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Evening star., 1946-05-10
Government Forces
Consolidating for
Szepinghai Battle
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

MUKDEN, May 10.-Gen. Tu Lii
ming, commanding Chinese govern
ment troops in Manchuria, said to-
day his forces have adopted wait
and-see" policy as they consolidate
for a possible all-out battle with
Chinese Communists at szepingkai
Gen. TIL conceded in an interview
that the Communist forces at Sep
ingkai - midway between Mukden
and Changchun-were more for
m1dable than we had imagined"
After more than a month of fight
ing, government troops have taken
only the southern half of the city
The Communists are hanging on to
the northern half and the highly
deefnsible mountainous area to the
north.
Capture of that mountainous area,
Gen. Tu explained, would ease the
government task in retaking the
Manchurian capital of Changchun.
The terrain thereafter fattens out.
The Chinese Reds claim control
OF approximately 10 per cent of
Manchuria. Politically they are
digging in solidly. They have
three armies, totaling more than
100000 well-equipped and trained
troops, to protect their gains.
Gen. George C. Marshall Presi-
dent Truman's special envoy, is
meeting in Nanking with Com
munist and government representa-
tives in an attempt to settle the
Manchurian question.
Gen. Tu claimed a decisive vic
Evening star., 1946-05-10

YWCA. is the first Japanese ma
tional to leave for the United States
since the war.
Occupation headquarters said to-
day she had sailed Sunday for Seat
tie aboard the Sterson Victory en-
route to the annual assembly of the
Presbyterian Church at Chicago.
Evening star., 1946-05-10

The teen-osed golfer is in
good form with q weII-toi-
lored slack suit from CoIifor-
nio! Royon eobordine in
lime, gold, aqua or rust COM
bined with contrasting COL
ors. Sizes 10 to Is. $3.50
Evening star., 1946-05-10
Marking to Demand Return
OF Red-HeId Chonochun

NANKING, May 10. P.-Spokes-
man K. c. WI asserted yesterday
the government would insist on re-
turn of Communicated Chang
chun in any settlement with the
Communists in Manchuria.
The Chinese government, the
minister of information added, had
every legal right" to the Man.
churian capital which the Com
munists captured last month after
the Russian army pulled out.
Communist leaders in Changchun
Evening star., 1946-05-10

Our flower girl tempts the
sun in q cunning two-pieeer
Of muIti-coIored striped
chombroy, Sonforized for
not more than ! % residual
shrinkoee. The nidriff top,
$l.6e; the shorts, $l.6e.
Sizes ! to II.
Evening star., 1946-05-10

tory in the Southern Manchuria
sector of Penshi. He said that be-
tween 5000 and 5000 Communists
surrendered, 5000 were captured
and 10000 others threw up their
arms and went home"
Evening star., 1946-05-10

Pretty pIoy girl in q carnival
bright two-pisee frock from
Solly n Susan of California.
YeIIow-ond-blue cotton top
with bIue-yeIlow- -ond-coroI
fIounced skirt. Sizes 10 to
Is. $5.95.
Evening star., 1946-05-10
DoubIe-duty darling

DoubIe-duty dorIins
bare little two-piecer you
can wear summing or SWIM
minel Cotton denim
shorts and bra in navy, red
or white with rick-rock
trim. Sizes ] to Ii. $3.97
Evening star., 1946-05-10

Girl with hoe wears
cotton twill shortoIIs in
blue, white or navy; 7 to
II, 500. Plain or striped
cotton polo shirt; small,
medium or large. $l.3z.
Evening star., 1946-05-10
YWCA Head First Jup
To Leuve for u. S.
BY the Assoeioted Pre-!

