in the wake of yes
terday's violent earthquake in the
Caribbean area.
Pan American AirWays in Miami
said message from its Ciudad Tru-
jillo airport described the tremor
as being "of slight intensity" No
further details were given.
Available reports indicated that
yesterdays series of quakes appar-
emily centered in the deepest hole
in the Atlantic Ocean and was so
intense that it knocked out a re-
cording seismograph in st. Louis,
more than 1000 miles away, but
caused little surface damage.
One report said five tremors hit
Ciudad Trujillo. capital of the Do
minican Republic. yesterday. with
one of the temblors lasting As sec
onds.
DR.. Marion Gilmore of the Army
and Nays hurricane service in
Miami said the heart of the quake
was either north or south of Puerto
Rico or quite possibly in the Mil
waukee Deep, 30,246 feet below sea
level and so miles off the northeast
coast of the Dominican Republic.
(The United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey lists the Mil
Waukee Deep as the deepest point
in the Atlantic Ocean. 1t was
discovered in 1889 by the Ameri-
can Cruiser Milwaukee while on
naval maneuvers)
The shock was SO severe that It
put out of commission seismographs
at the United States Naval Station
in Puerto Rico at 12:49 pm. (EST),
at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in
Trinidad at 1888 pm.
Pan American Airways' installa-
ton at San Juan reported that the
shock could be felt for three minutes
while the walls shook, but that no
damage was apparent. A brief power
failure occurred in San Juan.
SdPV' W. - Dl dhCSIIldIl Ol Miami,
a Pan American pilot who left San
Juan shortly after the shock was re-
corded, said he was driving over a
bumpy road to the airport at the
time and missed the shock entirely.
There was no damage whatso-
ever, as far as 1 could tell" Capt.
Brakesman said.
Airline Terminal Shaken.
He said that when he arrived at
the field he found the terminal
building had been shaken, but that
nobody had been injured.
The shock was stronger at Ciudad
Trujillo, Dominican Republic, Capt.
Brakesman said. They told me that
every one ran outside the terminal
because they thought it might fall,
but nothing happened"
The naval station at Guantanamo
Bay reported no damage in Cuba.
The other naval reports did not
mention damage.
The earthquake was described by
a physicist in Cincinnati as 'cata-
tSee EARTHQUAKE. Page A-4J
Evening star., 1946-08-05
|0PA Orders Increase,
Of Is Pei. in Cotton
Prices for MiIIers
Changes Under New Law
To Result in 6 to 8 Pct.
Retail Apparel Boosts
By Malcolm Lomborne ]

OPA today ordered immediate
price increases in basic cotton
textiles for mills, and said this
will result in a to 8 per cent
increase in retail prices of cotton
apparel and about II per cent
for household linens and piece
goods.
The agency estimated the in
creases would amount to $500 ,OO0,-
900 annually at the mill level.
Today's action, which gives the
Nations milling industry an aver
age is per cent increase over June
80 ceilings, was taken, OPA said,
because of the increase in the mar
ket price of raw cotton and the in
clusion of an increased price factor
to manufacturers. Both were stipu-
lated in a new price control bill.
The agency said that, while it was
given until August "a to issue re-
vised cotton textile prices, quicker
action was taken to prevent ANY
showdown in production or distribu-
ton OF textiles because of price un-
certainty"
Major Increases Listed.
OPA listed the following increases
for major items, expressed as per-
centages over June 30 ceilings, at
the mill level:
Bed linens, 1915; carded yarn.
average of Is; 100 per cent American
cotton blankets, 1925; combed yarn,
l3.5; tire cord fabric, 20; corduroy,
ITS; velvetSen, IT'S, denim, 2l.75:
cotton duck, %; bed tickings. 1855:
gnghams, 1875; outing flannel, IT'S:
mitten flannel, 1925; print cloth
yarn fabric, 1925; sheeting yarn fab
rlc, 2025; towels, 1875; chambrays
l4.5: slack suitings, 18; osnaburgs,
IT'S; seamless bags, 1875; and
blanket Innings. lis.
The new prices will remain eff
fectlve until revised to reflect fur
ther changes in the price of raw
cotton, it was explained The agency
said it favored periodic revisions
not oftener tina nonce a month to
reflect current cotton costs. The
industry, however. appeared to favor
some form of daily price change
instead and has asked for further
discussion on this phase of the
problem, OPA said
Market Price Is Basis.
Officials explained that under the
old act OPA was required to recog-
nize only the parity price of cotton
which for some months has been
well under the market price. The
new bill requires recognition of the
increase in the market price of raw
cotton.
In disclosing last week that it had
agreed to grant the military industry
the l6 per cent increase in basic
cotton textiles, OPA sources esti-
mated this would result in a 10 per
cent increase in retail prices of cot
ton clothing. Today's announce
ment, however, narrowed the in
crease down to 6 or 8 per cent for
consumers.
While OPA did not estimate how
long it would take for higher prices
to be reflected in stores, one official
familiar with the industry said it
normally took from two to three
months for the basic commodity to
arrive in the stores in the form of
finished goods.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Senator Briggs Daughter
Hurt in Three-Cur Crush
BY the Associated Press