TOKYO, May 10.-Mrs. Tamaki
Uemura, president of the Japanese
Evening star., 1946-05-10

have said they would never yield the
capital to the Kuomintang govern
ment
Evening star., 1946-05-10

Sitting pretty for Summer
Miss 7 to Ia in her
"Sophisti- Kid" two-Piecer
from California! Blue,
shrimp, lime, brown or
navy royon foiIIe. Sizes
I to II. $5.e5.
Evening star., 1946-05-10

Teen-queen with bike :.
is q smoothie in her slick
white cotton gobordine
Pedal Pushers, $3.e7.
The striped cotton polo
shirt is $1.6e. Sizes 10
to l6.
Evening star., 1946-01-14
Stocks Reach 15-Year High
On Easing Labor Outlook
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Stocks
generally hit new 15-year peaks in
today's market with gains of frac-
tions to more than points in fast
dealings as slightly brighter labor
picture inspired buyers.
Postponement of Nationwide steel
and telephone strikes, together with
chances of a General Motors-union
compromise, heartened bullish con-
tingents and caused the reinstate-
ment of numerous soldout accounts.
Imitation psychology, based on the
move for rising wages and prices,
remained an important factor.
United States Steel opened late on
a 4,000-share block, up 23s. Com
monwealth & Southern came out
on large transactions running to
$4,000 shares and was about un-
changed, Distillers Corp. jumped
about points. Lesser gamers were
Bethlehem, Lukens Steel, General
Motors, Chrysler, Graham Paige,
Southern Pacific, St. Paul, Erie,
American Telephone, Loew's, Warn
er Bros, Savage Arms, National
Distillers, Francisco Sugar, West
Indies Sugar, Anaconda and Stand
ard Gas 81 preferred.
Evening star., 1946-01-14
DC. eported Identified
As One of Three Slain in Reich
Maj. Everett Cofron S
Wife Notified of
Death in Fire

Maj. Everett S. Cofran, whose
wife lives at 5000 Sixteenth
street NV, was unoff1cially re-
ported today by the Associated
Press to have been one of the
three American officers beaten
to death in Passau, Germany,
last Monday.
Mrs. Elfreda Thomas Cofran said
she had been notified by the War
Department that her husband died
as a result of a fire which is still
being investigated.
Maj. Cofran and two other officers
of the American Military Govern
ment detachment in Passau we're
found to have been beaten to death
while they slept. Their house
located on the edge of town was set
aflre with gasoline.
One of the two was identified Of
ficially as 1t. Stanley Rosewater of
Omaha, Nebr, grandson of Victor
Rosewater, founder of the now nom
existent Omaha Bee. He received
his commission at Fort Belvoir, Va.
The third was unofficially identi-
fed as Capt. Adrian Wesseler, New
Rochelle, N. Y.
A veteran of the World War, in
which he enlisted when Is years
Evening star., 1946-01-14
Late Bulletins
Gill Chorqes Filed

Howard B. Gill, suspended
general superintendent of
District penal institutions, to-
day was charged with incom-
potency, inefficiency and in
subordinati0n by the Board
of Public Welfare, which
made 16 specific charges.
Among other things, he was
charged with refusing to
abide by Jail regulations and
with failing to punish juve-
niles responsible for a dis
turbance that reached the
proportions of a riot"
early Story on Page B-1.)
Mcfarland Review Denied
The Supreme Court today
refused to review the convic-
ton of Earl ]. Mcfarland,
Marine veteran, convicted for
the attack-murder of Dorothy
M. Berrum, 18-year-old Gov
ernment worker, in Potomac
Park on the night of October
S, 1914. Mcfarland was sched-
uled to die in the electric
chair last August, but execu-
tion was postponed pending
the Supreme Court decision.
Evening star., 1946-01-14
Truman Asks Cutback
OF Another ) Billion in
War Appropriations
Amount Is in Addition
To 50-BilIion Cancellation
Already Approved

President Truman today asked
Congress to enact legislation re-
ducing proposed war expendi-
lures and authorizations for the
current fiscal year by approx
mately $1,000, 100000. This is in
addition to more than $50,O00,-
100000 in cutbacks which
Congress earlier approved on
the Presidents recommendation
when the war ended.
The Presidents proposal today
called for repeal of appropriations
aggregating $5,75l ,428,463 and of
contract authorizations totaling
S420.07 $4,000. The President ex-
planned, however, that the actual
reduction would total only s5,O21,-
887, ,483, because Sl,l49 $4,000 not
needed this year will have to be
appropriated later on to liquidate
contract authority still on the
books.
Other Funds to Be Turned Back.
The President proposed further
that s346,890 in corporate funds be
turned back to the Treasury.
The net cutback earlier approved
by Congress amounted to 50,345,-
409, 1859, but the President vetoed
that legislation because of the rider
turning back the United States EN-
ployment Service to the States. At
the time the President acted, how
ever, he explained that the projected
saving would be made because he
was advising the budget director to
place the sums involved in a nom
expendable reserve and to so ad-
wise those agencies in which the
reductions were being made.
Navy Reduction Largest.
Principal cuts made today were:
Navy: s2,826, ,880,536. Of this
amount, sl,677 ,26o,536 represents
reduced needs in procurement and
shipbuilding. 1t also Incorporates
81, ,149 100000 in appropriations not
needed this year, but which must be
1Coe AppP Dr. 10
Evening star., 1946-01-14
Electric Strike Set for Midnight
AS II. S. Seeks to Head ItOn
Union Accepts Probers' GIN Pay Raise Plan;
FoirIess Tells u S. Steel of New Demands

was far from certain that such ac-
ton would postpone a walkout. An
other possibility was that President
Truman or Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach would appeal for a
delay, inviting both sides to a con-
ference here.
In other big labor disputes, the
situation was as follows:
l. CIO United Auto Workers,
meeting in Detroit, accepted recon-
mendations of President Truman's S
fact-finding board for a 1872 cent
an-hour wage increase for settling
the 55-day General Motors automo-
tive strike. The union said that
unless GIN changed its position and
accepted the decision by next Mon
day it would increase it's demands
Evening star., 1946-01-14
Six Greek Parties
Proclaim Accord
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Jan. 14.-Six major
Conservative and Liberal Greek
parties, throwing aside political diff
ferences, proclaimed program OF
unity at rally attended by an esti-
mated $4,000 persons in the Athens
football stadium yesterday.
The political groups met on COM
mon ground for the first time in
80 years. The monarchy -favoring
Populists and the Liberals an
nounced coalition last week. The
accord later was joined by four
other parties. Continued harmony
between the Liberal and Conserva-
tive factions would give them a
powerful political organization for
the March 81 elections.
Evening star., 1946-01-14
Churchill Due to Lund
At New York Toniqht
Hy the Associated Press.

Hy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. Winston
Churchill and his wife will arrive
in New York tonight aboard the
British liner Queen Elizabeth for a
six-week vacation in the United
States
The former British Prime Minis
ter has said he would spend most
Of the time in Florida and would
devote part of it to painting and
continuing with the writing of his
memoirs.
The only state engagement
planned during his stay is a meet
ing with President Truman at
Westminster College, Fulton, Mo,
on March 5.
Evening star., 1946-01-14
Stefan Firmly Opposes
Increase in Districts
Real Estate Tax Rate
Says Study Shows Needed
Revenues Should Come
From Other Sources
BY DON S. WARREN.