MOBERLY, Mo-, Aug. 5.-Miss
Dorothy Briggs, 18, daughter of SEN
ator Briggs, Democrat, of Missouri
was seriously injured yesterday in a
three-car collision at Jacksonville,
Mo.
Miss Briggs suffered broken jaw
and cuts on the face and neck. A
companion, Miss Betty Lou Powers,
Macon, Mo-, suffered leg cuts and
shock.
Senator Briggs, who cancelled a
campaign speech scheduled at Cam
eron, Mo, yesterday, said his daugh-
ter's condition will determine
whether he will make the five other
speeches scheduled before he bids
for the Democratic nomination in
Missouris primary tomorrow.
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Partition Of Palestine
Rejected by Leading
Zionist Organization
AttIee Expected to Ask
Cabinet to Turn Over
Issue TO U. N. Assembly
BY tlie k:sociosed Press

! LONDON, Aug. 5.-The Jewish
Agency Executive today fatty re.
jected the British American
Cabinet Committees propose
to divide Palestine into a fed
eral state British government
sources said Prime Minister Att
lee would ask his ministers tc
submit the Palestine problem tc
the United Nations if President
Truman also rejects the semi
Partition plan.
The Jewish Agency, leading Zion
ist organization long recognized by
the British as representative ol
Jews in Palestine, met in Paris
especially to consider the plan.
A Jewish Agency Executive com
munique said the group regards
the British proposals. based on the
report of the Committee of Six ano
as announced by Mr.. Morrison in
The House of Commons. as unac-
ceptable as basis for discussion
/ t1doiS itt CSotiaNtOIS
Herbert Morrison, Lord President
of the Council, announced last
week that the British government
had accepted as a basis for nego-
tiations the cabinet committee pro-
posals to divide Palestine into foul
provinces-one Arab, one Jewish
and two central government zones
as basis for negotiation.
! Mr.. Morrison added, however
that the plan depended on Uniteo
States support-Which has not ye
been forthcoming. President Tru.
man has summoned his cabinet
delegates home for more detailed
discussion Of the plan, reports from
Washington have said the plan wa!
not well received there.
/ Arab spokesman have denounced
the proposal, but the Arab League
has not taken official action.
Cabinet Action Due.
A British government spokesman
said Mr.. Attlee would ask his cabi.
net Wednesday whether to submir
the Palestine problem to the United
Nations, but in any event woulo
refer the question to that body only
If President Truman turned doWr
the partition proposal Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin will atteno
the cabinet meeting.
This became known a few hours
after a Moscow broadcast, declar-
ing that attempts to solve the
Holy Land problem without United
Nations help ARE leading nowhere
Moscow, in the first Russian com.
ment on the British American pro.
posals for a semipartition of Pal.
estine, attacked the plan vigor.
ously.
/ Colonial Secretary George Hal
talked Friday with DR.. Chain
Weizmann. president of the Worle
Zionist Federation. AS result O
these talks the cabinet will b.
asked to determine the basis or
which world Jewry is to be repre-
sented at any coming conference.
concerning Palestine's future.
| Mr.. Hall is expected to recommen,
(See PALESTINE, Page AL
Evening star., 1946-08-05
Drafting 10 Start Soon
On Tax Overhaul Bill,
But Cuts Are Unlikely
Budget High, All Revenue
Needed, George Says;
Military Items Studied

Senate and House committees
are expected to begin work on a
comprehensive new tax measure
during the long congressional
recess, but leaders insist present
high income and corporation
levies will have to continue
through next year at least.
Chairman George of the Senate
Finance Committee plans to name
soon budget subcommittee to meet
with similar House group and lay
the groundwork for Congress to
enact next year a program that will
enable all taxpayers to reckon Just
what they will be required to pay in
l948 and 1949.
Senator George emphasized, how
ever, that there cannot be a reduc-
ton this year in either income or
corporation taxes, although there
may be a cut in excise levies to in
crease production.
All Possible Revenue Needed.
He cited these two reasons for
no substantial change" in rates
other than excuses:
l. THE budget is very high-still
entirely too high, and we must
therefore raise as much revenue as
We possibly can raise"
2. The difficulty of drafting a
thorough tax revision bill "of con-
structive nature" to take effect be-
fore 1948
Senator George pointed out that
even with no tax cuts the United
States won't be living within its
income unless it whittles down
three major expense items.
He said the Government has far
too many employees with 5000, ,0O(
on its payrolls, but the major saw
ings will have to be made in Army
and Navy spending.
Looking over the cuts of $3.50 ,O00,-
600 for the Navy and ST ,000, ,000, ,00(
for the Army, recommended by
President Truman in his budget
tSee TAXES Page AL