A positive declaration there
should be no increase in the
Districts real estate tax rate was
made today by Representative
Stefan, Republican, of Nebraska
as he began to put into final
shape a comprehensive study of
the Districts financial situation.
Mr.. Stefan, ranking minority
member of the House Appropriations
Subcommittee which writes the an
nual District appropriation meas
ures, said 1t was apparent the Dis
trict would need increased revenues
in future fiscal years if all pending
proposals were adopted. but that
this should come from other source:
than the realty tax payments.
A committee of District official,
now is engaged in study of pos.
sible District revenues and accord.
ing to indications a boost in the
realty tax rate is not contemplated
In support of this view, Mr.. Stefan
said the real estate tax now is high
enough and carries a heavy per-
centage of the total revenues.
In an outline of the financial re.
lationships between the Federal anc
District governments, which he
plans to give the House soon, he viii
discuss numerous District service:
to the United States which place
a burden on District taxpayers
Among these are free water pro-
vided Federal Government buildings
here, court costs, payment of costs
of maintenance of Federal prisoners
housed in the District Jail and Re
formatory.
In addition, he plans to discus!
the increasing loss of tax revenue!
to the District by reason of continu.
ing purchase of District land fol
Federal building purposes, which
takes such areas off the tax lists.
Evening star., 1946-01-14
Barge Blasts Shake Manila
But 12-Man Crew ESCAPES
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
MANILA, Jan. 14.-A spectacular
series of explosions of liquid oxygen
and pyrotechnic equipment aborc
the giant seagoing Army barge
BCL-2569 shook Manila Harbor to.
night, but the barge's 12-man crew
escaped almost miraculously with
minor burns.
First reports to the habormastel
from crash boats said a tanker hao
exploded, but the tanker, mooreo
near the barge, apparently was not
damaged
The barge, which was of concrete
and with a cargo capacity of a Lib
erty ship, was anchored inside the
jam-packed Manila breakwater
1000 yards from the downtown
water front district. The first OF
the series of explosions occurred
at GAS pm.
Evening star., 1946-01-14
Koplon Trial Postponed
In OPA Textile Case
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated freSS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Monroe
Kaplan of Washington, known to
Federal authorities as the owner OF
the Little Red House on r street,
was one of three individuals ano
two corporations accused of selling
textile piece goods at $150,000 in ex-
cess of OPA ceilings whose trial was
postponed today until February )
by order of Federal Judge William
Bondy.
other defendants, accused in a 30
count indictment, are the Verney
Mills, Inc, of New York, and its
president, Gilbert Verney of Ded-
ham, Mass; Verney Fabrics Corp,
a sales agency of New York, and its
executive vice president, Harrison A.
Biggi.
Kaplan and 'the Little Red House
on r street" figured in an investiga-
ton by the House Military Affairs
Committee several years ago.
Evening star., 1946-01-14
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

Efforts of Federal labor Off
cials were directed today toward
heading off a Nationwide strike
in the electrical appliance in
dustry set for midnight, with the
pressure of other big labor-man-
agement wars temporarily eased
Leaders of the scheduled walkout
of 100000 CIO United Electrical
Workers in plants of General Elec-
trio, General Motors electrical divi-
sion and Westinghouse said their
plans were unchanged despite the
weeks postponement of the general
strike.
There was the possibility that the
administration might appoint a
fact-finding board to investigate the
electrical industry dispute, but it
Evening star., 1946-01-14

old and was wounded in action,
Maj. Cofran was graduate of
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology in architectural engineering
He spent three years in Bermuda
and designed the Bermuda Yacht
Club before being awarded a fel-
lowship at the Cranbrook Academy
Of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mich, where
he studied city planning and worked
(See COFRAN, Page Aid
Evening star., 1946-01-14
Union Says Cab Strik'
Is Effective; Police
Call Service Normal
Hack Inspector Checks
Traffic for Hour as
AFL Continues WuIkout
AGREEMENT TODAY expected to
settle strike on Government con-
Struction. Page B-1

AGREEMENT TODAY expected to
settle strike on Government con-
struction. Page B-1
The AFL taxicab drivers
strike, which began here at 6
a IN. today, continued this after
noon with no sign of an imme-
diate truce, but police and union
officials differed widely in their
reports of the effectiveness of
the Walkout.
Henry J. Grange, president of
Local 935, Taxi Operators, Drivers
and Garage Employes-which claims
1,70O of the city's 5000 drivers
maintained the strike was 80 per
cent effective throughout the city,
while the police hack inspector, 1t.
Joseph D. Harrington. said a one
hour check at Fourteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue indicated the
number of cabs on the street had
returned to normal four hours after
the strike was called.
Union Station Picketed.
At Union Station, Terminal Po-
lice said at $3.50 am. they thought
normal service was cut so per cent
fby the walkout.
The station was picketed by so to
IS union hackers this morning.
Idle drivers waged campaign OF
heckling and persuasion against
working hackers at focal points such
as Union Station. Rolling pickets
roamed the city, stopping non-union
drivers with requests that the work
ing drivers cooperate with the
strikers.
Young Warns Against Violence.
Commissioner John Russell Young
declared he would recommend per-
manent revocation of the driving
privileges of drivers found respon-
sible for any violence. Public Util-
tiles Commission Chairman James
H. Flanagan, whose failure to cal
a hearing On revision of group riding
rates is the grievance claimed by
the union in ordering the holiday,
would not comment on the walk.
out.
Two other cab drivers groups
the independent United Taxicat
Drivers Inc, and the Washington
Taxicab Advisory Council-issuec
statements condemning the walk.
out, and said they would not sup
port it.
Harris Deplores Walkout.
At the same time, Chairman Har-
ris, of the Utilities Subcommittee ol
the House District Committee, de-
plored the walkout called by one
segment of the unionized cab drivers
of the District of Columbia.
While he said the issues did moi
relate to legislation, he said he was
keeping informed of developments
as matter of information for the
District Committee. He said:
Il regret exceedingly to see g
strike called for it is most unfor.
tunate and most untimely develop
ment in this period of reconversior
when we all are trying to achieve
proper economic adjustments. 1t i;
my view that for some to get intol.
Grant and impatient is bad busi-
ness"
He maintained that at the proper
time and under proper circum.
| 1Coa TAvTCNpC n.ao
Evening star., 1946-01-14
1000 G|s in Shanghai
Meet Patterson, Ask
Clear Discharge Plan
Yonks Carefully Refrain
From Demonstrations as
Secretary Leaves Plane
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Jan. IA thou
sand American soldiers met Sec
retary of War Patterson as he
stepped from his airplane here
today and demanded from him
a clear-cut policy of Army dis
charges.
Pfc. David M. Miller. Gulfport
(Miss) school teacher, who has %
discharge points to his credit, pre-
sented the CT petition to Mr.. Pat
terson Immediately after the Secre-
tary had been greeted by 1t. Gen
Albert C. Wedemeyer. commander
of American forces in China; 1t
Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, Vice
Admiral Charles M Cooke, jr., COM
mander of the 7th Fleet, and Chi
nese officials. including Mayor Chen
Ta-chun.
There were indications that Mr.
Patterson would confer with the
Soldier Committee at an open meet.
ing sometime tomorrow, at the re.
quest of Gen. Wedemeyer.
| Arrives From Korea.
Mr.. Patterson arrived from Korea
at ESQ pm. He plans to remain
only couple of days before con-
tinuing to Manila, where other SOL
dier demonstrations against the de-
mobilization showdown have been
| held.
Gen Wedemeyer this mornin.
promised GI delegation he woulc
| assist them in obtaining a hearin;
with Mr., Patterson and helped then
frame the questions they wish Il
submit to the Secretary.
! The China theater commander ar
rived at the Kiangwan airdrom,
more than an hour before Mr.. Pat
tersons plane arrived He mingled
freely with the soldiers, discussin,
their "gripeS" with them and as
sured them over a public address
system that he was not worried
about any possible disorderliness.
Il know you will conduct your
selves in an orderly manner h,
said. The eyes of various othe
nationals-the Russians, British ant
French-are watching what We ar
doing here in China"
Soldiers Cautioned.
Pvt. Miller earlier had cautionet
/ the soldiers about any catcalls O
booS, observing:
1--WE are here because we thin
we have legitimate complaint t.
make to Secretary Patterson. w
are asking him for an open meeting
later on"
The soldiers, mainly air force
men, remained quiet and undemon
stratiye behind barrier of rope
as Mr.. Patterson stepped from hi
C-54 transport, greeted the official
on hand and reviewed two cracl
Chinese platoons.
Placards on a few Army truck
read Uncle Sans forgotten mel
welcome you"
Evening star., 1946-01-14
Standard Oil Tanker
Burning in New Jersey

Bs the Associated Press.
BAYONNE, N. j.. Jan. 14.-Fire
broke out at 2:20 am. today on the
tanker Pequoit Hill. moored at the
Standard Oil Co. pier at Constable
Hook. and an explosion subsequent
ly rocked the ship, police reported.
There was no immediate informa
ton as whether any one was in
jured. Officers said two ambulances
were dispatched to the pier.
In New York, the Coast Guard
said the ship had been pulled away
from the dock, but that the fire ap-
parently was under control. A ci-
william tugboat was standing by.
The Coast Guard had received no
further details.
Evening star., 1946-01-14
Argentina S Business
Almost Backed Out
As Shutdown Starts
Industry Representatives
Satisfied With Beginning
Of 72-Hour Lockout
Ry the Associated Press.

ES the ASSOCIATED PreSS.
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 14.-A
virtual blackout of commerce
and industry covered Argentina
today at the start of a 72-hour
closedown called by the nation S
business leaders.
The shutdown was in protest to
the military government refusal to
modify decree ordering wage in
creases and year-end bonuses for
workers.
Although transportation func-
toned within the city of Buenos
Aires and suburban trains of the
British-owned railways operated
normally, other activities came to
virtual standstill.
Butcher Shops Still Open.
There were no deliveries of bread
or groceries. The butchers associa-
ton announced shops were open to-
day but would close tomorrow.
Milk was delivered and the gov
ernment promised no one would be
deprived of articles of prime ne
cessity"
Representatives of the manufac-
turerS, industrialiSts and business
men expressed satisfaction of first
reports of the lockout, saying only
milk and ice were being delivered
and that a number of drugstores
were operating on an emergency
basis.
Whether bread and meat deliveries
would be permitted tomorrow and
Wednesday was questionable. al
though President Gen. Edelimirc
Farrell's government may order the
deliveries resumed on the ground
that public health is menaced.
Only factories where 24-hour pro-
cessing was necessary permitted
workers to enter and these limited
staffs to skeleton maintenance
crews. The great packing houses
were idle.
The large amount of construction
going on in Buenos Aires was halted
Many taxis, most of which are
owned individually, remained of
the street. Only few restaurants
and bars were operating.
Passenger traffic was not heavy
and could be accommodated by
buses, trolleys and subways which
maintained normal schedules.
Port Strike Continues.
Reports from the large interior
cities of Rosario, Mendoza, Parana
Corrientes, La Plata, Cordoba, Sar
Juan, Tucuman and Santiago de
Estero said all business and industry
were halted there. The situation
in Cordoba was further complicated
by continuing transport strike.
In Buenos Aires, the port strike
continued although representatives
of the employers expressed hope
that an agreement would be reached
with stevedores before the end o1
the week.
The streets of the capital were
practically deserted except for some
curious passersby and heavy police
details.
Banks remained open because they
Fare dependent on the Central Bank
of the Republic and cannot close
unless the government authorizes
an official bank holiday. The stock
market and commodity exchanges
were closed, however.
In Mar del Plata, the country's
(See ARGENTTNA page A-4O
Evening star., 1946-01-14
Title Vacated by Pope
May Go to SpeIImun
BY the Associated Press

| By the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY, Jan. 14.-Msgr
Pucci's Vatican press service said
today that Francis Cardinal-Desig-
nate Spellman of New York would
receive the title of Cardinal of SITS.
John and Paul.
The title was vacated by Pope Plus
XII at the time of his elevation.